om e 's Ali a - Land ss De elo en - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office
om e 's Ali a - Land ss De elo en - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, India Office
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102<br />
W<strong>om</strong><strong>en</strong>’s <strong>Ali</strong><strong>en</strong>ation<br />
Table 21: <strong>Land</strong> Use in Rajasthan (2001-02)<br />
Sl. No. <strong>Land</strong> Use Area in ha. Perc<strong>en</strong>tage<br />
Reported area 34265309 100.0<br />
(i) Forest 2645097 7.72<br />
(ii) <strong>Land</strong> Put to Non-agricultural Uses 1751549 5.11<br />
(iii) Barr<strong>en</strong> and Un-culturable <strong>Land</strong> 2520654 7.36<br />
(iv) Perman<strong>en</strong>t Pasture & Other Grazing <strong>Land</strong> 1698554 4.96<br />
(v) <strong>Land</strong> Under Misc. Tree<br />
Crops & Groves<br />
only 7.71 per c<strong>en</strong>t of the area, which<br />
is a matter of great concern in view<br />
of stated ecological requirem<strong>en</strong>t<br />
according to the policy guidelines of<br />
the country. Table 21 above indicates<br />
land-use patterns in Rajasthan.<br />
The state has a total scheduled area<br />
of 19,508.43 square kil<strong>om</strong>eters<br />
spread acro<strong>ss</strong> five of the 32 districts,<br />
Banswada having the highest<br />
tribal conc<strong>en</strong>tration followed by<br />
Udaipur and Dungarpur. Table 22<br />
13180 0.04<br />
(vi) Culturable Waste 4730528 13.80<br />
(vii) Curr<strong>en</strong>t Fallow 1819241 5.32<br />
(viii) Other Fallow <strong>Land</strong> 2321424 6.77<br />
(ix) Net Area Sown 16765082 48.92<br />
Area Sown More Than Once 4033229 11.77<br />
Total Cropped Area 72563847 211.77<br />
Source: Statistical Abstract of Rajasthan, 2004<br />
indicates details of tribal population<br />
conc<strong>en</strong>tration in the state.<br />
The population of dalits in the<br />
state 17.29 per c<strong>en</strong>t, which is<br />
higher than all <strong>India</strong> population<br />
of around 15 per c<strong>en</strong>t and that of<br />
tribals is 12.44 per c<strong>en</strong>t of the total<br />
population of the state. The Dalit<br />
and Adivasi population is mainly<br />
dep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>t on agriculture and allied<br />
activities and more than half is still<br />
b<strong>elo</strong>w the poverty line in the rural