season and crop report tamilnadu 2009-10

32.4% and Theni with 32.0%.
put to non-agricultural uses because it is
Erode, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri,
Vellore,
metropolis followed by Kancheepuram district
Thiruvannamalai, The Nilgiris, Dindigul,
Thirunelveli, Salem, Coimbatore and Theni
Districts together accounted for 78.2% of the
total forest area of the state.
Barren and unculturable Land
Land which cannot be brought under
cultivation unless at a high cost whether such
land is in isolated blocks or within cultivated
holdings, such as mountains, deserts, hills etc.
are classified as barren and unculturable land.
An extent of 490335 ha of land comes under
this category which represents 3.8% of the
total geographical area of the state.
Villupuram district alone accounted for 56,651
ha which is 11.6% of the state’s barren and
unculturable land and about 7.8% of its
geographical area under this category. The
area under this category is very meagre in
Thiruvarur district with just 113 ha.
Land put to Non Agricultural Uses
The land put to use for purposes other
than agriculture such as buildings, pathways,
roads, social forests, bus stands, railway
tracks, canals, rivers, local reservoirs,
swamps, marshy and water logged areas,
lands under still water etc. are brought under
this category. Area under this classification is
2175608 ha accounting for 16.7% of the
state’s geographical area. The extent under
this category has increased by 3011 ha. as
compared to 08-09. In Chennai district about
98.3% (16798 ha) of its geographical area is
with an extent of 146876 ha (33.1%),
Thiruvallur with 108402 ha (31.7%),
Sivagangai with 122294 (29.2%) and
Pudukottai with 129836 ha (27.8%).
Culturable Waste
All lands available for cultivation
whether not taken up for cultivation or taken
up for cultivation once, but not cultivated
during the current year and continuously for
the last five years or more in succession for
one reason or the other are classified as
culturable waste. Such lands may be either
fallow or covered with shrubs and jungles
which are not put to any use. The total area
under culturable waste is 326445 ha or 2.5%
of the total geographical area of the state.
Karur, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli
districts together accounted 154349 ha. for
47.3% of the area under this category.
Permanent Pastures and other
Grazing Lands
All grazing lands, whether they are
permanent pastures or meadows are
considered as permanent pastures and other
grazing lands. Village common and grazing
lands within forested area are included under
this category.
An extent of 109924 ha or 0.8% of the
geographical area of the state falls under this
category. The extent under this category was
the highest in Kancheepuram district with
18286 ha (16.6%) followed by Karur district
with 10801 ha (9.8%)
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