Table 52: District - wise distribution of Wastelands

RAJASTHAN
Category Ajmer Alwar Barmer Banswara Baran Bharatpur Bhilwara Bikaner Bundi Chittaurgarh Churu Dausa Dholpur Dungarpur Ganganagar Hanuman- Jaipur
garh
1 0.09 56.69 0.00 0.00 78.30 59.41 12.32 59.16 99.29 0.00 0.00 73.49 68.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.31
2 0.00 67.94 20.22 0.00 100.47 0.00 0.00 37.25 210.29 0.00 0.00 33.23 120.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.89
3 654.08 449.93 1032.84 169.50 191.44 193.16 1618.22 1430.39 247.19 866.63 52.82 129.78 315.96 371.09 21.95 13.66 181.24
4 910.43 83.24 384.68 164.26 131.87 58.70 768.28 265.73 37.20 442.76 343.38 93.33 83.08 552.60 89.39 33.61 874.92
5 8.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.00 0.00 1.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 10.10
6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.97 1.40 0.00
7 11.98 0.20 123.12 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.54 14.71 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.12
8 19.90 0.00 9.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 39.87
9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 210.79 111.10 124.69 629.12 1197.68 57.07 363.48 70.87 770.48 892.10 0.00 75.97 297.98 324.88 0.00 23.12 385.51
12 0.00 40.59 0.75 25.97 130.61 0.19 9.11 0.00 0.00 183.16 0.00 1.24 56.96 18.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 128.01 0.00 279.09 23.57 106.82 0.00 324.26 485.71 27.20 50.57 128.12 15.10 0.00 27.97 0.00 21.46 55.98
14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 0.08 0.35 0.00 0.00 46.52 6.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.90 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.23
16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 19.14 0.08 402.27 0.00 0.00 6.04 0.08 1111.56 0.35 0.00 58.42 0.48 0.00 0.00 154.59 330.54 97.69
18 0.00 0.00 1728.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1278.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1088.21 20.44 0.00
19 0.00 0.00 2598.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5907.50 0.00 0.00 109.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 171.83 0.00 0.00
20 3.37 0.75 1.95 3.71 0.00 1.41 2.65 0.00 0.41 4.99 0.04 0.72 0.22 2.23 0.00 0.00 3.20
21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 2.57 0.00 0.00
22 182.53 273.70 299.06 102.90 35.27 196.08 206.16 19.63 88.81 98.87 4.94 26.70 20.50 52.80 0.00 0.00 80.79
23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 2148.69 1084.56 7005.56 1119.37 2018.97 579.25 3304.55 10667.12 1481.21 2541.62 714.14 451.25 963.00 1349.93 1531.49 449.23 1792.85
TGA 8481 8380 28387 5037 6955 5092 10455 27244 5550 10856 16830 3432 3008 3770 10978 9656 10636
% to TGA 25.34 12.94 24.68 22.22 29.03 11.38 31.61 39.15 26.69 23.41 4.24 13.15 32.01 35.81 13.95 4.65 16.86

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 16. Sands-Coastal 21. Industrial wastelands
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 17. Sands-Desertic 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
3. Land with Dense Scrub 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
4. Land with Open Scrub 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m Total - Total Wasteland Area
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 15. Sands-Riverine 20. Mining Wastelands TGA - Total Geographical Area

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 RAJASTHAN Contd….
Category Jaisalmer Jalore Jhalawar Jhunjhunu Jodhpur Karauli Kota Nagaur Pali Rajsamand Sikar Sirohi Sawai Tonk Udaipur Total
madhopur
1 0.00 51.89 19.71 1.42 11.72 134.53 96.61 0.00 14.35 0.00 21.43 42.62 114.95 0.83 0.00 1020.17
2 0.00 20.42 0.26 27.46 0.00 26.95 156.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.64 10.74 9.36 3.32 0.00 864.75
3 8352.40 233.51 731.81 30.23 439.60 310.24 238.47 291.82 1188.03 1478.24 50.38 526.85 163.49 324.15 1362.60 23661.70
4 3870.31 80.84 374.63 324.37 945.42 60.69 19.84 289.53 361.50 328.08 392.10 400.07 156.77 269.22 1428.55 14619.38
5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.05 0.00 0.00 0.09 1.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.88
6 15.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.01 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.94
7 11.36 11.91 0.00 0.00 48.97 0.00 0.00 18.09 77.78 0.00 6.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 347.12
8 40.67 36.66 0.00 0.00 6.18 0.00 0.00 102.56 7.72 0.00 4.48 0.00 0.62 0.00 0.00 269.12
9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 145.87 161.06 604.36 169.99 57.53 1121.07 521.43 127.64 197.16 41.21 309.74 504.43 388.69 102.92 1377.87 11365.78
12 0.04 0.00 12.83 0.00 0.00 243.21 0.00 0.00 4.16 10.66 0.00 14.84 15.14 0.00 86.67 854.34
13 85.98 286.88 16.15 56.71 661.95 1.38 6.08 528.26 395.64 30.73 68.08 50.28 11.68 4.18 40.60 3918.42
14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 0.00 0.03 0.00 15.48 4.10 0.00 0.34 0.00 69.59 0.09 19.85 4.51 2.59 1.94 0.00 196.69
16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 528.99 285.73 0.00 19.21 1084.12 0.05 0.00 327.84 8.87 0.00 178.00 33.16 8.54 0.16 0.00 4655.88
18 6905.69 20.57 0.00 0.00 145.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11188.21
19 5058.99 132.30 0.00 0.00 1349.97 0.00 0.00 248.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 15586.44
20 0.84 0.91 3.30 0.00 20.59 0.56 0.53 4.27 5.85 12.52 0.12 4.97 0.36 0.17 26.21 106.86
21 0.00 0.61 0.00 0.00 0.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.37 0.00 0.00 2.08 0.00 0.00 0.97 9.06
22 1228.13 173.30 13.90 32.69 500.21 55.44 11.32 92.67 289.24 392.05 28.33 117.27 12.33 22.49 247.63 4905.72
23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 26244.58 1496.61 1776.94 677.56 5304.56 1954.13 1050.85 2069.09 2628.27 2293.56 1082.84 1722.69 884.51 729.38 4571.11 93689.47
TGA 38401 10640 6219 5928 22850 5524 5481 17718 12387 4689 7732 5136 5003 7194 12590 342239
% to TGA 68.34 14.07 28.57 11.43 23.21 35.38 19.17 11.68 21.22 48.91 14.00 33.54 17.68 10.14 36.31 27.38

1. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) 6. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) 16. Sands-Coastal 21. Industrial wastelands
2. Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) 7. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Medium) 12. Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) 17. Sands-Desertic 22. Barren Rocky/Stony waste
3. Land with Dense Scrub 8. Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 13. Degraded pastures/ grazing land 18. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab>40m 23. Snow covered /Glacial area
4. Land with Open Scrub 9. Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum 14. Degraded land under plantation crop 19. Sands-Semi Stab.-Stab 15-40m Total - Total Wasteland Area
5. Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 10. Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum 15. Sands-Riverine 20. Mining Wastelands TGA - Total Geographical Area

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Total Geog. Area (TGA) :342239.00 [Link].
Total Wasteland Area : 93689.47 sq. km.
Figure. 40 WASTELAND MAP
Wasteland Area : 27.38% 2005-06
RAJASTHAN

GANGANAGAR
HANUMANGARH
LEGEND
Gullied/ Ravine land-Medium ravine (1)
Gullied/Ravine land-Deep/ very deep ravine (2)
Scrubland - Land with dense scrub (3)
CHURU Scrubland - Land with open scrub (4)
JHUNJHUNUN Waterlogged and marshy land - Permanent (5)
BIKANER Waterlogged and marshy land - Seasonal (6)
Land Affected by Salinity/ Alkalinity - Moderate (7)
Land Affected by Salinity/ Alkalinity - Strong (8)
Shifting cultivation - Current jhum (9)
ALWAR Shifting cultivation - Abandoned jhum (10)
Under-utilised Deg Notif Forest - Scrub Dom (11)
SIKAR Under- utilised Deg Notif Forest - Agriculture (12)
BHARATPUR Degraded Pastures/ grazing land (13)
JAISALMER Degraded Land under Plantation Crop (14)
NAGAUR
Sands - Desert sand (15)
JAIPUR DAUSA
Sands - Coastal sand (16)
JODHPUR Sands - Riverine (17)
DHAULPUR
Sands - Semi-stab to stab (>40m) dune (18)
Sands-Semi-stab to stab mod high(15-40m) dune (19)
KARAULI Mining Wastelands (20)
AJMER Industrial Wastelands (21)
TONK SAWAI MADHOPUR Barren rocky area (22)
Snow cover and/ or glacial area (23)
BARMER Non Wasteland Area
PALI Major Road
BHILWARA Railway Line
BUNDI

RAJSAMAND
JALOR KOTA
BARAN

SIROHI

CHITTAURGARH JHALAWAR
UDAIPUR
5% 1%1%
12
17% 22 26%

19
Based on 3 season data of IRS P6
3
DUNGARPUR LISS III (2005-06) & Limited ground checks
18
12% 4 BANSWARA Partner Institution: Coordinated by:
17 11
13 Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre Land Use Division, LRG, RS & GIS - AA
5% 12
16% Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, National Remote Sensing Centre
CAZRI Campus, ISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt of India,
4%
1% 12% JODHPUR – 342003
Rajasthan
Balanagar,
Hyderabad - 500625

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 Table 53: Rajasthan - Category-wise distribution and changes in wastelands
Area in [Link].
Sl Wasteland Categories 2005-06 % 2003 % Change % diff
1 Gullied and/or ravinous land-Medium 1020.17 0.30 5062.08 1.48 -4041.91 -1.18
2 Gullied and/or ravinous land-Deep 864.75 0.25 1538.81 0.45 -674.06 -0.20
3 Land with Dense Scrub 23661.70 6.91 30010.58 8.77 -6348.88 -1.86
4 Land with Open Scrub 14619.38 4.27 6846.24 2.00 7773.14 2.27
5 Waterlogged and Marshy land-Permanent 64.88 0.02 115.92 0.03 -51.04 -0.01
6 Waterlogged and Marshy land-Seasonal 54.94 0.02 144.06 0.04 -89.12 -0.03
7 Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-Moderate 347.12 0.10 3132.12 0.92 -2785.00 -0.81
8 Land affected by salinity/alkalinity-Strong 269.12 0.08 633.60 0.19 -364.48 -0.11
9 Under utilised/degraded notified forest land-Scrub dominated 11365.78 3.32 8909.91 2.60 2455.87 0.72
10 Under utilised/degraded notified forest land-Agriculture 854.34 0.25 710.30 0.21 144.04 0.04
11 Degraded pastures/grazing land 3918.42 1.14 8766.47 2.56 -4848.05 -1.42
12 Degraded land under plantation Crops 0.00 0.00 181.28 0.05 -181.28 -0.05
13 Sands-Riverine 196.69 0.06 189.56 0.06 7.13 0.00
14 Sands-Desertic 4655.88 1.36 10275.09 3.00 -5619.20 -1.64
15 Sands-Semi stabilised-Stabilised >40m 11188.21 3.27 2672.88 0.78 8515.33 2.49
16 Sands-Semi stabilised- Stabilised Moderate High 15-40m 15586.44 4.55 16380.70 4.79 -794.27 -0.23
17 Mining wastelands 106.86 0.03 233.77 0.07 -126.91 -0.04
18 Industrial wastelands 9.06 0.00 398.68 0.12 -389.61 -0.11
19 Barren rocky area 4905.72 1.43 5251.80 1.53 -346.07 -0.10
Total 93689.47 27.38 101453.85 29.64 -7764.38 -2.27
TGA 342239.00

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