Land Resources of Manipur

Submitted by pbhagawati on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 14:29

 

 

Pattern of Land Utilisation:

 

Land Utilisation statistics for the entire State of Manipur are not available because hill areas are not cadastrally surveyed. The plains of Manipur occupies about 2,238 sq. kms. which accounts for about 10 percent of the total geographical area. A firm information regarding the land utilization of the entire State cannot be built up since land records are available only for the cadastrally surveyed area of the Manipur Valley and a very small pocket of the hills while no complete and regular land utilization survey have been undertaken by the authorities, such as Agriculture/Horticulture/Settlement and Land Records/Revenue Departments. As per the land utilization statistics of 2000-2001, out of the total geographical area, the reporting area is about 1,90,446 hectares. An area of 26,900 hectares of land are not available for cultivation. Fallow land covers 200 hectares and other uncultivated land excluding the fallow land covers 8,055 hectares which account for about 4.23 percent of the total reporting area. The land use classification of valley areas of Manipur for the year 2000-01 and a comparative picture of land utilization pattern of Manipur with those of all India level for 2001-02 and 2002-03 is presented in table which is given below.

 

Land use Classification of Valley areas of Manipur, 2000-01:

(Area in hectares)

Sl. No.

Classification of Land

Imphal

Bishnupur

Thoubal

Total

1.

Geographical Area

1,22,000

49,600

51,400

2,23,000

2.

Reporting area for land utilization

1,05,416

4,6080

38,950

19,0446

3.

Classification of reporting area:

a)

Forest

-

-

-

-

b)

Not available for cultivation

 

 

 

 

(i)

Area under non-agricultural uses

19,315

4,535

2,110

25,960

(ii)

Barren unculturable land

220

225

495

940

 

Total

19,535

4,760

2,605

26,900

c)

Other uncultivated land excluding following

(i)

Permanent pasture & other grazing

300

760

310

1370

(ii)

Land under misc. uses & groves (not included in net area sown)

1,945

1,360

2,640

5,945

(iii)

Culturable waste land

235

325

180

740

 

Total

2,480

2,445

3,130

8,055

d)

Fallow land:

(i)

Fallow land other than current fallows

-

60

-

60

(ii)

Current fallows

-

140

-

140

 

Total

-

200

-

200

4.

Net Area sown

83,401

38,671

33,215

1,55,287

5.

Total Cropped area

86,191

42,366

37,305

1,65,862

6.

Area sown more than once

2,790

3,695

4,090

10,575

7.

Cropping Intensity

103.35

109.55

112.31

106.81

Source: Economic Survey Manipur 2008-09.

 

Pattern of Land Utilisation Statistics for the year 2001-02, 2002-03.

(Area in '000 hectares)

Sl. No.

Particulars

2001-2002 (P)

2002-2003 (P)

Manipur (P)

All India

Manipur (P)

All India

1.

Geographical Area

2,233

3,28,726 $

2,233

3,28,726 $

2.

Reporting area (3-10)

1,883

3,04,845

1,883

3,04,847

3.

Classification of reported area:

(i)

Forest

1,693 (k)

69,487

1,693 (k)

69,467

(ii)

Not available for cultivation

27

41,780

27

42,037

(iii)

Permanent Pastures and other grazing land

1

10,581

1

10,499

(iv)

Land under misc-tree crops & groves (not included in net area sown)

6

3,335

6

3,325

(v)

Culturable waste land

1

13,352

1

13,483

(vi)

Fallow lands other than current fallows

(a)

10,254

(a)

11,708

(vii)

Current fallows

(a)

14,673

(a)

21,531

(viii)

Net Area sown

155

1,41,383

155

1,32,798

4.

Gross Cropped Area

216

1,90,488

219*

1,75,988

5.

Area sown more than once

61

49,105

64

43,190

6.

Net Irrigated Area

NA

58,868

54

53,156

7.

Gross Irrigated Area

NA

77,940

54

72,966

$- Including 78,114 sq.km. under illegal occupation of Pakistan and 5,180 sq.km. illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district.

(a) = Below 500 hectares

(k) = As per forestry Statistics of India 2003

(p) = Relates to the year 2001-02

* =  Forecast data has been utilized in estimating Gross Cropped Area.

Note :- Figures for 2001-02 shown earlier have been revised in all the three parts of Land use Statistics for 2001-02 & 2002-03.

 

Source: Economic Survey Manipur 2008-09.

 

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