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LAND USE

 

The district wise land use pattern in Kerala is furnished below:

 

LANDUSE CLASSIFICATION IN DISTRICTS OF KERALA (1985-86)

(in hectors)

District

 

Total Geographical

Area

 

Forest

 

LandPut

To non agrl uses

Barren # uncultivable land

 

Permanent pastures and grazing land

Land

Under miscellaneous tree crops

Cultivable waste

Fallow other than current fallow

Cureent

fallow

Net

Area Sown

 

Area

Shown more than once

Total cropped area

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

Trivandrum

218600

49861

17815

2438

31

222

2378

1474

1364

143017

74994

218011

Quilon

251838

81438

23554

882

26

284

801

905

1153

142795

80676

223471

Pathanamthitta

268750

155214

9168

948

6

158

512

531

1112

101101

10260

111361

Alleppey

136058

 

26540

467

10

134

2091

1287

2510

103019

53015

156034

Kottayam

219550

8141

20169

2124

47

280

1259

2255

2702

182573

55933

238506

1dukki

514962

260907

13969

19215

2082

14320

35270

1245

1983

165971

30616

196587

Emakulam

235319

8163

34628

2433

156

1114

5315

2312

2808

178430

68745

247175

Trichur

299390

103619

22653

2261

136

1361

5503

3087

4891

155879

63102

218981

Pa1ghat

438980

136257

30223

13295

237

8581

24698

4204

5436

216049

102392

318441

Malappuram

363230

103417

19638

7845

320

3054

14463

4343

8876

201274

33921

235195

Kozhikode

233330

41386

17795

1944

111

2849

2949

1376

2451

162469

41876

204345

Waynad

212560.

78787

5724

2078

144

3419

4841

1512

1852

114203

31174

145377

Cannanore

296797

48734

22365

14113

530

8575

6464

2348

4167

189501

21941

211442

Kasaragod

196133

5625

14360

.13064

387

5877

19015

1159

1942

134704

6922

141626

STATE

3885497

1081509

2}8601

83107

4223

50228

125559

28038

43247

2190985

675567

2866552

 

Source:Directorateof Economia;&. Statistia;, Trivandrum.