Area

The total area of Gujarat covers forest land, cultivation area, degraded land under plantation crops, mining industrial wastelands and degraded pastures or grazing land. The area that comes under the above categories in the different districts of Gujarat is given below.

Total Area: 1,96,027 square kilometer

Area Break – Up of Different Districts (in square kilometer):

Ahmedabad:

• Area: 8707
• Notified Forest Land: 0.83
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0.00
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0.00
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 53.01

Gandhinagar:

• Area: 649
• Notified Forest Land: 0.00
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0.00
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0.00
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 1.64

Mahesana:

• Area: 9046
• Notified Forest Land: 0.00
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0.00
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0.00
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 90.06

Sabarkantha:

• Area: 7390
• Notified Forest Land: 431.54
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0.00
• Degraded Land Under Plantation Crops: 2.48
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0.00
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 2.16

Bhavnagar:

• Area: 11155
• Notified Forest Land: 33.56
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 8.41

Surendranagar:

• Area: 10489
• Notified Forest Land: 55.72
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 82.28
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 2.49

Amreli:

• Area: 6760
• Notified Forest Land: 72.94
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 6.44
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 0

Rajkot:

• Area: 11203
• Notified Forest Land: 100.30
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Degraded Land Under Plantation Crops: 24.32
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 22.60
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 23.75

Jamnagar:

• Area: 14125
• Notified Forest Land: 35
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 0

Junagadh:

• Area: 10607
• Notified Forest Land: 487.38
• Shifting Cultivation Area: 0
• Mining Industrial Wastelands: 0
• Degraded Pastures/ Grazing Land: 0

Last Updated on : 30 September 2011