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17. TOTAL FARM AREA includes total culturable and FOREST means the farm area under forest.
unculturable area contained in the farms but it DOES
NOT INCLUDE area outside the farms such as area 21. TOTAL CROPPED -AREA means the aggregate
under government forests, roads, railways, schools, area of crops raised in a farm during the Census year
play-grounds, canals, rivers, abadi deh, urban area, including the area under fruit trees.
undistributed government lands, etc. Consequently,
the farm area of an administrative unit would be less It has to be distinguished from the "net sown area"
than the total land area of that unit. which represents the area actually used for cropping
purposes regardless of the number of crops raised while
18:· LAND UTILIZATION means the classification the total cropped area represents the aggregate area
of the farm area in accordance with its use as under: of the various crops raised in the same farm land during ·
the Census year. For example, an acre ofland, the whole
Farm Area of which is used for growing cotton in kharif and fodder
in Rabi, in the same year, would be counted as one
I acre of"net sown area", and two acres of"total cropped
area". Similarly, if an acre of land planted with fruit-
I I trees is sown in kharif with Jowar and in Rabi with
pulses, it would be counted as one a.ere of "net sown
Cultivated Uncultivated area," and three acres of "total cropped area".

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22. TOTAL CULTURABLE AREA includes cultivated
_I __ _ _ I I area and culturable waste.
Net Sown Current Fallow I 23. INTENSITY OF LAND USE represents the ratio
I in which the net sown area stands to the culturable
area of the farm. It indicates the extent to which
the culturable land has been used for production.
I I I Thus the percent Intensity of Land Use in a farm
Forest Culturable Not Available would be determined as follows :
Waste for
Cultivation Net sown area x 100
19. CULTIVATED AREA includes Culturable area

(a) Net sown area; and 24. INTENSITY OF CROPPING represents· the ratio
in which the total area of crops stands to the net sown
(b) Current fallow.
area. It indicates the extent to which one and the
same area was used for cropping. Thus, the percent
cropping intensity would be determined as follows:-
NET SowN AREA means the cultivated farm area
actually cropped during the Census year regardless
of the number of crops raised, and it includes area Total cropped area x 100
under fruit trees for the same year.
Net sown area
CURRENT FALLOW means the cultivated farm area
which was not ~ropped during the Census year, but 25. IRRIGATED AREA means the farm area cul-
was cropped durmg the preceding year. tivated by means of artificial irrigation. The important
means of artificial irrigation in the Province are the
20. UNCULTIVATED AREA includes: canals, wells, pumps, tubewells, karezes and various
devices for lifting water from tanks, streams, etc.
(a) Culturable waste Area ;
(b) Area not available for cultivation; and 26. UNIRRIGATED ·AREA means the farm area
(c) Forest Area. not artificially irrigated, but depends for cultivation
on rainfall or on floods from rivers and streams, etc.
CULTURABLE WASTE is the farm area which is
fit for cultivation but which was not cropped 27. CROP SEASONS are:
during the Census year nor in the year before
that. Thus, it is the sum total of 'Banjar (a) Kharif Season ; and
Jadid' and 'Banjar Qadim'. (b) Rabi Season.

AREA NOT AVAILABLE FOR CULTIVATION Kharif crops are sown in summer and harvested
means unculturable area of the farm and the in late summer or early winter.
area used for buildings, farm roads, or other
connected purposes and, therefore, is not Important kharif crops are cotton, rice, sugarcane,
available for cultivation. maize, jowar and bajra.