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The total geographical area of the State is 275.04 lakh hectares. Out of the total geographical area, net area sown, 22.6 percent is under forests, 9.8 percent is under current fallow lands, 9.6 percent is under non-agricultural uses and 7.5 percent is under barren and uncultivable land. During the year 2007-08, the net area sown is increased to 108.43 lakh ha.(5.9%)from 102.39 lakh ha. during 2006-07. This is attributed to favourable seasonal conditions prevailed in the State during 2007-08.
The decadal land utilization particulars are given below:

Sl. No. Category 1966-67 1976-77 1986-87 1996-97 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 % to total geographical
area to 2007-08
1 Geographical Area 274.40 274.40 274.40 274.40 274.40 275.04 275.04 100.0
2 Forest 61.17 63.82 58.35 62.45 61.99 61.10 62.10 22.6
3 Barren & Uncultivable land 20.83 22.87 22.68 20.83 20.84 20.97 20.59 7.5
4 Land put to Non Agricultural uses 20.56 21.04 22.60 24.72 26.15 25.91 26.37 9.6
5 Cultivable Wastes 13.74 9.56 8.64 7.22 6.92 6.95 6.59 2.4
6 Permanent Pastures 11.57 9.72 8.81 7.63 6.76 6.02 5.71 2.1
7 Land under Misc 3.05 2.73 2.64 2.47 2.78 3.20 3.06 1.1
8 Other fallow lands 8.66 12.16 14.96 15.47 16.23 15.83 15.00 5.5
9 Current Fallow lands 21.74 26.47 35.23 24.43 24.34 31.66 27.19 9.8
10 Net Area Sown 113.43 106.02 100.47 108.34 108.39 102.29 108.43 39.4

Source: Director of Economics & Statistics, Hyderabad.