Published: 11th Apr, 2024
Context
India’s built-up area has steadily increased over the past 17 years from 2005-06 to 2022-23, expanding by almost 2.5 million hectares, a new analysis showed.
Key-highlights
- Period taken: 2005-06 and 2022-23.
- The built-up land showed a modest increase with an overall growth of around 31 per cent.
- Around 35 per cent of built up area has been added, with an average increase of around 2.4 per cent annually from land cover, which include wasteland and agricultural land cover.
- Wasteland, which includes degraded and unproductive land, contributed significantly (12.3 per cent) to built-up area expansion by 12.3.
- A substantial percentage of built-up area expansion originated from agricultural land covers, which includes
- 3 per cent of double / triple / annual crop
- 3 per cent of kharif crop
- 1 per cent of rabi crop
- 9 per cent of plantation
- 8 per cent of fallow land
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Fact Box: Built-up area
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