| Category-wise Distribution of Total Area under Wastelands in India (2005-2006 and 2008-2009) | ||||||
| Category | Total WL | %age to TGA | ||||
| 2005- 2006 | 2008- 2009 | Change | 2005- 2006 | 2008- 2009 | Change | |
| Gullied and/or Ravinous Land-Medium | ||||||
| Gullied and/or Ravinous Land-Deep/very Deep Ravine | ||||||
| Land with Dense Scrub | ||||||
| Land with open Scrub | ||||||
| Waterlogged and Marshy Land-Permanent | ||||||
| Waterlogged and Marshy Land-Seasonal | ||||||
| Land Affected by Salinity/alkalinity-Moderate | ||||||
| Land Affected by Salinity/alkalinity-Strong | ||||||
| Shifting Cultivation area-Current Jhum | ||||||
| Shifting Cultivation area-Abandoned Jhum | ||||||
| Under utilised/Degraded Forest-Scrub Dominated | ||||||
| Agricultural Land Inside Notified Forest Land | ||||||
| Degraded Pastures/grazing Land | ||||||
| Degraded Land under Plantation Crops | ||||||
| Sands-Riverine | ||||||
| Sands-Coastal Sand | ||||||
| Sands-Desert Sand | ||||||
| Sands-Semi-Stabilized to Stabilized (> 40m) dune | ||||||
| Sands-Semi-Stabilized to Stabilized Moderately high (15-40m) Dune | ||||||
| Mining Wastelands | ||||||
| Industrial Wastelands | ||||||
| Barren rocky area | ||||||
| Snow Cover and/or Glacial area | ||||||
| Total | ||||||
