State-wise Area of Arable Land/Degraded Land and Land Affected by Natural Calamities in India (2010-2011)
(Area in Thousand Hectares)
States/UTs	Degraded Land*	Arable Land**	Area Affected by Natural Calamities***	Percentage of arable land affected by Natural Calamities
Andhra Pradesh	14992	15928	1207	7.58
Arunachal Pradesh	4503	422	164	38.86
Assam	2213	3211	187	5.82
Bihar	6283	6637	1941	29.25
Chhattisgarh	#	5581	0	0
Goa	162	197	0	0
Gujarat	8133	12422	67	0.54
Haryana	1467	3728	131	3.51
Himachal Pradesh	4178	822	26	3.16
Jammu and Kashmir	7020	1044	14	1.34
Jharkhand	#	4289	741	17.28
Karnataka	7631	12892	10	0.01
Kerala	2608	2305	3	0.01
Madhya Pradesh	26210	17322	0	0
Maharashtra	13055	21148	0	0
Manipur	952	243	0	0
Meghalaya	1208	1053	0	0
Mizoram	1881	377	2	0.5
Nagaland	995	659	0	0
Orissa	6122	7126	878	12.32
Punjab	1280	4215	84	1.99
Rajasthan	11368	25578	0	0
Sikkim	234	150	0	0
Tamil Nadu	5334	8146	417	5.11
Tripura	628	310	0	0
Uttarakhand	#	1547	502	32.45
Uttar Pradesh	15324	19179	815	4.25
West Bengal	2752	5689	1625	28.56
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	-	47	0	0
Chandigarh	-	2	0	0
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	-	24	0	0
Daman and Diu	-	5	0	0
Lakshadweep	287	3	0	0
Pondicherry	-	30	0	0
Delhi	-	54	0	0
India	146820	182385	8814	4.83
Note : # : Degraded area of Bihar includes Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh includes
Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh includes Uttarakhand.
Source : Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 270, dated on 15.03.2011.