Examine the different types of wastelands in India and their area distribution.
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Distribution of Wasteland:
Wastelands are lands which are economically unproductive, ecologically unsuitable and subject to environmental deterioration. The official estimate of wasteland in India in 2004 was nearly 63.85 million ha — more than 20% of the country’s geographical area.
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The category wise wasteland types of India is shown in Table 23.9:

According to the state wise break up, the state with the greatest percentage of its area that is classified is Rajasthan with 45 per cent, followed by the hill states Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Nagaland. This predominance of the hill states at the top of the list is because of the extent of snow-covered and glacial
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