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| Article Name : | | | IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH OVER THE LAND UTILIZATION IN MAHARASHTRA STATE | | Author Name : | | | KARANDE S. V. AND KHADKE P.A. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2221 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Land utilization is the proper use of land to the various natural and cultural purposes. The rapid growth of population is determining the pattern of land use in the world. The populations are growing by geometric method but the geographical area is all time constant. In this paper analyzed the relationship of population and land utilization in the Maharashtra state during the period of 1970-71 to 2009-10. The study of land utilization is important for the future planning and development. According to the population Maharashtra is the second largest state and occupied 9.29 percent population of India in Census 2011 but in geographical area third in the country and occupies 9.84% of the geographical area. The main focus of the present study is the determine pressure of population over the land. During the period of 1971 to 2011the population, population density and urbanization is increased in the state. This is affected to the decreasing of forest (0.7 %), Net area sown (2.7%), Permanent pasture & grazing land (0.4%) and increase the Land under Non-agriculture use (2.5%), Cultivable wasteland (0.7%), Fallow land (0.6%) and Area sown more than once (13.1%). The percentage of small size of land holders is increased from 13.8% to 23.1% and large size land holders are decreased from 1.9 % to 0.05%. However per capita availability of forest and agriculture land is decreasing from 0.11 to 0.046 hector and 0.38 to 0.20 hector respectively during the study period in the state. | | Keywords : | | |
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