Area sown more than once

This article provides important information regarding areas sown more than once. The communal area, sown once and more than once in a particular year, is a gross cropped area(GCA). This area is also known as a sown or total cropped area. Among India’s land, 195 million hectares is the total gross cropped area, the net irrigated area is around 65.3 million, whereas the net sown area is 141 million hectares. When the particular area is grown twice, it is considered twice in the gross cropped area(GCA). 

Introduction to gross cropped area

The concept of gross cropped area is developed from the land that can be sown Govardhan once a  year and the net sown area. The gross cropped area is generally offered with sowing the land once a year.

Net Sown Area is 141 million dollars, whereas the gross cropped area is 195 million dollars. The left area is often left to rain feed, and the area is considered twice in GCA, which allows a sown of two types. Now that you have become familiar with the concept of an area that can be offered to sow again in a single year. Let us get on to understanding the concept of net sown area.

Introduction to the net sown area

The concept of net areas sown represents the total area utilized to sow the crops and hide them. It is usually significantly more than the one-time sowing area. 

Here are a few key terms relevant to the net sown area. 

Reporting area for land utilisation states 

The reporting area can be defined as the area on which land use classification data is available based on the reporting area land records and village paper areas. Where is it in some cases Village papers are not prepared. These cases estimate the area using the agriculture census, and news coverage is adopted depending on that. 

• Forest Area

The forest area includes all the land which comes as a forest directed from any legal document or is owned by private or state departments. 

Now that you understand and become familiar with the forest area and other specific terms. Let’s move on to understand the area under different types of uses. 

Permanent Pasture and other Grazing Lands

It comprises all the grazing lands, whether grasslands or meadows. Common grazing land in villages is also included in this category.

The area under Non-Agricultural Use

This category includes all the land occupied by railways, roads, buildings, or underwater. Examples may include rivers, canals, or land used for work other than agriculture.

Land under Miscellaneous Trees Crops

This includes the land area that is cultivable but is not considered net area sown but falls under agricultural use. Land that does not come under estate or orchards falls in this category, including bamboo bushes, casuring trees, thatching grasses, and other groves for fuel.

Barren and Uncultivable Land

This includes all the land covered by plateaus, deserts, mountains, etc. Land that cannot be converted or brought to cultivation except at an extreme cost is categorised as unculturable, whether cultivated holdings or isolated blocks.

Culturable Waste Land

This includes the land that is taken up or maybe not taken up for cultivation or culturable purpose but is not cultivated for a longer period (this time duration may include five years or more). These lands are sometimes covered with jungles and shrubs or fallow.

Irrigated Area

This area is considered suitable or cultivated through canals, tube wells, tanks, etc. It is further divided into the following category:

1. Net irrigated area: This is the area irrigated once a year by any source for a particular crop.
2. Total net un-irrigated area is received by subtracting the net irrigated area from the net sown area.
3. Gross irrigated area: This is the total area cultivated once or more than once a year.
4. The Gross un-irrigated area is the area received by subtracting the gross irrigated area from the gross sown area.
5. Cropping intensity is the ratio of total cropped area and net area sown. 

Net sown Area vs Gross Cropped area

Conclusion

The land is one of the most important resources to sustain life. There are several laws and regulations of these laws for enhanced agriculture with crystal clear boundaries of fair trade. The land is divided into several sections and subsections to carry and hold geographical significance. Gross cropped area, and net sown area are two similarly looking land divisions to ensure a proper hold on to agriculture. This article has discussed the concept of areas sown more than once and their geographical significance with the help of certain examples and scenarios.