Land Resources
Land Use-Pattern :
The forest cover including land with or without scrub account for 17090 sq. km of the total geographical area (22,327 sq. km). Land available for agriculture is only 231.19 sq. km .
Table: Land use pattern of Manipur as on 2010-11
|
District
|
Geographic Area
|
Wetland Area
|
Agriculture Area
|
Forest
|
Others (includes Settlement & Waste land)
|
|
|
(sq.km)
|
(sq.km)
|
(sq.km)
|
(sq.km)
|
(sq.km)
|
|
Senapati
|
3271
|
19.11
|
17.4
|
2183
|
1051.49
|
|
Tamenglong
|
4391
|
50.86
|
30.85
|
3902
|
407.29
|
|
Churachanpur
|
4570
|
41.02
|
35.46
|
4275
|
218.52
|
|
Bishnupur
|
496
|
217.53
|
25.9
|
21
|
231.57
|
|
Thoubal
|
514
|
157.18
|
26.01
|
56
|
274.81
|
|
Imphal West
|
519
|
84.18
|
32.37
|
55
|
347.56
|
|
Imphal East
|
709
|
20.96
|
35.37
|
220
|
432.65
|
|
Ukhrul
|
4544
|
23.55
|
13.27
|
3549
|
958.18
|
|
Chandel
|
3313
|
19.91
|
14.67
|
2829
|
449.42
|
|
Total
|
22,327
|
634.32
|
231,19
|
17090
|
4371,49
|
Source: Economic Survey of Manipur, FSI Report, National Wetland Atlast of India