Total & State wise salt affected soils in India 2021-22 - Official Data - Saline Alkaline Soil

State wise distribution of salt affected soils in India in 2021 is as under:

Sr. No.	State	Saline soils (ha)	Alkali soils (ha)	Coastal saline soil (ha)	Total (ha)
1	Andhra Pradesh	0	196609	77598	274207
2	A & N islands	0	0	77000	77000
3	Bihar	47301	105852	0	153153
4	Gujarat	1218255	541430	462315	2222000
5	Haryana	49157	183399	0	232556
6	J & K*	0	17500	0	17500
7	Karnataka	1307	148136	586	150029
8	Kerala	0	0	20000	20000
9	Maharashtra	177093	422670	6996	606759
10	Madhya Pradesh	0	139720	0	139720
11	Orissa	0	0	147138	147138
12	Punjab	0	151717	0	151717
13	Rajasthan	195571	179371	0	374942
14	Tamil Nadu	0	354784	13231	368015
15	Uttar Pradesh	21989	1346971	0	1368960
16	West Bengal	0	0	441272	441272
	Total	1710673	3788159	1246136	6744968

 Source:  CSSRI

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