India - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in India was 2,973,190 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,973,190 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,973,190 in 1961.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,973,190
1962 2,973,190
1963 2,973,190
1964 2,973,190
1965 2,973,190
1966 2,973,190
1967 2,973,190
1968 2,973,190
1969 2,973,190
1970 2,973,190
1971 2,973,190
1972 2,973,190
1973 2,973,190
1974 2,973,190
1975 2,973,190
1976 2,973,190
1977 2,973,190
1978 2,973,190
1979 2,973,190
1980 2,973,190
1981 2,973,190
1982 2,973,190
1983 2,973,190
1984 2,973,190
1985 2,973,190
1986 2,973,190
1987 2,973,190
1988 2,973,190
1989 2,973,190
1990 2,973,190
1991 2,973,190
1992 2,973,190
1993 2,973,190
1994 2,973,190
1995 2,973,190
1996 2,973,190
1997 2,973,190
1998 2,973,190
1999 2,973,190
2000 2,973,190
2001 2,973,190
2002 2,973,190
2003 2,973,190
2004 2,973,190
2005 2,973,190
2006 2,973,190
2007 2,973,190
2008 2,973,190
2009 2,973,190
2010 2,973,190
2011 2,973,190
2012 2,973,190
2013 2,973,190
2014 2,973,190
2015 2,973,190
2016 2,973,190
2017 2,973,190
2018 2,973,190
2019 2,973,190
2020 2,973,190
2021 2,973,190

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 2,980,489
2000 2,980,489
2010 2,980,489

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 222,688
2000 222,688
2010 222,688

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use