Geographical Area and Province wise Coverage of Reconnaissance Soil Survey of Pakistan
|
Geographical Area |
Area Surveyed |
Un-surveyed Area |
|
(‘000 square kms) |
(‘000 square kms) |
(% of total) |
(‘000 square kms) |
|
Punjab |
206 |
206 |
100 |
- |
Sindh |
141 |
120 |
85 |
21 (Thar North) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & FATA |
102 |
91 |
89 |
6.6 (South Wazristan) |
Balochistan |
347 |
347 |
100 |
- |
Gilgit-Baltistan |
73 |
73 |
100 |
- |
Azad Kashmir |
13 |
13 |
100 |
- |
Total |
882 |
850 |
96 |
Land Use Categories of Pakistan
(Except Gilgit-Baltistan)
Land Capability Classification
Class/ Sub-class |
Punjab |
Sindh |
KPK + FATA |
Balochistan |
GB |
AJK |
Pakistan |
% |
I |
3,486.4 |
1,105.3 |
1,87.3 |
5,98.9 |
2.4 |
- |
5,380.3 |
6.10 |
II |
3,679.2 |
2,336.2 |
5,24.4 |
481 |
145.3 |
14 |
7,180.1 |
8.14 |
III |
2,395.1 |
1,498.8 |
6,65.8 |
315.4 |
77.2 |
200.9 |
5,153.2 |
5.84 |
IV |
1,439.9 |
8,38.5 |
5,81.6 |
929.2 |
105.5 |
225.8 |
4,120.5 |
4.67 |
V |
- |
- |
70.1 |
- |
101.1 |
- |
171.2 |
0.19 |
VI |
2,61.8 |
8.3 |
827 |
84.6 |
114.6 |
306.6 |
1,602.9 |
1.82 |
VII |
4,610.6 |
2,454.2 |
2,603.8 |
9,294.7 |
869.4 |
20.9 |
19,853.6 |
22.51 |
VIII |
4,159.7 |
3,372.3 |
2974 |
22,699.5 |
4364.1 |
510.4 |
3,8080 |
43.17 |
Total Classified |
20032.7 |
11613.6 |
8434 |
34403.3 |
5779.6 |
1278.6 |
81541.9 |
92.45 |
Note: All these values are in Thousand Hectares