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GENERAL ECONOMIC SURVEY
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PRESSURE OF POPULATION
Compared with 1911-12 the pressure of population on land had increased in 1950-51. The gross cropped area in 1911-12 was 19,32,787 acres which worked out at 1.87 acres per head. In 1950-51 the gross cropped area was 19,58,500 acres thus giving an average of 1.33 acres per head. This increase in the pressure of population upon land is to be taken in absolute terms because of the two factors, the population and the acreage determining the pressure of population on land, the latter being constant.
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