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The area of Forest Cover, Net Sown Area Land Not Available for Cultivation, Fallow Land and Cultivable Waste have been converted into percentage to total geographical area are included in agricultural land use. Use of land is an important factor for planning process because of the finite nature of land resource. Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra covered an area of about 17 lakh hectare comprising nearly 73.52 percent area under net sown area in 1971-1972. The multiple regression technique have applied to find out relationship between selected agricultural landuse variables by selecting seventeen variables namely, rice, wheat, jawar, bajara, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables, fodder crops, pulses, cotton, net sown area, population density, agricultural density, irrigated area and condiments and spices. The net sown area in multiple regression points for limitations imposed by population density and agricultural density variables indicating multiple value of 0.9887.

Land Use, Net Sown Area, Multiple Regression