Carrying Capacity and Population Food Balance of District Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The study of carrying capacity of land and population food balance in district Bulandshahr
is an attempt to understand the man and land relationship. It helps in finding out the relative
population pressure on the available arable land in different blocks of the district. In the contemporary
world, where the problems of food crisis and over population are real; an analysis of the carrying
capacity of land is of great importance. The increasing pressure of population on the available
resources is a matter of great concern to the present day academicians, planners and policy makers.
Geographers are spatially concerned with deteriorating man and land relationship (Gharge, 2011).
The idea of carrying capacity relates closely to that of sustainable development, because both refer
to the need of survival rather than capital. However, in future it is recommended to bring down the
population pressure so as to avoid any decline in the carrying capacity of the land.
There is a close relationship between numbers of heads of persons and the carrying capacity
of the land, particularly in an agrarian society where land is almost the sole support of the growing
population. The supply of agricultural land is almost fixed in aerial extent while population is
increasing rapidly.
Estimation of carrying capacity using food production is carried out by dividing total food
production by the standard level of food consumption of the area. The result is a population that
can be supported at a given level of subsistence assuming that food is equitably distributed. In
simplest words carrying capacity of land is about food production and population