A Micro Level Study on Factors Influencing Selling of Agricultural Lands in Western Zone of Tamil Nadu

Land is a finite natural national resource, directly link with all economic development activities especially agricultural production highly depend upon large scale of land due to inefficiency in production. India is a land scarce country where per capita cultivated land is only around 0.15 ha (Planning Commission 2011). Agricultural land conversion is a process by which land is changed from agricultural purposes to urban and industrial uses. The study was conducted to identify the factors influence of land sale among the respondents in western zone of Tamilnadu. The findings revealed, self occupation, progeny occupation and presence of business and community organization in the locality most significant factors influence on land sales.