The present research paper deals with the issues like land use and cropping pattern of district Solan of Himachal Pradesh. Change in these two factors determined the pace of agricultural diversification. The process of diversification of agriculture reduces the risk of perishment of crops and provides economical benefits to farm. Hence, it may prove helpful in alleviating rural poverty. To know about the changes in area under various crops, percentage method was used as a statistical tool. The result obtained in this study indicates that area under pulses shows decreased behavior pattern whereas in case of vegetables significantly increase was resulted.