Sl. No. | Land Use/Land Cover | Area in Hectare | % of Area | ||
1992 | 2014 | 1992 | 2014 | ||
1 | Deep sea water | 14,686.90 | 13,419.99 | 40.1 | 36.6 |
2 | Shallow sea water | 633.71 | 1802.30 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
3 | River water | 203.56 | 244.53 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
4 | Dense vegetation | 5488.47 | 4078.60 | 15.0 | 11.1 |
5 | Low dense vegetation | 6864.77 | 7829.69 | 18.7 | 21.4 |
6 | Shrubs | 5398.83 | 2123.33 | 14.7 | 5.8 |
7 | Fallow land | 1327.86 | 2461.50 | 3.6 | 6.7 |
8 | Agriculture/plantation | 1566.79 | 2094.39 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
9 | Urban and built-up | 452.54 | 2569.12 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
Total | 36,623.43 | 36,623.43 | 100.0 | 100.0 |