Sl. No.

Land Use/Land Cover

Area in Hectare

% of Area

1992

2014

1992

2013

1

Sea Water

5028.17

5048.03

12.6

12.6

2

River Water

1739.09

1390.55

4.4

3.5

3

Inland Water

2.93

28.82

0.0

0.1

4

Dense Forest

14,616.36

9193.59

36.6

23.0

5

Low Dense Forest

8315.78

6761.30

20.8

16.9

6

Shrubs

4742.12

8023.82

11.9

20.1

7

Grass Cover Land

2794.50

5634.38

7.0

14.1

8

Open Fallow/Degraded Land

2174.47

2100.94

5.4

5.3

9

Urban and Built-Up

526.07

1758.06

1.3

4.4

Total

39,939.48

39,939.48

100.0

100.0