Land Use/Land cover categories

LULC (1991)

LULC (2001)

LULC (2010)

LULC (2018)

Area (km²)

Area (%)

Area (km²)

Area (%)

Area (km²)

Area (%)

Area (km²)

Area (%)

Cultivated Land

69.5

24.15

78.1

27.1

86.8

30.1

118.45

41.9

Uncultivated Land

120.4

41.8

108.8

37.7

113.4

39.4

79.34

27.5

Forest

7.9

2.75

7.2

2.5

6.5

2.3

5.8

2.01

Plantation

1.7

0.58

5.5

1.9

5.8

2

8.54

2.96

Open Scrub

33.8

11.7

26.4

9.2

19.9

6.9

9.82

3.4

Ravines with scrub

30

10.4

24.8

8.6

7.3

2.5

4.7

1.6

Stone quarry

9.9

3.4

13.7

4.8

20

6.9

28.22

9.79

Over burden dump

7

2.4

10.2

3.5

11.6

4

12.5

4.33

Exposed rock/waste land

3.3

1.14

6.3

2.2

6

2

3.8

1.3

Industrial land

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.2

1.63

0.56

Settlement/built up

3.3

1.2

4.2

1.5

7.8

2.7

12.1

4.2

Water body/river

1.1

0.38

2.6

0.9

2.6

0.9

3.3

1.1

Total

288.2

100

288.2

100

288.2

100

288.2

100