S/N

LULC Classes

1987

2002

2017

Overall Changes (%)

Hectares

%

Hectares

%

Hectares

%

1

Forest

207,036

15.95

1,758,915

44.17

871,965

21.90

−50.12

2

Sparse Vegetation

91,197

7.03

1,199,799

30.13

1,447,497

36.35

59.46

3

Bare soil and Farmland

721,296

55.58

43,209

1.09

1,433,745

36.01

18.49

4

Built up

141,093

10.87

798,912

20.06

133,605

3.36

−12.55

5

Water body

137,061

10.56

180,945

4.54

94,968

2.39

−3.63