S/No.

Class

Features

1

Built up area (BA)

Land allotted for buildings and construction sites.

2

Crop land (CL)

Land allotted for annual and perennial crop cultivation.

3

Wetlands/swamps (WL)

Valley land with flowing water seasonally or permanently, with vegetation being predominantly papyrus, sedges and grass.

4

Grazing land (GL)

Area with grass mainly savannah grassland, shrubs, thickets supporting animal farms/herds and other abandoned previously cropland.

5

Open water bodies (OWB)

Lakes, rivers, valley tanks, ponds, open streams

6

Forest land (FL)

Natural and artificial plantation forests