Sl. No.

Land Use/Land Cover

Area in Hectare

% of Area

1992

2014

1992

2013

1

Deep Sea Water

19,374.53

10,571.40

22.0

12.0

2

Shallow Sea Water

12,072.47

20,648.54

13.7

23.5

3

Inland/River Water

451.49

381.20

0.5

0.4

4

Mangrove Vegetation

1394.10

1266.32

1.6

1.4

5

Low Dense Vegetation

10,712.25

12,332.57

12.2

14.0

6

Shrubs

4052.30

3355.58

4.6

3.8

7

Grass Cover Land/Open Shrub

24,626.61

19,767.22

28.0

22.5

8

Fallow Land

14,378.04

15,144.98

16.3

17.2

9

Urban and Built-Up

907.65

4501.62

1.0

5.1

Total

87,969.42

87,969.42

100.0

100.0