Table 8 Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) area of Chatra Wetland and its surrounding from 1991 to 2018.
LULC category | Year | Net increase or decrease of the area in hectare from 1991 to 2018 | Equivalent LULC for ESV | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 2000 | 2009 | 2018 | |||
Area in hectare | Area in hectare | Area in hectare | Area in hectare | |||
Built-up | 457.2 | 546.66 | 568.35 | 570.29 | + 113.09 | Urban |
Vegetation | 1023.75 | 465.12 | 1030.59 | 810.54 | − 213.21 | Tropical forest |
Marshy land | 263.43 | 773.28 | 178.38 | 161.01 | − 102.42 | Swamp |
River | 15.81 | 14.11 | 13.5 | 13.5 | − 2.31 | Rivers/lakes |
Wetland | 397.17 | 315.9 | 102.6 | 101.66 | − 295.51 | Wetland |
DAF land | 231.34 | 272.81 | 494.46 | 730.88 | + 499.54 | Cropland |
