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District and Category Wise Distribution of Land Use / Land Cover in Goa (2011-12)

The document provides district and category wise distribution of land use and land cover in Goa, India for 2011-12. It shows that the total crop land was 590.25 sq km, with North Goa accounting for 334.22 sq km and South Goa 256.03 sq km. The total forest area was 1,158.37 sq km of deciduous forest and 621.78 sq km of evergreen/semi-evergreen forest. Wetlands/water bodies accounted for 54.44 sq km of inland wetland and 20.18 sq km of coastal wetland across North and South Goa.

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District and Category Wise Distribution of Land Use / Land Cover in Goa (2011-12)

The document provides district and category wise distribution of land use and land cover in Goa, India for 2011-12. It shows that the total crop land was 590.25 sq km, with North Goa accounting for 334.22 sq km and South Goa 256.03 sq km. The total forest area was 1,158.37 sq km of deciduous forest and 621.78 sq km of evergreen/semi-evergreen forest. Wetlands/water bodies accounted for 54.44 sq km of inland wetland and 20.18 sq km of coastal wetland across North and South Goa.

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District and category wise distribution of Land Use / Land Cover in Goa (2011-12)

(Area in sq. km.)

L1 L2 North Goa South_Goa Grand Total

Crop land 334.22 256.03 590.25


Agriculture Current Shifting cultivation

Fallow 83.66 90.01 173.67

Plantation

Barren Rocky 29.94 26.48 56.42

Gullied / Ravinous Land


Barren/unculturable/ Rann
Wastelands
Salt Affected Land

Sandy Area 0.22 2.20 2.42

Scrub Land 146.75 117.98 264.73

Mining 40.59 43.78 84.38


Builtup Rural 12.55 7.37 19.92
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Urban 132.33 157.72 290.05

Deciduous 467.01 691.36 1158.37

Evergreen/Semi evergreen 174.46 447.31 621.78


Forest Forest Plantation 39.24 1.91 41.15

Scrub Forest 159.86 48.57 208.42

Swamp / Mangroves 14.54 1.92 16.46

Grass / Grazing Grass / Grazing 0.18 0.00 0.18

Snow and Glacier Snow and Glacier

Inland Wetland 39.46 14.98 54.44


Wet lands / Water bodies Coastal Wetland 8.16 12.03 20.18

River/Stream/Canals 45.92 23.10 69.02

Water bodies 3.92 26.26 30.18

(Above statistics are provisional)

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