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PAGE 227 PAGE 228 WEST BENGAL NEPAL BHUTAN Spatial Distribution of Wastelands Darjiling 2015-16 Jalpaiguri

Kochbihar BIHAR

Legend Uttar Dinajpur Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Medium) Gullied and/ or ravinous land (Deep) Dakshin Dinajpur Land with Dense Scrub Maldah Land with Open Scrub Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Moderate) BANGLADESH Land Affected by salinity / alkalinity (Strong) Shifting Cultivation - Current Jhum JHARKHAND Shifting Cultivation - Abandoned Jhum Under-utilised/degraded forest (Scrub domin) Murshidabad Under-utilised/degraded forest (Agriculture) Degraded pastures/grazing land Birbhum Degraded land under plantation crop Sands - Riverine Sands - Coastal Nadia Barddhaman Sands - Desertic Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab > 40m Puruliya Bankura Sands - Semi Stab:- Stab 15-40m Mining Wastelands Hugli 21; 1% 22; 3% Industrial Wastelands North 24 Parganas 16; 1% 20; 3% 1; 1% Barren Rocky Area 12; 1% 3; 19% Snow Covered/ Glacial Area Haora Kolkata Non Wasteland Area West Midnapore 11; 22% Water ways District Boundary Railways East Midnapore South 24 Parganas 6; 1% 4; 46% Major Roads 5; 1% ODISHA

0525 0100 150200 BAY OF BENGAL Kms

Land Use & Cover Monitoring Divn. Dept. of Land Resources Geoinformatics& Remote Sensing Cell LRUMG,Remote Sensing Application Total Geog. Area (TGA): Source: Wasteland Maps: 2008-09 on 1:50,000 scale, Min. of Rural Development 88752.00 sq. km. Department of S&T, WB State Council of S&T National Remote Sensing Centre Total wasteland area : Three seasons IRS P6 LISS-III data of Kharif(Oct/Nov-2015), G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan 1654.99 sq. km. Govt.of West Bengal BikashBhavan, ISRO, Dept. of Space, GOI Wasteland Percentage: Rabi (Jan/Feb-2016) and Zaid (April/May-2016) & Ground truth GOI, New Delhi - 110 011 1.86 Partner Inst.

Bidhannagar,Kolkata – 700 091 Executed By

Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037 Sponsored by WEST BENGAL Wastelands Area Change Matrix : 2008-09 and 2015-16 Area in sq.km

PAGE 229 PAGE 230 Note: “--”DenotesthisClassisnotexistingintheDistrict/ State Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 West Bengal Dakshin Dinajpur East Midnapore Barddhaman Murshidabad Jalpaiguri Kochbihar District Darjiling Birbhum Bankura Kolkata Maldah Haora Nadia Hugli WL_Class 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change -0.16 -0.15 -0.56 3.11 1 0.65 0.81 1.01 1.15 3.67 ------6. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Seasonal) 5. Waterlogged andMarshy land(Permanent) 4. LandwithOpenScrub 3. LandwithDenseScrub 2. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Deep) 1. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Medium) 2 ------12.97 -36.00 10.44 20.42 25.78 54.40 67.38 54.07 90.07 -5.36 -3.13 3 0.16 5.83 5.67 0.00 2.20 2.20 0.23 0.66 0.43 0.58 0.59 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.07 7.31 ------195.60 209.99 -12.17 -14.39 63.92 76.09 62.99 65.77 -2.78 -0.06 -1.72 -0.28 -1.59 4 5.86 0.22 3.38 3.16 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.00 0.43 0.43 0.33 0.39 0.04 1.76 0.23 0.50 4.27 ------9.43 -0.06 5 0.88 0.46 9.89 0.68 0.94 0.26 0.00 0.64 0.64 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.42 0.42 0.04 0.04 0.83 3.82 2.99 0.82 ------2008-09 Wastelands statisticsarerevisedversion. 10.84 -0.03 6 0.30 9.28 1.56 0.40 5.92 5.52 1.39 3.80 2.41 0.09 0.09 0.59 1.12 0.53 0.14 1.01 0.88 0.27 ------12. Under-utilised/degradedforest (Agriculture) 11. Under-utilised/degraded forest(Scrubdomin) 10. ShiftingCultivation- Abandoned Jhum 9. 8. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Strong) 7. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Medium) Shifting Cultivation-CurrentJhum 7 ------8 ------9 ------10 ------147.21 195.64 -17.28 -10.45 -48.43 19.10 19.06 17.44 17.83 17.93 35.21 19.25 11 -0.01 -1.12 -0.36 -0.38 0.22 0.24 1.12 0.36 0.04 8.79 ------TGA -Total Geographical Area 18. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab>40m 17. Sands-Desertic 16. Sands-Coastal 15. Sands-Riverine 14. Degradedlandunderplantationcrop 13. Degradedpastures/grazingland 12 0.00 0.46 0.46 0.42 0.69 0.28 0.64 0.83 0.20 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.50 0.44 2.00 3.51 1.50 ------13 ------14 1.51 3.82 2.31 ------15 -0.49 -0.54 -0.08 -0.09 -0.57 0.31 0.39 0.10 0.19 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.20 0.77 1.80 2.28 0.05 1.16 1.11 1.09 1.63 ------16 -0.86 1.75 2.61 ------23. Snowcovered/Glacialarea 22. BarrenRocky/Stonywaste 21. Industrialwastelands 20. MiningWastelands 19. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab15-40m 17 ------18 ------19 ------13.25 37.71 24.46 20 0.00 1.38 1.38 0.61 1.47 0.86 3.20 3.44 0.24 ------21 0.00 0.99 0.99 0.88 1.79 0.91 0.70 6.43 5.73 1.22 3.91 2.69 2.98 6.99 4.01 ------11.43 11.43 22 0.00 3.91 3.91 0.00 0.61 0.61 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.00 ------23 ------Area insq.km Total 108.73 142.70 174.80 186.49 423.37 516.87 -33.97 -11.70 -93.50 32.67 37.60 12.67 12.82 35.95 33.71 -0.27 -0.64 -4.93 -0.15 0.03 2.90 2.87 1.95 8.29 6.34 5.57 5.84 0.83 1.47 1.09 6.86 5.78 0.53 6.54 6.01 2.24 0.00 0.29 0.29 ------TGA 3927 5324 3733 3387 6227 3149 1467 4480 3149 2192 4545 7024 6882 104

PAGE 231 PAGE 232 Note: “--”DenotesthisClassisnotexistingintheDistrict/State Wastelands AreaChanges–2008-09and2015-16 West Bengal South 24Parganas North 24Parganas West Midnapore Uttar Dinajpur Grand Total District Puruliya WL_Class 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 2015-16 2008-09 Change Change Change Change Change Change 17.09 20.07 -2.01 -2.99 -0.11 1 7.11 7.22 5.20 7.21 ------6. Waterlogged andMarshyland(Seasonal) 5. Waterlogged andMarshyland(Permanent) 4. LandwithOpenScrub 3. LandwithDenseScrub 2. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Deep) 1. Gulliedand/orravinousland(Medium) 2 0.00 0.59 0.59 0.00 0.59 0.59 ------174.39 -120.44 307.20 481.58 149.45 269.89 12.15 -0.06 3 2.61 9.54 0.04 0.10 ------769.28 802.24 229.60 261.30 208.22 176.71 -32.96 -31.70 31.52 -0.01 4 0.12 0.13 ------16.44 -7.79 5 8.66 0.15 0.71 0.57 0.00 0.53 0.53 ------2008-09 Wastelands statisticsarerevisedversion. 12.02 24.80 12.78 -0.05 6 1.54 1.59 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.01 ------12. Under-utilised/degradedforest(Agriculture) 11. Under-utilised/degradedforest(Scrubdomin) 10. ShiftingCultivation- Abandoned Jhum 9. 8. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Strong) 7. Landaffected bysalinity/alkalinity(Medium) Shifting Cultivation-CurrentJhum 7 ------8 3.04 3.04 3.04 3.04 ------9 ------10 ------152.63 366.28 518.92 114.65 113.69 -31.37 -43.25 83.27 70.44 11 0.00 1.80 1.80 0.00 0.08 0.08 ------TGA -Total Geographical Area 18. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab>40m 17. Sands-Desertic 16. Sands-Coastal 15. Sands-Riverine 14. Degradedlandunderplantationcrop 13. Degradedpastures/grazingland 12.97 12 -0.52 8.21 4.75 5.62 6.35 0.73 0.58 1.10 ------13 ------14 1.51 3.82 2.31 ------15 -1.60 -0.19 6.73 8.34 1.70 1.89 0.31 0.31 ------15.33 13.43 12.15 10.17 16 1.90 1.98 0.78 1.43 0.65 ------23. Snowcovered/Glacialarea 22. BarrenRocky/Stonywaste 21. Industrialwastelands 20. MiningWastelands 19. Sands-SemiStab.-Stab15-40m 17 ------18 ------19 ------17.29 44.73 27.44 20 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.23 0.32 0.10 ------23.85 14.33 21 9.52 0.06 0.06 3.67 3.67 ------50.63 50.63 32.00 32.00 22 0.00 0.00 2.43 2.43 0.00 ------23 ------1654.99 1973.87 -318.88 -130.51 Area insq.km Total 343.68 398.77 470.19 600.69 -55.09 17.64 12.51 0.02 2.41 2.39 5.13 0.86 1.60 0.73 88752 10158 TGA 9601 3166 6259 3978

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