For Official Use Kasargod Base WASTELAND MAP Kasargod 2 0 0 3 Kerala Kozhikode Palakkad LEGEND Gullied and / or Degraded pasture ravinous (1) and grazing land (9) Ernakulam Land with scrub Degraded (2) plantation crops(10) Alappuzha Land without Sand - Inland scrub (3) / coastal (11) Thiruvananthapuram Waterlogged and Mining / Industrial Kozhikode marshy (4) waste (12) 5A3A7 Watershed Saline / Alkaline Barren rocky / 5A3A4 (5) Stony waste (13) 4B3E6 Shifting cultivation Steep sloping (14) - Abandoned (6) 5A2C6 Palakkad Shifting cultivation Snow covered - Current (7) and / Glacial (15) 5A2B3 Degraded forest (8) 5A1D3 5A1C3 OTHERS Water bodies Sand (tank (river, tank, Settlement / river bed) 5A1B2 reservoir) Ernakulam Intern. Boundary Major Roads 5A1A3 State Boundary Railway Line Kasargod Administrative AREA STATISTICS Dist. Boundary River 11% 3% 10 7% 13 Alappuzha 9 40% Taluk Boundary Kozhikode 2 Source: Wasteland Maps - 2003 on 1:50,000 scale (Based on IRS Satellite Palakkad 8 LISS - III Imagery, Wasteland Maps (1986 - 2000), limited field check, Revenue Records / Maps. 24% 4 Prepared by: Ernakulam Kerala State Remote Sensing & Envn. Centre 15% Vikas Bhawan Thiruvananthapuram - 695033 Note: Refer legend for category Alappuzha Co-ordinated by: Sponsored by: Total Geog. Area (TGA) :38863.00 sq. km. Thiruvananthapuram Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Dept. of Land Resources Total Wasteland Area : 1788.80 sq. km. National Remote Sensing Agency Min. of Rural Development Thiruvananthapuram Wasteland Area : 4.60 Percent Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan, Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 Govt. of India, New Delhi - 110011 nrsa KERALA Area in Sq km Category Alapp- Canna- Ernak- Idukki Kasar- Kollam Kottayam Kozhi- Malap- Palghat Pathan- Thiruvana- Thrissur Wayan- Total uzha nore ulam agod kode puram amthitta nthapuram ad 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4 0.00 104.95 12.45 181.65 118.54 0.23 8.43 24.42 67.14 112.09 2.99 0.36 0.73 57.28 691.26 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.65 0.00 0.33 0.00 0.20 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.33 0.00 3.24 6 0.00 12.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.76 4.37 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.00 19.94 7 45.22 17.80 61.99 0.00 0.96 9.43 45.47 13.25 18.85 0.82 4.12 0.54 30.04 0.00 248.49 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13 0.00 2.80 66.68 154.84 2.24 20.25 0.00 0.81 6.87 75.13 26.24 22.93 41.19 5.55 425.53 14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15 0.00 0.00 0.33 90.35 0.00 0.70 0.52 0.00 4.17 7.06 10.60 0.00 2.14 8.13 124.00 16 0.00 5.11 2.45 3.20 1.91 3.51 0.00 13.32 8.12 3.37 7.21 0.00 0.17 3.19 51.56 17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 0.00 1.38 0.36 0.00 1.85 0.00 0.00 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.07 0.00 0.00 11.55 20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.18 24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.94 0.00 0.29 25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26 0.00 5.25 20.22 57.19 5.91 1.61 3.00 16.06 21.96 31.99 12.49 10.92 4.34 2.55 193.49 27 0.00 0.00 6.48 0.00 0.00 1.77 1.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.98 0.54 3.95 1.88 17.56 28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 TOTAL 45.22 149.88 170.96 488.88 131.41 38.78 59.38 71.71 132.01 230.46 64.63 43.72 82.89 78.87 1788.80 TGA 1414 2997 2408 5019 1961 2583 2204.00 2345 3548 4392 2642 2186 3032 2132 38863 % to 3.20 5.00 7.10 9.74 6.70 1.50 2.69 3.06 3.72 5.25 2.45 2.00 2.73 3.70 4.60 TGA 01.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Shallow) 06.Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) 11.Shifting cultivation area (Abandoned Jhum) 16.Degraded land under plantation crop 21.Sands-(Semi Stab.-Stab Moder. High 15-40m) 26.Barren Rocky/Stone Waste/Sheet Rock Area 02.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Medium) 07.Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 12.Shifting cultivation area (Current Jhum) 17.Sands-(Flood Plain) 22.Sands-(Semi Stab. to Stab. low<15m) 27.Steep Sloping Area 03.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Deep) 08.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 13.Under utilised/degraded notified forest land 18.Sands-(Levees) 23.Sands-(Closely Spaced Inter-Dune Area) 28.Snow covered and/or Glacial Area 04.Land with scrub 09.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Moderate) 14.Under utilised/degraded notified forest land(Agri.) 19.Sands-(Coastal Sand) 24.Mining Wastelands Total Wasteland Area 05.Land without scrub 10.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Slight) 15.Degraded pastures/grazing land 20.Sands-(Semi Stab.-Stab>40m) 25.Industrial Wastelands TGA: Total Geographical Area nrsa.