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)