Land use/
Cover classes
1992
2000
2011
Percentage Change
Area
(Ha)
Area (%)
Area
(Ha)
Area (%)
Area
(Ha)
Area (%)
1992-2000
(%)
2000-2011(%)
Water Body
594
3
316
2
311
2
-46
-1.5
Settlements
1921
10
3524
18
3656
18
83
4
Barren soil
1199
6
3120
16
2752
13
160
-11
Agriculture
2124
11
2529
13
2613
14
9
4
Lower vegetation
5700
29
4398
22
4131
21
-22
-6
Scrub forest
3167
16
3489
17
3269
17
10
-6
Pine forest
5007
25
2336
12
3183
15
-53
27
Total
19712
100
19712
100
19712
100
Note:
Negative sign shows a decrease and positive sign shows an increase
Table 1:
Area statistics and percentage change in area of land-use classes in MHNP from 1992-2000 and 2000-2011.