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.