Table 3.

Area coverage and percentage of LULC classes.

LULC	1973		1988		2003		2020
	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%
Forest	7974.49	62.62	6929.55	54.42	6627.96	52.05	5676.04	44.57
Grassland	3841.20	30.16	3122.28	24.52	2022.27	15.88	2000.19	15.71
Agricultural land	638.64	5.02	2226.49	17.48	3154.84	24.77	4236.06	33.27
Bare land	137.32	1.08	264.67	2.08	725.67	5.70	453.22	3.56
Settlement	142.32	1.12	190.98	1.50	203.23	1.60	368.46	2.89
Total	12,733.79	100	12,733.79	100	12,733.79	100	12,733.79	100