Table 5.

Historical Land Use Land cover Changes trend and Annual rate between 1992, 2007 and 2022.

LULC Classes	1992		2007		2022		Net Change (km2)			Percentage Change (%)			Rate of change per year
	km2	%	km2	%	km2	%	1992–2007	2007–2022	1992–2022	1992–2007	2007–2022	1992–2022	1992–2007	2007–2022	1992–2022
Water Body	102.6	1	80.67	0.79	74.72	0.73	−21.94	−5.95	−27.89	−21.38	−7.38	−27.18	−1.60	−0.51	−2.11
Forest Land	2472	24.1	1554.6	15.2	1415	13.7	−917.26	−139.7	−1057	−37.11	−8.99	−42.76	−3.09	−0.63	−3.72
Grazing Land	908.6	8.86	690.42	6.73	422.1	4.11	−218.16	−268.3	−486.47	−24.01	−38.9	−53.54	−1.83	−3.28	−5.11
Cultivated L.	6570	64	7691.5	75	8080	79.2	1121.3	388.01	1509.34	17.07	5.04	22.97	1.05	0.33	1.38
Settlement	205.8	2.01	241.83	2.36	267.8	2.36	36.04	25.95	61.99	17.51	10.73	30.12	1.08	0.68	1.76