Table 2.

Total land area, agricultural and non-agricultural land area (excluding areas used for aquaculture), andm agricultural land production intensity classification in the study area in southwestern Bangladesh. Data are derived from Landsat 7 and 8 and are the averages of the 2011–12, 2011–2013 and 2013–2014 rabi seasons set by thresholds identified in Fig. 4.

Division	District	Hydrological zonea	Total land area (ha × 10c)			Agricultural land production intensity classification (ha × 10c)
			Total land area	Cropland area	Otherb	Fallow land	Low production intensity cropland	High production intensity cropland
Barisal	Barguna	SC	131	93	38	16	63	14
	Barisalc	SC/SW	219	106	113	4	43	59
	Bhola	SC	155	78	77	12	35	30
	Jhalokati	SC	72	37	35	3	23	11
	Patuakhali	SC	246	169	78	34	113	21
	Pirojpur	SC/SW	121	61	60	5	39	17
		Sub-Total	943	543	400	74	316	153
Chittagong	Chandpurc	SC	7	3	5	0	1	2
		Sub-Total	7	3	5	0	1	2
Dhaka	Faridpurc	SC/SW	200	126	75	13	68	44
	Gopalganj	SC/SW	147	113	34	6	35	73
	Madaripurc	SC/SW	114	71	43	3	21	47
	Manikganjc	SC	8	4	4	1	2	1
	Rajbaric	SC/SW	102	66	36	9	42	15
	Shariatpurc	SC	99	53	46	1	15	37
		Sub-Total	671	433	237	33	183	218
Khulna	Bagerhat	SW	203	77	126	15	37	25
	Chauadanga	SW	114	86	28	3	29	53
	Jessore	SW	258	172	85	9	57	107
	Jhenaidah	SW	197	151	46	6	69	76
	Khulna	SW	207	106	100	53	28	26
	Kushtiac	SW	74	57	17	4	28	25
	Magura	SW	105	75	30	6	42	27
	Meherpurc	SW	70	51	19	2	15	33
	Narail	SW	98	77	22	10	36	31
	Satkhirac	SW	217	95	122	27	25	43
		Sub-Total	1542	947	595	133	367	446
		Total area	3163	1926	1236	240	867	819

^aSW = South-western; SC = South-central. Note that some zones bisect select districts.

^bIncludes forest, habitation, road networks, industrial, and other areas.

^cDistricts that are not entirely covered by the area of interest.