The methods adopted for thstudy inludes
preparation and assessment of landuse landcover changes
Table 1 shows the area covered by different landuse
landcover classes in 1967, 1999 and 2005. Most of the area
was covered by forest in 1967 and builtup in 2005. It was
found that builtup area was only 5.98 sq. km in 1967, and it
increased to 12.54 sq.km in 2005. Agricultural area reduced
from5.32sq. km to 24.88sq. km in 2008, waterbody reduced
froms 3.91sq. km to 2.92sq. km in 2005, and mixed vegetation
decreased from 21.09 sq. km to 12.29 sq.km in 2005.