District and category wise distribution of Land Use / Land Cover in Nagaland

(2005-06) (Area in sq. km.)

L1 L2 Mon Dimapur Kohima Mokokchung Phek Tuensang Wokha Zunheboto Grand Total
Crop land 31.15 236.76 101.02 25.75 103.45 42.40 20.58 13.08 574.20
Current Shifting cultivation 224.22 6.52 147.36 102.29 59.83 391.54 96.28 107.76 1135.81
Agriculture
Fallow 11.64 3.81 15.45
Plantation 7.46 1.68 0.16 9.30
Barren Rocky 0.66 0.01 0.19 0.86
Gullied / Ravinous Land
Barren/uncultur
Rann
able/
Salt Affected Land
Wastelands
Sandy Area
Scrub Land 309.08 116.26 395.00 315.56 372.23 359.91 133.60 126.10 2127.74
Mining 3.48 1.85 3.57 8.89
Builtup Rural 27.68 29.83 42.07 35.20 28.06 40.18 14.92 21.89 239.84
Urban 3.24 40.91 17.59 9.69 7.15 7.17 3.42 89.17
Deciduous 823.52 339.02 1946.05 841.23 1221.63 2831.08 1209.80 728.20 9940.54
Evergreen/Semi evergreen 17.50 236.28 0.37 84.56 2.91 341.62
Forest Forest Plantation 116.44 8.75 0.04 2.28 127.51
Scrub Forest 326.48 21.64 144.33 273.55 120.87 507.61 112.89 239.78 1747.15
Swamp / Mangroves
Grass / Grazing Grass / Grazing 19.33 19.33
Snow and Glacier Snow and Glacier
Inland Wetland
Wet lands / Coastal Wetland
Water bodies River/Stream/Canals 12.19 23.91 28.51 11.29 32.97 44.34 12.73 14.75 180.68
Water bodies 3.54 0.09 0.02 0.10 0.03 17.11 0.02 20.91
(Above statistics are provisional)

Land Use Cover Monitoring Division,

SRUMG, RSAA, NRSC, Hyderabad