Table 1

LAND USE / LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Sl No.

LEVEL - I

LEVEL –II

LEVEL - III

LEVEL - IV

1

BUILT UP LAND

 Built up(rural)

Rural (Residential)

 

 Transportation

Unmetalled road

 

Metalled road

 

2

AGRICULTURAL LAND

Cropland

Irrigated Agriculture

Paddy

Vegetables

Dry land Agriculture

Tubers*

Pulses/ Millets*

Cotton*

Red gram*

Other crops + scattered trees

Plantations

Cashew

 

Eucalyptus

 

Fallow

Current fallow

 

Long fallow*

 

3 

FOREST

Forest

Dense forest

 

Degraded forest

 

4

WASTE LAND

Scrub

Scrub along streams

Scrub along streams

Land with scrub

Land with scrub

Degraded plantations with scrub

Cashew dominant

Eucalyptus dominant

Salt affected

Calcarious

 

Stoney waste

Sheet rock

 

5

WATER BODIES

Tank

Tank

 

6

OTHERS

Tree

Individual Trees

Toddy, Tamarind, etc.

 

* based on ground observation survey number wise

 

 

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Table - 2: Spatial extent of various land use/ land cover of T Burugubanda village

Sl. No.

LANDUSE

AREA (IN Ha.)

% TGA

1

Built-up land

 

 

1

Residential area

4.60

1.28

 

 

4.60

1.28

2

Agricultural land

 

 

1

Dry Agriculture (Tubers)

91.60

25.49

2

Paddy

89.80

24.99

3

Plantations (Cashew)

8.30

2.31

4

Long fallow

22.30

6.21

 

 

212.00

59.00

3

Forest

 

 

1

Forest

60.00

16.70

2

Degraded forest

6.10

1.70

 

 

66.10

18.40

4

Waste lands

 

 

1

Scrub

55.10

15.34

2

Degraded Plantations (Cashew) with scrub

21.50

5.98

 

 

76.60

21.32

5

Waterbodies

 

 

1

Streams/ Tank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

359.30

100.00

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Table - 3: Spatial extent of various land use/ land cover of Bhimavaram village

Sl. No.

LANDUSE

AREA (IN Ha.)

% TGA

1

Built-up land

 

 

1

Residential area

0.30

0.28

 

 

0.30

0.28

2

Agricultural land

 

 

1

Dry Agriculture (Tubers)

0.80

0.74

2

Dry Agriculture (Pulses/ Millets)

35.70

33.21

3

Plantations (Cashew)

3.90

3.63

4

Current fallow

1.20

1.12

5

Long fallow

13.30

12.37

 

 

54.90

51.07

3

Forest

 

 

1

Forest

17.90

16.65

 

 

17.90

16.65

4

Waste lands

 

 

1

Scrub

23.70

22.05

2

Stoney waste

2.00

1.86

3

Degraded Plantations (Cashew) with scrub

7.60

7.07

 

 

33.30

30.98

5

Waterbodies

 

 

1

Streams/ Tank

1.10

1.02

 

 

1.10

1.02

6

Others

 

 

1

Scattered trees

3.90

3.63

 

 

3.90

3.63

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

107.50

100.00

 

 

 

 

* TGA - Total Geographic Area

 

 


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Table - 4: Spatial extent of various land use/ land cover of Korumilli village

Sl. No.

LANDUSE

AREA (IN Ha.)

% TGA

1

Built-up land

 

 

1

Residential area

3.09

0.93

 

 

3.09

0.93

2

Agricultural land

 

 

1

Paddy

51.94

15.60

2

Plantations (Cashew)

2.31

0.71

3

Plantations (Eucalyptus)

0.66

0.20

4

Current fallow

3.55

1.07

5

Long fallow

1.74

0.52

6

Dry Agriculture (Scattered trees)

11.69

3.51

7

Dry Agriculture (Cotton)

0.98

0.29

8

Dry Agriculture (Tubers)

51.47

15.46

9

Dry Agriculture (Pulses/ Millets)

95.31

28.63

10

Dry Agriculture (Redgram)

1.97

0.59

 

 

221.62

66.58

4

Waste lands

 

 

1

Scrub along streams

39.91

11.99

2

Sheet rock

2.14

0.64

3

Degraded Plantations (Cashew) with scrub

57.20

17.18

4

Degraded Plantations (Eucalyptus) with scrub

6.56

1.97

5

Salt affected

1.35

0.41

 

 

107.16

32.19

5

Waterbodies

 

 

1

Streams/ Tank

1.01

0.30

 

 

1.01

0.30

 

TOTAL

332.88

100.00

 

 

 

 

* TGA - Total Geographic Area

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5  Extended soil legend

Map symbol

Soil Mapping unit

Description

Land Capability sub-class

Area (Ha)

1

 Lod-1-scl-d-e2

Loddipalem-series, Very shallow, gravelly sandy loam; moderately sloping (8-15%) (st3) with moderate erosion

Ves

47.76

2

 Ban-6-scl-d-e3

Bandapalli-series, Deep, sandy clay loam, moderately sloping (8-15%) (st2) with severe erosion

Ves

13.03

3

Bur-5-sc-C-e2

Burugubanda- series, moderate deep, sandy clay, gently sloping (3-8%)(st3) moderate erosion

IVes

104.30

4

Tha-6-sl-C-e2

Thativada-series, Deep, sandy loam, gently sloping(3-8%)with moderate erosion

IV es

71.24

5

Gou-5-scl-d-e2

Gogumilli series, moderately deep, gravelly sandy clay loam, gently sloping (3-8%) (st3) with moderate erosion

III es

82.90

6

Mal-4-C-e2

 Mulapadu- series, moderately shallow, silty clay, gently sloping  (3-8%) with moderate erosion

IIIes

35.27

7

 

Water body/stream

 

4.46

8

 

Settlements

 

1.05

 

TABLE 6: SOIL CLASSES


Smu

Physiography

Soil Series

Soil Classification

Land Capability sub-class

Area (Ha)

1

Hill side  slopes moderately dense vegetation

Loddipalem-series

Loamy skeletal Typic
Ustorthents

Ves

47.76

2

 Hill Foot slopes sparse vegetation

Bandapalli- series

 Fine Loamy Typic
Haplustepts

Ves

13.03

 

Undulating pdeiplain

 

 

 

 

3

With scrub

Burugubanda- series

Fine loamyTypic Rhodustalfs

IVes

104.30

4

With out scrub

Thativada-series

Fine loamyTypic Haplustalfs

IVes

71.24

 

Intermontane valleys

 

 

 

 

5

Uncultivate

Gogumilli series-2 series

 Loamy skeletal Typic Haplustepts

IIIes

82.90

 

Buried pedi plain

 

 

 

 

6

Gently sloping

Mulapadu series

Fine loamy Typic Halustalfsts

IIIes

35.27

7

Water body/ stream

 

 

 

4.46

8

Settlements

 

 

 

1.05

 

Total area

360.01