Research Article

Evaluation of Land Use/Land Cover Changes due to Urban Sprawl in Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka, India

Table 2

Land use land cover details for the years 2001 and 2021.

LULC classLULC in 2001LULC in 2011LULC in 2021
Area (km2)(%)Area (km2)(%)Area (km2)(%)

Settlement63.292.74219.369.51346.1215.01
Vegetation891.8738.68382.7116.6109.044.73
Agriculture land838.8836.381183.4851.331254.2554.40
Barren land465.2520.18510.5222.14584.9625.37
Water46.392.019.610.4211.170.48