Abstract :
The present study was carried out in Canning II block, South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to
identify changes in Land use and Land cover pattern between the time period 1986 and 2018. The
analysis of LULC of the study area reveals that agricultural land (42.09 sq. km.) has been converted to a
settlement area (28.20 sq. km.) and aquaculture land (13.89 sq. km.). Topographical maps were used to
prepare the LULC map in the year 1968 and USGS LANDSAT 8 and OLI images are nowadays used to
prepare the LULC map. Land use data from the year 1968 to 2018 and the population data from the
Census 1971 and 2011 were studied to understand the rural development.
Keyword :
Landuse Land cover (LULC) Land per Capita Land managers Rural Development Village amenities