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District Spatial Plan - Thrissur LAND USE

Department of Town & Country Planning, KeralaDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Kerala

Use of a percent of land is indicated by the pre-

dominant activity be it agriculture, residential, com-

mercial, forest etc, for which the land is put to. Hence

the analysis of the existing land use is inevitable to

understand the predominant economic activities of an

area as well as the availability of vacant land for future

economic activities. In order to spatially analyze the

land use pattern and economic activity as well as link-

ages between them land use survey in all the 99 LSGs in

the district has to be completed. However this will take

considerable time period. The source of the data is from

Satellite Data from IRS P6 LISS-IV Mx/ LISS- III/

PAN 2003-‘04 (India Satellite Data). The Data forms part

of the Natural Resources and Environmental Data Base

(NREDB). The Data on Land Use has been procured from

Kerala State Land use Board. The above data base is

predominantly agriculture oriented and as such the

Chapter –5LAND USE

analysis limited to that extent.

5.1 LAND USE PATTERN OF KERALA STATE

Based on the land use data of the Natural Re-

sources and Enviornmental Data Base the Land use of

Kerala can be categorized under 9 Major categories and

the percentage share of these categories is shown in

Table (5.1) and Fig 5.1. Accordingly predominant land

use of the state is a mix of residential and agricultural

which constitute 48.38 % total Land area. It can be fur-

ther seen that Forest area of the state contribute nearly

23.18 % of the total area making the forest land use as

second highest land use of the state. The Agricultural

Land use and plantation land use together constitute

20.18% (Agricultural 10.17% and plantation 10.01%) of

total area. The above analysis further support the real

to ground peculiar scenario of the state in terms of ur-

Table 5.1: Land use break-up – Kerala State

SI No Land use Category % Of Total Area

1 Forest 23.18

2 Water bodies 2.92

3 Marshy Land 0.28

4 Residential 3.45

5 Agriculture 10.17

6 Plantation 10.01

7 Res/Agr Mix 41.38

8 Other Built up Land Use 0.48

9 Others 8.13

Total 100.00

Source: Natural resources and enviornmental data base of Kerala

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ban rural continuum, highly scattered settlement pat-

tern, and traditional homestead type of development

23.18%

8.13%

10.01%

10.17%

41.38x

Source: Natural resources and enviornmental data base of Kerala

Fig 5.1: Land use breakup – Kerala State

individual house surrounded by agricultural

land mainly of mixed crop cultivation.

5.2 LAND USE BREAK UP OF THRISSURDISTRICT

Total area of the district is 3035 Sq.km.

The breakup of land use area of the District

with its percentage to total area of the Dis-

trict is shown in Table 5.2 and Fig. 5.2. The

land use map of the district is shown in Fig.

5.3 The highest percentage of land use falls

under the category Residential / Agricultural

mix, which include mainly dry agriculture

lands where in residential developments are

co-existent. The district consists of 353.65 sq

km of pacca agricultural land and 31.53 sq kmFig 5.2 : Percentage of land use breakup

of land under intense residential land use. Water bod-

ies and forest also has a significant share (88.58 and

772.86 sq km respectively) in the land use of the dis-

trict.

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District Spatial Plan - Thrissur LANDUSE


Table 5.2: Land use breakup – Thrissur District

SI No. Land use Area (Sqkm) Percentage

1 Forest 772.86 25.462 Water bodies 88.58 2.923 Kole Land 32.62 1.074 Residential 31.53 1.045 Agriculture 353.65 11.656 Plantation 159.35 5.257 Res/Agr Mix 1544.90 50.898 Other Built up Land Use 19.67 0.659 Others 32.46 1.07

Total 3035.63 100.00Generated from NREDB of the State

Fig 5.3: Land use map – Thrissur District

From the analysis of land use of the district it is

clear that, the major portion of the total land area of

the District is coming under three major uses– Resi-

dential / Agricultural mix (50.89 %), forest land (25.46

Map Generated for IDDP by TCPD, Thrissur Unit

%) and agriculture (11.65 %). The glaring aspect of the

land use is that the district is blessed with potential

resources such as agricultural land and forest.

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5.3 REGIONAL LAND USE STUDY

Clearly the process of land use analysis of Thrissur

District shall starts with an insight to the whole Kerala

state and neighboring Districts (Malappuram, Palakkad

and Ernakulam). In this section an attempt has been

made compare the land use pattern of Thrissur District

with the state as well as with surrounding districts of

Palakkad, Ernakulam and Malappuram. Land use pat-

tern of Thrissur in comparison with Kerala state is shown

in Table 5.3. From the table, it is clear that within the

SI No Land use Area % of Percentage of the( sqkm) total corresponding area

in the Dist. in the state

1 Forest 772.86 25.46 23.18

2 Water bodies 88.58 2.92 2.92

3 Marshy Land 32.62 1.07 0.28

4 Residential 31.53 1.04 3.45

5 Agriculture 353.65 11.65 10.17

6 Plantation 159.35 5.25 10.01

7 Res/Agr Mix 1544.90 50.89 41.38

8 Other Built up Land Use 19.67 0.65 0.48

9 Others 32.46 1.07 8.13

Table 5.4 Land use break - comparison with Neighbouring Districts

Generated from NREDB of the State

SI No LAND USE Ernakulam Thrissur Palakkad Malappuram

1 Forest 661.02 772.86 1263.90 643.13

2 Water bodies 174.58 88.58 123.42 57.05

3 Kole Land 0.00 32.62 4.58 11.87

4 Residential 233.53 31.53 12.05 18.14

5 Agriculture 275.26 353.65 755.55 252.27

6 Plantation 174.82 159.35 208.59 138.19

7 Res/Agr Mix 1483.61 1544.90 1813.06 2159.13

8 Other Built up Land Use 3.40 19.67 56.75 19.79

9 Others 37.87 32.46 231.08 252.30

Total 3044.09 3035.63 4468.98 3551.87

Generated from NREDB of the State

Table 5.3 Comparison of Land use break up of Thrissur District and Kerala state

district the predominant land use is mix of residential

and agriculture. The comparison of category wise land

use with that of Kerala shows that the share of total

Kole land in Kerala is high in Thrissur District. The share

of Residential / Agricultural land use category is also on

the higher compared to state.

The comparison of Land use pattern of Thrissur

District with neighbouring Districts (Malappuram,

Palakkad and Ernakulam), is shown in Table 5.3.

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Comparison of the percentage of share Forest

land use of Thrissur District and neighbouring three

Districts shown in Fig. 5.4. The figure clearly shows

that Palakkad District has the highest share where as

Thrissur is placed in the second position.

Fig 5.4 Comparison of the percentage share of Forest Landuse of the state in surrounding districts

Fig 5.5 Forest Land use comparison with surrounding districts

The percentage of Forest Land Use of each dis-

trict is shown in Fig.5.5 . Palakkad district shows high-

est percentage (28.28%) followed by Thrissur. (25.46%).

Ernakulam and Malappuram shows less percentage of

forest land comparing to Thrissur Dist.

In case of land depicted as Marshy land in the

data base Ernakulam has no land under this category

where as Thrissur shows highest contribution of about

31.82% of the total area under this category in the state

(fig. 5.6).

The percentage of Marshy land of each district is

shown in fig. 5.7 The figure shows that Thrissur district

shows highest percentage (1.07 %). It is observed that

the Kole lands of the district is categorised as Marshy

land as per NREDB. Hence the percentage share of

marshy land in Thrissur district is reported to be high.

Fig 5.6 Comparison of the percentage share of land marked asMarshy Land of the state in Thrissur and surrounding district

Fig 5.7 Percentage share of Marshy Land - Comparison withsurrounding districts

Residential land use which include landuses

categorised as Mixed Built-up/Mixed Built-up con-

verted from paddy, Residential, and Residential (Con-

verted from Paddy) shows higher concentration in

Ernakulam District with 18.62% of the total area under

this category in the state. The corresponding share of

Thrissur District is only 2.51%. At the same time it is

higher than the corresponding shares of Palakkad and

Malappuram District (fig. 5.8).

Fig 5.8 Comparison of the percentage share of ResidentialLand Use in district of Kerala - Thrissur and Surrounding District

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Fig 5.9 Comparison of Percentage share of Residential landuse in Thrissur & Surrounding Districts

The percentage of Residential Land use of

Thrissur & Surrounding Districts is shown in Fig. 5.9 The

figure shows that Ernakulam district shows highest per-

centage (7.67%) followed by Thrissur. (1.04%).

Malappuram and Palakkad shows lowest percentages.

In case of wet agriculture land use Palakkad shows

dominance (20.45%) within whole Kerala State and

Thrissur has a share of 9.57% of agricultural land in the

state Fig. 5.10

The comparison of percentage of Agriculture

Land Use of each district is shown in Fig.5.11. The fig-

ure shows that Palakkad district shows highest per-

centage (16.91%) and Thrissur District is in second po-

sition (11.65%) followed by Ernakulam and

Malappuram.

Fig 5.11 Percentage share of Agriculture land use - Thrissur &Surrounding district

Fig 5.10 Comparison of the percentage share of AgriculturalLand use of the State - Thrissur & surrunding district

Res / Agri mix category mainly include dry agri-

culture land uses. Comparing to the other districts of

Kerala, Thrissur and surrounding three districts show

highest (Fig. 5.13) concentration of mix of residential

and agricultural land uses.

Fig 5.13 Comparison of the percentage share of State Res/AgrMix land use of the state in Thrissur & Surrounding district

The percentage share of Plantation Land Use in

Thrissur & surrounding districts is shown in Fig. 5.12.

The figure shows that Ernakulam district shows highest

percentage (5.74%) . Among the near by district Thrissur

fall under 2nd position.

Fig 5.12 Comparison of Plantation Land use Thrissur &Surrounding district

5.74% 5.25% 4.67%3.89%

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The percentage share of Forest Land Use of each

district is shown in Fig. 5.14. The figure shows that

Malappuram district shows highest percentage (60.79%)

followed by Thrissur (50.89%), Ernakulam shows

(48.74%), Palakkad shows less percentage (40.57%) of

Resi / Agri mix land.

Fig 5.14 Percentage of Res / Agr mix land use in the district

5.4 CONCENTRATION PATTERN OF LAND USE

The concentration pattern of a land uses gives an

idea about where that particular land use is concen-

trated within the District.

The Concentration Index value may be greater

than one, equal to one or less than one. LSGS

with Concentration Index greater than one indicates

that the land use under consideration is concentrated

more than the other LSGS in the district.

Using the above method concentration index of

9 categories of Land use (which are Forest, Water Bod-

ies, Marshy Land, Residential, Agriculture, Plantation,

Resi/Agri Mix, Other built up land use and Others) are

analysed.

The regional land use study shows a general ob-

servation that Thrissur stand in the second or third po-

sition with respect to surrounding district in the case of

urban components of landuse (residential, mixed

builtup, resi/agri mix etc., other built up etc.) and rural

components of the landuse ( Agriculture, plantation

etc.)

5.4.1 Agricultural land use

The Agricultural land use consists of Cashew/or-

ange/pepper/pineapple, Viruppu (1st Crop)/

Mundakan, Land without scrub, Double Crop/Triple

crop, Agriculture farm, Agriculture farm (Orchads)/and

Mixed trees catagories of land use as demarketed in

the landuse map generatedout of NREDB. The concen-

tration pattern of agricultural land use (Figure-5.15)

shows that agricultural area of the District is mainly con-

centrated in the central, and some of the up land re-

gions of the District. The pattern also reveals that the

concentration pattern of agricultural land use is also

influenced by the location of water bodies.

Fig. 5.15 : The concentration pattern of agricultural land use

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Fig. 5.16 : The concentration Intex of agricultural land use

The variation of concentration index of Agricul-

tural land use among the LSGs where concentration

index of agricultural land use is greater than 1 is shown

in fig 5.16. The list of LSGs with concentration index of

agricultural land use is given in Annexe 5. The highest

concentration of agricultural land use within the dis-

trict is seen in Grama Panchayats of Kuzhur, Poyya,

Alagappanagar, Arimpur, Mullassery, Chowannoor,

Vallathole Nagar of the district.

Fig 5.17 : Concentration pattern of the Other Built up Land Use

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5.4.2 Other Built up Land Use

Other built up land use include Commercial, In-

dustrial /Industrial Park and Educational Institutions.

Figure 5.17 shows the distribution of the concentration

pattern of the Other Built up Land Use. From the figure

it is clear that the concentration index of the Other Built

up Land Use in urban LSGs and in those LSGs along the

major transport corridors are higher than that in other

LSGs. Also it is observed that high land area of the dis-

trict has lesser concentration of Other Built up Land Uses

even in LSGs along main transportation corridors indi-

cating that the economic activity of hill areas is not con-

siderably dependent on secondary / tertiary sectors.

The list of LSGs with concentration index of the Other

Built up Land Use is given in Annexe 6 and the list of

LSGs with high concentration of the Other Built up Land

Use (i.e. concentration index of other built up land use

greater than one) is shown in Annexe 6. The variation

of concentration index of Other builtup land use among

the LSGs where concentration index of other builtup

land use is greater than one is shown in Fig 5.18.

Fig 5.18: The variation of concentration pattern of Other builtup land use among LSGS of Thrissur Dist.

5.4.3 Forest Land Use

Forest Land use contains land use categories of

Dense Mixed Forest, Dense Mixed Forest (R.F)/Forest

Blank, Dense mixed forest mainly bamboo, Dense

mixed forest mainly bamboo & teak (R.F), Dense mixed

forest mainly bamboo (R.F), Dense mixed forest mainly

teak or cashew, Bamboo (R.F), Barren Rocky/ Stone

waste/ sheet rock (RF), Open mixed forest/Open mixed

forest (RF), Scrub forest, Degraded grass land (RF),

Dense mixed forest mainly rubber, Under utilized /

degraded notified forest and Dense Grassland/De-

graded grass land.

The concentration pattern of forest land use

shows (Figure 5.19) that forest area of the District is

mainly concentrated in the South - Eastern part of the

District. Total area of active forest land of the district is

927.25 sq km which is about 30.55% of the total area of

the district. The forest land of the district is concen-

trated in 11 LSGs namely Grama Panchayat of Athirapalli,

Kodassery, Mattathur, Varantharapalli, Puthur,

Pananchery, Pazhayannur, Chelakkara, Erumapetty ,

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Varavoor and Mullurkkara. The forest land is seen in

the high land and upland regions of the district. The

variation of concentration index of Forest Land use

Fig 5.19: Concentration patern of forest land use in LSGs of Thrissur Dist.

among the LSGs is shown in Fig 5.20

The LSGs wise concentration index of Forest land

use is given in Annexe 6.

Fig 5.20: Variation of concentration pattern of forest land use among LSGS

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Fig 5.22: Variation of concentration index of Residential land use

Fig 5.21: Concentration pattern of Residential land use

5.4.4 Residential Land Use

The concentration pattern of Residential land use

shows (Figure 5.21) that Residential area of the District

is mainly concentrated in the coastal LSGs of the dis-

trict. Orumanayur is characterised with the highest con-

centration index for residential land use (16.66).

The LSGs wise concentration index of Residen-

tial land use and list of LSGs where residential land use

is concentrated are given in Annexe - 6. The variation of

concentration index of Residential land use among the

LSGs where concentration index of Residential land

use is greater than one is shown in Fig 5.22

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5.4.5 Residential / Agriculture mixed Land use

Resi/Agri mixed land use consists of land use cat-

egories of Arecanut, Banana, Banana & Tapioca, Coco-

nut/coconut & arecanut/cocconut & tapioca, Coconut

dominant mixed crop, Current fallow, Mixed Crop, Rub-

Fig 5.23: Concentration pattern of Res/Agri mixed land use

ber, Mixed and Tapioca as per the land use data of

NREDB. Resi / Agri land use is concentrated in the coastal

areas of the district. The concetration patter of Resi/

Agri land use is shown in Fig. 5. 23. The pattern also

reveals that the concentration of Res/Agr Land use is in

Fig 5.24: Concentration pattern of water body

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coastal and midland regions of the district.

5.4.6 Water bodies

Water bodies include perennial, Reservoir/Canal,

Reservoir Bed/River bed/River island, Water Bodies,

and Back waters. The land use is concentrated among

the major river basis which are Chalakkudy Puzha,

Karuvannur puzha, Kanjira puzha and small portions of

Bharatha puzha and Periyar.

Fig. 5.24 shows concentration index based on

Fig 5.25: Distribution of concentration - Index of Plantation land use

Fig 5.26: Distribution of concentration - Index of Kole land use

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extend of land under water bodies in LSGs of Thrissur.

5.4.7 Plantations

This category of Land use include land use cat-

egories of Rubber (R.F), Tea/Cofee/cardomom/

Eucalptus, Tea & Eucalyptus, Tea (R.F)/Cofee (RF)/

Fig 5.27: Concentration pattern of Other land use

Cardomom(RF), Teak, Teak & Softwood (R.F), Teak (R.F)/

Cashew (RF), Eucalyptus (R.F)/ Eucalptus and soft wood

(RF)/Sof wood (silver oak), Oil Palm and Oil Palm (R.F)

as per land use data of NREDB.

Plantations are spreaded in most of the north

east / south east areas of the district. The concetration

Table 5.5: Break up of Agricultural land use, Thrissur District, 2008

1 Coconut Dominant Mixed Crop 751.45 38.55

2 Mixed Crop 484.27 24.84

3 Paddy 333.49 17.11

4 Rubber 208.51 10.70

5 Coconut 65.8 3.38

6 Perennial 54.37 2.79

7 Current Fallow 29.61 1.52

8 Land without scrub 9.23 0.47

9 Banana 1.97 0.10

10 Mixed trees 0.99 0.05

11 Plantation 9.31 0.48

12 Coffee 0.2 0.01

13 Arecanut 0.02 0.00

14 Banana Tapioca 0.09 0.00

Total 1949.31 100.00

Sl.No. Type Area (sqkm) %

Source: Census 2001

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pattern of Plantations is shown in Fig.5.25..

5.4.8 Marshy Land / Kole Land

Land parcels which are categorised as Temporarily

marshy land / Marshy land/Permanently marshy land is

per NREDB is included under Marshy land / Kole land.

Distribution of concentration - Index of Kole land use

is shown in Figure 5.26

5.4.9 Other Land Use

Following land use of NREDB are grouped to

form the category Other Land use - Barren Rocky/ Stone

waste/ sheet rock, Coastal Sand, Sands/ riverine/Flood

plain, Beaches, Harbour / Port, Mining / Industrial waste

land, Airport, Playground, Dam wall, Mining. Other Land

uses are spreaded near by coastal areas and in the North

and Western region of the district. The concetration

pattern of Other land use is shown in Fig. 5.27.

Source: Census 2001

Fig 5.28 Break up of agricultural land use Thrissur Dist.

5.5 ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

The agricultural land use is analyzed further for

all crops within the district. The total agricultural area

of the district is 1949.31sq km. The breakup of the agri-

cultural land use of Thrissur District is shown in Table

5.5 and Figure 5.28. Dry Agriculture contribute an area

of 1616 sqkms and wet agriculture contribute an area of

333.5 sqkms. The LSG wise break up of the agricultural

land use is shown in Figure 5.29.

From the above analysis it is found that major

contributor among various crops in Thrissur District is

coconut (42%), followed by mixed crops (25%), paddy

(17%) and rubber (10%). Other crops contribute only

5.5%. So the agricultural land use is analyzed further

considering these four main crops (Coconut, Mixed

Crops, Paddy and Rubber). The breakup of the agricul-

tural land use of Thrissur District considering these main

crops is shown in Table 5.6 , Figure 5.30 and Figure 5.31

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Fig 5.29 : LSG wise break up of agricultural land use

Table 5.6 : Break up of Agricultural land use, Thrissur District, 2008

Major Land use Sub Land use Area SqKm. % Total% Coconut Coconut Dominant Mixed Crop 751.45 38.55 42.00

Coconut 65.8 3.38

Mixed Crop Mixed Crop 484.27 24.84 24.84

Paddy Paddy 333.49 17.11 17.11

Rubber Rubber 208.51 10.7 10.7

Others Perennial 54.37 2.79 5.42

Current Fallow 29.61 1.52

Land without scrub 9.23 0.47

Banana 1.97 0.10

Mixed trees 0.99 0.05

Plantation 9.31 0.48

Coffee 0.2 0.01

Arecanut 0.02 0.00

Banana Tapioca 0.09 0.00

Total 1949.31 100.00 100.00

Source: Census 2001

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5%

Fig 5. 30: Break up of agricultural land use in to five classes

Fig 5.31 : Spatial patterm of agricultural land use

Paddy Rubber Mixed Crop Others Coconut

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5.5.1 Concentration Pattern of Agriculture landuse

The concentration pattern of Agricultural land use

gives an idea about where that particular Agriculture is

concentrated. For major agriculture viz: Coconut, Mixed

crop, Paddy and rubber - that dominant in Thrissur dis-

trict are analyzed here.

5.5.1.1 Concentration Pattern of Coconut land use

Figure 5.32 shows the distribution of the concen-

tration index of the coconut land use. From the figure it

is clear that the high concentration of coconut land use

Fig 5.32 : Distribution of concentration - Index of Coconut

lying along Coastal belt, so we can say beach sand is

very supporting to enrichment of coconut and coconut

dominant mixed crops. Second highest concentration

of coconut is also lying neighboring LSGs of coastal belt.

High and up land have concentration index less than

one indicating poor land cover of coconut.

5.5.1.2 Mixed crop


tration index of the mixed crop land use. From the fig-

ure it is clear that the high concentration of mixed crop

is found in LSGs located nearby main transportation

corridors of the district.

Considering the unique scattered or dispersed

settlement pattern prevailing in Kerala the LSGs located

near by the major transportation corridors usually have

small land holdings together with built up land use

which lead to mixed crop cultivation instead special-

ized single crop cultivation. In other words the urban

and semi urban areas support mixed crop cultivation.

Highland areas have less concentration of Mixed crops.

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Fig 5.33: Distribution of concentration - Index of Mixed Crop

Fig 5.34: Concentration pattern of Paddy lands

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5.5.1.3 Paddy


tration index of the Paddy land use. Highest concentra-

tion index of the paddy area is found in LSGs in mid and

up land areas. It may be due to good drainage catch-

ment area that support paddy cultivation. Coastal and

upland areas have very poor concentration of paddy

lands.

5.5.1.4 Rubber

Figure 5.35 shows the distribution of the con-

centration index of the Rubber land use. North – East-

Fig 5.35: Concentration pattern of Rubber

Fig 5.36: Concentration Pattern of Agriculture

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ern parts of the district have the highest concentration

of Rubber land use. Most of the LSGs on highland re-

gions are showing a clear dominance to Rubber. As pro-

ceeding from highland area to low land area of the dis-

trict value of concentration index of rubber is descend-

ing. Coastal areas have very little concentration of Rub-

ber.

5.6 MAJOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

In the above paragraphs, the areas of concentra-

tion of the major agriculture land uses in the District is

delineated taking land put to crops viz coconut, mixed

crop, paddy and rubber. By combining the concentra-

tion pattern of major agricultural land uses spatially and

by analyzing the resulting pattern, areas of major agri-

cultural (based on the existing land use) activity can be

delineated.

The area of specialization of each LSG of the dis-

trict against agriculture land use is given in Annexe 7.

Figure 5.36. shows the concentration pattern of all the

four major agriculture land uses together. From the fig-

ure, the areas of Specialization can be delineated. From

the figure it is found that only two Grama Panchayats

(Athirapalli and Puthoor) do not exhibit any

specialisation in agriculture activities. It may be due

the forest land cover of that LSGs.

5.6.1 Major agriculture activities including Plan-tation

From the analysis of major agricultural activities

it is found that two Grama Panchayats (Athirapalli and

Puthoor) do not exhibit any agriculture activities, but

as per real to ground scenario these areas are active in

primary sector activities. Hence the analysis is further

extended including ‘others category’ especially for

Plantation.


tration index of the Plantation land use. Highest con-

centration of plantation is Thrikkur area. Athirapalli,

Varantharapalli, Thiruvilwamala and Pazhayaanoor are

also showing clear dominant of Plantations. So it is clear

that Athirapalli have a clear land cover for plantations.

Figure 5.38 shows the concentration of all the

four major agriculture land uses together with planta-

tion . From the figure, the areas of Specialization, based

on the agricultural land use analysis, can be delineated.

Fig 5.37: Concentration Pattern of Plantations

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Fig 5.38: Concentration Pattern of Agriculture Including Plantations

land use Catagories groupedMajor Land use

Non Agriculture (Urbanland use)

Other builtup + Others+Residential ( Plot size <50Scents

Agriculture Agri + Resi /Agri+Residential (Plot size >50 Scents

Forest All components of Forestland use

Plantation All components of Plantationland use

Table 5.7: Grouping of land use classifications

SlNo.

1

2

3

4

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The area of specialization of each LSGs of the district

against agriculture including plantation land use is given

in Annexe 7. From the figure and table it is found that

Athirapalli Grama Panchayat dominance of Plantation.

Still Puthoor show no dominance to any agricultural ac-

tivities.

Fig 5.39 a: The concentration pattern of Non- Agricultural land use

Fig 5.39b: The concentration pattern of Agricultural land use

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5.7 ACTIVITY ZONES BASED LAND USE CONCENTRA-TION PATTERN

In the previous sections, the areas of concentra-

tion of the major land uses in the District is delineated

Fig 5.39c: The concentration pattern of Forest land use

taking each land uses separately. By combining the con-

centration pattern of the major land uses spatially and

by analyzing the resulting pattern, activity pattern of

LSGs (based on the existing land use) can be evolved.

Fig 5.39d: The concentration pattern of Plantations

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In order to evolve the activity pattern the nine

categories of land uses are grouped into 4 categories

which are Non agricultural, Agricultural, Forest and Plan-

tation as given in Table 5.7.

The concentration index of these major land use

catogories is shown in Annexe - 7. The concentration

patterns are shown in Fig. 5.39a, 5.39b, 5.39c, 5.39d re-

spectively. Based on the pattern, the activity of the LSGs

is evolved as per the criteria shown in Table. 5.8

Activity based on land use evolved based on the

above criteria for each LSG is shown in

Annexe - 8. The activity pattern based on the land use

is shown in Figure. 40.

SI No Activity based onLand use Criteria

1. Urban CI* Urban > CI Agri / CI Plantation / CI Forest

2. Agricultural CI* Agri > CI Urban /CI Plantation

3. Plantation CI* Plantation > CI Forest /CI Urban / CI Agri

4. Forest` CI Forest > CI Plantation /CI Urban / CI Agri

Table 5.8: Criteria for determination of activity based on Land use

* CI - Concentration index of

Fig 5.40 Land use concentration pattern of LSGS

Urban

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The analysis of land use concentration pattern

shows that most of the plantation / forest activities are

concentrated on the highland region of the district. The

urban activity is found to be mainly concentrated in

coastal regions and along the major transportation cor-

ridors. The agricultural activities are predominantly con-

centrated in the midland region of the district.

5.8 INFERENCE

From the above details we can conclude that the

whole District can be divided into four Activity zones

namely Agricultural, Non-Agricultural/Urban, Planta-

tion, Plantation/Forest. The analysis of land use con-

centration pattern shows that most of the plantation /

forest activities are concentrated on the highland re-

gion of the district. The urban activity is found to be

mainly concentrated in coastal regions and along the

major transportation corridors. The agricultural activi-

ties are predominantly concentrated in the midland

region of the district.

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