Table 2 Temporal land use changes from 1979 to 2013 and accuracy assessment

Built-up

9738

0.95

12,982

1.26

21,635

2.1

31,589

3.07

Water

18,527

1.8

16,604

1.61

32,983

3.21

28,113

2.73

Crop land

103,163

10.02

121,167

11.77

138,458

13.45

145,395

14.13

Open fields

15,988

1.55

34,783

3.38

21,945

2.13

37,660

3.66

Moist deciduous forest

102,967

10.01

143,849

13.98

179,075

17.4

161,996

15.74

Evergreen to semi evergreen forest

589,762

57.31

531,872

51.68

423,062

41.11

330,204

32.08

Scrub/Grass lands

58,936

5.73

44,123

4.29

47,366

4.6

40,402

3.93

Acacia/Eucalyptus plantations

50,321

4.89

55,694

5.41

73,977

7.19

122,927

11.94

Teak/Bamboo/plantations

20,896

2.03

21,937

2.13

38,588

3.75

67,111

6.52

Coconut/Areca nut/Cashew nut plantations

29,675

2.88

32,227

3.13

43,623

4.24

53,993

5.25

Dry deciduous forest

29,113

2.83

13,848

1.35

8374

0.81

9873

0.96

Total

Overall accuracy (%)

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