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Demographic details of the study area are summarized in Table 3.4
Table 3.4
Demographic details
VILLAGE NAME T_HH T_P T_M T_F ST_P ST_M ST_F
Thangskai 57 342 178 164 338 174 164
Umshangiar 59 334 160 174 334 160 174
Khaddum 37 188 103 85 188 103 85
Larseng 14 83 56 27 53 32 21
Lumshnong 231 1250 643 607 1230 632 598
Mynkre 64 293 148 145 219 96 123
Nongsning 65 365 185 180 344 172 172
Nongthymme 50 282 135 147 282 135 147
Shiehruphi 73 416 211 205 416 211 205
Umbadoh - - - - - - -
Umlong 52 260 138 122 260 138 122
Umtyra 59 330 171 159 330 171 159
Wahiajer 741 4295 2088 2207 4278 2080 2198
Wahsarang 81 498 252 246 497 251 246
Total 1630 9197 4607 4590 9030 4494 4536
Land Use Pattern of the Study Area
The main crop of the area is Paddy. The minor crops of the area are Maize,
Rabi &other pulses, Other cereals & small millet, Sesamum, Rape & Mustard,
Soya bean etc. Land use of the study area i.e. 10 km radius around the
project site covering five major categories:
(i) Settlement, (ii) Agriculture, (iii) Forests, (iv) Grassland Scrub and (v)
Barren land. The land use pattern has been worked out with Satellite
Imageries of RF 1:50,000 scales. The imageries were overlaid on the
topographical sheets of Survey of India of the same scale.
The forest cover accounts for 69% of the geographical area. Agriculture is the
next important land use in the area. Most of the agricultural lands account for
orchard, paddy fields etc. The tone and texture of imageries clearly identified
the grass and scrubs, which account for about 6% of the total geographical
area. Barren land which occupies about 5% of the area includes broken land,
rocky knobs, boulders and sandy river bed.
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