A study on general land use pattern in Thiruvarur district, Tamilnadu, India

Land use means the surface utilization of all developed and vacant land on a specific point at a given time and space. This change may be due to two most probable reasons. Firstly, the requirements of the society may be the cause for bringing change in the land use. Secondly, the technological impact also promotes changes that an individual as well as the society is able to maximize the advantage. “Land use leads one back to the village farm and the farmer to the fields, garden, pastures, fallow land, forest and to the isolated farms lead as geography deals with spatial relationship between these aspects and planning (T.V. Freeman 1968)”. It is due to the land use changes to meet the variable demands of the land by the society in its new ways and conditions of life. A Geographical Analysis on General Land Use Pattern in Thiruvarur District of Tamilnadu for the years between 2010 and 2015. Out of the total geographical area, 64% to 77% area occupies under Net area sown. Forest is identified only in Thiruthiraipoondi Taluk without any change.