LAND USE PATTERN IN BATTICALOA DISTRICT
(ESTIMATED & PROVISIONAL)
Land Use	Category	M.N	K.K.Y	M.P	M.S.&E.P	P.P	M.S.W	M.W	E.T	E.P	K.P	K.P.W	K.P.N	Total
Urban Land	Builttup Land	1830	160	20	85	20	20	15	20	850	500	500	2	4022
Agriculture  Land	Homesteads	980	14	132	860	2006	1350	2900	8	4200	3600	1493	4891	22434
	Paddy	744	_	300	720	9085	6190	11655	18	13854	11215	2402	2195	58378
	Highland	112	25	50	330	200	300	640	5	1300	1000	461	1000	5423
	Perennial Crops	20	2	5	40	60	40	80	0	176	204	190	175	992
	Permanent Crops	180	10	100	280	400	300	800	3	1800	1800	800	2950	9423
	Coconut	610	25	780	440	594	350	310	80	1800	2000	150	1000	8139
	Cashew - New Plantation	115	_	400	325	50	100	_	140	370	300	85	_	1885
	Cashew - Exisiting Extent	350	_	200	280	75	50	50	62	920	900	250	1200	4337
	Sparaely used land	90	_	20	80	770	730	1080	_	5000	4000	900	5507	18177
Forest Land	Dry Monsoon Forest	_	_	_	_	_	730	2500	_	6700	5000	1400	5540	21870
	Wet Monsoon Froest	_	_	_	_	_	690	1500	_	3600	3700	800	4000	14290
	Forest Plantation	_	_	_	_	_	200	400	_	800	900	1700	800	4800
Range Land	Scrub Land	110	_	27	10	800	580	3600	10	7700	4000	2800	7000	26637
	Grass Land	90	_	20	30	450	280	1290	_	4900	3800	2000	7300	20160
Wet Land	Mangroves	90	_	25	80	190	110	120	_	281	240	200	270	1606
Water		1083	113	1083	1610	1690	3650	1730	25	4265	2391	869	4390	22899
Barran Land		1105	20	10	80	330	490	600	3	4900	3000	600	6780	17918
TOTAL		7509	369	3172	5250	16720	16160	29270	374	63416	48550	17600	55000	263390
Source: Statistical Depatrment