Reviewing the present landscape scenario in Suri subdivision, Birbhum District, West Bengal, using the land use and land cover map

Land use and land cover classification mapping, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, is a systematic process of identifying and mapping different types of surface features and human activities on the Earth's surface with the help of satellite images and spatial analysis tools. This study focuses on examining the existing land cover conditions of the Suri sub-division through the application of satellite data and GIS techniques, to understand current land characteristics and determine future land use requirements. The study particularly focused on interpreting the spatial features in the study area through satellite data. The obtained maps have been studied to explore the spatial characteristics in the studied area. The main objective of the image processing was to accurately extract the built-up coverage of the Study Area for the year 2025. The supervised image classification with the maximum likelihood algorithm method was very useful for this type of classification. Five land use & land cover classes were identified in the false colour composite of the satellite images. The result shows that LULC mapping is perfect and precisely represents the current landscape situation of this study area.