Land use land cover mapping, change detection and estimating area of encroachment at Cadastial level through Remote Sensing and GIS application: A case study of Dhobhi village, Hisar, India

The encroachment of panchayat land is a big problem in Haryana. A comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has revealed that 12,208 hectares of panchayat land in Haryana had been encroached as on January 2013. In this paper an attempt is made to study the changes in land use and land cover followed by any land encroachment of panchayat. The study has been done through remote sensing approach using World View map of 10^th January 2012. In conclusion, Remote Sensing and GIS technology together with ancillary data can be used to assist decision maker to prepare future plan in order to find out appropriate solution to land encroachment.