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increase the agricultural productivity in these 
regions. GIS has been found to be useful for 
carrying out land suitability analysis for 
agriculture. i 
The GIS based modelling for land suitability 
analysis is a useful tool for planners to help 
them in making judicious land developmental 
decisions. It will be a better practice if major 
urban expansion projects are formulated on less 
productive agricultural land and the information 
about the same may be derived by spatial 
analysis under GIS environment. GIS based 
approach developed in the present work is 
expected to be useful for planners and decision 
makers to achieve a well defined development 
of the region. 
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PHULPUR TEHSIL  , 
(Bahadurpur and Phulpur Blocks) 
  
  
   
     
[ — Highly Suitable 
3 Suitahle 
Moderately Suitable 
Suitable with Restrctiouns 
3 Not Suitable 
  
  
Figure 5. Land Suitability Map