• K.Sreenivasulu

ABSTRACT As rural economy is a backbone of our country, decentralized planning is the need of the hour. For rural development, village level, spatial database which is efficient, reliable, cost effective, scale independent, capable of adopting information from various sources and compatible to the other information systems is essential. The development of an efficient land information system (LIS) requires accurate, up-to-date and standardized digital cadastral maps and high resolution satellite data for geo-referencing of cadastral maps. In Telangana State which is newly formed 29th state of India, has 10,919 cadastral villages. In this State for implementation of schemes at village level, an accurate village database is lacking, which is primary information for all the development activities and flagship programs of the Government. The main objective of this study is creation of village administrative layers of Telangana State for effective decentralized planning. The hard copies of cadastral maps were in brittle condition, not clearly visible, with Folds, enlargement and stitching problems, which are ironed then scanned to Digital format. The scanned maps are digitized and then parcel attribute information is attached in GIS platform. The GIS layer formed is Geo-Referenced with Cartosat-I and IRS P6–LISS IV merged data. The GIS cadastral layer of each village is mosaiced with the surrounding villages up to mandal/district/state level. The village level Adangal/Pahani data is linked to the individual parcels of each village. The Cadastral Geo-Database has the historical information, which is useful for renovation and planning of the village infrastructure, such as roads, tanks (Mission Kakatiya), Government lands, Dry & Wet lands and Forest lands. The database could be put to use for efficient revenue generation through collection of property tax and to facilitate the implementation of Govt. Schemes. There are many other applications of the Geo-Database, if it is integrated with soil database, it helps in making farm level agricultural planning and strategies for recommending suitable crops and soil & water conservation measures, which can be further used in providing soil health cards to each individual farmer.

Land information System, Cadastral Mapping, Decentralised Mapping

"Applications of a Cadastral Geo-Database for Rural Development of Ieeja and Waddepally Mandals in Jogulamba Gadwal District using GIS & Remote Sensing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no.e109-e118, January-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401413.pdf

"Applications of a Cadastral Geo-Database for Rural Development of Ieeja and Waddepally Mandals in Jogulamba Gadwal District using GIS & Remote Sensing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no. ppe109-e118, January-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2401413.pdf