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3. Land capability
Land capability is defined as the
inherent capacity of land to be
productive under sustained use and
specific management methods.
Land capabilities are derived by
combining the land systems
information with climatic,
agronomic, and forestry data.

5. Class no 1.
Land suitable for cultivation.
Colour: Green
This type of land are flat which can
be cultivated without any
precaution and the principle use
for agriculture. There lands seems
to be very good..

6. Class no 2
Moderately good land with some
limitation.
Colour: Yellow
 There are types of land can be cultivated
with some elementary precautions like
strip forming and grass cover there
principle of land is agriculture and grass
land.

7. Class no: 03
Moderately good land with some
nor limitations.
Colour:red
This type of land can be cultivated
in intensive production eg long
rotation contouring strip croping.
The principle of land this type is
agriculture, grassland and
maintaince of original vegetation.

8. Class 4
Land permitting temporary and
limited cultivation.
Colour:blue
There type of land are very
fragile/delicate because of its slope
soil structure and water system. the
principle use of there types of lands
are grassland and maintaince of
original vegetation.

9. Class 5
Land unsuitable for agriculture.
Colour:dark
There types of lands are stable if
it has the perment plant cover
and good management. This
principle use of this land
capability are forest and forest
grass lands.

10. Class 6
Land unsuitable for agriculture.
Colour: orange
This class of land required care
to prevent accelerated erosion
the principle use of this class of
land are forest extensive grass
and urbanization.

11. Class 7.
Land unsuitable for agriculture.
Colour: Brown
This class of land is very
fragile that required great
precaution against erosion,
the principle uses of this
class of land are forest
unbansation and recreation.

12. Class 8
Land unsuitable for agriculture.
Colour: purple
This class of fragile in which there is
no pedologic structure and this
class of land are mostly found on
steep slope and water logged areas.
The principle use of this land are
maintaince of original vegetation
urbansation and recreation.