Figure 5.10: First order settlement

First Order Settlements – Growth Centers

Figure 5.10: First order settlement

The radius of influence for the growth centers is considered to be 15 kms and a hexagon of same radius is been drawn around each nodal point of the growth center to identify the area covered and population served also to figure out the area not under the catchment.

There are 9 existing number of settlement and 5 are proposed.

Ganjam district has an area of 8071 sq.km out of which almost over 2800 sq.kms (35% of the district area) are covered under forest area. The 14 first order settlements are found to serve the area of about 5455.90 sq.km (67.5% of the district area) and the