Identification of Potential Groundwater Zones in the Baghmundi Block of Purulia District of West Bengal Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Remote sensing techniques using satellite imagery have proved to be an indispensable tool in morphometric analysis and groundwater studies. Remote sensing techniques with an emphasis on lineament identification plays a great role in groundwater prospecting and applied on hard rock areas of Purulia district. In this work Morphometric and Hydrogeomorphic analysis has been done to determine the potential water-bearing zone in the study area. Groundwater occurs at shallow depth under water table condition within the weathered mantle, fractured hard rock and the narrow zone of unconsolidated sediments, along major river valleys. High fluctuation of water table is observed mostly from valley fills to weathered pediments.