The Deccan Geographer Vol. 62, No. 10 December, 2024, pp. 110-118 (ISSN-0011-7269) UGC Care Listed Geography Journal ANALYZING WATER STATUS AND LANDUSE AND LANDCOVER IN THE GARAKOT AND GOHSARI VILLAGES OF DISTRICT TEHRI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND Veer Singh, Roosen Kumar, Raiz Ahmed and Anita Rudola Abstract landuse landcover pattern of mountainous region is different from plains and plateaus regions, availability of water in mountainous regions for agriculture is very limited and depends mainly on Gad, Gaders, Streams, Springs and monsoon, availability of soil in mountainous regions is less comparatively from plains and plateaus, the research examines how much water needs for the agriculture, researcher prepared water stress maps for identifying the water stress, this study categorized water stress into high water stress, medium water stress, low water stress and no water stress area, landuse landcover and water stress maps gives us scenario regarding impacts of water scarcity and the dependency of people on the Zater for agriculture research studies aims to find out relationship of Zater and landuse and landcover in the Garakot and Gohsari village of district Tehri Garhwal Uttarakhand, livelihood of people depends mainly on agriculture and associated work, research studies also tries to understand impact of landuse landcover pattern on the livelihoods of the people, in the study area, Landuse Landcover patterns and its impacts on the livelihoods of people, despite having mountainous regions agricultural practices in the small patches also seen during research studies, research also tries to considers crops grown, cropping combination, land holding size and others attributes which are directly or indirectly related to agriculture and water scarcity. Introduction Natural and socioeconomic factors, as well as how humans interact with them throughout time and place, determine how an area's landuse and landcover change (Tewabe & Fentahun, 2020), in order to properly plan, utilize, and effectively handle resources from nature, it is crucial to analyze changes in landuse and landcover (Mallupattu & Reddy, 2013), A complex interplay between institutional,