**4.4 Geology**

Geology plays a key role in groundwater recharge as the types rocks present in an area could hugely affect the amount of water entering into the groundwater table. The study area is covered three major classes namely Schist, Slate and Habitation (**Figure 7**) in which mainly dominated by two types of rock formation namely Slate and Schist that comprises 95.9% and 2.1% (**Table 7**) of the study area. These rocks vary from Moderate to strong in nature in the GSI index. Waters can percolate through the cracks within the rocks or even between them. Fractures and joints formed along the rock surface act as perfect carriers for Rainwater into the groundwater table. Habitation accounts for only 1.90% and these areas mostly comprised of settlements they are placed in the high risk factor for mass movements initiation.
