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Agriculture And Cropping Pattern

The main agriculture crops in the district along with the cropping period and market area is given as follows;

Type of Crops Name of Crops Cropping Period Market
Major Crops (Irrigated) Kh Paddy

S/Paddy

June - October

Jan - May

District, State, Interstate
Major Crops (Non-Irrigated) Kh. Paddy June -  October District, State, Interstate
Major Cash Crops

 

Sugar Cane

Soyabean

Groundnut

  District, State

 

The statistical details regarding land under forests, cultivation , Non-agriculture use and fallow lands are indicated as follows(for Year 2000-2001);

Total Area of District 484313 Hectares
Area Under Forests 136174.97 Hectares
Land Not Available for Cultivation 34418.92 Hectares
Land Used for Cultivation 198750 Hectares
Land Under Non-agriculture Use 1154.88 Hectares
Fallow Land/ Waste Land 17510.68 Hectares
Other Fallow Land 55.08 Hectares
Net Area Under Irrigation 103213 Hectares
Other Land 96248.47 Hectares
Area Under Food-Grain Crops 220543 Hectares

The classification of Land Holders are given in the following table.

Number of Cultivators Holding Land < 2 Hect. 204320
Number of Cultivators Holding Land above 2 Hect 44103
Total Land Holders 248423