District Profile
Major Farming Systems / Enterprises
S.N. | Farming System / Enterprise |
---|---|
1 | Crop production : Soybean-wheat, Paddy-wheat, Maize-Wheat Sesamum-Gram, Urd / Moong–Mustard / Gram |
2 | Dairy Farming |
3 | Crop Production with Animal Husbandry |
4 | Vegetable Production |
Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations
Soil Type
S.N. | Agro-climatic Zone | Characteristics |
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1 | Humid South Eastern Plain Zone V | The KVK comes under the zone V (Humid South Eastern Plain) of Rajasthan which covers a geographical area of about 2.7m. ha spread over Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Baran & part of Sawai Madhopur districts, out of which about 1.8m. ha is under cultivation. The percentage of irrigated area is only 25.5 and remaining comes under rainfed & dry land condition. The rain fall varies from 650mm to 1000mm. The max. mean daily temperature ranges from 24.5oC in the month of January & 42.6 oC in May & minimum 10oC in January & 19.7oC in month of May. The predominant soils of the zone has black soils of alluvial origin with clay loam to clay in texture in which some pockets are affected and encountered by ground water salinity. |
Topography
S.N. | Agro Ecological Situation | Characteristics |
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1 | Command area with assured irrigation and heavy soils | Predominantly vertisols having swell and shrink properties responsible for deep creaking |
2 | Command area with unassured irrigation and medium soils | Sandy to sandy clay loam of medium to shallow depth |
3 | Non command area with medium soils and well irrigation | Soils are medium black with varying texture and depth |
Soil Types
S.N. | Soil Type | Characteristics | Area in ha |
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1 | Deep Brown Loamy | 23.57 % | |
2 | Deep Brown Clayey | 15.25 | |
3 | Medium Brown Loamy | 15.11 | |
4 | Shallow Yellowish Brown Gravelly Loamy | 14.24 | |
5 | Deep Black Clayey | 8.61 | |
6 | Red Gravelly Loam Hilly Soil | 16.01 |
Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district (2014-15)
S.N. | Crop | Area (ha) | Production (MT.) | Productivity (Qt./ha) |
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1 | Paddy | 34548 | 82646 | 23.90 |
2 | Maize | 34699 | 29634 | 8.54 |
3 | Urd | 40065 | 24380 | 6.11 |
4 | Till | 4824 | 2854 | 5.90 |
5 | Soybean | 83805 | 102683 | 12.30 |
6 | Wheat | 160285 | 623997 | 36.90 |
7 | Gram | 2013 | 2617 | 13.00 |
8 | Lentil | 8455 | 8872 | 10.50 |
9 | Mustard | 70417 | 94204 | 13.37 |
10 | Coriander | 842 | 1426 | 16.9 |
Source : District agriculture department.
Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district
Category | Population | Production | Productivity |
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Cattle | |||
Crossbred | 4451 | Milk 1792 Tonnes. | 2560Lt./ Lactation |
Indigenous | 269242 | Milk 26208 Tonnes. | 1750Lt./ Lactation |
Buffalo | 280984 | Milk 93000 Tonnes. | 1950Lt./ Lactation |
Sheep | 59026 | 9444 Kg. (Wool) | 280 g. / head |
Goats | 369245 | Milk 14000 Tons. Meat 5538 Tons |
140 Lt./ Lactation |
Pigs | 7369 | ||
Poultry | 42470 | Eggs - 3502000 |
Statistical report