Profile At A Glance


1.  Geographical Area (sq.km)  5,290
    No. of Blocks
  No. of Taluks
  No. of Villages
  No. of Villages electrified 		 20
 8
 842
 842
2.  Rainfall (in m.m.)  Actual
   2006
 2007
 2008 		 971
 920
 922
3.  Agro-climatic Regional and Zone  North eastern Zone
 Semi-arid Tropical
4.  Population (in 000’s)  
   a) Male
 b) Female
 c) Total
 d) Population density/ sq.km
 e) Population below poverty line 		 1741
 1736
 3477
 587
 2264
5.  Classification of Workers (census 2001)  
   a)Cultivators
 b)Agricultural labourers
 c) House-hold industry manufacturing service
 d) Other workers
 e) Marginal workers 		 232840
 232731
 136491
 570583
 254535
6.  Land utilization (in hectare)(2006 status)  
   a) Geographical area
 b) Net area cultivated
 c) Forest
 d) Fallow land
 e) Barren   uncultivable land
 f) Land under tree crops
 g) Cultivable waste and permanent pastures
 h) Land put to non-agriculture use
 i) Cropping Intensity 		 592018
 209903
 150722
 110792
 24379
 2976
 9511
 83735
 113%
7.  Size of Holdings (ha)
 Less than 1 ha
 Between 1 ha – 2 ha
 Between 2 ha – 5 ha

 Total
 No.  %  Area(ha)  %
 339260  80  119897  42
 58242  14  79225  28
 26269  6  87849  30
 423771  100  286971  100
 8.  Irrigation (in ha)  
   a) Net irrigated area
 b) By canals
 c) By wells
 d) By tanks
 e) Others 		 103345
 437
 81395
 21064
 449
9.  Consumption of Organic, Chemical  Fertilizers and Pesticides  160 kg/ha of chemical  fertilizers
10.   Agricultural support facilities  
   a. Seed/Fertilisers/pesticides depots
 b. Rural market / mandis
 c. Rural Godowns
 d. Cold Storage 		 43
 12 ( regulated markets)
 8
 1
11.   Animal Husbandry ­ Nos. (as per livestock  
 poultry population census 2004)		  
   a. Work Animals
 b. Dairy Animals
 i. Cow
 ii. Buffaloes
 c) Sheep
 d) Goats
 e) Poultry birds 		 73372

 163357
 29392
 295135
 232315
 1155183