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CHITTOOR
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Chittoor
District is constituted on 1st April,1911 and major change in
jurisdiction of the district took place on 1st April 1960 as a
result of Pataskar Award. Chittoor district is situated between 12-37 ”
to 14-8 ” of Northern latitude and 78 –33” to 79-55” of Eastern
longitude. The district is
divided into three revenue divisions i.e. Chittoor, Madanapalle, and
Tirupati with 20 Erstwhile
blocks or 66 mandals covering
1540 Revenue villages in 1394 Gram panchayats in
taluk system on
22-5-85. |
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POPULATION
Population of the district is 32.5 lakhs with a density of 214 Sq.
Km. There are 4. 804 lakh
cultivators of which 3.937 lakh are small, marginal farmers and 4.90 lakhs
are Agricultural labourers as per 1991 census.
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AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE
This district is categorized under Southern Agro climatic zone
of Andhra Pradesh basing on Soil type, Rainfall and Altitude.
The zone is predominantly occupies Ground nut area followed by
Rice. Ground nut cropping
system occupies maximum area
of the zone. In dry farming
tract of the zone mono cropping
of groundnut is the main stay where as under canals, tanks, wells
and bore wells double cropping is practiced
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AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONE
This
district is categorized under Southern Agro climatic zone
of Andhra Pradesh basing
on Soil type, Rainfall and Altitude.
The zone is predominantly occupies Ground nut area followed by
Rice. Ground nut cropping
system occupies maximum area
of the zone. In dry farming
tract of the zone mono cropping
of groundnut is the main stay where as under canals, tanks, wells
and bore wells double cropping is practiced |
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RAIN FALL
Average
rainfall of the district is 918.1mm and it is distributed among the
seasons.
South
–west monsoon
427.0
North-East monsoon
391.1
Winter period
12.0
Hot weather period
88.0
TOTAL: 918.1
42%
of the rain fall of the district is received during the S.W monsoon
and it is very important for rainfed Groundnut
in the district. Deficiency
and ill distribution of
rainfall will leads to delayed sowings
and crop failure in the district.
45% of the rainfall is received
during N.E monsoon
which is very important for filling up of
tanks and recharging of wells and tube wells.
This will be utilized for taking paddy crop in the eastern parts of
the district. The crop
coverage under tanks, wells and tube wells are directly related to the
quantum of rainfall received
during Kharif and Rabi
Seasons. The details of rain fall received in the district from 1973 -74
to 2000-01 is furnished in the Table |
TEMPERATURE
Maximum temperature in the western parts of the
district is around 36º to 38ºC
and in eastern parts it touches 46ºC.
Minimum temperature in
western parts is around 12ºC to 14ºC and in eastern parts it is 16ºC to
18ºC.
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Rainfall (Normal)
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934mm
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2
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Total area
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14.99
Lakh
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3
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No. of mandals
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66
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4
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No. of Electric Pump-sets
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99402
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5
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No. of Diesel Pump-sets
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12618
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6
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No. of Tractors
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4118
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7
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No. of Sprayers
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3257
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8
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No. of Sugarcane crushers ( power)
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7237
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9
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No. of Sugarcane crushers (Bullock)
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2295
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10
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Gross Area under canals
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K=239
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11
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Gross Area under Tanks
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K=3872
R=22,284
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12
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Gross Area under Tube wells
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K-34,338
R=27,723
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13
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Gross Area under Other wells
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K=78,676
R=53,230
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14
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No. of wells and Bore wells
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1.21
Lakhs
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15
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Total No. of Tanks
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1,888
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16
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No. of Medium irrigation projects
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8
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17
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Total irrigated area including more than once
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2.25
lakhs
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18
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Cold storage units
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5
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19
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Fruit Processing Plants
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35
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20
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No. of Poultry Farmers
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1500
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21
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Layers (Numbers)
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30,00,000
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22
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Broilers (Numbers)
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25,00,000
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LAND UTILIZATION
Table-3.1: Land utilization particulars
of the district are as follows
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- Item
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- Area
- lakh
(Ha)
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- %
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Area
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1
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Total geographical area
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14.99
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100
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2
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Area under Forest
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4.5
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30
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3
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Barren & uncultivable land
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1.67
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11
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4
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Land put to non Agricultural use
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1.4
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9
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5
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Permanent pastures & other grazing lands
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0.4
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3
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6
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Miscellaneous tree crops & grooves
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0.26
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2
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7
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Cultivable waste
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0.47
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3
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8
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Other fallow lands
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0.98
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7
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9
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Current fallows
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0.37
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2
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10
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Net area sown
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4.93
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33
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11
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Net irrigated Area
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1.69
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11
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SOILS
Red soils
are occupying major portion of the district.
Alluvial soils are seen in parts of Chittoor and Bangarupalem
taluks. The details of soils
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Table-3.3: Details of Soils
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Red loams
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57%
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Red sandy soil
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34%
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Clay soil
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3%
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Black loamy soil
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2%
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Black sandy soil
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1%
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Red clay soil
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3%
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MAJOR CROPS GROWN IN THE DISTRICT
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- Horticulture
Crops
- a)
Mango
- b)
Coconut
- c)
Others
- d)
Floriculture
- e)
Sericulture
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- 48,382
- 3,180
- 1,464
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