AGRICULTURE
 

AREA COVERAGE UNDER DIFFERENT CROPS (2005-06)

 

Crops

Salema Sub-Division

Ambassa+Salema (In hac)

Chawmanu Sub-Division

Manu+Chawmanu (In hac)

Gandacharra Sub-Division

(In hac)

Total

(In hac)

Aush Paddy

4905

3403

330

8638

Aman Paddy

8108

5040

405

13553

Boro Paddy

345

417

213

975

Jhum Paddy

1406

2126

1017

4607

Jute

20

35

10

65

Mesta

73

297

73

443

Maize

138

150

250

538

Cotton

112

303

60

475

Kharif Pulses

347

521

177

1045

Sugarcane

132

36

4.0

168

Rabi Pulses

238

228

39

505

Potato

435

121

25

581

Other vegetables

978

615

170

1763

Total

16095

10447

1838

28380

 

Farmers family                                                  33,500 nos.

Jhumia family                                                    10,087 nos.

No. of marginal farmeres (0-1 ha. Land)              19,000 nos.

No. of small farmers (1-2 ha. Land)                     10,000 nos.

Medium/big farmers                                          4,500 nos.

Rainfall                                                              2200 mm/year

Irrigable area                                                    10,331 hac.

Area under irrigation                                        3280 hac.

 

Staff deployment:-

Sl. No.

Name of Agri Sub-Division

No. of Gaon Panchayat

Existing no. of Field staff

Required no. of field staff

1

Gandacharra

19

7 No. Agri. Asstt./VLW

12 nos.

2

Chawmanu

14

19 No. Agri. Asstt/VLW

21 nos.

3

Salema

43

27 no. Agri. Asstt./VLW

44 nos.