6.

AGRICULTURE (in Hectares)

A. Total Cultivated Area

: 208055

B. Net Area Sown

: 182891

C. Area Sown more than once

: 25170

D. Area and Production of Principal Crops

i. Rice

Area in
(Hect)
: 20111

Prodn.in
(Tone)
71.93

ii. Millets and other cereals

: 71305

152.94

iii. Pulses

: 35846

17.36

iv. Sugarcane (in terms of gur)

: 2267

0.22

v. Groundnut

: 15608

24.39

vi. Gingelly

: 1000

0.38

vii. Cotton (bales of 170 kg Lint each)

: 1696

0.24 (Bales)

E. Agricultural Land Holdings

i. Number of Holdings (2005census)

: 259823

ii. Area in Hectares

: 238761

iii. Average size of Holdings (In Hect)

: 0.92

F. (a) Name of Important Food Crops

: Paddy/Ragi
/Cholam/Redgram
BlackGram/Mango
/Coconut/Cabbage/
Banana/Tomatto

(b) Important Non- Food Crops

: Flowers/Groundnut
/Cotton

3. AGRICULTURE
3.1. SOIL CLASSIFICATION
YEAR: 2011-2012

Sl.
No

Type of Soil

Places in
District

Area in Ha.

% in total
geographical area

234623

45.6

50068

9.7

(Taluks)
Denkonikotti
Hosur,
1

Red Soil

Krishnagiri
Uthangnari
Pochampalli

Clay Soil

Kava Soil

Krishnagiri
Uthangari
-

Vandal Soil

All Taluks

550

0.1

Barren

23957

4.7

Other Soil

All Taluks

2719

0.5

Forest & Barren

All Taluks

202409

39.4

Catchments Area

Total Geographical Area

514326

100.0

Source: Joint Director, Agriculture Department, Krishnagiri.

3.2. LAND UTILISATION

Fasli: 1421

Year: 2011-2012
(Area in Hectares)

Sl.
No

Nine fold Classification

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

1.

Forest

202409

203965

203965

2.

Barren and Uncultivable uses

23957

4447

23937

3.

Land put to Non-Agricultural uses

42186

41849

41855

4.

Cultivable Waste

3911

23937

4468

5.

Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land

8004

7853

7853

6.

Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and

Graces not included in Net Area Sown

8902

8648

8639

7.

Current Fallows

42636

35015

24178

8.

Other Fallows Land

9145

18326

16540

9.

Net Area Sown

170490

170286

182891

10.

Geographical Area According to Village Papers

514326

514326

514326

11.

Total Cropped Area

180321

184726

208055

12.

Area sown more than once

9837

14440

25170

Source: G Return.

3.5. NUMBER AND AREA OF OPERATIONAL LAND HOLDINGS

YEAR: 20112012
Size Class of
holdings
(Hectares)

Number

S.C.

S.T.

OTHERS

(2)

(3)

(4)

UPTO 0.5

7899

126403

0.5-1.0

3778

1.0-2.0

Area (Hec.)

S.C.

S.T.

OTHERS

TOTAL

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

60

134362

1875.17.0

31266.37.0

12.66.0

33154.20.0

60547

33

64358

2699.25.0

43683.57.0

24.11.0

46406.93.0

2417

46316

56

48789

3322.69.0

65027.88.0

81.19.0

68431.76.0

2.0-3.0

467

15151

30

15648

115.26.0

36402.84.0

73.73.0

37591.83.0

3.0-4.0

134

6047

16

6197

460.23.0

20788.46.0

55.04.0

21303.73.0

4.0-5.0

39

2874

10

2923

173.04.0

12717.33.0

43.54.0

12933.91.0

5.0-7.5

26

2428

23

2477

155.62.0

14333.79.0

143.22.0

146.32.63.0

7.5-10.0

11

876

895

88.50.0

7456.77.0

70.30.0

7615.647.0

10.0-20.0

469

476

27.48.0

6119.69.0

65.32.0

6212.49.0

20.0 & Above

..

70

73

..

2123.43.0

135.12.0

2258.55.0

(1)

TOTAL

Source: Agricultural Census 2010-2011

3.6. CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES

YEAR: 20112012

Fertilizers (in 000 Tone)

Pesticides
Urea

Nitrogenous

Phosphates

Pottassic

Total

Dust

Liquid

(P2 05)

(K2 0)

(NPK)

(MT.)

(Lit.)

(000
(N)

Tone)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

4800

2300

4000

11100

10,000

1,00,000

13500

Source: Joint Director of Agriculture.

3.7. REGULATED MARKETS

YEAR: -2011-2012

No.of

Sub

Regulated

Centre

Name of the Crop

Capacity

Market

Godown

in MT

Paddy, Cotton,
Groundnut, Ragi,
Bajra, Tamarind,
Cancer, Redgram,
Horsegram

5800

Income (Rs. in Lakhs)

Name of
the Crop

Paddy,
Groundnut

Source: District Agriculture Marketing Office.

Amount

15.30

3.8. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE FASLI YEAR-1420

Sl.
No

Name of the Crop

(1)

(2)

No. of Experiments

Blocks
notified

(3)

(4)

Paddy( kar)

190

Paddy (Samba)

254

10

Paddy (Navarai)

200

10

Ragi (UI)

66

Groundunt (UI)

260

10

Tapioco (Kharif)

50

Greengram

Groundunt (I)

Cotton(I)

68

10

Ragi (I)

11

Gingili (UI)

126

12

Gingili (I)

13

Potato ( R )

80

14

Banana(Rabi)

140

15

Banana (Kharif)

16

Maize

100

17

Turmeric (Kharif)

60

18

Chillies

72

19

Sugar Cane

140

20

BlockGram

90

21

Cumbu

108

Source: Asst. Director of Statistics, Krishnagiri

3.9. SERICULTURE

YEAR: 2011-2012

Area under
Mulberry (Hec)

Production of Cocoons
(Quintal)

Value Rs in
lakhs

(2)

(3)

(4)

Krishnagiri

130.12

1131

223

Veppanapalli

496.00

3823

772

Bargur

138.00

838

169

Kaveripattinam

96.20

881

176

Uthangarai

124.84

986

171

Mathur

19.40

107

21

Hosur

968.00

4644

928

Shoolagiri

476.00

3697

774

Kelamangalam

303.60

1667

375

Thally

206.00

1241

229

Name of the block

(1)

Source: Asst Director of Sericulture