Migration: 25% of respondents reported seasonal migration.
Livestock:
|
Cows |
Buffalo |
Bullocks |
He- Buffalo |
Total large ruminants |
Goats/ Sheep |
Pigs |
Poultry |
Total Livestock |
|
245 |
94 |
397 |
4 |
740 |
97 |
4 |
191 |
1032 |
• 83% of the families are holding large and small animals also out of which 58%
maintain only large
animals and 3 % of them maintain only small animals also.
• 28% of the families have small animals out of which 3 % families maintain only
small animals.
• Only 14% of the families do not possess animals.
• Average no. of cattle holding / family is 4.
Agriculture:
• 45% of the farmers have irrigation facilities and its source is mainly well
irrigation (35%).
• About 56% of the crop acreage is under irrigation and about 44% of it is rain
fed.
• Major crops are rice (23%), Rabi Jowar, (33%) and wheat (17%). Sugarcane,
jowar, Soya bean and
pulses are other important crops with 5, 4, 7 and 11 percent crop acreage
under these crops
respectively.
• About 88% of farmers make use of 50 kgs or less per acre. Some 5% of them use
more than 100
kgs of it.
• None of the farmers has followed the practice of getting their soil tested.
• Majority of the farmers (95%) are carrying on their tillage operations on
traditional lines with the
use of bullock power and use of tractor for this purpose is nearly
non-existent (only 1 of 251 uses
tractor for ploughing).
• Absence of Green manuring, Kitchen gardens
.
Input costs for agriculture:
|
|
Inputs |
Cotton |
Jowar |
Soya bean |
Toor |
Udid |
Moong |
|
Seed (KG/A)
|
1.61 |
6.07 |
26.02 |
6.09 |
9.32 |
2.88 |
|
Amount |
486.67 |
274.13 |
670.18 |
335 |
450
|
45 |
|
Fertilizer (KG/A) |
1 |
14.24 |
8.04 |
12.33 |
4.92 |
1 |
|
Amount |
320 |
342.65
|
336.67 |
281.92 |
389.58 |
250 |
|
Medicines (Lt/A) |
0
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Amount |
0
|
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
806.67 |
616.78 |
1006.85 |
1066.92 |
839.58 |
295 |
Average crop yields:
|
Crop |
Irrigated acres |
Production |
Yield Q/A |
Non - Irrigated Acres |
Production |
Yield Q/A |
|
Cotton |
5
|
23
|
4.6
|
6 |
13.9 |
2.32 |
|
Sugarcane |
47
|
3562
|
75.79 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sorghum |
- |
- |
- |
38
|
125.5
|
3.3 |
|
Rice |
- |
- |
- |
238
|
626.99
|
2.63 |
|
Soya |
34
|
98.03 |
2.88 |
39
|
77.35
|
1.98 |
|
Wheat |
157 |
1535.05
|
9.77 |
15 |
83.5 |
5.57 |
|
Rabi Sorghum |
- |
-
|
- |
341 |
127.31 |
0.37 |
|
Tur |
- |
-
|
- |
49 |
115.31 |
2.35 |
|
Mung |
- |
-
|
- |
7 |
7.2 |
1.03 |
|
Udid |
- |
-
|
- |
53 |
62.05 |
1.17 |
|
Chana |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
7.8 |
1.56 |
|