District Profile (in brief)
Demographical information of district
DISTRICT STATISTICS
| GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION |
Longitude |
23o38' to 24o02' North |
| Latitude |
80o28' to 82o12 South |
| Height |
489 Meters. (from Sea-level ) |
| BOUNDARIES |
East |
Shahdol |
| West |
Katni |
| North |
Satna & Rewa |
| South |
Dindori |
| WEATHER |
Average Rainfall |
1093 m.m. |
| Average Max. Temperature |
46.2 oC |
| Average Min. Temperature |
1.8 oC |
| LAND UTILISATION |
Total Area |
4548 Sq. km. |
| Forest Area |
2372.35 Hectare |
| Single cropped area |
112053 Hectare |
| Double cropped area |
29779 Hectare |
| POPULATION (BASED ON CENSUS 2001) |
Total |
515963 |
| Male |
265128 |
| Female |
250835 |
| Schedule Caste |
35126 |
| Schedule Tribe |
227250 |
| MAIN CROPS |
Kharif |
Paddy, Maize,Kodon, Jowar |
| Rabi |
Wheat, Gram, Rape, Mustard |
| Minerals |
Coal and Fire Clay. |
| Forest |
Teak, Tendu, Mahua, Harra |
| LITERACY PERCENTAGE |
|
Male(%) |
Female(%) |
Total(%) |
| Rural |
70.80 |
41.50 |
56.50 |
| Urban |
83.30 |
60.20 |
72.30 |
| Total |
72.90 |
44.50 |
59.10 |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP
| Sub Division |
Tahsil |
Blocks |
Municipalities |
Nagar Panchayat |
| Bandhavgarh (Umaria) |
Bandhavgarh (Umaria) |
Karkeli(Umaria) |
Umaria |
Chandia |
| Chandia |
| Nowrozabad |
| Manpur |
Manpur |
Manpur |
- |
Nowrozabad |
| Pali |
Pali |
Pali |
- |
Pali |
Trend of area/productivity of 3-4 major crops grown in Kharif & rabi, cropping pattern
Area, Production and Productivity of major crop cultivated in the district-
| S. No. |
Crops |
Area (ha) |
Production (thousand ton) |
Productivity |
| a. |
Cereal crop - |
|
|
|
| |
Kharif |
|
|
|
| |
Paddy |
44000 |
41.8 |
950 |
| |
Maize |
10600 |
7.6 |
720 |
| |
Jowar |
700 |
0.6 |
840 |
| |
Kodo-kutki |
18800 |
5.3 |
280 |
| |
Rabi |
|
|
|
| |
Wheat |
26200 |
33.3 |
1270 |
| |
Barley |
400 |
0.3 |
751 |
| |
Total Cereals - |
100700 |
88.9 |
-- |
| b. |
Pulse - |
|
|
|
| |
Kharif |
|
|
|
| |
Arhar |
5100 |
2.9 |
560 |
| |
Urd |
3000 |
0.8 |
264 |
| |
Mung |
10 |
- |
280 |
| |
Rabi |
|
|
|
| |
Gram |
5900 |
4.8 |
810 |
| |
Pea |
1400 |
1.0 |
680 |
| |
Lentil |
5300 |
3.7 |
630 |
| |
Total Pulses - |
21310 |
13.2 |
-- |
| c. |
Oilseed - |
|
|
|
| |
Kharif |
|
|
|
| |
Til |
2400 |
0.4 |
170 |
| |
Ramtil |
2000 |
0.9 |
130 |
| |
Soybean |
50 |
0.02 |
344 |
| |
Rabi |
|
|
|
| |
Mustard/Rai |
7500 |
2.6 |
350 |
| |
Linseed |
3700 |
1.1 |
296 |
| |
Total oilseed - |
15650 |
5.02 |
|
Status of livestock in brief
Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district
| Category |
Population |
Production |
Productivity |
| Cattle |
| Indigenous |
417071 |
- |
- |
| Buffalo |
83421 |
- |
- |
| Sheep |
| Indigenous |
8232 |
- |
- |
| Goats |
85600 |
- |
- |
| Pigs |
5641 |
- |
- |
| Poultry |
| Hens Desi |
31484 |
- |
- |
Land utilization & irrigation status (in graphical form)
- Scenario of Agriculture & allied department including administrative details (in brief)
- Thrust area, Potential & Problems:-
Priority thrust areas of district
| S. No |
Thrust area |
| 1 |
Varietal Diversification- Availability of quality seed through seed production technology and Seed replacement. |
| 2 |
Technological diversification |
| 3 |
Crop diversification |
| 4 |
Rainwater and irrigation management |
| 5 |
Integrated nutrient management |
| 6 |
Integrated pest management |
| 7 |
Promotion of organic farming along with balanced nutrition. |
| 8 |
Strengthen of linkage between farmer’s and extension system |
| 9 |
Farm mechanization and drudgery reduction |
| 10 |
Development of rural entrepreneurship for income and employment generation like Bee Keeping and mushroom cultivation |
| 11 |
Increasing productivity of vegetables |
| 12 |
Integrated livestock management |
| 13 |
Nutritional security at household level and Development of nutritional garden |
