Synoptic view of agricultural scenario of the district:
Sl. No |
Particulars |
Qnty. (Ha.) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Total geographical area (ha) |
378600.00 Ha |
2 |
Cultivable area (ha) |
146219.00 Ha |
3 |
Net cropped area (ha) |
125000.00 Ha |
4 |
Gross cropped area (ha) |
188765.00 Ha |
5 |
Cropping intensity (%) |
150.94 % |
6 |
Net irrigated area (ha) |
3913 Ha |
7 |
Gross irrigated area (ha) |
19101 Ha |
8 |
Average Paddy Productivity (Mt/ha) |
4.32 Mt per Ha |
9 |
Autumn paddy |
8346 Ha |
10 |
Winter paddy |
93845 Ha |
11 |
Summer paddy |
8865 Ha |
12 |
Total Operational Holding |
207930 Nos. |
13 |
Landless farmers (less than 0.4 ha) (Nos) |
69726 Nos |
14 |
Marginal farmers (0.4 to 1.0 ha) (Nos) |
78315 Nos |
15 |
Small farmers (1.0 to 2 ha) (Nos) |
45304 Nos. |
16 |
Medium farmers (2 to 3 ha) (Nos) |
12292 Nos. |
17 |
Large farmers (more than 3 ha) (Nos) |
2293 Nos. |
Physiography:
The Cachar District has classified as five Agro Ecological Situation (AES) as details below:
Sl.No. |
Name of Agro Ecological Situation |
Characteristics of each Agro Ecological Situation |
---|---|---|
I |
Alluvial Flood Free |
Physiology is broad mender plains, narrow valley in undulating plains,gentle slope. Soil-Old mountain alluvium, sandy/fine loamy,upland ,medium lands and low lands, rice as mono crop or double crop, or rice in sequence with vegetable/potato/mustard/pulse in upland and medium lands. Sali rice as mono crop or in sequence with ahu in low lands. |
II |
Alluvial Flood Prone |
Physiography is broad mender plains, flood plains, very gentle slope , Soil-old reverine alluvium and old mountain alluvium ,sand fine loamy, medium to low land inundated during monsoon , ahu rice followed by late Sali /vegetable/potato/oilseeds, late sali and vegetable as mono crop. |
III |
Beels and haors |
Physiography is low lying water bodies, soil –peat soil-organic soils, fine loamy, Perennially water logged situation, water level recedes during winter, Boro rice as mono crop, natural fisheries. |
IV |
Piedmonts and plantation crop growing |
Physiography is dissected foot hills, low hills, undulating topography with tillahs and narrow valleys, gentle to moderate slope. Soil-mostly non laterized red soils, old mountain alluvium, fine silty /fine loamy. High lands, hillocks detraital valleys, tillahs with narrow valleys. Main crop are Tea, sugarcane, pineapple, fruit trees and vegetable are the main crops. |
V |
Hills and forest |
Physiography is high hills and dissected foot hill regions, undulating lower hills and hillocks, steep slope. Soil mostly non-laterized red soils, laterited red soils,sandy /loamy /coarse loamy, fine silty/fine loamy. Lower foot hills/hillocks to high hills, reserved forests and mixed rain forests, jhooming in southern hills, mixed cropping in forest villages, sal teak and bamboo are natural vegetations. |