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Government Of Assam Cachar District

Agriculture Department

  • 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.