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Betul is a one of the tribal population districts of M.P. This district comes under satpuda plateau and Jawar& Wheat crop zone from the point of view of agriculture climate. Geographical area is 1007.8 thousand hec. out of which 416.7 thousand hec. land is under cultivation. 381.1 thousand hec. is under Kharif and 120.3 thousand hec. under Rabi. The district consist of nearly 1.76 Lakh agricultural families out of which 46% belong to SC/ST category. Average agricultural land 2.90 thousand hec. under propritreship. Irrigation area from all sources is 97.7 thousand hec. and irrigation percentage is 23 in the district. Crop density is 127%. Average rainfall is 1083.9MM in the district.

The main function ofs to publicize the advance Agrtechniques of agiculture dept. iriculture production, and given information about High breed setilizers &ammers. Training ieds, ferp; pesticides to fors imparted to the farmers from timeincrease to time to productivity of crops.

 

LAND CLASSIFICATION

TYPE AREA(InThousand Hect.)
Forest area 405.2
Uncultivated area 42.4
Fodder area 26.7
Barer Area 25.3
Crop area 414.8
Double crop area 111.7
Kharif  crop area 388.0
Rabi crop area 138.5
Total crop area 526.5
Total Area

1007.8

CROP AREA

CROP KHARIF RABI TOTAL
GRAINS 171.5 86.7 258.2
PULSES 44.1 38.7 82.8
OIL SEEDS 172.0 8.0 180.0
OTHERS 1.2 6.2 7.4

TOTAL

388.8 139.6 528.4

IRRIGATION SOURCE

SOURCE NUMBER
WELLS 49387
HAND PUMPS 2182
ELECTRICAL PUMPS 26584
DIESEL PUMPS 5535
MEDIUM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 4
SMALL IRRIGATION PROJECTS 86
STOPDAMS 341
SPRINKLER SETS 2357