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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 |