District Agricultural Office
Agriculture Department
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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.