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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
AGRICULTURE IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD of the people in the district. Marathas and Malis form the bulk of Amravati
husbandmen, while the Dhangars, Kolis, Korkus and Mahars work mostly as agricultural labourers. Cotton, jowar, groundnut and pulses are the main crops grown in the district. The total population of the district as per 1961 census was 1,232,780 spread over an area of 12,149.7 km.2 (4,691 sq. miles). The density of population per km.2 is 102 (263 per sq. mile).
The following table gives the number of cultivators and agricultural labourers as per 1961 census: -
TABLE No. 1
Particulars |
Cultivators |
Agricultural Labourers |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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Men |
Women. |
Men |
Women |
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District Total |
1,10,079 |
49,754 |
1,48,388 |
1,49,847 |
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Rural |
1,00,688 |
46,613 |
1,34,667 |
1,36,142 |
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Urban |
9,391 |
3,141 |
13,721 |
13,705 |
The cultivators and the agricultural labourers constituted 12.97 per cent and 24.20 per cent, respectively, of the total working class population of the district.
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