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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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LAND UTILISATION
Prior to the transfer in October 1907 of four zamindaris to the Drug district the total area of the district as ascertained by
professional survey was 27839.91 km2 (10749 sq. miles). Of
this an area of 8256.92 km2 (3188 sq. miles) comprised unsurveyed areas of zamindaris and waste lands. The remaining area of 19582.99
km2 (7561 sq. miles) ascertained by professional survey was less by 569.80 km2 (220 sq. miles) than that shown in the village papers viz, 20152.79 km2 (7781 sq. miles). Out of the area of 2170.42 km2 (838 sq. miles) transferred to Drug, all except 916.86 km2 (354 sq. miles) consisted of unsurveyed lands. The district as then constituted thus comprised, according to the professional survey, 25669.49 km2 (9911 sq. miles). Of this 7003.36 km2 (2704 sq. milles) was an area for which no returns existed. The remaining area according to the professional survey was 18666.13 km2 (7207 sq. miles). But actually according to the village papers it was 19235.93 km2 (7427 sq. miles). This area of 19235.93 km2 (7427 sq. miles) was then composed as follows: 7819.21 km2(3019 sq. miles) or 30.5 per cent of the total area of the district was under Government forest, 1061.90 km2 (410 sq. miles) or 4.1 per cent was classified as not available for cultivation. 6702.92 km2(2588 sq. miles) or 26.1 per cent as culturable waste other than fallow 562.03 km2 (217 sq. miles) or 2.2 per cent as current fallow, and 3089.87 km2 (1193 sq. miles) or 12 per cent as the net cropped area. The most extensively cropped tahsil then was Warora in which 55 per cent of the total land or 73.4 per cent of the total village area was occupied for cultivation. In Sironcha only 31 per cent of the total village area was occupied, while in the zamindaris the percentage was as low as 15, and only about 4 per cent of the total zamindari area was occupied.
After the transfer of the zamindaris to Drug the total cropped area of the district in 1909 was 308775.418 hectares (763,000 acres). The period of about twenty years ending 1909 showed great fluctuations in the areas under kharif and rabi crops as the choice of crop was then dictated by the vagaries of Nature. The following statement [Central Provinces District Gazetteers, Chanda District, Vol. A, 1909, p.148.] shows the great fluctuations in the kharif and rabi areas of the district. The proportion between the two crops was fairly constant afterwards the kharif area having regularly been from one-filth to about one-fourteenth greater than the rabi area.
Year
|
Total area under kharif crops |
Total area under rabi crops | |
|
|
Hectares |
|
Hectares | |
1891-92 |
(306,000)* |
123,833.916 |
(366,000)* |
148,115.076 | |
1892-93 |
(381,000) |
154,185.366 |
(310,000) |
125,452.660 | |
1893-94 |
(296,000) |
119,787.056 |
(378,000) |
152,971.308 | |
1894-95 |
(456,000) |
184,536.816 |
(233,000) |
94,291.838 | |
1895-96 |
(517,000) |
209,222.662 |
(187,000) |
75,676.282 | |
1896-1900 (average) |
(485,000) |
196,272.710 |
(315,000) |
127,476.090 | |
1900-1906 (average) |
(451,000) |
182,513.386 |
(390,000) |
157,827.540 |
* Figures in brackets Indicate area in acres.
Among the important crops, the area under rice and jowar
crops fluctuated to a great extent. During the period 1891 —1899
rice invariably occupied the largest area. The following statement shows the fluctuations in the areas occupied by these two
crops from 1891 to 1907: —
Year |
Area under Rice |
Area under Jowar |
| |
|
Hectares |
|
Hectares |
At the time of first settlement. |
(235,000)* |
95,101.210 |
(199,000)* |
80,532.514 |
1891 — 1896 (average). |
(206,000) |
83,365.316 |
(137,000) |
55,441.982 |
1896—1899 (average). |
(304,000) |
123,024.544 |
(151,000) |
61,107.586 |
1899-1900 |
(189,000) |
76,485.654 |
(240,000) |
97,124.640 |
1900-1901 |
(144,000) |
58,274.784 |
(average for 1899-1903)
(136,000) 55,037.296 |
1901—1907 (average). |
(220,000) |
89,030.920 |
(average for 1903—1907) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
Of other crops, cotton, during the first decade of this century, occupied an area of about 17806.184 hectares (44,000 acres). Linseed was a popular crop and covered an area from 20234.300 to 32374.880 hectares (50,000 to 80,000 acres). In 1906-07. the record area of 42492.030 hectares (105,000 acres) was under this crop. Wheat occupied 28328.020 hectares (70,000 acres) in 1906-07. The area under til had fluctuated very greatly from year to year for instance, in 1894-95 it was only 3642.174 hectares (9,000 acres), while two years later it rose to 25495.218 hectares (63,000 acres), in the years 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 it covered 36421. 740 hectares and 35207.682 hectares. (90,000 and 87,000 acres) respectively while from 1903 to 1906 the average area under til amounted to little over 4856.232 hectares (12,000 acres) in 1906-07, however, it recovered to nearly 18615.556 hectares (46,000 acres). Gram usually covered from 6070.290 to 8093.720 hectares (15,000 to 20,000 acres). Sugarcane on the other hand fell off greatly since the first settlement, when it covered 3237.488 hectares (8,000 acres). In the quinquennium 1891—1896 it averaged 1355.698 hectares (3,350 acres) while in the following quinquennium the average area dropped to 809.372 hectares (2,000 acres), and from 1901 to 1906 to 404.686 hectares (1,000 acres).
The area under old fallow varied since 1891 between 64749.760 and 99957.442 hectares (160,000 and 247,000 acres) and that under new fallow between 33184.252 hectares (82,000 acres) and 82555.944 hectares (204,000 acres).
As compared with the large area under irrigation, double cropping was practised on a very small area. The average double
cropped area during the period between 1891—1896 was 12140.580
hectares (30,000 acres). In the gata cultivation tract of the north
of Brahmapuri and in the Sironcha tahsils double cropping was
extensively practised. In the Sironcha tahsil rice was then
grown as a second crop.
For the period between 1909 and 1961, it is very difficult to determine whether there was any shift in the pattern of the land utilisation as various changes in administrative boundaries and in the classification of land utilisation took place. However, some features of the land utilisation remained the same. Of these forest is the most important. The forest which then occupied the highest proportion of the total area of the district still holds the same position accounting for 56.48 per cent of the total area of the district. Regarding respective tahsils, Sironcha has the highest percentage of forest area, viz., 84.25, Gadhchiroli 60.91, Brahmapuri 47.82. Chandrapur 41.45, and Warora 29.73 while Rajura tahsil has the lowest of all viz., 5.03. The proportion of area under forests in the district is thus more than three times the average for the State, viz., 17.54 per cent.
Because of this high proportion of area under forests, the proportion of net area sown to the total geographical area in the district (22.35 per cent) is the lowest in the State. It is even less than half of the State average which is 57.69 per cent. (This net cropped area excluding that of Rajura in 1907 was only 12 per cent.) The district proportions of areas under culturable waste and permanent pastures are also higher than those of the State. The proportion of net area sown, however, increased from 18.36 per cent to 23.08 per cent during the period between 1950-51 and 1959-60. This increase could be partly attributed to the corresponding reduction in the area under culturable waste from 5.71 per cent to 3.70 per cent during the same period.
The proportion of the net area sown to the total geographical area varies between 5.66 per cent for Sironcha tahsil and 50.77 per cent for Warora tahsil.
The following table gives the pattern of land utilisation in the district and each of its tahsils for the period between 1956-57 and 1963-64:
TABLE No. 5
TAHSIL-WISE LAND UTILISATION IN CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT FROM 1956-57 TO 1963-64.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Total Geographical area |
Forests |
Barren and Un-culturable land |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
Warora |
1956-57 |
255,368.602 (631,029) |
81,544.634 (201,501) |
5,837.595 (14,425) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
250,650.772 (619,371) |
17,382.073 (42,952) |
5,385.966 (13,309) |
1959-60 |
332,033.532 (820,472) |
98,324.129 (242,964) |
5,485.519 (13,555) |
1960-61 |
332,033.532 (820,472) |
97,957.484 (242,058) |
6,631.994 (16,388) |
1961-62 |
332,033.532 (820,472) |
96,550.795 (238,582) |
5,876.850 (14,522) |
1962-63 |
332,033.532 (820,472) |
96,677.867 (238,896) |
5,861.472 (14,484) |
1963-64 |
332,033.532 (820,472) |
97,678.655 (241,369) |
5,397.702 (13,338) |
Chandrapur |
1956-57 |
330,885.033 (817,634) |
135,205.593 (334,100) |
3,789.884 (9,365) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
210,337.572 (519,755) |
13,383.371 (33,071) |
4,038.361 (9,979) |
1959-60 |
336,737.197 (832,095) |
138,445.509 (342,106) |
4,224.517 (10,439) |
1960-61 |
336.737.197 (832,095) |
136,787.915 (338,010) |
4,041.599 (9,987) |
1961-62 |
336,737.197 (832,095) |
137,906.467 (340,774) |
4,233.420 (10,461) |
1962-63 |
336,737.197 (832,095). |
136.072.430 (336,242) |
4,382.749 (10,830) |
1963-64 |
336,737.197 (832,095) |
138,015.327 (341,043) |
4,324.474 (10,686) |
Brahmapuri |
1956-57 |
240,669.597 (594,707) |
98,663.256 (243,802) |
2,197.850 (5,431) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
162,324.006 (401,111) |
20,617.942 (50,948) |
2,080.086 (5,140) |
1959-60 |
260,987.262 (644,913) |
119,235.874 (294,633) |
2,054.591 (5,077) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land put to Non-agricultural uses |
Culturable waste |
Permanent Pastures and other grazing lands |
(1) |
(2) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
Warora |
1956-57 |
-- |
14,523.371 (35,888) |
23,139.945 (57,180) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
14,709.527 (36,348) |
13,263.584 (32,775) |
23,001.947 (56,839) |
1959-60 |
14,467.120 (35,749) |
12,401.602 (30,645) |
23,668.061 (58,485) |
1960-61 |
14,525.394 (35,893) |
12,163.647 (30,057) |
23,504.567 (58,081) |
1961-62 |
14,856.023 (36,710) |
12,314.100 (30,431) |
23,260.542 (57,478) |
1962-63 |
14,596.215 (36,068) |
11,720.921 (28,963) |
22,795.558 (56,329) |
1963-64 |
14,401.965 (35,588) |
9,756.979 (24,110) |
23,411.490 (57,851) |
Chandrapur |
1956-57 |
-- |
18,901.264 (46,706) |
24,945.654 (61,642) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
20,342.351 (50,267) |
17,938.516 (44,327) |
25,944.824 (64,111) |
1959-60 |
20,316.646 (50,202) |
17,510.358 (43,269) |
25,285.591 (62,482) |
1960-61 |
21,316.026 (32,673) |
17,486.482 (43,210) |
25,003.120 (61,784) |
1961-62 |
21,409.103 (52,903) |
17,020.284 (42,058) |
23,380.734 (57,775) |
1962-63 |
21,185.312 (52,350) |
16,618.026 (41,064) |
23,220.883 (57,380) |
1963-64 |
20,579.497 (50,853) |
16,572.701 (40,952) |
23,266.207 (57,492) |
Brahmapuri |
1956-57 |
52.609 (130) |
11,652.124 (28,793) |
26,998.626 (66,715) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
21,312.383 (52,664) |
10,988.034 (27,152) |
26,578.158 (65,676) |
1959-60 |
21,375.919 (52,821) |
10,511.314 (25,974) |
26,063.397 (64,404) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Total Geographical area |
Forests |
Barren and Un-culturable land |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
Brahmapuri—cont. |
1960-61 |
260,987.262 (644,913) |
118,128.248 (291,901) |
2,182.097 (5,392) |
1961-62 |
260,987.262 (644,913) |
117,320.090 (289,904) |
1,858.318 (4,592) |
1962-63 |
260,987.262 (644,913) |
117,423.690 (290,160) |
1,662.045 (4,170) |
1963-64 |
260,987.262 (644,913) |
13,029.609 (279,302) |
1,456.870 (3,600) |
Gadhchiroli |
1956-57 |
653,741.905 (1,615,430) |
358,376.567 (885,567) |
9,205.797 (22,748) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
379,941.070 (938,854) |
99,890.669 (246,835) |
8,531.185 (21,081) |
1959-60 |
722,927.023 (1,786,390) |
449,815.369 (1,111,517) |
8,846.031 (21,859) |
1960-61 |
722,927.023 (1,786,390) |
451,025.784 (1,114,503) |
8,463.603 (20,914) |
1961-62 |
722,927.023 (1,786,390) |
451,822.206 (1,116,476) |
83,853.367 (207,206) |
1962-63 |
722,927.023 (1,786,390) |
451,669.640
(1,1 16,099) |
8,542.112 (21,108) |
1963-64 |
722,927.023 (1,786,390) |
438,378.942 (1,083,257) |
8,419.087 (20,804) |
Sironcha |
1956-57 |
940,631.904 (2,324,350) |
824,992.475 (2,038,599) |
3,838.042
(9,484) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
252,125.448 (623,015) |
131,473.578 (324,878) |
3,610.608 (8,922) |
1959-60 |
768,612.026 (1,899,280) |
642,845.734 (1,588,505) |
3,832.781 (9,471) |
1960-61 |
768,612.026 (1,899,280) |
643,218.045 (1,589,425) |
4,099.064 (10,129) |
1961-62 |
768,612.026 (1,899,280) |
643,068.716 (1,589,056) |
4,717.829 (11,658) |
1962-63 |
768,612.026 (1,899,280) |
643,560.410 (1,590,271) |
4,664.411 (11,526) |
1963-64 |
768,612.026 (1,899,280) |
641,517.150 (1,585,222) |
4,374.656 (10,810) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land put to Non-agricultural uses |
Culturable waste |
Permanent Pastures and other grazing lands |
(1) |
(2) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
Brahmapuri—cont. |
1960-61 |
21,171.957 (52,317) |
11,571.996 (28,595) |
25,527.997 (63,081) |
1961-62 |
21,377.133 (52,824) |
11,581.304 (28,618) |
25,793.067 (63,736) |
1962-63 |
21,659.199 (53,521) |
11,391.506 (28,149) |
24,862.289 (61,436) |
1963-64 |
21,670.935 (53,550) |
7,086.456 (17,511) |
14,635.064 (36,164) |
Gadhchiroli |
1956-57 |
346.006 (855) |
30,764.509 (90,847) |
99,487.601 (245,839) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
29,786.104 (73,603) |
36,011.793 (88,987) |
84,13 7.861 (207,909) |
1959-60 |
29,313.835 (72,436) |
34,964.466 (86,399) |
74,671.042 (184.516) |
1960-61 |
29,115.134 (71,945) |
33,476.031 (82,721) |
73,529.018 (181,694) |
1961-62 |
30,313.005 (74,905) |
32,168.895 (79,491) |
72,779.135 (179,841) |
1962-63 |
30,172.983 (74,559) |
30,903.442 (76,364) |
71,994.044 (177.901) |
1963-64 |
30,179.863 (74,576) |
29,761.418 (73,542) |
72,364.736 (178,817) |
Sironcha |
1956-57 |
345.197 (853) |
10,082.347 (24,914) |
39,076.480 (96,560) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958 59 |
14,660.155 (36,226) |
9,901.048 (24,466) |
42,755.480 (105,651) |
1959-69 |
14,103.307 (34,850) |
10,630.696 (26,269) |
44,097.015 (109,966) |
1960-61 |
14,192.338 (35,070) |
10,107.033 (24,975) |
42,976.439 (106,197) |
1961-62 |
14,636.683 (36,168) |
9,974.700 (24,648) |
42,290.092 (104,501) |
1962-63 |
14,458.217 (35,727) |
10,332.443 (25,532) |
40,824.724 (100,880) |
1963-64 |
14,381.326 (35,537) |
9,915.616 (24,502) |
41,100.315 (101,561) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Total Geographical area |
Forests |
Barren and Un-culturable land |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
Rajura |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1959-60 |
162,058.532 (400,455) |
8,056.489 (19,908) |
40,378.355 (99,777) |
1960-61 |
162,058.532 (400,455) |
12,427.907 (30,710) |
22,593.619 (55,830) |
1961-62 |
162,058.532 (400,455) |
16,962.414 (41,915) |
20,472.255 (50,588) |
1962-63 |
162,088.883 (400,530) |
17,367.100 (42,915) |
20,067.569 (49,588) |
1963-64 |
162,088. 883 (400,530) |
17,367.100 (42,915) |
19,916.217 (49,214) |
District Total |
1956-57 |
2,421,297.041 (5,983,150) |
1,498,782.524 (3,703,569) |
24,869.169 (61,453) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
1,255,378.869 (3,102,106) |
282,747.633 (698,684) |
23,646.207 (58,431) |
1959-60 |
2,583,355.573 (6,383,605) |
1,456,723.103 (3,599,638) |
64,821.794 (160,178) |
1960-61 |
2,583,355.573 (6,383,605) |
1,459,545.384 (3,696,612) |
48,011.947 (118,640) |
1961-62 |
2,583,355.573 (6,383,605) |
1,463,630.689 (3,616,707) |
121,012.040 (299,027) |
1962-63 |
2,583,385.924 (6,383,680) |
1,462,771.136 (3,614,583) |
45,180.359 (111,643) |
1963-64 |
2,583,385.924 (6,383,680) |
1,445,986.784 (3,573,108) |
43,889.006 (108,452) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land put to Non-agricultural uses |
Culturable waste |
Permanent pastures and other grazing lands |
(1) |
(2) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
Rajura |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1959-60 |
5,322.835 (13,153) |
9,433.231 (23,310) |
5,778.107 (14,278) |
1960-61 |
14,461.049 (35,734) |
8,785.328 (21,709) |
5,904.369 (14,590) |
1961-62 |
14,461.049 (35,734) |
10,634.743 (26,279) |
5,611.376 (13,866) |
1962-63 |
8,767.927 (21,666) |
11,039.429 (27,279) |
5,464.880 (13,504) |
1963-64 |
8,767.927 (21,666) |
10,623.007 (26,250) |
5,363.303 (13,253) |
District Total |
1956-57 |
743.813 (1,838) |
91,923.615 (227,148) |
213,648.308 (527,936) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
100,810.520 (249,108) |
88,102.975 (217,707) |
202,418.271 (500,186) |
1959-60 |
104,899.063 (259,211) |
95,451.668 (235,866) |
199,563.212 (493,131) |
1960-61 |
114,781.899 (283,632) |
93,590.517 (231,267) |
196,445.511 (485,427) |
1961-62 |
117,052.997 (289,244) |
93,694.926 (231,525) |
193,114.945 (477,197) |
1962-63 |
110,839.853 (273,891) |
92,005.767 (227,351) |
189,162.377 (467,430) |
1963-64 |
109,981.514 (271,770) |
83,716.179 (206,867) |
180,141.116 (445,138) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves not included in area sown |
Current fallows |
Other fallows |
(1) |
(2) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
Warora |
1956-57 |
3,161.812
(7,813) |
1,842.535 (4,553) |
1,271.119 (3,141) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
3,252.057 (8,036) |
1,612.674 (3,985) |
2,831.588 (6,997) |
1959-60 |
3,011.268 (7,441) |
2,434.186 (6,015) |
2,703.707 (6,681) |
1960-61 |
2,392.908 (5,913) |
1,388.073 (3,430) |
2,711.801 (6,701) |
1961-62 |
2,900.384 (7,167) |
2,832.397 (6,999) |
2,467.775 (6,098) |
1962-63 |
3,685.071 (9,106) |
1,237.530 (3,058) |
2,643.409 (6,532) |
1963-64 |
2,770.076 (6,845) |
1,076.060 (2,659) |
1,526.071 (3,771) |
Chandrapur |
1956-57 |
7,611.334 (18,808) |
2,370.650 (5,858) |
3,944.655 (9,871) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
7,227.287 (17,859) |
3,451.162 (8,528) |
4,908. 841 (12,130) |
1959-60 |
6,445.029 (15,926) |
4,101.493 (10,135) |
4,844.496 (11,971) |
1960-61 |
6,164.177 (15,232) |
2,326.944 (5,750) |
4,667.244 (11,533) |
1961-62 |
6,319.576 (15,616) |
2,725.965 (6,736) |
3,978.063 (9,830) |
1962-63 |
5,647.798 (13,956) |
2,406.263 (5,946) |
3,622.749 (8,932) |
1963-64 |
5,216.807 (12,891) |
2,238.723 (5,532) |
2,393.718 (5,915) |
Brahmapuri |
1956-57 |
2,019.788 (4,991) |
1,016.976 (2.513) |
1,660.022 (4,102) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
1,619.958 (4,003) |
1,046.113 (2,585) |
1,719.915 (4,250) |
1959-60 |
1,846.987 (4,564) |
1,016.976 (2,513) |
1,550.757 (3,832) |
* Figures in bracket indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Net area sown |
Area sown more than once |
Total cropped area |
Total un-cultivated area |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(12) |
(13) |
(14) |
(15) |
Warora |
1956-57 |
166,304.498 (410,947) |
3,806.476 (9,406) |
170,110.974 (420,353) |
131,321.012 (324,501) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
169,211.357 (418,130) |
3,519.554 (8,697) |
172,730.911 (426,827) |
81,439.415 (201,241) |
1959-60 |
169,537.939 (418,937) |
3,868.393 (9,559) |
173,406.332 (428,496) |
162,495.593 (401,535) |
1960-61 |
171,567.034 (423,951) |
3,729.586 (9,216) |
175,296.620 (433,167) |
161,275.869 (398,521) |
1961-62 |
170,973.765 (422,485) |
4,496.871 (11,112) |
175,470.635 (433,597) |
161,059.767 (397,987) |
1962-63 |
172,815.491 (427,036) |
4,831.951 (11,940) |
177,647.441 (438,976) |
159,218.041 (393,436) |
1963-64 |
176,014.533 (434,941) |
4,786.221 (11,827) |
180,800.755 (446,768) |
156,018.998 (385,531) |
Chandrapur |
1956-57 |
113,592.932 (280,694) |
8,363.645 (20,667) |
121,956.578 (301,361) |
196,819.036 (486,350) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- | -- |
1958-59 |
113,102.857
(279,483) |
8,398.044 (20,752) |
121,500.901 (300,235) |
97,234.714 (240,272) |
1939-60 |
115,564.157 (285,565) |
8,481.004 (20,957) |
124,061.349 (306,562) |
221,173.039 (546,530) |
1960-61 |
118,903.222 (293,816) |
7,533.230 (18,615) |
126,436.452 (312,431) |
217,793.507 (538,179) |
1961-62 |
119,763.584 (295,942) |
8,932.634 (22,073) |
128,696.218 (318,015) |
216,973.613 (536,153) |
1962-63 |
123,580.987 (305,375) |
9,147.927 (22,605) |
132,728.914 (327,980) |
213,156.210 (526,720) |
1963-64 |
125,129.741 (306,731) |
9,633.145 (23,804) |
133,762.887 (330,535) |
212,607.456 (525,364) |
Brahmapuri |
1956-57 |
75,530.100 (186,641) |
19,280.455 (47.643) |
94,811.455 (234,284) |
144,261.251 (356,477) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
76,361.415 (188,693) |
19,959.518 (49,321) |
96,320.934 (238,014) |
85,962.591 (212,418) |
1959-60 |
77,331.448 (191,090) |
21,631.681 (53,453) |
98,963.128 (244,543) |
183,655.814 (453,823) |
* Figures in bracket indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves not included in area sown
| Current fallows
| Other fallows
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
Brahmapuri—-cont. |
1960-61 |
1,930.352 (4,770) |
686.347 (1,696) |
1,397.785 (3,454) |
1961-62 |
1,898.787 (4,692) |
1,154.974 (2,854) |
1,064.324 (2,630) |
1962-63 |
1,914.569 (4,731) |
918.232 (2,269) |
1,171.566 (2,895) |
1963-64 |
1,842.940 (4,554) |
1,005.240 (2,484) |
1,459.702 (3,607) |
Gadhchiroli. |
1956-57 |
6,932.271 |
4,131.439 |
6,805.604 |
-- |
(17,130) |
(10,209) |
(16.817) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
5,342.664 (13,202) |
4,523.580 (11,178) |
7,338.981 (18,135) |
1959-60 |
4,872.419 (12,040) |
4,452.355 (11,002) |
6,535.679 (16,150) |
1960-61 |
4,935.146 (12,195) |
3,788.670 (9,362) |
5,863.900 (14,490) |
1961-62 |
4,160.981 (10,282) |
4,954.166 (12,242) |
5,879.683 (14,529) |
1962-63 |
3,503.367 (8,657) |
3,888.628 (9,609) |
5,896.680 (14,571) |
1963-64 |
3,496.082 (8,639) |
4,005.582 (9,898) |
6,954.933 (17,186) |
Sironcha | 1956-57 |
2,668.904 (6,595) |
1,337.487 (3,305) |
28,889.724 (71,388) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
2,322.088 (5,738) |
1,870.459 (4,622) |
2,524.026
(6,237) |
1959-60 |
2,013.717 (4,976) |
1,904.857 (4,707) |
2,472.631 (6,110) |
1960-61 |
1,742.982 (4,307) |
1,426.923 (3,526) |
2,313.590 (5,717) |
1961-62 |
1,188.158 (2,936) |
1,786.284 (4,414) |
2,082.514 (5,146) |
1962-63 |
1,220.128 (3,015) |
2,323.707 (5,742) |
2,289.713 (5,658) |
1963-64 |
1,304.708 (3,224) |
2,356.486 (5,823) |
4,445.880 (10,986) |
* Figures in bracket indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves not included in area sown |
Current fallows |
Other fallows |
| (1) |
(2) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
Brahmapuri—-cont. | 1960-61 |
1,930.352 (4,770) |
686.347 (1,696) |
1,397.785 (3,454) |
1961-62 |
1,898.787 (4,692) |
1,154.974 (2,854) |
1,064.324 (2,630) |
1962-63 |
1,914.569 (4,731) |
918.232 (2,269) |
1,171.566 (2,895) |
1963-64 |
1,842.940 (4,554) |
1,005.240 (2,484) |
1,459.702 (3,607) |
Gadhchiroli. | 1956-57 |
6,932.271 |
4,131.439 |
6,805.604 |
-- |
(17,130) |
(10,209) |
(16.817) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
5,342.664 (13,202) |
4,523.580 (11,178) |
7,338.981 (18,135) |
1959-60 |
4,872.419 (12,040) |
4,452.355 (11,002) |
6,535.679 (16,150) |
1960-61 |
4,935.146 (12,195) |
3,788.670 (9,362) |
5,863.900 (14,490) |
1961-62 |
4,160.981 (10,282) |
4,954.166 (12,242) |
5,879.683 (14,529) |
1962-63 |
3,503.367 (8,657) |
3,888.628 (9,609) |
5,896.680 (14,571) |
1963-64 |
3,496.082 (8,639) |
4,005.582 (9,898) |
6,954.933 (17,186) |
Sironcha | 1956-57 |
2,668.904 (6,595) |
1,337.487 (3,305) |
28,889.724 (71,388) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
2,322.088 (5,738) |
1,870.459 (4,622) |
2,524026 (6,237) |
1959-60 |
2,013.717 (4,976) |
1,904.857 (4,707) |
2,472.631 (6,110) |
1960-61 |
1,742.982 (4,307) |
1,426.923 (3,526) |
2,313.590 (5,717) |
1961-62 |
1,188.158 (2,936) |
1,786.284 (4,414) |
2,082.514 (5,146) |
1962-63 |
1,220.128 (3,015) |
2,323.707 (5,742) |
2,289.713 (5,658) |
1963-64 |
1,304.708 (3,224) |
2,356.486 (5,823) |
4,445.880 (10,986) |
* Figures in bracket indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
|
Tahsil |
Year |
Net area sown |
Area sown more than once |
Total cropped area |
Total un-cultivated
area |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(12) |
13 |
(14) |
(15) |
Brahmapuri—-cont. | 1960-61 |
78,390.5,11 (193,707) |
21,066.739 (52,057) |
99,578.656 (246,064) |
182,596.751 (451,206) |
1961-62 |
78,939.265 (195,063) |
22,731.213 (56,170) |
101,670.478 (251,233) |
182,047.997 (449,850) |
1962-63 |
79,984.164 (197,645) |
23,567.294 (58,236) |
103,551.458 (255,881) |
181,003.098 (447,268) |
1963-64 |
98,800.445 (244,141) |
13,041.411 (32,226) |
111,841.856 (276,367) |
162,186.817 (400,772) |
Gadhchiroli. |
1956-57 |
102,145.174 |
15,331.124 |
117,476.299 |
522,049.796 |
-- |
(252,406) |
(37,884) |
(290,290) |
(1,290,012) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
104,378.232 (257,924) |
13,725.330 (33,916) |
118,103.562 (291,840) |
275,562.838 (680,930) |
1959-60 |
109,455.827 (270,471) |
15,169.655 (37,485) |
124,625.482 (307, 956) |
613,471.196 (1,515,919) |
1960-61 |
109,611.631 (270,856) |
14,440.410 (35,683) |
127,170.147 (314,244) |
610,197.287 (1,507,829) |
1961-62 |
112,461.430 (277,898) |
16,726.482 (41,332) |
129,187.912 (319,230) |
685,931.439 (1,694,972) |
1962-63 |
116,356.128 (287,522) |
17,278.878 (42,697) |
133,635.006 (330,219) |
606,570.895 (1,498,868) |
1963-64 |
129,366.378 (319,671) |
5,694.337 (14,071) |
135,060.715 (333,742) |
593,560.645 (1,466,719) |
Sironcha | 1956-57 |
41,305.086 (102,067) |
596.912 (1,475) |
41,901.998 (103,542) |
911,230.657 (2,251,698) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
43,008.005 (106,275) |
999.170 (2,469) |
44,007.174 (108,744) |
209,117.444 (516,740) |
1959-60 |
46,711.286 (115,426) |
815.847 (2,016) |
47,527.133 (117,442) |
721,900.740 (1,783,854) |
1960-61 |
48,536.015 (119,935) |
647.093 (1,599) |
49,183.108 (121,534) |
720,076.415 (1,779,346) |
1961-62 |
48,867.048 (120,753) |
1,026.284 (2,536) |
49,893.332 (123,289) |
719,744.977 (1,778,527) |
1962-63 |
48,938.273 (120,929) |
782.663 (1,934) |
49,720.936 (122,863) |
719,673.753 (1,778,351) |
1963-64 |
49,215.888 (121,615) |
719.532 (1,778) |
19,935 419 (123,393) |
719,396.138 (1,777,665) |
TABLE No. 5—contd.
Figures in hectares*
Tahsil |
Year |
Land under miscellaneous tree crops and groves not included in area sown |
Current fallows |
Other fallows |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
|
Rajura |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1959-60 |
1,755.528 (4,338) |
3,223.324 (7,965) |
10,373.316 (25,633) |
1960-61 |
1,785.475 (4,412) |
8,123.262 (20,073) |
5,518.703 (13,637) |
1961-62 |
1,785.475 (4,412) |
8,190.440 (20,239) |
5,003.942 (12,365) |
1962-63 |
2,086.156 (5,155) |
7,810.440 (19,300) |
5,408.628 (13,365) |
1963-64 |
2,086.156 (5,155) |
7,744.476 (19,137) |
5,114.017 (12,637) |
|
District Total |
1956-57 |
22,394.109 (55,337) |
10,699.088 (26,438) |
42,621.125 (105,319) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
19,764.055 (48,838) |
12,503.988 (30,898) |
19,323.352 (47,749) |
1959-60 |
19,944.949 (49.285) |
17,133.191 (42,337) |
28,480.586 (70,377) |
1960-61 |
18,951.040 (46,829) |
17,740.220 (43,837) |
22,473.023 (55,532) |
1961-62 |
18,253.362 (45,105) |
21,644.226 (53,484) |
20,476.302 (50,598) |
1962-63 |
18,057.089 (44,620) |
18,584.800 (45,924) |
21,032.745 (51,973) |
1963-64 |
16,716.769 (41,308) |
18,426.567 (45,533) |
21,894.322 (54,102) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
TABLE No. 5—contd.
|
Tahsil |
Year |
Net area sown |
Area sown more than
once |
Total cropped area |
Total un-cultivated
area |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(12) |
(13) |
(14) |
(15) |
Rajura |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1959-60 |
77,737.348 (192,093) |
-- |
77,737.348 (192,093) |
84,321.184 (208,362) |
1960-61 |
82,458.819 (203,760) |
-- |
82,458.819 (203,760) |
79,599.713 (196,695) |
1961-62 |
78,936.837 (195,057) |
-- |
78,936.837 (195,057) |
83,121.695 (205,398) |
1962-63 |
84,076.754 (207,758) |
-- |
84,076.754 (207,758) |
78,012.129 (192,772) |
1963-64 |
85,106.680 (210,303) |
-- |
696,508.312 (1,721,108) |
76,982.204 (190,227) |
District Total |
1956-57 |
498,878.690 (1,232,755) |
47,378.613 (117,075) |
546,257.303 (1,349,830) |
1,905,681.752 (4,709,038) |
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1958-59 |
506,061.866 (1,250,505) |
46,601.616 (115,155) |
552,663.483 (1,365,660) |
749,317.002 (1,851,601) |
1959-60 |
596,338.005 (1,473,582) |
49,966.580 (123,470) |
646,320.773 (1,597,092) |
1,987,017.568 (4,910,023) |
1960-61 |
568,998.633 (1,406,025) |
47,417.058 (117,170) |
660,123.803 (1,631,200) |
1,971,539.542 (4,871,776) |
1961-62 |
609,941.930 (l,507,198) |
53,913.483 (133,223) |
663,855.413 (1,640,421) |
2,048,879.488 (5,062,887) |
1962-63 |
625,751.798 (1,546,265) |
55,608.712 (137,412) |
681,360.510 (1,683,677) |
1,957,634.126 (4,837,415) |
1963-64 |
662,633.665 (1,637,402) |
33,874.646 (83,706) |
1,307,909.944 (3,231,913) |
1,920,752.259 (4,746,278) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
It is also equally difficult to study changes in the crop pattern
since 1909. However, in respect of some tahsils and particular
crops a remarkable shift in the cropping pattern could be easily
observed. In 1909 for instance Warora was the most extensively
cropped tahsil while in Sironcha only 31 per cent of the total
village area was occupied. The corresponding figures for the
same tahsils in 1961 were 69.77 per cent and 96.11 per cent
respectively. By 1961, Sironcha tahsil with 96.11 per cent of its total cropped
area stood first in the district followed by Brahmapuri with 96.02, Gadhchiroli with 95.98, Chandrapur with 86.16,
Warora with 69.77 and Rajura with 64.83 per cent, respectively.
Rice and jowar are still the major crops produced in the district. Each of them occupied more than 30 per cent of the gross cropped area. Wheat and pulses occupied about 5.62 per cent and 14.67 per cent, respectively, while bajri and sugarcane occupied a very negligible area, viz., bajri 0.01 per cent and sugarcane 0.06 per cent of the gross cropped area of the district.
The proportions of areas under important food and non-food crops for the district and each of its talukas are shown in table [District Census Handbook, Chanda, 1961, P. 32.] No. 6 compared with the corresponding figures for Maharashtra. All the figures are averages for three years 1957-58 to 1959-60.
TABLE No. 6
THE PROPORTIONS OF AREAS UNDER FOOD AND NON-FOOD CROPS IN CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT.
|
Details of cropped
area |
Percentage of gross cropped area in |
|
Maharashtra |
Chandrapur District |
Brahmapuri Taluka |
Warora Taluka |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
Gross cropped area |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
Total area under food crops |
60.88 |
83.13 |
96.02 |
69.77 |
Area under cereals |
52.97 |
66.67 |
69.68 |
57.52 |
Rice |
6.67 |
30.18 |
49.53 |
8.57 |
Wheat |
4.68 |
5.62 |
3.41 |
13.99 |
Jowar |
30.95 |
30.02 |
16.64 |
34.96 |
Bajri |
9.42 |
0.01 |
0.07 |
-- |
Other cereals |
1.25 |
0.84 |
0.03 |
-- |
Area under pulses |
10.69 |
14.67 |
24.64 |
9.59 |
Sugarcane |
0.63 |
0.06 |
0.27 |
0.01 |
continued..
|
Details of cropped
area |
Percentage of gross cropped area in |
|
Gadhchiroli Taluka |
Chandrapur Taluka |
Rajura Taluka |
Sironcha Taluka |
|
(1) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
Gross cropped area |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
Total area under food crops |
95.95 |
86.16 |
64.83 |
96.11 |
Area under cereals |
77.89 |
71.29 |
46.03 |
88.65 |
Rice |
60.19 |
23.38 |
2.37 |
58.35 |
Wheat |
1.73 |
2.54 |
3.72 |
0.18 |
Jowar |
13.21 |
45.14 |
39.73 |
26.56 |
Bajri |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.03 |
Other cereals |
2.76 |
0.23 |
0.21 |
3.53 |
Area under pulses |
16.73 |
13.42 |
16.96 |
6.76 |
Sugarcane |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
-- |
TABLE No. 6—contd.
|
Details of cropped are
|
Percentage of gross cropped area in |
|
Maharashtra |
Chandrapur District |
Brahmapuri Taluka |
Warora Taluka |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
Other food crops |
5.59 |
1.73 |
1.43 |
2.65 |
Area under non-food crops |
30.12 |
16.87 |
3.98 |
30.23 |
Area under oil-seeds |
8.18 |
12.35 |
3.86 |
22.38 |
Groundnut |
6.11 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
Other oil-seeds |
2.07 |
12.32 |
3.85 |
22.36 |
Cotton |
13.62 |
4.19 |
0.02 |
7.68 |
Tobacco |
0.12 |
0.08 |
-- |
-- |
Other non-food crops including fodder |
8.20 |
0.25 |
0.10 |
0.17 |
crops. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
continued..
|
Details of cropped are
|
Percentage of gross cropped area in |
|
Gadhchiroli Taluka |
Chandrapur Taluka |
Rajura Taluka |
Sironcha Taluka |
|
(1) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
Other food crops |
1.26 |
1.43 |
1.82 |
0.70 |
Area under non-food crops |
4.05 |
13.84 |
35.17 |
3.89 |
Area under oil-seeds |
3.60 |
13.15 |
18.34 |
2.77 |
Groundnut |
-- |
0.08 |
0.04 |
-- |
Other oil-seeds |
3.60 |
13.07 |
18.30 |
2.77 |
Cotton |
-- |
0.56 |
16.20 |
-- |
Tobacco |
-- |
-- |
0.02 |
1.06 |
Other non-food crops including fodder |
0.45 |
0.13 |
0.61 |
0.06 |
crops. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
