Adilabad District Profile:

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1 Adilabad District Profile: Adilabad is spread over an area of 16,20,000 ha with nearly 45% of the area under forests. While gross cropped area is 5,40,000 ha, the net sown area is 34.8% of the total geographical area. The district has a cropping intensity of 101%, the least among the NAIP districts. Only 4% of the area is under non-agricultural uses, while permanent pastures constitute 0.9%. The district has the highest per capita land availability (0.65 ha of geographical area) due to lower population. This district is having a significant tribal population (16.74%), second only to Khammam. The density of population (155/sq.m.) is the least among the NAIP districts. Over 46% of the rural population is illiterate with a work participation rate of 51%. Agricultural labourers and cultivators constitute just about 30% each with 39% of the workers engaged in nonagricultural activities. Adilabad has 13,13,985 adult cattle units (ACU) of livestock with over 8,00,000 cattle and 3,00,000 buffaloes. It has a high grazing pressure with over 12 adult cattle units per hectare of grazing area available in the district. Despite receiving highest rainfall (1104 mm) among the NAIP districts, Adilabad has suffered from major agricultural droughts during the past two decades. Sorghum has been continuously losing area to cotton, maize and blackgram. Presently, cotton represents maximum share (35.3%) followed by sorghum and rice. But the productivity of this crop is low (249 kg/ha during TE 2005 against the state average of over 300 kg/ha). Fruit crops area in the district increased from 3,344 ha in to 29,450 ha in The district contributes 10% to the total area under fruit crops in the state. Similarly, gain in area under vegetables has been noted (from a mere 3,500 ha in to 27,345 ha in ). This district contributes over 10% of the total area under vegetables in the state. However, area under spices (chillies and turmeric) has increased only marginally over the 5 year period. The district had a per capita income of Rs in , considerably less than the state average. The district has 16 Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees 3.2 per lakh ha of Net Sown Area (NSA). The past two decades have seen an impressive growth (45%) in agricultural advances made by Scheduled Commercial Banks, probably encouraging growth of agricultural sector.

2 Seetagondi cluster profile: 1 General Information 1.1 Name of the cluster (give the name of the main village on which you want the cluster name to be printed) 1.2 Names of the villages/hamlets/ thandas Seethagondhi Old somwarpet, New Somwarpet, Garkampet, Arkapalli, Chna Malkapur, Peda Malkapur, Kotwalguda 1.3 Name of the mandal and district Gudihathnoor (M), Adilabad (Dist) 1.4 Distance from mandal headquarters and district Hqtrs (kms). 1.5 How to reach (give the route, mode of travel and time taken) (draw a brief sketch if possible) 13 Km (from head quarters) 7 km (from Mandal hear quarters) KVK Seetagondi hamlets 2. Land Use Statistics 2.1 Total geographical area of the cluster (ha.) ha 2.2 Cultivated area (ha. and % of total) ha (67.77 % of GA) 2.3 Area under irrigation (ha. and %) 6.0 ha (0.46% of CA) 2.4 Rainfed area (ha. and %) ha (84.11 % of GA) 2.5 land (ha. and %) ha (15.43 % of CA) 2.6 Degraded and wastelands (ha. and %) ha (23.32 % of GA) 2.7 Area under forests (ha. and %) ha (35% of GA) 2.8 Others (specify) - 3. Population Statistics 3.1 Total population 1983 Male 9*70 Female Population of scheduled castes (No. and %) 3.3 Population of scheduled tribes (No. and %) 615 (31.01) 808 (40.74%)) 3.4 Total number of households (No.) Women led households (No. and % of t t l) -NIL-

3 total) 3.6 No. of BPL households Land Holding Patterns/ Occupation 4.1 Small farmers (No. and % of total) 181 (45.94%) 4.2 Marginal farmers (No. and % of total) 111 (28.17%) 4.3 Large farmers (No. and % of total) 102 (25.89%) 4.4 Total farmers (No.) Land Less Households Agricultural labours (No.) Village artisans (No.) Educated unemployed/under employed youth (No.) Petty traders Area Under Crops/Horticulture (ha.) 5.1 Cotton 820 ha 5.2 Jowar ha 5.3 Redgram (intercrop) Chilli, tomato, Soy, greengram. Blackgram, paddy and others land ha Total ha 6. Main Cropping Systems Kharif Rabi Summer Cotton? Jowar Redgram - Soybean Blackgram Greengram/ paddy (dry)

4 7. Cropping Intensity (%) 84.55% 8. Soil Types 8.1 Black soils 61% 8.2 Red soils 29% 8.3 Others (specify) calcareous 10 % 9. Source of Irrigation 9.1 Open wells (No. and % of total area) 16 Tomato/ Chillies/ others 9.2 Tube wells (No. and % of total area) 2, 14 acres (5.6 ha) 9.3 Canals (% of total area) Nil 9.4 Tanks (No. and % of total area) Nil 9.5 Others (specify) Nil 10. Farm Machinery Nil 10.1 Tractors (No.) Nil 10.2 Power tillers (No.) Nil 10.3 Planters (No.) Nil 10.4 Combined harvesters (No.) Nil 10.5 Sprayers (No.) Others (specify) Agril. Implements like MB plough etc Livestock Population (No.) 11.1 Buffaloes Cows Sheep 11.4 Goats Poultry Pigs Others (specify) Village Infrastructure (No.) 12.1 Schools (Primary + High Schools) 5+1

5 12.2 Drinking water supply Hand bores 12.3 No. of telephones Mobile network service provider (BSNL/Airtel/Reliance etc). Under progress 12.5 Grameena vidya vikas kendras Anganwadi kendras Health center Farm input shops -NIL Branch post office Grameena bank 1 (Deccan Grameena Bank) Bus connectivity (Yes/No) Yes Others (specify) Village Groups (No.) 13.1 DWACRA CMEY RMGs CIGs UGs Others (specify) Other On-going Programmes (give a list of all other on-going programmes with its focus) Name of the programme Focus area Since when 14.1 Asha (Govt.) Awareness on AIDS One yr 14.2 Dept. of Agriculture Agriculture 14.3 Mid Day Meals 14.4 Food for work Employment 15. Name and Contact Address of the Co- PI/Cluster Coordinator at the site (phone, etc.) Dr. Ramesh, Programme Coordinator KVK, Adilabad Phone no: kvkadilabad@yahoo.co.in