1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
North Latitude Between 8° 5' and 13° 35' |
East Longitude Between 76° 15' and 80° 20' |
2. TEMPERATURE 2006-07 (in Degree Celsius)
Plains |
Maximum |
33.18 |
Minimum |
23.59 |
Hill Stations |
Maximum |
20.73 |
Minimum |
12.15 |
3. RAINFALL 2006-07 (in m.m.)
Normal |
911.6 |
Actual |
859.7 |
4. AGRICULTURE 2005-06
Total Cultivated Area (Ha) |
6032718 |
Net Area Sown (Ha) |
5243839 |
Area Sown more than once (Ha) |
788879 |
Area and Production of Principal Crops |
Area (Ha)
(in '000) |
Production
('000 Tonnes) |
Paddy (Rice) |
2050 |
5209 |
Millets and Other Cereals |
741 |
729 |
Pulses |
525 |
177 |
Sugarcane (Cane) |
335 |
35113 |
Groundnut |
619 |
1097 |
Gingelly |
65 |
31 |
Cotton (bales of 170 Kg. lint) |
109 |
168 |
Agricultural Land Holdings (as per 2000-01 Agricultural Census) |
Holdings (in Nos) |
7858887 |
Area (Ha) |
6971516 |
Average size of Holdings (Ha) |
0.89 |
5. IRRIGATION 2005-06
Net Area Irrigated (in Ha.) |
|
2919545 |
Government Canals |
799601 |
|
Private Canals |
560 |
|
Tanks |
575352 |
|
Tube Wells |
381441 |
|
Open Wells |
1155367 |
|
Other Sources |
7224 |
|
Gross Area Irrigated |
|
3396700 |
6. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 2006-07
Veterinary Institutions |
Veterinary Hospitals |
139 |
Veterinary Dispensaries |
1167 |
Clinician Centres |
22 |
Livestock and Poultry Population (as per Livestock Census – 2004) |
Cow |
9141043 |
Buffaloes |
1658415 |
Sheep |
5593485 |
Goat |
8177420 |
Poultry |
86591273 |
7. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT 2006-07
Main Dairies |
15 |
Feeder Balancing Dairies |
4 |
Product Dairies |
1 |
Milk Chilling Plants |
36 |
Average Milk Collection by TCMPF |
Flush Season (Lakh litres per day) |
23.66 |
Lean Season (Lakh litres per day) |
20.54 |
Automatic Vending Machine Units |
218 |
8. FISHERIES 2006-07 (in Numbers)
Length of Coastal Line (Km) |
1076 |
Coastal Districts |
13 |
Coastal Blocks |
25 |
Marine Fishing Villages |
591 |
Marine Fish Production (in Tonne) |
392191.31 |
Inland Fish Production (in Tonne) |
160171.53 |
9. FORESTS
Forest Area (Sq. Km.) (2004-05) |
22877.00 |
Reserved Forests |
19388.00 |
Reserved Lands |
2182.94 |
Unclassed Forests |
1306.06 |
Out-turn of Forest Produce (in MT) (2005-06) |
Timber |
7748.877 |
Teak Poles (Nos) |
9488 |
Firewood |
20548.534 |
Pulp wood |
93393.589 |
Sapwood production |
94.300 |
Sandalwood (Heart Wood) |
332.336 |
Wattle Bark |
3439.150 |
Bamboo(Nos) |
149004 |
Charcoal Wood |
575.170 |
Babul Dry |
48148.965 |
Cashewnut |
176.070 |
Tamarind |
903.933 |
Other Minor Forest Produce |
838.957 |
10. INDUSTRIES
Small Scale Industries 2006-07 |
Small Scale Industries Registered (No. of Units) |
530552 |
Employment in SSI |
3703408 |
Investment in SSI (Rs in lakhs) |
1681692 |
Value of Production (Rs in lakhs) |
10597951 |
Registered Factories 2006 (in Lakhs) |
Working Factories |
0.28 |
Estimated Workers |
13.20 |
Mandays Worked |
3584.45 |
Labour (in Nos) (2006-07) |
Trade Unions Registered |
10256 |
Strikes |
46 |
Mandays Lost (in Lakhs) |
4.31 |
Lockouts |
10 |
Mandays Lost (in Lakhs) |
4.55 |
11. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES 2006-07 (Value Rs. in Lakhs)
Khadi and Villages Industries |
Production |
Sales |
Khadi |
6236.24 |
11706.59 |
Cotton |
2465.69 |
6789.48 |
Woollen |
-- |
90.47 |
Silk |
3770.59 |
4826.64 |
Polyester |
- |
- |
Village Industries |
61655.82 |
70727.77 |
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