Chitrakar

• Grown in Thirupullani tracts of Ramnad distric
• Peasants generally name all these local cultivars in the name of mattai or norungan
• Suitable for coastal sandy soils and drought resistant and tall variety
• Yield is 1000kg/acre and it fetches higher price because the local people like red rice variety more than other fine rice varieties
• The duration of the variety is 110 days. It is sown normally in the middle of September and harvested in the month of January