BIRBHUM
About the district:
Birbhum is the northern-most district of Burdwan division. It is bounded by Jharkhand in the west, Murshidabad on the east and Burdwan on the south . The district is characterized by its undulating topography and the percentage of high, medium and low land are about 23, 55 and 22 percent respectively, a considerable amount of cultivable land (about 80,000 ha.), falls under drought prone area and about 21,000 ha. of land suffers damage due to flood. Soils are mainly lateritic in nature.
Facts & figures:
Area |
4545 sq. km |
No. of Panchayet Samity |
19 |
Latitude |
23° 32' 30" N to 24° 35' N |
No. of Gram Panchayets |
167 |
Longitude |
88° 01' 40" E to 87° 05' 25" E |
Average annual rainfall |
1540 mm |
Population (2001) |
3015422 no. |
Temperature |
Max. 41 0 C, Min. 8 0 C |
Total no. of farmers |
260955 |
Percentage of irrigated area to cultivated area. |
99.65 % |
Total no. of Agricultural labourers |
416949 |
Total No. of Warehouse (Capacity) |
18 (47500MT.) |
Cropped a rea |
317670 ha. |
Cold storage (Capacity) |
15 (129887 MT.) |
Average Landholdng size. |
1.06 ha. |
No. of Sub- division |
03 |
Source : Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics(2007)
Area under horticultural crops in Birbhum district (2010-11):
Name of the Crop |
Area
(‘000 ha.) |
Production
(‘000 MT.) |
Productivity
(MT./Ha.) |
Fruits |
5.534 |
66.472 |
12.012 |
Vegetables |
52.692 |
609.297 |
11.563 |
Spices |
1.985 |
9.135 |
4.602 |
Coconuts |
0.383 |
32.128 Lakh Nuts |
8389 no. |
Betelvines |
0.038 |
0.209 Lakh Motes |
550.640 Motes /ha. |
Loose Flowers |
0.105 |
0.338 |
2.219 |
Cut Flowers |
0.012 |
0.159 Crore sticks |
1.325 Lakh sticks/Ha |
