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PURBA MEDINIPUR KRISHI AT A GLANCE

Office of the Deputy Director of Agriculture(Administration), Purba Medinipur

DISTRICT PROFILE

Purba Medinipur district is geographically located  between 21˚ 36’ to 22˚57’ N latitude and 86˚33’ to 88˚12’ E longitude and the district is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal and Balasore District of Orissa State in its South . Paschim Medinipur in its West , Howrah district in the North & South  24 Parganas in the East .

The Important rivers i.e. Rupnarayan , Haldi , Kansabati and Keleghai water flow only during the period from June to October .The experience of flood is common phenomenon in this district .

Purba Medinipur district is mainly a land of Agriculture and more than 80% of the total population is residing in the villages and the rural economy is based on agriculture to earn their bread and butter.

This district has a land area of 4,30,140 ha.  Which is 4.7% of geographical area of state where 5.58% of population of the state are living . The net cultivated area of the district i.e. 3,04,800 ha. having 58% of the land i.e. 1,79,025 ha. with irrigation facility through tidal water mainly and cropping intensity is about 170% .

The Major crops grown in this district are paddy ( Aus , Aman & Boro) , Pulses , Oilseeds , Potato , Vegetables , Betelvine , Flowers  etc. .The marketing mainly depend on local market and nearby Kolkata market.

Use of Fertilizer, Improved seeds & pesticides are increasing day by day. Farmers are now habituated to use modern Farm machineries & Implements like tractor, power tiller, power thresher, solar pumpset, power sprayer, combined harvester, paddy transplanter etc.

To maintain ecological balance, the Agriculture Department is emphasizing on organic farming / sustainable farming and use of bio-fertilizers / organic manures and bio-pesticides in crop production are being given top most priority.

ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF THE DISTRICT

Sl No. Name of the Block Panchayet   Mouza Inhabitant Village Municipality
    Samity Gram      
Tamluk Sub-Division            
1 Tamluk 1 12 118 107 1
2 Sahid Matangini 1 10 88 87 x
3 Panskura 1 14 248 247 1
4 Kolaghat 1 13 114 112 x
5 Nandakumar 1 12 100 100 x
6 Chandipur 1 10 114 114 x
7 Moyna 1 11 85 85 x
8 Mahisadal 1 11 76 75 x
9 Sutahata 1 6 138 81 x
10 Haldia 1 4 82 24 1
11 Nandigram – I 1 10 99 99 x
12 Nandigram – II 1 7 41 41 x
  Total 12 120   1172 3
Kanthi Sub-Division            
13 Kanthi – I 1 8 243 225 1
14 Deshapran 1 8 168 169 x
15 Kanthi – III 1 8 166 165 x
16 Ramnagar – I 1 9 150 150 x
17 Ramnagar – II 1 8 137 137 x
18 Bhagawanpur – II 1 9 168 168 x
19 Khejuri – I 1 6 42 42 x
20 Khejuri – II 1 5 99 99 x
  Total 8 61 1173 1155 1
Egra Sub-Division1            
21 Bhagawanpur – I 1 10 167 167 x
22 Egra – I 1 8 147 133 1
23 Egra – II 1 8 118 117 x
24 Patashpur – I 1 9 140 140 x
25 Patashpur  – II 1 7 151 151 x
  Total 5 42 723 708 1
  Grand Total 25 223 3199 3035 5

LAND UTILIZATION STATISTICS

2009-2010 and 2010-2011

(Area in Hectare)

Sl No. Items 2010-2011 2020-2021
1 Geographical Area 395954.85 395954.85
2 Forest 3326.26 3372.21
3 Area under Non Agricultural use 90107 92342
4 Barren and Unculturable Land  11785.67 10538.24
5 Permanent Pasture  334 212.6
6 Area under Fruit Crops, Misc. Tree crops and others. 8833.5 8965.48
7 Culturable Waste Land  3006 2803
8 Current Fallow 10333.5 8952.5
9 Net Area Cultivated 296951.17 *285382.5
10 Area Cultivated more than once 221124.83 212836.3
11 Gross cropped area 518076 509624
12 Cropping intensity 170% *178%
  • Net cultivated area decreased due to fishery in agril. Land in some of the blocks(9-10 nos.)

AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE

1 Agril. Sub-Division 3 nos.
2 Agril. Block 25 nos.
3 Seed Farm 6
4 Research Station 0
5 Cold Store 1
6 Seed Production Agency 0
7 Warehouse 0

REVIEW OF THE PAST

 (Area in ha.)

Crops 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
Aus 12790 12823 8715 11604 6020
Aman 206476 254604 255520 251706 248670
Boro 132085 127328 137845 138804 130195
Rabi Pulse 16624 18203 15665 16155 17890
Potato 4360 3810 3166 3760 3870
Murtard 4110 3695 2942 2475 3830
Ground Nut 15963 16834 14980 15625 15320
Vegetables 40235 35941 32634 34156 32799
Total 432643 473238 471467 474285 458594

AREA OF H.Y.V (%)

Crops 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
Aus 96.5 97.7 99.2 99.8 100
Aman 75 78 81 85 88
Boro 100 100 100 100 100

AVERAGE RAINFALL IN THE DISTRICT (IN MM.)

Month Normal 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
January 11 9.8 0 0 0 53.5
February 27.3 51 1.3 1.2 134.4 11.7
March 39.8 22.4 84.5 1.9 39.6 34.1
April 52 5 25 69.2 75.3 81.7
May 124.9 158.1 85 125.9 74.9 385.7
June 273.1 177.3 179.5 263.3 143 205.4
July 312.1 316.2 451.3 326.7 133.8 161.5
August 359.2 377.5 307.8 260.3 368.6 396.5
September 296.3 260.1 178.6 288.9 401.7 223.9
October 123.6 174.3 203.7 146.6 247.4 154.1
November 36.2 68.1 42.9 18.4 110.4 11.7
December 7.9 0% 12.6 11.9 10.4 0
Total 1663.4 1619.8 1572.2 1514.3 1739.5 1719.8

AREA, PRODUCTIVITY & PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT CROPS OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2017-2018

Sl No. Crop Area (ha.) Productivity (Kg./ha.) Production (MT)
1 Aus Paddy 8715 2615 22789.7
2 Aman Paddy 255520 3403 869534.56
3 Boro Paddy 137845 5673 781994.7
4 Potato 3166 23770 75255.8
5 Pulses 17735 872 15464.9
6 Oilseed 19418 2596 50409.1
7 Vegetables 32634 16200 528670.8

AREA, PRODUCTIVITY & PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT CROPS OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2018-2019

Sl No. Crop Area (ha.) Productivity (Kg./ha.) Production (MT)
1 Aus Paddy 11604 3441 39929.36
2 Aman Paddy 251706 4282 1077805.09
3 Boro Paddy 138804 5602 777580
4 Potato 3760 22346 84020.96
5 Pulses 21641 782 16923.26
6 Oilseed 20092 2558 51395.33
7 Vegetables 34156 16545 565111.02

AREA, PRODUCTIVITY & PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT CROPS OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2019-2020

Sl No. Crop Area (ha.) Productivity (Kg./ha.) Production (MT)
1 Aus Paddy 6020 3571 21497.42
2 Aman Paddy 248670 2852 709206.84
3 Boro Paddy 130195 5686 740288.77
4 Potato 3870 21930 84869.1
5 Pulses 21182 745 15780.59
6 Oilseed 23055 2512 57914.16
7 Vegetables 32799 16765 549875.24

DIFFERENT SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED FROM MAY’ 2011 TO TILL DATE IN PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT.

Name of the Sector Name of the Scheme Name of the Block where the scheme is implemented Sanctioned Amount(in lakh) Fund utilized(in lakh) Physical progress
  1)Farmer’s Old Age pension (FOAP) 25 blocks 3523 3487.54 5157 nos.
  2)Krishak Bandhu(Assured Income) 25 blocks   36601.1728 769914 nos.
  3)Krishak Bandhu(Death Benefit) 25 blocks   4272 2136 nos.
  4)State Disaster Relief Fund(SDRF) 25 blocks   52846.36336 2361268 nos.
Agriculture 5)Farm Mechanization 25 blocks   2463.47 24228 nos.
  6)Custom Hiring Centre(CHC) 13 blocks   410.19 37 nos.
  7)Agriculture Technology Management agency(ATMA) 25 blocks 2779.555 2532.159 DC-10560 nos.
          Training-2355 nos.
          Exposure visit-397 nos.
          FIG-242 nos.
          Farm school-275 nos.
  8)Kishan Credit Card(KCC) 25 blocks   959231.4256 585831 nos.
  9)Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojona(RKVY) 25 blocks 58.73 58.23 35000 ha
  a)Seed Treatment Campaign        
  b)Infrastructure Dev. & Seed production in govt. Farms 6 nos. govt. Farms 50.86 42.84  
  c)Folk & Aromatic rice Demonstration 10 no. blocks 7.655 4.095 170 ha
  10)National Food Security Mission(Rice) 25 blocks 810 800 13500 ha
  a)Cluster Demonstration i)Aman paddy        
  ii) Boro paddy 22 blocks 1058.4 1000 12600
  b)Subsidy sale of Paddy seed 25 blocks 18 16 180 MT
   i)Aman paddy        
  ii)Boro Paddy 22 blocks 20 19 100 MT
  c)Distribution of Micronutrients 25 blocks 180 175 36000 ha
  d) Distribution of Plant Protection Chems. 25 blocks 450 450 90000 ha
  e)Distribution of Weedicide. 25 blocks 225 223 45000 ha
  f)Farmers Training Meeting 25 blocks 31.5 31 225 nos.
  11)Targetting Rice Fallow Area(Pulse) 20 blocks 119 118 2000 ha
  a) Cluster Demonstration        
  i)Lentil        
  ii)Khesari 20 blocks 456 455 8000 ha
  iii)Black Gram 25 blocks 31.25 30.5 500 ha
  iv)Bengal Gram 20 blocks 170 165 2000 ha
  b)Integrated Nutrient Management 25 blocks 10 10 2000 ha
  i)Micronutrient        
Agriculture ii)Bio Fertilizer 25 blocks 66 65 22110 ha
  c)Integrated Pest Management-PP Chems. 25 blocks 110 108.75 22000 ha
  d)Farmers Training Meeting 10 blocks 5 4.75 35 nos.
  12)Targetting Rice Fallow Area(Oilseed) 25 blocks   929.34 14740 ha
  a) Cluster Demonstration-        
  Oilseed        
  b)Micronutrients & PP Chems. 25 blocks   30 3200 ha
Agriculture c) Distribution of Fertilizer 25 blocks   107.66 11800 ha
  d) Training Meeting 25 blocks   18.4 108 nos.

SPPLY PLAN OF DIFFERENT CHEMICAL FERTILIZER FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2021 IN PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT

Name of the Fertilizer Requirement of the District (in MT) Opening Stock(in MT) Company wise and Product wise Supply Plan(in MT)   Short fall/Excess(in MT)
UREA 7005 120.5 IFFCO 2800 (-) 974.5
      GRASIM 600  
      NFCL 1200  
      NFL 50  
      RCF 160  
      YARA 1100  
      Total 5910  
M.O.P. 895 48 IPL 1000 1453
      PPL 400  
      MOSAIC 900  
      Total 2300  
S.S.P. 1490 0% INDORAMA 400 3010
      JAYASHREE 300  
      SAI 2500  
      PHOSPHATE CO. 1300  
      Total 4500  
D.A.P. 1339.83 573.3 IFFCO 1700 5933.47
      PPL 2000  
      INDORAMA 3000  
      Total 6700  
N.P.K. COMPLEX 2385 1181.75 IFFCO 3600 9896.75
      CIL 5400  
      INDORAMA 1000  
      PPL 1060  
      RCF 40  
      Total 11140