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Annexure 2 |
A-Z |
AREA (Mha) |
SOIL TYPE |
RAINFALL |
DOMINANT CROPPING SEASON |
PRINCIPAL CROPS |
ELEVATION |
North Eastern Transition Zone |
0.871 |
Major - clay, Minor -Laterite |
830-890mm |
Kharif season |
Pulses, jowar, oil seeds, bajra, cotton & sugarcane |
800-900m |
North Eastern dry Zone |
1.762 |
Major - deep black clay Minor - medium black |
633.2 to 806.6mm |
Rabi season. |
Rabi jowar, Bajra, Pulses, oilseeds and cotton. |
300-450m |
Northern Dry zone |
4.78 |
Major - shallow to deep black clay |
464.5-785.7mm |
Rabi season |
Maize, bajra, Groundnut, cotton Wheat, Sugarcane and Tobacco |
450-900m |
Central Dry Zone |
1. 943 |
Major - red sandy loams Minor - shallow to deep black |
453.5-717.7mm |
Kharif season |
Ragi, jowar, pulses and Oilseeds |
450-900m |
Eastern dry zone |
1.808 |
Major - red loamy Minor - lateritic |
679.1-888.9mm |
Kharif season |
Ragi, rice, pulses, maize and oil seeds. |
800-900m |
Southern dry zone |
1.739 |
Major - red sandy loam Minor - red loamy |
670.6-888.6mm |
Kharif season |
Rice, ragi, pulses, jowar and tobacco |
450-900m |
Southern Transition Zone |
1.218 |
Major - red sandy loam Minor - red loamy |
611.7-1053.9mm |
Kharif season |
Rice, Ragi, Pulses, Jowar and Tobacco. |
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Northern transition zone |
1.194 |
Black clay and red sandy loam |
619.4-1303.2mm |
Kharif season |
Rice, Jowar, Groundnut, Pulses, Sugarcane and Tobacco. |
450-900m |
Hilly zone |
2.56 |
904.4-3695.1mm |
Kharif season |
Rice and pulses |
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Coastal Zone |
1.167 |
Red lateritic and coastal alluvial |
3010.9 - 4694.4mm |
Monsoon season |
Rice, Pulses and Sugarcane. |
<300-800m |