| Nizamabad District
| Total Population : 2,345,685 |
| Total literate : 1,044,788 |
| Rural : 1,920,947 |
Urban : 424,738 |
| Male : 1,162,905 |
Female : 1,182,780 |
| Area :
7,956
Sq.km.
|
|
Collectorate
Sri
I. Srinivas Srinaresh, IAS
Office : (08462) 221966 / Home : (08462)221602
MP : Loksabha
Yaskhi Madhu Goud
CONSTITUENCY : Nizamabad (Andhra Pradesh )
PARTY : Indian National Congress (INC)
Present
Address
43, Meena Bagh
New Delhi-110 011 Tels. (011) 23010339, 23794339
(Fax),
Permanent
Address
Plot No. 32, Road No. 10
Banjara Hills Hyderabad, (Andhra Pradesh)- 500 034
Tels. (040) 66828111
Brief
about District
Nizamabad
district is Situated in the Northern part of the State
and is
one of the 10 districts of Telangana region in the
state of Andhra Pradesh.
Boundaries and Topography
The
District is bounded on the North by Adilabad District,
East by Karimnagar District, South by Medak district
and West by Bidar District of Karnataka and Nanded
district of Maharashtra. It lies between 18-5' and 19' of the Northern
latitudes, 77-40' and 78-37' of the Eastern longitudes. As the District is situated at a considerable
distance from the Sea coast, the climatic condition
is tropical and temperature flactuations are high
in the district. The Normal mean minimum temperature
is 13.7',and mean maximum is 39.9'C.
At times, the temperature plummets
to as
low as 5'C during winter and soars to as high
as 47'C during the peak summer. The geographical area is 7956 Sq.kms i.e.
19,80,586 acres spread over 923
villages in 36 mandals
of which 866 are inhabitated villages
and 57 villages are either un-inhabitated or submerged
under irrigation projects/tanks.
POPULATION:
As
per 2001 census the total population of the district
is 23.42 lacs.
| In
Lakhs |
URBAN |
RURAL |
| MALE |
2.14 |
9.48 |
| FEMALE |
2.08 |
9.72 |
-
S.C.Population (Urban+Rural) &
(Male+Female) 3.08 Lakhs
- S.T.Population (Urban+Rural) &
(Male+Female) 1.21 Lakhs
- Density
of population : 257 per Sq.Kms.
- Literate Population : 5.96 Lakhs
- Workers
population :10.14 Lakhs
- Agricultural labourers : 3.07 Lakhs
- Cultivators : 3.52 Lakhs
- Artisans : 1.55 Lakhs
- Others : 2.26 Lakhs
RAINFALL
The
normal rainfall in the district is 1036 mm, of
which about 85% comes from South-west monsoon
during the latter part of June to the end of October.The
normal District Average rainfall during 2002 till
the end of September 2002 is 515.20 mm.
NATURAL
RESOURCES:
I)
Forests: The forest is covering an area of 1.67 lakh hectares,(4,18,450
acres) forming 22% of the total geographical area
of the district. Much
stress is being laid on the development of this
rich natural resources for augmenting the revenue
and also to provide gainful employment, to the
rural poor by raising commercial plantation viz.,
Eucalyptus, Teak etc.,. The National Policy is
to cover 1/3rd of the geographical area with forests
to maintain ecological balance and other advantages.
There is, therefore, an urgent need to
bring barren lands
under social forestry to support ecological
balancing.
ii)MINERALS: The District is not rich in minerals.
Iron ore of poor quality occurs at few places
as literate capping and as ferrous quartzites.
Aluminous blocks containing 25% to 35%
Alumina are reported from Gurjakunta of Bhiknoor
Mandal and Karadpally in Tadwai mandal. The calcareous
and relcinised earth is formed near Tippapur,Bhiknoor
and Kuprial areas. The granites of various shades
and the Deccan Trap rocks are yielding excellent
material in the district, for construction of
buildings and for laying roads.
Export potential of granite is yet to be
exploited fully.
iii) FLORA:
The Jungles and forests like sponges, retain
moisture in the soil and also help render the
climate more equitable. The forests and jungles fall under the
category of Southern Tropical dry deciduous
type. A considerable area of the district is
covered by these forests and Jungles.
The thick forest belt produces teaebony,
black wood, nallamaddi, yippa, bijasal and tarwar,
but the teak forests, for which the district was
once famous have been considerably reduced due
to indiscriminate
and un-scientific exploitation. The forest produce, which includes timber,
fuel, bamboo and beedi-leaves, yields good revenue. Mangoes and Custard apples grow well
in the district.
IV. FAUNA: Tigers, Panthers, Jungle -cats, wild-sheep, blue-bulls,
black bucks, sambar, spotted deer, wild-porcupines
etc are some of the common animals found in this
district. Birds like ducks, par rots, teal,
jungle fowls, peacocks, partridges, pigeons etc
are also seen in the forests.
But the fauna, like the flora, is under
danger and unless urgent conservation measures
are not taken, this once beautiful district is
likely to become barren in the near future.
V.SOIL: The important soils prevailing
in the district are black and chalka (Sandy looms)
covering 55% and 45% respectively of the total
area. The erstwhile blocks of Bodhan, Madnoor
and Banswada are predominantly black soils, while
the other 6 blocks are of Chalka soil.
VI.HILLS: In Nizamabad, which is situated in the table land of Deccan,
hills of any considerable range are quite rare.
Isolated peaks and rocky clusters occur frequently.
The rocks are related to the Archean and
Deccan trap formations. The Archean type occupies a very
large area of 85%.
A few minor hill range areas are found
in the eastern and western parts of the district.
RIVERS
AND MAJOR/MINOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS:
a) GODAVARI: The Godavari river originates in the Western
ghats at Triambak, near Nasik in Maharashtra State. It flows about 113 Kms on the Northern
boundary of the district, and enters Karimnagar
district.
The Sree Ram Sagar, a major
irrigation project has been constructed on
the river Godavari at Pochampad village of Nizamabad
District, covering in downflow Karimnagar and
Adilabad districts and some parts of Warangal
district. The benefit is received by only 23 villages
in Nizamabad district covering
1394 Hectares due to reduction in storage
capacity on account of silt formation and repairs
needed to
the canal system. Of these
23 villages, 14 villages are under
Balkonda Mandal, 8 villages are under Mortad
mandal and 1 village is under Kammarpally mandal.
The project has also hydroelectric power
station with an installed capacity of 3x9 M.V.A.
b) MANJEERA:
The river Manjeera rises in Patoda Taluq
of Bidar district in Karnataka, crosses Nizamabad
district from South-west and joins Godavari near
Kandakurthi village in Renjal mandal.
The Nizamsagar project has been constructed
on Manjeera river near Achampet village in erstwhile
Banswada Block. The
project has also hydro-electric power station
with an installed capacity of 3x5 M.V.A.
Other streams Kalyani, Kaulas,Peddavagu
are also existing in the district.
c) IRRIGATION
PROJECTS:
Sl. Name of the project Registered Actual
No. Ayacut
Area
Irrigated
01. Nizamsagar
1,73,336
57,527
02. Sree Ram Sagar
15,789
1,394
03. Pocharam
9,619
278
04. Ramadugu
3,242
1,095
05. Nallavagu
898
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TOTAL
2,11,515 Ha 62,864 Ha
d) AGRICULTURE: Agriculture is the backbone of the
district's economy and about 81% of the working population
depend on agriculture.
The major crops grown are paddy, Sugarcane,
Maize, Turmeric, Cotton, Groundnut, Sunflower and
pulses etc.
As per the information made available
by the Agriculture Department the land utilisation,
land holdings and cropping patterns are as under:(area
in 000's Hectares)
LAND UTILISATION:
CROPPING PATTERN:
01. Geographical area 806 01.
Paddy
105
02. Forest Area
167Sq.kms. 02. Jowar
30
03. Gross cropped area 338 03.
Maize
55
04. Net cropped area 259 04.
Chillies
07
05. Gross irrigated area 266 05.
Turmeric
10
06. Net irrigated area 229 06.
Sugarcane
16
LAND HOLDING PATTERN:
07. Cotton
20
01. Less than 4 Ha. 308
08.
Sunflower
22
02. More than 4 Ha and 14 09.
Pulses
36
less than 10 Ha
10. Others
07
03. More than 10 Ha
5
The crops and the Joint-mandals
where they are grown predominantly
are shown here under:
PADDY: Grown in all Joint mandals
but predominantly in Nizamabad,Armoor,Banswada,Bodhan
and Kamareddy.
SUGARCANE: Nizamabad,Bodhan,Banswada,Kamareddy,Domakonda
and Yellareddy.
TURMERIC: Armoor and Bheemgal.
COTTON: Madnoor, Bodhan and Banswada.
MAIZE: Nizamabad, Armoor, Bheemgal,Kamareddy,
Domakonda.
GROUNDNUT: Madnoor, Bodhan.
FARM
MACHINES:
The number of existing Farm machines as
on 31.03.2002 are:
Tractors
: 4695
Harvestors : 09
Power Tillers :
244 Paddy
Thrushers
: 80
Maize shellers :
1750
Sugarcane Crushers
: 4116
Groundnut decoticators: 1704
e) ALLIED ACTIVITIES:
1.MILCH CATTLE: As per 1999 census, the population
of Cattle and Buffaloes in the district are as under:
(in lacs)
Cattle
Buffaloes
Total
1)
Males over 3 years
1.91
0.06 1.97
2)
Females over 3 years 0.89
1.48 2.37
3)
Young stock
0.87
1.12 1.99
TOTAL
3.67
2.66
06.33
2. ANIMAL HEALTH CARE: The number of veterinary institutions existing
are as under:
Veterinary Poly-clinic 01
Veterinary hospitals 10
Veterinary dispensaries 51
Rural live stock units 66
Apart from these 128, the GRAM voluntary
Agency is maintaining 18 veterinary first aid
centres and artificial insemination centres.
3.
MILK CHILLING FACILITIES:
There are two milk collection centres
in the district, one at Nizamabad and another
at Kamareddy . Details of which are as under:
MCC
MCC
Nizamabad Kamareddy
Active
Dairy Co-operatives
42
69
Capacity of the unit @Ltrs per day
18,000
18,000
Capacity Utilisation:
Procurement
54.4%
48.3%
Handling
48.3%
40.3%
Milk
routes
03
06
No.
of villages covered
42
78
Two private Dairies viz Jyothi (5000
LPD) and Hamara Diary (1000 LPD)are also functioning
in the District.
APDDCF Ltd has promoted 20 Women
Dairy Coop Societies with the involvement of Gram
Abhudaya Mandali, the voluntary agency.
Recently "GOPALA MITRA" scheme has
been introduced to take up artificial insemination,and
health care of animals in the villages
with the unemployed youth being given
4 months training in Agriculture labour
work,first aid and fodder development. 74 Gopala
Mitra centres have been proposed to be opened
in the district by the end of December 2002.
f) INDUSTRIES:
The
details of Large & Medium units existing in
the district are as under
Sl
Name
of the Industry & Installed Investment Employment
No.
Line of Activity
capacity
(Rs. lacs)
01.
Nizam sugar Factory &nbs |
