Adilabad District is northern most district of Telangana State. This District is situated between 77o 46’ and 80o C of the Eastern longitudes and 18o 40 and 19o 5 C of northern latitudes. The district is bounded on the north, west, east by Maharashtra State ( Yavatmal, Nanded and Chandrapur districts respectively ) and on the South by Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts of Telangana. The most important river that flows in the district is the Godavari, which forms the southern boundary of the district.
The total population of the district is 24.88 Lakhs as per 2001 Census. Agriculture is the main occupation of the district. The District comprises (11) Agriculture Divisions consisting of (52) Mandals with a geographical area of 16,10,500 hectares.
TOPOGRAPHY:
The following are the details of land utilization particulars. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sl. No. CATEGORY Area in Hectares
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Total Geographical area 1610500 2) Forests 689517 3) Barren & uncultivable land 43920 4) Land put to non-agricultural uses 60684 5) Cultivable waste 14737 6) Permanent pastures and other grazing lands 14234 7) Land under miscellaneous tree crops & 8504 groves not included in net area sown 8) Other fallow lands 128521 9) Current fallows 74757 10) Net Area sown 575626 11) Total Cropped Area 634263 12) Area sown more than once 58637
SOILS Soils of the district are predominantly clay loams, clays, sandy loams, sandy clay loams and Red soils. The black cotton soils are predominant.
The details are as follows :-
i) Black Cotton Soils - 80% ii) Red Soils - 15% iii) Sandy Soils - 5% Total - 100 %
The soils of the district in general are low to medium in fertility status.
SOIL FERTILITY STATUS OF ADILABAD DISTRICT :i) PH: - In general the PH of the Soils is normal to very weakly alkaline (7.5 to 8.0)
ii) Electrical Conductivity: - The total soluble salts in the Soils are within the normal limit.
iii) Organic Carbon: - The organic carbon content of the soils is low to medium.
iv) Available Phosphorus: - The available P2O5 content in the soils of the district is generally low ( i.e., less than 20 Kg / Hect. )
v) Available Potash: - The available content of K2O in the soils is generally medium to high (i.e., in the range of 150 to more than 300 Kg. / Hect.)
V) LAND HOLDING PARTICULARS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sl. No. Category No. of Holdings Area (in Ha.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Marginal Farmers 215788 99688.12 ( Below 2.47 Acres )
2) Small Farmers 118305 169688.8 ( 2.47 to 4.93 Acres )
3) Semi Medium to Large Farmers 120118 431119.39 ( 4.94 to 24.71 Acres ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 454211 700496.31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VI) SOURCE WISE AYACUT AREAS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sl. No. Source of Irrigation Area Irrigated in Hectares --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Canals 60,564 02 Tanks Registered Ayacut 72,005 03 Wells / Bore Wells (61,024 Nos) 49,748 04 Other Sources / like serface flow 28,307 & lift schemes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,10,624 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------