Educational Report Kathua to Jammu & Kashmir
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Educational Report Kathua 1977-78 To 1979-80 Jammu & Kashmir « j, Systen^ POC. No................ ^ ................................................... .. J n (ij)^^^a jCp- ii^ ^ >/S}^ ~ iNpgx 1. I.OCATIOM, PHYSICAL FEATURES, CLIMATE. 2. DRATNACE, SOILS, IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURE, 3. nORhSTS^ LIVE STOCK, MINERALS, ROADS,' ‘ ■ 4 . RAILWAYS, ELECTRICITY, INDUSTRY, 5. BANKS, POPULATION. 6 . SOCIAI- ASPECT, OD?/MUNICaTION. t , DRIEFD ON LITERACY, APPROACH /^D STRATEGY, 8 , L'lvIIVERBJU.IZATlON OF ELEK'.ENTARY E:^UCaTJON. 9 , UNIVEF\5;i. RETEN'TIOM, fJJfillTY I\^Pr«VEMENT. 1 0 ,NON PC?.VifiL EDt'CATION, UPGRaDaIION OF Saia'LS, 11,Hi^NGIK3 SCi’OOLS. 'l2.STATEViNT OF P.ART TIW£ CENTRES 6-14 Years. IS .r a B E R OF PS ( MIXED) OPENED 1974-75 TO 1977-76 14.UPGRAE'ATI0N OF SCHOOLS 1974-75 TO 1977-78, 15.DERiNCr SO-ICOLS, A/K^BILE SQIOOLS, 16 .SCIENCE EDUCATION. 17,SCHOOLS EqUIPPED WITII SCIENCE KITS. iB.vry^K EXPERIENCE. t'i *. ’ ’ ■ . E'^jcatil 1 9 ,general IMPIi)7EWENT OF SCHOOLS. PI ' ■ '.'on:.1 »>• • • C> i1 ’ • * -j. DOu. Nc.,:.. 2 1 .PHYSICAL EDUCATION. 22.URBAN area. 23. KANDI area. 24,SPECIAI,LY BACKWARD AREA BANI AND W/a.HAR, 2"^.TCTAI^ OF Sa-iOOL5. 26.ENROIJ'2NT SOKXDL /m STAC£ WISE (3 &G) 2 7 f'r-1'• ''T OF SQIEDULED CASTE, 23,E:'^r<)L:iENT OF T O JAR A^ID BAKERW’AL. 29,ENE^^Ii'.HNT IN PUC AND TDC I HS5, . 30 . P no J ECTF. D POPUL AT ION . ,P FC JE'.; n .. 3 o: ,CCL age POPUL at ion &' ErffiOLMENI, ^:he hN:’^.i:^:;NT ( boys w in g ) ' 33,SG-1C.NDL "-aSE Lr^ROLMENT (GIRLS WING) • 3 4 .STAGE WISE ENXLMENT ( GIPJ.S WING ) ^»nC<FILE OF T'lE DISTRICTnc^tTj^.r^y, XjDCATION -. Kathua district is the couthern most district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It forms a part of the Jammu division and has bound^ies common with; 1.= District Gurdaspur of Punjab on south; il* District Chamba of Himachal Pradesh towards east* iii# District Doda of JSX to north; Iv.t Districts of Udhampur and Jammu to north m s west. ' V* Pakistan towards south wost. It is situated roughly between 32° 13* and 32® 55‘ to north of equ-itrr .‘fnd between 71^® 6* rinrJ 56* east of ch The 4jrea of district is 669Dwv'D acres (2710.35 sq kit i»G 271085 hoct^ros). ! S^ASr^:.AL T-TATIJRHS . 3Th» district is travorsed by too mountain ranges bolci.yiny to the Himalayan System. Tie taller of the two ranges Is. the Chaula Etiar range of the outer r.yo<s* The hlgTi^sl point in the district is at Sunbain in Sarthal ind is ■. 4341 metres above the meon sea-level. Tat? range occupies ail of Bani Slock and the northern portions of Basohli and Billa\'iar Blocks. The le^s tall is the Siwslik ronge represe nting Hirnalayan foot hills. 11115 rrnge occupies the central portion of district and runs along the northern parts of Kathua and Hiranagar Blocks and the southern parts of Kathua and Hiranagar Blocks,forms part of the Indo-Gangetic pl-^in;- The t.vo mountain ranges and the plains divide the district ’ into three natural regions* The lowest point in the district is less than 300 meters above the mean sea-level, CLir/ M H The different p^ts of the district experience widely different climatcr,. The plains have climate similar to that of th« lunj-ib »*ifj hov;:i eornpier ttrcnperatures rlslnri up t'> 47^C. anJ the ’..int-'r temperatures rarely go down to 0^’j , The ttamc holds true more or less of the Siwa!).ik r-^nge. In th'.'’ C ‘i-^0 c-f tliG r^iaula n»*TX' r®nge,hcv;ev'?r,th.'* e.v-tr.r?r tOTpsratures riirely exceed 36^"’C. .V'ost areas in the reaic.c.r. have snow for the greater part of the y e?r ,u;dnf ail is subject to wide variation from yeccc to year, but a rough average may be taken between 120 i:nd 200 cm for diffn'rsrrfc regions* Bgsohli block ur.uallv receives nora rainfall. the other blocks. l^ A I‘!A'?H SYSTu I . * The River Ravi provides the district with a nat^^al boundciry en the eastern and the south eastern sides. Tliis rivor, f-rtilrAl * 11® jpivera of tho llirr.alsya’S, flood u .ic & ,-j • • 2 * * # ymxr •• during the rainy season and also during summers from i»<ilt;ng •£ snow. There are a few perennial and numerous sea- rivers end streams which contribute to flow «»f the l 4Vi. All the streams have rendered the entire topograj»hy vary undulating ©f the south-Easterly flow ef the Ravi, etheor rivers flew in a general southerly direction. The more prominent ef thest tributaries are the Ujh,itself formed of Bhini, Naz, . Swtai, Banadh etc., the Tamah, Biani, Maghar, etc. Irrigation cana3s have been dra’vn out from the Ravi and the Ujh vAiich s«Tvt Kathua and Hiran^gar blocks respectively through scorers ef KU.hs, Tlie Ravi Canal has an average flew cf 20 cushccs of water that of Ujh Canal is about 10 to 15 cussecs cf water, Vher>': ,\5 Aivi irrigation project in yr>rc'jrsss. ibt- ci^plsys wide veriaticn in Soils, Th? lower plains !. iv X .itiv ia l The fririqe* sane bet-.vfren the ]plsJ.ns .^nd th-' t.l‘,lir-Kjnrii~ha5 Gt!b!r.ountan» gravelly soil* The hills have brovn:i *nd ^daolised soils* • , inaXCMTCN. Tho rcajar benefit o£ systanitic irilgation in the district accruse only to Kathua and, to lesser degree, to Hiranagar i>l«ck, ;<athua block receieves Its irrigation from an irrigation Canal c lied Kathua Csnal drawn from the right bank of the Ravi l-.ich4*npur. Tlie canal irrigates the portion of the Kathua b le d , -ijuth of National Highway t^irough riumerous Kuftls. Fra;n the rig'it b.»nk ef the Ujh river, also, a canal has been dra-Mi eall®^^ the Ujh canal. This canal is much smaller in size as the Ujh rivsr itself is a much smaller river than the ravi. The Ir/el in the canal is to be very lov/ v/hen water is needed aioat. -iout 40000 acres of agricultural land is provided irriga -tion ficilities through canals KuSls, Tube well and lift irrl(_j3t.on. ^bout 1 /5 of the cultivatf-d land basan assured source «f irrigation and tha rest is at the mecry of the rains* In 35.1i,war and -ta^ohli blocks thora are numerous perennial m'sunt i: s tr e m s , Alth'-ugh nest of these are very email in thel: ijalm:- f they help in Irrigation of the individual form by vr-ilch t h ^ , ip3'.S. • ■ land of the District is utilized for agricultural and 11,^* ®f the Isnd has been brought u.ider ctjiliv«tlon n,ar«lih*r. cnce. Tlie follo'.i'ing are V£>rlt>'is crops gzci.r. wvPi I- v/h&at,M,size,Jcwar,Bazara,fiar«loy, jitiSji Gi.'«sm,Other pulses, Fc»tato,ve9itablfes,Tabacco,iV»ustard,Alsi,Til, - hiis ^ \JIh« district/new become surplusCi.n fpod grains and is supply Rice te ether deficit areas ef the State*. .... Cut of the total area of 654360 acres of the district, the area under forest is 171699 acres(roughly one fourth ef the Geographical area is under forests). The main forests of the district en confined te two Tehsils Basohli and Billawar and rest of the two tehsils virtually without forests. The forest department is contemplating replacement of the uneconomic forests with such trees as will bring it <7C^norr.ic ben.lfits, Sf HIGHER RBACiIES:- Cedars like Deodar(Cedrus Deodora)# 3/ LESSER HiaiTSj- OdrCpinus longifclia). C/ UJ.VaM SIWALIKSt- £ lah (nut-a«nonor,pcr... i) . .'!* jj.: ( CD"e*ch MA IN PnODUOTS TBiSIL. AHEA UNDER _________________ PDFiEST. BILL/^i<AR* 47194 Daodar,Kail,Chir, Barbaries,Khair. basohli. S973a D»odar, K a il,C h ir , Fir jBambeo. 13700 Bamboo,Kh«ir,Chir. KATtKJA. 21047 Bamboo, Khair, Chir. I IVE STOCK The peculiarity of cattle weaith in this area is Its micoatcry nature. The milch cattle is mostly ov;end by parsons of ti'ibe who move to the plains during winters and to the hills during suxnmwrs. Similarly most of the shepherds «nd Goat,herds •re from a tribe B^arwal and Gaddies, The Directorate of Geology and Mining of the State Government have c endue tod a reconnaissance survey of the district for ir^rvfrals. Finding c^od prospects for minerals in the distric": tho suivc"/ v.tXoOued the need for further inyc-stigstion. Tnr folloi’dng is the pi>tGnticl minerals ijf the district;- i / V BENTDNITE B/ RHLLERU Ea ™ 0 / GOAL W CLAYS, V LIME STDNE* Tie district has a great str«getic importance. It is gato-way of JanfTiv; ^nd Kashmir State, It is actually from Madhopur Erj.dge near Lakhanpur that cur National Highway starts. c" Thaar* are two National Highways passing-thi-ough the district* Cn« is the National Highway-MH-1, A Wiich goes from Julluncfur to Srinaqar via Jammu, This road passes through the plain ar<*»c- in tho two block of Kathua and Hiranfgar. It is gaierally cf lairly good quality. Th© other National Highway Is the E^iar- Udharapur Raod, This tiitors the district at Theln in Kathua block and goos V^estv/ard via Basohli .w)ri Billa-.’ar blocks, along the Siwolik fcotliills. This read is fairly good in patchos snd t"»e jeb of widening the road is in progress, anoth«?r impor- -tant road of the district is the old Kathua Samba ro«u v/hich • through the moat fertile area of the district, off*- sij£<ts of th-?ae roads tberv' nrr- ,i nup.bc.' of r'--?.!:-.