Kangra District Human Development Report
District Human Development Report Kangra Department of Planning Department Agricultural Economics Himachal Pradesh CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University The Team CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Dr. S.C. Sharma Principal Investigator Virender Kumar Co-Investigators R. K. Sharma H.R. Sharma Planning DepartmenDepartment,t, Himachal Pradesh Basu Sood, Deputy Director Ravinder Kumar DPO, Kangra Sanjeev Sood, ARO Contents Message Foreword List of Tables, Boxes and Figures i-iii Chapter 1: Human Development Report- A Prologue 1-4 1.1: Human Development-Definition and Concept 2 1.2: Measuring Human Development 3 1.3: District Human Development Report of Kangra 3 Chapter 2: Kangra District- An Introduction 5-13 2.1: A Glimpse into the History of Kangra 6-9 2.2: Administrative Set Up 9-10 2.3: Demographic Profile 11-13 Chapter 3: Physiography, Natural Resources and Land Use 14-31 3.1: Topography 14 3.2: Climate 15 3.3: Forest Resources 15-16 3.3.1: Forest area by legal status 16-17 3.4: Water Resources and Drainage 17 3.4.1: Kuhl Irrigation 17-19 3.4.2: Lakes and Reservoirs 19-20 3.4.3: Ground Water 20 3.5: Soils 21-22 3.6: Mineral Resources 22-24 3.6.1: Slates 23 3.6.2: Limestone 23 3.6.3: Oil and Natural Gas 23 3.6.4: Sand, stone and bajri 24 3.6.5: Iron and coal 24 3.7: Livestock Resources 24-25 3.8: Land Utilization Pattern 25-28 3.8.1: Agriculture-Main Livelihood Option 28-29 Chapter 4: Economy and Infrastructure 32-40 4.1: The Economy 32-34 4.2: Infrastructure 35 4.2.1: Road Density 35-36 4.2.2: Transportation Facility
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