District Model Land Use Plan District – Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh Final Report By Bimal Kumar Sponsored By State Land Use Board, Uttar Pradesh Department of Planning, Government of U. P. Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow – 226 001 G. B. Pant Social Science Institute Jhusi, Allahabad – 211 019 Phone: (0532) 667214, 667206, Fax: (0532) 667206, E-mail:
[email protected] 6 Study Team Project Director Sri Bimal Kumar Research Assistants Mohd. Israil Sri Gyan Nath Jha Research Investigators Sri Atul Mishra Sri Sandeep Srivastava Sri Ashok Kumar Dwivedi Computer Assistant Sri Sandip Kumar Jaiswal 7 Contents i Study Team Contents ii-iv List of Tables v-xi Preface xii Location Map xiii Chapter - 1 1-5 Introduction 1.1 Relevance of Study 2 1.2 Objectives 3 1.3 Methodology 3 1.4 Data Source 3-4 SECTION – I Chapter - 2 6-12 Population and Land Resources 2.1 Demographic Profile 6-7 2.1.1 Settlement 6 2.1.2 Urbanisation 7 2.2 Population 7-8 2.3 Occupational Structure 8-10 2.3.1 Block-wise Analysis of Occupational Structure 10 2.4 Distribution of Landholdings 11-12 Chapter - 3 13-37 PART-A: Land Use Related to Agriculture 3.1 Net Sown Area 13 3.2 Cropping Intensity 13 3.3 Irrigation 14 3.4 Gross Irrigated Area as Percentage of Net Irrigated Area 14-16 3.5 Source of Irrigation 17-21 3.6 Cropping Pattern 21-26 3.7 Fertilizer Use 26-28 3.8 Extent of Mechanisation 29-30 3.9 Livestock 31-32 PART-B: Land Use Plan Related to Agricultural Land 33-37 3.10 Agricultural Production System and Framework for Land Use Plan 34-35 Factors Inhibiting Growth 35 Framework of