District Irrigation Plan of Kalahandi, Odisha DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN OF KALAHANDI DISTRICT, ODISHA i District Irrigation Plan of Kalahandi, Odisha Prepared by: District Level Implementation Committee (DLIC), Kalahandi, Odisha Technical Support by: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (IISWC), Research Centre, Sunabeda, Post Box-12, Koraput, Odisha Phone: 06853-220125; Fax: 06853-220124 E-mail:
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[email protected] ii District Irrigation Plan of Kalahandi, Odisha FOREWORD Kalahandi district is the seventh largest district in the state and has spread about 7920 sq. kms area. The district is comes under the KBK region which is considered as the underdeveloped region of India. The SC/ST population of the district is around 46.31% of the total district population. More than 90% of the inhabitants are rural based and depends on agriculture for their livelihood. But the literacy rate of the Kalahandi districts is about 59.62% which is quite higher than the neighboring districts. The district receives good amount of rainfall which ranges from 1111 to 2712 mm. The Net Sown Area (NSA) of the districts is 31.72% to the total geographical area(TGA) of the district and area under irrigation is 66.21 % of the NSA. Though the larger area of the district is under irrigation, un-equal development of irrigation facility led to inequality between the blocks interns overall development. The district has good forest cover of about 49.22% of the TGA of the district.