PPRRAADDHHAANN MMAANNTTRRII KKRRIISSHHII SSIINNCCHHAAYYEEEE YYOOJJNNAA ((PPMMKKSSYY)) DDIISSTTRRIICCTT IIRRRRIIGGAATTIIOONN PPLLAANN AARRWWAALL Sponsored by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Government of India DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR CONTRIBUTORS DIP COMPILED AND PREPARED BY LRM CONSULTANTS C1/444C, Sector-G, Jankipuram Lucknow-226021 CONTACT- +91-9839012700,+91-8382839337 [email protected] www.lrmconsultant.com Table of Contents Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) ................................................................................... 6 I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 6 II. Program Component and responsible Ministries/ Departments ....................................................... 7 District Irrigation Plans (DIPs) ................................................................................................................... 10 I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 10 (i) Background ................................................................................................................................ 11 (ii) Vision ........................................................................................................................................ 12 (iii) Objective ............................................................................................................................... 13 (iv) Strategy & Focus Areas......................................................................................................... 14 (v) Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 14 Chapter-1 .................................................................................................................................................... 17 General Information of the District ............................................................................................................. 17 1.1 District Profile ................................................................................................................................ 17 1.2 Demography ...................................................................................................................................... 23 1.2 Biomass and Livestock .................................................................................................................. 25 1.3 Agro Ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography .................................................................... 28 1.3.1 Slope ...................................................................................................................................... 32 1.3.2 Geomorphology ..................................................................................................................... 39 1.3.3 Hydro-Geomorphology ......................................................................................................... 40 1.4 Soil ................................................................................................................................................. 40 1.4.1 Soil Texture ........................................................................................................................... 45 1.5 Soil Erosion .................................................................................................................................... 46 1.6 Drainage ......................................................................................................................................... 53 1.7 Landuse .......................................................................................................................................... 60 1.7.1 Landuse Classification .......................................................................................................... 60 Chapter-2 .................................................................................................................................................... 75 District Water Profile .................................................................................................................................. 75 2.1 Irrigation Status ................................................................................................................................. 75 1.1.1 Importance of Irrigation ........................................................................................................ 75 1 2.1.2 Types of Irrigation ................................................................................................................. 77 2.2 Production and Productivity of Major Crops ................................................................................. 82 Chapter-3 .................................................................................................................................................... 88 Water Availability ........................................................................................................................................ 88 3.1 Status of Water Availability .............................................................................................................. 88 Chapter-4 .................................................................................................................................................... 96 Water Requirement/Demand ...................................................................................................................... 96 4.1 Domestic Water Demand .................................................................................................................. 96 4.2 Crop Water Demand ......................................................................................................................... 99 4.3 Livestock Water demand ................................................................................................................ 102 4.4 Industrial Water Demand ................................................................................................................ 104 4.5 Power Generation Water Demand .................................................................................................. 105 4.6 Water Demand of District for Various sectors ................................................................................ 105 4.7 Water Budget .................................................................................................................................. 106 Strategic Action Plan ................................................................................................................................ 107 Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 107 Project Objective ....................................................................................................................................... 108 Need for the Proposed Initiative ............................................................................................................... 109 Advantages of Lift irrigation .................................................................................................................. 109 Requirements of Lift irrigation .............................................................................................................. 109 Livelihood ......................................................................................................................................... 111 2 List of Tables Table 1. 1 District Profile of District - Arwal ............................................................................................ 19 Table 1. 2 Block Wise Population Details District – Arwal All Values in N0. .......................... 23 Table 1. 3 Block-wise Livestock Population All Values in N0. .............................................. 26 Table 1. 4 Agro- Ecological Zone .............................................................................................................. 30 Table 1. 5 Soil Profile of Arwal District ....................................................................................................... 45 Table 1. 6 Land use Pattern of Arwal District ............................................................................................ 63 Table 2.1 Block Wise Crop-wise Irrigation Status of District- Arwal ........................................................ 80 Table 2.2 Production and Productivity of Major crops in District- Arwal ................................................. 82 Table 2.3 Irrigation based Classification of District- Arwal ....................................................................... 87 Table 3. 1 Status of Water Availability ........................................................................................................ 90 Table 3. 2 Status of Ground Water Availability ......................................................................................... 94 Table 3. 3 Status of Irrigation Command Area ........................................................................................... 94 Table 3. 4 Existing Type of Irrigation .........................................................................................................