3.

AGRICULTURE
3.1. SOIL CLASSIFICATION
Sl.No. Type of Soil

Places in District (Taluks)

1.

Red Loam

Sathyamangalam and Gobichttipalayam

2.

Literatic Soil

Bhavani, Sathyamangalam

3.

Black Soil

--

4.

Sandy Coastal Alluvium

--

5.

Red Sandy Soil

Erode, Perundurai, Bhavani

6.

Calcareous Soil

--

Source: Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Erode-11.

3.2. LAND UTILISATION

Fasli: 1423
Sl.
No.

Classification

(Area in Hectares)

1.

Forest

2.

Barren and Uncultivable uses

3.

Land put to Non-Agricultural uses

4.

Cultivable Waste

5.

Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land

6.
7.

Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves not included in

Net Area Sown
Current Fallows
87400

8.

Other Fallow Land

19872

9.

Net Area Sown

175156

10.

Geographical Area according to Village Records

572264

11.

Total Cropped Area

183250

12.

Area cropped more than once

Source: G Return Fasli - 1423.

3.3. AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS

Fasli: 1423

227511
6270
53190
1731
101
1032

8093

Sl.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Crops

10
11

Rice (Kar)
Rice (Samba)
Rice (Navarai)
Jowar
Bajra
Ragi
Maize
Bengal Gram
Redgram
Greengram
Blackgram

12
13
14
15
16

Horsegram
Chillies
Turmeric
Tamarind
Tapioca

17
18

Potato
Onion

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33

Brinjal
Ladys Finger
Cabbage
Tomato
Banana
Lemon
Guava
Cotton (Lint)
Tobacco
Groundnut
Gingelly
Sunflower
Coconut (No. nuts)
Sugarcane (Ton/hec)
Arecanut (cured nuts)

Area (hec.) As
per 1423Fasali

Average Yield
(hec.) 2013-14

Production (Kg)

3462
27172
256
0
95
5626
18259
0
1541
362
783
947
198
8179
136
4793
412
1139
156
136
146
213
10426
52
136
568
2005
17111
5712
35
13056
23540
367

Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Erode. (G-Return-Fasli_1423).

3.4. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY

(In Numbers)
Sl.No.
Item
Ploughs
a) Wooden

1.

N.A.

No.

Remark

1.

b) Iron

N.A.

c) Total

N.A.

Water Pumps for Irrigation Purpose

2.

a) Worked by Oil Engine

1598

b) Worked by Electric Power

82197

c) Total

83795

Tractors

3.

a) Government

b) Private

c) Total

10

Sugarcane Crushers

4.

5.

a) Worked by Power

N.A.

b) Worked by Bullocks

N.A.

c) Total

N.A.

a) 5 Kg. & above

N.A.

b) Less than 5 Kg.

N.A.

c) Total

N.A.

Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandary, Erode., EE, Agricultural Engineering, Erode, G-Return

S.T.

INSTITUTION

S.C.

Area
OTHERS

TOTAL

S.T

INSTITUTION

S.C.

OTHERS

Size Class of holdings

(Hectares)

3.5. NUMBER AND AREA OF OPERATIONAL LAND HOLDINGS

Number

Below- 0.50

2688

236

50609

32

53565

749.47

69.69

14869.96

6.83

0.50-1.00

1656

308

49512

28

51504

1185.64

231.62

35849.27

22.14

1.00 -2.00

1702

466

52258

38

54464

2419.98

701.91

74266.44

53.55

2.00 -3.00

483

88

19890

23

20484

1141.74

195.97

48202.43

56.67

3.00 -4.00

144

25

8236

25

8430

490.88

84.97

28282.93

88.24

4.00 -5.00

52

12

3967

11

4042

228.24

55.84

17602.08

48.37

5.00 -7.50

46

3376

15

3444

266.56

41.94

20462.20

88.48

7.50-10.00

949

69.19

7.62

8059.24

51.99

10.00-20.00

537

7024.01

314.34

20.00 & Above

47

1255.24

1447.05

6780

1143

189381

255873.82

2177.66

Total

964

23

560

27

75

228

197532

20.82

6572.52

1388.53

Source: Agricultural Census 2010-2011

3.6. CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES

Year: 2013-14
Fertilisers (in 000 Tonne)
Pesticides
Nitrogeneous
(N)

Phosphatic
(P2 05)

Pottassic (K2 Total (NPK) Dust (MT.)

0)

Liquid
(Lit.)

22150

11680

10940

60550

44770

27.45

Urea
(000
Tonne)
36500

Source: Joint Director of Agriculture, Erode.

3.7. REGULATED MARKETS

Sl. No Name of the Block

Name of the Regulated

Markets

Name of sub
Regulated
Markets

Total Receipts
(Rs.in Lakhs)

Erode

1.Erode 2.Chitthode

Modakurichi

Kodumudi

1.Avalpoondurai
2.Elumathur
1.Kodumudi 2.Sivagiri

4
5
6

Perundurai
Chennimalai
Gobichettipalayam

1. Perundurai

7
8
9

1.Nambiyur

10

Nambiyur
Thukkanayakkanpalayam
Sathyamangalam
Bhavanisagar

11
12

Thalavadi
Bhavani

13
14

Ammapattai
Anthiyur

1.Thalavadi
1.Bhavani
2.Kavindapadi
3.Mylampadi
1.Boothapadi
1.Anthiyur

190.73
53.2
1.Arachalur
2.Modakurichi

48.52
20.39
18.98
28.29
54.20

1.Veppili
1. Gobi 2.Vellankoil

47.93
3.05
22.79
52.61

1. Sathyamangalam
1.Punjaipuliyampatti

Total

45.89
22.45
3.45
43.55
24.36
16.26
50.66

18

747.43

Source: District Agriculture Marketing Office, Erode

3.8. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE FASLI YEAR 1423

Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Erode.

3.9 SERICULTURE
Sl.No. Name of the Crop

No of Experiments
KHARIF

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Paddy (Kar)
Paddy (Samba)
Paddy ( Navarai)
Ragi
Groundnut
Sugercane
Maize
Turmeric
Tapioca
Chilles
Onion
Potato
Banana
Cotton

RABI
240
320
30

54
200
330
130
300
30
0
30
10
310
80

0
120
290
20
0
200
0
20
0
300
0

13 Jowar
14 Gingelly
15 Green Gram
16 Black Gram
Sl.N Name of the block
o.

Area under Farmers

Mulbery
(acres)

0
0
0
0
Production of
Cocoons
(M.Tonns)

0
140
0
0
Av.Rate Rs
165.00

Value in
Rupees

Gobichettipalayam

1198.05

566

365.532

410.92

150203191

Nambiyur

199.95

111

54.804

400.00

21921600

Bavani

732.90

445

212.487

388.92

82640444

Anthiyur

162.60

82

51.007

388.92

19837642

Modakuruchi

141.15

65

23.141

395.42

9150337

Kodumudi

93.50

36

19.743

395.42

7806711

Perundurai

164.60

95

46.958

395.42

18567976

Source: Assistant Director of Sericulture, Erode

TOTAL

INSTITUTION

6.83

15695.95

22.14

37288.67

53.55

77441.88

56.67

49596.81

88.24

28947.02

48.37

17934.53

88.48

20859.18

51.99

8188.04

314.34

7338.35

1447.05

2723.11

2177.66

266012.53

Value in
Rupees

150203191

21921600

82640444

19837642

9150337

7806711

18567976