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LAND RESOURCE INVENTORY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS FOR WATERSHED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BABULGAON-2 (4E6E2D2e) MICROWATERSHED Humnabad Taluk, Bidar District, Karnataka

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Title LAND RESOURCE INVENTORY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS FOR WATERSHED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BABULGAON-2 (4E6E2D2e) MICROWATERSHED Humnabad Taluk, Bidar District, Karnataka
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Creator Rajendra Hegde, Ramesh Kumar, S.C., K.V. Niranjana, S. Srinivas, M.Lalitha, B.A. Dhanorkar, R.S. Reddy and S.K. Singh
 
Subject Details of Soil Survey, Soil constraints, Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Suitability, Economic Land Evaluation, Watershed Planning, Sujala – III Project
 
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The land resource inventory of Babulgaon-2 microwatershed was conducted using
village cadastral maps and IRS satellite imagery on 1:7920 scale. The false colour
composites of IRS imagery were interpreted for physiography and these physiographic
delineations were used as base for mapping soils. The soils were studied in several
transects and a soil map was prepared with phases of soil series as mapping units.
Random checks were made all over the area outside the transects to confirm and validate
the soil map unit boundaries. The soil map shows the geographic distribution and extent,
characteristics, classification and use potentials of the soils in the microwartershed.
The present study covers an area of 404 ha in Babulgaon-2 microwatershed in
Humnabad taluk of Bidar district, Karnataka. The climate is semiarid and categorized as
drought- prone with an average annual rainfall of 811 mm, of which about 609 mm is
received during south–west monsoon, 109 mm during north-east and the remaining 93
mm during the rest of the year. An area of about 97 per cent is covered by soils and three
per cent is covered by waterbodies, settlements and others. The salient findings from the
land resource inventory are summarized briefly below.
 The soils belong to 9 soil series and 34 soil phases (management units) and 4 land use
classes.
 The length of crop growing period is about 150 days starting from the 1st week of June
to 2nd week of October.
 From the master soil map, several interpretative and thematic maps like land
capability, soil depth, surface soil texture, soil gravelliness, available water capacity,
soil slope and soil erosion were generated.
 Soil fertility status maps for macro and micronutrients were generated based on the
surface soil samples collected at every 250 m grid interval.
 Land suitability for growing major agricultural and horticultural crops were
assessed and maps showing degree of suitability along with constraints were
generated.
 Entire area is suitable for agriculture.
 About 87 per cent of the soils are moderately deep to deep and very deep (75- >150
cm) and 10 per cent are shallow (25-50 cm) soils.
 An area of 75 per cent has clayey soils at the surface and 22 per cent soils are loamy
at the surface.
 About 80 per cent of the area has non-gravelly soils and 17 per cent gravelly to very
gravelly (15-60% gravel) soils.
 About 18 per cent of the area are very high (>200mm/m), 32 per cent medium (100-
150 mm/m) and 47 per cent low (50-100 mm/m) to very low (
Watershed Development Department, Government of Karnataka (World Bank Funded) Sujala –III Project
 
Date 2020-08-25T05:15:37Z
2020-08-25T05:15:37Z
2019-12-31
 
Type Project Report
 
Identifier Rajendra Hegde, Ramesh Kumar, S.C., K.V. Niranjana, S. Srinivas, M.Lalitha, B.A. Dhanorkar, R.S. Reddy and S.K. Singh (2019). “Land Resource Inventory and Socio- Economic Status of Farm Households for Watershed Planning and Development of Babulgaon-2 (4E6E2D2e) Microwatershed, Humnabad Taluk, Bidar District, Karnataka”, ICAR-NBSS&LUP Sujala MWS Publ.66, ICAR – NBSS & LUP, RC, Bangalore. p.93 & 29.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/40169
 
Language English
 
Relation 66;
 
Publisher ICAR::National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Bengaluru & Watershed Development Department, Government of Karnataka (Sujala-III Project)