Ramanathapuram DISTRICT Agriculture ULAIYUR

Irrigated Area	In Ha.
a. Total cropped area	183651
b. Gross area irrigated	69123
c. Net area irrigated	66865

Source of Irrigation	In Nos.
a. Major Canals	Nil
b. Tanks	1694
c. Tube Wells	280
d. Dug Wells	7865

      

Category of works	In Nos.
a. Cultivators	179562
b. Agricultural Labourers	124483

IRRIGATION TANK PARTICULARS
S.No	Name of the Block	Minor irrigation Tanks		PWD Tanks			Total
		Ex-zamin	Panchayat	Vaigai Basin	Gundar Basin	Manimuthar
1	Ramanathapuram	5	42	34	-	-	81
2	Thiruppullani	5	52	22	-	-	79
3	Mandapam	-	-	1	-	-	1
4	Paramakudi	77	12	49	-	-	138
5	Bogalur	49	5	33	-	-	87
6	Nainarkoil	47	7	45	-	-	99
7	Thiruvadanai	83	115	62	-	27	287
8	R.S.Mangalam	68	106	77	-		251
9	Kamuthi	45	169	0	38		252
10	Mudukulathur	38	104	12	28		182
11	Kadaladi	20	143	-	74		237
	Total	437	755	335	140	27	1694

DETAILS OF AYACUT AREA UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION SOURCE
Sl. No.	Block	Irrigation sources			Total
		PWD Tanks	Panchayat Union Tanks	Ex zamin Tanks
1	Ramanathapuram	5180.8	660	102.4	5943.2
2	Thiruppullani	2478.4	784.8	64.8	3328
3	Mandapam	38	-	-	38
4	Paramakudi	5819.6	276.4	1312.8	7408.8
5	Bogalur	3000.4	66.8	632	3699.2
6	Nainarkoil	4198	133.6	914.4	5246
7	Thiruvadanai	5114.8	2049.2	968.8	8132.8
8	R.S.Mangalam	10060	1944	1065.2	13069
9	Kamuthi	3676.4	2454.4	468.8	6599.6
10	Mudukulathur	3740.4	1773.2	53240	6046
11	Kadaladi	7025.6	2352	235.6	9613.2
	Total	50332	12494	6297	69124

NORMAL AREA PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION OF MAJOR CROPS
Sl.  No.	Crop	Normal area in Hectares	Productivity per Hec. in Kgs.	Production in Metric Tones
1	Paddy	128000	2552	327859
2	Cholam	2117	862	1825
3	Cumbu	889	1123	998
4	Ragi	1448	1331	1927
5	Minor Millets	404	448	181
6	Total millets	4858	941	4571
7	Pulses	3362	491	1651
8	Cotton	2733	2.40(Bales)	6559
9	Groundnut	6112	88.5	5409
10	Sunflower	145	351	51
11	Gingelly	1636	404	661
12	Chillies	16292	808	13164
13	Coriander	1748	254	443
14	Coconut	7942	14000	1112 lakh nuts
15	Sugarcane	231	124	28644

CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES
District	Nitrogen	Phosphate	Potash	Pesticides	Liquid
	(Tones)	(Tones)	(Tones)	(Tones)	(Liters)
Ramanathapuram	6850	1767	2540	286	4836

Distribution of Operational holding of Land
Size of holding	Percentage (%)	Area in Hec.
<1 Hec	76.18%	240339
1-2 Hec	15.06%	47513
2-4 Hec	6.43%	20286
4-10 Hec	2.11%	6656
> 10 Hec	0.22%	695
Total	100%	315489