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SITE SELECTION. VAISHALI. ICAR research complex for eastern region Patna, Bihar India . Eastern IGP Eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Nepal tarai region, and Bangladesh It is characterized by high potential but low productivity region. . Vaishali District (Bihar) . Study Site.
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SITE SELECTION VAISHALI ICAR research complex for eastern region Patna, Bihar India
Eastern IGP • Eastern UP, • Bihar, • West Bengal, • Nepal tarai region, and • Bangladesh • It is characterized by high potential but low productivity region.
Vaishali District (Bihar) Study Site
Vaishali Represents part of eastern IGP within India. It falls almost in the middle of eastern IGP Possess almost all the representative characteristics.
Geographical Location The District is located at 25° to 30° North latitude and 84° to 85° east longitude. The District is surrounded by River Ganga in south, Gandak in west, District Muzaffarpur in north & District Samastipur in East. The District is in semi tropical Gangetic plane. The state capital Patna is linked with famous Mahatma Gandhi Setu.
Characteristics • Low Productivity - Food deficit region • Rice productivity – 2.25 t/ha • wheat productivity 2.12 t/ha • Poor infrastructure • communication • roads • power supply • Low inputs • fertilizer – 37 kg/ha • pesticides – 0.04 kg/ha
Rainfall: Medium - High, 1121 mm • More per capita water availability, but available water is under utilized. • Irrigated area less than 40% • Very few developed irrigation canal network • High risk of flooding, poor drainage, water logging /stagnation • About 4% area is water logged. • Labour out migration is a common feature for search of livelihood.
Land Use: The land use details of the district are as below:
HEALTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL :- 01 REFERRAL HOSPITAL :- 02 PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE :- 11 ADDITIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE :- 33 HEALTH SUB CENTRE :- 339 GRAMIN AUSADHALAY :- 09 BLOOD BANK :- 01 AIDS CONTROL SOCIETY :- 01 TRAINED NURSES :- 401 TRAINED DOCTORS :- 120
ENERGY & ELECTRICITY • i) LENGTH OF DISTRIBUTION OF NET WORK • (a) 33 KVA LINE :- 75 KM. • (b) 11 KVA LINE :- 1050 KM. • ii) TOWNS ELECTRIFIED • PERCENTAGE OF TOWN :- 75 % • ELECTRIFICATION • VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED :- 536 • PERCENTAGE OF VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION :- 20%
Migration Per capita agricultural income Rs. 1508 Rural poverty : 40.07 % Out of the total migrants from rural Bihar 77 percent migrate with the hope of getting sufficient employment at enhanced wage rate. If we ignore the reason of better wages, and limit only to the employment as prime reason for migration, even then almost 38.7 percent migrants fall in this category. These are the migrants who more appropriately may be called as distressed migrants. Maximum migration has been towards northern and western states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu etc.
AGRICULTURE MAIN CROPS: Paddy, Maize, Wheat, Vegetables, tobacco & oil crops. CROPPING INTENSITY: 222 % AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: 272.46 Thousand MT
CROP ROTATION (I) PADDY- WHEAT (II) PADDY WHEAT- MAIZE (III) PADDY- MAIZE (IV) PADDY- WHEAT- MUNG (V) TOBACCO- MAIZE (VI) PADDY- POTATO - ONION (VII) PADDY- GRAM/MASUR/TISI
Working population No. : 782717 Main Cultivators: 210357 Agricultural labourers: 232598 Household industry workers: 23672 Other workers: 157825 Marginal Cultivators: 32159 Agricultural labourers: 93187 Household industry workers: 8968 Other workers: 23951 Non Working population: 1935704
ANIMAL HUSBANDARY No of Vet nary Hospital :- 22 No of Vet nary Sub Center :- 44 (a) Plough Animals :- 127542 (b) Diary Animal :- 158631 (i) Cattle :- 67216 (ii) Buffalos :- 91415 (c) Sheep, Goats & Others :- 171200 (d) Poultry :- 63284