D I S T R I C T - P R O F I L E

NIZAMABAD DISTRICT PROFILE AT A GLANCE

1.NAME OF THE DISTRICT:		: NIZAMABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH
2.Geographical Area		:	7,956	Sq. Kms.
	a) No. of Revenue Divisions	:	3
	b) No. of Mandals	:	36
	c) Total No. of Villages	:	922
	d) Un-inhabited Villages	:	61
	e) Total No. of Gram Panchayath	:	718
	f) Municipal Corporation	:	Nizamabad
	g) Municipalities	:	1. Bodhan 2.Kamareddy 3.Armoor
	h) Details of Revenue Divisions and Mandals

NIZAMABAD DIVISION	BODHAN DIVISION	KAMAREDDY DIVISION
1. Nizamabad	1. Bodhan	1. Kamareddy
2. Armoor	2. Banswada	2. Bhiknoor
3. Balkonda	3. Bichkunda	3. Domakonda
4. Bheemgal	4. Birkoor	4. Gandhari
5. Dharpally	5. Jukkal	5. Lingampet
6. Dichpally	6. Kotagir	6. Machareddy
7. Jakranpally	7. Madnoor	7. Nagireddypet
8. Kammarpally	8. Nizamsagar	8. Sadasivnagar
9. Makloor	9. Pitlam	9. Tadwai
10. Morthad	10. Renjal	10.Yellareddy
11. Nandipet	11. Varni
12. Navipet	12. Yedapally
13. Sirikonda
14. Vailpoor

3.RAINFALL (in m.m.)

	Normal	Actual
	Normal	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 up to Dec
Year	1036.0	966.7	1060.5	878.3	655.6	872.2	766.0	441.8
Up to end of December	984.0	922.3	999.7	809.4	617.7	793.7	556.0	1052.5

There is a continuous deficit in rainfall during the last four years resulting in drought and other related problems. The drought is acute during 2002-03. There is drastic increase in area under current follows, indicating rural agriculture economics crises.

4. Land use pattern and agriculture		:	(in lakh ha)
	a) Geographical area	:	8.06
	b) Forest		1.69
	c) Barren and uncultivable		0.49
	d) Land put to non agricultural uses		0.83
	e) Cultivatable waste		0.17
	f) Permanent Pastures		0.26
	g) Miscellaneous tree crops etc		0.04
	h) Current fallow		1.77
	i) Other fallow		0.76
	j) Net sown area:		2.05
	k) Gross cropped area		3.01
	l) Area sown more than once		0.95

5.LAND HOLDING PATTERN:
	SIZE	No. of Holdings	AREA (in ha.)
	a) Below 1 ha:	2,68,844 (66.40%)	1,19,597 (29.19%)
	b) 1 to 2 ha:	91,003 (22.48%)	1,26,611 (30.89%)
	c) More than 2 ha:	45,058 (11.12%)	1,63,606 (39.92%)
	TOTAL:	4,04,905 (100.0%)	4,09,814 (100.0%)

The above table shows that 89% farmers in the district are small and marginal farmers and possessing 60% of the land. Where as, 11% of the big farmers are possessing 40% of the land.

PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS:

The productivity of Rice and Jowar is increased when compared to State average. It is observed that the comparison of the productivity for the last five years is fluctuating due to un-favorable seasonal condition.

TABLE: PRODUCTIVITY OF MAJOR CROPS IN NIZAMABAD DISTRICT 2001-02 TO 2004-05 (fin. KG/ha) (STATE Average)
Sl. No.	Crop	2001-02		2002-03		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		State Average
Sl. No.	Crop	K	R	K	R	K	R	K	R	K	R	K	R
1.	RICE	2484	2691	1559	2296	4757	4320	3526	3733	5240	-	2428	2652
2.	MAIZE	3934	5849	3351	2385	3331	3174	5435	1953	5977	-	3567	3604
3.	JOWAR	750	1391	767	1796	730	1575	526	1142	974	-	1032	1098
4.	G.GRAM	222	305	674	255	520	390	375	NA	247	-	222	305
5.	B.GRAM	237	170	833	231	668	410	331	NA	330	-	237	170
6.	TURMERIC	4934	-	4500	-	5000	-	4200	-	-	-	4935	-
7.	SUGARCANE (GUR)	82306	-	51351	-	85909	-	75871	-	-	-	7907	-
8.	Soya bean							2000	1784

6. IRRIGATION

Area in Hectares
Sl. No.	Source of Irrigation	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05 (Kharif Only)
1	Canals	25537	8099	12514	8693
2.	Tanks	19609	7098	10086	18553
3.	Tube Wells & Filter points	204656	182414	157640	120182
4.	Other Wells	12156	8009	5522	5370
5.	Lift Irrigation	6026	2941	3149	4172
6.	Other Sources	70	0	446	0
7.	Net Area Irrigation	250225	207647	124503	146295
8.	Gross Area irrigated	268053	208561	189358	156970
9.	Area irrigated more than once	100085	72476	64855	10675

It is observed from the above table, that the irrigation under various sources is decreased due to inadequate rainfall received. This shows the agriculture in the district is mostly depends up on rainfall. Action plans are prepared for drought proofing the district to avoid violent fluctuation to rural economy.

7. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: (As per livestock census 2003-04)

Cattle	-	3,15,789
Buffaloes	-	3,33,989
Sheep	-	7,83,967
Goat	-	2,35,715
Pigs	-	13,314
Poultry	-	12,56,962

8. POPULATION ( 2001 Census) ( in lakhs)

Total Population	:	23.46
Male	:	11.63
Female	:	11.83
Sex Ratio per 1000 male persons	:	1016
Population density per Sq. Km	:	294
Urban Population	:	4.24
Rural Population	:	19.21
Decadal Population Growth rate	:	15.00	STATE 13.86

The decadal population growth rate is higher than the State average.

9. LITRACY IN NIZAMABAD DISTRICT

District Average upto 2005:	60.78%	State Average :	61.55%
Male :	64.00%	Male :	70.85%
Female:	57.44%	Female :	51.17%

The literacy rate of the district is lower than the State average. "Akshara Bharathi Programme" is being conducted to cover the remaining Illiterates.

10. CLASSIFICATION OF WORKERS (2001 Census)

		(Figures in lakh)
Total main workers	:	9.72
Marginal workers	:	1.88
Total workers (main + marginal)	:	11.60
Non-workers	:	11.86
Total cultivators	:	3.05
Agriculture labour	:	3.44
House-hold industries	:	1.67
Other workers	:	3.33

Most of the Workers are engaged in Agricultural Activity

11. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT :

a. Road Connectivity :

National High Way7 (Hyderabad. to Nagpur)	-	114 Kms
National High Way 16	-	55 Kms
State High Way	-	246 Kms
Major District roads	-	615 Kms
Z.P.taken over Roads by R&B	-	1093 Kms
P.R. Roads	-	2304 Kms
Total		4427 Kms


b. Rail Connectivity	:	Railway connection from Nizamabad to Hyderabad, Nizamabad to Bombay are available

c. APSRTC	:	566 Buses Run per day. Bus facility is available for all the Revenue Villages.

d. Telephone Connectivity	:	Telephone connections provided to all the mandals. Telephone Connections 86,838.

12. WATER RESOURCES:

( Area in Ha.)
Sl. No.	Major/ Medium Projects	Command Area	Actual Area Irrigation (Gross)
Sl. No.	Major/ Medium Projects	Command Area	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
1.	Nizamsagar	93620	26681	Nil	64750	Nil	Nil
2.	Sriram Sagar	11304	3217	4450	5702	NA	5013
3.	Pocharam	6977	2695	Nil	2833	1821	3000
4.	Ramadugu	2023	628	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
5.	Nallavagu	654	178	152	167	NA	-
6.	Koulasnala	3645	1451	1675	3237	2630	680

13. Cropping Pattern:

In Nizamabad District Paddy, Sugarcane, Maize. Jower, Cotton and Pulses are grown predominantly. Turmeric is also one of the important crop in the District.

Crop wise Area shown during the last (3) years are as below.

Sl. No	Name of the Crop	Area shown during the year (In Hectors)
		2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2004-05
		2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	Kharif	(Rabi) expected area
1.	Rice	158172	107531	91370	73395	98831	43000
2.	Sugarcanee	39882	36020	28331	28817		12500
3.	Maize	52639	48463	54755	50309	54982	5600
4.	Jower	26078	27378	22741	25425	2204	18280
5.	Green gram	14796	14460	16091	17919	14262	92
6.	Black gram	18018	18001	16574	18399	13844	213
7.	Turmeric	10317	9954	9568	8760	11079	--
8.	Cotton	16931	8646	8588	13053	13279	--
9.	Soyabean	322	520	3040	12265	14175	--
10.	Sunflower	3159	5755	13321	33353	987	30000

14. EDUCATION

No. of Teachers
Primary Schools

- 4632
Upper Primary Schools

- 4428
High Schools

- 4617

Total ==> 13667

Name of the industry	Line of Activity	Unit	Production, 2003-04	Employment
Nizam Deccan Sugar Factory, Bodhan	Sugar	MTs	32399.8	1600
Nizam Co.op.Sugar Factory,Sarangapoor.	Sugar	MTs	Presently not working	491
NCS Gayathri Sugars Ltd. Adlooryellareddy SSNagar(M)	Sugar	MTs	15182	610
Sukhjith Starch Mill, Mubarak nagar, Nzb.	Maize starch,	MTs	14590	297
Sukhjith Starch Mill, Mubarak nagar, Nzb.	Liquid Glucose	MTs	5563.61
Feno Fibers, Thanakalan, Yedpally (M)	Yarn	Tonnes	Presently closed due to marketing problems	115
Vajra Granite, Baswapoor.	Polished Granite slabs	Sq. Mts	53081.6	40
Nizamabad Corn product, Sarangapoor	Maize Atta Rawwa	MTs	11172	40
A.B.K.publications (Vartha News Paper) Nizamabad	News Paper	Nos	1382392	60
Ushodaya Publications	News Paper	Nos.	12670000 (during 2004-05)	48
Indur Green Power Home Pvt. Ltd, Renjal	Power Generation	M.Watts	560	58
Nizambad Agro Pvt. Ltd, Khanapoor(v), Nzb.	Rice Milling	Tonnes	7220	40

1.	P.G.Colleges	2
2.	Engineering	5
3.	Medical College	1
4.	Degree Colleges	23
5.	Junior Colleges	77
6.	MBA Colleges	3
7.	MCA Colleges	3
8.	High Schools	417
9.	Upper Primary High Schools	618
10.	Primary Schools	1747
11.	Teacher Training Colleges	1
12.	Polytechnic Colleges (Govt.)	2
13.	Industrial Training Institutions	10
14.	B.Ed.Colleges	7
15.	Nursing Training Schools	11