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DISTRICT PROFILE FORMAT

1. Name of the District : UTTARA KANNADA

2. Geographical Position*

North Latitude Between 13 o 52’ and 15

o 30’

East Longitude Between 74 o 05’ and 75

o 05 ’

* PLEASE INCLUDE DISTRICT MAP HERE

3. Total Geographical area : 10291 Sq.km or 102479 ha

4. District Headquarters name : Karwar

5. Demographic details

S. No Particulars Value

i) Population

Male 686876

Female 666768

Total Population 1353644

Rural 975254

Urban 378390

ii) Population density / Sq. km 142

iii) Literates

Male (%) 79.2

Female (%) 71.2

Total (%) 75.0

iv) Details on SC/ST population

Male 63287

Female 62390

Total Population 125677

Literacy rate (%)

Male -

Female -

Total -

v) Labour profile

a) Total workers 581278

b) Male workers 395869

c) Female workers 185409

d) Rural workers -

e) Urban workers -

f) Cultivators 149555

g) Agricultural Labourers 46330

h) Household industry 10276

i) Other workers 283120

j) Marginal workers 125186

j) Non-workers 772366

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k) Average labour wages for farm operations

(Rs./manday of seven to nine hours)

Skilled job Unskilled

job

Peak seasons

Male 250 200

Female 200 150

Lean seasons

Male 200 150

Female 150 100

Average labour wages for farm operations

(Rs./manday of five to six hours)

Skilled job Unskilled

job

Peak seasons

Male 300 250

Female 200 150

Lean seasons

Male 250 200

Female 150 100

vi) Major languages spoken in the district

vii) Details on Birth-Death Rate (per 1000

population)

Birth Rate 109

Death Rate 80

Infant Mortality Rate <20

Expectation of life in years 75

Male 80

Female 70

6. Taluk details

S. No Name of the taluk Total area in ha Taluk HQ

1 Ankola 91872 Ankola

2 Bhatkal 34892 Bhatkal

3 Haliyal 84746 Haliyal

4 Honnavar 75480 Honnavar

5 Karwar 73210 Karwar

6 Kumta 58331 Kumta

7 Mundgod 66809 Mundgod

8 Siddapur 85928 Siddapur

9 Sirsi 132233 Sirsi

10 Supa 191069 Supa

11 Yellapur 130110 Yellapur

Total 1024679

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7. Block details

S.

No

Name of

the block

Total

Area

in ha

Numbe

r of

Pancha

yats

Numb

er of

Villag

es

Total Population

inclusive of SC / ST

population

SC / ST population

Male Femal

e

Total Mal

e

Fem

ale

Total

1 Sirsi 132233 27 226 86664 82985 169649 10648 10418 21066

2 Siddapur 85928 21 199 51409 51255 102664 3881 3853 7734

3 Yellapur 130110 14 127 37504 35882 73386 2207 2144 4351

4 Supa 191069 15 116 26492 25442 51934 2152 2099 4251

5 Haliyal 84746 20 112 83653 79482 163135 8081 7797 15878

6 Mundgod 66809 13 84 43921 39320 83241 7170 6519 13689 7 Bhatkal 34892 16 60 70643 72486 143129 11780 12276 24056

8 Honnavar 75480 24 92 80548 81244 161792 4578 4690 9268

9 Kumta 58331 20 114 75063 73746 148809 5084 5072 10156

10 Ankola 91872 19 84 51663 49627 101290 4470 4361 8831

11 Karwar 73210 17 55 79316 76298 155614 3237 3163 6400 Total 1024679 206 1269 686876 666768 1353644 63287 62393 125677

8. Block wise Literacy Rate (%)

S.

No

Name of

the block

Other than SC / ST

population

SC / ST population Total Literacy Rate

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Sirsi 86664 82985 169649 10648 10418 21066 82 76 79

2 Siddapur 51409 51255 102664 3881 3853 7734 80 74 77

3 Yellapur 37504 35882 73386 2207 2144 4351 78 72 75

4 Supa 26492 25442 51934 2152 2099 4251 75 70 73

5 Haliyal 83653 79482 163135 8081 7797 15878 72 60 66

6 Mundgod 43921 39320 83241 7170 6519 13689 73 62 67

7 Bhatkal 70643 72486 143129 11780 12276 24056 78 73 75

8 Honnavar 80548 81244 161792 4578 4690 9268 83 74 78

9 Kumta 75063 73746 148809 5084 5072 10156 82 73 77

10 Ankola 51663 49627 101290 4470 4361 8831 83 74 78

11 Karwar 79316 76298 155614 3237 3163 6400 85 75 80

Total 686876 666768 1353644 63287 62393 125677 79.2 71.2 75.0

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9. Educational and other infrastructural facilities of latest available year 2009-10

S. No Particulars Numbers / Values

01 Educational facilities

a) Pre-primary 1310

b) Primary 2346

c) Middle 314

d) High

e) Higher-Secondary -

02 Professional colleges

a) Medical -

b) Engineering 2

c) Agriculture -

d) Veterinary / Fisheries -

e) Others (Please specify) / Horticulture / Forestry 2

03 Number of Arts and Science Colleges 107

04 Institutional Credit Facility

a) Name of the Lead Bank Syndicate Bank

b) Number of branches of lead bank in the district 35

c) Other Commercial Banks 138

d) Primary Land Development Bank 11

e) District Central Co-operative Banks 46

f) Urban Banks 11

g) Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit

Society

16

h) Housing Co-operative Societies 25

i) Employees Co-operative Societies -

j) Weavers Co-operative Society 3

k) Industrial Co-operative Society -

l) Khadi and Village Industries Societies 11

m) Industrial Co-operative Societies -

n) Primary Co-operative Stores 56

o) Co-operative Sugar mills -

q) Other Marketing Society (please

specify)Kadamba, TSS, TMS, …

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05 Agricultural Marketing and Processing

a) Number of Regulated Markets Main markets : -

Submarkets : 27

b) Number of Co-operative Marketing Society APMC – 2

TAPCMS – 10

Fishermen Cooperatives - 33

c) Number of Permanent Markets / Central Markets -

d) Number of weekly markets / shandies 41

e) Number of drying yards 40

f) Number of storage godowns APMC – 69 at Sirsi

04 at Kumta

TAPCMS - 59

g) Number of cold storage units for agricultural

produce

-

h) Number of agro based / agri-based processing

industries

i) Small scale Total : 5836

ii) Medium scale Total : 8

iii) Large scale

10. Agro-climatic features

a) Rainfall pattern during 2009 S.No Month Rainfall in mm

Actual Normal % deviation

01 January 0 0.8 100.0

02 February 0 0.7 100.0

03 March 32.3 6.6 389.4

04 April 9.9 24.8 -60.1

05 May 51.7 82.8 -37.6

06 June 200.4 530.0 -62.2

07 July 1388.1 910.1 52.5

08 August 186.3 536.3 -65.3

09 September 302.2 174.2 73.5

10 October 195.5 133.3 46.7

11 November 66.4 45.4 46.3

12 December 29.2 8.4 247.6

2462.0 2456.6 0.2

*Data from AAS Unit, ARS (Paddy), Sirsi

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b) Temperature prevailed during 2009

S.No Month Mean Maximum ° C Mean Minimum ° C

Actual Normal %

deviation

Actual Normal %

deviation

01 January 30.5 31.5 -3.2 14.0 14.5 -3.4

02 February 33.0 33.9 -2.7 15.3 15.0 2.0

03 March 34.8 35.0 -0.6 19.5 18.3 6.6

04 April 34.9 35.5 -1.7 20.5 21.0 -2.4

05 May 33.5 33.6 -0.3 21.9 21.8 0.5

06 June 28.9 28.8 0.3 20.0 21.5 -7.0

07 July 25.5 26.7 -4.5 19.9 21.3 -6.6

08 August 27.4 26.7 2.6 20.0 21.0 -4.8

09 September 27.9 28.3 -1.4 19.9 21.0 -5.2

10 October 29.2 30.0 -2.7 17.7 20.3 -12.8

11 November 29.3 30.2 -3.0 17.6 17.3 1.7

12 December 29.6 30.2 -2.0 15.9 14.8 7.4

c) Relative humidity during 2009

S.No Month Average Relative humidity (%)

Actual Normal % deviation

01 January 72.4 75.0 -3.5

02 February 71.0 70.1 1.3

03 March 78.4 69.0 13.6

04 April 64.3 67.3 -4.5

05 May 65.5 71.4 -8.3

06 June 82.4 83.5 -1.3

07 July 91.2 88.7 2.8

08 August 86.7 88.5 -2.0

09 September 88.2 86.2 2.3

10 October 73.3 80.7 -9.2

11 November 75.4 77.1 -2.2

12 December 80.7 73.0 10.5

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11. Land details

a) Nine fold classification of land and other land details during 2009-10 or latest

available year

S.No Particulars Area in ha % to the Total

geographical area

01 Total geographical area 1024679 -

02 Area under Forest 817332 79.8

03 Barren and uncultivable land 16237 1.58

04 Land put into non-agricultural

uses

31310

3.06

05 Cultivable waste 7356 0.72

06 Permanent pastures and other

grazing lands

19362

1.89

07 Miscellaneous tree crops and

grooves not included in the net

area sown

4592

0.45

08 Current Fallow 7279 0.71

09 Other Fallow 12624 1.23

10 Net Area Sown 108587 10.60

11 Area sown more than once 10247 1.00

12. Gross Cropped Area 118834 11.60

b) Details on operational holdings 2009-10 or latest available yesr

S.

No

Classification

category

Category

area*

Operational

area in ha

% to total

operational

area

Number of

holdings

% to

total

number

of

holdings

01 Marginal < 1ha 38632 25.83 115714 70.24

02 Small 1-2 ha 41137 27.51 29329 17.80

03 Small-medium 2-5 ha 39775 26.60 14730 8.94

04 Medium 5-10 ha 25586 17.11 4645 2.82

05 Large >10 ha 4404 2.95 328 0.20

Total 149539 - 164746 -

*Category area varies between states

12) Irrigation Resources

S. No Particulars Number Other related particulars Value / details

01 Canals

Government 1984 Lift

irrigation

scheme

Length in km 5221 ha

Private Length in km -

02 Tanks 300 1848 ha -

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< 40 ha -

=>40 ha - -

03 Wells -

Open wells -

Bore wells -

Dug cum bore wells 28612 1589 ha -

Tube wells 382 445 ha -

Filter point tube wells -

Artisan wells -

04 Other major sources if

any : Surface flow

1599 8856 ha -

13) Soil resources and type *

S. No Name of the

block

Soil type Major

nutrients

which

are

deficient

Micro-nutrients

which are

deficient

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Ankola

*Sandy soil mixed with river

alluvia (Coastal)

*Soils rich with clay and humus

(Marshy low lands)

*Laterites

N,P, K,

Ca, Mg

Zn, B

2

Bhatkal

*Sandy soil mixed with river

alluvia (Coastal)

*Soils rich with clay and humus

(Marshy low lands)

*Laterites

N,P, K,

Ca, Mg

Zn, B

3

Honnavar

*Sandy soil mixed with river

alluvia (Coastal)

*Soils rich with clay and humus

(Marshy low lands)

*Laterites

N,P, K,

Ca, Mg

Zn, B

4

Karwar

*Sandy soil mixed with river

alluvia (Coastal)

*Soils rich with clay and humus

(Marshy low lands)

*Laterites

N,P, K,

Ca, Mg

Zn, B

5

Kumta

*Sandy soil mixed with river

alluvia (Coastal)

*Soils rich with clay and humus

(Marshy low lands)

*Laterites

N,P, K,

Ca, Mg

Zn, B

6

Haliyal

*Red loam

*Patches of alluvia

*Black soils

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

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7

Mundgod

*Red loam

*Patches of alluvia

*Black soils

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

8 Siddapur

*Laterite rich in minerals

*Red loam

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

9 Sirsi

*Laterite rich in minerals

*Red loam

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

10

Joida

*Laterite rich in minerals

*Red loam

*Patches of alluvia

*Black soils

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

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Yellapur

*Laterite rich in minerals

*Red loam

*Patches of alluvia

*Black soils

P, K, Ca,

Mg

Zn, B

SOIL PROFILE

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14) Area (ha), production (tonnes /ha) and productivity (kg/ha) of major crops for 2008-09

or 2009-10 (or latest available year)

S.

No

Crop Net

Area

Sown

(ha)

Area

sown

more

than

once

(ha)

Total

Cropped

Area (ha)

Cropping

Intensity

(%)

Production

(tonnes)

Productivity

(kg/ha)

1 Paddy 82466 18309 100775 122 387590 4700

2 Arecanut 14592 - 14592 100 43776 3000

3 Black

pepper

236 - 236 100

519

2200

4 Coconut 7302 - 7302 100 40891200 5600 nuts/ha

5 Maize 1200 - 1200 100 3000 2500

6 Cotton 3260 - 3260 100 4890 1500

7 Groundnut 3537 - 3537 100 4244 1200

8 Green gram 837 - 837 100 628 750

9 Black gram 852 - 852 100 852 1000

10 Ginger 2500 - 2500 100 37500 15000

11 Turmeric 350 - 350 100 5600 16000

12 Banana 1854 - 1854 100 83430 45000

13 Vanilla 692 - 692 100 31140 45000

14 Pine apple 520 - 520 100 26000 50000

15 Mango 1336 - 1336 100 20040 15000

16 Cashew 2850 - 2850 100 18525 6500

17 Cardamom 451 - 451 100 113 250

15) Area under irrigation for major crops for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available year)

S. No Crop Total Cropped

Area (ha)

Irrigated area

(ha)

% of irrigation

1 Paddy 100775 18000 17.86

2 Maize 1200 300 25.00

3 Banana 1854 325 17.53

4 Pine apple 520 520 100.00

5 Ginger 2500 2500 100.00

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16) Area under HYV /hybrids for major crops for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available

year)

S. No Crop Gross Cropped

Area (ha)

Area under

HYV / hybrids

(ha)

%

1 Paddy 100775 25000 24.81

2 Arecanut 14592 - -

3 Black pepper 236 - -

4 Coconut 7302 - -

5 Maize 1200 1200 100.00

6 Cotton 3260 3000 92.02

7 Groundnut 3537 2000 56.55

8 Green gram 837 250 29.87

9 Black gram 852 250 29.34

10 Ginger 2500 500 20.00

11 Turmeric 350 200 57.14

12 Banana 1854 150 8.09

13 Vanilla 692 - -

14 Pine apple 520 - -

15 Mango 1336 400 29.94

16 Cashew 2850 - -

17 Cardamom 451 - -

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17) Farm Gate Price of major crops during for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (per quintal)

S. No Crop Farm Gate

Price

Wholesale price Retail price

01 Cereals

a) Paddy 800 1000 -

b) Maize 650 800

02 Pulses

a) Green gram 4000 6000 7500

b) Black gram 3500 5000 6500

c) Cow pea 2000 2200 3000

03 Oilseeds

a) Groundnut 2800 (pods) 3500 (pods) 5000 (kernels)

b) Soybean 1300 1600 2500

c) Sunflower 2300 2500 -

04 Vegetables

a) Onion 1300 2200 2500

b) Brinjal 1200 1800 2000

c) Chilli 1500 3600 4000

d) Cabbage 1500 3000 3200

e) Bhendi 1000 1800 2000

f) Cucumber 400 1200 1500

g) Raddish 1000 1400 1500

h) Tomato 600 1000 1200

05 Fruits

a) Mango 6000 12000 16000

b) Pine apple 1200 1600 2000

c) Banana 1250 1640 2000

d) Sapota 1000 2500 3000

06 Commercial including sugar and fibre crops

a) Sugarcane 1400 per ton - -

07 Spices and Plantation Crops

a) Black Pepper 16000 18000 24000

b) Cardamom 17500 22000 25000

c) Nutmeg-Aril / Mace 1550 per kg 2100 2500

d) Nutmeg-Seed 900 per kg 1100 1500

e) Arecanut-Red supari 9000 11000 14000

Arecanut-White supari 6000 8000 9000

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f) Coconut 1000 1200 1800

g) Ginger 2700 5000 8000

h) Turmeric 5500 8500 10350

i) Cocoa 35 per kg 40 per kg -

18) Livestock and poultry population (in ‘000) for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available

year)

S.

No

Name of the

Block

Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Poultry Pigs Dogs

1. Ankola 28680 5960 - 40 67072 0 9556

2. Bhatkal 24374 6339 - 110 34559 84 6320

3. Haliyal 41496 20823 354 3736 39432 32 6414

4. Honnavar 47955 8853 18 6 32619 83 7400

5. Karwar 11215 5449 55 4 26739 277 8324

6. Kumta 35893 5815 - 18 39434 6 11855

7. Mundgod 32119 8686 1433 3039 15106 62 6462

8. Siddapur 43971 18900 128 235 31142 0 8082

9. Sirsi 52372 18709 673 3099 40120 24 13518

10. Joida 19049 8222 - 842 17780 0 5643

11. Yellapur 30048 11011 41 958 21570 315 9836

Total 367172 118767 2702 12087 365573 883 93410

19) Livestock and poultry products production for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available

year)

S.

No

Name of the

Block

Cows

milk in

litres

Buffalo

milk in

litres

Poultry

(consumption)

Sheep

and goat

Others if

any Pl .

specify

Eggs in

‘000

numbers

Broiler

in kgs

Live

weight

in kgs

Fish

1 Uttar Kannada 85000

tons

48000

tons

2,00,000

per day

50 tonnes

per day

- 35165

tones