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District Profile

District profile
Agro-Climatic Zone North Eastern Coastal Plain Zone
Total Cultivated Area 2,19,378ha
Up Land
Medium Land
Low Land
18,274 ha
94,048ha
1,07,056 ha
Areas sown during Kharif, 2021 2,16,990ha
Areas sown during Rabi, 2022 99,087 ha
Areas sown during Summer, 2022 79,086ha
Cropping Intensity 154%
Annual rainfall 1592mm
Soil Type Alluvial, Laterite and Saline
Soil pH  5.1 to 7.2
Irrigation potential 
Kharif                               
Rabi
53% (1,15,428ha)
39% (84,729ha)
Farming Situation
Red Laterite Rain fed
Red Laterite Canal irrigated
Alluvial Canal irrigated
Alluvial rain fed
Low lying & flood prone area
Saline soil group