Khammam District Profile Khammam is spread over an area of 15,81,000 ha with nearly 48% of the area under forests, highest among the 8 NAIP districts. While gross cropped area is 4,79,000 ha, the net sown area is 28.5% of the total geographical area. The cropping intensity is 109% and about 8% of the area is under non-agricultural uses while permanent pastures constitute 2.5%. The district has a total population of 25,78,927 of which SC population is 4,26,692 (16.6%) and ST population is 6,82,617 (26.5%). Among the NAIP districts Khammam has the highest number of tribals. Rural literacy is just over 51% and work participation rate is 52.5% while 72% of the workers are engaged in agricultural activities, cultivators represent 22.9%. The district has the highest grazing pressure (17.7 ACU/ha grazing area) among the NAIP districts. Cattle and buffaloes are almost equal in number with 1,23,374 small ruminants.
The district receives 1096 mm rainfall annually and is relatively less droughtprone. Irrigated area in the district accounts for 39%. Rice has maintained its share in the cropping and accounts for over 37%. While cotton has gained since 1995, crops like greengram and sorghum have lost the area. The productivity of cotton (359 kg/ha) during TE-2005 is more than the state average. The productivity of rice (2523 kg/ha) however is less than the state average. Khammam has the largest area under horticulture crops next only to Nalgonda and Anantapur (2005-06). The district has seen an increase of over 10,000 ha under horticulture crops since 2000-01. Area under vegetables and spices has increased marginally during this period. The district had the highest per capita income (Rs. 26360) among the NAIP districts, much above the state average. The annual growth of agricultural lending between 1995 and 2005 showed an increase of an impressive 43% highest next only to Adilabad. The district has 15 APMCs representing 3.6 per lakh ha of Net Sown Area.
Tummalacheruvu Cluster Profile 1
General Information
1.1
Name of the cluster (give the name of the main village on which you want the cluster name to be printed)
TUMMALA CHERUVU
1.2
Names of the villages/hamlets/ thandas
Tummalacheruvu, Bandla Pullaiah Gumpu, Kurvapalli Kotturu, Koremvari Gumpu, Rama Varam, Mamillavai, Venkatapuram And Bheema Varam
1.3
Name of the mandal and district
Aswapuram Mandal Khammam District
1.4
Distance from mandal headquarters 15 km from Mandal Head quarters and district Hqtrs (kms). ASWAPURAM 120 km from District Head quarters Khammam
1.5
How to reach (give the route, mode of travel and time taken) (draw a brief sketch if possible)
All the buses from Bhadrachalam and Khammam, that go towards Manuguru goes through Mondikunta junction. Mondikunta is about 35 km from Bhadrachalam town. Tummalacheruvu is located at about 5 km from Mondikunta and connected by a kacha road. A sketch showing route and location of different villages is enclosed.
2.
Land Use Statistics
2.1
Total geographical area of the cluster (ha.)
6935.7 ha in total including the buildings roads, tanks, forest area, hillocks, reserve forest etc.
2.2
Cultivable area (ha. and % of total)
978.4 ha (this includes patta, assignment and podu lands)
2.3
Area under irrigation (ha. and %)
Kharif: 73.8 ha , 7.54 % Rabi: Nil
2.4
Rain fed area (ha. and %)
Kharif: 904.6 ha, 92.46% (175.6 ha rain-fed paddy and 729 ha dry land crops like Cotton) Rabi: Nil
2.5
Fallow land (ha. and %)
59.7 ha (6.1% to the total area). But, due to lack fi i l
of inputs or continuous water supply some patchesare left un-cultivated during Kharif 2007 2.6
Degraded and wastelands (ha. and %)
Nil
2.7
Area under forests (ha. and %)
Total forest area and hillocks: Around 5700 ha Reserve forest: 284.8 ha (4.1 % of total area) Forest under CFM: 900 ha (3 CFM groups)
2.8
Others (specify)
People of other castes are taking the lands for lease and cultivating cotton on large scale by giving the tribal all the inputs. Taking them as role models, the dry land cultivators are cultivating cotton on large scale and getting entrapped in to the vicious circle of loans, by various private money lenders, who collect back loans on weekly basis.
3.
Population Statistics
3.1
Total population
2637 ( ST-2251+ SC-101+ BC-180+OC-105)
Male
1305 (including 370 boys of age between 0-14)
Female
1332 (including 423 girls of age between 0-14)
3.2
Population of scheduled castes (No. and %)
101 (including Children), 3.8%
3.3
Population of scheduled tribes (No. and %)
2251 (including Children), 85.36%
3.4
Population of other communities (No. and %)
BC – 180, 6.8% and OC – 105, 4%
3.5
Total number of households (No.)
629 (ST-531, SC – 27, BC – 42 and OC– 29)
3.6
Women-led households (No. and % 48, 7.6% of total)
3.7
No. of BPL households
4.
Land Holding Patterns/ Occupation
4.1
Marginal farmers (No. and % of total) (Farmers having less than 1 ha land)
Most of the households are in BPL category.
186, 36.8%
4.2
Small farmers (No. and % of total) (Farmers having 1 to 2 ha land)
184, 36.4%
4.3
Medium farmers (No. and % of total) (Farmers having 2 to 4 ha land)
111, 22%
4.4
Large farmers (No. and % of total) (Farmers having more than 4 ha land)
24, 4.75%
4.5
Total farming households (No.)
508
4.6
Landless Households
122
4.7
Agricultural labours (No.)
Landless people and households having little land go for labour work in agriculture in neighboring villages
4.8
Village artisans (No.)
2
4.9
Educated unemployed/under employed youth (No.)
There are 304 boys having age above 14 years and 336 girls having age above 14 years in the cluster. Very few of them are currently studying and most of them are involved in agriculture.
4.10
Petty traders
4 ( 2 members having land)
5.
Area Under Crops/Horticulture (ha.)
(Data collected for Kharif 2007)
5.1
Crop 1 - Paddy
137.1 ha. (Irrigated: 63.8 ha, Rainfed: 73.3)
5.2
Crop 2 – Cotton
609.2 ha
5.3
Crop 3 – Cotton + Red gram (Intercropping)
111.2 ha
5.4
Crop 4 – Cotton +Eucalyptus (Intercropping)
51.2 ha
5.5
Crop 5 - Tomato
7.6 ha
5.6
Crop 6 - Chillies
2.4 ha
Total
918.7 ha
Main Cropping Systems
Kharif
Rabi
Summer
Paddy
Nil
Nil
6.
Cotton + red gram
Nil
Nil
Cotton +Eucalyptus
Nil
Nil
Tomato
Nil
Nil
Chillies
Nil
Nil
7.
Cropping Intensity (%)
93.89
8.
Soil Types
8.1
Black soils
In low lands (Details of % to be collected)
8.2
Red soils
Sandy, with stones and small pebbles in upland areas
8.3
Others (specify)
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9.
Source of Irrigation
9.1
Open wells (No. and % of total cultivable area)
76, 12 wells are occasionally used to give life saving irrigation to about 31 ha (3.1%) using diesel pump-sets
9.2
Tube wells (No. and % of total cultivable area)
17, presently not used for irrigation due to unavailability of electricity connections
9.3
Canals (% of total cultivable area)
Nil
9.4
Tanks (No. and % of total cultivable area)
2 Tanks - 42.8 ha, 4.4%
9.5
Others (specify)
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10.
Farm Machinery
10.1
Tractors (No.)
Nil
10.2
Power tillers (No.)
Nil
10.3
Planters (No.)
Nil
10.4
Combined harvesters (No.)
Nil
10.5
Sprayers (No.)
36
10.6
Others (specify)
Indiscriminate use of pesticides is observed in cotton crop; ITC and Forest department as a part of VSS activity promote Plantation of eucalyptus in some parts of podu land.
11.
Livestock Population (No.)
11.1
Buffaloes
69
11.2
Cows/Bulls
496 cows and 487 bulls In most cases cows are also used for tilling the land, which are less costly
11.3
Sheep
110
11.4
Goats
444
11.5
Poultry
1941
11.6
Pigs
Nil
11.7
Others (specify)
Veterinary hospital is in Aswapuram
12.
Village Infrastructure (No.)
12.1
Schools
8 schools (including 2 high schools)
12.2
Drinking water supply
Safe drinking water schemes with over-head tanks and public taps are there in 6 villages
12.3
No. of telephones
Box coin phones 13
12.4
Mobile network service provider (BSNL/Airtel/Reliance etc).
Airtel BSNL
12.5
Grameena vidya vikas kendras
Nil
12.6
Anganwadi kendras
6 centres
12.7
Health center
In Aswapuram 15 km away
12.8
Farm input shops
In Aswapuram and Burgampad
12.9
Branch post office
At Mondikunta
12.10 Grameena bank
At Aswapuram
12.11 Bus connectivity (Yes/No)
No
12.12 Others (specify)
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13.
Village Groups (No.)
13.1
DWACRA
44 groups, only for women having 440 members, 5 VOs (under IKP program) have been actively functioning
13.2
CMEY
Nil
13.3
RMGs
4, only for men farmers
13.4
CIGs
Nil
13.5
UGs
Nil
13.6
Others (specify)
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14.
Other On-going Programmes (give a list of all other on-going programmes with its focus) Name of the programme
Focus area
Since when
14.1
Indiramma
Housing
March 2006
14.2
National Employment Guarantee Scheme
Road work, farm works April 2005
15.
Name and Contact Address of the Co-PI/Cluster Coordinator at the site (phone, email etc.)
R.V.Rama Mohan Project Coordinator (NRM program) and Co-PI Centre for World Solidarity, Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh Ph: +91 40 27018257, 27014300, 27007906, TeleFax: 27005243 Mobile: +91 9440194866 e-mail:
[email protected],
[email protected] D.Srinivasa Reddy Programme Officer (NAIP)
[email protected] Mobile: +91-9963699805
