Authors : Kalpana Deshmukh and Rajani Desmukh
Page Nos : 53-57
Description :
Agriculture is still a dominant occupation in all the districts of Maharashtra State; Nagpur district is not an exceptional case in part of Vidarbha region of the State. The economic social and cultural life of the district is greatly influenced by agriculture. Considering its geo-environmental condition, Nagpur district can be divided into following physiographic units: i) the Ramtek upland on the north which is occupied by the off shoots of Satpura ranges, and ii) Nagpur plain which is formed by the valley of Kanhan and its tributaries. The general height of this low area is about 250 m MSL. Most part of the district Is covered by black cotton soil. The district experiences hot-dry summers, warm-wet rainy season and relatively cold winters. This geo-environmental condition is largely responsible for the agricultural development in the district. In Wardha-Wainganga basin, Nagpur plain is the most important and economically the most developed sub-region. Agricultural conditions are reasonably developed here. Considering crops, jowar retains its importance as the first crop, but wheat appears as an important cereal and pulses are uniformly noticeable. The orange cultivation of Vidarbha region, which famous all over the country is highly concentrated in Nagpur district. It has more than 17,000 acres under orange, which is more than 50 per cent, the total orange area in Vidarbha. This peculiar agricultural scenario with its socio-economic of the district is landscape dominated by the geo-environment of the area. This part has motivated in selecting Nagpur district for the study. For present study different resources thematic maps have been integrated using GIS techniques and tahsilwise geo-environmental group in the district have been devised. In the district three groups are found i.e. good, medium and poor. Most of the tahsils i.e. 50% are medium group where 25% tahsils are in good and poor geo-environmental group. These geo-environmental groups has been co-related and studied with agriculture activities and socio-economic status. From this study it has been observed that tahsils in good geo-environmental group having good agricultural activities and socio-economic situation, where as tahsils in poor environmental groups have poor agriculture and socio-economic set up.
In this case study an attempt has been made to describe and to analyse the above results.
Keywords: Geo-Environment, Geographical Information System, Integrated analysis.
