District Profile

Major Farming Systems / Enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S.N. Farming System / Enterprise
1 Agriculture + Animal Husbandry
2 Agriculture + Animal Husbandry + Horticulture

 

Description of Agro-Climatic Zone & Major Agro Ecological Situations (based on soil and topography)

 

S.N. Agro-Climatic Zone Characteristics
1 North Western Plain Zone Sub humid to subtropical climate, maximum and minimum temperature 43 oC and 3 oC respectively with average rainfall is about 750 mm.
S.N. Agro Ecological Situation Characteristics
1 AES – I Sandy loam to loam soils, Normal PH, Good quality irrigation water, Canal/Tube-well irrigation
2 AES – II Sandy loam to loam soils, Normal PH, Good quality irrigation water, Slightly undulated and unleveled soils

 

Soil Type's

 

S.N. Soil Type Characteristics Area in ha
1 Sandy loam to loam with normal pH The soils have enough clay to store adequate amounts of water and plant nutrients for optimum plant growth, containing appropriate ratio of sand, silt and clay. Percent of clay content is not as much as to cause poor aeration or to make the working difficult. The soil of the district is containing 7 to 27% clay and approximately equal amount of silt and sand and it has been designated as loam textured soil. 110065

 

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

 

S.N. Crop Area (ha) Production (Qtl) Productivity (Qtl /ha)
1 Rice 3279 75940 23.16
2 Urd 361 1940 5.37
3 Moong 06 20 3.33
4 Arhar 930 7930 8.53
5 Wheat 51320 1827505 35.61
6 Total Pulses (Rabi) 280 2629 9.39
7 Total Oil Seeds (Rabi) 1980 23385 13.92
8 Sugarcane 76047 49050315 773.04
9 Jawar (Grain) 50 402 8.05
10 Maize 24 530 22.08

Source : Statistical magazine, Baghpat 2013

 

Weather Data : April 2014 to March 2015 Weather Data of Baghpat (U.P.) Location

 

S.N. Month Temperature Relative Humidity Av. Wind Speed Total Rainfall Avg. Rainfall Total No. of Rainy Days
1 April, 2014 Max. : 39.40
Min. : 19.89
Max. : 66.70
Min. : 15.80
3.03 0.00 0.00 0
2 May, 2014 Max. : 38.67
Min. : 22.00
Max. : 79.10
Min. : 23.94
4.72 57.25 1.85 7
3 June, 2014 Max. : 40.95
Min. : 26.07
Max. : 77.36
Min. : 30.03
4.19 71.50 2.38 7
4 July, 2014 Max. : 37.54
Min. : 26.53
Max. : 91.60
Min. : 46.60
4.75 56.50 0.72 5
5 August, 2014 Max. : 36.00
Min. : 26.14
Max. : 96.80
Min. : 56.80
4.08 16.75 0.54 2
6 September, 2014 Max. : 34.68
Min. : 23.65
Max. : 95.57
Min. : 50.75
3.63 80.50 2.87 4
7 October, 2014 Max. : 33.60
Min. : 18.45
Max. : 94.70
Min. : 34.74
2.61 0.25 0.01 1
8 November, 2014 Max. : 29.60
Min. : 11.40
Max. : 87.30
Min. : 27.00
2.15 0.00 0.00 0
9 December, 2014 Max. : 19.6
Min. : 6.3
Max. : 88.0
Min. : 46.5
2.6 0.75 0.00 0
10 January, 2015 Max. : 17.2
Min. : 8.1
Max. : 100.0
Min. : 75.8
3.8 7.0 0.20 5
11 February, 2015 Max. : 24.9
Min. : 10.31
Max. : 100
Min. : 27.21
4.2 11.75 0.41 5
12 March, 2015 Max. : 27.34
Min. : 13.53
Max. : 98.8
Min. : 21.20
4.32 75.5 2.52 4

 

Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

 

Category Population Production Productivity
Cattle 14332 150486 lit./day 10.5 lit./day
Crossbred Cows      
Indigenous Cows 21538 139997 lit./day 6.5 lit./day
Buffalo 139763 838578 lit./day 6.0 lit./day
Sheep      
Crossbred 3782    
Indigenous 2924    
Goats 22660    
Pigs      
Crossbred 5866    
Indigenous 16083    
Poultry      
Hens      
Desi 3446    
Improved 41157    
Turkey and Others 2358    
Fish      
Inland 53.843 Ha. 1615.99 Q 30 Q/ Ha.