Spatial Evaluation of Land Utilization Patrapathra village, Bilaspur district (C.G.)

 

Uma Gole

School of Studies in Geography, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (CG) India

 

INTRODUCTION:

Land use analysis is an important aspect of agricultural geographic studies. Land is a basic natural resource, on which every type of social, economic and cultural activities depends. The land becomes an important resource in the context of human need. In this condition land use pattern plays an important role in the solution of socio-economic problems and in the regional development. Spatial evaluation of land utilization is paying considerable attention for planning and management at local level. The planning and management of land use practices will improve the resources of agricultural products, Due to increasing population and sprawling urban development, land is not completely used for agricultural practices. Even in the good fertile land low profitable crops are cultivated. It shows improper utilization of good quality of land. Keeping all in view, an endeavor has been made to evaluate the land utilization spatially at local level.

 

OBJECTIVE:

The main objectives of this paper are as follows:

1-      To find out the land utilization pattern of the Patrapathra village in 2006-07.

2-      To find out the cropping pattern of the village in 2006-07.

 

STUDY AREA:

The study region is located at 22º25’52”N.Latitude and 82º02’45”E.Longitide. The Patrapathra is located in the northern part of Bilaspur district, distant 40-45 km from Kota tehsil. The total geographical area of the village is 427.46 hectares out of which 246.20 hectares area is under cultivation i.e.57.60% of the total geographical area. The population according to the 2001 census is 1095 persons. The 1.40% and 39.40% of total population belong to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes communities respectively. Being a plain land, it is main paddy growing region of this area. The soil is basically BHATA (sandy loamy soil) and MATASI (Yellow and white loamy soil).

 

METHODOLOGY:

The study is based on secondary data which is collected village map and village register from kota tehsil office and village Patwari of Bilaspur district. The data is represented with suitable statistical techniques and cartographic method (bar diagram, pie diagram, map etc.)

 

Land Utilization pattern

Modern man is no doubt a dynamic entity utilizing natral endowment of earth’s surface in multiple ways, giving rise thereby  to geographic dissimilarities of human activities which very from place to place, with peoples and in time perspectives. Land may be regarded as a basic resource, as space, as surface and room, within and upon which human activates are carried on and it is indisputably the mean of all types of productions.

 

Land utilization pattern of patrapathra village

Located on Kota tehsil Patrapathra village of middle mountainous region covers an area of about 427.46 hectares. The village has a rolling uneven topographic characteristic of this part of the tehsil. The soils here are mostly Matasi and Bhata. This village has scattered settlement pattern. This village shows one river, one burial ground and one metal led road.


Table No.1: Village Patrapathra: Land Utilization (2006-07)

SL. No.

Major Land use categories

Area in Hects.

Percent    to total Geographical area

1.

Land not available for cultivation.

(a) Land put to non agricultural uses.

(b) Barren and uncultivable land.

8.00

6.00

2.00

1.87

1.40

0.47

2.

Other uncultivated land excluding fallow land

(a) Permanent pasture and other grazing land

(b) Miscellaneous trees crop and groves

(c) Cultivable wastes

42.44

10.04

12.40

20.00

9.93

2.35

2.90

4.68

3.

Fallow Land

(a) Old fallow

(b) Current fallow

22.82

18.80

4.02

5.34

4.40

0.94

4.

Forest

108.00

25.27

5.

Net sown area

246.20

57.60

 

Total Geographical area

427.46

100.00

Source: village patwari, 2006-07.

 

Table No.2: Village Patrapathra: Kharif Crops (2006-07)

SL. No.

Name of the crops

Area of crops land (hects.)

Percentage to total crops areas

1.

Paddy

224.32

91.86

2.

Urad

3.84

1.56

3.

Maize

4.24

1.74

4.

Kodo

2.93

1.20

5.

Vegetable

8.82

3.61

 

Total

224.20

100.00

Source: Village Patwari, 2006.07

 


 

Table No.-1 shows, 246.20 hectares with 57.60 percent net sown area highly concentrated on village forest 108.00 hectares with 25.27 percent. Fallow land is 22.82 hectares with 5.34 percent, old fallow 18.80 hectares with 4.40 percent and current fallow 4.02 hectares with 0.94 percent. The other uncultivated land excluding fallow land is 42.44 hectares with 9.93 percent under permanent pasture and other grazing land 2.35 percent.

 

Miscellaneous trees and groves is 2.90 percent and the cultivable waste is 4.68 percent. In this village, land not available for cultivation is 8.00 hectares with 1.87 percent, land put to non agricultural uses is 1.40 percent and Barren and uncultivable land is 0.47 percent. So, the maximum land area is used for agriculture purpose with single and double crops.

 


Table No.-3: Village Patrapathra: Rabi Crops (2006-07)

SL. No.

Name of the crops

Area of crops land (hects.)

Percentage to total crops areas

1.

Wheat

22.40

25.23

2.

Paddy

17.24

19.41

3.

Maize

4.00

4.50

4.

Urad

4.00

4.50

5.

Gram

8.20

9.23

6.

Peas

9.08

10.23

7.

Tiwra

7.00

7.88

8.

Groundnut

4.88

5.50

9.

Vegetables

12.00

13.51

 

Total

88.80

100.00

Source: Village Patwari, 2006.07

 

 


Agricultural Land Utilization:

The study of agricultural land utilization deals with the closely interwoven relationship between man as a socio-cultural being and the land as an exhaustible resource provided by nature. The level of land resource utilization clearly reveals population pressure on available land and the prosperity of an area. Present agricultural population puts pressure on limited land. Agricultural crops land use is an important aspect of geographic studies particularly relevant to agricultural geography.

 

Agricultural Land use of Kharif crops:

The total Net sown area in Patrapathra village (Kota block) is 246.20 hectares. The total Kharif corps area is 244.20 hectares. Paddy 91.86 percent is the main crop in Kharif season. The Urad cultivation is 1.59 percent, Maize 1.74 percent, kodo 1.20 percent and vegetable 3.61 percent. In this village 96.39 percent land cultivates cereals and other crops cultivated area is 3.61 percent.

 

Agricultural Land use of Rabi crops

In this village the total Rabi cultivated land is 88.00 hectares. In Rabi season highest production is of cereals 49.14% (Wheat- 25.23%, Paddy-19.41%, Maize-4.5%).

 

This village uses 31.84 % land for pulses purpose (Peas-10.23%, Gram-9.23%, Tiwra-7.88, Urad-4.50 %). This village uses 5.50% land for oilseeds purpose (Mainly groundnut 5.50%). And 13.51% land is used for other crops purpose, mainly vegetables (13.51%). So, this village uses land mainly for cereal purpose in Rabi season.

 

CONCLUSION:

The study reveals that high percentage of land is under crops. The most of area of village is utilized for net sown area. In Kharif season, paddy is the main cereal crops which cover the maximum area as Barren and uncultivable land and other crops are negligible. In Rabi season wheat is the first crop in cereals covering the maximum area.

 

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Received on 30.09.2009

Accepted on 14.02.2010     

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