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District Profile

Chittorgarh district is situated in south-east part of Rajasthan and covers a geographical area of about 7.50 lakh hectares. Agro-ecologically the district has been part of Zone-IVA –Sub-humid southern plain & Aravali hill zone. The average annual rainfall of the district is 852 mm. The soils of the district are grey brown loam, medium black, moderately deep and medium to heavy in texture. The major crops of the district are maize, soybean, groundnut, sorghum, cotton and blackgram in Kharif and wheat, mustard, gram, barley and opium in rabi season. Very small area is used for cultivation of fruits (1350 ha) and vegetables (621 ha). Looking to the environmental conditions and suitability of soil, some part of the land may be diverted for cultivation of medicinal crops like safed musli, ashwagandha, ajwan, isabgoal, fenugreek etc.

 

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

 

S.N. Farming System/Enterprise
1 Crop Production
2 Crop Production+ Orchard + Vegetable cultivation
3 Crop Production +Animal Husbandry

 

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & Major Agro Ecological Situations (Based on Soil and Topography)

 

S.N. Agro-climatic Zone Characteristics
1 Zone IV A
Sub – humid southern & Plain Aravalli Hills
  • Rainfed, medium texture, moderately deep to deep plain.
  • Rainfed, Heavy Texture deep to vary deep plain.
  • Irrigated, Medium to heavy texture deep to vary deep plain.
2 Zone –IV B
Humid southern plain
  • Grey Brown Loam, Medium Rainfall, High Elevation.
  • Medium Black soil, Medium Rainfall, High Elevation .
  • Rocky Irrigated Sloppy Soil .
  • Forest.

 

Soil Types

 

S.N. Soil Type Characteristics Area in ha
1 Red Loam, Black Soil, Brown Soil, Yellowish Brown Soil, Foot Hills, Alluvial Soils Coarse to fine loamy, Mixed Hyperthermic, Calcareous, Moisture Moves through the soil into deeper layers  
2 Brown Soil, Red and Yellow Soils of Foot Hills Fine loamy / Course loamy, Rock outcrops and plains are having deep to very deep soils  
3 Black Soils Deep to very deep, well drained fine soils with weakly expressed slicken sides on nearly level plains Very dark grayish brown, Moderately well drained calcareous fine soils affected by ravine formation  

 

Area, Production and Productivity of Major Crops Cultivated in the District

 

S.N. Crop Area (ha) Production (Qtl) Productivity (Qtl /ha)
1 Maize 123933 2792650 2253
2 Sorghum 10456 100510 961
3 G. Nut 16654 153080 919
4 Soybean 92792 796370 858
5 Sesame 4439 6990 157
6 Urd 4719 11570 245
7 Green Gram 384 1470 383
8 Cluster Bean 10842 96190 887
9 Sugarcane 1034 1088140 105236
10 Cotton 17855 624990 595
11 Wheat 123946 4992580 4028
12 Barley 8037 27196 3384
13 Gram 6717 91800 1367
14 Mustard 59290 83918 1415
1 5 Taramira 1725 10860 630