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RNI. MAHMUL02937/2010/35848<br />
SOCIAL GROWTH<br />
Half yearly<br />
Research Journal<br />
ISSN 2229-6190<br />
Vol. I, Issue : III, Nov. 2011 to April 2012<br />
year 2005-2006 for ten crops in eleven tahsils from Revenue Department, Agriculture<br />
Department and Land Record Office, Satara. This data were converted into percentage.<br />
In order to compute crop ranking ten dominant crops have taken into consideration.<br />
These crops are, namely, jowar, bajra, rice, sugarcane, fodder crops, groundnut, fruits<br />
and vegetables, wheat, kidneybean and gram.<br />
Study Area<br />
Satara district lies in west part in Maharashtra state. It extends from 17º 5´ to 18º<br />
11´ north latitudes and from 73º 33´ to 74º 54´ east longitudes on 10,484.00 square<br />
kilometers area. In term of area, Satara district ranks fifteenth in Maharashtra state. This<br />
district has 2,808,994 persons (2001 Censes). Satara district is bounded by Pune district<br />
in north, Solapur district in east, Sangali district in south, Ratnagiri district in west and<br />
Raigad district in northwest. According to 2001 Census, Satara district consists of eleven<br />
tahasils having 1573 villages. These eleven tahsils are, namely, Satara, Wai, Khandala,<br />
Koregaon, Phaltan, Man (Dahiwadi), Khatav (Vaduj), Karad, Patan, Jaoli (Medha) and<br />
Mahabaleshwar. The Satara district varies in relief, climate and vegetation.<br />
Discussion and Results<br />
First Ranking<br />
Jowar, fodder crop, bajra, sugarcane and rice have identified as first ranking<br />
crops in Satara district. Jowar is identified as first ranking crops in five tahsils occupying<br />
43.05 percent of total area of first rank crop in study area. Jowar belt is concentrated in<br />
north and central parts. Fodder crop as second crop has identified in first ranking crop.<br />
It is concentrated on east and west part in study region on 29.77 percent as first rank<br />
crop. Bajra, rice and sugarcane crops have identified as first rank in study region. Bajra<br />
shows first rank in Khatav tahsil while rice and sugarcane occupies first rank in Patan and<br />
Karad tahsils respectively. Bajra as a first ranking is practiced on 22309 hectares (11.38<br />
percent). While sugarcane is practiced on 19497 hectares (9.94 percent) and rice is<br />
practiced on 11494 hectares (5.86 percent) in study region. Sugarcane appears on<br />
southern part in study region on deep soil along Krishna river. Rice appears on southwest<br />
part in Satara district where rainfall is high and soil is red in colour. Bajra ranks first in<br />
Khatav tahsil laying in southeast parts having less rainfall region and has coarse shallow<br />
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