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Table 4.6: Characteristics <strong>of</strong> sample farm households in Peechi Irrigation
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Characteristics Head Middle Tail Total
Total sample (No.) 50 45 20 115
Wet area (acres) 32.24 27.5 12.48 72.22
Dry area (acres) ! 70.84 40.88 15.83 127.55
Total area (acres) 103.08 68.38 28.31 199.77
Effective paddy area (%) 60.73 57.60 45.99 56.99
Share <strong>of</strong> rubber area (%) Nil Nil 62.88 8.91
Rubber area holders (%) Nil Nil 80.00 13.91
Average holding size (acres) 2.06 1.52 1.42 1.74
A veral!e paddv area (acres) 0.63 0.79 0.96 0.72
A veral!c rubber area (acres) Nil Nil 1. 11 1.11
Paddy leased out (%) Nil 21.60 38.30 14.84
Paddy converted (%) 22.92 20.8 25.47 23.06
The average size <strong>of</strong> the operational holdings across the size classes and
also locations in each <strong>of</strong> the irrigation project is presented in table 4.7.
Table 4.7: Location-wise average holding size in the command areas
i Size class I Kallada Irri!!ation Project
Peechi Irri!!ation Project
(acres) I Head Middle Tail Head Middle Tail
Below 0.5 0.26 0.46 0.55 0.43 0.38 0.48
0.5 to I 0.76 0.71 0.86 0.81 0.78 0.76
I to 2 I 1.86 1.78 1.65 1.50 1.73 1.91
2 to -l 3.34 3.72 3.59 3.20 3.76 3.84
Above -I 6.65 I 1 .3 1 6.78 7.52 4.25 5.36
Total 2.12 2.65 2.18 2.06 1.52 1.42
The average size <strong>of</strong> holding in the class <strong>of</strong> below 0.5 acres in the Kallada
irrigation project is only 0.26 acres in the head reaches, followed by 0.46 in the
middle and 0.55 acres in the tail end. The average size <strong>of</strong> holding in this group is
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highest 3t 0.48 acres in the tail reaches <strong>of</strong> Peechi eomp3red to 0.43 acres in
the: h~ad
and 0.38 3cres in the: middle. In the size group <strong>of</strong> 0.5 to I acres, the