Wetlands Atlas - Ministry of Environment and Forests

7.1.13 Sikar
The district head quarters coordinates are 27 0 62 ’ North latitude and 75 0 15’ East longitudes. The
geographical area of the district is 7732 sq. Km. The average rainfall is 46 cm. The maximum temperature
touches 48 0 whereas the minimum temperature 1 0 C.
Total 433 wetlands are mapped including 370 small wetlands (< 2.25 ha) with 5388 ha area. The Rivers/
streams with 3359 ha. contributed 62.34% to the total wetland area. The Reservoirs/Barrages with 1264ha
(23.46% area) is the second major wetland category, followed by Tanks/Ponds with 369 ha area i.e. 6.85 %.
Thus, the district is dominated by man-made wetlands.
Open water spread of the wetlands is significantly higher in post monsoon (1192 ha) than during pre
monsoon (473 ha), indicating the rainfall dependence of the wetlands in the state. Aquatic vegetation is
during pre monsoon (28 ha) . The qualitative turbidity of water is high in both the seasons.Details of estimates
of wetlands in Sikar are given in Table 18.
Table 18: Area estimates of wetlands in Sikar
Area in ha
Sr.
No.
Wettcode
Wetland Category
Number
of
Wetlands
Total
Wetland
Area
% of
wetland
area
Open Water
Postmonsoon
Area
Premonsoon
Area
1100 Inland Wetlands - Natural
1 1101 Lakes/Ponds - - - - -
2 1102 Ox-bow lakes/ Cut-off meanders - - - - -
3 1103 High altitude wetlands - - - - -
4 1104 Riverine wetlands - - - - -
5 1105 Waterlogged - - - - -
6 1106 River/Stream 18 3359 62.34 8 -
1200 Inland Wetlands -Man-made
7 1201 Reservoirs/Barrages 9 1264 23.46 970 311
8 1202 Tanks/Ponds 35 369 6.85 198 143
9 1203 Waterlogged - - - - -
10 1204 Salt pans 1 26 0.48 16 19
Sub-Total 63 5018 93.13 1192 473
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