Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District
Table 2.11. Flood Prone Gram Panchayats
Blocks No. of GPs Blocks No. of GPs
Bahanaga 8 Khaira -
Balasore Sadar 10 Nilgiri 5
Baliapal 14 Oupada -
Basta 11 Remuna 12
Bhograi 14 Simulia 2
Jaleswar 13 Soro 4
Total 93 - -
Source: District Disaster Management Plan, 2009-10
Most important impact of these natural calamities is loss of crop, one of the main sources of
livelihood of rural masses of the district. Almost every year major number of villages suffers
crop loss of 50% and above, as a result farmers are rarely interested to take up commercial
cultivation of crops adopting improved technologies.
Table 2.12. Year wise number of villages having crop loss of 50% and above in Kharif
season due to natural calamities (Balasore)
Year
Nos. affected
Blocks Villages
% to total number of
blocks in the district
% to total number of
villages in the district
1999 9 1733 75.00 58.33
2000 2 9 16.67 0.30
2001 0 0 0.00 0.00
2002 12 2586 100.00 87.04
2005 5 508 41.67 17.10
2006 12 995 100.00 33.49
2007 12 2141 100.00 72.06
Source: Orissa Agricultural Statistics, 2008-09
Blocks
Table 2.13. Cyclone/Flood Shelters established in the district
No. of Multi
Purpose Cyclone
Shelters/Flood
Shelters
Other
Cyclone
Shelters
Total Blocks
No. of Multi
Purpose Cyclone
Shelters/Flood
Shelters
Other
Cyclone
Shelters
Bahanaga 5 25 30 Khaira - 9 9
Balasore
Sadar
4 51 55 Nilgiri - 6 6
Baliapal 11 14 25 Oupada - 2 2
Basta - 0 Remuna 4 16 20
Bhograi 8 15 23 Simulia - 9 9
Jaleswar - 2 2 Soro 1 34 35
Total 33 183 216 - - - -
Source: District Disaster Management Plan, 2009-10
Land Utilization Pattern:
The land use pattern of the district varies with that of state. Very less area is under forest
coverage limited mainly to Nilgiri and Oupada Blocks. Due to plain terrain and lack of hills
and forests, major chunk of the land is cultivated, i.e., under net area sown (61.42%) (Table
2.14).
Table 2.14. Land Utilization Statistics of Balasore vis-à-vis Orissa (2008-09)
Land use type
Balasore
Area (000ha) %
Orissa
Area (000ha) %
Forest 33 8.66 5813 37.33
Miscellaneous tree crops and grooves 25 6.56 342 2.20
Permanent pastures 16 4.20 494 3.17
Cultivable waste 9 2.36 375 2.41
Land under Non-agril. uses 33 8.66 1298 8.34
Barren & uncultivable land 10 2.62 840 5.39
Current Fallows 34 8.92 576 3.70
Other Fallows 5 1.31 229 1.47
Net sown area 216 56.69 5604 35.99
Total Geographical area
Source : Orissa Agricultural Statistics, 2008-09
381 100.00 15571 100.00
TSI: NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) 23
Total