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District Agriculture Plan – Kanyakumari District 11Table 2.2. Contd…(Area in hectares)S.No.Classification 2004-05 2005-06 2006-077 Current Fallow 2,457(1.47)1,433(0.86) -8 Other fallow lands 1,828(1.09)1,536(0.92) -9 Net Area Sown 78,536(46.97)79,323(47.44)80,218(47.98)10 Area sown more than once 13,877(8.30)12,484(7.47)12,335(7.38)11 Gross Area Sown 92,413(55.27)91,807(54.91)92,553(55.35)12 Total Geographical Area 1,67,200(100.00)1,67,200(100.00)1,67,200(100.00)Source: Records of the Office of the Joint Director of Agriculture, Kanyakumari2.2.5. Irrigation and Ground WaterDistrict is endowed with five rivers and six dams constructed across them. Therivers are Thamiraparani, Pazhayar, Valliar, Ponniavaikal and Paralizar. The majorriver in the district is Thambaraparani, locally known as Kuzhithuraiar. This river has gottwo major distributaries viz., Kodayar and Paralayar. There are many distributaries forKodayar river of which Chittar I and Chittar II are the major ones. The origin ofTambaraparani River is Western Ghats and the river confluences with Arabian sea nearThengapattanam. The dams in the district are Pandiyan Dam, Puthen Dam, PechipparaiDam, Perunchani Dam, Chittar Dam – I and Chittar Dam – II. Of these, Pechipparaiis the high volume (4450 Mcft) storage dam and Perunchani is significantly larger withthe storage capacity of 2890 Mcft. There are other low volume storage dams namelyChittar I, II and Poigai and the details of the capacity of the dams are furnished in Table.2.3.