District-profile

Basic information of agro climatic zone of operational district - Amreli          

            The district of Amreli falls in North Saurashtra Agro climatic Zone VI. The average rain fall is 580 mm with shallow and medium black as well as saline soil. The district covers geographical area of 736.5 thousand ha. In which cultivable area is 583.8 thousand ha. The major crops are Groundnut, Cotton, Wheat, Sesame, and Bajra(Pearl millet). The Horticultural crops are Mango, Sapota, Citrus, Banana fruit etc. and other crops are Onion, Brinjal, Garlic and Cumin etc.

            The main cultivation depends on rainfall however about 18 % area is under irrigation which generally done by wells, bores and canals but this is instability. The average productivity of the district of most of the crop is less than state average. Area under horticultural crop is very poor and high infertility rates and low productivity of milk animal. 

1	Total geographical area	7,36,500 ha
2	Total cultivable area	5,83,800 ha
3	Total area under forest	44,200 ha
4	Total irrigated area	110,900 ha
5	Average annual rainfall	676 mm (Year-2023)
6	Soil type	Medium black
7	Total no. of villages	615 (8 Urban areas)
9	Total population	15,14,190 (Rural: 11,27,555 Urban: 3,86,635)
10	(a) Male	7,71,049
	(b) Female	7,43,141
11	Literacy Average	74.25
	(a) Male	82.21
	(b) Female	66.09
12	No. of Talukas	11
13	Major crop grown	Cereals: Wheat, Sorghum and Pearl millet
		Pulses: Green gram, Black gram, chickpea
		Oilseeds: Groundnut, Sesame, Castor, Mustard,Soayben
		Commercial: Cotton
14	Live stocks	Total	:	809215
		Cows crossbreed (In milk)	:	9.492kg/day
		Cows crossbreed (dry)	:	1100
		Cows crossbreed (milch)	:	7.570 kg/day
		Cows indigenous (In milk)	:	4.990 kg/day
		Cows indigenous (dry)	:	45400
		Cows indigenous (milch)	:	3.268 kg/day
		Buffaloes (In milk)	:	5.264 kg/day
		Buffaloes (dry)	:	39900
		Buffaloes (Milch)	:	3.521 kg/day
		Goat	:	0.469 kg/day
		Sheep	:	122000
		Poultry	:	8200

 

1.7.1 Details of District Rank & Percentage of Milk Production for the Year 2021-22 in the district

Livestock	Milk Production	State share (in %)
Crossbred cows	3.10	Rank 31 (0.05 %)
Indigenous cow	135.83	Rank 05 (4.73%)
Buffalo	147.39	Rank 24 (1.88 %)
Goats	10.48	Rank 09(3.09 %)
Total	296.8	296.80Tonnes/day Rank 23 (1.77 %)

Source: 39^th issue on estimates of major livestock products for the year 2021-22, Gujarat state.

1.7.2 Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

Sr. No.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (M.T.)	Production in kg
1	Green gram	71.50	73.43	1026.97
2	Tur (Red Gram)	34.43	34.07	989.60
3	Wheat	206.73	790.38	3823.26
4	Gram	1085.10	2041.23	1881.14
5	Groundnut	2032.97	4685.72	2304.86
6	Sesame	225.36	207.50	920.75
7	Castor	6.36	13.71	2155.42
8	Irrigated Cotton (Lint)	3018.49	9590.47	540.13
9	Unirrigated Cotton (Lint)	1824.30	6940.47	646.76
10	Cumin	37.54	33.43	890.51
11	Onion	156.69	5442.24	34732.51
12	Garlic	59.17	428.38	7239.82
13	Bajra	54.37	135.25	2487.57
14	Udad	17.50	13.39	765.23
15	Math	0.82	00.36	440.62
16	Soybean	109.14	177.97	1630.69
17	Sugarcane	0.16	11.36	71000.00
18	Maize	1.35	2.63	1951.35
19	Isabgul	0.34	0.27	806.57

Source: District-wise Area, Production and Yield of Important Food & Non-food Crops in Gujarat State Year: 2021- 22

1.7.3 Area and Production Horticultural crops cultivated in the district

Sr. No.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (M.T.)	Sr. No.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (M.T.)
1	Mango	6804	55521	16	Tomato	2016	46368
2	Sapota	376	2940	17	Cauliflower	459	6197
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