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    The document discusses land characteristics and farming practices in Palampur, including that land area under cultivation is fixed, the standard units for measuring land, key crops and their durations, uses of electricity in irrigation and businesses, irrigation status in India, and ways to increase production including multiple cropping and modern farming methods.

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    The document discusses land characteristics and farming practices in Palampur, including that land area under cultivation is fixed, the standard units for measuring land, key crops and their durations, uses of electricity in irrigation and businesses, irrigation status in India, and ways to increase production including multiple cropping and modern farming methods.

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    Characteristics of land:

    • Land is a free gift of nature.


    • It is fixed.
    • It has processing costs.
    • Land is immobile.
    • It is heterogeneous.
    • It has alternative uses.
    Farming is the main production activity in
    Palampur
    Land area under cultivation is practically fixed.
    Since 1960 in Palampur, there has been no
    expansion in land area under cultivation.
    By then, some of the wastelands in the village
    had been converted to cultivable land. There
    exists no further scope to increase farm
    production by bringing new land under
    cultivation.
    The standard unit of measuring land is hectare,
    local units such as bigha, guintha etc.
    FACTS
    1 Acre = 40 Guinthas

    1 Guintha = 1089 Sq. Feet


    1 Hectare = 2.47 Acre
    1 Bigha = 20 Kathah = 14,400 square feet =
    1320 square meter (approx)
    1 Acre =3.0245 Bigha
    1 kathah is equal to 4 decimal

    1 Kattah= 1361 Sq.Feet/20 dhur


    Bigha is a traditional unit of measuring
    land in countries like
    India, Nepal, Bangladesh.

    Bigha is used as a land measuring unit in


    a number states of India including
    Uttarakhand , Haryana, Himachal
    Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
    Pradesh, Bihar, West
    Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, and Rajasthan.

    Its sub unit is 'Biswa' (or Bisa) or 'Katha'


    A bigha may have 5 to 20 biswa in different
    regions.
    Cultivated Area (in Million Hectares)
    180
    160 157 156 156 156 156 155
    140
    120 129
    100
    80
    60
    40
    20
    0

    1950-51 1990-91 2000-01 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15


    CROP Duration Food Used
    Grains
    Kharif Rainy Jowar, Cattle feed
    season Bajra
    and Rice
    Zaid October to Potato Third crop
    December
    Rabi Winter Wheat for the family’s consumption
    and sell the surplus wheat at
    season the market

    Sugarcane is harvested once every year.


    Uses of Electricity

    The spread of electricity has helped the farmers


    of Palampur village in the following ways :
    i) Electricity has transformed the system of
    irrigation.
    (ii) Electricity is used to run tube wells in the
    fields. By mid-1970s the entire cultivated area of 200
    hectares (ha.) was irrigated. The Persian wheels are
    being replaced by tube wells.
    (iii) Electricity is also used to run small
    businesses. For example, sugarcane crushing
    machine.
    Irrigation status
     Not all villages in India have
    such high levels of irrigation.
     Apart from the riverine plains,
    coastal regions in our country
    are well-irrigated.
     In contrast, plateau regions
    such as the Deccan plateau
    have low levels of irrigation.
     Of the total cultivated area in
    the country a little less than
    40 per cent is irrigated(man
    made ) even today.
     In the remaining areas,
    40%
    farming is largely dependent area is
    on rainfall. irrigated
    Ways to increase production from the
    same land
    Multiple Cropping Modern Farming methods
     To grow more than one a) Multiple Cropping
    crop on a piece of land
    during the year is known
    as multiple cropping.
     It is the most common
    way of increasing
    production on a given
    piece of land.
     All farmers in Palampur
    grow at least two main
    crops.
     Many are growing
    potato as the third crop
    in the past fifteen to
    twenty years.
    b) Modern farming
    Modern methods of farming
    relate to a particular of
    agricultural production
    consisting of high capital
    inputs, manpower, the
    heavy use of farm
    equipment including
    threshers, winnowing
    machine, harvesters, the
    heavy use of technology
    like selective breeding,
    insecticides, chemical
    fertilizers and pesticides.
    Modern Farming Methods Traditional Farming

    • Use of High Yielding Variety • Use of Traditional Seeds


    Seeds (HYV)
    • Needs irrigation facilities • Dependent on rainfall
    • Use of Chemical Fertilisers • Use of cow dung and other
    natural manures
    • Use of Modern equipments • Use of traditional tools

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