District Profile

Details of District (2017-18)

Major Farming Systems/Enterprises (Based on the analysis made by the KVK)

 

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

 

 

Soil Type/s

 

 

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

 

 

Weather Data

 

Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

Source – Department of Animal Science, Hanumangarh

 

 

Source – Department of Animal Science, Hanumangarh

Source – Department of Fisheries, Hanumangarh

 

 

 

The Hanumangarh district was formed on 12.7.1994 from earlir Ganganagar district as 31st district of Rajasthan state. Seven tehsils of Ganganagar districts of Bikaner division viz. Sangaria, Tibi, Hanumangarh, Pilibanga, Rawatsar, Nohar and Bhadra were included into the newly created district of Hanumangarh. The district headquarter Hanumangarh is situated on the bank of Ghaggar River which is the present form of the last mythological river Saraswati. Ghaggar River, which is called as ‘Nali’ in local dialect divides the district headquarter into two parts. In the north of Ghaggar River, Hanumangarh Town and in the south the habitation of Hanumangarh Junction is situated.

 

 

 

According to the 2011 census Hanumangarh district has a population of 1,774,692 roughly equal to the nation of The Gambiao or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 269th in India (out of a total of 640). Hanumangarh is one of the highest per capita income earning district in India.

District Hanumangarh comes under agro climatic Zone Ib (Irrigated North-Western plains) of Rajasthan. It lies between 290 5’ N to 300 6’ N latitude and 740 3’ to 750 3’ longitudes.

It is bounded on the North by Punjab, on the South by Bikaner and Churu, on the East by Haryana and on the West by Sri Ganganagar. In Hanumangarh District, we find hot summer, cool winter , unreliable rainfall and great variation in the temparature. The rainfall mostly restricted to rainy season. The monsoon normally comes in the first week of the July and recedes in the last week of September.

The district has a population density of 184 inhabitants per square kilometre (480/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 16.91%.Hanumangarh has a sex ratio of 906 females for every 1000 males.

 

 

Tehsil wise Geographical Area (ha)

 

Near about 18000 hectare area in the district (Rawatsar and Tibbi Tehsil) suffering from water lodging conditions in canal command area due to high irrigation water supply and gypsum/hardy layer in sub soils. In this area, hard layer is not permitting percolation of water in sub soils. So ground water table rise upward and create a water lodging condition.

The district has major problem like soil erosion and low fertility status, low availability of ground water with poor quality. Threats of short /long drought spells due to untimely, inadequate and uneven distribution of rainfall, low production level of dairy animals due to poor livestock management, presence of Calcium Carbonate in sub soil, low organic matter,insect pest and disease problems.

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