pakistan geographical review 1954 - University of the Punjab

accounts for the greatest acreage with barani following it. Withjn the cultivated
area gravely patches are small.
Th~ distr ibntion of various types of lands on the map shows that the
land unfit for the cultivation is mostly found in the nor th. It has been
rendered useless by submontane deposits. Rakkar which also contains pieces
of stones and pebbles is near it on its southern margin. Maira occupies the
middle zone of the small acreage in south eastern corner. The plain area of the
village is not without slight undulations although the slope is ;ery gradual, the
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middle portion of the village land is slightly higher. Chahi and Hail instead of
encompassing the village site as it usually happens, are found to its south, the
northern area being useless. Barani Awwal predominates. It is found in two
big blocks spreading east-west, one located to the south of the village site and
the other covering the southern parts of the village area. A strip of
Chahi land in the east almost connects the two blocks.
The total area sown for the 5 years ending 1953, is 408, out of a total
of 48l being left for the period, 73 acres being left fallow. The percentage of
fallow land, therefore comes to 15. Double croppmg was practised on 17
acres on an average. It is about 3.5% of the cultivated land. Mostly the
rich and well watered chahi land is double cropped with only small share of
Barani Awwal, Map No.2, showing t he distribution of single cropped and
double cropped land for the year 1952-53, portrays a slightly different picture.
The difference lies in the extent of double cropped land which shows a
departure from the average in a positive direction. The distribution of the
double cropped land is still in keeping with the average conditions that it
mostly coincides with chahi land. There is one patch of double cropped
land in the middle of the map which is on Maira.
The average acreage under crops which were matured is only 379, out of
a total of 424 including double cropped area and the land_ left fallow giving 54
acres of Kharaba crop failure. Though average percentage of Khar aba
is calculated at about 13 which is high may be not too high in view
of the general environmental conditions. On the other hand it rises,
very considerably in bad years. For example in 1952-53 out of a total cropped
area of 444 acres 119 acres turned to be Kharaba giving the percentage to be
as high as 27. It is this phase of the agriculture of Warah which demands a
a serious consideration. It is the out come of a least of variants which await
fuller investigation and appropriate cure. A study of crop failures from year
to year and its comparison with rainfall data show the relationship between
crop susceptibilities and the vagaries of rainfall.
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