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PIA: DWDU, Amreli
Shedubhar cluster is located about 10-12 Km away from Amreli (District Headquarter). The project area is with high temperature and
average rainfall. The geographical area of the Shedubhar cluster is 6786 Ha of which 5271 Ha will be treated. Soil of this land is about Black
and Medium Black and its texture is clay loam to clay. Amreli District is comes under South Saurashtra Agro Climatic Zone.
Table no. 8: Land use pattern
The net geographical area is 6786 Ha of which only 620 Ha is under agriculture and 5220 Ha is under Rainfed. Area is not much sloppy so
there is no water logging in this area. Main crop in this area is cotton and they take this only in Monsoon and those who have well and bore
they saw only wheat and groundnut. Soil depth is about 25 t o75 cm.
S. No.
Names of
villages
Geographical
Area of the
village
Forest
Area
Land under
agricultural use
Rainfed
area
Permanent
pastures
Cultivable
Wasteland
Noncultivable
1 Shedubhar 2501 0 206 1852 291 0 152
2 Haripura 1095 0 103 928 64 0 0
3 Mota Machiyala 1170 0 135 856 169 0 0
4 Nana Machiyala 1476 0 126 1137 213 0 0
5 Timba 314 0 28 251 12 0 23
6 Suragpura 230 0 22 196 7 0 5
6786 0 620 5220 756 0 180
Table no. 9: Soil type and topography
S. No.
Agro-climatic zone
Names of the
Major soil types
Area in ha
covers project area
villages
a) Type b) Area in ha
1
2501 Shedubhar
2501
2 1095 Haripura 1095
3 1170 Mota Machiyala Black and Medium 1170
South Saurashtra
4 1476 Nana Machiyala Black
1476
5 314 Timba 314
6 230 Suragpura 230
Topography
Flat
District Watershed Development Unit, Amreli 17