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Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

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S.<br />

No<br />

Zone<br />

2. Zone B<br />

1000-<br />

1500m<br />

3. Zone C<br />

1500-<br />

2400m<br />

4. Zone D<br />

>2400<br />

m<br />

Farming<br />

situation<br />

Mid hills south<br />

aspect<br />

(1000-1500 m<br />

High hills<br />

(1500-2400<br />

m)<br />

Very high hills<br />

Soil<br />

Sandy<br />

loam<br />

Red to<br />

dark<br />

Red to<br />

dark<br />

Black<br />

clay<br />

Rainfall<br />

(mm/<br />

year)<br />

1200-<br />

1300<br />

1200-<br />

2500<br />

Districts<br />

Champawat, Nainital,<br />

Almora, Dehradun,<br />

Tehri Garhwal,<br />

Bageshwar<br />

Pithoragarh, Almora,<br />

Chamoli,<br />

Bageshwar<br />

1300 Pithoragarh, Chamoli,<br />

Uttarkashi<br />

Principal farm produces and<br />

Livestock<br />

Rice, finger millet, wheat,<br />

potato, tomato, peas, Cole<br />

crops, pulses, peach & plums.<br />

Livestock: Cattle, sheep & goat<br />

Amaranth, finger millet, Frenchbeans,<br />

Cole crops, potato, peas,<br />

peaches, plums, pear, apple,<br />

stone<br />

fruits.<br />

Livestock: Cattle, sheep and<br />

goat,<br />

Amaranth, buckwheat, peas,<br />

Cole crops, apple and potato.<br />

Livestock: Sheep, goat<br />

Agro Climatic Zones<br />

<strong>Uttarakhand</strong> State is divided into two agro climatic zones only i.e. the hills and plains.<br />

The rainfall distribution in the various districts is given in (Annexure Table 2.3.) as seen<br />

by the land use data <strong>of</strong> <strong>Uttarakhand</strong> 64% <strong>of</strong> the land area <strong>of</strong> <strong>Uttarakhand</strong> is under forest<br />

cover and about 14% area is under agriculture.<br />

Exhibit -2-I<br />

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