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1.6 SOIL
The soil of the district are mostly alluvial, black lateritic and red and saline. The texture
is sandy loam or clay loam. Silted soils are available near river banks. The soil reaction is
mostly acidic in all blocks except Patrapur block where the soil is neutral. Available N-P-K are
mostly low, low to medium and low respectively. Soil salinity is found in blocks like
Khalikote, Ganjam, Chatrapur, Rangeilunda and Chikiti.
1.7 FOREST
The District has sizable forest cover with 3149.9 Sq.Kms of forest areas which is 37%
of the total geographical area of the District. It comprises of 3 Forest Divisions i.e. Ghumsur
(North), Ghumsur (South) and Berhampur Division.
The classification with area in Sq. kms. are.
Classification of forest Area in Sq.Kms.
1. Reserve Forest 1485.69
2. Demarcated Protected forest 143.59
3. Un-demarcated Forest 1167.36
4. Un-classified Forest 0.86
5. Other Forest 352.45
Total: 3149.90
Major portion of the forests are located in Sorada, Kodala, Khallikote,
Imana,Karachuli, Buguda, Tarasingi, Gallery, Dholpita and Durga Prasad areas.The main
forest products are timber, bamboo, myrabolin, tamarind, mahua, sal, resin, kenduleave, siali
leaves, sal leaves & neem & karanja seeds.
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