irrigation management in dindigul district

1. SOURCE OF IRRIGATED
AREA,CROPPING PATTERN AND
HYDROLOGICAL FEATURES IN
DINDIGUL DISTRICT

3. Geographic coordinates of
district
LATITUDE LONGITUDE ALTIDUDE
1003’ 77015’ 926m

4. RAIN FALL AVERAGE(mm) NORMAL ONSET NORMAL
CESSATION
S.E.MONSOON(june
-sep)
218 1ST WEEK OF
JUNE
1ST WEEK OF
OCT
N.E.MONSOON(oct-
dec)
418 2ND WEEK OF
OCTOBER
1ST WEEK OF
DEC
WINTER(jan-feb) 45
SUMMER(mar-may) 155
ANNUAL 836

6. IRRIGATION:
 NET IRRIGATEDAREA - 99.4
 GROSS IRRIGATED AREA - 105.3
 RAINFED AREA - 139.5

7. SOIL TYPES
 Red Soil,
 Red Sandy Soil
 Black Cotton Soil
 Red soils are prevalent in palani, nattam and
Odanchattiram.
 Red sandy soils are prevalent in Nilakottai,
Dindigul andVedasandur.
 Black soils are found in all taluks except
Kodiakanal

8. Net ground water availability in
block level
Total Ground water level in Dindigul -63422.88
 Aatur 3698.57
 Batlagundu 2789.69
 Dindigul 3230.63
 Guzliamparai 3811.04
 Kodaikanal 5326.35
 Natham 4295.27
 Nilakottai 697813
 Palani 7664.22
 Reddiarchathiram 4469.81
 Sanarpatti 3627.09
 Thoppamampatti 6226.80
 Vadamadurai 3225.63
 Vadasandhur 3406.06
 Oddanchattram 4773.53

9.  - - - - Pumpsets - Micro-irrigation -
Sources of Irrigation Number Area(‘000 ha) % area
Canals 41 5.6 5.5
Tanks 3104 6.5 6.4
Open wells 94088 91.5 83.1
Bore wells 3266 3.7 3.6
Lift irrigation
Other sources 0.96 0.9
Total - 108.7 98.9

10. Geographical distribution of area
The Pulney hills (ofWestern ghat) –Kodaikanal
Taluk
 The hills are divided into two distinct
geographical zones
 The Upper Pulneys.
 The Lower Pulneys

11.  The Lower Pulneys consist of peaks from
1000 to 1500 M height separated from one
another by steep wooded valleys.
 subtropical climate
 maximum temperature - 20 oC to 30 oC,
 minimum of 15 oC to 20 oC.
 The rainfall is around 1455 mm

12.  Nearly, 43 to 46% of the rainfall is received
during the North East monsoon.
 The SouthWest monsoon, summer e showers
and winter season rains account for 25%, 22%
and 5% respectively.
 Soils of the Pulney hills fall under the broad
soil group “Laterite’.

13. Major crops/cropping
pattern/cropping systems
 Under the Lower Pulney hills condition,
coffee is grown as a base crop under multitier
cropping system.
 In this system cash crops like banana, orange,
pepper and chow-chow are mostly grown as
inter crops.

14.  Suggested cropping pattern
 Lower Palani hills – Coffee, Mandarin, Cocoa,
Vanilla, Chowchow,
 Pineapple, French beans, Avocado,
Cardamom, Pepper
 Cut flowers
 Upper Palani hills – Potato, Pear, Peaches,
Plums, Apple Garlic,
 Cabbage, Cauliflower, Ginger

15.  Pineapple is grown in some rocky patches as
single crop or inter crop with banana, orange,
etc.,
 Cardamom was normally grown in reserve
forests earlier, but now in patta lands.

16. Multitier cropping system
 Coffee + banana + orange
 Coffee + orange + silver oak (or) jack (with
pepper)
 Coffee + orange + silver oak
 Coffee + chow chow
 Coffee + orange + chow chow
 Coffee + lime + jack (or) silver oak
 Pine apple + banana
 Pine apple + orange

17. CROPPING PATTERN
 Wet lands
 I Crop : Paddy (Oct – Feb)
II Crop : Paddy (Feb – March)
I Crop : Paddy (Oct – Feb)
II Crop : Pulses (March – May)
Single Crop : Sugarcane / Banana (Dec – Jan)
(June – July

18. GARDEN LANDS
 I Crop : Paddy (Aug – Dec)
II Crop : Millets / Pulses / Groundnut/Vegetables(
Dec, Jan – March)
I Crop : Cotton ( Sept – Feb)
II Crop : Millets / Pulses /Vegetables (Feb –
March)
Single Crop : Sugarcane / Banana (Dec – Jan)
(June – July

19. DRY LAND
 (i) Red soils : Cholam (June – Aug) Cumbu (
Aug – Sept) Groundnut (June – July ) ; Minor
Millets; Horsegram ( Sept – Oct)
(ii) Black soils : Cholam (Sept – Oct); Cotton
(Sept – Oct); Sunflower ( Sept – Oct)

20. DAMS IN DINDIGUL
 Manjalar dam
 Perunai dam
 Marunanadhi dam
 Varadhamanadhi
 Porundhalaru
 Pallar
 Kuthiraiaru
 Parappalar
 Kamarajar sagar
 Kudaganar

21. IMPORTANT RIVERS
 Marudhanadhi,
 Manjalar
 Vaigai
 Shanmuganadhi
 Nangangiar
 Kodavanar

22. • These rivers flow north and
northeastward and join Amaravathi
river which finally confluences with
river Cauvery.
• The southern part of the district falls
underVaigai Sub basin.
• The important rivers are