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DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN
HAMIRPUR, HP
2015-20
District Irrigation Plan, 2015-2020
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
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Forward
CONTENTS
Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 8
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 12
1. Background ..................................................................................................................... 12
2. Vision ................................................................................................................................ 18
3. Objective ........................................................................................................................... 18
4. Strategy/approach ......................................................................................................... 19
5. Programme Components ............................................................................................. 19
6. Rationale/ Justification ................................................................................................ 21
7. Methodology .................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 1 : General Information of the District ............................................................... 23
1.1 District Profile ...................................................................................................................... 23
Administrative setup of Hamirpur ............................................................................................ 24
1.2 Demography ........................................................................................................................ 26
1.3 Biomass and Livestock ........................................................................................................ 28
1.4 Agro-Ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography ........................................................... 32
1.5 Soil Profile ............................................................................................................................ 37
1.6 Soil Erosion and Runoff Status ........................................................................................... 39
1.7 Land use Pattern .................................................................................................................. 40
Chapter 2 : District Water Profile ........................................................................................ 44
2.1 Area Wise, Crop-Wise Irrigation Status .............................................................................. 44
2.2 Production and Productivity of Major Crops ...................................................................... 46
2.3 Irrigation Based Classification ............................................................................................ 48
Chapter 3 : District Water Availability ............................................................................... 50
3.1 Status of Water Availability ................................................................................................. 50
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3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability ................................................................................... 52
3.3 Status of Command Area .................................................................................................... 56
3.4 Existing Type of Irrigation ................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 4 : Water Requirement/Demand ......................................................................... 59
4.1. Domestic Water Demand ................................................................................................... 59
4.2 Crop Water Requirement .................................................................................................... 60
4.3 Livestock Water Requirement.............................................................................................. 61
4.4 Industrial Water Requirement ............................................................................................ 62
4.5 Water Demand Power Generation ...................................................................................... 63
4.6 Total Water Demand of the district for various sectors ...................................................... 64
4.7 Water budget ....................................................................................................................... 66
Chapter 5 : Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation ............................................................... 67
5.1 Year wise total Plan of the district ................................................................................. 67
5.2 Component-wise Plan .................................................................................................... 68
5.4 Block-wise Plan under PMKSY ...................................................................................... 69
5.5 Action plan based on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Schemes
(MPLAD) ................................................................................................................................... 70
5.3 Suggestions ........................................................................................................................... 71
5.4 Expected Outcome .............................................................................................................. 72
Annexure I: Strategic Action Plan for irrigation in District Hamirpur under PMKSY ............. 74
Annexure II: Block-wise plan for each department from 2016-2020 ...................................... 78
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.1 Component-wise plan ................................................................................................................ 11
Table 1.1: General profile of Hamirpur ....................................................................................................... 24
Table 1.2 Administrative setup ................................................................................................................... 25
Table 1.3: Demography of Hamirpur** ...................................................................................................... 26
Table 1.4: Category wise distribution of household in the blocks .............................................................. 27
Table 1.5: Population of small animals in Hamirpur ................................................................................... 28
Table 1.6: Population of large and draft animal in Hamirpur ..................................................................... 30
Table 1.7: Production of biomass in Hamirpur ........................................................................................... 31
Table 1.8: Area under different types of terrain ......................................................................................... 33
Table 1.9: Variation in temperature in Hamirpur ....................................................................................... 36
Table 1.10: Soil classes in Hamirpur ............................................................................................................ 37
Table 1.11 Block-wise land slope of the district ......................................................................................... 39
Table 1.12: Land use pattern ...................................................................................................................... 40
Table 1.13 Change in land use of Hamirpur 2002-2015 ............................................................................. 41
Table 2.1: Area wise, crop wise irrigation status ........................................................................................ 44
Table 2.2: Irrigation status for horticulture and plantation crop ............................................................... 45
Table 2.3: Area, Production and Yield of major crops in the district (from 2005-2009) ............................ 46
Table 2.4 Area, Production and Yield of major crops (2014-15) ................................................................. 47
Table 2.5: Irrigation based classification (in hectares) ............................................................................... 48
Table 3.1: Water availability in Hamirpur ................................................................................................... 51
Table 3.2: Hydrogeology of Hamirpur ......................................................................................................... 53
Table 3.3: Status of ground water availability ............................................................................................ 56
Table 3.4: Villages covered under command area ...................................................................................... 56
Table 3.5: Status of command area ............................................................................................................ 57
Table 3.6: Existing type of surface water irrigation sources ....................................................................... 58
Table 4.1: Domestic water requirement in MCM ....................................................................................... 59
Table 4.2: Crop water requirement (in MCM) ............................................................................................ 61
Table 4.3: Livestock water requirement (in MCM) ..................................................................................... 62
Table 4.4: Industrial water requirement of Hamirpur (in MCM) ................................................................ 63
Table 4.5 Water demand for power generation ......................................................................................... 63
Table 4.6(a): Present Water Demand of the district for various sectors .................................................... 64
Table 4.7: Water Budget ............................................................................................................................. 66
Table 5.1 Department wise year wise plan (Amount in Rs lakhs)............................................................... 67
Table 5.2 Component-wise plan ................................................................................................................ 68
Table 5.3: Block wise plan under PMKSY (amount in Rs.)........................................................................... 69
Table 5.4: Ongoing projects in Hamirpur funded by NABARD under RIDF ................................................. 70
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LIST OF FIGURES & MAPS
Figure 1.1 Administrative setup of Hamirpur ............................................................................................. 25
Figure 1.2 Block-wise population of male and females in district .............................................................. 27
Figure 1.3 Category-wise distribution of household................................................................................... 28
Figure 1.4: Rainfall pattern in Hamirpur ..................................................................................................... 36
Figure 1.5: Land slope of Hamirpur............................................................................................................. 39
Figure 2.1: Irrigated area during Kharif and Rabi ........................................................................................ 44
Figure 2.2: Irrigated and Rain-fed under Horticulture and Plantation ....................................................... 45
Figure 2.3: Irrigation based classification in hectares ................................................................................. 49
Figure 4.1 Present Water Demand of the district for various sectors ........................................................ 64
Figure 4.2 Water Demand of the district for various sectors during 2020 ................................................. 65
Figure 5.1: Department wise amount and percentage share in total plan ................................................ 68
Figure 5.2: Component-wise amount (in Rs. Lakh) and percentage in total plan ...................................... 69
Map 1.1 Location map of Hamirpur ............................................................................................................ 23
Map 1.2: Drainage map of Hamirpur (pre monsoon) ................................................................................. 34
Map 1.3: Drainage map of Hamirpur (Post-monsoon) ............................................................................... 35
Map 1.4 Soil profile of Hamirpur ................................................................................................................ 38
Map 1.5 Land use pattern of Hamirpur in 2002 ......................................................................................... 42
Map 1.6 Land use pattern of Hamirpur in 2015 ......................................................................................... 43
Map 3.1: Hydrogeology of Hamirpur .......................................................................................................... 54
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Executive summary
In an agrarian economy like India, agriculture utilizes the major share of country’s exploitable
water resources. Though the sector utilizes the maximum share of exploitable water resources,
availability of the same at different locations to different extent makes it vital to adopt effective
utilization of water through storage, channelizing and judicial use. At some places like Punjab and
Haryana, the environmental and socio-economic rationale for this capture by the sector is now
being questioned. Accordingly, it is needed to challenge and change the fundamentals of the
prevailing view of water resources exploitation. A new and more suitable approach to water
resources allocation is necessary if the population is to be adequately fed, without further
degradation and destruction of the critical ecosystem services. Water productivity needs to be
enhanced considerably, and economic cost-benefit analysis and pricing regimes can play a
significant role in such a process. However, these economic measures will not be sufficient on
their own. They will need to be buttressed by technological innovation and institutional changes
in order to encourage a more equitable distribution of resources and to mitigate potential
international conflicts across 'shared' water basins.
Water has unique characteristics that determine both its allocation and use as a resource by
agriculture. Agricultural use of water for irrigation is itself contingent on land resources. In a
situation of growing water scarcity and rising demands for non-agricultural (household and
industrial) use of water, reassessment of sectoral allocations of water are inevitable. In developing
countries, irrigated agriculture plays a vital role in contributing towards domestic food security
and poverty alleviation. Therefore, achievement of these objectives is dependent on adequate
allocations of water to agriculture. Justification of such allocations requires that irrigated
agriculture be a cost-effective means of achieving stated political or social objectives, such as food
security or poverty alleviation, and that all externalities be taken into account in the pricing
mechanism. Improved allocation of irrigation water is required within the agriculture sectors in
order to achieve greater efficiency in the use of irrigation water and existing irrigation
infrastructure. Reallocation is also required in order to reduce waterlogging and salinization of
irrigated land, to decrease the negative environmental impacts and other externalities of
irrigation (caused by over extraction of groundwater and depletion and pollution of surface
water).
Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) to address the
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constraints in providing assured irrigation as well as increasing efficiency and productivity of
current water use to bring more prosperity to the rural areas. Priorities of Government of India
were reflected in the Hon’ble President’s address to the joint Session of the Parliament of 16th
Lok Sabha where he indicated that “Each drop of water is precious. Government is committed to
giving high priority to water security. It will complete the long pending irrigation projects on
priority and launch the ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana’ with the motto of ‘Har Khet Ko
Pani’. There is a need for seriously considering all options including linking of rivers, where
feasible; for ensuring optimal use of our water resources to prevent the recurrence of floods and
drought. By harnessing rain water through ‘Jal Sanchay’ and ‘Jal Sinchan’, we will nurture water
conservation and ground water recharge. Micro irrigation will be popularised to ensure ‘Per drop-
More crop”.
PMKSY has been approved with an indicative outlay of Rs.50,000 crore over a period of five years
from 2015-16 to 2019-20. The programme is an amalgamation of on-going schemes of Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Agriculture &
Cooperation and Ministry of Rural Development. The existing schemes AIBP, CADWM, MI,
SWMA, Watershed & Convergence with MGNREGA were brought together under the umbrella
program of PMKSY. Further the scheme seeks convergence with scheme like Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNRES), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(RKVY), Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and Rural Electrification programmes
(JLNNSM&REP), Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Members of Parliament Local
Area Development Scheme (MPLAD), Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development
Fund (MLALAD), Local Body Funds (LBF), Working Plan of State Forest Department (WPSFD)
etc. The PMKSY will be implemented in an area development mode only by adopting a
decentralized state level planning and projectised execution structure that will allow the state to
draw up their own irrigation development plans based on DIPs and SIPs with a horizon of 5-7
years. The program will be supervised and coordinated utilizing the existing mechanism and
structure available under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) program with state agriculture
department acting as the State Nodal Agency for implementation of PMKSY. However, the
implementing departments for the four components like AIBP, PMKSY (Har Khet Ko Pani),
PMKSY (Per drop more crop) and PMKSY (watershed development) will be decided by the
respective program ministry/department.
The 05 chapters along with introduction chapter, explains the profile of district, its water
requirement for agriculture and allied sector, water availability, assessment of water requirement
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for various sectors and strategic action plan for augmentation and effective management of
available water resources.
District Demography: Hamirpur was a part of Kangra district when it was in the composite
Punjab. Prior to that, it was a tehsil of district Kangra. Hamirpur is a sparsely populated, centrally
located district of the state. Hamirpur district is situated between 76º 18’ to 76º 44’ East longitude and
31º 25’ to 31º 52’ North latitude. It is located in the south western part of Himachal Pradesh. As per 2011
census, the total population of the district is 4,23,368 out of which there are 2,22,590 female and
2,00,748 are male. The district occupies the 1st position in terms of sex ratio among the districts
of the state with a sex ratio of 1108 female per 1000 male. The literacy rate of the district for male
population is 94.36% while for female it is 82.63%. 1,095 females against 1,000 males as
compared to 972 females per 1,000 males of state average.
Agriculture in Hamirpur: It has been observed that the gross cropped area of the district is
67,305 hectare of which only 2.4% is irrigated. In all the blocks of Hamirpur, the major proportion
of land is used for production of cereals. Cereals occupies above 96% of the gross cropped area
under agriculture in all the blocks. In case of Horticulture and plantation, in all the blocks,
proportion of irrigated area is more than that of rainfed. Wheat, Maize and Paddy are the three
major cereals crop in Hamirpur district. The other food crops which are grown in the district are
Barley, Gram, Lentil, Sesamum, vegetables (Toria, Gobi, Lime and others). Among the fruit crops,
some of the major items are Mango, Aonla, Plum, Litchi, Almond, Jackfruit, K. Lime, Orange and
Peanut.
District Water Profile: Hamirpur district forms a part of Changer Belt, which is an acute water
scarcity area of Himachal Pradesh and experiences almost severe drought conditions. The water
requirement of general public is being met from traditional water sources like springs, percolation
wells, step wells and streams. Khatris/traditional water harvesting structures are very common in
the northern part of the district in and around Sujanpur- Sachui- Patlandar- Ahwa Devi areas.
Khatris are constructed in conglomeratic terrain, in which seepage water along with rainwater is
collected in the under-ground storage for domestic purpose during lean period. Traditional
methods of water harvesting like roof top rainwater and collection of rain water in tanks called
Talavs are still in practice.
Among the sources of surface irrigation, lift irrigation and use of Rain Water Harvesting Bodies
are common in the district. During both Kharif and Rabi season, an area of 4129.49 hectare of
land is irrigated through lift irrigation facility. It has been reported by the agriculture and IPH
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department that the sources such as Canal, Minor Irrigation Tanks, Treated Effluent and Ground
Water Sources does not exist for irrigation facility in the district.
Demand for water sources and the gap: The present water demand of the district has been
assessed at 117.6 MCM annually, with Bhoranj being the block with maximum requirement of
water (30.1). Nadaun and Bijhari blocks stand at 2nd and 3rd position with approximately 22
MCM and 19.4 MCM water requirement. During 2020, the demand shall be proportionate to the
current water demand and total water requirement has been assessed at 119 MCM. The total water
gap for the district has been estimated at 85.5 MCM during 2020. The gap is maximum in case of
Bhoranj with 20.82 MCM followed by Nadaun (16.15 MCM) and Bijhari (15.39 MCM).
Proposed plan: Total plan for four years works out to be Rs. 23778.1 lakh. Maximum share of
about Rs. 17759.67 lakh (74.69%) is of Irrigation and Public Health Department followed by Rural
Development Department i.e. Rs. 4658.84 lakh (19.59%) and Agriculture department 1189.5 lakh
(5%). District Forest Department has a share of Rs. 114.09 lakhs while horticulture department
has a share of Rs. 56 lakhs.
It is observed that maximum share of 71% is for AIBP followed by PMKSY Watershed (17%),
Convergence with MGNREGS (3%) and Har Khet ko Pani (5.8%). The share of Per Drop More
Crop is to the tune of 3.1% only.
Table 1.1 Component-wise plan
Component 2016-17 2017-18 2018-
19 2019-
20 Total
Accelerated Irrigation Benefitted Programme (AIBP)
14000.0 2883.0 10.0 0.0 16893.0
PMKSY-Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) 379.00 532.60 281.07 181.00 1373.67 PMKSY- Per Drop More Crop (Total) 173 172.9 184.8 187.8 718.5 i) Micro-irrigation 51.65 44.15 44.15 44.15 184.10 ii) Supplementary Water Management activities 108.00 108.00 118.00 118.00 452.00 iii) Ext. And Trg. Under ATMA 13.33 20.79 22.68 25.60 82.40 PMKSY -Watershed 838.9 1608.1 1211.5 415.5 4074.0 Convergence with MGNREGS* 148.0 283.8 213.8 73.3 718.9
Total 15538.9
6 5480.4
4 1901.15 857.55
23778.10
*1% from the total outlay of Watershed has been taken under convergence
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Introduction
1. Background
Preparation of decentralized area specific district planning process visualized in various plans
took concrete shape through the years and initiatives like specific guidelines on methodologies
and processes for preparation of district plans; framework for preparation of perspective plan,
medium term and annual plans by then planning commission in 1969 and the 73rd and 74th
constitutional amendments conferring constitutional status to Panchayats at district and sub
district level; local self-government in urban areas; constitution of district planning committee to
consolidate the plans prepared at Panchayats and municipalities and prepare a draft development
plan for the whole district.
The decentralized planning process was further strengthened through emphasis by planning
commission on preparation of district level plans and making it an integral part of the process of
preparation of the states 11th five year plan. The Planning commission issued guidelines in August
2006 for preparation of the district plans. The guidelines define the District Planning as ‘the
process of preparing an integrated plan for the local government sector in a district taking into
account the resources (natural, human and financial) available and covering the sectoral activities
and schemes assigned to the district level and below and those implemented through local
governments in a state. The document that embodies this statement of resources and their
allocation for various purposes is known as the District Plan”.
Government of India through a resolution in National Development Council on 29th May 2007
conceived a special Additional Central Assistance Scheme (ACAS) to address the slow growth of
agriculture and allied sectors by incentivizing states to draw up plans for their agriculture sectors
more comprehensively. The NDC resolution states "GoI will introduce a new Additional Central
Assistance Scheme to incentivize states to draw up plans for their agriculture sector more
comprehensively, taking agro-climatic conditions, natural resource issues and technology into
account, and integrating livestock, poultry and fisheries, etc. This will involve a new scheme for
Additional Central Assistance (ACA) to State Plans, administered by the Union Ministry of
Agriculture over and above its existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes, to supplement the State-
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specific strategies including special schemes for beneficiaries of land reforms. The newly created
National Rainfed Area Authority will, on request, assist States in planning for rainfed areas".
The NDC in its resolution advised the states to prepare a comprehensive district agriculture plans
(C-DAP) that will fully utilize available resources and will include allied agriculture sectors.
Further, GOI issued a manual on preparation of comprehensive district agriculture plans to help
the states prepare C-DAP. As per these guidelines, the objective of district planning is ‘to design
an integrated and participatory action plan for the development of local area in general and
agriculture and allied sectors in particular’. The objectives of Comprehensive District Agriculture
Plan (C-DAP) are:
To prepare a Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) through participatory
process involving various organisations and stakeholders.
To enable optimum utilisation of scarce natural, physical & financial resources.
To assess and plan for the infrastructure required to support the agriculture development.
To establish linkages with the required institutional support services, like credit, technology
transfer, ICT, research etc.
To evolve an action plan for achieving sustainable agricultural growth with food security and
cropping system that will improve farmers’ income.
The guidelines required the state/district authorities to (i) ensure that the agricultural plans are
prepared for the district and then integrated into the agricultural plans of the State based on the
agro-climatic conditions, availability of technology, trained manpower and natural resources; (ii)
local needs / crops / feed and fodder / animal husbandry / dairying / fisheries / priorities are
reflected in the plan; (iii) productivity gaps for important crops and livestock and fisheries are
reduced; and (iv) the returns to the farmers from these are maximized.
The latest move in the process of strengthening of decentralized planning process was the
Government of India guidelines issued in 2015 in the form of a template for the preparation of
District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and State Irrigation Plan (SIP) as part of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) program and made the preparation of DIP and SIP mandatory for the
states to receive funds from the program. The present report is a product of these long drawn
efforts of Government of India to strengthen the decentralized planning process in the country
focusing on the vital resource i.e., water.
Water is of vital importance for human & animal life, maintenance of ecological balance and
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promotion of developmental activities. Considering its vital importance and ever increasing
demand for water, in the face of population growth, urbanization & industrialization and
considerations of climatic change, making water, an increasingly a scarce resource, available to
multiple uses, planning and management of this vital resources, utilization of water economically,
optimally and equitably assumes greater importance.
According to the 12th Five year Plan the water budget estimates of India by Ministry of Water
Resources suggests an availability of 1123,000 million cubic meters (MCM) against a current
estimated demand of 710,000 MCM. The Standing Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources
estimates that this water demand will rise to 1093,000 MCM by 2025. Though the existing water
availability in the immediate future seems to be adequate, with the near constant supply of water
resources in the face of increasing demand on account of population growth, urbanisation and
industrialization will strain the water supply-demand balance.
The per capita water availability which stood at 5,177 cubic meters in 1951 was reduced to 1820
cubic meters in 2001 while the international prescribed limit is 1800 cubic meters. The projected
per capita availability of water is 1341 cubic meters in 2025 and 1140 cubic meters in 2050
suggesting shortage of water in the medium term1. Further, the all India water balance estimates
does not reflect the variations in water balance across time and space- certain areas having a
positive water balance and the others facing acute shortage. The problem is further accentuated
by water quality related issues.
With the abundant surface and ground water supply in the first five decades since independence,
more than 80 percent of the total available water resources were allocated for irrigation purposes
and the rest meeting the domestic and industrial demands. In a recent study2 on the demand for
water from agriculture, domestic and industrial uses in 2000, 2025 and 2050 seems to suggest
that domestic demand (34,000 MCM in 2000, 66,000 MCM in 2025 and 101,000 MCM in 2050)
and industrial demand (42,000 MCM in 2000, 92,000 MCM in 2025 and 161,000 MCM in 2050)
for water will utilize the total balance water available while agriculture demand for water will be
(605,000 MCM in 2000, 675,000 MCM in 2025 and 637,000 MCM in 2050). This change is
partly because of the changing sectoral contributions of India’s GDP and also partly because of
1 Ministry of Water Resources (2011), Strategic Plan for Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, New
Delhi.
2 Amarasinghe, U.A., Shah T., Turral, H. and Anand, B.K. 2007. India’s water future to 2025-2050:
Business-as-usual scenario and deviations. Research Report 123, International Water Management
Institute, Colombo.
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dynamics of irrigation development in the country where the initial expansion in area under
irrigation is propelled by the availability of abundant water resources and availability of good
quality land. This is no longer the case in many of the states where the availability of land and
water are serious constraints for further expansion of irrigation. Further, as per the erstwhile
planning commission up to March 2012 out of 141 million hectares of net sown area in the country
114 (or 81%) million hectares is Irrigation Potential Created (IPC) and 88 (or 62%) million
hectares is Irrigation Potential Utilised (IPU) leaving almost 20% of irrigated potential unutilized.
This leaves 40 percent of the net sown area in the country dependent on rainfall which makes
farming a high risk and less productive.
The competing demands for water resources and the emerging issues and concerns were to be
addressed through certain basic principles and commonality in approaches in dealing with
planning, development and management of water resources3 under an Integrated Water Resource
Management framework. The main objectives of water resource management as delineated in
National Water Policy 2012 are:
(i) Planning, development and management of water resources need to be governed by common
integrated perspective considering local, regional, State and national context, having an
environmentally sound basis, keeping in view the human, social and economic needs.
(ii) Principle of equity and social justice must inform use and allocation of water.
(iii) Good governance through transparent informed decision making is crucial to the objectives
of equity, social justice and sustainability. Meaningful intensive participation, transparency and
accountability should guide decision making and regulation of water resources.
(iv) Water needs to be managed as a common pool community resource held, by the state, under
public trust doctrine to achieve food security, support livelihood, and ensure equitable and
sustainable development for all.
(v) Water is essential for sustenance of eco-system, and therefore, minimum ecological needs
should be given due consideration.
(vi) Safe Water for drinking and sanitation should be considered as pre-emptive needs, followed
by high priority allocation for other basic domestic needs (including needs of animals), achieving
3 Ministry of Water Resources, National Water Policy, 2012, Government of India, New Delhi.
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food security, supporting sustenance agriculture and minimum eco-system needs. Available
water, after meeting the above needs, should be allocated in a manner to promote its conservation
and efficient use.
(vii) All the elements of the water cycle, i.e., evapo-transpiration, precipitation, runoff, river, lakes,
soil moisture, and ground water, sea, etc., are interdependent and the basic hydrological unit is
the river basin, which should be considered as the basic hydrological unit for planning.
(viii) Given the limits on enhancing the availability of utilizable water resources and increased
variability in supplies due to climate change, meeting the future needs will depend more on
demand management, and hence, this needs to be given priority, especially through (a) evolving
an agricultural system which economizes on water use and maximizes value from water, and (b)
bringing in maximum efficiency in use of water and avoiding wastages.
(ix) Water quality and quantity are interlinked and need to be managed in an integrated manner,
consistent with broader environmental management approaches inter-alia including the use of
economic incentives and penalties to reduce pollution and wastage.
(x) The impact of climate change on water resources availability must be factored into water
management related decisions. Water using activities need to be regulated keeping in mind the
local geo climatic and hydrological situation.
Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) to address the
constraints in providing assured irrigation as well as increasing efficiency and productivity of
current water use to bring more prosperity to the rural areas. Priorities of Government of India
were reflected in the Hon’ble President’s address to the joint Session of the Parliament of 16th Lok
Sabha where he indicated that “Each drop of water is precious. Government is
committed to giving high priority to water security. It will complete the long
pending irrigation projects on priority and launch the ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana’ with the motto of ‘Har Khet Ko Pani’. There is a need for
seriously considering all options including linking of rivers, where feasible; for
ensuring optimal use of our water resources to prevent the recurrence of floods
and drought. By harnessing rain water through ‘Jal Sanchay’ and ‘Jal Sinchan’,
we will nurture water conservation and ground water recharge. Micro irrigation
will be popularised to ensure ‘Per drop-More crop”.
PMKSY has been approved with an indicative outlay of Rs.50,000 crore over a period of five years
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from 2015-16 to 2019-20. The programme is an amalgamation of on-going schemes of Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Agriculture &
Cooperation and Ministry of Rural Development. The existing schemes AIBP, CADWM, MI,
SWMA, Watershed & Convergence with MGNREGA were brought together under the umbrella
program of PMKSY. Further the scheme seeks convergence with scheme like Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNRES), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(RKVY), Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission and Rural Electrification programmes
(JLNNSM&REP), Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), Members of Parliament Local
Area Development Scheme (MPLAD), Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development
Fund (MLALAD), Local Body Funds (LBF), Working Plan of State Forest Department (WPSFD)
etc. The PMKSY will be implemented in an area development mode only by adopting a
decentralized state level planning and projectised execution structure that will allow the state to
draw up their own irrigation development plans based on DIPs and SIPs with a horizon of 5-7
years. The program will be supervised and coordinated utilizing the existing mechanism and
structure available under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) program with state agriculture
department acting as the State Nodal Agency for implementation of PMKSY. However, the
implementing departments for the four components like AIBP, PMKSY (Har Khet Ko Pani),
PMKSY (Per drop more crop) and PMKSY (watershed development) will be decided by the
respective program ministry/department.
The funds under this program would be provided to the states as per the pattern of assistance of
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) decided by the Ministry of Finance and NITI Aayog. During
2015-16 the existing pattern of assistance of ongoing scheme was continued. An outlay of Rs.
50,000 crore has been approved for 2015-20. The financial assistance provided to the state
governments from this centrally sponsored scheme is subject to fulfillment of certain conditions.
Firstly, a state will become eligible to access PMKSY fund only if it has prepared the District
Irrigation Plans (DIP) and State Irrigation Plan (SIP), excepting for the initial year, and the
expenditure in water resource development for agriculture sector in the year under consideration
is not less than the baseline expenditure, which is defined as the average of the expenditure in
irrigation sector irrespective of the department in the state plan in three years prior to the year
under consideration. Secondly, States will be given additional weightage for levying charges on
water and electricity for irrigation purposes, so as to ensure sustainability of the programme.
Thirdly, interstate allocation of PMKSY fund will be decided based on
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share of percentage of unirrigated area in the state vis-à-vis national average including
prominence of areas classified under Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Drought
Prone Area Development Programme (DPAP)
increase in percentage share of expenditure on water resource development for agriculture
sector in State Plan expenditure in the previous year over three years prior to it and
improvement in irrigation efficiency in the state.
2. Vision
The overreaching vision of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) will be to ensure
access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country, to produce
‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity.
3. Objective
The objectives of the PMKSY are to:
a) Achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level (preparation of district level
and, if required, sub district level water use plans).
b) Enhance the physical access of water on the farm and expand cultivable area under assured
irrigation (Har Khet ko Pani),
c) Integration of water source, distribution and its efficient use, to make best use of water through
appropriate technologies and practices.
d) Improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage and increase availability both in
duration and extent,
e) Enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop
per drop).
f) Enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices
g) Ensure the integrated development of rainfed areas using the watershed approach towards soil
and water conservation, regeneration of ground water, arresting runoff, providing livelihood
options and other NRM activities.
h) Promote extension activities relating to water harvesting, water management and crop
alignment for farmers and grass root level field functionaries.
i) Explore the feasibility of reusing treated municipal waste water for peri-urban agriculture, and
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j) Attract greater private investments in irrigation.
4. Strategy/approach
To achieve these objectives PMKSY adopted strategies that include
a) Creation of new water sources; repair, restoration and renovation of defunct water sources;
construction of water harvesting structures, secondary & micro storage, groundwater
development, enhancing potentials of traditional water bodies at village level like Jal Mandir
(Gujarat); Khatri, Kuhl (H.P.); Zabo (Nagaland); Eri, Ooranis (T.N.); Dongs (Assam); Katas,
Bandhas (Odisha and M.P.) etc.
b) Developing/augmenting distribution network where irrigation sources (both assured and
protective) are available or created;
c) Promotion of scientific moisture conservation and run off control measures to improve ground
water recharge so as to create opportunities for farmers to access recharged water through shallow
tube/dug wells;
d) Promoting efficient water conveyance and field application devices within the farm viz,
underground piping system, Drip & Sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns and other application devices
etc.;
e) Encouraging community irrigation through registered user groups/farmer producers’
organisations/NGOs; and
f) Farmer oriented activities like capacity building, training and exposure visits, demonstrations,
farm schools, skill development in efficient water and crop management practices (crop
alignment) including large scale awareness on more crop per drop of water through mass media
campaign, exhibitions, field days, and extension activities through short animation films etc.
5. Programme Components
PMKSY has following four components:
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) a) To focus on faster completion of
ongoing Major and Medium Irrigation including National Projects.
PMKSY (Har Khet ko Pani) a) Creation of new water sources through Minor Irrigation (both
surface and ground water) b) Repair, restoration and renovation of water bodies; strengthening
carrying capacity of traditional water sources, construction rain water harvesting structures (Jal
Sanchay); c) Command area development, strengthening and creation of distribution network
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from source to the farm; d) Ground water development in the areas where it is abundant, so that
sink is created to store runoff/ flood water during peak rainy season. e) Improvement in water
management and distribution system for water bodies to take advantage of the available source
which is not tapped to its fullest capacity (deriving benefits from low hanging fruits). At least 10%
of the command area to be covered under micro/precision irrigation. f) Diversion of water from
source of different location where it is plenty to nearby water scarce areas, lift irrigation from
water bodies/rivers at lower elevation to supplement requirements beyond IWMP and
MGNREGS irrespective of irrigation command. g) Creating and rejuvenating traditional water
storage systems like Khatri, Kuhl etc. at feasible locations.
PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop) a) Programme management, preparation of State/District
Irrigation Plan, approval of annual action plan, Monitoring etc. b) Promoting efficient water
conveyance and precision water application devices like drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain-guns in the
farm (Jal Sinchan); c) Topping up of input cost particularly under civil construction beyond
permissible limit (40%), under MGNREGS for activities like lining inlet, outlet, silt traps,
distribution system etc. d) Construction of micro irrigation structures to supplement source
creation activities including tube wells and dug wells (in areas where ground water is available
and not under semi critical /critical /over exploited category of development) which are not
supported under AIBP, PMKSY (Har Khet ko Pani), PMKSY (Watershed) and MGNREGS as per
block/district irrigation plan. e) Secondary storage structures at tail end of canal system to store
water when available in abundance (rainy season) or from perennial sources like streams for use
during dry periods through effective on-farm water management; f) Water lifting devices like
diesel/ electric/ solar pumpsets including water carriage pipes, underground piping system. g)
Extension activities for promotion of scientific moisture conservation and agronomic measures
including cropping alignment to maximise use of available water including rainfall and minimise
irrigation requirement (Jal Sarankchan); h) Capacity building, training and awareness campaign
including low cost publications, use of pico projectors and low cost films for encouraging potential
use water source through technological, agronomic and management practices including
community irrigation. i) The extension workers will be empowered to disseminate relevant
technologies under PMKSY only after requisite training is provided to them especially in the area
of promotion of scientific moisture conservation and agronomic measures, improved/ innovative
distribution system like pipe and box outlet system, etc. Appropriate Domain Experts will act as
Master Trainers. j) Information Communication Technology (ICT) interventions through NeGP-
A to be made use in the field of water use efficiency, precision irrigation technologies, on farm
water management, crop alignment etc. and also to do intensive monitoring of the Scheme.
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PMKSY (Watershed Development)
a) Effective management of runoff water and improved soil & moisture conservation activities
such as ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, rain water harvesting, in-situ moisture
conservation and other allied activities on watershed basis. b) Converging with MGNREGS for
creation of water source to full potential in identified backward rainfed blocks including
renovation of traditional water bodies
6. Rationale/ Justification
In reference to the status and need of irrigation, the water resource management including
irrigation related priorities was identified for Hamirpu district by the peoples’ representatives of
district with support from administration and technical experts. For instance the reports of
Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP) prepared under ATMA program, Comprehensive
District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP) prepared as part of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY),
Potential Linked Credit Plans (PLP) of NABARD and the Integrated District Development Plan
etc. identified number of irrigation related issues for Hamirpur district including (i) promoting
water use efficiency through sprinkler and drip irrigation; (iii) promoting protected polyhouse
cultivation to minimize risk factors and enhance quality and productivity; (iv) Improvement of
on-farm water delivery and efficiency of existing irrigation systems; (v) promotion of soil
conservation of arable & non-arable land through engineering measures; (vi) creation of new
water harvesting structures, check dams, ponds, tanks, etc (vii) increase the forest cover in the
district and (viii) land improvement measures.
7. Methodology
During the course of preparation of District Irrigation Plan (DIP) the team visited Hamirpur
district to collect data and have interaction with all the stakeholders. Methodology adopted to
prepare DIP is outlined in brief as under:
Collection of primary and secondary data from field from various sources including
published documents and websites.
Various meetings were held to obtain ground level realities and data from key
personnel/stakeholders through structured, unstructured interviews, focused group
discussions etc.
Meetings with various State Government departments and related institutions were held
Meeting through VC was also held with State Level authorities.
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GIS maps of the area’s/clusters were studied to understand the land morphology,
topography of the district.
Focused group discussions and interaction with of agriculture officers, horticulture officers,
soil conservation officers, extension officers, rural development department, animal
husbandry department, irrigation officers both at blocks and district level for identifying
the key issues and focus areas of the region.
Discussion with NABARD officer of Hamirpur district was also held during the visit.
Team members also participated in the State Level workshop and held active discussions
with GoI officers, State Level officers and scientists of various institutions
On the basis of detailed discussion and analysis of data, the team arrived at the projections of
various components of PMKSY and Department wise plan for four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20
as detailed in the plan.
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Chapter 1 : General Information of the District
1.1 District Profile
Hamirpur district is situated between 76º 18’ to 76º 44’ East longitude and 31º 25’ to 31º 52’ North
latitude. It is located in the south western part of Himachal Pradesh. It is covered by lower
Himalayas, the elevation varies from the 400 meters to 1,100 meters. The main hill ranges of the
district are known as Jakh Dhar & Sola Singhi Dhar. The Jakh dhar runs in continuation of Kali
Dhar range in the Kangra district. It enters in Hamirpur district near Nadaun and transverses it
into southeastern direction.
Map 1.1 Location map of Hamirpur
The town of Hamirpur lies to the east of this range where the country is undulating but in the
north and northeast bare and rugged hills, deep ravines with precipitous sides transform the
landscape into what has been described as an agitated sea suddenly arrested and fixed stones. The
Chabutra hills have the same dip and strike as in the Jakh Dhar and are continued beyond the
Beas to what is known as the Changar, a mass of rugged and broken hills. The Sola Singhi Dhar is
the longest range of the tract and is known under various names such as Chintpurni and Jaswan
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Dhar in Una and by Sola Singhi in Hamirpur. Thus Dhar enters Hamirpur to the east of Tappa
Daruhi and traverses it in a south-easterly direction more or less parallel to the Jakh Dhar and
terminated on the Satluj. Hamirpur district is bounded in the north by river Beas which separates
it from Kangra district. In the east Bakar and Seer Khads separate it from Mandi district. In the
south, it is bounded by Bilaspur district and in the west by Una district.
Table 1.1: General profile of Hamirpur
Name of the District
District Code Latitude Longitude
Hamirpur 28 310.25’ To 310.52’ N 760.18 To 760.44E Source: Census of India
Administrative setup of Hamirpur
The district is located in the south-western part of the state and constitutes a part of Central
Himachal Pradesh micro region. Presently district has six Tehsils viz. Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun,
Bhoranj, Sujanpur and Bamson and two sub-Tehsils of Dhatwal with headquarters at Bijhari and
Galore. The district is divided into four Revenue Sub-divisions namely Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun
and Bhoranj having their headquarters at the same place. The Hamirpur sub-division is
comprised of Tehsils Hamirpur and Tira Sujanpur. Bhoranj sub-division has single Tehsil of
Bhoranj. Barsar sub-division comprises of Barsar Tehsil and sub Tehsil Dhatwal. Whereas
Nadaun sub-division has Nadaun Tehsil and Galore sub-Tehsil.
The district has been further divided into six Development Blocks for the purpose of development,
viz. Hamirpur, Bijhri, Bhoranj, Nadaun, Tira Sujanpur and Bamson. For administrative purposes,
the Deputy Commissioner is administrative head of the district and is responsible for general
administration and maintenance of law and order. DC is assisted by one Additional Deputy
Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner and other District Officers. For administrative
convenience the district has been divided into four sub-divisions and each sub-division is headed
by Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) Each Tehsil is under the charge of Tehsildar while the incharge
of sub-Tehsil is Naib-Tehsildar assisted by Office Kanungo ( As depicted in Fig. 1.1).
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Figure 1.1 Administrative setup of Hamirpur
Besides this, Block Development Officer is posted in each community development block to
supervise and co-ordinate the development works assigned to Gram Panchayats in rural areas.
The Head of the District Police force is Superintendent of Police, assisted by Additional
Superintendent of Police and one Deputy Superintendent of Police. Each sub-divisional police
office and police station is headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police and S.H.O respectively.
Every department maintains its district office headed by the senior officer to implement the
developmental programmes and schemes pertaining to it.
Jurisdictional changes have not occurred at district level during 2001-2011. However, a new sub-
Tehsil of Galore has been carved out of Nadaun and Hamirpur Tehsils by transferring 87 and 22
villages respectively. A new revenue sub-division (civil) of Bhoranj extending its jurisdiction to
Bhoranj Tehsil has also been created. One Development Block of Bamson also came into beeing
during the decade.
Table 1.2 Administrative setup
No of Sub-Division 5 (Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun, Bhoranj and Sujanpur) No. of Tehsils 6 (Hamirpur, Barsar, Nadaun, Bhoranj, Sujanpur and Bamson) No. of Sub-Tehsil 2 (Dhatwal at Bijhari and Galore) No. of Development Blocks 6 (Hamirpur, Nadaun, Bhoranj, Sujanpur, Bamson and Bijhari) No. of Panchayats 229 No. of Villages 1725 (inhabited) Local Urban Bodies Nagar Parishad: Hamirpur & Sujanpur, Nagar Panchayat: Nadaun &
Bhota
Source: www.hphamirpur.nic.in
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Towns and Villages
There are 4 towns in the district namely Tira Sujanpur (NP), Nadaun (NP), Hamirpur (M Cl) and
Bhota (NP). The district has a total number of 1,725 villages comprising 205 (Tira Sujanpur), 371
(Nadaun), 111 (Galore), 378 (Hamirpur), 249 (Barsar), 132 (Dhatwal) and 279 (Bhoranj). The
biggest Tehsil in terms of villages is Hamirpur having 378 villages. Bhoranj Tehsil, Dhatwal and
Galore sub-Tehsils are entirely rural while other Tehsils have one town each.
1.2 Demography
As per 2011 census, the total population of the district is 454768 out of which there are 2,37,698
female and 2,17,070 are male. The district occupies the 1st position in terms of sex ratio among
the districts of the state with a sex ratio of 1095 female per 1000 male as compared to 972 females
per 1,000 males of state average. The literacy rate of the district for male population is 94.36%,
while for female it is 82.63%.
The population density of Hamirpur district as recorded by 2011 census is 407 people per sq. km.
which is 10% increase in density as compared to 369 people per sq. km as per 2001 census.
Compared to the population density of the state (123 person per sqkm), the current population
density of Hamirpur is on higher side. Hamirpur district administers 1,118 square kilometers of
areas.
Table 1.3: Demography of Hamirpur** Block Male Female Children Total Hamirpur 21962 23580 4840 45542 Bijhari 43496 48228 9767 91724 Nadaun 48322 51992 11031 100314 Sujanpur 15093 17637 3787 32730 Bamson 35190 40009 8167 75199 Bhoranj 36685 41144 8033 77829 Tira Sujanpur (U) 4262 3681 781 7943 Nadaun (U) 2266 2164 391 4430 Hamirpur (U) 9056 8548 1606 17604 Bhota (U) 738 715 145 1453 Total 217070 237698 48548 454768
Source: Census of India
**Rural and urban blocks have been separated in this sub section of Demography as the water requirement for Rural
and urban households is different in both cases. For other sub-sections block-wise or Tehsil-wise bifurcation is
provided.
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Figure 1.2 Block-wise population of male and females in district
The total number of household in the district is 105519, out of which 21% are in Nadaun block,
20% in Bijhari block and 18% are in Bhoranj block. Nadaun block is the most populated block in
the district followed by Bijhari and Bhoranj. Number of SC and ST families in the district are
24,933 and 639 respectively. In Bhoranj block, the number of SC household is 5447 which is 19.5%
of total household in the block (refer table 1.5). The percentage of SC in rest of the blocks ranges
from 17% to 20%. In case of ST families, the percentage of ST household is maximum (1.66% of
the total household residing in the block) in Nadaun (U) followed by 0.78% in Hamirpur (U) and
0.76% in Hamirpur (R). The number of ST families in Nadaun is 192 which is 32% of the total ST
household in the district. In case of Bhoranj, the number of ST household is 132 which is 21% of
the total ST household in the district. Hence, the blocks of Nadaun, Bhoranj and Bijhari are critical
from developmental intervention point of view.
Table 1.4: Category wise distribution of household in the blocks Block SC Household General Household ST Household
Hamirpur 2503 10824 102
Bijhari 4801 21637 83
Nadaun 4610 21006 192
Sujanpur 2154 9316 9
Bamson 4122 18370 78
Bhoranj 5447 22388 132
Tira Sujanpur (U) 392 1851 4
Nadaun (U) 125 527 11
Hamirpur (U) 680 2868 28
Bhota (U) 99 469 0
Total 24933 109256 639
Source: Census of India
21962
43496 48322
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35190 36685
23580
4822851992
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40009 41144
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Figure 1.3 Category-wise distribution of household
Out of the total population in the district (as per 2011 census), merely 7 % lives in urban areas of
district with a total of 31,430 people. Remaining 93% population i.e. 4,23,338 reside in rural
areas.
1.3 Biomass and Livestock
Livestock Population
As per Livestock census 2012, a total of 1,79,861 livestock was recorded in the district. The district
has seen a decrease of approximately 13% in the total livestock population which was recorded as
2,06,670 during Livestock census 2007. Department of Animal Husbandry has stated that the
main reason for this reduction is migration of youth from rural to urban areas and dwindling
profits that accompany rearing of livestock.
Table 1.5: Population of small animals in Hamirpur Name of the Tehsil
Small Animal Total Small Animals Poultry Pigs Goats Sheep
Barsar 611 0 1463 119 2193 Bhoranj 4814 120 7350 3253 15537 Dhatwal 521 0 3489 185 4195 Galore 208 3 1154 58 1423 Hamirpur 1038 39 4669 3319 9065 Nadaun 1619 1 2379 309 4308 Tira Sujanpur 1653 7 4218 1732 7610 Total 10464 170 24722 8975 44331
2503
4801
4610
2154
4122
5447
10824
21637
21006
9316
18370
22388
102
83
192
9
78
132
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
Hamirpur
Bijhari
Nadaun
Sujanpur
Bamson
Bhoranj
Population
ST Household General Household SC Household
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Source: Livestock Census 2012
Population of small animal in the district is 44331. Goat population accounts for 56% of the
number of small animals in the district followed by poultry (24%) and Sheep (20%). There are
only 170 pigs in the district. Among different tehsils, Bhoranj ranks first with 35% of the total
population of small animals followed by Hamirpur (20%) and Tira Sujanpur (17%). Galore and
Barsar have least number of small animal which are to the tune of 3% and 5% respectively.
Poultry, 10464, 24%
Pigs, 170, 0%
Goats, 24722, 56%
Sheep, 8975, 20%
Poultry Pigs Goats Sheep
Barsar5%
Bhoranj35%
Dhatwal10%
Galore3%
Hamirpur20%
Nadaun10%
Tira Sujanpur17%
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Table 1.6: Population of large and draft animal in Hamirpur
Name of the Tehsil
Large Animal Draft Animal Indigenous
Cow Hybrid Cow Hybrid Buffalo
Barsar 10 1655 12493 1845 Bhoranj 70 3332 19486 2505 Dhatwal 64 1105 11666 2237 Galore 25 687 7428 1158 Hamirpur 59 3646 22258 4096 Nadaun 113 3387 19172 3720 Tira Sujanpur 111 1689 8399 3114 Total 452 15501 100902 18675
Source: Livestock Census 2012
There are Presently 135530 large animals including draft animals. Buffalo rearing has been
observed as the most preferred choice by rural folks in this district. It can be clearly observed from
Indegenous Cow, 452, 0%
Hybrid Cow, 15501, 11%
Hybrid Buffalo, 100902, 75%
Draft Animal, 18675, 14%
Barsar, 16003,
12%
Bhoranj, 25393, 19%
Dhatwal, 15072, 11%
Galore, 9298, 7%
Hamirpur, 30059, 22%
Nadaun, 26392, 19%
Tira Sujanpur, 13313, 10%
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the above graph that hybrid buffalo accounts for 75% of the population of large animals followed
by draft animals (14%) and Hybrid cow (11%).
Hamirpur ranks 1st in rearing large animals with 22% of the total population of large animals in
the district. Both Nadaun and Bhoranj stand at 2nd position in terms of population of large animals
as in both tehsils 19% of the large animals are available.
Production and Availability of Livestock products
According to the record of Animal Husbandry department, milk production in the district has
increased from 82300 tonnes in 2010-11 to 86100 tonnes in 2013-14. The milk production at the
state level has also increased from 11 lakh tonnes to 11.5 lakh tonnes during the same period. Due
to increased production of milk in district and the state, the per capita availability of milk has
increased in district as well as state. During 2010-11, per capita availability of milk in the district
and the state was 447 gm and 441 gram respectively which has increased to 519 gm and 460 gm
in 2013-14.
In case of eggs, in 2010-11, total production in the district was 33.8 lakh which has increased to
35 lakh during 2013-14. During this period, egg production in the state has changed from 1021
lakh to 1057 lakh. Per capita availability of eggs in the district and state has changed from 7.4 to
7.7 and 15.3 to 15.7 respectively.
Table 1.7: Production of biomass in Hamirpur Item Period
2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-14 HP Dist HP Dist HP Dist HP Dist
Milk Production ('000 Tonnes)
1102.5 82.3 1119.7 82.6 1138.6 85.3 1150.8 86.1
Per Capita Availability of milk per day (gm)
441 496 447 498 455 514 460 519
Eggs Production (lakh No.)
1020.6 33.8 1049.7 35.1 1069.4 34.6 1075.5 35.0
Per capita Availability of eggs per year (number)
14.9 7.4 15.3 7.7 15.6 7.6 15.7 7.7
Meat Production (Tonnes)
3610.4 75.0 3965.8 81.3 3997.4 84.7 3985.9 98.4
Wool Production (Tonnes)
1642.1 55.5 1648.1 53.7 1649.6 56.1 1657.1 53.6
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As depicted above, the production of meat in Hamirpur has seen a net growth during recent years.
In 2010-11, the total production of meat in the district was 75 tonnes which has increased to 98.4
tonnes during 2013-14. In case of wool production, it has decreased from 55.5 tonnes during 2010-
11 to 53.6 tonnes during 2013-14.
1.4 Agro-Ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography
Hamirpur is one of the smallest districts of Himachal Pradesh with 1,10,224 hectare of land,
forming 2 percent of the total geographical area of the state. The district comes under warm sub
humid eco-region of Western Himalayan Region.
Topographically Hamirpur district can distinctively be divided into two tracts, namely a) Rainfed
Hilly tract and b) Rainfed and irrigated valley tract. Rainfed hilly tract is characterized by hill
ranges, intermingled with rivers, rivulets, and streams. Several small barren hills, hillocks and
rocks are scattered all over the area and cultivation is done usually in small terraces across the
slopes as steep as 60o. The width of terraces varies between 2 and 5 m and slope within the terrace
is around 1-3 %. The elevation various between 400 meters to 1100 metres above mean sea level.
Secondly, topography of the rainfed and irrigated valley tract is gentle sloping to plain with some
areas having rolling land-scape. Most of the area lies along rivers and rivulets, surrounded
partially or completely by hill ranges.
The district falls under the middle and upper Shivalik that are recent deposits constituting the
main geological formations. The Shivalik comprises conglomerate of friable micaceous sandstone,
siltstone and claystone. The recent deposits include alluvial fans and terraces of unasserted sand,
0.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
500.00
600.00
MILK PRODUCTION ('000 TONNES)
PER CAPITA AVAILABILITY OF
MILK PER DAY (GM)
EGGS PRODUCTION (LAKH NO.)
PER CAPITA AVAILABILITY OF EGGS PER YEAR
(NUMBER)
MEAT PRODUCTION
(TONNES)
WOOL PRODUCTION
(TONNES)
82.30
496.00
33.807.40
75.00 55.5086.10
519.00
35.00 7.70
98.4053.60
2010-2011 2013-14
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silt, clay rock fragments and boulder beds. The conglomerates are in general poorly cemented but
at places they are very hard. These consist mainly of pebbles and cobbles of quartzite. The stray
pebbles of granite, limestone, sandstone, breccia and lumps of clay stone are also observed at
places. Often the size of pebbles is large enough to be called as boulders. The conglomerates not
only occur as regular bands but also as lenticular bands alternating with micaceous sandstone and
clay beds. The thickness of the conglomerate beds is generally 2-3 m. The pebbles and cobbles are
cemented by medium to coarse grained sand or by calcareous matter. The sandstone are soft,
friable and poorly lithified. There are micaceous, moderately to well sorted and medium to coarse
grained. Clay lumps, lenticular beds and other rock fragments are also found. The sandstones
show current marks which helps in finding the flow direction of depositing material.
The Shivalik represent 6000m of layered sequence of sandy rocks deposited in the floor plain of
the area now occupied by Himalayan foothills. The sediments were brought down from 2 to 25
million years ago, by numerous fast flowing rivers issuing forth from rapidly rising mountain
mass, the Himalaya, in the north. Some geo scientists believe that the rivers from southern parts
also contributed in deposition of Shivalik rocks. The Shivalik is considered to be one of the largest
store house of mammalian remains and other vertebrate fossils, study of which has made it
possible for the scientists to probe into the mysteries of evolution of life, climate and physiography
of these periods.
The recent deposits occupy the wide valleys and comprise sand, silt and clay in varying
proportions and support the cultivation. The river terraces seen along the streams, consist mainly
of pebbles and cobbles of quartzite with loose sand and other rock fragments. The gravel beds
constitute the courses of present and past streams. They consist of pebbles, cobbles and boulders
of quartzite, sand clay and clay along with other rock fragments derived from the Shivalik
formations.
Table 1.8: Area under different types of terrain Types of Terrain Block Area (Ha) AES-1 : High altitude gravelly sandy clay loam 11180 AES-2: Medium altitude Sandy clay loam 67080 AES-3: Medium altitude gravelly sandy clay loam 11180 AES-4: Low altitude sandy loam 22360
The maximum area of district falls under the category of AES-2 which is medium altitude sandy
clay loam.
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Map 1.2: Drainage map of Hamirpur (pre monsoon)
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Map 1.3: Drainage map of Hamirpur (Post-monsoon)
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Rainfall & Temperature
Hamirpur district falls in sub-humid sub-tropical zone. The winter prevails from November to
March, spring in April and May, summer from June to September and transition season from
October to November. The minimum temperature in the winter goes to 4°C and rises to maximum
34° C in summer. The average annual rainfall is about 1600 mm (1462 mm during 2014-15). There
are two seasons of rainfall during the year, one from December to March, associated with the
passage of western disturbances and the other which is the main one, extending from middle of
June till middle of September, caused by the south west monsoons. Some rain is also received in
the post monsoon month of October. Mean maximum and minimum temperature of the district
during summer (April-May) is 36.6°C and 21.3°C respectively. In case of winter (October-March),
mean maximum and minimum temperature remains 17.6°C and 10.6°C respectively. The graph
below depicts the rainfall pattern in the district.
Figure 1.4: Rainfall pattern in Hamirpur
Table 1.9: Variation in temperature in Hamirpur Summer (Apr-May) Winter (Oct- Mar) Rainy (Jun-Sep)
Min Max Mean Min Max Mean Min Max Mean 21.29 36.61 28.95 10.58 24.7 17.64 24.96 35.09 30.025
Humidity
In the southwest monsoon season the values of relative humidity are high about 80 to 90 percent.
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generally high about 70 to 80 percent. The summer season is the driest part of the year, when the
values of relative humidity in the afternoon are between 30 and 50 percent.
Cloudiness and Winds
In post monsoon season skies over the district are clear or lightly clouded. During winter
cloudiness increases and skies are moderately clouded but in April and May clouding decreases
slightly and it again increases from June onwards. July and August are the most clouded months
when on an average 10 to 12 days per month, the skies are overcast over the district.
Due to hilly terrain of the district, the wind is highly local and varies with space. The wind is
generally from the sector southwest to west in the afternoon and from north to east or calm in the
morning.
1.5 Soil Profile
Majority of soils of rainfed hilly tract fall under antisol and inceptisol orders. Soils are shallow to
moderately deep with incipient profile development. Texture varies from loamy sand to sandy
loam having stony surface, Soil reactions’ is neutral (6.5 to 7.0). Available N and P are low and K
is medium. Water holding capacity is low. Soils are susceptible to excessive soil erosion and
landslides due to water.
Soils of rainfed and irrigated valley tracts by and large fall under antisols, inceptisols and Alfisols
orders. These soils show incipient to moderate profile development. Soil texture varies between
loamy sand to clay loam. Soil reaction is mostly neutral and rarely acidic. N and P are low to
medium and K is medium. Depth is shallow to moderately deep with low water holding capacity.
As indicated in Table 1.10, major area of the district is formed of Medium deep to deep, loamy-
skeletal soils.
Table 1.10: Soil classes in Hamirpur Major Soil Classes Area (Ha)
1 Shallow to medium deep, loamy soils 1900 2 Medium deep to deep loamy soils 37900 3 Medium deep to deep, loamy-skeletal soils 64900 4 Medium deep, loamy, calcareous soils 6200 Total Area 110900
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Map 1.4 Soil profile of Hamirpur
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1.6 Soil Erosion and Runoff Status
The land slope defines the susceptibility of land to soil erosion and determines the run off in that
area. Table 1.11 depicts block-wise land slope of Hamirpur.
Table 1.11 Block-wise land slope of the district
Block Land Slope Block Name Area (Ha) 0-3% (Ha) 3-8% (ha) 8-25% (ha) >25% (ha)
Hamirpur 23639 918 2835 9962 9924 Tira Sujanpur 18823 2246 1732 5135 9711 Nadaun 19458 3229 5199 7613 3418 Galore 7589 704 1585 3835 1466 Dhatwal 11707 749 1623 6469 2830 Barsar 16078 822 2699 7691 4866 Bhoranj 16300 674 1796 7296 6533
Figure 1.5: Land slope of Hamirpur
Physiography of the area offers some specific problems. Due to irregular, undulating topography,
shallow depth, steep slopes, coarse texture, poor soil structure, scanty vegetative cover and erratic
rainfall; the soils are subjected to severe soil erosion by water during rainy season. During dry
periods the soil profile dries up quickly due to evaporation and transpiration. The crops
experience drought conditions and consequently the crop yields are affected adversely. At times
the extent of damage is alarming. Undulating topography makes the development of irrigation
facilities difficult.
Slope and aspect of an area are vital parameters in deciding suitable land use for the area, as the
degree and direction of the slope decide the land use that the area can support. Slope is also very
important while determining the land irritability and capability classification and has direct
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bearing on the runoff. Slope and aspects are also helpful in prioritizing area for development
measures and in deciding sites for irrigation projects, afforestation programmes etc.
Because of tectonic activity and drainage pattern developed in the district the magnitude and
direction of slope varies within very small chunk of land. The slope vary in the district between
1% to more than 50%. This diverse variation in slope and aspects with irregular drainage pattern;
renders it extremely difficult to make developmental plans for large chunk of areas. Therefore, it
is very important to make plans on mini/micro watershed basis.
1.7 Land use Pattern
The total geographical area (TGA) of Hamirpur is 1,10,224 hectare. The largest Tehsil of the
district is Hamirpur which comprises of a TGA of 22,904 hectare i.e. about 21% of the TGA of the
district. The Gross Cropped Area of the district is 67,710 hectare out of which 16,339 hectare and
16,205 hectare i.e around 48% of the area falls in Hamirpur and Bhoranj Tehsil respectively.
Hamirpur and Bhoranj Tehsil also records for maximum net sown area of 9164 hectare and 8243
hectares i.e. around 49% of the net sown area of the district. The cropping intensity in Nadaun
Tehsil is 199% which is highest among other Tehsils in the district. For rest of the Tehsils, the
average cropping intensity is 193% (refer table 1.12).
Table 1.12: Land use pattern Name of the Tehsil/sub tehsil
TGA Area under Agriculture Area under forest
Area under
wasteland
Area under other uses
GCA (1)
NSA (2)
AST (1-2)
Cropping intensity
(%) Hamirpur 22904 16339 9164 7175 178% 2242 1998 9500
Bhoranj 15531.00 16205 8243 7962 197% 651 1982 4655
Barsar 15345 7628 3892 3736 196% 5702 0 5751
Nadaun 18166 10914 5471 5443 199% 3841 4359 4495
Sujanpur 18037 7026 3561 3465 197% 999 4083 9394
Dhatwal 12126 5969 3107 2862 192% 3776 1432 3811
Galore 8115 3629 1857 1772 195% 1621 0 4637
Total 110224 67710 35295 32415 192% 18832 13854 42243
Source: Patwari record TGA- Total Geographical Area, GCA- Gross Cropped Area, NSA- Net Sown Area, AST- Area Sown more than once
As per National Forest Policy, 66% of the area in the hilly regions of the state and 33% in plains is
to be brought under forest cover. However, keeping in view that about 20% of the area is
inaccessible and beyond the tree limit, the State Government aims to bring 50% of the
geographical area under forest cover.
The development of forestry sector assumes greater significance as it not only provides direct
benefits in terms of production of timber, sandal wood, fodder etc. but also intangible benefits on
the fragile eco-system. There is scope for improving the density of trees in the forest areas as also
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afforestation on problematic / wasteland available in the district and through diversification of
agriculture to agro forestry. Depending upon the site, some of the fast growing species that can be
selected are Khair, Eucalyptus, Poplar and Bamboo.
Within Hamirpur, Barsar Tehsil contributes for maximum forest area i.e. 30% (5702 hectare) of
the total forest area of the district followed by Nadaun and Dhatwal with contribution of each
Tehsil to the tune of 20% of the forest area of the district. In remaining Tehsils, the forest area
ranges from 651 hectares (in Bhoranj Tehsil) to 2242 hectares (in Hamirpur Tehsil).
In Nadaun Tehsil of Hamirpur, the area under wasteland is 4359 hectares which is 24% of the
TGA of the Tehsil. Similarly, the area under wasteland in Sujanpur is 4083 hectares i.e. 23% of
the TGA of the Tehsil. In other Tehsils, the area under wasteland is approximately 13% of total
area.
The pattern of land use in the district since 2002 has not been too predominant, except for land
under grasslands and water bodies, which have shown increase of 20% and decrease of 11%
respectively. Notable among other changes is the decrease in land under agriculture by 10% (Table
1.13)
Table 1.13 Change in land use of Hamirpur 2002-2015
Class name Area in 2002
(%) Area in 2015 (% Change %
Forest 24.7 21.2 -3.5 Grassland 13.8 33.6 19.8 Agriculture 28 17.6 -10.4 Buildup land 11.5 20 8.5 Riverbed 9 5.6 -3.4 Water bodies 13 2 -11
The satellite imagery map depicting the shift in land use pattern has been provided in Maps 1.5 &
1.6 that follow.
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Map 1.5 Land use pattern of Hamirpur in 2002
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Map 1.6 Land use pattern of Hamirpur in 2015
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Chapter 2 : District Water Profile
2.1 Area Wise, Crop-Wise Irrigation Status
Irrigation and drinking water supply facility constitutes the basic needs of the rural agricultural
economy of Hamirpur. Despite heavy precipitation, the soils of district remain thirsty to a larger
extent because of its undulating topography, shallow depth and coarse texture.
As reported by Revenue Department of the district, the total irrigated area in the district is 1,602
hectare which covers only 2.4% of the gross cropped area i.e. 67,710 ha. The total cropped area
during Rabi is 34611 ha, of which only 2.7% is irrigated and remaining is under rainfed cultivation
(refer table 2.1)
Table 2.1: Area wise, crop wise irrigation status Block Kharif (Area in ha) Rabi (Area in ha)
Irrigated Rainfed Total Irrigated Rainfed Total Nadaun 73 6475 6548 113 6803 6916 Bamsan 0 5442 5442 0 5911 5911 Bhoranj 510 6679 7189 709 6602 7311 Bijhari 0 6059 6059 0 6808 6808 Sujanpur 59 3442 3568 108 3298 3460 Hamirpur 10 3878 3888 20 4185 4205 Total 652 31975 32694 950 33607 34611
Figure 2.1: Irrigated area during Kharif and Rabi
Source: Department of Agriculture, Hamirpur
As indicated in Fig. 2.1, the total irrigated area under agricultural crops is maximum in Bhoranj
block. During Kharif season, a total of 510 hectare of area is cultivated under irrigated conditions,
which is 78.2% of the total cultivated land in the district during the season. In case of Rabi season,
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the total irrigated area is maximum in Bhoranj block, which constitutes 74.6% of the total
cultivated area in the district during this season.
In blocks of Bamsan and Bijhari, there is no area under irrigation and crops are cultivated under
rainfed conditions. In remaining three of the blocks of Hamirpur, Sujanpur and Nadaun, the
extent of irrigation facility is significantly low. It has been observed that area under irrigation for
these blocks is only 2%, 9% and 11% respectively.
The major proportion of land in the district is used for cultivation of cereals. Considering all the
blocks, cereals occupy more than 96% of the gross cropped area under agriculture. In case of
horticulture and plantation crops the area under irrigation is almost three times more than that
of rainfed. In case of Bhoranj block, the irrigated land under Horticulture and Plantation is almost
5 times more than that of rainfed while in Bamsan and Bijhari blocks, area under irrigated system
is almost 3.5 times more than that of area under rainfed system.
A total of 7207 ha is utilized for cultivation of Horticultural and Plantation crops, out of this
irrigated area is to the extent of 72.5% of the total area covered under this category of crops (refer
table 2.2)
Table 2.2: Irrigation status for horticulture and plantation crop
Block Horticulture & Plantation Crops (Area in ha) Irrigated Rainfed Total
Nadaun 1070 605 1675 Bamsan 634 174 808 Bhoranj 980 197 1177 Bijhari 1148 339 1487 Sujanpur 649 372 1021 Hamirpur 744 295 1039 Total 5225 1981 7207
Figure 2.2: Irrigated and Rain-fed under Horticulture and Plantation
Source: Department of Horticulture, Hamirpur
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2.2 Production and Productivity of Major Crops
Wheat, Maize and Paddy are the three major cereals crops in Hamirpur district. The other food
crops which are grown in the district are Barley, Gram, Lentil, Sesamum, vegetables (Toria, Gobi,
Lime and others). Among the horticulture crops, the most significant ones are Mango, Aonla,
Plum, Litchi, Almond, Jackfruit, K. Lime, Orange and Peanut.
Table 2.3: Area, Production and Yield of major crops in the district (from 2005-2009) Crop Kharif Rabi Total
Production (‘000 MT)
Productivity (Kg/ha)
Production (‘000 MT)
Productivity (Kg/ha)
Production (‘000 MT)
Productivity (Kg/ha)
Cereals & Course cereals Maize 76.6 2344 76.6 2344 Paddy 4.2 2152 4.2 2152 Wheat 57.1 1651 57.1 1651 Barley 0.2 1199 0.2 1199 Pulses Pulses 0.3 564 0.3 564 Chickpea 0.15 689 0.15 689 Mash 0.2 491 0.2 491 Lentil 0.06 429 0.06 429 Oil Seeds Oil Seeds 0.2 477 0.2 477 Toria 0.1 552 0.1 552 Sesamum 0.03 276 0.03 276 Fruits Mango 2.1 776 2.1 776 Amla 0.14 677 0.14 677 Guava 0.13 889 0.13 889 Litchi 0.13 502 0.13 502 Citrus 0.8 604 0.8 604 Other fruits 0.17 370 0.17 370 Vegetables Lady finger 3.5 7174 3.5 7174 Cauliflower 3.1 14758 3.1 14758 Cucumber 2.9 17494 2.9 17494 Tomato 2.7 29924 2.7 29924 Onion 2.5 10427 2.5 10427
Source: Agricultural Contingency Plan of Hamirpur.
As per Agriculture contingency plan 2010-11 (table 2.3), wheat is the major Rabi crop which is
cultivated on an area of around 34.6 thousand hectares. The total production of wheat is
approximately 57.1 thousand MT with average productivity of 1651 kg per hectare. This is slightly
less than the average productivity of wheat in the state of Himachal Pradesh (1671 kg per ha).
According to Agriculture Department of the district, it has been observed that while Bijhari block
has recorded maximum area of 6613 ha under cultivation of wheat, the production has been
highest in Bhoranj district with average yield of 19 quintal per hectare (refer table 2.4)
Similarly, in case of Maize, the area under cultivation was reported to be 32.7 thousand hectare,
with a total production of 76.6 thousand MT. The productivity of maize has been observed to be
2344kg/ha, which is higher than the state average of 2233 kg/ha. As per Department of
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Agriculture of the district, it has been observed that Nadaun block has recorded maximum area
of 6305 ha under cultivation of maize against the district total of 30000 ha. The production has
been maximum in Nadaun with average yield of 24 quintal per hectare. In terms of area and
production, Nadaun is followed by Bijhari and Bhoranj blocks.
In case of Paddy, it is observed that that the total area under cultivation was 1.9 thousand hectare
of which 900 hectare. The productivity of paddy in the district 2152 kg per hectare and the total
production is 4.2 thousand MT. This is significantly higher than the state average 1546 kg per ha.
As per the data recorded by Department of Agriculture in the district, Bhoranj block has maximum
area (1433 ha) under paddy cultivation which is 69% of total area of district where this crop is
cultivated. In terms of production, Bhoranj is followed by Nadaun have recorded maximum
production of paddy in the district. However, it is noticeable that Sujanpur block has recorded
maximum yield of 20 q/ha in the district, followed by Bhoranj and Nadaun blocks.
Table 2.4 Area, Production and Yield of major crops (2014-15)
Crop* Hamirpur Barsar Nadaun Sujanpur Bhoranj Bijhari Wheat A 4014 5664 6563 3260 7133 6613
P 72372 101952 118925 59436 133357 119034 Y 18 18 18 18 19 18
Rice A 107 143 208 122 1433 70 P 1710 2166 3881 2422 26802 1085 Y 16 15 19 20 19 16
Maize A 3649 5199 6305 3249 5699 5899 P 86846 123736 152581 77326 137916 140396 Y 24 24 24 24 24 24
Gram& Lentil A 150 200 300 100 100 150 P 750 1000 1500 500 500 750 Y 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mash A 102 60 106 95 27 60 P 786 463 817 722 208 456 Y 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mango A 458 438 862 438 408 790 P 1099 1195 3401 1953 1703 1254 Y 2 3 4 4 4 2
*A-Area in Hectare, P- production in quintals and Y- Yield in qt/ha
Source- Agriculture department, Hamirpur
Mash and Chickpea are the major pulses cultivated in the district. Chickpea is cultivated on
approximately 300 hectare of land is which produces 150 MT of chickpea with an average yield of
689 kg per hectare. As per Department, chickpea and lentil have recorded a total production of
5000 quintal, with Nadaun block being the highest producer of these pulses. The average yield of
Chickpea has been 5 q/ha which is almost constant throughout the district.
Mash is cultivated on a total of 450 ha area with Nadaun having maximum area of 106ha, followed
by Hamirpur block with 102ha area. The production has been observed to be proportionate to the
area under cultivation and the productivity of 8q/ha has been constant in all the blocks of district.
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Among the fruit crops, the major crop is Mango which is produced in the district in an average
area of 2.7 thousand hectares and the total production is 2.1 thousand MT. The yield of Mango in
the district is 776 kg per hectare. As per Department, Nadaun has recorded maximum area (862
ha) under cultivation of Mango as compared to remaining blocks. It is followed by Bijari and
Hamirpur blocks with 790 ha and 458 ha respectively. Production data for these blocks is
proportionate to area under cultivation with an exception of Sujanpur district which recorded
more production due to higher productivity of 4 q/ha.
Apart from mango, the major chunk of land is used in cultivating citrus in the district. On an
average, 1.4 thousand hectare of land is used for production of citrus which produces a total of
800 MT of fruits with an average yield of 604 kg per hectare.
2.3 Irrigation Based Classification
As discussed earlier, the district is primarily rainfed. Out of the gross cropped area of 67710 ha,
the extent of irrigated land is only 4348 ha, i.e. mere 6% of total cropped area. Considering the
block-wise data, percentage of net irrigated land to net cropped area is maximum in Bhoranj
block, followed by Nadaun block, i.e 13% and 10% respectively.
A total of 34282 ha of area is under rainfed cultivation. While comparing the ratio of area under
rainfed cultivation to gross cropped area in each block, Barsar block comes at the top position
with 78% (gross cropped area of 7628 ha) under rainfed irrigation, followed by Nadaun block with
63% under rainfed (gross cropped area of 10914 ha).
The area under partial irrigation has been reported to be zero.
Table 2.5: Irrigation based classification (in hectares) Block Gross Irrigated
Area Net Irrigated
Area Partially Irrigated/Protective
Irrigation Un-Irrigated or Totally
Rainfed
Hamirpur 200 100 0 4263 Sujanpur 528 264 0 3612 Barsar 70 35 0 5926 Nadaun 1126 563 0 6859 Bijhari 224 112 0 6925 Bhoranj 2200 1100 0 6697 Total 4348 2174 0 34282
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Source: Department of Agriculture, Hamirpur
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Figure 2.3: Irrigation based classification in hectares
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Chapter 3 : District Water Availability
Hamirpur district forms a part of Changer Belt, which is an acute water scarcity area of Himachal
Pradesh and experiences almost severe drought conditions. The water requirement of general
public is being met from traditional water sources like springs, percolation wells, step wells and
streams. Khatris/traditional water harvesting structures are very common in the northern part of
the district in and around Sujanpur- Sachui- Patlandar- Ahwa Devi areas. Khatris are constructed
in conglomeratic terrain, in which seepage water along with rainwater is collected in the under-
ground storage for domestic purpose during lean period. Traditional methods of water harvesting
like roof top rainwater and collection of rain water in tanks called Talavs are still in practice.
Central Ground Water Board (CCWB) has carried out Hydro-geological Studies and Groundwater
Exploration in the district. Exploratory drilling has been carried out in Hamirpur district all along
the valley fills. Underground water exploration, 10 boreholes has been drilled down to the depth
ranging from 40 m at Sachuhi to maximum of 100 m at Chinjiani. The depth to static water level
varies from 1.23 to 9.60 m and discharge varies from 20 lpm at Badehar to 1078 lpm at
Harmandir.
The population of the district is widely distributed and their water demands are fulfilled to larger
extent, from the traditional water sources like springs, percolation well/ infiltration galleries,
step-wells and streams, by piped water supplies. Major potential areas for the ground water
development are the valley fill deposits, occurring along Beas River between Sachuhi and Nadaun,
lower reaches of Man Khad and Sir Khad and central part of Kunah Khad. The aquifer thickness
may vary from 10 m to 100 m. The other potential areas are located along the faults/thrusts and
contact zones of various formations. Majority of the springs are located along these weak zones.
In most of the areas, bore wells have been constructed with yields varying from 1 lps to 5 lps. The
bore wells with higher discharges (more than 1.5 lps) are fitted with electric motors to augment
the water supplies.
3.1 Status of Water Availability
The Beas River: The entire drainage of the Beas River above Pandoh (Mandi) has been diverted
to Govind Sagar (The Sutlej River).The river receives only regulated flows downstream of Pandoh
and the flows contributed by the Uhl River, Neogal Khad and Binwa Khad along with the other
minor seasonal rivers/Khads directly join the river Beas. Other important tributaries of Beas are
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Baker, Salagi, Nauli, Maili and Jangled Khads. In Hamirpur district’s, Kunah and Man Khads are
the major streams. These along with other major Khads join the Beas River.
Kunah Khad: Kunah is the most important tributary of the Beas River in the district. Major
tributaries of this Khad are Sukar, Jhaniari, Gasota, Hathali and Sukrala Khads. These Khads are
perennial and have floods during rainy season.
Man Khad: Man Khad is another perennial tributary of Beas River which originates near
Deotsidh and flows towards NNW, to join Beas River to the west of Nadaun. Important tributaries
of this Khad are Haretta, Bambloo and Matwara Khads.
Sukkar Khad: Sukkar and Sir Khads are the main Khads joining the Sutlej River and Govind
Sagar. These occupy the southernmost part of the district and flow towards south to directly fall
into the Govind Sagar. These are ephemeral in the upper parts and become perennial in the lower
parts.
Sir Khad: Sir Khad is another important Khad, which is draining the eastern most part and flows
towards east. This Khad is ephemeral in upper catchment area and becomes perennial in lower
parts.
Among the sources of surface irrigation, lift irrigation and use of Rain Water Harvesting Bodies
are widespread in the district. During both Kharif and Rabi season, an area of 4129.49 hectare of
land is irrigated through lift irrigation facility. It has been reported by the agriculture and IPH
department that the sources such as Canal, Minor Irrigation Tanks, Treated Effluent and Ground
Water Sources does not exist for irrigation facility in the district.
Table 3.1: Water availability in Hamirpur Sl. No.
Sources Kharif Rabi Summer Total
1. Surface Irrigation (i) Canal (Major & medium irrigation)
(ii) Minor Irrigation tanks (iii) Lift Irrigation/
Diversion 0.007257
MCM (4129.49 ha)
0.0108864 MCM
(4129.49 ha)
0.00039312 MCM
(4129.49 ha)
0.01853652 MCM per ha for the whole year.
(iv) Various water bodies including Rain Water Harvesting
5 check dams**
(v) Treated Effluent Received from STP
(vi) Untreated Effluent (vii) Perennial sources of
water
Khad/Nallah 950.4 MCM per day is available in river Beas.
2. Ground Water* (i) Open Well
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(ii) Deep Tube Well (iii) Medium Tube Well (iv) Shallow Tube Wells
Source: I&PH department, Hamirpur
*Ground water availability is abysmally low in the district and the exact quantum of consumable ground
water resources and stage of groundwater resources in the district has not been estimated yet.
** Details of 5 check dams are as follows: i. C/O RWHS at Kunah Khad to recharge the existing source of LWSS Mallian Sadhrian and Kachoti (4000 cum)
ii. RWHS at Harsour on Kuriah Nallah to sustain LWSS Bani Barsar Garli Zone 1st (3200 cum) iii. Sustainability of various LWSS in Distt. HMR (SH: C/O RWHS for recharging the existing sources of LWSS
Ladwin (1750 cum) iv. Sustainability of various LWSS in Distt. HMR (SH: C/O Check dams in Daknal Nallah)=4340cum v. Sustainability of various LWSS in Distt. HMR (SH: C/O Check dams in Kunah Khad near Bridge=5500cum.
District irrigation Department has stated that River Beas is the only perennial source of water
which has a lean period discharge of 11.00 cubic meter during the month of December and
January. Out of which 1.94 cum is already being consumed/lifted for MIP Nadaun. So far, the
valley fills or fault zones has not been explored or studied on macro level for assessing the
potentialities of ground water resources in the district. However, Central Ground Water Board
has taken up exploration, in Jangal-Berri-Sachuhi area and central part of Kunah Khad by
constructing tube wells for studying the aquifer parameters, in order to assess the ground water
resources. Rainfall infiltration is the principal source of ground water recharge to the aquifer
system in the district. Inflow seepages from Khads/ rivers also contribute to the ground water
resources/ reserves.
3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability
As reported by CGWB Dharamshala and also Sr. Hydro Geologist, Ground Water Organization
Una, no study of ground water has been carried out in District Hamirpur. Hence the status of
under Ground Water cannot be commented upon.
Hydrogeology
There are two main geological horizons, namely post-tertiary and tertiary formations in Hamirpur
district. The sequence of geological formation is given as follows
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Table 3.2: Hydrogeology of Hamirpur Age Formation Lithology
Post-tertiary (Quaternary) Alluvium
Sand, Gravel, Pebble & Boulders and clay
Tertiary (Shivalik)
Upper Conglomerates, Boulders and Pebbly sandstone
Middle Micaceous sandstone and shale
Lower Hard, Purple sandstone & Shale Source: CGWB
Tertiary Formations
Almost the entire district is underlain by the tertiary formations. These formations are
represented by the Shivalik group of rocks (lower, middle and upper). Lower Shivaliks comprise
of massive dark gray sandstone and purple shales. These are conformably overlain by micaceous
sandstone and gray clay/shales of middle Shivalik. Upper Shivaliks comprise of conglomerates,
coarse-grained sandstones, inter bedded with grey and pink clays/silts and sand stone or pebbles
beds. Conglomerates occupy the major part of the district. Conglomerates are compact and hard
in northern part, while in south-eastern parts these are weathered and fractured.
Older Alluvium Deposits
These are widely distributed in the area between Nadaun – Sandhol and Harsi Pattan along the
Beas River and Jahu-Bhorang area along Sir Khad. Older alluvial deposits also occur in the lower
reaches of Man Khad. Alluvial deposits are also formed along minor streams/ tributaries. These
deposits are discontinuous and are of limited aerial extent. Thickness of these deposits varies from
less than 10 m to about 100 m along the Beas River valley and Sir Khad.
Younger Alluvium
These deposits occur either along the active channel or adjacent to it. The width of these deposits
varies from few meters to about a kilometer. These are distributed along the major and minor
streams/rivers. Pebbly sandstone is also occurring in the district, which is highly, weathered and
fractured. Springs are formed along or near to the thrust zones traversing through the central part
of the district.
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Map 3.1: Hydrogeology of Hamirpur
Post –Tertiary Formations
Quaternary deposits forming valley fill deposits are fluvial deposits. These deposits rest
uncomfortably over the Shivaliks, with more thickness in low topographical areas along the
rivers/ Khads. These sediments are composed of sand, gravel, pebble and boulders. Mostly these
are formed by the coalescence of the alluvial fan deposits by the various rivers/Khads.
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AQUIFER SYSTEM
1. Sedimentary Formations
Sedimentary formations comprise of hard rocks belonging to Shivalik group of rocks and are
represented by conglomerates, boulder beds and sandstones and clays. Conglomerates and
boulder beds are compact and hard, are generally devoid of water bearing horizons and are widely
distributed in the eastern part of the district. Weathered conglomeratic formations overlying the
compact conglomerates, form shallow and potential aquifers mainly in topographic lows. Ground
water is developed by construction of percolation wells, galleries or through springs. The
discharge of wells varies from less than 1 lps to about 10 lps.
Discharge generally reduces during summers. In compact conglomeratic formations ground
water occurs generally either along the fractures/fault zones or along the contact zones of different
lithological units. Ground water is developed only in the form of springs, formed in the low
topographic areas, along the fractured zones. The discharge of the springs is meager and is utilized
for domestic purposes. Most of the springs in this zone also get dried up during peak summers.
Contact and fractured zones, in sandstone formations mainly near the major faults or thrusts form
the potential zones. These are widely distributed in the central and western part of the district. In
these areas, ground water is mainly developed through the springs. Ground water generally occurs
under unconfined conditions. Depth to water level varies from 5m to about 10 m. The yields of
shallow wells are meager and are utilized only for domestic purposes.
The development of deeper ground water horizons has commenced with the introduction of
borewells for installing hand pumps, ranging in depth from 40 m to 80 m spread over the entire
district. Depth to water in these borewells generally ranges between 10 m to 25 m below ground
level. The yield of borewells (during drilling), reportedly varies from less than one litre to about 2
litre per second (LPS). Yields are generally higher along the structurally weak zones. Ground water
is mainly discharged through springs. Important springs are formed along or near to the thrust
zones traversing through the central part of the district.
II. Porous Formations:
Quaternary sediments or fluvitile deposits occur as valley fill within the older formations,
distributed mainly along Beas River, Sir Khad and Man Khads. Fluviatile deposits are loose to
semi consolidated, comprising of sand, clay, gravel, silt, pebble and boulders. The important
valley fill deposits along Beas River of the district are discussed below.
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Valley Fill along Beas River
Sachuhi- Sujanpur Valley Fill
This is an important valley fill formed along the southern bank of the Beas River and locally known
as Ballas. This area was prone to floods with waters of Beas River during rainy season prior to the
diversion of the Beas River’s water to Govind Sagar, at Pandoh. This has also checked the floods
and improved the marshy lands (Ox-bow), previously existing over the areas around Jangal Bary
and Sachuhi.
Table 3.3: Status of ground water availability Status of Block as per Central Ground Water Board Notification
Ground Water (MCM)
Critical Semi-Critical Safe Draft Recharge Gap All blocks under critical zone
- - -
Source: IPH department, Hamirpur
3.3 Status of Command Area
As per Irrigation Department of the district, the villages in each block under the command area
of various blocks are as follows-
Table 3.4: Villages covered under command area Block No. of
villages
Name of villages
Hamirpur 9 Jangle,Ropa, Nalti, Masyana, Ghanal Kallan,Neri, Kamlah, Baleta
Kallan, Baleta Khurd
Sujanpur 36 Palahi,Jol Samona, Kachh, Paur, Baghra, Upper and Lower and Bir,
Poi, Bri, Kudana , Bahru, Jhatour, Chhapter, Jakhu, Kheri, Sachhuhi,
Tarpol MC Sujanour, Blla Rathian and Balla Chaudharia, Bhaleth,
Lower Darla, Chowki, Matiyal, Khrsal, Har, Jangle, Minana,
Mihapur, Bhadriana, Kandher, Dhanotu, Gahlia, Longni, Muthan,
Balehu, Karot and Khirik
Nadaun 86 Booni, Madani, Lahar, Bharmol, Ser, Bara Chhal, Chhota Chhal,
Beri,Saloha, Karour, Bharomto,, Harmandir, NAC Nadaun,
Machhoon, Madoon, Mehar, Chharoon, Batali, Chamba, Chhadoon,
Choururi, Dobber, Dadloo, Faste, Jadwal, Keran, Kashmir, Hathol,
Lahar, Garyali, Mansoli, Duleh, Jangle, Bhgwani, Lahar, Sasan,
Ranthol, Bari, Karti, Dhanpur, Talial, Tringal, Dadaloo, Majihar,
Khar, Bantera, Ghandiana, Dodan, Kallan, Dodan Khurd, Amblehar,
Janglei, Gauna, Adhwani, Kulain, Saluyal, Kutharli, Kudyair, Jagrial,
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Badrol, Malankar, Jarot, Chowki Charan, Pakhrol, Sera upper, Sewra
Lower, Bhabrian, Kaloor, Amblehar, Garni, Mawalanghat,Parnal,
Damoti, Har, Parkhi, Chowkru, Dal, Jansooh, Kushiar, Galol Bhou,
Dobber Patta, Kohla Malankar, Pansai Ghallian, Bandos, Sarwin,
Plassi.
Touni Devi 4 Kehdroo, Bhira, Hallana, Kallar.
Bhoranj: 10 Baloo, Bhukkar, Aman Patwarian, Parol, Thana, Kadriana, Kakriana,
Riahala, Didwin, Samrla.
Bijhari: 27 Tipper Buhla, Tipper Uperla, Chhatoli Rajputan, Chatoli Brahmna,
Sasan, Ropa, Syoker, Bhaber, Seheli, Bhakreri, Maakteri, Baggi,
Jathunda, Seri, Kuriah Kallan, Kuirian Khurd, Kalwal, Chakmoh,
Baragran, Chowki, Chudial Bass, Lafran, Jamli, Bhalat, Ghangot
Kallan, Ghangot Khurd.
Table 3.5: Status of command area Sl. No.
Name of the village/Block
Information of canal command
Information on the other services command*
Total Area
Total Area
Developed Area
Undeveloped Area
Total Area Developed Area
Undeveloped Area
Developed
Command
Undeveloped Command
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4+7 5+8 1 Hamirpur N.A. N.A. N.A. 330.89 0 330.89 0 330.89 2 Sujanpur N.A. N.A. N.A. 713.18 0 713.18 0 713.18 3 Nadaun N.A. N.A. N.A. 2128.59 0 2128.59 0 2128.59 4 Touni Devi N.A. N.A. N.A. 201.00 0 201.00 0 201.00 5 Bhoranj N.A. N.A. N.A. 283.19 0 283.19 0 283.19 6 Bijhari. N.A. N.A. N.A. 472.64 - 472.64 0 472.64
Source: I&PH, Hamirpur *Only lift irrigation applicable for the district
3.4 Existing Type of Irrigation
There are only 41 Lift irrigation schemes in Hamirpur district irrigating 4129.31 hectare of area.
The source of these schemes are five perennial Khads/river namely Kunah Khad, Man Khad,
Saryali Khad, Gowald Khad and River Beas in which availability of water during lean period is
only to the extent indicated above in Table- 3.1(iii) and as a result no more scheme can be
constructed based on these Khad sources. So only river Beas having water availability of 950.4
MCM per day remains to be exploited after due to consultation with BBMB.
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Table 3.6: Existing type of surface water irrigation sources Surface Irrigation (1) Water Extraction devices
Canal Based Tanks/ Ponds/ Reservoirs Gov. Pvt. Gov. Pvt. Community owned Electricity
Pump (4) Diesel
Pumps (5) Others (6)
41* 130 - -
*Command Area of 4129.31 ha
As already mentioned, the ground water availability has not been assessed in the district.
Accordingly, no ground water sources have been mentioned by the department.
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Chapter 4 : Water Requirement/Demand
The earlier Chapters deal with the general profile, water profile and water availability of Hamirpur
district. The present chapter deals with the current and projected (2020) demand of water for
various sectors. The demand for water has been assessed on the basis of data obtained from
different departments.
4.1. Domestic Water Demand
Data of Census 2011 and 2001 has been considered to arrive at the growth rate of population of
the district. As per Cesus 2011, the district has shown an annual growth rate of 1.2%. Table 4.1
below indicates the block-wise population of the district. Current and projected population have
been estimated by assuming a growth of 1.2% per annum.
It has been assumed that per capita daily water requirement of people residing in urban areas of
the district is 150 L and for population in rural areas, the daily per capita daily water requirement
is 70 L Using the same norms domestic water supply demand has been worked out and given in
table 4.1 below. The earlier chapters dealt with the general profile, water profile and water
availability of Hamirpur district.
Table 4.1: Domestic water requirement in MCM
Blocks Population
2011
Existing Populatio
n
Present Water Requirement
Projected Population
in 2020
Annual Water Requirement
Hamirpur 45542 47,398 1.211 49813 1.3 Bijhari 91724 95,463 2.439 100326 2.6 Nadaun 100314 104,403 2.667 109722 2.8 Sujanpur 32730 34,064 0.870 35800 0.9 Bamson 75199 78,264 2.000 82252 2.1 Bhoranj 77829 81,001 2.070 85128 2.2 Tira Sujanur (Urban) 7943 8,267 0.453 8688 0.5 Nadaun (Urban) 4430 4,611 0.252 4845 0.3 Hamirpur (Urban) 17504 18,217 0.997 19146 1.0 Bhota (Urban) 1453 1,512 0.083 1589 0.1 Total 454768 473,200 13.0 497310 13.7
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It can be inferred from the table that considering the growth rate of population of the district, the
quantity of water required in 2020 for domestic consumption shall be approximately 13.7 MCM
which is 0.7 MCM more than the present water requirement.
4.2 Crop Water Requirement
As discussed in Chapter 2, cereals are cultivated on major part of the gross cropped area in the
district. Hence, the crop water requirement for major cereals viz. Maize, Paddy, Wheat as assumed
by State Agricultural University has been taken. The assumptions are as under:
For paddy: 0.6 m per ha,
for Maize: 0.06 m per ha,
for wheat: 0.15 m per ha,
Vegetables: 0.18 m per ha and
for Horticulture crops: 0.06 m per ha
The small portion of area under other crops has been taken in category of vegetables and
same assumption has been made.
0
1
2
3
1.211
2.4392.667
0.87
2 2.07
0.4530.252
0.997
0.083
1.3
2.6 2.8
0.9
2.12.2
0.5 0.3 10.1
Wat
er
de
man
d (
MC
M)
Blocks
Domestic Water Demand- Current vs Projected
Present Water Requirement (2015) Annual Water Requirement (MCM)
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Table 4.2: Crop water requirement (in MCM) Block Area sown
(Ha) Irrigated area (ha)
Crop Water Demand
Water Potential Required
Existing Water Potential
Water Potential to be created
Hamirpur 9538 944 10.79 9.95 0.84 9.10 Bijhari 14948 1372 16.35 15.26 1.09 14.17 Nadaun 16323 2061 18.71 16.01 2.70 13.31 Sujanpur 8677 1208 10.29 8.39 1.91 6.48 Bamson 12403 561 14.02 13.77 0.25 13.52 Bhoranj 16932 2710 27.52 20.71 6.81 13.90 Total 78821 8856 97.7 84.1 13.6 70.5
Water potential required has been derived from water required by crops cultivated under rainfed
conditions. Therefore, the existing water potential represents the water requirement of crops
cultivated in irrigated areas.
It can be concluded from the table that a total water potential of 70.5 MCM is to be created in the
district to fulfill the requirement of crops.
4.3 Livestock Water Requirement
The requirement of water by livestock in the district has been derived from two livestock census
(2003 & 20012), as discussed in second chapter. The table below represents the animal wise water
requirement as well as total water requirement of the district for livestock.
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Hamirpur Bijhari Nadaun Sujanpur Bamson Bhoranj
10.79
16.35
18.71
10.29
14.02
27.52
9.95
15.26 16.01
8.39
13.77
20.71
0.84 1.092.7 1.91
0.25
6.81
Wat
er d
eman
d in
MC
M
Crop Water Demand
Crop Water Demand (MCM) Water Potential Required (MCM) Existing Water Potential (MCM)
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Table 4.3: Livestock water requirement (in MCM) Block No. of
livestock Present water demand
Water Demand in 2020
Existing water potential
Water potential to be created
Hamirpur 19386 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.0000
Bijhari 38090 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.0000
Nadaun 41068 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.0000
Sujanpur 13921 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.0000
Bamson 32555 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.0000
Bhoranj 34841 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.0000
Total 179861 2.85 2.85 2.85 0.0000
Since the record of animal population is given Tehsil-wise while the water requirement has to be
assessed block wise, the total animal has been appropriated among the block based upon the
percentage of household residing in the block. Also, it has been noticed that compared to 2007,
there has been a fall in population of animal by 13%. For the projection of animal population in
2020, rather than taking the decreased number, population has been kept constant for 2020.
Accordingly, it is inferred that the water requirement of livestock in 202 will be same as in 2015.
The water requirement of the livestock has been estimated considering per capital daily water
requirement for cows/buffaloes 65 L, sheep/goats/pigs 6 L and Poultry 0.25 L.
4.4 Industrial Water Requirement
The requirement of industries has been calculated from data given by District department of
Industries. Only two industrial areas exist in the district, namely, Industrial area Hamirpur and
Nadaun Industrial area. The industrial department has their own water supply system and they
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Hamirpur Bijhari Nadaun Sujanpur Bamson Bhoranj Total
0.31
0.6 0.65
0.22
0.52 0.55
2.85
0.31
0.6 0.65
0.22
0.520.55
2.85
Livestock Water Demand
Water Demand in 2020 Existing water potential*
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supply water as per actual requirement at present. As majority of industrial units in the district
are small, the consumption of water is quite nominal. The Department has informed that
presently the water supply to industries is much more than their actual consumption.
Industry at a glance
The brief industrial profile of Hamirpur is as under
Particulars Number of units
Registered Industrial Units 2767 Functional Industrial Units 2767 Registered Medium and Large Scale Units 0
Table 4.4: Industrial water requirement of Hamirpur (in MCM) Block Name of the
Industry Water Demand
Water Demand in 2020
Existing Water Potential
Water Potential to be created
Industrial area
Hamirpur
Small scale
industry 2.2 2.6 2.2 0.4
Industrial area
Nadaun
Small scale
industry 1.8 2.2 1.8 0.4
Total 4.0 4.8 4.0 0.8
The current water demand has been estimated to be 2.2 MCM for Hamirpur Industrial area and
1.8 MCM for Nadaun Industrial area. Considering annual growth rate of 5%, the water demand of
4.8 MCM in year 2020 has been indicated by the department. Accordingly, the water potential
which has to be created to meet industrial water demand in 2020 is 0.8 MCM.
4.5 Water Demand Power Generation
Table 4.5 Water demand for power generation Block/Electrical
Divisions
Power
Requirement
(MW)
Water
Demand
(MCM)
Water
Demand in
2020 (MCM)
Existing
Water
Potential
(MCM)
Water
Potential to
be created
(MCM)
Hamirpur Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Power is not generated in the district and hence, water requirement has been indicated to be zero.
The power requirement of district is met through common grid system of the state.
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4.6 Total Water Demand of the district for various sectors
This sections presents the total water demand of the district and has been calculated by summing
up all major sectors consuming water. The current water demand has been indicated in Table
4.6(a) and the projected water demand has been depicted in Table 4.6 (b).
Table 4.6(a): Present Water Demand of the district for various sectors Blocks Demand from components (MCM) Total
Domestic Crop Livestock Industrial Power Generation
Hamirpur 1.2 10.79 0.3 0 0 12.3
Bijhari 2.4 16.35 0.6 0 0 19.4
Nadaun 2.7 18.71 0.7 0 0 22.0
Sujanpur 0.9 10.29 0.2 0 0 11.4
Bamson 2.0 14.02 0.5 0 0 16.5
Bhoranj 2.1 27.52 0.6 0 0 30.1
Tira Sujanur (Urban) 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.5
Nadaun (Urban) 0.3 0 0 1.8 0 2.1
Hamirpur (Urban) 1.0 0 0 2.2 0 3.2
Bhota (Urban) 0.1 0 0 0 0.1
Total 13.0 97.7 2.8 4.0 0.0 117.6
Figure 4.1 Present Water Demand of the district for various sectors
10%
16%
19%
10%
16.5
30.1
0% 2%
3%
0%
Hamirpur
Bijhari
Nadaun
Sujanpur
Bamson
Bhoranj
Tira Sujanur (Urban)
Nadaun (Urban)
Hamirpur (Urban)
Bhota (Urban)
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The present water demand of the district has been assessed at 117.6 MCM annually, with Bhoranj
being the block with maximum requirement of water (30.1). Nadaun and Bijhari blocks stand at
2nd and 3rd position with approximately 22 MCM and 19.4 MCM water requirement.
Table 4.6 (b): Water Demand of the district for various sectors (Projected for 2020) Blocks Demand from components (MCM)
Domestic Crop Livestock Industrial Power Generation
Total
Hamirpur 1.3 10.8 0.3 0 0 12.4
Bijhari 2.6 16.4 0.6 0 0 19.5
Nadaun 2.8 18.7 0.7 0 0 22.2
Sujanpur 0.9 10.3 0.2 0 0 11.4
Bamson 2.1 14.0 0.5 0 0 16.6
Bhoranj 2.2 27.5 0.6 0 0 30.2
Tira Sujanur (Urban) 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.5
Nadaun (Urban) 0.3 0 0 2.2 0 2.5
Hamirpur (Urban) 1.0 0 0 2.6 0 3.6
Bhota (Urban) 0.1 0 0 0 0.1
Total 13.7 97.7 2.8 4.8 0.0 119.0
Figure 4.2 Water Demand of the district for various sectors during 2020
During 2020, the demand shall be proportionate to the current water demand and total water
requirement has been assessed at 119 MCM.
11%
16%
19%
10%
16.6
30.2
0%2%
3%
0%
Hamirpur
Bijhari
Nadaun
Sujanpur
Bamson
Bhoranj
Tira Sujanur (Urban)
Nadaun (Urban)
Hamirpur (Urban)
Bhota (Urban)
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4.7 Water budget
As discussed in chapter 3, there are no ground water sources in Hamirpur. Hence, surface water
is being used to fulfill the requirement of existing water consumption.
Table 4.7: Water Budget Name of Blocks Existing water
availability Total
(MCM) Water Demand
(MCM) Water Gap (MCM)
Surface Water
Ground Water
Present
Projected (2020)
Present
Projected (2020)
Hamirpur 2.36 0 2.36 12.3 12.4 9.95 10.01 Bijhari 4.13 0 4.13 19.4 19.5 15.3 15.39 Nadaun 6.02 0 6.02 22.0 22.2 16.0 16.15 Sujanpur 3.00 0 3.00 11.4 11.4 8.39 8.433 Bamson 2.76 0 2.76 16.5 16.6 13.8 13.87 Bhoranj 9.43 0 9.43 30.1 30.2 20.7 20.82 Tira Sujanur (Urban)
0.45 0 0.45 0.45 0.48 0.00 0.023
Nadaun (Urban) 2.05 0 2.05 2.05 2.47 0.00 0.413 Hamirpur (Urban) 3.20 0 3.20 3.20 3.65 0.00 0.451 Bhota (Urban) 0.08 0 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.00 0.004 Total 33.48 0.00 33.48 117.57 119.04 84.09 85.55
The total water gap for the district has been estimated at 85.5 MCM during 2020. The gap is
maximum in case of Bhoranj with 20.82 MCM followed by Nadaun (16.15 MCM) and Bijhari
(15.39 MCM).
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Chapter 5 : Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation
At present, the schemes implemented by all the departments are broad based which has to be
specific and location/ problem based. A systematic integrated approach having full participation
of the users in the planning process is the need of the hour and extension facilitation should be
inter-disciplinary. On the basis of methodology described above a strategic plan for four years has
been prepared starting from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
The schemes were prepared by the proper consultation with the actual beneficiaries. The ground
water recharge structures were also prepared after the proper study of the availability of the water
from the local Boulies, Jhorhas and Khattries, etc. The water from these sources was otherwise
going waste. Hence, the schemes seem to be justified.
5.1 Year wise total Plan of the district
Total plan for four years works out to be Rs. 23778.1 lakh (Table5.1). Maximum share of about Rs.
17759.67 lakh (74.69%) is of Irrigation and Public Health Department followed by Rural
Development Department i.e. Rs. 4658.84 lakh (19.59%) and Agriculture department 1189.5 lakh
(5%). District Forest Department has a share of Rs. 114.09 lakhs while horticulture department
has a share of Rs. 56 lakhs. While working out the plan, phasing of ongoing irrigation projects has
been considered. However, from the proposal of departments, eligible activities under RIDF will
be covered as per the funds requirement of the State. Project sanctioned under RIDF XXI for
micro irrigation has not been shown separately as it will be implemented by the Agriculture
Department and covered under the plan of the Department. Capacity building, extension and
training is an important component of successful execution of the plan, therefore, Rs. 82.4 lakhs
has been proposed in the plan by ATMA which has been included in the plan of Agriculture
Department. Details of the plan are given in Annexure I.
Table 5.1 Department wise year wise plan (Amount in Rs lakhs) Department 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Total Irrigation & Public Health Department 14218.08 3269.54 191.05 81.00 17759.67 Agriculture Department 339.90 305.00 270.85 273.75 1189.50 Horticulture Department 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 56.00 Forestry Department 35.14 28.40 27.65 22.90 114.09 Rural Development Department 931.84 1863.50 1397.60 465.90 4658.84 Total 15538.96 5480.44 1901.15 857.55 23778.10 NABARD 725.4
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Figure 5.1: Department wise amount and percentage share in total plan
5.2 Component-wise Plan
Table 5.2 shows component wise plan for 4 years starting from 2016-17 to 2019-20. AIBP
component has to be executed mainly by Irrigation and Public Health Department while Har Khet
Ko Pani component will be executed by both Agriculture and IPH department. Per Drop More
Crop component will be executed by Horticulture department along with ATMA. Water shed
component will be taken care of by the Rural Development Department along with DFO
department. However, all the stakeholders need to have coordination among themselves to have
the maximum irrigation efficiency and to avoid duplicity. Fig. 5.2 is the graphical representation
of various components of PMKSY. It is observed that maximum share of 71% is for AIBP followed
by PMKSY Watershed (17%), Convergence with MGNREGS (3%) and Har Khet ko Pani (5.8%).
The share of Per Drop More Crop is to the tune of 3.1% only.
Table 5.2 Component-wise plan
Component 2016-17 2017-18 2018-
19 2019-
20 Total
Accelerated Irrigation Benefitted Programme (AIBP)
14000.0 2883.0 10.0 0.0 16893.0
PMKSY-Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) 379.00 532.60 281.07 181.00 1373.67 PMKSY- Per Drop More Crop (Total) 173 172.9 184.8 187.8 718.5 i) Micro-irrigation 51.65 44.15 44.15 44.15 184.10 ii) Supplementary Water Management activities 108.00 108.00 118.00 118.00 452.00 iii) Ext. And Trg. Under ATMA 13.33 20.79 22.68 25.60 82.40 PMKSY -Watershed 838.9 1608.1 1211.5 415.5 4074.0 Convergence with MGNREGS* 148.0 283.8 213.8 73.3 718.9
Total 15538.9
6 5480.4
4 1901.15 857.55
23778.10
*1% from the total outlay of Watershed has been taken under convergence
74.69%
5.00%
0.24%0.48% 19.59%
Irrigation&PublicHealth Department
AgricultureDepartment
HorticultureDepartment
Forestry Department
Rural DevelopmentDepartment
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Figure 5.2: Component-wise amount (in Rs. Lakh) and percentage in total plan
5.4 Block-wise Plan under PMKSY
Out of the total plan of 23778 lakh, 76% is pertaining to Nadaun while Bijhari has a share of 11%.
Table below describes block wise share in plan. Block-wise plan for each department has been
separately attached in Annexure II.
Table 5.3: Block wise plan under PMKSY (amount in Rs.)
Block Year
Total 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Hamirpur 124.18 141.60 107.30 67.70 440.78 Bijhari 523.66 1034.70 785.70 304.30 2648.36 Nadaun 14294.08 3397.40 377.30 170.00 18238.78 Sujanpur 122.04 199.50 137.95 72.75 532.24 Bamson 226.90 337.70 234.70 116.40 915.70 Bhoranj 248.10 369.54 258.20 126.40 1002.24 Total 15538.96 5480.44 1901.15 857.55 23778.10
AIBP71%
HKKP6%
PDMC-MI1%
PDMC-SWM
2%
PDMC-ATMA82.40% PMKSY -Watershed
17%
Convergence3%
2%
11%
77%
2%4% 4%
Hamirpur Bijhari Nadaun Sujanpur Bamson Bhoranj
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Table 5.4: Ongoing projects in Hamirpur funded by NABARD under RIDF
Type Name of the Project TFO
(Rs. Lakh) LIS Imp. of LIS Man Khad to Chhatoli Jaure Amb in Tehsil Barsar. 29.32 LIS Improvement of LIS Dera Parol in Tehsil Bhoranj 27.24 MIS C/o Check Dam at Saryali Khad in tehsil Barsar 118.5 LIS Prov. LIS to village Majra, Dadhoon and Dohang in Tehsil Nadaun 48.66 LIS Rem. & Imp. of LIS Baleta Kallan & Bhaleta Khurd in Teshil Hamirpur. 57.14
LIS C/o LIS to village Balore from already constructed Check Dam in Tehsil Bhoranj
48.07
LIS Imp. of LIS Amtar Bhou in Tehsil Nadaun 155.7 LIS Rem. of LIS Bhaber Sehell in GP Karsai Tehsil Barsar 123.9 MIS Imp. and remodelling of LIS Balu in Tehsil Hamirpur 66.73 MIS Remo. of FIS Badehar in Tehsil Bhoranj 50.18 Total 725.4
5.5 Action plan based on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Schemes
(MPLAD)
The outlay proposed in Hamirpur district includes the schemes which have been proposed by
Local MLAs. These schemes have been added in the proposal of departments. Table below
presents the scheme, name of MLA proposed the schemes and constituency where the scheme
will be implemented.
List of Schemes proposed by MLA/ MPs
Sr. No.
Block Name of Scheme CCA in Ha.
Estimated Cost in Lacs
Year of MLA Priority
Consty.
1 Nadaun Providing MIP to Nadaun area in Tehsil Nadaun Distt. Hamirpur.
2980.00 15631.00 2011-12 Nadaun
2 Nadaun Providing LIS to Village Dadhoon in GP Pansai in Tehsil Nadaun Distt. Hamirpur.
46.87 56.04 2013-14 Nadaun
3 Nadaun Improvement of distribution system of LIS Uttap Sharwin in Tehsil Nadaun Distt. Hamirpur.
15.00 61.90 2015-16 Nadaun
4 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Bakarti. 22.71 6.00 2010-11 Hamirpur 5 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Miharpur
Miyana. 28.36 28.00 2011-12 Hamirpur
6 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Palahi 103.00 8.00 2014-15 Sujanpur 7 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Kudana Beri 30.00 4.00 2013-14 Sujanpur 8 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Barin Gharan 59.00 100.00 2008-09 Hamirpur 9 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Hallana Kallar 73.00 3.00 2007-08 Bomson
10 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Bhira 81.00 35.00 2012-13 Hamirpur 11 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Kehdroo 47.00 100.00 2009-10 Bomson 12 Hamirpur Improvement of LIS Balu in Tehsil &
Distt. Hamirpur. 42.00 66.73 2014-15 Hamirpur
13 Barsar Improvement of LIS Aman Patwarian in Tehsil Bhoranj Distt. Hamirpur.
38.79 30.60 2013-14 Bhoranj
14 Barsar Remodelling of FIS Badher in Tehsil Bhoranj.
12.80 50.20 2015-16 Bhoranj
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15 Barsar Remodelling of LIS Neri Bhukkar. 33.28 75.00 2013-14 Bhoranj 16 Barsar C/O check dam in Saryali Khad in
Tehsil Barsar Distt. Hamirpur. Recharge existing schemes
128.30 2013-14 Barsar
17 Barsar Remodelling of LIS Bhaber Saheli in GP Karsai in Tehsil Barsar Distt. Hamirpur.
33.00 123.90 2015-16 Barsar
Total District Hamirpur:- 3645.81 16507.67 18 Dharampur LIS Shidhpur 2nd stage Tehsil
Sarkaghat & District Mandi (H.P.) 33.60 73.97 2005-06 Dharampur
19 Dharampur C/O LIS Pipli in G.P. Sajaopiploo Tehsil Sarkaghat Distt. Mandi H.P.
33.62 97.31 2006-07 Dharampur
20 Dharampur C/O Rain Water Hrvesting structure & LIS Bhadoo Chaswal & Chateryana Tehsil Sarkaghat Distt. Mandi H.P.
61.48 208.20 2009-10 Dharampur
21 Dharampur C/O Medium Irrigation Project by constructing Rain Water Harvesting structure in Satyar KhadTehsil Sarkaghat (Phase-I & II)
1251.00 12215.00 2007-08 Dharampur
22 Dharampur C/O Medium Irrigation Project Council to Jherera Mandop Thouna in Tehsil sarkaghat Distt. Mandi H.P.
2338.00 10851.00 2006-07 Dharampur
Total District Mandi Division Sarkaghat- 3717.70 23445.48 Total IPH Circle, Hamirpur:- 7363.51 39953.15
5.3 Suggestions
For successful implementation of PMKSY plan it is suggested that:
All the stakeholders should convene meeting of Panchayat Samities and then finalise the
village plan and prepare DPR.
There should not be any duplicity of project.
The Department should supplement each other so that the maximum irrigation efficiency
is achieved.
Agriculture and Horticulture Department should take micro irrigation projects in the
command of minor irrigation projects which are either completed or likely to be completed
in near future.
All the irrigation projects should have a component of water conveyance so that the each
drop of water is judiciously utilized.
Where ever feasible, Solar pumpsets should be installed.
All the structures planned should be geo tagged and marked on map, so that social
monitoring of the projects can be conducted. This will also avoid the duplicity.
Priority should be given to projects to minimize the gap in potential created and potential
utilized.
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Wherever sites with low head LIS have already been exhausted, higher per hectare norms
should be allowed.
Execution of the scheme should be expeditiously completed.
There should be smooth fund flow for timely completion of the project and to avoid cost
escalation.
5.4 Expected Outcome
As stated above in earlier chapters gross sown area of the district is 67,710 hectare of which 1602
hectare is irrigated (Excluding Plantation). Thus there is a gap of 66,108 hectare which can be
converted from rainfed to area under assured irrigation. As the water requirement of crops for the
existing cropping pattern works out to be 97.7 MCM and if the gross cropped area is to be brought
under irrigated area, 84.1 MCM additional water will be required.
Though the water (surface and ground water) is available in the district yet it will not be feasible
to create irrigation potential to the extent of 100% as the construction of irrigation project may
not be economically viable even if it is technically feasible. In hilly area due to tough terrain, high
head, small and fragmented land holdings, per hectare cost may be very high. Moreover it may
not be feasible to develop all the sources within a short spell of four years for which the plan is
being prepared.
Keeping in view the above constraints a plan to develop irrigation potential of 14,039 ha has been
proposed. Under AIBP and Har Khet ko Pani 4018 hectare will be developed. It is proposed to
create an irrigation potential by installing new lift irrigation ad Flow irrigation schemes tapping
surface water and installation of tube wells and bore wells where ground water is available.
Besides, water Harvesting structures have also been proposed which will harvest rainwater as also
spring water. It is proposed to create 2469 Water Harvesting Structures which will augment the
Water Potential by 71396 cum. This may result into extending irrigation facility to 95.20 hectare.
The average productivity of land in Rainfed area is 3571 kg/ha while the same is 5823 kg/ha.
Hence, with extended irrigation facility to 14,039 hectare, the incremental yield would be 31600
MT approximately. Considering an income of Rs. 100000/- from one hectare, the additional
income which farmers would derive on account of increased productivity will be around Rs. 88
crores per season.
Potential of 828.5 hectare is proposed to be created under PMKSY ‘Per drop more crop
component’. Sprinkler and drip irrigation schemes have been proposed under this programme.
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On completion of these projects, it is expected that an additional irrigation potential will be
created due to saving of water through adoption of water saving methods of irrigation.
It has been proposed that under other interventions of PDMC Supplementary Water Management
Activities, 120 structures will be constructed to create pondage capacity of 200000 cubic meter
which will have a potential of irrigating additional 440 hectares.
Last but not the least, as the scheme envisages, the plan includes convergence with MGNREGS
for creation of water sources to full potential in identified backward rainfed blocks including
renovation of traditional water bodies. This involves creation of new water conservation, water
harvesting structures, irrigation canals and drains, land development, etc. It also involved
renovation of water bodies including desiltation, maintenance of canals and drains, etc.
Considering 20% of the TFO shall be utilized for labour components, around 22.6 lakh mandays
jobs will be created in the district.
Annexure I: Strategic Action Plan for irrigation in District Hamirpur under PMKSY
Strategic Action Plan for irrigation in District Hamirpur under PMKSY Sr. No.
Name of the Block
Concerned Ministry/ Department
Component Activity Total number / Capacity (cum)
Command Area/Irrigation Potential (ha.)
Period of implementation (5/7 yrs.)/years
Estimated Cost (in Lakhs.)
Name of Department
1 MoWR AIBP Major irrigation - - - - 2 MoWR Medium irrigation 1 2980 - 16883.00 IPH Hamirpur 3 MoWR Surface Minor
irrigation 2015-16 2 10.00 1 10.00 Agriculture 2016-17 2 10.00 1 10.00 -do- 2017-18 2 10.00 1 10.00 -do- 2018-19 2 10.00 1 10.00 -do-
2 10.00 1 10.00 -do- 4 MoWR
Har Khet ko pani
Lift irrigation
1 15.00 5 61.85290 IPH Barsar 1 33.00 5 123.93 -do- 1 38.79 5 30.66 -do- 1 12.80 5 50.18 -do- 1 42.00 5 66.73 IPH Hamirpur 1 14.43 4 56.04 -do- 1 --- --- 6.00 -do- Repair
LIS 1 --- --- 100.00 -do- 1 --- --- 3.00 -do- 1 --- --- 35.00 -do- 1 --- --- 100.00 -do- 1 --- --- 28.00 -do- 1 --- --- 8.00 -do- 1 --- --- 4.00 -do- 1 --- --- 75.00 -do- 2 (16-17) 10.00 1 25.00 Agriculture 2(17-18) 10.00 1 25.00 Agriculture
5 MoWR Ground Water Development
2015-16 1 2 1 5.00 Agriculture 2016-17 8 16 1 40.0 -do- 2017-18 12 24 1 60.0 -do- 2018-19 8 16 1 40.0 -do-
2019-20 8 16 1 40.0 -do- 6 MoWR RRR of Water Bodies - - - - 7 MoWR Construction of Field Channels 7.1 MoWR Lined Field
Channels 2016-17 1 4.00 1 6.00 Agriculture 2017-18 1 4.00 1 6.00 -do- 2018-19 - - - - -do-
2019-20 - - - - -do- 7.2 MoWR Unlined Channels - - - - -do- 7.3 Land protection
work 2015-16 5 For land
protection 1 15.00 Agriculture
2016-17 20 -do- 1 50.00 -do- 2017-18 15 -do- 1 45.00 -do- 2018-19 20 -do- 1 50.00 -do-
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2019-20 20 -do- 1 50.00 -do-
8 MoWR Micro-irrigation- Drip
2016-17 25.5 2.28825 Horticulture 2017-18 5.5 2.28825 -do- 2018-19 5.5 2.28825 -do- 2019-20 5.5 2.28825 -do- Micro-irrigation-
Sprinkler 2016-17 11.00 11.715 Horticulture
2017-18 11.00 11.715 -do- 2018-19 11.00 11.715 -do- 2019-20 11.00 11.715 -do- 9 MOA & FW-
DAC & FW
Per drop more crop (Micro irrigation)
DPAP Drip
10 MOA & FW-DAC & FW
Micro irrigation Sprinkler
2015-16 25 17.00 1 8.30 Agriculture 2016-17 90 60.00 1 27.00 -do- 2017-18 90 60.00 1 27.00 -do- 2018-19 90 60.00 1 27.00 -do-
2019-20 90 60.00 1 27.00 -do- 11 MOA & FW-
DAC & FW Micro irrigation Drip 2015-16 10 7.50 1 3.15 Agriculture
2016-17 10 7.50 1 3.15 -do- 2017-18 10 7.50 1 3.15 -do- 2019-20 10 7.50 1 3.15 -do- 2020-21 10 7.50 1 3.15 -do- 12 MOA Training programmes ATMA
Training at block level for Moisture conservation and crop alignment. Efficient use of water, Water requirement based cropping
2016-17 1580 1 13.32 ATMA
2017-18 3006 1 20.79
2018-19 2803 1 22.67
2019-20 3474 1 25.60
17 DoLR-MoRD Newly created WHS 17.1 DoLR-MoRD Farm Ponds
Farm Ponds 57/3570 8/755 6/665 5/540 5/660
97.7 17 12 10 15
2016-2020 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
91.025 18.83 14.125 12.50 11.045
DRDA Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt.
17.2 DoLR-MoRD Check Dams 55200 274/27755 70 70 110 100
Recharging of sources 1185 35 36 55 45
5 2016-2020 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
128.34 718.25 6.80 6.80 7.57 6.88
IPH Barsar DRDA Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt. Forest Deptt.
WHS 5/750 10 2016-17 9.42 Forest Deptt. WHS 4/500 8 2017-18 7.50 Forest Deptt.
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WHS 4/480 8 2018-19 7.58 Forest Deptt. WHS 2/325 10 2019-20 5.0 Forest Deptt. 17.3 DoLR-MoRD Nallah Bunds 425/9085 365 2016-2020 295.75 DRDA 17.4 DoLR-MoRD Percolation Tanks 411/7800 251 2016-2020 581.55 -do- 17.5 DoLR-MoRD Other Ground water Recharge
Structures 827/5880 88 2016-2020 296.00 -do-
17.6 DoLR-MoRD Fishery ponds / cattle pond 77/1926 0 2016-2020 58.135 -do- 18 DoLR-MoRD Renovated WHS 18.1 DoLR-MoRD Farm Ponds 53/2020 57 2016-2020 35.00 -do- 18.2 DoLR-MoRD Check Dams 44/1800 70 2016-2020 32.50 -do- 18.3 DoLR-MoRD Nallah Bunds 20/1250 20 2016-2020 9.75 18.4 DoLR-MoRD Percolation Tanks 100/1310 50 2016-2020 52.25 18.5 DoLR-MoRD Other Ground water Recharge
Structures 124/3950 62 2016-2020 76.475 -do-
18.6 DoLR-MoRD Fishery ponds / cattle pond 18/375 0 2016-2020 7.85 -do- 18.7 (A)
DoLR-MoRD Land Development
DoLR-MoRD Afforestation, Horticulture, Agriculture, Pasture
275 0 2016-2020 447.30 -do-
18.7 (B)
DoLR-MoRD Soil and Moisture Conservation
DoLR-MoRD Gabian Structure Spur. etc. 1125 0 2016-2020 683.60 -do- 18.7 (C)
DoLR-MoRD Entry Point Activity
DoLR-MoRD EPA Works --- --- 2016-2017 28.776 -do- 18.7 (D)
DoLR-MoRD DPR’S
DoLR-MoRD DPR Preparation --- --- 2016-2017 7.194 -do- 18.7 (E)
DoLR-MoRD Institutional and Capacity Building
DoLR-MoRD Awareness / Sensitization Camp, Skill Dev. Training and Exposure Visit etc.
615 ---- 2016-2020 176.10 -do-
18.7 (F)
DoLR-MoRD Livelihood
DoLR-MoRD Dairy farming, Poultry, Soft toys making units etc.
--- ---- 2016-2020 304.99 -do-
18.7 (G)
DoLR-MoRD Production System & Micro Enterprises
DoLR-MoRD Production System & Micro Enterprises
---- ---- 2016-2020 309.47 -do-
18.7 (H)
DoLR-MoRD Monitoring
DoLR-MoRD Monitoring --- --- 2016-2020 36.39 -do- 18.7 (I)
DoLR-MoRD Evaluation
DoLR-MoRD Evaluation --- --- 2016-2020 36.39 -do-
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18.7 (J)
DoLR-MoRD Consolidation
DoLR-MoRD Consolidation --- --- 2016-2020 109.19 -do- 18.7 (K)
DoLR-MoRD Administration
DoLR-MoRD Administration --- --- 2016-2020 266.00 -do- 19 DoLR-MoRD
Convergence with MGNREGA
Newly Created 19.1 DoLR-MoRD Water Conservation: - - - - 19.2 DoLR-MoRD Water Harvesting: - - - - 19.3 DoLR-MoRD Creation of irrigation canals
and Drains: - - - -
19.4 DoLR-MoRD
Providing Infrastructure for irrigation:
- - - -
19.5 DoLR-MoRD Land Development: - - - - 20 DoLR-MoRD Renovation 20.1 DoLR-MoRD Renovation of Water bodies
including desalting: - - - -
20.2 DoLR-MoRD Renovation & Maintenance of irrigation Canals & Drains:
- - - -
21 State Planned Scheme of Irrigation 21.1 State Irrigation
Department Name of the Scheme
Major Irrigation - - - -
21.2 State Irrigation Department
Name of the Scheme
Medium Irrigation - - - -
21.3 State Irrigation Department
Name of the Scheme
Surface Minor Irrigation - - - -
22 Irrigation Scheme of State Agriculture Department
Name of the Scheme
- - - -
23 Irrigation Scheme of other Line departments of State Govt.
Name of the Scheme
- - - -
24 Externally aided projects
Name of the Scheme
- - - -
25 Other loan projects like NABARD
Name of the Scheme
- - - -
Total 237.78 Crore (From 2016- 2020) IPH: 177.59 Crore-(IPH Hamirpur-173.64 Crore, IPH Barsar- 3.94 Crore), DRDA: 46.59 Crore, Agri: 11.07 Crore, Forest: 1.14 Crore, Horti: 0.56 Crore , ATMA:0.82 Crore
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Block Wise Strategic Action Plan For Per Drop More Crop -Other Intervention Under PMKSY of Hamirpur District (H.P) in respect to Agriculture Department Sl. No Name of
District Component Activity Total
Number Pondage Capacity
(Cum)
Command Area/ Irrigation
Potential (Hect.)
Period Of Completion
Estt. Cost
(Lac.) 1
HA
MIR
PU
R
Per Drop More Crop Supplementary water management Activities
Topping Up of MGNREGA 12 0 40.00 5Years 47.00 Drought proofing through check dam /water harvesting structure 108 200000 400.00 5Years 421.00 Secondary Storage Structure 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 On Farm Development Distributions of pipes Raised Beds & Furrow Systems 0 0.00 0 0.00
Total 120 200000 440.00 468.00
Annexure II: Block-wise plan for each department from 2016-2020
(a) Plan by Department of Agriculture
Blocks 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Total Budget
(in Lakh Rs.) Component HKKP PDMC HKKP PDMC AIBP HKKP PDMC HKKP PDMC
Hamirpur 38.50 26.90 24.00 21.82 0.00 13.00 23.82 13.00 23.82 184.86
Bijhari 23.00 32.70 31.50 26.03 5.00 20.00 28.03 20.00 28.03 214.29
Nadaun 27.00 33.40 39.50 26.03 0.00 19.00 28.03 24.00 28.03 224.99
Sujanpur 14.00 22.20 16.00 19.12 0.00 11.00 21.12 11.00 21.12 135.56
Bamson 16.00 20.20 16.00 19.12 0.00 13.00 21.12 13.00 21.12 139.56
Bhoranj 42.50 30.20 19.00 26.03 5.00 14.00 26.03 19.00 26.03 207.79
Total 161.00 165.60 146.00 138.15 10.00 90.00 148.15 100.00 148.15 1107.05
(b) Plan by Department of Forests
Blocks 2016-17
(Amount in Rs.)
2017-18
(Amount in Rs.)
2018-19
(Amount in Rs.)
2019-20
(Amount in Rs.)
Total Budget
(in Lakh Rs.)
Component Watershed Watershed Watershed Watershed
Hamirpur 600000 650000 200000 350000 18
Bijhari 1880000 1272500 1940000 1122500 62.15
Nadaun 425000 160000 325000 0 9.1
Sujanpur 150000 150000 150000 150000 6
Bamson 0 0 0 0 0
Bhoranj 450000 610000 150000 670000 18.8
Total 3505000 2842500 2765000 2292500 114.05
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(c) Plan by DRDA
Blocks 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 TOTAL In Lakh Rs.
Component Watershed Watershed Watershed Watershed Watershed
Hamirpur 42.00 84.00 63.00 21.00 210.20
Bijhari 419.40 838.80 629.10 209.70 2097.00
Nadaun 194.44 388.88 291.66 97.22 972.20
Sujanpur 65.60 131.20 98.40 32.80 328.00
Bamson 104.26 208.52 156.39 52.13 521.30
Bhoranj 106.06 212.12 159.09 53.03 530.30
G. Total 931.76 1863.52 1397.64 465.88 4659.00
(d) Plan by DDH
Blocks 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 TOTAL In Lakh Rs.
Component PDMC PDMC PDMC PDMC
Hamirpur 254605 254605 254605 254605 10.18
Bijhari 254605 254605 254605 254605 10.18
Nadaun 254605 254605 254605 254605 10.18
Sujanpur 254605 254605 254605 254605 10.18
Bamson 127300 127300 127300 127300 10.18
Bhoranj 254605 254605 254605 254605 10.18
Total 1400325 1400325 1400325 1400325 56.01
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(e) Plan by I&PH Department
Block 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
TOTAL In Lakh Rs. Component AIBP HKKP AIBP HKKP AIBP HKKP AIBP HKKP
Hamirpur 0 6.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 6.00
Bijhari 0 25.00 0 120.00 0 78.30 0 28.90 252.20
Nadaun 14000.00 30.00 2883.00 50.00 0 26.04 0 11.90 17000.94
Sujanpur 0 14.00 0 26.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 40.00
Bamson 0 83.00 0 90.00 0 40.00 0 25.00 238.00
Bhoranj 0 60.00 0 100.60 0 46.73 0 15.20 222.53
Total 14000.00 218.00 2883.00 386.60 0.00 191.07 0.00 81.00 17759.67
(f) Plan by ATMA
Blocks 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 TOTAL In Lakh Rs
Component PDMC PDMC PDMC PDMC
Hamirpur 2.19 2.74 2.95 3.85 11.725
Bijhar 2.19 3.14 3.35 3.85 12.525
Nadaun 2.40 5.89 6.73 6.35 21.365
Sujanpur 2.19 3.14 3.35 3.85 12.525
Bamson 2.19 2.74 2.95 3.85 11.725
Bhoranj 2.19 3.14 3.35 3.85 12.525
Grand Total 13.33 20.79 22.68 25.60 82.39
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