Application of GIS And Remote sensing for Promoting Irrigation Prospects in Utnoor and Indravelly Mandals  of Adilabad District

Narsimha Kota; Satish; Ravi Sanatana

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Application of GIS And Remote sensing for Promoting Irrigation Prospects in Utnoor and Indravelly Mandals of Adilabad District

Narsimha Kota, Satish, Ravi Sanatana

Abstract :

Adilabad is northern most district of Telangana state. having largest forest cover area and maximum rainfall in Telangana. The study area comprises of Utnoor and Indravelly mandals of Adilabad district. According to 2011 census Adilabad district has a population of 2,737,738. Utnoor mandal is having a population of 63,465 and Indravelly has 47,506.Utnoor has a tribal population of 51.97 percent and Indravelly has 57.24 percent of total population. There are total 37 and 34 villages respectively in Utnoor and Indravelly mandals. The area of Utnoor and Indravelly mandals are respectively 312.64 and 306.5 square kilometre. The main occupation of the people in the study area is agriculture. For the irrigation purpose farmers mainly depend on tanks and ground water. It is found that Utnoor is having relatively more no of surface water and ground water recourses, Even though there is adequate rainfall, there is no ground water storage capacities. Southern parts of Utnoor and Indravelly mandals have more forest cover area and a small part of north area of Indravelly is also have forest cover area.

The soil in the study area is mainly black soil. since the water availability is low commercial crops like cotton are cultivated in the area. The main objective of the project is to suggest methods for promoting irrigation prospects using the GIS and Remote sensing techniques. The methods used are Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Rain Water Harvesting and Storage (RWHS). Rain fall data, crop calendar data will be used in the preparation of RWHS. RWHS depend upon soil type, geology, geomorphology of the study area. Slope map, contour map are used for the preparation of DEM. The expected outcome of the project is increasing the agriculture productivity by improving the irrigation prospects and infrastructure facility in Utnoor and Indravelly mandals .