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1.
LOCATION
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longitude
76042’: 76051’
latitude 300 40’:300 46’
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2.
AREA
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114
Sq.Km.
(Urban 78 Sq.km. Rural 36 Sq.km.)
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3.
POPULATION
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900914
(2001 Census)
Male-508224
Female-392690
Density-7903 persons/sq.km.
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4.
LITERACY
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81.76%
(2001 Census)
Total –647208 Persons
Male-384563
Female-262645
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5.
PHYSIOGRAPHY
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Hills
Piedmont zone (kandi area)
Sirowal zone
Alluvial Plain
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6.
RAINFALL
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1074mm(Normal
annual rainfall)
Heaviest rainfall in single day-234.9mm
(25th Sept.1955)
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7.
TEMPERATURE
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Maximum
46.5 0C (20th June 1964)
Minimum -1.20
C(26th Jan.1964)
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 8. GEOLOGY
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Alluvium
Sirowal
Quaternary
Kandi
Siwaliks ] Tertiary
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SOILS
1.
Sand to sandy loam (Northern Part)
2.
Loamy sand to silt loam (Southern Part)
LAND USE: YEAR
2000
| a) |
Area
not available for cultivation
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88.60
Sq.km. (79%)
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| b) |
Net
area sown
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15.22
Sq.km.(13.35 %)
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| c) |
Current
fallow
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0.25
Sq.km (0%)
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| d) |
Fallow
other than current
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5.08
Sq.km (4%)
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| e) |
Forest
area
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2.10
Sq.km (2%)
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| f) |
Other
uncultivable land excluding fallow land
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2.75Sq.km (2%)
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URBAN
WATER SUPPLY (2001)
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Demand
Available supply
Canal Supply
Ground Water Supply
Water available, from Tertiary
treated Sewage water
No.of tubewells
Water Supply per capita
RURAL
WATER SUPPLY
Water
Supply per capita
Canal Supply
Ground Water supply
IRRIGATION
No.
of tubewells
Area covered under irrigation
HORTICULTURE
Area
No.of tubewells
GROUND
WATER RESOURCES
Recharge
Draft
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0.522
MCM (115 MGD)
0.281 MCM (62 MGD)
0.224 MCM (49.5 MGD)
0.063 MCM (14 MGD)
0.013 MCM (3 MGD)
163
218 liters./day(48
gallon/day)
182 liters/day (40 gallon/day)
Nil
32 Tubewells
35
15.22 Sq.km.
26.7 Sq.km.
3
33
MCM
80 MCM
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DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL:
| A) |
Shallow
(unconfined aquifer |
- |
5
to 10 mbgl |
| B) |
Deep
(Confined aquifer) |
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20
– 45 mbgl |
DEPTH OF
TUBEWELLS:
| A) |
Shallow
(Horticulture) |
- |
90m
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| B) |
Deep |
- |
240
to 305m |
Aquifer Screened in deep tubewells
Zones below the depth of 90m approximately
PROJECTED
WATER DEMAND:
2006
- 0.567 MCM(125 MGD)
2011 – 0.621 MCM (137 MGD)
2016 – 0.671 MCM (148 MGD)
2020 – 0.712 MCM (157 MGD)
RIVER BASIN: -
| A) |
BASIN |
AREA
(sq.km.) |
SUB
BASIN |
| B) |
INDUS |
114
sq.km. |
GHAGGAR |
CROPPING PATTERN:
| A) |
Kharif
crop |
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Rice,
Maize, Bajra, Potato, Sugarcane |
| B) |
Rabi
crop |
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Wheat,
Barley, Gram, Oil seeds etc. |
Transmissivity
| A) |
Shallow
tubewells(upto 90m) |
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195m2/day
- 330m2/day |
| B) |
Deep
tubewells |
-
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91m2/day
- 850m2
/day |
Storativity
0.0004 (Showing confined nature of aquifer system)
No.of Hydograph network stations
| A) |
Dug
well |
-
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1No. |
| B) |
Piezometers |
-
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16
Nos. ( Shallow –6 Nos Deep
–10 Nos). |
| C) |
Total |
-
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17
nos. |
Number of tubewells:
| A) |
Urban
water supply |
-
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163 |
| B) |
Rural
Water Supply |
-
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32 |
| C) |
Irrigation |
-
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35 |
| D) |
Horticulture
|
-
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3 |
| E) |
Private
agriculture |
-
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90 |
| F) |
Others |
-
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239 |
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Total |
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562 |
Artificial Recharge Schemes:
Completed under Central
Sector Schemes
A.
Roof Top Rainwater Harvesting –2
| i. |
CSIO
Complex |
| ii. |
Basic
Medical Sciences Building, Panjab University |
B.
Utilising monsoon runoff – 1
| i. |
Leisure
Valley, Sector-10 |
C.
Schemes approved under Central Sector
| i. |
DAV
Senior Secondary School, Sector-8 |
| ii. |
TTTI ,
Sector-26 |
| iii. |
Chandigarh
Housing Board Office Complex, Sector-9 |
| iv. |
Dividing
roads Sectors-26,27, 19, 30 & 20 |
| v. |
Bhu-Jal
Building , Sector-27-A |
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