Welcome Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hardoi

Hardoi district is a district of Lucknow Division of Uttar Pradesh. It lies between 26'-53" to 27"-31'North Latitude and 79'-41" to 80'-46" East Longitude. Its north border touches Shahjahanpur & Lakhimpur Kheri Districts. Lucknow and Unnao are Situated at south border, West Borders touches Kanpur & Farrukhabad and on eastern border Gomti river separates the district from Sitapur.

District Hardoi comprises of 5 tehsils (Hardoi, Shahabad, Bilgram, Sandila & Sawayajpur), 19 blocks, 191 Nyay, Panchayat, 1101 Gram Sabha & 1901 habited revenue villages.
It also has 7 Nagar Palika Parishads & 6 Nagar Panchayats. Geographical area is 5947 sq. km.
As per census 2011, Population of the district is 4091380, out of which Female are 1887116 & Male are 2204264.

History

According to general conventions hardoi district is related with "HIRNAKASHYAP" its present name hardoi is a distorted version of its earlier name "HARIDROHI ". In view of some people this district was colonized by Hardevbaksh and just because of this reason there is an old locality Hardevganj exists in the city. Mallawa, Bilgram, Pihani, Shahabad, Sandila & Ruiyaa are the places of historical significance. According to some historians Mallawa was colonized by Buddhists while some believed that Sayyed Salar Masood Gazi came here. Earlier this area Mallawa was district headquarter. The ancient name of Bilgram is "SRINAGAR" its present name Bilgram was given by some associates of .Mahmood Gajnavi.Pihani is derived by persian word Pinhani (place of shelter), it is believed that king of Moughal dynasty Humayun took shelter in the forest of Pihani when he was defeated by Shershah Suri. Pihani is also related with the minister Sadarejahan of Emperor Akbar. His tomb and paintings are still here.According to the view of some people, Sandila was colonized by Rishi Sandilya. Sandila is also famous for old buildings,mosque & barakhamba.

Major farming systems/enterprises (based on the analysis made by the KVK)

S.N.	Farming System / Enterprise
1	Paddy - wheat, Maize - Wheat, Maize-potato, rice - mustard, Maize-potato-vegetable, groundnut-barley- vegetable are major cropping sequence.
2	Area under sugarcane increased.
3	Due to high level of sodicity in AES IV crop rotation with lentil, gram, onion and maize are not followed.
4	Bajara-wheat is associated with AES II and III and groundnut is sown as a important kharif crop but irregular rainfall and irrigation problems area under groundnut cultivation is decreasing day by day.
5	The resource rich farmers keep graded buffalo but poor people keep desi buffaloes and 5-6 goats.
6	Fruit and agro-forestry based farming systems are adopted largely by resource rich farmers and river bed farming system are operated by poor and landless farmers.
7	Garlic, onion, vegetable pea for green pods and watermelon, cucumber and cucurbits are the component of farming system which provides highest net returns.

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

S.N.	Agro-Climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	Central mid plain zone-V	Major crop production zone of U.P. Cropping intensity - 142% Climate-Moist, sub-humid and dry sub-humid Rainfall - 1211 - 1470mm Most of the area occurs in middle of Ganga and Yamuna river Major crops-Wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, potato, vegetable and pulses etc Average land holding 0.90 ha. Total NPK consumption (52.11, 25.43 and 2.62 Kg/ha)

S.N.	Agro-Climatic Zone	Characteristics
1	AES-I	Loamy soil, silty loam soil and loamy sand soil, slightly high pH, borewell, canal, irrigated area. Area comprises six blocks ie. Sandila, Bharawan, Benhdar, Kothawan, Kachhona and Ahirori. Major crops Wheat and other horticultural crops. Dairy is the major subsidiary occupation.

S.N.	Agro-Climatic Zone	Characteristics
2	AES-II	Loamy, sandy loam and silty loam, normal pH is existing. This AES is mainly irrigated through borewell tubewell and canal. Area comprises six blocks ie. Bharkhani, Shahabad, Todarpur, Pihani, Hariyawan and Tadiyawan.

S.N.	Agro-Climatic Zone	Characteristics
3	AES-III	Loamy and loamy sand soil is dominated soil, irrigation facility is poor, mainly rainfed area and some area are covered through borewell and tubewell. Area comprising in this AES seven blocks ie. Bawan, Harpalpur, Sandi, Sursa, Bilgram, Madhoganj and Mallawan. Main crops are maize, urd, moong, mustard, pea and gram.

Soil Types

S.N.	Soil Type	Characteristics	Area in (ha)
1	Sandy Loam	Light gray to light brownish gray, neutral to mildly, alkaline, fair water holding capacity and fertilizer responsive.	103492
2	Loam	Light gray to light greenish, sandy loam to loam calcareous, impregnate with big kankars. Good wateholding capacity and nitrogen responsive.	95530
3	Low Land and Clay Loam	Brownish gray to gray white, very strongly alkaline, water soluble salt pre-dominated, poor in organic matter and nitrogen & zinc water table. Fertilizer responsive only water reclamation.	199022

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

S.N.	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (Qtl)	Productivity (Qtl /ha)
1	Rice	100227	2262123	22.57
2	Wheat	343069	1062320	39.96
3	Maize	39179	55447	14.15
4	Jowar	6474	6896	10.65
5	Bajra	4371	4818	11.02
6	Barley	1812	2487	13.73
7	Urd	26755	14861	5.55
8	Mung	263	114	4.33
9	Ground Nut	7300	70010	9.59
10	Arhar	1721	11880	6.9
11	Til	25934	35270	1.36
12	Sunflower	159	3650	22.96
13	Mustard	12749	118680	9.31
14	Sugarcane	52069	14420020	508.84
15	Potato	11153	3068080	275.09
16	Gram	749	6370	8.51
17	Pea	1053	13710	13.02
18	Lentil	10596	113800	10.74
19	Total Oilseed	46157	227690	4.93
20	Total Pulses	41137	295510	7.18
21	Total Cereals	566294	14258580	25.7
Horticulture
1	Onion	528
2	Vegetable	17049
3	Mango	6599	17810	2.69
4	Guava	341	3571	10.47
5	Papaya	3	66	22
6	Garlic	115	461	0.61
7	Cucumber	450

Weather Data

Month	Rainfall (mm)	Temperature C	Relative Humidity (%)
April 2014	0.00	Maximum : 36.70 Minimum : 27.50	58.50
May 2014	4.76	Maximum : 40.90 Minimum : 34.35	57.37
June 2014	8.52	Maximum : 42.73 Minimum : 33.12	55.38
July 2014	109.32	Maximum : 32.90 Minimum : 29.45	81.34
August 2014	35.48	Maximum : 32.16 Minimum : 27.90	88.24
Sept. 2014	83.34	Maximum : 34.83 Minimum : 27.29	89.18
October 2014	21.66	Maximum : 18.50 Minimum : 24.25	82.85
November 2014/th>	0.00	Maximum : 28.56 Minimum : 18.50	81.20
December 2014	9.38	Maximum : 22.16 Minimum : 14.90	80.12
January 2015	14.83	Maximum : 18.05 Minimum : 6.78	74.75
February 2015	6.40	Maximum : 21.63 Minimum : 10.41	70.12
March 2015	38.98	Maximum : 27.58 Minimum : 14.46	66.76

Production and Productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

Category	Population	Production	Productivity
Cattle
Crossbred	32982
Indigenous	540298
Buffalo	463374
Sheep
Crossbred
Indigenous
Goats	383281
Pigs	37684
Crossbred
Indigenous
Rabbits	246
Poultry
Hens
Desi
Improved
Ducks
Turkey and Others
Fish
Marine
Inland
Prawn
Scampi
Shrimp

District Profile

S.N.	Subject	Unit	period	Particular
1	Geographical Area	Sq. K.M.	2011	5989
	Male	In thousand	2011	2187
	Female		2011	1897
	Total		2011	4084
	Rurals		2011	3542
	Cities		2011	542
	Schedule Caste		2011	1271
	Schedule Trible		2011	0.36
2	Number of Litracy Person
	Male		2011	1371.69
	Female		2011	845.14
	Total		2011	2216.83
	Number of below Poverty Family
	Rurals		2002	352.99
	Cities		2002	4.18
	Total		2002	357.17
3	Number of Election Areas	Number
	Parliament		2012-13	2
	Legeslative Assembly		2012-13	8
4	No. of Tehsils		2012-13	5
5	No. of Blocks		2012-13	19
6	No. of Nyay Panchayat		2012-13	191
7	No. of Gram Panchayat		2012-13	1101
8	Number of Villages		2012-13
	Number of Established Villages		2012-13	1905
	Number of un Established villages		2012-13	165
	Total villages			2070
9	City & City organization	2012-13		0
10	Nagar Nigam	2012-13		7
11	Nagar Palika Parishad	2012-13		0
12	Cantoomen Area	2012-13		5
13	Nagar Panchayat	2012-13		0
14	Senses Town	2012-13		5
15	Police Station
	Rural		2012-13	10
	Cities		2012-13	13
16	Bus Station / Bus Stop		2012-13	83
17	Railway Station (with Halt)		2012-13	25
18	Lenth of Raily Line
	Broad Gaze		Km.	169
	Meter Gaze			0
19	Post Office
	Cities		Number	29
	Rural		Number	304
20	Telegraph Office
21	Telephone Users		Number	8557
22	Corporate Banks
	Nationalise Bank Branches		Number	125
	Other Banks		Number	4
23	Rural Bank Branches		Number	62
24	Cooperatve Bank Branches		Number	20
25	Cooperatve Agriculture & Rural Development Bank Branches		Number	7
26	Cheap grains sale merchant
	Rural		Number	1331
	Cities		Number	161
27	Bio Gas Instrument		Number	8341
28	Cold Storages		Number	24
29	Agriculture
	Actual Sown Area		in ha	433250
	More than one time sown area		in ha	237359
	Pure irrigated area		in ha	385284
	Total irrigated area		in ha	553244
29	Agriculture Production
	Food Grains		in Mt.	1628688
	Sugarcane		in Mt.	1834293
	Oilseed		in Mt.	227690
	Potato		in Mt.	3068080
30	Climate
31	Rain
	General		m.m.	941
	Actual		m.m.	758.7
32	Temperature
	Highest		Centigrate	43
	Lowest		Centigrate	2.6
33
	Length of Canals		2012-13	1548
	Government Tubewells		2012-13	511
	Private Tubewells and Pump Sets		2012-13	91125
34	Livestocks
	Total Livestock		2007	1490625
	Veterinary Hospitals		2012-13	47
	Veterinary Hospitals - D Category		2012-13	2
	Livestocks Service Center		2012-13	61
	Artificial Insemination Center		2012-13	68
	Number of livestock per 100 ha area		2007	248.9
	Number of livestock per 1000 population		2007	390.5
	Number of milch animals per 100 population		2007	10.50
	Number of poultry birds per 1000 population		2007	53.20
35	Cooperatives
	Begening Agriculture Loan Cooperatives		2012-13	199
	No. of Cooperative members		2012-13	336
36	Industries
	Registered Workshop under 1948 Act		2009-10	71
37	Small Scale Industries
	Number of Small Scale Industries		2012-13	75
	Number of Workers		2012-13	1875
38	Education
	Primary Schools		2012-13	3952
	Higher Secondary Schools		2012-13	1314
	Intermediate College		2012-13	463
	Alternative Education Center		2012-13	128
	Graduate College		2012-13	28
	Post Graduate College		2012-13	3
	Universities		2012-13	0
	Industrial Training Institutes		2012-13	4
	Polytechnique		2012-13	1
	Teachers Training Institute		2012-13	1
	Engineering Colleges		2012-13	0
	Medical Colleges		2012-13	0
39	Human Medico
40	Hospitals and Dispenseries
	Alopathic		2012-13	10
	Aauryadic		2012-13	46
	Homeopathic		2012-13	36
	Unani		2012-13	10
	Community Health Center		2012-13	14
	Primary Health Center		2012-13	77
41	Land Holding
	Total Number of Land holding		2005-06	601546
	Percentage of Small and marginal land holding		2005-06	93.6
	Percentage of area under small and marginal size of land holding		2005-06	71.4
	Average size of land holding		2005-06	0.80