About KVK Khandwa

(A) Establishment of KVK : 1995

(B) Staff position: Photograph, academic qualification, field of specialization, experience & achievements in KVK & total, contact telephone numbers & e-mail ID for PC,SCIENTIST, TA/PA (not more than 100 words for each staff)

C.. Instructional farm, Infrastructure & Demonstration Unit

2. ABOUT District

o Demographical information of district :

Khandwa is one of the oldest districts of M.P., situated in the south-west of M.P. between 21.5o & 22.25o north latitude and 75.57o & 77.13o east longitude. Khandwa (Distt.) is bounded by Betul, Khargone, Harda & Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh And Jalgaon, Buldhana & Amarawati districts of Maharashtra State. Khandwa (city) is main junction of Central Railway on Delhi-Mumbai route.

It is in the upper northern part of Deccan Plateau of south India. The district lies on the uplands between the valleys of two major rivers the "Narmada" and the "Tapti" flowing parallel to each other from east to west. District has 06 development blocks, out of which 01 has prediminence of tribal population.

Burhanpur is the bifurcated district from Khandwa District on 15th August 2003. Earlier it waa a part of Khandwa District. Khandwa at present has only 7 blocks and Burhanpur has 2 block's namely Burhanpur and Khaknar.

SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS

79.93% of the total population leaves in the rural area, out of which 32.74% living below poverty line. Main occupation in rural area is agriculture and labour inadequate employment opportunities mark the rural employment scenario very pathetic Migration for labour in search of livelyhood is a major problem in the rural areas of the district.

Educations, occupation, caste, class, are the main factors, which decides the social status of people. All these factors are interrelated to each other. In India Madhya Pradesh is the only state, which has highest number of Schedule Tribes as compared to other states. Out of total population of Khandwa district 31.56% of population is ST and 12.4% of population is SC. In Khandwa tow blocks having sizable ST Population are Khalwa and Pandhana. Khalwa has (69.80%) ST population and were as Pandhana has 44.68% ST population. Above mentioned reason literacy rate of ST is very low as compared to the national literacy rate.

The Muslim population is 86239, which is 8.04 % of total population. They are lagging behind due to illteracy and mal practises like Child Marriage, Parda pratha, narrow mindness, and hindrances of girl's education.

70.80% Population of Khandwa is directly depends upon Agriculture releted activities. For their lively hood. As per regards tribal communities. It has been observed that Despite their total involvement in farming their standard of living is very poor same written the couses of marginal farmers they have struggle to meet their daily needs. Another reson for Economic backwardness is district has Resuling courpailing to leave in such poor condition. Less number of Cotton Industries existing in Khandwa district.

Hence it is the necessity to take overall view of their socio economic life, which has direct impact on their education.

POPULATION

Source : Census 2001

TEHSILWISE POPULATION -

Source: Census 2001

Source: Census 2001

Source: Census 2001

BLOCKWISE POPULATION DENSITY AND SEX RATIO

DISTRICT LITERACY RATE

The district literacy as per census 2001 is 57.68%, which is bellowing the national literacy rate 64.11 per cent. Through The district has recorded a good growth in the literacy level. Still it is for from National Average. A summary of the educational profile of the district is given in the table below.

Source: Census 1991 and 2001

Source: Census 2001 

BLOCKWISE LITERACY RATE

Source: Census 2001

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT

PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT

BLOCKWISE JANSHIKSHA KENDRA

o Trend of area/productivity of 3-4 major crops grown in Kharif & rabi, cropping pattern

• Source: Deptt. of stastistics Khandwa (M.P.)

o Status of livestock in brief

o Status Land utilization & irrigation status (in graphical form)

Total land with KVK (in ha): 20.28 ha

b. Scenario of Agriculture allied department including administrative details(in brief)

C. Thrust area, Potential & Problems

THRUST AREA

1.       Nutrient management in Cotton, Wheat, Gram, Soybean, Onion, Garlic through balance use of fertilizers.

2.       Replacement of traditional varieties of Soybean, Cotton, Sorghum, wheat Gram, Linseed and Maize.

3.       Insect-pest management in Cotton, Gram, Soybean and Chill.

4.       Weed management in Soybean, Wheat and Onion.

5.       Water management in Soybean through Ridge and furrow method of sowing

6.       Nursery management in vegetable production.

7.       Dissemination of knowledge through Mobile SCIENTIST.

8.       In-corporation of soybean in the daily diet.

9.       The importance of balance diet.

Problem identified

1.       Low yield due to imbalance use of fertilizers.

2.       Low yield due to use of traditional & unidentified variety of the crops.

3.       Insect-pest and weeds incidence

4.       Scarcity of soil water due to low rainfall.

5.       Vegetable seedling mortality due to disease and insect pests incidence.

6.       Protein energy malnutrition in children.

7.       Imbalance diet prevalent in rural mass.

8.       Non availability of technical knowledge in critical time.