District Profile

Angul lies between 20⁰31′ N & 21⁰40′ N latitude and 84⁰15′ E & 85⁰23′ E longitude. The total geographical area of Angul is 6232 sq.kms, and is the 11^th largest district among 30 districts of Orissa. Angul shares its borders with Sundargarh in the north, Deogarh, Sambalpur & Sonepur in the west, Boudh & Nayagarh districts in the south, Dhenkanal & Cuttack in the south-east and Keonjhar in the east.
Angul comes under Mid Central Table Land Zone

It Spreads over 13642.19 sq km and accounts for 8.77% of the total geographical area of the state of Orissa.
It lies between 20⁰3′ and 21⁰6′ N latitudes and 84⁰3′ and 86⁰6′ E longitude
Covers 21 revenue blocks and 4019 villages
Flat with undulating topography.
Major rivers Brahmani and Mahanadi runs in this situation.
Soil groups of the zone are alluvial (entisol), Black (vertisol), red-laterite (alfisol) & lateritic (oxisol)
Mean annual rainfall is 1422 mm, the minimum being 511.4 mm in Talcher and maximum 2843 mm in Sukinda block.
About 18.80% of the cultivated area is irrigated.
Rice is the principal crop i.e. 35.82% of total crop.
Other important crops are greengram, arhar, groundnut, sesamum, mustard, ragi, wheat, millets, sugarcane and vegetables.
The total population of the zone is 2.981.495 according to 1991 census

The district is divided into four agro-ecological situations

Sl. No.	Name of AES	AES features	Blocks covered
1	Red loam with medium rainfall	Red soil, Avg. rainfall-1382 mm, Major crops: rice, greengram, blackgram, groundnut, arhar, vegetables, mango Major commodities: Mushroom	Angul, Athamalik
2	Black soil with low rainfall	Black soil, Avg.rainfall-1086 mm, Major crops: rice, blackgram, vegetables Major commodities: Dairy, fishery, floriculture	Banarpal, Kaniha
3	Medium textured Red loam with low rainfall	Red soil, Avg. raimfall-1030 mm, Major crops: rice, sesame, vegetables, mango Major commodities: Dairy	Chhendipada
4	River valley alluvial with medium rainfall	Alluvial soil, Avg. rainfall-1300 mm, Major crops: rice, greengram, cashew, vegetables, mango Major commodities: Dairy, Poultry, goatery, mushroom, fishery, floriculture	Athhamalik, Kishorenagar, Talcher
5	Black soil with medium rainfall	Black soil, Avg. rainfall-1344 mm, Major crops: rice, greengram, groundnut Major commodities: Poultry, goatery, mushroom, fishery	Banarpal, Kaniha, Pallalahra

The prime cropping system of the district is rice-pulse (Greengram & Blackgram), rice-Oilseed (Groundnut & Sesamum) and in irrigated condition rice-pulse/oilseed-vegetables and rice-vegetables-vegetables.

S.
No

Farming system / enterprise

1.

Crop + vegetable + dairy

2.

Crop + orchard + mushroom

3.

Crop + vegetable + floriculture + dairy + pisciculture

4.

Crop + poultry + goatery + mushroom + pisciculture

5.

Crop + orchard + floriculture + livestock + pisciculture

Geographical Area	6,38,000 ha
Net Sown Area	2,16,000 ha
Area Under Forest	2,72,000 ha
Permanent pasture	36,000 ha
Waste Land	19,000 ha
Irrigated Land	67,870 hectare
Area under Kharif crops	1,92,970 hectare
Area under Rabi crops	90,470 hectare
Cropping Intensity	168 %
Agro Climatic Zone	Mid-central Table Land Zone
Annual Rainfall	1422 mm
Temperature ( Maximum and Minimum)	Max.-44⁰C , Min.-12⁰ C
Soil type of the district	Red Loam ,Clay and heavy clay, Black and Alluvial soil
Major enterprises in the District	Vegetables and fruits, Oilseeds and Pulses, Poultry and Pisciculture
No. of Villages	1,910
No. of Village Panchayats	209
No. of Blocks	8
No. of Tehsils	5