AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Sirsa District, Haryana
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Haryana
|
District |
Sirsa |
Block |
Baragudha Dabwali Ellenabad Nathusari Chopta Odhan Rania Sirsa |
Year of Issue |
2017 |
Number of Authors |
7 |
Name of Authors |
Iti Gupta, Scientist ‘B’, Tarun Mishra, Sanjay Pandey (AHG) , D. Anantha Rao (STA), Balinder P.Singh , K. S. Rawat , S. Bhatnagar |
Keywords |
Aquifer mapping, Hydrologic Studies, Sirsa District, Aquifer Management Plan |
File |
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Sirsa is the north western district of Haryana State with a total geographical area of
4276 sq. km and is located between 29o 13’: 29o 59’ N latitudes and 74 o 30’:75 o 7’ E
longitudes (Fig 1). It is surrounded by Muktsar, Bathinda Mansa districts of Punjab in the
north, Ganganagar Hanumangarh districts of Rajasthan in West and South, Fatehabad and
Hisar districts of Haryana in north east and south east respectively. The district is under
control of Hisar division and administratively divided into seven development blocks
namely Sirsa, Dabwali, Odhan, Baragudha, NathusariChoupta, Rania Ellenabad. As per
2011 census the total population of the district is 1295114. Out of total population 683242
are males and 611872 are females. In Sirsa district rural population is settled in 321 villages
and the rest of population is concentrated in five towns.