Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management Plan Gopalganj District, Bihar
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Bihar
|
District |
Gopalganj |
Block |
Baikunthpur Barauli Bhorey Bijaipur Gopalganj Hathua Kataiya Kuchaikote Manjha Panchdeori Phulwariya Sidhwaliya Thawe Uchkagaon |
Year of Issue |
2023 |
Number of Authors |
5 |
Name of Authors |
Sh. Santosh Kumar Sen, Assistant Hydrogeologist,Dr. Subrata Das Scientist –‘C’ Sh. Rittik Das Scientist –‘B’Dr. Shelja Tiwari Assistant Chemist,Miss Manashi Bhattacharyya Scientist –‘B’, |
Keywords |
Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management Plan Gopalganj District, Bihar |
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The district Gopalganj was taken for aquifer mapping study in AAP 2022-23. The
district is spread over 2019 Sq. km of geographical area. Gopalganj district is situated in the
north–western part of the Bihar state. It extends between N Latitude 26°12’ 26° 39’ and E
Longitude 83° 54’ 84° 55’ covering parts of Survey of India Toposheets nos. 72 B/2, B/3,
B/6, B/7, B/10, B/11 B/15. This districts fall is the Indo- Gangetic plain covering parts of
Gandak and Ghaghra sub-basin. It is bounded in the north by State of Uttar Pradesh South
by Uttar Pradesh state Siwan district, east by Gandak and again west by Uttar Pradesh. Total
population of the district is 2562012 (as per census of 2011) with rural population 2399207 and
urban population 162805.
This district is divided in two subdivisions namely Gopalganj Sadar and Hathua having
all together having 14 blocks namely –Baikunthpur, Barauli, Gopalganj, Kuchaikote, Manjha,
Thawe, Sidhwaliya, Bhorey, Hathua, Kateya, Panchdewari, Phulwariya, Uchkagaon, Vijayipur