AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN OF KAMRUP DISTRICT, ASSAM
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Assam
|
District |
Kamrup |
Block |
Bezera Bihdia -Jajikona Boko Bongaon Chamaria Chayani Chaygaon Goroimari Hajo Kamalpur Rampur Rangia Rani Sualkuchi |
Year of Issue |
2022 |
Number of Authors |
2 |
Name of Authors |
R. K. Kalita Mophi Mili |
Keywords |
NAQUIM report, Aquifer Mapping, Aquifer geometry, Aquifer characteristics, Data Gap Analysis, ground water issues, ground water management plan, Panel Diagram, Irrigation, Kamrup District, Assam |
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Kamrup Rural district which is situated at the plains of the Brahmaputra Valley is located between 25°43’00” and 26°51’00” N Latitude and 90°36’00” and 92°12’00” E Longitude. At present, Kamrup district consists of two sub- divisions. They are namely Kamrup Sadar Sub-division and Rangia sub-division. Kamrup district comprises 12 revenue Circles with 1068 villages. It has 14 Community Development Blocks within the district. The total area in the district is 3105 Sq.Km. The district is situated in the western part of the state, surrounded by Darrang and Morigaon district on the east, Nalbari and Goalpara on the west, Baksa on the North and Meghalaya state on the west. The mighty river Brahmaputra bifurcates the district into nearly equal parts. In the immediate neighborhood of the Brahmaputra the land is low, and exposed to annual inundation. Geomorphologically the area can be classified into ten divisions: active flood plain, younger alluvial plain, Pediment alluvial plain, Pediment pediplain complex, older flood plain, older alluvial plain, low dissected denudational hills and valleys, moderately dissected denudational hills and valleys, highly dissected denudational hills and valleys and moderately dissected structural hills and valleys. The lithologs of all the exploratory wells are dominated by grey colour sand and discontinuous grey colour clay bands with gravel which indicate deposition in riverine environment. The principal alluvial aquifer is further categorized as younger alluvium. There is another aquifer present in the district is weaker zones of granite gneiss and schist