Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management Plan Arwal District, Bihar
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Bihar
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District |
Arwal |
Block |
Arwal Kaler Kapri Kurtha Sonbhadra-Bansi-Surajpur |
Year of Issue |
2022 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
Sh. Singaren Sandeep Purty |
Keywords |
NAQUIM Report, Data analysis and generation gap, Climate Rainfall, Irrigation Agriculture, Geology Geomorphology, Hydrogeology Drainage, Ground water Dynamic, Ground Water Quality, Aquifer Disposition. Aquifer Characteristics, Ground Water Resource, Ground water Related Issues, Management Strategies, Block wise management plan |
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Arwal is one of the 38 districts and the second smallest district of Bihar State covers an area of 638 km2. Earlier, it was a part of Jehanabad district and came into existence in August 2001. It is divided into five administrative block viz Arwal, Kaler, Kurtha, Karpi, Banshi Suryapur (Sonbhadra). District headquarter is located in Arwal block. Sone Rivers forms western boundary of the district and separates it from Rohtas and Bhojpur district. The district shares boundary in the north with Patna, in the east with Jehanbad and in the south with Aurangabad and Gaya district. There is total 65 Gram Panchayats in the district representing 335 villages. Arwal is the only town/urban area in the district. The district is underline by vast tract of flat Indo Gangetic Alluvium of quaternary edge. The alluvial sediments are made up of gavel sands, silt and clay. The gravels and the sand layers are good ground water repositories. Ground water occurs under water table to semi confined condition in the alluvium formation at shallow depth.