CHAPTER 6

IRRIGATION

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Source Wise Area Irrigated (%)
Surface Water

Below

118

Ground Water

% Canal

% Tank

% Other Sources

% Tube Well

% Dug Well

/ Net Area Irrigated

/ Net Area Irrigated

/ Net Area Irrigated

/ Net Area Irrigated

/ Net Area Irrigated

Above State Average

Source:Statistical
District Handbook
(2010-11)
Source:
Abstract (2012-13)

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Source Wise Area Irrigated (Hectares)
Canal

Tank

Surface Water

Ground Water

Lift Irrigation

Other Sources

Source: District Handbook (2010-11)

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Source Wise Area Irrigated (%)

S.No.

Canal Irrigation

Tank Irrigation

Ground Water Irrigation

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

District

1
Guntur
2
East Godavari
3
Krishna
4
West Godavari
5
Srikakulam
6
Nellore
7
Kurnool
8
Visakhapatnam
9
Prakasam
10 Vizianagaram
11 Cuddapah
12 Anantapur
13 Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh

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Gross
% of Canal
Canal Irrigated
Irrigated
Irrigated
Area (Ha)
Area (Ha)
Area
5,14,144
3,58,819
69.8
5,00,709
3,37,721
67.4
4,46,154
2,92,726
65.6
6,73,127
3,55,102
52.8
2,19,231
1,11,193
50.7
3,37,261
1,53,169
45.4
2,88,639
1,21,693
42.2
1,58,500
66,468
41.9
2,61,892
96,289
36.8
1,83,597
44,973
24.5
2,02,500
30,118
14.9
1,65,393
21,778
13.2
2,03,175
9,359
4.6
41,54,322
19,99,408
48.1

S.No.

District

1 Vizianagaram
2 Srikakulam
3 Visakhapatnam
4 Nellore
5 Prakasam
6 Chittoor
7 Krishna
8 East Godavari
9 Kurnool
10 Anantapur
11 Cuddapah
12 West Godavari
13 Guntur
Andhra Pradesh

Gross
Tank Irrigated % of Tank
Irrigated
Area (Ha)
Irrigated Area
Area (Ha)
1,83,597
87,793
47.8
2,19,231
75,658
34.5
1,58,500
37,730
23.8
3,37,261
77,947
23.1
2,61,892
24,154
9.2
2,03,175
18,126
8.9
4,46,154
35,014
7.8
5,00,709
37,105
7.4
2,88,639
15,000
5.2
1,65,393
8,501
5.1
2,02,500
8,208
4.1
6,73,127
19,403
2.9
5,14,144
5,618
1.1
41,54,322
4,50,257
10.8

Gross
Ground Water % of Ground
Irrigated Irrigated Area
Water
Area (Ha)
(Ha)
Irrigated Area
1
Chittoor
2,03,175
1,75,612
86.4
2
Cuddapah
2,02,500
1,62,917
80.5
Anantapur
3
1,65,393
1,32,826
80.3
4
Prakasam
2,61,892
1,26,101
48.2
5
Kurnool
2,88,639
1,34,945
46.8
6
West Godavari
6,73,127
2,84,471
42.3
7
Nellore
3,37,261
99,119
29.4
8
Guntur
5,14,144
1,28,756
25.0
9
Vizianagaram
1,83,597
45,561
24.8
10 Krishna
4,46,154
1,00,796
22.6
11 East Godavari
5,00,709
1,12,465
22.5
12 Visakhapatnam
1,58,500
28,052
17.7
13 Srikakulam
2,19,231
29,549
13.5
Andhra Pradesh
41,54,322
15,61,170
37.6

S.No.

District

Source: District Handbook (2010-11)

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Major Crops - Area Irrigated (%)

S.No

Rice

Maize

Cereals & Millets

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

District

1
Guntur
2
Cuddapah
3
Prakasam
4
Krishna
5
Kurnool
6
West Godavari
Anantapur
7
8
Nellore
9
Chittoor
10 East Godavari
11 Vizianagaram
12 Srikakulam
13 Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh

Area Under Rice Irrigated

Rice (Ha)
Area (Ha)
3,29,465
70,382
1,56,781
3,55,341
1,37,077
4,56,516
59,801
2,70,863
61,577
4,10,528
1,33,544
2,12,951
1,17,551
27,72,377

Source: District Handbook (2010-11)

3,29,465
70,380
1,56,745
3,55,157
1,36,959
4,55,692
59,683
2,69,733
61,132
4,03,077
1,24,779
1,81,386
91,687
26,95,875

% of Rice
Irrigated
Area
100
100
100
99.9
99.9
99.8
99.8
99.6
99.3
98.2
93.4
85.2
78.0
97.2

S.No

District

1 Nellore
2 West Godavari
3 Cuddapah
4 Krishna
5 East Godavari
6 Anantapur
7 Guntur
8 Chittoor
9 Prakasam
10 Srikakulam
11 Vizianagaram
12 Kurnool
13 Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh

Area Under Maize Irrigated % of Maize

Maize (Ha)
Area (Ha)
Irrigated Area
560
44,682
1,413
19,218
7,932
15,476
80,352
1,509
8,994
7,389
18,986
20,139
6,770
2,33,420

560
44,621
1,361
17,477
7,146
13,057
66,724
1,095
6,104
4,577
10,765
10,981
1,025
1,85,493

100
99.9
96.3
90.9
90.1
84.4
83.0
72.6
67.9
61.9
56.7
54.5
15.1
79.5

Area Under
Cereals & % of Cereals &
Cereals & Millets Irrigated
Millets
Millets (Ha)
Area (Ha)
Irrigated Area
1 West Godavari
5,01,248
5,00,313
99.8
2 Krishna
3,74,632
3,72,634
99.5
3 Nellore
2,73,137
2,71,495
99.4
4 East Godavari
4,19,070
4,10,223
97.9
5 Guntur
4,15,001
3,96,472
95.5
6 Cuddapah
82,533
77,565
94.0
7 Prakasam
1,91,521
1,70,169
88.9
8 Chittoor
75,807
65,326
86.2
9 Vizianagaram
1,58,680
1,36,341
85.9
10 Anantapur
95,975
81,459
84.9
11 Srikakulam
2,23,612
1,87,020
83.6
12 Kurnool
2,30,639
1,65,356
71.7
13 Visakhapatnam
1,68,809
93,065
55.1
Andhra Pradesh
32,10,664
29,27,438
91.2

S.No

District

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Major Crops - Area Irrigated (%)

S.No

Pulses

Oil Seeds

Food Grains

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

District

1
Kurnool
2
Chittoor
3
Cuddapah
Anantapur
4
5
West Godavari
6
Guntur
7
Nellore
8
East Godavari
9
Krishna
10 Prakasam
11 Srikakulam
12 Visakhapatnam
13 Vizianagaram
Andhra Pradesh

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Pulses
% of Pulses
Area Under
Irrigated Area Irrigated
Pulses (Ha)
(Ha)
Area
3,18,374
18,520
5.8
22,950
976
4.3
1,01,627
1,098
1.1
1,64,900
1,330
0.8
10,897
28
0.3
1,26,043
157
0.1
56,238
20
0.04
58,019
1,45,447
2,11,085
81,073
23,797
53,094
13,73,544
22,129
1.6

Area Under
Oil Seeds
% of Oil
Oil Seeds Irrigated Area
Seeds
(Ha)
(Ha)
Irrigated Area
1 West Godavari
57,872
57,504
99.4
2 Krishna
10,921
6,391
58.5
3 Nellore
25,940
11,845
45.7
4 East Godavari
59,522
25,851
43.4
5 Prakasam
72,445
17,410
24.0
6 Srikakulam
52,998
11,445
21.6
7 Cuddapah
2,42,231
48,729
20.1
8 Chittoor
1,67,639
24,259
14.5
9 Vizianagaram
46,566
6,675
14.3
10 Kurnool
3,34,871
42,157
12.6
11 Guntur
14,354
1,713
11.9
12 Visakhapatnam
30,131
2,428
8.1
13 Anantapur
8,58,595
36,163
4.2
Andhra Pradesh
19,74,085
2,92,570
14.8

S.No

District

Area Under Food Grains % of Food

Food Grains
Irrigated
Grains
(Ha)
Area (Ha) Irrigated Area
1
West Godavari
5,12,145
5,00,341
97.7
2
East Godavari
4,77,089
4,10,223
86.0
3
Nellore
3,29,375
2,71,515
82.4
4
Guntur
5,41,087
3,96,672
73.3
5
Krishna
5,20,079
3,72,634
71.6
6
Chittoor
98,757
66,302
67.1
7
Vizianagaram
2,11,774
1,36,341
64.4
8
Srikakulam
3,04,685
1,87,020
61.4
9
Visakhapatnam
1,92,606
93,065
48.3
10 Cuddapah
1,84,180
78,683
42.7
11 Prakasam
4,02,606
1,70,169
42.3
12 Kurnool
5,49,576
1,83,986
33.5
13 Anantapur
2,61,006
82,919
31.8
Andhra Pradesh
45,84,965 29,49,870
64.3

S.No

District

Source: District Handbook (2010-11)

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Major Crops - Area Irrigated (%)
Fodder Crops

Food Crops

Non Food Crops

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

Mandal - wise

Area
Fodder Crops % of Fodder
Under
S.No
District
Crops
Irrigated Area
Fodder
Irrigated Area
(Ha)
Crops (Ha)
1
West Godavari
990
911
92.0
2
Nellore
50
43
86.0
3
Cuddapah
653
522
79.9
4
Chittoor
8,061
3,415
42.4
5
Vizianagaram
16
6
37.5
6
Kurnool
273
74
27.1
7
Visakhapatnam
352
94
26.7
8
Krishna
5,570
1,197
21.5
Anantapur
9
1,118
197
17.6
10 Prakasam
20,957
2,891
13.8
11 East Godavari
6,090
306
5.0
12 Guntur
22,666
75
0.3
13 Srikakulam
1
Andhra Pradesh
66,797
9,731
14.6

Source: District Handbook (2010-11)

Area Under Food Crops

% of Food
Food Crops Irrigated Area
Crops
(Ha)
(Ha)
Irrigated Area
1 West Godavari
6,26,081
5,79,750
92.6
2 Nellore
3,83,281
3,15,585
82.3
3 East Godavari
6,08,073
4,71,614
77.6
4 Guntur
6,40,484
4,80,282
75.0
5 Krishna
6,45,913
4,34,147
67.2
6 Chittoor
2,52,859
1,67,862
66.4
7 Srikakulam
3,59,543
2,07,641
57.8
8 Vizianagaram
3,16,504
1,75,648
55.5
9 Cuddapah
2,70,468
1,39,844
51.7
10 Visakhapatnam
3,18,428
1,55,154
48.7
11 Prakasam
4,61,841
2,14,926
46.5
12 Anantapur
3,11,672
1,24,160
39.8
13 Kurnool
6,17,962
2,30,290
37.3
Andhra Pradesh
58,13,109
36,96,903
63.6

S.No

District

Area Under Non Food % of Non Food

Non Food Crops Irrigated Crops Irrigated
Crops (Ha)
Area (Ha)
Area
1 West Godavari
1,01,916
93,377
91.6
2 East Godavari
1,00,312
29,095
29.0
3 Nellore
75,275
21,676
28.8
4 Cuddapah
2,65,130
62,656
23.6
5 Chittoor
1,84,770
35,313
19.1
6 Prakasam
2,85,753
46,966
16.4
7 Srikakulam
76,609
11,590
15.1
8 Guntur
2,26,015
33,862
15.0
9 Kurnool
4,03,048
58,349
14.5
10 Krishna
1,02,478
12,007
11.7
11 Vizianagaram
85,623
7,949
9.3
12 Visakhapatnam
57,098
3,346
5.9
13 Anantapur
8,67,295
41,233
4.8
Andhra Pradesh
28,31,322
4,57,419
16.2

S.No

District

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S.No.

Jalayagnam - Major Irrigation Projects

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

25
26
27
28
29

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Project Name
Completed
Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme
TBPHLC Stage-I
Vamsadhara Project Stage-I
TB LLC
Yeleru Reservoir Project
Pennar River Canal System
KC-Canal
Godavari Delta System
NSRC
Krishna Delta System
Total
Ongoing
Chagalnadu LIS
Tarakarama LIS
Pulivendula Branch Canal
Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir
Vamsadhara Project Phase-I Stage-II
Gundlakamma Reservoir Project
Thotapalli Barrage
Pushkara LIS
SRBC
Tadipudi LIS
TBPHLC Stage-II
Somasila Project
Telugu Ganga Project (TGP)
HNSS
Total
Contemplated
Indirasagar Polavaram (RMC)
GNSS
Indirasagar Polavaram Project
PS Veligonda Project
Pulichintala Project
Total

Ayacut
(Lakh Acres)
0.9
1.1
1.5
1.5
2.1
2.5
2.9
10.1
11.1
13.1
46.8
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.8
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.1
2.3
2.8
5.8
6.0
28.0
3.2
3.3
4.0
4.4
12.5
27.3

Source: Andhra Pradesh State Remote Sensing

Application
Centre (2010-11)
(APSRAC)
Source: District
Handbook

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S.No.

Jalayagnam - Medium Irrigation Projects

District Handbook
(2010-11)
Source: Andhra
Pradesh State
Remote Sensing Application Centre (APSRAC)

Project Name

Ayacut
(Acres)

S.No.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Completed
Meghadrigedda Reservoir Project
Siddalagandi Project
Chennaraya Swamy Gudi Project
Zurreru Project
Lower Upputeru Anicut
Bahuda Reservoir Project
Maddigedda Reservoir Project
Pincha Project
Mallimadugu Reservoir Project
Seethanagaram Anicut
Vegavathi Anicut
Jalleru Reservoir Project
Pedderu Reservoir Project
Varaha Reservoir Project
Kalangi Reservoir Project
Pydigam Project
Denkada Anicut
Araniar Project
Krishnapuram Reservoir Project
Pennarkumudavathi Project
VR-Kota Anicut
Cumbum Project
Paleru Bitragunta Anicut System
Peddankalam Anicut
Tammileru Reservoir Project
Andhra Reservoir Project

34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50

0
224
900
1,515
2,046
2,880
3,000
3,773
3,950
4,118
4,200
4,200
4,300
4,484
4,900
4,984
5,095
5,500
6,125
6,128
6,850
6,944
7,186
8,708
9,121
9,419

27

Subbareddy Sagar Project

9,898

59

28
29
30
31
32
33

Upper Pennar Project

Swarnamukhi Anicut System
Pampa Reservoir Project
Bhairavanitippa Project
Mopagu Reservoir Project
Buggavanka Reservoir Project

10,052
10,200
11,972
12,009
12,500
12,850

60
61

51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58

62
63

Project Name

Ayacut
(Acres)

Yogi Vemana Reservoir Project

12,880
Varadarajaswami Gudi Project
13,220
Torrigedda Pumping Scheme
13,758
Konam Reservoir Project
14,549
Raiwada Reservoir Project
15,100
Tatipudi Reservoir
15,290
Rallapadu Reservoir Project
15,998
Gandipalem Project
16,000
Annamaya Project
16,000
Lower & Upper Sagileru Project
16,205
Vottigedda Reservoir
16,682
Vengala Raya Sagaram Project
24,710
Gajuladinne Project
25,340
Guntur Channel
27,000
Narayanapur Anicut
39,180
Thotapalli Regulator
40,727
Thandava Reservoir Project
48,000
Total
5,70,670
Ongoing
Pedda Gedda Project
16,000
VR-Kota Stage-II
1,800
Surampalem Project
15,482
Pedderu Reservoir Project
17,460
Kovvada Kalva Reservoir Project 17,740
Kanpur Canal
18,865
Bhupathipalem Reservoir Project 23,086
Veligallu Project
24,500
Janjhavathi Reservoir Project
24,640
(JRP)
Maddhuvalasa Reservoir
24,710
Yerrakalva Reservoir Project
34,356
Total
2,18,639
Contemplated
Musurumilli Reservoir
22,643
Tarakarama Theertha Sagaram
24,710
Total
47,353

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