Inventory of Soil Resources of Dhalai District, Tripura State Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

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1 Inventory of Soil Resources of Dhalai District, Tripura State Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques ABSTRACT. Survey : Dhalai District, Tripura 2. Geographical Extent : Between 23 o 24 to 24 o North Latitude and 9 o 4 to 92 o 0 East Longitude 3. Agro Climatic Region : Eastern Himalayan Region-II 4. area of the district : ha.. Kind of Survey : Soil Resources Mapping using remote sensing techniques. 6. Base map : a) IRS ID Geocoded Satellite Imagery (: 0000 scale) 7. Scale of Mapping : : 0000 b) SOI toposheet (:0000 scale) 8. Period of Survey : December,203 to January, 204 Sl. No. 9. Soil Series association mapped and their respective area Mapping Unit Soil Series Association (ha) (%) ALb2a Harinmara-Bhabliya ALp2a Amtali-Bisalgarh ALp3a Gopinagar-Khamarbari-Lalchhari ALqa Melaghar-Rautkhola-Sutarmura ALq2a2 Tilthaibari-Rautkhola SDi4c Betchhara-Rangutia SDi4d Rangutia-Gokulnagar

2 Sl. No. Mapping Unit Soil Series Association (ha) (%) 8 SDn7c(a) Kumarghat-Shantipur-Nalifa SDn7c Champamura-Kumarghat SDn9c(a) Shantipur-Kumarghat SDn9c Mandirghat-Kumarghat SDn9c2 Kumarghat-Shantipur SDr4a Lembuchhara-Nalifa SDr4b Khamting-Betchhara SDr4c Nabibari-Bagmara-Rangutia SDr4c2 Jugalkishor-Rangutia SDr4d Gokulnagar-Rangutia SDr6c(a) Jugalkishor-Taidubari-Khamting SDr6c Baramura-Nalifa-Kanchanbari SDr6c2 Champamura-Shantipur SDr6d Taidubari-Shantipur-Nalifa SDv3c Phattabari-Nabibari SDv3d Brajapur-Gokulnagar SDyb Nainachhara-Anandanagar-Rangutia SDyc Bagmara-Nalifa-Rangutia SDyd Rangutia-Nalifa SHn7c(a) Kailasahar-North Tripura SHn7c Balidhum-North Tripura-Chandrapara SHn7c2 Bhagwanpur-Unakoti SHn9c Kailasahar-Jubarajnagar SHn9c2 Jubarajnagar-Kailasahar Habitation Water 33 body River ii

3 0. under different erosion classes Sl. No. Erosion (ha) % None to slight erosion None to slight to moderate erosion Moderate erosion Moderate to severe erosion Severe erosion Misc under different slope classes Sl. No. Slope Classes (ha) % Nearly level to very gently slope Very gently to gently slope Gently to moderately slope Moderately to strongly slope Strongly to moderately steep slope Moderately steep to steep slope Very steep to extremely steep slope Misc iii

4 Salient Features: Alluvium, Sandstone and Shale are the three major landscape found in Dhalai district. 38 nos soil series have been mapped in Dhalai district. About 7% of the area falls under Forest. Soils of the district, falls under eight physiographic classes of which majority of the area falls under undifferentiated hill side slopes followed by Hillocks/hummocks/ subdued hill. Sl. Landscape Physiography (ha) % No Alluvial plains Broad hill valleys Alluvium 3 Narrow hill valleys Hillocks/hummocks/ subdued hill Plateau plains / hill tops / mesa Rolling upland Sandstone Undifferentiated hills side slope Upper pediplains Undifferentiated hills side slope Shale Misc About 60 ha (29.6%) of survey area having strongly to moderately steep slope followed by moderately steep to steep slope range range (26.2%). About 79.3% of the district area is under very deep soils. Majority of the area suffers from severe erosion hazard. Nearly 70.3% of total surveyed area comes under capability Class VII, land not suitable for cultivation, suitable for pasture and forestry with major limitations. Soils of the area are taxonomically classified into three orders i.e. Alfisols, Entisols Inceptisols and Ultisols. All the thirty eight soil series identified in the area are further classified into 9 sub-orders, 2 great groups, 26 subgroups and 34 families. Nearly 73.0% of total surveyed area comes under Soil Irrigability Class 6, lands not suitable for sustained use under irrigation. iv

5 HOW TO USE SOIL RESOURCE MAPPING REPORT This report embodies the results of the Soil Resources mapping of Dhalai district, Tripura providing information on the geographical setting of the district, such as location, extent, physiography, relief, drainage, climate, geology, natural vegetation, agriculture, land use and soils. The report contains other information on Interpretative grouping of soils (Chapter 7) such as land capability classes; land irrigibility classes, soil suitability grouping and hydrological grouping, the crops suitability, horticulture development, forest, forage and grassland development; water harvesting, water storage and water management are also essential for soil and land resource management. The genesis and classification of the soils are also discussed in Chapter.. Dhalai district of Tripura state is spread over an area of ha. The district is covered by seven SOI topographical sheets on the scale of : 0,000 which are used as base material along with satellite imageries. Each soil mapping unit is marked by mapping unit i.e. ALb2a (Alluvium; alluvial plain; 0-3% slope; agriculture land use; Soil Series Association, describing - Harinmara as dominant series in association with Bhabliya series). Each soil association is restricted to a maximum of three soil series For the use of the soil resource report, first locate the area of your interest on the map and note down the soil mapping units. Permanent features such as road, stream, lakes and village habitation etc. shown on the map, help to locate the area of interest on the map. For the detailed information on soil mapping unit in respect of soil series of the area of interest, its extent, present and proposed land uses, reference may be made to Chapter 4, Appendix I and II. The mapping unit used in soil mapping represents the five levels of mapping i.e. ALba may be referred as follows: AL - Alluvium - Landscape b - Alluvium plain - Physiography % - Slope class a - Agriculture land - Land use - Association of Soil series with erosion and management soil unit. Any comment and suggestion on the report would be welcome. For any further enquiry / or clarification, correspondence or personal contact may be established, with the Chief Soil Survey Officer, Soil and Land Use Survey of India, IARI Buildings, Pusa, New Delhi 002, - csso-slusi@nic.in. Ph Or Soil Survey Officer, Soil and Land Use Survey of India, Baishnabghata-Patuli Township, Block-E, Kolkata, Pin , - ssokolkata-slusi@.nic.in. Ph /8 OUR WEBSITE: v