RAIBAG RAIBAG RAIBAG RAIBAG TALUK AT A GLANCE Raibag is one of the ten taluks of Belgaum district, it is surrounded by Athani in the north, Jamkhandi & Mudhol taluks of Bagalkot district in the east, Gokak in the south and Chikodi in the west. The taluk has 2 hoblies, 59 villages, 33 Gram Panchayats and 2 Municipalities. The taluk lies within North latitude 15 o 23' 00" to 16 o 58' 00" and East longitude 74 o 15' 00" to 75 o 28' 00". The general information about the taluk is given in the following table no. 1 TABLE 1 The General Information of the Taluk are Tabled Below S. No. Particulars/ Taluka Belgaum District Raibag Taluk Comparison in % 1 Area (sq kms) 13415 958.8 7.15 2 Population 4214505 347600 8.25 Male 2150090 178825 8.32 Female 2064415 168775 8.18 Rural 3201814 311828 9.74 Urban 1012691 35772 3.53 3 Density Person/sq. km 314 362 15.29%higher 4 Sex ratio no. of F/1000M 960 943 1.77%lower 5 Literacy rate 64.42 85.68 33.00%higher Male 75.89 86.62 14.13%higher Female 52.53 44.44 15.07%lower 6 Population of workers 1877774 140161 7.46 Male 1201858 95235 7.92 Female 675916 44926 6.65 7 Population of Marginal workers 340129 25949 7.63 8 Population of Cultivators 706476 63372 8.9 9 Percentage of SC 10.96% 1.45% 13.23
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RAIBAGRAIBAGRAIBAGRAIBAG TALUK AT A GLANCE
Raibag is one of the ten taluks of Belgaum district, it is surrounded by
Athani in the north, Jamkhandi & Mudhol taluks of Bagalkot district in the
east, Gokak in the south and Chikodi in the west. The taluk has 2 hoblies, 59
villages, 33 Gram Panchayats and 2 Municipalities.
The taluk lies within North latitude 15o 23' 00" to 16
o58' 00" and East
longitude 74 o 15' 00" to 75
o 28' 00".
The general information about the taluk is given in the following table
no. 1
TABLE 1
The General Information of the Taluk are Tabled Below
S.
No.
Particulars/
Taluka
Belgaum
District
Raibag
Taluk
Comparison
in %
1 Area (sq kms) 13415 958.8 7.15
2 Population 4214505 347600 8.25
Male 2150090 178825 8.32
Female 2064415 168775 8.18
Rural 3201814 311828 9.74
Urban 1012691 35772 3.53
3 Density Person/sq. km 314 362 15.29%higher
4 Sex ratio no. of
F/1000M
960 943 1.77%lower
5 Literacy rate 64.42 85.68 33.00%higher
Male 75.89 86.62 14.13%higher
Female 52.53 44.44 15.07%lower
6 Population of workers 1877774 140161 7.46
Male 1201858 95235 7.92
Female 675916 44926 6.65
7 Population of Marginal
workers
340129 25949 7.63
8 Population of
Cultivators
706476 63372 8.9
9 Percentage of SC 10.96% 1.45% 13.23
10 Percentage of ST 5.78% 0.20% 3.46
11 Number of Hoblies 35 02 5.71
12 Number of
Gramapanchayats
485 33 6.80
13 No. of villages 1255 59 4.70
14 No. of towns 22 02 9.10
15 Average Rain fall 808.26 514.4 36.35%lower
16 Forest Land 190424 2647 1.39
17 Banks
Commercial Bank
Branches
228 08 3.51
Grameen Bank
Branches
108 12 11.11
Urban Co-operative
Banks
41 02 4.90
PLD Banks 10 01 10.00
Other Cooperative
Banks
716 63 8.80
Total Bank Branches 1103 86 7.80
18 Land not available for
cultivation (in Hect.)
303898 12302 4.05
Barren land 44342 5641 12.72
19 Land Utilization
(in Hect.)
Fallow Land 283406 37424 13.20
Area Sown 893300 49005 5.48
20 Number of Farmers 497708 40023 8.04
21 Agriculture Marketing
Total Regulated
Markets
44 04 9.09
22 Roads ( in Kms )
National Highway 201 0 0
State Highway 1252 56 4.47
Major district roads 2209 206 9.33
Village road 2665 757 28.41
23 Railway Route in Kms
(Broad Gauge)
197 31 15.74
24 Number of SSI’s 28247 1397 4.95
25 Number of Primary
Health Centers
126 06 4.76
Number of Community
Health Centers
16 02 12.50
26 Number of SHG’s 10100 927 9.18
Credit linked SHG’s 4417 511 11.57
27 Major Crops ( in Hect.)
Cereals & Minor
Millets
447488 23995 5.36
Total Pulses 67071 1638 2.44
Total Oil seeds 159042 1369 0.86
Total Fruits 4303 616 14.32
Total Vegetables 16638 725 4.36
28 Total Irrigated Land
( in Hect.)
297827 39823 13.37
(Source : District Statistics 2004-05 from Dept. of Statistics Belgaum )
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE TALUK
Raibag block comes under Chikodi Revenue Sub-division of Belgaum
district. The taluk has two revenue areas .They are Raibag and Kudachi. The
area of the taluk is 958.8 Sq. Kms. and having 2 hoblies, 59 villages, 33
Gram Panchayats and 2 Municipalities.
SOIL :
The taluk is lying in deccan plateu region. Majority of the taluk is
having Black soil and red loamy soil.
RIVER :
Krishna river flows upper (north) boundary of Raibag taluk from West
to North East direction.
TEMPERATURE & RAIN FALL :
The temperature is minimum 15oC to 16
oC during November &
December and 40o C to 42
oC during April & May. The average rain fall in the
taluk has been 514.4 mm and actual rain fall during the year 2005 was
559.6mm.
POPULATION :
The population of the taluk as per 2001 census is 347600. The
population density is 362 per sq.km. The literacy rate is 55.68%.
OCCUPATION :
Main occupation in the taluk is agriculture. Of the95.87 thousand
hectares area , 49.00 thousand hectares area is cultivated. Sugar cane, Maize,
Jowar and wheat are the main crops. Working population of Raibag taluk is
40.32% of the total population of the taluk. The main workers population
comprises to 32.85% of the total population and 7.46% is the marginal
workers. Percentage of cultivators and agricultural workers to the working
population are 18.23% and 15.52% respectively. The workers population in
the taluk indicate that cultivators and agricultural workers dominate the total
working population with 83.70%.
FOREST :
The taluk possesses forest area of 2647 hectares which is about 2.77%
of the total geographical area.
INDUSTRIES :
As of March - 2005, in the taluk, there are 1397 Small Scale Industries
providing employment to 7720 persons .
EDUCATION :
There are 325 Schools having 59198 Students , 48 High Schools
having 15610 Students ,14 PUC College having 3802 Students, 4 Degree
Colleges having 2151 Students and one Polytechnic having of 105
students.
ROADS AND RAIL :
Railway line of 31 Kms broad gauge runs in the taluk . It enters
the Raibag taluk from Belgaum through Chikodi taluk and leaves the taluk
near Kudachi proceeds towards Miraj There are 03 Railway stations in the
taluk.
Raibag taluk is having 56.0 Kms of State Highway, 206 Kms of
major district roads, 757 Kms of village roads.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :
Earlier Raibag was one of the mahal under Kolhapar samsthan
constituting 30 villages. After Independence it secured the taluk position.
During 1956 Some villages of Gokak, Athani & Chikkodi were transferred to
Raibag Taluk . Then onwards Raibag Taluk attained a new form containing of
59 villages.
Raibag is having historical and famous religious places which are : Sri
Mayakka Devi temple at Chinchali, Sri Jagadguru Yallalingeshwar Math at
Mugalakhod, Masabi Darga at Kudachi and Sri Panchalingeshwar Math at
Nandikurali .
RESOURCE BASE OF THE TALUK
It is important to study the various resources available in the area before
identifying the potential opportunities in the taluk. Proper utilization &
exploitation of the resources - ensures the suitable industrial
development. Resources are classified into Material and Human resources.
The details are given below :
I MATERIAL RESOURCES
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES :
Agriculture is the main resource of the taluk. Agriculture has played
an important role in the economic development of the taluk and it is bound to
be a prominent sector in the overall development of the taluk. Kharif, Rabi
and Summer are the three seasons. During Kharif season major crops like
Jowar, Maize, Sugar cane, are grown. During Rabi season Jowar, Wheat is
grown. In Summer season vegetables are grown with the help of irrigation.
Sugarcane is the main cash crop in the taluk.
Important agricultural crops in the taluk are given in table below :
TABLE 2
S.No. Crop Area in Hectare
1 Cash crop – Cotton,
o Sugar cane,
o Others
499
18313
1850
2 Cereals
Paddy
Maize
Jowar
Bajra
Wheat
02
15556
2429
42
5966
3 Oilseeds 1369
4 Pulses 1638
5 Fruits and Vegetables 1341
(Source: District Statistics 2004-05 from Dept. of Statistics Belgaum )
The land holding pattern in the district is as follows :
S.
No. Size of land holding
No. of
farmers % of Land holding
1 Less than 1 Hectare 14280 35.68%
2 1-2 Hectares 12006 30.00%
3 2-4 Hectares 8629 21.52%
4 4-10 Hectares 4389 11.00%
5 More than 10 Hectares 719 1.80%
(Source: District Statistics 2004-05 from Dept. of Statistics Belgaum )
As seen above, out of 40023 farmers, the maximum of them (14280)
i.e.,35.68 % have land less than 1 Hectare.
There is 01 main and 03 sub regulated market in the taluk, the turnover
from which has been Rs. 474 crores during 2004-05.
HORTICULTURE :
Raibag taluk falls under North Dry Zone with black & red loamy soil
is favourable for growing horticultural crops like mango, pomegranate,
banana, sapota, grapes etc. There is wide scope for growing horticulture
produce unless marketing conditions and cold storage facilities have to be
improved.
The horticultural crops like Banana, Mango, Watermelon, Tomato,
Onion, Chilly, Ladies finger, Onion, Gourd varieties are grown in the taluk.
Fruits are grown in 616 hectares area and the vegetables are grown in 725
hectares area during the year 2004-05.
MINERAL RESOURCES :
The taluk is not blessed with mineral resources. Only building stones
and clay for mfg. of bricks are available in the taluk.
SERICULTURE :
Sericulture is not an important resource in the taluk. The area under
Mulberry is 24.4 hectares and production of cocoons during 2004-05 is
12.53 Tones. 59 farmers are engaged in Sericulture Occupation , 17.51 lakhs
Worth Silk is produced during 2004-05.
FOREST :
The taluk has no significant forest resource. The forest area in the
taluk is 2647 hectares which forms 2.80 % of the total geographical
area of the taluk.
LIVESTOCK RESOURCES :
The taluk is rich in live stock resources. The total live stock population
in the taluk is 295067 numbers as per Live stock Censes 2003 . Among this
cattle population has been 131876, poultry population has been 104069, sheep
population has been 73493. There are 02 veterinary hospitals, 06 Dispensaries,
03 primary veterinary health centers and 01 mobile dispensary, 03 artificial
Insemination centers are working in the taluk.
WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION :
A total of 39823 hectares area is irrigated in Raibag taluk, majorly,
20177 hectares area is irrigated by Wells and 8377 hectares area is
irrigated by Bore wells 7731 hectares area is irrigated by other sources , 3538
hectares area irrigated by Canals.
FISHERIES :
Fishery is not a significant resource in the Raibag taluk. Inland
fresh water fishery is the only resource. Out of 8 tanks in the taluk only in 2
tanks are engaged for fisheries activities. During the year 2004-05 fish
production in the taluk was only122 metric tonnes.
HUMAN RESOURCES :
There are 325 Schools having 59198 Students , 48 High Schools
having 15610 Students ,14 PUC College having 3802 Students, 4 Degree
Colleges having 2151 Students one Polytechnic having of 105 students,
& the taluk has 16 Libraries.
There is one polytechnic with 105 students and 4 Degree
colleges with 2151 students are situated in the taluk. The number of
educational institutions and students intake in Raibag taluk are given below,
Sl.No Type Institution No.of
Institutions
Strength of
Students
1 Primary Schools 325 59198
2 High Schools 48 15610
3 PU Colleges 14 3802
4 Degree Collages 4 2151
5 Polytechnics 1 105
At the end of 31st March - 2005 there are 38 Diploma holders 48