UNDMT Rajasthan - Statistical Information

Statistical data

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FACT FILE ON DROUGHT

Affected Districts - 31 out of 32 districts
Affected Population – 330 lakh (33 million out of 54 million)
Affected Cattle Population - 40 million (approx)
Affected Cropped Area - 89.47 lakh h.a.
Estimated loss of agricultural production
Foodgrains, loss of 12.10 lakh tonnes
Oilseeds, loss of 2.04 lakh tonnes
Status of Tubewells
222 handed over by CGWB
259 offered by CGWB
48 yet to be handed over to the State Government
Central Relief Fund (CRF) - Rs 168.18 crores released earlier under CRF. This is Rs. 12.93 crores more than the Central share for 2000-2001

Districts with deficient rainfall or facing drought like situation in Rajasthan as given by the State include Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittore, Churu, Dausa, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, and Udaipur.

Drought data on villages: The Government of Rajasthan has announced on 27 November 2000 that following districts along with the number of villages stated against each district are declared as scarcity affected areas.

Sr. No.	District	No. of villages declared as Scarcity Affected	Sr. No.	District		No. of villages declared as Scarcity Affected
1	Ajmer	1049	17	Jaisalmer	583
2	Alwar	422	18	Jallore	712
3	Banswada	1455	19	Jhalawara	1585
4	Bara	403	20	Jhunjhunu	865
5	Barmer	1771	21	Jodhpur	1048
6	Bharatpur	22	22	Karouli	772
7	Bhilwara	1777	23	Kota	361
8	Bikaner	634	24	Nagaur	1145
9	Bundi	676	25	Pali	946
10	Chittorgarh	2346	26	Rajsamand	1004
11	Churu	958	27	Sawai Madhopur	577
12	Dousa	968	28	Seekar	999
13	Dungarpur	871	29	Sirohi	465
14	Shriganganagar	61	30	Tonk	1102
15	Hanumangarh	406	31	Udaipur	2374
16	Jaipur	2226	.	.	.
-	-	-	-	Total Affected villages	30583

Reservoir status

Water availability in reservoirs
No. of major reservoirs	Full reservoir capacity	Present total water availability	Amount in percent as compared to last year level	Amount in percent of average of 10 years level
3	3.54 TMC	0.832 TMC		35.2

Extent of Famine

Extent of Famine	1998	1999	2000
No. of villages affected	20,069	23,406	30,583
Population affected (000’)	215.07	262	330
No. of cattle affected (000’)	296	346	400
Damage to crop (area in ha.)	65	78	89
Damage to crop (value in 000’ Rs.)	228,349	340,702	351,177
Rainfall deficit	-3%	-16%	-29%
No. of overflown irrigation reservoirs	277	308	131
Source: Department of Relief, Govt. of Rajasthan, Dec. 2000

Affected Crop Statistics

Affected crop statistics
No. of affected villages	Percentage damage to crops
19,817	75 %
10766	50-74%
Total cropped area - 116 lac hectares Kharif crop damaged - 89.5 lac hectares Estimated financial loss on Kharif crop- $ 763 million Estimated financial loss likely by damge to Rabi - $ 400 million
Source: Girdawari report 2000

Rainfall distribution statistics in affected districts
Less than 60% from normal	Between 40-60% from the normal	Between 20-40%
2 districts Rajsamand Sikar	5 districts	16 districts
Source: Girdawari report 2000

Rainfall distribution statistics

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No. of villages declared as Scarcity Affected

No. of villages declared as Scarcity Affected