District Superintendent of Agricultural Office
On 1st Jully 1998 Akola district was divided into two seperate
districts as - Akola & Washim in new Akola district there are 7 blocks
that are divided into two sub divisions for agriculture department as
Sub Division Akola includes 3 blocks as Akola,Barshitakli & Murtizapur
& Sub Division Akot includes 4 blocks as Akot , Telhara ,Balapur,Patur.
 Land Use Pattern
1) Geographcal Area
5.42 Lakh. ha.
2) Total Area under cultivation
4.96 Lakh ha.
3) Ava . Area Under Fallow land
0.18 Lakh. ha
4) No. of total cultivators
290165
5) Total Ava . Area under kharip crops
4.82 Lakh. ha
6) Total Ava . Area under rabi crops
0.46 Lakh. ha
7) Total Ava . Area under summer crops
0.02 Lakh. ha
 SOIL TYPE OF AKOLA DISTT. (area in 000 hect.)
1. Light soil
2. Medium soil
3. Heavy soil
87.00 ( 17.7%)
149.00 (30.3%)
255.00 (52%)
 Climate District falls in assured rain fall zone hence receives mansoon
rains during June to October. The Ava annual rain fall of the district is 714.1
m.m.spread over 47 rainy days in normal condition.The district charecrised by
warm & humid climate in June to October.and later on threr is gradual decline in
temp from November onwards. Cool & dry climate is observed duringNov to Jan.
March , April , May are the hottest months The Ava , Max & Min Temp of the Distt
is 47.9 & 12 degree cel.
-2 sowing period
In Akola Distt. there are following 3 seasons of crops as per sowing
time
a. Kharip season - for
Premansoon cotton - from 20th May to 31st May
Kharif Cotton
-
From 15 June to 30th June.
Major crops - Cotton , Jower, tur , mug, udid , soyabean,sunflower.
b. Rabbi Season - from 15 sept. to mid of Nov.
Major crops - Wheat , safflower , gram , sunflower.
c. Summer season - from first week of Janeury to Feb. end
Major Crop - summer Gr. nut , summer mug .
Land holding Pattern Sr No
Discription
1
Marginal
2
3
Small
Semi
medium
Medium
Large
4
5
 Irrigation
size of
holding ha.
< 1. 00
No. of
Holders
55979
Area In ha.
Remarks
38944
Ava. size of
holdings is
2.83 ha.
1.00 --1.99
2.00 -- 3.99
97618
76775
142925
212486
4.00 -- 9.99
> 10.00
50802
8991
304353
123711
(area in 00 ha)
There are 2 major projects, 3 medium projects ,25 minor projects & 60
other projects in Akola Distt. ,having irrigation potatial upto 34808 ha appox.
detail statistics of district is as below -
District
Total Net Area irrigated by
Surface
Well
Irrigation
Irrigation
% of net
Area
Total
% of total
Total Net Area
Irrigated
Gross area
area
Irrigated
irrigated to
more than
of crops
irrigated to
Area
net Area
once
irrigated
total
Sown
Cropped
Area
Akola
53
239
292
3.5
105
397
3.8
-3-
 Croping Pattren The total net sown area in district is 4.96 lakh ha. of which about
mainly 4.82 lakh ha ( 97 %) area lies under kharip crops , 0.46 lakh ha (9 % )
under rabbi crops & 0.02 lakh ha under summer crops.
The White gold cotten is the main cash crop of the district ,
occupying 1. 98 lakh ha ( about 42 % of ava. kharip area).An area of 0.90 lakh
ha ( about 20 % of ava. kharip area).is under food grains of which jowar is the
major crop occupying an area of 0.86 lakh ha. Details about other crops grown
in 2005- 2006 are given seperately as below
Sr No
crop
Ava. area
of Distt in
ha
area under crop in 20052006 in ha
1
Jower
85600
86865
2
Bajara
2400
834
3
Maize
300
1965
4
other cereals
700
292
Total cereals
89000
89956
5
Tur (Red gram)
45900
58532
6
Mug ( green gram)
61500
47690
7
Udid ( black gram)
14700
15440
8
other pulses
5100
869
Total Pulses
127200
122531
9
Gr nut
200
10
10
Seasasum
3900
7252
11
sunflower
2100
900
12
soyabean
26800
61220
13
Other
..
140
Total oilseeds
33000
69522
14
cotton
232200
197501
15
su cane
900
108
Total Kharif
482300
479618
FRUITCROP PLANTAION YEAR 1990-91 TO 2004- 05
Sr. No.
Name of Gruit Crop
Plantion Area in
(Ha.)
Remarks
1
2
3
4
1
Orange
4374
2
Mandarine
295
3
Guava
194
4
Chiku
290
5
Kagdi lime
3495
6
Mango
2364
7
Pomogranate
132
8
Ber
1014
9
Aavla
605
10
Custard Apple
145
11
Tamrind
32
Total
12940