Govt.
of India
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD
OF
KHURDA DISTRICT
South Eastern Region
Bhubaneswar
May , 2013
DISTRICT AT A GLANCE
SL. ITEMS STATISTICS
NO
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
i) Geographical area (Sq.Km) 2,813
ii) Administrative Division
No.of Tehsil/Block
7 Tehsils/10 Blocks
No.of Panchayats/villages
168 G.Ps, 1,551 villages
iii) Population (As on 2011 census) 2,24,6341
2. GEOMORPHOLOGY
Major physiographic units Coastal sand dunes, Lateritic
uplands, Alluvial plains, Hilly terrain.
Major Drainages The Mahanadi, Kuakhai,
Kushabhadra, Daya, Ran, Kalijiri,
Sulia, Kharia & the Kusumi.
3. LAND USE (Sq. Km)
a) Forest area: 620 Sq.Km
b) Net area sown: 1,330 Sq.Km
4. MAJOR SOIL TYPES Alfisols, Ultisols, Entisols
5. IRRIGATION BY DIFFERENT SOURCES
(Area and number of structures)
Dugwells 30,875
Tube wells/ Borewells 2603 Filter point tube well, 225
Shallow tub well,
22 Medium tube well
Gross irrigated area 268.36 Sq.Km
6. NUMBERS OF GROUND WATER 33
MONITORING WELLS OF CGWB (As on
31.3.2011)
No.of Dug Wells 28
No of Piezometers 5
7. PREDOMINANT GEOLOGICAL 1) Precambrians:Khondalite,
FORMATIONS Charnockite ,
2) Mesozoic Upper Gondwana
Semi-consolidated rocks
3) Quaternary: Alluvium
8. HYDROGEOLOGY
Major water bearing formation Consolidated &Unconsolidated
formations
Premonsoon depth to water level Min 2.12 m bgl (Balipatna)
during 2011
Max 13.30 m bgl (Tangi)
Post-monsoon Depth to water level
during 2011
Min 0.78 mbgl (Balipatna),
Long term water level trend in 10 yrs Max 7.27 m bgl (Tangi)
(2001-2011) in m/yr
Maximum rise 0.18 m/yr &
Fall 0.006 m/yr
9. GROUND WATER EXPLORATION BY
CGWB AS ON 31.03.2011)
No.of wells drilled( EW, OW, PZ, SH, Total) 23 (18 EW, 5 OW, 4 PZ)
Depth Range(m) 41.30 m to 200 m ( Hard rock)&
54.65 m to 114.17 m ( Semi-
Consolidated rocks)
Discharge( liter/second) 2-5 lps (Hard rock),
5-7 lps (semi-consolidated
formations)
10. GROUND WATER QUALITY
Presence of chemical constituents more than High Iron > 1mg/l at
permissible limit ( e.g. E.C, F, As, Fe)
Khandagiri( 2.8 mg/l),
Bharatpur (2.1mg/l),
Jagannathprasad( 4.6 mg/l)
11. DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES(
2009) IN MCM
Annual replenishable ground water resources 47618 Ham
Net annual ground Water Draft 14141 Ham
Projected demand for Domestic and Industrial 8603
uses up to 2025
Stage of Ground Water development 29.70%
12. AWARENESS AND TRAINING ACTIVITY Nil
Date 20.12.2007
Place Bhubaneswar
No.of Participants 550
Water Management Programme Organised 18.12.2007
Date Bhubaneswar
Place 120
No.of Participants
13. EFFORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE &
RAINWATER HARVESTING
Projects completed by CGWB (No. & Amount One Artificial Recharge & Rain
spent) water harvesting project was
completed at Rajbhawan,
Bhubaneswar
Amount Spent: 14 lakh
Projects under technical guidance of CGWB Nil
(Numbers)
14. GROUND WATER CONTROL AND
REGULATION
Number of OE blocks Nil
No.of Critical blocks Nil
No.of blocks notified Nil
1.0 Introduction:
Khurda district with an area of 2813 sq km is bounded between latitudes 190 40’ N and
20 27’ N and longitudes 840 56’ E and 860 05’ E. It is bounded in the north and northeast by
0
Cuttack district, on the west and southwest by Nayagarh and Ganjam districts, on the southeast
by Chilika Lake and Puri district. The Population of the district as per 2001 census is 18,78,000,
which is 5.10 % of the total population of the state. The male and female population of the
district is 9,87,000 & 8,91,000 respectively. The density of the population is 667 per sq. km. The
total literate person of the district is 13,11,000. The district is divided in to 2 subdivisions,
namely Bhubaneswar and Khurda which are further subdivided in to 10 C.D blocks such as
Bhubaneswar, Jatni, Balipatna, Balianta, Khurda, Bolagarh, Begunia, Tangi, Banpur and
Chilika. The district headquarter is connected to all the block headquarters and important towns
by all weather roads.
