Changes in the Cropping Pattern, Crop Concentration, Agricultural Efficiency in Papanasam Taluk, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India

Cropping pattern simply means the proportion of area under different crops at a point of time, where us change in cropping pattern refers to the change in proportion of area under different crops at two different points of time.  The cropping pattern of any area is generally controlled by physical, socio economic and technological factors.  There are more than 20 crops with varying hectares are grown in this taluk.  Of these 20 crops only 5 crops based on the properties of land to the total area under cultivation alone has been considered for analysis.  Simple percentage obtained by dividing total area under crops, in to area of different crops. Paddy is the dominant crop in this taluk. During the year 1995-1996 to 2008-2009 the following are the major 5 major crops are taken in to cultivate in the study area. Such as Paddy 82.2%, Sugarcane 6.5%, Oilseeds 4.5%, Pulses 4.1% and Cotton 1.9% to the total cropped area in the taluk

Promotion of tourism and available infrastructure facilities in Thanjavur district, Tamil nadu, India

Thanjavur district has been choosen for the study.  The district predominantly and an agricultural region lies in the eastern part of Cauvery delta.  It is the Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu.  It has so many Pilgrimage and historical centre.  The big Temple and the other famous temples in the district are known all over the world.  Thanjavur was the cultural capital of the country in 1790, Thanjavur gained prominence during the period of Chola Kings, who made it as their capital.  Thereafter, it was ruled by Nayaks and Maratta kings who natured art and culture.  The cultural, the architectural and the scholarly pursuits of these rulers are reflected in the great monuments like Grand Anaicut, Big Temple and Sarafoji Mahal, library etc.,  in the district.  In this study mainly for infrastructural facilities and other important tourist places are discussed in this study

Land Use Pattern and Cropping Pattern of Orthanadu Block, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu using GIS

Agriculture is the most fundamental activity of mankind. Agriculture refers to the art of raising plant from soil.  This study is mainly based by agriculture.  Ortahnadu block is located in the Eastern part of Thanjavur district in Tamilnadu. The land use patterns explain from agriculture cropping pattern and changes are analyzed. Two sets of data (1997&2009) were taken in this study. Primary and secondary data’s are collected and analyzed by cropping pattern and land use pattern. The two sets of land use category mostly varied from net area sown 56.8% to 50.0% and current follow lands are 1.1% to 13.3% of increased. Others lands are not more changes. At the same year of the cropping pattern details of paddy 79.9% to 81.6%, Pulses 3.1% to 2.8%, Oil seeds 14.9% to 13.6%, Fiber is not changes the cropping pattern

Agricultural concentration and cropwise changes in Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu using geographical information system

The paper presents an overview of agricultural cropping concentration and crop wise changes in Thanjavur district.  The study area is mainly for plain area topography and “Rice bowl of Tamilnadu”. The study area is mainly suitable for climatic conditions, so the agriculture production is high. But recently the agricultural production is slowly decreased. Data of cropping pattern or concentration is taken for 10 years crop wise changes and used for analysis. The data’s collected were all secondary sources of information from statistical office and soil survey offices in Thanjavur district. The study area extends to an area of 3397sq k.ms. The District is divided into 8 taluks and 14 blocks with a total population of 2,402,781 persons according to 2011 census. The district is located in the Eastern coast of Tamil Nadu.  The study area is consist of 14 toposheets and the scale of 1:50,000. Based on the data of crop-wise changes the data analysed using GIS for mapping.  &nbsp