Agro-climatic Zones of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is located in the Northern India between latitude 240 to 310 and longitude 770 to 840 east. This Indian state occupies 9% area of India in which 16% population of the country resides. The total area of the U.P. is 240 928 sq km that have been divided into 76 districts 300 tehsils, and 813 community blocks. The total cultivated area of the state is 166.83 lakh ha and the gross cropped area is 255.24 lakh ha. The cropping intensity in the state is 153 percent. The agriculture contributes highest 66% to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). On the basis of rainfall and soil types of Uttar Pradesh has been divided into nine agro-climatic zones (Ghos, 1991).

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