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Mainpuri Mandi |
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Mymainpuri Poll |
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| | are you satisfied with mumbai blast judgement | | YES: 53%
NO: 47%
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Explore Mainpuri>>Geography |
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Boundaries and Area : Mainpuri is a District of Agra Division,
Uttar Pradesh, India, is bounded on the North by Etah District, on the East by District
Farrukkhabad and Kannauj, on the South by District Etawah and on West by the District
Firozabad and Etah. It lies between North Latitude 260 53' to 270 31' and East Logitude
780 27' to 790 26'. The area of the district is 2745 sq. k.m. and population is
13,11,492 in 1991.
Topography : The district generally presents the appearance of
an extensive level plain broken only by the sand ridges on the western border, the
rolling sand hills and undulations of the Kali and Isan rivers, and the ravines
along the Yamuna to the south-west. The Kali Nadi forms the boundary of this plain
on the north and north-east and the Yamuna encloses it on the south-west. Both these
rivers flow towards the south-east, and between them. The general slope of the country
from north-west to south-east.Taking the district from north to south.
Soil : Generally speaking the soils of the district are typical
of those found elsewhere in the Indo-Gangtic plain, and are classified on two principles
according as the distinctions recognised are natural or artificial. Both are well
understood and commonly employed by the cultivator. Of the natural divisions Bhur
is the name of the soil containing a large proportion of sand, while Matyar is the
name of that containing a large proportion of clay, and between these two exterms
is a loamy soil called Domat having clay and sand more evenly divided as its name
implies. A lighter soil than Domat is known as Pilia, coming between Domal and Bhur.The
barren soil known as Usher found at the heads and partly down the courses of the
smaller rivers such as Ahnaiya and Puraha, the Sengar and Arind and the numerous
minor esteems, and appears to be a clay deposit too compact to permit of cultivation
in places too impregnated with Reh and other deleterious minerals substances to
permit growth of even grass.
Rivers :
Kali Nadi : The Kali Nadi
forms the north-eastern boundary of the district separating it from Etah and Farukkhabad.
It is a narrow stream, but perennial, and even during the spring and summar month
is only fordable at certain places there is a bridge of 545 feet spans on the Farukkhabad
road.
Isan : Next to the Kali comes the
Isan, which is here a considerable stream, fordable only in a few places in the
rains. But during the reminder of the year the volume of running water is small,
and in years of unusual drought there is no apparent stream, but the pools that
remains are fed by the springs. During the first part of its course and to within
four miles of its junction with Kali Nadi about three miles north-west of Mainpuri,
it runs through a loam and usar country, has a comparatively shallow bed, and often
overflows the neighbouring lands in time of flood.
The Arind or Rind : The Arind (or Rind as it is called further
down its course ) is a very insignificant stream in this district , which it enters
to the north of pargana Mustafabad , between the Etawah and Kanpur branches of the
Ganges Canal , and treverses is an exceedingly sinuous course from the extreme north-west
to the extreme south-east corner. A straight line from its point of entry to its
point of exit is almost the longest which could be drawn on the district map. It
present a striking contrast to the Kali and Isan.
Lakes: Mainpuri abounds in swamps and marshes, particularly in
its central portion but few of them are of sufficient size or permanence to deserve
the name of lake . Mention will only be made here of the more considerable ones,
and for the others reference should be made to the accounts of parganas. In all
36,870 acres are recorded in the revenue record as under water. Even the largest,
as they are seldom supplied from springs. There is also a long narrow lake of considerable
size to the south-west of Mainpuri city, between it and the Kanpur branch of the
Ganges canal, which drains by two cuts towards the Isan.
Drainage : The general slope of the country, is from north-west
south east, and this is the direction in which the rivers run and which is therefore
followed in the main by the drainage. There are however, numerous inequalities of
surface caused by the greater or less elevation of the river beds and by the sand
bridges, and the general disposition of the drainage differs some what indifferent
portions of the district. In the center tract, which lies highest, the main drainage
arteries are the Isan and the Arind. Pargana Karhal has been seriously affected
by the canal. The Kali and Isan and their catchment basics all belong to the Ganges
system, and all the other rivers to that of the yamuna.
Waste Land : The barren land consists for the most part of usar
plains.
Forests : Total area covered in the district is 2154 hectare. A
considerable area of the barren land is covered with dark jungle. A great deal of
waste land covered with the coarse grass known locally as ganra (gandhar) or sinkh
. The ganra is used for thatching and for making ropes and mats. The babul grows
in large clumps on the user plains and is, indeed, the only tree which flourishes
on them. Its cultivation has for some time past been encouraged by the increase
of moisture due to the canals and the great demand for wood both for fuel and carpentry.
Its timber is hard and close-grained and is much used for building purposes, fuel
and charcoal.
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