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2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2.33  DISTRIBUTION OF LAND HOLDINGS BY T= YPE AND COLOR OF SOIL

AND BY SIZE OF HOLDING,=    NEPAL, 2001/2002<= /span>

 

 

Type and Color of Soil

Size of holding in he= ctares

Total

< 0.1

0.1 - < 0.5

0.5 -<2=

2.0 - <5

5 & over

Total Holdings Reporting

3,337,439

260,547

1,318,372<= /span>

1,504,323<= /span>

228,840

25,358

Soil Type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sand

1,457,918

87,625

527,186

707,593

116,639

15,059

Loam

2,006,773

119,509

730,884

964,177

166,469

19,843

Silt

557,458

20,098

190,732

293,084

48,506

4,685

Clay

1,316,369

56,154

458,168

674,068

113,773

11,774

Clay Loam

442,173

11,968

145,136

240,382

40,164

4,247

Soil Color:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

1,879,661

102,827

680,028

922,786

152,856

17,140

Brown

2,092,953

131,304

762,464

1,004,382<= /span>

169,552

18,918

Yellow

636,853

26,241

204,174

326,075

69,098

9,613

Red

824,529

27,403

310,245

432,483

48,978

4,386

Other

171,191

5,040

51,361

93,842

18,439

2,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contd…

 

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2.33  DISTRIBUTION OF LAND HOLDINGS BY T= YPE AND COLOR OF SOIL

AND BY SIZE OF HOLDING,=    NEPAL, 2001/2002<= /span>

 

 

Type and Color of Soil

Size of holding in he= ctares

Total

< 0.1

0.1 - < 0.5

0.5 -<2=

2.0 - <5

5 & over

Total Area of Holdings

2,653,919

13,242

376,925

1,433,624<= /span>

636,171

193,957

Soil type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sand

589,418

3,820

94,541

326,212

124,335

40,510

Loam

884,643

5,189

131,516

479625

210,756

57,557

Silt

167,820

757=

224,992

94,402

39,344

8,325

Clay

532,466

2,334

77,209

304,278

124,011

24,634

Clay Loam

145,774

434=

20,895

86,265

30,444

7,736

Soil color:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

825,307

4,389

121,614

458,823

190,153

50,290

Brown

939,299

5,700

139,685

513,226

224,239

56,393

Yellow

215,460

1,002

28,268

113,208

55,148

17,819

Red

283,687

1,239

52,518

173,619

46,688

9,614

Other

56485

204=

7068

31,903

12,664

4,646

Contd…

2 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2.33  DISTRIBUTION OF LAND HOLDINGS BY T= YPE AND COLOR OF SOIL

AND BY SIZE OF HOLDING,=    NEPAL, 2001/2002<= /span>

 

 

Type and Color of Soil

Size of holding in he= ctares

Total

< 0.1

0.1 - < 0.5

0.5 -<2=

2.0 - <5

5 & over

       &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         Percent to total Area

Total Area

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Soil type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sand

22.2

28.8

25.1

22.8

19.5

20.9

Loam

33.3

39.2

34.9

33.5

33.1

29.7

Silt

6.3

5.7

6.6

6.6

6.2

4.3

Clay

20.1

17.6

20.5

21.2

19.5

12.7

Clay Loam

5.5

3.3

5.5

6.0

4.8

4.0

Soil color:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

31.1

33.1

32.3

32.0

29.9

25.9

Brown

35.4

43.0

37.1

35.8

35.2

29.1

Yellow

8.1

7.6

7.5

7.9

8.7

9.2

Red

10.7

9.4

13.9

12.1

7.3

5.0

Other

2.1

1.5

1.9

2.2

2.0

2.4

       Note= :  Details may not add up to total du= e to multiple responses or non-response.

       Sour= ce: Central Bureau of Statistics.

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