Agro Climatic Regions in Tamil Nadu

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State : Tamil Nadu

Agro Climatic Region: East Coast Plains & Hills Region

NARP Zone

Zonal Research Station

Districts

Suitable Crops Rice, Shorghum, Pearlmillet, Fingermillet, Redgram, Sugarcane, Groundnut, Gingelly.

Crop Information

Chingleput, North Arcot, South Arcot, TN-1 NorthVridhanchalam Aniyalur, eastern Zone Perambalur in Tiruchirapalli district.

TN-4 Cauvery Aduthurai Delta Zone

TN-5 Southern Aruppukottai Zone High Rainfall Zone

Tanjore district and Muisri, Rice, Maize, Thiruchirapalli, Cholam, Lalgudi, Tharaiyar, Cumbu, Ragi, Kulithalai Talukas of Blackgram, Tiruchirapalli greengram, district, Aranthangi Groundnut, Taluk of Padukottai, Coconut, Chidambaram and Gingelly, Kattumannarkoil castor. Talukas of South Arcot district. Ramanathapuram Rice, Maize, and Tirunelvali Cholam, district, Dindigul, Cumbu, Ragi, Natham, Mehur, Blackgram, Tirumangalam, greengram, Maduri North and Groundnut, South, Pudukkottai Cotton, Fodder district,Kanyakumari crops, Gingelly, district. castor.

Agro Climatic Features of the Sub Regions Rainfall(in Sub Region Climate mm) North Orissa Coast 1287 Moist sub-humid

Soil

Crop

South Coastal Andhra North Coastal Tamil Nadu North Coastal Andhra

996

1036

1128

Rice, Deltaic alluvial, groundnut, coastal alluvial, jute, sesame, laterite, red Ragi Deltaic Rice, cotton, alluvium, deep Semi-arid Jowar, tobacco, black, red, groundnut sandy, red & bl Red loamy, red Rice, Semi-arid sandy, coastal groundnut, alluvium Bajra, Jowar Red loamy, Rice, Ragi, laterite medium Dry sub-humid groundnut, black, red, Bajra, sesame

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sandy, coas Tanjavur 1113 Rice, groundnut, sesame, sugarcane Mixed Red & Rice, cotton, Semi-arid (drier Black, coastal Bajra, half) alluvium groundnut Home|| Back|| India Map Semi-arid to dry sub-humid Deltaic alluvium, red loamy

South Coastal Tamil Nadu

780

State : Tamil Nadu

Agro Climatic Region: Southern Plateau and Hills Region

NARP Zone

Zonal Research Station

Districts

Suitable Crops

Crop Information

TN-2 Northwestern Zone

TN-3 Western Zone

Sorghum, rice, Groundnut, Dharmapuri Finger millet, District Horse gram, Little excluding hill millet, Tapioca, areas, Salem Cotton, excluding Paiyur Sugarcane, Tiruchengode, Cotton, Gingelly, Perambalur Kodomillet, Taluk of Vegetables, Tiruchirapalli Mango, Tobacco, district. Chillies, Banana, Pulses. Sorghum, groundnut, Rice, Pulses , Millets, Cumbu, Sugarcane, Periyar and Cotton, Ragi, Coimbatore Blackgram, district, Greengram, Tiruchengode, Gingelly, Bhawanisagar Taluk of Salem, Sunflower, Karur Taluk of Redgram, Tiruchirapalli Turmeric, Maize, and Northern Banana, Castor, part of Onion, Tobacco, Madurai. Vegetables, Spices& Plantation crops, Tuber crops, Flower& others.

Agro Climatic Features of the Sub Regions Rainfall(in Sub Region Climate mm)

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South Region of Karnataka and North Region of 865 Tamilnadu (Sub-region-5) Northern Dry Region of 769 Karnataka (Sub-region-1) South Telangana 725 (Sub-region-3) North Telangana 1001 (Sub-region-4) Central Region of Karnataka 677 and Rayalseema (Sub-region-2) Central Plateau of Tamilnadu 841 (Sub-region-6)

Semi-arid

Red loamy, red Ragi, Jowar, sandy groundnut, rice

Semi-arid & arid Semi-arid & arid

Jowar, cotton, Medium, black, groundnut, Red loamy Bajra

Red sandy, Jowar, rice, medium to deep castor, black groundnut Rice, Jowar, Semi-arid Deep black, maize, cotton, (wetter half) medium black groundnut Red loamy, Groundnut, medium black, Semi-arid Ragi, Jowar, red sandy, Rice coastal alluvi Mixed red and Rice, Jowar, Semi-arid to black red groundnut, Dry sub-humid loamy, deltaic Bajra alluvium Home|| Back|| India Map

State : Tamil Nadu

Agro Climatic Region: West Coast Plains & Ghats Region

NARP Zone

Zonal Research Station

Districts

Suitable Crops

Crop Information

TN-6 High Rainfall Zone

TN-7 High Altitude

Rice, banana, Mango, Jackfruit Tapioca, Kankyakumari Ceshewnut, Pechiparai District Cocconut, Tamarind, Palmayr, Clove, Vegeatables. Nilgiris, Wheat, Garllic, Shevroys, Lime, Lemon, Elagiri-Javachi, Pomegranet, Beans Kollimalai, Chowchow, Cotton, Thadiankudisai pachdi Malai, Pineapple, Pepper, Annamalais, Cardemum,Coffee, Palnis and Potato,Banana, Podhezai Mandarin, Orange, Malai. Pear,

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Hilly

226

Coastal Hilly

3640

Coastal Midland

3127

Midland

2727

Red loamy, mixed red and black Laterite, red Per humid & loamy, coastal humid alluvium Red loamy, Dry sub-humid coastal & per humid alluvium, laterite Laterite, red Per humid loamy, coastal alluvium Home|| Per humid

Rice, Ragi, Jowar, groundnut Rice, Ragi, sesame, niger Rice, tapioca, Ragi, banana Rice, tapioca, groundnut, banana Back|| India Map

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