LAND
The Land in this area is very hilly, uneven and poor as far as cultivation is concerned. Being rocky and uneven, the soil is easily washed away when the rains are heavy. Small areas in the valleys however are flat and produce crops. This of course depends on the rains, which are irregular and insufficient due to deforestation. This has also resulted in tremendous soil erosion and because of pronounced slope in the land, the capacity of the soil to retain water is very meager.
Agriculture is the main sustenance occupation of the people. The chief crops, which are mainly monsoon crops, are rice, tuver, jowar, maize cotton. Where irrigation facilities are available, the Adivasi (tribal) farmers get a winter crop too - jowar, wheat, grams, etc. They still have very primitive methods of farming. Irrigation, fertilizers, tractors and other scientific methods of farming which were non - existent till a few years ago, are slowly picking up in the most fertile areas of the region.
There is a lot of forestland around where there is an abundance of grass. Consequently, dairy farming which was unheard of, has become an additional source of income to the poor Adivasis around.
