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Agriculture is a biased of economy of Maharashtra. Due to the agriculture completed the basic needs of human population. Agriculture progresses the rural center in Maharashtra. Rural development, agricultural development...

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Physical & Economic Geography of Maharashtra
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Agriculture is a biased of economy of Maharashtra. Due to the agriculture completed the basic needs of human population. Agriculture progresses the rural center in Maharashtra. Rural development, agricultural development and economic development there are the formula of progress of the region Maharashtra. Agriculture is the art and science of growing plants and other crops and the raising of animals for food, other human needs, or economic gain. Although Maharashtra is a highly industrialized state of India, agriculture continues to be the main occupation in the state. Majority of farmers in Maharashtra state practices subsistence farming. This means farming for own consumption. Cultivation techniques are primitive and simple.
Maharashtra State is richly endowed with resources of industrial minerals like coal, iron ore, manganese, bauxite and limestone. The state has respectable deposits of various types of industrial clays, chromites, limonite and dolomite and abounds in various types of building materials such as brick clays, sand, gravel and kankar etc.

UNIT 1…………………………………………………… 7
Geographical Personality of Maharashtra
A. Introduction to Maharashtra
B. Location, Extent and Geographical Area
C. Administrative Divisions
D. Physiography: i) Konkan Region ii) Western Ghat iii) Maharashtra Plateau
UNIT 2……………………………………………………. 18
Climate, Drainage, Soil and Natural Vegetation of Maharashtra
A. Climate – i) Characteristics of Climate ii) Distribution of Temperature and rainfall
B. Drainage – i) Major Rivers in Maharashtra – a) Tapi
b) Godavari c) Krishna
C. Soil – i) Types and Spatial Distribution of soil
D. Natural Vegetation – i) Types and Spatial Distribution of Forest
UNIT 3……………………………………………………. 39
Agriculture of Maharashtra
3.1 Concept of feedback
A) General land-use of Maharashtra
B) Role of agriculture in the economy of Maharashtra.
C) Types of agriculture – i. Intensive subsistence farming ii. Horticulture iii. Dairy
Farming iv. Plantation
D) Agriculture Allied activities – i) Sheep and goat rearing ii) Poultry
E) Problems of agriculture & its remedial measures.
UNIT 4…………………………………………………. 53
Major Resources and Economic Development in Maharashtra
A) Major Resources & their distribution in Maharashtra
i) Bauxite ii) Iron ore iii) Manganese
B) Energy Resources-i) Coal ii) Mineral oil iii) Natural gas iv) Wind- (With special
reference to West Khandesh) v) Thermal power
C) Role of Samruddhi Mahamarg in economic development of Maharashtra
REFERENCES……………………………………………………. 62

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