GROUND WATER BROCHURE OF

BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.

(A.A.P.: 2012-2013)
By
Anmol Sharma
AHG

CONTENTS

Chapter Title Page No.

DISTRICT AT A GLANCE ..................3

I. INTRODUCTION ..................6

II. CLIMATE & RAINFALL ..................6

III. GEOMORPHOLOGY & SOIL TYPES ..................7

IV. GROUND WATER SCENARIO ..................15

V. GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ..................19

VI. AWARENESS & TRAINING ACTIVITY ..................20

VII. AREA NOTIFIED BY CGWA / SGWA ..................20

VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS ..................20

PLATES:
I. INDEX MAP OF BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
II. PRE-MONSOON DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL MAP (MAY, 2012) OF
BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
III. POST-MONSOON DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL MAP (NOV. 2012) OF
BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
IV. CATEGORISATION MAP OF BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
 DISTRICT AT GLANCE

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

i. Geographical Area (Sq. Km.) : 3895

ii. Number of Blocks : 15, Nindaura, Fatehpur, Suratganj,
Ramnagar, Dewa Banki, Harakh,
Masauli, Sidhaur, Trivediganj,
Haidergarh, Dariyabad, Banikodar,
Puredalai & S. Gauspur
Number of Villages : 1843
Developed : 1812
Under developed : 31
iii. Population (as on 2011 census) : 3,257,983
Density of population per sq.km. : 687 per sq.km.
Literacy : 47.39%
iv. Normal Annual Rainfall (mm) : 1056
2. GEOMORPHOLOGY
Major Physiographic Units : Younger alluvial plain
Older alluvial plain
Major Drainages : The Ghaghra, The Gomti river
& their tributaries
3. LAND USE (ha.)
a) Forest area (ha) : 6298
b) Net area sown (ha) : 254453
c) Gross area sown (ha) : 484655
d) Area Sown more than once : 230202
4. MAJOR SOIL TYPES : Clayey soil, Loamy soil &
Sandy soil
5. AREA UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS : Rice, Wheat
6. IRRIGATION BY DIFFERENT SOURCES
(Areas and Number of Structures) (ha)
Dugwells : Area 3028 ha, Nos. 466
Tubewells Public/ Private : Total Area 142687 ha,
Nos. 386, Nos101439
Tanks/ponds : Area 22 ha
Canals : Area 78382 ha, length 1706 km.
Other Sources : Area 7 ha

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 Net Irrigated Area : 221098 ha
Gross Irrigated Area : 417292 ha
% of Gross Irrigated to Total Area : 86.10 %
% of Net area Irrigated to Net area Sown : 86.90 %
7. NUMBER OF GROUND WATER MONITORING
WELLS OF CGWB (As on 31-3-2012)
No. of Dugwells :
No. of Piezometers : Nil
8. PREDOMINANT GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS : Alluvium
9. HYDROGEOLOGY
Pre-monsoon Depth to water level during 2012 (mbgl) : 2.50 – 11.72
Post-monsoon Depth to water level during 2012 (mbgl) : 1.42 – 10.40
Long term water level trend in 10 years (1998-2012) in m/yr
Premonsoon : Rise 0.004 – 0.220 cm/yr
Fall 0.008 – 0.808 cm/yr
Postmonsoon : Rise 0.013 – 0.063 cm/yr
Fall 0.003 – 0.216 cm/yr
10. GROUND WATER EXPLORATION BY CGWB
(As on 31-3-2012)
No of wells drilled (EW, OW, PZ, SH, Total) : EW-3, OW-Nil, Deposit well-
Nil, PZ-6 (2 each at Barabanki,
Daryabad & Fatehpur
Depth range (m) : 30.00 - 61.69 for shallow aquifer
198.79 - 211.87 for deep aquifer
Discharge (litres per second) : 40-50
Storativity (S) : -
2
Transmissivity (m /day) : 387 to 1620 m2/day
11. PRESENCE OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
MORE THAN PERMISSIBLE LIMIT (e.g. EC, F,
As, Fe)
Type of water : Alkaline
12. DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES
(2009)-in Ham
Net Annual Ground Water Availability : 191684.74
Allocation for Domestic and Industrial Requirement : 10202.89

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 Net Ground Water Availability for Irrigation : 191684.73
Stage of Ground Water Development : 68.85%
13. AWARENESS AND TRAINING ACTIVITY : Nil
Mass Awareness Programmes organized
Date
Place
No. of participants
Water Management Training Programme organized : Nil
Date
Place
No. of participants
14. EFFORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE & : Nil
RAINWATER HARVESTING
Projects completed by CGWB (No & Amount spent)
Projects under technical guidance of CGWB (Numbers)
15. GROUND WATER CONTROL AND REGULATION :
Number of OE Blocks : Nil
No of Critical Blocks : Nil
No of blocks notified : Nil
16. MAJOR GROUND WATER PROBLEMS AND : The stage of ground water
development is 68.85%.
ISSUES

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 GROUND WATER SCENARIO OF
BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
(A.A.P.: 2012-2013)
By
Anmol Sharma
AHG

I. INTRODUCTION

Barabanki district covers an area of 3895 sq.km. and forms a part of Sai-
Gomti Doab in Ganga basin. It lies between latitudes 26 032' and 27021' N and
between longitudes 80005' and 81051'E. Administratively the Barabanki district is
divided into 17 blocks namely Nindaura, Fatehpur, Suratganj, Ramnagar, Dewa,
Banki Harakh, Masauli, Sidhaur, Trivediganj, Haidargarh, Dariyabad, Bani Kodar,
Puredalai, Mavai, Rudauli & S. Gauspur (Plate-I). There are 1843 villages out of
which 31 villages are under developed and 1812 villages are developed villages.

The total population of the district is 3,257,983, souls as per 2011 census, out of
which 1,707,951 (52.43%) are male and 1,550,032 (47.57%) are female.

The net area irrigated is 221098 ha out of which 142687 ha is irrigated by

ground water. District has irrigation intensity of 188.74. Net area irrigated to net area
sown is 86.90% for the district.

The district Barabanki is drained by river Ghaghra & its tributaries in the north
eastern part and Gomti & its tributaries in the southern part. The Ghagra river has a
tendency to flow in many channels and shift its course over a wide area in different
rainy seasons. The Gomti river enters the district south west of Barabanki town. It
leaves the district near Subeha in the south eastern part. Its tributaries are Kalyani
Nadi, Reth and Bel Nalas.

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 II. CLIMATE & RAINFALL

The climate of the district is subtropical type, characterised by hot weather

during summer followed by rainy season from June to September followed by winter
from October to February. There is no meteorological observatory in Barabanki,
nearest observatory is at Lucknow at about 25 km west from Barabanki. The highest
and lowest temperature is 44.90C during May and 4.80C during January. The
maximum and minimum relative humidity recorded is 85% during July and 39%
during April respectively. The maximum wind speed is 4.9 km/hr in June and
minimum is 1.6 km/hr. in November. The potential evapotranspiration is 1379.1 mm.

The annual normal rainfall data of Nawabganj, Ramsanehi Ghat, Fatehpur and
Haidergarh raingauge station is 1173.4 mm, 1058.4 mm, 982.4 mm & 1011.6 mm
respectively. The annual normal rainfall of the district is 1056 mm.

III. GEOMORPHOLOGY & SOIL TYPES

GEOMORPHOLOGY:
Physiographically the area can be divided into two distinct units namely
upland alluvial plain and low land alluvial plain. The upland alluvial plain occupies
the inter fluvial areas of the river Gomti and Ghaghra and forms the water divided of
these two rivers. These plains are gently undulating in nature and have been eroded by
the rivers during the recent time. The low land alluvial plain are newer alluvium and
are prone to flooding during the monsoon. These lands have been carved out by the
rivers in the comparatively recent times. Several lakes and ponds are remarkable
features in this unit.

SOILS:
The land surface of the district is covered by shallow soils cover. These are
well drained clayey soils on very gently sloping land with moderate erosion. In water
devide area the soils are very shallow somewhat excessively drained loamy soils. The
soil cover is thin at places along river beds where sands are predominated.

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 IV. GROUND WATER SCENARIO

HYDROGEOLOGY:
The Barabanki district lies on the quaternary sediments comprising sand, silt
clays & kankar in various proportions. The district forming a part of Sai Gomit doab
and cause devide into two units viz older alluvium and younger alluvium. The older
alluvium generally occupies land higher than the younger alluvium which is confined
in the river channels or in the vicinity occupying low land area. Younger alluvium is
generally affected by flood during the monsoon period.

The water bearing formation is alluvium and comprises sand, silt, clays &
kankar. The occurrence of kankar at different depth is common. The interstices pore
space between different grains is occupied by ground water and interstices act as
ground water conduit. The ground water occurs under water table condition in
shallow aquifer whereas the ground water in deeper aquifer occurs under semi
confined to confined conditions. Based on subsurface geological configuration on the
basis of lithological log of state government and Central Ground Water Board the two
tier aquifer system has been identified.

The first aquifer extends from the base of top clay layer to varying depth from
60 to 90 m. This aquifer comprises medium sand and is followed by a prominent clay
layer of thickness ranging from 10 to 20 m. However the clay layer occurs generally
in form of lenses and altogether disappear at Bidhar outside eastern most part of the
area (Plate IVb).

However in the southern part, the setting changes appreciably for thinning of
discrete sand units or aquifer upto 150 m depth. The cumulative thickness of aquifer
ranges from 6 to 26 m and the intervening clays dominate. Over all it can be inferred
as multiple aquifer system.

WATER BEARING FORMATIONS, PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES:

The water bearing formation is alluvium and comprises sand, silt, clay &
kankar. The occurrence of kankar at different depth is common. The interstices pore

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space between different grains is occupied by ground water and the interstices act as
ground water conduits. The ground water in shallow aquifer occurs under unconfined
condition whereas in deeper aquifer it occurs under semi confined to confined
conditions.

DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL:

Based on premonsoon water level data of May 2012 of hydrograph stations a
depth to water level map for premonsoon period has been prepared (Plate-II). The
depth to water level in the district ranges from 2.50 mbgl 11.72 mgl and has been
reported from Kabulpur and Datauli Chanda respectively. In major area depth to
water ranges between 5.00 to 10.00 mbgl. The deeper water levels have been recorded
along the rivers and areas away from the canal commands. During Pre-monsoon
period deepest water levels have been recorded in the southern part of the area
whereas shallow water level less than 5.00 mbgl has been reported from Northwestern
and southeastern part of the district. No area is water logged during premonsoon
period.

During monsoon season the natural ground water recharge takes place by
percolation of rainfall that infiltrate and meets the ground water. After monsoon
period the depth to water level is at the shallowest level during postmonsoon period.
A depth to water level map of November 2012 has been prepared (Plate-III). During
postmonsoon period the depth to water level ranges from 1.19 m to 12.10 mbgl.

The general depth to water level in the area ranges from less then 1.42 m to
10.40 mbgl. In the postmonsoon period deepest water level i.e. 10.40 mbgl have been
recorded from Datauli Chanda (Plate-III). In general during post monsoon period
larger area of the district falls between 5 to 10 mbgl except north Central as well as
southern part of the district. Shallowest water level have been recorded in the flood
plains of Ghaghra and canal commands.

WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION:

The pre & postmonsoon water level and fluctuation in shallow aquifer as
observed in hydrograph station is summerised as follows (Table-1):

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 Table-1
PRE-POSTMONSOON WATER LEVEL & FLUCTUATION DATA OF
BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
(As on 2012)
Sl. Name of Station Premonsoon Postmonsoon Fluctuation
No. DTW mbgl DTW mbgl (m)
May 2012 Nov 2012
1 Baba ki kuti 4.83 2.74 2.09
2 Barabanki(New) 7.09 4.10 2.99
3 Bariu bagh 6.38 5.74 0.64
4 Bhanmau 2.88 2.88
5 Bhiwal 7.10 2.90 4.20
6 Chaubisi 5.28 2.52 2.76
7 Daryabad 4.69 2.54 2.15
8 Datauli chanda 11.72 10.40 1.32
9 Dewa 4.50 2.40 2.10
10 Fatehpur (new) 4.93 3.05 1.88
11 Gutauna 6.23 2.55 3.68
12 Kabulpur 2.50 2.50
13 Kaisarganj 7.18 7.18
14 Kalkeshwar temp 9.88 8.24 1.64
15 Kitlupur 4.08 2.22 1.86
16 Kotwa sarai 9.01
17 Masauli chaurah 6.42 3.77 2.65
18 Purwa amarsingh 3.56 1.99 1.57
19 Ramnagar 6.60 5.47 1.13
20 Rani katra 7.03 5.77 1.26
21 Rasauli 5.64 1.42 4.22
22 Rudauli1 4.09 3.06 1.03
23 Sarai barai 5.90 2.45 3.45
24 Sidhaur 7.05 2.91 4.14
25 Subeha 7.48
26 Sundhia mau 6.01 4.20 1.81
27 Tikaitnagar 5.35 5.35
28 Trivediganj 7.11 2.52 4.59

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 The water level fluctuation during pre & postmonsoon period ranges 0.64 to
4.59 m. The low fluctuation in an alluvial and flat drainage basin gives a crude
estimate that in Barabanki district shallow aquifer is highly permeable.

LONG TERM WATER LEVEL TREND:

Changes in storage resulting from differences between recharge and
withdrawal causes levels to vary in time. Based on water level data of several years a
long term water level trend for pre & postmonsoon period has been worked out and
summarised as follows (Table-2):
Table-2
LONG TERM WATER LEVEL TREND OF WELLS OF
BARABANKI DISTRICT, U.P.
Sl. Location Premonsoon Postmonsoon
No. Rise Fall Rise Fall
(cm/yr.) (cm/yr.) (cm/yr.) (cm/yr.)
1. Fatehpur (new) 0.0143 0.1287
2. Tikaitnagar 0.0101 0.0131
3. Ramnagar 0.0093 0.0244
4. Daryabad 0.0043 0.0287
5. Bhanmau 0.0451 0.033
6. Sundhia mau 0.0753 0.096
7. Sarai barai 0.1884 0.1648
8. Purwa amarsingh 0.0173 0.0247
9. Badosarai 0.0185 0.0384
10. Bariu bagh 0.1424 0.0303
11. Rani katra 0.0084 0.0297
12. Rudauli1 0.2207 0.0204
13. Ramsanehighat 0.0116 0.0635
14. Barabanki(New) 0.0064 0.0035
15. Gutauna 0.1297 0.0469
16. Zaidpur 0.8081
17. Dewa 0.0655 0.0166
18. Kursi 0.1274 0.2196

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 Sl. Location Premonsoon Postmonsoon
No. Kaisarganj
19. 0.2765 0.0463
20. Kalkeshwar temp 0.24 0.349
21. Baba ki kuti 0.045 0.1164
22. Kitlupur 0.0199 0.0207
23. Masauli chaurah 0.0183 0.042
24. Rasauli 0.0285 0.0005
25. Subeha 0.0147 0.0657
26. Sidhaur 0.2257 0.0373
27. Kotwa sarai 0.0582 0.197
28. Datauli chanda 0.3241 0.4534
29. Chaubisi 0.0999 0.0606
30. Kabulpur 0.2134 0.0616
31. Trivediganj 0.3763 0.108
32. Bhiwal 0.377
33. Babaganj 0.5158

GROUND WATER MOVEMENT:

The general flow of ground water is NW-SE which has been modified at
many places by rivers and canal system. The slope of ground water has also been
modified by the drainage system of the area. As such, near the main canals and branch
canals the ground water slope is flatter than near the rivers. This is due to the influent
nature of the canals and effluent nature of the rivers. The ground water slope in the
area varies from 0.12 to 3.4 per km. The highest water table elevation is more than
120 mamsl in the northwest parts and the lowest is less than 94 mamsl in the southeast
parts of the area .

GROUND WATER EXPLORATION:

Six piezometers have been drilled by Central Ground Water Board at
Barabanki, Daryabad & Fatehpur with two piezometer at each place, one for shallow
& one for deep aquifer. In addition one deposit well has been constructed at FCI
Godown Barabanki. The transmissivity ranges from 417 m2/day to 1621 m2/day for
deep aquifer and from 387.6 m2/day to 866 m2/day for shallow aquifer. The depth

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drilled of these piezometers ranges between 30 to 61.69 for shallow aquifer and
between 198.78 m to 211.87 m. for deep aquifer.

In addition to above number of tubewells have been drilled by State Irrigation

Department. The depth of these wells generally ranges from 60 to 110 mbgl. These
wells are constructed to meet the irrigation requirement.

During AECP 3 number of exploratory tubewells were constructed down to

depth 200 metres tapping 40-45 metres of aquifer thickness. The yield of these wells
varies between 40-50 lps at a drawdown of 4-8 meters.

GROUND WATER QUALITY:

In general the quality of ground water is good both for drinking and irrigation
purposes. 15 water samples were collected during earlier reappraisal survey carried
out in Barabanki district. The analytical results are given in Table-3 and discussed as
follows:
Domestic Purpose:
a. Hydrogen Ion Concentration: The pH of water sample varies between 8.2 &
8.4 which falls in the safe limit of drinking water norms (ISI standards 1983).
b. To understand the spatial distribution of the EC a map has been prepared. The
map reveals that the EC in the area is below 750 microsiemens/cm2 at most of
the places except the crescent shape area covering parts of Sidhaur, Harakh,
Dewa, Fathepur, Suratganj and Ram Nagar blocks (Plate-V). A small isolated
patch having the EC less than 325 microsiemens/cm at 250C has been marked
around Mali in the block Barabanki.
c. Total Hardness as CaCO3: The total hardness as CaCO3 of the ground water
varies between 95 & 360 ppm against the permissible limit of 195 to 435 ppm
which indicates good quality of water.

Irrigational Purposes:
Ground water satiability has been judged on the basis of Na, K, Ca & Mg for
irrigational purposes. The SAR values have been calculated. The SAR value of
ground water varies from 0.2 to 4.4. Based on SAR value the quality of ground water
is categorised as excellent. All the samples falls in the water class C3S1.

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 Table-3
ANALYTICAL RESULTS OF WATER SAMPLES, DISTRICT BARABANKI, U.P.
Wel Location EC pH CO3 HCO3 Cl F NO3 SO4 TH Ca Mg Na K TDS
l micro
No. mhos
Value in mg/l
1. Haidergarh 500 8.2 nd 305 14 0.5 0.43 5 190 12 39 38 4.7 300
2. Trivediganj 725 8.4 nd 403 14 0.65 16 4 280 24 53 39 3.8 435
3. Harakh 572 8.2 nd 329 14 0.53 nd 40 320 24 63 4.9 5.6 343
4. Sidahur 557 8.2 nd 305 7.1 0.32 5.4 28 240 36 36 24 2.6 334
5. Banikadar 627 8.2 nd 366 14 0.6 nd 8 260 56 29 30 3.4 376
6. Masauli 625 8.2 nd 366 7.1 0.86 nd 4 280 48 39 13 3.7 375
7. Banki 541 8.2 nd 305 14 0.64 nd 5 180 24 29 41 4.6 325
8. Nindaura 422 8.2 nd 232 14 0.67 nd 36 170 32 22 34 3.8 253
9. Dewa 400 8.2 nd 244 7.1 0.93 nd 20 180 36 22 23 2.8 240
10. Fatehpur 530 8.3 nd 293 21 0.28 nd 18 210 44 24 32 7.7 318
11. Suratganj 519 8.2 nd 281 21 0.25 nd 5 180 36 22 36 3.4 311
12. Ramnagar 500 8.4 nd 220 57 0.29 nd 8 200 36 27 30 4.6 300
13. Sirauli Gauspur 325 8.2 nd 159 14 0.3 nd 30 150 36 15 15 2.3 195
14. Pure dalai 600 8.2 nd 268 21 0.26 33 55 330 72 36 2.6 1.3 360
15. Dariyabad 637 8.4 nd 366 14 0.48 3.4 5 250 40 36 35 2 382

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GROUND WATER RESOURCES:
The estimation of ground water resource is a basic pre requisite for sustainable
development without causing adverse effect on the ground water regime. The ground
water resources of Barabanki district are as follows:
1. Annual ground water recharge = 212983.04 ham

2. Existing gross ground water draft

for all uses = 131986.72 ham
3. Net ground water availability
for future irrigation = 56386.14 ham
4. Stage of ground water development = 68.85%
5. Allocation for domestic & industrial
requirement supply upto 2025 yrs = 10202.89 ham

Blockwise net annual ground water availability, gross ground water draft for
all uses, stage of ground water development category of block are shown in
categorisation map (Plate IV). Blockwise details are shown in table given below
(Table-4):
 Table 4(a)

DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF BARABANKI DISTRICT,

U.P.
(As on 31.03.2009)
Sl. Assessment Recharge Recharge Recharge Total Provision Net Ground
No. Units - from Rainfall from Other from Other Annual for Water
Blocks/ during Sources Sources Ground Natural Availibility
District Monsoon during during Water Discharges
Season Monsoon Non- Recharge
Season Monsoon
Season

(All Units in Hectare Meter)

1 BANIKUDAR 4657.94 2236.00 4238.08 12087.72 1208.77 10878.95
2 BANKI 4321.04 2668.18 4729.94 12719.64 1271.96 11447.68
3 DARIYABAD 3984.25 2670.17 5432.18 12904.08 1290.41 11613.67
4 DEWA 5172.94 4732.82 9202.73 20306.21 2030.62 18275.59
5 FATEHPUR 5609.22 3984.98 8023.49 18909.52 1890.95 17018.57
6 HAIDERGARH 5961.12 1676.62 3323.57 12004.00 1200.40 10803.60
7 HARAK 4472.96 2548.40 4581.36 12638.37 1263.84 11374.53
8 MASAULI 3365.29 2256.76 3782.26 10183.50 1018.35 9165.15
9 MAWAI 4562.30 1311.10 1848.99 8784.76 878.48 7906.28
10 NINDORA 5508.14 2484.61 4147.96 13409.26 1340.93 12068.33
11 PUREDALAI 4136.67 757.80 1305.79 7041.49 704.15 6337.34
12 RAM NAGAR 7197.33 2551.56 4515.51 15359.71 1535.97 13823.74
13 RUDALI 5087.83 1535.50 2229.15 10037.29 1003.73 9033.56
14 SIDDHAUR 6023.70 2409.89 4675.02 14183.32 1418.33 12764.99
SIRAULI
15 GAUSPUR 3570.01 571.18 997.61 5864.80 586.48 5278.32
16 SURATGANJ 7197.33 2258.17 3646.01 14796.82 1479.68 13317.14
17 TRIVEDIGANJ 5312.17 2024.04 3384.02 11752.55 1175.26 10577.30
TOTAL 86140.24 38677.78 70063.67 212983.04 21298.30 191684.74
 Table 4(b)
S.No. Blocks/ District Existing Existing Existing Provision for Net Ground Stage of Category
Gross Gross Gross Domestic and Water Ground Water
Ground Ground Ground Water Industrial Availability Development
Water Water Draft for Requirement for future (%)
Draft for Draft for All Uses Supply for Irrigation
Irrigation Domestic 2025 development
&
Industrial
Water
Supply
( Units in Hectare Meter)
1 BANIKUDAR 8081.20 498.36 8579.56 844.87 1952.88 78.86 Safe
2 BANKI 8492.40 504.23 8996.63 840.36 2114.92 78.59 Safe
3 DARIYABAD 7071.20 343.00 7414.20 486.98 4055.49 63.84 Safe
4 DEWA 9132.80 408.34 9541.14 609.96 8532.83 52.21 Safe
5 FATEHPUR 9897.20 485.91 10383.11 710.24 6411.13 61.01 Safe
6 HAIDERGARH 6095.70 381.94 6477.64 526.50 4181.40 59.96 Safe
7 HARAK 7164.40 369.37 7533.77 547.76 3662.37 66.23 Safe
8 MASAULI 6292.40 381.15 6673.55 556.15 2316.60 72.81 Safe
9 MAWAI 5270.40 316.38 5586.78 365.63 2270.25 70.66 Safe
10 NINDORA 9488.80 467.57 9956.37 717.96 1861.57 82.50 Safe
11 PUREDALAI 4530.80 245.53 4776.33 284.31 1522.23 75.37 Safe
S.No. Blocks/ District Existing Existing Existing Provision for Net Ground Stage of Category
Gross Gross Gross Domestic and Water Ground Water
Ground Ground Ground Water Industrial Availability Development
Water Water Draft for Requirement for future (%)
Draft for Draft for All Uses Supply for Irrigation
Irrigation Domestic 2025 development
&
Industrial
Water
Supply
12 RAM NAGAR 7667.20 378.28 8045.48 556.42 5600.12 58.20 Safe
13 RUDAULI 6600.00 588.35 7188.35 1161.38 1272.18 79.57 Safe
14 SIDDHAUR 8991.60 437.41 9429.01 623.24 3150.15 73.87 Safe
SIRAULI Safe
15 GAUSPUR 3900.00 335.16 4235.16 481.99 896.33 80.24
16 SURATGANJ 9948.00 394.09 10342.09 416.21 2952.93 77.66 Safe
17 TRIVEDIGANJ 6471.60 355.95 6827.55 472.93 3632.77 64.55 Safe
TOTAL 125095.70 6891.02 131986.72 10202.89 56386.15 68.86 Safe

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 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT:
The ground water in the area is being developed by borewells and dugwells.
The blockwise details are as follows (Table-5):
Table-5
BLOCKWISE STATUS OF GROUND WATER STRUCTURES
Sl. Name of Govt. Permanent Pumpsets
No. Block Tubewell wells / Electricity Diesel Others Total
masonary run run
wells
1. Nindaura 52 0 107 9474 62 9643
2. Fatehpur 18 17 602 8488 97 9187
3. Suratganj 24 0 141 12562 97 12800
4. Ramnagar 22 172 64 5583 38 5685
5. Dewa 2 0 170 6386 38 6594
6. Banki 8 0 98 5713 267 6078
7. Harakh 11 0 68 5983 72 6123
8. Masauli 6 0 246 5211 92 5549
9. Sidhaur 12 24 323 7348 97 7768
10. Triveiganj 0 0 138 5735 92 5965
11. Haidergarh 2 0 228 3983 32 4243
12. Daryabad 2 0 99 4769 143 5011
13. Bari Kodar 9 164 207 5518 411 6136
14. Pure Delai 15 89 48 2884 45 2977
15. S Gauspur 19 0 29 7638 13 7680
Total 202 466 2568 97275 1596 101439

The district has 202 tubewells, 466 permanent wells and 101439 pumpsets
fitted on borwells / wells for irrigation purposes. These borewells are being used for
withdrawing ground water for irrigation purposes. The stage of ground water
development in different blocks varies from 52% to 82% for Dewa and Nindaura
Blocks respectively.
 V. GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

(i) The Barabanki district comprises alluvial areas. The majority of cultivation of
the area are having small land holding. The fragmented nature of land holding
is creating an hardship to an individual farmer to develop the ground water
resources economically. Moreover there are rising & falling trend of water
levels in different blocks. In view of it mass awareness programme should be
taken up for conjunctive use of ground water at block/ levels. Canal water may
be regulated through Pani Panchayat managed by farmer so as to implement
the conjunctive use of surface & ground water effectively.
(ii) Marginal farmers be given loaning at subsidized rate through financial
institution for developing ground water abstraction structures. The cultivators
should be educated regarding the availability of ground water resources.
(iii) Most of the ground water abstraction structures are fitted with diesel
pumpsets. The pumping cost is higher to these farmers. Power availability may
be enhanced by taking up power projects in public sector or on built and
operate system.
(iv) The canal main branches / distributaries & minors should be lined to minimise
the seepage in canal command areas. It will make availability of more water
on tail ends.
(v) Use of the ground water may be increased so as to reduce the areas prone to
water logging especially where rising trend of water level is very conspicuous.
(vi) Multiple cropping system (mainly cash crops) should be encouraged on the as
the gross area sown in Jayad is very less. It will improve the economy of the
farmers.

VI. AWARENESS & TRAINING ACTIVITY

Mass awareness programme and water management training programme by

CGWB has not take place in the district so far.

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 VII. AREAS NOTIFIED BY CGWA/SGWA

None of the area has been notified in the district so far.

VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS

Barabanki district has 56386 ham of ground water availability for future
irrigation. To increase the agricultural productivity the main requirement is that the
ground water should be developed in a planned and scientific manner. The
recommendations are as follows:

(i) Ground water exploration programme may be taken up in the district to the
depth of 1000 m. To depict and understand the subsurface geological
configuration and optimum feasibility of development.
(ii) The district is backward industrially. The water based industry may be
promoted for utilising the resources in a planned manner.
(iii) High yielding variety and use of improved technology be adopted to get
maximum production per unit of water.
(iv) Crops consuming more water may be planted in the water logged areas to
combat the water logging prone areas.
(v) National hydrograph stations optimisation may be taken up in the district and
duplicate wells showing similar trends and wells very close to surface water
bodies may be replaced and located at appropriate place.

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