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Land suitability assessment for potential surface irrigation of river catchment for irrigation development in Kansai watershed, Purulia, West Bengal, India

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Assessing available land resources for irrigation is important for planning their use. This study was initiated with the objective of assessing the land resources potential of river catchments of Kangsabati in Purulia district for irrigation development and generating geo-referenced map of these resources using geographic information system. To identify potential irrigable land, irrigation suitability factors such as soil type, slope, land cover/use, and distance from water supply were taken into account. The irrigation suability analysis of these factors indicates that 4.15, 31.16, and 64.69% of soil are highly, moderately, and marginally suitable for surface irrigation, respectively. In addition, 51.82% of slope in the study area is highly suitable for surface irrigation system. In terms of land cover/use, 68.62% of land cover/use is highly suitable, whereas 31.38% restricted from irrigation development. Overall, the weighted overlay analysis of these factors gave the 34020.1 ha land which is highly suitable for potential surface irrigation of the river catchment. In conclusion, irrigation potential from this figure can be increased using Sprinkler or Drip irrigation system. GIS and Remote Sensing offer a convenient and powerful platform to integrate spatially complex land attributes for performing land suitability analysis. Integration of GIS and weighted overlay approach for land suitability analysis proves to be a useful methodology for further research in the entire state of West Bengal, India.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their special gratitude to Survey of India, Kolkata for providing the topographical sheet, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning for providing soil related information, National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, Government of India, and NRSC, Hyderabad for providing satellite data. The authors are very thankful to the anonymous reviewers who positively examined the manuscript and suggested its following revisions for precious changes that significantly helped to enhance its level of importance.

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  1. Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721102, West Bengal, India

    Biplab Mandal & Sujan Satpathy

  2. Department of Geography and Environment Management, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721102, West Bengal, India

    Gour Dolui

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Mandal, B., Dolui, G. & Satpathy, S. Land suitability assessment for potential surface irrigation of river catchment for irrigation development in Kansai watershed, Purulia, West Bengal, India. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. 4, 699–714 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-017-0155-y

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