Land and Livestock Holding Survey (Visit 1), 2003

India, 2003

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Reference ID

IND_2003_LLHS-W1_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Agricultural Surveys

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Apr 14, 2020

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Soil type (B5_c6)

Data file: Block-5-particulars-land-household-records-visit-1

Overview

Valid: 199161

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 70

End: 70

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	sand	22605	11.4%
2	loam	51380	25.8%
3	silt	14578	7.3%
4	light clay	67900	34.1%
5	heavy clay	17465	8.8%
9	others	25233	12.7%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Soil type indicates texture of the soil. Three important factors which determine the soil texture are sand, silt and clay. Depending on their quantum in the soil, the soil can be divided into five groups, viz., sand, loam, silt, clay and clay-loam. This column will be filled in terms of code.

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