Locations for Jatropha Plantation in India
Non-Forest Areas proposed for Jatropha Plantation
200 districts in 19 potential states have been identified on the basis of availability of wasteland, rural poverty ratio, below poverty line (BPL) census and agro-climatic conditions suitable for jatropha cultivation.Each district will be treated as a block and under each block 15000 ha jatropha plantation will be undertaken through farmers (BPL). Proposed to provide green coverage to about 3 Million ha of wasteland through plantation of jatropha in 200 identified districts over a period of 3 years.
Andhra PradeshAdilabad, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Karim Nagar, Mehboob Nagar, Nellore, Nalgonda, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Warrangal. Bihar Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Betiah (West Champaran), Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jahanabad, Jamui, Kaimur, Latehar, Muzzaffarpur, Munger, Nawada.Chhattisgarh Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtri, Durg, Jagdalpur, Janjgir-champa, Kanker, Kawardha, korba, Mahasaund, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh, Surguj.Jharkhand Bokaro, Chatra, Daltenganj, Devgarh, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Godda, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Koderma, Pakur, Palamu, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Singbhum(East), Singbhum(West).Gujarat Ahmedabad, Amerli, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Junagarh, Jamnagar, Kutch, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Surat.Goa Panaji, Padi, Ponda, Sanguelim.Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Nahan, Parvanu, Solan, UnnaHaryana Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Mohindergarh, Punchkula, Rewari, Rohtak.Karnataka Bijapur, Bellary, Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Daksina Kannada, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Udupi.Kerala Kottayam, Quilon, Trichur, Thiruvananthapuram.Madhya Pradesh Betul, Chhindwara, Guna, Hoshingabad, Jabalpur, Khandwa , Mand Saur, Mandla, Nimar (Khargaon), Ratlam, Raisena, Rewa, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sagar, Satna, Shahdol, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha.Maharashtra Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Amrawati, Akola, Beed, Buldana, Dhule, Nasik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thana, Yavatmal.Orissa Bolangir, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganiam, Gajapati, Jajapur, Koraput, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Nowrangpur, Nawapra, Phulbani, Puri.Punjab Ferozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Sangrur.Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Barmar, Bilwara, Bikaner, Churu, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Sawai Madhopur, Udaipur.Tamil Nadu Coimbatore, Chenai, Dharmapuri, Erode, Madurai, Perigar, Salem, Tirunelvelli, Vellore.Uttar Pradesh Allahabad, Agra, Balia, Bulandshare, Bhadohi, Baharaich, Chhitrakut, Deoria, Ferozabad, Faizabad, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kausambi, Lalitpur, Mainpuri, Partapgarh, Raibareli, Sultanpur, Shahjahanpur.Uttaranchal Chamoli, Dehradun, Pithoragarh, Rishikesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttrakashi.West Bengal Balurghat, Barasat, Burdwan, Cochbehar, Darjeeling, Hoogly, Howrah, Jalpaigurri, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Malda, West Dinajpur, 24-Parganas South.