India - Land and Livestock Holdings Survey Visit 1, January - December 2003, NSS 59th Round

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-59th-Sch18dot1-visit1-2003

Year

2003

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Land and Livestock Holding Surveys

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 25, 2019

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Soil type (B5_c6)
File: Block-5-particulars-land-household-records-visit-1

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 199161
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

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.

Interviewer instructions

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.