Agro-climatic Zones

Agro-climatic Zones

Agro-climatic Zones in India

An “Agro-climatic zone” is a land unit in terms of major climates, suitable for a certain range of crops and cultivars. An Agro-climatic zone mainly refers to soil types, rainfall, and temperature and water availability. Planning commission (1989) has identified 15 resource development regions in India, 14 in the main and the remaining 1 in the islands of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.

No.	Agro-climatic zones	State
1.	Western Himalayan Region	Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
2.	Eastern Himalayan Region	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
3.	Lower Gangetic plain Region	West Bengal
4.	Middle Gangetic plain Region	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
5.	Upper Gangetic plain Region	Uttar Pradesh
6.	Trans Gangetic plain Region	Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan
7.	Eastern Plateau and Hills Region	Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal
8.	Central Plateau and Hills Region	Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
9.	Western Plateau and Hills Region	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
10.	Southern Plateau and Hills Region	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
11.	East Coast Plains and Hills Region	Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
12.	West Coast Plains and Ghat Region	Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
13.	Gujarat Plains and Hills Region	Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
14.	Western Dry Region	Rajasthan
15.	Island Region	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep

Agro-climatic Zones in Madhya Pradesh

The State is divided in 11 Agro-climatic.

No.	Agro-climatic zones	District’s
1.	Chhattisgarh Plains	Balaghat
2.	Northern Hill Region of Chhattisgarh	Shahdol, Mandla, Dindori, Anuppur, Sidhi, Umaria
3.	Kymore Plateau and Satpura Hills	Rewa, Satna, Panna, Jabalpur, Seoni, Katni, Sidhi
4.	Central Narmada Valley	Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Raisen
5.	Vindhya Plateau	Bhopal, Sagar, Damoh, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Guna
6.	Grid Region	Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Sheopur-Kala, Shivpuri, Pichore, Karera, Narwar, Khania, Guna,
7.	Bundelkhand	Chhattarpur, Datia, Tikamgarh and Shivpuri
8.	Satpura Plateau	Betul and Chhindwara
9.	Malwa Plateau	Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Ujjain, Dewas, Indore, Shajapur, Jhabua, Rajgarh and Dhar
10.	Nimar Plains	Khandwa, Barhanpur, Khargone, Barwani, Harda, Dhar
11.	Jhabua Hills	Jhabua and Dhar