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Rewa :

Before 907 years ago. Vyaghra Deo (1178) started

form Gujrat on pilgrimas to Chitrakoot and occupied the
fort of Marpha. Since then the whole of the area is known
as Baghelkhand. Shri Karna Deo was the son of Vyaghra
Deo, and was married to the daughter of Somdutta, who
presented the fort of Bandhawagarh in dowry. From that
time Bandhawagarh become the capital of Baghelkhand,
till Vikramaditya, who established the capital at Rewa
(1917). Rewa taking urban shape since the period of
Maharaja Raghuraj Singh. Who organised the state in
orderly manner. In 1948, the Rewa and other 35 smaller
states was merged to form Vindhya Pradesh, with Rewa as
its capital. After the formation of present Madhya Pradesh
in 1956 Rewa become a division and a district
headquarter.

The Rewa district is located between 81-15. East

longitude and 24-42 North latitude and is situated on the
Vindhya Plateau at the height of 318 m above MSL.

Rewa is synonyms of holy river Narmada. Narmada

flows in a lager part of Rewa-Khand hence the name Rewa
was adopted. The town is situated on the confluence of
Bihar and Bichhia river. Rewa is connected by National
Highway 7 and many other state highways pass through
the town. The town in connected from Satna through
railway link. It has got a small air strip at Chorahata. It is
connected by road with Allahabad (127 km.), Nagpur (495
km.), Satna (52 km.), Sidhi (100 km.) and Shahdol (161
km.). It is medium sized town having a population of
1,55,104 as per census of 1991.

The experiment field were work is done as Huzur,

Gurh, Raipur, Mouganj, Hanumana, Teonther tahsils and
laboratory work was done in Department of Botany,
Government Model Science College, Rewa.

(a) Geology:

Rewa plateau is a part of major Vindhyan basin,

which lies amidst the vast hilly expanse of Central India
(Mallet 1869; Oldham, 1901). The Vindhyan system is
divided into two parts, viz., upper division and lower
division.

The soil of Rewa derives it origin from the rocks of

upper Vindhyan system which are more or less horizontal
alternating between stratification of hard and soft hands
of sand stone, lime stone and shales. The recent upper
system is deposit over the lower Vindhyan system
composed of marine calcareous sand stone and undulated
shales of agrillaceous.

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(b) Physiography:

Rewa region has a saucer shaped structure. The flat

central part is composed of sedimentary rocks derived
from the denduded material of the hills surrounding the
basin. The sloping margin of the saucer are composed of
older rocks which contrastingly occupy a higher level than
the younger. Sedimentary rocks of the central flat zone.
The saucer was once a sea in which sediment from the
coastal hills deposited during Precambrian period.
Decapitation of the surrounding hills exposed the older
rocks at the coast line of the original Synclinal tatnys. A
profile of this vast hilly tract running south to north
would clearly make out the physiographic feature of the
Rewa, and its comparative position the elevation scale.

The physiography of Rewa is very rough and hilly.

The area is cylinderical in share and the drainage pattern
is of centripetal type. The rivers are mostly originating
from the South and running towards north. Structure
confirm earth surface behaviour and geodynamic process
such as silting and erosion, consequently, tend to produce
marked local climate or micro climate. The saucer shaped
structure of this area clearly accounts for the scanty
vegetation. Owing to its centripetal drainage pattern the
area is subjected to quick and continuous.
Ranitalab
A beautiful landscape and most important visitors
affected area of Rewa. This pond make a popularity after
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reconstruction and most interested government
involvement for its beauty and safety. Ranitalab was
constructed in 18th century AD by the late maharaja of
Rewa state. Its catmint area is about 0.68 sq miles.
The total area of Ranitalab is 34.57 acre. the average
distance from the bund to centre of the pond is 137
meters, while average distance from bank to the centre of
the pond in 130 metres. It has average depth of water in
pond is 3.53 metres and the average volume of the pond
water is 3518337 cu ft.
The main source of water is rain water and the
inflow point is one. Main water body situated backside of
Ranitalab devi ma temple so there a lot of human activity
involve to pond and its water sources water used for
bathing and washing but now a days it has remarkable
for fish culture its fish fauna has so much verity and fish
catchment is prohibited in this area.
The topography of the Ranitalab is undulating type
with hilly terrain around the pond. Plantation is over the
earthen bund and slope of the bund with grass at the
inner side of bund which is most important aspect for
crossing the limnetic ecosystem.
The scientific fishing was made trap and nets with
the help of fisherman after the weight and length
measurement fishes allowed back to the water body.

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Climate:

The proposed study area are situated the Rewa

district head quarter where the meteorological department
of Agriculture College, Rewa, collects the data related to
climatic changes regularly. Though there might be slight
differences in climatic conditions due to physical
environment but it cannot be drastic. Rewa is situated on
Rewa plateau, which forms the major part of Vindhyan
basin, has the two major divisions:

1. Upper Vindhyan system

2. Lower Vindhyan system

Rewa region has a saucer shaped structure. The

flattened central part is composed of sedimentary rocks
and the physiographic of Rewa is very rough and hilly.
The rivers are mostly originating from the south and
running towards north. The area is cylindrical in shape
and drainage pattern is of centripetal type.

The soil of Rewa derives its origin from the rocks of

upper Vindhyan system, which are horizontal alternating
between stratification of hard and soft bands of stones,
and limestones. The recent upper system is deposited over
the lower Vindhyan system composed of calcareous sand
stone and undulated shales of argillaceous nature. The
sacur shaped structure of this region clearly account for
the scantly vegetation. The area is subjected to quick and
continuous erosion.
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 The climatic condition of Rewa district showed
remarkable seasonal variations during investigation. The
maximum temperature 42.650C and minimum 6.880C
were recorded in the months of May and January
respectively the rainfall, humidity and sunshiniss is
depicted in table 1.
Table 1 Mean value of meterological conditions of Rewa district from
July 2016 to June 2017.

S.No Temperature C Rainfall Humidity % Sunshinics

Month (mm.) (hrs.)
Max. Min. Max. Min.

1 Jul. 32.09 25.33 211.2 79.41 42.74 6.37

2 Aug. 31.56 26.57 347.2 84.28 54.15 5.25

3 Sept. 32.11 23.95 196.0 83.25 49.27 7.60

4 Oct. 32.95 17.29 0 88.15 59.13 8.85

5 Nov. 30.16 12.7 0 82.25 54.52 7.41

6 Dec. 25.41 7.03 0 84.67 58.07 6.80

7 Jan. 22.16 6.88 17.4 92.68 61.78 6.15

8 Feb. 26.29 7.76 0 77.45 36.75 7.45

9 Mar. 31.20 11.99 8.2 69.29 32.71 8.85

10 Apr. 37.8 19.13 0 72.16 34.15 9.00

11 May 42.65 24.98 0 79.32 40.25 9.85

12 Jun. 41.92 26.42 8.10 59.71 28.69 8.45

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