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State       %  Bihar              %  District         %  Saharsa
               Soil Type  %  Calcareous          %  Cropping         :   1.  Rice-fallow
                                Alluvial Soils        System             2.  Rice-wheat
                                                                         3.  Jute-wheat


               Status of Available Sulphur and Micronutrients (% Area)

               Taluka           Acute        Deficient      Latent      Marginally     Adequate       High
                               Deficient                   Deficient     Sufficient
                                                          Sulphur
               Banma                    -             -          53.0           47.0              -         -
               Kahara                   -          35.0          64.5            0.4              -         -
               Mahishi                  -           2.0          37.1           53.6            7.3         -
               Nauhatta                 -             -          35.2           63.8            1.0         -
               Patarghat                -             -          95.8            4.2              -         -
               Salkhau                  -           9.2          90.8              -              -         -
               Satar Kataiya            -          32.7          59.4            7.2            0.7         -
               Saur Bazar               -           7.5          54.1           38.2            0.2         -
               Simri
               Bakhtiarpur              -          43.4          51.8            4.8              -         -
               Sonbarsa                 -             -          68.5           30.1            1.3         -
                                                            Zinc
               Banma                    -          70.9          29.1              -              -         -
               Kahara                   -          62.4          15.0           22.5            0.1         -
               Mahishi                  -          62.0          28.5            9.2            0.3         -
               Nauhatta                 -          45.7          17.1           31.5            5.7         -
               Patarghat                -          18.0          16.5           56.6            8.9         -
               Salkhau                  -          66.6          22.2           11.2                        -
               Satar Kataiya            -          19.5          16.4           50.9           13.3         -
               Saur Bazar               -          24.5          13.2           49.9           12.5         -
               Simri
               Bakhtiarpur              -          92.7           4.1            3.3                        -
               Sonbarsa                 -          27.9          16.7           47.2            8.2         -
                                                            Iron
               Banma                    -             -           0.2            2.9           11.3      85.5
               Kahara                   -             -           4.0           22.5           38.8      34.6
               Mahishi                  -           0.6           0.7            4.6           12.9      81.2
               Nauhatta                 -          36.7           3.7           12.4           12.2      35.1
               Patarghat                -                         0.1            3.9           32.3      63.7
               Salkhau                  -          44.2           2.5            8.3           15.2      29.7
               Satar Kataiya            -          64.5           2.5            6.7            9.6      16.7
               Saur Bazar               -          18.4           5.2           11.0           19.5      46.0
               Simri
               Bakhtiarpur              -          24.5          10.1           23.6           19.4      22.3
               Sonbarsa                 -           9.1           3.3            5.5           12.1      70.1
                                                          Copper
               Banma                    -           3.1           1.4            3.7           10.9      80.9
               Kahara                   -           9.0          23.4           20.4           26.9      20.2
               Mahishi                  -          81.8           4.5            3.8            7.8       2.1
               Nauhatta                 -          20.0           7.4           15.1           49.7       7.8
               Patarghat                -                                                                 100
               Salkhau                  -           2.0          25.2            8.4           15.0      49.4
               Satar Kataiya            -           9.1          15.9           21.1           30.4      23.5
               Saur Bazar               -           3.0           2.9            4.2           18.1      71.8
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