Baramati taluka

Baramati tehsil lies between 18º04΄ to 18°32΄ north latitudes and 74° 26΄to 74° 69΄ east longitudes.

The rainfall analysis indicates study area is drought area (DPAP)[4] Baramati Taluka is located in the eastern belt of Pune district with a rolling topography and the low hills sinking slowly in to the plains with relatively broader valleys.

Therefore, the physiography of the tahsil has given rise to two major characteristic land forms namely; (1) the plateau and (2) the plains.

The main types of soil found in study area are black, brownish and gray or white.

The soil along the Nira River area is black in colour, fine texture and fertile.

The Tahsil area underlain by the basaltic lava flows of upper Cretaceous to lower Eocene age.