Village Information System Using GIS: A case study of Chilkur village, Moinabad mandal Telangana

Abstract

Chilkoor village of Moinabad mandal in,Ranga Reddy district is 28 km away from Hyderabad city, nestled in the arm of the beautiful Osman sagar lake which is the source of drinking water to the people of twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad since a long time Apart from scenic, this village has a ancient temple spot located by the side of lake and known as holy village. Horticulture as well as Agriculture are predominant in this village but because of proximity to the city and due to massive movement of tourists to this village has created pollution which has disturbed the natural flow of the streams and found most of the streams have been dried up and many commercial activities are coming up by disturbing the agriculture, hence in order to have proper planning of land and water management in this village it is important to have proper data of this village , where an attempt has made to develop multi-layered geo database using Arc-GIS server, which will help in analyzing the information and take better decisions, better planning in this village. The present project work titled “Village Information System Using GIS: A case study of Chilkur village, Moinabad mandal Telangana” has been taken up to find a solution to the problems faced by the villagers of Chilkoor, (located at Moinabad, Rangareddy District) such as, basic village facilities, education, health and safety, agriculture, literacy, social welfare, transportation etc., focusing mainly on water management and land Management system using GIS.