Koraput
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| Koraput | |
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| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2026 | |
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| Mist over the hills around Deomali, Koraput District | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Eastern Ghats |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Odisha |
| District | Koraput District |
| Coordinates | 18.81, 82.72 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 8,400 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately Koraput District; hilly and forested |
| Climate | |
| Köppen class (computed) | Aw (tropical, savannah) |
| Elevation (computed) | 722 m (542–1,001 m) |
| Closest climate matches | Araku Valley – 90 Doi Yao–Doi Pha Mon – 87 Mae Chan – 84 Doi Langka – 80 Phop Phra – 80 |
| Computed from CHELSA V2.1 (1981–2010), the Köppen–Geiger map of Beck et al. (1991–2020) and GMTED2010 (1 km) · About these figures | |
| Growing history | |
| Dated news reports | 2026 |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
- Point
- 18.81° N, 82.72° E
- Elevation used
- 722 m (542–1,001 m) computed, GMTED2010 (1 km), its whole area
- Köppen class
- Aw
- Clock
- UTC+5:30
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day and night | ||||||||||||
| First light | 06:11 | 06:05 | 05:46 | 05:20 | 05:01 | 04:57 | 05:06 | 05:18 | 05:25 | 05:31 | 05:43 | 06:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:34 | 06:27 | 06:08 | 05:42 | 05:25 | 05:22 | 05:30 | 05:41 | 05:46 | 05:53 | 06:06 | 06:24 |
| Sunset | 17:41 | 17:59 | 18:09 | 18:16 | 18:26 | 18:37 | 18:40 | 18:27 | 18:02 | 17:37 | 17:22 | 17:25 |
| Last light | 18:05 | 18:22 | 18:31 | 18:38 | 18:49 | 19:01 | 19:04 | 18:50 | 18:24 | 17:59 | 17:45 | 17:48 |
| Daylighth | 11h07 | 11h32 | 12h01 | 12h34 | 13h01 | 13h15 | 13h10 | 12h47 | 12h16 | 11h44 | 11h15 | 11h00 |
| Changemin/day | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | −0.5 | −0.9 | −1.1 | −1.0 | −0.8 | −0.2 |
| Temperature | ||||||||||||
| Avg daily high°C | 25 | 28 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Avg daily low°C | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 |
| Swing°C | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Water and light | ||||||||||||
| Rainmm | 15 | 15 | 30 | 73 | 138 | 217 | 366 | 370 | 269 | 143 | 37 | 10 |
| VPDkPa | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Sunlightmol/m²/d | 37 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 35 |
| Field cycle | ||||||||||||
| Cycle | ||||||||||||
- Planting
- Growing
- Harvest
- Not recorded / off season
No accession is linked to this growing area, so no field cycle is shown.
Day and night computed from the sun's position on the 15th of each month; climate normals 1981–2010 from CHELSA V2.1 · About these figures
Koraput is a landrace cannabis growing area in southern Odisha, India, in the Eastern Ghats growing region, drawn on Koraput District. At the start of 2025 cannabis was being grown in six Odisha districts, Koraput among them, all with mountainous and hilly terrain.[1] In those six districts the Odisha Police destroyed cannabis on 36,508.792 acres in the 2025–26 season.[2] In September 2026 the Odisha Police's Special Task Force reviewed its operations in the same six districts, which Pragativadi called "key hotspot districts".[3]
Cultivation
In the 1890s
In 1893 Koraput was in Vizagapatam district of the Madras Presidency.[4] H. D. Taylor, who had been seven and a quarter years in Jeypore, the last four as Manager of the Jeypore Estate, told the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission that he had never seen hemp grown outside back yards: "a few plants in a back garden is the extent of cultivation". Under Act III of 1864 there was no control over the cultivation, sale or manufacture of hemp drugs in Jeypore, no revenue was raised from them, and the growers could sell where they liked.[5] N. H. Daniel, the apothecary in charge of the police hospital at Koraput, said that ganja and bhang were prepared "to a small extent in Koraput and Jeypore".[4]
Since 2000
In 2019 ganja was being grown in the Lamtaput and Boipariguda areas, on smuggling routes out of Malkangiri district; a few months earlier the police had destroyed a large crop at Bankuli, under the Boipariguda police station.[6]
In August 2026 the Revenue and Disaster Management Department of Odisha told the collectors of Koraput and the five other districts to keep watch on the government land where cannabis had been destroyed in 2025–26, since growers tend to use the same plots every year.[2] Early in September 2026 the Koraput police announced the arrest of three farmers who, the police said, had been tending cannabis in about 10 acres of forest near the villages of Disariguda and Lenziguda, under the Padua police station; about 12,000 plants were destroyed. The superintendent of police said it was the first time the district police had caught growers at a plantation while they tended the crop.[7]
Hashish oil
On 26 February 2026 the Koraput police raided a temporary laboratory for hashish oil on an island in the Jolaput reservoir, in forest under the Padwa (Padua) police station on the Andhra Pradesh border. They seized 1,800.5 litres of hashish oil and 1,000 kg of ganja, and within 30 hours arrested six people, among them the alleged head of the syndicate, a man from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.[8]
Appellations
No appellation pages exist for this growing area yet.
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
Recent news
| Article | Date | Category | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|
| News:2026-02-28/Enforcement/hashish-oil-kingpin-and-5-associates-arrested-after-island-lab-raid-in-koraput | Enforcement | Jolaput Reservoir |
See also
References
- ↑ Singh, Gurvinder (1 January 2025). "India's farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kumar, Anil (14 August 2026). "Odisha steps up vigil against illegal ganja cultivation". OrissaPOST. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ Sethy, Itishree (9 September 2026). "Nasha Mukt Odisha: STF Launches Four-Pronged Strategy to Eradicate Cannabis Cultivation". Pragativadi. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Indian Hemp Drugs Commission (1894). "Evidence of Apothecary N. H. Daniel, In charge Police Hospital, Koraput, Vizagapatam District". Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893–94. Vol. VI: Evidence of Witnesses from Central Provinces and Madras. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. Madras witness no. 103, p. 299 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Indian Hemp Drugs Commission (1894). "Evidence of Mr. H. D. Taylor, Manager, Jeypore Estate". Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893–94. Vol. VI: Evidence of Witnesses from Central Provinces and Madras. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. Madras witness no. 21, pp. 195–196 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Post News Network (4 August 2019). "Ganja cultivation, smuggling rampant in Koraput". OrissaPOST. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ Kumar, Anil (5 September 2026). "Three cannabis farmers held; 12,000 plants destroyed". OrissaPOST. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ Patnaik, Satyanarayan (28 February 2026). "Hashish oil kingpin, 5 others arrested by Koraput cops". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2026.