Table 1. Calculation of farming intensity index (FII) to select blocks/mandals in Visakhapatnam and Sonipat using major agricultural indicators.

Sr. No	District	Cropping Intensity (%)		Crop Diversity Index (CDI)		Groundwater Development (%)		Fertilizer Consumption (tons/ha)		Farming Intensity Index (FII)
	Sonipat	χ	A = (χ – $\overline{x}$)/SD	χ	B = (χ – $\overline{x}$)/SD	χ	C = (χ – $\overline{x}$)/SD	χ	D = (χ – $\overline{x}$)/SD	(A + B + C + D)/4
1	Sonipat	160	−0.85	0.52	−1.12	129	0.10	69.82	1.29	−0.14
2	Rai	147	−1.46	0.49	−1.74	196	1.78	63.91	0.52	−0.23
3	Kharkhoda	173	−0.22	0.60	0.99	143	0.45	62.60	0.35	0.39
4	Gohana	178	0.00	0.59	0.69	135	0.25	52.18	−1.01	−0.02
5	Kathura	180	0.11	0.59	0.53	78	−1.18	49.45	−1.37	−0.48
6	Mundlana	208	1.42	0.61	1.10	80	−1.13	55.21	−0.61	0.20
7	Ganaur	199	1.00	0.55	−0.45	120	−0.13	66.29	0.83	0.31
	District average ($\overline{x}$)	178		0.56		126		59.93
	Standard Deviation (SD)	21		0.04		40		7.67
	Visakhapatnam
1	Munchingi Puttu	107	−1.41	0.37	−0.96	5	−1.37	15	−1.38	−1.28
2	Peda Bayalu	111	−0.97	0.42	−0.54	3	−1.48	17	−1.36	−1.09
3	Dumbriguda	125	0.38	0.35	−1.10	6	−1.32	12	−1.39	−0.86
4	Araku Valley	118	−0.34	0.44	−0.35	5	−1.37	16	−1.37	−0.86
5	Ananthagiri	117	−0.43	0.37	−0.89	20	−0.53	23	−1.33	−0.80
6	Hukumpeta	110	−1.08	0.49	0.01	8	−1.20	9	−1.41	−0.92
7	Paderu	113	−0.80	0.44	−0.38	11	−1.04	13	−1.39	−0.90
8	G.Madugula	115	−0.64	0.49	0.02	12	−0.98	10	−1.40	−0.75
9	Chintapalle	132	1.00	0.51	0.19	14	−0.87	10	−1.40	−0.27
10	Gudem Kothaveedhi	144	2.14	0.61	0.96	6	−1.32	11	−1.40	0.09
11	Koyyuru	106	−1.44	0.38	−0.86	12	−0.98	43	−1.21	−1.12
12	Nathavaram	126	0.41	0.78	2.27	19	−0.59	337	0.51	0.65
13	Golugonda	117	−0.39	0.48	−0.07	20	−0.53	386	0.80	−0.05
14	Narsipatnam	116	−0.55	0.63	1.11	29	−0.03	372	0.71	0.31
15	Rolugunta	117	−0.43	0.31	−1.37	44	0.81	376	0.74	−0.06
16	Ravikamatham	112	−0.87	0.42	−0.54	30	0.02	408	0.93	−0.11
17	Madugula	134	1.17	0.48	−0.11	12	−0.98	395	0.85	0.23
18	Cheedikada	134	1.22	0.39	−0.78	32	0.14	400	0.88	0.36
19	Devarapalle	129	0.70	0.44	−0.40	34	0.25	401	0.88	0.36
20	K.Kotapadu	124	0.29	0.38	−0.88	50	1.14	371	0.71	0.32
21	Sabbavaram	130	0.86	0.34	−1.12	31	0.08	303	0.31	0.03
22	Pendurthi	122	0.10	0.57	0.61	27	−0.14	355	0.62	0.30
23	Anandapuram	122	0.04	0.51	0.18	36	0.36	230	−0.12	0.12
24	Padmanabham	138	1.64	0.46	−0.19	43	0.75	321	0.42	0.65
25	Bheemunipatnam	139	1.71	0.44	−0.37	36	0.36	389	0.81	0.63
26	Visakhapatnam (R)	109	−1.23	1.00	3.92	23	−0.37	5	−1.43	0.22
27	Visakhapatnam (U)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Pedagantyada	101	−1.96	0.42	−0.52	7	−1.26	126	−0.73	−1.12
29	Gajuwaka	138	1.55	0.55	0.43	12	−0.98	0.69	−1.46	−0.12
30	Paravada	109	−1.23	0.47	−0.14	33	0.19	138	−0.66	−0.46
31	Anakapalle	124	0.30	0.41	−0.61	52	1.25	405	0.91	0.46
32	Chodavaram	118	−0.29	0.40	−0.68	55	1.42	397	0.86	0.33
33	Butchayyapeta	127	0.55	0.40	−0.66	25	−0.26	396	0.86	0.12
34	Kotauratla	110	−1.08	0.47	−0.14	41	0.64	376	0.74	0.04
35	Makavarapalem	110	−1.14	0.47	−0.17	46	0.92	373	0.72	0.08
36	Kasimkota	123	0.11	0.53	0.30	32	0.14	395	0.85	0.35
37	Munagapaka	130	0.85	0.41	−0.60	49	1.08	365	0.67	0.50
38	Atchutapuram	130	0.84	0.33	−1.20	47	0.97	359	0.64	0.31
39	Yelamanchili	128	0.66	0.49	0.02	54	1.36	413	0.95	0.75
40	Nakkapalle	107	−1.38	0.65	1.21	42	0.69	364	0.67	0.30
41	Payakaraopeta	122	0.04	0.72	1.77	69	2.20	405	0.91	1.23
42	S.Rayavaram	128	0.64	0.69	1.53	65	1.98	411	0.94	1.27
43	Rambilli	126	0.45	0.59	0.78	45	0.86	346	0.56	0.66
	District average ($\overline{x}$)	121		0.49		29.57		249.95
	Standard Deviation (SD)	10.43		0.13		17.91		170.80