The Paisuni River Basin forms the combined state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Madhya Pradesh (MP), India. It is an agricultural-dominated area in the flood plains where groundwater plays a crucial role for agricultural purpose. In the present study, an assessment of groundwater potential (GWP) zones is carried out using multi-criteria evaluation techniques. Different thematic maps such as landuse/landcover, geomorphology, lithology, soil, slope, lineament, drainage and rainfall maps were considered for the delineation of potential zones. The present work was carried out to delineate the GWP for the two different states as well as for the various villages of UP and MP. Approximately, 44% and 13% for good potential, 32% and 18% for moderate potential and 6% and 14% for the low potential of groundwater are delineated from the states of UP and MP. The village wise shows that 1% good potential is in the state of MP; however, 99% shows good potential for the villages of UP. Rainfall data also indicates that UP receives more annual rainfall than MP. The majority of the area in UP suggests good groundwater potential zones. Thus, the results will be helpful in better planning and management of groundwater resources in the Paisuni River Basin as well as rainwater harvesting in different villages where there is a poor potential of groundwater to meet the future need of water in these villages.

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印度北方邦和中央邦联合使用Paisuni流域的多准则评估技术对地下水潜在地带进行评估

Paisuni流域形成了印度北方邦（UP）和印度中央邦（MP）的合并州。它是洪泛区中以农业为主的地区，地下水在农业中起着至关重要的作用。在本研究中，使用多标准评估技术对地下水潜力（GWP）区进行了评估。考虑了不同的专题图，如土地利用/土地覆盖，地貌，岩性，土壤，坡度，界线，排水和降雨图，以描绘潜在区域。进行当前工作是为了描绘两个不同州以及UP和MP各个村庄的GWP。根据UP和MP的状态，大约有44％和13％的高潜力地下水，32％和18％的中等潜力地下水和6％和14％的低潜力地下水。村庄明智地表明，MP的潜力为1％；但是，有99％的人对UP的村庄显示出良好的潜力。降雨数据还表明，UP的年降雨量高于MP。UP的大部分地区都具有良好的地下水潜力区。因此，这些结果将有助于更好地对Paisuni流域的地下水资源进行规划和管理，以及在不同的村庄收集雨水，因为这些村庄的地下水潜力很低，无法满足这些村庄未来的用水需求。