The Investigation was carried out in the year 2009-10 to know the extent of participation of farmers in irrigation tank management in six villages of Raichur tahasil of Raichur district revealed that, majority of the respondents (58.33%) had medium extent of participation in irrigation tank management practices. An approximately twothird of the respondents participated regularly in the activities viz., identification of encroachment of tank area (75%), identification of leakages and their repairs(65%), decision on required irrigation for crops(80%), carrying out of desilting (73.33%), repair of sluice structures (65%), strengthening of tank bunds regularly (76.67%) and afforestration of foreshore area of the tank (71.67%)

Keyword: Investigation;Participati