Dear Mr. Jain, ground water ...

Dear Mr. Jain, ground water information in particular areas are likely compiled into several databases and in all likelihood that information would have been collected over 100 years or more.  With a bit of luck you may find a geological database indicating the type of geological formation to about 200 meters from the surface.  This is likely to have been drawn when the government or private companies were seeking minerals and can also be used to indicate possible aquifer bearing material and the possibility of artesian supplies.  Electromagnetic surveys can help as does a through understanding of the soil groups and bedrock material, but essentially there is no substitute for drilling pistometer and groundwater bores to test the viability of the theories.  As groundwater drilling is expensive it is advisable that a good groundwater survey is undertaken prior to drilling and if water supples are found that an accurate pump test and groundwater recoveries are covered.  It is likely that a lot of information relevant to the area already exists but not in a suitable format for ground searches, so it is advisable that this information (as for other parts of India) be amalgamated to a number of overlays into a Geographical Information Survey (GIS) database.  Of course these are difficult projects that will take time, so if you need water quickly there is no easy solution and the best thing you can do is raise money for a drilling program.  I am Lippy.  Hear me roar.