Ketou Township, Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province

Ketou Township

Ketou Township, belonging to Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province, is located in the south of Xinhua County, adjacent to the county, shichongkou town in the East, Weishan Town in the south, and Yangxi town in the West. S70 of louhuai expressway runs through the north, provincial highway S312 runs through the middle, and the fourth grade cement highway connects with provincial highway S312 and S217 in Ruxi village and Wenshui village respectively, and runs through the whole Township directly to the tourist resort Taolin xiaonanyue, The transportation is very convenient.

administrative division

The township government is only 10 kilometers away from the county. The township is adjacent to Weishan Township in the East, Luguan town in the west, Yangxi town in the South and Shangmei town in the north. It has jurisdiction over ketou and Ruxi, Tangwan, Letian, Shizhang, Huangxi, Nongke, Dashui, ketou, Matian, Yanxia, Taolin, Heping, Nonglin, Li'ao, Yang, Xianfeng, Shanxia, Dalang, Xiaolang, Zhushan, Huxia, Hongxia, Wenshui, Xinjian, Gaoshan, Nongzhan, Yueming, Xiazhuang, Dingxi, sanbanqiao, Jianxin, Ruxi, Liaojia, Duijiang, Zhongxin and Jiangxi There are 448 village groups with a total population of 39278 (in 2017), an administrative area of 67.47 square kilometers (in 2017), a cultivated land area of 33284 mu, a forest land area of 38120 Mu and a reservoir area of 2177 mu.

Major industries

Except for a few mountainous villages such as agriculture and forestry, Li'ao, Xianfeng, Shanxia and Hongxia, most of ketou Township belongs to hilly area. Ruxi river flows into Zishui River from south to north. There are 9 electric irrigation ports along the river and 10 barrages. There are 3 small type-2 reservoirs and 150 mountain ponds in the township. In particular, the high standard cement concrete channels of Banshan and Weishan water systems give full play to their benefits, and the area of agricultural drought and flood income is more than 80%. Ketou township is dominated by agricultural economy, mainly producing rice, vegetables and wheat. It takes only half an hour by bus from Taolin, the farthest part of the township, to the county seat. The technology and information are obtained quickly. The agricultural economy is developed. The development of suburban agriculture is advantaged. It has gradually developed into a 1000 mu continuous pollution-free vegetable base and a 1000 mu demonstration plot of fish farming in paddy fields, Ten thousand pigs, beef breeding base. There are 26384 mu of Chenglin mountain and 12000 mu of hilly wasteland. Over the past few years, the effect of returning farmland to forest has been remarkable, the terrain is diverse, and it is suitable for planting a variety of Chinese herbal medicines. The 3000 mu Chinese herbal medicine base mainly composed of Eucommia ulmoides, Pseudostellaria, polygonatum odoratum, honeysuckle, etc. has shown initial benefits. there are abundant coal resources in the territory, including one county run coal mine and one township run coal mine; there are more than 200 rural enterprises and private enterprises in the township, with a total output value of 80.57 million yuan in 2003. The production and marketing of the three firecrackers factories are booming. The quality of "sanbanqiao" brand firecrackers is excellent, and firecrackers production has become the pillar industry of the township.

scenic spot

Taolin xiaonanyue

There is a famous Taolin xiaonanyue Tourism Development Zone in ketou township. With beautiful scenery and outstanding people, there are thousands of acres of peach forest at the foot of the mountain and a thousand year old temple on the mountain. It is the hometown of the folk legend "shimazi". The fourth grade cement highway is only 15 kilometers from the county seat to the foot of the mountain. It is a convenient and ideal resort for tourists.