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SALEM DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Name of the District : Salem 0 0 2. Geographical Position* : North Latitude Between 11 14` and 12 53`’ 0 0 East Longitude Between 77 44` and 78 50`. DISTRICT MAP 3. Total Geographical area : 5205.30 Sq.km 4. District Headquarters name : Salem 5. Demographic details S. No Particulars Value i) Population Male 1563633 Female 1452713 Total Population 3016346 Rural 1626162 Urban 1390184 ii) Population density / Sq. km 573 (Per sq. km.) iii) Literates Male (%) 51.80% Female (%) 48.20% Total (%) 57.50% iv) Details on SC/ST population Male 297084 Female 282575 Total Population 579659 v) Labour profile a) Total workers 1454645 b) Male workers 942939 c) Female workers 511706 d) Rural workers 883025 e) Urban workers 571620 f) Cultivators 301238 g) Agricultural Labourers 387901 h) Household industry 134261 i) Other workers 631245 j) Marginal workers 174799 k) Non-workers 1561701 Average labour wages for farm operations k) Skilled job Unskilled job (Rs./manday of seven to nine hours) Peak seasons Male 450 350 Female 180 150 Lean seasons Male 350 250 Female 150 100 Average labour wages for farm operations Skilled job Unskilled job (Rs./manday of five to six hours) Peak seasons Male 300 250 Female 150 120 Lean seasons Male 200 200 Female 100 100 vi) Major languages spoken in the district Tamil, Telugu and Kannada vii) Details on Birth-Death Rate (per 1000 population) Birth Rate 180 – 207.90 Death Rate 71.83 Infant Mortality Rate 335.60 Expectation of life in years Male 55-60 Female 50-55 6. Taluk details S. No Name of the taluk Total area in ha Taluk HQ 1. Attur 1275.73 Attur 2. Salem 864.24 Salem 3. Sankari 425.93 Sankari 4. Mettur 642.59 Mettur 5. Edappadi 291.28 Edappadi 6. Omalur 666.46 Omalur 7. Gangavalli 410.18 Gangavalli 8. Valapady 246.19 Valapady 9. Yercaud 382.67 Yercaud 7. Block details Total Total Population inclusive S. Number of Number SC / ST population Name of the block area in of SC / ST population No Panchayats of Villages ha Male Female Total Male Female Total 1. Salem 196.14 14 39 395333 380866 776199 43840 43330 87170 2. Veerapandy 246.19 25 54 69504 62992 132496 7336 6855 14191 3. Panamarathupatty 159.56 20 34 51589 48737 100326 13465 12945 26410 4. Ayothiapattinam 262.35 32 51 69711 67561 137272 22381 22037 44418 5. Valapady 246.19 20 39 49280 47495 96765 12785 12387 25172 6. Attur 336.68 20 30 84546 82478 167024 20367 19648 40015 7. P.N.Palayam 534.17 36 47 59961 58980 118941 26090 25722 51812 8. Gangavalli 410.18 14 31 59005 57832 116837 17844 17303 35147 9. Thalaivasal 404.88 35 44 66349 66271 130620 20058 19352 39410 10. Sankari 299.55 22 34 68183 61873 130056 13115 12033 25148 11. Magudanchavadi 126.38 12 15 50262 43457 93719 4298 3877 8175 12. Idappadi 172.00 10 14 67773 59387 127160 5829 5115 10944 13. Konganapuram 119.28 9 10 65717 30485 66202 4346 3840 8186 14. Kolathur 268.88 14 13 69094 63679 132723 15861 14934 30795 15. Mecheri 195.70 17 20 58601 50099 108700 6954 6158 13112 16. Nangavalli 178.01 9 15 73041 63873 136914 6502 5786 12288 17. Omalur 202.94 33 35 98421 86671 185092 22948 20094 43042 18. Taramangalam 118.36 17 19 54944 47684 102628 3520 3095 6615 19. Kadayampatty 345.16 17 24 62485 55097 117582 14759 13082 27841 20. Yercaud 382.67 9 64 19834 19246 39080 14786 14982 29768 8. Block wise Literacy Rate (%) S. Name of the block Total Literacy Rate No Male Female Total 1. Salem 291915 235847 527762 2. Veerapandy 43241 28182 71423 3. Panamarathupatty 31509 20558 52067 4. Ayothiapattinam 45071 31960 77031 5. Valapady 32176 22683 54859 6. Attur 59628 44923 104551 7. P.N.Palayam 34748 24666 59416 8. Gangavalli 38629 27717 66346 9. Thalaivasal 43640 29540 73180 10 Sankari 41733 26251 67984 11 Magudanchavadi 29607 17004 46611 12 Idappadi 39844 23118 62962 13 Konganapuram 20711 10668 31379 14 Kolathur 45998 31384 67984 15 Mecheri 36351 21640 57997 16 Nangavalli 67122 30998 78120 17 Omalur 61698 38115 99813 18 Taramangalam 30897 18782 49679 19 Kadayampatty 36442 21290 57732 20 Yercaud 10812 6894 17706 9. Educational and other infrastructural facilities of latest available year S. No Particulars Numbers / Values 01 Educational facilities a) Pre-primary 227 / 134525 Students b) Primary 1223 / 201811 Students c) Middle 279 / 68352 Students d) High 112 / 60018 Students e) Higher-Secondary 132 / 178009 Students 02 Professional colleges a) Medical 6 / 2200 Students b) Engineering 3 / 4300 Students c) Agriculture - d) Veterinary / Fisheries - e) Others (Please specify) 1 / 12 Depts, 03 Number of Arts and Science Colleges 11 / 1200 Students 04 Institutional Credit Facility 20 / 8267 Students a) Name of the Lead Bank 14 / 14160 Students Agro-climatic features : http://tawn.tnau.ac.in 10. Land details a) Nine fold classification of land and other land details during 2009-10 or latest available year % to the Total S.No Particulars Area in ha geographical area 01 Total geographical area 520530 100 02 Area under Forest 114760.3 22 03 Barren and uncultivable land 38894.0 7 04 Land put into non-agricultural uses 59210.8 11 05 Cultivable waste 5085.3 1 Permanent pastures and other grazing 06 4199.0 1 lands Miscellaneous tree crops and grooves 07 3191.6 1 not included in the net area sown 08 Current Fallow 53236.0 10 09 Other Fallow 20468.9 4 10 Net Area Sown 210562.4 40 11 Area sown more than once 405769.7 78 12. Gross Cropped Area 114760.3 22 b) Details on operational holdings 2009-10 or latest available yesr S. Classification Category Operational No category area* area in ha 01 Marginal < 1ha 225504 02 Small 1-2 ha 55075 03 Small-medium 2-5 ha 26690 04 Medium 5-10 ha 2039 05 Large >10 ha 366 Total 309674 *Category area varies between states 12. Irrigation Resources Other related Value / S. No Particulars Number particulars details 01 Canals Government 1882 (1.65) Length in km Private 1775 (1.90) Length in km (Figures in parentheses indicate the percent to total) Source: G Return Register, Office of the Joint Director of Agriculture, Salem District) 13. Soil resources and type * DISTRICT SOIL PROFILE MAP HERE 14. Area (ha), production (tonnes /ha) and productivity (kg/ha) of major crops for 2009-10 (latest available year) Total S. Cropped Production Productivity Crop No Area (tonnes/ha) (kg/ha) (ha) 1 Paddy 32574 1.512 6958 2 Millets 118871 2.009 1651 3 Pulses 50244 0.350 695 4 Oilseeds 33646 0.541 1605 5 Cotton 12956 0.399 3.080 6 Sugarcane 14439 14.132 97.867 7 Mango 5900 0.590 10000 8 Banana 1480 0.666 45000 9 Tapioca 18920 6.811 36000 10 Turmeric 4250 0.128 3000 11 Vegetables 8395 1.980 21000 12 Flower crops 1220 0.110 9000 (Source : Office of the JDA - Salem) 15. Area under irrigation for major crops for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available year) S. Total Cropped Crop Irrigated area (ha) No Area (ha) 1 Paddy 32574 32281 2 Millets 118871 52489 3 Pulses 50244 3138 4 Oilseeds 33646 10185 5 Cotton 12956 5995 6 Sugarcane 14439 14439 16. Livestock and poultry population (in ‘000) for 2008-09 or 2009-10 (or latest available year) S. Name of the Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Poultry Pigs Dogs No Block 1. Salem 14881 2434 9369 8554 26997 1212 12079 2. Veerapandy 17117 5820 19171 10194 40091 371 9968 3. Panamarathupatty 12443 4058 5043 13839 21281 520 6983 4. Ayothiapattinam 26819 1860 4031 26650 201979 745 6254 5. Valapady 26710 1240 2089 26068 109170 1755 4212 6. Attur 35548 1678 1414 32146 17334 2320 5752 7. P.N.Palayam 33752 1776 3368 39850 505429 5111 8108 8. Gangavalli 44753 3443 19651 28593 44410 5436 4953 9. Thalaivasal 45454 3556 6066 20481 1156969 3555 3180 10. Sankari 41843 20998 48558 44864 77891 155 10309 11. Magudanchavadi 15800 5709 18846 9493 35620 59 5681 12. Idappadi 65880 25443 45098 21944 131021 13 11795 13. Konganapuram 13538 3603 20853 7099 39406 242 3039 14. Kolathur 28856 11380 41761 28868 46156 0 5293 15. Mecheri 19736 6886 91202 17765 200553 260 8861 16. Nangavalli 21316 7246 44130 21398 110720 218 7231 17. Omalur 45751 13804 35376 23928 270074 510 9076 18. Taramangalam 22676 7763 26921 10528 39491 76 4490 19. Kadayampatty 11257 2801 10580 11151 15250 32 1670 20. Yercaud 6827 17 149 9132 8606 155 4762 District Total 550957 131515 453676 412545 3098448 22745 133696 (Source 18th Census Details 2007-2008 - JDA Salem & Omalur) Physical and Geographical Features Location Salem District is one of the land locked Districts in Tamilnadu. It is bounded on the North by Dharmapuri district, on the South by Namakkal district, on the West by Erode district and, on the East by Villupuram district. The elevation of landscape generally ranges from 500 ft to 1200 ft. above MSL with the exception of Yercaud which is at 5000 ft. above MSL. Administrative Set up The Geographical area of the district is 520530 Ha . The district has 4 Revenue divisions, one corporation and 3 municipalities. There are 20 Panchayat unions in the district as detailed below:. The details of Administrative Units in Salem District as on 1996-97 is given in Table. Taluks Blocks Salem 01. Salem 02. Veerapandi 03. Panamarathupatti 04. Ayodhiapatnam Valappadi 05. Valappadi and part of Ayodhyapatnam block Attur 06. Attur 07. Peddanaickenpalayam and one firka of Talaivasal block Gangavalli 08.