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DISTRICT STATISTICAL HAND BOOK 2016-17 DISTRICT 2011-POPULATION

CATEGORY TOTAL MALE FEMALE TALUKWISE TOTAL POPULATION Theni 199983 100352 99631 212700 107856 104844 217358 109907 107451 Bodinaickanur 180789 90426 90363 435069 217142 217927 Total 1245899 625683 620216 MUNICIPALITY Theni 94453 47244 47209 Periyakulam 42976 21345 21631 Bodinaickanur 75675 37498 38177 42305 21081 21224 Cumbum 68090 33848 34242 Gudalore 41915 20895 21020 PANCHAYATS 11022 5605 5417 Meenatchipuram 7846 3954 3892 Melachokanathapuram 15625 7878 7747 Devathanapatti 19285 9805 9480 11942 6099 5843 Thamaraikulam 12372 6223 6149 Thenkarai 14838 7485 7353 Vadugapatti 13204 6718 6486 Palanichettipatti 14879 7449 7430 Veerapandi 16158 8.16 7842 7024 3434 3590 Markeyankottai 6135 3094 3041 13892 6912 6980 16079 7981 8098 9323 4627 4696 Kombai 15960 7864 8096 Uthamapal ayam 29050 14463 14587 Hanumanthanpatti 10619 5298 5321 Pudupatti 11511 5740 5771 Kamayagoundanpatti 16134 7838 8296 Highwavis 4882 2485 2397 Andipatti 27287 13624 13663 Urban Total 670481 334803 335678 Rural Total 575418 290880 284538 DISTRICT TOTAL 1245899 625683 620216 Source: Census of 2011

1.AREA AND POPULATION

1.1 .AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC’S, ST’S – SEXWISE BY BLOCKS AND MUNICIPALITIES

Population Literate Taluk/ Area Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Municipalities (Sq.Km) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Name of the Taluk Theni 201.97 199983 100352 99631 148172 80153 68019

Andipatti 916.90 212700 107856 104844 136329 77768 58561

Periyakulam 381.03 217358 109907 107451 151321 83524 67797

Bodinaickanur 804.33 180789 90426 90363 126106 69748 56358

Uthamapalayam 938.07 435069 217142 217927 308152 168210 139942

Name of the Municipality Theni 22.23 94453 47244 47209 73248 38615 34633 Periyakulam 21.10 42976 21345 21631 34313 17921 16392 Bodinaickanur 19.33 75675 37498 38177 57649 30675 26974 Chinnamanur 25.95 42305 21081 21224 31987 16941 15046 Cumbum 6.58 68090 33848 34242 52124 27601 24523 Gudalur 32.00 41915 20895 21020 28010 15729 12281 Total Rural 3155.11 670481 334803 335678 376650 213570 163080 Total Urban 127.19 575418 290880 284538 493430 265833 227597 Dist. Total 3242.30 1245899 625683 620216 870080 479403 390677

Source: Census of India 2011

1.2. POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

Sl. Industrial Category District No Persons % to total workers (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Total Main Workers 530591 90% Marginal Workers 61051 10%

a) Cultivators 36371 6% b) Agricultural Labourers 275585 47% c) Household Industry Manufacturing, Processing, 12714 2% Servicing and Repairs d) Other Workers 205921 42% 2 Total Workers 591642 47% Non Workers 654257 53% Total Population 1245899 100%

Source: Census of India 2011

1.3 POPULATION BY RELIGION

Sl.No. Religion Persons Male Female

1 2 3 4 5 1 Hindu 1011456 512096 499360 2 Muslim 48066 23994 24072 3 Christian 33830 16592 17238 4 Sikh 57 30 27 5 Buddhist 25 16 9 6 Jain 80 40 40 7 Other Religions 13 6 7 8 Religions 423 212 211 not stated

Source: Census of India 2011

1.4. POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS

Sl. Age Persons in Persons in Tamil Percent to total in No Groups Districts Nadu District 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 0-14 2 15-29 3 30-44 --Nil-- 4 45-59 5 60 and above Total

Source: Census of India 2011

1.5 POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT DECENNIAL GROWTH

Period Region Population Percentage (Subject to the Variation Since period of previous Census availability) 1 2 3 4 To tal 1049323 -- 1981-1991 Rural 703748 -- Urban 345575 -- Total 1093950 +4.25 1991-2001 Rural 502109 -26.66 Urban 591841 +71.26 Total 1245899 +13.89 2001-2011 Rural 575418 +14.60 Urban 670481 +13.29

Source: Census of India 2011.

1.6 SALIENT FEATURES OF 2011 CENSUS – BLOCK WISE

Urban/Rural Literacy rate Population among total Name of the Block in % Total

in % in % Popula Male Female Sq.Km. 1000 males Densityper

Females per Urban Rural tion (%) (%) (1000 (1000 males) S.T.Population (%) PopulationS.C. Theni 862 993 62.75 37.25 74 80 68 24 0.02 Andipatti 332 985 19.73 80.27 67 75 59 24 0.05 K.Myladumparai 108 948 0.00 100.00 59 67 51 23 0.39 Periyakulam 495 977 52.73 47.27 69 76 63 27 0.20 Bodinayakanur 208 999 60.94 69.06 70 77 62 17 0.38 Chinnamanur 534 996 55.10 44.90 69 76 62 21 1.03 Uthamapalayam 578 998 54.56 45.44 71 78 65 20 0.00 Cumbum 193 1013 85.02 14.98 71 78 65 11 0.14

Source: Census of India.2011

LITERACY RATE BY RESIDENT AND SEX (in numbers)

Sl. Total Literacy Rural Urban Taluk Name No Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 Andipatti 136329 77768 58561 115403 66504 48899 20926 11264 9662

2 Theni 148172 80153 68019 51788 28928 22860 96384 51225 45159

3 Periyakulam 151321 83524 67797 67943 38211 29732 83378 45313 38065

4 Bodinayakanur 126106 69748 56358 45826 26202 19624 80280 43546 36734

5 Uthamapalayam 308152 168210 139942 95690 53725 41965 212462 114485 97977

6 District Total 870080 479403 390677 376650 213570 163080 493430 265833 227597

Source: Census of India 2011

2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

2.1. TEMPERATURE AT SELECTED STATIONS

Name of the Station: THENI Temperature (in Celsius) Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Humidity Month Normal Actual Normal Actual 8.00 hrs. 17.00 hrs.

June 38.5 38.0 27.5 23.0 90.0 85.0

July 38.5 37.5 23.0 23.5 74.0 87.0

August 37.0 38.0 24.0 23.0 90.0 87.0

Year 2016 - September 38.0 38.5 22.0 22.0 94.0 95.0

October 38.5 36.5 22.5 22.5 93.0 97.0

November 38.5 33.0 17.5 20.5 94.0 88.0

December 34.5 32.5 18.0 18.0 92.0 88.0 January 35.0 35.0 17.0 16.5 92.0 62.0

February 38.5 37.0 15.0 17.0 90.0 52.0

March 39.0 40.5 20.0 23.0 84.0 49.0

Year2017 April 41.0 42.0 23.0 26.0 82.0 70.0

May 40.5 41.5 24.0 23.5 88.0 92.0

Source: Central Water Commission, Theni.

2.2 MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA-SEASON WISE

Year: 2016-17 (In mm)

Period Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall % Deviation (1) (2) (3) (4) 1.South West Monsoon Period Total 190.2 135.99 -28.50 June-2016 53.8 19.85 -63.10 July-2016 32.6 76.62 135.03 August-2016 33.3 21.15 -36.49 September-2016 70.5 18.37 -73.94 2.North East Monsoon

Total 357.9 154.56 -56.81 October-2016 167.7 114.68 -31.62 November-2016 139 18.37 -86.78 December-2016 51.2 21.51 -57.99 3.Winter-Period Total 35.4 26.48 -25.20 January-2017 16 26.3 64.38 February-2017 19.4 0.18 -99.07 4.Hot-Weather Period Total 168.3 224.76 33.55 March-2017 35.4 110.64 -68.19 April-2017 73.4 23.35 52.55 May -2017 59.5 90.77 33.55 GRAND TOTAL 751.8 541.79 -27.93

Source: India Meteorological Department, .6.

2.3 TIME SERIES DATA OF RAINFALL BY SEASONS (LAST 10 YEARS) Year: 2016-17

South West Monsoon North-East Monsoon Winter Hot summer

Year Sl.N

o

% % of % % of % % of % % of Actual Actual Actual Actual Normal Normal Normal Normal Deviation Deviation Deviation Deviation

1 1998 112.0 - -- 325.2 -- --

2 1999 112.0 168.8 +39.0 325.2 556.5 45.0

3 2000 112.0 229.2 104.0 325.2 202.5 -62.0

4 2002 178.4 55.4 -68.9 384.0 464.5 +21.0 47.7 0.0 -100.0 222.7 389.8 +750.0

5 2003 178.4 82.8 -53.6 384.0 273.7 -28.7 48.4 0.0 -100.0 222.7 92.4 -58.5

6 2004 178.4 169.0 -53.0 384.0 314.3 -18.2 48.4 40.5 -16.3 222.7 296.6 +33.2

7 2005 178.4 147.8 -17.2 384.0 637.6 66.0 48.4 12.5 -74.2 222.7 194.3 -12..8

8 2006 178.4 117.3 -34.2 384.0 416.4 8.4 48.4 0.0 -100.0 222.7 60.1 -73.0

9 2007 178.4 237.3 33.0 384.0 576.7 50.2 48.4 36.3 - 25 222.7 324.5 45.7

10 2008-09 178.4 345 93.4 384.0 325.2 -15.3 48.4 3.7 -92.4 222.7 157.2 -29.4

11 2010-11 157.5 341.1 116.6 377.5 512.4 35.7 55.1 35.4 55.6 168.3 171.5 1.9

12 2011-12 158.4 292.2 84.5 357.9 531.6 48.5 35.4 29.8 -15.8 168.3 121.1 -26.9

13 2012-13 158.4 159.5 0.7 357.9 299.7 -16.3 35.4 44.6 26.0 168.3 176.3 4.8

14 2013-14 158.4 370.4 133.8 357.9 257.9 -27.9 35.4 10.5 -70.3 168.3 226.9 34.8

15 2014-15 158.4 302.7 91.1 357.9 398.7 11.4 35.4 18.7 -47.2 168.3 387.8 130.4

16 2015-16 158.4 365.9 131.0 357.9 399.4 12 35.4 3.0 -92 168.3 90.5 -46

17 2016-17 190.2 135.9 -28.50 357.9 154.56 -56.81 35.4 26.48 -25.20

Source: India Meteorological Department, Chennai.6.

3. AGRICULTURE 3.1. SOIL CLASSIFICATION Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Type of Soil Places in District (Taluks) (1) (2) (3) Andipatti, Theni, Periyakulam, 1. Red Loam Bodinayakanur and Uthamapalayam Andipatti , Theni, Periyakulam, 2. Laterite Soil Bodinayakanur and Uthamapalayam Andipatti, Theni, Periyakulam, 3. Black Soil Bodinayakanur and Uthamapalayam 4. Sandy Coastal Alluvial --Nil-- Andipatti, Periyakulam, and 5. Red Sandy Soil Uthamapalayam Andipatti, Theni, Periyakulam, 6. Calcareous Soil Bodinayakanur and Uthamapalayam Andipatti, Theni, Periyakulam, Clay Soil 7 Bodinayakanur and Uthamapalayam

8 Aluvial Soil

Source: Joint Director, Soil Survey and Land Use, Theni.

3.2. LAND UTILISATION

Sl. Classification Area (in Hectares) No. 1 Forest 134812.92.0 12224.50.5 2 Barren and Uncultivable uses 24619.055 3 Land put to Non-Agricultural uses 2815.864 4 Cultivable Waste 314.70.0 5 Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land Land under Miscellan eous Tree Crops and Groves 1411.240 6 not included in Net Area Sown 12907.596 7 Current Fallows 25771.275 8 Other Fallows Land 109353.040 9 Net Area Sown 324230.203 10 Geographical Area According to Village Records 115473.500 11 Total Cropped Area 6120.460 12 Area sown more than once Source: G Return- Fasli 1426 Deputy Director of Statistics, Theni.

3.3. AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS Fasli Year: 1426 Sl. Crops Area (ha.) Production Productivity No. in tonnes Kg./ha. 1 2 3 4 5 1 (Paddy) 14630.275 71903 4.91 2 Cholam 8296.735 36889 4.44 3 Cumbu 1653.335 5002 3.02 4 Ragi 27.210 82 3.01 5 Redgram 2118.100 2529 1.19 6 Greengram 1557.441 867 1.19103 7 Blackgram 11525.195 779 0.67 8 Groundnut 2437.095 6644 2.72 9 Gingelly 1727.445 1192 0.69 10 Sunflower 150.575 433 2.87 11 Cotton (Bales of 170 kg of lint) 1790.570 12194 6.81 12 (in terms of Cane) 5287.455 457012 6.81 13 Chillies 386.230 181 0.46 14 Onion 922.320 11595 12.57 15 Banana 5914.400 353658 59.79 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6

3.4. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY

Sl.No Item 2004 Census (In Number) 1 2 3 1 Ploughs a) Wooden 2378 b) Iron 1811 c) Total 4189 2 Water Pumps for Irrigation Purpose a) Worked by Oil Engine 1403 b) Worked by Electric Power 6244 c) Total 7647 3 Tractors a) Government 980 b) Private c) Total 980 4 Sugarcane Crushers a) Worked by Power 27 b) Worked by Bullocks 197 c) Total 224 5. Oil Ghanis a) 5 Kg. & above 64 b) Less than 5 Kg. c) Total 64 Source: Based on 17 th Quinquennial Livestock Census

3.5. NUMBER AND AREA OF OPERATIONAL LAND HOLDINGS

Year: 2016-17

Size of Class of Social Classification Area holdings (in numbers) (Hectares) (Hectares) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 S.C. S.T. Ins. Others TOTAL S.C. S.T. INS. OTHER TOTAL UPTO 0.5 5980 3 26 47419 53428 1463.44 1.15 6.60 12791.49 14262.68

0.5-1.0 3121 1 6 28 32326 35491 2191.81 1.94 21.15 23304.99 25529.89

Marginal 9101 19 54 79745 88919 3655.25 13.08 27.76 36096.48 39792.57 1.0-2.0 2007 5 28 24375 26415 2677.40 6.44 39.45 33310.50 36033.79 (Small) 2.0-3.0 377 - 10 6364 6751 912.79 - 25.28 15251.32 16189.40

3.0-4.0 105 - 2 2440 2547 356.98 - 6.23 8358.57 8721.78 Small 482 - 12 8804 9298 1269.77 - 31.51 23609.90 24911.18 Medium 4.0-5.0 42 - 5 1183 1230 185.73 - 22.07 5237.22 5445.02

5.0-7.5 33 - 11 1150 1194 190.12 - 69.58 6960.63 7220.32

7.5-10.0 3 - 9 435 447 25.86 - 79.09 3740.02 3844.97

Medium 78 - 25 2768 2871 401.71 - 170.74 15937.87 16510.31

10.0-20.0 1 - 10 408 419 10.94 - 152.04 5393.97 5556.94 20.0 & - - 50 109 159 - - 4930.51 3977.73 8908.23 Above Large 1 - 60 517 578 10.94 - 5082.55 9371.69 14465.17

TOTAL 11669 24 179 116209 128081 8015.06 19.52 5352.01 118326.44 131713.02

Source: Agricultural Census – 2010-11

3.6. CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES

Year: 2016-17

Fertilizers (in M.Tonne) Pesticides Urea Nitrogenous Phosphate Pottassic Total Dust Liquid (in M. Tonne ) (N) (P2 05) (K2 0) (NPK) (MT.) (Lit.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

11293 5710 5470 11410 163 123450 17895

Source: Joint Director of Agriculture, Theni.

3.7. REGULATED MARKETS

Year: 2016-17

No.of Regulated No.of Sub Name of the Total Receipts Markets Regulated items transacted (Rs.in Lakhs) Markets 1 2 3 4

7 - - 560.560

Source: District Agriculture Marketing Officer, Theni.

3.8. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME - FASLI YEAR 1426

Sl.N Name of the Name of the Firka notified No.of Experiments o Crop 1 2 3 4 Theni 4 Paddy Uthamapalayam 4 1 (Kuruvai) Chinnamanur 6 Cumbum 4 Periyakulam 4 Theni 4 2 Paddy (Samba) Chinnamanur 4 Cumbum 4 Andipatti 4 Uthamapalayam 4 3 Cholam Chinnamanur 8 Bodinayakanur 8 Andipatti 4 Chinnamanur 4 4 Cumbu Cumbum 2 Bodinayakanur 4

Periyakulam 8 5 Cotton Theni 8 Uthamapalayam 14 6 Cowpea Chinnamanur 4 Bodinayakanur 8 Andipatti 4 Uthamapalayam 6 7 Groundnut Chinnamanur 4 Bodinayakanur 4 Andipatti 4 Uthamapalayam 2 8 Redgram Chinnamanur 2 Bodinayakanur 4 K.Myladumparai 4 Periyakulam 4 9 Gingelly Uthamapalayam 4 Cumbum 8 Andipatti 4 Theni 2 10 Suger cane Periyakulam 4 Bodinayakanur 4 11 Sunflower Cumbum 16 Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Theni.

3.9 SERICULTURE

Sericulture Area and Production Year: 2016-17 Area under Name of the Production of Value Mulberry block Cocoons in Kg. (Rs. in Lakhs) (Ha.) 1 2 3 4 Theni 60.4 0 24143.00 98.98 Myladumparai 138.12 66186.00 264.74 Andipatti 104.28 64274.00 263.52 Periyakulam 79.20 46724.00 191.57 Bodinayakanur 151.40 108778.00 456.87 Chinnamanur 163.10 79605.00 318.42 Uthamapalayam 40.10 48681.00 194.72 Cumbum 9.00 8840.00 36.24 District 745.60 447231.00 1825.06 Source: Assistant Director of Sericulture, Theni

4. IRRIGATION

4.1 SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY –BLOCK WISE

Name of the Block Can Length Wells Tube Wells River/Dam/ System Tanks Non System als (Km.) used for Wells used for Cannal Tanks No. irrigation Domestic Tanks Tanks Tanks Tanks purpose Purpose (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) Sl.No. only only Major 40 Hec Below 40 Hec Below Small Above 40 Hec Above 40 Hec Minor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Theni 17 42 3605 289 727 15 2 3 14 - -

2 Andipatti 1 5 3799 132 605 0 1 4 17 - -

3 K.Myladumparai 1 6 2005 123 723 0 1 2 10 - -

4 Periyakulam 31 51 4557 898 621 20 11 9 42 - -

5 Bodinayakanur 34 43 2405 470 2511 13 21 0 0 - -

6 Chinnamanur 5 18 2839 651 311 5 0 1 18 - - 3 0 1 - - 7 Uthamapalayam 3 11 3430 310 578 29

15 0 0 - - 8 Cumbum 15 50 1820 1254 595 0

- - Total 107 226 24466 4127 6671 71 36 20 130

Source: G Return- Fasli 1426, Deputy Director of Statistics, Theni.

4.2 ACTUAL AREA IRRIGATED BY SOURCE

Fasli Year: 1426

Source Number Area Irrigated (in Hectares) 1 2 3 I. Surface Water: 1. Canals i) Government Canals 107 10777 ii) Private Canals 2. Tanks i) Large 20 579 ii) Small 130 714 3. Lift Irrigation: i) Major & Medium ii) Minor -- -

4. Ponds i) Lift Irrigation -- ii) Minor --

5. Other Sources: -- i) Lift Irrigation -- ii) FlowIrrigation

II Ground Water: 1. Tube well 4264 12957 2. Bore well

3. Dug Wells

I) With Electric Pump sets 24466 41538 II) with oil Pumpsets

Source: G’ Return.—Fasli 1426, Deputy Director of Statistics, Theni.

4.3 AREA IRRIGATED BY CROPS (By all Sources) Sl.No. Crop Area (in ha.) 1 Paddy 6210 2 Cholam 1571 3 Cumbu 954 4 Maize 6474 5 Ragi 6 6 Green gram 302 7 Red gram 307 8 Black gram 479 9 Other Pulses 805 10 0 11 Turmeric 5 12 Arecanut 30 13 Coriander 286 14 Curry leaves 59 15 Sugarcane 4821 16 Onion 775 17 Banana 5526 18 885 19 Grapes 1709 20 Tomato 1614 21 Brinjal 559 22 Tapioca 257 23 Gingelly 133 24 Groundnut 288 25 20922 26 Sunflower 4 27 Cotton 1463 28 Tobacco 0 29 Fodder 144 30 Flowers 624 31 Others 9353 TOTAL 66565 Source: G Return- Fasli 1426, Deputy Director of Statistics, Theni.

4.4 DETAILS OF DAMS,TANKS,WELLS AND BORE WELLS

Year: 2016-17

Sl. Name of the Catchment Water Height Capacity Length No Dam area spread (Ft) (M.cft) of (inSq.km) area canals M.Sq.m In Km. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Vaigai D am 2253.3 24.21 71 6091 51.30 2 Manjalar 119.19 1.96 57 487.35 7.2 Dam 3 Dam 603.00 26.44 136/152 11210/ -- 15662 4 Sothuparai 46.64 14.46 126 100 7.23 Dam Source: Executive Engineer (PWD) ,Periyakulam and

4.5 DETAILS OF DAMS,TANKS, WELLS AND BORE WELLS

Year: 2016-17

Tanks No. Sl. Water No. of Name of the Length of No spread Capacity Height Wells in Block of Bore . area (M.C.Ft) (Ft) use canals wells M.Sq.m 1. Theni 0.665 35.85 -- 44.00 3605 -- 2. Periyakulam 7.95 327.7 51.00 4557 -- 3. Andipatti 2.13 85.17 5.0 3897 -- 4. K.Myladumparai 0.73 41.73 6.0 2005 50 5. Bodi 5.40 171.59 39.00 2405 -- 6. Uthamapalayam 1.11 52.17 10.60 3410 -- 7. Cumbum -- -- 52.2 1820 -- 8. Chinnamanur -- -- 18.20 2839 -- TOTAL 17.985 714.26 226.00 24435 50 Source: E.E (PWD) Vaigai Dam, Periyakulam and Madurai,

5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

5.1 Livestock Population

Sl.No. Classification Numbers (1) (2) (3) 1. Cattle 1. Male i. Under one year 3440 ii. 1 to 2.5 Years 5025 iii. Over 2.5 years 5300 Total 13765 2. Female I. Under one year 30975 II. 1 to 2.5 years 27877 III. Over 2.5 years 65048

a. In milk 65047 b. Dry 17870 c. Not calved even once 10008

Cattle Total 137665 3.Buffaloes 6397 4.Sheep 123256 5. Goats 101965 6.Horses and Ponies 168 7. Pigs 5977 8. Mules - 9. Camels - 10. Donkeys 690 11. Domestic Dogs 17760

Total livestock 393878 II. Poultry 1. Fowls 1258883 2. Ducks 1016

Total Poultry 1259899

Source: Joint Director. Animal Husbandry, Theni.

5.2 VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS AND ANIMALS TREATED

Year: 2016-17 Sl. Name of the Block Veterinary Institutions Other Units Animals Cast No. Poly- Hos- Dispen Clini- Sub- Inseminati Mobile treated ration clinic pitals -saries cian centres on Centres units perfor Centres med 1 Theni -- 1 7 -- 10 -- -- 2 Andipatti -- -- 9 -- 1 -- -- 3 K.Myladumparai -- -- 7 -- 1 -- -- 4 Periyakulam -- 1 6 -- 7 -- -- 5 Bodinayakanur -- 1 7 -- 4 -- -- 19463 6 Utham apalayam -- -- 5 -- 10 -- -- 837915 7 Chinnamanur -- -- 5 -- 9 -- -- 8 Cumbum -- -- 5 -- 4 -- -- Total -- 3 51 -- 46 -- --

5.3. NUMBER OF VETERINARY HOSPITALS

YEAR: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Block Number of Government Hospitals Private Clinics (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Theni 1 -- 2 Andipatti 0 -- 3 K.Myladumparai 0 -- 4 Periyakulam 1 -- 5 Bodinayakanur 1 -- 6 Chinnamanur 0 -- 7 Uthamapalayam 0 -- 8 Cumbum 0 --

Total 3 --

Source: Joint Director (Animal Husbandry), Theni

5.4 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT Year: 2016-17 Value of Milk produced Quantity of No. of milk (In lit.) Name of the milk produced milk produced in Flush Lean District (In Lakhs of societies Rs.lakhs season season Litres) (lit. per day) (lit.per day) 1 2 3 4 5 6

THENI 403 41268300 1173898416 113914 109631

5.5 POULTRY DEVELOPMENT Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Block Broiler (No in lakhs) Layer (No’s) 1. Periyakulam 2.50 -- 2. Theni 3.20 -- 3. Andipatti 2.40 -- 4. K.Myladumparai 2.00 -- 5. Chinnamanur 1.75 -- 6. Uthamapalayam 2.50 -- 7. Cumbum 2.50 -- 8. Bodinayakanur 3.15 (Rasinghapuram) 9. Total 19.6 2500

Source: JD Animal Husbandry, Theni

5.6 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION . Year: 2016-17

Name and Address Inland Fish Catch Marine Fish Number of Value of Fishing centres (Tonne) Catch Fisherman of Fishing (Tonne) engaged Rs.Lakhs (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Vaigai Dam 39.73 -- 126 3346063

Manjjlar Dam 11.25 -- 19 988143

Source: Assistant Director (Inland Fishing), vaigai Dam Theni.

6. BANKING AND INSURANCE

6.1 COMMERCIAL BANKS

Year: 2016-17 Items/ Deposits Advances Credit Credit Details No.of Branches (In. 000Rs.) (In. 000 Rs.) Deposit (In. 000 Rs.) Ratio (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Government Banks - 59 16084122 30528865 223 Agri- 36337910

Scheduled Banks - 48 7023597 9865934 176 SME-204752 EL- 2246 Co-op.Banks 1273849 3265800 286 SHG- 17248310 TIIC 78256 137411 986 WSA-8936421

Source: District Manager, Lead Bank Office, Theni.

6.2 INSURANCE SCHEME

YEAR: 2016-17 Amount paid No.of Policies Sum Assured No.of as Name of the Insurance Branches Issued (Rs.in Crores) Beneficiaries compensation (Rs.in lakhs) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

L.I.C .of India 2 14930 212.00 New India Insurance 1 9132 Source: LIC, Periyakulam and Uthamapalayam Branaches, and New India Insurance

7. CO – OPERATION

7.1 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

YEAR: 2016-17 Member share working govt. loans over no. of SL. -ship capital/ capital share advanced due empl NO. type of societies (outstand oyees ing and overdue) no. of societiesno.of Rs. in lakhs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Dist. Central Co------operative Bank Primary Agri. 80 250442 5069.59 36622.69 20.13 23861.56 2939.39 417 2 Co-operative Bank Primary Land 04 26167 141.10 1386.70 18.04 1045.60 550.11 8 3 Development Bank Primary Co- 02 19397 98.76 2658.70 -- 1141.65 95.52 7 4 operative urban Bank Housing co- 26 68612 710.00 990.00 -- 892.00 1528.00 122 5 operative societies 08 22695 17.41 314.21 -- 7.5 7.10 98 Primary Co- 6 operative Stores Employees Co- 16 7606 1198.17 9344.55 -- 8318.96 765.14 25 7. op. thrift and Credit society District 8. ------Wholesale Stores Co-operative 02 41866 17.5 158.60 -- 1280.19 23.11 91 9. Marketing Societies Urban Coop 02 18817 5482 1810.04 -- 506.01 1140.12 10 10. Society Weavers co- 11. operative 15 2872 30.48 74.65 1.49 11.85 27.00 18 societies Cooperative 12 1 624 4.98 4.98 ------student stores District 13 Cooperative -- 544 ------2 Union Source: Joint Registrar (Co-operative), Theni.

8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1 NO.OF FAIR PRICE SHOPS YEAR: 2016-17 No.of Shops Sl.No. Name of the Taluks Full Part No. of Family Cards Total time time 1. Theni 7 63 70 58658 2. Periyakulam 15 72 87 65970 3. Andipatti 36 81 117 71039 4. 19 153 172 132527 5. Uthamapalayam 12 61 73 58080 District Total 89 430 519 386274

8.2 QUANTUM OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED AND THEIR RETAIL PRICES YEAR: 2016-17

Sl. Name of the Commodity Issue Price per Scale of Supply No (Kg.) 1 Rice: superfine No price 1 unit=12kg 1.5 unit=14kg Fine 2 unit=16kg 2.5unit = 18 kg Common 3 and above= 20 kg. AAY Cards =35kg

2 Wheat 7.5 3 kg per card 3 Sugar 13.5 1 member 0.5 kg 2 member 1kg 3 member 1.5 kg 4 & above 2Kg 4 Sooji -- 5 Maida -- No supply for LPG connection 14.10 HQ= 10 litre 6 *Kerosene Municipality= 6 litre per litre Town Pt. =5 litre Village Pt. =3 litre 7 Redgramdhall 30 1 kg per card 8 Blackgramdhall 30 1 Kg per card l Kg per card(Pocket) 9 Palm oil 25

10 Grocery Pocket -- -- 11 Atta -- -- Source: District Supply Office, Theni .

8.3 NO.OF RATION CARDS (RURAL AND URBAN)

YEAR: 2016-17 Region No.of Ration Cards

Rural 180010

Urban 206264

District Total 386274

8.4 QUANTITY SUPPLIED YEAR: 2016-17

Sl.No. Items Quantity Supplied 1. Rice (in MT) 69490

2. Wheat (in MT) 3016

3. Sugar (in MT) 7405 4. Rava (Tonne) -- 5. Maida (Tonne) -- 6. Kerosene (Kilo Litre) 5988 KL 7. Pal moil ( Packets) 3000683 8 Redgram dhall (Kg) 2845 9 Blackgram dhall (Kg) 1101 10 Atta (Kg) -- 11 Grocery Packet -- 12 free gift (packet) - Source: District Supply Office, Theni

8.5(a) NO.OF L .P.G. CONNECTIONS

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. No of Connections Total connections

1 Single 131052

2. Double 157290 Total 288342 Source: District Supply Office, Theni

8.5 (b) NO.OF FREE L .P.G. CONNECTIONS GIVEN

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Taluks No. of Connections 1 Theni 2 Periyakulam 3 Andipatti -Nil- 4 Bodinayackanur 5 Uthamapalayam District Total Source: District Supply Office, Theni

8.5 (c) NO.OF FREE PONGAL GIFT GIVEN

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Taluks No. of Free gift 1 Theni 55429 2 Periyakulam 64896 3 Andipatti 71463 4 Bodinaickanur 57386 5 Uthamapalayam 130448 District Total 379622

8.6 NO.OF PERSONS WAITING FOR L.P.G. CONNECTIONS

Year: 2016-17

Sl. Name of the Government L.P.G. Private L.P.G. No. District Connections Connections Single Double Single Double

1 Theni --

Source: District Supply Office, Theni

9. COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 POST OFFICES DOING POSTAL BUSINESS ONLY

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Divisions Post Office doing postal (Nos.) business only 1 2 3 4

No. of Delivery Office 18 1 Bodinayakanur H.P.O. No. of GDS sup Office -- No.of Branch office 54

No. of Delivery Office 14 2 Periyakulam H.P.O. No. of GDS sup Office -- No.of Branch office 67

No. of Delivery Office 32 District Total. No. of GDS sup Office -- No.of Branch office 121

9.2 NO.OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGES, CAPACITY AND NOT IN USE Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Item Numbers

1 Number of Telephone Exchanges 37 2 Number of Installed Capacity 65692 3 Number of Direct Exchange Lines 21403 4 Number of Junction Lines 1504 5 Number of Telephones in use 141347

9.3 NO.OF PUBLIC CALL OFFICES ATTACHED TO EACH EXCHANGE YEAR: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Exchange No.of Connections Centre ( Block Wise ) With out With STD/ISD STD/ISD 1 Andipatti 9 2 Periyakulam 11 3 Myladumparai 2 4 Theni --Nil-- 13 5 Bodinayakanaur 19 6 Chinnamanur 12 7 Cumbum 7 8 Uthamapalayam 5 Total 78

9.4 NO. OF PERSONS WAITING FOR PHONE CONNECTION Year: 2016-17 Name of the Exchange No.of Connections Sl.No. Centre With STD/ISD Without STD/ISD 1. K.Myladumparai 2. Chinnamanur 3. Highwayvis 4. Andipatti 5. Bodinayakkanur 6. Gandamanur --Nil-- --Nil-- 7. Jayamangalam 8. 9. Lakhshipuram 10. Rajadhani 11. Rayyappanpatti 12. Upparpatti Source: General Manager, BSNL, Madurai. 10. ELECTRICITY

10.1 NO. OF POWER STATIONS Year: 2016-17 Sl.No Name of the YEAR of Installed Generation Station Net Unit Power Stations Operation Capacity (M.U.) Consumption sent out (M.W.) (M.U.) (M.U.) 1 Hydro

01.Suruliyar 35 50.1365 NA NA 1978 02.Periyar 1958 161 179.0840 114.0784 178.159

03.Vaigaidam 1990 6 3.2009 0.06456 3.13634 2 Thermal NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 3 Gas Turbine NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 4 Wind Mill 2010 533 839.73 NA NA

10.2 QUANTUM OF POWER PURCHASED Year: 2016-17 Power purchased sectors name Power purchased in M.U.

M/s Rajshree Sugar Mills, Vaigaidam 7.61

10.3 POWER CONSUMPTION SECTORWISE

Year: 2016-17 Sl.N Consumption % of the Sector o. (M.U) Consumption (M.U) 1. Industries 163.65 16 2. Agriculture & Huts 345.17 40 3. Domestic 193.10 23 4. Commercial 113.115 15 5. Public lighting & Public Works 70 6 6. Sales to licenses -- - 7. Sales to other states -- - 8. Miscellaneous -- - Total 885.035 100

10.4 PEAK DEMAND AND ENERGY OUTPUT

Year: 2016-17

Power Demand in MW Details

1. Instantaneous Peak Demand 210 MVA

2. Sustained Peak Demand 175 MVA

10.5 REVENUE FROM ELECTRIC SCHEMES AND COST PER UNIT

Year: 2016-17

Sectors Consumption Cost per unit Income (Rs.in ‘000’ s) (in Rs.) Domestic 2.05 435690

Commercial 8.00 490765

Government 5.45 269300

10.6 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Item Achievement in Net Unit send out (1) (2) MU in MU (3) (4) 1. Hydro (M.U) -- --

2. Wind Mill (M.W) -- --

10.7 CAPACITY OF TRANSFORMER Year: 2016-17 Name of the SS(1) Power transformer Cost per Unit (1) (2) 230/110/22KV/Theni SS 2 X100 MVA 230/11kv 1 X 16 MVA 110/22kv 1 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Bodinayakanur 3 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Gandamanur 2 X 10 MVA 110/22kv Rasingapuram 2 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Periyakulam 2 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Andipatti 1 X 16 MVA 110/22kv Vaigaidam 2 X 10 MVA 110/22kv Myladumparai 2 X 10 MVA 110/22kv 2 X 16 MVA 110/22kv Uthamapalayam 2 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Kamatchipuram 2 X 25 MVA 110/22kv Vannathiparai 2 X 5 MVA 110/22kv Cumbum 1 X 16 MVA 110/22kv 1 x 10 MVA 110/22kv Thevaram 1 x 16 MVA 110/22kv Veerapandi 1 x 16 MVA 110/22kv

10.8 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION Year: 2016-17 Electrified during the Year Electrified up to the Year

Towns Village Hamlet Agricultural Town Village Hamlet Agricultural Pumpset Pumpset (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

- 41 39 145 -- 436 496 34670

10.9 NUMBER OF FAULT REPORT OFFICES Year : 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Circle No. of fault report Offices (2) (4) (1) 1. Theni –Electricity District Circle 127 Source: .S.E, Electricity Circle, Theni . 11. EDUCATION

11.1 UNIVERSITIES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND COURSES OFFERED

Year: 2016-17

Sl. Name of the Students Teachers Name of the courses No. University Boys Girls Total offered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 M.K.University 1.B.Com (Evening college) 90 43 132 15 2.B.B.A 3.M.A(Eco) Periyakulam 4.M.phil 5.B.B.E 6.PGDCA

2 M.K.University 1.B.Com (Evening college) 163 65 231 18 2.B.B.A 3.B.SC Theni 4.B.A(Tamil) 5.B.A(Eng) 6.M.A(Eng) 7.M.Com

3 Alagappa 1.B.Lit University Study 75 95 170 21 2.B.A 3.B.SC Centre, Theni 4.B.B.A 5.PGDCA 6.B.COM 7.M.A 8.MBA 9.MCA 10.M.SC 11.M.Com

Source: Respective Head of institution

11.2 COLLEGES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ` Year: 2016-17 Sl. No.of Students No. Name of Institution Institu Boys Girls Total Teachers tion Government Colleges 1. 1.M.K.University, Andipatti 1 476 549 1025 37

2. M.K. University Kottur 1 428 284 712 22 3.Tamil nadu Forestry training 1 225 12 12 college vaigai Dam Aided Colleges 1.Cardamom Planters Association 1 792 1135 1227 98 College , Bodi nayacakanur 2. Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia 2. 1 1463 912 2375 146 College, Uthamapalayam 3. Jeyaraj Annapakiam College for 1 -- 1318 1318 105 Women , Periyakulam

3. Self Financed Colleges 1. Jeyaraj Annapakiam College for 1 -- 867 867 15 Women Periyakulam 2.MariMathaCollege, 1 853 266 1119 56 Periyakulam 3. Nadar Saraswathi College for 1 -- 2479 2479 121 Women ,Theni. 4.Sri Adi Chunchanagiri Women’s 1 -- 1388 1388 64 College,Cumbum 5. Theni Arts and science College. 1 461 790 1575 116 Veerapandi Source: Principal, concerned Colleges

11.3 COLLEGE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. Year: 2016-17 Sl. Name of the Institutions No.of Students No. Institutions Boys Girls Total Teachers Medical Colleges 232 1 1 216 298 514 Engineering Colleges 2 1.Theni Kammavar 1 700 65 765 53 SangamCollege of Engineering 2. Barath Nikethan 1 867 295 1162 161 Engineering College 3. Odaiyappa College of 1 232 503 835 94 Engineering Source: Dean Theni Medical College and Principal, concerned colleges

11.4 COLLEGE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Name of the Institutions Students . Boys Girls Total Teachers

1 St. Aloysios college of Education 34 79 113 13 Theni Kammava Sangam College 32 80 112 13 2 of Education 3 Chellammal College of Education 74 79 153 11 4. Thiravium College of Education -- 94 94 9 Ramakrishnan Chandra College 5. -- 120 120 11 of Education 6. V.P.R College of Education 23 60 83 17 Nader Saraswthi College of 7. - 94 94 26 Education 8. Horticulture College Periyakulam 153 176 329 42 9. Thiravium College of Nursing -- 93 93 12 10. Annai Dora College of Nursing 169 130 299 30 Cooperative Management 11. 93 112 205 29 institute Andipatti Theni Medical College Nurshing 12. and others (DMLT, Radio -- 102 102 20 Grapher etc.) Krisnammal Institute of 13. -- 52 52 5 Paramedical 14. Bodi Paramedical College -- 43 43 4 Ramakrishnan Chandra College 15. -- 32 32 4 of Physical P.S.Muthu College of Physical 16. 45 6 51 3 Education Indian Academy of Paramedical 17. 12 40 52 8 Science

Source: Principal, concerned colleges

11.5 SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS YEAR: 2016-17 Sl. Students No. Name of the Institutions No. of Teachers Institutions Boys Girls Total

Pre-Primary Nursery 1. 77 4128 3651 7779 717 Schools

2 Primary Schools 457 19568 19463 39031 1839

3 Middle Schools 173 14617 14673 29290 1585

4 High Schools 53 5394 4767 10161 649 Higher Secondary 5 93 37369 38507 75876 2842 Schools 6 Central Schools ------

7 Matriculation Schools 32 4741 4147 8888 556 Matriculation Higher 8 36 22218 17018 39236 2229 Secondary School 9 Anglo Indian Schools ------Source: Chief Educational Officer, Theni

11.6 COLLEGES FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS YEAR: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the No.of Students Teachers Institutions Institutio Boys Girls Total ns (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 DIET Teacher 1 34 79 113 8 Training Institute

Private Teacher 2 5 150 218 368 40 Training Institutes

Government 3 Industrial Training 2 374 43 417 18 Institute

Source: 1. District Institute of Education & Training, Uthamapalayam, Theni. 2. Government Industrial Training Institution, Theni.

11.7 SCHOOLS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

YEAR: 2016-17 Sl. Name of the No. of the Students Teachers No. Institution Institution Boys Girls Total 7 2 3 4 5 6 1

1 Government School for Blind ------NIL------

2. School for Deaf and Dump

11.8 INSTITUTIONS FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Students Teachers Institution Boys Girls Total

Theni Kammavar 1 Sangam Polytechnic 630 572 1202 51 College Thangam Muthu 2 475 320 795 40 Polytechnic College

Kalapandiyan 3 560 324 884 34 Polytechnic College

Devangar 4 356 257 613 39 Polytechnic College

Bharth Nikethan 5 496 373 869 34 Polytechnic College Source: Principal, concerned Institutions

11.9 COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRES

YEAR: 2016-17 Name of the Block/Municipalities No. of Computer Training Centres (1) (2) Theni 9 Andipatti 6 K.Myladumparai 3 Periyakulam 10 Bodinayakkanur 15 Chinnamanur 8 Uthamapalayam 4 Cumbum 6 Source: Block Statistical Inspectors, Office of the Deputy Director of Statistics, .

11.10 HOSTELS AND INMATES BY COMMUNITY Year: 2016-17 No.of Hostels Most Backward Class and Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Backward Class Denotified Communities Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

21 16 37 2 - 2 4 5 9 12 8 20

11.10 Contd…

No. of Inmates Most Backward Class and Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Backward Class Denotified Communities Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

1275 1331 2606 13 9 22 108 141 249 591 102 693

11.11 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BY COMMUNITY Year: 2016-17 Scheduled Denotified Backward Classes Caste/Scheduled Tribe Communities/Most Backward Classes No.of Amount No.of Amount No.of Amount Beneficiaries (in Rs.) Beneficiaries (in Rs.) Beneficiaries (in Rs.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 23593 44908138 5656 11254000 4731 14024000 Source: 1. District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer, Theni 2. District Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Officer, Theni

11.12 Welfare Schemes for Backward Class, Most Backward Class & Minorities Year : 2016-17 Sl.No Name of the Schemes Beneficiaries

1 Scholarship 10387

2 Boarding Grants 12

3 Thanthai Periyar Award Rs.10,000/- each 23

4 Peraringnar Anna Memorial Award Rs.10,000/- 33

each

5 District Level Top Score Prize 39

6 Rural Girls Incentive for MBC/DNC only 2900

7 Free Supply of Iron Boxes 30

8 Free Supply of Bicycles to XI th Std students 10121

9 Free Supply of Sewing Machines 60

10 Free issue of House site patta NIL

11 TABCEDCO 320

12 TAMCO 61

13 DNCWS 17

14 Supply of uniform at free of cost 942

Source: District Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Officer, Theni.

12. FISHERIES

12.1 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT

YEAR: 2016-17 1. Area : a. Total Coastal Line of the District : Not Applicable

b. i. Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area : 6387 Ha

ii. Estuaries and Back Water Area : NIL

c. Marine Fishing Villages : NIL

2. Fish Production : Item Quantity Value (Tonne) (Rs.in lakhs) (1) (2) (3) 2835 Rs.7.12 Lakhs (Approx)

3. Inland Fisheries Development a. Freezing Plants

b. Ice plants, Cold storages

And walk in coolers

c. Sea food manufacturing NIL

Units in private sector

d. Fisheries Training center:

i. Marine

ii. Inland

e. Fishing Vessels

f. Active Marine Fishermen

4. Export

Fish and Fish Products: Export: a. Quantity (Tonne) NIL

b. Value (Rs.in lakhs)

Source: District Fisheries Department

12.2 ESTIMATED MARINE FISH PRODUCTION / INLAND FISH PRODUCTION

Year: 2016-17

Sl.N Place Quantity Value o. (Tonne) (Rs. In lakhs) (3) (4) (1)

Vaigai Dam 1 N.A N.A

2 Manjalar Dam N.A N.A

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries (Inland Fishing), Theni

12.3 NO. OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN FISHING

Sl.No. Name of the Block No. of Fishermen engaged (1) (2) (3)

Periyakulam 1. ( Inculding Vaigaidam) N.A

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries (Inland Fishing), Theni

13. HANDLOOM 13.1 NAME OF FOCAL CENTRES AND LOCATION DETAILS Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Name of the Focal Centres Name/Location of the Focal Centres

1. Jakkampatti Jakkampatti 2. T.Supulapuram T.Supulapuram

13.2 NO. OF SOCIETIES & VARIETYWISE PRODUCTION Year: 2016-17

Cotton Art Silk Mixture of Polyester Polyester& Cotton

e e r r

lakh lakh lakh lakh Value Value Met (Rs.in Met “000’) lakh lakh of Value ‘000’) In`000’ lakh of lakh ofMetre ofMetre (Rs. In inlakh Length In ‘000’) In ‘000’) Length in Length in Length in ofMetre Length in Length Value Value (Rs. Value (Rs. Value Value (Rs. No.of SocietiesNo.of (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

------0.10 0.10 14.49 18.74 453.55

Source: Asst. Director, (Handloom and cloth Yarn), Madurai .

13.3 NO. OF POWERLOOMS & EMPLOYEES WORKING Year: 2016-17

No. of Power looms No. of Employees working (1) (2)

5 330

13.4 NO. OF FAMILIES ENGAGED Year: 2016-17 No. of the families engaged in SlNo. Name of the District

Handlooms Power looms

1 Theni 2436 729

Source: Asst. Director, (Handlooms and cloth Yarn), Madurai .

14. HANDICRAFTS

14.1 NAME & ADDRESS OF HANDICRAFTS

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the Block/Municipalities Name & Address of the Handicraft

------1

14.2 ARTICLES AVAILABLE IN HANDICRAFTS

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Handicrafts Articles available in ther (1) (2) Handicrafts (3)

------

14.3 VALUE OF ARTICLES PRODUCED

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Handicraft Value of the Value of the articles articles sold (1) (2) Provided (4) (3)

------

14.4 NO.OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HANDICRAFTS Year: 2016-17 Name of the No. of the No. of the Sl.No. Block/Municipalities Handicrafts families (1) (2) (3) engaged (4) ------

15. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

15.1 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES BED STRENGTH, DOCTORS AND NURSES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No Indian Medicine Grand Classification Ayur Total Total

vedic

Siddha

Modern Unani Unani Medicine

combined Homoeopathy Ayurvedic

1 Hospitals 6 -- 6 - -- 6 1 13 2 Dispensaries -- -- 1 - -- 1 -- 1 3 Primary Health Centers 163 ------163 4 Health Sup Centers 33 ------33 5 Other Medical Institutions ------6 Bed strength 650 ------650 7 Number of Doctors 67 1 6 - -- 7 1 75 8 Number of Nurses 165 ------165 Source: Joint Director, Heath, Theni.

15.2 NO.OF ALLIED PATHOLOGICAL UNITS AVAILABLE

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the District No.of Pathological Units

Theni 1 1

15.3 DIESEASEWISE PATIENTS TREATED Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Diseases No.of Patients Treated

1 Anaemia 2377

2 Heart Diseases 5980

3 Bronchial Asthma 4508

4 Respiratory Tract Infection 187620

5 Worm infestation 5462

6 Viral fever 87821

7 Other Fever 28633

8 Amoebiasis 1504

9 Reproductive Tract Infection 7303

10 Peptic ulcer 21850

11 Abdominal colic 10966

12 Arthritis 32338

13 Diabetic Mellitus 18993

415355 Total Patents Treated - Allopathy 2207918 -Sidha 242026 -Homeopathy 26778 Source: Joint Director, Health, Periyakulam

15.4 DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL Year: 2016-17 No. of No.of Technical No. of Nurses Others Doctors persons

75 165 26 96

Source: Joint Director, Health, Periyakulam

15.5 PROGRESS OF FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMMES

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No PROGRAMMES Target Achievement 1 Sterilisation 7500 51 82

2 IUD 7500 5965

3 Conventional contraceptives issued 4300 1889

4 Users of oral pills 1700 562

16. HOUSING

16.1 PLAN SANCTIONED, BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PRIVATE SECTOR Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the Room Unit Size Private Sector (1) District (2) (3) (4) One Room Unit, Two 1. THENI Room Unit & 3 Room -- Units & above

16.2 PLANS SANCTIONED, BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR Sl.No. Name of the Block Category No.of Buildings Total Amount (in Lakhs)

1. Theni 16 115.40

2 Periyakulam -- --

3 Cumbum 5 21.80

4 Uthamapalayam 27 48.60

5 Aundipatti -- --

6 K.Myladumparai -- --

7 Bodinayakanur 13 960.00

8 Chinnamanur -- --

Periyakulam Municipality 3 207.50

Theni- 3 580.00

Municipality Cumbum Municipality - -

Gudalur Munipality - --

ChinnamannurMunicipality Group House& BuildingsOther -- --

Bodi Municipality 4 500.00

9 Public works Department 27 107.23

Tamil Nadu Housing Board - -

10. Thadco 4 463.32

11 Highways and Rural Works - - Department 12 Twad - -

Total 102 3003.85

Source: Concerned Office.

16.3 AMOUNT INVESTED IN HOUSING AND BUILDING ACTIVITY UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR

Year: 2016-17 Residential Percentage to Non -Residential Percentage to Total Rs.in (Lakhs) total Rs.in lakhs total Rs.in lakhs

-NA- -NA- -NA- -NA- -NA-

Source: Asst. Director of Statistics, Theni.

16.4 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD YEAR: 2016-17

Name of the Name of the Scheme Number Block

Low Income Group Housing Schemes Flats Middle Income Group Housing Schemes Slum Improvements/Clearance Tenements Tamil Nadu Government Rental Housing Flats

Subsidized Industrial Housing Tenements --Nil-- Fire Proof Tenements Special Low Cost Housing Scheme (EWS) Police Specify any other (Group Houses) Note: Area Development Scheme for44 Residential Plot @ Thimmarasanayakanur(Village) Theni District cost of 165 laksh 44Plot.

Source: E.E. & ADMIN.OFFICER, MADURAI HOUSING BOARD, MADURAI

16.5 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMIL NADU SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD Year: 2016-17 Sl. Item Achievement No.

1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for construction

2. Number of Tenements constructed

3. Amount sanctioned (Rs.in lakhs)

4. Amount spent (Rs.in lakhs) --Nil--

5. Number of Tenements occupied

6. Rent received (Rs.in lakhs)

16.6 INDEXNUMBERS OF BUILDINGS COST IN URBAN CENTRES (1999-00=100 ) Year: 2016-17

Sl.No District Urban Building Construction Other Combined . Centres Index cost for Charges Index Building building materials Labour

1 Madurai 167.85 134.96 143.89 153.98

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

16.7 LABOUR CHARGES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Wage of Male Construction Workers Wage of Female Construction Workers (in Rs) (in Rs) 700 400

17. INDUSTRIES

17.1 RESULTS OF ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES (FACTORY SECTOR)

Characteristics Units Results for all Industries 1. 2. 3.

----NA---

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

17.2 ESTIMATES OF OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE BASED ON ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES

(Rs. In lakhs) Industry Description of All Employees Value of output Value Group the Rs. In lakhs added Industry

--NA--

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

17.3 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. and Name of the No. of Factories Production Product (Rs. In Lakhs)

1. Food Products 75

2. Cotton Textiles 24

3. Wool, Silk, Synthetic Fibre 28

4.Jute, Hemp and Mesta -

5. Hosiery and Garments 23

6. Wood Products -

7. Non-Metalic (Mineral - Products)

8. Machinery and Parts -

9. Paper Products and Printing 05

10.Basic Chemicals and 02 ------NA ---- Products

11.Leather products -

12.Rubber & Plastic Products 06

13.Basic Metal industries -

14.Metal Product -

15.Elctricity&apparatus 06

16.Transport Equipment&part 06

17.Misc.Manufacturing - Industries Source: Inspector of Factories, Theni

17.4 PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MAJOR MINERALS

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the Production Value Minerals (in Cubic meter)

1 RoughStone 184506 14700035

2 Earth 67209 3531825

3 Gravel 91374 2604531

Source: Assit Director (Mines), Theni.

17.5 PRODUCTION OF HANDLOOM CLOTH

‘In 00000’ Meters Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Variety of Cloth Production

1 Cotton Sarees 0.10

2 Silk -

3 Art Silk -

4 Mixture of Polyester& Cotton -

5 Polyester 14.496

Source : Asst. Director of Handloom, Madurai .

17.6. SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

Year: 2016-17 Sl. Name of the No. of SSI Investment (Rs. In Lakhs) Employment No District units Land & Plant & Building Machinery

Theni 975 12360 6856 5740

Source: General Manager, District Industrial Centre, Theni

17.7 . KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. and Production Sales Employment Earnings Industry (Rupees in s (Rs. In lakhs) Value lakhs) (No of ( In persons

Qty Qty lakhs) (no/mtr) KHADI 7 6735 4.51 - 1.Cotton Yarn - 2.Polyester Yarn 760 0.40 - 5 3. Cotton Khadi 323 0.21 - 6 - 4.Polyester Khadi - - - 5. Silk 9.64 6. Woolen 3.13

7. Cotton 9.10 8. Polyester 6.15 VILLAGE INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS

a) Soap 1.34 b) Leather Goods 0.30 c) Other (Specify) Honey, Computer sampirani, 0.70 Javadu Pooja Power, Toothpaste Sourace: Assistant Director of Khadi & Village Industries, Madurai

17.8 NO.OF PRINTING PRESS Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. District Number

1 Theni 67

Source: District industrial Centre, Theni

17.9 PHOTOCOPY (XEROX) CENTRES

Year: 2016-17

Sl.N Name of the Block / No.of Xerox o. Municipality Centres

1. Theni 54

2. Periyakulam 35

3. Cumbum 22

4. Uthamapalayam 19

5. Andipatty 13

6. K.Myladumparai 5

7. Bodinayakkanur 30

8. Chinnamanur 21

Source: Concernd BSI,

18. FACTORIES

18.1 REGISTERED AND WORKING FACTORIES YEAR: 2016-17 Sl. Item Numbers No. 1. Factories on the Register at the beginning of the year 325 2. Factories added during the year 38 3. Factories removed during the year 23 4. Factories on the register at the end of the year 340 5. Number of working factories 285

18.2 EMPLOYMENT IN WORKING FACTORIES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No Item (NIC) Number of Number of factories workers 1 15204 - - 2 01405 - - 3 01132 2 100 4 15142 1 2 5 15312 25 - 6 15313 14 - 7 15421 01 - 8 15493 12 - 9 15495 08 - 10 17111 22 - 11 17112 09 - 12 17115 27 - 13 17119 29 - 14 17232 12 - 15 17301 02 - 16 22212 02 55 17 24224 03 360 18 24229 01 - 19 25191 06 - 20 40101 06 - 21 50200 12 - Source: District Inspector of Factories, theni

18.3 UNIONS INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BY STRIKES LOCKOUTS AND GHERAOS Year: 2016-17 Sl.N. Items Numbers

1. Number of Registered Trade Unions 130

2. Strike:

a. Number of Strikes - - b. Number of Workers Involved

c. Number of Mandays Lost -

3. Lockouts: a. Number of Lockouts b. Number of workers involved c. Number of Mandays Lost 4. Gheraos: a. Number b. Workers involved c. Mandays Lost

Source: Deputy Commissioner of Labour, .

19. LOCAL BODIES 19.1 MUNICIPAL AREA AND POPULATION BY GRADES Year: 2016-17

Sl. Classification of Municipal Number Area Population No Bodies (Sq.Km.) (In ‘000’)

1. Corporations - - -

2. Special Grade - - -

3. Selection Grade 1 22.23 85498

4. First Grade 2 13.81 132301

5. Second Grade 2 28.06 80372

6. Third Grade 1 32.00 35531

7. Township Committee - - -

19.2 MUNICIPALITIES BY TALUK WISE Year: 2016-17

Sl. Grade of Municipal Councils Taluk Corpo Town No. ration Special Selection First 2 3 ship Total

nd rd

1 1 Theni 1 ------

2 Andipatti ------1 3 Periyakulam -- -- 1 -- -- NIL NIL NIL 1 4 Bodinayakkanur -- 1 ------3 5 Uthamapalayam -- 1 1 1 --

19.3 NO.PANCHAYAT UNIONS, VILLAGE PANCHAYATS/TOWN PANCHAYATS

Year: 2016-17 Panchayat Village Town Union Panchayats Panchayats

22 8 130

Source: District Rural Development Agency, Theni .

19.4 REVENUE DIVISIONS, TALUKS, FIRKAS AND REVENUE VILLAGES

Sl.N Revenue Revenue Taluks No.of No. of Revenue o. Divisions Revenue Villages Firkas

1. Periyakulam 2 22 2. Periyakulam Theni 2 12 3. Andipatty 4 25 4. Bodinayakkanur 3 15 Uthamapalayam 5. Uthamapalayam 6 39 Total 17 113

19.5 TAX COLLECTED BY CORPORATION / MUNICIPALITY / PANCHAYAT UNION (in lakhs) Year:2016-17

Name of Municipalities Town Panchayats Village Panchayats the District Theni ------

19.6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Year : 2016-17

No.of works taken up No.of works completed Sl. Name of the Scheme During Amount Expenditure No During the allotted incurred the year year (in lakhs) ( Rs.in lakhs) 1 CSIDS 31 91.62 31 91.62 IGFF(Collector 2 31 167.57 31 167.57 Discretionery Fund) 14 TH FINANCE 3 163 255.33 163 255.33 COMMISSION SDRF -DROUGHT 4 DRINKING WATER 7 15.00 7 15.00 SUPPLY 5 THAI –II 119 770.66 119 770.66 6 AMMA PARK 10 200.00 10 200.00 7 AMMA GYM 10 100.00 10 100.00 TNRRIS-STREAM-I- 8 5 331.48 5 331.48 UPGRADATION TNRRIS-STREAM-II- 9. 14 557.54 14 557.54 STRENGTHENING TNRRIS-STREAM-III- 10 5 128.98 5 128.98 RENEWAL BT 11 PMGSY X 1 550.00 1 550.00 GREEN HOUSING 12 302 543.60 302 543.60 SCHEME 13 PMAY(G) 537 912.90 537 912.90 14 IHHL 25084 3009.97 25084 3009.97 15 SSS 12 91.85 12 91.85 16 MPLADS-LS-THENI 39 291.75 39 291.75 MPLADS-RS- 17 3 30.00 3 30.00 V.MAITREYAN MPLADS-RS- 18 10 20.00 10 20.00 T.K.RENGARAJAN MPLADS-RS- 19 10 100.00 10 100.00 DR.R.LAKSHMANN MPLADS-RS- 20 SMT.VIJILA 20 100.00 20 100.00 SATHYANANTH MPLADS -RS - 21 1 200.00 1 200.00 K.SELVARAJ MPLADS-RS- 22 THIRUT.K.S 5 10.00 5 10.00 .ELANGOVAN 50.00 MPLADS- RS- 23 24 50.00 24 R.S.BHARAI-1

MLACDS- 24 24 184.95 24 184.95 PERIYAKULAM MLACDS- 25 43 200.00 43 200.00 BODINAYAKANUR 26 MLACDS-CUMBUM 34 193.00 34 193.00 27 MLACDS-ANDIPATTI 48 200.00 48 200.00 28 MLACDS -NOMINATED 14 130.00 14 130.00 SCPAR PRIORITY 29 6 199.88 6 199.88 WORKS-BT ROADS GENERAL FUND- 30 305 974.21 305 974.21 BLOCK PANCHAYAT GENERAL FUND – 31 6 4.53 6 4.53 VILLAGE PANCHAYAT GENERAL FUND - 32 68 526.08 68 526.08 DISTRICT PANCHAYAT 33 ANGANWADI 15 105.00 15 105.00 34 MPCS BUILDING 1 12.00 1 12.00 TOTAL 26984 11257.90 26984 26984

Source: DRDA, Theni

State Finance Commission Grants (Rupees in lakhs) Year Village Panchayat District Total Panchayat Union Panchayat 2011-12 2325.17 1327.51 327.83 398051

2012-13 1843.487 1093.807 282.434 3219.728

2013-14 1586.790 1060.628 211.664 2859.072

2014-15 212563889 143127762 29954094 385645745 3750.662 2015-16 1989.543 1371.356 389.763

2847.803 2016-17 1576.039 1030.507 241.257

20.EMPLOYMENT

20.1 no.of persons registered during the year and total no.of persons waiting upto the end of the year as per live register

Year: 2016-17

Sl. Type of Employment No.of Persons Total No.of No. Exchange registered during persons waiting the year upto the end of the year

157287 Dist. Employment Office, 27640 1 Theni

20.2 NO.OF PLACEMENTS DURI NG AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Type of Employment Placements Placements upto Exchanges during the the year year

1 Public Establishment 263 263

Source: District Employment Exchange, Theni

21. LEGAL SERVICES

21.1 JUDICIAL DIVISION AND ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Year:2016-17 Sl.No Name of the Court Place 1. Principal District Court Theni Special Court Landgrafting Cases 2. Theni (JM Level) 3. Mahalir Neethi Mandram, Theni Theni 4. Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Theni 5. Sub court Theni 6. Judicial Magistrate Court Theni 7. District Munsif Court Theni 8. Fast track court Theni 9. Sub Court Periyakulam 10. Judicial Magistrate Court Periyakulam 11. District Munsif Court Periyakulam Addl. District & Sessions Court, 12. Periyakulam Theni@Periyakulam 13. Sub Court Uthamapalayam 14. Judicial Magistrate Court Uthamapalayam 15. District Munsif Court Uthamapalayam 16. Fast track court Uthamapalayam District Munsif cum Judicial 17. Bodinayakanur Magistrate Court District Munsif cum Judicial 18. Andipatti Magistrate Court

Source: Principal District Judge, Theni.

21.2 RESULTS OF CIVIL AND REVENUE CASES IN THE COURTS OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CIVIL SUITS REGULAR

Item Number

7927 Civil Cases 394 Civil Appeals

Source: Principal District Judge, Theni.

21.3 NATURE OF FREE LEGAL AVAILABLE AND NO.OF BENEFICIARIES, NO.OF CASES DISPOSED OF IN LOK ADALAT DURING THE YEAR Year: 2016-17

Nature of free legal No.of Beneficiaries No.of cases available disposed of in Lok Adalat

180 Civil Cases 470 Maintenance Cases 4 131

54 Compensation 199 0 Criminal Trial 453 0 Bail 72

Civil Appeals 5 0

Criminal Appeals 12 0

Total 1342 238

21.4 NO.OF ADVOCATES PRACTICING IN COURTS No.of Advocates Practicing Name of the Bar Sl.No. Association Senior Male Female Total Advocates Theni District Bar 1 294 22 50 316 Association Theni District Bar 2 36 4 10 40 Association Theni District Court 3 190 10 37 200 Bar Association Periyakulam Bar 4 102 8 60 110 Association Uthamapalayam Bar 5 124 6 45 130 Association Uthamapalayam 6 86 4 20 90 Advocate Association Bodinayakanur Bar 7 118 8 41 126 Association Andipatti Bar 8 67 3 -- 70 Association Total 1017 65 263 1082 Source: Principal District Judge, Theni. 22.1. List of Head and Branch Libraries in the District all the details of Members, Books available and Readers for the year 2016-17

Place/Name of the No.of Books No.of Sl.No. Members Head/Branch Available Readers

1 2 3 4 5 CENTRAL LIBRARY 1 Theni 11506 120214 143990 BRANCH LIBRARY 2 U.Ammapatty 1266 27520 14242 3 Appipatty 768 16032 11220 4 Bodi 5395 62303 26497 5 Poothipuram 1002 18131 17036 6 Chinnamanur 4405 45579 29728 7 Cumbum 5670 50873 17873 8 Dombucherry 910 16466 14000 9 Erasakkanaickanur 788 16852 15159 10 Gudalur 2600 27142 14470 11 Anumanthanpatty 1032 16761 10777 12 Jeyamangalam 1477 16873 17867 13 Kamatchipuram 1511 21370 10150 14 Kanniservaipatty 626 16793 13842 15 Kadamalaigundu 1398 20951 16468 16 Kohilapuram 865 23870 9717 17 Kombai 2402 38932 17216 18 Kottur 975 18092 22412 19 1985 20859 14143 20 Lowercamp 848 13399 9923 21 Markayankottai 1071 23289 19872 22 Mayiladumparai 730 18300 47961 23 B.Meenakshipuram 695 10375 21385 24 Narayanathevanpatty 1150 22190 13207 25 Odaipatty 1634 31888 8042 26 Periyakulam Thenkarai 6914 59089 98631 27 Poosarigoundanpatty 843 17639 16429 28 Seelayampatty 1001 17845 21612 29 Sillamarathupatty 1164 26785 8558 30 Silvarpatty 1083 18383 18321 31 Sri Rengapuram 1328 23932 15068 32 T. Subbulapuram 1250 19278 35322 33 Thevaram 2076 29847 23963 34 Thirumalapuram 1642 23579 37466 35 Uppukottai 1053 15073 16124 36 Uthamapalayam 3602 49452 45543 37 Uthamapuram 1593 27809 15819 38 Periyakulam 3866 38355 64649 39 4588 16678 14274 40 Melachokanathapuram 942 12886 10891 41 Palanichettypatty 1553 17751 13335 42 Aundipatty 4085 30729 46323 43 Devathanapatty 1639 26211 24493 44 Kandamanaikanur 1671 25913 26020 45 Kamayagoundanpatty 1779 32346 33103 46 Pannaipuram 1989 29242 20948 47 C.Pudhupatty 1938 31097 8213 48 Silamalai 1061 22448 15946 49 Veerapandi 1954 24895 16136 50 Annanji 1455 25819 10608 51 Ganguvarpatty 1752 29502 21045 52 Kodangipatty 1155 22659 8360 53 Kutchanur 1045 25464 17560 54 Melmangalam 1025 20013 21389 55 Rasingapuram 1450 22298 17184 56 Royappanpatty 1165 22657 9716 57 Surulipatty 1137 26755 16022 58 Vadugapatty 3024 42810 32475 59 Govindanagaram 1031 24919 25531 60 Ammbasamuthiram 569 12312 20428 61 Melachindalaicherry 556 11197 1370 62 Jakkampatty 1469 14137 20626 63 623 10353 16635 64 B.Ammapatty 423 12125 16075 65 Kullapuram 573 13242 16243 66 Thamaraikulam 732 13912 18456 67 Kanniyapillaipatty 731 11881 22293 68 HIwavs 408 4977 9898 69 G.Kallupatty 541 12530 24947 70 T.Kallipatty 639 9005 31019 71 Shunmugasundarapuram 458 10028 13900 VILLAGE LIBRARY 1 Annaimalayanpatty 587 13209 9784 2 Muthulapuram 467 12689 29867 3 Nagaiyagoundanpatty 486 11700 9291 4 G.Usilampatty 586 13365 14280 5 Vadapudhupatty 590 11314 6748 6 Thadicherry 390 13831 4863 7 M.Subbulapuram 534 12335 17343 8 Ettapparajapuram 409 9914 12254 9 Vellaiyammalpuram 679 11018 5605 10 Pulikuthy 442 9507 13246 11 Pathirakalipuram 534 11353 21420 12 Koppaiyampatty 373 11649 16258 13 G.H.Periyakulam 412 12979 17434 14 Veppampatty 300 8697 18673 15 375 6995 16628 16 Aranmanaiputhur 771 10164 7077 17 Kamarajapuram 390 8000 21365 18 Karunagamuthanpatty 448 7308 16992 19 Keela Vadakarai 415 8390 13795 20 Kothapatty 468 9059 14992 21 Kullappagoundanpatty 316 6538 16911 22 Kumananthozhu 372 7351 16189 23 Koolaiyanoor 370 5829 16989 24 Manthisunai 544 9997 12691 25 Muthalamparai 463 7385 21461 26 Nagalapuram 499 10566 10159 27 Palluthu 332 8410 15650 28 Perumal koundanpatty 294 4090 10743 29 Poomalaikundu 522 11070 10941 30 T.Meenakshipuram 505 8206 13261 31 T.Sindalaicherry 517 5677 12440 32 Thummakundu 410 6983 14750 33 Viswasapuram 321 6476 11276 34 Balakombai 300 9558 12206 35 Sithaiyagoundanpatty 380 8703 15454 36 A.Vadipatty 267 6944 14272 37 Jallipatty 412 4890 13970 38 Kattunaickanpatty 267 6146 10858

39 Vayalpatty 426 5450 8139 40 Kanniyampatty 269 6882 3503 41 B.Dharumathupatty 267 3238 8845 42 Manalar 297 3259 10215 43 Koduvilarpatty 533 8403 33072 44 Kuppinaickanpatty 396 6414 17009 45 kunnur 282 5241 16562 46 kavalar kudiyiruppu 357 5720 16485 47 U.Ambasamuthiram 299 5040 11991 48 Jangalpatty 504 3990 16319 49 Saruthupatty 23 302 12457 50 Vagaipudhur 315 302 6498 51 Ramalingapuram 400 302 2462 PART TIME LIBRARY 1 Erumalainaickanpatty 204 0 0 2 Venniyar 211 0 0 3 Thangammalpuram 223 0 10681 4 Duraichamypuram 287 0 0 5 Ponnan Padugai 214 0 4657 6 Murukodai 230 0 0 7 Nariyuthu 219 0 8909 8 Singarajapuram 205 0 0 9 Melmanalar 211 0 0 10 Maharajapurammettu 211 0 0 11 Kombaitholu 200 0 0 Odipatty 12 Samathuvapuram 0 0 3005 si lvarparry 13 samathuvapuram 0 0 5924 Aundipatty 14 Samathuvapuram 0 0 6982 15 Adaikanpatty 205 0 11923 16 Asaripatty 200 0 6037 17 kathirnarasingapuram 207 0 8333 18 K.kamatchipuram 200 0 7447 19 Mullaiyampatty 200 0 7813 20 Muthurengapuram 205 0 13807 21 Muthalakkampatty 234 0 6741 22 Okkaraipatty 200 0 6626 23 ponnammapatty 240 0 8618 24 Rajathani 200 0 4449 25 Theppampatty 200 0 7998 26 Ethakovi 206 0 8328 27 T.Bomminayakkanpatty 206 0 8550 28 A.Renganathapuram 208 0 8278 29 Bodendrapuram 200 0 2292 30 P.Mallingapuram 200 0 2256 31 Erathimakkaipatti 280 0 10730 32 200 0 7401 33 Karisalpatty 200 0 10549 34 Nachiyarpuram 200 0 7740 35 Thekkampatty 200 0 16540 Thekkampatty 36 Samathuvapuram 200 0 13834 37 Sadaiyalpatty 215 0 12200 38 A.kamatchipuram 235 0 12557

22.3. Number of Reading Rooms for the Year 2016 -17

Sl Sl. Number of .N Name of the Block Name and Place of Libraries No. Reading Room o.

1 2 3 4 5 1 Theni 1 Central Library 2 2 Poothipuram 1 3 Kottur 1 4 Sri Rengapuram 1 5 Venkatrachalapuram 1 6 Veerapandi 1 7 Annanji 1 8 Govindanagaram 1 9 Palanichettypatty 1 10 Vadapudhupatty 1 11 Thadicherry 1 12 Ammbasamuthiram 1 13 Dharmapuri 1 14 Koduvilarpatty 1 15 Kattunaickanpatty 1 16 Vayalpatty 1 17 Kuppinaickanpatty 1 18 Palluthu 1 19 Nagalapuram 1

20 kunnur 1

21 Aranmanaiputhur 1

22 Jangalpatty 1

23 Kavalar Kudiyiruppu 1

2 Uthamapalayam 1 U.Ammapatty 1 2 Appipatty 1 3 Chinnamanur 1 4 Cumbum 1 5 Erasakkanaickanur 1 6 Gudalur 1 7 Anumanthanpatty 1 8 Kamatchipuram 1 9 Kanniservaipatty 1 10 Kohilapuram 1 2 Uthamapalayam 11 Kombai 1 12 Lowercamp 1 13 Markayankottai 1 14 Narayanathevanpatty 1 15 Odaipatty 1 16 Poosarigoundanpatty 1 17 Seeliampatty 1 18 Thevaram 1 19 Uthamapalayam 1 20 Uthamapuram 1 21 Kamayagoundanpatty 1 22 Pannaipuram 1 23 C.Pudhupatty 1 24 Kutchanur 1 25 Royappanpatty 1 26 Surulipatty 1 27 Melasindalaicherry 1 28 Anaimalaiyanpatty 1 29 Muthulapuram 1 30 Nagaiyagoundanpatty 1

31 Hiways 1 32 Pulikuthy 1 33 Vellaiammalpuram 1 34 Veppampatty 1 35 T.Sinthalaicherry 1 36 Karunakkamuthanpatty 1 Manalar 37 1 Venniyar 38 1 U.Ambasamuthiram 39 1 Melmanalar 40 1 Maharajapurammettu 41 1 42 Kanniyampatty 1 43 Kullappagoundanpatty 1 44 Odaipatty Samathuvapuram 1 3 Bodinaickkanur 1 Bodinaickkanur 1 2 Dombucherry 2 3 B.Meenakshipuram 1 4 Sillamarathupatty 1 5 Thirumalapuram 1 3 Bodinayakkanur 6 Uppukottai 1 7 Silamalai 1 8 Kodangipatty 1 9 Rasingapuram 1 10 1 11 B.Ammapatty 1 12 Pathirakalipuram 1 13 B.Dharumathupatty 1 14 Perumal Koundanpatty 1 15 Viswasapuram 1 16 Kamarajapuram 1

17 Koolaiyanoor 1 Bodendrapuram 18 1 P.Mallingapuram 19 1 20 Sadaiyalpatty 1

4 Periyakulam 1 Periyakulam Thenkarai 2 2 Periyakulam Vadakarai 1 3 Jeyamangalam 1 4 Lakshmipuram 1 5 Silvarpatty 1 6 Devathanapatty 1 7 Genguvarpatty 1 8 Melmangalam 1 9 Vadugapatty 2 10 Kullapuram 1 11 Thamaraikualm 1 12 G.kallupatty 1 13 G.H.Periyakulam 1 14 T.Kallipatty 1 15 Jallipatty 1 16 Erumalainaickanpatty 1 17 Keela Vadakarai 1 18 A.Vadipatty 1 19 Muthalakkampatty 1 20 Saruthupatty 1 21 vaigaipudur 1

22 A.Kam atchipuram 1

23 Silvarpatty Samathuvapuam 1

5 Aundipatty 1 Aundipatty 1 2 Kadamalaikundu 1 3 Mayiladumparai 1 4 T.Subbulapuram 1 5 Kandamanur 1 6 G.Usilampatty 1 7 Kanniyappillaipatty 1 8 Varusanadu 1 9 M.Subbulapuram 1 Balakombai 10 1 Shunmugasundarapuram 11 1 Sithaiyagoundanpatty 12 1 13 Ettapparajapuram 1 14 Koppaiyampatty 1 15 Jakkampatty 1 16 Manthisunai 1 17 Kumananthozhu 1 18 T.Meenakshipuram 1 19 Kothapatty 1 Thangammalpuram 20 1 Muthalamparai 21 1 Duraichamypuram 22 1 Ponnan Padugai 23 1 Poomalaikundu 24 1 Murukodai 25 1 Thummakundu 26 1 Nariyuthu 27 1 Singarajapuram 28 1 Kombaitholu 29 1 Adaikanpatty 30 1

S. Name of the Block S.N Name and place of Number of N o Libraries Reading Room o 31 Asaripatty 1

32 Kathirnarasingapuram 1 33 K.Kamatchipatty 1 34 Mullaiyampatty 1 35 Muthurengapuram 1

36 Okkaraipatty 1 37 Ponnamaalpatty 1 38 Rajathani 1 39 Theppampatty 1 40 Ethakovil 1 41 T.Bomminayakkanpatty 1 42 A.Renganathapuram 1 43 Erathimakkalpatty 1 44 Balasamudram 1 45 Karisalpatty 1 46 Natchiyarpuram 1 47 Ramalingapuram 1 48 Thekkampatty 1 49 Thekkampatty samathuvapuram 1 50 Aundipatty samathuvapuram 1

22.2. Number of Libraries housed in Government Building / Rental Building for the Year 2016-17

LIBRARIES IN LIBRARIES IN LIBRARIES IN NAME OF THE LIBRARIES GOVERNMENT RENTAL RENT FREE TOTAL BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING 1 2 3 4 5 District Central Library 1 - - 1 Branch Libraries 57 6 7 70 Mobile Libraries - - - - Village Libraries 9 2 40 51 Part Time Libraries - - 38 38 TOTAL 67 8 85 160

23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 Number of Mining and Quarrying units in the District

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Taluk Number of Mining and Quarrying 7 1 Theni

2 Andipatti 20

3 Periyakulam 17

4 Bodinayakkanur 16

5 Uthamapalayam 17

77 TOTAL

23.2 . CLASSIFICATION-WISE PRODUCTION Year-2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the Production Value (Rs in 000”) Minerals (in Cubic metre) 1 Stone 184506 14700035 2 Earth 67209 3531825 3 Gravel 91374 2604531 4 Granite -- -- 5 Kan kar 18 1800

Source: Assit Director (Mines), Theni.

24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 Number of Food and Non-food Manufacturing units in the District.

Year 2016-17 Industr Name of the Description All employees Investment ( in Lakh Rs.) y Taluk of the Land and Plant and Group Industry Building Machinery

------NA ----

24.2 . Number of Non-Food Manufacturing units in the District.

Year :2016-17 Industry Name of the Description of All Value of Value Group District the Industry Employees output Rs. In added lakhs NA

Source: DIIC Theni

25. MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1. Number of Medical Colleges in the District with Students and Teachers Year: 2016-17

Sl. Students Name of the No Boys Girls Total Teachers Institution .

1 Government Medical College 216 298 514 232

2 DGNM -- 55 55 16

Source: Dean ,Govt Medical college, Theni

25.2. Number of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers Year: 2016-17 Students Sl. Teacher Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total No. s

1. Bodi para Medical College for Nursing ------Silamarathupatti 2 Indian Academy Para ------Medical Sciences-Theni

Source: Concerned Institutions,

25.3. Number of Medical Stores in the District (Category-wise) Year: : 2016-17 Sl.No. Item Number of Medical Stores

1. Indian Medicine ----NA---

2 English Medicine 612

Source: Asst Director of Drugs. Madurai .

25.4 No.of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers

year : 2016-17 SLN Name of the Students Teachers o. Institution Boys Girls Total

--Nil---

26. MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1 No.of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the year and upto the end of the year

Year: 2016-17 Commercial Stage Carriage Auto Rickshaw Ordinary Taxi Public Private During Upto During Upto During Upto During Upto the year the year the year the year the year the year the year the year (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

18 246 18 208 72 4621 40 841

Table 26.1 Contd.

Commercial Motor Cab Maxi cab Omni Buses Private Station Vehicle and During others Upto During Upto the During Upto Upto the During the year the year year the year the year the year the year year

40 57 13 1169 2 15 8 112

Table 26.1 Contd. Commercial Light Commercial School Bus Ambulance Fire Fighter Vehicle During Upto the During the Upto the During Upto the During the Upto the year year year year the year year the year year (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24)

33 485 3 57 -- -- 121 1530

Lorry Articulated Vehicle State Permit National Permit State Permit National Permit During Upto During Upto the During Upto the Duri Upto the the year the year year the year year ng the year year the year (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32)

38 2019 16 606 -- 27 -- --

Commercial Non- Commercial Vehicles Tractor / Trailer Total Motor Cycle Scooter During Upto During Upto the During Upto During Upto the the year the year year the year the the year the year year year (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) 5 8 -- -- 7813 190817 437 33243

Non- Commercial Vehicles Moped Tri-Cycle Auto Motor Car Jeep During Upto During Upto the During Upto the During Upto the the year the year year the year year the the year year year (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48)

1823 135614 -- -- 748 8018 -- --

Table 26.1 Contd.

Non- Commercial Vehicles Station Wagon Tractor Three Wheeler Four Wheeler During Upto During Upto the During Upto During Upto the the year the year year the year the the year the year year year (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) -- -- 107 4035 -- 195 -- --

Table 26.1 Contd.

Non- Commercial Vehicles Road Rollers Others Total Grand Total During Upto During Upto During Upto the During Upto the the the year the year the year the year year the year year year (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64)

------

Source: Regional Transport Office, Periyakulam

26.2 NO.OF MOTOR VEHICLES (CATEGORY WISE) AVAILABLE FOR HIRE PURPOSE DURING & UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR

YEAR: 2016-17

Sl.No. Category During the year End of the year

1 Private bus 18 117

2 Goods vehicle lorry 54 2625

3 Tourist Taxi 40 841

4 Maxicab 13 1169

5 Auto 72 4621

6 Omni bus 2 15

7 Road Rollers -- --

Source: Regional Transport Office, Periyakulam

26.3 NO.OF PERSONS ISSUED WITH DRIVING LICENCE YEAR: 2016-17 Sl.No. No.of Driving License issued No.of Driving License Renewed

1. 984 1138

Source: Regional Transport Office, Periyakulam

27. NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION

27.1 NO.OF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT WITH PRODUCTION DATA Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name and Place of Solar Install Capacity Generation energy system exist (in Mega Watts) (in Mega Watts)

Source: Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

27.2 NO.OF WIND MILLS GENERATING UNITS WITH PRODUCTION DATA

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name and Place of Wind Mills Install Capacity Generation Generation exist (in Mega Units) (in Mega Units)

1 Theni - -

Source: TNEB, Theni

28. POLICE AND PRISONS

28.1 POLICE FORCE Year: 2016-17

Sl. Ministerial Spl.Unit No Name of the Police Stations Out Posts Staff . Division

1. Theni Sub Division 1.Theni 1.Bus Stand 1.S.B. – 1 1.PA TO SP -2 2.Allinagaram - 2.D.C.R.B – 1 2. SUPT-09. 3.P.C.Patti - 3.D.C.B. – 1 3.ASST-25 4.Veerapandi - 4.SJ&HR – 1 4.JR.ASST.-21 5.W.P.S/Theni - 5.Traff/Theni 4 5.TYPIST-02 6. STENO - 01 - 6.Control room 1 7.R.C.- 01 8.O.A.- 09 2 Bodi Sub Division 6.Bodi Town - 7.P.E.W/Theni - 9. SWEEPER-03 1 7.Bodi Taluk - 8.Highway patrol - 06 8. - 9.P.E.W/UPM - 1 9.Thevaram 10.Forensic Department, Theni -- 1 10.Kombai 11.SHB - 1 12.SDFPB - 1 11.Chinnamanur 13-ALGSC-01 14-ANW-01 12. High-Wayvis - 13.Women Police - . Station, Bodi 3. Uthamapalayam Sub- 14.Uthamapalayam - - Division 15.Odaipatti - -

Sl. Name of the Police Stations Out Posts Spl.Unit Ministerial No Division Staff . 16.Cumbum North - - 17.Cumbum South 18. Gudalur North 19. Gudalur South 20. Royappanpatti 21. Kumuli 22. Women Police . . - - Station, Uthamapalayam 4. Andipatty Sub - 23.Andipatty Division 24.G.Vilakku Eathakoil -1 25.Rajathani .Kanniappa- . pillaipatti-1 26.Gandamanur 27.Kadamalaigundu 28.Myladumparai 29.Varusanadu 30.Vaigai Dam 31.Etha kovil 32.K.P.Patti 33.Women Police. . Station, Andipatti

Sl. Particulars Strength Sl.No. Particulars Strength No . 1. Sub-Division 05 7 Local Police 1501 Station 2. Police Station/ 37 8 Armed 319 Outpost Reserve 3. Special Unit 20 9 Minis trial 53 Staff 4. Armed Reserve Active platon- 10 1873 H.G platon- 3 Total 5 FEW units 02

6 NHP Units 03

Source: Superintendent of Police, Theni .

28.2 COGNIZABLE OFFENCES UNDER INDIAN PENAL CODE

(Including Attempts)

Sl.No Item Number of Cases . Reported

a) Murder 34 1. b) Murder for gain --

2. Culpable Homicide Note amounting to Murder 2

3. Rape 4

4. Kidnapping and Abduction 15

5. Dacoit 2

6. Robbery 16

7. Burglary 116

8. Thefts 201

9. Riots 87

10. Criminal Breach of Trust 0

11. Cheating 87

12. Counterfeiting 1

13. Miscellaneous 2194

Total Cognizable Crime Under I.P.C. 2759

Source: Superintendent of Police, Theni.

28.3 PRISONS AND CONVICTS

Year: 2016-17

Sl. Classification of Prisons Number No. 1. Central Prisons --

2. State Prison for Women --

3. Sub-Jails 2

4. Special Sub-Jails --

5. Open Air Prison --

6. Fifth Garden (Salem) --

7. Borstal School --

Source: Superintendent of Prisons, Periyakulam and Uthamapalayam

CLASSIFICATION OF CONVICTS

Sl.No Length of Sentences Male Female Total . 1. Below One Year - - -

2. Above One Year and not exceeding Two - - - Years 3. Above Two Years and not exceeding - - - Five Years 4. Exceeding Five Years and not exceeding - - - Ten Years 5. Exceeding Ten Years - - -

6. Life Sentence - - -

7. Sentence to death - - -

- Total - -

Source: Superintendent of Prisons, Periyakulam and Uthamapalayam

NO.OF CASES REGISTERED UNDER P.C.R. & SC/ST ACT Year: 2016-17 Sl. Name of the Stations No. of cases Registered No Under P.C.R.& SC&S.T. 1. Theni 1 2. Allinagaram 3 3. P.C.Patty 7 4. Veerapandi 2 5. Bodi Taluk 1 6. Kurangani 2 7. Thevaram 0 8. Kombai 4 9. Chinnamanur 1 10. Uthamapalayam 5 11. Rayappanpatty 4 12. Cumbum north 1 13. Cumbum South 1 14. Gudalur North 4 15. Rajathani 8 16. G.Villaku 2 17. Myladumpari 1 18. kadamalaikundu 1 19. Thenkarai 2 20. Devathanapatty 4 21. varasunadu 2 22. Jayamangalam 1 23. Periyakulam 3 TOTAL 60 28.4 NO.OF CASES REGISTERED AGAINST WOMEN HARRASSMENT AND DOWRY Year:2016-17 Sl.no Name of the Police Station Dowry Dowry Harassment death 1 Theni AWPS - - 2 Bodi AWPS - - 3 Uthamapalayam AWPS - - 4 Andipattti AWPS - 1 5 Bodi Taluk - - 6 Chinnamanur - - 7 Rajathani - 8 Thenkarai - 1 9 Kandamanur - 1 Total - 3 Source: Superintendent of Police, Theni.

29.PUBLIC HEALTH

29.1 PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Items Numbers

1 Hospitals (Allopathy) 6

2 Dispensaries 0

3 Sanitorium 0

4 Nursing Home 0

5 Maternity & Child Welfare Clinic 0

6 Ayurvedic 0

7 Siddha 6

8 Unani 0

9 Homeopathy 1

Source: J.D.(Periyakulam) and D.D. Health Service, Theni

29.2 NO.OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES WITH SUB-CENTRES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Block / No.of Primary Health Centres No.of Sub- Municipality Centres 1 Theni 4 17

2 Periyakulam 6 27

3 Andipatty 4 23

4 K.Myladumparai 3 14

5 Cumbum 3 20

6 Uthamapalayam 4 22

7 Chinnamanur 4 17

8 Bodinayakanur 5 23

Total 33 163

Source: Deputy Director, Health, Theni.

30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

30.1. NO.OF NEWS PAPERS, WEEKLY MAGAZINES, MONTHLY

MAGAZINES ETC., PUBLISHED Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the News Language of Type of Periodicals Paper Publication

1. Kattapomman Malar Tamil Monthly

2. Vaigai Malar Tamil &English Weekly

3. Theni Seithigal Tamil Fortnightly K.M.H. Medical 4. English Quarterly Journal 5. Theni Anjal Tamil Fortnightly

6. Thodarkirathu Tamil Quarterly

7. Penamunai Tamil Fortnightly

8. Ezhuchi Murasu Tamil Monthly Cardomam Web Accesses 9 English &Tamil India Mail (24 Hourse) 10 Makkal Nala Malar Tamil Monthly

11 Koodava Thunai Tamil Monthly

12 Herald of Truth English Quartly

Source: P.A (General) Colletorate, Theni.

30.2 NO.OF PUBLISHERS IN THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN NEWS PAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Name of the District No.of Publishers .

---NIL---

Source: P.A (General) Colletorate, Theni.

30.3 NUMBEROF PRINTING PRESS IN THE DISTRICT

Year: 2016-17

Name of the Block No.of the Printing Press Type of the Press (Letter Press/Off

set/Litho/Colour

Sl.No. Graphics)

letter press -15

Offset press - 2 1. Theni 22 Litho - 3

Colour Graphics - 2

letter press -2 2 Aundipatty 3 Offset Press - 1

letter press - 2 3 K. Mayladumparai 2 letter press - 11 4 Periyakulam 14 Offset Press - 3

letter press - 5 5. Bodinayakkanur 19 Offset Press - 14

letter press - 2 6. Chinnamanur 4 Offset press -2

letter press - 6 7 7 Uthamapalayam Offset Press - 1

letter press -7 8. Cumbum 20 Offset press - 13

Source: Concerned BSI.

31. PRICES – INDICES

31.1 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES Base year: 1970-71 = 100 Year: 2016-17

Primary Non Food All Month Food Article Minerals Article Article Commodities

January 16 3266.82 4130.50 1916.62 1577.67 2823.53

February 1 6 3218.06 4044.34 1927.35 1577.67 2795.80

March 1 6 3240.13 4083.06 1922.95 1577.67 2809.12

April 16 3252.95 4098.89 1931.36 1577.67 2824.95

May 16 3294.65 4166.48 1932.23 1577.67 2851.78

June 16 3339.08 4227.66 1950.95 1577.67 2880.59

July 16 3394.80 4299.24 1982.92 1577.67 2916.09

August 16 3426.93 4326.56 2024.29 1577.67 2926.33

September 16 3422.74 4309.04 2041.85 1577.67 2931.79

October 16 3440.02 4329.02 2049.33 1723.58 2951.53

November 16 3455.21 4350.46 2054.86 1723.58 2975.54

December 16 3454.76 4319.46 2093.43 1992.06 2996.09

Average 3350.51 4223.73 1985.68 1636.52 2890.26

Source : Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6

31.2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS

FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

Base Year : 2011 = 100 . Year 2016-17

Salem Month Tiruchy Chennai Madurai Tuticorin Nagercovil

January 16 261 273 273 249 273 269 135 138 135 139

February 1 6 257 266 266 248 268 266 138 141 140 139

March 1 6 254 262 264 245 267 265 136 138 137 138

April 16 255 261 261 249 269 263 138 139 138 140

May 16 262 269 265 257 278 275 142 143 141 144

June 16 258 269 270 258 276 272 142 144 143 144

July 16 255 267 273 253 275 272 142 145 142 144

August 16 252 262 263 250 272 270 140 143 140 140

September 16 249 264 260 249 271 270 139 142 141 138

October 16 250 265 264 248 273 270 138 142 141 138

November 16 250 264 263 248 272 260 139 142 140 138

December 16 252 266 261 247 272 261 138 145 140 138

Average 255 266 265 250 272 268 139 142 140 140

Source : Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6

31.3 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU

BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100 Year: 2016-17

FUAL & COMPOSITE Month FOOD CLOTHING OTHERS LIGHT INDEX

April 16 3993.00 3207.00 2248.00 4594.00 3895.86

May 16 4032.00 3220.00 2249.00 4660.00 3933.29

June 16 4053.00 3315.00 2252.00 4686.00 3958.61

July 16 4079.00 3319.00 2267.0 4715.00 3982.81

August 16 4091.0 3387.00 2292.00 4783.00 4003.73

September 16 4096.00 3541.00 2318.00 4861.00 4025.60

October 16 4109.00 3604.00 2343.00 4941.00 4047.97

November 16 4121.00 3661.0 2362.00 4990.00 4066.31

December 16 4134.00 3423.00 2388.00 5030.00 4085.00

January 17 4146.00 3759.00 2388.00 5049.00 4098.93

February 17 4164.00 3759.00 2388.00 5062.00 4114.37

March 17 4185.00 3765.00 2391.00 5075.00 4132.76

Average 4100.25 3521.67 2323.83 4870.50 4028.81

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

31.4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN URBAN TAMIL NADU

. BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100 Year: 2016-17

Month Food Fuel Power Clothing Others Composite and Index Lighting

April 16 3632.0 3152.00 2776.00 3463.00 3523.22

May 16 3643.00 3164.00 2777.00 3511.00 3540.19

June 16 3658.00 3164.00 2777.00 3516.00 3551.60

July 16 3700.00 3177.00 2786.00 3541.00 3586.87

August 16 3704.00 3192.00 2806.00 3638.00 3608.67

September 16 3710.00 3200.00 2830.00 3706.00 3626.57

October 16 3727.00 3210.00 2844.00 3779.00 3652.67

November 16 3737.00 3214.00 2861.00 3838.00 3671.16

December 16 3745.00 3215.00 2869.00 3864.00 3681.82

January 17 3754.00 3216.00 2870.00 3886.00 3692.09

February 17 3766.00 3216.00 2874.00 3890.00 3701.44

March 17 3788.00 3216.00 2874.00 3896.00 3717.96

AVERAGE 3713.67 3194.67 2828.67 3710.67 3629.52

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

32.QUALITY CONTROL

32.1 LIST OF INDUSTRIAL/ESTABLISHMENT UNITS HAVING QUALITY CONTROL FACILITIES AND THE PRODUCTS SUBJECTED TO QUALITY CONTROL. Year: 2016-17

Sl.No List of Industries Establishment Units having, Products subjected to . Quality Control Facilities Quality Control

1. Sarvodaya Seva Sangam, State Agmark Trading Honey Melmangalam. 2. Desicated coconut, Laboratory, Desiccated coconut 3. Nataraja cottage industries, 4. Andipatty. ,, Ground spices Vasu cottage industries, Gudalur. ,, ,, 5. Maniraj mills,Theni ,, Wheat,Atta,Ground spices 6. Arulraj cottage industries,Theni ,, Ground spices

7. Aruna Flour Mills,Theni. ,, Wheat,Atta

8. Durgeshnanthini oil ,, Groudnut oil mills,Theni 9. Neela Narayanan oil ,, Gingelly oil mills,Theni ,, ,, 10. Meenakshi Traders,Theni.

33. REGISTRATION

33.1 NO.OF REGISTRATION OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2016-17

Name of the District No of Registration offices

Theni 13

33.2 REGISTRATION AND AGGREGATE VALUE OF PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED DURING THE YEAR Year: 2016-17

No. of Registration Aggregate Value of Properties Total Receipts (Moveable and Transferred (Rs. in lakhs) Immovable) (Moveable and Immovable) (Rs. In lakhs) 34560.14 8008.09 51857

Source: District Registrar (Administration), Periyakulam

34. REPAIR AND SERVICE 34.1 AUTHORISED AUTOMOBILES REPAIR AND SERVICE STATIONS

Year: 2016-17

Name of the Block Authorised Automobiles Repair and Service (in No's.)

1.Theni 32

2. Andipatty 10

3. K.Myladumparai 3

4.Periyakulam 36

5. Bodinayakanur 24

6. Chinnamanur 15

7. Uthamapalayam 10

8.Cumbum 14

Source: Concerned BSI

34.2 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC GOODS REPAIR AND SERVICE UNITS Year: 2016-17 Name of the Block Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Service Units (in No's)

1.Theni 32

2. Andipatty 11

3. K.Myladumparai 4

4.Periyakulam 19

5. Bodinayakanur 22

6. Chinnamanur 15

7. Uthamapalayam 17

8.Cumbum 20

Source: Concerned BSI

35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 35.1 RESTAURANTS, CATES AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Items Numbers

62 1. Restaurants -- 2. Cafes 273 3. Other Eating and Drinking Centres

Source: President Hotel Owners Association

35.2 DETAILS OF HOTELS Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Place Name of the Hotels with Name of the Hotels Lodging Facilities without Lodging Facilities 1. 1.Hotel Vaigai, Theni Town Cumbum Road, Theni. 2.Adhidya Hotels A/C Madurai road, Theni. 3.Vijai Nivas A/C, Near Bus Stand, Theni. 4.Sri Saravana Lodge, Bus Stand, Theni. 5.Ajantha lodge, Periyakulam road, Theni. 6.Sri Pandian lodge, Near Bus stand, Theni. 7.S.K.V.Lodge, Madurai road, Theni. 8.Vasantham lodge, Bus stand, Theni. 9.Asoka lodge, Periyakulam road, Theni. 10.Raja lodge, Madurai road, Theni. 11.Municipal lodge, Bus Stand, Theni. 12. Annalakshmi Periyakulam Road, Theni 13. Hotel Theni International Theni 14. New Pandian Lodge, Periyakulam Road, Theni 15. Western Gatz NRT Nagar Road, Theni

Sl.No. Place Name of the Hotels with Lodging Facilities Name of the Hotels (3) without Lodging (1) (2) Facilities (4) 2 Bodinayakkanur Town 1.Thiruppathi Lodge, Kamarajar salai, Bodi. 2.Hotel Dhalavai, Kamarajar Salai, Bodi. 3.Alankar lodge, South Raja St., Bodi. 4.Krishna lodge, Thendral nagar, Bodi. 5.Geetha lodge, Kamarajar bazaar, Bodi. 6.Vasantha vigar lodge, Kamarajar bazaar, Bodi. 7.I.J.Lodge, Palayam road, Bodi. 8.Senthil lodge, Perumal koil st., Bodi. 9.New Vaigai lodge, Kamarajar bazaar, Bodi. 10.S.P.S. Lodge, Kamarajar Bazaar Bodi. 11.Municipal Rest House,Near bus stand, Bodi.

3. Periyakulam Town 1.Sri Rajaram lodge Thenkarai,Periyakulam.

2. Sri Siva lodge Thenkarai, Periyakulam. 3. M.S.P.lodge, Thenkarai, Periyakaualm. 4. Chinnamanur Town 1. Sri Shanmugam lodge A/C Main road, Chinnamanur. 3. Nadar lodge, Main road, Chinnamanur. 5 Uthamapalayam town 1. President lodge, Bye pass road,Uthamapalayam. 2. Deluxe lodge, Byepass road, Uthamapalayam. 3. Akbar Tourist Home, Byepass road, Uthamapalayam. 4. Gnanammal lodge, Kombai road, uthamapalayam. 5. P.W.D.Guest house (for Officers only) Cumbum byepass road, Uthamapalayam. 6. Cumbum Town 1. Universal lodge, Near bus stand, Cumbum. ` 2. Lodge Indira, Vellapper koil st., Cumbum. 3. Lucky Star Lodge, Odaikarai st., Cumbum. 4. Balaji Nadar Mansion, Manjanakara st., cumbum. 5. Ananda lodge, Main road, Cumbum. 6. R.R.Hotels, alayam road, Cumbum.

36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES

36.1 LIST OF CINEMA THEATRES AND THEIR CAPACITIES Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Name of the Taluk No. of the Cinema Theatres Capacity

5350 1. Theni 04

650 2. Andipatti 01

Periyakulam 1935 3. 02

2317 4. Bodinayakanur 03

4500 5. Cumbum 05

Source: PA (General) Collectorate, Theni

36 .2 LIST OF CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Place Name of the Club and Association .

1. Theni District 1.Lions Club

2.Rotary Club

3.Wisemen Club

4.Sri Rengaraja club

5.Chamber of Commerce

6. Cosmos Club

36.3 LIST OF MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND PROJECTION SERVICES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Block / Municipality Name of the Picture Distributors / Projection Services

NIL NIL

37. SOCIAL WELFARE

37.1 PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME CENTRES Year: 2016-17 No. of Centres School sector Local Body Sector WBA Sector Total Panchay Municipa Panchayat Municipal ICDS ICDS at l Bodies Union Bodies * Union

603 104 603 104 0 -- 707

* World Bank assisted ICDS III Project Source: PA Noon Meal office, Colletorate

37.2 NO.OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

No. of Beneficiaries under age group Total 5 to 9 10 to 13 2-5 Panchayat Municipal Panchayat Municipal Union Bodies Union Bodies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

21795 33835 9673 27454 9302 80264

Source: * World Bank assisted ICDS III Project Source: PA Noon Meal office

37.3 Social Welfare Schemes Implemented in the District-2016-17 Sl. Schemes Target Achievement Total No of No Beneficiaries 1 Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Nivaivu 93950 93950 2781 Thirumana Nithi Uthavi Thittam (Rs.in 000s) 2 Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow 150 150 4 Remarriage Scheme (Rs.in 000s) 3 Anjugam Ammaiyar Inter- Caste Marriage 5375 5375 152 Assistance Scheme (Rs.in 000s) 4 EVR Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Poor Widows’ 13025 13025 432 Daughter Marriage (Rs.in 000s) 5 Annai Teresa Ninaivu Orphan Girl Marriage 1100 1100 32 Assistance (Rs.in 000s) 6 Free Supply of Text Books and Note Books 54 54 180 for the School Going Children of Poor Widows. 7 Free Supply of Uniform Scheme to School 18615 18615 67705 Children Studying I Std. to VIII. Source: Office of the District Social Welfare Office

BANANA BENEFICIARIES

AREA No.of Centres Rural - Urban - Total -

37. 4 NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES

UNDER FREE SUPPLY OF TEXT BOOKS AND UNIFORMS Year: 2016-17 STNDARDS TEXT BOOKS UNIFORMS

Sl.No BOYS GIRLS BOYS GIRLS

1 VI TO VIII - - 22965 20640

2 IX TO XII - - 29893 30935

Source: C.E.O Office, Theni.

37.5 NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER SOCIAL SECURITY PENSION SCHEME Year: 2016-17

Sl. Name of Scheme Under OAP No. of Amount No. Beneficiaries Granted (Rs.) 1 Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme 15787 188349830

2 Indira Gandhi National Disability 457 5518680 Pension Scheme 3 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension 16871 203957390 Scheme 4 Destitute/Differently Abled Pension 6260 72942530 Scheme 4 Destitute Widow Pension Scheme 3864 47418920 5 Destitue/Deserted Wives Pension 11658 141207700 Scheme 6 Unmarried Women Pension Scheme 504 6060860 7 CMUPT - OAP 28187 358893370 Total 83588 1024349280 Source: GDP Section, Theni

37.6 FREE HOUSES AND HOUSE SITES DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES Year: 2016-17 Name of the House/House Sites distributed District S.C. S.T. B.C. D.C.& Others Total MBC

Theni 42 ------42

Source: DADW & Backward Class Office, Theni.

IMPLEMENTAION OF RELEIF MEASURE & PENSION SCHEME

37.7BENEFICIARIES UNDER NALINTHOR NALA THITTAM Year: 2016-17

Sl. Category of No. of Total Amount No. Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Disbursed (Rs. ) 1. Scheduled Caste 30 600000 2. Scheduled Tribes 0 0 3. Others 71 1410000 T o t a l 101 2010000

Source: GDP Section, Collectorate, Theni.

37.8 ACCIDENTAL RELIEF FOR WORKERS (DEATH AT THE TIME OF WORK)

Sl. Category of Beneficiaries No. of Total Amount No. Beneficiaries Disbursed (Rs.) 1. Scheduled Caste 1 2. Scheduled Tribes 3. Others - 20000

T o t a l 1

Source: GDP Section, Collectorate, Theni

37.9 BENEFICIARIES UNDER FREEDOM FIGHTERS’ PENSION SCHEME

Year: 2016-17 Sl. State/Central Govt No. of Beneficiaries No. (@ Rs. 3000/- & Rs.6000/- Per Head)

1. State Government 65

2. Central Government --

Total 65

Source: District Treasury, Theni.

37.10 TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER’S RELIEF FUND (Beneficiaries under Road Accidents)

Sl. Category No. of Total Amount No Beneficiaries Disbursed . (Rs. ) 1. Road Accidents 272 10050000

Traveling in TNSTC 2. -- -- Buses

Total 272 10050000

Source: GDP Section, Collectorate, Theni

37.11BENEFICIARIES UNDER MOZHI KAVALAR PENSION SCHEME

Sl. Taluk No. of Beneficiaries No. (@ Rs3000 per Head/ Month) 1. Theni 2 2. Andipatty 1 3. Periyakulam - 4. Bodinayakkanur - 5. Uthamapalayam 31 Total 34 Source: District Treasury, Theni .

37.12 BENEFICIARIES UNDER NALINTHA KALAINGAR PENSION SCHEME

Sl. Taluk No. of Beneficiaries No. (@ Rs. 1500 per Head/ Month) 1. Theni 26 2. Andipatty 37 3. Periyakulam 23 4. Bodinayakkanur 14 5. Uthamapalayam 18 Total 118

Source: District Treasury, Theni .

38. SANITARY SERVICES Year:2016-17

38.1 38.1No. of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage and Sewage disposal and other particulars.

Local Body No. of Workers No. of Garbage Other connected engaged in and Sewage works related with Sanitation disposal sanitation .

Bodinayakanur Muncipalities 63 127 --

38.2 chinnamanur

Muncipalities 38 16 7

Cumbum 96 43 24 Muncipalities Gudalur 52 48 19 Total 249 234 50

source:Concerned Municipalities,Town Panchayats and Village Panchayat Offices 38.2 NO OF VEHICLES ENGAGED IN SANITARY SERVICES

Sl.No Name of the Block . /Municipality No. of vehicles engaged in Sanitary Services

1. Theni 2 2. Periyakulam 2 3. Bodinaickanur 7 4. Chinnamanur 5

5. Cumbum 7 6. Gudalur 3 7. Andipatti 1 8. Uthamapalayam 9

9. Spl Panchayat ( 22 ) - source: RDD of Municipal Administration,Madurai & Asst.Director of Spl.Panchayats. Madurai

39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE

39.1 INSTITUTIONS AND LABORATORIES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH WORK

Name and address of Institutions and Type of Research Field Laboratories

Horticultural College and Research Institute, Horticulture Periyakulam Crops

Source: Dean, Horticulture College, Periakulam, Theni.

40. STORAGE FACILITIES

40.1 LIST OF AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL STORAGE GODOWNS

Name and address of Agricultural Name of address of Non-Agricultural Godowns Godowns 1. 2.

1. Tamil Nadu Ware Housing Corporation Ltd. Godown Vaigaidam Road. Andipatti 2. Tamil Nadu Ware Housing Corporation Ltd. Godown Kurangani Road. Bodi

3. Tamil Nadu Ware Housing

Corporation Ltd. Godown -- Nallakarupanpatti. Periyakulam

4. Tamil Nadu Ware Housing Corporation Ltd. Godown Kombai Road. Uthamapalayam 5. Tamil Nadu Ware Housing Corporation Ltd. Godown Bodi Road. Theni

Source: District warehousing office.

40.2 LIST OF COLD STORAGE AND GODOWNS

Sl.No. Name and address of the cold storage

1. For -Theni , Near Colletorate 2. For Tamarind – OMS G.vilakku 3. Eastern Condiments, Bodi Road. Theni

Source: Concerned Office

41. TEXTILES

41.1 No. of Ginning, Spinning and weaving mills

Sl.N Name of the No. of Ginning No. of No. of o District mills Spinning mills Weaving mills

1. THENI 30 25 --

Source: Inspector of Factories, Theni ,

41.2 QUANTUM OF PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR.

Ginning Mills Spinning mills production Weaving mills production Production 2. 3. 1.

-N.A-

42. TRADE AND COMMERCE

42.1 NO. OF MAJOR AND MINOR TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ESTATE

No. of major No. of minor Trade No. of Commercial estate Trade

388 464(66+398) 414

Source: Secretary, Market Committee, Theni

43.1 LENGTH OF ROADS (In Km)

Classification Surfaced Roads Unsur Grand faced Total Cement Bituminous WBM& Total Roads Concrete Metal .

National -- 85 -- 85 -- Highways 85 State Highways 1.795 947.10 -- 948.895 -- 948.895 &RW P.U.Roads 1.574 684.366 108.051 794.001 0.6 794.601 Town Panchayat Roads 2.215 480 352.492 835.807 2.095 837.802

43.2 ROAD ACCIDENTS Year : 2016-17

Sl.N Name of the District Total Number of No. of persons Number of o. Accidents injured persons killed .

1 Theni District 1368 2036 278

Source: Superintendent of Police, Theni.

43.4 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS

Sl. Name of the Corporations Year of Headquarter District No.of No Formati covered buses as on . on 31 st March 09

1. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Dindigul (Mdu) Limited, Dindigul 1.4.1986 Dindigul and 951 Region Theni

Source: Tamil Nadu State Transport(Madurai)Ltd, Dindigul

43.5. SELECT INDICATORS ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Item Name of the Lenth Transport Corporation

1. Fleet Strength

897 Kilometers operated carried per day (in

2. lakhs) 4.19

Number of passengers carried per day 3. 6.81 (in lakhs Fleet Utilisation (Percentage) 4. 97.64

Kilometers efficiency (Percentage) 5. 101.13

Kilometers run per litre of diesel

a) City / Town 6. 5.61

b) Mofussil Dindigul 5.42

Number of routes (As on day) 7. 364

Number of New routes introduced

8. during the year Tamilnadu Transport Corporation (MDU DVN-IV) 0

New villages benefited during the year 9. 0

Benefited village population (in lakhs) 10. 0

Staff strength 11. 5126

12. Number of New Buses Purchases

23

Source: General Manager, TNSTC (MDU - DIV-IV), Dindigul

43.6 RAILWAY LINES AND STATIONS Year: 2016-17

Item Broad Meter Broad Gauge Total Gauge Gauge & Meter Gauge

1. Route Length (in Km.) --

2. Tract Length (in Km.) --Nil--

3. Number of Railway . . . -- . Stations

Source: Railway Station, Theni

43.7 PORT DEVELOPMENT

1. Major Ports

2. Intermediate ports Nil

3. Minor ports

Vessels entered and Cargo handled

Name of the Port Vessels entered Cargo handled

Nil

43.8 AIR PORTS Year: 2016-17 Sl. Airport Passengers (in ‘000’) No. Embarked Disembarked Transit Total

---NIL--

43.9 PRIVATE TRANSPORT OPERATIONS

Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Transport Operations

1 Tvl. Indian Transport, 53/1 Cumbam Road, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 2 K.Fiaz Ahamed S/o. Kaleel Ahamed, No.9Gulam Rasool St. (TK) Dindigul 3 K.Syed Ibrahim, S/o S.K.Kattuvva Rowther, 119 North Agraharam, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 4 KAJ Bus Transport, 1/4- 92 Cumbam Road, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 5 S.Balasubramaniyam firm & Bus Service, Cumbam Road, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 6 Parvathi Road ways Propritor : K.A.R Ravindran, S/o K.A. Rathinam Mariyamman Kovil St. Thenkarai, Periyakulam 7 Tvl. Jayaraj Road ways, Jayaraj nadar Road, Periyakulam 8 K.S.Sethupathy S/o Subramaniyapillai, 12.Thandupalayam Main Road, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 9 V.Parameswaran S/o Veluchamy, 14.A.K.C. Colony, Chinnandaver Kovil Street, 10 Fathuma Motor Service, Cumbam road, Theni 11 Srivairamani Bus Service J.Ganesh. S/o Jeyaraman, No.64.North Agraharam Periyakulam

12 S.Sanmuganathan, S/o P.P.Seeniappa Chettiyar, 9. Vanniya Vaisyar St. Periyakulam 13 G.Rosilin Malathi, W/o M.Gana Sekaran, 1241/764 Periyakulam Road. Theni 14 Shareef Roadways Proparitor : M.Abdhul Kathar, S/o S.V.Mohamed Shareef, , 6A.Cumbam Road, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 15 Thirumal Alagu Transport, 275, K.R.R.Nager, Theni 16 A.Kubendran S/o Anga Thevar, 4. Vaigaidam Road, Andipatti (TK) Theni 17 A.Rajendran S/o Augustin, 82 Saint Savier St., Thenkarai, Periyakulam 18 K.Indira W/o P.P.Kaliyappan, 18. South St, Thenkarai, Periyakulam 19 S.K.Bus Transport, No.241 Lakshmipuram, Palani 20 Chellam Automobiles, Propritor :C.J.Hemanth S/o. C.Jeyapalu, Jeya raj Nadar Road, Periyakulam, Theni

Source: RTO .Periyakulam

44.1 PLACES OF TOURIST ATTRACTION

Year: 2016-17

Sl.No Tourist Place

1 Vaigai Dam 2 3 Bodi Mettu 4 Kumbakarai Falls 5 Megamalai Water Falls (Chinna Suruli) 6 High wavys

44.2 LIST OF PLACES OF WORSHIP

Sl.No. Places of Worship

1 Arulmigu Gowmariamman Temple, Veerapandi. 2 Arulmigu SaneeswararTemple, Kuchanur. 3 Arulmigu Suruliandavar Koil, Suruli Falls. 4 Sri Mavoothu Vellappar Koil,Theppampatti. 5 Veerappa Iyannar Temple, Theni-Allinagaram. 6 Arulmigu Kalagasthiswarar Gnanambal Temple at Uthamapalyam 7 St.Xaviear Church at Rayappan patti near Uthamapalayam 8 Thousand Lingam Temple at Suruli Falls.

44.3 LIST OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS Year: 2016-17 Sl.No List of Hotels List of Restaurants

1 New Everest, Theni. New Restaurant – Theni. 2 New Vasantham, Theni. New Everest, Theni. 3. Sri pandiyan, Theni. Athithya, Theni. 4. Nagar, Theni. Vasantham, Theni. 5 Sri Prakash, Theni. Sankar, Theni. 6 Sri Senthilkumar Hotel, Andypatti. Pandiyan, Theni. 7 Saravana Bhavan, Andypatti. Nivas, Theni. 8 Anandha, Andypatti. Anjana, Theni. 9 New Vijaya Bhavan, Bodi. Vaigai, Theni. 10 Alankar, Bodi. Ajantha, Theni. 11 I.J.Hotel, Bodi. Asoka, Theni. 12 Vasantha, Bodi. New Vijaya Bhavan. 13 Thalavai Hotel, Bodi. New Aryabhavan, Bodi. 14 S.P.S.Hotel, Bodi. New Pankajabavan, Bodi. 15 Siva, Periyakulam. Sri Victoria, Bodi. 16 Noor, Periyakulam. New Woodlands, Periyakulam. 17 M.S.P. Periyakulam. Regupathivilas, Periyakulam. 18 Rajendra, Periyakulam. Gugrathur Hotel, Periyakulam. 19 R.R., Cumbum. Aryabhavan, Periyakulam. 20 K.N.P., Cumbum. New Lakshmi lunch Home, 21 Indrra deluxe, Cumbum. Chinnamanur. Sri Vicknesh, Chinnamanur. Shanmuga mess, Chinnamanur. Singapore mess, Uthmapalayam. Hotel Bell., Uthmapalayam. Thambees, Uthamapalayam. Rajab Mess, Uthamapalayam. Sri Kumar Hotel, Cumbum. Lakshi lunch home, Cumbum. Hotel Uduppi, Cumbum. Tambees, Cumbum.

Source: President Hotel Owners’ Association. Theni

44.4 LIST OF TRAVEL AGENTS Year: 2016-17

Sl.No List of Travel Agents .

1. Reshigash Travels, Theni

2. Renga Travels, Theni

Source: RTO Office, Periyakulam

44.5 TRAIN AND AIR SERVICE TIMINGS

Year: 2016-17

Train From To Day Arrival Dept. No.

713 Madurai (Via) Bodinayakkanur N.A. . Theni

714 Bodinayakkanur N.A. (Via) Theni Madurai

44.6 AIR TIMINGS

Sectors Flight No. Dep. Arr. Frequency

------Not Applicable------

45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1 BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTERED Year: 2016-17 Name of the Live Deaths Infant Still Birth Maternal District Births Registered death Registered Death

Registered Registered Registered Sl.No.

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. THENI 23685 12354 199 150 20

Source: Deputy Director of Health, Theni

45.2 BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES

Year: 2016-17 Birth Death Infant Mortality SBR MMR (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

19 9.9 0.15 0.12 0.01

Source: Deputy Director of Health, Theni

45.3 DEATH BY CAUSES Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Causes for Death No.of the (1) (2) Death (3) 1 Fever -- 2 Respiratory -- 3 Suicide 37 4 Maternal Death 11 5 T.B 25 6 Jaundice 6 7 Cancer 65 8 Heart Diseases 1138 9 Paralysis 10 10 Ulcer -- 11 Killed by Wild animals -- 12 Wounds and Accidents 95 13 Diabetes 71 14 Others 9674 Total 11132 Source: Deputy Director of Health, Theni

46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46.1 LIST OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL & URBAN POPULATION Year 2016-17 Name of Voluntary services Sl.No

1. AMUTHASURABI Women Devolepment Society.Theni 2. ANGEL.Aundipatti 3. AHMT. Bodinayakkanur 4. CHANARD. T.Kallipatti 5. GREEN. Chinnamanur 6. IDEAL. Periyakulam

7. MAHASAKTHI. Periyakulam

8. MAITHRI society. Theni. 9 MMS. Periyakulam 10. NESAM. Periyakulam 11. St. JOSEP.Devolepment Trust

SRDPE.Sukkuvadam patti 12. 13. VAIGAI Mahalir Iyakkam Source: Project Offocer. Mhalir Thittam, Theni

47. WATER WORK AND SUPPLY 47.1 NO. OF SCHEMES OPERATED IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2016-17

Sl.No. Name of the Schemes No. of programmes In the scheme 1 Cumbum Vally 1 2 Kokilapuram 1 3 Odaipatti 1 4 T.Sinthalaicherry 1 5 Kamarajapuram 1 6 Govindapuram 1 7 Sillamarathupati 1 8 Thadicherry 1 9 Unjampatti 0 10 Vallalnathi 1 11 Arappadithevanpatti 1 12 Government Medical College 2 13 Myladumparai 1 14 Kumanathozhu 1 15 Lakshimipuram 1 16 Sankarapuram 1 17 Kombai, Pannaipuram, Thevaram 3 18 Jankalpatti 1 19 Veppanpatti 1 20 Kovilparai 1 21 Palacombai 1 22 Thenkarai 1

Total 25 Source: Extinctive Engineer .TWAD Board, Theni

47.2 NO.OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Name of the Schemes No.of Workers engaged in water works and supply

1 Cumbum Valley 5 2 Odiapatty 1 3 Gokilapuram 1 4 T.Sindalacerry 3 5 Sankarapuram 1 6 Kombai, Pannaipuram and --- Thevaram 7 Kamarajapuram --- 8 Govindanagaram 6 9 Sillamarathupatti 5 10 Thadicherry 2 11 Ujampatti -- 12 Vallalnathi 2 13 Arapadithevanpatty 2 14 Myladumparai 1 15 Kumanantholu 1 16 Lakshimipuram 3 17 Jangalpatty 1 18 Veppampatty 1 19 Palakombai 6 20 Kovilparai 1 21 Government Medical 3 College 22 Thenkarai 7 23 Chinnamanur 1 24 3 Total 35 Source: Extinctive Engineer .TWAD Board, Theni

47.3 NO.OF HOUSE CONNECTIONS, FOUNTAINS Year: 2016-17 Sl.No. Blocks / Municipalities No.of House water connections

1. Bodinnayakanur 13112

2. Chinnamanur 8115

3. Cumbam 13970

35197 Total Source: Concerned Panchayat Union, Town Panchayat, and Municipalities.

LIST OF IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

SL.NO NAME OF THE OFFICE PHONE NUMBER WITH STD CODE STD CODE PHONE 1 04546 253676 District collector 04546 251466 04546 262333 2 Superintendent of Police 04546 254100 3 District Forest officer 04546 252552 4 District Revenue Officer 04546 254976 5 Project Officer (DRDA) 04546 260960 04546 254517 6 Project Officer(Mahalir Thittam) 04546 255203 7 Project Officer (ICDS) 04546 261955 8 Chief Educational Officer 04546 255392 9 Deputy Director of Health 04546 261403 10 Regional Deputy director of Muncipal 04546 2539821 Administration -Madurai 11 Joint Director,Agriculture 04546 251362 12 Superintendending Engineer (EB) 04546 253145 13 Joint Director,Health 04546 231292 14 Joint Registrar Co -Op 04546 255688 15 Dean Medical College 04546 244503 16 RDO Periyakulam 04546 231256 17 RDO Uthamapalayam 04546 265002