DISTRICT PROFILE-2016-2017 DISTRICT

1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude Between : 150 5’’/110 11’’ and 120 35’’ N East Longitude Between : 780 38’’ and 800 00’’ E 2. AREA AND POPULATION a. Area in Square Km. : 3678 b. Population 2001 Census 2011 Census : 22,85,395 26,05,914 i. Males : 11,50,908 13,11,697 ii. Females : 11,34,487 12,94,217 iii. Rural : 15,31,034 17,20,725 iv. Urban : 7,54,361 8,85,189 c. Density/Sq. Km : 621 707 d. Literate : 14,20,488 18,15,281 i. Males (%) : 81.64 86.84 ii. Females (%) : 60.27 71.20 e. Main workers(2011 Census) : 8,37,271 i. Total Workers : 11,69,880 ii .Male Workers : 7,49,633 iii. Female Workers : 4,20,247 iv. Rural Workers : 7,29,764 v. Urban Workers : 2,43,325 vi. Cultivators : 1,36,035 vii. Agricultural Laborers : 3,25,599 viii. Household Industry : 19,151 ix. Other Workers : 3,56,486 x. Marginal Workers : 3,32,609 f. Non-Workers : 14,36,034 g. Languages spoken : Tamil, Telugu and Urdu

3. VITAL STATISTICS (2016-2017) a. Birth : 30461 b. Death : 10694 c. Infant Death : 249 d. Birth Rate (Per 1000 Population) i. Rural : 12.6 ii. Urban : 9.10 iii. Combined : 12.00 e. Death Rate (Per 1000 Population) i. Rural : 5.1 ii. Urban : 4.6 iii. Combined : 5.0 f. Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 Live

Births) i. Rural : 9.0 ii. Urban : 2.5 iii. Combined : 8.2 g. No. of Deaths of women due to problems related to child birth i. At the time of delivery : 5 ii. During pregnancy : 1 iii. After Child birth (With in 42 : 25 days) 4. TEMPERATURE(IN CELSIUS) a. Plains i. Maximum : 37.8 ii. Minimum : 20.50

5. RAINFALL (in “mm”) a. Normal i. North East Monsoon : 697.8 ii. South West Monsoon : 383.1 b. Actual i. North East Monsoon : 125.63 ii. South West Monsoon : 339.53

6. AGRICULTURE (in Hectares) a. Total Cultivated Area : 313223 b. Net Area Sown : 213542.195 c. Area Sown more than once : 99681.585 d. Area and production of principal Crops Area in (hect) Production in (Tonne) i. Millets and other cereals : 169322.020 371.211 ii. Pulses : 63542.475 23.836 iii. Oil Seeds : 15137.175 41.535 iv. Other Crops : 84218.495 - e. Agricultural Land Holdings i. Number of holdings : 310644 ii. Area in Hectares : 223642 iii. Average size of Holdings (in Hect) : 0.72 f. i. Name of Important Food Crops : Paddy, Cholam, Cumbu, , Ragi, Redgram, Greengram, Blackgram, Cashewnut, Tapioca and Maize ii. Important Non-Food Crops : Sugarcane,Gingelly, Coconut, Cotton, Groundnut, Jackfruit and Banana 7. IRRIGATION a. Net Area Irrigated by (in Hect) i. Government Canals : 35112.17 ii. Private Canals : --

iii. Tanks : 2373.09 iv. Tube wells : 91132.2

v. Other Wells : 468.205 vi. Other sources : 8158.770 Total Net Area Irrigated : 137244.4 b. Gross Area (in Hect) : 185137.7 i. Name of the River : Gadilam, Thenpennaiyar, Vellar, Manimutharu and Kollidam ii. Name of the Lake : Veeranam, Perumal, Walajah and Wellington 8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY a. Veterinary Institutions i. Veterinary Hospitals : 5 ii. Veterinary Dispensaries : 90 iii. Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries : 1 iv. Clinical Centers : 1 v. Sub Centers : 49 vi. Upgraded Sub Centres 0 vii.Animal Intelligence Unit : 1 b. Poultry Development i. Chicks produced in Hatcheries : -- ii. Birds sold for breeding : -- iii. Birds sold for table : -- c. Live Stock and poultry population i.Cattle : 350202 ii. Buffaloes : -- iii. Sheep : 60097 iv. Goat : 356936 9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT a. Dairies : Nil

b. Milk Chilling Plants : 1 c. No.of Milk Co-Op. Societies : 199 d. Milk Production per day (Litres) 34000 i. Flush Season : 0.44 lakhs ii. Lean Season : 0.35 lakhs District Total Milk Produciton (Litres) : 121.04 Lakh Litres 10. FISHERIES a. Length of Coastal Line (km) : 57.5 Km. b. No. of Coastal Blocks : 4 c. No. of Coastal Centers : 4 d. Marine Fish Production (Tonnes) : 92050 e. Inland Fish Production (MT) : 11230 11. FORESTS a. Forest Area (Hec) : i. Reserved Forests : a) 3689.05 Ha b) Area under lease to TAFCORN 5525 Ha ii. Reserved Lands : 427 ha iii. Unclassed Forests : - b. Out turn of Forest Product - i. Timber (Cu.m) : --Nil-- ii. Poles iii. Pulpwood (MT) : 579.700 iv. Plywood (MT) : --Nil--

v. Sandalwood (MT) : --Nil-- c. Rubber (MT) : --Nil-- d. Bamboo (Tonne) : --Nil-- e. Tea-Green Leaves (Tonne) : --Nil--

f. Wattle Bark (MT) : --Nil-- g. Cashew Nuts : 3055 Kgs. h. Others (specify) -- i. Palmyra Leaves : 3710 Nos. ii. Palmyra Nuts : 5780 Nos. iii. Tamarind (KG) : --Nil-- iv. Guava(M.T) : --Nil-- v. Fuel Wood (Babul) : 584.480 Tonnes

12. ELECTRICITY a. Generation of Electricity (in MU) i.Hydro : -- ii. Wind Mill Generation : 91.27 iii.Thermal : 19567.34 MU iv. Power Purchased : 128.221 MU v. Solar Energy : 16.88 MU b. Consumption of Electricity (in MU) i. Agriculture and Huts : 751.5 MU ii. Industry : 44.53 MU iii. Commercial : 109.11 MU iv. Domestic : 610.00 MU v. Public Lighting and public works : 89.99 MU vi. Sales to Licensees : 0.1 vii. Sales to other States : 0 viii. Miscellaneous : 39.1 MU c. Rural Electrification i.No. of Pumpsets Energized(upto the : During the year Upto the year year) 736 73859 ii. No. of Villages Electrified : All Villages already electrified iii. No. of Hamlets Electrified : 2660

13. ENTERPRISES (Sixth Economics census QMT) : Rural Urban i.No. of persons employed hired : 27139 69402 ii. No. of persons employed not hired : 47270 57728 iii. No. of Enterprises 915 1608 With Premises : 17917 24284 Without Premises : 20768 13233 Inside Household 101674 19071 14. INDUSTRIES i.No. of Working Factories (Registered) : 317 ii. No. of workers employed : 19491 iii. No. of Registered Trade Unions : 21 iv. No. of Strikes : Nil v. No. of Lockouts : Nil vi. Large Scale Industries : 114 vii. Medium Scale Industries : 152 viii. Small Scale Industries : 305 ix. Cottage Industries : Nil x. No. of New Factories setup : 55 xi. Name of the Important Industries : 1. Thermal Power Station in the District 2. M.R.Krishnamoorthy Co-operative Sugar Mill, Sethiyathope 3. E .I.D. Parry, . 4. Ambika Sugar Mill, Eraiyur. 5. TANFAC, Cuddalore O.T. 6. National Cotton Mill , 7. Thiru Arooran Sugar Mills, A.Chittor 8. Neycer (I) Limited, . 9. Tagros Chemicals (I) Ltd., Kudikadu. 10. Asian Paints (I) Ltd.,

11. STCMS – Electric Company Ltd., Uthankal. 12. Shasun Drugs & Chemicals Ltd., Kudikadu 13. Bayer Material Science (P) Ltd., Semmankuppam. 14. Arkema Peroxides (P) Ltd., Sangolikuppam. 15. Saravana Insulators Ltd., Pethankuppam. 16. Clariant Chemicals Ltd., Kudikadu. 17. Chemplast sunmar Ltd., Semmankuppam. 18. Pandian Chemicals Ltd., Semmankuppam. 19.Lotte Choclates (I) Corporation Ltd., Nellikuppam. xi. Name of the Important Industries : 3. Neyveli Thermal Power Station in the District 4. M.R.Krishnamoorthy Co-operative Sugar Mill, Sethiyathope 3. E .I.D. Parry, Nellikuppam. 4. Ambika Sugar Mill, Eraiyur. 5. TANFAC, Cuddalore O.T. 6. National Cotton Mill , Chidambaram 7. Thiru Arooran Sugar Mills, A.Chittor 8. Neycer (I) Limited, Vadalur. 9. Tagros Chemicals (I) Ltd., Kudikadu. 10. Asian Paints (I) Ltd., Karaikadu 11. STCMS – Electric Company Ltd., Uthankal. 12. Shasun Drugs & Chemicals Ltd., Kudikadu 13. Bayer Material Science (P) Ltd., Semmankuppam. 14. Arkema Peroxides India (P) Ltd., Sangolikuppam. 15. Saravana Insulators Ltd., Pethankuppam. 16. Clariant Chemicals Ltd., Kudikadu.

17. Chemplast sunmar Ltd., Semmankuppam. 18. Pandian Chemicals Ltd., Semmankuppam. 19. Lotte Choclates (I) Corporation Ltd., Nellikuppam. xii. Name of the Industrial Park : A. SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Kudikadu, Cuddalore –O.T.

B. SIDCO Industrial Estate i) Cuddalore ii) iii) Vadalur.

15 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Production Sales Value (in meters) (Rs.in lakhs) a. KHADI

i. Cotton : 1225986 1502.244 ii. Woolen : -- -- iii. Silk : 488 39.53 iv. Polyester : -- -- TOTAL 1226474 1541.77 b. VILLAGE INDUSTRIES i. Soaps : 52041 53.11 ii. Leather Goods : -- iii. Other (specify) Pottery : -- TOTAL 52041 53.11 Total (a+b) : 1278515 1594.88 16. MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Numbers) a. Modern Medicine : i. Hospitals : 9 ii. Dispensaries : 1 iii. Primary Health Centers : 80 iv. Health Sub Centers : 319

v. Other Medical Institution : 66 vi. Beds in Hospitals and : 1484 Dispensaries vii. Total Number of Doctors : 318 viii. Total Number of Nurses : 528 b. Indian Medicine i. No.of Hospitals : 8 ii. Dispensaries : 1 iii. Primary Health Centers : 16 iv. Beds in Hospitals and : 60 Dispensaries v. Total Number of Doctors : 24 vi. Total Number of Nurses : 4 c. Homeopathy i. No.of Hospitals : 2 ii. Dispensaries : -- iii. Beds in Hospitals and : -- Dispensaries iv. Total Number of Doctors : 2 v. Total Number of Nurses : -- 17 EDUCATION a. Universities : 1 b. Arts and Science Colleges : 12 c. Medical Colleges : 1 d. Medicine : i. Allopathic : 1 ii. Indian Medicine : -- iii. Homeopathy : -- e. Engineering and Colleges : 7 f. Agriculture College : 1 g. Veterinary College : --

h. Law College : -- i. Colleges for Special Education : 2 (Music School - 1 & Institute of Ceramic Technology, Virudhachalam -1) j. Pre-Primary Schools : 434 k. Primary Schools : 1372 l. Middle Schools : 369 m. High Schools : 226 n. Higher Secondary Schools : 219 o. Teacher Training Colleges : 34 p. No.of students passed at Appeared Passed % i. High School (X Std.) 36835 32689 88.74 ii. Higher Secondary School (XII Std.) 31333 26589 84.86 18 LIBRARY a. Central Library 1 b. Branch Libraries 71 c. Village Libraries 43 d. Part Time Libraries 26 19 TRANSPORT a. Road Length (Km.) i. National Highways : 152.800 ii. State Highways : 1840.457 iii. Corporation and Municipalities : 503.829 Road iv. Panchayat Union and Panchayat : 5004.145 Road v. Town Panchayat Road : 464.092 vi. Others (Forest Roads) : 205.646 b. Registered Motor Vehicles(during the year) i. Commercial : 17856 ii. Non-Commercial : 292167

c. Railway Length

i. Route Length (Km.) 188 ii. Broad Gauge : 188 iii. Number of Railway Stations : 27 d. i. Number of Sea Port(Intermediate) : 1 ii. Name of the Sea Port. : Cuddalore Old Town. iii. Number of Air Ports : -- iv. Name of the Air Port : -- v. Name of the export commodity : Nil vi. Name of the Import Commodity : Nil 20 COMMUNICATION a. Post Offices (in numbers) Post Offices doing postal business : 466 Alone b. Telephones i. No.of Telephones in use : 37078 ii. No.of Public Call Offices : NIL iii. No.of Telephones Exchanges : 68 21 CO-OPERATION a. District Central Cooperative Banks : 31 (Including Branches) b. Urban Banks : 3 c. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : 167 d. Housing Cooperative Societies : 30 e. Employees Cooperative Societies : 77 f. Lift Irrigation Societies : 1 g. Weavers Cooperative Societies : 36 g. Industrial Cooperative Societies : 16 h. Khadi & Village Industries Societies : 22

i. Primary Cooperative Stores : 8 j. Cooperative Sugar Mills : 1 k. Primary Agri Marketing Societies : 4 l. Other Co-operative societies : 13 22 CIVIL SUPPLIES a. No. of Fair Price Shops : 1416 b. No. of Ration Cards : 678371 23 REGISTRATION a. No. of Registration Offices : 27 24 HOUSING : a. No. of tenements constructed by : Housing Board 42 b. Dy.Registrar Housing : Nil c. Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board : Nil d. Police Housing Corporation : Nil e. Deputy Register housing (Rural) : Nil f. Deputy Register Housing (Urban) : Nil g. Samathuvapuram : Nil h. Total No. of Household (2011 : 6,35,578 Census) i. S.C. (Approximate) (2011 Census) : 7,63,944 ii. S.T. (Approximate) (2011 Census) : 15,702 iii. Others (Approximate) (2011 : 18,26,268 Census) i. No of Households Below Poverty Line : 2,27.472 (2011 Census)

25 WELFARE (in Nos.) PENSION SCHEME i. Indira Gandhi National Old Age : 60503 Pension ii. Indira Gandhi National Disability : 6361 Pension iii). Deserted Destitute Wives Pension : 1389 iv. Destitute Widows Pension : 10045 v. Unmarried Women Pension : 343 vi. CMPUT-OAP : 3986 26 NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME Name of Program : No. of Total Centers Beneficiaries i. P.T.M.G.R. : 1585 177443 ii. I.C.D.S. 2023 47017 27 REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE

DIVISIONS a. Revenue Divisions : 3 b. Revenue Taluks : 9 c. Revenue Blocks : 13

d. Revenue Firkas : 32 e. Revenue Villages : 896 28 LOCAL BODIES a. Corporations : Nil b. Municipalities : 5 c. Panchayat Unions : 14 d. Town Panchayats : 16 e. Village Panchayats : 683

29 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT a. No.of Development Divisions : 5 b. No.of Blocks Covered : 13 c. Population Covered (Lakhs) : 26 d. Area Covered (Sq. Km.) : 3678 30 POLICE AND PRISIONS a.Police 1.Police Force 2063 i. Local : 1605 ii. Armed Reserve : 458 2. Police Stations : 52 3. Police Outposts : -- b. Prisons 1. Central Prisons : 1 2. Sub Jails : 10 3. Borstal School : 2 31 JUDICIAL No. of Courts : 42 No. of Advocates Practicing : 1597 32 LEGISLATURE 1.Members of the Legislative -- Assembly a. Elected : 9 b. Nominated : -- 2.Members of Parliament (Lok : 2 Sabha) 3. No. of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) : --

33 CINEMA THEATRES(In Nos) a. Permanent 1. Air-conditioned : 4 2. Non Air – conditioned : 21 3. Partly A/c : -- b. Open Air Theatres : -- c. Semi Permanent : 7 d. Touring : 1 34 BANKS AND INSURANCE a. Nationalised Banks : 165 b. Private Banks 61 c. Grama Banks(Pallavan) 10 d. Co-operative Banks : 40 b. Life Insurance 1. Offices : 5 2. Policies Issued : 52721 3. Sum Assured (Rs.in Crores) : 847.78

35 NATURAL RESORURCES Minerals found : Lignite, Crude Oil, Ball Clay, Fire Clay, Silica Sand and Red Soil

36 GENERAL : Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram. Thillai Kaliamman Temple Sri Padaleeswarar Temple Cuddalore Sri Devanatha Swamy Temple, Thiruvandipuram, Sri Boovaragava Swamy Temple , , Sri Virudhagiri swarar Temple , Viruthachalam, Kolanchiappar Thirukkoil, Viruthachalam. 1) Name of the Important Vallalar Gnana Sabha , Vadalur. Pilgrimage Centres Sri Veerattaneswarar Temple , Thiruvathigai,Panruti Sri Ramaligasamy Birthplace, Maruthur Vethanarayana Perumal Thirukkoil, Pollapillaiyar Thirukkoil, Thirunaraiyur. Sri Ragavendra Birthplace, Bhuvanagiri. Nambiandarnambi Birthplace, Thirunaraiyur. Apparsamigal Temple, Tiruvamur. 2. Name of the Important Tourist : Mangrove Forest, Centers Pichavaram. Silver Beach, Devanampattinam.Ragavendhirar Thirukkoil, Bhuvanagiri.