District Profile

DISTRICT SIVAGANGAI 1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude Between 9.43’ and 10.42’ East Longitude Between 77.47’ and 78.49’ District Existence 15.3.1985

AREA & POPULATION 1. Area (Sq.kms) 4189 2. Population 1339101 3. Population Density (Sq.kms) 316

2. REVENUE ADMINISTRATION 1. Divisions (2) 1.Sivagangai 2. 2. Taluks (9) 1.Sivagangai 2. 3.Ilayankudi 4.Devakottai 5. 6. Thiruppathur 7.Thiruppuvanam 8. Kalayarkoil 9. (08.05.2017) 3. Firkas 39 4. Revenue Villages 521 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 1. Municipalities (3) 1.Sivagangai 2.Devakottai 3.Karaikudi 2. Panchayat Unions (12) 1.Sivagangai 2.Kalayarkoil 3. Manamadurai 4.Thiruppuvanam 5.Ilyankudi 6.Devakottai 7.Kannangudi 8.Sakottai 9.Kallal 10.Thiruppathur 11.Singampunari 12.S.Pudur 3. Town Panchayats (12) 1.Manamadurai 2.Thiruppathur 3.Thiruppuvanam 4.Singampunari 5.Ilayankudi 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 4. Village Panchayats 445

3. MEDICINE & HEALTH 1. Government Hospitals 17 2. Primary Health centre’s 47 3. Health Subcentre’s 275 4. Birth Rate 13.1 5. Death Rate 5.8 6. Infant Mortality Rate(Rural, Urban) 9.7

Expected at life Birth 7. Male 10212 8. Female 10878

4. EDUCATION 1. Primary Schools 848 2. Middle Schools 308 3. Pre primary Schools 112 4. High School s 97 5. Hr. Sec. Schools 100 6. Government I.T.I 2 7. Private ITI 16 8. Total Teacher Training College 18 9. Co-op- Training Institute 1 10. Self-Financing College of 8 Engineering 11. Govt. College of 3 Arts & Science 11.Govt. college of Arts & Science (Women) 1 12.Self-Financing College of 12 Arts & Science 13.Govt. Music School 1 14.Institute of Road Transport NA Polytechnic 15. District Institute of Education &Training 1 16. Govt. Medical College 1 17. Universities 1 18. Research Foundation 2 19. National Institute of hotel management & 1 Catering Technology 5. POPULATION 1. Male 668665 2. Female 670436 3. Total 1339101 4. Sex Ratio 1003 5. Child (0 – 6 age) (i) Male 70022 (ii) Female 67213 Total 137235 Child (0 – 6) Sex Ratio (iii) Rural Child Population 95563 (iv) Urban Child Population 41672

Rural/Urban Population 1. Rural 926256 2. Urban 412845

Literates 1. Male 529966 2. Female 435816 Total 965782

Schedule Caste Population 1. Male 115318 2. Female 115871 Total 231189

Schedule Tribes Population 1. Male 398 2. Female 406 Total 804

Population of Municipalities 1. Sivagangai Municipality 42053 2. Devakottai Municipality 51892 3. Karaikudi Municipality 106793

WORKERS 1. Main workers 461102 2. Marginal workers 159069 Total workers (1+2) 620171 3. Non Workers 718930 Total Population(1+2+3) 1339101

Categories of Workers 1. Cultivators 141003 2. Agricultural Laborers 199563 3. House Hold Industry 14656 4. Other Workers 264949 Total Workers 620171

6. LAND CLASSIFICATION (IN HECT) 1. Forests 16533 2. Barren & Uncultivable land 4699 3. Land put to Non Agricultural use 122596 4. Cultivable Waste 18243 5. Permanent Pastures & other Grazing Land 1367 6. Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops & 6361 groves not included in Net Area Sown 7. Current Fallow Lands 19480 8. Other Fallow Lands 133522 9. Net Area Sown 96099 Total Geographical Area 418900

AGRICULTURE CULTIVATED AREA(Hect)(Irrigated) 1. Paddy 47095 2. Cholam 72 3. Cumbu 17 4. Ragi 26 5. Maize 19 6. Kuthiraivali 11 7. Black Gram 293

8. Green gram 5 9. Red Gram 23 10. Horse gram 10 11. Cow Pea 140 12. Chillies 2106 13. Coriander 20 14. Turmeric 5 15. Sugarcane 4259 16. Onion 41 17. Fruits 3200 18. Vegetables 376 19. Groundnut 1207 20. Coconut 6559 21. Cotton 802 22. Gingelly 11 23. Flowers 49 24. Ucalyptus 324 25. Other crops 347 Total Cultivated Area(Irrigated) 67017 Total Area Cultivated (Unirregated) 29091 Net Area Sown 96099 Area Sown More than once 8 Total Cultivated Area 1. Net Area Irrigated 67011 2. Area Irrigated More than once 5 3. Gross Area Irrigated 67016 4. Gross Area Un irrigated 29091

7. 9TH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (2010 – 2011) Number of Operational holdings 1. Marginal Holdings < 1 Hect 227220 2. Small Holdings 1 – 2 Hect 28964 3. Semi-medium Holdings 2 – 4 Hect 9722 4. Medium Holdings 4 – 10 Hect 2167 5. Large Holdings 10 & Above Hect 293 Total Holdings 268366 Area Operated 1. Marginal Holdings < 1 Hect 82677.29 2. Small Holdings 1 – 2 Hect 40368.92 3. Semi-medium Holdings 2 – 4 Hect 25852.30 4. Medium Holdings 4 – 10 Hect 12003.67 5. Large Holdings 10 & Above Hect 5148.18 Total Area Operated 166050.36

Social GroupWise holdings 1. Schedule Caste 27810 2. Schedule Tribes 0 3. Other Caste 240280 4. Institutional 276 Total Holdings 268366 Social GroupWise Area Operated ( in hect) 1. Schedule Caste 12985.12

2. Schedule Tribes 0 3. Other Caste 151406 .43 4. Institutional Area 1658.81 Total Area Operated 166050.36

8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPT 1. Veterinary Hospitals 2 2. Veterinary Dispensaries 76 3. Clinician Centre’s - 4. Sub Centre’s 37 5. Mobile Vet Dispensaries - 6. Government Live stock Farms 1 7. Dairy Milk Society(Co-op) 291 TALUK POPULATION 1. Devakottai 157631 2. Ilayangudi 109267 3. Karaikudi 300527 4. Manamadurai 207223 5. Sivagangai 288674 6. Thiruppathur 275779 7. Thiruppuvanam 118928 8. Kalayarkovil 118149 9. Singampunari Taluk Geographical Area (in hect) 1.Devakottai 48182 2.Ilayangudi 43784 3.Karaikudi 23068 4.Manamadurai 67515 5.Sivagangai 159077 6.Thiruppathur 70236 7.Thiruppuvanam 8.Kalayarkovil 9.Singampunari Total Geographical Area

9. ROADS (in KM) 1.Natonal Highways 54.500 2.State Highways 261.161 3.Corporation and Municipalities Road 361.020 4.Panchayat Union and Panchayat Road 2084.640 5.Town Panchyat and Townships Road 1136.465 6.NHAI 157.330

Normal Rainfall( mm) Actual Rainfall (mm) 10. NORMAL RAINFALL (mm) South West Monsoon 301 369.34 North East Monsoon 422.7 161.72 Winter Period 17.9 69.2 Hot Weather Period 121.2 117.45 Actual Rainfall 717.71 Normal Rainfall 862.8

TEMPERATURE(Celsius) Minimum NA Maximum NA

11. TELEPHONES 1. Telephones in Use 18657 2. Direct Exchange Lines NIL 3. Post Office 272 4. Telephone Exchanges 59 5. Public Call Office (PCO) 295 6. General CCBPCO NA 7. Telephone Towers NA RESERVOIRS NA

NUMBER OF IRRIGATION TANKS(No’s) 40 hect < 4288 40 hect > 678

12. DIARY DEVELOPMENT No. of Dairy 1 Milk Producer Co-op. Society 291 Milk Production (in Lakhs) 207.91 Milk Chilling Plants 4

13. FISHERIES Inland Production (Tonnes) 227 Families Engaged in Fishing 528

14. POLICE & PRISON Police Stations 51 Women Police Stations 5 Police Force strength 1696 Fire & Rescue Station 4 Sub-jails 2 Armed Reserved 1 15.BUS TRANSPORT Fleet Strength 730 Bus Routes 852 Number of Buses 730 Employees 4137 Workshops 1

16. DISTRICT LIBRARY Central Library 1 Branch Library 118 Village Library 44 Part-time Library -

NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES (i) PTMGR 1265 (ii) ICDS 1552 Banks 270 State Banks 21 LIC 9

Cooperative Banks

17. M.L.A CONSTITUENCY(4) Sivagangai Manamadurai(SC) Karaikudi Thirupathur

M.P CONSTITUENCY (1) Sivagangai

18.DISTRICT BOUNDARIES East & South - District West- district North- Triruchi & Pudukottai district

19. RIVERS Vaigai, Bambar, Kottagudi, Thenar, Manimuthar, Sarugani river, Uppar, Uppargundar

20. REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES Commercial Vehicles 1418 Non Commercial Vehicles 17477 Regulated Markets 7 Cold Storages 1 Rural Godowns 8

LPG CONNECTION Single connections 110399 Double Connections 76471

Fair Price Shops 829 Ration Cards (i) Rice Card 311906 (ii) AAY Card 47548 (iii) Sugar Card 7547 (iii) Police Card 1460

ELECTRICITY Agricultural Pump set Electrified during 142 the year Electrified up to 31.03.2017 26240 21. STUDENTS HOSTEL Hostels Students Most Backward Class and Denotified Communities. (i) Boys 11 454 (ii) Girls 6 460 Total 17 914 Backward Class and Denotified Communities. (i) Boys 16 741 (ii) Girls 14 627

Total 30 1368

Adhidravidar and Denotified Communities. (i) Boys 30 1765 (ii) Girls 16 862 Total 46 2627

Major Industries - 8 Chemical Industries at Karaikudi Central Electro Chemical Researce Institute at Karaikudi Sakthi Sugar Factory at Padamathur M.M.Forgings Ltd Tamil Nadu Gears and Softs ar Singampunari Tamilnadu Mineral Limited, Karaikudi Bricks, Brick tiles and Pot making centres at Manamadurai and Thiruppuvanam Coir Manufacture Industries

22. Tourist Places Heritage sites. Known for Palaces , Kanadukathan Heritage sites. Known for Nagarathar Palaces ,Kottaiyur Heritage sites. Known for Nagarathar Palaces ,Pallathur Heritage sites. Known for Nagarathar Palaces ,Puduvayal Heritage sites. Known for Nagarathar Palaces ,Kandanur Heritage sites. Known for Nagarathar Palaces , Heritage site. Known for Nagarathar Palaces Devakkottai Heritage site. Arulmigu Kannudai Nayagi Amman Palace. Kambar Samathi, Nattarasankottai Heritage site. Arulmigu Muthumariamman Temple and Koppudaiyamman Temple, Karaikkudi Gowrivilasam Palace. Sivagangai Known as Thirukkanaper. Sorna Kaleeswarar Temple, Kalaiyarkovil Picturesque location.Cave Temple, Car Festival. Kandadevi Birds Sanctuary. Vettangudi Roman Catholic Pilgrimage centre. Church. Arulmigu Vettudayar Kaliamman Temple ,

Kollangudi Hillock. Murugan Temple. Kundrakkudi

Mining & Quarrying Gravel 80495-LL Rough Stone Variety 18160 -LL Multi coloured granite 470.588 CBM Graphite 42878 Metric ton Brick Earth 16930 LL

23. Type of Industries Graphite Wax Candles Paper Plates,Paper Bags,Paper Cups Paver B locks Yarn Areca Plate Flooring Tiles,Hollow Blocks Jewellary Fire Clay Bricks Biscuits,Cookies,Papad,Bakery Fruit Canning,Soft drinks ,Packed drinking water Atta,Flour Milling,Rice Milling Hatching of Eggs,Sattu Energy powder Mfg of Chicken,Fish Frozen Dresses

Language Spoken Tamil, English

24. RANKING OF DISTRICT IN STATE 1. Sex Ratio 1003 2. Population Density ( 31 /32) 316 3. Decadal Variation in Population 183745 4. 0-6 Age Child Population 10.24% 5. Female Literates (18/32) 18 6. Literacy Rate (16/32) 16 7. Total Population (26/32) 26 8. Total Literates 79.85% 9. District Share of Total 1.85% Population 10. Decadal Population Growth 15.90% Rate 11. Number of House Holds(HH) 267888 12. Documents Registration Offices 19 13. District Speciality Chittinad Palace Heritage 14. Memorial House 1.Marudhu Pandiyar 2.Kavisakkravarthi Kambar Samathi

15. Research Centers Karaikudi -Central Eletro Chemical Research Institute

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TALUK POPULATION

Taluks Total Rural Urban Sivagangai 288674 242411 46263 Manamdurai 207223 150412 56811 Ilayankudi 109267 84500 24767 Devakottai 157631 105766 51865 Karaikudi 300527 118676 181851 Thiruppathur 275779 224491 51288

As per 2011 census

TALUK 0-6 CHILDREN

Taluks Total Rural Urban Sivagangai 30253 25809 4444 Manamdurai 22403 16445 5958 Ilayankudi 10267 7610 2657 Devakottai 14817 9608 5209 Karaikudi 30304 12204 18100 Thiruppathur 29191 23887 5304

As per 2011 census

TALUK MALE/FEMALE POPULATION

Total Rural Urban Taluks Male Female Male Female Male Female Sivagangai 142979 145695 119850 122561 23129 23134 Manamdurai 104428 102795 75957 74455 28471 28340 Ilayankudi 53988 55279 41540 42960 12448 12319 Devakottai 79606 78025 53435 52331 26171 25694 Karaikudi 149443 151084 58644 60032 90799 91052 Thiruppathur 138228 137551 112784 111707 25444 25844 As per 2011 census

TALUK LITERATES

Taluks Total Rural Urban Sivagangai 204308 166085 38223 Manamdurai 145052 100248 44804 Ilayankudi 75555 55890 19665

Devakottai 116665 74681 41984 Karaikudi 228593 81981 146612 Thiruppathur 189571 150160 39411

As per 2011 census

TALUK MALE/FEMALE CHILD

Total Rural Urban Taluks Male Female Male Female Male Female Sivagangai 15523 14730 13245 12564 2278 2166 Manamdurai 11436 10967 8390 8055 3046 2912 Ilayankudi 5109 5158 3741 3869 1368 1289 Devakottai 7540 7277 4864 4744 2676 2533 Karaikudi 15463 14841 6238 5966 9225 8875 Thiruppathur 14951 14240 12234 11653 2717 2587 As per 2011 census

TALUK MALE/FEMALE LITERATES

Total Rural Urban Taluks Male Female Male Female Male Female Sivagangai 111685 92623 91778 74307 19907 18316 Manamdurai 81392 63660 57646 42602 23746 21058 Ilayankudi 41894 33661 31586 24304 10308 9357 Devakottai 64400 52265 42281 32400 22119 19865 Karaikudi 121406 107187 44843 37138 76563 70049 Thiruppathur 105527 84044 84773 65387 20754 18657

As per 2011 census

SCHEDULE CASTE POPULATION

Total Schedule Caste 230656 Male 115318 Female 115871

SCHEDULE TRIBES POPULATION

Total Shedule Tribes 804 Male 398 Female 406

Rural Urban Total Number of House Holds (HH) 234513 104425 338938

Population Percentage 69% 31% 100%

Total Population 926256 412845 1339101

Male 462210 206462 668672

Female 464046 206383 670429

Sex Ratio 1004 999 1003

Child (0-6) Sex Ratio 962 956 960

Child (0-6) 95563 41672 137235

Male (0-6) 48712 21310 70022

Female (0-6) 46851 20362 67213

Child (0-6) Percentage 10.31% 10.09% 10.24%

Male Child Percentage 10.53% 10.32% 10.47%

Female Child Percentage 10.095% 9.86% 10.02%

Total Literates 629045 330699 959744

Male 352907 173397 526304

Female 276138 157302 433440

Literacy Rate 67.91% 80.10% 71.67%

Male 56.10% 52.43% 54.83%

Female 43.89% 52.43% 45.16%

25. REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS a. Revenue Divisions : 2

b. Revenue Taluks : 9

c. Revenue Firkas : 39

d. Revenue Villages : 521

26. LOCAL BODIES a. Corporations : NIL

b. Municipalities : 3

c. Panchayat Unions : 12

d. Town Panchayats : 12

e. Village Panchayats : 445

27. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT a. No.of Development Divisions : 2

b. No.of Blocks Covered : 12

c. Population Covered : 13, 39,101

d. Area Covered (Sq.Km.) : 4189

28. POLICE AND PRISIONS a. Police 1. Police Force i. Local : 1260 ii. Armed Reserve : 436 2. Police Stations : 57 3. Police Outposts : 3 . b. Prisons 1. Central Prisons : NIL 2. Sub jail : 2 3. Open air prisons : 1 9. LEGISLATURE 1. Members of the Legislative Assembly a. Elected : 5 b. Nominated : NIL 2. Members of Parliament i Lok Sabha : 1 ii. Rajya sabha : 1 30. CINEMA THEATRES a. Permanent 1. Air-conditioned : 1 2. Non- Air condition : 12 3. Air Cooled : -

b. Open Air Theatres : NIL

c. Semi Permanent : NIL

d. Touring : --

31. BANKS/INSURANCE a. Bank Offices : 270

b. Primary Co-op. Banks : 124

c. Life Insurance 1. Offices : 9 2. Policies Issued : 28609 3. Sum Assured (Rs.in Lakhs) : 59694 Natural Resources i. Name of the Minerals Found : Graphite

Source By District Statistical department