District Profile District 2016-2017

1 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude Between 9 ,30,00" and 10, 30, 00" East Longitude Between 77, 00, 00" and 78, 30, 00 2 AREA & POPULATION I. Area in Square kms 3242.3 II. Population Census Sl. Category 2001 Census 2011 Census No 1 Total No.of Households -- 338112 Rural -- 156719 Urban -- 181393 2 Total Population 1093950 1245899 Male 552986 625683 Female 540964 620216 Rural 502109 575418 Urban 591841 670481 3 Total Child Population -- 119661 Male -- 61873 Female -- 57788

III. Density/ Sq.km 337 384

IV) Literates 692779 870080

398150 479403 a)Male (72.00%) (76.62%)

294647 390677 b)Female (54.46%) (62.99%)

V) Main Workers (2011 census) a) Total Workers 591642 b) Male Workers 368900 c) Female Workers 222742 d) Rural Workers 305029 e) Urban Workers 286613 f) Cultivators 36371 g) Agricultural Labourers 275585 h) Household Industry 12714 i) Other Workers 205921 j) Marginal Workers 46572 VI) Non Workers 573670

VII) Language Spoken in the District Tamil Telugu Kannadam Malayalam English Sourashtra 3 VITAL STATISTICS (2016-2017) i) Birth 23685 ii) Death 12354 ii) Infant Death 199 iv) Birth Rate (per1000 Population) 19 v) Death Rate (per 1000 Population) 9.9 vi) Infant Mortality Rate (per1000 live birth) 0.15 vii) Expectation of life at birth a) Male NA b) Female NA viii) No.of Deaths of Women due to problems related to child birth a) At the time of delivery NA b) During pregnancy - c) After Child birth (within 42 days) - 4 TEMPERATURE (in DEGREE CELCIUS) i) Plains a) Maximum 37.10 b) Minimum 19.94 ii) Hill Stations a) Maximum NAP b) Minimum NAP 5 RAINFALL ( in mm) i) Normal a) North East Monsoon 357.9 b) South west Monsoon 190.20 ii) Actual a) North East Monsoon 154.56 b) South west Monsoon 135.99 6 AGRICULTURE -2016-17(in.hec) A) Total Cultivated area 115473 B) Net area sown 109353 C) Area sown more than once 6120 D) Area and Production of principal crops Area (Hec) Production ( Productivity as per – 2016-17) (2016-17) (in Tonne) I) Rice (Paddy) 14630 71903 II) Jowar 8297 36889 III) Redgram 2118 2529 IV) Sugarcane (in terms of cane) 5287 457012 V) Groundnut 2437 6644 VI) Gingelly 1727 1192 VII) Cotton (Bales of 170.Kg lint each) 1791 12194 VIII) Banana 5914 353658

E) Agricultural Land Holding (2010-2011) a) Holding 128081 b) Area in Hect. 131713 c) Average size of holding in Hect. 1.03.0 F) a) Important Agricultural Crops (Food Crops) (fasli 1426) Area(Hec) 1) Paddy 6210 2) Jowar 5903 3) Bajra 2939 4) Ragi 43 5) Maize 7804 6) Redgram 2258 7) Greengram 1798 8) Blackgram 3064 9) Cowpea 5173 b) Important Non-Agricultural Crops (Commercial Crops) 1) Arecanut 30 2) Cardamom 1330 3) Chillies 535 4) Pepper 122 5) Coriander 286 6) Tamarind 1960 7) Sugarcane 4821 8) Banana 5613 9) Mango 9684 10) Jack fruit 51 11) Guava fruit 392 12) Grapes 1709 13) Sappotta 368 14) Beet root 306 15) Onion 775 16) Brinjal 559 17) Ladies Finger 314 18) Tomatoes 1614 19) Cotton 1741 20) Silk Cotton - 21) Groundnut 1428 22) Coconut 20931 23) Gingely 1183 24) Sunflower 29 25) Coffee seeds 3254 26) Tea 1672 27) Betal Leaves 35 28) Flowers 625 29) Teak Wood 53 7 IRRIGATION a) Gross Area Irrigated by a) Government Canals 10777 b) Private canals -- c) Tanks 1293 d) Tube wells 12795 e) Open Wells 41538 f) Other sources -- Total Gross Area Irrigated 66565 b) Net area irrigated 61751 C) Name of the Rivers 1) River 2) 3) Kottagudi River 4) Suruli yar River 5) Varaganathi River 6) 7) Varattaru River D) Name of the Dams 1) Periyar Dam 2) 3) Manjalar Dam 4) Sothuparai Dam 8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY a) Veterinary Institutions i) Veterinary Hospitals 3 ii) Veterinary Dispensaries 51 iii) Clinical Centers 0 iv) Sub center 46 b) Poultry Development i) Chicks produced in hatcheries (Nos.) - ii) Birds sold for breeding (Lakhs Nos.) - iii) Birds sold for Table (Broiler) Nos.) 479881 c) Livestock and Poultry population i) Cattle 13765 ii) Buffaloes 6,397 iii) Sheep 123,256 iv) Goat 101,965 v) Poultry 1259899 9 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT a) Dairies 1 b) Mi lk Chilling Plants 4 c) No.of Milk Co -operative Societies 403 d) Milk Production (Lakhs Litres) 41268300 Flush Season litres per day 113914 Lean Season litres per day 109631 10 FISHERIES a) Length of Coastal line (in km) NIL b) No.of Coastal Districts NIL c) No. of Coastal centres NIL d) Marine fish Production (tonnes) NIL e) Inland fish Production (tonnes 50.98 11 FOREST A) Forest Area (Hect.) 1) Reserved Forest 35481 2) Unclassified Forest 31094 3) Reserved Lands - B) Outturn of forest products 1) Timber (Cu.m) - 2) Teak M3 - 3) Fuel wood (MT) - 4) Pulp wood (MT) - 5) Sandal Wood (MT) - 6) Rubber (MT) - 7) Bamboo (Tonne) - 8) Tea Green Leaves (Tonne) - 9) Wattle Bark (MT) - 10) Cashewnuts (Tonne) - 11)Others (Tamarind with shell) K.G - 12) Silkcotton (pods) -

12 ELECTRICITY( in M.Units) 1) Hydro - 2) Wind Mill Generation - 3) Thermal - 4) Power Purchased 7.61 5) Gas Turbine - B) Consumption of Electricity (in M units) 1) Agriculture 345.17 2) Industry 163.65 3) Commercial 113.115 4) Domestic 193.10 5) Public Light line & Water Works 70.00

6) Sales to Licencess - 7) Sales to Other States - 8) Miscellaneous -- C) Rural Electrification 1) Number of Pumpsets Energised 34670 2) Number of Villages Electrified 436 3) Number of hamlets Electrified 490 13 ENTERPRISES 6th Economic Census Total No.of Enterprise-Quick Manual Tabulation 75097

i) No.Enterprises With Premises 63506 without Premises 11591 ii) No.of Persons employed including hired and not hired 148754 14 INDUSTRIES i) No. of working factories (Regd ) 325 ii) No. of Workers 517 iii) No. of trade Unions 130 iv) No. of Strikes - v) No. of Lockouts Nil vi) Large Scale Industries 15 vii) Medium Scale Industries 4 viii) Small Scale Industries 209 ix) Cottage Industries 552 xi) Name of the Important Industries in the District 1) Anna Co-op.Spinning Mill, Aundipatti 2) Rajsree Sugar & Chemicals Mills,Varadaraj Nagar, Vaigaidam 3) Venniyar tea Estate,Cumbum 4) L.S.Mills, Theni 5) Bojaraja Textile Mills, Theni 6) Nisha kisan Spinning Mill 7) Eastern Condiments Pvt., Ltd., Theni 8) Surveys Cotton Mills, Theni 9) Pandian Coffee Curing Centre, Theni 10) Ramayan Food Productions, K.K.patty, Theni 11) Amjath Ali Fibre, Cumbum 12) Monica Coir Manufacturing Ltd., Cumbum 13) Stat silk cotton industries, Bodinayakanur 14) Alagendran spinning mill, Theni 15) Tata Coffee Ltd. 16)GGN Spinning Mill, Theni xii) Name of the Industrial Park SIDCO. THENI SIDCO.

15 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Production Sales I) Khadi in Rs lakhs in Rs lakhs a) Cotton - 4.51 b) Wollen - 3.13 c) Silk - 9.64 d) Polyester kadhi - 6.15 ii) Villages Industries a) Soap - 1.34 b) Leather Goods - 0.30 c) Others (honey, javadhu) - 0.70 TOTAL (I + II) 25.77 16 MEDICAL AND HEALTH (NUMBER) i) Modern Medicine a) Hospitals 6 b) Dispensaries - c) Primary Health Centres 33 d) Health Sub Centres 163 e) Other Medical Institution (Homeopathy) 1 f) Beds in Hospitals & Dispensaries 650 g) Doctors 75 h) Nurses, VHN and ANMs 165 ii) Indian Medicine a) Hospitals 7 b) Dispensaries 6 c) Primary Health Centres 21 d) Beds in Hospitals & Dispensaries - e) Doctors 16 f) Nurses - iii) Homeopathy a) Hospitals 1 b) Primary Health Centres 3 c) Beds in Hospitals & Dispensaries - d) Doctors 2 e) Nurses 1 17 EDUCATION i) Universities 3 ii) Arts and Science Colleges 2 a) Government colleges 3 b) Aided Colleges 10 c) Self Financed Colleges iii) Colleges for Professional Educatio a) Medicine 1) Allopathy 1 2) Indian Medicine - 3) Homeopathy - b) Engineering and Techno logy 6 c) Agriculture (Horticulture) 1 d) Veterinary - e) Law College - f) Forest 1 iv) Colleges Education 17 v) Pre primary School 77 vi) Primary School 457 vii) Middle School 173 viii) High School 53 ix) Higher Secondary School 93 x) Central School - xi) Matriculation schools 32 xii) Matriculation Hr.Sec.School 36 x) Teacher Training Institutes 3 xi) No.of Fresh entries 1to V std Boys Girls 19568 19463 xii ) Students passed at a) High School X th std 5394 4767 a) Higher Secondary School XII 37369 38507 xiii) No.of Children never enrolled in school - - 18 TRANSPORT i) Road Length (in km) a) National Highways 85.00 b) State Highways 947.10 c) Major District Roads 250.61 d) Panchayat Union & Panchayat Roads 794.601 e) Town Panchayat Township Roads 837.802 f) Forest Roads 108.230 g) District Roads 389.90 h) Suger cane road 5.30 ii) Registered Motor Vehicle a) Commercial 454 b) Non - Commercial 10928 iii) Railways a) Route Length 1) Broad Gauge Nil 2) Metre Gauge Nil b) Track Length 1) Broad Gauge Nil 2) Metre Gauge Nil c) No. of Railway Stations - iv) No. of Sea Ports Nil v) No. of Airports Nil vi) Name of the Air port Nil vii) Name of Sea Port Nil viii) Name of the Export Commodities Nil Cardamom, pepper, Coffee, Tea, Cotton Nil ix) Name of the Import Commodities Nil Garlic, Palm oil Nil 19 COMMUNICATION

i) Post & Telegraph (in numbers) a) Post Offices doing postal business alone - b) Post Offices doing Post & Telegraph Business 121 ii) Telephones a) No. of Telephone in use 141347 b) No. of Telephone Exchanges 37 20 CO- OPERATION

i) Primary Land Development Banks 4 ii) Co-operative Apex Banks - iii) District Central Co-operative Banks - iv) Urban Banks 2 v) Primary Agriculural Co-operative Bank 80 vi) Housing Co -operative Societies 26 vii) Employees Co-operative Societies 16 viii) Thrift Societies - ix) Weaver Co-operative Societies - x) Industrial Co-operative Societies - xi) Khadi & Village Industries Societies - xii) Co-operative Store 8 xiii) Co-operative Sugar Mills - xiv) Co-operative Marketing Societies 2 xv) Urban Co -operative Soci eties 2 21 REGISTRATION i) No. of Registration Offices 13 ii) Aggregate Value of Property transferred ( Rs.in Lakhs) 34560

iii) Total Receipts (Rs. in Lakhs ) 8008

22 HOUSING i) No. of Tenements Constructed by TNHB Nil ii) Dy.Registrar of Housing Nil iii) No. of Tenements constructed by TNSCB Nil iv) No. of Tenements constructed by PHB Nil v) Dy.Registrar of Housing Rural Nil vi) Dy.Registrar of Housing Urban Nil vii) Samathuvaburam 5 viii) Total No.of Households 338112 a) SC NA b) ST NA C) Others NA ix) No.of households below Poverty line 69123 23 SOCIAL WELFARE ( in Nos.) i) Old Age Pensioners 15787 ii) Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy Ammaiyar 1367 Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi Thittam iii) Marriage Assistance Scheme I a. Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar 93950 Ninaivu thirumana Udhavi Thittam b. Marriage Assistantance for daughters of poor widow 5375 c. Dr.Dharmambal Ammaiyar (Widow remarriage) 150

d. Marriage Assistance to orphan girls 1100 iv) Aid for handicapped - v) Aid for Others (Specify) vi) Women welfare Co -op Societies 3 vii) Training Centres viii) Magalir mandram Group 1135 Members 138562 ix) Women Development Centre x) Beneficiaries 24 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME Name of the Programme No.of No.of Centres Beneficiaries No. of ICDS Centre 707 84570 25 REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS i) Revenue Divisions 2 ii) Revenue Taluks 5 iii) Revenue Firkas 17 iv) Revenue Villages 113 26 LOCAL BODIES i) Corporation Nil ii) Municipalities 6 iii) Panchayat Unions 8 iv) Town Panchayat 22 v) Village Panchayat 130

27 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT i) No. of Development Division 2 ii) No. of Blocks Covered 8 iii) Population Covered (in Lakhs) 1245899 iv) Area Covered (in Sq.km) 3242.3 28 POLICE AND PRISON i. Police a) Police Force i) Local 1873 ii) Armed Reserve 319 b) Police Station 33 c) Police Outposts 2 ii) Prisons a) Central Prisons - b) Other Prisons 2 29 LEGISLATURE i) Member of Legislative Assembly a) Elected 4 b) Nominated - ii) Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 1 iii) Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - 30 CINEMA THEATRE (in Nos.) i) Permanent a) Air Conditioned 3 b) Non Air Conditioned 12 c) Air Cooled nil ii) Open Air Theatre nil iii) Semi Permanent nil iv) Touring nil 31 BANKING AND INSURANCE i) Bank Offices 59 Primary Co-operative Bank 48 ii) Life Insurance a) Offices 3 b) Policies Issued 24062 c) Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores) 212.00 32 NATURAL RESOURCES 1) Name of the Minerals founds in the District a) Blue Metal b) Mud c) Calcium Stone

33 GENERAL 1) Name of the Important Pilgrim Centres a) Suriliyandavar Temple, Surulipatty b) Sivagamiamman Temple, c) Saneeswaran Temple, d) Sree Gowmariamman Temple, Veerapandi e) Sri Mavuthu Vellapar Temple, Andipatti f) St.Alloycious Church at Rayappanpatti g) Paramasi van Kovil at Bodinayakanur h) Kailasanathar Temple at Periyakulam g) Sri Kalahastheeswar Temple at . 2) Name of the Important Tourist Centres a) Vaigai Dam b) c) Megamalai Falls-K.Mayiladumparai d) Tiger falls at Bodi mettu