District at a Glance 2014-15

DISTRICT AT A GLANCE 2014-15 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude Between 110 38’25” and 120 20’44” East Longitude Between 780 15’00” and 790 42’55” District Existence 18.12.1992 AREA & POPULATION(2011 census) 1. Area (Sq.kms) 7194 2. Population 3458873 3. Population Density (Sq.kms) 481 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION 1. Divisions (4) Villupuram Tindivanam Thirukovilur Kallakurichi 2. Taluks (13) Villupuram Vikkaravandi Vanur Tindivanam Gingee Thirukovilur Ulundurpet Kallakurichi Chinnaselam Sankarapuram Marakkanam Kandachipuram Melmalaiyanur 3. Firkas 56 4. Revenue Villages 1490 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 1. Municipalities (3) Villupuram Tindivanam Kallakurichi 2. Panchayat Unions (22) Koliyanur Kandamangalam Vanur Vikkaravandi Kanai Olakkur Mailam Marakkanam Vallam Melmalaiyanur Gingee Thiukovilur Mugaiyur Thiruvennainallur Ulundurpet Thirunavalur Kallakurichi Chinnaselam Sankarapuram Thiyagadurgam Rishivandiyam Kalvarayan Malai

3. Town Panchayats (15) Vikkaravandi Valavanur Kottakuppam Marakkanam Gingee Ananthapuram Manalurpet Arakandanallur Thirukoilur T.V.Nallur Ulundurpet Sankarapuram Vadakkanandal Thiyagadurgam Chinnaselam 4. Village Panchayats 1099 MEDICINE & HEALTH 1. Hospitals(Govt&Private) 95 2. Primary Health centre’s 108 3. Health Subcentre’s 557 4. Birth Rate 17.9 5. Death Rate 6.0 6. Infant Mortality Rate 26.3 7. No. of Doctors 728 8. No.of Nurses 974 9. No.of Bedstrength 3613 EDUCATION 1. Primary Schools Govt. / 1802 2. Middle Schools Aided/ 494 3. High Schools Unaided 268 4. Hr. Sec. Schools 313 5. Government I.T.I 1 6. Private I.T.I 15 7. Teacher Training Institute 6 8. Co-op- Training Institute 1 9. Self-Financing College of 16 Engineering 10. Govt. College of 2 Arts & Science 11. Self-Financing College of 21 Arts & Science 12. Aided Tamil College 1 13. Govt. Music School 1 14. Govt. Engineering College 2 15. District Institute of Education 1 &Training 16. Govt. Polytechnic 1

17. Govt. Medical college 1 POPULATION 1. Male 1740819 50.3% 2. Female 1718054 49.7% 3. Total 3458873 4. Sex Ratio 987 5. Child (0 – 6 age) (i) Male 208246 52% 2

(ii) Female 195860 48% Total 404106 12% Child (0 – 6) Sex Ratio 941 (iii) Rural Child Population 347396 86% (iv) Urban Child Population 56710 14% Rural/Urban Population 1. Rural 2939785 85% 2. Urban 519088 15% Literates 1. Male 1234479 56% 2. Female 961297 44% Total 2195776 63%

Literates Rural 1. Male 1025617 57% 2. Female 778326 43% Total 1803943 82%

Literates Urban 1. Male 208862 53% 2. Female 182971 47% Total 391833 18%

Schedule Caste Population 1. Male 510869 50.3% 2. Female 504847 49.7% Total 1015716 29.0%

Schedule Tribes Population 1. Male 37570 50.19% 2. Female 37289 49.81% Total 74859 2.0%

Population of Municipalities 1. Villupuram Municipality 96253 2.8% 2. Tindivanam Municipality 72796 2.1% 3. Kallakurichi Municipality 52507 1.5%

WORKERS 1. Main workers 1260802 74% 2. Marginal workers 442447 26% Total workers (1+2) 1703249 49% 3. Non Workers 1755624 51% Total Population(1+2+3) 3458873 Categories of Workers 1. Cultivators 322900 25.6% 2. Agricultural Laborers 537581 42.6% 3. House Hold Industry 23961 1.9% 4. Other Workers 376360 29.9% Total Main Workers 1260802

LAND CLASSIFICATION (IN HECT) 1. Forests 71697 10% 2. Barren & Uncultivable land 56651 7.8% 3. Land put to Non Agricultural use 136115 18.8% 3

4. Culturable Waste 9590 1.3% 5. Permanent Pastures & other 4170 0.6% Grazing Land 6. Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops 6297 0.9% & groves not included in Net Area Sown 7. Current Fallow Lands 84063 11.7%

8. Other Fallow Lands 16014 2.2% 9. Net Area Sown 337606 46.7% Total Geographical Area 722203

AGRICULTURE CULTIVATED AREA(Hect) 1. Paddy (i) Kaar 40647 (ii) Samba 107779 (iii) Navarai 23052 Total (Paddy only) 171478 36.1% 2. Ragi 4601 1.0 % 3. Cumbu 17399 3.7% 4. Maize 21176 4.5% 5. Pulses 72628 15.3% 6. Sugarcane 79708 16.8% 7. Fruits 9411 2.0% 8. Coconut 1732 0.3% 9. Gingelly 8554 1.8% 10. Groundnut 33199 6.9% 11. Flowers 507 0.1% 12. Vegetables 15781 3.3% 13. Other Crops 39076 8.2% Total Cultivated Area 475250 Net Area Sown 337607 71% Area Sown More than once 137643 29% Total Cultivated Area 475250 1. Net Area Irrigated 337607 71% 2. Area Irrigated More than once 137643 29% 3. Gross Area Irrigated 350911 59% 4. Gross Area Un irrigated 243829 41% MAJOR CROP AREA & Yield Area (in hect) Producation (in Tonnes) PRODUCTION (in kg / hec) 2013-14 2013-14 2013-14

1. Paddy 170443 4674 796608 2. Ragi 3960 3366 13331 3. Green gram 2073 683 1415 4. Bajra 15834 2557 40490 5. Maize 32736 6008 196692 6. Samai 475 1138 541 7. Varagu 1088 1298 1412 8. Tapioca 12705 25842 328328 4

9. Black gram 61681 1013 62493 10. Turmeric 2252 2238 5040 11. Sugarcane (in terms of canes 88786 119 10598908 tone/hec) 12. Banana 975 41534 40496 13. Horse gram 388 641 248 14. Ground nut 45487 3265 148526 15. Red gram 2513 967 2430 Total Cultivated Area 500639 1. Food Crops Cultivated Area 409060 2. Non food Crops Cultivated Area 91579

9TH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (2010 – 2011) Number of Operational holdings 1. Marginal Holdings < 1 Hect 499403 81.13% 2. Small Holdings 1 – 2 Hect 80467 13.07% 3. Semi-medium Holdings 2 – 4 Hect 28900 4.70% 4. Medium Holdings 4 – 10 Hect 6322 1.03% 5. Large Holdings 10 & Above Hect 451 0.07% Total Holdings 615543 Area Operated 1. Marginal Holdings < 1 Hect 183123 44% 2. Small Holdings 1 – 2 Hect 110694 27% 3. Semi-medium Holdings 2 – 4 Hect 76644 19% 4. Medium Holdings 4 – 10 Hect 34719 8% 5. Large Holdings 10 & Above Hect 7587 2% Total Area Operated 412767 Social GroupWise holdings 1. Schedule Caste 94230 15.3% 2. Schedule Tribes 9580 1.6% 3. Other Caste 511151 83.0% 4. Institutional 582 0.1% Total Holdings 615543 Social GroupWise Area Operated ( in hect) 1. Schedule Caste 46717 11.32% 2. Schedule Tribes 10524 2.55% 3. Other Caste 353348 85.60% 4. Institutional 2178 0.53% Total Area Operated 412767 Average Land Holdings 0.67

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPT 1. Veterinary Hospitals 7 2. Veterinary Dispensaries 150 3. Clinician Centre’s 1 4. Sub Centre’s 18 5. Rural Veterinary Dispensaries 22 6. Mobile Vet Dispensaries 5 TALUK POPULATION 1. Villupuram 697569 20.2% 2. Vanur 196422 5.7% 3. Tindivanam 446682 12.9% 4. Gingee 423942 12.2% 5. Ulundurpet 373621 10.8%

6. Thirukovilur 446531 12.9% 7. Kallakurichi 466136 13.5% 8. Sankarapuram 407970 11.8% Taluk Geographical Area (in hect) 1. Villupuram 89922.005 12.45% 2. Vanur 45487.000 6.30% 3. Tindivanam 101867.055 14.10% 4. Gingee 106117.090 14.69% 5. Ulundurpet 74671.380 10.34% 6. Thirukovilur 72258.160 10.01% 7. Kallakurichi 98300.490 13.61% 8. Sankarapuram 133580.090 18.50% Total Geographical Area 722203.000 ROADS (in KM) 1. Villupuram - Trichi 72.900 (N.H.No:45) 2. Vilupuram - chinnasalem 82.08 (N.H.No: 66) 3. Vilupuram - Nagai 16.122 (N.H.No: 45A) ACTUAL RAINFALL (mm) South West Monsoon 420.1 North East Monsoon 413.9 Winter Period 3 Hot Weather Period 155.7 Total Rainfall 992.7 Normal Rainfall 1011.6 TEMPERATURE(Celsius) Minimum NA Maximum NA TELEPHONES 1. Telephones in Use LL 26830 WLL 2. Direct Exchange Lines LL 26830 WLL 3. Post Office 327 4. Telephone Exchanges 94 5. Public Call Office (PPCO) 131 6. General CCBPCO 1565 RESERVOIRS CATCHMENT HEIGHT CAPACITY (in LENGTH AREA (in hec.) (in ft) mcft) OF CANAL (in km) Veedur Dam 1298 32 605 17.640 Komugi 292.67 46 560 23.248 Manimutha Dam 185.89 36 736.96 20.673 NUMBER OF IRRIGATION TANKS(No’s) 40 hect < 1097 40 hect > 988 DIARY DEVELOPMENT No. of Dairy 1 Milk Producer Co-op. Society 550 Flush Season ( in liter) 26341770 Lean Season ( in liter) 21530133 Milk Chilling Plants 2 FISHERIES

Inland Production (Tonnes) 22.284 No. of Members Engaged in Fishing 4815 POLICE & PRISON Police Stations 49 Women Police Stations 10 Police Force 2363 Fire & Rescue Station 22 Sub-jails 10 DISTRICT LIBRARY 1 Central Library 69 Branch Library 71 Village Library 67 Part-time Library NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES (i) No. of ICDS 2938 (ii) No. of PMGR 2386 (iii) No. of Beneficiaries 378540 Banks Nationalised 161 Private Banks 69 LIC 4 Cooperative Banks 33 M.L.A CONSTITUENCY(11) (i) Vilupuram (ii) Vanur (iii) Tindivanam (iv) Marakkanam (v) Gingee (vi) Thirukovilur (vii) Ulundurpet (viii) Vikkaravandi (ix) Kallakurichi (x) Sankarapuram (xi) Rishivandiyam M.P CONSTITUENCY (2) (i) Villupuram (ii) Kallakurichi DISTRICT BOUNDARIES (i) East -Pondicherry (ii) West- Salem & Dharmapuri (iii) North- Thiruvannamalai & Kanchipuram (iv) South -Perambalur & Cuddalore RIVERS Tenpennai River Manimuthariver Komuki Sankaraparani&varaganathi REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES Commercial Vehicles 11056 Non Commercial Vehicles 122966 Regulated Markets 17 Cold Storages 4 Non Agri . Godowns 12 LPG CONNECTION Single connections 340115 7

Double Connections 111166 Fair Price Shops 2014 Ration Cards (i) Rural 817385 (ii) Urban 68671 (iii) Hills 13912 Total 899968 ELECTRICITY Pump set Energized (2014 - 2015) 609 Agricultural Pumset 95844 STUDENTS HOSTEL Hostel Most Backward Class Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 34 (ii) Girls 8 Total 42 Backward Class Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 8 (ii) Girls 8 Total 16 Adhidravidar Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 66 (ii) Girls 25 Total 91 Major Industries 1. Madras Vanaspathy Villupuram 2. Rajeshree Sugar Mills Mundiyampakkam 3. Co.operative Sugar Mills Periya Sevalai 4. Co-operative Sugar Mills, Monngilthuraipattu 5. Co-operative Sugar Mills, Kachirayapalayam 6. Auro Food Ltd., Pulichapallam 7. Rajashree Sugar Mills, Semmedu, Gingee 8. DharaniSugar (P) Ltd., Kalayanallur 9. Madras Sugar Ltd., Thirukovilur 10. Nagammai Cotton Mill, Pvt., Tourist Places Gingee Fort Kalvarayan Hills Kabilar Kundru Auroville Komugidam Worship Places 1. Chandramoulieeswara Temple , Thiruvakkarai 2. Angalaparameswari Temple, Melmalaiyanur 3. Thiruvikaramaswami Tample, Thirukovilur 4. Rahothamaswami Bridhavanam , Thirukovilur 5. Subramania swami Temple, Mailam 6. Ranganathar Temple , Singavaram 7. Koothandavar temple, Koovagam 8. Lakshmi narasimhar Temple, Parikkal, Poovarasankuppam 8

9. Nagathamman Temple, Thumpur 10.Poiyamozhi Vinayagar Temple, Deevanur 11. Jain Temple, Melsithamur Mining & Quarrying No. of Blue Metals 116 Color Granite 69 Earth, Red Earth Mines 10 Soil Variety 3 Language Spoken Tamil Telgu RANKING OF DISTRICT IN STATE 1. Sex Ratio 22 2. Population Density 15 3. Decadal Variation in Population 8 4. 0-6 Age Child Population 4 5. Female Literates 9 6. Literacy Rate 29 7. Total Population 6 8. Total Literates 9 9. District Share of Total Population 4.8% 10. Decadal Population Growth Rate 16.99 % 11. Number of House Holds(HH) 800368 12. Per capitation Income Current 53504 Price (2011-12) (in Rs.)Per Year 13. Documents Registration Offices 11 14. Memorial House Omandur P.Ramasamyreddiyar 15. Research Center Oil and Seed Research center,Tindivanam

Rural Urban Total Number of House Holds (HH) 678847 121521 800368 Population Percentage 84.99 15.01 Total Population 2939785 519088 3458873 Male 1481475 259344 1740819 Female 1458310 259744 1718054 Sex Ratio 984 1002 987 Child (0-6) Sex Ratio 939 949 941 Child (0-6) 347396 56710 404106 Male (0-6) 179154 29092 208246 Female (0-6) 168242 27618 195860 Child (0-6) Percentage 11.82 10.92 Male Child Percentage 12.09 11.22 Female Child Percentage 11.51 10.63 Total Literates 1803943 391833 2195776 Male 1025617 208862 1234479 Female 778326 182971 961297 Literacy Rate 69.59 84.74 71.88 Male 78.75 90.71 80.55 Female 60.33 78.82 63.15

Talk wise population (2011)

Total Population SC Population ST Population Sl.No Name of the Taluk Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

U 72614 73260 145874 10137 10621 20758 323 343 666

1 Villupuram R 276792 274903 551695 84184 84711 168895 2286 2245 4531

T 349406 348163 697569 94321 95332 189653 2609 2588 5197

U 17163 16774 33937 3569 6450 7019 144 162 306

2 Gingee R 196346 193659 390005 44549 43351 87900 4082 4080 8162

T 213509 210433 423942 48118 46801 94919 4226 4242 8468

U 47336 47494 94830 9871 9984 19855 295 304 599

3 Tindivanam R 176189 175663 351852 63964 63641 127605 2743 2823 5566

T 223525 223157 446682 73835 73625 147460 3038 3127 6165

U 15690 16036 31726 1876 2012 3888 50 56 106

4 Vanur R 83132 81564 164696 29388 28977 58365 1257 1256 2513

T 98822 97600 196422 31264 30989 62253 1307 1312 2619

U 27046 27025 54071 4762 4652 9414 306 328 634

5 Thirukovilur R 199019 193441 392460 63949 60974 125923 1042 1082 2124

T 226065 220466 446531 68711 66626 135337 1348 1410 2758

U 7818 7846 15664 1151 1153 2304 41 46 87

6 Sankarapuram R 198257 194049 392306 54449 53109 107558 23766 23491 47257

T 206075 201895 407970 55600 54262 109862 23807 23537 47344

U 59717 59535 119252 11438 11452 22890 612 454 1066

7 Kallakurichi R 175116 171768 346884 66793 66422 133215 340 312 652

T 234833 231303 466136 78231 77874 156105 952 766 1718

U 11960 11774 23734 2421 2271 4692 10 15 25

R 176624 173263 349887 58368 57067 115435 273 292 565 8 Ulundurpet

T 188584 185037 373621 60789 59338 120127 283 307 590