DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICE SIVAGANGAI-630 562 PREFACE This handbook is the 31st in the series, presents detailed data and important information at District level and Block level in the form of 185 tables. This handbook seeks to throw light on the development activities in the district. The information presented in this handbook has been collected from various Government Offices, local bodies, Public sector undertakings etc., in the district. A brief note under the caption, Salient Features of the district as well as Block at a Glance together with the 185 Tables presented by the Department of Economics and Statistics given in a nutshell with the significant socio -economic aspects of the district. Due care has been taken to incorporate as much relevant and available information about the district. I take this opportunity to express my heart-felt thanks to The District Collector and all officers of other Departments in this district who readily helped me in furnishing the required data within the prescribed time limit. I also wish to record my appreciation for the sincere efforts taken by all Block Statistical Inspectors and Divisional Assistant Director of Statistics of this district in collecting the required information from various sources and I heartily thank them for preparing this year District Statistical Hand Book. I hope this handbook will be of much use to Government, Planners and Research Scholars. Comments and suggestions for further improvement of this book are welcome from the users of this book. Station: Sivagangai Deputy Director of Statistics Date : Sivagangai District STATISTICAL TABLES CONTENTS 1. Salient Features of the District i – vi 2. District Profile 1 - 16 1.AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 Area, Population, Literate, SC’s and ST ’s- Sex wise by Blocks 17 and Municipalities. 1.2 Population by Broad Industrial categories of Workers. 18 1.3 Population by Religion 18 1.4 Population by Age Groups 19 1.5 Population of the District-Decennial Growth 19 1.6 Salient Features of 2011 Census – Block and Municipality wise 20 2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at Select Stations. 21 2.2 Month-Wise and Season Wise rainfall 21 3. AGRICULTURE 3.1 Soil Classification 22 3.1A Taluk wise Soil Type and Area 22 3.2 Land Utilization 23 3.3 Agricultural Implements and Machinery 24 3.3A Achievement Details of Agricultural 25 – 26 Engineering Department 2015-16 3.4 District wise Number and Area of Operational Holding by Social 27 Group/Size Class 3.5 Consumption of Chemical Fertilisers and Pesticides 28 3.6 Regulated Markets 29 3.7 National Agricultural Insurance Scheme for the Fasli Year -1425 30 3.8 Sericulture 31 4. IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of Water Supply – Taluk wise. 32 4.2 Actual Area Irrigated (Net and Gross) by sources. 33 4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops (Fasli - 1425) 34 4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore wells. 35 5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 5.1 Livestock Population 36 5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals treated – Block wise. 37 5.3 No. of Ve terinary Hospitals 38 5.4 Dairy Development 38 5.5 Poultry Development 39 5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 39 6. BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1 No. of Commercial Banks 40 6.2 Insurance Schemes 41 7. CO-OPERATION 7.1 Co-operative Societies 42 8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1 No. of Fair Price Shops 43 8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities distributed 43 and their retail prices 8.3 No. of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 44 8.4 Quantity supplied 44 8.5 No. of LPG Connections 45 8.6 No. of Persons waiting for LPG connection. 45 9. COMMUNICATION 9.1 Post-Offices doing postal business only 46 9.2 Post-Offices doing Post and Telegraphic Business 46 9.3 Telegraph Offices 46 9.4 No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and No. in Use 47 9.5 No. of PCOs attached to each exchange 47 9.6 No. of Persons waiting for Phone Connection. 47 10. ELECTRICITY 10.1 No. of Power Stations 48 10.2 Quantum of Power purchased 48 10.3 Sector-wise Power Consumption 48 10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 49 10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per Unit 49 10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 49 10.7 Capacity of Transformers 50 10.8 Rural Electrification 50 10.9 Name and Address of E.B offices. 51 11. EDUCATION 11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 52 – 53 Name of the University : Alagappa University, Karaikudi. 11.1A Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 54 Name of the University : Prist University, Arasanoor. 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 55 11.3 College for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 56 – 57 11.4 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 58 11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 59 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 60 11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, 61 Students and Teachers(Polytechnic) 11.9 Computer Training Centres 61 11.10 Hostels and Inmates by Community 62 11.11 Scholarships to Students by Community 62 12. FISHERIES 12.1 Fisheries Development 63 12.2 Estimated Marine Fish Production /Inland Fish Production 64 12.3 No. of Families engaged in Fishing 64 13. HANDLOOM 13.1 No. of Focal Centres with Location details 65 13.2 No. of Societies and Variety-wise Production 65 13.3 No. of Power Looms and No. of Employees working 65 13.4 No. of Families engaged 65 14. HANDICRAFTS 14.1 Name and Address of Handicrafts 66 14.2 Articles available in Handicrafts 66 14.3 Value of Articles produced 66 14.4 No. of Families engaged in Handicrafts 67 15. HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 68 15.2 No. of Allied Pathological Units available 69 15.3 District wise patients treated 69 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 69 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programmes 69 16. HOUSING 16.1 Plan sanctioned under Private Sector 70 16.2 Plans sanctioned under Public Sector 70 16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under Public Sector 71 16.4 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 71 16.5 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 71 16.5A Construction activity of Tamil Nadu police housing corporation 72 16.6 Index No. of Building cost in Urban centres 72 16.7 Labour charges of Construction Workers. 72 17. INDUSTRIES 17.1 Results of ASI (Factory Sector) 73 17.2 Estimates of Output and Value Added by Manufacture 73 Based on ASI 17.3 No. of Industrial Production 74 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals 74 17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 74 17.6 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 75 17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 76 17.8 No. of Printing Presses 76 17.9 No. of Photocopy (Xerox) centres 76 18. FACTORIES 18.1 Registered and Working Factories 77 18.2 Employment in Working Fa ctories 77 18.3 Unions Industrial Disputes by Strikes and 77 Lockouts and Gheraos 19.LOCAL BODIES 19.1A Municipal Bodie s Area and Population by Grades 78 19.1B Town Panchayats Populations by Grades 78 19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 79 19.3 Pan chyat Union, Village/Town Panchayats 79 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages 79 19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation/Municipality/ Town pancha yat 80 19.6A Urban development Activities 80 19.6B Rural development Activities 81 20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 No.of Persons registered during the year and Total No.of 82 Persons waiting upto the end of the year as per Live Register 20.2 No.of Placement during and upto the end of the year. 82 21. LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Divisions and Original Jurisdiction 83 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original 84 Jurisdiction, Civil Suits Regular. 21.3 Nature of free Legal available and no.of beneficiaries 84 roof cases disposed of in Lok Adalat during the year 21.4 No.of Advocates practicing in Courts 85 22. LIBRARIES 22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the district with 86 details of Members, Books available and Readers 22.2 No.of Libraries houses in Government Building / 86 Rental Building 22.3 No.of Reading Rooms 86 23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 No.of Mining and Quarrying units in the district 87 23.2 Classification-wise production during the year 87 24 MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 No.of Food and other allied manufacturing units in the district 88 24.2 . No.of Non-Food manufacturing units in the district 89 – 90 25. MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1 No.of Medical Colleges in the district with Students and Teachers 90 25.2 No.of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers 91 25.3 No.of Medical Stores in the district - Category-wise 91 25.4 No.of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 91 26 MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1 No.of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the 92 year and upto the end of the year 26.2 No.of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) available for hire 93 purpose during and upto the end of the year 26.3 No.of Persons issued with Driving License 93 27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1 No.of solar energy generating units in the district with production area 94 27.2 No.of Wind Mills Generating units with production data 94 28.