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SALEM DISTRICT -SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2018-19 DISTRICT PROFILE – 2018-19

1 Density of population per sq.km (as per census 2011) 665 2 % of Urban Population to total population (census 2011) 50.95 3 Sex Ratio (Number of females per 1000 of males)- 9census 954 4 %2011) of Scheduled castes to total population (census 2011) 16.7 5 % of Scheduled tribes to total population(census 2011) 3.4 6 % of Literates among male population (census 2011) 80.24 7 % of Literates among female population (census 2011) 65.15 8 % of workers to total population (census 2011) 48.65 9 % of female workers to total population (census 2011) 15.46 10 % of Agriculture workers to total population (census 2011) 18.47 11 % of Net Area sown to Total Geographical Area 46.6 12 % of Area sown more than once to Net Area Sown 35.9 13 % of Net Area Irrigated to Net Area sown 40.99 14 % of Gross Area Irrigated to Gross Area sown 40.3 15 Per Capita Net Area sown (Hectare) 0.056 16 Bovine Population per square km 328 17 Workers in registered factories per lakh of population 439 18 Percentage of villages electrified 99.39 19 Per Capita annual consumption of E.B for domestic 336.63 20 Percentagepurpose(units) of consumption of electricity by purpose a. Domestic 31.30 b. Commercial 7.46 c. Industries 17.05 d. Public lighting & Public works 3.12 e. Agriculture 5.34 f. Others 35.73 21 Length of Railway line per 1000 sq.km of area 39 22 Length of Surfaced roads per 1000 sq.km of area 2189 23 Number of Post Offices per lakh of population 10 24 Number of Public Call Offices per lakh of population 273 25 Number of Primary schools per lakh of population 41 26 Number of Middle schools per lakh of Population 12 27 Number of High schools per lakh of population 7 28 Number of Higher Sec. Schools per lakh of population 10 29 Number of Hospital beds per lakh of population 64 30 Number of Libraries per lakh of population 5

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1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

North Latitude: Between 11 14` and 12 53`

East Longitude : Between 77 44` and 78 50`

2. AREA AND POPULATION

1. Area (Sq.km) 52 2 Population Census 2001 Census 2011

a. Male Population 1563633 1781571 b. Female Population 1452713 1700485 c. Rural Population 1626162 1707934 d. Urban Population 1390184 1774122 Total 3016346 3482056 3. Density (per. Sq. Km.) 575 665 4. Literates 1734442 2285562 5. Main Workers As per Census 2011

a. Total Workers 1561030 b. Male Workers 1022417 c. Female Workers 538613 d. Rural Workers 849111 e. Urban workers 711919 f. Cultivators 247011 g. Agricultural Labourers 396158 h. Household Industries 132700 i. Other workers 785161 j. Marginal Workers 133130 6. Non – Workers 1787896 7. Language Spoken in the Tamil, Telugu, , and District

Source: Statistical Handbook 2016-Tamilnadu

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4879186 4413476 5000000 3947766 4500000 3482056 4000000 3016346 3500000 3000000 2500000

2000000 Population 1500000 1000000 500000 0 2001 2011 2021 2031 2041 Year

Fig .1.Forecasting Population for 2021-2041 3. VITAL STATISTICS 2018-19

S.No. Details Nos. 1. Birth 49440 2. Death 27024 3. Infant Details(Death) 475 Birth Rate (per 1000 population) a. Rural 13.6 4. b. Urban 11.4 Death Rate (per 1000 Population) a. Rural -- 5. b. Urban -- c. Combined 6.0 6. Infant Mortality rate (per 1000 live births) a. Rural 11.8 b. Urban 3.4 c. Combined 9.6 7. Expectation of life at birth -- a. Male -- b. Female -- 8. Number of Deaths of women due to problems 33 related to child birth a) At the time of delivery 2 b)During Pregnancy 3 c).After Child birth (within 42 days) 25

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4. TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREE CELCIUS) 2018-19

a. Plains 1. Maximum 34.5 2. Minimum 23.3 b. () 1. Maximum NA 2. Minimum NA

Source: Indian Meteorological Department

5. RAINFALL ( in mm) 2018-19

a. Normal 1. South West 471.9 2. North East 309.5 b. Actual 1. South West 566.4 2. North East 175.5

Source: Indian Meteorological Department

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6. AGRICULTURE

S.Number Details Year : 2018-19 a. Total Cultivated area (Hectares) 264509.61 b. Net Area sown (Hectares) 194682.15 c. Area Sown more than once 69827.46 d. (Hectares)Area of principal crops Area (Hectares) in “000” 1. Paddy 9752.695 2. and Other Cereals 93144.02 3. Pulses 54088.715 4. 5600.165 5. Groundnut 19987.735 6. Gingelly 1185.240 7. Cotton 9417.150 e. Agricultural land Holdings (2015-16)) 1. Holdings 331404 2. Area (Hectares) 259252

3. Average size of holdings 1.28 f. (Hectares)a. Important Food Crops Paddy, Cholam, Cumbu, Ragi Redgram, Greengram,

Blackgram, Horsegram, , Sugarcane, , Banana, Tapioca, Groundnut &

Gingelly

b. Important Non-food Crops Cotton, Castor Seed, and Fodder Crops

Source: District G-Return 2018-19 of Salem

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7.

S.No Source of Irrigation Year :2018-19

1. Net Area irrigated by (Hectares) a. Government Canals 5251.00 b. Private Canals -- c. Tanks d. Tube wells 20257.77 e. Other wells 54299.75 f. Other sources Total Net Area Irrigated 79808.52 2. Gross Area irrigated 106530.19 3. Name of Rivers Cauveri, Sarabanga

Nathi, Vasista Nathi and Suvetha Nathi 4. Name of Lakes Eri, Ayyanar Eri, Mookaneri Eri,

Pudu Eri, Umayalpuram Eri, Thedavoor Eri,

Arangaloor Eri, Sendarapatty Eri, Eri, Sarvoy Perioya Eri jangamasamuthiram Eri and Vadaman Eri.

Source: District G-return 2018-19 of Salem

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8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

S.Number Items Year : 2018-19

1. VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS a. Veterinary Hospitals 7 b. Veterinary Dispensaries 147 c. Clinical Centres 1 2. POULTRY DEVELOPMENT d. Sub Centres a. Chicks produced in hatcheries (Nos.) NIL b. Birds Sold for breeding (Nos.) NIL c. Birds sold for food (Nos.) NIL 3. LIVESTOCK CENSUS Livestock and Poultry population a. Cattle 635450 b. Buffaloes 49182 c. Sheep 340022 d. Goat 580387 e. Poultry 5208 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

S.Number Subject Year : 2018-19

a. Diaries FBD-5LLPD Capacity b. Milk Chilling Plants Attur chillcing centre 1.50 LLPD Capacity c. No of Milk Co-op Societies Registered 722 Functioning 712 d. Milk Production (Lakh Litres) Flush Season Jan-May (Avg)-537349 LPD Lean Season Jun- Dec(Avg)-637601 LPD Source: Deputy Director of Cooperative Milk Societies, Salem

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10. FISHERIES

S.No Subject Year: 2018-19 1. Length of Coastal Line (KM) NIL

2. Number of Coastal Blocks NIL

3. No of Coastal Centres NIL

4. Marine Fish Production (Tonnes) NIL 5. Inland Fish Production (Tonnes) 10840.53

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries,

11. FOREST

S.No Subject Year :2018-19 1. Forest Area (Hect.) a. Reserved Forests 126540 b. Unclassified Forests 103104 c. Reserved Lands 858.190 2. Out-Turn of Forest Products a. Firewood (MT) 2699.752 b. (Heart wood) (MT) 101426.750 c. Sandalwood (Sapwood) (MT) 2000.000 d. (MT) 58.767 e. Curry Leaves (MT) 2.300 f. Eanchi (MT) 3.300 g. Vilangai (MT) 0.100 h. Jack Fruits (MT) 1.200 i. Pulpwood (MT) 327.914 j. Other MFP (MT) 2.985 k. (Nos.) 164 l. Palmyra Fruits (Nos.) 3200 Source: Conservator of Forests, Salem Circle, Salem

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12. ELECTRICITY

S.Number Subject Year :2018-19 1. GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY ( in M.U) A. Hydro 148.181496 B. Wind Mill Generation NIL C. Thermal 440.5968 D. Power Purchased NIL E. Gas Trubine NIL 2. CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRITY In % a. Agriculture 5.34 b. Industry 17.05 c. Commercial 7.46 d. Domestic 31.3 e. Public Lighting & Water 3.12 works f. Sales to Licenses - g. Sales to Other States - h. Miscellaneous 35.73 3. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION Nos. Area

a. Number of Pump sets 140540 Irrigated Energized b. Electrified (Villages) 653 c. Electrified (Hamlets) 5555 Source: S.E, TNEB, Salem & Mettur Circles

13. ESTABLISHMENTS

S.Number Number of Enterprises Rural Urban Total

1 Number of Establishments 160704 133600 294304 Outside HHwith fixed structure 31417 53734 85151 Outside HHwithout fixed 12826 15051 27877 structure Inside HH 116461 64815 181276 2 Number of Persons Employed 321764 314984 636748 iInside hh 3 Number of Establishments with8 1159 1578 2737 or more workers Source: Sixth Economic Census

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14. INDUSTRIES

Year: 2018-19 1. No of Working Factories (Registered) 808 2. No of Man days Worked (Lakhs) 14 3. No of Trade Unions a. During 2018-2019 14 b. Up to March 2019 1547 4. No of Strikes 0 5. No of Lockouts 0 6. Large Scale Industries 31 7. Medium Scale Industries 17 8. Small Scale Industries a. During 2018-2019 b. Up to March 2019 1019 9. Cottage Industries a. During 2018-2019 b. Up to March 2019 549 10. Others a. During 2018-2019 b. Up to March 2019 11. NAME OF THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES S.P.Super Fine Cotton Mills P Ltd. Cuddalur Main Road, Attur 1.

2. Rasi Textiles P Ltd., Cudalure Main Road, Attur 3 Fidelity Textile P Ltd., Udayapatti, Attur Main Road, Salem 4 S.P.Spinning Mills P.Ltd. Cuddalur Main Road, Attur 5 Sambandam Spinning Mills .Ltd. Attur Main Road, Udayapatti

6 Kandagiri Spinning Mills Ltd., Unit.1 Udayapatti, Salem

7 Dharanidara Spinners P Ltd., Road, Kakapalayam

8 Paragan Polymer Products P Ltd., Kakapalayam, Salem 9 Chiranjilai Spinners P Ltd., Attayampatti, Salem Dist. 10 JSW Ltd., Pottaneri, Via, 11 Thermal Power Station, Plant I%II , Salem Dist. 12 Madras Aluminium Co Ltd(Thermal unit)., Karumalaikoodal, Mettur R.S. 13 Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., Plant.1 Puduchampalli 14 Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., Plant Ii, Puduchampalli Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., Plant Iii & Iv, Raman Nagar, Mettur Dam 15

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16 Cabot Sanmar Ltd., Raman Nagar, Mettur Dam 17 Hitech Minerals Coval P Ltd., Kottagoundampatti, Tk Magnesite Ltd., Omalur Main Road, , Salem 18

19 Dalmia Magnesite Ltd., Vellakkalpatti,

20 Spinners P Ltd., Nilavarapatti, Salem 21 Sri Malini Spinning Mills Ltd, Santhiyur, Salem 22 Thambi Modern Spinning Mills Ltd., Jagir Ammapalayam, Salem

23 Burn Standard Co.Ltd. Omalur Main Road, Salem 24 Narasus Coffee Co., Johnsonpet, Salem

25 Salem Dist. Co-Op. Milk Producers Union Ltd., Steeplant Road, Salem

Pallava Textiles Ltd., Mangarankampalayam, Veerachipalayam Post, Sankari 26

27 The Cements Ltd., Sankari West, Sankari, Salem Dist. Perumal Spinning Mills P Ltd., Seshanchavadi, Valapadi Tk, 28

29 Kandagiri Spinning Mills P Ltd., Seshanchavadi, Salem Dist. Salem Plant, Alagusamudram, Main Road, Salem. 30

31 Sambandam Tetiles Ltd., Kattuveppillaipatti, Seshanchavadi Po, 32 Hutson Diarypvt. Ltd, Karumampuram 33 L.S.P. Oil Mills Pvt Ltd, Salem 34 Sonal Vypar Pvt Ltd, Salem-2 12. Name Of The Industrial Park Nil

15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

S.No Name of Industries Year: 2018-19 1. KHADI INDUSTRIES Production (Rs. In Sales (Rs. In Lakhs) Lakhs) a. Cotton 34.74 b. Woolen 74.81 c. d. Polyester 2 VILLAGE a. Soaps 13.39 INDUSTRIES 16.87 b. Leather goods c. Others (specify) Total (1+2) 48.13 91.68 Source: Assistant Director of Khadi and Village Industries, Salem District Statistical Handbook 2018-19 Page 11

16. MEDICAL AND HEALTH

1. MODERN MEDICINE Nos. a. No of Hospitals 12 b. Dispensaries 3 c. Primary Health Centres 87 d. Urban Health Centres 20 e. Health Sub Centres 461 f. Other Medical Institutions (MMU) 3 g. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 2651 h. Total Number of Doctors 670 i. Total Number of Nurses 1284 2. INDIAN MEDICINE

a. No of Hospitals 23 b. Dispensaries 9 c. Primary Health Centres 77 d. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 41 e. Total Number of Doctors 62 f. Total Number of Nurses 36 3. HOMEOPATHY

a. No of Hospitals 5 b. Dispensaries Nil c. Primary Health Centres 1 c. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries Nil d. Total Number of Doctors 12 e. Total Number of Nurses nil Source: Head of Concerned Health & Medical Departments, Salem

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17. EDUCATION

S.No Category of Institutions Year:2018-19 1 Universities 2 2 Arts and Science Colleges 106 3. Colleges for Professional Education a. Medicine

1. Allopathic 3 2. Indian Medicine () 1 3. Homeopathy 1 b. Engineering Colleges 18 c. Agriculture Colleges - d. Veterinary Colleges - e. Law College 1 4 College for Special Education (Nursing) 5 5 Pre-Primary Schools 37 6 Primary Schools 1429 7 Middle Schools 409 8 High Schools 244 9 Higher Secondary Schools 354 10 Teacher Training Institute 5 11 Number of Fresh Entries (male, Female) 45509 12 Number of students passed at Xth Std - 13. Number of Students Passed at XIIth Std - 13. Number of Children never enrolled in School NA Source: Concerned Heads of Departments, Salem District

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18. TRANSPORT

1. ROAD LENGTH (KM) a. National Highways 208.4 b. State Highways & Rural Roads 1242.502 c. Corporation & Road 1181.884 d. Panchayat Union & Panchayat Road 7255.93 e. Town Panchayat & Township Road 1183.084 f. Others (Forest Roads) 85.985 2.REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES a. Commercial 39055 b. Non- Commercial 357032 3. RAILWAY LENGTH(KM) a. Route Length 1. Broad Gauge 1090

2. Narrow Gauge 46 b. Track Length 1. Broad Gauge NIL 2. Meter Gauge NIL c. Number of Railway Stations 105 4 Number Of Sea Ports NIL 5 Number Of Airports 1 6 Name Of The Airport Kamalapuram 7 Name Of The Sea Port NIL 8 Name Of The Export Commodity Textiles,Yarn,Granites,Readymade Garments,Coir products&Salem Stainless Steel 9 Name Of The Import Commodities Pulses,Grams&Edible Oil Source: Concerned Authorities in Salem District

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19. COMMUNICATION Year:2018-19 1 Post a. Post Offices Doing Postal Business Alone 386 2. Telephones

a. No of Telephones in use - b. No of Public Call Offices 2039 c. No of Telephone Exchanges 226 Source: BSNL & Postal Departments, Salem District

20. CO-OPERATION Year:2018-19 1 Salem District Central Co-op Bank 1 2 Salem District Consumer Co-op wholesale Stores 1 3 Salem District Co-Op Union 1 4 Salem Dist. Co-Op Printing Press 1 5 PCARD Bank 6 6 Co-op Urban banks 8 7 UCCS 5 8 CMS 2 9 LAMPS 5 10 PACCS 203 11 ECS 99 12 Primary Co-op Stores 6 13 Employees Co op Stores 9 14 Labour Contract Co-op Societies 0 15 LCCS 2 16 Lift Irrigation Co- operative Society 1 18 Vegetable Crowers Marketing Societies 0 18 Students Co-operative Stores 4 19 Semi Model Co-operative Stores 0 TOTAL 354 Source: Joint registrar of Cooperatives Societies, Salem.

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21. REGISTRATION

Year:2018-19

1 No of Registration Offices 23

2 Aggregated Value of Property Transferred (Rs. in 101936.42 Crores) 3 Total Receipts (Rs. in Crores) 15201.17 Source: Registration Dept, Salem

22. HOUSING Year:2018-19 1 No of Tenements Constructed by 2 Group Houses for Adi-Dravidars

3 Number of Tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu

slum Clearance Board

4 Number of Tenements constructed by Police Housing Board

5 Deputy Registrar Housing – Rural 6 --Nil— Deputy Registrar Housing – Urban 7 Samthuvapuram: - 1. Seeragapady, 2. Neikarapatti 3. Chinnasoragai, 4. Katheri, 5. Umaiyalpuram 8 Total Number of Households

a.SC

b.ST c. Others 9 Number of Households below line

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SOCIAL WELFARE (IN NOS)

1 Old age pensioners 45231

2 Destitute physically handicapped 7804

3 Destitute Widow Pension 16405

4 Destitute Agri. Labourer Pension 43901

5 Destitute & Deserted Widow Pension 8871

6 Unmarried Poor Women Pension 69

7 National Disabled Pension 3815

8 National Widow pension 47347

9 Women Welfare Co-operative Societies

10 Training Centres

11 Mahalir Mandram

12 Women Development Centres

13 Gold i)coins distributedGroup 3999

14 Uzhavarii) SanthaiMember 11

NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Year :2018-2019

No of Name of Programme No of Centres Beneficiaries

Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R.Nutrition 1817 212524 Programme

I.C.D.S 2696(Main) 122862 153(Mini)

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25. REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

1 Revenue Divisions 4

2 Revenue Taluks 13

3 Revenue Firkas 44

4 Revenue Villages 655

26. LOCAL BODIES

1 Corporations 1

2 Municipalities 3

3 Third Grade 1

4 Panchayat Unions 20

5 Village Panchayats 385

27. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

1 No of Blocks Covered 20

2 Population Covered (Lakhs) 34.82

3 Area Covered (Sq. Km) 5205.30

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28. POLICE AND PRISONS

2018-2019

Salem City Salem Moffusil

1 Police

a. Police Force(Strength)

1. Local 1092 1271

2. Armed Reserve 458 379

b. Police Stations 21 42

2 Prisons

a. Central Prisons 1 --

b. Other Prisons 1 3 Women Special 1.Sub jail Omalur, Sub jail 2. Sub jail 3.Dist.Jail Attur

29. LEGISLATURE

1 Members of the Legislative Assembly

a. Elected 11

b. Nominated NIL

2 Members of () 1

3 Members of Parliament () 1

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30. CINEMA THEATRES

1 Permanent

a. Air-conditioned 24

b. Non Air- Conditioned 29

c. Air – cooled NIL

Total 54

2 Multiplex Cinema 2

3 Permanent 54

3 Semi Permanent NIL

4 Touring NIL

31. BANKING AND INSURANCE

1 a. Bank Offices 234

b. Primary Co-operative Societies 192

2 Life Insurance

a. Offices 18

b. Policies Issued 107351

c. Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores) 3589.72

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32. NATURAL RESOURCES

1 Name of the Magnesite,Bauxite,Quartz,Felspar, Minerals found in Limestone,Dunite,Soapstone,Calcitse, the District Sand,Dolomite,IronoreRoughstone,Granites,Gravel,Black Granite, Multi–Colour Granite

33. PILGRIM AND TOURIST CENTRES

SriSugavaneshwara Temple,Salem–1 Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Salem –7 Sri Kumaragiri temple, Salem –3 Sri Kandhashram Temple, Udayapatty Sri Kailasanathar temple, Tharamangalam Name of the Important Pilgrims 1 Sri Siddeswara Temple, Siddhar Koil Centres in the District Sri Thandontrieswara Temple, Belur Jamma Mazid, Salem Infant Jesus Church, Salem 1008 Shivalingam temple,Ariyanur Ramanujar Temple,Erumapalayam

Yercaud (Jewel of the South) Mettur Dam (view point) (Budda Statue) Name of the Importa nt Tourist Sankarai (Old Famous Fort) 2. Centre in the District Theeran Memorial Place Tharamangalam Sri Kailashanather Temple Poiman Karadu, Salem Ramanjur Temple, Salem

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