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GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION Latitude 110 14’ N - 120 53’ N Longitude 770 44’ E - 780 50’ E District Existence 09.02.2004 AREA & POPULATION 1. Area (Sq.kms) 5245 2. Population (as per Census 2011) 3482056 3. Population Density (per Sq.kms) 665 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION 1. Divisions (4) 1. Salem 2. Attur 3. Mettur 4. Sangakiri

2. Taluks (13) 1.Salem 2. Salem west 3. Salem South 4. Yercaud 5. Valapady 6. Mettur 7. Omalur 8. Kadayampatti 9. Sangakiri 10. Edappadi 11. Attur 12. Gengavalli 13. Peddanckanpalayam

3. Firkas 44 4. Revenue Villages 655 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 1. Corporation Salem 2. Municipalities (4) 1. Attur 2. Mettur 3. Edappady 4. Narasingapuram (2nd Grade) 3. Panchayat Unions (20) 1. Salem 2. Veerapandi 3. Panamarathupatty 4. Ayothiyapattinam 5. Valapady 6. Yercaud 7. Attur 8. Pethanaickenpalayam 9. Thalaivasal 10. Gengavalli 11. Mecheri 12. Nangavalli 13. Kolathur 14. Omalur 15. Tharamangalam 16. Kadayampatty 17. Sangakiri 18. Magudanchavadi 19. Konganapuram 20. Edappadi

4. Town Panchayats (33) 1. Ayothiapattanam 2. Attayampatty 3. Kannankurichi 4. Kolathur 5. Konganapuram 6. Mechari 7. Omalur 8. P.N.Patty 9. P.N.Palayam 10. Sankari 11. Tharamangalam 12. Thammampatty 13. Valapadi 14. Veerakkalpudur 15. Jalakandapuram 16. Belur 17. Eadanganasalai 18. Elampillai 19. Gangavalli 20. Kadayampatty 21. Karuppur 22. Keeripatty 23. Mallur 24. Panamarathupatty 25. Sendarapatty 26. Thedavoor 27. Thevur 28. Veeraganur 29. Yethapur 30. Arasiramani

31. Nangavalli 32. Poolampatty 33. Vanavasi 5. Village Panchayats 385 MEDICINE & HEALTH 1. Government Hospitals 11 2. Primary Health Centre’s 85 3. Urban Health Centres 20 4. Health Sub Centres 406 5. Birth Rate 16.8 6. Death Rate 4.2 7. Infant Mortality Rate 18.0 8. Public Health Service a. Number of Beds 2635 b. Number of Doctors 474 c. Number of Nurses 729 9. Expectation of Life at Birth a. Male NA b. Female NA EDUCATION 1. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya (KGBV) 0 2. Nursery Only 3 3. Primary with Nursery 253 4. Primary Only 1170 5. Primary with Middle 426 6. Primary with Secondary 237 7. Primary with Higher secondary 321 8. Middle Only 13 9. Middle with Secondary 0 10. Middle with Higher Secondary 0 11. Secondary with Higher Secondary 212 12. I.T.I Government - 3 Private - 9 13. Teacher Training Schools 37 14. Co-op- Training Institute 1 15. Self-Financing College of 20 Engineering 16. Number of Constituent Colleges 2 17. Govt. College of 3 Arts & Science 18. Self-Financing College of 27 Arts & Science 19. Govt. Aided Colleges 2 20. Govt. Music School 1 21. Blind School 1 22. Deaf School 1 23. Mentally Retarded School 6 24. Govt. Engineering College 1 25. Medical College 1 26. Law College 1

27. District Institute of Education 2 ( Uthamasolapuram, Gengavalli ) &Training 28. Polytechnic Govt – 1 Private - 19 29. University (3) Periyar University , Salem Periyar Institute of Distance Education ( PRIDE ), Salem Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation ( Deemed )

POPULATION (Census 2011) 1. Male 1781571 51.16 % 2. Female 1700485 48.84 % 3. Total 3482056 4.83 % ( in TamilNadu) 4. Sex Ratio 954 Child (0 – 6 age) (i) Male 180002 52.18 % (ii) Female 164958 47.82 % Total 344960 9.91 % ( in salem ) (iii) Rural Child Population 173421 50.27 % (iv) Urban Child population 171539 49.73 % (v) Child Sex Ratio 917

Rural/Urban Population 1. Rural 1707934 49.05 % 2. Urban 1774122 50.95 % Literates 1. Male 1300874 80.24 % 2. Female 1010841 65.15 % Total 2311715 72.86 % Literates Rural 1. Male 596530 74.57 % 2. Female 422910 56.32 % Total 1019440 65.74 % Literates Urban 1. Male 704340 85.79 % 2. Female 587931 73.43 % Total 1292275 79.67 % 1. Male 292739 2. Female 406434 Total 699173 Schedule Caste Population

1. Male 294062 16.5% 2. Female 286450 16.8% Total 580512 16.67 % Schedule Tribes Population

1. Male 60489 3.4% 2. Female 58880 3.5%

Total 119369 3.43 % WORKERS

1. Total workers (a + b) 1694160 48.65 % a. Total Number of Main workers 1561030 92.14% b. Total Number of Marginal workers 133130 7.86% 2. Non Workers 1787896 51.35 % Total Population (1+2) 3482056 Categories of Main Workers 1. Cultivators 247011 15.82 % 2. Agricultural Laborers 396158 25.38 % 3. House Hold Industry 132700 8.51 % 4. Other Workers 785161 50.29 % Total Workers 1561030 Categories of Marginal Workers 1. Cultivators 9993 7.51 % 2. Agricultural Laborers 58052 43.61 % 3. House Hold Industry 8803 6.60 % 4. Other Workers 56282 42.28 % Total Workers 133130

CATAGORIES OF MAIN WORKERS CATAGORIES OF MARGINAL WORKERS

Cultivators 50% 42% Cultivators 7% 16% Agricultural Laborers Agricultural House Hold 7% Laborers Industry House Hold Industry 9% 25% Other Workers 44%

Other Workers

LAND CLASSIFICATION (in Hectares) 1. Forests (Revenue & Social) 22578.490 4.34% 2. Barren & Uncultivable land 38198.025 7.34% 3. Land put to Non Agricultural use 64052.365 12.31% 4. Cultivable Waste 6208.035 1.19% 5. Permanent Pastures & other Grazing Land 4200.300 0.81% 6. Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops & groves not included in Net Area Sown 2902.935 0.56% 7. Current Fallow Lands 71321.585 13.70% 8. Other Fallow Lands 15831.405 3.04% 9. Net Area Sown 192133.350 36.91% 10. Reserve Forest 103103.510 19.81% Total Geographical Area According to 520529.000 Village Papers

PERCENTAGE OF LAND USAGE CLASSIFICATION IN SALEM DISTRICT 2016-17 Forests (Revenue & Social)

Barren & Uncultivable land 4.34% 19.81% Land put to Non Agricultural use 7.34% Cultivable Waste 12.31% 36.91% Permanent Pastures & other Grazing Land

Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops & 1.19% 13.70% groves not included in Net Area Sown 3.04% 0.81% Current Fallow Lands 0.56% Other Fallow Lands

Net Area Sown

Reserve Forest

AGRICULTURE CULTIVATED AREA (in HECT)

1. Paddy 5023.130 2. Cholam 26527.235 3. Cumbu 1187.670 4. Ragi 5012.160 5. Green gram 14203.620 6. Black gram 7185.720 7. Chillies 721.290 8. Cotton 12702.185 9. Groundnut 15765.560 10. Sugarcane 5961.635 11. Turmeric 6584.240 12. Tapiaco 8496.020 13. Gingelly 346.275 14. Maize 30361.530 15. Other Crops 30248.450 Total Cultivated Area 170326.720

Net Area Sown 192133.350 Area Sown More than once 39752.400 Total Cultivated Area 231885.750 1. Net Area Irrigated 75510.735 2. Area Irrigated More than once 9217.245 3. Gross Area Irrigated 84727.980 4. Gross Area Un irrigated 147157.770

MAJOR CROP AREA & PRODUCTION Area Yield Producation (in. Tonnes) (in hect) (in kg/hec) 1. Paddy 5023.130 2. Cholam 26527.235 3. Cumbu 1187.670 4. Ragi 5012.160 5. Green gram 14203.620 6. Black gram 7185.720 7. Chillies 721.290 8. Onion 876.415 9. Cotton 12702.185 10. Groundnut 15765.560 11. Sugarcane 5961.635 12. Turmeric 6584.240 13. Tapiaco 8496.020 14. Gingelly 346.275 15. Maize 30361.530 16. Other Crops 90931.065 Total Cultivated Area 231885.750

1. Food Crops Cultivated Area 167080.830

2. Non food Crops Cultivated Area 64804.920

SOIL TYPE Sl. Number Type of Soil Places in Districts 1 Parts of Salem, Athur, Sankagiri, Mettur and Omalur Red Calcareous taluks in Salem District 2 Red Non Calcareous ---- do ---- 3 Parts of Salem, Mettur and Omalur taluks in Salem Brown Soil Calcareous District 4 Parts of Salem, Sankagiri, Mettur, Omalur taluks in Red Collurial Caleareous Salem District. 5 Red Collurial Non Calcareous Parts of Sankagiri and Mettur taluks in Salem District 6 Parts of Salem, Athur, Sankagiri, Mettur and Omalur Black Soils taluks in Salem District 7 Alluvial Calcareous Parts of Sankagiri and Mettur Taluks 8 Brown soil Non Calcareous Yercaud Taluk 9TH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (2010 – 2011) Number of Operational holdings Category (in Hectares) SC ST Others Total 1. Below 0.5 10023 6832 135759 152620 2. 0.5 to 1.0 4847 5444 70329 80620 3. 1.0 to 2.0 2422 4725 51786 58933 4. 2.0 to 3.0 419 1234 13986 15639 5. 3.0 to 4.0 86 410 5095 5591 6. 4.0 to 5.0 45 175 1999 2219 7. 5.0 to 7.5 30 118 1581 1729 8. 7.5 to 10 5 35 392 432 9. 10 to 20 4 20 237 261 10. 20 and above 0 4 111 115 Total Holdings 17881 18997 281281 318159

PERCENTAGE OF CLASSIFICATION OF LAND HOLDERS (As per Agri Census 2010-11)

1.76% 0.54% 0.70% 18.52% 0.14% Values in Hectares 4.92% 0.08% Below 0.5 0.04% 0.5 to 1.0 1.0 to 2.0 2.0 to 3.0 25.34% 3.0 to 4.0 4.0 to 5.0 5.0 to 7.5 47.97% 7.5 to 10 10 to 20 20 and above

Area Operated Category (in Hectares) SC ST Others Total 1. Below 0.5 2711.031 1881.138 33937.24 38530.73 2. 0.5 to 1.0 3401.52 4132.873 50196.41 57731.42 3. 1.0 to 2.0 3217.93 6898..810 714156.6 81532.35 4. 2.0 to 3.0 998.355 3029.065 33531.7 37559.97 5. 3.0 to 4.0 292.495 1399.15 17436.96 19128.51 6. 4.0 to 5.0 198.87 776.975 8873.209 9849.054 7. 5.0 to 7.5 186.385 699.745 9302.655 10188.79 8. 7.5 to 10 41.525 296.375 3339.037 3676.937 9. 10 to 20 46.98 284.54 3125.72 3457.24 10. 20 and above 0 111.25 4698.385 4809.635 Total Area Operated 11095.1 19509.9 235860 266465 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPT 1. Veterinary Hospitals 6 2. Veterinary Dispensaries 109 3. Clinician Centre’s 1 4. Sub Centre’s 21 5. Mobile Vet Dispensaries 6 TALUK POPULATION Taluks Population Percentage 1. Salem, Salem West, Salem South 1272743 36.55 % 2. Attur, Pethanaikenpalayam 430949 12.38 % 3. Omalur, Kadayampatti 494355 14.20 % 4. Mettur 419887 12.06 %

5. Sankagiri 241783 6.94 % 6. Gengavalli 161302 4.63 % 7. Edappadi 223756 6.43 % 8. Yercaud 41869 1.20 % 9. Valappady 195412 5.61 % Total Population 3482056

Taluk Geographical Area (in hect) In Hectare Percentage to the dist. 1. Salem 22462.590 5.38% 2. Salem West 13136.135 3.15% 3. Salem South 11597.420 2.78% 4. Attur 52160.630 12.50% 5. Omalur 27290.670 6.54% 6. Mettur 62630.530 15.00% 7. Sankagiri 42519.330 10.19% 8. Gengavalli 37783.940 9.05% 9. Edappadi 31813.390 7.62% 10. Yercaud 15416.295 3.69% 11. Valapady 32117.770 7.69% 12. Kadayampatti 26263.100 6.29% 13. Pethanaikenpalayam 42234.690 10.12% Total Area 417426.49

ROADS (in KM) 1. National Highways 182.600 2. State Highways & Rural Roads 2441.163 3. Corporation & Municipalities Road 1181.884 4. Panchayat Union Road 8606.850 5. Town Panchayat Road 1134.240 6. Forest Roads 85.985 NORMAL RAINFALL (mm) Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall South West Monsoon 440.6 213.72 North East Monsoon 370.5 54.08 Winter Period 16.0 10.80 Hot Weather Period 170.8 138.36 Whole year 2016-17 997.9 416.96

TEMPERATURE(Celsius) Minimum 24.1 0C Maximum 35.2 0C TELEPHONES 1. Telephones in Use 135583 2. Post Office 374 3. Telephone Exchanges 143 4. Public Call Office (PPCO) 9486 5. General CCBPCO 1535 RESERVOIRS Height (ft) Capacity CCA (TMC ) (ha) Stanely Reservoir (Mettur Dam) 120 93.4 110000 Anaimaduvu Reservoir 67.25 2.05 2118 Kariyakovil Reservoir 52.49 2.66 2550 NUMBER OF IRRIGATION TANKS(No’s) 40 hect < 457 40 hect > 89 DIARY DEVELOPMENT No. of Dairy 1 Milk Producer Co-op. Society 617 Average Milk Production per day (in liter) 449239 Milk Chilling Plants 2 FISHERIES Inland Production (Tonnes) 10821 Families Engaged in Fishing 6210

POLICE & PRISON Police Stations 47 Women Police Stations 4 Police Force 2698 Fire & Rescue Station 7 Jails Central - 1 Sub-jails - 9 BUS TRANSPORT Fleet Strengths 2237 Bus Routes 1868 Employees 13431 Workshops 6 DISTRICT LIBRARY Central Library 1 Branch Library 65 Village Library 75 Part-time Library 29 Mobile Library 1 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES (i) PTMGR 1788 (ii) ICDS 2696 BANKS 1. Nationalised 181 2. Private sector 92 3. Co-operative 42 4. Pallavan Grama Bank 15 5. TIIC 1 Total 331 LIC 4 M.L.A CONSTITUENCY - (11) 1. Gengavalli 2. Attur 3. Yercaud 4. Omalur 5. Mettur 6. Edappady 7. Sankagiri 8. Salem West 9. Salem North 10. Salem South 11. Veerapandi M.P CONSTITUENCY - (1) 1. Salem

DISTRICT BOUNDARIES 1. East - Villupuram District 2. West - Erode District 3. North - Dharmapuri District 4. South - Namakkal & Thirchy District RIVERS Kavery River Sarabanga River Vasita Nathi Suvetha River REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES Commercial Vehicles 10684 Non Commercial Vehicles 58532 Regulated Markets 13 Cold Storages 5 Rural Godowns 43 LPG CONNECTION Single connections 329466 Double Connections 463522 FAIR PRICE SHOPS Number of Shops 1541 Ration Cards 1. Rural 563364 2. Urban 416638 Total 980002 ELECTRICITY Pump set Energized (2016 - 2017) 134154 Electrified Hamlets 5555

STUDENTS HOSTEL Hostels Students Most Backward Class Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 23 1394 (ii) Girls 9 655 Total 32 2049 Backward Class Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 10 707 (ii) Girls 06 423 Total 16 1130 Adhidravidar Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 29 923 (ii) Girls 13 858 Total 42 1781 Schedule Tribes Welfare Dept. (i) Boys 5 2835 (ii) Girls 2 2740

(iii) Both Boys Girls 50 ----- Total 57 557936j

MAJOR INDUSTRIES Salem Steel Plant JSW Steels Pvt Ltd The Chemplast Sanmar Pvt Ltd Tamilnadu Manesite Narasu’s Coffee Textiles & Spinning Mills MALCO SAGO-SERVE TOURIST PLACES Yercaud (Mini Ooty ) Kurumpatti Zoologigal Park Poiman Karadu, Panamarathu patty Mettur dam Poolampatty Water Place ( Salem’s Kerala ) Attur Fort Sankagiri Fort Salem Steel Plant Anaimaduvu Dam Kariyakoil Dam PLACE OF WORSHIP Kailasanathar Temple, Tharamangalam Kottai Mariamman Temple Sugavaneshwarar Temple Arulmigi Alagirinathar Temple Ayodhyapattanam Ramar Temple Kandhasramam 1008 Lingam Temple Kalangi Siddhar Temple Belur Siva Temple Rajaganapathi Temple Jama Masjid ( built by Tippu Sultan ) C.S.I. Church MINING & QUARRYING Production in MT/M3 Values in Rs. Lime Stone 356110 MT 3,55,99,678 Quartz 1960 MT 3,10,100 Feldspar 107712 MT 1,10,29,191 Magnesite 133442 MT 1,10,52,050 Bauxite 12000 MT 9,60,000 Dunite 6288 MT 1,58,640 Rough Stone 703872 M3 3,56,90,020 Soil / Gravel 36606 M3 11,81,100 Granite – Black 2203.496 M3 85,79,531 Granite – Color 64053.848 M3 1,36,88,840

LANGUAGE SPOKEN 1. Tamil 2. Telugu 3. Karnataka 4. Hindi 5. Urdu RANK OF SALEM DISTRICT OUT OF 32 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE 1. Sex Ratio 31 2. Population Density 9 3. Decadal Variation in Population 5 4. 0-6 Age Child Population 15 5. Female Literates 28 6. Literacy Rate 27 7. Total Population 18 8. Total Literates 21 9. District Share of Total Population 2.61% 10. Decadal Population Growth Rate 20.67% 11. Number of House Holds(HH) 448053 12. Per capita Income Current 65321 Price (2009-10) (in Rs.) 13. Documents Registration Offices 12 14. District Speciality S - STEEL PLANT A - ALUMINIUM L - LIME STONE E - ELECTRICITY M - METTUR DAM 15. Memorial House 16. Research Centers Tapioca & Castor Research Station Yethapur Sheep Research Station Pottaneri,

POPULATION BY TALUK WISE IN SALEM DISTRICT (As per 2011 Census)

P opulation Literates Taluks Male Female Total Male Female Total Salem 645797 628635 1274432 503644 422520 926164 Yercaud 21047 20785 41832 13562 10023 23585 Valapady 98674 96741 195415 72375 57296 129671 Mettur 217182 200278 417460 154584 112198 266782 Omalur 259550 235311 494861 174991 122401 297372 Sangakiri 125818 116853 242671 88751 62888 151639 Edappadi 116241 106615 222856 76376 50714 127090 Attur 215626 213670 429296 157974 126004 283978 Gengavalli 80634 80551 161184 58617 46797 105414 SALEM 1780569 1699439 3480007 1300874 1010841 2311695 SC/ST POPULATION BY TALUK WISE IN SALEM DISTRICT (As per 2011 Census)

Population Literates Taluks Male Female Total Male Female Total Salem 88482 87918 176400 6048 6032 12080 Yercaud 2669 2823 5492 14159 13959 28118 Valapady 26311 26059 52370 5443 5212 10655 Mettur 27780 26612 54392 4888 4615 9503 Omalur 47087 43359 90446 2922 2671 5593 Sangakiri 18086 16914 35000 557 492 1049 Edappadi 11657 11101 22758 179 178 287 Attur 51474 51288 102755 20956 20488 41444 Gengavalli 20516 20383 40899 5407 5233 10640 SALEM 294062 286457 580512 60559 58880 119369 POPULATION INDICATORS Rural Urban Total Number of House Holds (HH) 342859 105194 448053 Population Percentage 77.25% 22.75% Total Population 1451446 428363 1879809 Male 742444 217788 960232 Female 709002 210575 919577 Sex Ratio 953 965 956 Child (0-6) Sex Ratio 919 942 924 Child (0-6) 166231 51092 217323 Male (0-6) 86561 26271 112832 Female (0-6) 79670 24821 104491 Child (0-6) Percentage 10.70% 11.21% Male Child Percentage 10.89% 11.34% Female Child Percentage 10.50% 11.07% Total Literates 865259 322699 1187958 Male 494718 172344 667062 Female 370541 150355 520896 Literacy Rate 68.41% 86.07% Male 76.49% 90.50% Female 59.96% 81.50%

SALEM DISTRICT -SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2016-17 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 2011) 954 4 % 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 36.91 12 % of Area sown more than once to Net Area Sown 20.69 13 % of Net Area Irrigated to Net Area sown 36.91 14 % of Gross Area Irrigated to Gross Area sown 36.91 15 Per Capita Net Area sown (Hectare) .063 16 Bovine Population per square km 0000 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 purpose(units) 261 .13 20 Percentage of consumption of electricity by purpose a. Domestic 28 .41 b. Commercial 10 .29 c. Industries 18 .63 d. Public lighting & Public works 4 .75 e. Agriculture 18 .88 f. Others 19 .04 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 13 27 Number of High schools per lakh of population 7 28 Number of Higher Sec. Schools per lakh of population 9 29 Number of Hospital beds per lakh of population 64 30 Number of Libraries per lakh of population 5