DISTRICT STATISTICAL HAND BOOK (2007-08)

1. AREA AND POPULATION 2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 3. AGRICULTURE

4. IRRIGATION 5. ANIMAL HUSBANDARY 6. BANKING AND INSURANCE

7. CO-OPERATION 8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 9. COMMUNICATION

10. ELECTRICITY 11. EDUCATION 12. FISHERIES

13. HANDLOOM 14. HANDICRAFTS 15. HOPITAL

16. HOUSING 17. INDUSTRIES 18.FACTORIES

19. LOCAL BODIES 20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 21. LEGAL SERVICES

22. LIBRARIES 23. MINING AND QUARYING 24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR

27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY 25. MEDICAL SERVICES 26. MOTOR VEHICLES GENERATION

28. POLICE AND PRISONS 29. PUBLIC HEALTH 30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

31.PRICES – INDICES 32. QUALITY CONTROL 33. REGISTRATION

36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL 35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 34.REPAIRS AND SERVICE SERVICES

39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH 37. SOCIAL WELFARE 38.SANITARY SERVICES SERVICE

40. STORAGE FACILITIES 41.TEXTILES 42.TRADE AND COMMERCE

43.TRANSPORT 44. TOURISM 45.VITAL STATISTICS

46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES 47. WATER WORK AND SUPPLY

1.AREA AND POPULATION ToP

1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC’S, ST’S – SEXWISE BY BLOCKS AND MUNICIPALITIES

Population Literates Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Name of the Sl. Blocks No

Area (sq.km) Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female (1 (2) (3) (4) (5 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1. Dharmapuri 371 213775 110102 103673 127510 73950 53560 18801 9597 9210 1614 821 793 2. Nallampalli 413 161343 84202 77141 84549 51822 32727 17843 9146 8697 1579 826 753 3. 882 165736 85174 80562 85806 51204 34602 50039 25591 24448 13296 6791 6505 4. Morapur 562 155000 80073 74927 85116 51352 33764 41200 21195 20005 1456 765 691 5. Pappireddipatty 408 102866 52646 50220 58232 34471 23761 23676 11934 11742 19667 10017 9650 6. 1130 194882 102269 92613 92348 57245 35103 21206 11103 10103 3555 1842 1713 7. Palacode 384 164074 84923 79151 79841 48303 31538 12952 6659 6293 1012 540 472 8. Karimangalam 348 137506 71131 66375 64272 39764 24508 14717 7440 7277 428 217 211 Total 4498 1295182 670520 624662 677674 408111 269563 200434 102665 97775 42607 21819 20788

Source: Census of 2001

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1.2.POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

Tamil Nadu Sl. District

No Industrial Category Persons % to Persons % to totalworkers

totalworkers (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) . Total Main Workers 558469 85 23757783 85

a) Cultivators 240963 36 4738819 17 b) Agricultural Labours 152658 23 6062786 22 c) Household Industry Manufacturing, Processing, Servicing and Repairs 11489 2 1261059 4 d) Other Workers 153359 24 11695119 42 2 Marginal Workers 101987 15 4120499 15

Total Workers 660456 100 27878282 100 Non Workers 634726 58.96 34527397 55.33

_ _ Total Population 1295182 62405679

Source: Census of India 2001

1.2 POPULATION BY RELIGION

Percentage(%) Sl.No. Religion Persons in Persons in

District In the District Tamil Nadu

1 Hindu 54985079 88.67

2 Muslim 3470647 5.47

3 Christian 3785060 5.69

4 Sikh 9545 0.01

5 Buddhist 5393 0.00

6 Jain 83359 0.12

7 Other Religions 7252 0.01

8 Religions not stated 59344 0.03

Total Population 62405679 100

Source: Census of India 2001.

1.4. POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS

Sl.No Age Groups Persons in Persons in Tamil Percent to total in Districts(in’00’) Nadu(in ‘00’) District Tamil Nadu (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. 0-14 16826 30.9 2. 17524 28.1 15-29 3. 13202 20.4 30-44 4. 8718 13.1 45-59 5. 5634 7.5 60 and above 62406 100 Total

Source: Census of India 2001.

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1.5 POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT DECENNIAL GROWTH

Period Region Population Percentage Variation Since (Subject to the period previous Census of availability)

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1991* Total 1116060 18.71

Rural

Urban

2001 Total 1295182 --

Rural 1100628 --

Urban 194554 --

* Combined District figures (for both Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri district)

Source: Census of India 2001.

1.6 SALIENT FEATURES 0F 2001 CENSUS -- BLOCK AND MUNICIPALITY WISE

Fem ales Density per Increase in Rural Sl. Name of the Urban per sq. 100 Population Popula No Block/Municipality Population % km 0 since 1991 in % tion % mal es

1. Dharmapuri 576 941 20.57 30.17 69.83

2. Nallampalli 391 916 10.70 - 100.00

3. Harur 187 946 12.99 87.01 16.47 4. Morappur 276 936 13.56 86.44

5. Pappireddipatty 252 954 19.50 81.50

6. Pennagaram 172 906 7.78 13.64 86.36

7. Palacode 427 932 19.13 17.58 82.42

8. Karimangalam 395 933 16.25 8.75 91.25

9 Dharmapuri Municipality 5532 974 8.73 100.00 --

DISTRICT 288 932 15.27 15.02 84.98

source: Census of India 2001

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(contd)

Sl.No Name of the Block/ Literacy rate among S.C. Population S.T. Population in Municipality Male (%) Female (%) in % %

1. Dharmapuri 78 59 9 1

2. Nallampalli 72 48 11 0.9

3. Harur 69 49 30 8

4. Morappur 74 51 27 0.9

5. Pappireddipatty 75 53 23 19

6. Pennagaram 66 44 11 1.8

7. Palacode 67 46 8 0.6

8. Karimangalam 66 42 11 0.3

9 Dharmapuri Municipality 89 75 7 0.08

Source: Census of India 2001

ToP 2.CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

2.1.TEMPERATURE AT SELECT STATIONS (Celsius) Name of the Station: Dharmapuri Year: 2007-2008

Months Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Humidity

Normal ActuaL Normal Actual 8.30 hrs. 17.30 hrs. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

No temperature measuring Station in this District.

2.2 MONTHLY RAINFALLL DATA-STATION WISE WITH MAINTAINING DEPARTMENT PARTICULARS (In Millimetres) Year:2007-2008 Period Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall (1) (2) (3) 1.South West Monsoon Period 361.0 380.26 Total 46.4 22.01 June'06 73.9 96.08 July06 89.5 142.47 August'06 151.2 119.70 September'06

2.North East Monsoon 316.7 337.36 Total 176.0 141.60 October06 95.6 61.87 November06 45.1 133.89 December'06

3.Winter-Period 18.5 18.30 Total 9.3 18.30 January'07 9.2 - February'07

4.Hot-Weather Period 156.9 227.48 Total 15.7 92.59 March'07 35.3 26.59 April'07 105.9 108.30 May'07

WHOLE YEAR TOTAL 853.1 963.40 Source: Indian meterological Department, Chennai-6.

ToP 2.3 TIME SERIES DATA OF RAINFALL BY SEASONS (LAST 10 YEARS) Year:1997-19978 TO 2007-2008 South West North East Winter Season Hot Weather Total S Sl Monsoon Monsoon Season Year No % Deviation (+ or – =) from Normal Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual

1 97-98 406.0 549.3 -- 78.7 1034.0

2 98-99 446.2 327.30 0.7 188.0 962.2

3 99-00 370.1 448.4 47.8 140.1 1006.4

4 2000-01 596.2 285.7 0.4 160.2 1042.5

5 2001-02 451.3 253.4 2.8 118.3 825.8

6 2002-03 228.6 148.4 0.0 144.6 521.6

7 2003-04 391.8 377.0 303.4 295.1 14.0 2.0 146.7 401.5 856.9 1075.6

8 2004-05 391.8 389.3 303.4 260.9 14.0 0.5 146.7 222.0 856.9 827.7

9 2007-08 361.0 390.4 316.7 720.1 18.5 3.0 156.9 199.0 853.1 1312.5

10 2007-08 380.26 - 337.36 - 18.30 227.48 963.40

3.AGRICULTURE ToP 3.1.Soil Classification Year: 2007-2008 Sl.No. Type of Soil Places in the District

1. Lateritic Soil Almost in all Blocks

2. Black Soil

3. Sandy Coastal Alluviam Almost in all Blocks

4. Red Sandy Soil

Source: Asst.Director Statistics, Dharmapuri.

LAND UTILIZATION (Area in Hectares) Year: 2007-2008

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Block vill Total Cropped Area Area sown more than oncfe Forest Barrren and Uncultivable Non – Landput to Agricultural use Cultivable waste Permanent Pastures and other Grazing Land Under Miscella-neous and Tree Crops Current Fallows Ogther Fallows Land sown Area Nett Geographical Area According to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1.Dharmapuri 13920 608 5427.93 5 196.355 956.000 542.385 1835.66 5 547.290 13070.3 20 371.04 15926.3 30 2852.01 0 2.Nallampalli 9034 1913 4341.000 192.510 564.000 147.065 3466.715 849.945 20838.76 5 41347.00 0 23426.42 5 2587.660 3.Pennagaram 63128 7007 10864 216 1016 625 4386. 510 94.34 5 25689 .710 64485 .280 28048 .880 2359. 170 4.Harur 26248 4490 10273 2254 1868 1041. 365 16091 .912 402.6 35 25414 .208 88083 15926 .330 2856. 010 5.Morappur 19193 1714 2149 994.9 80 1056 295 3952. 926 477.9 50 26364 .699 56198 30072 .226 3707. 527 6.Pappireddi patti 15798 876 4206 667.3 30 97 120 5962. 093 450.0 50 12574 .527 40751 13265 .267 690.7 40 7.Palacode 12249 1217 7477 106.7 75 371 82 826.5 80 118.5 75 15988 .725 38436 13265 .267 690.7 40 8.Kari mangalam 4607 1823 6674 242 201.660 61 2688.66 0 48.405 18445.7 29 34831 20148.3 60 1702.83 0

DIST.TOTAL 164177 19648 51412 4830 6209 2914 39211 2989 158387 449777 180385 21999 Source: ‘G’ Return.

3.3.AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS ToP Year:2007-2008 Production Productivity % to the total area Sl.N Crops Area ‘000” hec. 00’tonnes Kg./hec. sown o

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. A.FOOD GRAINS: i) Paddy 18800 45.608 2426 10.4 ii) Cholam 17170 11.143 649 9.5 iii) Cumbu 870 10.057 1156 0.5 iv) Ragi 17041 22.937 1346 9.4 v) Samai 11952 6.789 568 6.6 b) Pulses i) Redgram 1179 0.435 369 0.7 ii) Green gram 297 0.125 424 0.02 iii) Black gram 1428 409 0.8 iv) Horse gram 8094 2.113 261 4.5 v) Bengal gram 269 0.371 138 0.1 vi) Cowbea 2459 0.514 209 1.4 2. B.OIL SEEDS i) Groundnut 13910 18.723 1346 7.7 ii) Coconut( in nuts) 8695 44.544 5123 9.8 iv) Sunflower 1785 1.192 668 1.0 3. C.OTHER CROPS i) Sugarcane 17294 95.653 5531 9.6 ii) Cotton 4889 9.83 201 2.7 iii) Chilies 547 0.554 1012 0.3 iv) Turmeric 3377 8.375 2480 1.9 v) Coriander 257 0.075 290 0.2 vi)Tamarind 816 4.428 3449 0.5 vii) Banana 1313 46.624 35375 0.7 viii) Mango 9406 69.226 7290 5.2 ix) Tomotto 3673 48.476 13198 2.0 x) Tapioca 26586 531.720 20336 14.7 xi) castor 77 0.26 342 0.1 xii) Flowers 1948 1.1 Xiii) Others 6253 3.5 TOTAL FOOD AND 180385 100 NON-FOOD CROPS Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai.6

3.4 .AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS ( In Number) Year:2007-08

Sl.No. Item 1994 1999-2000 (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Ploughs a) Wooden 134785 167336 b) Iron 45361 29955 c) Total 180146 197291 2. Water Pumps for Irrigation Purpose a) Worked by Oil Engine 31942 16601 b) Worked by Electric Power 35329 32476 c) Total 67262 49077 3. Tractors a) Government 120 57 b) Private 1199 540 c) Total 1318 597 4. Sugarcane Crushers a) Worked by Power 45 173 b) Worked by Bullocks 469 215 c) Total 514 388 5. Oil Ghanis a) 5 Kg. & above -- -- b) Less than 5 Kg. 41 126 c) Total 41 126 Source: Based on Quinquennial Livestock Census

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3.5.NUMBER AND AREA OF OPERATIONAL LAND HOLDINGS

Year:2007-08

Number Area Size Class of holdings Hectares) S.C. S.T. OTHER TOTAL S.C. S.T. OTHERS TOTAL S (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Below0.5 7389 2532 92188 102109 2002.08 667.90 23957.35 26627.33 0.5- 1.0 4020 1873 49188 55081 2945.81 1317.22 35264.41 39527.44 1.0 – 2.0 2911 1458 40591 44954 3993.74 2016.93 56533.87 62544.54 2.0 – 3.0 555 381 12464 13400 1302.23 910,27 29947.21 32159.71 3.0 – 4.0 134 104 4801 5039 464.71 357.04 16461.66 17283.41 4.0 –5.0 63 38 2253 2354 278.01 164.84 9944.33 10387.18 5.0 –7.5 49 29 1932 2010 279.97 162.53 11440.55 11883.05 7.5 –10.0 29 19 514 562 45.70 161.30 4544.42 4751.42 10.0 –20.0 5 2 290 297 53.27 31.64 3630.53 3015.44 Above 20.0 1 0 22 23 20.13 0.0 649.38 669.51 TOTAL 15156 6436 204237 225829 11385.65 5789.67 192373.71 209549.03

Source: Agricultural Census 2000-2001

3.6 CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND ESTICIDES

Year: 2007-08

Fertilizers ( in ‘ 000 ‘ Tone ) Pesticides Urea ( 000 Tone )

Nitrogenous Phosphoric Potassium Total Dust Liquid

( N ) (P2 O5) ( K2 O) ( NPK ) ( KGB. ) ( Lits ) ( 1) ( 2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 5.477 1.470 2.375 2.900 20.965 33.788 10.703

Source : Joint Director of Agriculture, Dharmapuri.

3.7REGULATED MARKETS Year: 2007-08 No.of No.of Sub/– Quantity arrivals Recipts Regulated Regulated Name of Crops ( in MT.) ( Rs in Lakhs ) Markets Markets ( Product wise ) ( Product wise )

7 Paddy 124.500 Paddy 3.48 NIL Groundnut 27.700 Groundnut 0.95 Cotton - Cotton 14.48 Ragi 75.120 Ragi 0.40 Cholam 10.000 Cholam 0.07 Cumbu - Cumbu 0.01 Redgrams - Redgrams 0.01 Coconut 7.05 Coconut 8.44 Horsegram 20.000 Horsegram 0.30 Tapiaco 13151.000 Tapiaco 19.37 Potato - Potato - groundnut Kernals - Saterseed - Tamarind 179.240 Tamarind 4.55 Gingly 20.100 Gingly 2.08 Sugarcane jaggery - Sugarcane jaggery 2.42 Samai 370.400 Samai 6.65 Motchai 50.340 Motchai 0.33 Total 63.78

Source : District Market Commeete Office, Dharmapuri.

3.8 CROP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE FASLI YEAR 2007-08

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Sl.No. Name of the Crop Name of the No.of Premium No.of Amount Blocks Expriments Collected Beneficiaries Sanctioned notifies ( Rs ) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1. Paddy(K) 7 140

2. Paddy(S) 8 150

3. Paddy (N) 3 40

4. Ragi(UI) 8 144 ----N I L ------5. Groundnut (UI) 8 144

6. Gingelly (UI) 2 36

7. Ragi (I) 3 54

8. Cotton (I) 6 120

9. 3 54 Tapioca 10. - - Banana 11. 7 123 Groundnut (I) 12 7 126 Turmeric Total

Source : Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri.

3.9 SERICULTURE

For the Fasli Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Area under Mullbery Production of Value Name Of the Block (In Hec.) Cocoons(Kgs) in Rs. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1 Dharmapuri 178.60 111431 12591703

2 Harur 60.30 32207 3703805

3 Pappireddipati 196.94 144514 16619110

4 Pennagarm 496.94 431600 47476000

5 Palacode 185.36 148300 16313000

6 Karimangalam 68.48 44700 4917000

7 Morappur 116.72 75470 8679050

8 Nallampalli 147.59 49166 5162430

Total 1450.93 1037388 115462098

Source : Assistant Director Of Sericulture, Dharmapuri

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4. IRRIGATION

4.1 Sources of Water Supply –Block wise

Year: 2007-08

Sl. Name of the Canals Length Wells used Tube Wells used Resorvoirs Tanks (Nos.) No. Taluk (Km.) for Wells for

Numbers irrigation Domestic

purpose Purpose only only

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Dharmapuri 5 19 15400 216 3884 2 290 1

Harur 1 45 16315 238 2970 1 239 2

Pappireddipatty 3 44 15934 404 2063 1 125 3

Pennagaram 3 36 11080 27 2449 - 89 4

Palacode 73 43 23560 213 4899 3 272 5

TOTAL 85 187 82289 1098 16265 7 1015

Source: - Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri

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4.2 ACTUAL AREA IRRIGATED BY SOURCE

(Area in Hectares) Year: 2007-08

Area Irrigated Source Number Net Gross I.Surface Water:

1. Canals i) Government Canals 85 3651 3651

ii) Private Canals

2. Tanks i) Large 89 6122 6277 ii) Small 926

3. Flow Irrigation i) Major & Medium ii) Minor

4. Lift Irrigation: i) Major & Medium Minor

5. Ponds i) Lift Irrigation

ii) Minor

6. Other Sources:

i) Lift Irrigation 56 57

1 ii) Flow Irrigation II Ground Water:

1. Public

2. Private Tube Wells 1098 603 665 3. Dug Wells 82289 60913.321 70484009

4. I) With Pump sets 80175 61553 71204

iii) Without Pumpsets 1465

TOTAL 65815.541 75843.934

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

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4.3 AREA IRRIGATED BY CROPS

(MINOR IRRIGATION CENSUS)

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No. Area (in ‘000’ Hect.) Crop 1 Paddy 18539 2 Cholam 117 3 Cumbu 205 4 Maize 274 5 Ragi 2417 6. Others 8 TOTAL CEREALS 21560 6 Bengalgram 23 7 Greengram 1 8 Redgram - 9 Blackgram 16 10 Cowpea - 11 Others 76 TOTAL PULSES 116 11 Chillies 525 12 Turmeric 3377 13 Coriander 72 14 Arecanut 334 15 Sugarcane 17294 16 Onion 110 17 Others 9696 31408 TOTAL FRUITS AND 18 Groundnut 3019 19 Coconut 8401 20 Sunflower 1495 21 Cotton 2489179 22 Mulpery 438 23 Flowers 1948 24 Other crops 4561 TOTAL NON FOOD CROPS 22351 TOTAL FOOD & NON-FOOD 75844

Source: Asst. Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri

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4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore Wells

Year: 2007-08

Dams Tanks No.of Wells in use No. of Bore wells

Name of the Block Sl.No. well tubwells Length of canals No. of wells in use No. of Bore well Dug Catchment area area Catchment area Water spread Height Capacity Length of canals area Water spread Capacity Height (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

Thumbalahalli Reservoir

1 Project, Palacode 24 14.6 3510

232.50 131.00

2 Vanior Reservoir Project, 15 65.00 10402 Papppireddipatty 101.76 418.00

3 Chinnar Reservoir Project, 101 4500 50.00 Palacode 618.82 500.00

4 Thoppaiar Reservoir 12 5330 50.18 Project, Nallampalli 276.79 299.00

5 Nagavathi Reservoir 21 1993 24.60 Project, Pennagaram 105.36 156.03

6 Kesarikulihalli Reservoir 54 4000 52.75 25.20 Project, Palacode 134.00

7 Total Number of Wells for

Irrigation 82319

8 Total Number of Borewells for Irrigation 1119

Source: Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri

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5. ANIMAL HUSBANDARY 5.1 LIVESTOCK POPULATION Sl.No. Classification Numbers 1. Cattle 1. Male i. Under one year 22618 ii. 1 to 2.5 years 18349 iii. Over 2.5 years 34468

Total 75435

2. Female i. Under one year 82244 ii. 1 to 2.5 Years 62318 iii. Over 2.5 years --

a.In Milk -- b.Dry 10312 c.Not calved even once --

Total 154874

Bufflows 391103

Cattle Total 391103

3. Sheep 312798 4. Goats 201174 5. Horses and Ponies 184477 6. Pigs 36 7.Mules 8. Camels -- 9. Donkeys 65378 10. Dogs, Domestic Dogs, TOTAL LIVESTOCK 451065

II. POULTRY 1. Fowls 207389 2. Ducks 2979

Total Poultry 2103682

Source: Assistant Director of Animal Husbandary, Dharmapuri (As per 18th Livestock Census '2007)

5.2 VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS AND ANIMALS TREATED BLOCK WISE Year : 2007-08 Veterinary Institutions Other Units

Sl. Name of the No Block EOAH ries ries Animal Treated Units Mobile Animal Centers Centers Disease Disease Castration Castration Performed Hospital Hospital Clinician Sub Centers Dispensa- investiga- tion Units Poly Clinic

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Dharmapuri -- -- 2 1 2 -- 1 30189 384 2 Nallampalli -- -- 3 -- 3 -- -- 60549 244 3 Pennagaram -- -- 4 -- 4 -- -- 53178 578 4 Palacode -- 1 3 --- 3 -- -- 42795 545 5 Karimangalam -- -- 3 -- 4 -- -- 36554 709 6 Harur -- -- 3 -- 4 -- -- 37378 301 7 Papireddipatty -- 1 4 -- 4 -- 1 49617 982 8 Morrappur -- -- 4 -- 2 -- -- 53140 1092 Total -- 2 26 126 -- 2 363400 4835

Source : Assistant Director of Animal Husbandary, Dharmapuri

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5.3 NUMBER OF VETERINARY HOSPITALS Year : 2007-08 Sl.No. Name of the Block Number of Government Hospitals Private Hospitals (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Dharmapuri 1 0 2 Palacode 1 0 3 Pappiredipatty 1 0

Veterinary Dispensaries =26 0 Mobile Dispensaries = 2 0 Rinder PestVigilance Unit =0 0 Total =31

Source : Assistant Director of Animal Husbandary, Dharmapuri

5.4. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT Year : 2007-08

Quantity of milk Value of Milk produced Name of the Block No.of Milk societies produced in ‘000’ liters Rs.in Lakhs / Urban Town

240 District 223.71 2684.56Per day

Source: Dairy Development, Dharmapuri

5.5 POULTRY DEVELOPMENT Year: 2007-08

S. Name of the Broiler Layer Quail Turkey Others No Block No.Farms No.Farms No.Birds No.Farms No.Birds No.Farms No.irds No.Farms No.Birds No.Farms No.Birds Total No. Farms 1 Dharmapuri 17 130000 1-- 3000

2 Nallampalli 89 317000 -- 52000

3 Pennagaram 64 200000 -- --

4 Palacode 125 375000 --

5 Karimangalam 19 25000 -- --

6 Harur 6 35000 1 25000

7 8 25000 5 459000

8 Morappur -- 0 2 145000

DIST.TOTAL 328 1332000 9 632000

Source:District Poultry Development Office,Dharmapuri.

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5.6 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION Year : 2007-08 SL. Name and address of Inland fish Catch Marine Fish Number of Fisherman No fishing centres ( Tonne) Catch engaged ( Tonne) 1 Chinnar 2.902 -- 10

2 Thumbalahalli 1.035 -- 24

3 Nagavathy 17.125 -- 20

4 Vanniyar 10.631 -- 12

5 Thoppiar 9.883 -- 28

6. Kesrkullihalla 0.240 -- 14

Total 41.816 -- 118

Source : Inspector of Fisheries, Fort, Dharmapuri-4.

6. BANKING AND INSURANCE ToP 6.1 No.of Commercial Banks Year: 2007-08 (Rs.In Lakhs)

No.of Priority sector Advances Branches

Bank Deposit Advance tion DRI CD Ratio Semi Total Total Rural Urban Services Industries Agriculture WeakerSec SBI 6 4 18663 30411 163 19513 1890 5711 27114 12535 0 BOB 1 1 2804 2734 98 1179 168 1071 2418 1284 0 BOI 0 1 1527 1376 90 568 86 482 1136 172 0 CB 1 1 2441 2438 100 1480 258 273 2011 1400 0 CBI 3 1 3307 7445 225 4995 963 905 6863 2715 0 IB 10 5 22039 24562 111 15307 690 4910 20907 10152 3 IOB 4 1 7867 7068 90 4249 1441 907 6597 2184 0 SYN.B 3 1 5454 7033 129 3645 43 2038 5726 2696 0 UBI 0 1 255 175 69 129 0 27 156 10 0 TOTAL-I 28 16 64357 83242 129 51065 5519 16324 72928 33148 3 ICICI Ltd. 0 1 3341 10151 304 3361 0 1576 4937 7 0 Indus Ind 0 1 415 1185 286 0 0 0 0 0 0 KVB 1 0 704 449 64 402 0 29 431 275 0 LVB 1 2 2982 2034 68 1359 383 112 1854 740 0 South In 0 1 77 38 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 TMB 1 1 4132 3990 97 885 530 515 1930 194 1 TOTAL-II 3 6 11651 17847 153 6007 913 2246 9166 1216 1 TOT I+II 31 22 76008 101089 133 57072 6452 18570 82094 34364 4 PGB 9 2 7325 8518 116 4592 9 2162 6763 6125 0 TIIC 0 1 0 1239 0 0 1183 56 1239 4 0 DCCB 8 12 19403 30317 156 21440 157 1094 22691 16373 1 TCB 0 1 4110 2669 65 163 191 1776 2130 1660 0 PARDB 1 1 0 281 0 6 201 74 281 281 0 TAICO 0 1 511 1641 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 GR.TOT 49 40 107357 145754 136 83273 8193 23732 115198 58807 3

6.2 INSURANCE SCHEME

Year : 2007-08 Amount paid in Name of the Insurance No.of Polices Sum Assured No.of compensastion(Rs. in Branches Issued (Rs. in crores) beneficiaries crores) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. LIC, Dharmapuri. 1 28000 158.00 25000 15.00 5 General Insurance 1 9317 1146.85 226 2.22 1. United InsuranceThe New India 1 8888 3.22 452 16.53 Assurance Comp. Ltd.

Source : 1. Manager, LIC. Ltd., Dharmapuri. 2. Manager , New India Assurance Ltd.,Dharmapuri 3. Manager , United Insurance Ltd , Dharmapuri

7. CO-OPERATION ToP 7.1 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

(Rupees in Lakhs) Year : 2007-08

Type of the Societies Sl.No No.of Societies Member -ship Share Capital/ Working Capital Loans Advanced) (Outstanding and Overdue No .of Employees (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 1. District Central Co-operative Bank 1 - 330311.41 57597.26 40806.11 22698.94 196 2. Primary Agricultural Co.operative Bank 131 277877 2998.00 15288.73 8145.63 7182.06 1164 3. urban Bank 1 20279 93.70 324.48 242.91 43.96 20 4. Land Dev. Bank 2 30196 232.05 442.04 303.84 275.11 17 5. Employees Co-op, Thrift & Credit Society 47 19902 10.27 67.86 66.46 6.37 74 6. Co.Op.Marketing Society 2 ------7 Wholesale Co.op.Society 1 2210 25.16 58.98 34.96 10.50 74 8 Students co.op. stores 67 2618 0.65t - - - - 9 Labour Contract Co,op. Societies 4 ------10 Printing press 1 ------11 Primary Co.op Stores 1 2367 12.72 - - - - 12 Co.op. Training Instutions 1 377 1805.00 41.40 - - 1 13 Co.op Union 1 1434 - - - - 3 14 Blue Metal Jelly Co.op Societty 1 ------15 Vegetables growers co op. Society 1 ------16 Lamp Society 1 4824 27.64 122.45 40.86 36.64 20

Source: District Rigster of Co–Operative Socities, Dharmapuri

8. CIVIL SUPPLIES ToP 8.1 No.of Fair Price Shops

Year 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the Taluks No.of Shops

1 2 218 1 Dharmapuri

2 Pennagaram 121

3 Palacode 209

4 Harur 166

5 Pappireddipatti 157

Total 871

Source : District Supply Officer, Dharmapuri-5

8.2 QUANTUM OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED AND THEIR RETAIL PRICES Year2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Commodity Issue Price per Kg. Scale of Supply (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 RICE RICE Supper Fine 1.00 1 Unit =12kg Common 1.00 1 ½ Unit =14kg 2 Wheat 7.50 2 Units =16kg 3 Sugar 13.50 2 ½ Units =18kg 4 Palmoelin Oil 40.00- 3 & above =20kg 5 Sooji 18.00 WHEAT 6 Maida 16.00 District hqrs = 10 7 Kerosene Rural 8.70 Other areas = 5 Urban 8.80 SUGAR 8 Others 500 Gms per Head Redgram 32.00 Maximum 2 Kgs. Black gram 36.00 Sooji & Maida one Kg. per card Kerosene District Hqrs. - 10 Litters Municipality - 6 Litters Town panchayat - 5 litters Village Panchayats - 3 Litters

Source : District Supply Officer, Dharmapuri.5.

8.3 NO.OF RATION CARDS ( RURAL AND URBAN ) Year :2007-08

Region No.of Ration cards

(1) (2)

Rural 340023

Urban 69945

District Total 409968

Source : District Supply Office, Dharmapuri.

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8.4 QUANTITY SUPPLIED

Year :2007-08

Sl.No Items Quantity Supplied (M.T.)

1 Rice - ( Tonne ) 99469 2 Wheat - ( Tonne ) 1911 3 Sugar - ( Tonne ) 5197 4 Rava - ( Tonne ) 53 5 Maida - ( Tonne ) 225 6 Kerosene - ( Kilo Liters ) 1019 7 Others - ( Specified ) 21

Source : TNCSC Office, Dharmapuri.

8.5 NO.OF LPG. CONNECTIONS Year : 2007-08s Sl.No Name of the Block / Municipality Government L.P.G. Single Double 1 2 3 4 1 33800 38200

33800 38200 District Total Source: Concerned Agencies

8.6 NO.OF PERSONS WAITING FOR L.P.G. CONNECTIONS Year : 2007-2008 Name of the Block Government L.P.G. Private L.P.G. Connections Sl.No / Municipality Single Double Single Double 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 DHARMAPURI

ToP 9. COMMUNICATION 9.1 Post office doing postal business only

Year : 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the Postal Division Post office Doing Postal business only ( Nos.) (1) (2) (3)

1 DHARMAPURI 240

Total 240

9.2 POST OFFICE DOING POST AND TELEGRAPHC BUSINESS

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Blocks/ Municipalities Post office Doing Post and Telegraphic business ( Nos.) (1) (2) (3) 1 Dharmapuri -- 2. Nallampalli 2 3. Morappur 2 4. Harur 1 5. Pennnagaram 3 6. Pappireddipatty 5 7. Palacode 2 8. Karimangalam 1 Total 16

9.2 TELEGRAPH OFFICE

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Municipality/ Block No.of Telegraph office (1) (2) (3)

1 DHARMAPURI 1

Source : District Telecommunication Department, Dharmapuri.

9.4 NO.OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGES, CAPACITY AND NO. IN USE

Year :2007-08

Sl.No Item Numbers 1 2 3 1 Number of Telephone Exchanges 61 2 Number of Equipped Capacity 70942 3 Number of District Exchange Lines 40426 4 Number of Junction lines 7793 5 Number Telephones in use 45922

Source : District Telecommunication office, Dharmapuri.

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9.5 NO.OF PUBLIC CALL OFFICES ATTACHED TO EACH EXCHANGE

Year : 2007-08

No.of Public Call Offices Sl.No Name of the Exchange Centre With STD/ pco CCB PCO

1 DHARMAPURI DISTRICT 1216 5203

9.6 NO.OF PERSONS WAITING FOR PHONE CONNECTION

Year: 2007-08

Sl. Name of the Exchange Centres No.of Persons Waiting for the Phone Connection No

1 ALL EXCHANGES CONNECTION ON DEMAND

Source : District Telecommunication Office, Dharmapuri.

10. ELECTRICITY ToP 10.1 No.of Power Station Year 2007-08

Sl. Name of the Power Year of Installed Generation Station Net Unit No Stations Operation Capacity ( M.U.) Consumption Sent out ( M.U.) ( M.U) ( M.U.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Hydro 2 Thermal 3 Gas Turbine ======N I L======4 Wind Mills

Source : District Electricity Board.

10.2 QUANTUM OF POWER PURCHASED

Year 2007-08

Power Purchased Sectors Name Power Purchased in M.U. (1) (2)

1) M/s Kumaragiri Textiles 1.51

2)M/s Southern spinner and processors Ltd 1.15 3)M/s. P.M.P Textiles Spinning Mills Ltd. 0.96 4)M/s Thagadoor spinning Mills 2.06 5)M/s Saravana spinning Mills 1.09 Total 6.77

10.3 POWER CONSUMPTION SECTOR WISE

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Sections Consumption % of the Consumption (M.U) 1 Industries 112.5 25.00% 2 Agriculture & Huts 94.5 21.00% 3 Domestic 14.4 32.00% 4 Commercial 6.3 14.00% 5 Public lightening and Public Works 29.25 6.50% 6 Sales to licencess -- -- 7 Sales to other States -- -- 8 Miscellaneous 6.75 1.50%

Total 450.00 100

10.4 PEAK DEMAND AND ENERGY OUTPUT

Year : 2007-08

Power Demand Details (1) (2)

1 161MVA Peak demand

ToP 10.5 REVENUE FROM ELECTRIC SCHEMES AND COST PER UNIT

Year 2007-08

Sector Cost per unit in Rs. Income in Rs.in ‘ 000 ‘

1. Government 4.40 12.86

2. Public 3.40 31.89

3. Private 5.30 21.74

Total 13.10 66.49

Source :District Electricity Board

10.6 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Item Unit Achivement (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Pennagaram 1

2 Periayanahalli LTSS 1 ===N.A.=====

3 Bairanaikenpatti 1

POWER TRANSFORMER

1 Pappireddipatty 33/11 KVSS 2

2 Mampatti LTSS 1

ToP 10.7 CAPACITY OF TRANSFORMERS

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Stations /Sub NoS. voltage ratio Transformer Aggrega Stations (kv) capacity (KVA te capacity (KVA) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Karimangalam 230/11O KV 2 230/11O KV 100000 200000 2 Ramiyanahalli 110/33-11KV 2 110/33 16000 32000 1 110/11 10000 10000 3 Vellichandai 110KV 2 110/33 10000 20000 2 110/11 10000 20000 4 Karimangalam 110/33/11 KV 2 110/33 16000 32000 2 110/11 16000 32000 5 Adhiyamankottai 110/11 kv 2 110/11 10000 20000 6 Harur 110/11 kv 2 110/11 10000 20000 7 Pennagaram 110/33/11kv 2 110/33 10000 20000 1 33/11 8000 8000 8 Dharmapuri 110/33-11kv 2 110/11 10000 20000 9 Paupparapatti 33/11kv 2 33/11 5000 10000 10 Doddampatti 33/11kv 2 33/11 3150 6300 1 33/11 3000 3000 11 Pappireddipatti 33/11kv 2 33/11 5000 10000 12 33/11kv 2 33/11 5000 10000 13 343/11kv 2 33/11 5000 10000 14 Theerthamalai 33/11kv 2 33/11 3000 6000 15 Kadhathur 33/11kv 3 33/11 3150 9450 16 Irumathur 33/11kv 2 33/11 5000 10000 17 Bysuhalli 33/kv LT 1 33/11 2000 2000 18 Periyampatti 33/11 kv LT 1 33/11 1750 1750 19 Gopithampatti 33/11kv UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 20 Hogenakkal 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 2000 2000 21 Perumbalai 33/11kv UM 1 33/11 2000 2000 22 Pudupatti 33/11kv UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 23 Adagapadi 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 24 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 25 Mampatti 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 26 Bairanaikkampatti 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 27 Pulikarai 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 8000 8000 28 Eachambadi 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 5000 5000 29 Kalipettai 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 8000 8000 30 Krishnapuram 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 8000 8000 31 Kanavanahalli 33/11 KV UM 1 33/11 l8000 8000

10.8 RURAL ELETRIFICATION

Year : 2007-08

Electrified during the year Electrified upto the year Towns Villages Hamlet Agricultural Pumpset Towns Villages Hamlet Agricultural Pumpset (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

------1245 10 470 3783 95174

10.9 AME AND ADDRESS OF THE FAULT REPORT OFFICES ToP Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Block/ Name Of the Station / Sub Station No. of fault Municipality reported/Phone No. (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Dharmapuri AE/O&M /East, Dharmapuri 04342 260010 2 AE/O&M / West, Dharmapuri 04342 260010 3 AE/O&M /North, Dharmapuri 04342 292500 4 AE/O&M /fort, Dharmapuri 04342 l260010 5 AE/O&M /Rural , Dharmapuri 04342 260790 6 AE/O&M /Puliakaraii 04348 235525 7 AE/O&M , Indur 04342 242733 8 AE/O&M Krishnapuram 04342 243365 9 AE/O&M Adhiyamankottai 04342 244220 10 AE/O&M Nallampalli 04342 244144 11 AE/O&M Lakkiyampatti 04342 230763 12 AE/O&M /Town, Pennagaram 04342 255663 13 AE/O&M /Rural, Pennagaram 04342 255663 14 AE/O&M Perumbalai 04342 251370 15 AE/O&M Eriyur 04342 252040 16 Harur AE/O&M Town Harur 04346 222083 17 AE/O&M South Harur 04346 223977 18 AE/O&M West, Harur 04346 223883 19 AE/O&M Hanumantheeertham 04344 243490 20 AE/O&M North Harur 04343 221616 21 AE/O&M East, Harur 04343 221616 22 AE/O&M Theerthamalai 04343 253324 23 AE/O&M Kottapatti 04343 258449 24 AE/O&M Town, Pappireddipatti 04346 246448 25 AE/O&M Rural, Pappireddipatti 04346 246448 26 AE/O&M A.Pallipatti 04346 251101 27 AE/O&M Gopinathampatti 04346 242244 28 AE/O&M East Kadathur 04346 265327 29 AE/O&M North Kadathur 04346 265327 30 AE/O&M Chinthalpadi 04346254285 31 AE/O&M Ramiyanahalli 04346 254623 32 AE/O&M Town Bommidi 04346 244447 33 AE/O&M South Bommidi 04346 244447 34 AE/O&M North Bommidi 04346 244447 35 AE/O&M Bairanatham 04346 249222 36 AE/O&M Kambainalur –1 04346 267244 37 AE/O&M Kambainalur-2 04346 267206 38 AE/O&M Town Morappur 04346 263388 39 AE/O&M Doddampatti 04346 262338 40 Palacode AE/O&M Town palacode 04348 222358 41 AE/O&M Rural Palacode 04348 223925 42 AE/O&M Town Paupparapatti 04348 245240 43 AE/O&M Rural Paupparapatti 04348 245240 44 AE/O&M Town Marandahalli 04348 233347 45 AE/O&M Rural I, Marandahalli 04348 233347 46 AE/O&M Rural –2 Marndahallii 04348 23334l7 47 AE/O&M Town Karimangalam 04344 241224 48 AE/O&M Rural Karimangalam 04344 242240 49 AE/O&M Matlampatti 04344 24l7550

Source : District Electricity Board

11.EDUCATION ToP 11.1 UNIVERSITIES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND COURSES OFFERED Year: 2007-08

Sl. Name of the Students Teachers Name of the Course offered No. University Boys Girls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NIL

11.2 COLLEGES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year2007-08

Students Sl.No Name of the Institution Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) ( 2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. 1426 1094 2520 35 Govt.Arts College, Dharmapuri 2. P.M.P.Arts & Science College (Unaided) 653 605 1258 52 Thokkampatti 3. Muthu Arts & Science College for Women, 309 370 679 41 Harur 4. P.G. Arts and Science College, Periyanahalli 769 252 1021 48

5 Kamadhenu Arts and Science College, Dharmapuri 525 147 672 37

6 Don Bosco Arts and Science College, Dharmapuri 250 152 402 27

Source : Concerned Institutions.

11.3 COLLEGE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. Year: 2007-2008 S. No.of Students Teachers Name of the Institutions N Institutions Male Female Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Jeyam College of Engg.& Technology, Nallanur 1 768 202 970 92

2. Sapthagiri College of Engg., Periyana halli 1 690 305 995 39 Source:Respective Head of Department

11.4 COLLEGES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2007-2008 Sl.No Students Teachers Name of the Institutions No.of Institutions Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1. Bharathiyar I.TI. Dharmapuri 1 120 - 120 11

2. Dis.Co-op. Sugar Mills Polytechnic, Palacode 1 1210 146 1356 26

3. Lakshmi Narayana I.T.I. Gengalapuram 1 64 - 64 25

4. Lakshmi Narayana Polytechnic, Gengalapuram 1 956 42 998 32

5. Govt. I.T.I Kadakathur 1 209 6 215 11

6. Co-op. Management Institute, Morapur 1 21 15 36 4

7. S.M.arumugam Polytechnic, Dharmapuri 1 755 265 1020 60

8. PEEGEE Polytechnic 1 540 11 551 37

9. Srinivasa Polytechnic 1 624 16 640 10

10 Venkateswara Polytechnic 1 225 3 228 12

Source: Concerned Institutions

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11.5 SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS TEACHERS

Year: 2007-08

Sl. Students No.of No Name of the Institutions Teachers Institutions Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1. Pre-primary school 99 6321 4928 112249 785 2. Elementary Schools 850 36923 33855 70778 2535 3. Middle Schools 328 34429 29404 63823 1903 4. High Schools 91 14669 11388 26057 989 5 Higher Secondary Schools 97 28497 23755 52252 2119 6 Kendhra Vidhyalya 1 112 93 205 8

11.6 SCHOOLS FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year :2007-08 Sl. Students No.of No Name of the Institutions Teachers Institutions Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 22 1060 2460 3532 164 1 Teacher Training Institute,

11.7 SCHOOLS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year :2007-08 Sl. Students Name of the Institutions No.of Institutions Teachers No Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) ===NIL===

11.8 INSTITUTIONS FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year : 2007-08 Sl.No No.of Students Name of the Institutions Teachers Institutions Male Female Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 1685 2035 3720 198 B.Ed. colleges 20

11.9 Computer Training Centre Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Municipality/ Block Number of the Computer Training Centers

1 Dharmapuri 29 2 Nallampalli 3 3 Pennagaram 8 4 Harur 14 5 Pappireddipatty 9 6 Morappur 4 7 Palacode 12 8 Karimangalam 9

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11.10 HOSTALS AND INMATES BY COMMUNITY 11.11 Year : 2007-08

No.of Hostals

Most Backward Class Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe and Denotified Backward Class Communities Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) 18 14 32 17 12 29 10 9 19 ------

11.10 Contd..

No.of Inmates Most Backward Class Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe and Denotified Backward Class Communities Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total ( 13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) 2173 1760 3933 - - - 881 668 1549 520 560 1080 Source : Concerned District Office

11.12 SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS BY COMMUNITY

Year: 2007-08

Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Most Backward Class and Tribe Denotified Backward Class Communities No.of Amount No.of Amount No.of Amount Beneficiaries ( Rs.in ‘000’ ) Beneficiaries ( Rs.in ‘000’ ) Beneficiaries ( Rs.in ‘000’ ) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 20.54

32844 209.50 46366 94.31 9557

Source : District Adi – Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Office, Dharmapuri.

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12. FISHERIES 12.1 FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT Year: 2007-08 1. Area

a . Total Coastal Line of the District b i. Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area 6434.51 Small Lease tank 804.12 Major irrigation and long seasonal tank 3598.21 Short seasonal tank 2032.18 ii. Estuaries and Brackish Water Area - c. Marine Fishing Village 2 Fish Production Item Quantity Value ( Rs.in Lakhs ) Dharmapuri District Indian Major corps 41.816 487543.05 , Exotic corps, common corps ,others 3. Inland Fisheries Development a. Freesing Plants b. Ice plants, Cold storage’s and walk in coolers c. Sea food manufacturing units in private sector d. Fisheries Training Centre i. Marine ii. Inland e. Fishing Vessels coracles f. Active Marine fishermen 4. Export Fish and Fish Products a. Quantity (Tonne) b. Value ( Rs, in Lakhs ) Source :Concerned Department

12.2 ESTIMATED MARINE PRODUCTION / INLAND FISH PRODUCTION Year : 2007-08 Sl. Quantity No Name of the Block / uncipality Value Rs.in Lakhs ( Tonnes)

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1 District Total 41.816 487543.05

12.3 NUMBER OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN FISHING Year: 2007-08 Sl. Name of the Centre Number of Families Engaged NO 10 1. Chinnar 34 2. Thumbalahalli 20 3. Nagavathi

12 4. Vanniyar 28 5. Thoppaiar 6. Kesarkulihalla 14 Total 118

Source :District Fisheries Department

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13. HANDLOOM 13.1 NO.OF FOCAL CENTRES AND LOCATION DETAILS Year : 2007-2008

Sl.No No. of the Focal centers Name / Location of the Focal centres (1) (2) (3) 1 Dharmapuri Block(1) Thiyagi Theerthagiriyar Handloom Weavers Co-p.Society, Dharmapuri-5. 2 Pennagaram Block(5) Aringar Anna Handlook Weavers Prodocution and Sales Co-op. Society Ltd., 3 (2) Industrical Handloom Weavers Production & Sales Co-op Society,

Source: Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri.

13.2 NO.OF SOCIETIES & VARIETYWISE PRODUCTION Year: 2007-2008 Mixture of Artsilk & Cotton Silk Artsilk Polyster Cotton

No. of Societies Length in Meters Value (Rs. in’000’) Length in Meter Value (Rs. in’000’) Length in Meter Value (Rs. in’000’) Length in Meter Value (Rs. in’000’) Length in Meter Value (Rs. in’000’) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) -- -- 1 (Dharmapuri Block) 85323 2466

1 (Pennagaram Block) 295461 7829 3625 101500

1 ( Nallampalli Block) 120262 2871 501046 13166 3625 101500 TOTAL (3)

Source: Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri.

13.3 NO.OF POWERLOOMS & EMPLOYEES WORKING Year: 2007-08 No.of Powerlooms No.of Employees working (1) (2) 1. Bharathiyar Powerloom Weavers Co.op Society 100 Looms 152

2. Sennakesavan Powerloom Co.op Weavers Society Papparapatty 60 Looms 167 3. Private Looms inBharathipuram, Laligam, Weavers Colony,Paupparapatty and in other 1226 blocks 1264 Looms

Source: Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri.

13.4 NUMBER OF FAMILIES ENGAGED Year : 2007-2008 Sl.No Number of families Engaged in Name of the Block Hand looms Power Looms 1 2 3 4 1 Dharmapuri 110 590 2. Pennagaram 365 81 3. Nallampalli 59 55 TOTAL 475 726

Source: Assistant Director of Handlooms, Dharmapuri.

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14. HANDICRAFTS 14.1 NAME & ADDRESS OF HANDICRAFTS Year: 2007-2008 Sl.No. Name of the Block/ Municipality Name & Address of the Handicrafts (1) (2) (3)

---NIL—

14.2 ARTICLES AVAILABLE IN HANDICRAFTS Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Name of the Handicrafts Articles available in the Handicrafts ---NIL--

14.3 VALUE OF ARTICLES PRODUCED Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Name of the handicraft Value of articles provided Value of articles sold ( Rs. in Lakhs ) ( Rs. in Lakhs) (1) (2) (3) (4) ---NIL--

14.4 NO.OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HANDICRAFTS Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Name of the Block/ Municipality No.of the families engaged No.of Handicrafts

(1) (2) (3) (4) NIL

Suorce : District Handicraft Office.

ToP 15. HOPITAL 15.1 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES BED STRENGTH DOCTORS AND NURSES Year : 2007-2008 Indian Medicine Modern Grand Ayurvedic, Siddha, Homoeopathy Classification Medicine Ayurvedic Siddha Unani Total Total Unani Combained (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1. Hospitals 5 5 5 5 1 5 2. Dispensaries 1 2 2 3 3 3. Primary Health Centers 33 9 9 33 33 4. Health Sub Centers 218 0 418 218 5. Other Medical Institutions 0 6. Bed Strength 611 611 611 7. No.of Doctors 137 14 14 165 1 166 8. No.of Nurses 367 2 2 371 371 Source: Respective Heads of Departments

15.2 NO.OF ALLIED PATHOLOGICAL UNITS AVAILABLE

Year: 2007-08 Available Pathalogical units

sl. No Name of the Taluk Laboratory C.T.Scan Ultra onogra E.C.G Xray Blood Bank Amublance 1 Dharmapuri 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Pennagaram 1 1 1 1 1 3 Harur 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Pappireddipatty 1 1 5 Palacode 1 1 1 1 1 Source : District Medical Office

15.3 Diseasewise Patients Treated – 2007-08 Dharmapuri Govt. Hospital. Sl.No. Name of the Units No. of patients Treated 1. No. of out patient 802745

2. Total No. of In-Patient 137658

3. No. of Delivery 4411

4. Accident cases 3211

5 Leprocy cases 621

6 Aids Cases seen 136

7 STD Cases seen 1231

8 Dental cases treated 1485

9 Snake bike cases 988

10 Dog bike cases 1235 Source:District Medical Office

ToP 15.4 DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL Year : 2007-08 No. of No. of No. of Technical Persosns Others(Office staff) Remarks Doctors Nurses

137 367 157 58 -

Source :District Medical Office Dharmapuri

15.5 PROGRESS OF FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMMES Year : 2007-08 Users of conventional Sterlisation IUD Users of oral pills Sl. Name of the Block/ contraceptives No Municipalty Target Achivement Target Achivement Target Achivement Target Achivement (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 1. Dharmapuri District 11500 10068 10000 9652 8600 5101 4200 4270

Source : 1. Deputy Director, Medicine and Rural Health Works and Family welfare. Dharmapuri

16. HOUSING ToP 16.1 PLAN SANCTIONED, BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PRIVATE SECTOR YEAR: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of theTown Panchayat / Room Unit Private Sector Plan Sanctioned Municipality (1) (2) (3) (4) -- 132 1. Dharmapuri Muncipality -- 2 2. Pennagaram -- 2 3. Kaimbaunallur -- 26 4. Pappireddipatty -- 59 5. Palacode -- 49 6. Karimangalam -- 50 7. Harur -- 24 8 B.Mallapiram -- 32 9. Kadathur -- 5 10. Marandahalli -- 39 11. Papparapatti -- 420 Total

16.2 PLANS SANCTION SANCTIONED,BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR

Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the Panchayat Municipality/Corporation Room Unit Size Public Sector Plan Completed

(1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Dhamapuri Muncipality -- 2 2. Dhamapuri -- 64 3. Nallampalli -- 118 4. Pennagaram -- 95 5. Harur -- 154 6. Morappur -- 92 7. Pappireddipatty -- 24 8. Palacode -- 73 9. Karimangalam -- 40 10. P.W.D.Buildings, Dharmapuri -- 46 11. THADCO, Dharmapuri -- 19 12. T.N.EB Dharmapuri -- -- 13 Tourism Development Corpn. Hogenakkal -- -- 14 Tamilnadu State Transport Corpn.Dharmapuri -- -- 15 District Socio Economic Development Society ,Dharmapuri -- -- 16 District Market Committee, Dharmapuri -- -- 17. Superindent of Police Dharmapiri -- 4 Total -- 613

ToP 16.3 AMOUNT INVESTED IN HOUSING AND BUILDING ACTIVITY UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR

Year: 2007-08 Residential Rs. in ‘000’ Percentage to total Non- Residential Rs. in ‘000’ Percentage to total Total Rs. in ‘000’

NOT AVAILABLE

16.4 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMILNADU HOUSING BOARD

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Mame of the Scheme Number (1) (2) (3) 1 Low Income group Housing Scheme Flats 2 Middle Income Group Housing Schemes 3 Slum Improvements/ Clearance Tenaments 4 Tamil Nadu Government Rental Housing Flats NIL 5 Subsidised Industrial Housing Tenaments 6 Fire Proof Tenaments 7 Special Low cost Housing Scheme (EWS) 8 Police 9 Sepcify any others

16.5 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMIL NADU SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No Item Achivement (1) (2) (3) 1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for construction 2. Number of Tenements constructed 3. Amount sanctioned ( Rs.in Lakhs ) NOT APPLICABLE 4. Amount spent ( Rs.in Lakhs ) 5. Number of Tenements occupied 6. Rent received ( Rs.in Lakhs )

16.6 INDEX NUMBERS OF BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION COST IN URBAN CENTRES ( 1980-81=100 ) Year : 2007-08 Sl.No Building Index Construction cost for Other Building Cost District Urban Centres Building materials Building Labour Charges Index (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) DHARMAPURI Weightage Proportional to total cost of 1. 55.94 26.97 17.09 100.00 building 2. Group indices(Quarter ending) 137.57 March;,2007 154.57 141.35 147.73

137.61 June, 2007 159.12 143.89 150.71

141.79 September,2007 170.94 153.30 160.07

155.67 March2008 183.96 164.30 172.97

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Chennai-6.

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16.7 LABOUR CHARGES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS Year: 2007-08

Charges of Male Construction Workers Charges of Female Construction Workers

(1) (2) Mason Rs. --

Bricklayers Rs. Rs.150 to 200

Others Male Rs. Adult: Rs. 70 TO Rs.100 Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Chennai-6.

17. INDUSTRIES ToP 17.1 RESULTS OF ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES ( FACTORY SECTOR )

Characteristics Units Results for all Industries

NOT APPLICABLE

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

17.2 ESTIMATES OF VALUE OF OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE BASEDON ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES ( Rs.in Lakhs ) Year: 2007-08 Industry Group Description of the Value of output Value All Employees Industry Rs. in Lakhs added (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) NOT AVAILABLE

17.3 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the product Unit of quantity Production

(1) (2) (3) NOT AVAILABLE

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

17.4 PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MAJOR MINERALS Year: 2007-08

Name of the District Name of the Minerals Quantity ( Tonnes ) Value ( Rs. in ‘000’)

(1) (2) (3) (4) Dharmapuri Rough Stone Jelly 47155 42.44 Black Granite 18510.993 485.91

Quartz 1320 0.26

Colour Granite 150.357 2.37

Source: Assistant Director of Mines & Minerals, Collectrate, Dharmapuri

17.5 PRODUCTION OF HANDLOOM CLOTH Year : 2007-08

Sl.No. Name of the Item Quantity In ‘ 000 ‘ Metres 1. Gada 20155 2. Bedsheet -- 3. Towels 815428 4. Mat 21343 5. Polyster Shirtings 15175 6. Drill 81486 7. Lungi 1805

Source : Assistant Director of Statistics, Dharmapuri.

ToP

17.6 SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

Year: 2007-08 Sl. No. of Units No Classification Details of Classification

1 2 3 3 1. Food based Floor Milling, Vermicilli etc., 1838

2. Chemical based 218 Stone-jelly, Agarbathi etc., 3. Plastic & Rubber based 93 P.V.C. pipes, Rubber goods etc., 4. Electrical & Electronics based 696 Lamps, Starters.T.T.Antena etc., 5. Forest based 477 Wood Furnitures etc., 6. Engineering based Engineering 1026

7. Textile based Powerloom, Silk reeling,Tailors etc., 2216

8 Others(Specify) Beauty parlor,Paper , printing non-metal 1185

Source : District Industries and Commerce, Dharmapuri.

17.7 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRUIES

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Industry Production Sales Employments Earnings ( Rs. In Lakhs ( Rupees in Lakhs ) No.of Persons ( Rs.in Lakhs ) ) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Soap Industry -- 2. Footwear Unit 0.28 0.28 4 0.04

3. Handmade Paper Unit ------4. Agarbathi Unit ------5. Khadhi Production -- a) Nepali Loom -- 10 0.14 1.93 b) Rural Textile 6. Khadi Sales a) Khadi Sales -- 26.14 -- -- b) Village Industries -- 6.51 -- -- 7 Others (Specify) ------

Source: Assistant Director of Khadi and Village Industries, Dharmapuri.

17.8 NO.OF PRINTING PRESSES Year: 2007-08 Sl.No District Number (1) (2) (3) 1 Dharmapuri 01

Source: District Inspector of Factories, Dharmapuri.1.

ToP 17.9 NO.OF PHOTOCOPY ( XEROX) CENTRES

Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the Block No.of Xerox centers (1) (2) (3) 1. Harur 62

2. Karimangalam 37

3. Palacode 62

4. Dharmapuri 122

5. Nallampalli 36

6. Pennagaram 72

7. Morappur 27

8. Pappireddipatty 35

453 Total

18.FACTORIES ToP 18.1 REGISTRED AND WORKING FACTORIES Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Item Numbers (1) (2) (3) 1. Factories on the register at the beginning of the year 132

2. factories added during the year 11

3. Factories removed during the year --

4. Factories on the register at the end of the year 143

5. Number of working factories 143

18.2 EMPLOYMENT IN WORKING FACTORIES

Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Iteam No. of Factories No. of Workers

1. All factories of Dharmapuri District 143 5544

Source : District Inspector of Factories,

18.3 TRADE UNIONS: INDUSTRIAL, DISPUTES BY STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS AND GHERAOS Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Items Number 1. No. of Registered Trade Unions 183

2. STRIKE: a. No. of Strikes No. of disputes received Nil

b. No of workers involved disposed Nil c. No of Mandays lost Pending Nil 3 LOCKOUTS: a. No. of Strikes -- -- b. No of workers involved -- -- c. No of Mandays lost -- -- 4 NO. OF: a. No. of Strikes -- -- b. No of workers involved -- -- c. No of Mandays lost -- --

Source : District Lobour Office, Dharmapuri

ToP 19. LOCAL BODIES 19.1 MUNICIPAL BODIES AREA AND POPULATION BY GRADES Year : 2007-08 Classification of Municpal Sl. No. Number Area (Sq.Km.) Population(In ‘000’) Bodies 1. Corporations 2. Special Grade 3. Selection Grade As in 4. First Grade Table 1.1 5. Second Grade 6. Third Grade 7. Township Committee Note: Area and Population are as per Census 2001

19.2 MUNICIPAL BODIES BY TALUKS

Year : 2007-08

Grade of Municipal Councils Township Sl.No. Taluk Corporations Total Special Selection First Second Third Committees

As in Table 1.1

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

19.3 PANCHAYAT UNIONS ,VILLAGE PANCHAYATS/TOWN PANCHAYATS

Year : 2007-08 Panchayat Village Town Sl.No. Town panchayats District Union Panchayats panchayats 1 Pennagaram Dharmapuri 28 -- 2 Papparapatti Nallampalli 32 -- 3 Kadathur Harur 34 1 4 Morapur 43 2 5 Pappireddipatty Pappireddipaty 19 2 Dharmapuri 6 B.Mallapuram Pennagaram 33 2 7 Palacode Palacode 32 2 8 Mararantahalli Karimangalam 30 1 9 Karimangalam 10 Harur Source:District Rural Development Office.

19.4 REVENUE DIVISIONS, TALUKS, FIRKAS AND REVENUE VILLAGES

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No. Revenue Divisions Revenue Taluks Revenue Firkas Revenue Villages 1. Dharmapuri 1.Dharmapuri 5 62

2.Pennagaram 4 39

3.Harur 6 229

4.Pappireddipatty 2 46

5.Palacode 5 94

Source: District Revenue Administrative Office

ToP 19.5 TAX COLLECTED BY CORPARATION/ MUNICIPALITY/ PANCHAYAT UNION/ TOWN PANCHYAT/ VILLAGE PANCHAYAT. Year:2007-08 Item Corporation Municipality Panchayat Town (1) (2) (3) Union Panchayat (4) (5) Tax collected in -- 982.91 168.20 329.71 Rs. in ‘000’ Lakhs Source: Concerned Local Bodies

19.6 Rural Development Activities Year : 2007-08

No. of Works taken up No. of Works Completed Sl.No Name of the Scheme During the Expenditure During the Up to the year incurred year year (Rs. in Lakhs) 1 Indira Awaaz Yajana 1816 671.920 1816 671.920 2 SGRY(ST2) SGRY(SPL) SGRY(SPL2) 2962 970.770 2962 970.770 SGRY(ST1) 3. C.R.S.P Renamed as 24622 517.788 24622 517.788 (TSC-Total Sanitation Compagain) 4. M.L.A Development Scheme 343 607.923 343 607.923 5. M.P.Development Scheme 91 202.155 91 202.155 6 P.M.G.Y- Housing 7. NC- Biogas 28 1.020 28 1.020 8. V.A.O. Offices Construction ------9. S.G.S.Y. ------10. Others (Specify) ------IAY-UPGR 11. 1.I.A.Y Ugradation 403 50.375 403 50.375 12. 2.Namadu Grammam 13. 3.Social Economic Development 1239 495.00 551 363.760 Prog. 13. 4.Tribal Development Programme - - - - 14. 5.Village Self Sufficiency Scheme - - - -

Source : District Rural Development Agency, Dharmapuri

ToP 20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 NO. OF PERSONS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR AND TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS WAITING UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR AS PER LIVE REGISTER Year: 2007-08

Sl.No. Type of Employment Exchange No. of Persons registered Total No. of persons waiting during the year upto the end of the year

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1. District Employment Office,Dharmapuri 20117 117737

Source: District Employment Exchange, Dharmapuri

20.2 NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS DURING AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Type of the employment Placements during Placements upto the year exchange the year (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 District Employment 411 2457 Office,Dharmapuri

Source: District Employment Office, Dharmapuri.

ToP 21. LEGAL SERVICES 21.1 JUDICIAL DIVISION AND ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Year : 2007-08 Sl.No Item Number (1) (2) (3)

1 Principal District Judge, dharmapuri 1

2. Additional District Judge 1

3. Subordinate Judges 1

4. District Munsif 2

5. District Munsif – cum Judicial Magistrate 3

6. Chief Judicial Magistrates, dharmapuri 1

7. Judicial Magistrates 3

21.2 RESULTS OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES IH THE COURTS OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CIVIL SUITS REGULAR Year: 2007-08

Item Number (1) (2) (3) CIVIL Total Disposal

1.Original Suits 1646 1745

2.Appeals 119 57

3.R.E.P. 503 560

4.R.C.O.P. 6 2

5.L.A.O.P - 2

6.Small Cases 26 26

7.Misc. Cases 8360 8146

8.M.C.O.P.Cases 1130 557

9.Original petions 457 347

10.Insolvancy petions 08 01

ToP 21.3 NATURE OF FREE LEGAL AVAILABLE AND NO. OF BENEFICIARIES, NO. OF CASES DISPOSED OF IN LOK ADALAT DURING THE YEAR.

Year: 2007-2008

Nature of free legal available No. of cases disposed of in Lok Adalat No. of beneficiaries (1) (2) (3)

LOK ADALAT 129 108

Source :Concerned Court.

21.4 NO. OF ADVOCATES PRACTICING IN COURTS Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Name of the Court No. of Advocates Practicing (1) (2) (3)

1 13 365

• Last year Combined District figure given Source :Concerned Court.

ToP 22.LIBRARIES 22.1 LIST OF HEAD AND BRANCH LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT WITH DETAILS OF MEMBERS, BOOKS AVAILABLE AND READERS.

Year: 2007-08 Place/Name of the Head/Branch Members No. of Books available Number of Readers (1) (2) (3) (4) 87376 CENTRAL LIBRARY, DHARMAPURI 742 58182 1.Dharmapuri Central Library 491757 Branch Libraries- 20 1342 289445 649976 Village Libraries-56 3115 252456 146360 Part-time Libraries-26 1344 4330

Source: District Library Officer

22.2 NUMBER OF LIBRARIES HOUSED IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING / RENTAL BUILDING. Year: 2007-08

Libraries in LLA Libraries in Rental Libraries in Rental free Total Number of Libraries Buildings Building Building Buildings (3) (4) (1) (2)

31 3 78 112 Source: District Library Officer, Dharmapuri.

22.3 NUMBER OF READING ROOMS Year : 2007-08

No. of Reading Room Sl.No Name of the Block Name and Place of Libraries

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1 Harur Harur 1 Kambainallur 1 Irumathur 1 Chinnankuppam 1 Maruthipatti 1 Kattarasampatti 1 Poyyapatti 1 Navalai 1 K.Agraharam 1 Harur Ambedkar Nagar 1

2 Karimangalam Karimangalam 1 1 Periyampatti 1 Matlampatti 1 Mallupatti 1 Kannipatti 1 Sopanur 1 Jittandahalli 1

3 Palacode palacode 1 Marandahalli 1 A.Mallapuram 1 Bellarahalli 1 Seriyanahalli 1 Thottapavalli 1 panchapalli 1 Vattaganampatti 1

Valaiyathottam 1 Selliyampatti 1 4 Dharmapuri Dharmapuri 1 Kadagathur 1 V.Muthampatti 1 Lakkampatti 1 Krishnapuram 1 Nayakankottai 1

5 Nallampalli Laligam 1 Athiyamankottai 1 Nallampalli 1 Vankattampatti 1 Elagiri 1 Samichettipatti 1 Palayamputhur 1 A.Jettihalli 1 V.Guttur 1 1

6 Pennagaram Pennagaram 1 Paupparapatti 1 Perumbalai 1 Koothappadi 1 Indur 1 Vathimarathahalli 1 Neruppur 1 makkanoor 1 Kadamadai 1 Salaikullathirumpatti 1 Chinnampalli 1 Pallippatti 1 Ettiyampatti(V.L) 1

No. of Reading Room Sl.No Name of the Block Name and Place of Libraries

7 Morappur kadathur 1 Ramiyanahalli 1 Chinthalpadi 1 Thenkaraikottai 1 Mottankurichi 1 Morappur 1 T.Iyampatti 1 Nallakudaalahalli 1 Nathamadu 1 obilinayakanahalli 1 R.Gobinathampatti 1 Sillarahalli 1 Odasalpatti 1 Kathureddipatti 1 Vaguthupatti 1 Maniyambadi 1 Thalanatham 1 Thonganur 1 8 Pappireddipatty Pappireddipatty 1 B.Mallapuram 1 Menasi 1 Molaiyanoor 1 Athikarampatti 1 H.Puthupatti 1 Bairnatham 1 Boothanatham 1 Marukkalampatti 1 A.Pallipatti 1 Bobinathampatti X Road 1 Alamelupuram (Samathuvapuram) 1 Deevarajapalayam 1 B.Thuriingipatti 1 venkatasamuthiram 1 Source: District Library Officer, Dharmapuri.

ToP 23. MINING AND QUARYING

23.1 NUMBER OF THE MINING AND QUARRYING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the No. of Mining quarying Taluk Quartz White Sand Rough Balck Grey Clay stone Granite Granite (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 1 Dharmapuri - -- -- 12 - 0

2. Pennagaram 3 -- -- 1 6 0

3. Harur - -- -- 6 4 -

4. Pappireddipary - -- -- 3 4 0

5. Palacode - -- -- 5 4 1

TOTAL 3 -- -- 27 18 1

23.2 CLASSIFICATION- WISE PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR

Year : 2007-08

Amount Production in Sl.No Name of the Minerals Rs. Tonnes 1 Rough Stone and Jelly 47155 4243950

2 Colour Quartz 150357 236812

3 Black Granite 18510.993 48591357

4 Others (Specify)Quartz 1320 26400

Source : Assistat Director of Geology and Mining, Dharmapuri

ToP 24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 NUMBER OF FOOD AND ALLIED MANUFACTURING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT ( Rs. in Lakhs ) Year : 2007-08 Industry Value of Value Name of the All Group Description of the Industry output added Block employees Rs. in Lakhs (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1 DHARMAPURI PUFFED RICE ,DRY FLOUR GRINDING, ICE CREAM,WET FLOUR GRINDING 25 16.57 -- 2 NALLAMPALLI DRY FLOUR GRINDING, PADDY HULLING, 6 3.70 -- 3 HARUR PUPPED RICE, 3 0.21 --

4 PAPPIREDDIPATTY PUPPED RICE 3 6.10 --

5 PENNAGARAM FRIED GRAM 25 10.00 --

6 PALCODE MANGO BULB 400 100.00 --

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Chennai-6.

24.2 NUMBER OF NON-FOOD MANUFACTURING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

Year: 2007-2008

Sl. Value of Ourput Name of the All No Discription of the Industry Rs. Value Block Employ In lakhs Added ees 1 2 3 3 4 1. Dharmapuri Agarpathi 2. Nallampalli Stone Jelly 3. Pennagarm Camphor Tablet & Paint 4. Palacode Paper cores, Paper Boards and coir 10700 5. Karimangalam Calcium Gloconate and coir Rs.4700 Lakhs 6. Morappur Wooden Furniture 7. Harur Animal Glue and others 8. Pappireddipatty General Engg., Welding, Steel Furnitures Source : District Industries and Commerce, Dharmapuri.

ToP 25 MEDICAL SERVICES

25.1 NUMBER OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN THE DISTRICT WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2007-2008

Students Sl.No Name of the Institution Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) NIL

25.2 NUMBER OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2007-08

Students Sl.No Name of the Institution Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lakshmi Narayana College of 1 Pharmacy, Dharmapuri 26 32 58 8

2 Padmavathi College of Pharmacy, Periyanahalli 166 92 258 8

Source : Concerned Institutions

25.3 .NUMBER OF MEDICAL STORES IN THE DISTRICT ( CATEGORY- WISE ) Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Item Number of Medical Stores (1) (2) (3) 1 Indian Medicine 9

2 English Medicine a) Retail Shops 425

b) Wholesale Shops 62

Total 496

3 Homeopathy 12

Source: Concerned Department

25.4NO. OF VETERINARY COLLEGES WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Students Sl.No Name of the Institution Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

NIL Source : Concerned Department

26. MOTOR VEHICLES ToP 26.1 NO.OF MOTOR VEHICLES ( CATEGORY- WISE ) REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year : 2007-08 Commercial Sl.No Type of Vehicles Registered End of the Year Up to the Year

(31.3.2007) (31.3.2008) 1. Stage Carriage Public 1962 2241 Private 1317 1443 2. Auto - 2583 3400 3. Ordinary Taxi - 178 178 4. Motorcab - 718 961 5. Maxicab - 487 625 6. Omni - 37 39 7. Private station Vehicle and others 46 90 8. School 161 544 9. Ambulance 48 48 10. Fire Fighter 0 0 11. Light Commercial Vehicle 1651 3159 12. Lorry State permit 3973 5857 National permit 1393 1858 13. Articulated Vehicle state permit 16 40 National permit 34 51 14. Tractor/ Trailor 944 1004 Total 14966 20956

1. Motorcycle 89065 95112 2. Scooter 5774 6030 3. Moped 133297 135512 4. Tri- Cycle auto 32 32 5. Motor car 5096 5262 6. Jeep 1247 1247 7. Station Wagon 39 39 8. Tractor 3631 3961 9. Three Wheeler 1556 1656 10. Four Wheeler 622 875 11. Roadroller 3 3 12. Others 100 107 Total 230500 239873 Grand Total 245466 260829

Source : Regional Transport Officer, Dharmapuri-5

26.2 NO.OF MOTOR VEHICLES ( CATEGORY WISE ) AVAILABLE FOR HIRE PURPOSE DURING & UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Category End of the Year Upto the Year (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 motor cycle 14973 2 lmv car 2485 3 Mmv 413 4 Hgv 341 5 Maxi cab 53 6 Motor car

ToP 26.3 NO.OF PERSONS ISSUED WITH DRIVING LICENSE

Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No Category No.of Driving Licence issued

(1) (2) (3) 1. Auto rickshaw 0

2. Taxi 631

3. Stage Carriage HPTV 1666

4. MotorCycle with Gear 7812

5. Motor cycle Without Gear 1656

6. Three Wheelers -

7. Light Motor Vehicle 5492

8. Others -

Source: Regional Transport Office, Dharmapuri-5

27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION ToP 27.1 NO.OF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION UNITS IN THE DISTRICT WIH PRODUCTION DATA

Year : 2007-2008

Name and Place of Solar energy Instal Capacity Generation Sl.No. system exist (In Mega Watts) (In Mega Watts) NIL

Source : Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

27.2 NO.OF WIND MILLS GENERATING UNITS WITH PRODUCTION DATA

Year : 2007-2008

Name and Place of Wind Mills Instal Capacity Generation Sl.No. Generation exist (In Mega Watts) (In Mega Watts)

NIL

Source : Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

28. POLICE AND PRISONS ToP 28.1 POLICE FORCE Year: 2007-08 Actual Strength Sl.No Name of the Sub-- Police Stations Out Posts Armed Reserved Total Stations Local Strength Strength (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Dharmapuri District 23 1 521 120 641

Source: District Superintendent of Police Office, Dharmapuri

28.2 CONGNIZABLE OFFENCES UNDER INDIAN PENAL CODE ( Including Attempts) Year: 2007-2008 Sl.No Item Number of Cases Reported

(1) (2) (3) 1. Murder 37

2. Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder 5

3. Rape 12

4. Kidnapping And Abduction 53

5. Dacoity 0

6. Robbery 15

7. Burglary 52

8. Thefts 174

9. Riots 124

10. Criminal Breach of Trust 5

11. Cheating 46

12. Counterfeiting 3

13. Miscellaneous 3135

Total Conganizable Crime Under I.P.C. 3661

28.3 PRISONS AND CONVICTS Year: 2007- 2008

Sl.No. Classification of Prisons Number (1) (2) (3) 1. Central Prisons -- 2. State Prison for Women -- 3. Sub-Jails -- 4. Special Sub-Jails -- 5. Open Air Prison -- 6. Fifth Garden (Salem) -- 7. Borstal School -- Source:Concerned Department.

ToP CLASSIFICATION OF CONVICTS Year: 2006- 2007 Sl.No Length of Sentences Male Female Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1. Below one year 338 29 367

2. Above one year and not exceeding two years 3. Above two years and not exceeding five years 16 - 16 4. Exceeding five years and not exceeding ten years 5. Exceeding ten years 6. Life sentence 7. Sentence to death Total 354 29 383 Source : District Prison Head Office

28.4 NUMBER OF CASES REGISTERED UNDER P.C.R. Act

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the stations No.of Cases Registered under SC/ST Act

(1) (2) (3) 29 1. Dharmapuri District

28.5 NUMBER OF CASES REGISTERED AGAINST WOMEN HARASSMENT AND DOWRY Year: 2007-08

Sl.No No.of the Cases Registered against Item Women harassment and Dowry (1) (2) (3) 1 56 Dowry Harassment 2 2 Dowry Death 3 80 Others (Specify) 138 Total Source : District Police Head Office

ToP 29. PUBLIC HEALTH 29.1 PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY ORGANISTION AND INDIVIDUAL Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Items Numbers

1. Hospitals a)approved 28

b) Unapproved 5

2. Dispensaries 32

3. Sanitary 3

4. Nursing Home a)approved 19 b) Unapproved 15 5. Maternity & Child Welfare Clinic 31

6. Allopathy 29

7. Ayurvedic 13

8. Unani 3

9. Homeopathy 35

Source: Concerned Office.

29.2 NUMBER OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES WITH SUB- CENTRES Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name Of the No.of Primary No.of Sub- Centres Municipality/ Block Health Centres (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 1Dharmapuri 2 17

2. Nallampalli 5 27

3. Harur 4 31

4. Pappireddipaty 5 24

5. Morapur 5 28

6. Pennagaram 4 39

7. Palacode 4 27

8. Karimangalam 4 25

33 218 Total

ToP 30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

30.1 NO. OF DAILIES AND PERIODICALS PUBLISHED BY LANGUAGE. YEAR: 2007-08 DISTRICT: DHARMAPURI

Sl.No Name of the News Paper Language of Type of Publication Periodicals Fortnightly 1 District Tamil Fortnightly tender bulletin

Source: Respective District Collectrate,

30.2 NUMBER OF PUBLISHERS IN THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN NEWS PAPERS AND MAGAZINES Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Block / Municipality No of Publishers

(1) (2) (3)

1 Dharmapuri District 1

Source: Respective District Collectrate,

30.3. NUMBER OF PRINTING PRESSES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Type of the press Name of the Block No. of Printing Press ( Letter Press/ Offset/ Litho/ Colour graphics ) 1 2 3 4 1 Dharmapuri 120 Letter Press/ Offset/ Litho/ Colour graphics 2 Nallampalli 31 ‘’ 3 Harur 44 ‘’ 4 Pappireddipaty 16 ‘’ 5 Morapur 7 ‘’ 6 Pennagaram 24 ‘’ 7 Palacode 34 ‘’ 8 Karimangalam 13 ‘’ Total 289 ‘’

Source: District Industrial Centres

31.PRICES –INDICES ToP 31.1 INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES TAMIL NADU Year : 2007-08

Period All Commodities Primary Articles Fuel Power and Light Manufactured Products (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 2007-08 1564.40 1611.41 2538.81 1436.07

Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics

31.2 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

Year : 2007-08

Chennai City Cuddalore Trichy

Period 1984=100 1984=100 2001=100 1982=100 2001=100 1988=100 2001=100 1982=100 2001=100

2007-08 605 126 604 555 582 128 544 123

TABLE 31.2 Contd., Ciombatore Nagercoil Coonoor Salem

Period

1982=100 1982=100 2001=100 1982=100 2001=100 1982=100 2001=100 1982=100 2001=100

2007-08 604 129 - 552 - 125 529 124

Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

31.3 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU Year : 2007-08 Fuel and Composite Period Food Clothing Others Lighting Index (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1566.58 1488.83 1429.83 1937.08 2007-08 -

Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

ToP 31.4 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN URBAN TAMIL NADU Year : 2007-08 Fuel and Miscellane- Composite Period Food Clothing Lighting ous items Index (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 2007-08 1533.83 1622.83 1881.58 1693.75 1586.62

Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

ToP 32. QUALITY CONTROL 32.1 LIST OF INDUSTRIAL/ESTABLIHMENT UNITS HAVING QUALITY CONTROL FACILITIES AND THE PRODUCTS SUBJECTED TO QUALITY CONTROL Year : 2007-08

Establishment Units having, Products Subjected to Sl.No. List of Industries Quality Control Quality Control (1) (2) (3) (4)

NIL

Source : Concerned Office

33. REGISTRATION 33.1 REGISTRATION OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Block/ Municipalities No.of Registration Office

(1) (2)

1 Dharmapuri District Total 12

33.2 REGISTRATION AND AGGREGATE VALUE OF PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED DURING THE YEAR Year: 2007-08 Aggregate value of properties Name of the office Number of Registration transferred ( Moveable and ( Movable and immovable) immovable)-Rs. in Crores (1) (2) (3) Dharmapuri District Total 32794 352.69

Source: District Registration Office

ToP 34. REPAIRS AND SERVICE 34.1 AUHTORISED AUTOMOBILES REPAIR AND SERVICE STATION Year:2007-2008

Name of the Block / Municipality Authorised Automobiles Repair and Service ( in No’s) 42 Dharmapuri 14 Harur 15 Pennagaram 21 Palacode 11 Karimangalam 9 Morappur 10 Nallampalli 16 Pappireddipatti

34.2 AUTHORISED ELETRICAL AND ELECTRONIC GOODS REPAIR AND SERVICE UNITS

Year: 2007-2008

Name of the Block/ Municipality Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Service Units 65 Dharmapuri 25 Nallampalli 49 Harur 36 Morappur 29 Pappireddipatty 26 Pennagaram 47 Palacode 20 Karimangalam

Source: Concerned Office

35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS ToP 35.1 RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND OTHER DRINKING PLACES Year: 2007-2008

No’s Sl.No Item 3. 1. 2.

1. Restaurents 46

2. Cafes 64

101 3. Other Eating and Drinking Centres

35.2 DETAILS OF HOTELS Name of Hotels Blocks / Place Sl.No With Lodging Facilities Without Lodging Facilities (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 14 42 Dharmapuri 2 5 10 Karimangalam 3 9 16 Hogenakkal 4 10 20 Harur 5 3 12 Palacode 6 3 7 Pennagaram

36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES ToP 36.1 LIST OF CINEMA THEATRES AND THEIR CAPACITIES. Year: 2007-08 Sl.No. Name of the Block/ Name of the Cinema Theatres Capacity Municipality (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Dharmapuri 559 Sri Ganesh Theatre 400 Lakshmi Theatre 550 Ratina Theatre 744 Madeswara Theatre 582 A.V. Theatre 689 G.M. Theatre 494 Santhosh Theatre 440 Anand Theatre 457 Lakshmi Narayana Theatre 330 Kailash Theatre 2 HARUR 618 Kavitha , Bommidi 807 Dass Theatre 708 Ram Theatre 367 T.N.T. Theatre 3 PAPPIREDDIPATTI 452 Palani Theatre, B.Thurinjipatti 548 Jayashri Theatre 396 Ravipriya Theatre, Mookireddipatti 4 MORAPPUR 713 Lakshmi Theatre,Kadathur 400 Sangam Theatre, Kambainallur 5 PALACODE 845 green Land Theatre 566 Saravana Theatre 687 Ponmudi Theatre,Marandahalli 585 Jai Hind Theatre, Marandahalli 562 Geetha Theatre,palcode 361 Bagyalakshmi Theatre, Palacode 6 KARIMANGALAM 368 Rajam Theatre, Karimangalam 331 Ramya Theatre, Karimangalam 7 PENNAGARAM 517 Kasthuri Theatre, Papparapatti 260 Vasanthalakshmi Theatre,Eriyur 645 Saravana Theratre,Madhehalli 8 Dharmapuri 175 Balaji Video Source : District Collectorate 36.2 LIST OF CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Place Name of the Club and Association

(1) (2) (3) Cosmopolitan & Friends Club

1 Dharmapuri Revenue Officers Club, Lions Club & Rotary Club

Source : District Collectorate

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36.3 LIST OF MOTION PICTURE DISTRIBUTORS AND PROJECTION SERVICES Year: 2007-08 Name of the Block/ Name of the Picture Distributors/ Sl. No. Municipality Projection Services (1) (2) (3) NIL

ToP 37. SOCIAL WELFARE

37.1 PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME CENTRES Year: 2007-08

No.of Centres School Sector Local Body Sector Social Welfare Sector Panchayat Municipal Panchyat Municipal Total ICDS Union Bodies Union Bodies (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7)

1103 7 139 7 1305 2561

37.2 NO.OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME Year:2007-08

No.of Beneficiaries under age group 2 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 13 Total Panchayat Panchayat (ICDS) Municipality Municipality Union Union (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

30275 60230 494 53905 860 145764

Source : Concerned Department

37.3 NUMBER OF BENIFICIARIES UNDER THE FREE SUPPLY OF TEXT BOOKS AND UNIFORMS. Year: 2007-2008

Name of the Block/ Age group 6-14 ( Standards I to VIII) Sl.No Municipality Uniforms Text Books Boys Girls Boys Girls (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1 Dharmapuri 58301 58301 71352 63259 District

Source : Chief Educational Officer, Dharmapuri-9.

ToP 37.4 NUMBER OF BENIFICIARIES UNDER OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME. Year: 2007-08

Old age Oldage Oldage pension Taluk physically Oldage pension to pension pension for for deserted Total handicaped Agricultural Labour for aged Widow Wives

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Dharmapuri 3521 756 2103 722 1239 8341

Pennagaram 1247 447 1375 997 715 4781

Harur 1951 365 1121 697 556 4640

Pappireddipatti 1721 232 1366 695 565 4579

Palacode 2296 291 291 377 508 3763

TOTAL 10736 2091 6256 3438 3583 26104

Source: District Revenue Department

37.4 A. TAMILNADU AGRICULTURAL LABOURER SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME

Natural Old age Accidential Marriage to death and Total pension for death,injured funeral Marriage of members children of funeral aged expenses members expenses (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

13092 8810 133 2178 368 1603

37.5 FREE HOUSES AND HOUSE SITES DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY Year: 2007-08

Sl.No. Name of the Taluk House Distributated S.C S.T O.C Total 1. Dharmapuri District 1045 198 976 2219

Source: District Rural Development Agency, Dharmapuri.

ToP 38.SANITARY SERVICES 38.1 NO.OF SANITARY WORKERS ENGAGED IN SANTATION, GARBAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND OTHER PARTICULARS. Year: 2007-08

No.of Workers engaged in Sanitaion No.of workers engaged in Garbage Other connected works related and Sewage disposal with sanitation cleaning and desiliting 1955 -- drainage and prerparation of compost .

38.2 NUMBER OF THE VEHICLES ENGAGED IN SANITARY SERVICES

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Block/ Municipality No.of Vehicles engaged in sanitary services

(1) (2) (3) 1. Dharmapuri 9

2. Nallampalli 3

3. Harur 6

4. Morappur 5

5. Pappireddipatty 4

6. Pennagaram 4

7. Palacode 4

8. Karimanagalam 3

9. Dharmapuri Municipality 17

10 10 Town Panchayats 55

110 Total

ToP 39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE

39.1 INSTITUTION AND LABORATORIES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH WORK

2007-08

Sl.No Name and address of Institutions and Laboratories Type of Research Field

1 University of Animal Husbandry & Rresearch Centre, Livestock Kundalapatti

Source:Concerned Institutions

40. STORAGE FACILITIES

40.1 LIST OF AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL STORAGE GODOWNS

2007=08 Name and address of Agricultural Name and address of Non-Agricultural Godows Godowns Civil supplies Godwn –1

Market committee -2 Agricultural Godowns Main Godowns - 8 Warehousing Corporation -1

Sub Godowns – 6 Railways -2

Govt. Hospital -1

Source: District Warehousing office.

40.2 LIST OF COLD STORAGE AND GODOWNS Year: 2007-2008

Sl.No. Name and address of the cold storage

1. Dharmapuri District Co-Op. Milk Federation

2. Vennila Cold Storage, Dharmapuri

3. D.N.Vadivel Milk Dairy

Source: Concerned Department

41. TEXTILES ToP 41.1 No. of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving mills

Sl. Name of the Taluk No. of Ginning No. of No. of Weaving No mills Spinning mills mills (1) (2) -- (4) (5) 1 -- 9 -- DHARMAPURI 2 PALACODE -- 2 --

3 PENNAGARAM, ------

4 HARUR ------5 PAPPIREDDIPATTI -- 6 --

TOTAL 17

Source: Concerned Mills

41.2 QUANTUM OF PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR. Year: 2007-2008 Spinnig mills production

Name of the Mill (Yarn In Kgs.) 1 Fenner In;dia Limited 285759

2 Unnamalali spinning Mills 5970540

3 Sudharsan spinning Mills 32145

4 Southern spinners and Processors 186237

5 Kumaragiri spinning Mills 1855632

6 Other spinning Mills 13328504

Source: Concerned Mills

ToP 42. TRADE AND COMMERCE 42.1 NO. OF MAJOR AND MINOR TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ESTATE Year: 2007-08

No. of major Trade No. of minor Trade No. of Commercial estate 1. 2. 3.

121 102 nil

Source: Secretary, Market Committee--

43.TRANSPORT ToP 43.1 LENGTH OF ROADS (IN KILOMETRES) Year : 2007-08 Unsurfaced Surface Road Grand Total Road Sl Cement Water .No Concrete Bituminous Bound Total . Item Macadam

1 Highway -- 1349.3 1349.3 1349.3 24.000 2 Village Panchayat 1074.693 528.342 1627.035 1263.725 2890.760 0.00 3 Union roads 411.980 92.280 504.260 23.215 527.475

4 Municipal road 31.34 23.55 2.45 57.34 0.49 57.83

Source:Respective District Heads of Departments

43.2 ROAD ACCIDENTS Year: 2007-08 Total No.of No.of persons Sl.No Name of the Head No.of persons killed Accidents injured (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1 Dharmapuri District 1440 1744 245

Source: The Superitendent Of Police, Dharmapuri

43.3 REGISTERED MOTOR VECHICLES Year:2007-08 Commercial

Stage Lorry Articulated carriage Vehicle Public Private Auto rivksha Ordinary Taxi Motor Cab Maxicab Omini Buses Private Station Vehicle & others School Bus Ambulance Fire fighter Light Commercial Vehicle State Permit Permit National State Permit Permit National (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)

256 109 385 -- 207 77 17 20 19 11 -- 127 481 336 1 3

ToP 43.3 Contd. REGISTERED MOTOR VECHICLES Commercial Non- Commercial Tractor Trailor Total Motor Cycle Scooter Moped Tri-Cycle Auto Motor Car Jeep Station Wagon Tractor Three Wheeler Four Wheeler Road Roller Others Total Grand total (17) (18) (19) (20 (21) (22) (23) (24 (25 (26) (27) (28) (29 (30 (31) (32) ) ) ) ) ) 2 2050 18876 683 6414 nil 593 -- -- 1230 286 719 -- 49 16360 87825

Source: Regional Transport Officer, Dharmapuri-9.

43.4 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year:2007-08

Name of the Year of District No.of Buses as on 3 1st Sl.No Headquarter Corporation Formation Covered March (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Tamil State Krishnagiri 1. Transport and 840 Corporation 1.4.1987 Salem Dharmapuri (Salem Division) Ltd., Dharmapuri

43.5 SELECTED INDICATORS OF OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2007-08 Transport Sl.No Item Corporation’sPerformance

(1) (2) (3)

1. Fleet Strength 393

2. Kilometers operated carried pr day ( in Lakhs ) 1.94

3. Number of Passengers carried per day ( in Lakhs ) 3.43

4. Fleet Utilisation (Percentage) 95.50%

5. Kilometer efficiency ( Percentage) 11067

6. Kilometer run per liter of diesel --

a) City/ Town 5.35

b) Mofussil 5.31

7. Number of routes ( sa on day) 240

8. Number of new routes introduced during the year 14

9. New village benefited during the year 4

10. Benefited villages population in lakhs 0.04

11. Staff strength 2739

12. Number of new buses purchased 83

Source : Cocerned Transport Corporations

ToP 43.6 RAIL WAY LINES AND STATIONS Year : 2007-08

Broad Gauge and Item Broad Guage Meter Gauge Meter Gauge Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1. Route Length (in Km. ) 132 -- 132 132

2. Tract length (in Km.) 136 -- 136 136

3. Number of Railway stations 10 -- 10 10

Source: Cocerned Railway Station

43.7 PORT DEVELOPMENT

Name of the Port Vessels Entered Cargo handled Major Ports : 1. Chennai 2. Tuticorin Intermediate Ports 1. Cuddalore 2. Nagapattinam

Minor Ports NIL 1. Kilakarai 2. Rameswaram 3. Pamban 4. Colachal 5. Kanniyakumari 6. Valinokkam Source : Concerned Port Office

43.8 AIR PORTS

Sl.N Passengers ( In ‘000’) Airport o. Embarked Disembarked Transit Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,CHENNAI a) International b) Domestic 2. DOMESTIC AIRPORT a) Chennai NIL b) Coimbatore c) Madurai d) Tiruchirappalli

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43.8 Contd. Cargo Handled (Tonne) Revenue ( Rs. In Lakhs) Sl.No. Airport Embarked Disembarked Transit Pax Cargo Total (1) (2) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) 1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHENNAI a) International b) Domestic 2. DOMESTIC AIRPORT NIL a) Chennai b) Coimbatore c) Madurai d) Tiruchirappalli

43.9 OPERATIONS

Sl.No. Name of the Transport Operations Sl.No. Name of the Transport Operations 1. Senthil Bus Service 41 Dhanapal Roadways 2. D.N.C. Bus Service 42 Niruba Bus service 3. S.B.B. S. Bus Service 43 J.V. Bus service 4. Karthikeyan Bus Service 44 Baby Transport 5. Sri Balaji Bus Service 45 S.A.M.S. Bus service 6. S.M. B. S. Bus Service 46 Sabari Bus service 7. Kamalam Bus Service 47 R.B. S. Bus service 8. K.R.M.S. (A. V) Bus Service 48 Sujatha Bus service 9. M/s. Sri Devi Bus Service 49 Sri Venkateswara Bus service 10. K.R.M.S. (A. J) Bus Service 50 Sakthi Roadlines 11. K.R. M.S.(A.M) Bus Service 51 Prabavathi Bus service 12. K .R.M.S. 52 Neela Bus Service 13. S.R.P.K. 53 S.N. Bus Service 14. Sri Balamurugan Bus Service 54 K.V.K. Bus Service 15. K.A.V. Bus Service 55 T.N.T. Transport 16. Sri Muruganarul Bus Service 56 N.C.P. Bus Service 17. S.P.R. transport 57 Sri Senthi Bus Service 18. Kathiravan Transport 58 S.B.S. Bus Service 19. Manimalai Bus Service 59 A.V. R. Bus Service 20. Shanmugam Bus Service 60 Amman Bus Service 21. Sri Shanmugam Bus Service 62 Loganathan Bus Service 22. Krishna Transport 63 Selvam Bus Service 23. Sri Sivasakthi Bus Service 64 Chellam Bus Service 24. Sri Kumaran Transport 65 Selvamurugan Bus Service 25. Parvathi Transport 66 T.N.C. Bus Service 26. Sri Vinayaka Kannan Transport 67 27. M.C.R. Kannan Transport 28 Thirumurugan Bus service 29 G.B. transport

30 Rajamurugan Bus 31 Lakshmisaraswathi Bus service 32 Saranya Bus service GOODS TRANSPORT 33 Vadivelan Bus service 34 Rajam Transport 1. T.C.I. Transport 35 S.V.A. Bus service 2. Economic Transport 36 S.T. Bus service 3. A.B.T. Transport 37 P.A. Bus service 4. T.V.S. Transport 38 Sundaram Bus service 5. A.R.C Transport 39 Sri Dhandayuthapani Bus Service 6. Patel Roadways 40 Thirumal and Co., 7. Dharmapuri Salem Roadways 8. Madras Transport

Source: Concerned Transport Corporation

ToP 44. TOURISM

44.1 PLACES OF TOURIST ATTRACTION

Year : 2007-08

Sl.No. Tourist Place Hogenekkal Water Falls 1.

Theerthamalai Temple 2.

Source : District Tourist Development Office

44.2 LIST OF PLACES OF WORSHIP

Year :2007-08

Sl.No. Places Of Worship 1. Chenrayasamy Temple, Adiyaman Kottai

2. Malligarjunasamy Temple, Dharmapuri

3. Paravasudevar Koil, Dharmapuri

4. Theerthagiri Easwaran Temple, Theerthamalai

5. HariharanathurKoil, Dharmapuri

6. Ragavendra Sami Temple, Bharathipuram

7. Chennammal Koil, T.Ammapet

8. Singarathoppu Muniappan Koil, Morappur

9. Kollapuriamman Temple, Thippampatti

10. Venkataramansami Temple, Mukkulam

11. Anjenayar Kil, V. Muthampatti.

Source : Concerned Office

TABLE - 44.3

LIST OF HOTELS AND RESTUARANTS

Sl. No. No. of Hotels No. of Restaurants

1 2 3

1 106 95

Source:Concerned Office.

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44.4 LIST OF TRAVEL AGENTS

Sl.No. List of Travel Agencies

1. Mettur Travel Agency, Dharmapuri 2. Senthil Travels , Dharmapuri 3. Karthikeyan Travels, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri & Hosur

4. D.N.C. Travels, Dharmapuri 5 K.P.N. Travels, Dharmapuri Source: Concerned Transport Agency.

44.5 TRAIN SERVICE TIMINGS Year :2007-2008 (Towards Salem Side) Train No From To Arrival Departure 2648 Nizammundin Coimbatore 05.08 05.10 2677 Bangalore Ciombatore 08.38 08.40 6432 Mysore kumbakonam 21.23 21.25 6527 Yesvantapur Cannanore 22.58 23.00 6732 Mysore Tuticorin 23.58 00.02 1013 Lokamanya Tilak Coimbatore 00.38 00.40 0671 Hubli Kochuveli 00.35 00.38 0572 Bangalore Salem 10.58 11.00 0574 Yesvantapur Salem 19.23 19.25 0647 Bangalore Nagercoil 20.15 20.20

Towards Bangalore Side) 573 Salem Yesvatpur 6.58 7.00 571 Salem Bangalore 15.13 15.15 6431 Kumbakonam Mysore 02.13 02.15 6731 Tuticorin Mysore 02.43 02.45 6528 Cannanore Yesvatpur 06.58 07.00 1014 Ciombatore Lokamanya Tilak 12.13 12.15 2678 Coimbatore Bangalore 18.13 18.15 2647 Coimbatore Nizammudin 19.23 19.25 0672 Kochuveli Hubli 03.48 03.50 0648 Nagerkoil Bangalore 05.00 05.05

ToP 45.VITAL STATISTICS 45.1 BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTERED Year: 2007-2008

Name of the Speial Sl.No Panhayat/IIIrd Grade Registered Deaths Registered Deaths Muniipality (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

219 1. Dharmapuri District 26581 8193

Source: Concerned Department

45.2 BIRTHS, DEATH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES Year: 2007-20088

Birth Death Infant Mortality

19.08 5.1 31.5

45.3 DEATH BY CASUSES Year: 2007-08 Sl.No Name of the Causes for the Death No.of the death

1 Snake bite 5

2 Materinal death 29

3 Old age and other causes 1198

Source:Concerned Office

ToP 46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46.1 LIST OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION Year: 2007-08 Sl.No List Of Voluntary Services (1) (2) 1. LIONS CLUB 2. ROTARY CLUB 3. TRUST CLUB 4. NEHRU UVAKENDRA 5. ALL INDIA INDIRAJI FOR SC/ST 6. P.R.M. RPOJECT 7. MYRADA PLANT 8. FEED TRUST 9. RAMANUJAM FOUNDATION 10. RIDS 11. TEAM 12. SPHERE 13. KINGSELY 14. SPEED 15. SEED TRUST 16. SWEET PROJECT 17. YARD 18. IVDP 19. REACHS 20. ROSE 21. ILLAYABARATHAM 22. RAMAMBAL MAGALIR MANDRAM 23. WATER SHED DEVELOPMENT 24. VILLAGE WOMEN & CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT 25. DEEPAM 26. READS Source: concerned Organisation

ToP 47. WATER WORK AND SUPPLY

47.1 NO.OF SCHEMES OPERATED IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2007-2008 Sl. Name of the Scheme No. of the Programmes in the Schemes No 1 2 3 1 2257 Individual power Pump Schemes ( Regular)

53 Individual power pump schemes(NABARD( 2 3 1301 Mini Power Pump Schemes ( Regular)

4 Mini Power Pump Schemes ( NC) 445

5 Check Dams (NABARD) - 6 Hand Pump ( PM’s Fund) 8989 7 3 Swajaldhar

Source:Concerned Department

47.2 NO.OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE WATER WORKES AND SUPPLY

Year: 2007-08

Sl. No.of persons engaged in the Name of the Scheme No Water works and supply (1) (2) (3)

1 Power/Hand pump operator, Pump fitter,Pipeline 1745 Inspecltor

47.3 NO.OF HOUSE CONNECTIONS, FOUNTAINS

Year: 2007-08

Sl.No Name of the Municipality/ Block / No.of house Water Connections Town Panchayat

Public Private Total 2476 1. Harur 1916 560 2102 13 2115 2. Karimangalam 1806 148 1954 3. Palacode 1298 257 1555 4. Dharmapuri 1922 780 2702 5. Nallampalli 2810 40 2850 6. Pennagaram 1628 578 2206 7. Morappur 1012 33 1045 8. Pappireddipatty 6740 1650 7400 9. Dharmapuri municipality 4184 1874 6058 10 10 Town Panchayats 19938 10033 30361 TOTAL

Source: Concerned Department