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PREFACE

The publication of “ Statistical Hand Book 2015-16 - Salem” presents the latest statistical data on various Socio-Economic aspects of . Statistical Tables presented in this book highlight the trends in the development and progress in various sectors of Salem District’s economy.

I extend my sincere thanks to Dr. V.Irai Anbu, I.A.S, Principal Secretary/Commissioner, Department of Economics and Statistics, , Thiru. V.Sampath, I.A.S, District Collector, Salem and Thiru.K.Ravi Kumar, M.A., B.Ed., B.L., M.B.A., Regional Joint Director of Statistics, Salem for their valuable support and suggestions offered for enhancing the quality for this publication.

The co-operation extended by various Heads of Departments of State and Central Governments, Public Sector Undertakings and Other organizations in bringing out this book is acknowledged with profound gratitude.It is hoped that this Hand Book will be a useful reference book to Administrators, Planners, Scholars, Statisticians, Economists and to all those who are interested in the Socio- Economic Planning of Salem District.

I express my appreciation to all the Officers and Staff of this office for compiling the data relating to this Hand Book.

Suggestions for improving future compilations are most welcome.

Place: Salem Date: DeputyDirector of Statistics, Salem

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SALIENT FEATURES OF SALEM DISTRICT

I. PHYSICAL FEATURE

Salem is one of the biggest and it is centrally situated in . It is a Geologist‘s paradise, surrounded by hills and the landscape dotted with hillocks. Salem has vibrant culture dating back to the ancient . As a district, Salem has its singinficance in various aspects such as Mango Cultivation, Silver Ornaments, Textiles, Sago industries and Steel production. It has thirteen taluks. During the year 2014-15, , Salem South and Pethanaikkanpalayam are newly formed taluks in this district. There are many things in Salem that are noteworthy by its virtue of its location and social set-up.

II. AREA AND POPULATION

Salem district‘s geographical area is 5245 sq.kms. While Salem district occupies the 9th rank among the districts in Tamil Nadu in regard to size, the population of Salem district occupies 5th rank among districts in Tamil Nadu. As per 2001 census 53.65% persons are in rural areas and remaining 46.35% persons are in urban areas. The population of Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes in the district are 15.5% and 3.50% respectively. The density of population as per 2001 census 573. As per the population census 2011, the total population of the district is 34, 82,056 of which 17, 81,571 are males and the remaining 1700485 are females. The percentage of decadal growth rate of population has declined to 15.37 % during 2001-11 from 17.2& of 1991-2001. The sex ratio has gone up to 954 females per 1000 males as per census 2011 when compared to 929 females per 1000 males in 2001 census. It is ranked as 31st among all districts of the State in respect of sex ratio. The population density per square kilometer has increased to 663 in census 2011 from 575 of the pervious census 2001.

Salem District has been ranked at 5th place according to the most populous district in the State and its share to the State‘s total population is 4.82%. The overall literacy rate of Salem District as per 2011 census is 73.86% with males‘ literacy rate at 80.24 % and females‘ literacy rate at 65.15%. The corresponding literacy rates of combined, males and females were 65.09%, 74.4% and 55.2% respectively in 2001 census.

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III. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

Rainfall is a single most important factor for success of crops in the farming areas. The district receives the rain under the influence of both southwest and northest monsoons. The northeast monsoon chiefly contributes to the rainfall in the district. Rainfall intensity is classified according to the rate of precipitation: Light rain — when the precipitation rate is < 2.5 mm (0.098 in) per hour. Moderate rain — when the precipitation rate is

between 2.5 mm (0.098 in) - 7.6 mm (0.30 in) or 10 mm (0.39 in) per hour.

Salem district received actual rainfall of 981.68 mm in the year 2015-16, when compared with the normal rainfall of 997.9 mm. In 2014-15, Salem district has received 1001.5 mm of rainfall. i.e. 2.03% of rainfall decreased when compared with previous year.

IV. THE

Stanley Reservoir is one of the largest fishing reservoirs in South . Its main source of water is the river Cauvery. Three main tributaries such as Palar, Chennar and Thoppar enter into the Cauvery on its course above Stanley Reservoir. An architectural marvel and important land mark in the Division of Salem, it is the heart that pumps the life giving water to the farmers of the Cauvery basin who suffer the vagaries of Indian monsoons.

The Sixteen Gates is an Engineering master-piece and regulates the flow of water released from to the lower reaches covering the paddy fields in the eight districts of Salem, , , , Tiruchirapalli, , and . The total length of the dam is 1700 meters. The Mettur Hydro Electrical Power Project is

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also quite large. Dam, park, major hydroelectric power stations and hills on all sides make Mettur a good tourist attraction.

V. AGRICULTURE

Agriculture continues to be the most predominant sector of the state economy; nearly 30% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood. TamilNadu is India‘s second biggest producer of rice. Most of the available lands in the district are utilized for raising Paddy, Sugarcane and Plantation crops under irrigated condition. Dry crops like Cumbu, Cholam, Varagu, Maize and Samai are cultivated extensively. Cash crops like Groundnut, Sugarcane,

Gingilly, Castor and Cotton are raised to a considerable extent. 0

REDGRAM HARVEST IN DASASAMUDRAM VILLAGE BLOCK: KADAYAMPATTY – DISTRICT: SALEM

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This district is notable for its special varieties of Mangoes such as ―Bangalora, Gundu, Malgova, Nadusalai and Neelam‖. There are ninety-seven coffee estates in taluk. The Shevroys is famous for oranges, pears and other hill fruits. Pepper is also grown in small extent in Yercaud while arecanut is cultivated in taluk.

Tapioca locally known as Maravalli (or) Kuchi Kilangu (in Tamil) is extensively cultivated by the farmers of Salem district. The tubers are used primarily to produce starch. A variety of food items like chips, fryums, papads, Noodles and vermicelli are also produced from tapioca. Tapioca and castor Research centre functioning in Salem is engaged in Research and Development activities to produce high yielding and disease resistant varieties.

“District of Salem is known as the land of Sago”. The district offers good raw material, cheap labour, good sun shine for a longer period of the day throughout the year. “District of Salem is known as the land of Sago”.

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Yercuad is very famous for its coffee and orange plantations and it has preserved most of the forest‘s original species of flora and fauna. Coffee is the main crop grown in Yercuad. Jackfruit, Star apple, fig,

Lacota, Water apple, oranges, guava and spices such as black pepper and cardamom are other crops raised on the coffee estates. Sandalwood, teak and Silver Oak tree is abundant as well.

VI. INDUSTRY

Salem is a major textile centre in TamilNadu, with more than 125 spinning mills, weaving mills and garment units. The handloom industry is one of the most ancient cottages in Salem district of TamilNadu. Saree, Dhoti and Angavasthram are made out of yarn and Cotton yarn. The weavers engaged under Handloom are concentrated mainly in Salem, , Edapady and Taluks. is a small census town in the district and it is famous for its silk handloom products. Kondalampatti handlooms are well known for the durability of the colours used in the yarn.

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The other thriving Industries are sago manufacturing and power loom cloth production. Mettur has become a powerful industrial center due to the availability of power and water. In there are four major mining engaged in mining of Magnetite.

The Salem Steel Plant is a special steels unit of Ltd., pioneered the supply of wider width stainless steel sheets / coils in India. The plant can produce austenitic, ferritic, martenstic and low-nickel stainless steel in the form of coils and sheets with an installed capacity of 70,000 tonnes / year in Cold Rolling Mill and 1, 86,000 tonnes / year in Hot Rolling Mill. In addition, the plant has country's first top-of-the-line stainless steel blanking facility with a capacity of 3,600 tonnes of coin blanks and utility blanks / circles.

India‘s largest producer of special steel in the long products category, JSW Steels Salem plant mainly caters to the automotive sector. It is environment friendly, zero effluent plant. The Salem plant manufactures various grades of special steel in the long products category, ranging from 5.5 mm to 200 mm. It is the Asian leader for the manufacture of special grade steel used in gears, crank shafts and bearings. It is also manufactures ultra low-sulphur steel for sourgas pipelines and alloy steel for boilers.

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The Chemplast Sanmar Ltd is also a big industry in Mettur providing lot of employment opportunities to the people and plays a vital role to the economic development of the district. Chemplast Sanmar owns five plants in Mettur, a small town located around the dam which controls the entry of the River Cauvery into Tamil Nadu. Sanmar has set up zero effluents discharge mechanism in its Mettur plant to curb pollution. For this effort, the company won the CII Water Award for Excellence in Water management organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Hyderabad.

VII. RURAL AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

Concentration of Rural Industries like coir making, silver ornaments and pottery works etc., play a vital role in earning livelihood to many in Salem taluk. Handloom weaving is made in Salem, Edapady and . Sago industries are in Attur and Salem.

Bee keeping in Yercaud has made a perceptible dent in industrialization of the district. Production of unbleached sugar-vellam or Nattu Sarkarai – is a major cottage industry among the sugarcane cultivators of Salem.

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Rope making is another major cottage industry. Ropes are made by people out of the fibers of , Aloe Vera, Cotton and Jute. Salem has a sizeable weaver population and weaving is an important house hold industry here. Both silk and cotton fabrics woven in Salem find popular market throughout the State. The Ammapet weaver‘s co- operative society has a turnover of 2.40 Crores and its main products are cotton sarees, bed sheets, towels, silk sarees and dhotis. Making of Silver ornaments and artifacts by hand work is an important cottage industry in Salem. Silver anklets made in Salem are popular throughout the country.

VIII. MINERAL DEPOSITS The district is rich with minerals like Magnesite, Bauxite, Granite, Limestone, quartz and Iron ore. Allied industries like Magnesite mining, Cement Manufacture, refractory bricks manufacture, Aluminum melting etc., thrive well.

IX. SANDAL WOOD Santalum album species of Sandal wood grows in the forests of Salem. They fetch high prices as their heart woods yield high oil content of about 6% (average). The Sandal soap company is a noted buyer of Sandal woods from Salem.

X. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY The Sheep Research station located at in Mettur, developed and introduced the popular Mecheri Breed. The breed is popular among the farmers and is reared mainly for meat purposes.

XI. DAIRY

Salem Dairy has an impressive milk production and the district stands first in milk production. A variety of milk products have been introduced by the Dairy recently and are effectively marketed.

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XII. CINEMA THEATRES Salem was once a popular Tinsel town where the earlier Tamil movies were created in the Modern Theatres. The people of Salem are great movie viewers and the popularity of cinema is evident from the fact that there are nearly a hundred and odd Theatres in the district-perhaps the largest in any district. Nevertheless these industries are reduced due to developing of modern Technologies nowadays.

XIII. TEMPLES

Many temples with intricate sculptures and imposing towers are found in the district of Salem, built by indigenous rulers‘ centuries before the British era. Some of the popular temples are the Taramangalam Shivan Temple in Omalur and the Sukavaneswarar temple, Kottai temple, Parsanna Venkatesha Perumal temple in Salem.

XIV. FORT Forts had existed in Salem town and Omalur said to have been visited by . Uncared for not even the ruins of these monuments remain to be seen today. However at Sankagiri an impressive fort is seen on a hillock, with its elaborate and massive ramparts running all the way up the hill. This fort is said to have been the holding of ―Theeran Chinnamalai‖ – an indigenous warrior who fought against British oppression.

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XV. TOURISM

Yercuad is a hill station and popular summer resort in Salem. It is located in the Shevaroys range of hills in the , the yercuad hill area is called the “Shevoray Hills” and it is also called as “Jewel of the South”. The Shervarayan temple deep inside a narrow cavern with a rivulet rippling behind the idols is one of the main spots of tourist attraction.

‗Kurunji‘ once in twelve years also attracts tourists. Coffee, spices like cardomom, pepper, fruits like "Kamala" Orange, butter fruit, Jack fruit are grown in Yercaud and find good market. Yercaud houses many colonial buildings and churches. The prestigious residential school “The Montfort School” is at Yercaud. Yercaud is populary known as poorer .

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SALEM DISTRICT -SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2015-16 DISTRICT PROFILE – 2015-16

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 2001) 16 .7 5 % of Scheduled tribes to total population(census 2001) 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 42 .29 12 % of Area sown more than once to Net Area Sown 38 .43 13 % of Net Area Irrigated to Net Area sown 43 .74 14 % of Gross Area Irrigated to Gross Area sown 41 .92 15 Per Capita Net Area sown (Hectare) 0 .063 16 Bovine Population per square km 328 17 Workers in registered factories per lakh of population 439 18 Percentage of villages electrified 99 .39 19 Per Capita annual consumption of E.B for domestic 261 .13 20 Percentagepurpose(units) 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

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SALEM DISTRICT

1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

North Latitude: Between 11 14` and 12 53`

East Longitude : Between 77 44` and 78 50`

2. AREA AND POPULATION

1. Area (Sq.km) 5245 2 Census Census Population 2001 2011 a. Male Population 1563633 1781571 b. Female Population 1452713 1700485 c. Rural Population 1626162 1707934 d. Urban Population 1390184 1774122 Total 3016346 3482056 3. Density (per. Sq. Km.) 575 665 4. Literates 1734442 2285562 5. Main Workers As per Census 2011 a. Total Workers 1561030 b. Male Workers 1022417 c. Female Workers 538613 d. Rural Workers 849111 e. Urban workers 711919 f. Cultivators 247011 g. Agricultural Labourers 396158 h. Household Industries 132700 i. Other workers 785161 j. Marginal Workers 133130 6. Non – Workers 1787896 7. Language Spoken in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, District and Malayalam

Source: Statistical Handbook 2015-Tamilnadu

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Fig .1.Forecasting Population for 2021-2041

3. VITAL STATISTICS 2015-16

S.No. Details Nos. 1. Birth 51217 2. Death 17729 3. Infant Details(Death) Birth Rate (per 1000 population) a. Rural 16.2 4. b. Urban 12.1 Death Rate (per 1000 Population) a. Rural 6.1

5. b. Urban 3.1 c. Combined 5.2 6. Infant Mortality rate (per 1000 live births) - a. Rural 14532 b. Urban c. Combined 7. Expectation of life at birth a. Male b. Female 8. Number of Deaths of women due to problems related to child birth a) At the time of delivery 1 b)During Pregnancy 10 c).After Child birth (within 42 days) 30

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4. TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREE CELCIUS) 2015-16

a. Plains 1. Maximum 39.5 2. Minimum 17.0 b. Hill Station (Yercaud) 1. Maximum 2. Minimum

Source: Indian Meteorological Department

5. RAINFALL ( MM ) 2015-16

a. Normal 1. South West 471.9 2. North East 309.5 b. Actual 1. South West 378.3 2. North East 400.6

Source: Indian Meteorological Department

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6. AGRICULTURE

S.Number Details Year : 2015-16 a. Total Cultivated area (Hectares) 304745.600 b. Net Area sown (Hectares) 220138.195 c. Area Sown more than once 84607.405 d. (Hectares)Area and production of principal Area Production crops (Hectares) “000” in “000” (Tonnes) 1. Rice 24713.805 2. Millets and Other Cereals 115671.880 3. Pulses 63980.195 4. Sugarcane 8255.475 5. Groundnut 21818.285 6. Gingelly 3317.070 7. Cotton (Lints) 12467.270 e. Agricultural land Holdings (2015-16) 1. Holdings 318159 2. Area (Hectares) 266464.618 3. Average size of holdings 0.840 f. (Hectares)a. Important Food Crops Paddy, Cholam, Cumbu, Ragi Redgram, Greengram, Blackgram, Horsegram, Turmeric, Sugarcane, Mango, Banana, Tapioca, Groundnut & Gingelly

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

Source: District G-Return 2015-16 of Salem

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7. IRRIGATION

S.Number Source of Irrigation Year : 2015-16 1. Net Area irrigated by (Hectares) a. Government Canals 1770.00 b. Private Canals -- c. Tanks -- d. Tube wells 18801.09 e. Other wells 75733.42 f. Other sources -- Total Net Area Irrigated 96304.51 2. Gross Area irrigated 127751.48 3. Name of Rivers Cauveri, Sarabanga Nathi, Vasista Nathi and Suvetha Nathi

4. Name of Lakes Govindavadi Eri, Ayyanar Koil Eri, Mookaneri Eri, Attur Pudu Eri, Umayalpuram Eri, Thedavoor Eri, Arangaloor Eri, Sendarapatty Eri, Eri, Sarvoy Perioya Eri jangamasamuthiram Eri and Vadaman Eri.

Source: District G-return 2015-16 of Salem

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8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

S.Number Items Year : 2015- 1. VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS 16 a. Veterinary Hospitals 6 b. Veterinary Dispensaries 132 c. Clinical Centres 0 2. POULTRY DEVELOPMENT d. Sub Centres 21 a. Chicks produced in hatcheries (Nos.) 2070500 b. Birds Sold for breeding (Nos.) 931400 c. Birds sold for food (Nos.) 1139100 3. LIVESTOCK CENSUS(2004) Livestock and Poultry population a. Cattle 558323 b. Buffaloes 79841 c. Sheep 345608 d. Goat 449203 e. Poultry 4360450 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

S.Number Subject Year : 2015-16 a. Diaries 1 b. Milk Chilling Plants 1 c. No of Milk Co-op Societies Registered 705 Functioning 611 d. Milk Production (Lakh Litres) Flush Season 3.79810(Average per day) Lean Season 3.52653(Average per day) Source: Deputy Director of Cooperative Milk Societies, Salem

10. FISHERIES

S.No Subject Year: 2015-16 1. Length of Coastal Line (KM) NIL 2. Number of Coastal Blocks NIL 3. No of Coastal Centres NIL 4. Marine Fish Production (Tonnes) NIL 5. Inland Fish Production (Tonnes) 1713.614 Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam

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11. FOREST

S.No Subject Year :2015-16 1. Forest Area (Hect.) 126540 a. Reserved Forests 103104 b. Unclassified Forests 858 c. Reserved Lands 22578 2. Out-Turn of Forest Products a. Firewood (MT) 2699.752 b. Sandalwood (Heart wood) (MT) 101426.750 c. Sandalwood (Sapwood) (MT) 2000.000 d. Tamarind (MT) 58.767 e. Curry Leaves (MT) 2.300 f. Eanchi (MT) 3.300 g. Vilangai (MT) 0.100 h. Jack Fruits (MT) 1.200 i. Pulpwood (MT) 327.914 j. Other MFP (MT) 2.985 k. Coconut (Nos.) 164 l. Palmyra Fruits (Nos.) 3200 Source: Conservator of Forests, Salem Circle, Salem

12. ELECTRICITY

S.Number Subject Year :2015-16 1. GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY ( in M.U) a. HYDRO 4613.59700 b. WIND MILL GENERATION NIL c. THERMAL 6232.972 d. POWER PURCHASED NIL e. GAS TRUBINE NIL 2. CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRITY (In. M. U.) (In %) a. Agriculture 664.43 20.73 b. Industry 690.87 23.74 c. Commercial 265.72 7.49 d. Domestic 1436.46 40.58 e. Public Lighting & Water 128.48 4.10 works f. Sales to Licenses 2.32 0.5 g. Sales to Other States 0.0 0.0 h. Miscellaneous 25.32 3.32 3. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

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a. Number of Pump sets 136032 148824 Energized Total. Hecs.Electrified b. Electrified (Villages) 653 Nos. 649 Nos. Total Electrified c. Electrified (Hamlets) 5555 Nos. 5549 Nos. Source: S.E, TNEB, Salem & Mettur Circles

13. ENTERPRISES

S.Number Number of Enterprises Rural Urban 1 Number of Agricultural Enterprises 9671 2093 2 Number of Non-Agricultural Enterprises 28046 30960 Number of Enterprises a).With Premises 25604 27900 b). Without Premises 12113 5153 Source: Economic Census

14. INDUSTRIES

Year: 2015-16

1. No of Working Factories (Registered) 808 2. No of Man days Worked (Lakhs) 88.540 3. No of Trade Unions a. During 2011-2012 14 b. Up to March 2012 1547 4. No of Strikes 4 5. No of Lockouts 4 6. Large Scale Industries 31 7. Medium Scale Industries 12 8. Small Scale Industries a. During 2011-2012 N.A b. Up to March 2012 1226 9. Cottage Industries a. During 2011-2012 N.A b. Up to March 2012 15 10. Others a. During 2011-2012 N.A b. Up to March 2012 N.A 11. NAME OF THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES S.P.SUPER FINE COTTON MILLS P LTD. CUDDALUR MAIN ROAD, 1. ATTUR 2. RA SI TEXTILES P LTD., CUDALURE MAIN ROAD, ATTUR

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3 FIDELITY TEXTILE P LTD., UDAYAPATTI, ATTUR MAIN ROAD, 4 S.P.SPINNINSALEM G MILLS P.LTD. CUDDALUR MAIN ROAD, ATTUR SAMBANDAM SPINNING MILLS .LTD. ATTUR MAIN ROAD, 5 UDAYAPATTI KANDAGIRI SPINNING MILLS LTD., UNIT.1 UDAYAPATTI, 6 SALEM DHARANIDARA SPINNERS P LTD., ROAD, 7 KAKAPALAYAM

PARAGAN POLYMER PRODUCTS P LTD., KAKAPALAYAM, 8 SALEM 9 CHIRANJILAI SPINNERS P LTD., ATTAYAMPATTI, SALEM DIST. 10 JSW LTD., POTTANERI, MECHERI VIA, 11 THERMAL POWER STATION, METTUR DAM, SALEM DIST. MADRAS ALUMINIUM CO LTD., KARUMALAIKOODAL, METTUR 12 R.S. 13 CH EMPLAST SANMAR LTD., PLANT.1 PUDUCHAMPALLI 14 CHEMPLAST SANMAR LTD., PLANT II, PUDUCHAMPALLI CHEMPLAST SANMAR LTD., PLANT III & IV, RAMAN NAGAR, 15 METTUR DAM 16 CABOT SANMAR LTD., RAMAN NAGAR, METTUR DAM HITECH MINERALS COVAL P LTD., KOTTAGOUNDAMPATTI, 17 OMALUR TK TAMIL NADU MAGNESITE LTD., OMALUR MAIN ROAD, 18 AMMAPALAYAM, SALEM DALMIA MAGNESITE LTD., VELLAKKALPATTI, OMALUR 19 TALUK 20 SPINNERS P LTD., NILAVARAPATTI, SALEM 21 SRI MALINI SPINNING MILLS LTD, SANTHIYUR, SALEM THAMBI MODERN SPINNING MILLS LTD., JAGIR 22 AMMAPALAYAM, SALEM 23 BURN STANDARD CO.LTD. OMALUR MAIN ROAD, SALEM 24 NARASUS COFFEE CO., JOHNSONPET, SALEM SALEM DIST. CO-OP. MILK PRODUCERS UNION LTD., 25 STEEPLANT ROAD, SALEM PALLAVA TEXTILES LTD., MANGARANKAMPALAYAM, 26 VEERACHIPALAYAM POST, SANKARI THE INDIA CEMENTS LTD., SANKARI WEST, SANKARI, SALEM 27 DIST. PERUMAL SPINNING MILLS P LTD., SESHANCHAVADI, 28 VALAPADI TK, SALEM DISTRICT 29 KANDAGIRI SPINNING MILLS P LTD., SESHANCHAVADI, SALEM DIST.

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SALEM STEEL PLANT, ALAGUSAMUDRAM, THARAMANGALAM 30 MAIN ROAD, SALEM. 31 SAMBANDAM SIVA TETILES LTD., KATTUVEPPILLAIPATTI, 32 HUTSONSESHANCHAVADI DIARYPVT. PO, LTD, KARUMAMPURAM 33 L.S.P. OIL MILLS PVT LTD, SALEM 34 SONAL VYPAR PVT LTD, SALEM-2 12. Name of the Industrial Park Nil

15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

S.No Name of Industries Year: 2015-16 1. KHADI INDUSTRIES Production (Rs. In Sales (Rs. In Lakhs) Lakhs) a. Cotton 14.43 45.74 b. Woolen 0.00 4.16 c. Silk 0.00 26.32 d. Polyester 3.59 13.40 2 VILLAGE INDUSTRIESa. Soaps 0.00 6.14 b. Leather goods 5.23 1.72 c. Others (specify) 0.00 1.98 Total (1+2) 23.25 99.46 Source: Assistant Director of Khadi and Village Industries, Salem

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16. MEDICAL AND HEALTH

1. Modern Medicine Nos. a. No of Hospitals 11 b. Dispensaries 1 c. Primary Health Centres 85 d. Urban Health Centres 20 e. Health Sub Centres 398 f. Other Medical Institutions (MMU) 21 g. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 2635 h. Total Number of Doctors 474 i. Total Number of Nurses 729 2. Indian Medicine

a. No of Hospitals 14 b. Dispensaries 6 c. Primary Health Centres 24 d. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries e. Total Number of Doctors 41 f. Total Number of Nurses 15 3. Homeopathy

a. No of Hospitals 3 b. Dispensaries NIL c. Primary Health Centres 1 c. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries NIL d. Total Number of Doctors 3 e. Total Number of Nurses NIL Source: Head of Concerned Health & Medical Departments, Salem

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17. EDUCATION

S.No Category of Institutions Year:2015-16 1 Universities 2 2 Arts and Science Colleges 20 3. Colleges for Professional Education a. Medicine

1. Allopathic 3 2. Indian Medicine (Siddha) 1 3. Homeopathy 2 b. Engineering Colleges 20 c. Agriculture Colleges - d. Veterinary Colleges - e. Law College 1 4 College for Special Education (Nursing) 6 5 Pre-Primary Schools 248 6 Primary Schools 1422 7 Middle Schools 428 8 High Schools 241 9 Higher Secondary Schools 288 10 Teacher Training Institute 37 11 Number of Fresh Entries (male, Female) N.A 12 Number of students passed at Xth Std 42598 13. Number of Students Passed at XIIth Std 29008 13. Number of Children never enrolled in School N.A Source: Concerned Heads of Departments, Salem District

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18. TRANSPORT

1. ROAD LENGTH (KM) a. National Highways 182.600 b. State Highways & Rural Roads 2441.163 c. Corporation & Road 1169.654 d. Panchayat Union & Panchayat Road 8606.850 e. Town Panchayat & Township Road 1134.205 f. Others (Forest Roads) 85.985 2. REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES a. Commercial 10684 b. Non- Commercial 58532 3. RAILWAY LENGTH(KM) a. Route Length 1. Broad Gauge 797 2. Meter Gauge 65 b. Track Length 1. Broad Gauge 986 2. Meter Gauge 46 c. Number of Railway Stations 103 4 NUMBER OF SEA PORTS NIL 5 NUMBER OF AIRPORTS 1 6 NAME OF THE AIRPORT Kamalapuram 7 NAME OF THE SEA PORT NIL 8 NAME OF THE EXPORT COMMODITY Textiles, Yarn, Granites, Readymade Garments, Coir products & Salem Stainless Steel 9 NAME OF THE IMPORT COMMODITIES Pulses, Grams, Edible Oil Source: Concerned Authorities in Salem District

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19. COMMUNICATION

1 Post & Telegraph

a. Post Offices Doing Postal Business Alone 374

b. Post Offices Doing Post & Telegraph Business N.A

2. Telephones

a. No of Telephones in use 135583

b. No of Public Call Offices 6979

c. No of Telephone Exchanges 143

Source: BSNL & Postal Departments, Salem District

20. CO-OPERATION

1 Primary Land Development Banks 6 2 Co-Operative APEX Banks (TNSC) NIL 3 District Central CO-operative Banks/ Branches 1 4 Urban Banks 8 5 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies 205 6 Housing Co-operative Societies -- 7 Employees Co-operative Societies 98 8 Lift Irrigation Societies 1 9 Weavers Co-operative Societies - 10 Industrial Co-operative Societies - 11 Khadi & Village Industries Societies - 12 Primary Co-operative Societies(Lamp) 5 13 Co-Operative Sugar Mills NIL 14 Co-operative Marketing Societies 2 15 Others Co –operative Societies (Lamp&LCS) 7 Source: Joint registrar of Cooperatives Societies, Salem.

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21. REGISTRATION

1 No of Registration Offices 24

2 Aggregated Value of Property Transferred (Rs. in 2566.89 Crores)

3 Total Receipts (Rs. in Crores) 193.57

Source: Registration Dept, Salem

22. HOUSING

1 No of Tenements Constructed by Tamil Nadu Housing Board

2 Group Houses for Adi-Dravidars

3 Number of Tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu slum Clearance Board

4 Number of Tenements constructed by Police Housing Board 5 Deputy Registrar Housing – Rural

6 Deputy Registrar Housing – Urban NIL

7 Samthuvapuram: - 1. Seeragapady, 2. Neikarapatti 3. Chinnasoragai, 4. Katheri, 5. Umaiyalpuram 8 Total Number of Households a.SC b.ST c. Others 9 Number of Households below poverty line

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23. SOCIAL WELFARE (IN NOS)

1 Old age pensioners 79080

2 Destitute physically handicapped 2526

3 Destitute Widow Pension 38404

4 Destitute Agri. Labourer Pension 5435

5 Destitute & Deserted Widow Pension 13864

6 Unmarried Poor Women Pension 416

7 National Disabled Pension 2675

8 National Widow pension 17411

9 Women Welfare Co-operative Societies 2

10 Training Centres 5

11 Mahalir Mandram 1052

12 Women Development Centres

i) Group 1052 ii) Member 10955

13 Uzhavar Santhai: (Ammapettai, Dadagapatti, Suramangalam, Attayampatti, Attur, Mettur, 7 )

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24. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Name of Programme No of Centres No of Beneficiaries

1. P.T.M.G.R. 1794 221089

2. I.C.D.S. 2696 63973

25. REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

1 Revenue Divisions 4

2 Revenue Taluks 13

3 Revenue Firkas 42

4 Revenue Villages 653

26. LOCAL BODIES

1 Corporations 1

2 Municipalities 3

3 Third Grade 1

4 Panchayat Unions 20

5 Village Panchayats 385

27. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

1 No of Blocks Covered 20

2 Population Covered (Lakhs) 34.82

3 Area Covered (Sq. Km) 5205.30

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28. POLICE AND PRISONS

Salem City Salem Moffusil

1 Police

a. Police Force

1. Local 984 1153

2. Armed Reserve 295 266

b. Police Stations 14 33

c. Police Outposts 11 27

2 Prisons

a. Central Prisons 1

b. Other Prisons Sub Jail 12

Spl. Jail 1

5th Garden 1

29. LEGISLATURE

1 Members of the Legislative Assembly

a. Elected 11

b. Nominated NIL

2 Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 1

3 Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) 1

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30. CINEMA THEATRES

1 Permanent

a. Air-conditioned 17

b. Non Air- Conditioned 42

c. Air – cooled -

Total 59

2 Multiplex Cinema 1 (5Screens)

3 Permanent 50

3 Semi Permanent 4

4 Touring --

31. BANKING AND INSURANCE

1 a. Bank Offices 225

b. Primary Co-operative Societies 207

2 Life Insurance

a. Offices 8

b. Policies Issued 118809

c. Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores) 1508.00

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32. NATURAL RESOURCES

1 Name of the Minerals found in the Magnesite, Bauxite, Quartz, District Felspar, Limestone, Soapstone, Dunite, Rough stone, Granites.

33. PILGRIM AND TOURIST CENTRES

1 Name of the Important Pilgrims SriSugavaneshwara Temple,Salem–1 Centres in the District Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Salem –7

Sri Kumaragiri temple, Salem –3

Sri KandhashramTemple, Udayapatty

Sri Kailasanathar temple, Tharamangalam

Sri Siddeswara Temple, Siddhar Koil

Sri Thandontrieswara Temple, Belur

Jamma Mazid, Salem

Infant Jesus Church, Salem

2. Name of the Important Tourist Centre Yercaud (Jewel of the South) in the District Mettur Dam

Aragalur (Budda Statue)

Sankarai (Old Famous Fort)

Tharamangalam Sri Kailashanather Temple

Poiman Karadu, Salem

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INDEX OF TABLES

Sl. Page STATISTICAL TABLES 2015-16 Number Number

1.AREA AND POPULATION

1.1(a) Tamil Nadu and Salem District- Provisional Population Totals, Rural 45 Urban- As per Census 2011 Area, Population, Literates, SCs and STs –Sex-wise by Taluk- 1.1(b) 48 As per Census 2011 1.2 Population by Broad Industrial Categories of workers 49 1.3 Population by Religion 49 1.4 Population by Age Groups 50 1.5 Population of the District – Decennial Growth 50 1.6 Salient Features of 2011 Census – Block and Municipality wise 52 2.CLIMATE & RAINFALL

2.1 Temperature at Selected Stations 53 2.2 Monthly Rainfall Data – Station wise with maintaining Department 54 Particulars 2.3 Time Series Data of Rainfall by seasons 58 3.AGRICULTURE

3.1 Soil Classification 59 3.2 Land Utilisation 60 3.3 Area and Production of Crops 61 3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 62 3.5 Number and Area of Operational Holdings 63 3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 65 3.7 Regulated Markets 65 3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 66 3.9 Sericulture 66 4.IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of water supply with Command Area – Block wise 67 4.2 Actual Area Irrigated (Net and Gross) by Source 68 4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops 69 4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore wells 70 5.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

5.1 Livestock Population 71 5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals treated – Block wise 72 5.3 Number of Veterinary Hospitals 73 5.4 Diary Development 73 5.5 Poultry Development 74 5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 75 6.BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1 Number of Commercial Banks 76 6.2 Insurance Schemes 76

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7.CO-OPERATION

7.1 Co-Operative Societies 77 8.CIVIL SUPPLIES

8.1 Number of Fair Price Shops 79 8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities distributed and their retail prices 79 8.3 Number of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 80 8.4 Quantity Supplied 80 8.5 Number of LPG Connections 80 8.6 Number of persons waiting for LPG connections 80 9.COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Post-Offices doing Postal business only 81 9.2 Post-Offices doing Post and Telegraphic Business 82 9.3 Telegraph Offices 83 9.4 Number of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and Number in use 84 9.5 Number of PCOs attached to each exchange 84 9.6 Number of persons waiting for Phone connections 84 10.ELECTRICITY

10.1 Number of Power Stations 85 10.2 Quantum of power Purchased 85 10.3 Power Consumption Sector-wise 86 10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 86 10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per unit 87 10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 87 10.7 Rural Electrification 87 10.8 Capacity of Transformers 88 10.9 Name and address of fault report offices 89 11.EDUCATION

11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 90 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 90 11.3 Colleges for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 91 11.4 Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers 92 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 92 11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 92 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 93 11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, Students and Teachers 93 11.9 Computer Training Centres 94 11.10 Hospitals and Inmates by Community 95 11.11 Scholarships to Students by community 95 12.FISHERIES

12.1 Fisheries Development 96 12.2 Estimated MF Production / Inland Production 96 12.3 Number of Families engaged in Fishing 97 13.HANDLOOM

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13.1 Number of Focal Centres with Location details 98 13.2 Number of Societies and Variety-wise Production 99 13.3 Number of Power Looms and Number of Employees working 99 13.4 Number of Families engaged 100 14.HANDICRAFTS

14.1 Name and Addresses of Handicrafts 101 14.2 Articles available in the Handicrafts 102 14.3 Value of Articles produced and Value of Articles Sold 103 14.4 Number of Families engaged in Handicrafts 104 15.HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 105 15.2 Number of allied Pathological Units available 105 15.3 Disease-wise Patients treated 106 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 107 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programmes 107 16. HOUSING

16.1 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Private Sector 108 16.2 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Public Sector 108 16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under Public Sector 108 16.4 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 109 16.5 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 109 16.6 Index Number of Building Construction Cost in Urban Centres 110 16.7 Labour Charges of Construction Workers 110 17.INDUSTRIES

17.1 Results of ASI 111 17.2 Estimates of Value of Output and Value Added by Manufacturing by 111 Industries based on ASI 17.3 Industrial production 112 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals in the District 112 17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 113 17.6 Small Scale Industries 114 17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 115 17.8 Number of Printing presses 115 17.9 Number of photocopy (Xerox) centres 116 18.FACTORIES

18.1 Registered and Working Factories 117 18.2 Employment in Working Factories 117 18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockouts and Gheraos 118 19.LOCAL BODIES

19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 119 19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 119 19.3 Panchayat Union, Villages / Town Panchayats 120 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue villages 120

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19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation / Municipality / Panchayat Union/ Town 120 Panchayat/ Village Panchayat 19.6 Rural Development Activities 121 20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

20.1 Number of Persons registered during the year and Total Number of 122 Persons waiting up to the end of the year as per Live Register 20.2 Number of Placement during and up to the end of the year 122 21.LEGAL SERVICE

21.1 Judicial Division and Original Jurisdiction 123 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original Jurisdiction, 126 Civil Suits Regular 21.3 Nature of free Legal Services available and Number of Beneficiaries, 127 Number of cases disposed of in Lok Adalat during the year 21.4 Number of Advocates practicing in Courts 127 22.LIBRARIES

22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the District with details of 128 members, books available and readers 22.2 Number of Libraries houses in Government Building / Rental Building 128 22.3 Number of Reading Rooms - Part time Libraries 129 23.MINING & QUARRYING

23.1 Number of Mining and Quarrying units in the District 130 23.2 Classification –wise production during the year 130 24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR

24.1 Number of Food and other allied manufacturing units in the district 131 24.2 Number of Non-Food manufacturing units in the district 131 25.MEDICAL SERVICES

25.1 Number of Medical Colleges in the district with Students and Teachers 132 25.2 Number of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers 132 25.3 Number of Medical Stores in the District – Category wise 133 25.4 Number of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 133 26.MOTOR VEHICLES

26.1 Number of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the year 134 and up to the end of the year 26.2 Number of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) available for hire purpose 136 during the year and up to the end of the year 26.3 Number of Persons issued with Driving Licenses 136 27.NON- CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATON

27.1 Number of Solar Energy generating units in the district with Production 137 Area 27.2 Number of Wind Mills, Generating units with production data 137

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28.POLICE AND PRISIONS

28.1 Police Force 138 28.2 Cognizable Offences under Indian Penal Code 138 28.3 Prisons and Convicts 139 28.4 Number of Cases Registers under PCR./ SC & ST Act 140 28.5 Number of Cases Registered against Woman Harassment and Dowry 140 29.PUBLIC HEALTH

29.1 Public Health and Medical Services rendered by Organisations and 141 individual 29.2 Number of Primary Health Centres with Sub-Centre 142 30.PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

30.1 Number of News papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazine etc., 143 Published 30.2 Number of Publishers in the district other than Newspapers and 143 Magazines 30.3 Number of Printing Presses in the district 144 31.PRICE INDICES

31.1 Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices of Tamil Nadu 2015-16 145 31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers 2015-16 146 31.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers 2015-16 (Numbers for Rural, Urban 147 and Combined) 31.4 All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial workers 2015- 147 16 31.5 Consumer Price Index Numbers for selected essential items in Rural 148 Tamil Nadu 2015-16 31.6 Consumer Price Index Numbers for selected essential items in 148 Urban Tamil Nadu 2015-16 32.QUALITY CONTROL

32.1 List of Industrial / Establishment Units having Quality Control 149 33.REGISTRATIONFacilities and the products subjected to Quality Control

33.1 Number of Registration Offices in the district 149 33.2 Registration and Aggregate Value of properties transferred during the 150 year 34.REPAIR AND SERVICE

34.1 Authorised Automobile Repair and Service Stations 150 34.2 Authorised Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Services Units 151 35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

35.1 Restaurants, Cafes and Other Eating and Drinking Places 152 35.2 Details of Hotels 152 36.RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES 36.1 List of Cinema Theatres and their Capacities 153 36.2 List of Clubs and Associations 155 District Statistical Handbook 2015-16 Page 42

36.3 List of Motion Picture Distributors and Projection 156 37.SOCIAL WELFARE

37.1 Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meals Programme Centres 161 37.2 Number of Beneficiaries under Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious 161 Meals Programme 37.3 Number of Beneficiaries under free supply of Text Books and uniforms 161 37.4 Number of Beneficiaries under Old Age Pension Scheme 162 37.5 Free Houses Sites distributed to Communities 162 37.6 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Schemes 163 38.SANITARY SERVICES

38.1 Number of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage, And 164 Sewage disposal and other particulars 38.2 Number of Vehicles engaged in the Sanitary services 164 39.SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICES

39.1 Institutions and Laboratories engaged in Research Work 165 40.STORAGE FACILITIES

40.1 Number of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Storage Godowns 166 40.2 List of Cold Storage God owns 168 41.TEXTILES

41.1 Number of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving Mills in the District 170 41.2 Quantum of Production during the year 170 42.TRADE AND COMMERCE

Number of Major and Minor Trade and Commercial Estate in the 42.1 171 district 43.TRANSPORT

43.1 Length of Roads 171 43.2 Road Accidents 172 43.3 Registered Motor Vehicles 172 43.4 Transport Corporation 173 43.5 Select Indicators of overall performances of State Transport 173 43.6 CorporationRailway Lines and Stations 174 43.7 Port Development 174 43.8 Airports 174 43.9 Private Transport 175 44.TOURISM

44.1 Places of Tourist Attraction 182 44.2 List of Places of Worship 182 44.3 List of Hotels and Restaurants 183 44.4 List of Travel Agents 184 45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1 Births and Deaths registered in the District 184 45.2 Birth, Death and Mortality rates in the District 184 District Statistical Handbook 2015-16 Page 43

45.3 Death by Causes 185 46.VOLUNTARY SERVICES

List of Voluntary Services available in the district for the development 46.1 186 of Rural and Urban Population

47.WATER WORK AND SUPPLY

47.1 Number of Schemes Operated in the District 191 47.2 Number of Workers engaged in the Water Works and Supply 192 47.3 Number of House connections, fountains 193

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1. AREA AND POPULATION

1.1(a) TAMILNADU AND SALEM DISTRICT- PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS, RURAL & URBAN AREAS (As per Census 2011)

Total Population 2011 Population 2001 State/District /Rural Persons Male Female Persons Male Female /Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Total 72138958 36158871 35980087 62405679 31400909 31004770

TAMILNADU Rural 37189229 18663701 18525528 34921681 17531494 17390187

Urban 34949729 17495170 17454559 27483998 13869415 13614583

Total 3482056 1781571 1700485 3016346 1563633 1452713

SALEM Rural 1707934 883274 824660 1626162 852453 773709

Urban 1774122 898297 875825 1390184 711180 679004

Total % to Total Population 2011 % to Total Population 2001 State/District /Rural /Urban Persons Male Female Persons Male Female 1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100

TAMILNADU Rural 51.55 51.62 51.49 55.96 55.83 56.09

Urban 48.45 48.38 48.51 44.04 44.17 43.91

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100

SALEM Rural 48.96 49.48 48.41 53.91 54.52 53.26

Urban 51.04 50.52 51.59 46.09 45.48 46.74

Child Population in the Total Decadal Growth Rate 2001-2011 age-group 0-6, 2011 State/District /Rural /Urban Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 2 15 16 17 18 19 20

Total 15.60 15.15 16.05 6894821 3542351 3352470

TAMILNADU Rural 6.49 6.46 6.53 3651552 1885037 1766515

Urban 27.16 26.14 28.20 3243269 1657314 1585955

Total 15.37 13.87 16.98 323102 168560 154542

SALEM Rural 4.77 3.34 6.34 162740 85783 76957

Urban 27.78 26.50 29.11 160362 82777 77585

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Child Population in the age- % of Child Population(0-6) Total group 0-6 ,2001 to Total Population, 2011 State/District /Rural /Urban Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 2 21 22 23 24 25 26

Total 7235160 3725616 3509544 9.56 9.80 9.32

TAMILNADU Rural 4232644 2189995 2042649 9.82 10.10 9.54

Urban 3002516 1535621 1466895 9.28 9.47 9.09

Total 351859 190129 161730 9.28 9.47 9.09

SALEM Rural 195606 108031 87575 9.55 9.74 9.35

Urban 156253 82098 74155 9.03 9.20 8.85

Decadal Growth Rate of Child % of Child Population(0-6) to Total Population in the age Total Population, 2001 State/District /Rural group 0-6, 2001-2011 /Urban Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 2 27 28 29 30 31 32

Total 11.59 11.86 11.32 -4.70 -4.92 -4.48

TAMILNADU Rural 12.12 12.49 11.75 -13.73 -13.93 -13.52

Urban 10.92 11.07 10.77 8.02 7.92 8.12

Total 11.67 12.16 11.13 -8.17 -11.34 -4.44

SALEM Rural 12.03 12.67 11.32 -16.80 -20.59 -12.12

Urban 11.24 11.54 10.92 2.63 0.83 4.63

Sex Ratio Child Sex Ratio (Numberof Total (Numberof females females per 1000 males) State/District /Rural per 1000 males) /Urban 2011 2001 2011 2001

1 2 33 34 35 36

Total 995 987 946 942

TAMILNADU Rural 993 992 937 933

Urban 998 982 957 955

Total 954 929 917 851

SALEM Rural 934 908 897 811

Urban 974 955 937 903

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Literates 2011 Literates 2001

Total /Rural State/District Persons Male Female Persons Male Female /Urban

1 2 37 38 39 40 41 42

Total 52413116 28314595 24098521 40524545 22809662 17714883

TAMILNADU Rural 24752447 13771878 10980569 20319498 11835689 8483809

Urban 27660669 14542717 13117952 20205047 10973973 9231074

Total 2311715 1300874 1010841 1734442 1021772 712670

SALEM Rural 1019440 596530 422910 819312 506149 313163

Urban 1292275 704344 587931 915130 515623 399507

Decadal Growth Rate of Total Literacy Rate 2011 Literates, 2001-2011 /Rural State/District /Urban Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 2 43 44 45 46 47 48

Total 29.34 24.13 36.04 80.33 86.81 73.86

TAMILNADU Rural 21.82 16.36 29.43 73.80 82.08 65.52

Urban 36.90 32.52 42.11 87.24 91.82 82.67

Total 33.28 27.32 41.84 73.23 80.70 65.43

SALEM Rural 24.43 17.86 35.04 66.16 75.02 56.71

Urban 41.21 36.60 47.16 79.97 86.23 73.57

Gender Total Literacy Rate 2001 Gap in State/District /Rural Literacy /Urban Persons Male Female 2011

1 2 49 50 51 52

Total 73.45 82.42 64.43 12.95

TAMILNADU Rural 66.21 77.15 55.28 16.56

Urban 82.53 88.97 75.99 9.16

Total 65.09 74.39 55.20 15.27

SALEM Rural 57.27 67.99 45.64 18.31

Urban 74.16 81.96 66.05 12.65 Source: Population Census 2011

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1.1(b) AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SCs AND STs- SEX WISE BY TALUK (As per Census 2011)

Scheduled Population Literates Scheduled Caste Tribe

Sl. Name of the

No Taluk

ns

Area Area (sq.km) Perso Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1 Mettur

9503 4888 4615

54392 27780 26612

417460 217182 266782 154584 112198

200278

2 Omalur

5593 2922 2671

90446 47087 43359

494861 259550 235311 297392 174991 122401

3

287 179 178

76376 50714 22758 11657 11101

222856 116241 106615 127090

4 Sankari

557 492

1049

88751 62888 35000 18086 16914

242671 125818 116853 151639

5 Salem 482

6048 6032

88 87918 12080

645797 628635 926164 503644 422520 176400

1274432

6 Yercaud

5492 2669 2823

41832 21047 20785 23585 13562 10023 28118 14159 13959

7

5443 5212

98674 96741 72375 57296 52370 26311 26059 10655

195415 129671

4

8 Attur

5147 51288 41444 20956 20488

429296 215626 213670 283978 157974 126004 102755

9

5407 5233

80634 80551 58617 46797 40899 20516 20383 10640

161184 105414

Source: Census of India 2011

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1.2. POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

Salem District Tamil Nadu Sl. Industrial Category % to total % to total Persons Persons No workers workers 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Total Main Workers 1561030 48.0 27942181 45.9

a) Cultivators 247011 7.6 3855375 6.3 b) Agricultural Labourers 396158 12.2 7234101 11.9 c) Household Industry 132700 4.1 1119458 1.8 Manufacturing, Processing,

Servicing and Repairs d) Other Workers 24.1 785161 15733247 25.4 2 Marginal Workers 133130 4.1 4942500 8.1

Total Workers 2355190 100.00 60826862 100.00 Non Workers 1787896 39262349

Total Population 3482056 72147030 Source: Census of India 2011

1.3. POPULATION BY RELIGION

Sl. Percentage Religion Persons in (%) in Number Persons in in the the District Tamil Nadu Tamil District Nadu (2) (3) (4) (1) (5) (6) 1 Hindu 2883909 54985079 95.61 88.11 2 Muslim 77648 3470647 2.57 5.56 3 Christian 50450 3785060 1.67 6.06 4 Sikh 0 0 0 0 5 Buddhist 0 0 0 0 6 Jain 0 0 0 0 7 Other Religions 2034 105549 0.07 0.17 8 Religions not stated 2305 5934 0.08 0.10 Total Population 3016346 62405679 100.00 100.00

Source: Census of India 2011

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1.4. POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS

Sl. Persons in Persons in Tamil Percent to total in Age Groups No District(in’00’) Nadu(in ‘00’) District Tamil Nadu

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. 0-6 344960 3542351 26.75 26.78

2. 7- and above 3137096 68596247 63.88 63.71

Total 3482056 72138958 100.00 100.00

Source: Census of India 2011

1.5. POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT DECENNIAL GROWTH

Period (Subject to the Percentage Variation Population period of Since previous Census availability) 1 2 3 4 Total 3482056 (+)15.37

2011 Rural 1707934 (+)04.77

Urban 1774122 (+)27.78

Total 3016346 (+)10.87

2001 Rural 1626162 (-)06.96

Urban 1390184 (+)60.0 Source: Census of India 2001 & 2011

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Chart-1 Population of Salem District for the year 2001 and 2011

Chart-2 Male and Female Population of Salem District for the year – 2011

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1.6. SALIENT FEATURES OF 2011 CENSUS – BLOCK AND MUNICIPALITY WISE

rate

among

Literacy

%

Sl. No Name of the Block/

Municipality

Density per Sq.Km. per Density

Rural Population % Population Rural

Urban Population % Population Urban

Females per 1000 1000 per Females males inpopulation Increase in 1991 since (%) Male (%) Female % in Population S.C. % in Population S.T. 1 Salem 3026 963 30.7 93.37 6.63 83.37 69.63 11.0 0.2 2 Veerapandy 828 907 18.5 33.3 66.7 71.4 50.5 10.5 0.2 3 Panaimarathupatty 635 944 9.8 43.7 56.3 70.0 47.6 23.9 5.5 4 Ayothiyapattinam 598 969 7.4 7.2 92.8 74.2 53.9 26.3 6.1 5 Valappady 520 964 14.3 26.0 74.1 74.7 54. 21.7 4.3 6 Yercaud 102 970 20.2 - 100 62.5 40.9 13.5 62.7 7 Athur 496 976 10.4 51.1 48.9 79.7 61.1 21.5 2.4 8 Pethanaickan 223 983 9.5 22.2 77.8 66.3 47.4 18.8 23.6 palayam 9 Gangavalli 285 980 9.8 45.0 55.0 74.3 53.8 21.6 8.5 10 323 969 9.6 8.1 91.9 74.6 51.6 29.6 0.6 11 Omalur 912 881 17.2 14.7 85.3 71.8 49.9 23.1 0.2 12 Kadaiyampatty 341 882 14.5 8.1 91.9 67.4 43.9 20.0 3.7 13 Tharamangalam 867 868 20.8 21.6 78.4 65.0 44.8 6.4 0.04 14 Mecheri 555 855 21.8 18.8 81.2 71.4 48.7 12.0 0.03 15 622 874 19.4 57.9 42.1 74.0 54.7 8.6 0.4 16 Kolathur 367 921 13.9 48.1 51.9 74.7 55.4 15.9 7.3 17 Sankagiri 434 907 15.5 38.0 62.0 68.4 46.8 19.3 0.07 18 Magudanchavadi 742 865 21.5 31.6 68.4 67.6 44.0 7.4 1.3 19 Edapady 639 876 11.7 45.5 54.5 67.2 43.4 8.6 0.01 20 555 854 16.4 12.2 87.8 66.4 39.0 12.4 0.0 1 Salem Corpn. 6408 969 19.0 100 - 54.9 71.78 11.0 0.2 2 Athur Municipality 2015 999 3.3 100 - 83.8 68.0 20.0 0.4 3 Mettur Municipality 3150 974 17.2 100 - 88.2 72.7 16.9 0.7 4 Edapady 1460 905 18.5 100 - 79.4 56.7 6.5 0.01 Municipality Salem District 494 929 17.2 46.1 53.9 74.4 55.2 15.9 3.4 Source: Census of India 2011

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2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1. TEMPERATURE AT SELECTED STATIONS (Celsius)

Name of the Station: Salem Year: 2015-16 Humidity Mean Maximum Mean Minimum % 8.30 17.30 Normal Actual Normal Actual hrs. hrs Months -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7

April‘15 36.9 36.2 25.1 24.8 74 46

May‘15 36.8 34.7 25.5 25.4 75 61

June‘15 34.9 34.7 24.4 25 79 56

July‘15 33.4 36 23.6 25.2 75 49

August‘15 33.2 35.2 23.4 25.1 73 51

September‘ 33.1 35.3 23.3 24.8 72 51

October‘15 31.9 33.2 22.8 24 77 60

November‘15 30.5 29.6 21.2 22.9 83 73

Dec‘15 30.1 30.5 19.6 21.7 81 59

Jan‘16 33.1 32 19.2 20.3 73 46

Feb‘16 33.7 34.9 20.2 21.7 72 37

Mar‘16 33.7 37.9 22.5 24.4 74 34

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2.2. MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA - STATION WISE

Salem Yercaud Athur Thammampatty Mettur dam Station Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual

SOUTH WEST MONSOON

Jun-15 55.6 133.9 126.4 110.0 56.1 124.4 24.7 57.6 19.4 72.4

Jul-15 91.5 37.9 178.3 98.2 48.9 12.2 45.6 28.0 35.9 0.0

Aug-15 181.2 106.0 229.2 248.8 142.1 82.1 93.0 106.6 82.5 107.9

Sep-15 114.1 100.5 221.4 209.2 116.2 201.1 84.7 124.4 76.2 145.1

Total 442.4 378.3 755.3 666.2 363.3 419.8 248.0 316.6 214.0 325.4

NORTH EAST MONSOON 201.6 146 224 263 154 113 159.2 97.6 101.2 73.6 Oct-15

Nov-15 120.3 215.4 225.4 477.1 188.2 235.5 220.6 322.8 85.8 261.7 36.9 38.9 72.7 122 61.7 73.8 77.2 88.8 9.4 31.2 Dec-15

Total 358.8 400.3 522.1 862.1 403.9 422.3 457 509.2 196.4 366.5

WINTER PERIOD 0.9 2.3 1.5 4.4 0.1 Jan-16 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 5.8 1.9 2.0 4 Feb-16 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 8.1 3.4 6.4 4.1 Total 0 0 0 0 0

HOT WEATHER PERIOD 16.9 41.1 18.5 20.9 26 Mar-16 0 0 0 0 0 66.9 103.2 32.9 49.3 56.3 Apr-16 0 14 0 36.4 0 125.8 186.3 98.6 107.2 85.5 May-16 178.6 218.4 122.4 82.8 129.2

Total 209.6 178.6 330.6 232.4 150 122.4 177.4 119.2 167.8 129.2

Contd...

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2.2. MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA- STATION WISE (Contd).

Omalur Sankagiri Kullampatti Pillukurichi Station Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual

SOUTH WEST MONSOON 51.7 102.2 34.8 112.2 41.2 174 33.7 28.4 Jun-15 65.7 13.4 56.3 41.4 59.7 61 45 9.2 Jul-15 150.4 122 131.1 85.2 138.5 190.8 246.7 45.8 Aug-15

Sep-15 147.3 124 71.3 124.1 117.3 161 68.6 203

Total 415.1 361.6 293.5 362.9 356.7 586.8 394.0 286.4

NORTH EAST MONSOON

Oct-15 163.5 88.2 143.6 259 183 217 175.6 123 107.7 221.7 130.7 334.9 173.5 352.6 123.2 249.8 Nov-15 24.4 41.2 19.7 15.5 46.5 24 29.5 18.8 Dec-15 295.6 351.1 294.0 609.4 413.0 593.6 328.3 391.6 Total

WINTER PERIOD 0 0 2.0 0 5.0 0 1.5 0 Jan-16 0.4 0 2.1 0 9.9 0 12.5 0 Feb-16

Total 0.4 0 4.1 0 14.9 0 14 0

HOT WEATHER PERIOD

Mar-16 34 0 18.7 0 39.6 0 23.3 0

Apr-16 56.3 0 60.8 0 109.0 5 57 19.4 109.7 143.4 93.4 64.2 137.1 210 124.5 44.4 May-16 200 143.4 172.9 64.2 285.7 215 204.8 63.8 Total Source: Rain Fall Station Register concerned

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2.2. MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR THE DISTRICT

WITH MAINTAINING DIRECTORATE PARTICULARS (in mm)

Year: 2015-16

Period Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall 1 2 3 1.South West Monsoon Period

Total 440.6 348.3 Jun‘15 65.1 80.3 Jul‘15 96.4 31.9

Aug‘15 119.6 104.0 Sep‘15 159.5 132.1 2.North East Monsoon

Total 370.5 488 Oct‘15 190.9 152.2 Nov‘15 123.8 276.5 Dec‘15 55.8 59.3 3.Winter-Period

Total 16.0 0.0 Jan‘16 8.5 0.0 Feb‘16 7.5 0.0 4.Hot-Weather Period

Total 170.8 145.38 Mar‘16 16.0 0.8 Apr‘16 54.0 13.62 May‘16 100.8 130.96 WHOLE YEAR 997.9 981.68

Source: Indian Meteorological Dept. Chennai – 600 006.

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Salem District Season-wise Rainfall - 2015-16

550

500

450

400

350 ACTUAL NORMAL 300

250 Rainfall (mm) Rainfall 200

150

100

50

0 S.W. Monsoon N.E.Monsoon Winter Hot-Weather Seasons

Chart.3. Season-wise Rainfall in Salem District for the Year 2015-16

RAIN FALL IN SALEM DISTRICT IN 2015-16

1000 995 990 985 980

Rain fall (mm) fall Rain 975 970 Actual Normal

Chart4. Rainfall for the year 2015-16-Salem District

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2.3. TIME SERIES DATA OF RAINFALL BY SEASONS (LAST 10 YEARS)

Rainfall: (in mm)

South West North East Winter Hot Weather Total Monsoon Monsoon Season Season Sl.

No Year

or =) from

Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Deviation % (+ or – Normal

1 2006-07 380.0 371.3 347.0 347.4 21.3 0.6 149.7 88.6 898.0 807.9 -10.0

2 2007-08 380.0 488.0 347.0 375.6 21.3 15.0 149.7 267.1 898.0 1145.7 27.6

3 2008-09 380.0 466.3 347.0 359.0 21.3 2.3 149.7 189.7 898.0 1017.3 13.3

4 2009-10 380.0 397.9 347.0 208.8 21.3 6.5 149.7 172.4 898.0 785.6 -12.5

5 2010-11 380.0 545.8 347.0 564.2 16.0 8.7 170.8 211.4 913.8 1330.1 45.6

6 2011-12 440.6 448.4 370.5 447.3 16.0 0.0 170.8 115.3 997.9 1011.0 1.3

-19.9 7 2012-13 440.6 441.0 370.5 275.2 16.0 13.0 170.8 70.1 997.9 799.3

8 2013-14 440.6 491.7 370.5 255.6 16.0 1.1 170.8 154.1 997.9 902.5 -9.6

9 2014-15 440.6 369.8 370.5 332.5 16.0 22 170.8 277 997.9 1001.5 0.36

10 2015-16 440.6 348.3 370.5 488 16.0 0 170.8 145.38 997.9 981.68 -1.62

Source: Indian Meteorological Dept. Chennai – 600 006.

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3. AGRICULTURE

3.1. SOIL CLASSIFICATION

Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Type of Soil Places in District (1) (2) (3)

1. Red Calcareous Parts of Salem, Athur, Sankagiri, Mettur and Omalur taluks in Salem District

2. Red Non Calcareous ---- do ----

Parts of Salem, Mettur and Omalur taluks in Salem 3. Brown Soil Calcareous District

Parts of Salem, Sankagiri, Mettur, Omalur taluks in 4. Red Collurial Caleareous Salem District.

5. Red Collurial Non Parts of Sankagiri and Mettur taluks in Salem District Calcareous

Parts of Salem, Athur, Sankagiri, Mettur and Omalur 6. Black Soils taluks in Salem District

7. Alluvial Calcareous Parts of Sankagiri and Mettur Taluks

8. Brown soil Non Calcareous

Source: Asst. Soil Chemist, Salem

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3.2. LAND UTILISATION (Area in Hectares)

Year: 2015-16 Sl. Classification District Number (2) (3) (1)1 Forest 22578.490

2. Barren and Uncultivable uses 38198.025

3. Land put to Non-Agricultural uses 64045.808

4. Cultivable Waste 6333.035 5. Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land 4200.300

6. Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves not 2908.045 included in Net Area Sown 7. Current Fallows 43061.740

8. Other Fallows Land 15962.852

9. Net Area Sown 220138.195

10. Geographical Area According to Village Papers 520529.998

11. Total Cropped Area 304745.600

12. Area sown more than once 84607.405

Source: District „G‟ Return for Salem for 2015-16

72040.416

Chart 5. Land Utilisation of Salem District for the year 2015-16

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3.3. AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS Year: 2015-16

Area Production in Productivity % to the total Sl. No Crops In hec. tonnes Kg./hec. area sown

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. A. FOOD GRAINS: a) Cereals & Millets i) Paddy 24713.805 ii) Cholam 41976.765 iii) Cumbu 1606.185 iv) Ragi 8201.485 v) Maize 37135.100 v) Samai 1226.340 b) Pulses

i) Red gram 3950.110 ii) Green gram 16094.770 iii) Black gram 6866.115 iv) Horse gram 5807.910 2. B. OIL SEEDS i) Groundnut 21818.285 ii) Coconut 13749.545 iii) Gingelly 3317.070 iv) Sunflower 36.000 3. C.OTHER CROPS i) Sugarcane 8255.475 ii) Cotton 12467.270 iii) Chillies 953.915 iv) Turmeric 5160.020 v) Tapioca 12842.920 vi) Mango 5720.215 vii) Banana 1572.715 viii) Tomatoes 4037.770 *- in terms of cane

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3.4. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS

Year: 2015-16

Sl. Item 2011 Number 1 2 3 1. Ploughs

a) Wooden 214292

b) Iron 5708

c) Total 220000

2. Water Pumps for Irrigation Purpose

a) Worked by Oil Engine 29426

b)Worked by Electric Power 119583

c) Total 149009

3. Tractors

a) Government 91

b) Private 3330

c) Total 3421

4. Sugarcane Crushers

a) Worked by Power 740

b) Worked by Bullocks 30

c) Total 770

5. Oil Ghanis --

a) 5 Kg. & above --

b) Less than 5 Kg. --

c) Total -- Source: Based on Quinquennial Livestock Census

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3.5. NUMBER AND AREA OF OPERATIONAL LAND HOLDINGS

Operation Holders Holders Area

S.C. S.T. Others Total S.C. S.T. Others Total Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Below 0.5 10023 6832 135759 152620 2711.031 1881.138 33937.24 38530.73

0.5 to 1.0 4847 5444 70329 80620 3401.52 4132.873 50196.41 57731.42

1.0 to 2.0 2422 4725 51786 58933 3217.93 6898..810 714156.6 81532.35

2.0 to 3.0 419 1234 13986 15639 998.355 3029.065 33531.7 37559.97

3.0 to 4.0 86 410 5095 5591 292.495 1399.15 17436.96 19128.51

4.0 to 5.0 45 175 1999 2219 198.87 776.975 8873.209 9849.054

5.0 to 7.5 30 118 1581 1729 186.385 699.745 9302.655 10188.79

7.5 to 10.0 5 35 392 432 41.525 296.375 3339.037 3676.937

10.0 to 20.0 4 20 237 261 46.98 284.54 3125.72 3457.24

20.0 & Above 0 4 111 115 0 111.25 4698.385 4809.635

Total 17881 18997 281281 318159 11095.1 19509.9 235860 266465 Source: Agriculture Census 2010-11

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CLASSIFICATION OF LAND HOLDERS 2015-16

7.50-10.0 10.0-20.0 5.00-7.50 20.0<

4.00-5.00 <-0.50

3.00-4.00

0.50-1.00 2.00-3.00

1.00-2.00

Chart- 6 Classification of Land Holders in Salem District

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3.6. CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES

Year: 2015-16

Fertilizers (in „000‟ Tonne) Pesticides Urea („000‟ Nitrogenous Phosphates‟ Potashic NPK Total Dust Liquid Tonne) (N) (P2 05) (K2 0) Complex (NPK) (Kgs.) (Lit.)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 27.555 12.960 11.029 - 51.544 14047 15421 42.828 Source: Joint .Director of Agriculture, Salem

3.7. REGULATED MARKETS

Year: 2015-16 Number of Sub Quantity arrivals Receipts Number of Regulated Regulated („in M.T.‟) (Product wise) Markets Markets (Product wise) Rs.in Lakhs 1 2 3 4 1.Salem -- Sugarcane 406 1.05 Jaggary 2.Valappady -- Cotton 392 1.39 3.Attur -- Turmeric 1055 9.71 4.Thalaivasal -- Cotton 83 0.24 5.Gangavalli -- Groundnut - - 6.Thammampatti -- Paddy 146 0.89 7.Karumandurai -- Coconut 558 0.72 8.Sankagiri -- Gingelly 55 0.39 9.Konganapuram -- Cotton 227 0.80 10.Kolathur -- Groundnut 51 0.22 11.Mecheri -- Coconut 4088 9.49 12.Omalur -- Sugarcane - - jaggary 13. -- Coconut 895 1.24 Total 7956 25.90

Source: Secretrary, Salem Market Committee, Soolaimedu, Uthamacholapuram, Salem District

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3.8. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE FASLI YEAR 1426 (2015-16)

Year: 2015-16

Number of Loan Sl. Area in Premium Name of the Crop Amount Number Beneficiaries Hectare collected Sanctioned 1 Banana 50 5.57 202.55

2 Sugarcane 1776 33.62 1334.80

3 Tapioca 45 1.10 55.00

4 Paddy II 417 10.32 1032.00

5 Paddy III 17 0.39 39.00

Total 2305 51.00 2673.35

Source: Special Officer, Salem District Central Cooperative Bank, Salem.

3.9. SERICULTURE

Year: 2015-16 Name of the Area under Mulberry Production of Value of the cocoon block (Acres) Cocoons(Kgs) (Rs.)

1 2 3 4 Mechery 206.75 74150.000 1,13,94,190.000 Edapady 515.70 126636.000 2,27,18,437.00 Salem ® 312.4 96566.000 1,31,31,550.00 Salem (Ex) 522.20 1,29,588.000 2,52,23,131.00 Attur 398.00 1,12,255.000 1,86,44,025.00 Omalur 228.00 56000.000 81,94,950.00 Total 2183.05 5,95,195.000 9,93,06,283.00 Source: Asst.Director of Sericulture, Salem

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4. IRRIGATION

4.1. SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY – TALUKWISE

Year: 2015-16

Wells Wells Name of used for used for Reser Sl. Canals Length Tube Tanks the Taluk irrigation Domestic voirs Number Numbers (Km.) Wells (Nos.) purpose Purpose only only

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Salem 0 0 6368 521 1851 0 13

Salem 2 0 0 4427 0 2715 0 7 south

3 Salem west 0 0 3226 0 1711 0 2

4 Yercaud 0 0 0 0 143 0 0

5 Attur 48 89 22091 2026 4969 1 210

6 Gangavalli 8 1 13293 1527 1382 0 34

7 Mettur 3 106 10461 2141 4932 1 3

8 Omalur 4 23 6099 994 2849 0 75

9 Sankagiri 7 0 11128 3298 1585 0 54

10 Edapady 4 2 7577 1802 5755 0 87

11 Valappady 2 0 10557 4539 1588 0 36

Total 76 221 95227 16848 29480 2 521

Source: Salem District G-Return 2015-16

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4.2. ACTUAL AREA IRRIGATED BY SOURCE (Area in Hectares)

Year: 2015-16

Source Number Area Irrigated Net Gross [1] [2] [3] [4] I. Surface Water I. Canals i) Government Canals 78 1770.00 1770.00 ii) Private Canals .. 2. Tanks i) Large 89 - - ii) Small 457 - - 3. Flow Irrigation i) Major & Medium ...... ii) Minor ...... 4. Lift Irrigation i) Major & Medium ...... ii) Minor ...... 5. Ponds i) Lift Irrigation ...... ii) Minor ......

6. Other Sources i) Lift irrigation ...... ii) Flow Irrigation ......

II) Ground Water i) Public ...... ii) Private Tube Wells 18692 18079.291 23396.515 iii) Dug Wells a) with pump sets 100710 75733.419 102424.245 b) without pump sets

Source: Salem District G - Return 2015-16

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4.3. AREA IRRIGATED BY CROPS

Year: 2015-16 Area Sl.N Crop (Hectares.) 1 2 3 1. Paddy 23187.725 2. Cholam 8392.700 3. Cumbu 83.860 4. Ragi 2173.550 5. Maize 20704.080 7. Bengal Gram 0.0 8. Green Gram 78.200 9. Red Gram 576.275 10. Black Gram 1090.690 12. Other Pulses 263.900 13. Cotton 5169.550 14. Chillies 945.915 15. Turmeric 4956.020 16. Other Spices 2880.295

17. Sugar Cane 8255.475 18 Banana 1509.265 19 Mango 3737.085

20 Tapioca 7326.560

21 Other Fruits &Vegetables 26671.475

22 Groundnut 3432.210

23 Gingelly 1471.310

24 Sunflower 36..000

25 Coconut 13629.225

26 Other Oil Seeds 18861.095

27 Other crops 6805.215 Total Area irrigated 162201.7 Source: Salem District G- Return for 2015-16

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4.4. DETAILS OF DAMS, TANKS, WELLS AND BORE WELLS

Year: 2015-16

Dams Tanks

Name of S.No

the Taluk

Number of Wells in Wells of Number use wells ofBore Number

Catchments area Catchments area spread Water Height Capacity canals of Length area spread Water Capacity Height canals of Length 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1. Salem - 890 - - - 690 - - - 6368 521

Salem 2 - 4427 0 South

4 Salem west 2974 0

5 Athur - 765 - - - 514 - - - 22091 2026

6 Gangavalli - - - - - 150 - - - 11988 796

7 Yercaud ------

8 Omalur - - - - - 420 - - - 14373 991

9 Mettur - 632 - - - 426 - - - 10985 718

10 Sankagiri - 3784 - - - 430 - - - 11436 3410

11 Edapady - 1712 - - - 1012 - - - 7577 1795

12 Valappady - 719 - - - 450 - - - 11301 1957

Total - 8502 - - - 4092 - - - 103525 12214 Source: Salem District G-return 2015-16

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5. ANIMAL HUSBANDARY

5.1. LIVESTOCK POPULATION

ACCORDING TO 19th LIVE STOCK CENSUS-2012

Sl. Classification Numbers Number (1) (2) (3) 1 Cattle Exotic / cross breed 552717 Indigenous 2 Buffaloes 78262 3 Sheep 334048 4 Goats 440036 5 Horses 141 6 Pigs 20321 7 Mules 0 8 Camels 0 9 Donkeys 595 10 Domestic Dogs 127089 11 Rabits 2617 Total Animals 1555826 Poultry 4945300 Total lives Stock 6501126 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

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5.2. VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS AND ANIMALS TREATED - BLOCKWISE

(Year: 2015-16)

Veterinary Institutions Other Units

Sl.

Name of the Block centres

Number -

Sub

Hospitals

Polyclinic

Animals treated Animals

Mobile units Mobile

Dispensaries

Animal disease disease Animal

Castration performed Castration

investigation unit investigation Clinician Centres Clinician 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 Salem 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 2 Veerapandy 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 P.N.Patty 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 4 A.Pattanam 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 5 Valappady 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 6 P.N.Palayam 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 7 Athur 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 8 Gangavalli 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 9 Thalaivasal 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 10 Yercaud 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 11 Omalur 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 2103776 65632

12 Tharamangalam 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 13 Kadaiyampatty 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 14 Mecheri 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 15 Nangavalli 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 16 Kolathur 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 17 Edapady 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 18 Konganapuram 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 19 Sankagiri 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 20 Magundanchavadi 0 0 6 0 0 0 0

Total 1 6 134 0 11 1 6 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

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5.3. NUMBER OF VETERINARY HOSPITALS

Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number of Name of the Block Number Government Hospitals Private Hospitals 1 2 3 4

1. Veerapandy 1 -

2. Yercaud 1 -

3. Attur 1 -

4. Edapady 1 -

5. Omalur 1 -

6. Kolathur(Mettur) 1 -

Total 6 -

Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

5.4. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Year: 2015-16 Quantity of milk Value of milk Name of the Name and address of produced produced Block/Urban Town milk societies (In Litres) (In Rs.) 1 2 3 4

The Salem Dist. Co-

operative Milk Salem District 172342842 3445133411 Producers Union Ltd

Salem (696 Societies)

Source: General Manager, Salem District Co-op. Milk Producers‟Union Ltd, Sithanoor, Thalavaipatty, Salem-636302

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5.5. POULTRY DEVELOPMENT

Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Block Broiler (Nos.) Layer (Nos.)

1 2 3 4 1 Salem 14040 -

2 Veerapandy - -

3 P.N.Patty 101000 75000

4 A.Pattanam 301040 18000

5 Valappady 214860 11000

6 Yercaud 0 0

7 Athur 447520 122150

8 P.N.Palayam 708420 10250

9 Gangavalli 295800 21250

10 Thalaivasal 41650 1831000

11 Omalur 82900 10520

12 Kadaiyampatty 80000 0

13 Tharamangalam 0 0

14 Mecheri 62100 50000

15 Nangavalli 10000 20000

16 Kolathur 0 0

17 Sankagiri 84756 10000

18 Magundanchavadi 70867 0

19 Edapady 17426 70000

20 Konganapuram 38711 10060

Total 2086846 2366489

Source: J.D, Animal Husbandry, Salem District.

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5.6. FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION

Year: 2015-16 Number of Name and Address of Inland Fish Catch Marine Fish Catch Fisherman Fishing centres (Tonne) (Tonne) engaged 1 2 3 4 Salem 11.48 - 600

Veerapandy 23.32 - 150

P.N.patty 21.33 - 50

A.Pattanam 7.42 - 120

Valappady 10.546 - 50

Yercaud 1.35 - 20 Attur 14.97 - 550

P.N.Palayam 45.35 - 525

Gangavalli 119.6 - 420

Thalaivasal 50.94 - 120

Omalur 14.5 - 50

Kadaiyampatty 21.12 - 350

Tharamangalam 23.417 - 50 Mecheri 3.66 - 250 Nangavalli 1.215 - 50 Kolathur 1294.37 - 2000 Sankagiri 6.125 - 400 Magudanchavadi 9.24 - 20 Edapady 20.89 - 450 Konganapuram 12.411 - 150

District Total 1713.614 - 6375 Source: A.D Fisheries Department, Mettur.

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6. BANKING AND INSURANCE

6.1. NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL BANKS

Year: 2015-16

Credit Deposit Sector wise Credit Deposits Advances Items Ratio Details (Rs. In ( Rs.in „000‟) ( Rs.in „000‟) (%) „000‟) 1 2 3 4 5 Commercial 106857303 138550980 130 -- Banks S.C.C.B 12584719 15563370 104 -- S.L.D.B 11069 0 0 0 T.I.I.C 16388 285420 1742 0 RBI 0 0 0 0 Source: Lead Bank Annual Credit Plan 2013-14.

6.2. INSURANCE SCHEMES

Year: 2015-16 Amount Number Sum Policies Number of paid as Name of the Insurance of Assured Issued Beneficiaries compensation Branches (In crores) (in Crores) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. L.I.C. 18 112605 2651.44 129199 620.34

2. New India Assurance 2 35498 256.23 2676 14.20 Ltd 3.United India 6 17849 5285 10298 47.07 Insurance Co. Ltd

4.Oriental Insurance 11 78142 - 209288 1155.32

5.RPLI, Salem East 2 3577 28.86 106 0.533 Division 6.RPLI, Salem West 246 2731 28.48 2731 - Division 7.PLI Salem East - - - - -

8.PLI Salem West - - - - -

Source: Concerned Insurance companies and Supdt of Posts, Salem (east and west) Divisions, Salem

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7. CO-OPERATION 7.1. COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES

LOANS AND ADVANCES (RS.IN. LAKHS) IN 2015-16

Year : 2015-16

Sl. Type of

of of of

No Societies

Out

ship

Share Share

Capital Capital

Member Member

Overdue

standing

Societies

Working Working

Employees

Number Number Salem District 1 Central Co-op 1 1973 24919.40 417916.98 218702.26 5999.95 377 Bank Salem District 2 Consumer Co-op 1 2102 49.81 406.75 535.45 - 233 wholesale Stores

Salem District 3 1 1352 - - - - 3 Co-Op Union

Salem Dist. Co- 4 Op Printing 1 1479 1534.50 44.96 41.17 - 13 Press Nachiappa 5 Institute of Co- 1 693 1.11 - - - 4 op Mgt. Primary Agri. 6 Rural & 6 50183 278.22 3956.45 2620.96 540.84 21 Development 7 CoBanks-op Urban 8 198649 1597.73 86257.90 43789.81 2794.20 315 Banks 8 Urban Credit 3 11712 145.95 18390.22 10463.44 1197.86 39 Societies Agricultural Producers Co- 9 2 88735 544.00 5292.22 5703.55 353.33 214 Op Marketing Societies

Lamp Co-Op 10 5 32866 253.87 3247.39 4251.78 360.98 44 Societies

Primary Agri. 11 205 615095 9560.61 191189.83 167038.21 13250.01 1737 Co-Op Banks

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Employees Co- 12 op Thrift and 92 53972 11450 84759.36 87061.62 906.1 129 Credit Societies

Primary Co-op 13 5 14075 723.03 93.32 36.61 3.05 49 Stores

Employees Co- 14 15 1042.20 412.29 3065.35 2577.89 10.99 62 op Stores

Labour Contract 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Co-op Societies

Labour Co- 16 operative 1 200 3.36 56.13 50.37 0 1 Society Lift Irrigation 17 Co-operative 1 553 3.94 15.59 21.23 0 1 Society Lift Irrigation 18 Co- operative 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Society Students Co- 19 6 12287 1.036 63.90 0 0 2 operative Stores

20 Semi Model Co- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 operative Stores

Total 354 1086968 51478.86 814756.4 542894.4 25417.31 3244

Source: Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Salem district.

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8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1. NUMBER OF FAIR PRICE SHOPS

Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Taluks Number of Shops 1 2 3 1 Salem 212 2 Salem west 98 3 Salem south 114 4 Valappady 106 5. Athur 210 6. Gangavalli 84 7. Yercaud 30 8. Sankagiri 135 9 Edapady 122 10. Mettur 183 11. Omalur 223 District Total 1517 Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

8.2. QUANTUM OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES DISTRTIBUTED AND THEIR RETAIL PRICES

Year: 2015-16 Name of the Sl. No Issue Price per (Kg.) Scale of Supply Commodity Rice Minimum 8+4Kgs Super Fine 1 Free Rice Maximum 20Kgs Fine Per Unit 4Kgs Common 2 Wheat Rs.7.50 Each 5Kgs 3 Sugar Rs.13.50 - No.of 1 2

LPG LPG LPG Corporation 10 3 0 4 Kerosene Rs.14.00 Municipality 06 3 0 Town Panchayat 05 3 0 Rural 03 3 0 Hill Areas 10 3 0 5 Palmoelin Rs.25 1 Lit per card 6 Toor Dhall Rs.30 1Kg per card 7 Urid DhLL Rs.30 1Kg per card Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

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8.3. NUMBER OF RATION CARDS (RURAL AND URBAN) 2015-16

Region Number of Ration Cards Rural 443635 Urban 498687

District Total 942322 Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

8.4. QUANTITY SUPPLIED

Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number Items Quantity Supplied (M.T) 1. Rice (Tonne) 175560 2. Wheat (Tonne) 9180 3. Sugar (Tonne) 22420 4 AAY 34560 5. Kerosene (Kilo Litre) 15696(KL) Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

8.5. NUMBER OF L.P.G. CONNECTIONS

Government L.P.G. Private L.P.G. Sl.Number Name of the Taluks Connections Connections Single Double Single Double

1. 255690 281410 -- -- Salem District Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

8.6. NUMBER OF PERSONS WATING FOR L.P.G. CONNECTIONS

Year: 2015-16

Private L.P.G. Government L.P.G.Connections Sl.Number Name of the Taluks Connections Single Double Single Double 1. Salem District Nil Nil - - Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

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9. COMMUNICATIONS 9.1. POST OFFICES DOING POSTAL BUSINESS ONLY-2015-16

Post Office doing postal business only Number Name of the Blocks/Municipalities (Nos.) 1 2 3 1 Salem (including Salem Corporation) 59 2 Veerapandy 13 3 P.N.Patty 18 4 AyothiyaPattanam 19 5 Valappady 29 6 Yercaud 31 7 Attur (including Athur Municipality) 23 8 28 9 Gangavalli 34 10 Thalaivasal 19 11 Omalur 7 12 Kadayampatty 3 13 Tharamangalam 3 14 Mecheri 3 15 Nangavalli 3 -16 Kolathur 1 17 Sankari - 18 M.D.Choultry - 19 Edappady - 20 Konganapuram - 1 Salem Corporation Included in 2 Attur Municipality Included in Athur Block 3 Mettur Municipality 8 4 Edappady Municipality - 5 Narasingapuram 6

Source: Senior Supdt of Posts, Salem East & West Divisions, Salem

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9.2. POST OFFICES DOING POST AND TELEGRAPHIC BUSINESS

Year: 2015-16 Post Office doing Post and S.No Name of the Blocks/Municipalities Telegraphic business (Nos.) 1 2 3 1 Salem 2 Veerapandy 3 P.N.Patty 4 A.Pattanam

5 Valappady Nil 6 Yercaud 7 Athur 8 P.N.Palayam 9 Gangavalli 10 Thalaivasal 11 Omalur 12 Kadaiyampatty 13 Tharamangalam 14 Mecheri

15 Nangavalli Nil 16 Kolathur 17 Sankagiri 18 M.D.Choultry 19 Edapady 20 Konganapuram 1. Salem Corporation. Nil 2. Athur Municipality Nil 3. Mettur Municipality Nil 4. Edapady Municipality Nil 5. Narasingapuram Municipality Nil Source: Senior Supdt of Posts, Salem East & West Divisions, Salem

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9.3. TELEGRAPH OFFICES Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Name of the Blocks/Municipalities Number of Telegraph Office (Nos.) 1 2 3 1 Salem 2 Veerapandy 3 P.N.Patty 4 A.Pattanam

5 Valappady Nil 6 Yercaud 7 Athur 8 P.N.Palayam 9 Gangavalli 10 Thalaivasal 11 Omalur 12 Kadaiyampatty 13 Tharamangalam 14 Mecheri

15 Nangavalli Nil 16 Kolathur 17 Sankagiri 18 M.D.Choultry 19 Edapady 20 Konganapuram 1. Salem Corporation. Nil 2. Athur Municipality Nil 3. Mettur Municipality Nil 4. Edapady Municipality Nil 5. Narasingapuram Municipality Nil Note: BSNL Customer Care Centres are doing Telegram services and thry 13 in Number in Salem District Source: District Telecommunication Department, Salem

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9.4. NUMBER OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGES, CAPACITY AND NUMBER IN USE Year: 2015-16 Sl. Item Numbers Number 1 2 3 1. Number of Telephone Exchanges 143

2. Number of Equipped Capacity 165890

3. Number of Direct Exchange Lines 65213

4. Number of Junction Lines ---

5. Number of Telephones in use 135750

Source: General Manager, BSNL, Salem

9.5. NUMBER OF PUBLIC CALL OFFICES ATTACHED TO EACH EXCHANGE Year: 2015-16

Name of the Exchange Number of Public Call Office Sl.No Centre With STD / ISD Without STD / ISD

1. SALEM SSA 447 5495

Source: General Manager, BSNL, Salem

9.6. NUMBER OF PERSONS WAITING FOR PHONE CONNECTIO Year: 2015-16 Number Of public call office Number of Number of persons waiting Sl.Number exchange Without for phone With STD/ISD STD/ISD connections

NIL

Source: General Manager, BSNL, Salem

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10. ELECTRICITY

10.1. NUMBER OF POWER STATIONS

Year: 2015-16 Installed Station Net Unit Sl. Name of the Year of Generation Capacity Consumpti sent out Power Stations Operation (M.U.) Number (MW) on (M.U.) (M.U.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Hydro Mettur Dam 1937 4x12.5 92.3889 0.146592 92.42298 P.H

Mettur Tunnel 1965 4x50.0 246.3892 0.2379 246.1513 P.H 2. Mettur Thermal Power Station

Unit 1 Aug 1987 210 1326.950 109.764 1217.186 Unit 2 June 1988 210 1645.658 138.487 1507.171 Unit 3 Dec 1989 210 1509.414 127.953 1381.461 Unit 4 July 1990 210 1495.350 129.840 1365.510 Total 840 5977.372 506.044 5471.328

3. Gas Turbine - - - - -

4. Wind Mills - - - - -

Source: 1.E.E., Power Houses, Mettur, 2.C.E., MTPS, Mettur.

10.2. QUANTUM OF POWER PURCHASED Year: 2015-16 Power purchased sectors name Power purchased in M.U.

Nil Nil

Source: S.E, Salem Eletricity Distribution Circle, Salem-14. & Mettur Elecricity Distribution Circle, Mettur dam-1

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10.3. POWER CONSUMPTION SECTOR WISE

Year: 2015-16 Consumption (M.U) % of the consumption Sl. Sector Salem Mettur Total Salem Mettur Total Number Circle circle Circle circle 1 Industries 214.75 280.21 494.96 11.33 25.94 37.27

2 Agriculture & Huts 400.3 242.93 643.23 15.29 22.48 37.77

3 Domestic 595.48 313.98 909.46 27.77 29.05 56.82

4 Commercial 193.50 124.82 318.32 9.02 11.56 20.58 Public lighting and 5 83.75 60.56 144.31 3.91 5.60 9.51 Public Works

6 Sales to licensees 2.32 14.978 17.298 0.11 1.38 1.49

7 Sales to other States 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Miscellaneous 106 43.07 149.07 5.32 399.00 9.22

Total 1596.1 1080.548 2676.648 72.75 99.91 172.66

Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

10.4. PEAK DEMAND AND ENERGY OUTPUT Year: 2015-16

Details Power Demand Salem E.D. Mettur E.D.

Circle Circle 1 2 3

1. Instantaneous peak demand 576.93 MW 410 MVA

2. Sustained peak demand 426.78 MW 538.35 MVA

3. Energy Output 2700.11 MU -

Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

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10.5. REVENUE FROM ELECTRIC SCHEMES AND COST PER UNIT

Year: 2015-16

Sectors Cost per unit Income in Rs. in „000‟ Salem Circle Mettur Circle Salem Circle Mettur Circle Government 6.74 8.03 1575.35 207773 Public 6.07 5.22 2163.72 316236 Private 9.05 4.01 14111.46 2700728 Total 21.86 17.26 17850.53 3224737 Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

10.6. TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY Year: 2015-16

Salem Circle Mettur Circle Unit Achievement S.No Item Unit Achievement 1 Agri. Pump sets 355 335 291 2 Industrial Services 2511 2511 2794 3 Hut Service 0 0 0 4 H.T.Service 6 6 9 5 O.H.T. Service 390 390 420 6 Non Power Service 6734 6734 17156 7 New 110/22 KV SS 1 1 2 8 DistributionCommittee Transformer 333 333 260 Erected Distribution Line Erected (km) 83.736 83.736 83.91 9 a) HT 10 b) LT 502.634 502.634 384.33 Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

10.7. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION 2015-16 Electrified during the year Electrified up to the year Agri. Agri. EB Pump Circle TALUK Village Hamlet set TALUK Village Hamlet Pumpset 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Salem - - - 355 - - - 90665 Mettur 0 0 0 291 4 156 2485 45770

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10.8. CAPACITY OF TRANSFORMERS Year: 2015-16 S. No Name of the Stations / Sub Stations Capacity

1 Nethimedu,Salem 4X25MVA, Auto - 1X80+2X100MVA 2 Udayapatty,Salem 3X25 MVA 3 Karuppur,Salem 3X25 MVA 4 Vembadithalam 1X16 MVA+2X25 MVA 5 Mallur 2X25 MVA 6 Singapuram 2X25 MVA 7 Thumbal 1X10 MVA+ 1X16 MVA 8 Thammampatty 1X16 MVA+1X25 MVA 9 Attur 2X25 MVA 10 Thalaivasal 2X25 MVA 11 Deviakurichi Auto - 2X100 MVA 12 Mettupatty 2X25 MVA 13 Kitchipalayam 3X25 MVA 14 Thedavoor 2X16 MVA 15 Kandampatti 2X16 MVA 16 Hasthampatti 2X25 MVA 17 P.G.Palayam 2X10 MVA 18 Gudamalai 1X10 MVA 19 Maliyakari 1X10 MVA

20 Veerapandy 1X16 MVA 20 Mettur RS 2X16 MVA 21 Kolathur 2X8 MVA 22 Thumbipadi 2X25 MVA 23 Nangavalli 1X10+2X10 MVA 24 Idappady 2X25MVA 25 Sankari 3X25 MVA 26 2X16 MVA 27 Mecheri 2X10 MVA 28 2X25MVA 29 Pallipalayam 2X25MVA 30 2X16 MVA 31 Mettur/Town 1X16+1X16+1X10+1X10 MVA 32 Tharamangalam 2X16 MVA 33 Samayasangilli 2X25 MVA 34 Veppadai 3X16 MVA 35 Iveli 2X16 MVA 36 Thevoor 1X16 MVA 37 1X16 MVA 38 Ettikuttaimedu 1X16 MVA Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

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10.9. NAME AND ADDRESS OF FAULT REPORT OFFICES Year: 2015-16

Name of the Name of the Stations/ Number of fault S.No. Blocks/Municipalities Sub Stations reported

1 2 3 4 Kitchipalaym, 1 4881 Salem Kadampatti, Hasthmpatti, 2 Veerapandy Vembadithalam, Veerapandy 1973 Udaiapatti 3 P.N.Patty Mallur 1714 4 A.Pattanam Mettupatty 193 5 Valappady 341 6 Yercaud -- -- 7 Attur Attur, Malliyakkarai 357 8 P.N.Palayam Thumbal and P.G. Palayam 1824

9 Gangavalli , Thammampatty, 492

10 Thalaivasal ThGudamalaialaivasal 639 11 Omalur Karrupur 1270 12 Omalur Thumbipady 60 13 Kadaiyampatty Thumbipady 52

14 Tharamangalam Salem, Nangavalli 38

15 Mecheri Mechery, Nangavalli 39 16 Nangavalli Nangavalli 30 17 Kolathur Kolathur 42 18 Sankagiri Sankagiri 88 19 M.D.Choultry Sankagiri, Mallasamuthram 43 20 Edapady Edapady 50 21 Konganapuram Edapady 41 Udayapatti, Nethimedu, Included in Salem 1 Salem Corporation Kitchipalayam 12, 10, 12 2 Athur Municipality Athur Included in Attur 3 Mettur Municipality Mettur 72 4 Edappady Municipality Edapady 48 Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

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11. EDUCATION 11.1. UNIVERSITIES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND COURSES OFFERED Year: 2015-16

Students

Sl.Number Name of the Numberof Teachers University Boys Girls Total Depts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Periyar

1. University, 640 1154 1794 148 26

Salem-636011

Source: Registrar of Respective University ().

11.2. COLLEGES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16

Sl. Numberof Students Name of Institution Teachers Number Institution Boys Girls Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Government Colleges 3 4774 5546 10320 308

2. Aided Colleges 2 1510 3098 4608 171

3. Self Financed Colleges 27 9818 25935 35753 1465

4. Constituent Colleges 2 1090 1057 2147 47

Total 31 17192 35636 52828 1991

Source: Registrar of Respective University (Periyar University)

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11.3. COLLEGES FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16

Students Sl. Number of Name of the Institutions Teachers Number Institutions Boys Girls Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 Medicine 3 953 883 1836 769 2 Dental 1 205 364 569 82 3 Pharmacy 1 272 185 457 36 4 Ayurvedic ------5 Siddha 1 16 35 51 5 6 Unani ------7 Homeopathy 2 189 377 566 61 8 Nursing 6 153 1059 1212 93

9 Engineering & Technology 20 6285 21817 3300 15532 10 Agriculture ------11 Veterinary ------Law College 1 26 7 33 8

13 Teacher Training Institutes 37 360 893 1253 264 College of Physical Ed 14 2 118 117 235 13 ucation 15 B.P.T Physiotherapy 1 113 96 209 19

16 Institute of Paramedical 2 37 69 106 12

17 M.C.AScience 12 443 403 846 59

18 M.B.A. 7 490 277 767 18 19 College of Education 22 143 1185 1328 159

20 M.Phil 2 147 302 449 24

21 Ph.D 3 166 145 311 ---

22 Hotel Management 3 211 6 217 19

Source: Concerned Head of Institutions.

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11.4. COLLEGES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16 Number of Students Sl.No Name of Institutions Institutions Boys Girls Total Teachers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NIL

11.5. SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16 Number of Students Teache S.No. Name of the Institutions Institutions Boys Girls Total rs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kasturba Gandhi Balika 1 Vidhyalaya (KGBV) 2 Nursery Only 3 Primary with Nursery 4 Primary Only 5 Primary with Middle 6 Primary with Secondary Primary with Higher 7 secondary 8 Middle Only 9 Middle with Secondary Middle with Higher 10 Secondary Secondary with Higher 11 Secondary 206 63475 71546 135021 4120

Source: DEEO Salem, DEOs Salem and Sankagiri

11.6. SCHOOLS FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16 Students

Sl. Number of Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers No Institutions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Teacher Training 1 37 893 1253 264 Institutions 360

Source: Concerned Institutions District Statistical Handbook 2015-16 Page 92

11.7. SCHOOLS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16

S.No. Name of the Number of Students

Institution Institutions Boys Girls Total Teachers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Schools for Blind 1 74 20 94 16

2. Schools for Deaf 1 20 10 30 05

Schools for 3. - - - - - Orthopedically

4. HandicappedSchool for Mentally 6 322 167 489 59

5 VocationalRetarded Training. 2 40 39 79 12

Centres Early Intervention 6 1 6 2 8 2 Training Centre for

DeafEarly Intervention 7 1 30 19 49 5 Training Centre for

Source: DistrictMentally Differently Retarded Abled Welfare Officer, Salem.

11.8. INSTITUTIONS FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 2015-16

Students

Sl. Name of the Number of Teachers Boys Girls Total No Institution Institutions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 Pvt. Polytechnic 19 13286 1859 15145 926

2 Govt. I.T.I 3 1210 399 1609 96

3 Pvt. I.T.I 9 392 99 491 72

Source: Concerned Institutions

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11.9. COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRES 2015-16 Number of Computer Name of the Block/Municipalities Training Centres

Salem 45 Veerapandy 4 P.N.Patty 13 A.Pattanam 2 Valappady 6 Yercaud 2 Athur 12 P.N. Palayam 5 Gangavalli 6 Thalaivasal 2 Omalur 4 Kadaiyampatty 2 Tharamangalam 2 Mecheri 2 Nangavalli 2 Kolathur 6 Sankagiri 7 M.D.Choultry 12 Edapady 14 Konganapuram 12 Salem Corporation 46 Athur Municipality 22 Mettur Municipality 18 Edapady Municipality 7 Source: Concerned Local Bodies/ DIC Salem

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11.10. HOSTELS AND INMATES BY COMMUNITY

Number of Hostels Year:2015-16

Most Backward Class

Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe and De-notified Backward Class

Communities

B G. T. B. G. T. B. G. T. B. G. T

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

29 13 42 5 7 ------

11.10 Contd…

Number of Inmates

Most Backward Class

Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe and De-notified Backward Class

Communities

B. G. T. B. G. T. B. G. T. B. G. T.

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

1570 813 2383 218 83 301 ------

11.11. SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BY COMMUNITY Year: 2015-16 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, De-notified Communities/Most Backward Classes Backward Classes Amount Number of Beneficiaries (Rs. in „000‟)

SC/ST MBC/DC BC SC/ST MBC/DC BC

61997 - - 80405700 - -

Source: District Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, & District Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Officer, Salem.

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12. FISHERIES 12.1. FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT Year: 2015-16

1. Area a. Total Coastal Line of the District Nil b. i. Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area 27,384.469.ha

ii. Estuaries and Brakish Water Area Nil c. Marine Fishing Villages Nil 2. Fish Production Item Quantity Value (Rs.in (Tonne) lakhs)

Inland 1713.614 10,28,16,840

3. Fisheries Development

a. Freezing Plants Nil b. Ice plants, and walk in coolers Mettur 2 Ice plant c. Sea food manufacturing Units in private Nil sector d. Fisheries Training centre Marine Nil

Inland Fish Culture, Fish Seed production e. Fishing Vessels (Inland) 2000 Coracle f. Active Marine Fishermen 4. Export of: Item Quantity Value (Rs.in (Tonne) lakhs)

Fish and Fish Products Nil Nil Nil

Source: Asst. Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam, Salem

12.2. ESTIMATED MARINE FISH PRODUCTION / INLAND FISH PRODUCTION

Year: 2015-16

Sl. Quantity Value Block/Municipalities Number (Tonne) (Rs. In lakhs)

1 2 3 4

Salem District 1713.614 10,28,16,840 Source: Asst. Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam, Salem

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12.3. NUMBER OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN FISHING Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Block Number of Fisherman

1 2 engaged3 1 Salem 450 2 Veerapandy 130 3 Panamarathupatti 575 4 A.pattinam 190 5 Valappady 465 6 Yercaud 10 7 Attur 495 8 P.N.Palayam 585 9 Gangavalli 360 10 Thalaivasal 130 11 Omalur 75 12 Kadaiyampatty 210 13 Tharamangalam 20 14 Mecheri 730 15 Nangavalli 540 16 Kolathur 885 17 Sankagiri 40 18 Magudavanchavadi 20 19 Edappady 310 20 Konganapuram 155 Total 6375

Source: Asst. Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam, Salem

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13. HANDLOOM 13.1. NUMBER OF FOCAL CENTRES AND LOCATION DETAILS 2015-16

S.No No. of the Focal Centres Name / Location of the Focal Centres 1 Salem Ammapet, Ponnammapet, Agraharam 2 Veerapandy Attayampatty 3 Panaimarathupatty Mallur, Nilavarapatty, Kondalampatty, Neikarapatty 4 Ayothiyapattinam Ayothiyapattinam 5 Yercaud Nil 6 Valapaddy Nil 7 Peddhanaickenpalayam Nil 8 Attur Nil 9 Thalaivasal Nil 10 Gangavalli Nil 11 Kadayampatty Kadayampatty 12 Omalur Chinnathirupathi, Omalur 13 Tharamangalam Thooppur, Amaragundhi, Tharamangalam 14 Mecheri Mechari, Virudasampatty 15 Nangavalli Nangavalli, Soorapalli, Jalakandapuram 16 Kolathur Nil 17 Sankari Nil 1. Kachakaranur 2. Karaiyanur 3. Thalaiyur 4. Chinna Unjakatu 5. Karaiyanur Kattuvalavu 6. Pattanapatty 7. Thaiyalampatty 18 Magudanchavadi 8. 1. 2. Eruppalli 3. Cinnappampatti 4. Dhevur 19 Edapady 5. Chettipatty 20 Konganapuram Katchupalli 1. Edapady Town 2. Chinnamanali 3. Nachipalayam 4. Vellandivalasai 21 Edapady Municipality 5. Alachampalayam 22 Salem Corporation Salem 23 Attur Municipality Nil Narasingapuram 24 Municipality Nil 25 Mettur Municipality Nil Source: DD Handlooms and Textiles, Salem and AD Handlooms and Textiles

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13.2. NUMBER OF SOCIETIES & VARIETYWISE PRODUCTION Year: 2015-16 Mixture of

Cotton Silk Art silk Art silk & Polyester

Cotton

es

Sl.Nu

mber ofSocieti

Handloom Division Handloom

Number

Length inMeters Length inMeters Length

Length inMeters Length inMeters Length inMeters Length

Value (Rs. In`000‟ (Rs. Value

Value (Rs.in “000‟) (Rs.in Value

Value (Rs. In „000‟) In (Rs. Value „000‟) In (Rs. Value „000‟) In (Rs. Value

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

1

64

2314

166.5

Salem 45660 51750

215.15

644856 860356

2541.42 2578.86

5113237

2

------

20

12652

831727

4326910

85415515 Tiruchencode Source: D.D. Handloom & Textiles, Salem. & A.D. Handloom & Textiles, Tirchencode.

13.3. NUMBER OF POWERLOOMS & EMPLOYEES WORKING Year: 2015-16

Number of Power Handloom Division Number of Employees working looms

Salem 10 1450

Tiruchencode 9 1244

Total 19 26964

Source: D.D. Handloom & Textiles, Salem. & A.D. Handloom & Textiles, Tirchencode.

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13.4. NUMBER OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HANDLOOMS AND POWERLOOMS Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number of the families engaged in Name of the Block/Municipalities Handlooms Power looms Number 1 2 3 4

1 Salem - - 2 Veerapandy 2878 303 3 P.N.Patty 1651 -

4 A.Pattanam 815 - 5 Valappady - - 6 Yercaud - - 7 Attur - - 8 P.N.Palayam - - 9 Ganvalli - - 10 Thalaivasal - - 11 Omalur 306 - 12 Kadaiyampatty 371 - 13 Tharamangalam 1012 - 14 Mecheri 1409 - 15 Nangavalli 229 - 16 Kolathur - - 17 Sankagiri - 34 18 M.D.Choultry 772 - 19 Edapady 343 - 20 Konganapuram 186 424 1 Salem Corporation 7820 281 2 Athur Municipality - - 3 Mettur Municipality - 4 Edapady Municipality 403 164 5 Narasingapuram Municipality - - Source: D.D. Handloom & Textiles, Salem. And A.D. Handloom & Textiles, Thiruchencode.

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14. HANDICRAFTS 14.1. NAME AND ADDRESSES OF THE HANDICRAFT WORKERS

Year: 2015-16 Sl. Name of the Name and address of Article Number block theHandicrafts Available in their Value of articles handicrafts Produced Sold

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Salem B.Haseena w/o Barkathullah, Beed NA NA 208-E, Kalidasan Street, Salem Jewellery 2 Salem M.Vahitha w/o Mahabubi, Beed NA NA 36, New Majith Street, Salem Jewellery 3 Salem Jamruthbi w/o Addulkalil, Beed NA NA 217, Kalidasan Street, Salem Jewellery 4 Salem K.Sakkubai w/o Kanagadas, Beed NA NA 93, Periyar Street, Salem Jewellery 5 Salem S.Kalivani w/o Sengutuvan, Beed NA NA 83, Chenna Krishnan Street, Jewellery Salem 6 Salem B.Mythili w/o Baskar, Beed NA NA 305/828-A, Ashok Nagar, Salem Jewellery 7 Salem M.D. Sureshkumar s/o Beed NA NA M.V.Devarajan, Jewellery Number19, Govindhan Street, Shevapet, Salem 8 Salem Chandrasekaran s/o Beed NA NA Thangavel, 85, Muthusamy Streer, Salem Jewellery 9 Salem N.Rajeshwari w/o Natarajan, Beed NA NA 14, Ruthrappan Street, Salem Jewellery 10 Salem K.Gajendran s/o Krishnan, Wood Carving NA NA Number38/95, Arunachalam Street, Salem 11 Salem Krishnamurthy s/o Natural Fibre NA NA Venkatachalapathy, Number9, Saibaba Street, Salem 12 Salem A.N.Jayabak S/o Tanjore Painting NA NA A.K.Nannaiyar, Number23/82, Sai Bada Street, Salem 13 Salem Hameer c/o Samshathbegam, Tanjore Painting NA NA Number3/7-A, Kadai Veethi, Yethapur, Attur, Salem Source: Asst.Director of Handcrafts Marketing and Service Extension Centre, 184-Chinna kadai Veedhi, Salem

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14.2. ARTICLES AVAILABLE IN HANDICRAFTS

YEAR: 2015-16

Sl.No Works Articles Value (in Rs.)

Sandal woods, rose woods, white 1 Wood works 239790 wood, rose wood inlay Bronze, Iron, Brass and amps, art 2. Metal works plates, sheet metal , block metal, 3215797 white metal Jute product, straw pictures, coir 3. Fiber product 1500 product, misc. fiber. Appliqué thombai, temple umber 4. Textiles 18770 law Temple jewelers, Semi precious 5. 120640 Jams and jeweler stones and covering jewelers

6. Painting Thanjour painting 185030

7. Stone carvings Granite stone , shop stone 108489

8. Thanjavur Garland Sandal beds mala 42740 Danching Doll, Krishna, Laxmi, 9. Paper machine 9425 Saraswathi Doll and etc. Krishna, laxmi, saraswathi Dolls 10. Clay and Plaster of praise - etc. Thanjore temple, temple, 11. Pith temple ariticles sri rangam temple, trichy rock fort, 7820 church, Taj mahal. Bathi and pooja items sandal wood 12. Insane perfumers 60000 oil and perfumes.

Total 4010001

Source: Manager, Poompuhar Show Room, Salem-1

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14.3. VALUE OF ARTICLES PRODUCED Year: 2015-16

Sl. Value of the articlesProduced Value of the Number Name of the Handicraft (Rs.in Lakhs) articles sold (Rs.) 1 2 3 4 1 Wood carving -- 263052 2 Lacquere ware -- 48424 3 Brass lamps -- 1485754 4 Bronze -- 137405 5 Art Plate -- 480485 6 Misc Metal works Brass -- 446257 miniature 7 Coir/Korai/Jute products -- 116824 8 Batik -- - 9 Tanjore Garland -- 84470 10 Pith models -- 4286 11 Stone Carvings -- 118840 12 Paper machine -- 409078 13 Clay & Terracotta -- 19110 14 Copper Kalasam -- - 15 Tanjore picture paintings -- 12380 16 Ceranite stone -- 57999 17 Applique works -- 11747 18 Batik & Kalamari -- - 19 Incence & Perfumary -- 173506 20 Misc Handi. -- 181273 Other State 133791 21 Jari work -- - 22 Rosewood -- - products/Furniture 23 Rosewood inlaid works -- 144133 24 Sandalwood products -- 216572 25 Misc. Wood works -- 264984 26 Moradabad brassware -- 1053530 27 Misc. Metal works -- 408730 28 Misc.Paintings -- 229971 29 Jewellery -- 1026462 30 Textiles -- 152995 31 Misc. Handicrafts -- 224056 32 Shopsoiled / Discount sale -- - 33 Others (Ceramic) -- 31947 Total -- 7938061 Source: Manager, Poompuhar Show Room, Salem-1

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14.4. NUMBEROF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HANDICRAFTS Year: 2015-16

Sl. Name of the Number of the Handicrafts Number of the Number Block/Municipalities families engaged

1 2 3 4 1.Copper & Silver Jewellary -

2.Agarpathi -

3.Hand Embroidery -

4. Bead & Imitatation jewellery 9

5.Clay Toys -

1 Whole Salem District 6.Waste Cotton Foot Mats -

7.Palm Leaf Crafts -

8.Tanjore painting 2

9.Wood carving 1

10.Stone Carving -

11.Natural Fibre 1

Total 13 Source: Asst.Director of Handcrafts Marketing and Service Extension Centre, 184-Chinna kadai

Veedhi, Salem

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15. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE 15.1. HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, BED STRENGTH, DOCTORS AND NURSES Year: 2015-16

Indian Medicine

Classification

Siddha Siddha

Total

Unani

Grand Total Grand

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Ayurvedic

Modern Medicine Modern

Unani combined Unani Ayurvedic

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hospitals 11 0 11 0 0 11 3 25

Dispensaries 1 0 6 0 0 6 0 7

Primary Health 85 0 23 0 0 23 0 108 Centres Urban Health 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Centre Health Sub Centres 398 0 0 0 0 0 0 398

Other Medical 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Instit Bed Strength 2635 0 0 0 0 0 0 2635 utions(MMU)

Number of Doctors 474 0 40 0 0 0 0 514

Number of Nurses 729 0 15 0 0 0 0 744

Source: Joint Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and Famil Welfare, Salem, District Siddha Medical Officer, Salem-1 & DD Health Services, Salem & Medical Officer, Salem Corporation

15.2. NUMBEROF ALLIED PATHOLOGICAL UNITS AVAILABLE Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Block/Municipality Number of Pathological Units

1 2 3

Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam 1 1 Medical College Hospital, Salem Source: Dean, Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem Corporation

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15.3. PATIENTS TREATED Year: 2015-16 Number of patients treated S.No Name of the Disease In Patients Out Patients Total 1 Suram 841 878533 879374 2 Irumal 356 685741 686097 3 Iraippu 48 8140 8188 4 Illaipu 8 4589 4597 5 Gunmam 150 8541 8691 6 Panndu 138 10458 10596 7 Kaamalai 19 6551 6570 8 Kazhichal 47 14320 14367 9 Eruvaai Mulai 52 16548 16600 10 Kalladaippu 27 6058 6085 11 Keel Vaayu 1042 325841 326883 12 Soolai 60 6690 6750 13 Veenpuli 84 2525 2609 14 Karapan 840 8546 9386 15 Ovvamai 150 13690 13840 16 Kaalanjaka Padai 121 5780 5901 17 Soothaga Vali 18 8124 8142 18 Vellai 521 102145 102666 19 Cough with/without Fever 109239 668574 777813 20 Type II DM 86649 358014 444663 21 SHT 60174 209704 269878 22 Cancer 2917 96022 98939 23 Coronary Heart Disease 2659 63057 65716 24 Viral Fever 43113 307005 350118 25 AGE 7361 111745 119106 26 Pneumonia 3683 1194 4877 27 Poisoning 30980 31609 62589 28 RTA 34134 34191 68325 29 Assault with Multiple Injuries 42805 40977 83782 30 COPD 4422 89953 94375 31 Piles 623 1244 1867 32 Burns 19295 18315 37610 33 Pre-term 31986 29687 61673 34 Apnoea 34562 3854 38416 35 Sidha 57724 230894 288618 36 Ayurvedha 10170 40682 50852 37 Homeopathy 3381 13524 16905 38 speticemia 68 60 128 39 CKD 37 36 73 40 Others 70253 39996 110249 Source: Dean, Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem and Joint Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem, District Siddha Medical Officer, Salem-1 and DD Health Services, Salem and M.O Salem Corporation

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15.4. DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL Year: 2015-16 Number of Number of Number of Technical Others Total Doctors Nurses persons {specify}

1 2 3 4 5

120 250 189 350 1797

Source: Dean, Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem and District Siddha Medical Officer, salem-1 and DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

15.5. PROGRESS OF FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMMES Year: 2015-16

Users of Users of oral Sterilisation IUD conventional pills Name of the contraceptives

Sl.Number

District

Target vement Achie Target vement Achie Target vement Achie Target vement Achie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Salem 1 District 16500 12135 15000 13142 8800 2805 4600 1728

Source: Deputy Director of Medical, Rural Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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16. HOUSING

16.1. PLAN SANCTIONED, BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PRIVATE SECTOR Year: 2015-16

Name of the Town Sl. Panchayat/Municipalities/ Private Number Corporations Room Unit Size Sector

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Corporation - - - - 955 2 Municipalities - - - - 192 3 Town Panchayats - - - - NA 4 Third Grade Municipality - - - - 99 Source: Concerned Local Bodies

16.2. PLANS SANCTIONED, BUILDING COMPLETED UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR Year: 2015-16

Sl. Name of the Room Unit size Public Sector Number Panchayat Union

1 2 3 4

1 20 Panchayat Unions N.A 1133+199

16.3. AMOUNT INVESTED IN HOUSING AND BUILDING ACTIVITY UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR Year: 2015-16

Residential Percentage to Non-Residential Percentage to Total

Rs. in „000‟ total Rs. in „000‟ total Rs. in „000‟

1 2 3 4 5

941831 91.72 84912 8.28 1026743

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

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16.4. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD Year: 2015-16

Sl. No Name of the Scheme Number

1 2 3 1 Low Income Group Housing Schemes Flats -

2 Middle Income Group Housing Schemes -

3 Slum Improvements/Clearance Tenements -

4 Tamil Nadu Government Rental Housing -

5 Subsidized Industrial Housing Tenements -

6 Fire Proof Tenements - 7 Special Low Cost Housing Scheme - 8 Police - Specify any other H.I.G. (Kandampatti East SF 9 - Scheme HIG) Source: Deputy Registrar, Salem Region, Salem.

16.5. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OF TAMIL NADU SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD Year: 2015-16

Name of Item Achievement the Block

1 2 3

292 1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for construction

2. Number of Tenements constructed Work is in Progress

3. Amount sanctioned (Rs.in lakhs) 2494.47

4. Amount spent (Rs.in lakhs) 146.1

5. Number of tenements occupied Nil

6. Rent received (Rs.in lakhs) Nil

Source: Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, .

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16.6. INDEX NUMBERS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COST IN URBAN CENTRES (1999-2000=100) Year: 2015-16

Building Construction

S. District Urban Index cost for Other Combined

No Centres Building building Charges Index

materials Labour

1 2 3 4 5 6

Salem 253.92 460.17 305.38 318.08 1

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

16.7. LABOUR CHARGES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - INDEX Year: 2015-16

Charges of Male Construction Charges of Female Construction Combined

Workers Workers 1 2 3

461.54 384.62 413.81

Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics

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17. INDUSTRIES

17.1. RESULTS OF ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES (Factory Sector) Year: 2015-16

Characteristics Units Results for all Industries 1 2 3 Salem District To be finalised Taken as CENSUS Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

17.2. ESTIMATES OF OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE BASED ON ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES Year: 2015-16

Value of Industry AlL Value Description of theIndustry output Rs. In Group Employees added lakhs

1 2 3 4 5 17 Mfg. of textiles 6878 91176.90 N.A 15 Mfg. of food products 2179 27967.75 N.A 22 Publishing, printing 230 2299.05 N.A 19 Leather Chapels - - N.A Mineral crushing such as feldspar, calcite, - 14 Dolomite Calcite - N.A 20 Mfg. of wood products 456 6435.60 N.A 24 Mfg. of chemical products 179 11896.30 N.A 23 Mfg. of coke, refined petroleum products - N.A 25 Mfg. of Rubber & Plastic products 744 7092.03 N.A 21 Mfg. of paper products 98 1001.16 N.A 26 Mfg. of other Non-Metallic mineral products 744 7092.03 N.A 17 Calendaring & Zero finishing of cloth - - N.A 33 Mfg. of Medical, Optical instruments 40 965.25 N.A 34 Mfg. of Motor Vehicles 111 1691.80 N.A 35 Mfg. of other transport equipments 201 2584.75 N.A 30 Mfg. of computing machinery 28 82.77 N.A 31 Mfg. of Electrical machinery 413 11107.65 N.A 27 Mfg. of Basic metals 353 5595.00 N.A 29 Mfg. of Machinery & Equipment NEC 1171 21505.75 N.A 32 Mfg. of Radio, Television Equipments 48 231.00 N.A 28 Mfg. of fabrication metal products 985 21460.95 N.A 36 Mfg. of furniture 1480 32788.80 N.A 37 Mfg. of Recycling 58 796.00 N.A 41 Collection, Purification of water 185 1213.40 N.A 18 Readymade Garments 2661 37184.99 N.A Source: General Manager, District Industries centre Salem.

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17.3. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Product Unit of quantity Production

1 2 3 4

1 Cement 600000 6,40,505 (Tvl.India Cement Ltd) Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

17.4. PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MAJOR MINERALS Year: 2015-16

Name of the District Name of the Mineral Quality (Tonne) Value (in Rupees)

1 2 3 4

Limestone 324680 3,28,64,575 Quartz 132 9,360 Feldspar 53202 44,34,841 Salem Magnasite 164120 1,77,17,074 Bauxite 33522 28,80,000 Soapstone 3296 1,62,760 Dunite 49776 16,38,680 Granite (CBM) 8382.897 1,92,66,948 Rough stone(M3) 723103 3,53,22,295

Source: Asst Director of Geology and Mining, Salem.

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17.5. PRODUCTION OF HANDLOOM CLOTH Year: 2015-16 Sl. Production (In lakh metres) Variety of Cloth Number Salem Div. Div. Total 1. Silk Dhothy 1717.70 1717.70

2. Silk Saree 2314.00 0.12 2314.12 3. Spun Sarees 0.00 0.00 4. Angavastram 143.61 143.61 5. Shirting 711.57 711.57 6. Export 0.00 0 0.00 7. Cotton Dhothy 233.06 233.06 8. Cotton Saree 406.78 1.53 408.31 9. Lungi 0.00 0.00 10. Bedsheet 124.07 0.19 124.26 11 Carpet 48.48 3.17 51.65 12 Towel 153.34 2.25 155.59 13 Shirting 86.54 86.54 14 Export 0.00 0.00 15 Drill 197.30 0.25 197.55 16 Casement 197.30 0.15 197.45 17 FDS Dhoti 197.30 197.30 18 Uniform 69.36 69.36 19 Others 0.00 0.00

Other20 Mosquito net 104.65 104.65

Total 6705.06 7.66 6712.72 Source: D.D. Handloom and Textiles, Salem.and AD Handlooms. Thiruchencode

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17.6. S M A L L S C A L E I N D U S T R I E S

YEAR:2015-16 SL. MAJOR Number of NO CLASSIFICATION DETAILS OF MAJOR PRODUCTS Units

1 19 CUTTING AND POLISHING OF GRANITE SLABS 1

2 20 WET GRINDING OF FOODGRAINS AND ALLIED NA INDUSTRIES 3 21 EXTRACTION OF EDIBLE OIL AND OILCAKE FROM NA GROUNDNUT AND 4 22 BEVERGESMFG.OF TAPIOCA AND TOBACCO STARCH PRODUCTS 3

5 23 MFG.OF UNPROCESSED COTTON FABRIC USING 677 POWER LOOMS 6 24 TWISTING OF SILK YARN 156

7 26 TAILORING NA

8 27 MFG. JACQUIRED DESIGNED KORAI MATES NA

9 28 BOOK BINDING 5

10 29 LEATHER PRODUCTS 3

11 30 MFG.OF PVC BENDS PIPES AND COUPLERS NA

12 31 MFG.OF COMPUTER TABLES AND PLASTICS FROM - INJECTION 13 32 MFG.OF CONCRETE DOORS - MOULDING 14 33 SILVER WIRE DRAWING -

15 34 MFG.OF STAINLESS STEEL, MILK TANKERS AND 41 FABRICATION OF M.S. 16 35 GENERALGATES AND ENG GRILSINERING WORKS 33

17 36 MFG. OF AUTOMOBILE BATTRIES,BATTERY PLATES - AND UPS 18 38 MFG.OF SILVER BALLS USED I SILG-VCER CHAIL -

19 82 DTP WORK AND INTERNET BROWSING 62

20 96 BEAUTY PARLOUR 37

21 97 REPAIRING AND SERVICING WORK OF - TYPEWRITERS AND ELECTRICALS APPLAIENCE 22 74 COLD STORAGE 4

TOTAL 1022

Source: General Manager, D.I.C. Salem.

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17.7. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Year: 2015-16

Sales Employments Earnings Sl.Number Production Industry (Rupees in (Numberof (Rs. In (Rs. In lakhs) lakhs) persons) lakhs)

1 1 2 3 4 5

Khadi Industries

1 Cotton 14.43 45.74 24 - 2 Woolen 0 4.16 0 - - 3 Silk 0 26.32 0 -

4 Polyester 3.59 13.40 19 - Village Industries 1 Soap 0 6.14 0 -

2 Lelather 5.23 1.72 0 - Goods 3 Others 0 1.98 0 - Source: Asst Director of Khadi and Village Industries, Salem

17.8. NUMBER OF PRINTING PRESSES Year: 2015-16

Sl. No. District Number

(1) (2) (3)

1 Salem 25

Source: DIC, Salem

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17.9. NUMBER OF PHOTOCOPY (XEROX) CENTRES

Year 2015-16

Sl. Number Name of the Block / Municipality Number of Xerox Centres

1 2 3

1 Salem 265 2 Veerapandi 32 3 P.N.Patty 59 4 A.Pattinam 50 5 Valapadi 16 6 Yercaud 15 7 Attur 62 8 P.N.Palayam 25 9 Gangavalli 12

10 Thalaivasal 22 11 Omalur 24 12 Kadayampatty 15 13 Tharamangalam 12 14 Mecheri 13 15 Nangavalli 18 16 Kolathur/Mettur 45 17 Sankagiri 22 18 Mac Donald 14 19 Idapaddy 23 20 Konganapuram 9 Source: DIC, Salem and concernd local bodies

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18. FACTORIES

18.1. REGISTERED AND WORKING FACTORIES Year: 2015-16

Sl. Item Numbers Number

1 2 3

Factories on the Registered at the beginning of the year 886 1. (01.04.2015)

2. Factories added during the year (01.04.2015-31.03.2016) 22

3. Factories removed during the year(01.04.2015 to 31.03.2016) 23

4. Factories on the register at the end of the year 885

5. Number of Man days Worked (in Lakhs) 6164000

6 Number of Working Factories 580

Source: Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Salem.

18.2. EMPLOYMENT IN WORKING FACTORIES

Year: 2015-16

S. Item Numbers Number

1 2 3

1 All factories (Approximate/Actual Employment) 26800

Source: Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Salem.

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18.3. UNIONS: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BY STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS GHERAOS Year: 2015-16

Numbers Sl.Number Items

1 2 3

11 1. Number of Registered Trade Unions

Strike: 2. a. Number of Strikes 0

b. Number of Workers Involved 0 c. Number of Mandays Lost

Lockouts: 3. a. Number of Lockouts 1 b. Number of workers involved 311 c. Number of Mandays Lost 0 Gheraos: 4. a. Number 0 b. Workers involved 0 c. Mandays Lost

Source: Deputy Commissioner of Labour, 4th Floor, Collectorate, Salem

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19. LOCAL BODIES

19.1. MUNICIPAL BODIES AREA AND POPULATION BY GRADES (As on 31st March) Year: 2015-16

Area Population Sl. No Classification of Municipal Bodies Number (Sq.Km.) (In „000‟)

1. Corporations 1 91.340 693

2. Special Grade ------

3. Selection Grade ------

4. First Grade 3 51.730 161

5. Second Grade ------

6. Third Grade 1 14.85 186

7. Township Committee ------

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

19.2. MUNICIPAL BODIES BY TALUKS

Grade of Municipal Councils

Sl.Number Taluk

Total

Township

First

Third

Committees

Special Second

Corporations Selection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Salem 1 1 2 Yercaud 3 Attur 1 1 2 4 Gangavalli 5 Omalur 6 Mettur 1 1 7 Sankagiri 8 Idapaddi 1 1 9 Valapaddi

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

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19.3. UNIONS, VILLAGE PANCHAYATS / TOWN PANCHAYATS Year: 2015-16

Sl. Village Panchayat/ Development Panchayat Village Town

Number Town Panchayat Districts Union Panchayats Panchayats

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Village Panchayat 1 20 385 33

Source: District Rural Development Office.

19.4. REVENUE DIVISIONS, TALUKS, FIRKAS AND REVENUE VILLAGES Year: 2015-16

Sl. Revenue Revenue Revenue Divisions Revenue Villages Number Taluks Firkas

1 2 3 4 5

1 4 14 42 653

Source: District Revenue Administrative Office.

19.5. TAX COLLECTED BY CORPORATION / MUNICIPALITY / PANCHAYAT UNION / TOWN PANCHAYAT / VILLAGE PANCHAYAT Year: 2015-16

Town Village Salem Panchayat Municipality Panchayat Panchayat Item Corporation (Rs Union (Rs in (Rs in Lakhs) (Rs in (Rs in in Lakhs) Lakhs) Lakhs) Lakhs) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 5920.20 710.712

Source: Concerned Municipalities, AD (Town Panchayats), AD (Panchayats) - Salem District

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19.6. RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Year: 2015-16

Numberof works Numberof works completed Taken up Sl.no Name of the scheme During Estimation During Expenditure the year (rs. In lakhs) the year incurred (rs. In lakhs) 1 IAY 2331 2797.20 2317 2776.39 2 CMSPGHS 2852 5133.60 2852 5133.60 3 THAI 1476 2897.53 1476 2839.180 4 MP-LADS 209 947.540 134 591.770 5 MLACDS 1058 2758.070 1041 2495.89 6 SSS 82 553.810 80 492.840 7 CSIDS 193 396.140 193 386.160 8 NABARD XXI 11 600.390 2 104.620

9 Village Panchayat 106 1802 31 537.47 Service centre 10 MGNREGS 22112 21868.350 22112 21868.350 11 IGFF ROADS 5 505.700 4 385.472 12 SCPAR-BT ROADS 63 1261.660 42 867.00 ANGANWADI 13 CENTRES NEW 60 390 25 162.500 CONSTRUCTIONS ANGANWADI 14 UPGRADATION- 5 5.000 3 3.00 ADDITIONAL ROOM ANGANWADI

UPGRADATION- 15 CONSTRUCTION (OR) 160 32.500 142 28.400 CONVERSION OF EXISTING TO BABY FRIENDLY TOILETS ANGANWADI 16 UPGRADATION- 160 67.200 141 59.180 MINOR REPAIRS IAY SPECIAL 17 924 1108.80 0 0.00 PROJECT (Flood) 18 PMGSY IX 4 536.260 0 296.550 19 NBA IHHL 66658 7998.960 55469 6660.550 20 TNRRIS 121 4136.860 111 3614.690 Total 98590 55797.070 86148 49303.612

Source: Drda, Salem

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20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

20.1. NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ANDTOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS WAITING UPTO THE END OF THE YEARAS PER LIVE REGISTER Year: 2015-16 Type of Number of Persons Total Number of persons Sl. Number Employment registered during the waiting up to the end of the Exchange year year 1 2 3 4 District 1 Employment Office, 59856 3,47,426 Salem-8 Source: Asst Director, District Employment Office, Salem

20.2. NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS DURING AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year: 2015-16

Sl. Placements during Type of Employment Exchanges Placements up to the year Number the year

1 District Employment Office, 314 711 Salem-8 Mega Job Fair for Edapady for the year 2015 5936 Source: Asst Director, District Employment Ofice, Salem

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21. LEGAL SERVICE

21.1. JUDICIAL DIVISION AND ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Sl.number Name of taluk Name of the civil courts 1 SALEM Principal District and Sessions Court, Salem I, II, IIIAddl. District And Sessions Court, 2 SALEM Salem 3 SALEM Special Court for EC Act cases, Salem 4 SALEM Labour Court, Salem 5 SALEM Family Court, Salem 6 SALEM Mahila Court, Salem 7 SALEM Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Salem 8 SALEM Principal Sub Court,Salem 9 SALEM I Addl. Sub Court, Salem 10 SALEM II Addl. Sub Court, Salem 11 SALEM Principal District Munsif Court, Salem 12 SALEM I Addl. District Munsif Court, Salem 13 SALEM II Addl. District Munsif Court, Salem 14 ATTUR Sub Court, Attur 15 ATTUR District Munsif's Court, Attur 16 SANKAGIRI Sub Court, Sankagiri Fast Track Court at Magisterial level / Judicial 17 ATTUR Magistrate Court I at Attur 18 SANKARI District Munsif's Court, Sankagiri 19 METTUR Sub Court, Mettur 20 METTUR District Munsif's Court, Mettur 21 OMALUR D M-Cum-JM, Omalur

CRIMINAL COURTS IN SALEM DISTRICT Year :2015-16 1 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberI Salem 2 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberII Salem 3 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberIII Salem 4 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberIV Salem 5 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberV Salem 6 SALEM Judicial Magistrate NumberVI Salem 7 ATTUR Judicial Magistrate NumberI Attur 8 ATTUR Judicial Magistrate NumberII Attur

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Fast Track Court at Magisterial level / Judicial 9 ATTUR Magistrate Court I at Attur 10 SANKAGIRI Judicial Magistrate NumberI Sankagiri 11 SANKAGIRI Judicial Magistrate NumberII Sankagiri 12 METTUR Judicial Magistrate NumberI Mettur 13 METTUR Judicial Magistrate NumberII Mettur 14 SALEM Judicial Magistrate Mahila Court 15 SALEM Judicial Magistrate, Mobile Court 16 OMALUR FTC at Magisterial Level, Omalur

NAME OF THE COURTS IN SALEM DISTRICT

Name of the courts Local limits of the police stations

1.Salem Town 2.Steel Plant J.M.NUMBER 1, SALEM 3.Panamarathupatti 4.Railway Protection Force, Salem Junction and Market 1.Kitchipalayam 2.Suramangalam J.M.NUMBER 2, SALEM 3. 4.Pallapatti Special Judicial Magistrate (Railways) Cases arising out of petty offences of Salem. Junction is attached Railway Protection Force, Salem Junction to the court of

Judicial Magistrate NumberII,Salem Railway Police, Salem Junction 1.Hasthampatti J.M.NUMBER 3, SALEM 2.Sevapet 3.Railway Police Salem Junction 1.Annadanapatti 2.Attayampatti J.M.NUMBER 4, SALEM 3.Kannankuruchi 4.Veeranam

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1. Ammapet 2. Fairlands J.M.NUMBER 5, SALEM 3. Yercaud 4. Kondalampatti 1.Mallur 2.Valappady J.M.NUMBER 6, SALEM 3.For the trail of the offences in respect of sandalwood within the local limits of Salem excluding Forest Division of Attur J.M.Mahila Court, SALEM Sessions cases against women (Salem District) J.M. Mobile Court, SALEM Traffic offences araising within salem city. J.M.NUMBER 1, ATTUR J.M.NUMBER 1, METTUR 1. Attur 1. Mettur Dam 2. Yethapur 2. Kolathur 3. Kariakoil 3. Nangavalli 4. J.M.NUMBER 2, ATTUR J.M.NUMBER II, METTUR 1. Thalaivasal 1. Mecheri 2. Malliakkarai 2. Karumalaikoodal 3. Thammampatti 3. Jalakandapuram 4. Karumandurai 5.Gangavalli Fast Track court at Magisterial level/Jusdicial court-I Attur 138 NI Act ()

DISTRICT MUNSIF-CUM-JUDICIAL J.M. NUMBER 1, SANKAGIRI MAGISTRATE,OMALUR 1. Sankari 1. Omalur 2. Thevoor 2. Deevattipatti 3.Poolampatti 3.Tharamangalam 4.Tholasampatti

Fast Track court at Magisterial 138 NI Act (Attur Taluk) level/Jusdicial court-I Attur J.M. NUMBER 2, SANKAGIRI

1. Edapadi 2. Mac. Donald Chouldry

DISTRICT MUNSIF'S COURT, ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

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1 DISTRICT MUNSIF'S SALEM, VALAPPADY, YERCAUD COURT,SALEM 2 DISTRICT MUNSIF'S ATTUR COURT,ATTUR 3 DISTRICT MUNSIF'S SANKAGIRI COURT,SANKAGIRI 4 DISTRICT MUNSIF'S METTUR COURT,METTUR 5 DISTRICT MUNSIF'S CUM JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE'S OMALUR COURT,OMLAUR All cases arising out of petty offences of Hasthampatti shall be dealt with by C.J.M. J.M.Number, Salem

21.2. RESULTS OF ORIGINAL SUITS FOR THE YEAR 2015-16

PENDING INSTITUTION DISPOSAL PENDING SL. NAME OF THE AT THE 01.04.2014- 01.04.2014- AS ON NUMBER COURTS BEGINNING 31.03.15 31.03.15 31.03.2015 31-03-2014

District Courts, Salem (Prl & I to 1 735 534 479 790 III Addl. District Courts) Sub-courts, Salem (Prl & I to IV 2 1436 656 842 1250 Addl. District Courts)

Sub-court, 3 538 223 176 585 Sangakiri

4 Sub-court, Attur 670 230 127 773

5 Sub-Court, Mettur 551 523 242 832 District Munsif Court, Salem (Prl 6 & I to III Addl. 3755 2479 2543 3691 District Munsif‘s Courts) District Munsif 7 2525 371 287 2609 Court, Attur District Munsif 8 1163 289 283 1169 Court, Mettur

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District Munsif 9 1415 1120 1145 1390 Court, Sangakiri

District Munsif 10 Cum –Judicial 229 265 357 2207 Magistrate, Omalur

Total 15087 6690 6481 15296 Source: Principal District Judge, Salem380

21.3. NATURE OF FREE LEGAL AVAILABLE AND NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES AND NUMBER OF CASES DISPOSED OF IN LOK ADALATH DURING THE YEAR PERIOD FROM 01.04.2014 TO 31.03.2015 SALEM DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICE AUTHORITY, SALEM

Numberof Number of cases disposed of Nature of free legal available beneficiaries- 275 In lok adalath

Legal 641 1246

Source: Principal District Judge, Salem

21.4. NUMBER OF ADVOCATES PRACTISING IN COURTS Year : 2015-16

Number of advocates Sl.number Place practising 1 SALEM 2700 2 ATTUR 300 3 SANKARI 200 4 METTUR 240 5 OMALUR 200 TOTAL 3640

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22. LIBRARIES

22.1. LIST OF HEAD AND BRANCH LIBRARIES IN THE SALEM DISTRICT ALL DETAILS OF MEMBERS, BOOKS AND READERS

District: Salem YEAR:2015-16 Number of Name of the Number of S.No Numbers books Branch library readers available District Central 1 1 166352 92824 Library 2 Branch Library 57 1777690 1594121

3 Village Library 72 652119 925250

4 Part Time Library 35 194787 8455

5 Mobile Library 1 8743 8455 Children & Women's 6 0 0 0 Library Section Source: District Library Officer, Salem

22.2. NUMBER OF LIBRARIES HOUSES IN GOVT. BUILDING / RENTAL BUILDING Year: 2015-16 Libraries in Libraries in Rent Government Libraries in Rental Category Free Building Building Building (in Nos.) ( in Nos.) (in Nos.) District central 1 - - Library-1

Branch Library- 65 44 10 11

Village Library-75 6 3 66

Part Time Library-33 - - 33

Total-165 51 13 110

Source: District Library Officer,Salem

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22.3. NUMBER OF READING ROOMS [Part Time Libreries] Year: 2015-16 Number of S.No. Name of the Block Name and Place of Library Reading Room

Seeliampatti 1 Unathur 1 Narasingapurm (Ammapalayam) 1 Narasingapurm (Thillai 1 Attur Nagar) 1 Gangavalli Krishnapuram 1 2 Gangavalli Naduvalur Samathuvapuram 1 Thavapatti 1 A.Karadipatty 1 Kalleripatti 1 Yethapur 1 3 Pedanaickenpalayam Karumanthurai 1 Kullappanaickanoor 1 4 Panamarathupatti Kondalampatti (Neikkarpatti) 1 Singipuram 1 Belur (Villvanur) 1 5 Valappadi Thikkiyampalayam 1 Amman Kovil 1 Koneripatty 1 Pudhur 1 6 Edappadi R.Chettipatty 1 A.Pudhur 1 7 Magudanchavadi Naduvaneri 1 Vinobaji Nagar 1 1 Vatrampalayam 1 8 Sangakiri Katheri 1 Kolathur(Chettiyur) 1 9 Kolathur Mettur 1 Souriyur(Adivaipatti) 1 11 Nangavalli Veerakkalpudhur 1 11 Mecheri Mecheri(Konur) 1 12 Omalur Kongupatty(Thottampatty) 1 13 Tharamangalam Pappampadi 1 Attayampatty 1 Ettimanickampatty 1 Nainampatty 1 Sengodampalayam 1 Chinna Seeragapadi 1 14 Veerapandy Vembadithalam 1 Total 39 District Statistical Handbook 2015-16 Page 129

23. MINING AND QUARRYING

23.1. NUMBER OF MINING AND QUARRYING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2015-16

Name of the Number of Number of Sl.No. Total Taluk Mining Quarry 1. 2. 3. 4 5 1. Salem 4 34 38 2 Salem South - 2 2 3 Salem West 5 1 6 4 Valappady - 11 11 5 Yercaud 1 4 5 6 Attur 2 10 12 7 Gangavalli - 6 6 8 Omalur 7 34 41 9 Mettur 13 27 40 10 Sankari 57 40 97 11 Edapady 7 9 16 Total 96 178 274 Source: Asst Director of Geology and Mining, Salem.

23.2. CLASSIFICATION-WISE PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR 2015-16

Name of the Minerals Production (in tonnes) Sl.Number Major Minerals Quantity Value in Rs.

1 2 3 4 1 Limestone 347461 31554589 2 Quartz - - 3 Feldspar 47034 3568806 4 Magnesite 161808 18859679 5 Bauxite 86800 9338157 6 Soapstone 540 55105 7 Dunite 59200 2890311 Minor Minerals 1 Rough Stone (Unit) 665761 29959270 2 Soil/gravel (Unit) 194634 4865850 3 Granite - Black (CBM) 1297.665 4954981 4 Colour Granite (CBM) 10784.401 23838749 Source: Asst Director of Geology and Mining, Salem.

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24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR

24.1. NUMBER OF FOOD AND ALLIED MANUFACTURING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT (Rs. In lakhs) Year: 2015-16 Industry Name of the Description of the All Value of Value Group District/Block industry employees output Rs. In added lakhs 1 2 3 4 5 6 20-21 Salem Food Product 2179 27967.75 - Beverage tobacco 22 Salem - - - product Source: General Manager, D.I.C., Salem

24.2. NUMBER OF NON-FOOD MANUFACTURING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2015-16 Industry Name of the Description of the All Value of Value Group District/ Industry Employees output Rs. added Block In lakhs 1 2 3 4 5 6 23 Cotton textiles 6878 91176.90 NA 24 Wool/Silk - - NA 26 Hosiery / Garments 2661 37184.99 NA 27 Wood products 456 6435.60 NA 28 Printing / Paper 98 1001.16 NA 29 Leather product - - NA 30 Rubber product - - NA 31 Chemical products 179 11896.30 NA 32 Non-Metal Mineral 744 7092.03 NA 33 Basic Metal Products 353 5569.00 NA 34 Salem Metal products & parts 1171 21505.75 NA 35 General Engineering 985 21460.95 NA works 36 Mfg. of - - NA Batteries/plates/UPS 38 Other 397 10288.44 NA 82 DTP works & Internet 876 16924.56 NA Browsing 96 Beauty Parlour 56 - NA

99 Processing of colour - - NA B&W negatives Source: General Manager, D.I.C., Salem.

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25. MEDICAL SERVICES

25.1. NUMBER OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN THE DISTRICT WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2015-16 Students Sl.Number Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Govt. Mohan 1 Kumaramangalam Medical 187 447 627 337 College Vinayaka Mission Medical 2 393 318 711 318 College

3 Annapoorna Medical College

Vinayaka Mission College of 4 200 430 630 60 Homeopathy Vinayaka Mission 5 202 357 559 80 Dental College Vinayaka Mission‘s 6 Annapoorna College of 92 21 313 35 Nursing, Salem Source: Concerned Institution.

25.2. NUMBER OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2015-16 Students Sl. Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers Number 1 2 3 4 5 6

Vinayaka Mission College of 1 473 288 761 38 Pharmacy

Source: Concerned Institution.

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25.3. NUMBER OF MEDICAL STORES IN THE DISTRICT (CATEGORY-WISE)

Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Item Number of Medical Stores

1 2 3

Indian Medicine N.A 1

English Medicine 1688 2

Source: Asst Director of Drug Controls, Salem Region, Salem

25.4. VETERINARY COLLEGES WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2015-16 Students Name of the Sl.Number Boys Girls Total Teachers Institution (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

-NIL-

Source: Concerned Department.

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26. MOTOR VEHICLES

26.1. NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES (CATEGORY-WISE) REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR

Year: 2015-16 Commercial Stage Carriage Auto Rickshaw Ordinary Taxi Public Private End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

80 607 171 516 3494 10470 716 1534

Table 26.1 Contd.

Commercial Motor Cab Maxicab Omni Buses Private Station Vehicle and others End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the the year year the year year the year year End of the Upto the year year 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 921 2281 813 2296 36 125 74 181

Table 26.1 Contd.

Commercial Light Commercial School Bus Ambulance Fire Fighter Vehicle End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1262 2796 88 155 2 889 4060 12339

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Table 26.1 Contd. Commercial Lorry Articulated Vehicle State Permit National Permit State Permit National Permit End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of the Upto the the year year the year year the year year year year

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 7619 19009 3872 7313 1197 2764 335 937

Table 26.1 Contd.

Commercial Non-Commercial Vehicles Tractor / Trailor Total Motor Cycle Scooter End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of the Upto the the year year the year year the year year year year 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 910 8851 17506 64919 216036 778165 26147 144643

Table 26.1 Contd

Non-Commercial Vehicles Moped Tri-Cycle Auto Motor Car Jeep End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of the Upto the the year year the year year the year year year year (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) 112728 275368 2 2 21677 129061 62 260

Table 26.1 Contd. Non-Commercial Vehicles Station Wagon Tractor Three Wheeler Four Wheeler End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 0 0 14091 22373 1456 6024 415 3335

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Table 26.1 Contd. Non-Commercial Vehicles Road Rollers Others Total Grand Total End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the End of Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 0 0 2971 3715 287034 1254395 307758 1322532 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

26.2. NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES (CATEGORY WISE) AVAILABLE FOR HIRE PURPOSE DURING & UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number Category End of the year

1 2 3 1 Motor cycle 13048 2. Scooter 7600 3. Moped - 4. Motor Car 645 5. Stage Carriage 85 6. Goods Carriage 1665 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

26.3. NUMBEROF PERSONS ISSUED WITH DRIVING LICENCE Year: 2015-16

S. No Category Number of Driving Licenses issued

1 2 3 1 Motor cycle, Scooter & Moped 22412 2 Motorcar 11272 3 Stage Carriage & Goods Carriage 5311 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

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27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1. NUMBER OF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT WITH PRODUCTION AREA

Year: 2015-16 Sl. Name and Place of Solar Install Capacity Generation Number energy system exist (in Mega Watts) (in Mega Watts) 1 2 3 4

Nil

Source: Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

27.2. NUMBER OF WIND MILLS, GENERATING UNITS WITH PRODUCTION DATA

Year: 2015-16 Name and Place of Wind Install Capacity Generation Sl.Number Mills Generation exist (in Mega Units) (in Mega Units) 1 2 3 4

NIL

Source: Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

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28. POLICE AND PRISONS 28.1. POLICE FORCE

Year: 2015-16 Actual Strength

Name of the Police Spl. Armed S.No Local Total Stations Stations Units Reserve Strength Strength 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Rural 30 09 1049 314 1363 2 Urban 18 13 1022 328 1363 3 Total 48 22 2086 640 2726

Source: Commissioner of Police, Salem City.and Superintendent of Police, Salem

28.2. COGNIZABLE OFFENCES UNDER INDIAN PENAL CODE (Including Attempts) Year: 2015-16 Sl. Item Number of cases Reported Number Urban Rural Total (upto 31.7.15) 1. Murder 53 42 95 Culpable Homicide 2. 1 02 3 Note amounting to M MU Murder 3. Rape 7 05 12 4. Kidnapping and Abduction 25 54 79 5. Murder for Gain - 02 02 6. Dacoity 2 02 4 7. Robbery 110 25 135 8. Burglary 126 70 196 9. Thefts 418 135 553 10. Riots 74 92 166 11. Criminal Breach of Trust 11 01 12 12. Cheating 69 60 129 13. Counterfeiting 0 0 0 14 Miscellaneous 6345 4069 10414 Total Cognizable Crime Under 7241 4559 11800 Source: CommissionerI.P.C. of Police, Salem City.and Superintendent of Police, Salem

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28.3. PRISONS AND CONVICTS

Year: 2015-16 S. No. Classification of Prisons Number

1 2 3 1. Central Prisons 1 2. State Prison for Women 0 3. Sub-Jails 9 4. Special Sub Jails 1 5. District Jail (Athur) 1 6. Fifth Garden (Salem) 1 7. Bosta School 2

CLASSIFICATION OF CONVICTS Year: 2015-16

Sl. No Length of Sentences Male Female Total

1 2 3 4 5

1. Below One Year 150 - 150 Above One Year and not exceeding 2. 13 - 13 2 Years Above Two Years and not 3. 12 - 12 exceeding 5 Years

Exceeding 5 Years and not 4. exceeding 10 Years 10 - 10

5. Exceeding Ten Years - - - 6. Life Sentence 20 - 20 7. Sentence to death - - - Total 205 - 205 Source: Superintendant, Central Prison, Salem.

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28.4. NUMBER OF CASES REGISTERED UNDER P.C.R./ SC & ST ACT

Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name of the Stations Number of Cases Registered under P.C.R./ SC & ST Act (upto 31.07.15) 1 2 3 1 Salem District 14 Source: Inspector of Police, Social Justice, Salem District.

28.5. NUMBEROF CASES REGISTERED AGAINST WOMEN HARASMENT AND DOWRY Year: 2015-16 Sl. Number of cases registered against Name of the Station Number women harassment and dowry 1 2 3

1 Salem City and Rural 136 Source: Commissioner of Police, Salem City.and Superintendent of Police, Salem.

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29. PUBLIC HEALTH 29.1. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL

Year: 2015-16 Sl. No Items Numbers

1 2 3 1. Hospitals 414 2. Dispensaries 1 3. Sanitary 0 4. Nursing Home 140 5. Maternity & Child Welfare Clinic 3 6. Allopathy 248 7. Ayurvedic 8. Unani 17 9. Homeopathy Source: DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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29.2. NUMBER OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES WITH SUB-CENTRES

Year: 2015-16 Sl. Name of the Block / Number of Primary Number of Sub-Centres Number Municipality Health Centres 1 2 3 4 1 Salem 2 11 2 Veerapandy 6 24 3 Panamarathupatty 3 19 4 Ayothiyapattinam 6 24 5 Valapady 5 20 6 Yercaud 6 25 7 Attur 5 24 8 Pethanaickenpalayam 5 22 9 Gangavalli 3 16 10 Thalaivasal 3 20 11 Omalur 4 22 12 Kadayampatty 6 31

13 Tharamangalam 3 12 14 Mecheri 4 18 15 Nangavalli 5 23 16 Kolathur 4 17 17 Sankari 6 26 18 Magudanchavadi 4 14 19 Idapady 3 14 20 Konganapuram 2 13 Rural Total 85 395 21 Salem Corporation 16 - 22 Athur Municipality 1 - 23 Mettur Municipality 1 - 24 Edappadi Municipality 1 - 25 Narasingapuram Municipality 1 3 Urban Total 20 3 District Total 105 398 Source: Deputy Director of Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION 30.1. NUMBEROF NEWS PAPERS, WEEKLY MAGAZINES, MONTHLY MAGAZINES ETC., PUBLISHED Year: 2015-16

S. No Name of the News Paper Language of Type of Periodicals Publication

1 2 3 4 1 English Daily 2 The Indian express English Daily 3 Deccan chronicle English Daily 4 Times of india English Daily 5 Daily thanthi Tamil Daily 6 Dinakaran Tamil Daily 7 Dinamalar Tamil Daily 8 Dinamani Tamil Daily 9 Kalaikathir Tamil Daily 10 Trinity Mirror English Daily 11 Hindu tamil Tamil Daily 12 Dinabhoomi Tamil Daily 13 Makkal kural Tamil Daily

14 Dinasooriyan Tamil Daily

15 Janasakthi Tamil Daily 16 Theekathir Tamil Daily 17 Dr.namathu M.G.R Tamil Daily 18 Murasoli Tamil Daily 19 Malaimalar Tamil Daily 20 Malaimurasu Tamil Daily 21 Tamilmurasu Tamil Daily 22 Kovai Malaimurasu Tamil Daily Source: Public Relation Officer, Salem 30.2. NUMBER OF PUBLISHERS IN THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN NEWS PAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Sl. Name of the Block / Number of Name of the Publisher Number Municipality Publishers

1 2 3 4 Nil

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30.3. NUMBER OF PRINTING PRESSES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2015-16

Type of the Press Name of the Block / Number of the S No (Letter Press/Off set/Litho/ Municipality Printing Press Colour Graphics) Letter press Offset 1 Salem 25 4 21 2 Veerapandy 9 2 7 3 Panamarathupatty 3 1 2 4 Ayothiyapattinam 6 6 - 5 Valapady 4 4 - 6 Yercaud 3 2 1 7 Attur 15 5 10 8 Pethanaickenpalayam 12 12 - 9 Gangavalli 2 - 2 10 Thalaivasal 6 - 6 11 Omalur 13 12 1 12 Kadayampatty 2 - 2 13 Tharamangalam 5 1 4 14 Mecheri 3 3 - 15 Nangavalli 12 - 12 16 Kolathur 5 1 4 17 Sankari 11 4 7 18 Magudanchavadi 3 2 1 19 Idapady 15 8 7 20 Konganapuram 4 - 4 21 Salem Corporation 242 205 37 22 Attur Municipality 12 8 4 23 Mettur Municipality 5 3 2 24 Idapaddy Municipality 7 5 2 Source: District Industrial Centres

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31. PRICE - INDICES 31.1. INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES OF TAMIL NADU (Base YEAR: 1970-71=100) Year: 2015-16 Fuel Non Manu Food Power and All Period Primary Food Minerals factured Articles Light Commodities Articles Articles Products

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Apr‘15 2963.28 3703.27 1802.29 1615.85 2844.04 2225.3 2632.73

May‘15 2984.78 3734.22 1809.12 1616.65 2850.46 2241.27 2651.29

Jun‘15 3007.31 3762.57 1824.08 1590.63 2850.53 2254.76 2669.08

Jul‘15 3035.88 3805.04 1832.08 1564.62 2850.53 2266.98 2689.5

Aug‘15 3061.18 3842.49 1838.44 1564.62 2854.33 2269.64 2704.13

Sep‘15 3084.37 3881.57 1836.44 1564.62 2889.64 2273.04 2718.99

Oct‘15 3107.22 3906.59 1856.69 1564.62 2890.98 2276.62 2732.64

Nov‘15 3202.93 4054.59 1870.38 1564.62 2907.87 2288.22 2788.72

Dec‘15 3250.8 4131.95 1871.19 1577.67 2912.41 2294.78 2816.97

Jan‘16 3266.82 4130.50 1916.62 1577.67 2823.53

Feb‘16 3218.06 4044.34 1927.35 1577.67 2795.80

Mar‘16 3240.13 4083.06 1922.95 1577.67 2809.12

Average 3118.56 3923.35 1858.97 1579.74 2736.04

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

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31.2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (BASE YEAR: 2001=100)

Year: 2015-16

Period Salem

Apr‘15 244 May‘15 248 Jun‘15 252 Jul‘15 253 Aug‘15 257 Sep‘15 258 Oct‘15 263 Nov‘15 270 Dec‘15 271 Jan‘16

Feb‘16

Mar‘16

AVERAGE Source: Director of Labour Bureau, Shimla

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31.3. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2015-16 (NUMBERS FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED) BASE YEAR: 2010=100

PERIOD RURAL URBAN COMBINED Apr‘15 132.2 132.4 132.3 May‘15 134.0 134.0 134.0 Jun‘15 136.0 136.0 136.0 Jul‘15 137.0 136.0 137.0 Aug‘15 138.0 137.0 137.0 Sep‘15 139.0 137.0 138.0 Oct‘15 141.0 138.0 139.0 Nov‘15 141.0 139.0 140.0 Dec‘15 141.0 139.0 139.0 Jan‘16 139.0 138.0 139.0 Feb‘16 140.0 139.0 139.0 Mar‘16 140.0 139.0 140.0 Average 138.2 137.0 137.5 Source: Central Statistical Organisation, New Delhi

31.4. ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS 2015-16 BASE YEAR: 2001=100

PERIOD INDEX

Apr‘15 256

May‘15 258

Jun‘15 261

Jul‘15 263

Aug‘15 264

Sep‘15 266

Oct‘15 269

Nov‘15 270

Dec‘15 269

Jan‘16 269

Feb‘16 267

Mar‘16 268

AVERAGE 265 Source: Director of Labour Bureau, Simla

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31.5. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU 2015-16 (BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100) Year: 2015-16 Fuel Power Composite Period Food and Clothing Others Index Lighting 1 2 3 4 5 6 Apr‘15 3777.00 2828.00 2115.00 4044.00 3646.55 May‘15 3789.00 2858.00 2116.00 4077.00 3660.85 Jun‘15 3817.00 2879.00 2122.00 4108.00 3687.44 Jul‘15 3832.00 2940.00 2123.00 4130.00 3705.29 Aug‘15 3853.00 2997.00 2148.00 4199.00 3732.77 Sep‘15 3887.00 3053.00 2169.00 4283.00 3771.56 Oct‘15 3930.00 3066.00 2176.00 4345.00 3812.18 Nov‘15 3984.00 3070.00 2187.00 4383.00 3859.28 Dec‘15 4025.00 3128.00 2199.00 4430.00 3900.32 Jan‘16 4032.00 3135.00 2205.00 4469.00 3909.86 Feb‘16 3997.00 3160.00 2215.00 4518.00 3888.04 Mar‘16 3978.00 3148.00 2229.00 4561.00 3878.66 Average 3908.42 3024.83 2167.00 4295.58 3787.73 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

31.6. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN URBAN TAMIL NADU 2015-16 (BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100) Year: 2015-16 Fuel Power Clothing and Miscellaneous Composite Period Food and Footwear items Index Lighting 1 2 3 4 5 6 Apr‘15 3397.00 3062.00 2737.00 3278.00 3317.51 May‘15 3419.00 3081.00 2741.00 3284.00 3335.54 Jun‘15 3468.00 3083.00 2745.00 3301.00 3373.31 Jul‘15 3480.00 3097.00 2749.00 3304.00 3383.44 Aug‘15 3549.00 3109.00 2747.00 3308.00 3433.37 Sep‘15 3520.00 3114.00 2747.00 3309.00 3413.50 Oct‘15 3582.00 3126.00 2752.00 3319.00 3459.92 Nov‘15 3702.00 3112.00 2753.00 3329.00 3545.13 Dec‘15 3728.00 3118.00 2754.00 3353.00 3568.05 Jan‘16 3733.00 3109.00 2761.00 3383.00 3576.55 Feb‘16 3648.00 3109.00 2763.00 3401.00 3520.03 Mar‘16 3649.00 3122.00 2766.00 3402.00 3507.90 Average 3571.25 3103.50 2751.25 3330.92 3452.85 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.

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32. QUALITY CONTROL 32.1. LIST OF INDUSTRIAL/ESTABLISHMENT UNITS HAVING QUALITY CONTROL FACILITIES AND THE PRODUCTS SUBJECTED TO QUALITY CONTROL Year: 2015-16

List of Establishment Units Products subjected to Quality Sl. No Industries having, Quality Control Control Facilities 1 2 3 4 -Nil-

Source: General Manager, DIC, Salem

33. REGISTRATION 33.1. NUMBER OF REGISTRATION OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Name of the Office Number of Registration 1 2 3 1 District Registrar Office, Salem 5500 2 SRO Dhadagapatti 7842 3 Salem (Corporation Limit) (Included in the Salem) 4 SRO Veerapandy 4611 5 SRO Ayothiyapattinam 4614 6 SRO Valapady 5145 7 SRO Yercaud 1256 8 SRO Attur 6151 9 SRO Pethanaickenpalayam 5199 10 SRO Gangavalli 3105 11 SRO Thammampatti 2734 12 SRO Thalaivasal 3271 13 SRO Omalur 9778 14 SRO Kadayampatty 3869 15 SRO Tharamangalam 8033 16 SRO Mecheri 6709 17 SRO Nangavalli 383 18 SRO Jalagandapuram 4700 19 SRO Mettur 3056 20 SRO Kolathur 2459 21 SRO Sankari 5726 22 SRO Magudanchavadi 8902 23 ISRO Idapady 6012 24 SRO Konganapuram 512 Source: District Registration Officers, Salem East and Salem West Divisions.

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33.2. REGISTRATION AND AGGREGATE VALUE OF PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED DURING THE YEAR (Rs.in crores) Year: 2015-16 Number of Registration Aggregate Value of Properties Transferred Total Receipts (Moveable and (Rs in crores) (Rs. In Lakhs) Immoveable) (Moveable and Immoveable ) 1 2 3 111250 5317.66 217.29 Source: District Registration Officers, Salem East and Salem West Divisions

34. REPAIR AND SERVICE

34.1. AUTHORISED AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND SERVICE STATIONS Year: 2015-16 Authorised Automobiles Name of the Block / Municipalities Repair and Service (in No's.)

1 2 Salem 12 Veerapandy 2 Panamarathupatty 1 Ayothiyapattinam 6 Valapady 3 Yercaud 5 Attur 14 Pethanaickenpalayam 2 Gangavalli 6 Thalaivasal 3 Omalur 2 Kadayampatty 3 Tharamangalam 4 Mecheri 3 Nangavalli 3 Kolathur 5 Sankari 56 Magudanchavadi 3 Idappady 5 Konganapuram 23 Salem Corporation 54 Mettur Municipality 4 Idappady Municipality 2

Attur Municipality 12

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34.2. AUTHORISED ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC GOODS REPAIR AND SERVICE UNITS Year: 2015-16 Name of the Block / Municipalities Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Service Units (in No's) 1 2 Salem 32 Veerapandy 15 Panamarathupatty 1 Ayothiyapattinam 2 Valapady - Yercaud 2 Attur 3 Pethanaickenpalayam -- Gangavalli 2 Thalaivasal - Omalur 5 Kadayampatty -- Tharamangalam 12 Mecheri 4 Nangavalli 3 Kolathur 6 Sankari 8 Magudanchavadi 5 Idapady 3 Konganapuram 8 Salem Corporation 62 Attur Municipality 9

Mettur Municipality 5 Idapady Municipality 2

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35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 35.1. RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Items Place 1 2 3 1. Restaurants 415 2. Cafes 752 Other Eating and Drinking 3. 2928 Centres Source: Concerned Office.

35.2. DETAILS OF HOTELS Year: 2015-16 Sl. Place Name of the Hotels with Name of the Hotels Number Lodging Facilities without Lodging Facilities 1 2 3 4 National Hotel Annapoorna Salem Castle Srilakshmi Windsor Castle Lakshmi L.R.N Excellency Chandra Café Chenney‘s Gateway Sarathy Maruthy Hotel Vysya Modern Vasantha Vihar Malabar Hotel Hema International Ashok Salem T.T.D.C K.V.Restaurent A.K.Lodging Mangala Vilas Dwarka Hotel Sivasakthi Selvam Hotel Rukmani Surya International Sai Vihar Vasantham Hotel Sakthi Ganesh Mahal Aryas Hotel R.K. Saravana Saravana Classic Raja Ganapathy Arul Hotel Shanmuga Priya Venkateshwara Hotel

Bombay Briyani Parasakthi Indhra Café Sri Leka Salem Café Source: Concerned Office.

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36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES

36.1. LIST OF CINEMA THEATRES AND THEIR CAPACITIES 2015-16 Sl. Name of the corpn./ Sl.number Name of the theatres Capacity No municipality/block 1. AD LABS KAILASH A.C 985 2. AD LABS PRAKASH A.C 947 3. SRI RAJESWARI 848 4. AD LABS KEERTHANA 904 5. AD LABS RAMANA 714 6. ALANGAR 1144 7. GEETHALAYA A.C 1158 8. ORIENTAL SAKTHI 573 9. SANGEETH A.C 890 10. SUPRAGEETH A.C 353 11. RAJ SABARI 843 1. SALEM CORPORATION AD LABS K.S.THEATRE 12. 769 A.C 13. SARADAS 920 14. GOWRI A.C 788 15. JAYARAM 873 16. SARASWATHY 819 17. A.R.R S.MULTIPLEX –1 652 18. A.R.R.S MULTIPLEX –2 395 19. A.R.R S MULTIPLEX –3 395 20. A.R.R S MULTIPLEX –4 784 21. A.R.R S MULTIPLEX –5 784 22. JEYA 832

23. SREEMAN 920

24. PACHIAMMAN 654

25. N.S. THEATRE 854 26. KESAVAN 852 2 ATTUR MUNICIPALITY 27. VISWANATH 810 28. PADMALAYA 571 29. PRIYALAYA 412 30. KARPAGAM 601 3. METTUR MUNICIPALITY 31. LAKSHMI 586 32. KALAI YARANGAM 659 EDAPADY 4 33. DEVI MUNICIPALITY 34. SRIKUMARAN CHANDRA, 5 VEERAPANDI 35. 427 ATTAIYAMPATTY District Statistical Handbook 2015-16 Page 153

36.1. LIST OF CINEMA THEATRES AND THEIR CAPACITIES 2015-16 Sl. Name of the corpn./ Sl.number Name of the theatres Capacity No municipality/block 36. K.V.P.,ELAMPILLAI 661 37. KANDAN, ELAMPILLAI 504 38. SARASWATHY 319 6 PANAMARATHUPATTY 39. DIVYA, KONDALAMPATTY 596 7 VALAPADY 40. MAHESWARI 409 GOWRI, 41. 620 THAMMAMPATTY 8 GANGAVALLI 42. 761 THAMMAMPATTY RUKMANI, 43. 296 9 THALAIVASAL VEERAGANOOR 44. DHANALAKSHMI 120 45. BRINDAVANAM 505 10 OMALUR 46. THANGAM 267 AMMAN, 12 THARAMANGALAM 47. 305 ALAGUSAMUDRAM 48. K.S. 257 13 MECHERY 49. LAVANYA 254 SOWDAMBIKAI, 50. 367 JALAKANDAPURAM VELUMANI, 51. 497 JALAKANDAPURAM 14 NANGAVALLI ABIRAMI, 52. 713 JALAKANDAPURAM BALASUBRAMANIYA 53. 410 NANGAVALLI 54. MURUGAN 438 15 KOLATHUR 55. GOWRI 553 56. MURUGAN 389 16 SANKARI 57. KANDAN 321 58. SARAVANA 378 17 NATARAJA MAGUDANCHAVADI 59. - EDANGANASALAI Source: Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Salem

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36.2. LIST OF CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number Place Name of the Club and Association 1 2 3 District Club, Salem 11 Salem Club, Salem Cosmopolitan Club, Salem City Club, Fairland‘s Youth Club Crescent Club

Penguin Club 1 Salem Rotary

Literary Association Revenue Club Rotary Club Lions Club Jaycees Club Windsor Club

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36.3. SALEM FILM DISTRIBUTORS COUNCIL Year: 2015-16

R.MURUGESAN FILM 1 21 G.G.COMBINES DISTRIBUTOR

2 NEW FRIENDS FILM 22 M.M.PICTURES

3 SRI GANESH FILMS 23 SRI DEVIPRIYA FILMS CIRCUITS 4 MAHA SRI BALAJI FILMS 24 STUDIO GREEN

5 DEEPA ENTERPRISES 25 M.SUBRAMANIAM FILMS

6 PRIYADHARSHINI FILMS 26 DEVI SRI MOOKAMBIKA PICTURES 7 KANAGADARA PICTURES 27 A.V.M.LTD.

8 ANJANA CIRCUIT 28 MURUGALAYA FILMS

9 KARIKALAN PICTURES 29 SIVASAKTHI FILMS

10 SRI SARAVANA PICTURES 30 S.MAHALAKSHMI FILM DISTRIBUTOR 11 OM MURUGA MOVIES 31 S.J.SHAJAGHAN FILM DISTRIBUTOR 12 BARATHIRAJA FILMS 32 SRI RAJGANESH FILMS

13 SRI COMBINES 33 SRI MOVIES

14 OM PACHAIAMMAN 34 M.S.PALANISAMY FILM PICTURES DISTRIBUTOR 15 K.M.PICTURES 35 T.S.KRISHNAN FILM DISTRIBUTOR 16 R.MAHALINGAM FILM 36 MAHALAKSHMI DISTRIBUTOR INTERNATIONAL 17 JOTHIMURUGAN PICTURES 37 KARPAGA VINAYAGAR FILMS

18 SRI LAKSHMI ENTERPRISES 38 BALAJI ENTERPRISES

19 VIJALAKSHMI FILMS 39 RAJAMANI ENTERPRISES

20 M.L.S.PICTURES 40 DHARANI FILMS

41 SRI NAVASAKTHIAMMAN 63 SRI IYYAPPAN FILMS FILM 42 SAPTHAGIRI MOVIES 64 RAMKUMAR PICTURES

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43 SRI KANJANA PICTURES 65 SRI LAKSHMI SARASWATHY FILMS 44 SRI PONKALIAMMAN ARTS 66 SUNDHARESHWARA FILMS

45 RATHNA PICTURS 67 SRI RAJESHWARI PICTURES

46 7G FILMS 68 SRI GANAPATHY VELA FILMS

47 SRI BALASUBRAMANIA 69 SRI KATHAIAMMAN FILMS MOVIES 48 SRI OM MURUGA MOVIES 70 NEW TULSHI FILMS

49 SRI VASAVI ENTERPRISES 71 MANIRAJA PICTURES

50 SRI UMAIYAL FILMS 72 M.SELVARAJ FILM DISTRIBUTOR 51 K.G.R. FILMS 73 THAI MOVIES

52 L.PANNEERSELVAM FILM 74 J.S.K.FILMS DISTRIBUTOR 53 OM VINAYAGA FILMS 75 DHANDAYUTHAPANI FILMS

54 G.RAGUNATHAN FILMS 76 A.G.A.FILMS

55 SRI GIRIMURUGAN FILMS 77 SALEM RAMANATHAN PICTURES 56 SRI B.A.K.COMBINES 78 VINAYAGA MOVIES

57 PRASANNA ENTERPRISES 79 THE APARNA FILMS

58 JAYA FILMS 80 ANUPRIYA FILMS

59 SRI ELUMALAIYAN 81 SUSHMITHA FILMS ENTERPRISES 60 KUMARAGIRI MURUGAN 82 SREE GUGANENTERPRISES FILMS 61 SRI JAYAM FILMS 83 K.B.COMBINES

62 LION MOVIES 84 UMA MAHESHWARI PICTURES

85 SRI DURGAI AMMAN 107 SRI NATARAJA FILMS PICTURES 86 SRI GURU FILMS 108 SALEM SRI SARASWATHI FILMS

87 JAI RANGA MOVIES 109 SABARI MOVIES

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88 SALEM SARAVANA FILMS 110 METRO FILM CORPN.

89 SRI ANGALAMMAN FILMS 111 B.HARISKUMAR FILM DISTRIBUTOR 90 KAMADENU MOVIES 112 SRI BHUWANESHWARI ENTERPRISES 91 KEERTHI ENTERPRISES 113 FIVE STAR CINI COMBINES

92 RENUGAMPAL FILMS 114 GANGAI FILMS

93 DREAM WORLD PICTURES 115 NEDUNKARAI AMMAN ENTERPRISES 94 SRI LAKSHMIDEVI FILMS 116 G.R.U.FILM NET.

95 PACHIAMMAN FILMS 117 ILIYAS PICTURES

96 PICTURE HOUSE MEDIA LTD 118 M.PONMUDI FILMS

97 JANA FILMS 119 SRI ANGALAMMAN COMBINES

98 MAKESHWARA PICTURES 120 VIJAY FILMS

99 ANNAI SRI MOOKAMPIGAI 121 MUTHU MOVIES MOVIES 100 LAKSHMI MOVIES 122 R.KARTHIGEYAN FILM DISTRIBUTORS 101 WELCOME PICTURES 123 R.KANAGARAJ FILM DISTRIBUTORS 102 VAIGAI FILMS 124 SRI VELMURUGAN ENTERPRISES 103 JEEVA ENTERPRISES 125 SWAMI PICTURES

104 SRI BAGAVATHI FILMS 126 RAJAMURUGAN FILMS

105 REVATHI CINI COMBINES 127 L.PALANIVEL ENTERPRISES

106 KUMUTHA PICTURES 128 J.MURUGESAN FILM DISTRIBUTOR 129 SALEM JAI SHANTHI FILMS 151 INDU FILMS

130 RESHI MOVIES 152 SALEM SATHYA FILMS

131 V.V.A.PICTURES 153 DHARANI MOVIES

132 PATHMINI MOVIES 154 HANSA PICTURES

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133 K.MURUGAN FILM 155 SRI ANDAL FILMS DISTRIBUTOR 134 G.MATHIVANAN FILM 156 V.S.B.FILMS DISTRIBUTOR 135 REGA MOVIES 157 B.MADESHWARAN FILM DISTRIBUTOR 136 SRI LAKSHMI FILMS 158 MADESH FILM DISTRIBUTER

137 SIVASAKTHI PICTURES 159 MEKALA PICTURES

138 K.A.FILMS 160 SRI SOORYA MOVIES

139 VARALAKSHMI PICTURES 161 SATHYA MOVIES

140 MOHAN ENTERPRISES 162 SWARGACHITHRA

141 MANIKANDAN COMBINES 163 MEDIA DREAMS LTD.

142 SENTHILKUMAR PICTURES 164 ABIRAMI THEATRES PVT LTD

143 SABENA PICTURES 165 OSCAR FILMS

144 N.P.JAYARAMAN FILM 166 SRI DENANDAL FILMS DISTRIBUTOR 145 RAHINI MOVIES 167 V.K.COMBAINES

146 SRI SAKTHI MARIAMMAN 168 MANIMEKALA FILMS FILMS 147 VICTORY MOVIES 169 S.R.M .PICTURES

148 PRIMIER FILMS 170 SATHYANARAYANA FILMS

149 H.PEROSHGAN FILM 171 SRI VENKATESHWARA DISTRIBUTOR PICTURES 150 THILAGAVATHI FILMS 172 ABIRAMI CINI ARTS

173 SREE PERIYA NAIYAGI 190 ARRS FILMS AMMAN 174 SRIFILMS CHELLANDIAMMAN 191 DROWPATHIAMMAN PICTURES FILMS 175 M.SENBHAGAMOORTHI 192 KASTHURI FILM FILMS DISTRIBUTER 176 SUGANTHI FILMS 193 PYRAMID MEERA THEATRE PVT TD 177 ELLORA RELEASES 194 SREE AHDILAKHSMI PICTURES

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178 R.K.COMPAINES 195 G.R.GOLD FILMS

179 VISWAS FILMS (P)LTD 196 BARATHAN FILMS

180 VISSAS MEDIA 197 MIDVALLEY ENTERTAINMENT LTD 181 THAILA MOVIES 198 KAVIN MOVIES

182 VIMAL MOVIES 199 FIVE STAR TRADING

183 RELIANCE BIG PICTURES 200 D.PICTURES

184 MURUGAN FILIMS 201 SUN PICTURES

185 KAN ‗S MEDIA 202 V.C PICTURES COMMUNICATIONS 186 SUPPLEMENT INDIA 203 K.S PICTURES

187 D.C.R PICTURES 204 POORNIMA ENTERPRISES

188 SRI VETTRIVEL FILMS 205 MONIKA FILMS

189 NANDHINI FILMS 206 GEMINI INDUSTRIES & IMAGING PVT. LTD Source: Salem Film Distributors Council, 96 Cinema Nagar, Pallapatti, Salem-636009

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37. SOCIAL WELFARE 37.1. PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME CENTRES Year: 2015-16 School sector Local Body Sector Panchayat Municipal Corpo Panchayat Municipal Corpo Total ICDS Union Bodies ration Union Bodies ration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9

1703 90 ------1793

Source: P.A to Collector (NMP), Salem. And AD Panchayat (Rural), Salem

37.2. NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME Year: 2015-16

Number of Beneficiaries under age group 5 to 9 10 to 14 2-4 Total Municipal Bodies Panchayat Panchayat Municipal Bodies /Corporation Union Union /Corporation

1 2 3 4 5 6

- 104693 5403 107192 5151 222439

Source: P.A to Collector (NMP), Salem. Project Officer, ICDS- Salem

37.3. NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER FREE SUPPLY OF TEXT BOOKS AND UNIFORMS

Year: 2015-16

NAME OF THE Age group 6-14 (Standards I to VIII) BLOCK/ Sl.No Uniforms Text Books MUNICIPALITY Boys Girls Boys Girls 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 D.E.O., Salem 30392 33358 32406 33758 2 D.E.O., Sankari 3 D.E.E.O., Salem TOTAL Source: DEEO Salem, DEOs Salem and Sankagiri

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37.4. NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME

Year: 2015-16

aged

Total

Taluk

widow

Labour

pension

deserted wives deserted

Widowpension

Disabled Pension Disabled

Old age pension for for pension age Old for pension age Old for pension age Old

Old age pensioner for for pensioner age Old

Unmarried poor woman woman poor Unmarried

personally handicapped personally Old age pension to agri. toagri. pension age Old

Salem 43914 1335 30154 3229 11000 93 766 1655 49189

Valapady 4087 134 1653 385 945 1 331 2943 10479

Yercaud 627 10 101 27 9 12 38 420 1244

Attur 10272 256 1844 377 232 67 401 3581 17030

Gangavalli 2765 221 493 756 196 12 132 2940 7515

Sankagiri 3031 31 138 244 441 29 153 3712 7779

Idapady 4027 173 1405 89 302 64 399 698 7157

Omalur 4789 206 781 253 248 86 334 1183 7880

Mettur 5568 160 1835 75 491 52 121 279 8581

Total 79080 2526 38404 5435 13864 416 2675 17411 116854

Source: Special Deputy Collector, Social Security Scheme, Salem

37.5. FREE HOUSE SITES DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES

Year: 2015-16 Free House Site Distributed Name of the Taluk D.C.& S.C. S.T. B.C. Others Total MBC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Salem 10 - - - - 10

Edapady 19 - - - - 19

Source: District Adi-Dravidar Welfare Officer and District Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Officer, Salem

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37.6. IMPLEMENTATION OF RELIEF MEASURES AND PENSION SCHEMES

Year: 2015-16 Total Amount Serial Name of then Scheme / Relief No of Beneficiaries Disbursed No Measures (Rs in SC ST Others Total “000”) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Nalinthaar Nala Thittam 58 2 132 192 1920 2. Accidental relief for workers (death at - - - - - the time of work) 3. Freedom fighters pension scheme - - - - - a)State Government b)Central Government - - - - - c)State& Central Government - - - - -

4. C.M.‘s Relief Fund - - - - - i)Road Accidents - - - - - ii)Riot Victim - - 30 30 3000

iii)Others(Specify) - - 5 5 1450 5. Mozhi Kavalar Pension Scheme - - - - - 6. Nalintha Kalaignar Pension Scheme - - - - - 7. Others if any (Specify)Dr.Muthulashmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme Source: PA (G) to Collector, Salem, DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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38. SANITARY SERVICES

38.1. NUMBER OF SANITARY WORKERS ENGAGED IN SANITATION, GARBAGE, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND OTHER PARTICULARS Year: 2015-16

Number of Other Number of Workers connected Sl.No Corporation/Municipality/ Garbage and engaged in workers related Town Panchayats/ Village Sewage disposal Panchayats Sanitation with sanitation

1 2 3 4 5 Total 2862 253 71 Source: Concerned Departments

38.2. NUMBER OF VEHICLES ENGAGED IN SANITARY SERVICES Year: 2015-16

Sl. Number Name of the Block /Municipality Number of vehicles engaged in Sanitary Services

1 2 3 1.1 Village Panchayats2. 54 2 Town Panchayats 901 3 Salem corporation 63 4 Attur municipality 8 5 Mettur municipality 9 6 Idapady municipality 8 7 Narasingapuram Municipality 2 Source: Concerned Local Bodies, Salem District

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39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE

39.1. INSTITUTIONS AND LABORATORIES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH WORK Year: 2015-16

Name and address of Institutions and Type of Research Field Laboratories University Training And Research Centre, Basic and Applied Research Salem Santhiyur K .V.K Agricultural Research Horticultural Research Centre, Yercaud Horticultural Research Tapioca & Castor Research Centre, Yethapur Tapioca & Castor Research Source: Concerned Institutions

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40. STORAGE FACILITIES 40.1. LIST OF AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL STORAGE GODOWNS Year: 2015-16

Name and address of Name of address of Agricultural Godowns Non-Agricultural Godowns

Government Sub Agriculture Extension Centre

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture

Extension Centre, Seelanaickenpatti, Salem

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Sithar Kovil Veerapandi

Assistant Director of Agriculture,

Panamarathupatti

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office,

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Valapady Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Yercuad Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Mallikarai Attur Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, P.N.Palayam Karumandurai Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Gangavalli Thammampatti Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Veeraganur Thalaivasal Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Thevur Sangakiri Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Magudanchavadi Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Poolampatti Edapadi Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture

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Name and address of Name of address of Agricultural Godowns Non-Agricultural Godowns

Government Sub Agriculture Extension Centre Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Konganapuram Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Kaveri Cross Kolathur Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Vellar. Mecheri Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Nangavalli Jalakantapuram Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Karuppur Omalur Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Tharamangalam Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Kadayampatti Source: D.D.Agricultural Marketing, Salem, Warehousing Corporation, Salem, T.N.C.S.C, Salem and J.D. Agriculture, Salem

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40.2. LIST OF COLD STORAGE AND GODOWNS Year: 2015-16

Sl.Number Name and address of the cold storage 1 2 1 Selvi Cold Storage, Kakapalayam, 2 Sri Krishna Cold Storage, 10/5, Paranattamangalam main road, Salem. 3. Tomato cold storage, Mecheri 4. Uzhava sandai- Suramangalam, Dadhagapatti, Ammapet, Attur, Hasathampatti. Drying yard- , Kallanatham, Abinavam, Deviyakurichi, 5. Veeragoundanoor, , Singipuram, Panamadal, and Kalpaganurand Olapadi.

Source: D.D. Agricultural Marketing, Salem

Sl Name and address of the Year of Type/Product Rent charged No cold storage unit with establishment/Total stored for cold storage telephone No cost in Lakhs (Rs/month) for different products.

1 Tomoto cold storage , 2011/100.000 Tomoto,Fruits Tomoto and Mecheri and Vegitables vegitables

Rs 150 per quintal

2 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

3 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

4 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Vegitables, Suramangalam 0427- Fruits ,Greens 2460877 and Flowers Nil

5 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

6 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

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REGULATED MARKET COLD STORAGE GOODOWN

Sl No Name and Place Capacity

1 Tomato cold storage Mecheri 100 MT

2 Uzhavar Santhai, Suramangalam 2 MT

3 Uzhavar Santhai, Dhathagapatti 2MT

4 Uzhavar Santhai, Ammapet 2MT

5 Uzhavar Santhai, Attur 2 MT

6 Uzhavar Santhai, Hasthampatti 2MT

7 Cold Storage at Regulated Market, Mecheri 25MT

8 Cold Storage at Regulated Market,Attur 25MT

9 Cold Storage at Regulated Market,Gangavalli 25MT

10 Cold Storage at Regulated Market, Vazhapadi 25MT

11 Cold Storage at Regulated Market, Salem 25MT

12 Sri Krishna Cold Storage, Erumapalayam 4500

13 Sri Selvi Cold Storage, Kakapalayam 1500

14 Raj Vignesh cold storage, Magudanchavadi 2600

15 Ranga Lalitha Cold Storage, Kondalampatty 2600

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41. TEXTILES

41.1. NUMBER OF GINNING, SPINNING AND WEAVING MILLS Year: 2015-16 Number of Sl. No Name of the Block/ Number of Number of Weaving Municipalities Ginning Mills Spinning Mills Mills 1 2 3 4 5 1 Salem - 2 - 2 Veerapandy - - - 3 Panamarathupatty - 7 - 4 Ayothiyapattinam - 12 - 5 Valapady - 2 - 6 Yercaud - - - 7 Attur 5 2 - 8 Pethanaickenpalayam - - - 9 Gangavalli 1 1 - 10 Thalaivasal - - - 11 Omalur - 3 - 12 Kadayampatty - - - 13 Tharamangalam - - - 14 Mecheri - - - 15 Nangavalli - 3 - 16 Kolathur - 1 - 17 Sankari - 4 - 18 Magudanchavadi 9 - - 19 Idapady - - - 20 Konganapuram 13 1 - Source: Concerned office

41.2. QUANTUM OF PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR Year: 2015-16 Weaving mills Ginning Mills production Spinning mills production Production 1 2 3 Not Available

Source: Concerned office

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42. TRADE AND COMMERCE 42.1. NUMBER OF MAJOR AND MINOR TRADE AND COMMERCIAL ESTATE Year: 2015-16

Number of major Trade Number of minor Trade Number of Commercial estate

1 2 3 1205 285 Nil Source: Secretary, Market Committee, Uthamacholapuram.Salem District

43. TRASPORT

43.1. LENGTH OF ROADS (IN KILOMETRES) Year: 2015-16 Surfaced Roads Block/ Corporation/ Un- Municipality/ Water Grand Cement Bitu surfaced Panchayat Union Bound Total Total Concrete minous Roads Macadam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Panchayat Union & 58.590 45.370 0.000 103.960 0.000 103.960 Panchayat Roads Salem Corporation 63.540 747.150 12.380 823.070 25.560 848.630 Athur Municipality 23.987 44.506 7.274 76.467 1.906 77.673 Narasingapuram 8.551 19.060 9.000 36.611 28.409 65.020 Municipality Mettur Municipality 14.179 69.711 -- 83.890 0.916 84.806 Edappady 22.065 56.150 0.000 78.515 27.540 105.755 Municipality Rural Roads 0.000 18.135 0.000 18.135 0.000 18.135 (Nabard) XXI National High Ways 182.600 182.600 182.600

State High Ways 0.000 1225.427 0.000 1225.427 0.000 1225.427 Town Panchayats 285.828 562.981 95.373 944.182 190.058 1134.240 (33) Forest Roads 0.0 4.50 26.420 30.92 55.065 85.985

Total 1046.968 8663.995 1684.176 11395.139 2225.328 13620.467 Source: Respective District Heads of Departments

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43.2. ROAD ACCIDENTS Year: 2015-16 Sl. Name of the Total Number Number of persons Number of persons Number Block/Municipality of Accidents injured killed

1 2 3 4 5 1 Salem City 756 770 140 Salem Rural 2037 1871 533 Total 2793 2641 673 Source: Commissioner of Police, Salem City.and Superintendent of Police, Salem

43.3. REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES Year: 2015-16 Commercial Stage carriage Auto- Ordinary Motor Maxi Omni Private Taxi rickshaw Cab Cab Buses Station Public Private Vehicle & others 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1231 1021 35 34 836 797 0 11

TABLE 43.3 CONTD. Commercial Articulated Fire Lorry Trac Schoo Ambu Light Vehicle Fighte tor l Bus -lance Commerci State Nationa State Nationa Total r Trai al Vehicle Permi l Permi l lor t Permit t Permit 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 415 28 1 2472 1579 2008 41 54 121 10684

TABLE 43.3 CONTD. Non-Commercial Vehicles Motor Scooter Moped Tri-Cycle Motor Car Jeep Station Cycle Auto Wagon 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23572 9010 8633 0 6278 5 0

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TABLE 43.3 CONTD. Non-Commercial Vehicles Tractor Three Four Road Others Total Grand Wheeler Wheeler Rollers Total 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 266 2 0 0 82 47848 58532 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem

43.4. TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2015-16.

Numberof Sl. Name of the Year of buses as Headquarter District covered Number Corporations Formation on 31st March 1 2 3 4 5 6 Salem, Tamil Nadu State Namakkal, 1 Transport Corporation, 1973 Salem 2307 and Salem Division Source: General Manager, TNSTC, Salem

43.5. SELECT INDICATORS ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Item Name of the Transport Corporation 1 2 3 1 Fleet Strength 965 2 Kilometres operated carried per day (in lakhs) 4.38 3 Number of passengers carried per day (in lakhs) 7.06 4 Fleet Utilisation (Percentage) 97.88 5 Kilometre efficiency (Percentage) 105.74 6 Kilometre run per litre of diesel a) City / Town 5.61 b) Mofussil 5.55 7 Number of routes (As on day) 810 8 Number of New routes introduced during the year NIL 9 New villages benefitted during the year 7 10 Benefitted village population (in lakhs) 0.09 11 Staff strength 5844 12 Number of New Buses purchases 100 Source: General Manager, TNSTC, Salem

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43.6. RAILWAY LINES AND STATIONS

Year: 2015-16

Broad Meter Gauge Broad Gauge & Item Guage Meter Guage 1 2 3 4 1. Route Length (in Km.) 795 63 858

2. Track Length (in Km.) 1088 63 1151

3. Number of Railway Stations 81 - 81

Source: Southern Railway, Salem.

43.2 PORT DEVELOPMENT Year: 2015-16 1 Major Ports Nil 2 Intermediate ports Nil 3 Minor ports Nil 4 Vessels entered and Cargo handled Nil

43.2 AIRPORTS Year: 2015-16 Sl. Passengers (in „000‟) Airport Number Embarked Disembarked Transit Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 INTERNATIONAL 1. AIRPORT, MADRAS a) International Nil b) Domestic Nil

2. DOMESTIC AIRPORT Not Available a) Madras b) c) Madurai d)

e) Salem Not Available

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TABLE 43.8 Contd.

Cargo Handled (Tonne) Revenue (Rs. In lakhs)

Loaded Unloaded Total PAX Cargo Total

1 2 3 4 5 6

Not Available

Source: Concerned Airport

43.2 PRIVATE TRANSPORT OPERATORS Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number Name of the Transport Operations

1 Thiru.N.S. Jayavelu, Salem 2 M/s. Sri Sakthi Vinayaka Transports, Salem-1 3 M/s. Murali Bus Service, Salem-1 4 TMT. A. Sankunthala, Salem-6 5 Thiru. A. Krishnaraj, Salem-6 6 Tmt. M.Helan Chitra, Salem-1 7 Thiru. R.Selvaraj, Salem-3 8 Thiru. N.V. Selvaraj, Salem-3 9 Thiru. N.V.Manickam, Salem-6 10 Thiru.M.Gunasekaran, Salem-3 11 M/s Selva Vinayaga Transports, Salem-1 12 Tvl.Jayamurugan, Salem-103 13 Thiru.Ramesh, Salem-3 14 Tmt.D.Elavarasi Devdass, Salem-10 15 Thiru.K.Ramachandran, Salem-1 16 Thiru.S.Ravichandran, Salem 17 Thiru.V.Sivaprakasam, Salem-14 18 Tmt.S.Ponnuthayammal, Salem-103 19 Thiru.P., Salem 20 Tmt.S.Chandra, Salem-3 21 Tmt.G.Santhi, Salem-1 22 Thiru.G.Srinivasan, Salem-14 23 Tmt.K.Saraswathi, Salem-110 24 Tmt.A.Thenmozhi, Salem-6 25 Thiru.P.Varadharajan, Salem-15 26 Thiru.S.Ramakrishnan, Salem-6

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27 Thiru.R.Subramani, Salem 28 M/s.Sri Dhandayuthapani, Salem-6 29 Thiru. V.Sethulakshmanan, Salem-1 30 Thiru.P.Ramesh, salem-1 31 Thiru.S.A.Ramalingam, Salem-1 32 Thiru.D.Rajamanickam, Salem-6 33 Thiru.D.Subramaniam, Salem-1 34 Tmt. Anandayee, Salem-1 35 Tvl.Sri Sakthivel Transports, Salem 36 Thiru.K.Ramachandran, Salem-20 37 Thiru.P.Sundarajan, Salem 38 Thiru.S.Mani, Salem-103 39 M/S. Sugavaneswara Motor Service, Salem 40 Thiru.R.Rangasamy, Salem-1 41 M/s.Murali Transports, Salem-1 42 Thiru. R.Jagadeesan, Salem-6 43 Thiru.R.Thamarai Selvam, Salem-1 44 Thiru.Mathiyalagan, Salem-1 45 Thiru.Balakrishnan, Salem-3 46 Thiru.N.R.Venugopal, Salem-6 47 Thiru.V.Sadanantham, Salem 48 Thiru.S.Ganesan, Salem-15 49 Thiru.R.Saravanan, Trichy(Dt) 50 Thiru.C.Kaliannan, Namakkal 51 Thiru.R.Saravanas, 52 Thiru.Varadharajan, Salem 53 Thiru.P.Ramesh, Salem-1 54 Thiru.M.Sengathir Selavm, Salem 55 Thiru.Balakumar, Salem-15 56 Tmt.P.Vasanthi, Salem 57 Tmt.D.Mallika, Salem-103 58 Thiru.S.Mani, Salem 59 Thiru.T.K.Gnanasekaran, Salem-1 60 Thiru.P.Vairavel, Salem-3 61 Thiru.P.Annamalai, Salem 62 Thiru.G.Nirmal Chakkaravarthy, Salem 63 Tmt.M.Malarkodiram, Salem 64 Tmt.P.Deepalakshmi, Salem 65 Tmt.A.Thenmozhi, Salem

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66 Thiru.M.Kandasamy, Salem-103 67 R.Jayalakshmi Transport 68 R.Gopal 69 R.Kanchana Prof: Aravind Transport 70 M.Ramesh 71 SNB Transport 72 VRS Transport 73 Swarnambigai Transport 74 Jayaprakash Transport 75 N.Govindaraj 76 Rainbow Motor Service 77 NT Bus Service 78 Sri Lakshmi Bus Service 79 Jayalakshmi Transports 80 R.Somanathan 81 Ramavilas Bus Service 82 S.Adhilakshmi 83 P.Balan Babu 84 A.Ravindran Prop: Aravind Bus Service 85 Selvam Bus Service 86 S.Natarajan 87 LRN Roadways 88 LRN Bus Services(P) Ltd 89 M.Narayanana 90 A.Ayyapparaj 91 K.M.Brothers Transports 92 N.Muthu Gounder 93 K.Malarvizhi 94 Jayashree Bus Service 95 Vijay Venkatesan.s 96 S.Uma propx: Ramavilas Bus Service 97 SMBS Bus Service 98 R.Natarajan 99 N.Sivabakkiam 100 Rangamani Transport 101 PRP Bus Service 102 P.R.Rajendran 103 Balaji Bus Service 104 K.Pannerselvam

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105 S.Saravanan 106 K.Ramasamy Prop: Ramavilas Bus Service 107 Kannan Bus Service 108 Sri Bhagiyalakshmi Transport 109 T.Krishnaveni 110 N.R.Venugopal 111 Ramani Bus service 112 M.Subramani 113 V.P.Palanisamy 114 N.Premavathi, Prop: SNB transport 115 MKS Bus Service 116 Saraswathi Bus service 117 P.R.Selvi 118 SNB Road & Company 119 I.Dhanam 120 Selvam Bus Service 121 KRSC Bus Service 122 K.Selvaraj 123 V.Natesan 124 D.Yuvaraj 125 E.Jayaraj 126 Duraisamy.S 127 Rainbow Roadways 128 R.Dhanraj 129 Neela Motor Service 130 S.Perumayeeammal Propx: Ramani Bus Ervice 131 Rajaganapathi Transports 132 Vasantha Viswanathan Prop: Ramani Bus Service 133 A.S.Balkrishnan 134 D.Premalatha 135 K.Palaniappan 136 K.Parvatham 137 C.Manivasagam 138 C.Thangavel 139 S.Sulochana LRN Roadways 140 P.Subramaniam 141 ABT Bus Service 142 VRS Bus Service 143 K.Kumar

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144 PRS Bus Service 145 T.N.Ramesh 146 C.Karuppanna Prop: Kannan Bus Service 147 K.Rajagopal 148 K.S.Kandhaiyan 149 Giridharan 150 P.Kumaresan 151 Sweetha Bus service 152 KRP Transports 153 MF Zaheer Hussain 154 N.Govindaraj 155 D.Selvamani 156 S.G.R.Sridharan 157 M.Narayanan 158 K.Vikram 159 K.Palaniappa Gounder 160 S.Dhanasekaran Prop:Sugavaneswara Transports 161 S.Sukumar (N.S. Roadline) 162 Arul Murugan Transport 163 P.Indrajith 164 C.Devaraju 165 K.Balasubramani 166 K.Valliammal 167 S.Natarajan 168 Sumathi Jagadesan 169 S.Karthikeyan 170 K.R.VijayaKumar 171 T.Usharani 172 Sugavaneswari Transport 173 S.Alfred Swaminathan 174 R.Ravi 175 A.Rajendran 176 K.Palanisamy 177 Senthil Bus Service 178 Muniappan 179 G.Ambiga 180 R.Prakaran 181 P.Balasubramanian 182 Rakkiappan

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183 G.Jayaprakash 184 Tenpandiyan Bus service 185 S.Prabu 186 K.R.Vijaykumar 187 The Managing Partner Sri Murugan Bus Service 188 R.Balasubramani 189 N.A.Chinnasamy 190 M.R.P Bus Service 191 C.Rakkiappan 192 MRN Motor Service 193 Satgasumaminathan 194 C.Manivasagam 195 R.David 196 K.Ravichandran 197 Santhi Girdharan 198 K.Mani 199 P.Umamaheswari 200 K.Balasubramani 201 AMV Jayaraman 202 N.R.Venugopal 203 M.Sivapriya 204 R.Daniel 205 M.Sridharan 206 P.R.Rajendran 207 VRS Roadlines 208 S.Mugunthan 209 R.Kandasamy 210 S.K.transports 211 PSK Motor Service 212 D.Yuvaraj 213 Kannanal Bus Service 214 K.Mani 215 Krishnan 216 Shanmuga Transport Sankagiri 217 Rajalakshmi Bus Service 218 Vijayalakshmi Bus service 219 Sakthi Transport 220 Naganathan Roadways 221 Sankagiri Pallipalayam Bus Transport

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222 Shri Murugan Bus Service Sankagiri 223 Vel Murugan Transport 224 Shri Shanmuga Roadways Ankara 225 Krishna Transport 226 JayaKrishna Transport Ankara 227 Giri Murugan Transport 228 Shri Vinayaka Transport 229 Shri Jayakrishna Bus Service 230 S.B.P.T Roadways 231 S.R.V. Transport 232 M.S.T Bus Service 233 Shri Sareswathi Bus Service 234 Shri Venkateswara Transport 235 Shri Andavar Transport 236 T A Kathirvel, Tharamangalam 237 A.Selvam, Thatamangalam 238 K.Muthaiyammal, Tharamangalam 239 R.Radhamani, Tharamangalam 240 V.A.Kalyanasundaram, Tharamangalam 241 T.M.Balasubramaniam, Tharamangalam 242 R.Lakshmi, Chinnappampatty 243 C.Ramachandran, Vellalapatty 244 G.Kumaravel, Tharamangalam 245 Gomathieshwari, Tharamangalam

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70. TOURISM 70.1. PLACES OF TOURIST ATTRACTION

S.No. Name of the Tourist Centre 1 Fort Sangakiri 2 Museum

3 Zoological Park, Kurumpatti

4 Botonical Garden, Yercuad 5 Kiliyur Falls

6 Boat House, Yercuad Dams

7 Mettur, Kariakoil, Aanaimaduvu

8 Paravasa Ulagam, Mallur Source: Department of Tourism, Salem.

70.2. LIST OF PLACES OF WORSHIP

Sl.Number PLACES OF WORSHIP 1 Kottai Mariamman Kovil, Salem 2 Kailasanather Temple, Tharamangalam. 3 Sugavaneswarar Temple 4 Mecheri Bharakaaliamman Temple Source: Department of Tourism, Salem.

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70.3. DETAILS OF HOTELS. YEAR : 2015-16

Name of the hotels Sl. Name of the hotels with Place without lodging Number lodging facilities. facilities.

1 SALEM NATIONAL HOTEL ANNAPOORNA

SALEM CASTLE SRI LAKSHMI

WINDSOR CASTLE LAKSHMI

L.R.N.EXCELLENCE CHANDRA CAFE CHENNEY'S SALEM CAFE CATEWAY MARUTHI HOTEL SARATHY

VASANTHA VIHAR VYSYA MODERN

HEMA INTERNATIONAL MALABAR HOTEL T.T.D.C ASHOK R.K.LODGE K.V.RESTARANT DWARAKA HOTELS MANGALA VILAS SELVAM HOTEL SIVASAKTHI SURYA INTERNATIONAL RUKMANI VASNTHAM HOTEL SAI VIHAR SRI LEKA SAKTHI ARYA'S SARAVANA SARAVANA CLASSIC RAJA GANAPATHY ARUL HOTEL SHANMUGAPRIYA VENKATESHWARA

HOTEL BOMBAY PRIYANI PSRASAKTHI INDRA CAFE

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70.4. TRAVEL AGENTS Year: 2015-16 Sl.Number List of Travel Agents 1 2 1 K.P.N 2 L.R.N 3 ANDAVAR 4 5 NEELA 6 KALAI 7 N.S 8 T.M.S Source: Concerned Office

45. VITAL STATISTICS

71.1. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTERED Year: 2015-16 Sl. Item Live Births Registered Deaths Registered Number 1 2 3 4 1 Rural 17178 13708

2 Urban 39036 14623

3 Total 56214 28331

Source: D. D. Health, Corpn. & DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

45.1 BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES Year: 2015-16 Birth Death (combined) (combined) Infant Mortality (Combined) 1 2 3

15.0 5.2 17.5

Source: DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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45.1 DEATH BY CAUSES Year: 2015-16

S.No Name of the Causes For Death Number of the deaths

1 RTA with Head injury 1679

2 Burns 855

3 OPC Poisining 571

4 Septicemia 450

5 Apnoea 113

6 Pre-term 300

7 Aspiration 348

8 Acute Myo Cardial Infarction 1321

9 Birth Asphyxia 283

998 10 Type 2 DM

Others 11 6973

Total 13891

Source: Dean, Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem and M.Os, Municipalities and Joint Director of Medical and rural Health services and Family Welfare, Salem

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46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46.1 LIST OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION

Year : 2015-16

S.No LIST OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES

President / Secretary,Subramania Nagar, Mather Sangam, Iind Gate, 1 Salem. Phone 77249.

46.1 LISTD.Vedamanickam OF VOLUNTARY, Good SERVICES Shephered AVAILABLE Community Development IN THE DISTRICT Project ,FOR 9, Adakkala THE 2 Nagar,DEVELOPMENT Hasthampatti, Salem. OF RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION.

3 District Adult Education Officer, District Library Building, Cherry Road, Salem.7.

Ramanikanth, Deputy Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, 4 47 Rajaji Road, Salem.7. Phone: 622 266.

5 Director, Holy Cross Rural Development Project, Salem.14.

Mr.S.Ramalingam, President, Citizen Welfare Association, Advaitha Ashragaram 6 Road, Fairlands, Salem.16. Murugesan, Director, S.C.D.P., 88,Seerangapalayam Road, 7 Kumarasamypatty Street, .D.P., 88,Seeramgapalayam Road, Salem.7.

8 Tmt.Ramalakshmi Ravichandran, 13.K.Gandhi Road, Salem-7

9 Mr.C., 25.Mettu Street, Agragaram Lane, Salem-1 Lalitha Kumaramangalam, 3\44 VANCHINATHA IYER STREET LANE, 10 Swarnapuri, Salem.4. 11 Mr.Renganathan, Director, Development Project, Danieshpet, Salem District.

Mr.A.AnthonySamy, Director, Venmalar Community Development, 12 J.J.J. Nivas, Convent Road, Fiarlands, Salem.16. 13 Saco Trust, Central Theatre Buildings, Opp.to General Hospital, Salem.1.

Faster A.Joesph, Jesus Meeroy Home, R.C.Chetty patty, Omalur TK., 636 455. 14 Phone: 2231. B.D.Daniel David, Director, MESA" 46 BI Vellandi Valasu, 15 Edapadi 637 105. Salem District. Hill Tribes Association for Development, 20, Bazeer Street, Puludhi Kuttai, Belur 16 (Via) 636 104. Salem District

Manamahil Mahalir Mandram, Niluvakkal Pudur, urubaru Post, Mettur Taluk, 17 Veerakkal Pudur, Kurubaru Post, Mettur Taluk, Salem District.

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Mallikuttai Namagal Mahalir Mandram, Mallikuttai Post, 18 Tholasampatti, Salem District. Muthukuttiyur Gandhimathi Mahalir Mandram, Mallikuttai Post, 19 Elampillai, Magudanchavadi Block, Salem District.

20 Manimagalai Madhar Sangam, Post, Salem Block & District. 21 Kalaivani Mahalir Mandram, Servampatti, Salem.

22 Sri Sarada College Education Trust, Fairlands, Salem.16.

23 Sarada College for Women, Alagapuram, Salem.7.

24 Social Service Guild, Yercaud, Salem District.

25 Anbu Illam, Lady Seat Road, Yercaud Pin:636 601.

26 Sarada Mahalir Mandram, Thevoor Post, Sankari Block, Salem District. Vijayalakshmi Mahalir Mandram, Kaveripuram Mettu Post, , Salem 27 District. Vullayachettipatti Lakshmi Mahalir Mandram, Elampillai, 170.Donalds Choultry 28 Block, Salem District. 29 Veerapandi Mahalir Mandram, Veerapandi Post & Block, Salem District. 30 Vellai Raja Mahalir Mandram, Vedikkaeanur,Mettur TK., Salem District. 31 C.S.I.Balusamy Illam, Hasthampatty, Salem.7. 32 Y.M.C.A. Gandhi Road, Hasthampatty, Salem.7. 33 Mr.Dass.Programme Co- Ordinator, Pols Puthur, Puthur (P.O), Salem TK., Salem.10. 34 Thirumathi.Sulochana, Joseph Chellamuthu Trust, Cherry Road, Salem.7. 35 St.Judes Handicapped Children School, Tharamangalam, Salem District. Mr.C.Babu, Project Co-Ordinator, Women Self Employment Scheme, The 36 Communikty Service Guild, 6C Adaikala Nagar, Hasthampatty, Salem.7.

Mr.S.Thanikachalam, Project Officer, Aware, 11/105 Pudusamballi, Mettur Dam 635 37 403.

Mr. Raphel Augustian,Executive Director,Yercaud Rural Development Soceity, 38 Koilmedu, Director,Yercaud Rural Development Society, Koil Medu,Yercaud.

Mr.Balakrishnan, Secretary, Peoples Movement for Development, 39 Venkateswara Compound, Tharamangalam, Salem District.

Mr. V. Venkaataraman,Field Consultant Officer, Siddha Extension 40 Wing,Krishnamoorthy Institutional Agricultural Foundation, R.Number8, Devaprakash Lodge, 24-D, Sivasamy Road, Salem.1.

Mr.Renganathan, Director, Village Reconstration Development Project, Danishpet, 41 Salem District.

Mr.A.Dass,Director, (POLE) Peoples Organization for Liberation 42 And Education, Periyar Nagar, Puthur, Salem 636 010.

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43 Mr. Sokkar Areige Trust, 1.Kavandampatty, Idappadi 637 101, Salem District.

Mr.Z.E.Justin Project Secretary, Holy Cross Rural Development, K.N.Colony, 44 Salem.14. Mr.Natarajan,Secretary,District Envitoment Society, Plant Manager, Abilox 45 Adhasiwes Ltd., Yercaud. 46 Mr.Murugamanickam, Yound India Association, Yethapur, Salem Distirct. Mr. Santhosh, Deputy Director, Shervaroya Hills Tribal Community Development 47 Project, Ondikadai Post, Yercaud 636 602, Salem District. Mr. A. AnthonySamy, Director, Venmalar Community Development Project, 48 J.J.J.Nivas, Convent Road, Fairlands, Salem.16.

Mr.N.P.Dass, Society for Rural Development Project, Powerkadu Post, Sankarai 49 Kalli Hills, Salem District.

Mr. Perumal, President, Social Service Mission, Thukkiampalayam Post, Valapady, 50 Salem 636 115.

Mr.Sooriya Kanthan,Secretary,MIRA Development,Selevadi Post, Tharamangalam 51 (Via),Salem District

Mr.Vedhamanickam, Director, Good Shephered Community Development Post, 52 Service Mission, Number9.Adaikala Nagar, Hasthampatty, Salem.7.

53 Seco Trust, Central Theatre Buildings, Opp.to General Hospital, Salem.1.

54 Dr.Murugan, Ruby Clinic, Valapadi, Salem District.

Mr.Karunanidhi, CARD, Sathiya Nagar, Kaveripuram (P.O), Kolathur (Via), 55 Mettur.Tk. Salem District.

Mr.Joseph, Secretary, Christian Social Service Mission, 56 51/Z1,Court Road,Gandhi Nagar, Maravaneri Post,Salem.7.

57 Mrs.Ruby Thiyagarajan, Secretary, YWCA Cherry Road, Salem.7.Phone:63197.

Mr.Karunakaran SYARD, Kurinchi Nagar, Semmandapatti Post, , 58 Salem District.

Mr.Jesudass Thiyagarajan, Compassion Social Service Mission, 55 Sankar Nagar, 59 Salem.7.

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Paster A.Joseph, Jesus Mercy Home, R.C.Chetty Patty, Omalur T.K. 60 636 455.

61 Sr.Melani,Fatima Convent,Pension Line,Gugai.Salem.6.

62 The Director, Salem Social Service Society, Convent Road, Alagapuram, Salem.

63 R.Elanthiriyan,Director,ARTT,Thirumalai Post,Omalur TK.,Salem.Dt.,

K.Ramkumar, Director.Integrated Village Development Centre, 7C Mariamman Koil 64 Street, Periya Kollappatti, Kannankuruchi, Salem.8.

N.Kalaiselvi Paralegal Work Society for Community Development Trust, Legal Aid 65 Centre, 77, Omalur Main Road, Salem.1.

Mahalir Vidhavigal (MATTRUM), Adhravattor Nalavalu Sangam, Number7.Attur 66 Bustan Municipal Building, Attur Post, Salem District-636 102.

B.D.Daniel David,Director,'NESA' 46 bbi Vellandi Valasu,Edapad 637 105. Salem 67 District.

Mr.Baskar,Managing Trusatee,SEED Trust,Mariamman Koil Street, Kavery 68 Nagar,Salem 636 005

69 G.S.Pandiyan, 334, Housing Unit, Salem.8.

70 Dr.C.Palanivel, Society for Ecological Development, Belur, Attur Tk., Salem District.

Tmt.G.Kamaliniraj,President,Sowrastra Mather Sangam, 85 ManickampillaI Street, 71 Shevapet,Salem.2.

President/Secretary, D.Vedamanickam, Good Shephered Community Development 72 Project, 9.Adakala Nagar, Hasthampatti, Salem.7.

Youth Co-Ordinator, Nehru Yuvekendra, Central Theatre Buildings, Salem.1, Phone: 73 265180.

74 District Adult Education Officer,District Library Buildings, Cherry Road,Salem.7

Thiru.Gananasivam,Secretary,District Rural Social Welfare Sangam, 75 Near Old ATC Shed, Sankari Post.

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Ramanikanth,Deputy Secretary,Indian Red Cross Society, 47 Rajaji Road, 76 Salem.7.Phone:62266

Mr.S.Ramalingam, President, Citizen Welfare Association, 255 Advitha Asirama 77 Road, Fairlands, Salem.16.

Mr.Gnanasekaran,Project Co--Ordinator,Jesus Mercy Home Association, R.C.Chetty 78 Patty,Omalur Tk., Salem District

79 Murugesan,Director,S.C.D.P.,88 Seerangapalayam Road,Salem.7.

80 Tmt.Priyamanohar, Salem Ladies Circle, 255 Advaitha Agraharam Road, Salem.16.

81 Tmt.Geetha, President, Kasthuriba Mathar Sangam, Old Suramangalam, Salem.5.

82 Thiyagarajan, Secretary, Campassion Social Service, 55 Sankar Nagar, Salem.7.

83 R.Vasantha, M.A., Director, All India Radio, 28 Mettu Street, Salem.1.

84 Tmt.Ramalakshmi Ravichandran, 13 K.Gandhi Road, Salem.7.

85 G.Chidabaran, 25 Mettu Street, Agragaram Lane, Salem.1.

86 Lalitha Kumaramangalam, 3/44 Vanchinatha Iyer Street, Swarnapuri, Salem.4.

87 St.Louis Convent, Thumbal Post, Attur Tk., Salem District.

88 Suriya Gandhi Mahalir Mandram,Chettipatti,Kaveripuram Post,Salem District

89 Sri Sarada College Educational Trust, Fairlands, Salem District.

Sarada Devi Mahalir Mandram, Odskkutoor,Poolampatti Post,Sankari Taluk, 90 Salem District.

91 Social Service Guild, Yercaud, Salem District.

Tharakadu Mahalir Mandram, Tharkadu Village & Post, Mettur Taluk, Salem 92 District.

93 Valasaiyur Manimegalai Madhar Sangam, Valasaiyur Post, Salem District.

94 Vellai Raja Mahalir Mandram,Vedikkaeanur,Mettur Taluk,Salem District.

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47. WATER WORK AND SUPPLY

47.1 NUMBER OF SCHEMES OPERATED IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2015-16

Number of the Sl.Number Name of the Schemes Programmes Remarks

in the Schemes 1 2 3 4

CWSS to Salem, 11 Other Towns and 264 Rural 1 1 Habitations in Salem District

CWSS to P.N. Patty and Verakkalpudur Town 2 1 Panchayats in Salem District CWSS to Kolathur Town Panchayat in Salem 3 1 District CWSS to Kaveripuram and 141 other rural 4 1 habitations in Kolathur Union CWSS to Vellalapatty and other habitations in 5 1 Omalur Union of Salem District Operation and CWSS to Sankari and Thevoor town panchayts Maintanence 6 and 245 way side habitations in Sankari Union 1 of CWSS of Salem District CWSS to , Edappadi Municipalities, 7 town panchayats and 411 wayside habitations 7 1 in Salem and Nammakkal Districts (Salem District)

CWSS to Irupalli, 236 Fluoride Affected 8 Habitations and 1066 wayside habitations in 1 Salem District CWSS to 136 Fluoride Affected Habitations and 9 604 wayside habitations in Kadayampatti and 3 1 other union in Salem District Source: E.E, T.W.A.D.(Maintenance Division), Salem. And E.E, TWAD (RWS) Division, Salem and Commissioner Mettur Municipality

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47.2 NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY Year: 2015-16 No.of Workers

Engaged in the Sl.Number Name of the Schemes Water works

and supply 1 2 3

CWSS to Salem, 11 other towns and 264 1 57 rural habitations in Salem district

CWSS to P .N.Patti and Verakkalpudur town 2 28 in Salem Dist.

CWSS to Kolathur Town Panchayat and way 3 12 side habitation in Salem dist.

CWSS to Kaveripuram and 141 other rural 4 habitations in Kolathur Union of Salem 41 Dist. CWSS to Vellapatti and other way side 5 7 habitation in Salem Dist. CWSS to Sankari and Thevoor Town 6 Panchayats and 245 way side habitations in 66 Sankagiri union

CWSS to Rasipuram and Edappadyi municipalities, 7 town panchayats and 411 7 96 way side habitations in Salem and Namakkal Dists. (Salem District)

CWSS to Iruppali 236 FAH and 1066 8 wayside habitations in Idappadi in 7 other 248 unions in Salem Dist. CWSS to 136 FAH and 604 way side 9 habitation in Kadayampatti and 3 other 234 unions in Salem Dist. Total 789 Source: E.E, T.W.A.D. (Maintenance Division), Salem.

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47.3 NUMBER OF HOUSE CONNECTIONS, FOUNTAINS Year: 2015-16 Sl. Name of the Blocks / Number of House Water connections Number Municipalities

1 2 3 1 Salem 2421 2 Veerapandy 1587 3 Panamarathupatty 4713 4 Ayothiyapattinam 3176 5 Valapady 557 6 Yercaud 422 7 Attur( incl. Municipality) 9701 8 Pethanaickenpalayam 802 9 Gangavalli 648 10 Thalaivasal 2044 11 Omalur 2983 12 Kadayampatty 3082 13 Tharamangalam 1307 14 Mecheri 644 15 Nangavalli 1313 16 Kolathur 5322 17 Sankari 4464 18 Magudanchavadi 425 19 Idapady( incl. Municipality) 5997 20 Konganapuram 2164 21 Narasingapuram 2709 Total 53772 Source: AD Panchayat, AD Town Panchayat & Corporation & Municipal Commissioners, Salem District

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