OFFICERS AND STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PUBLICATION Overall Guidance Dr. Atul Anand, I.A.S., Commissioner Department of Economics and Statistics TECHNICAL GUIDANCE Dr. B. Hariharadhas, M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D., Regional Joint Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli Thiru. P. Gomudurai Pandian, M.Sc., B.Ed., Deputy Director of Statistics, Nagercoil DATA PROCESSING Thiru.V. Karthigeyan, M.A., Statistical officer Tmt. B. Meena, B.Sc., Statistical Inspector Selvi. G. Jeba Jenifa, B.E., Data Coordinator PREFACE The District Statistical Hand Book is prepared and published by our Department every year. This book provides useful data across various departments in Kanniyakumari District. It contains imperative and essential statistical data on different Socio-Economic aspects of the District in terms of statistical tables and graphical representations. This will be useful in getting a picture of Kanniyakumari’s current state and analyzing what improvements can be brought further. I would liketo thank the respectable District Collector Prashant M.Wadnere, IASfor his cooperation in achieving the task of preparing theDistrict Hand Book for the year 2018-19and I humbly acknowledge his support with profound gratitude. The co-operation extended by the officers of this district, by supplying the information presented in this book is gratefully acknowledged. I express my appreciation for the effort taken by the district statistical unit in compilation and computerisation of this publication. I would be glad to welcome your valuable suggestions for improving the publication. Place : Kanniyakumari Deputy Director of Statistics , Date : 31-10-2019 Nagercoil INDEX Page No STATISTICAL TABLES CONTENTS Salient Features of Kanniyakumari District 1-12 District Profile 2018-19 13-30 1. AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 Area, Population, Literate, SCs and STs- Sex wise by 31-34 Blocks and Municipalities 1.2 Population by Broad Industrial categories of Workers. 35 1.3 Population by Religion 36 1.4 Population by Age Groups 37,38 1.5 Population of the District-Decennial Growth 39 1.6 Salient features of 1991 Census – Block and 40,41 Municipality wise. 2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at select Stations . 42 2.2 Season wise Rainfall 43-45 2.3 Time Series Date of Rainfall by seasons 46 2.4 Monthly Rainfall from April 2015 to March 2016 47 3. AGRICULTURE 3.1 Soil Classification (with illustration by map) 48-52 3.2 Land Utilisation 53-55 3.3 Area and Production of Crops 56,57 3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 58,59 3.5 Number and Area of Operational Holdings 60 3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 61 3.7 Regulated Markets 61 3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 62 3.9 Sericulture 62 4. IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of Water Supply with Command Area – 63,64 Blockwise. 4.2 Actual Area Irrigated (Net and Gross) by sources. 65 4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops. 66 4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Borewells. 67 5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 5.1 Livestock Population 68,69 5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals treated – Blockwise. 69 5.3 No.of Veterinary Hospitals 70 5.4 Diary Development 70,71 5.5 Poultry Development 72 5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 72 6. BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1 No. of Commercial Banks 73,74 6.2 Insurance Schemes 75 7. CO-OPERATION 7.1 Co-operative Societies 76,77 8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1 No.of Fair Price Shops 78,79 8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities distributed and their 79 retail prices 8.3 No.of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 80 8.4 Quantity supplied 80 8.5 No.of LPG Connections 81 8.6 No.of Persons waiting for LPG connection 82 9. COMMUNICATION 9.1 Post-Offices doing postal business only 83,84 9.2 Post-Offices doing Post and Telegraphic Business 85 9.3 Telegraph Offices 86 9.4 No.of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and No.in Use 86 9.5 No.of PCOs attached to each exchange 87 9.6 No.of Persons waiting for Phone Connection. 88 10.ELECTRICITY 10.1 No.of Power Stations 89,90 10.2 Quantum of Power purchased 90 10.3 Power Consumption Sectorwise 91 10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 91 10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per Unit 92 10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 93 10.7 Capacity of Transformers 93 11.EDUCATION 11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 94,95 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 95,96 11.3 College for Professional Education, Students and 97-99 Teachers 11.4 Colleges for Other Professional Education, Students and 100 Teachers 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 101 11.6 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 102-104 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 105 11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, Students and 106 Teachers 11.9 Computer Training Centers 107 11.10 Hostels and Inmates by Community 108 11.11 Scholarships to Students by Community 109 12. FISHERIES 12.1 Fisheries Development 110,111 12.2 Estimated M F Production/Inland Fish Production 111 12.3 Infrastructure in Private sector 111 12.4 Marian Fish Production and Inland 112 12.5 No. Of Families Engaged In Fishing 112 13. HANDLOOM 13.1 No. of Focal Centers with Location details 113,114 13.2 No.of Societies and Varietywise Production 114 13.3 No.of Power Looms and No.of Employees working 115 13.4 No.of Families engaged 115 14.HANDICRAFTS 14.1 Name and Addresses of Handicrafts 116,117 14.2 Articles available in the Handicrafts 118 14.3 Value of Articles produced and Value of Articles sold 119 14.4 No.of Families engaged in Handicrafts 120 15.HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 121,122 15.2 No.of Allied Pathological Units available 123 15.3 Diseasewise patients treated 124-126 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 127 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Program 127 16.HOUSING 16.1 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Private Sector 128 16.2 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Public Sector 128 16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under 129 Public Sector 16.4 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 129 16.5 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 129 16.6 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Police Housing 129 corporation ltd 16.7 Index No.of Building Construction cost in Urban centers 130 16.8 Labor charges of Construction Workers 130 17.INDUSTRIES 17.1 Results of ASI 131 17.2 Estimates of Value of Output and Value Added by 132 Manufacture by Industries Based on ASI 17.3 Industrial Production 133 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals in the District 134 17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 134 17.6 Small Scale Industries 135-137 17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 138 17.8 No.of Printing Presses 139 17.9 No.of Photocopy (Xerox) centres 140 18. FACTORIES 18.1 Registered and Working Factories 141 18.2 Employment in Working Factories 141,142 18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockout and 142 Gheraos 19.LOCAL BODIES 19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 143 19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 143 19.3 Panchayat Union, Village/Town Panchayats 144 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages 144 19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat 144 Union/Town Panchayat/Village Panchayat 20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 No.of Persons registered during the year and Total No.of 145 Persons waiting upto the end of the year as per Live Register 20.2 No.of Placement during and upto the end of the year. 145 21.LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Divisions and Original Jurisdiction 146,147 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original 147 Jurisdiction, Civil Suits Regular. 21.3 Results and Revenue cases in the courts of original 147 jurisdiction Civil suits / Criminal Regular for the year 21.4 Results of civil and Revenue cases in the courts of original 148 jurisdiction Civil suits / criminal regular 21.5 Nature of Free legal available and No. of Beneficiaries, No. of 148 Cases disposed off in Lok Adalat during the year 21.6 No. of Advocates practicing in courts 148 22. LIBRARIES 22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the district with details, 149-150 of Members Books available and Readers 22.2 No.of Libraries houses in Government Building / Rental 151 Building 22.3 No.of Reading Rooms 151-155 23.MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 No.of Mining and Quarrying units in the district 155 23.2 Classification-wise production during the year 155 24.MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 No.of Food and other allied manufacturing units in the 156 district 24.2 No.of Non-Food manufacturing units in the district 157-160 25.MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1 No.of Medical Colleges in the district with Students and 161 Teachers 25.2 No.of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers 162 25.3 No.of Medical Stores in the district - Category-wise 162 25.4 No.of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 162 26.MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1 No.of Motor Vehicles on Road up to the end of the 163,164 year 2018-19 26.2 No.of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) registered during the 164 year 2018-19 26.3 No.of Persons issued with Driving Licence 164 27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1 No.of solar energy generating units in the district with 165 production area 27.2 No.of Wind Mills Generating units with production data 165 28.