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PREFACE The Publication entitled District Statistical Hand Book 2017-2018 Kancheepuram District, has been prepared based on data gathered from various departments. This Hand Book provides informations on various sectors such as Area and Population, Education, Climate & Rainfall, Agriculture, Industries, Transport, Health & Welfare, Consumption of production of Electricity etc. I extend my sincere thanks to the District Collector for having instructed the District level Officers of various Departments to furnish the particulars to this Office. I also to extend my thanks to various Heads of Government Offices, Public sector, and Private sector Organisation for having furnished the required data. I hope this Hand book will be useful to Administrators, Research Scholars, Statisticians, and Socio-Economic and planners who are in need different statistics relating to Kanchipuram District. Suggestions for the improvement of this Hand Book are most welcome. Kancheepuram. Date: .01.2019 Deputy Director of Statistics, Kancheepuram. 1 SALIENT FEATURES ON GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT Kanchipuram - the Ancient town of TamilNadu, which held and still holds a lot of historical significance is prominent during the Pallava dynasty. 'Kanchi' in Tamil literature was also one of the seven celebrated holy cities of ancient and medieval India. Azhwars like Nammazhwar, Periyazhvar and Saivite Nayanmars like Sudramoorthy, Thirunavukkarasar sung their hymns in this town. A great Vainava scholar Sri Ramanujar was born in Thiruperumbudur of Kancheepuram District. Sri Athisanakarar has founded and established Kamakoti Peetam. In 6th century Jainism and Buddhism flourished in this town. Chinese scholars Fahian and Hiuen Tsung also visited this town. The saint named Thomas a follower of Jesus Christ also came and preached in the place now named after him as Saint Thomas Mount. There were two famous universities in this region in ancient days. One was Nalanda University in northern region and another one was Kanchi university during the Pallava regime. An architectural, historical town known as 'Mamallapuram' is also located in this district. The atomic power station, which started functioning in 1983 is at Kalpakkam which is nearer to Mamallapuram. Kancheepuram town is locateds on the bank of the Vegavathi river which is found dried most of the years. Initially known as Chengalpattu District, was bifurcated on 18.11.1997 as Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur districts. Kancheepuram District consists of 13 Taluks, 13 Panchayat unions, 9 Municipalities and 17 Town Panchayats. (Two taluks – Alandur, Shozinganallur taluks are merged in Chennai district effect from 15.08.2018) GEOGRAPHY :The area of this district is 4433 Sq.Km. and the length of the coastal line is 87.2 Km. It has Chennai district and Bay of Bengal on the East, Tiruvallur and Chennai on the North, Thiruvannamalai and Vellore Districts on the West and Villupuram District on South. This district is flat and having small hills in Chengalpattu and Manuranthgam Taluks. CLIMATE : The climate is normal during winter but very hot in Summer. RAINFALL : This District depends on the South-West and North-East Monsoons. RIVERS :Palar is the main river of this district. Cheyyar and Vegavathy rivers are tributory and join the Palar river at Thirumukkudal. CONCLUSION : The famous Vedanthangal Bird sanctuary is found in this district. This district is also famous for Silk sarees. Most of the people are engaged in Agriculture, Weaving, Business in silk sarees and general merchants. DATE: .01.2019 Deputy Director of Statistics Kancheepuram. 2 CONTENTS PAGE NO. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AT A GLANCE 10-19 1. AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 Area, Population, Literate, SCs and STs- Sexwise by Blocks And Municipalities. 20-21 1.2 Population by Broad Industrial categories of Workers. 22 1.3 Population by Religion 22 1.4 Population by Age Groups 22 1.5 Population of the District-Decennial Growth 23 1.6 Salient features of 2011 Census – Block and Municipality wise. 23 1.7 & 1.8 Taluk wise Male /Female Pupulation and Litertrates details 24 2.CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at Select Stations. 25 2.2 Monthly Rainfall during the Period 26 2.3 Time Series Data of Rainfall by seasons. 27 3. AGRICULTURE 3. 1 Soil Classification (with illustration by map) 27 3.2 Land Utilization 28 3.3 Area and Production of Crops 28 3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 29 3.5 Number and Area of Operational Holdings 30 3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 30 3.7 Regulated Markets 31 3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 32-33 3.9 Sericulture 33 4.IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of Water Supply with Command Area – Blockwise. 34 4.2 Actual Area Irrigated (Net and Gross) by sources. 35 4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops. 36 4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Borrewells 36 5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 5.1 Livestock Population 37 5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals treated – Blockwise. 37 5.3 No. Veterinary Hospitals 38 5.4 Diary Development 38 5.5 Poultry Development 38 5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 38 6. BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1 No. of Commercial Banks 39-40 6.2 Insurance Schemes 41 3 7. CO-OPERATION 7.1 Co-operative Societies 41 8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1 No. of Fair Price Shops 42-43 8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities 42-43 8.3 No. of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 44 8.4 Quantity supplied 44 8.5 No. of LPG Connections 44 8.6 No of Persons waiting for LPG connections 45 9. COMMUNICATION 9.1 Post-Offices doing postal business only 45 9.2 Post-Offices doing Post and Telegraphic Business 45 9.3 Telegraph Offices 45 9.4 No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and in Use 46 9.5 No. of PCOs attached to each exchange 46 9.6 No. of Persons waiting for Phone Connection. 46 10. ELECTRICITY 10.1 No.of Power Stations 47 10.2 Quantum of Power purchased 47 10.3 Power Consumption Sector wise 48 10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 48 1 0.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per Unit 49 10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 50-51 10.7 Capacity of Transformers 52-55 10.8 Rural Electrification 56 10.9 Name and Address of fault report offices. 56 11. EDUCATION 11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 57-63 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 64 11.3 College for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 65 11.4 Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers 65 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 65-66 11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 67 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 67 11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, Students and Teachers 67 11.9 Computer Training Centres 68 11.10 Hostels and Inmates by Community 68 11.11 Scholarships to Students by Community 69 11.12. School Students Beneficiaries Details 69 4 12. FISHERIES 12.1 Fisheries Development 70 12.2 Estimated Marine Fish Production/Inland Fish Production 71 12.3 No. of Families engaged in Fishing 71 13. HANDLOOM 13.1 No.of Focal Centres with Location details 71 13.2 No. of Societies and Variety wise Production 72 13.3 No.of Power Looms and No.of Employees working 72 13.4 No.of Families engaged 72 14. HANDICRAFTS 14.1 Name and Addresses of Handicrafts 72 14.2 Articles available in the Handicrafts 73 14.3 Value of Articles produced 73 14.4 No.of Families engaged in Handicrafts 74 15.HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 75 15.2 No. Allied Pathological Units available 76 15.3 Disease wise patients treated 76-77 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 77 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programme 77 16.HOUSING 16.1 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Private Sector 78 16.2 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Public Sector 79 16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under Public Sector 79 16.4 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 79 16.5 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 80 16.6 Index No. Building Construction cost in Urban centres 80 16.7 Labour charges of Construction Workers 80 17- INDUSTRIES 17.1 Results of Annual Survey IndustriesI 81 17.2 Estimates of Output and Value Added by Manufacture BASED ON 81 Annual Survey of Industries. 17.3 Industrial Production. 81 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals in the District 81 17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 82 17.6 Small Scale Industries 82 17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 82 17.8 No.of Printing Presses 82 17.9 No.of Photocopy (Xerox) centres 83 17.10 Khadi and Village Industries 83 17.11 Village industries 83 5 18.FACTORIES 18.1 Registered and Working Factories 84 18.2 Employment in Working Factories 85 18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, 86 Lockout and Gheraos 19. LOCAL BODIES 19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 87 19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 87 19.3 Panchayat Union, Village/Town Panchayats 87 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages 88 19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat Union/ Town Panchayat/Village Panchayat 89 19.6 Rural Development activities 90 20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 No.of persons registered in employment exchange during the year and total number of persons waiting upto the end of the year as per live register 91 20.2 No.of placements during and upto the end of the year 91 21.LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Divisions and Original Jurisdiction 92 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original Jurisdiction, Civil Suits Regular.