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Home TamilNadu Map Kancheepuram District Profile Print KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT PROFILE • Kancheepuram district is bounded by Thiruvallur and districts in the North, Villuppuram district in the South, Bay of Bengal in the East and and Vellore districts in the West. •The District lies between 12º14'00”N to 13º02'00”N Latitude, 79º 31’30”E to 80º 15' 30”E Longitude and has an areal extent of 4307 sq.km • There are 13 Blocks, 633 Villages and 4015 Habitations in the District

Physiography and Drainage: • The seasonal rivers like Araniyar & Korattalaiar and Thondiar drain in the northern and southern part of the district. The Palar, Araniyar & Korattalaiar and Thondiar river basins which are used for drinking and irrigation purpose. • Kancheepuram district is classified into coastal areas and other plain lands with small intermittent hills. • Few residual hills such as St.Thomas Mount, Thirukkalukundram hills and hills are found in the district. The general elevation of the district ranges from 0.5m to 230m above MSL. • River Palar is a major river course, which drains this district originates from Western Ghats in Karnataka State. Cheyyar and Vegavathi are the small tributaries of Palar river.

Rainfall: The average annual rainfall and the 5 years rainfall collected from IMD, Chennai is as follows:

Acutal Rainfall in mm Normal Rainfall in mm 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1423.5 902.60 905.2 907.9 2256.6 1227.7

Geology:

Rock Type Geological Formation Granite, Gneiss, Chronockite, Sendimentary 70% Sandstone, Sandy clay, Laterite, Hard Rock 30% Alluvium and Marine deposites

Hydrogeology:

Type of aquifer Water table conditions in Hard Rock Areas. Aquifer parameters Hard rock Alluvial formation Well yield (lpm): 45 – 220 150 – 400 Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day) 10 – 80 200 – 300 Permeability (K)(m/day) 0.5 – 2.5 20 - 30 Depth of Water level 5m to 12.5m

Ground Water Level:: The Ground Water levels from the 47 number of observation wells of TWAD have been analysed for Post-Monsoon and Pre- Monsoon. Since 1991, average Ground water level in m Below Ground Level for pre and post monsoon is as follows:

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Sustainability:: With a view to enhance the Sustainability of the drinking water sources, recharge structures are being implemented by TWAD Board under various State and Central Government assistances. The Recharge Structures implemented so far is as under.

Recharge Structures Roof Check Percolation Recharge Recharge Defunct Bore Recharge Hydro Others Ooranies top Total Dam Pond Pit Trench well Recharge Shaft Fracturing RWH 152 120 1 15 5 15 308

Groundwater Potential as on March 2011 (as per CGWB):

Net Groundwater Availability (in MCM) 1055.25 Existing Gross Groundwater draft for all users (in MCM) 694.19 Stage of Groundwater development (in %) 66 % Categorization of District Safe

Categorization of Firkas: The status of Categorization of firkas as of March 2011 for the District is shown below.

Categorisation based on Extraction (as on 2011) No. of Firkas Firkas Govindhavadi, L.Endathur, Orathi, Over Exploited (>100%) 6 Sirukaveripakkam, Thiruppu Kuzhi, Walajabad Chittiambakkam, Jameenendathur, Critical (90%-100%) 5 Pallur, Thirukazhukundram, Thirupulivanam Acchirupakkam, Arumpuliyur, , Cheyyur, Chithamur , Guduvancheri, Kaliyampoondi, Semi Critical (70%-90%) 15 Kattankulathur, Kunnavakkam, Mamallapuram, Mangadu, Nerumbur , Onampakkam, Ponvilayanthakalathur, Uthiramerur Safe (<70%) 35 Alanthur, Chitlapakkam, Kadapakkam,

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Water supply status as on 1.4.2016 Rural Habitations Total No. of Rural Habitations: 4014

Partially covered 71 (10-39 lpcd ) Fully covered 3943 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water supply status - Sep 2016)

S.NO Name of Towns Population Present water supply level LPCD Municipalities 1 Kancheepuram 164384 69 2 Chengalpattu 62579 71 3 Maduranthagam 30796 75 4 Tambaram 174787 62 5 Pallavaram 215417 43 6 48050 54 7 Pammal 75870 45 8 Maraimalai Nagar 81872 84 9 45356 62 Town panchayats 1 30702 74 2 37342 70 3 Thirukalukundram 29391 70 4 Walajabad 14684 85 5 Kunrathur 54986 72 6 37906 71 7 Uthiramerur 25194 72 8 24864 71 9 Mamalapuram 15172 78 10 Karunguzhi 12485 70

3/4 10/7/2017 11 Madambakkam 31681 71 12 Peerkankaranai 43493 71 13 Thiruporur 13666 100 14 Mangadu 38188 72 15 Nandivaram Guduvancheri 44098 72 16 Acharapakkam 10362 70 17 Edaikazhinadu 28172 73

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