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3/28/2018 Home TamilNadu Map Salem District Profile Print SALEM DISTRICT PROFILE • Salem district is bounded by Villupuram district in the East, Erode district in the West, and Dharmapuri district in the North and Namakkal district in the South. • The District lies between 11º 21' 30’’ N to 11º 59' 00”N Latitude,77º 38' 00” E to 78º 50' 00” E Longitude and has an areal extent of 5245 sq.km. • There are 20 Blocks, 385 Villages and 6123 Habitations in the District. Physiography and Drainage: • Salem district is characterized by undulating terrain and major part of the Eastern Ghats falls in the district. • The Shevroy hills, Yercaud part of the Eastern Ghats is located at an altitude of 1900m the highest peak in this district. • The terrain between plains and the hills are generally 150 to 400m above MSL with a low lying plain in the western side of the district. • River Cauvery is the major river which traverses at the western part of the district. • The major tributaries are Sarabanga and Thirumanimuttar. The Vasishta Nadhi and Vellar also drain in the Eastern part of the district. 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 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 830.80 857.70 1135.50 577.5 1006.5 997.6 Geology: Rock Type Geological Formation Charnockite, Gneiss, Granite, Hard Rock Pegmatite, Pyroxenite and Alluvium Hydrogeology: Discontinuous unconfined to semi confined Type of Aquifer aquifers in fissured formations Well yield in lpm 45 - 545 Transmissivity (T)m2/day 10.2 - 542.8 Permeability (K)(m/day)) 0.1 - 50 Depth of Water level 20m to 36m Ground Water Level:: The Ground Water levels from the 41 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: 1/4 3/28/2018 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 769 5 3 777 Groundwater Potential as on March 2011 (as per CGWB): Net Groundwater Availability (in MCM) 523.56 Existing Gross Groundwater draft for all users (in MCM) 856.32 Stage of Groundwater development (in %) 164 % Categorization of District Over Exploited 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 Over Exploited (>100%) 27 Attur, Edappadi, Ernapuram, Gangavalli, Kadayampatti, Karippatti, Kattukkottai, Konganapuram, Malliyakarai, Mecheri, Nangavalli, Omalur, Palamalai, Panamarathuppatti, Pethanaickanpalayam, Salem Town, Sankari East, Sankari West, Semmandappatti, Thalaivasal, Tharamangalam, 2/4 3/28/2018 Thirumalaigiri, Valasaiyur, Vazhappadi, Veerapandi, Vembadithalam, Yethapur. Critical (90%-100%) 2 Poolampatti,Suramangalam Karupur, Kolathur ,Belur, Semi Critical (70%-90%) 7 Pottaneri, Thevur, Veeraganoor ,Mettur. Arunoothumalai, Kalrayanmalai, Safe (<70%) 6 Puthur(S), Vellakkadai, Yercaud, Patchamalai Others (Poor& Saline) - Total 42 Water supply status as on 1.4.2017 Rural Habitations Total No. of Rural Habitations: 6123 Partially covered 586 (10-39 lpcd ) Fully covered 5537 (40 lpcd and above) Urban Towns (Water supply status - Sep 2016) S.NO Name of Towns Population Present water supply level LPCD Corporation 1 Salem 829267 135 Municipalities 1 Mettur 52813 185 2 Edaipaddi 54823 90 3 Athur 61793 90 4 Narasingapuram 23084 90 Town Panchayats 1 Arasiramani 14834 88 2 Attayampatti 13852 72 3 Ayothiapattinam 11517 97 4 Belur 8736 70 5 Edaganasalai 33245 70 6 Ethapur 10968 70 7 Gangavalli 12015 70 8 Ilampillai 11797 98 9 Jalakandapuram 16184 70 10 Kadayampatti 11390 70 11 Kannankurichi 19765 93 12 Karuppur 13967 70 3/4 3/28/2018 13 Keeripatti 10208 70 14 Kolathur 12748 76 15 Konganapuram 9286 105 16 Mallur 10331 70 17 Mecheri 25676 70 18 Nangavalli 10809 81 19 Omalur 16279 100 20 P.N.Patti 25133 178 21 Panaimarathupatti 9368 70 22 Pethanaickenpalayam 17678 70 23 Poolampatti 9477 70 24 Sankari 29467 70 25 Sentharapatti 14308 70 26 Thammampatti 21503 70 27 Tharamangalam 30222 70 28 Thedavur 8230 70 29 Thevur 8548 70 30 Vanavasi 7130 89 31 Vazhapadi 17559 70 32 Veeraganur 11624 70 33 Veerakkalpudur 16665 137 4/4.