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PREFACE

The publication of “ Statistical Hand Book 2014-15 - 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 West, 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

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literacy rates of combined, males and females were 65.09%, 74.4% and 55.2% respectively in 2001 census.

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.

Salem district received actual rainfall of 1001.5 mm in the year 2014-15, when compared with the normal rainfall of 997.9 mm. In 2013-14, Salem district has received 902.5 mm of rainfall. i.e. 10.97% of rain fall increased when compared with previous year.

IV. THE STANLEY RESERVOIR

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, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam. The total length of the dam is 1700 meters. The Mettur Hydro Electrical Power Project is also quite l00arge. Dam, park, major hydroelectric power stations and hills on all sides make Mettur a good tourist attraction.

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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

This district is notable for its special varieties of Mangoes such as “ Bangalora, Gundu, Malgova, Nadusalai and Neelam ”. There are 97 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.

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“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”.

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 .

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 Mysore 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. FORTS

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 Eastern Ghats, 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 Ooty.

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SALEM DISTRICT -SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2014-15 DISTRICT PROFILE – 2014-15

1 Density of population per sq.km (as per census 2011) 665 2 % of Urban Population to total population (census 2011) 51.04 3 Sex Ratio (Number of females per 1000 of males)- 954 4 %9census of Scheduled 2011) 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) 17.52 10 % of Agriculture workers to total population (census 11.37 11 %2011) of Net Area sown to Total Geographical Area 50.22 12 % of Area sown more than once to Net Area Sown 39.69 13 % of Net Area Irrigated to Net Area sown 46.96 14 % of Gross Area Irrigated to Gross Area sown 46.82 15 Per Capita Net Area sown (Hectare) 0.060 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 412.53 20 Percentagepurpose(units) of consumption of electricity by purpose a. Domestic 40.58 b. Commercial 7.49 c. Industries 23.74 d. Public lighting & Public works 4.10 e. Agriculture 20.73 f. Others 3.32 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 39 26 Number of Middle schools per lakh of Population 11 27 Number of High schools per lakh of population 5 28 Number of Higher Sec. Schools per lakh of population 4 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 and District Kannada,Malayalam

Source: Statistical Handbook 2015-Tamilnadu

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Fig .1.Forecasting Population for the year 2021

3. VITAL STATISTICS 2014-15

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

Infant Mortality rate (per 1000 live births) a. Rural 20.6 6. b. Urban 10.7 c. Combined 18.0

7. Expectation of life at birth a. Male NA b. Female NA 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 Source: Deputy Director of Health and Family Welfare, Salem.

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4. TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREE CELCIUS) 2014-15

Plains 1. Maximum 37.5 2. Minimum 19.5 Hill Station (Yercaud) 1. Maximum 30.0 2. Minimum 13.0 5. RAINFALL ( MM )2014-15

Normal 1. South West 440.6 2. North East 370.5 Actual 1. South West 369.8 2. North East 332.5

Source: Indian Meteorological Department

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6. AGRICULTURE

S.Number Details Year : 2014-15 a. Total Cultivated area (Hectares) 305152.745 b. Net Area sown (Hectares) 218448.43 c. Area Sown more than once 86704.315 d. (Hectares)Area and production of principal Area Production crops (Hectares) “000” in “000” (Tonnes) 1. Rice 19.343 2. Millets and Other Cereals 87727.92 3. Pulses 26911.6 4. Sugarcane 9433.280 5. Groundnut 20716.210 6. Gingelly 2087.045 7. Cotton (Lints) 15750.340 e. Agricultural land Holdings (2014-15) 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 2014-15 of Salem District

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IRRIGATION

S.Number Source of Irrigation Year : 2014-15 1. Net Area irrigated by (Hectares) a. Government Canals 531.820 b. Private Canals -- c. Tanks -- d. Tube wells 13077 e. Other wells 84839 f. Other sources -- Total Net Area Irrigated 98448 2. Gross Area irrigated 137154 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 2014-15 of Salem

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8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

S.No Items Year : 2014-15 1. VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS a. Veterinary Hospitals 6 b. Veterinary Dispensaries 132 c. Clinical Centres 0

2. POULTRYd. Sub Centres DEVELOPMENT 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 : 2014-15 a. Diaries 1 b. Milk Chilling Plants 2 c. No of Milk Co-op Societies Registered 696 Functioning 617 d. Milk Production (Lakh Litres) Flush Season 531. Lean Season 393 Source: Deputy Director of Cooperative Milk Societies, Salem

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10. FISHERIES

S.No Subject Year: 2014-15 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) 11903 Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam

11. FOREST

S.No Subject Year :2014-15 1. Forest Area (Hect.) a. Reserved Forests 103104 b. Unclassified Forests 126540 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

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12. ELECTRICITY

S.N Subject Year :2014-15 um1. GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY ( in M.U) a. HYDRO 4613.59700 ber 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 works 128.48 4.10 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 Nos. Area a. Number of Pump sets Energized 136032 Irrigated148824 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.No 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

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14. INDUSTRIES

Year: 2014-15

1. No of Working Factories (Registered) 808 2. No of Man days Worked (Lakhs) 88.540 3. No of Trade Unions a. During 2014 – 2015 14 b. Up to March 2015 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 2014 – 2015 N.A b. Up to March 2015 1226 9. Cottage Industries a. During 2014 – 2015 N.A b. Up to March 2015 15 10. Others a. During 2014 - 2015 N.A b. Up to March 2015 N. A 10. NAME OF THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES 1. S.P.SUPER FINE COTTON MILLS P LTD. CUDDALUR MAIN 2. RAROAD,SI TEXT ATTURILES P LTD., CUDALURE MAIN ROAD, ATTUR

3 FIDELITY TEXTILE P LTD., UDAYAPATTI, ATTUR MAIN 4 S.P.SPINNINGROAD, SALEM MILLS P.LTD. CUDDALUR MAIN ROAD, ATTUR 5 SAMBANDAM SPINNING MILLS .LTD. ATTUR MAIN ROAD, 6 KANDAGIRIUDAYAPATTI SPINNING MILLS LTD., UNIT.1 UDAYAPATTI,

7 DHARANIDARASALEM SPINNERS P LTD., ROAD,

8 PARAGANKAKAPALA POLYMERYAM PRODUCTS P LTD., KAKAPALAYAM,

9 CHIRANJILAISALEM SPINNERS P LTD., ATTAYAMPATTI, SALEM 10 JSWDIST. LTD., POTTANERI, MECHERI VIA,

11 THERMAL POWER STATION, METTUR DAM, SALEM DIST. 12 MADRAS ALUMINIUM CO LTD., KARUMALAIKOODAL, 13 CHEMPLASTMETTUR R.S. SANMAR LTD., PLANT.1 PUDUCHAMPALLI

14 CHEMPLAST SANMAR LTD., PLANT II, PUDUCHAMPALLI 15 CHEMPLAST SANMAR LTD., PLANT III & IV, RAMAN NAGAR, 16 CABOTMETTUR SANMAR DAM LTD., RAMAN NAGAR, METTUR DAM,

HITECH MINERALS COVAL P LTD., KOTTAGOUNDAMPATTI, 17 OMALUR TK 18 TAMIL NADU MAGNESITE LTD., OMALUR MAIN ROAD, AMMAPALAYAM, SALEM

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19 DALMIA MAGNESITE LTD., VELLAKKALPATTI, OMALUR 20 PALLIPALAYAMTALUK SPINNERS P LTD., NILAVARAPATTI, SALEM

21 SRI MALINI SPINNING MILLS LTD, SANTHIYUR, SALEM 22 THAMBI MODERN SPINNING MILLS LTD., JAGIR 23 BURNAMMAPALAYAM, STANDARD SALEMCO.LTD. OMALUR MAIN ROAD, SALEM

24 NARASUS COFFEE CO., JOHNSONPET, SALEM 25 SALEM DIST. CO-OP. MILK PRODUCERS UNION LTD., PALLAVASTEEPLANT TEXTILES ROAD, SALE LTD.,M MANGARANKAMPALAYAM, 26 VEERACHIPALAYAM POST, SANKARI

THE INDIA CEMENTS LTD., SANKARI WEST, SANKARI, 27 SALEM DIST. PERUMAL SPINNING MILLS P LTD., SESHANCHAVADI, 28 VALAPADI TK, SALEM DISTRICT 29 KANDAGIRI SPINNING MILLS P LTD., SESHANCHAVADI, SALEM STEELDIST. PLANT, ALAGUSAMUDRAM, 30 THARAMANGALAM 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 11 Name of the Industrial Park Nil

15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

S.No Name of Industries Year: 2014-15 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:2014-15 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 17663 b. Non- Commercial 125005 3. RAILWAY LENGTH 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 + (60 Branches) 4 Urban Banks 8 5 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies 215 6 Housing Co-operative Societies -- 7 Employees Co-operative Societies 101 8 Lift Irrigation Societies 1 9 Weavers Co-operative Societies 88 10 Industrial Co-operative Societies 20 11 Khadi & Village Industries Societies 34 12 Primary Co-operative Societies(Lamp) 5 13 Co-Operative Sugar Mills Nil 14 Co-operative Marketing Societies 2 15 Others Co –operative Societies 147

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 46.2496 Crores)

3 Total Receipts (Rs. in Crores) 0.9265

Source: Registration Dept, Salem

22. HOUSING

1 No of Tenements Constructed by Tamil Nadu Housing Board NIL

2 Group Houses for Adi-Dravidars NIL

3 Number of Tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu slum NIL Clearance Board 4 Number of Tenements constructed by Police Housing Board NIL

5 Deputy Registrar Housing – Rural NIL

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 Nil b.ST Nil c. Others Nil 9 Number of Households below poverty line 186882

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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: 1. Ammapettai, 2. Dadagapatti , 3. Suramangalam, 4. Attayampatti , 5. Attur -6. 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 183076

2. I.C.D.S. 2696 38013

25. REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 1 Revenue Divisions 4

2 Revenue Taluks 13

3 Revenue Firkas 44

4 Revenue Villages 653

26. LOCAL BODIES 1 Corporations 1

2 Municipalities 3

3 Second 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 257076

c. Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores) 12960.46

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32. NATURAL RESOURCES

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

33. PILGRIM AND TOURIST CENTRES

1 Name of the Important Pilgrims SriSugavaneshwara Centres in the District Temple,Salem–1

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 Yercaud (Jewel of the South) Centre 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 2014-15 No Number

1.AREA AND POPULATION

1.1(a) Tamil Nadu and Salem District- Provisional Population Totals, Rural 44 Urban- As per Census 2011 Area, Population, Literates, SCs and STs –Sex-wise by Taluk- 1.1(b) 47 As per Census 2011 1.2 Population by Broad Industrial Categories of workers 48 1.3 Population by Religion 48 1.4 Population by Age Groups 49 1.5 Population of the District – Decimal Growth 49 1.6 Salient Features of 2011 Census – Block and Municipality wise 51 2.CLIMATE & RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at Select Stations 52 2.2 Monthly Rainfall Date – Station wise with maintaining Department 53 Particulars 2.3 Time Series Date of Rainfall by seasons 57 3.AGRICULTURE 3.1 Soil Classification 58 3.2 Land Utilization 59 3.3 Area and Production of Crops 60 3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 61 3.5 Numbers and Area of Operational Holdings 62 3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 64 3.7 Regulated Markets 64 3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 65 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 Crops 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

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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 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 81 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 Capacity of Transformers 88 10.8 Rural Electrification 89 10.9 Name and address of fault report offices 90 11.EDUCATION 11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 91 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 91 11.3 Colleges for Professional l Education, Students and Teachers 92 11.4 Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers 93 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 93

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11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 94 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 94 11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, Students and Teachers 95 11.9 Computer Training Centres 96 11.10 Hospitals and Inmates by Community 97 11.11 Scholarships to Students by community 97 12.FISHERIES 12.1 Fisheries Development 98 12.2 Estimated MF Production / Inland Production 99 12.3 Number of Families engaged in Fishing 99 13.HANDLOOM 13.1 Number of Focal Centres with Location details 100 13.2 Number of Societies and Variety-wise Production 101 13.3 Number of Power Looms and Number of Employees working 101 13.4 Number of Families engaged 102 14.HANDICRAFTS 14.1 Name and Addresses of Handicrafts 103 14.2 Articles available in the Handicrafts 104 14.3 Value of Articles produced and Value of Articles Sold 105 14.4 Number of Families engaged in Handicrafts 106 15.HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE 15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 107 15.2 Number of allied Pathological Units available 107 15.3 Disease-wise Patients treated 108 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 109 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programme 109 16. HOUSING 16.1 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Private Sector 110 16.2 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Public Sector 110 16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under Public Sector 110 16.4 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 111 16.5 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 111 16.6 Index Number of Building Construction cost in Urban Centres 112 16.7 Labour Charges of Construction Workers 112 17.INDUSTRIES 17.1 Results of ASI 112 17.2 Estimates of Value of Output and Value Added by Manufacturing by 113 Industries based on ASI

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17.3 Industrial production 114 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals in the District 114 17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 115 17.6 Small Scale Industries 116 17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 117 17.8 Number of Printing presses 117 17.9 Number of photocopy (Xerox) centres 118 18.FACTORIES 18.1 Registered and Working Factories 119 18.2 Employment in Working Factories 119 18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockouts and Gheraos 120 19.LOCAL BODIES 19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 121 19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 121 19.3 Panchayat Union, Villages / Town Panchayats 122 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue villages 122 19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation / Municipality / Panchayat Union/ Town 122 Panchayat/ Village Panchayat 19.6 Rural Development Activities 123 20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 Number of Persons registered during the year and Total Number of 124 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 124 21.LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Division and Original Jurisdiction 125 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original 128 Jurisdiction, Civil Suits Regular

21.3 Nature of free Legal Services available and Number of Beneficiaries, 129 Number of cases disposed of in Lok Adalat during the year 21.4 Number of Advocates practicing in Courts 129 22.LIBRARIES 22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the District with details of 130 members, books available and readers 22.2 Number of Libraries houses in Government Building / Rental Building 130 22.3 Number of Reading Rooms - Part time Libraries 131 23.MINING & QUARRYING 23.1 Number of Mining and Quarrying units in the District 132 23.2 Classification –wise production during the year 132 24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 Number of Food and other allied manufacturing units in the district 133

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24.2 Number of Non-Food manufacturing units in the district 133 25.MEDICAL SERVICES

25.1 Number of Medical Colleges in the district with Students and Teachers 134

25.2 Number of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers 134 25.3 Number of Medical Stores in the District – Category wise 135 25.4 Number of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 135 26.MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1 Number of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the year 136 and up to the end of the year 26.2 Number of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) available for hire purpose 138 during the year and up to the end of the year 26.3 Number of Persons issued with Driving Licenses 138 27.NON- CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATON 27.1 Number of Solar Energy generating units in the district with 139 Production Area 27.2 Number of Wind Mills, Generating units with production data 139

28.POLICE AND PRISIONS 28.1 Police Force 140 28.2 Cognizable Offences under Indian Penal Code 140 28.3 Prisons and Convicts 141 28.4 Number of Cases Registers under PCR 142 28.5 Number of Cases Registered against Woman Harassment and Dowry 142 29.PUBLIC HEALTH 29.1 Public Health and Medical Services rendered by Organizations and 143 individual 29.2 Number of Primary Health Centres with Sub-Centre 144 30.PRINTING AND PUBLICATION 30.1 Number of News papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazine 145 published etc., 30.2 Number of Publishers in the district other than Newspapers and 145 Magazines 30.3 Number of Printing Presses in the district 146 31.PRICE INDICES 31.1 Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices of Tamil Nadu 2014-15 147 31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers 2014-15 148 31.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers 2014-15 (Numbers for Rural, Urban 149 and Combined) 31.4 All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial workers 2014- 150 15 31.5 Consumer Price Index Numbers for selected essential items in Rural 151 Tamil Nadu 2014-15

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31.6 Consumer Price Index Numbers for selected essential items in 15 2 Urban Tamil Nadu 2014-15 32.QUALITY CONTROL 32.1 List of Industrial / Establishment Units having Quality Control 153 Facilities and the products subjected to Quality Control 33.REGISTRATION 33.1 Number of Registration Offices in the district 153

33.2 Registration and Aggregate Value of properties transferred during the 154 year 34.REPAIR AND SERVICE 34.1 Authorized Automobile Repair and Service Stations 154 34.2 Authorized Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Services Units 155 35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 35.1 Restaurants, Cafes and Other Eating and Drinking Places 156 35.2 Details of Hotels 156 36.RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES 36.1 List of Cinema Theatres and their Capacities 157 36.2 List of Clubs and Associations 159 36.3 List of Motion Picture Distributors and Projection 160 37.SOCIAL WELFARE 37.1 Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meals Programme Centres 165 37.2 Number of Beneficiaries under Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious 165 Meals Programme 37.3 Number of Beneficiaries under the free supply of Text Books and 165 uniforms 37.4 Number of Beneficiaries under Old Age Pension Scheme 166 37.5 Free Houses and House sites distributed to Community 167 37.6 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Schemes 167 38.SANITARY SERVICES 38.1 Number of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage, And 168 Sewage disposal and other particulars 38.2 Number of Vehicles engaged in the Sanitary services 168 39.SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICES 39.1 Institutions and Laboratories engaged in Research Work 168 40.STORAGE FACILITIES 40.1 Number of Ginning, Spinning and Non-Agricultural Storage Go downs 169

40.2 List of Cold Storage God owns 170 41.TEXTILES 41.1 Number of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving Mills in the District 172

41.2 Quantum of Production during the year 172

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42.TRADE AND COMMERCE 42.1 Number of Major and Minor Trade and Commercial Estate in the 173 district 43.TRANSPORT 43.1 Length of Roads 173 43.2 Road Accidents 174 43.3 Registered Motor Vehicles 174 43.4 Transport Corporation 175 43.5 Select Indicators of overall performances of State Transport 176 43.6 RailwayCorporation Lines and Stations 176 43.7 Port Development 177 43.8 Airports 177 43.9 Private Transport 178 44.TOURISM 44.1 Places of Tourist Attraction 184 44.2 List of Places of Worship 184 44.3 List of Hotels and Restaurants 185 44.4 List of Travel Agents 186 45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1 Births and Deaths registered in the District 186 45.2 Birth, Death and Mortality rates in the District 186 45.3 Death by Causes 187 46.VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46.1 List of Voluntary Services available in the district for the development 188 of Rural and Urban Population 47.WATER WORK AND SUPPLY 47.1 Number of Schemes Operated in the District 195 47.2 Number of Workers engaged in the Water Works and Supply 196 47.3 Number of House connections, fountains 197

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1. AREA AND POPULATION

1.1(a) TAMILNADU AND SALEM DISTRICT Population Totals, Rural & Urban Areas Population 2011 Population 2001 Total 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 Total Population, 2001 State/District /Rural age 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). TALUK WISE AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC‟S (As per Census 2011)

Scheduled Scheduled Population Literates Caste Tribe

Sl. Name of the

No Taluk

Area Area (sq.km) Persons 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

27090

76376 50714 22758 11657 11101

222856 116241 106615 1

4 Sankari

557 492

1049

88751 62888 35000 18086 16914

242671 125818 116853 151639

5 Salem

6048 6032

88482 87918 12080

645797 628635 926164 503644 422520 176400

1274432

6 Yercaud

3562

5492 2669 2823

41832 21047 20785 23585 1 10023 28118 14159 13959

7

5443 5212

98674 96741 72375 57296 52370 26311 26059 10655

195415 129671

8 Attur

51474 51288 41444 20956 20488

429296 215626 213670 283978 157974 126004 102755

414

9

5407 5233

80634 80551 58617 46797 40899 20516 20383 10640

161184 105

Source: Census of India 2011

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1.2. POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS

Salem District Tamil Nadu

% to Sl. Industrial Category % to total Persons Persons total 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 785161 24.1 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 Persons in (%) in Number 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 2305 5934 0.08 0.10 stated 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 Region 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

ion % ion among

Literacy Literacy

Sl. Name of the

No Block/

Municipality

Density per Sq.Km. per Density

Rural Population % Population Rural

Urban Populat 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 3150 974 17.2 100 - 88.2 72.7 16.9 0.7 Municipality 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 SELECT STATIONS (Celsius)

Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Humidity %

Months Norma Normal Actual Actual 8.30 hrs. 17.30 hrs l (2) (3) (5) (6) (7) (4) April”14 36.9 39.2 25.1 24.6 81 66

May‟14 36.8 37.2 25.5 24.1 92 80 34.9 36.1 24.4 23.7 87 88 pr‟1Jun‟14 4 Jul‟14 33.4 34.2 23.6 23.1 81 67 Aug‟14 33.2 32.9 23.4 22.5 92 76 Sep‟14 33.1 34.3 23.3 22.5 86 84 Oct‟14 31.9 31.9 22.8 21.5 91 93 Nov‟14 30.5 30.2 21.2 20 91 90 Dec‟14 30.1 30.6 19.6 19.8 93 88 Jan‟15 33.1 31.7 19.2 18.7 93 70 Feb‟15 33.7 34.1 20.2 18.7 85 57 Mar‟15 33.7 36.5 22.5 22.9 84 65

Source: Officer-in-Charge, Meterorological Observatory, Collectorate, Salem-1

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2.2.MONTLY RAINFALL DATA STATION-WISE

Name of the Station: Salem Year: 2014-15 Salem Yercaud Athur Thammampatty Mettur dam Station Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual

SOUTH WEST MONSOON

Jun-14 55.6 129.3 126.4 139 56.1 81.6 24.7 16 19.4 43.2

Jul-14 91.5 19.8 178.3 91.2 48.9 5.4 45.6 10.4 35.9 6.5 Aug- 181.2 90.4 229.2 302 142.1 145 93.0 233 82.5 29.9 14 Sep-14 114.1 140.7 221.4 192.4 116.2 121.2 84.7 154.2 76.2 251.6

Total 442.4 380.2 755.3 724.6 363.3 353.2 248.0 413.6 214.0 331.2

NORTH EAST MONSOON

Oct-14 201.6 222.1 224.0 233.8 154.0 278.8 159.2 264.7 101.2 226 Nov- 120.3 20.4 225.4 79.8 188.2 73 220.6 74 85.8 24.9 14 Dec- 36.9 1.5 72.7 58 61.7 25 77.2 20 9.4 0 14 Total 358.8 244 522.1 371.6 403.9 376.8 457.0 358.7 196.4 250.9

WINTER PERIOD

Jan-15 0.9 6.2 2.3 16 1.5 71 4.4 63 0.1 0

Feb-15 4.7 0 5.8 0 1.9 4.8 2.0 0 4.0 0

Total 5.6 6.2 8.1 16 3.4 75.8 6.4 63 4.1 0

HOT WEATHER PERIOD Mar- 16.9 1.9 41.1 44.2 18.5 0 20.9 33.2 26.0 26.5 15 Apr- 66.9 201.8 103.2 159.2 32.9 232.4 49.3 140.41 56.3 171.2 15 May- 125.8 142 186.3 139.2 98.6 80.6 107.2 64.8 85.5 202.8 15 Total 209.6 345.7 330.6 342.6 150.0 313 177.4 238.41 167.8 400.5

Contd..

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

South West Monsoon

Jun-14 51.7 25 34.8 52.2 41.2 24 33.7 17.5

Jul-14 65.7 18 56.3 16.4 59.7 0 45.0 0

Aug-14 150.4 53.6 131.1 75.7 138.5 135 246.7 78.8

Sep-14 147.3 230.3 71.3 126.5 117.3 275.6 68.6 174

Total 415.1 326.9 293.5 270.8 356.7 434.6 394.0 270.3

North East monsoon

Oct-14 163.5 296.6 143.6 381.4 193.0 375 175.6 252.2

Nov-14 107.7 24.4 130.7 41 173.5 168 123.2 54.8

Dec-14 24.4 10 19.7 20 46.5 27 29.5 27

Total 295.6 331 294.0 442.4 413.0 570 328.3 334

Winter Period

Jan-15 0.0 8 2.0 0.0 5.0 0 1.5 0

Feb-15 0.4 0 2.1 0.0 9.9 0 12.5 0

Total 0.4 8 4.1 0.0 14.9 0 14.0 0

Hot Weather Period

Mar-15 34.0 64 18.7 83.2 39.6 257 23.3 119.4

Apr-15 56.3 98.4 60.8 99.7 109.0 237 57.0 190.8

May-15 109.7 75.9 93.4 172.7 137.1 254 124.5 86

Total 200.0 238.3 172.9 355.6 285.7 748 204.8 396.2 Source: Rai n Fall Station Register concerned,

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2.2 MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR THE DISTRICT

WITH MAINTAINING DIRECTORATE PARTICULARS (in mm)

Year: 2014-15

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

Total 440.6 369.8 Jun‟14 65.1 80.1 Jul‟14 96.4 22.2

Aug‟14 119.6 122.7 Sep‟14 159.5 144.8 2.North East Monsoon

Total 370.5 332.5 Oct‟14 190.9 253.3 Nov‟14 123.8 53.9 Dec‟14 55.8 25.5 3.Winter-Period

Total 16.0 22 Jan‟15 8.5 17.5 Feb‟15 7.5 4.5 4.Hot-Weather Period

Total 170.8 277 Mar‟15 16.0 30.0 Apr‟15 54.0 143.3 May‟15 100.8 103.7 WHOLE YEAR 997.9 1001.5

Source: Indian Meteorological Dept. Chennai – 600 006.

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Fig.2. Season-wise Rainfall for Salem District for the Year 2014-15

Fig.3. Rainfall for the year 2014-15-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 2005-06 380.0 410.1 347.0 607.1 21.3 4.3 149.7 153.5 898.0 1173.0 30.6

2 2006-07 380.0 371.3 347.0 347.4 21.3 0.6 149.7 88.6 898.0 807.9 -10.0

3 2007-08 380.0 488.0 347.0 375.6 21.3 15.0 149.7 267.1 898.0 1145.7 27.6

4 2008-09 380.0 466.3 347.0 359.0 21.3 2.3 149.7 189.7 898.0 1017.3 13.3

5 2009-10 380.0 397.9 347.0 208.8 21.3 6.5 149.7 172.4 898.0 785.6 -12.5

6 2010-11 380.0 545.8 347.0 564.2 16.0 8.7 170.8 211.4 913.8 1330.1 45.6

7 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 8 2012-13 440.6 441.0 370.5 275.2 16.0 13.0 170.8 70.1 997.9 799.3

9 2013-14 440.6 491.7 370.5 255.6 16.0 1.1 170.8 154.1 997.9 902.5 -9.6

10 2014-15 440.6 369.8 370.5 332.5 16.0 22 170.8 277 997.9 1001.5 0.36

Source: Indian Meteorological Dept. Chennai – 600 006.

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3. AGRICULTURE

3.1. SOIL CLASSIFICATION

Year: 2014-15 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

Red Collurial 4. Parts of Salem, Sankagiri, Mettur, Omalur taluks in 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: 2014-15 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 63791.043

4. Cultivable Waste 5416.495 5. Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land 4200.300

6. Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves not 2879.96 included in Net Area Sown 7. Current Fallows 45700.875

8. Other Fallows Land 16212.872

9. Net Area Sown 218448.43

10. Geographical Area According to Village Papers 520529.998

11. Total Cropped Area 305152.745

12. Area sown more than once 86704.315

Source: District „G‟ Return for Salem for 2014-15

72040.416

Chart – 5 Land Utilization of Salem District for the year 2014-15

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3. 3 AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS

Year: 2014-15

Area Production in Productivity % to the Sl. No Crops In hec. tonnes Kg./hec. total area sown (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. A.FOOD GRAINS: a) Cereals & Millets i) Paddy 19343.290 ii) Cholam 47452.570 iii) Cumbu 1102.930 iv) Ragi 9293.355 v).Maize 38005.330 v) Samai 1167.090 b) Pulses i) Red gram 4348.290 ii) Green gram 10200.600 iii) Black gram 4669.595 iv) Horse gram 7693.115 2. B.OIL SEEDS i) Groundnut 20716.210 ii) Coconut 13929.100 iii) Gingelly 2087.045 iv) Sunflower 25.400 3. C.OTHER CROPS i) Sugarcane 9433.280 ii) Cotton 15750.340 iii) Chillies 773.195 iv) Turmeric 5171.940 v) Tapioca 15143.070 vi) Mango 5422.845 vii).Banana 1524.770 viii).Tomatoes 3315.965 *- in terms of cane

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3.4. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY Year: 2014-15

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 Category S.C. S.T. Others Total S.C. S.T. Others Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Below 10023 6832 135759 152620 2711.031 1881.138 33937.237 38530.726 0.5

0.5 to 4847 5444 70329 80620 3401.520 4132.873 50196.407 57731.415 1.0

1.0 to 2422 4725 51786 58933 3217.930 6898..810 714156.610 81532.350 2.0

2.0 to 419 1234 13986 15639 998.355 3029.065 33531.700 37559.968 3.0

3.0 to 86 410 5095 5591 292.495 1399.150 17436.963 19128.508 4.0

4.0 to 45 175 1999 2219 198.870 776.975 8873.209 9849.054 5.0

5.0 to 30 118 1581 1729 186.385 699.745 9302.655 10188.785 7.5

7.5 to 5 35 392 432 41.525 296.375 3339.037 3676.937 10.0

10.0 to 4 20 237 261 46.980 284.540 3125.72 3457.240 20.0

20.0 & 0 4 111 115 0 111.250 4698.385 4809.635 Above

Total 17881 18997 281281 318159 11095.091 19509.921 235859.606 266464.618

Source: Agriculture Census 2010-11

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Chart- 6 Classification of Land Holders for Salem District

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3.6. CONSUMPTION OF CHEMICAL FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES

Year: 2014-15

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) 27.906 11.228 12.549 - 51.683 18425 21701 46.168 Source: Joint .Director of Agriculture, Salem

3.7. REGULATED MARKET Year: 2014-15 Number of Receipts Quantity arrivals Number of Regulated Sub (Product („in M.T.‟) Markets Regulated wise) Rs.in (Product wise) Markets Lakhs 1 2 3 4 1.Salem -- Sugarcane 397 114 Jaggary 2.Valappady -- Cotton 972 4.40 3.Attur -- Turmeric 696 2.03 4.Thalaivasal -- Cotton 1413 4.46 5.Gangavalli -- Groundnut - - 6.Thammampatti -- Paddy 167 0.20 7.Karumandurai -- Coconut 1418 2.36 8.Sankagiri -- Gingelly 93 1.06 9.Konganapuram -- Cotton 152 0.58 10.Kolathur -- Groundnut 88 0.28 11.Mecheri -- Coconut 3880 7.57 12.Omalur -- Sugarcane 13 0.05 jaggary 13. -- Coconut 1568 2.09 Total 34040 589.14

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

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3.8. CROP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE FASLI YEAR 1425 (2014-15)

Year: 2014-15

Number of Loan Name of the Area in Premium Sl. No. Amount Crop Beneficiaries Hectare collected Sanctioned

1 Sugarcane 4671 3505.12 61.07 2587.63

2 Tapioca 3211 3458.49 27.19 1544.39

3. Turmeric 23 14.29 0.61 13.55

4. Paddy-II 55 68.28 0.15 14.44

5 Paddy- III 17 19.22 0.09 8.76

6. Banana 567 497.86 6.92 276.60

7. Cotton 4 2 0.02 0.90

8. Groundnut 10 15.19 0.03 3.69

9. Green gram 1 1.50 332.00 0.30

10. Groundnut 6% 1175 999.45 20.20 0.00

Groundnut 1.45 0.00 11. 16 11.27 19.50%

10.26 0.0 12 Green gram 6% 1383 1087.30

0.83 0.0 13 Green gram 20% 10 13.03

2.62 0.0 14 Paddy –II 1748 910.91

Rs.300.00 0.00 15 Horse gram 40 4.00

131.44 4450.26 Total 12931 10607.91

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

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3.9 SERICULTURE

Year: 2014-15 Value of the Name of the block Area under Production of cocoon (Rs.in Mulberry (Acres) Cocoons(Kgs) lakhs) 1 2 3 4 Salem 42 10878 28.17

Ayothiyapattinam 166.65 43162 111.79

Omalur 57.00 14763 38.24

Veerapandy 132.30 34266 88.75

Panaimarathupatty 110.75 28490 73.79

Mac. Donald Choudry 103.00 26677 69.09

Valappady 150.00 38850 100.62

Yercaud 28.00 7252 18.78

Tharamangalam 119.50 30950 80.16

Pethanaickenpalayam 24.00 6216 16.10

Athur 18.00 4662 12.07

Gangavalli 35.75 9250 23.98

Thalaivasal 105.00 27195 70.43

Mecheri 48.00 12432 32.20

Nangavalli 4.50 1165 3.02

Kolathur 61.50 15929 41.25

Edapady 77.50 20072 51.99

Konganapuram 133.55 34589 89.59

Sankagiri 20.00 5180 13.42

Kadaiyampatty 58.55 14823 38.39

Total 1495.55 386801 1001.83

Source: Asst.Director of Sericulture, Salem

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4. IRRIGATION

4.1 SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY – TALUKWISE

Year: 2014-15

Wells Wells Name of used for used for Reser Sl. Canals Length Tube Tanks the Taluk irrigation Domestic voirs No 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 Salem 3 0 0 2974 0 1706 0 2 west

4 Yercaud 0 0 0 0 143 0 0

5 Athur 48 89 22091 2026 4969 1 210

6 Gangavalli 8 1 11988 796 1134 0 27

7 Mettur 3 106 10985 718 4932 2 0

8 Omalur 6 35 14373 991 3224 0 124

9 Sankagiri 7 0 11436 3410 1585 0 54

10 Edapady 4 2 7577 1795 5752 0 87

11 Valappady 2 0 11301 1957 1994 0 30

Total 78 233 103525 12214 30005 3 564

Source: Salem District G-Return 2014-15

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4.2 ACTUAL AREA IRRIGATED BY SOURCE (Area in Hectares)

Year: 2014-15

Source Number Area Irrigated Net Gross [1] [2] [3] [4] I. Surface Water I. Canals i) Government Canals 78 275.16 275.16 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 18116 95429.605 21341.200 iii) Dug Wells a) with pump sets 105959 79121.180 106542.400 b) without pump sets

Source: Salem District G - Return 2014-15

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4.3 AREA IRRIGATED BY CROPS

Year: 2014-15 Area Sl.N Crop (Hectares.) 1 2 3 1. Paddy 18516.090 2. Cholam 9787.880 3. Cumbu 171.105 4. Ragi 2756.940 5. Maize 23441.575 7. Bengal Gram 2.000 8. Green Gram 93.325 9. Red Gram 597.345 10. Black Gram 869.250 12. Other Pulses 0. 13. Cotton 7185.785 14. Chillies 766.195 15. Turmeric 4972.950 16. Other Spices 2654.420 17. Sugar Cane 9433.280 18 Banana 1473.910 19 Mango 3366.895 20 Tapioca 8384.625 21 Other Fruits &Vegetables 10092.320 22 Groundnut 3291.190 23 Gingelly 1359.960 24 Sunflower 15.400 25 Coconut 13766.430 26 Other Oil Seeds 234.840 27 Other crops 4925.050 Total Area irrigated 128158.760 Source: Salem District G- Return for 2014-15

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4.4 DETAILS OF DAMS, TANKS, WELLS AND BORE WELLS

Year: 2014-15

Dams Tanks

Name of

S.No of Bore wells ofBore

the Taluk in Wells of

pread area pread

Number use Number

Catchments area Catchments s 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 16

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

Salem 2 4427 0 south Salem 4 2974 0 west

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 - - - 103520 12214 Source: Salem District G-return 2014-15

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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 558323 Indigenous

2. Buffaloes 79841 3. Sheep 345608 4. Goats 449203 5. Horses 175 6. Pigs 20867 7. Mules 0 8. Camels 0 9. Donkeys 25 10. Domestic Dogs 141261 11 Rabits 999

Total Animals 1596302

II Poultry 4360450

Total lives Stock 5956752 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

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5.2 VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS AND ANIMALS TREATED BLOCKWISE (Year: 2014-15)

Veterinary Institutions Other Units

Sl.

Name of the Block centres

No -

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 74912 2309 2 Veerapandy 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 115258 3543 3 P.N.Patty 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 115249 3553 4 A.Pattanam 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 126844 3908 5 Valappady 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 92119 2852 6 P.N.Palayam 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 50129 2607 7 Athur 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 41476 2501 8 Gangavalli 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 64674 5722 9 Thalaivasal 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 56749 5003 10 Yercaud 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 51862 1599 11 Omalur 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 82837 1176

12 Tharamangalam 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 79234 1238

13 Kadaiyampatty 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 76963 1363 14 Mecheri 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 78781 1249 15 Nangavalli 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 78496 1322 16 Kolathur 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 81631 1149 17 Edapady 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 96480 2280 18 Konganapuram 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 75600 2040 19 Sankagiri 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 97680 1920 20 Magundanchavadi 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 97200 2160 Total 1 6 132 0 6 1 6 1635174 49494 Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

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5.3. NUMBER OF VETERINARY HOSPITALS

Year: 2014-15

Sl. Number of Name of the Block No 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 1 -

Total 6 -

Source: Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Salem

5.4 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Year: 2014-15 Name of the Quantity of milk Value of milk Name and address of Block/Urban produced produced milk societies Town (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: 2014-15

Sl.No Name of the Block Broiler (Nos.) Layer (Nos.)

1 2 3 4 1 Salem 14040 15686

2 Veerapandy 30600 32093

3 P.N.Patty 19699 7500

4 A.Pattanam 39507 18000

5 Valappady 40128 0

6 Yercaud 10191 0

7 Athur 447520 122150

8 P.N.Palayam 708420 10250

9 Gangavalli 295800 21250

10 Thalaivasal 41650 1831000

11 Omalur 82451 0

12 Kadaiyampatty 46301 0

13 Tharamangalam 34764 0

14 Mecheri 16000 161500

15 Nangavalli 0 57000

16 Kolathur 48015 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: 2014-15 Number of Name and Address of Inland Fish Catch Marine Fish Catch Fisherman Fishing centres (Tonne) (Tonne) engaged 1 2 3 4 Salem 821 - 450

Veerapandy 469 - 130

P.N.patty 490 - 575

A.Pattanam 586 - 190

Valappady 922 - 465

Yercaud 512 - 10

Athur 773 - 495 P.N.Palayam 403 - 585

Gangavalli 559 - 360

Thalaivasal 893 - 130

Omalur 439 - 75

Kadaiyampatty 256 - 210

Tharamangalam 307 - 20

Mecheri 871 - 730

Nangavalli 637 - 540

Kolathur 1946 - 765

Sankagiri 234 - 40

M.D.Choultry 139 - 20

Edapady 454 - 310

Konganapuram 190 - 155

District Total 11903 - 6255 Source: A.D Fisheries Department, Mettur.

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6. BANKING AND INSURANCE

6.1 NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL BANKS

Year: 2014-15 Credit Deposit Sector wise Deposits Advances Items Ratio Credit Details ( Rs.in „000‟) ( Rs.in „000‟) (%) (Rs. In „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 SCHEME

Year: 2014-15 Amount Number Sum Name of the Policies Number of paid as of Assured Insurance Issued Beneficiaries compensation Branches (In crores) (in Crores) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. L.I.C. 18 114619 2318 4940 53.33

2. New India 10 50500 10500 60700 102.5 Assurance Ltd 3.United India 4 13500 50.37 5600 45.89 Insurance Co. Ltd

4.Oriental Insurance 10 74366 - 126189 1091.60

5.RPLI, Salem East 2 1774 185319581 20 1365667 Division 6.RPLI, Salem West 245 1251 127330000 41 2130000 Division

7.PLI Salem East 2 1066 608370000 27 3769379

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 2014-15

Year : 2014-15

Sl. Type of

of of of

No Societies

Out

Capital

Overdue

standing

Societies

Working Working

Employees

Number Number

Member ship Member Share Capital Share

Salem 1 District 1 1961 23744.16 394961.52 241926.99 2047.88 289 Central Co- op Bank Salem District 2 Consumer 1 45078 71.35 472.32 71.35 0 242 Co-op wholesale SalemStores 3 District Co- 1 1352 0 0 0 0 3 Op Union Salem Dist. 4 Co-Op 1 1481 17.84 74.91 34.25 5.48 17 Printing Press Nachiappa 5 Institute of 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Co-op Mgt. Primary 6 Agri. Rural 1 5423 40.01 402.67 416.21 42.62 2 & Developme Cont Banks-op 7 4 1242 1089.09 69972.7 42157.66 2022.4 282 UrbanBank s Urban 8 2 8035 94.35 13733.34 10673.1 1308.6 29 Credit Societies Agricultura l Producers 9 Co-Op 1 53749 61.28 3015.7 2112.15 184.06 170 Marketing Societies

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Lamp Co- 10 Op 2 17622 93.11 1231.97 1158.99 127.43 10 Societies

Primary 11 Agri. Co- 53 175493 1127.58 51874.25 51112.17 3097.15 494 Op Banks

Employees Co-op 12 Thrift and 65 4111 6489.39 44150.95 49211.13 409.07 94 Credit Societies Primary 13 Co-op 2 2899 0.41 85.76 11.25 25 Stores Employees 14 Co-op 4 6392 38.62 113.72 42.4 1.85 43 Stores Labour 15 Contract 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Co-op Societies Land 16 Colonizatio 1 125 6.92 231.59 214.79 3.82 3 n Co-op Societies Lift 17 Irrigation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Co-op Societies Vegetable 18 Growers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marketing Societies Students 19 5 6097 2.08 70.03 0.4 0 0 Co-op Stores Semi 20 Modern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Co-op Stores

TOTAL 145 331060 32876.19 580391.4 399142.8 9250.36 1710

Source: Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Salem district.

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8. CIVIL SUPPLIES

8.1 NUMBER OF FAIR PRICE SHOPS Year: 2014-15 Sl.No 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: 2014-15 Name of the Issue Price per Sl. No Scale of Supply Commodity (Kg.) 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 Municipality 06 3 0 4 Kerosene Rs.14.00 Town 05 3 0 Panchayat 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) 2014-15

Region Number of Ration Cards

Rural 443635 Urban 498687

District Total 942322 Source: District Supply Officer, Salem

8.4 QUANTITY SUPPLIED Year: 2014-15

Sl. Items Quantity Supplied (M.T) No 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. Name of the Sl.No Connections Connections Taluks 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

Government Private L.P.G. Name of the Sl.Number L.P.G.Connections Connections Taluks 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-2014-15 Post Office doing Number Name of the Blocks/Municipalities postal business only (Nos.) 1 2 3 Salem (including Salem 1 52 Corporation) 2 Veerapandy 13 3 P.N.Patty 18 4 A.Pattanam 19 5 Valappady 29 6 Yercaud 31 Attur (including Athur 7 23 Municipality) 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 8 17 Sankari 22 18 M.D.Choultry 16 19 Edappady 16 20 Konganapuram 13 1 Salem Corporation Included in 2 Attur Municipality Included in Athur Block 3 Mettur Municipality Inculded in 4 Edappady Municipality 3 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: 2014-15 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 OFFICE

Year: 2014-15

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 NOT IN USE Year: 2014-15 Sl. Item Numbers N0 1 2 3 1. Number of Telephone Exchanges 143

2. Number of Equipped Capacity 174548

3. Number of Direct Exchange Lines 73119

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: 2014-15

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

1. SALEM SSA 6515 464

Source: General Manager, BSNL, Salem

9.6 NUMBER OF PERSONS WAITING FOR PHONE CONNECTION Year: 2014-15

Number Of public call office Number of Number of persons waiting Sl.No exchange Without for phone With STD/ISD STD/ISD connections

1 Nil NIL NIL NIL

Source: General Manager, BSNL, Salem

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10. ELECTRICITY

10.1 NUMBER OF POWER STATIONS

Year: 2014-15 Station Name of the Installed Net Unit Sl. Year of Generation Con- Power Capacity sent out Operation (M.U.) sumption No Stations (M.W.) (M.U.) (M.U.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Hydro 104.606144 Mettur Dam 1937 4x12.5 104.719500 0.113356 P.H

Mettur Tunnel 356.304110 1965 4x50.0 356.640200 0.336090 P.H 2. Mettur Thermal

Power Station Aug 1987 210 1621.421 139.476 1481.945 Unit 1 June 1988 210 1621.967 139.481 1482.486 Unit 2 Dec 1989 210 1673.443 143.965 1529.478 Unit 3 July 1990 210 1316.141 112.651 1203.490 Unit 4 840 6232.972 535.573 5697.399 Total 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: 2014-15 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: 2014-15 Consumption (M.U) % of the consumption Sl. Sector Salem Mettur Total Salem Mettur Total Number Circle circle Circle circle 1 Industries 317.55 373.32 690.87 14.61 32.86 23.74

2 Agriculture & Huts 405.48 258.95 664.43 18.66 22.79 20.73

3 Domestic 1078.05 358.41 1436.46 49.60 31.55 40.58

4 Commercial 200.24 65.48 265.72 9.21 5.76 7.49 Public lighting and 5 73.92 54.56 128.48 3.40 4.80 4.10 Public Works

6 Sales to licensees 2.32 0 2.32 0.11 0.00 0.05 Sales to other 7 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 States

8 Miscellaneous 95.72 25.32 121.04 4.40 2.23 3.32

Total 2173.28 1136.04 3309.32 100 100.00 100.00

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

10.4 PEAK DEMAND AND ENERGY OUTPUT Year: 2014-15

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

Circle Circle 1 2 3

1. Instantaneous peak demand 562.53MW. 390MVA

2. Sustained peak demand 419.73 MW 506.65 MVA

3. Energy Output 2523.18 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: 2014-15

Sectors Cost per unit Income in Rs. in „000‟

Salem Mettur Salem Circle Mettur Circle Circle Circle

1. Government 6.54 6.22 1354.75 12497.67 2. Public 5.23 5.84 1868.96 228766.51 3. Private 8.67 3.35 14111.46 2518146.33

Total 20.44 15.41 17335.17 2759410.51

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

10.6 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY Year: 2014-15

S.No Item Salem Circle Mettur Circle Unit Achievement Unit Achievement

1 Agri. Pump sets NOS 362 NOS 215 2 Industrial Services NOS 2293 NOS 2283 3 Hut Service NOS 0 NOS 0 4 H.T.Service NOS 14 NOS 6 5 O.H.T. Service NOS 762 NOS 668 6 Non Power Service NOS 27877 NOS 15389 New 110/22 KV SS 7 NOS 2 NOS 1 Committee Distribution Transformer 8 NOS 333 NOS 206 Erected Distribution Line Erected KM 83.736 KM 114.97 9 (km) a).HT 10 b).LT KM 349.523 KM 325.49 Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

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10.7 CAPACITY OF TRANSFORMERS Year: 2014-15

S. Name of the Stations / Sub Stations Capacity No 1 Nethimedu,Salem 4X25MVA, Auto - 1X80+2X100MVA 2 Udayapatty,Salem 1X16 +2X25 MVA 3 Karuppur,Salem 3X25 MVA 4 Vembadithalam 3X16 MVA 5 Mallur 2X25 MVA 6 Singapuram 2X25 MVA 7 Thumbal 1X10 + 1X16 MVA 8 Thammampatty 2X16 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 Mettur RS 2X 16 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 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 Source: 1. S.E., SEDC, Udaiyapatty, Salem – 14, 2.S.E. MEDC, Mettur

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10.8 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION 2014-15

Electrified during the year Electrified up to the year

EB

Agri. Agri.

Village Village

Hamlet Hamlet

TALUK TALUK Pumpset Circle set Pump

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Salem 0 0 0 362 - - - 90338

Mettur 0 0 0 215 4 156 2485 45694

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10.9 NAME AND ADDRESS OF FAULT REPORT OFFICES

Year: 2014-15 Name of the Name of the Stations/ Number of fault S.No. Blocks/Municipalities Sub Stations reported 1 2 3 4 Kitchipalaym, 1 Salem Kadampatti, Hasthmpatti, 3774 Udaiapatti 2 Veerapandy Vembadithalam 1765 3 P.N.Patty Mallur 1122 4 A.Pattanam Mettupatty 143 5 Valappady 152 6 Yercaud Yercaud 0 7 Attur Attur 147 8 P.N.Palayam Thumbal and PG Palayam 539 9 Gangavalli , Thammampatty 129 10 Thalaivasal Thalaivasal 842 11 Omalur Karrupur 496 12 Omalur Thumbipady 56 13 Kadaiyampatty Thumbipady 62 Salem, 14 Tharamangalam 41 Nangavalli,Tharamangalam 15 Mecheri Mechery, Nangavalli 30 16 Nangavalli Nangavalli 32 17 Kolathur Kolathur 39 18 Sankagiri Sankagiri 70 19 M.D.Choultry Sankagiri, Mallasamuthram 52 20 Edapady Edapady 46 21 Konganapuram Edapady 38

1 Salem Corporation Udayapatti, Nethimedu, Included in Kitchipalayam Salem 12, 10, 12 2 Athur Municipality Athur Included in Attur 3 Mettur Municipality Mettur 60 4 Edappady Edapady 51 Source: 1. S.E.,Municipality 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: 2014-15

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Periyar 1. 609 912 1521 137 24 University Source: Registrar of Respective University (Periyar University).

11.2 COLLEGES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2014-15

Students Sl. Numberof Name of Institution Teachers No Institution Boys Girls Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Government Colleges 3 4682 5115 9797 284

2. Aided Colleges 2 818 2563 3381 183

3. Self Financed Colleges 24 9197 23754 32951 1456

4. Constituent Colleges 2 1030 1068 2098 47

Total 31 15727 32500 48227 1970

Source: Registrar of Respective University (Periyar University)

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11.3 COLLEGES FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2014-15 Students Sl. Number of Name of the Institutions Teachers No 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

Engineering & 9 20 Technology 15532 6285 21817 3300

10 Agriculture ------11 Veterinary ------Law College 1 26 7 33 8

Teacher Training 13 37 360 893 1253 264 Institutes College of Physical 14 2 118 117 235 13 Education 15 B.P.T Physiotherapy 1 113 96 209 19 Institute of Paramedical 16 2 37 69 106 12 Science 17 M.C.A 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: 2014-15 Name of Number of Students Sl.No Teachers Institutions Institutions Boys Girls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NIL

11.5 SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2014-15 S. Name of the No. of Students No Teachers Institutions Institutions . Boys Girls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kasturba Gandhi 1 Balika Vidhyalaya (KGBV) 12 0 1000 1000 101

2 Nursery Only 3 0 0 0 24

3 Primary with Nursery 254 20939 17774 38713 2444

4 Primary Only 1168 44873 48465 93338 3889

5 Primary with Middle 426 40392 39038 79430 4046

Primary with 6 89 23855 16653 40508 1995 Secondary Primary with Higher 7 103 66598 51007 117605 4657 secondary

8 Middle Only 2 127 75 202 12

Middle with 9 152 20672 19561 40233 1773 Secondary Middle with Higher 10 184 94350 97915 192265 6412 Secondary Secondary with 11 1 0 66 66 6 Higher Secondary Source: DEEO Salem, DEOs Salem and Sankagiri

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11.6 SCHOOLS FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2014-15 Students

Sl. Number of Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers No Institutions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Teacher Training 1 Institutions 37 360 893 1253 264

Source: Concerned Institutions

11.7 SCHOOLS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2014-15 Students S.No. Name of the No. of 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 - - - - - Handicapped 4. School for 6 322 167 489 59 Mentally Retarded 5 Vocational 2 40 39 79 12 Training. Centres

Early Intervention 6 Training Centre for 1 6 2 8 2 Deaf Early Intervention 7 Training Centre for 1 30 19 49 5 Mentally Retarded

Source: District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Salem.

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11.8 INSTITUTIONS FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 2014-15

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 2014-15

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 Name of the Block/Municipalities Number of Computer Training Centres

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 Year : 2014-15

Number of Hostels Most Backward Class and De- Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Backward Class notified 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.

16 9 25 9 3 12 23 8 31 10 6 16

11.10 Contd… Number of Inmates Most Backward Class and De- Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Backward Class notified 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.

1842 619 2461 157 127 284 1305 520 1825 640 360 1000

11.11 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BY COMMUNITY

Year: 2014-15 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, De-notified Communities / Most Backward Classes and Backward Classes

Amount Number of Beneficiaries (Rs. in „000‟)

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

49786 13185 12398 56206445 40858.69 269507.5

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: 2014-15 1. Area a. Total Coastal Line of the District Nil b. i. Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area 32.490.84 ha

ii. Estuaries and Brakish Water Area Nil c. Marine Fishing Villages Nil 2. Fish Production Item Quantity Value (Tonne) (Rs.in lakhs) Inland 1305.71 6515665

3. Fisheries Development 11903 tonnes

a. Freezing Plants Nil b. Ice plants, and walk in coolers 2 Ice plant Private mettur – 1-10 Tanks Salem -10- tanks c. Sea food manufacturing Units in private Nil sector d. Fisheries Training centre Marine Nil

Inland Nil e. Fishing Vessels (Inland) 2000 coracle f. Active Marine Fishermen 4. Export of: Item Quantity Value (Tonne) (Rs.in lakhs) Fish and Fish Products Nil Nil Nil

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

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12.2 ESTIMATED MARINE FISH PRODUCTION / INLAND FISH PRODUCTION Year: 2014-15 Sl. Quantity Value Block/Municipalities No (Tonne) (Rs. In lakhs) 1 2 3 4 1 Salem District 1305.71 6515665 Source: Asst. Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam, Salem

12.3 NUMBER OF FAMILIES ENGAGED IN FISHING Year: 2014-15 Number of Fisherman Sl.No Name of the Block engaged 1 2 3 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 765 17 Sankagiri 40 18 Magudavanchavadi 20 19 Edappady 310 20 Konganapuram 155 Total 6255 Source: Asst. Director of Fisheries, Mettur Dam, Salem

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13.HANDLOOM 13.1 Number of Focal Centres and Location Details 2014-15

S.No No. of the Focal Centres Name / Location of the Focal Centres 1 Salem Ammapet, Ponnammapet, Agraharam

2 Veerapandy Attaiyampatty

Mallur, Nilavarapatty, Kondalampatty, 3 Panaimarathupatty 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 Thooppur, Amaragundhi, 13 Tharamangalam Tharamangalam 14 Mechari Mechari, Virudasampatty 15 Nangavalli Nangavalli, Soorapalli, Jalakandapuram

16 Kolathur Nil 17 Sankagiri Nil Vebadithalam, Karaiyanur, Kachakaranur, Thalaiyur, 18 Magudanchavadi Chinna unjakattu, Karaiyanur kattuvalavu, Pattanapatty, Thiyalampatty, . Dhathapuram, Eruppali, 19 Edappady Chinnappampatti, Dhevur, Chettipatty. 20 Konganapuram Katchupalli 1 Salem Corporation Salem 2 Athur Municipality Nil 3 Narasingapuram Municipality Nil 4 Mettur Municipality Nil Edappady town, Chinnamanali, 5 Edapady Municipality Nachipalayam, Vellandyvalasu, Alachampalayam Source: DD Handlooms and Textiles, Salem and AD Handlooms and Textiles, Thiruchencode

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13.2 NUMBER OF SOCIETIES & VARIETYWISE PRODUCTION

Year: 2014-15

Mixture of

Cotton Silk Art silk Art silk & Polyester

Cotton

Sl.

ofSocieties „000‟)

No

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

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

1

------

73

Salem

1464.41 4130.40

2954798 1225553

2

------

18

14502

867347

5341453

91171925

iruchencode T

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

13.3 NUMBER OF POWERLOOMS & EMPLOYEES WORKING Year: 2014-15 Number of Power Handloom Division Number of Employees working looms Salem 2100 ( Looms ) 876

Tiruchencode 8 ( Societies ) 1019

Total - 1895

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: 2014-15 Sl. Name of the Block / Number of the families engaged in No Municipalities Handlooms Power looms 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 - 25 18 M.D.Choultry 961 - 19 Edapady 324 - 20 Konganapuram 134 400 1 Salem Corporation 7820 281 2 Athur Municipality - - 3 Mettur Municipality - 4 Edapady Municipality 307 150 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 ADDRESS OF THE HANDICRAFT WORKERS

Year: 2014-15

Article Sl. Name of the block Name and address of the Available in Value of articles No. Handicrafts their Produced Sold handicrafts 1 2 3 4 5 6 B.Haseena w/o NA Barkathullah, Beed 1. Salem NA 208-E, Kalidasan Street, Jewellery Salem M.Vahitha w/o Mahabubi, Beed 2 Salem 36, New Majith Street, NA NA Jewellery Salem Jamruthbi w/o Addulkalil, Salem Beed 3 217, Kalidasan Street, NA NA Jewellery Salem K.Sakkubai w/o Salem Kanagadas, Beed 4 NA NA 93, Periyar Street, Jewellery Salem S.Kalivani w/o Salem Sengutuvan, Beed 5 NA NA 83, Chenna Krishnan Street, Jewellery Salem B.Mythili w/o Baskar, Salem Beed 6 305/828-A, Ashok Nagar, NA NA Jewellery Salem M.D. Sureshkumar s/o M.V.Devarajan, Beed 7 Salem NA NA 19, Govindhan Street, Jewellery Shevapet, Salem Chandrasekaran s/o Thangavel, Beed 8 Salem NA NA 85, Muthusamy Streer, Jewellery Salem N.Rajeshwari w/o Natarajan, Salem Beed 9 14, Ruthrappan Street, NA NA Jewellery Salem K.Gajendran s/o NA Krishnan, Wood Salem Number38/95, Arunachalam 10 Carving NA Street,

Salem.

Krishnamurthy s/o Venkatachalapathy, Natural 11 Salem NA NA Number9, Saibaba Street, Fibre Salem

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A.N.Jayabak S/o A.K.Nannaiyar, Tanjore 12 Number23/82, Sai Bada Painting Salem NA NA Street,

Salem

Hameer c/o Tanjore Samshathbegam, Painting 13 Salem Number3/7-A, Kadai NA NA

Veethi,

Yethapur, Attur, Salem Source: Asst.Director of Handcrafts Marketing and Service Extension Centre, 184-Chinna kadai Veedhi, Salem

14.2 ARTICLES AVAILABLE IN HANDICRAFTS YEAR: 2014-15 Sl. Works Articles Value (in Rs.) No 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. Clay and Plaster of Krishna, laxmi, saraswathi Dolls 10. - praise etc. Thanjore temple, temple, sri rangam temple, trichy rock 11. Pith temple ariticles 7820 fort, velankanni church, Taj mahal. Bathi and pooja items sandal 12. Insane perfumers 60000 wood oil and perfumes.

Total 4010001 Source: Manager, Poompuhar Show Room, Salem-1

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14.3 VALUE OF ARTICLES PRODUCED

Year: 2014-15 Value of the

Sl. articles Value of the articles Name of the Handicraft No Produced sold (Rs.)

(Rs.in Lakhs) 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 miniature -- 446257 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: 2014-15

Name of the Number of the Sl. No Number of the Handicrafts Block/Municipalities families engaged 1 2 3 4 1.Copper & Silver Jewellary -

2.Agarpathi -

3.Hand Embroidery -

4. Bead & Imitatation 9 jewellery 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

13 Total

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: 2014-15

Indian Medicine

Classification

Siddha Siddha

ombined

Total

Unani

Siddha

Grand Total Grand

Ayurvedic

Homoeopathy

Modern Medicine Modern

Unani c 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 85 0 23 0 0 23 0 108 Health Centres Urban Health 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Centre Health Sub 398 0 0 0 0 0 0 398 Centres Other Medical 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Instit

utions(MMU)Bed Strength 2635 0 0 0 0 0 0 2635

Number of 474 0 40 0 0 0 0 514 Doctors Number of 729 0 15 0 0 0 0 744 Nurses 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: 2014-15

Sl.No Name of the Block/Municipality Number of Pathological Units

1 2 3 Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam 1 Medical College Hospital, Salem 1 Corporation Source: Dean, Govt Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem

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15.3 PATIENTS TREATED Year: 2014-15 Number of patients treated S. Name of the Disease In No Out Patients Total Patients 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

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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

15.4 DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL Year: 2014-15 Number of Number of Number of Technical Others Total Doctors Nurses persons {specify} 1 2 3 4 5

514 744 189 350 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: 2014-15 Users of Users of oral Sterilisation IUD conventional pills Name of the contraceptives

Sl.No

District

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

Salem 1 District 16500 14809 15000 17244 8800 7126 4600 1151 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: 2014-15

Sl. Name of the Town Room Unit Size Private Sector No Panchayat/Municipalities/

Corporations 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: 2014-15

Name of the Sl. No Room Unit size Public Sector Panchayat Union 1 2 3 4

1133+199 1 20 Panchayat Unions N.A

16.3 AMOUNT INVESTED IN HOUSING AND BUILDING ACTIVITY UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR Year: 2014-15 Non- Residential Percentage Percentage to Total Residential Rs. in „000‟ to total total Rs. in „000‟ 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: 2014-15 Sl. Name of the Scheme Number No 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: 2014-15

S.No. Item Achievement

1 2 3 1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for construction Nil

2. Number of Tenements constructed Nil

3. Amount sanctioned (Rs.in lakhs) Nil 4. Amount spent (Rs.in lakhs) Nil 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 INDEXNUMBERS OF BUILDINGS COST IN URBAN CENTRES (1999-2000=100) Year: 2014-15 Building Construction S. District Urban Index cost for Other Combined No Centres Building building Charges Index materials Labour 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Salem 253.92 460.17 305.38 318.08

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

16.7 LABOUR CHARGES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS - INDEX Year: 2014-15 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

17. INDUSTRIES 17.1 RESULTS OF ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES (Factory Sector) Year: 2014-15 Characteristics Units Results for all Industries 1 2 3

To be Salem District Taken as CENSUS finalised

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics

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17.2 ESTIMATES OF OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE BASED ON ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES Year: 2014-15

Industry Description of the All Value of Value Group Industry Employees output Rs. added In lakhs 1 2 3 4 5 17 Mfg. of textiles 4872 34147.10 N.A 15 Mfg. of food products 2389 16577 N.A 22 Publishing, printing 304 4327 N.A 19 Leather Chapels 127 1985 N.A Mineral crushing such as feldspar, N.A 14 calcite, Dolomite 0 0

N.A 20 Mfg. of Calcitewood products 143 617 24 Mfg. of chemical products 322 3250 N.A

Mfg. of coke, refined petroleum 23 24 381 N.A products 25 Mfg. of Rubber & Plastic products 692 6602 N.A 21 Mfg. of paper products 352 2892 N.A Mfg. of other Non-Metallic mineral 26 136 7677 N.A products Calendaring & Zero finishing of 17 1124 7877.90 N.A cloth 33 Mfg. of Medical, Optical 29 75 N.A instruments 34 Mfg. of Motor Vehicles 44 1172 N.A 35 Mfg. of other transport equipments 17 42 N.A

30 Mfg. of computing machinery 29 40 N.A 31 Mfg. of Electrical machinery 348 3785 N.A 27 Mfg. of Basic metals 214 12598 N.A Mfg. of Machinery & Equipment 29 1011 11473 N.A NEC Mfg. of Radio, Television 32 53 132 N.A Equipments 28 Mfg. of fabrication metal products 1485 45259 N.A 36 Mfg. of furniture 1117 10173 N.A 37 Mfg. of Recycling 52 14 N.A 41 Collection, Purification of water 70 208 N.A 18 Readymade Garments 2014 10129 N.A Source: General Manager, District Industries centre Salem.

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17.3 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Year: 2014-15

Sl.No and Name of the Unit of quantity Production Product

1 2 3

District wise details not available

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

17.4 PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF MAJOR MINERALS Year: 2014-15 Value (in Name of the District Name of the Mineral Quality (Tonne) Rupees) 1 2 3 4 Limestone 347461 31554589 Quartz 0 0 Feldspar 47034 3568806 Magnasite 161808 18859679

Salem Bauxite 86800 9338157 Soapstone 540 55105 Dunite 59200 2890311

Granite (CBM) 12082.066 28793730

Rough stone(M3) 665761 29959270

Source: Asst Director of Geology and Mining, Salem.

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17.5. PRODUCTION OF HANDLOOM CLOTH Year: 2014-15

Production (In lakh metres) Sl. No Variety of Cloth Salem Div. Thiruchengode Div. Total

1. Silk Dhothy 2.205 2.205

2. Silk Saree 7.948 0.15 8.098

3. Spun Sarees

4. Angavastram 3.370 3.370

5. Shirting 1.784 1.784

6. Export

7. Cotton Dhothy 1.540 1.540

8. Cotton Saree 2.868 1.56 4.428

9. Lungi

10. Bedsheet 0.138 0.08 0.218

11 Carpet 0.290 3.34 3.630

12 Towel 0.395 2.21 2.605

13 Shirting 0.001 0.001

14 Export 0.008 0.008

15 Drill 0.27 0.27

16 Casement 0.13 0.13

17 PDS Dhothy 18.620 18.620

18 Uniform 2.159 2.159

19 Others 0.041 0.041

Other20 Mosquito net 0.435 0.435

Total 41.802 7.740 49.542

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:2014-15

MAJOR Num SL. CLASSIFICATIO ber of NO DETAILS OF MAJOR PRODUCTS N 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 NA FROM GROUNDNUT AND MFG.OF TAPIOCA 4 22 TARCHBEVERGES AND TOBACCO 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 MOULDING 13 32 MFG.OF CONCRETE DOORS -

14 33 SILVER WIRE DRAWING -

15 34 MFG.OF STAINLESS STEEL, MILK TANKERS AND 41 FABRICATION OF M.S. GATES AND GRILS 16 35 GENERAL ENGINERING 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: 2014-15

Sales Employments Earnings Sl.No 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: 2014-15 Sl. District Number No. (1) (2) (3)

1 Salem 25

Source: DIC, Salem

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17.9 NUMBER OF PHOTOCOPY (XEROX) CENTRES

Year 2014-15 Name of the Block / Municipality Number of Xerox Centres Sl. No

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: 2014-15

Sl. No Item Numbers 1 2 3

1. Factories on the Registered at the beginning of the year 854

2. Factories added during the year 36

3. Factories removed during the year 4

4. Factories on the register at the end of the year 886

5. Number of Man days Worked (in Lakhs) 4994660

6 Number of Working Factories 563

Source: Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Salem.

18.2 EMPLOYMENT IN WORKING FACTORIES

Year: 2014-15

S. No Item Numbers

1 2 3

All factories (Approximate/Actual 1 23840 Employment)

Source: Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Salem.

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18.3 UNIONS: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BY STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS GHERAOS Year: 2014-15

Numbers Sl.No 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: 1 3. a. Number of Lockouts 311 b. Number of workers involved c. Number of Mandays Lost 0

4. Gheraos: 0 a. Number 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: 2014-15

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.

Taluk

No 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: 2014-15 Village Sl. Development Panchayat Village Town Panchayat/ No Districts Union Panchayats Panchayats Town Panchayat 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: 2014- 15

Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Sl. No Divisions Taluks Firkas Villages

1 2 3 4 5 1 4 14 44 653

Source: District Revenue Administrative Office.

19.5 TAX COLLECTED BY CORPORATION / MUNICIPALITY / PANCHAYAT UNION / TOWN PANCHAYAT / VILLAGE PANCHAYAT Year: 2014-15

Town Village Panchayat Salem Municipality Panchayat Panchayat Item Union (Rs in Corporation (Rs in Lakhs) (Rs in (Rs in Lakhs) Lakhs) Lakhs) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 5920.20 1435.983 -- 1296.809 10782.282

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

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19.6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Year: 2014-15 Numberof works Numberof works completed Taken up Name of the scheme During Estimation During Expenditure Sl.No the year (rs. In lakhs) the year incurred (rs. In lakhs) 1 IAY 2331 2797.20 2331 2797.20

2 CMSPGHS(green 3345 6296.3 3345 6296.3 housing schemes) 3 THAI 1824 2933.78 1824 2902.900 4 MP-LADS 134 755.010 101 540.110 5 MLA-LADS 692 2105.240 653 1882.230 6 SSS 96 547.050 91 498.780 7 RBMRS 573 453.890 573 453.890

8 RRMS 33 626.000 33 605.250

9 CSIDS 177 386.380 177 385.300 10 NABARD XX-BT 13 307.20 13 307.20 Roads 11 13 th Finanace 44 840.000 44 816.860 Commission 12 Village Panchayat 133 1935.030 85 1576.2001 Service centre 13 RIS &Roads 33 716.000 33 703.330 14 RIS & MGNREGS 137 478.000 137 476.310 15 SFC ROADS

16 Block Panchayat 8 242.400 4 178.670 Service Centre 17 IGFF ROADS 20 811.000 16 572.620 18 BPRIS 26 1232.520 24 1082.300 19 SCPAR-BT ROADS 17 637.600 17 634.110 20 ANGANVADI 124 806.00 104 735.670

21 FOOD GRAIN 19 152.000 12 127.390 GODOWNN 22 IMSC 32 128.00 32 128.000

23 NBA IHHL 17666 1956.750 17666 1956.750

Total 27521 28767.170 27337 26410.990

Source: DRDA, Salem

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20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

20.1 NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR AND TOTAL NUMBEROF PERSONS WAITING UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR AS PER LIVE REGISTER

Year: 2014-15 Number of Persons Total Number of persons Sl. Type of Employment registered during the waiting up to the end of No Exchange year the year 1 2 3 4

District Employment 1 79564 386124 Office, Salem

Source: Asst Director, District Employment Ofice, Salem

20.2 NUMBEROF PLACEMENTS DURING AND UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year: 2014-15

Sl. Type of Employment Placements Placements up to the No Exchanges during the year year

1 2 3 4

District Employment Office, 1 399 -- Salem

Source: Asst Director, District Employment Ofice, Salem

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21.LEGAL SERVICE

21.1 JUDICIAL DIVISION AND ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Year: 2014-15

Sl.No 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 DM-Cum-JM, Omalur

CRIMINAL COURTS IN SALEM DISTRICT Year :2014-15 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 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

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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 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.

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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 138 NI Act () level/Jusdicial court-I Attur 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 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

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21.2 RESULTS OF ORIGINAL SUITS FOR THE YEAR 2014-15

PENDING INSTITUTION DISPOSAL PENDING SL. NAME OF AT THE 01.04.2014- 01.04.2014- AS ON No THE COURTS BEGINNING 31.03.15 31.03.15 31.03.2015 31-03-2014

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

Sub-court, 3 538 223 176 585 Sangakiri

Sub-court, 4 670 230 127 773 Attur Sub-Court, 5 551 523 242 832 Mettur District Munsif Court, Salem (Prl & I to III 6 3755 2479 2543 3691 Addl. District Munsif‟s Courts) District Munsif 7 2525 371 287 2609 Court, Attur District Munsif 8 1163 289 283 1169 Court, Mettur District Munsif 9 1415 1120 1145 1390 Court, DistrictSangakiri Munsif Cum –Judicial 10 229 265 357 2207 Magistrate, Omalur

Total 15087 6690 6481 15296

Source: Principal District Judge, Salem380

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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

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

Legal 641 1246

Source: Principal District Judge, Salem

21.4 NUMBER OF ADVOCATES PRACTISING IN COURTS Year : 2014-15 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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22.1. LIBRARIES. 22.1. LIST OF HEAD AND BRANCH LIBRARIES IN THE SALEM DISTRICT ALL DETAILS OF MEMBERS, BOOKS AND READERS.

District: Salem YEAR:2014-15 Number of Name of the Number of S.No Numbers books Branch library readers available District Central 1 1 159516 103470 Library 2 Branch Library 65 1627462 1403494

3 Village Library 75 218611 398847

4 Part Time Library 33 8142 145193

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

22.2. NUMBER OF LIBRARIES HOUSED IN GOVT. BUILDING / RENTAL BUILDING. Year: 2014-15 Libraries in Libraries in Government Libraries in Rental Rent Free Category Building Building (in Nos.) Building (in Nos.) ( in Nos.) District central 1 - - Library

Branch Library- 57 43 8 14

Village Library-72 2 4 69

Part Time Library-33 0 0 29

Total-165 46 12 112 Source: District Library Officer,Salem

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22.3 NUMBER OF READING ROOMS [Part Time Libreries] Year: 2014-15

Name and Place of Number of S.No. Name of the Block Library Reading Room 1 Attur Seeliampatti 1 Attur Unathur 1 Narasingapurm Attur 1 (Ammapalayam) Narasingapurm (Thillai Attur 1 Nagar) 2 Gangavalli Krishnapuram 1

Gangavalli 1 Gangavalli Kondayampalli 1 3 Pehanaickenpalayam Thavapatti 1

Kalleripatti 1

4 Panamarathupatti Kullappanaickanoor 1 Kondalampatti 1 (Neikkarpatti) 5 Valappadi Singipuram 1

Belur (Villvanur) 1

Karumanthurai 1

Thikkiyampalayam 1

6 Edappadi Thathapuram 1

7 Kolathur Chettiyur 1 (Aandi 8 Nangavalli 1 Karai) Periyasooragai 1 Kuttapatti (Virutha 1 Sampatti) Total 20

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23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 Number of Mining and Quarrying units in the district Year: 2014-15

Number of Mining Sl.No Name of the Taluk & Quarrying 1. 2. 3. 1. Salem 45 2 Salem South 4 3 Salem West 7 4 Valappady 19 5 Yercaud 4 6 Attur 15 7 Gangavalli 8 8 Omalur 45 9 Mettur 43 10 Sankari 101 11 Edapady 18 Total 309 Source: Asst Director of Geology and Mining, Salem.

23.2. CLASSIFICATION-WISE PRODUCTION DURING THE YEAR 2014-15 Name of the Minerals Production (in tonnes) Sl.No 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: 2014-15 Industry Name of the Description of All Value of Value Group District/Block the industry employees output Rs. In added lakhs 1 2 3 4 5 6 20-21 Salem Food Product 2389 16577 NA Beverage 22 Salem NA NA NA tobacco product NA Source: General Manager, D.I.C., Salem.

24.2. NUMBER OF NON-FOOD MANUFACTURING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT. Year: 2014-15 Industry Name of Description of the All Value of Value Group the Industry Employees output Rs. added District/ In lakhs Block 1 2 3 4 5 6 23 Cotton textiles 4872 34147.10 NA 24 Wool/Silk 1124 7877.90 NA 26 Hosiery / Garments 2014 10129 NA 27 Wood products 143 617 NA 28 Printing / Paper 304 4327 NA 29 Leather product 127 1985 NA 30 Rubber product 692 6602 NA 31 Chemical products 322 3250 NA 32 Non-Metal Mineral 1306 7677 NA 33 Basic Metal Products 214 12598 NA 34 Salem Metal products & parts - - NA 35 General Engineering 45259 NA works 1485 36 Mfg. of NA - - Batteries/plates/UPS 38 Other - - NA 82 DTP works & Internet NA 1732.40 Browsing 196

96 Beauty Parlour 137 1498 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: 2014-15 Students Sl.No Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Govt. Mohan 1 Kumaramangalam Medical 156 190 346 48 College Vinayaka Mission Medical 2 393 318 711 318 College Annapoorna Medical 3 97 248 345 38 College Vinayaka Mission College 4 194 420 614 62 of Homeopathy Vinayaka Mission 5 202 357 559 80 Dental Collegel Source: Concerned Institution.

25.2. NUMBER OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Year: 2014-15 Students Sl. Name of the Institution Boys Girls Total Teachers No 1 2 3 4 5 6

Vinayaka Mission College 1 165 112 277 30 of Pharmacy

Source: Concerned Institution.

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25.3. NUMBER OF MEDICAL STORES IN THE DISTRICT (CATEGORY-WISE) Year: 2014-15 Sl.No Item Number of Medical Stores

1 2 3

Indian Medicine N.A 1

1688 English Medicine

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

25.4 . VETERINARY COLLEGES WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Year: 2014-15 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: 2014-15 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

283 462 164 258 2277 2689 0 0

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 Upto the the year year 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 885 1469 739 1150 11 14 5 30

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

654 1208 43 70 1 0 3953 5415

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 Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 3526 8702 3506 10162 1010 1104 340 417

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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 Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 307 931 17663 34081 58476 217437 27765 64208

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 Upto the the year year the year year the year year the year year (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) 26204 87093 5 7 11955 28552 93 109

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 0 413 11117 45 197 0 0

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 1 45 114 125005 409211 142668 443292 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

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26.2 NUMBEROF MOTOR VEHICLES (CATEGORY WISE) AVAILABLE FOR HIRE PURPOSE DURING & UPTO THE END OF THE YEAR Year: 2014-15 Sl. Category End of the year Number 1 2 3 1 Motor cycle 70914 2. Scooter 24153 3. Moped 43578 4. Motor Car 13466 5. Stage Carriage 184 6. Goods Carriage 14212 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

26.3 NUMBEROF PERSONS ISSUED WITH DRIVING LICENCE Year: 2014-15

S. No Category Number of Driving Licenses issued 1 2 3 1 Motor cycle, Scooter & Moped 24302 2 Motorcar 14636 3 Stage Carriage & Goods Carriage 3725 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem-5.

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27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION

27.1 NUMBEROF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATING UNITS IN THE DISTRICT WITH PRODUCTION DATA

Year: 2014-15 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 NUMBEROF WIND MILLS GENERATING UNITS WITH PRODUCTION DATA

Year: 2014-15 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: 2014-15 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: 2014-15 Sl. Item Number of cases Reported No Urban Rural Total (upto 31.7.15)

1. Murder 53 42 95 Culpable Homicide 2. 1 02 3 Note amounting to M MU 3. Murder 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:I.P.C. Commissioner of Police, Salem City.and Superintendent of Police, Salem

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28.3 PRISONS AND CONVICTS

Year: 2014-15 S. Classification of Prisons Number No. 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. Borstal School 2 `

CLASSIFICATION OF CONVICTS

Sl. Length of Sentences Male Female Total No 1 2 3 4 5

1. Below One Year 126 - 126 Above One Year and not exceeding 2. 19 - 19 2 Years Above Two Years and not 3. 12 - 12 exceeding 5 Years

Exceeding 5 Years and not 4. exceeding 10 Years 2 - 2

5. Exceeding Ten Years - - - 6. Life Sentence 26 - 26 7. Sentence to death - - - Total 185 - 185 Source: Superintendant, Central Prison, Salem.

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28.4 NUMBEROF CASES REGISTERED UNDER P.C.R./ SC & ST ACT Year: 2014-15

Sl.No 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: 2014-15 Number of cases registered Sl. No Name of the Station against 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: 2014-15

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 NUMBEROF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES WITH SUB-CENTRES

Year: 2014-15 Number of Name of the Block / Sl. No Primary Health Numberof Sub-Centres Municipality 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 1 3 Municipality 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: 2014-15

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

1 2 3 4 1 Dailythanthi Tamil Daily

2 Dinakaran Tamil Daily

3 Maalaimalar Tamil Daily

4 Thamizhmurasu Tamil Daily

5 Kalaikadhir Tamil Daily

6 Dinabhoomi Tamil Daily

7 Dinamalar Tamil Daily

8 Maalaimurasu Tamil Daily

9 Covai Malai murasu Tamil Daily

Source: Public Relation Officer, Salem

30.2 NUMBEROF PUBLISHERS IN THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN NEWS PAPERS AND MAGAZINES

Sl. Name of the Block / Number of Name of the Publisher No Municipality Publishers

1 2 3 4 Nil

Source: Public Relation Officer, Salem.

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30.3 NUMBEROF PRINTING PRESSES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2014-15

Type of the Press (Letter Press/Off Name of the Block / Number of the S No set/Litho/ Colour Municipality Printing Press 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: 2014-15 Fuel Non Power Manu Food All Period Primary Food Minerals and factured Articles Commodities Articles Articles Light Products

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Apr‟14 2829.96 3524.24 1740.77 1563.28 2799.56 2033.91 2476.98

May‟14 2841.98 3542.42 1742.8 1571.96 2803.01 2047.63 2489.45

Jun‟14 2862.62 3572.02 1749.920 1563.28 2804.57 2042.85 2498.28

Jul‟14 2892.95 3619.13 1753.92 1563.28 2805.78 2049.59 2517.26

Aug‟14 2911.32 3646.82 1757.74 1563.28 2818.35 2051.06 2527.99

Sep‟14 2925.15 3666.16 1763.07 1563.28 2810.43 2060.86 2539.32

Oct‟14 2933.5 3668.05 1782.37 1563.80 2813.39 2073.44 2549.34

Nov‟14 2939.81 3676.40 1785.60 1563.80 2817.19 2097.52 2563.37

Dec‟14 2944.68 3686.69 1781.76 1563.80 2820.99 2124.73 2578.01

Jan‟15 2949.47 3696.86 1777.89 1563.80 2827.03 2157.46 2595.11

Feb‟15 2947.90 3691.96 1779.56 1615.84 2833.52 2189.56 2608.59

Mar‟15 2954.57 3689.24 1801.97 1615.841 2839.21 2212.41 2622.33

Average 2911.16 3640.00 1768.11 1572.94 2816.09 2095.09 2547.17

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: 2014-15

Period Salem

Apr‟14 226

May‟14 229

Jun‟14 231

Jul‟14 238

Aug‟14 239

Sep‟14 239

Oct‟14 242

Nov‟14 247

Dec‟14 245

Jan‟15 245

Feb‟15 243

Mar‟15 241

AVERAGE 239

Source: Director of Labour Bureau, Shimla

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31.3 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 2014-15 (NUMBERS FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED) BASE YEAR: 2010=100

PERIOD RURAL URBAN COMBINED

Apr‟14 132.2 132.4 132.3

May‟14 134.0 134.0 134.0

Jun‟14 136.0 136.0 136.0

Jul‟14 137.0 136.0 137.0

Aug‟14 138.0 137.0 137.0

Sep‟14 139.0 137.0 138.0

Oct‟14 141.0 138.0 139.0

Nov‟14 141.0 139.0 140.0

Dec‟14 141.0 139.0 139.0

Jan‟15 139.0 138.0 139.0

Feb‟15 140.0 139.0 139.0

Mar‟15 140.0 139.0 140.0

Average 138.2 137.0 137.5

Source: Central Statistical Organisation, New Delhi

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31.4 ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS 2014-15 BASE YEAR: 2001=100

PERIOD INDEX

Apr‟14 242

May‟14 244

Jun‟14 246

Jul‟14 252

Aug‟14 253

Sep‟14 253

Oct‟14 253

Nov‟14 253

Dec‟14 253

Jan‟15 254

Feb‟15 253

Mar‟15 254

Average 251

Source: Director Of Labour Bureau, Simla

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31.5 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN RURAL TAMIL NADU 2014-15 (BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100) Year: 2014-15

Fuel Power Composite Period Food and Clothing Others Index Lighting

1 2 3 4 5 6

Apr‟14 3502.00 2656.00 2043.00 3691.00 3382.96

May‟14 3528.00 2662.00 2054.00 3722.00 3407.24

Jun‟14 3551.00 2673.00 2075.00 3760.00 3430.55

Jul‟14 3576.00 2675.00 2076.00 3785.00 3452.74

Aug‟14 3596.00 2698.00 2095.00 3808.00 3473.13

Sep‟14 3611.00 2720.00 2095.00 3855.00 3490.37

Oct‟14 3632.00 2731.00 2095.00 3892.00 3510.88

Nov‟14 3683.00 2736.00 2096.00 3902.00 3552.83

Dec‟14 3721.00 2748.00 2098.00 3931.00 3586.45

Jan‟15 3741.00 2773.00 2102.00 3956.00 3606.33

Feb‟15 3745.00 2779.00 2106.00 3971.00 3611.35

Mar‟15 3750.00 2793.00 2112.00 4007.00 3619.50

Average 3636.33 2720.33 2087.25 3856.67 3510.36

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

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31.6 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR SELECTED ESSENTIAL ITEMS IN URBAN TAMIL NADU 2014-15 (BASE YEAR: 1970-71=100) Year: 2014-15

Fuel Power Clothing Miscellaneous Composite Period Food and and items Index Lighting Footwear

1 2 3 4 5 6

Apr‟14 3147 2845 2653 3038 3080.51

May‟14 3169 2848 2655 3059 3099.95

Jun‟14 3187 2865 2666 3108 3122.89

Jul‟14 3214 2877 2668 3135 3147.51

Aug‟14 3246 2893 2671 3160 3175.62

Sep‟14 3268 2911 2678 3176 3195.49

Oct‟14 3294 2920 2700 3203 3220.28

Nov‟14 3355 2920 2710 3231 3268.58

Dec‟14 3382 2931 2715 3234 3289.11

Jan‟15 3399 2984 2721 3243 3306.6

Feb‟15 3394 3040 225 3259 3309.93

Mar‟15 3393 3049 2731 3269 3311.91

Average 3287 2923 2691 3176.25 3210.70

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: 2014-15

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

Source: General Manager, DIC, Salem

33. REGISTRATION 33.1 NUMBEROF REGISTRATION OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT Year: 2014-15 Sl.No Name of the Office Number of Registration 1 2 3 1 District Registrar Office, Salem 5341 2 SRO Dhadagapatti 7259 3 Salem (Corporation Limit) (Included in the Salem) 4 SRO Veerapandy 4210 5 SRO Ayothiyapattinam 5030 6 SRO Valapady 5060 7 SRO Yercaud 1380 8 SRO Attur 6107 9 SRO Pethanaickenpalayam 4918 10 SRO Gangavalli 3019 11 SRO Thammampatti 2523 12 SRO Thalaivasal 3279 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: 2014-15 Number of Aggregate Value of Properties Total Receipts Registration Transferred (Rs in crores) (Rs. In Lakhs) (Moveable and (Moveable and Immoveable ) 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 AUTOMOBILES REPAIR AND SERVICE STATIONS Year: 2014-15 Name of the Block / Authorised Automobiles 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: 2014-15 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: 2014-15 Sl.No 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: 2014-15

Sl. Place Name of the Hotels with Name of the Hotels No 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

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

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36.1 LIST OF CINEMA THEATRES AND THEIR CAPACITIES 2014-15 Sl. Name of the corpn./ Sl. Name of the theatres Capacity No municipality/block No

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 N.S. THEATRE 854 24 KESAVAN 852 2 ATTUR MUNICIPALITY 25 VISWANATH 810 26 PADMALAYA 571 27 PRIYALAYA 412

METTUR 28 KARPAGAM 601 3. MUNICIPALITY 29 LAKSHMI 586 30 KALAI YARANGAM 659 EDAPADY 4 31 SAKTHI 510 MUNICIPALITY 32 SRIKUMARAN

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Sl. Name of the corpn./ Sl. Name of the theatres Capacity No municipality/block No

CHANDRA 33 427 ATTAIYAMPATTY

VEERAPANDI 5 34 K.V.P.ELAMPILLAI 661 35 KANDAN ELAMPILLAI 504 36 SARASWATHY 319 6 PANAMARATHUPATTY DIVYA 37 596 KONDALAMPATTY 7 VALAPADY 38 MAHESWARI 409 GOWRI 39 620 THAMMAMPATTY 8 GANGAVALLI NATARAJA 40 761 THAMMAMPATTY RUKMANI 9 THALAIVASAL 41 296 VEERAGANOOR 42 BRINDAVANAM 505 10 OMALUR 43 THANGAM 267 AMMAN 12 THARAMANGALAM 44 305 ALAGUSAMUDRAM 13 MECHERI 45 RAJA 257 SOWDAMBIKAI 46 367 JALAKANDAPURAM VELUMANI 47 497 JALAKANDAPURAM 14 NANGAVALLI ABIRAMI 48 713 JALAKANDAPURAM BALASUBRAMANIYA 49 410 NANGAVALLI 15 KOLATHUR 50 GOWRI 553 51 MURUGAN 389 16 SANKARI 52 KANDAN 321 53 SARAVANA 378 17 NATARAJA MD.CHOULDRY 54 - EDANGANASALAI

18 AYOTHIYAPATTANAM 55 ANANDA VALASAIYUR -

19 YERCAUD 56 TOWNSHIP -

Source: Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Salem

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36.2 LIST OF CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS Year: 2014-15

Sl. Place Name of the Club and Association No

1 2 3 1 Salem District Club, Salem 2 Salem Club, Salem 3 Cosmopolitan Club, Salem 4 City Club, Fairland‟s 5 Youth Club 6 Crescent Club 7 Penguin Club 8 Rotary 9 Literary Association 10 Revenue Club 11 Rotary Club 12 Lions Club 13 Jaycees Club 14 Windsor Club

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36.3 SALEM FILM DISTRIBUTORS COUNCIL

Year: 2014-15

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

88 SALEM SARAVANA FILMS 110 METRO FILM CORPN.

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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 118 M.PONMUDI FILMS LTD 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

133 K.MURUGAN FILM 155 SRI ANDAL FILMS DISTRIBUTOR 134 G.MATHIVANAN FILM 156 V.S.B.FILMS DISTRIBUTOR

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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

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

179 VISWAS FILMS (P)LTD 196 BARATHAN FILMS

180 VISSAS MEDIA 197 MIDVALLEY ENTERTAINMENT LTD

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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: 2014-15 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

1704 27 63 ------2696 4490

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

37.2 NUMBEROF BENEFICIARIES UNDER PURATCHI THALAIVAR M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME Year: 2014-15

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

38013 107855 5597 102728 4909 221089

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: 2014-15

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 16546 15717 24520 31180 2 D.E.O., Sankari 11200 9844 15206 14281 3 D.E.E.O., Salem 80651 83829 80651 83829 TOTAL 108397 109390 120377 129290 Source: DEEO Salem, DEOs Salem and Sankagiri

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37.4 NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME

Year: 2014-15

oner for for oner

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 pensi 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

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37.5 FREE HOUSE SITES DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITIES

Year: 2014-15 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 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

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

37.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF RELIEF MEASURES AND PENSION SCHEMES

Year: 2014-15 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 - - - - - 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 - - - - -

iii)Others(Specify) - - - - - 5. Mozhi Kavalar Pension Scheme - - - - - 6. Nalintha Kalaignar Pension Scheme - - - - - 7. Others if any (Specify)Dr.Muthulashmi Reddy 4316 837 18851 24004 300615000 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: 2014-15 Other Number of Number of connected Workers Garbage and Sl.No Corporation/Municipality/ workers engaged in Sewage Town Panchayats/ Village related with Sanitation disposal Panchayats sanitation

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

38.2 NUMBER OF VEHICLES ENGAGED IN SANITARY SERVICES Year: 2014-15 Sl. Name of the Block /Municipality Number of vehicles engaged in No Sanitary Services

1 2 3 1 Village Panchayats 2. 54 1. 2 Town Panchayats 168 3 Salem corporation 80 4 Attur municipality 8 5 Mettur municipality 9 6 Idapady municipality 9 7 Narasingapuram Municipality 2 Source: Concerned Local Bodies, Salem District

39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE 39.1 INSTITUTIONS AND LABORATORIES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH WORK Year: 2014-15

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: 2014-15

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, Seenaickenpatti, Salem

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

Assistant Director of Agriculture,

Panamarathupatti

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 Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Mallikarai Union office, Attur Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, P.N.Palayam Karumandurai Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, Gangavalli Thammampatti Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, Thalaivasal Veeraganur Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, Sangakiri Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Magudanchavadi Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, Edapadi Poolampatti Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Union office, Konganapuram Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Kaveri Union office, Kolathur Cross

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Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Vellar. Union office, Mecheri Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Union office, Nangavalli Jalakantapuram Assistant Director of Agriculture, Agriculture Extension Centre, Panchayat Sub Agriculture Extension Centre, Karuppur Union office, 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

40.2 LIST OF COLD STORAGE AND GODOWNS Year: 2014-15

Sl.No 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 telephone No cost in Lakhs storage (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 Vegitables, Suramangalam 0427- Fruits ,Greens 2460877 and Flowers Nil

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3 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

4 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

5 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

6 Uzhavar Santhai 2009/6.000 Suramangalam 0427- 2460877 Nil

REGULATED MARKET COLD STORAGE GOODOWN

Sl No Name and Place Capacity

1 Tomoto cold storage Macheri 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: 2014-15 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: 2014-15

Ginning Mills Weaving mills Spinning mills production 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: 2014-15

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

1 2 3 1187 216 0 Source: Secretary, Market Committee, Uthamacholapuram.Salem District

43. TRANSPORT

43.1 LENGTH OF ROADS (IN KILOMETRES) Year: 2014-15 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 & 625.219 4647.754 1528.502 6801.475 1805.375 8606.850 Panchayat Roads Salem Corporation 63.540 747.150 12.380 823.070 25.560 848.630

Athur Municipality 20.687 47.304 8.476 76.467 1.206 77.673

Narasingapuram 9.551 19.060 9.000 37.611 27.419 65.020 Municipality

Mettur Municipality 14.179 69.711 -- 83.890 0.916 84.806

Edappady Municipality 22.065 56.150 0.0 78.515 27.540 105.755

Rural Roads (Nabard) ------

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 (33) 285.828 562.981 95.373 944.182 190.058 1134.240

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: 2014-15 Total Sl. No Name of the Number of Number of Number of Block/Municipality persons injured persons killed Accidents 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: 2014-15

Commercial Stage carriage Auto- Ordinary Motor Maxi Omni Private Taxi Public Private rickshaw Cab Cab Buses Station Vehicle & 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 others8 213 90 172 118 382 419 9 27

TABLE 43.3 CONTD. Commercial Articulated Scho Amb Fire Lorry Tra Light Vehicle ol u- Fighte ctor Commerci State Nation State Nation Total Bus lance r Trai al Vehicle Perm al Perm al lor it Permit it Permit 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 625 39 1 1697 4853 8627 93 115 188 17676

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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 164297 38414 49493 5 17188 90 0

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 1159 175 0 0 210 58234 289742 Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem

43.4 TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2014-15 Numberof Sl. Name of the Year of District Headquarter buses as on Number Corporations Formation covered 31st March

1 2 3 4 5 6 Tamil Nadu State 12,Rama -- Transport krishna Salem, 1 15.02.73 1212 Corporation , Salem Road Namakkal Division Salem Source: General Manager, TNSTC, Salem

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43.5 SELECT INDICATORS ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATIONS Year: 2014-15 Sl.No Item Name of the Transport Corporation 1 2 3 1 Fleet Strength 1212 2 Kilometres operated carried per day (in lakhs) 5.54 3 Number of passengers carried per day (in lakhs) 9.47 4 Fleet Utilisation (Percentage) 96.97 5 Kilometre efficiency (Percentage) 99.89 6 Kilometre run per litre of diesel a) City / Town 5.54 b) Mofussil 5.55 7 Number of routes (As on day) 1050 8 Number of New routes introduced during the year 0 9 New villages benefitted during the year 3 10 Benefitted village population (in lakhs) 0.012 11 Staff strength 7444 12 Number of New Buses purchases 0 Source: General Manager, TNSTC, Salem

43.6 RAILWAY LINES AND STATIONS

Year: 2014-15

Broad Meter Gauge Broad Gauge & Item Guage Meter Guage 1 2 3 4 65 (19 Km

1. Route Length (in Km.) 797 under gauage 862

conversion)

2. Tract Length (in Km.) 986 46 1032

3. Number of Railway Stations 95 8 103

Source: Southern Railway, Salem.

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43.7 PORT DEVELOPMENT Year: 2014-15 1 Major Ports Nil 2 Intermediate ports Nil 3 Minor ports Nil 4 Vessels entered and Cargo handled Nil

43.8 AIR PORTS Year: 2014-15 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 Not Available AIRPORT a) Madras b) c) Madurai d)

e) Salem Not Available

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

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43.9 PRIVATE TRANSPORT OPERATORS Year: 2014-15 Sl.No 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.Annamalai, 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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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

44.1 PLACE OF TOURIST ATTRACTION Year : 2014-15 S.No. Name of the Tourist Centre 1 Fort Sangakiri 2 Museum 3 Zoological Park, Kurumpatti 4 Botonical Garden, Yercuad 5 Boat House, Yercuad Dams 6 Mettur, Kariakoil, Aanaimaduvu Source: Deputy Commissioner of Transports, Salem.

44.2 LIST OF PLACES OF WORSHIP

Sl.No PLACES OF WORSHIP 1 Kottai Mariamman Kovil 2 Kailasanather Temple 3 Sugavaneswarar Temple 4 Mecheri Bharakaaliamman Temple 5 Tharamangalam

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44.3. DETAILS OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. YEAR : 2014-15

Sl. Name of the hotels with Name of the hotels without Place Number lodging facilities. lodging 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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44.4 TRAVEL AGENTS Year: 2014-15 Sl.Number List of Travel Agents Sl. Number1 2

1 K.P.N 2 L.R.N 3 PALANI ANDAVAR 4 5 NEELA 6 KALAI 7 N.S 8 T.M.S Source: Concerned Office

45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTERED Year: 2014-15 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

45.2 BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES Year: 2014-15

Birth Death Infant Mortality (combined) (combined) (Combined) 1 2 3

15.0 5.2 17.5

Source: DD Health Services and Family Welfare, Salem

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45.3. DEATH BY CAUSES Year: 2014-15

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 : 2014-15

S.No 46.LIST VOLUNTARY OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES SERVICES

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

D.Vedamanickam, Good Shephered Community Development Project, 9, 2 Adakkala Nagar, Hasthampatti, Salem.

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.

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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, 16 Belur (Via) 636 104. Salem District

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

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.

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26 Sarada Mahalir Mandram, Thevoor Post, Sankari Block, Salem District.

Vijayalakshmi Mahalir Mandram, Kaveripuram Mettu Post, Kolathur Block, 27 Salem 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.

Mr.Dass.Programme Co- Ordinator, Pols Puthur, Puthur (P.O), Salem TK., 33 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 37 635 403.

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.

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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, 41 Danishpet, Salem District.

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

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, 50 Valapady, Salem 636 115.

Mr.Sooriya Kanthan,Secretary,MIRA Development,Selevadi Post, 51 Tharamangalam (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.

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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.

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 64 Koil Street, Periya Kollappatti, Kannankuruchi, Salem.8.

N.Kalaiselvi Paralegal Work Society for Community Development Trust, Legal 65 Aid 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. 67 Salem 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.

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

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

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

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

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, 78 R.C.Chetty Patty,Omalur Tk., Salem District

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

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

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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: 2014-15

Number of Sl. Name of the Schemes the Remarks No Programmes in the Schemes 1 2 3 4

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

CWSS to P.N. Patty and Verakkalpudur 2 1 Town 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 Vellapatty and other habitations in 5 1 Operation Omalur Union of Salem District and CWSS to Sankari and Thevoor town Maintanence 6 panchayts and 245 way side habitations in 1 of CWSS Sankari Union of Salem District CWSS to , Edappadi Municipalities, 7 town panchayats and 411 7 1 wayside habitations in Salem and Nammakkal Districts (Salem District) CWSS to Irupalli, 236 Fluoride Affected 8 Habitations and 1066 wayside habitations 1 in Salem District CWSS to 136 Fluoride Affected 9 Habitations and 604 wayside habitations 1 in Kadayampatti and 3 other union in Salem District NRDWP & 10 NRDWP & MNP 37 MNP each 50% share Water Supply Improvement Scheme 11 - UIDSSMT Fund Water Supply Improvement Scheme JICA 12 - Fund 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: 2014-15

Number of Workers

Name of the Schemes engaged in water works Sl.No and supply 1 2 TWED OutSourcing

CWSS to Salem, 11 other towns and 264 1 42 16 rural habitations in Salem district

CWSS to P .N.Patti and Verakkalpudur 2 09 16 town in Salem Dist.

CWSS to Kolathur Town Panchayat and 3 3 38 way side habitation in Salem dist.

CWSS to Kaveripuram and 141 other rural 4 habitations in Kolathur Union of Salem 12 84 Dist. CWSS to Vellapatti and other way side 5 0 12 habitation in Salem Dist. CWSS to Sankari and Thevoor Town 6 Panchayats and 245 way side habitations 0 7 in Sankagiri union

CWSS to Rasipuram and Edappadyi municipalities, 7 town panchayats and 411 7 0 66 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 0 248 unions in Salem Dist. CWSS to 136 FAH and 604 way side 9 habitation in Kadayampatti and 3 other 1 233 unions in Salem Dist. Total 67 720 Source: E.E, T.W.A.D. (Maintenance Division), Salem.

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47.3 NUMBER OF HOUSE CONNECTIONS, FOUNTAINS Year: 2014-15 Sl. Name of the Blocks / Number of House Water connections No Municipalities

1 2 3 1 Salem 98537

2 Veerapandy 985 3 Panamarathupatty 4713 4 Ayothiyapattinam 3636 5 Valapady 648 6 Yercaud 422 7 Attur 175 8 Pethanaickenpalayam 531 9 Gangavalli 614 10 Thalaivasal 2117 11 Omalur 5063 12 Kadayampatty 1778 13 Tharamangalam 858 14 Mecheri 2130 15 Nangavalli 2793 16 Kolathur 1541 17 Sankari 4532 18 Magudanchavadi 722 19 Idapady 1830 20 Konganapuram 514 Total 134139 Source: AD Panchayat, AD Town Panchayat & Corporation & Municipal Commissioners, Salem District

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