DISTRICT PROFILE Kallakurichi District

Kallakurichi District is announced as 33rd district by bifurcating Viluppuram district on the floor of Assembly by Hon’ble Chief Minister on 8th January 2019. Later the new Kallakurichi District was created as per G.O.(MS).No.424 and 425 Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Revenue Administration Wing, {RA 1(1)} Section, Dated:12.11.2019. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Chief Minister inaugurated Kallakurichi as 34th district (Tenkasi inaugurated as 33rd) on 26.11.2019 in a grand inaugural function.

The district consists of 2 Revenue divisions with 6 taluks, consisting of 562 Revenue villages in 24 firkas. The district consists of 9 development blocks covering 412 village panchayats. Kallakurichi, the headquarters of the district is located along NH 79 (Ulundurpet - Salem). Salem, Trichy and Pondicherry are the nearest airports.

The district is an agrarian with paddy, maize, sugarcane, black gram etc., as major crops. The district is mainly rainfed / tank irrigated along with Gomukhi and Manimuktha dams.

Kalvarayan hills spread across 550.70 Sq km, is a major attraction of the district. The tribal population dominated hills have Periyar falls, Megham falls, Sirukalur falls and Chinnathirupathi temple. Very famous temples such as Ulagalantha Perumal temple, Veerattaneshwarar temple and Kabilar hillock in Tirukoilur, Sri Lakshmi Narasimmar temple, Parikkal in Ulundurpet taluk, Adhirangan Ranganathaswamy temple, Thiruvarangam and Arthanareeswarar temple, Rishivandiyam in Sankarapuram taluk are situated in this district.

Name of the District : Kallakurichi District Head Quarters : Kallakurichi Area : 3530.58 sq.km. Population : 13,77,494 Revenue Divisions : 02

Sl. No Name of the Revenue Division 1. Kallakurichi

2. Tirukoilur

Taluks : 06

Sl. No Name of the Taluk 1. Kallakurichi 2. Sankarapuram 3. Chinnasalem

4. Kalvarayan Hills 5. Tirukoilur 6. Ulundurpet No. of Firkas : 24

No. of Revenue Villages : 562

No. of Village Panchayats : 412

Assembly Constituencies : 05

Sl. No Name of the Taluk 1. Tirukoilur (Part) 2. Kallakurichi 3. Sankarapuram 4. Ulundurpet (Part) 5. Rishivandiyam

Parliamentary Constituencies : Kallakurichi (Part), Viluppuram (Part)

Municipalities : Kallakurichi

Panchayat Unions : 09

Sl. No. Name of the Panchayat Unions 1. Kallakurichi

2. Chinnasalem 3. Rishivandiyam 4. Sankarapuram 5. Thiyagadurugam

6. Kalvarayan Hills 7. Tirukoilur 8. Ulundurpet 9. Thirunavalur

Town Panchayats : 07

Sl. No. Name of the Town Panchayat 1. Chinnasalem

2. Vadakkananthal 3. Sankarapuram 4. Thiyagadurugam

5. Ulundurpet 6. Tirukovilur

7. Manalurpet

The village far away from the district head quarters : Varam Village (80 km) in Kalvarayan Hills Taluk.

Government Schools :

Sl. Name of the schools No. of No. schools 1. Primary Schools 469 2. Middle Schools 167 3. High Schools 60 4. Higher Secondary school 69

Adi Dravidar Welfare School :

Sl. Name of the schools No. of No. schools 1. Primary Schools 20 2. Middle Schools 05 3. High Schools 03 4. Higher Secondary school 0

Tribal Welfare School : Sl. Name of the schools No. of No. schools 1. Primary Schools 26 2. Middle Schools 13 3. High Schools 04 4. Higher Secondary school 07

Anganvadis : 1121

Government Hospitals :

Sl. Location of the Hospitals No. 1. Kallakurichi 2. Chinnasalem 3. Sankarapuram 4. Tirukoilur 5. Ulundurpet

No. of Primary Health Centres : 45

No. of Health Sub Centres : 215

Dispensary : Thoradipattu (Kalvarayan Hills)

Rivers : 07

Sl.No Name of the River 1. Gomukhi River 2. Mani River 3. Muktha River 4. Thirumanimuktha River 5. Mayura River 6. Kedilam River 7. Sesha Nathi

Dams : 02

Name of the Height of the Capacity dam dam (in feet) (in mcft) Gomukhi 46 560

Manimukhtha 36 737

Pwd Tanks :

Name of the Sub No. of Capacity No. of division the (in mcft) Anicuts tanks Vellar Basin 212 3514.13 74 Lower Pennaiyar 119 1778.715 01 Basin

Rural Development

(Minor Irrigation Tanks) : 359

State Highways : 312.946 km.

NHAI : NH 79 (Salem to Ulundurpet) - 59 km. (V.X-Road to Ulundurpet Roundana)

NH 45 (Tambaram to Dindigul) - 35.8km. (Madapattu to Vepur Bridge)

Major Districts Roads : 289.150 km.

Other Districts Roads : 874.202 km.

Sugarcane Development Roads : 118.750 km.

Food grain production : 6.25 lakh metric tonne.

Horticulture Production : 3.14 lakh metric tonne.

Cattle Population : 4,14,715