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Home TamilNadu Map District Profile Print PROFILE • Tiruppur district is bounded by district in the East, in the West, and in the North and district in the South. • The District lies between 10º 14'N to 11º 20'N Latitude, 77º 27'E to 77º 56'E Longitude and has an areal extent of 2296 sq.km. • There are 13 Blocks, 265 Villages and 3597 Habitations in the District.

Physiography and Drainage: • The southern part of the Tiruppur district is covered by hill ranges of (Anamalai, Sirumuga malai, Nilgiri , Boluvampatti, Janakal and Velligiri) and the rest of the district consists of undulating plain sloping gradually from West to East. • The major rivers flowing through the district are Noyyal and Amaravathi, which come under the Cauvery basin • Chinnar and Tenar rivers are the main tributary of Amravati River, which is the main source of irrigation in the district. • Nallar and Palar river are covered under the Parambikulam­Aliyar basin. • Both and Thirumurthy dam are the prime source of irrigation in the district, whereas Uppaar dam is another dam which receives water from seasonal rains.

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

Acutal Rainfall in mm Normal Rainfall in mm 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 703.00 360.10 277.60 726.20 866.40 618.20

Geology:

Rock Type Geological Formation Gneiss, Charnockite, Granite, Hard Rock Quartzite, Laterite and Alluvium

Hydrogeology:

Type of Aquifer Semi confined to unconfined aquifers Well yield in lpm 50 ­ 300 lpm Transmissivity (T)m2/day 1.49 ­ 164.18 Permeability (K)(m/day)) 0.25 ­ 26.75 Depth of Water level 7 m to 25m

Ground Water Level:: The Ground Water levels from the 39 number of observation wells of TWAD have been analysed for Post­Monsoon and Pre­ Monsoon. Since 1991 average Ground water level in m Below Ground Level for pre and post monsoon is as follows:

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

Recharge Structures Roof Check Percolation Recharge Recharge Defunct Bore Recharge Hydro Others Ooranies top Total Dam Pond Pit Trench well Recharge Shaft Fracturing RWH 199 40 239

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

Net Groundwater Availability (in MCM) 443.25 Existing Gross Groundwater draft for all users (in MCM) 562.48 Stage of Groundwater development (in %) 127 % Categorization of District Over Exploited

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

Categorisation based on Extraction (as on 2011) No. of Firkas Firkas (E), Avinashi(W), Avinashipalayam(S), Cheyur, Gudimangalam, , Kannivadi, Karadivavi, Kundadam, Kunnathur, Over Exploited (>100%) 23 , , Periavalavadi, Perumanallur, Pethappampatti, Pongalur, Ponnapuram, , Sankarandampalayam, Tiruppur (N), Tiruppur (S), Uthiyur, .

2/4 3/6/2017 Critical (90%­100%) 1 Alangiyam, , , Semi Critical (70%­90%) 5 Nathakadaiyur, Udumalpet Safe (<70%) 1 Kurichikottai Others (Poor& Saline) ­ Total 30

Water supply status as on 1.4.2016 Rural Habitations Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3597

Partially covered 809 (10­39 lpcd ) Fully covered 2788 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water supply status ­ Sep 2016)

S.NO Name of Towns Population Present water supply level LPCD Corporation 1 Tiruppur 444352 80 Municipalities 1 Dharapuram 56007 75 2 Vellakoil 40359 90 3 61133 123 4 Kangeyam 32147 85 5 Palladam 7263 85 Town Panchayats 1 Avanashi 28868 70 2 Chinnakkampalayam 11546 70 3 Dhali 5874 70 4 Kaniyur 6180 70 5 Kannivadi 10369 70 6 17819 70 7 13642 72 8 Kunnathur 8774 108 9 Madathukulam 20620 75 10 Mulanur 15223 70 11 13212 70 Rudravathi 12 6807 70 ( Kondadam) 13 Samalapuram 20691 70

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