DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

O/o The Deputy Director of Statistics, - 7

Hand Book available at https://tenkasi.nic.in

Dr. G.S.Sameeran., I.A.S, District Collector, .

FOREWORD

I am very happy to note that the Department of Economics and Statistics of Tirunelveli unit is publishing this Statistical Handbook for the year 2019- 2020. The Need for a data bank with regard to this District is fulfilled by means of publishing this book which provides extensive information and various data about Tenkasi District.

The Handbook contains various details on population, literacy rate, classification of workers based on 2011 Census, Climate and Rainfall, Agriculture, Irrigation, Animal Husbandry, Communication, Civil Supplies, Electricity, Education, Health & Family Welfare, Housing, Industries, Mining & Quarrying, Prices, Social Welfare etc., will be very much useful for the Research scholars, Students, Philosophers, Policy and Decision makers.

I express my warm wishes and appreciation for the efforts taken by the Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli and team of officials of the Department of Economics and Statistics, Tirunelveli and also co-operation extended by the other department officials to bring out the Hand Book in a successful manner.

Best wishes

Tenkasi

Dated: District Collector

Mrs.S.Suriyakala, B.Sc, Deputy Director of Statistics Tirunelveli-7 PREFACE

The District Statistical Handbook of Tenkasi District for the year 2019-2020 is the First issue in the series, covering multi various data relating to wide range of subjects which are useful to all sections of people in the current scenario. The publication envisages brief picture of Demography, Socio Economic conditions and Developmental activities of the District in terms of statistical tables and graphical representations. The book contains data covering the financial year, fasli year, academic year and calendar year.

The Co-operation and guidelines extended by the District Collector, Dr.G.S.Sameeran, I.A.S., are very much acknowledged with high gratitude. The Valuable guidelines and suggestions issued by our Regional Joint Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli, Dr.B.Hariharadhas, M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D., is highly useful to launch the Handbook successfully. The contribution towards the publication of the District Handbook by the Assistant Director of Statistics, Tenkasi Thiru.C.Subbiah,M.A., B.Ed., Statistical Officer Thiru.M.Sankar, M.A., Block Statistical Inspector’s Thiru.S.Radhakrishnan, B.Sc., Thiru.J.Samsudeen, M.Sc., M.Phil., Tmt.M.Anees Fathima, M.Sc., M.Phil., Selvi.N.Sathyasivagami, M.A., M.Phil., Statistical Inspector’s Thiru.C.Ganesan, M.A., M.Phil., Thiru.M.Maria Adaickalam, M.Sc., M.Phil.,Ph.D., Assistant Statistical Investigator Tmt.M.Sindu, M.Sc., Ph.D., the Data Coordinators Tmt.G.Jayasree, B.A., and Tmt.N.Chitra, M.Sc., B.Ed., are highly appreciated in collection, compilation and publication.

The kind co-operation extended by the various department officials both Central and State Government, Public sector undertakings and other Organizations is also acknowledged with profound grateful.

I hope that the District Statistical Handbook will be more useful to Administrators, Planners, Policy makers, Students, Philosophers and Research Scholars. I would be thankful for Constructive criticism of the publication and valid suggestions for the improvement of the ensuing publication. I humbly request the other departments to extends their full co-operation, collaboration and co-ordination with the Department of Economics and Statistics in forth coming publications. Thanking you

Deputy Director of Statistics Tirunelveli. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT

INDRODUCTION

Tenkasi district was formed on 21.12.2019 vide. G.O.(ms) No.476, dated 21.12.2019 of Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Revenue Adminstration wing [RAI (1)] section, by bifurcating from . Tenkasi is it‟s headquarter which is the largest Municipality in the area of Tenkasi District. Tenkasi is famous spiritual place equivalent to North Indian Kasi. Kasi Viswanathar Temple is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva, which is constructed in the Diravidian style of architecture and was built by the Pandyan ruler Parakkirrama Pandian during the 13th Century.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

The Geographical area of the district is 2882.44 sq.kms which lay in the south western portion of . It lies in between 8º.57' and 8º.95' of the Northern latitude and 77º.18' and 77º.31' of Eastern longitude.

TOPOGRAPHY The district is located in the south western part of Tamil Nadu, surrounded by in the north, Western Ghats and in the west, the South East is covered by Tirunelveli district and North East by . Chitharu, Gundaru, Karuppanathi, Gadana, Ramanathi and Hanuman nathi are main source of irrigation for Agriculture and Allied activities.

ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP The district has two revenue divisions viz Tenkasi and and 8 Taluks, 30 firkas 246 revenue villages, 10 Development blocks, 5 Municipalities 18 Town Panchayats and 221 Village Panchayats as per G.O.(ms) No.426 Revenue and Disaster Management Department, dated: 12.11.2019

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS

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The Population of the district was 1440795 as per 2011 census. The density of population per sq.km was 500 persons in the 2011 census. The sex ratio is 1017 females for every 1000 males. The literacy rate is 78% in the district as per 2011 census. Out of total population, males were 714215 and females were 726580 as per 2011 census. The schedule caste population is 292900 which represent 20% to the total population as per 2011 census. Schedule tribes are found to be very small in numbers of 3656 which is 0.3% to the total population.

AGRICULTURE Agriculture is playing a very crucial role in the district economy. The gross cropped area for the year 2019-20 was 124460 hectares which covers about 43.18% of the total geographical area. Out of which 74675 hectares were irrigated and 49785 were unirrigated. Around 60% of the total cropped was irrigated and 40% of the total cropped area was unirrigated. The net area shown to total cropped area was 112764 hectares which is about 91% of gross cropped area, 11687 hectares were shown as more than once. Paddy is cultivated as major crop in the district and 39403 hectares were cultivated during 2019-20 which cover about 32% of the gross cropped area and followed by Pulses 31,100 hectares were showed. Coconut, Cashewnut, Mango, Maize and Cotton are other principal crops. Lemon Cultivation is famous in Puliyangudi, popularly known as “Lemon City”. The total food crops were cultivated in 105234 hectares out of the total cropped area of 124460 hectares which is around 85%. This covers 85% of the total cropped area. Non-food crops were cultivated in 19228 hectares which is around 15%.

MARKETING Tenkasi, , , Alangulam, Puliyangudi and Sankarankovil are having many markets for agricultural produce. Puliyangudi market is very famous for Lemon and exporting Lemon to various states and International level. Puliyangudi city is called as „Lemon City‟ for its famous quality due to natural climate and favourable soil for Lemon cultivation. Sankarankovil market is very famous for Millets, Pulses, Cotton, Groundnut and

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Chillies. Many commission mandies are functioning in Sankarankovil, Surandai, Pavoorchatram and Puliyangudi for agricultural commodities.

INDUSTRIES Agriculture is the predominant role in the district. Apart from agriculture many other industries are functioning in the district. Such as Modern Rice mills and Oil mills particularly in Keelapavoor and Alangulam blocks are a hup for both boiled and raw rices and marketing in TamilNadu and Kerala. Beedi rolling, handloom, power loom, Match factories, Brick kiln, Sugar mill, Wind mill, Solar energy, Cattle rearing, Poultry farming, Mining & Quarrying, Weaving and sizing industries, Plastic molding industries, Spinning mills, Furniture manufacturing industries and Jaggary production are other important tiny and small scale industries which are providing more employment opportunities and earnings as subsidiary income to the people of this district.

IRRIGATION The district is blessed with Western Ghats from which all the rivers viz, Chitharu, Hanuman Nathi, Ramanathi and Karuppanathi flows from west to east. Gundaru, Adavinainar, Karuppanathi, Gadana, Ramanathi are the main source of irrigation dams and also for drinking purpose. The other sources of irrigation are wells, tanks and canals which cover the gross and net cultivated area of 74675 and 63403 hectares. Among total Well irrigation the gross and net irrigated area covers 48415 and 40343 hectares which cover about 64%. Tanks and Canals covered by 20792 and 5468 hectares during 2019-20 as gross and net cultivated area.

TORUIST ATTRACTIONS is situated in the Western Ghats in Tenkasi Taluk. The famous waterfalls on rocks and tiny droplets are sprinkled in the air. The water falls of Courtallam have medicinal value as they run through forest and herbs before their decent. The Courtallam falls is called as “Spa” of South and attracts all over Indians to Courtallam and Tenkasi.

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Gundar, Adavinainar and Karuppanathi dams are the tourist places which are located at the foothills of Western Ghats. RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE The Kasi Viswanathar temple at Tenkasi, Dhackshinamoorthy temple at Puliarai, Thirumalai kovil temple at , Sankaranainar temple at Sankarankovil, Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple, Maipparai Sri Venketasa Perumal temple at Kurivkulam are the landmarks of the district signifying the Hindu culture. Pottalpudur Mukaitheen Dargah and Tenkasi Periya Masque are famous for Muslim culture. St.Micheal shrine in Tenkasi and Our Lady of Lourdes shrine at Thirumalapuram in taluk are famous for Christian culture.

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DISTRICT PROFILE

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DISTRICT STATISTICAL OFFICE

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1.GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude Between : 8.05` and 9.30` East Longitude Between : 77.05` and 78.25` 2.AREA AND POPULATION 2011 Census I Area ( Sq. Km.) : 288243.8 Population a Male : 714215 II b Female : 726580 c Total : 1440795 d Rural : e Urban : III Density / Sq. Km : 500 Literates IV a Male : 551165 b Female : 453890 Main Workers (2011 Census ) a Total Workers : b Male Workers : c Female Workers : d Rural Workers : V e Urban Workers : f Cultivators : 61979 g Agricultural Labours : 200229 h Household Industry : 134575 i Other Workers : 258783 VI Non-Workers : 711414 Tamil, English, Telugu, Urdu VII Language Spoken in the District : & Malayalam. 3.VITAL STATISTICS I Birth : 19009 II Death : 8387 III Infant Deaths : 150 IV Birth Rate (per 1000 Population) : 12.34 V Death Rate (per 1000 Population) : 5.53 VI Infant Mortality Rate(Per 1000 Live Births ) : 8.6 Expectation of life at Birth : - VII a Male : - b Female : - No. of Deaths of Women due to VIII a At the time of delivery : - b During Pregnancy : -

4. TEMPERATURE (IN CELSIUS)

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Plains I a Maximum : 36.5 b Minimum : 24.2 Hill Stations II a Maximum : N.A b Minimum : N.A

5. RAINFALL (in mm)

Normal : 819.5 a North East Monsoon : 473 I b South West Monsoon : 128.4 c Winter season : 64.2 d Summer : 153.9 Actual : 1093.6 a North East Monsoon : 684 II b South West Monsoon : 269 c Winter season : 17.9 d Summer : 122.7

6. AGRICULTURE (in Hec.) Fasli 1428 (2018-2019) I Total Cultivated Area (Hec.) : 124460 II Net Area Sown (Hec.) : 112764 III Area Sown more than once (Hec.) : 11697 Area and Production of Principal Crops : a Paddy : 39403 b Millets and Other Cereals : 7424 c Pulses : 1684 IV d Sugar Crops : 2230 e Groundnut : 355 f Gingelly : 16 g Cotton : 1854 Agricultural Land Holdings : : 2015-16 ( 10th Agri Census) a Holdings (Nos) : 297720 V b Area in (Hec.) : 197829 c Average Size of holdings in (Hec.) : 0.66 Paddy, Black gram, Banana, VI Important Food Crops : Green gram, Sugarcane , Cashewnut and Maize Groundnut, Coconut, Cotton VII Important Non Food Crops : & Gingelly 7. IRRIGATION (Fasli 1428) Net Area Irrigated by : (In Hec.) I a Government Canals : 4260

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b Private Canals : Nil c Tanks (Small & Large) : 18800 d Tube Wells : 226 e Other Wells : 40117 f Other Sources : Nil g Net Area Irrigated : 63403 II Gross Area Irrigated : 74675 Kadananathi, Karuppanathi, III Name of the River : Kundaru & Chittaru IV Name of the Lake : Nil 8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Veterinary Institutions a Veterinary Hospitals : 3 I b Veterinary Dispensaries : 59 c Clinician Centers (Poly clinic) : - d Sub- Centre’s : 18 Poultry Development a Chicks produced in hatcheries : N.A II b Birds sold for breeding : N.A c Birds sold for food : 1016900 Livestock and Poultry Population a Cattle : 137992 b Buffaloes : 9648 III c Sheep : 80915 d Goat : 134418 e Poultry : 699621 9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT (Govt) I Dairies : - II Milk Chilling Plants : - III No. of Milk Co-operative Societies : 56 IV Milk Production (Lakh Litres) : 1804.78 10. FISHERIES I Length of Coastal Line (Km) : - II No.of Coastal Blocks : - III No.of Coastal Centres (Landing) : - IV Marine Fish Production (Tonnes) : N.A V Inland Fish Production (Tonnes) : 328.77 11. FOREST Forest Area (Hec.) : a Forests : 43999 I b Social Forests : N.A c Unclassified Forests : N.A

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Out-turn of Forest Product a Timber (Cu.m.) : Nil b Fuel wood (MT : Nil c Pulpwood (MT : Nil II. d Sandalwood (MT : Nil e Rubber (MT) : Nil f Bamboo (Tonne) : Nil g Tea Green Leaves (Tonne) : Nil h Wattle Bark (MT) : Nil 12. ELECTRICITY (IN M.U) Generation of Electricity : In M.U a Hydro : b Wind Mill Generation : 6257.514 I c Thermal : Nil d Power Purchased(Wind mill Power) : Nil e Gas Turbine : Nil Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) a Agriculture : 142 b Industry : 104 c Commercial : 130 II d Domestic : 649 e Public Lighting & Public Works : 57 f Sales to Licensees : Nil g Sales to Other States : Nil h Miscellaneous : Nil Rural Electrification a No. of Pump sets Electrified : 82502 III b No. of Villages Electrified : 425 c Number of Hamlets Electrified : 1727 13. ENTERPRISES 6th Economic Census 2011 ( Provisional ) I No. of Enterprises : 317542 No. of Enterprises a With premises : 303006 II b Without premises : 14536 c Total enterprises in rural : 172855 d Total number in urban : 144687

14. INDUSTRIES I No. of Working Factories : 886 II No. of Workers : 29375 III No. of Trade Unions : 3 IV No. of Strikes : -

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V No. of Lockouts : Nil VI Large Scale Industries : - VII Medium Scale Industries : - VIII Small Scale Industries : N.A IX Cottage Industries : N.A X No. of new factories set up : N.A Dharani Sugars Ltd. Dharani Name of the important industries in the XI : Nagar, Syed cotton mills district Alangulam. XII Name of the industrial park : - 15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Khadi : Production Sales (Rs.in Lakhs) (Rs.in Lakhs) a Khadi : 3.79 38.67 I b Woollen : - - c Silk : Nil Nil d Yarn : 5.18 - Village Industries a Soaps : 11.42 11.42 II. b Leather Goods : - - c Industrial Co. Op Societies : Nil Nil

16. MEDICAL AND HEALTH ( in numbers)

Modern Medicine(Government only) a No. of Hospitals : 17 b Primary Health Centres : 52 I c Health Sub Centres : 177 d Other Medical Institution : - e Beds in Hospitals : 1609 f Doctors : 201 g Nurses : 290 Indian Medicine (Government only) a Hospitals : 17 II b Primary Health Centres : 21 c Beds in Hospitals : 80 d Doctors : 47 e Nurses : 2

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Unani (Government only) a Hospitals : 1 III b Primary Health Centres : - c Beds in Hospitals : - d Doctors : 1 e Nurses : -

17. EDUCATION

I Universities : - II Arts and Science Colleges : 15 a Colleges for Professional Education b Allopathy : - c Indian Medicine : - d Homoeopathy : - III e Engineering College : 3 f Agriculture Colleges : - g Veterinary Colleges : - h Law Colleges : - IV Colleges for Special Education : - V Pre primary Schools : N.A VI Primary Schools : 831 VII Middle Schools : 208 VIII High & Hr.Sec Schools : 234 IX Education guarantee scheme : N.A 18. TRANSPORT Road Length (Km.) a National Highways : 71.40 b State Highways : 221.745 I c Major District Road : 184.16 d Other District Road : 690.038 e Sugarcane : 8.0 II Registered Motor Vehicles 2018-19 a Commercial : 1966 b Non-Commercial : 26880 Railway Length(in Km) a Route Length : 170.24 III b Track Length : 239.42 c Number of Railway Stations : 26 IV Number of Sea Ports : Nil V Number of Air Ports : Nil VI Name of the Air Port : Nil VII Name of the Export Commodity : MAT, Cloth, Onion, Chillies.

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19. COMMUNICATION Post & Telegraph (in No.) I a Post Offices doing Postal business alone : 193 Post Offices doing Postal Telegraph b : Nil Business Telephones a No. of Telephones in use : 496 II b No. of Public Call Offices : 943 c No. of Telephones Exchanges : 87 20. CO-OPERATION District Central Cooperative Banks (including I : 17 branches) II District Co-operative Union : 1 III Co-Operative Training Institute : - IV Co-Operative Printing Press : 1 V P.A.C.B : 158 Primary Agricultural and Rural VI : 8 Development Bank VII Cooperative Urban Bank : 14 VIII Whole Sale Co.Operative Store : 1 IX Primary Cooperative Stores : 30 X Students Cooperative Store : 17 Cooperative Employees Thrift and Credit XI : 68 Society 21. REGISTRATIONS I No. of Registration Offices : 18 Aggregate Value of property Transferred (Rs. II : 773.37 in Crores) 22. HOUSING I No. of tenements constructed by TNHB : Nil II Dy Registrar Housing : Nil III No. of tenements constructed by TNSCB : Nil IV No. of tenements constructed by TNPHB : Nil V Deputy Registrar, Housing-Rural : Nil VI Deputy Registrar,Housing-Urban : Nil VII Samathuvapuram : Nil VIII Total No. of Households : Nil 23. SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.) I. Old Age Pension for aged : 19574

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II. Physically Handicapped Pension : 2 III. Widow Pension : 5286 IV. Agri. Labour pension : N.A V. Deserted Wives Pension : 5343 VI. Unmarried woman Pension : 543 VII. Uzhavar Sandhai : N.A VIII CMUPT Pension : 3800 No. of No. of 24. NUTRITION MEALS PROGRAMME : Centres Beneficiaries I I.C.D.S Scheme : 2562 164605 II Purachi Thalaivar Noon Meal : 2068 165916 25.REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS I Revenue Divisions : 2 II Revenue Taluks : 8 III Revenue Firkas : 30 IV Revenue Villages : 246 26. LOCAL BODIES I Corporations : - II Municipalities : 5 III Panchayat Unions : 10 IV Town Panchayats : 18 V Village Panchayats : 221 27.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT I No. of Development Divisions : Nil II No. of Blocks Covered : 10 III Population Covered (Lakhs) : 1440795

IV Area Covered (Sq.Km.) : 288243.8

28. POLICE AND PRISIONS I Local : 3375 (Exclude Pattalian 9) II Armed Reserve : 929 (Exclude Pattalian 9) III Police Stations : 98 IV Police Outposts : Nil

V Central Prisons : 1 VI Other Prisons : 12

29. LEGISLATURE I Members of the Legislative Assembly

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II Elected : 5 III Nominated : Nil Members of Parliament IV : 1 () V Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) : - 30. CINEMA THEATRES (in. No’s) Permanent (Excluding Tirunelveli Div) I Full Air-conditioned : 10 II Non-Air conditioned : 9 III Box Air Conditioned : - IV Open Air Theatres : - V Semi Permanent : - VII Touring : - 31.BANKS / INSURANCE I Commercial Banks : 196 II DCCB etc. : 32 III Private Sector Banks : 100 IV Regional rural Banks : 65 V Lead Bank : 1 Life Insurance 37 (Including Divisional, I Offices : Branch & Micro Office) II Policies Issued : 273684 III Premium Received (Rs.in Crores) : 3105.43

32.NATURAL RESOURCES

Name of the mineral found in the District : Rough stone Jelly, Kankar

33.GENERAL Name of the important pilgrim Centre

1. Sankarankoil Arulmigu Sankaranarayana Temple 2. Tenkasi Arulmigu KasiviswanatharTemple 3. Courtalam Arulmigu Courtaleesuwar Temple 4. Panpozhi Arulmigu Thirumalai Kumarasamy Temple 5. Pottal Pudur: Dharga 6. Chithirasabai – Courtallam

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7. A/M Aanjanayar Temple, Kadayanallur 8. A/M Balasubramaniayaswamy Temple, Aykudi.

Name of the important Tourist Centre

1. Courtalam: Main falls, Old Falls, Five Falls, Honey Falls, Tiger Falls and Boating

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Table No. CONTENTS Page No.

1. AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 Salient Feature of 2011 Census - Total Population & Age(0-6) 1 1.2 Salient Feature of 2011 Census – S.C, S.T & Literate 2 1.3 Population by Broad Industrial Categories of Workers. 3 1.4 Population by Density & Sex Ratio 4

2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at Select Stations. 5 2.2 Monthly wise Rainfall in District 7 2.3 Time Series Data of Rainfall by Seasons. 8

3. AGRICULTURE 3.1 Soil Classification 9 3.2 Land Utilization & Map 10 3.3 Area and Production of Principal Crops 11 3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 12 3.5 Number and Area of Operational Holdings 12 3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides 13 3.7 Regulated Markets 13 3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 14 3.9 Sericulture 15

4. IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of Water Supply - Taluk wise. 16 4.2 Actual Area Irrigated by Source 17 4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops. 19 4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore wells. 20

5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 5.1 Livestock Population 22 5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals Treated – Block wise. 23 5.3 Number of Veterinary Hospitals 23 5.4 Diary Development 24 5.5 Poultry Development 25 5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 25

6. BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1 No. of Commercial Banks 27 6.2 Insurance Schemes 27

7. CO-OPERATION 7.1 Co-operative Societies 29

8. CIVIL SUPPLIES 8.1 No. of Fair Price Shops 30 8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities Distributed and their Retail Price 31 8.3 No. of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 32

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8.4 Quantity Supplied 32 8.5 No. of LPG Connections 32 8.6 No. of Persons waiting for LPG Connection. 33

9. COMMUNICATION 9.1 Post-Offices doing Postal Business only 35 9.2 No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and No. in Use 35 9.3 No. of PCOs Attached to Each Exchange 36 9.4 No. of Persons Waiting for Phone Connection. 36

10. ELECTRICITY 10.1 No. of Power Stations 38 10.2 Quantum of Power Purchased 39 10.3 Power Consumption Sector wise 39 10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 39 10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per Unit 40 10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 40 10.7 Capacity of Transformers 41 10.8 Rural Electrification 43 10.9 Name and Address of Fault Report Offices. 43

11. EDUCATION 11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses Offered 45 11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 45 11.3 College for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 46 11.4 Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers 46 11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 47 11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 47 11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 48 11.8 Institutions for other Professional Education, Students and Teachers 48 11.9 School for Music Education, Students and Teachers 48 11.10 School for Deaf Education, Students and Teachers 48 11.11 Computer Training Centers 49 11.12 Hospitals and Inmates by Community 49 11.13 Scholarships to Students by Backward Class 49 11.14 Scholarships to Students by SC/ST 50

12. FISHERIES 12.1 Fisheries Development 52 12.2 Estimated Marine Fish Production/Inland Fish Production 53 12.3 No. of Families Engaged in Fishing 53

13. HANDLOOM 13.1 No. of Focal Centres with Location Details 54 13.2 No. of Societies and Variety wise Production 54 13.3 No. of Powerlooms and No. of Employees Working 54 13.4 No. of Families Engaged 55 13.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 55

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14.1 Name and Address of Handicrafts 56 14.2 Articles Available in Handicrafts 56 14.3 Value of Articles Produced and Value of Articles Sold 56 14.4 No. of Families Engaged in Handicrafts 57

15. HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 59 15.2 No. of Allied Pathological Units Available 59 15.3 Disease wise Patients Treated 60 15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 60 15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programs 60

16. HOUSING 16.1 Plans Sanctioned, Building Completed under Private Sector 61 16.2 Plans Sanctioned, Building Completed under Public Sector 61 16.3 Amount Invested in Housing and Building Activity under Public Sector 61 16.4 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 61 16.5 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 62 16.6 Index No. of Building Construction cost in Urban Centers 62 16.7 Labour Charges of Construction Workers. 62

17. INDUSTRIES 17.1 Results of Annual Survey of Industries 63 17.2 Estimates of Value of Output and Value Added by Manufacture Based on ASI 63 17.3 Industrial Production 63 17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals 63 17.5 Small Scale Industries 64 17.6 Khadi and Village Industries 65 17.7 No. of Printing Presses 65 17.8 No. of Photocopy (Xerox) Centers 65

18. FACTORIES 18.1 Registered and Working Factories 66 18.2 Employment in Working Factories 66 18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockout and Gheraos 67

19. LOCAL BODIES 19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 68 19.2 Municipal Bodies 68 19.3 Panchayat Union, Village/Town Panchayats 69 19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages 69 19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat Union/ 69 Town Panchayat/Village Panchayat 19.6 Rural Development Activitie 70

20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1 No of Persons Registered during the year and Total No. of Persons Waiting upto the end of the Year as per Live Register 71 20.2 No. of Placement during and upto the end of the Last 15 Years. 71

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20.3 Employment under NREGS 71

21. LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Divisions and Original Jurisdiction 73 21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Court of Original Jurisdiction Civil Suits Regular 73 21.3 Nature of Free Legal Available, No. of Beneficiaries, No.of Cases Disposed of in Lok Adalat during the Year 74 21.4 No. of Advocates Practicing in Courts 74

22. LIBRARIES 22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the District with details of Members, Books Available and Readers 75 22.2 No. of Libraries Houses in Government Building /Rental Building 75 22.3 No. of Reading Rooms 75

23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 No. of Mining and Quarrying units in the District 76 23.2 Classification-wise Production 76

24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1 No. of Food and other Allied Manufacturing Units in the District 76 24.2 No. of Non-Food Manufacturing Units in the District 76

25. MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1 No. of Medical Colleges in the District with Students and Teachers 78 25.2 No. of Pharmacy College with Students and Teachers 78 25.3 No. of Medical Stores in the District - Category-wise 78 25.4 No. of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 78

26. MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1 No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the Year 79 26.2 No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Available for Hire Purpose 80 26.3 No. of Persons Issued with Driving License 80

27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1 No. of Solar Energy Generating Units in the District with Production Data 81 27.2 No. of Wind Mills Generating Units with Production Data 81

28. POLICE AND PRISONS 28.1 Police Force 82 28.2 Cognizable Offences under Indian Penal Code 82 28.3 Prisons and Convicts & Classification of Convicts 83 28.4 No. of Cases Registered under PCR 84 28.5 No. of Cases Registered against Woman Harassment and Dowry 84

29. PUBLIC HEALTH 29.1 Public Health and Medical Services Rendered by Organizations and Individual 85

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29.2 No. of Primary Health Centers with Sub-Centers 85

30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION 30.1 No. of News papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines, etc., Published 86 30.2 No. of Publishers in the District other than News Papers and Magazines 87 30.3 No. of Printing Presses in the District 87

31. PRICE INDICES 31.1 Wholesale Price Index of Tamil Nadu 88 31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers Central Series 89 31.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers State Series 90 31.4 Time Series Data of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial 90 Workers (Central Series) 31.5 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers For Industrial 92 Workers (Central Series & State Series) 31.6 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Rural Tamil Nadu 92 31.7 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Urban Tamil Nadu 93 31.8 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Rural and Urban Tamil Nadu 93 31.9 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural, Urban And Rural & Urban Combined Tamil Nadu 94

32. QUALITY CONTROL 32.1 List of Industrial / Establishment Units having Quality Control 95

33. REGISTRATION 33.1 No. of Registration Offices in the District 95 33.2 Registration and Aggregate Value of Properties Transferred 96

34. REPAIR AND SERVICES 34.1 Authorized Automobiles Repair and Service Stations 96 34.2 Authorized Electrical and Electronic Goods Repair and Service Units 96

35. RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 35.1 Restaurants, Cafes and Other Eating and Drinking Places 97 35.2 Details of Hotels 97

36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES 36.1 List of Cinema Theatres and their Capacities 98 36.2 List of Clubs and Associations 98 36.3 List of Motion Picture Distributors and Projection Services 98

37. SOCIAL WELFARE 37.1 Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meals Programs Centres 99 37.2 No. of Beneficiaries under Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meals Program 99

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37.3 No. of Beneficiaries under the Free Supply of Text Books and Uniforms 100 37.4 No. of Beneficiaries under the Free Cycle 100 37.5 Number of Beneficiaries Free Supply of Laptop 100 37.6 No. of Beneficiaries under Old Age Pension Scheme 101 37.7 Free Houses and House sites Distributed to Community 101 37.8 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Schemes 102 37.9 Social Welfare Schemes 102

38. SANITARY SERVICES 38.1 No. of Sanitary Workers Engaged in Sanitation, Garbage and Sewage Disposal and other Particulars 103 38.2 No. of Vehicles Engaged in the Sanitary Services 103

39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICES 39.1 Institutions and Laboratories Engaged in Research Work 104

40. STORAGE FACILITIE 40.1 List of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Storage Godowns 104 40.2 List of Cold Storage Godowns 104

41. TEXTILES 41.1 No. of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving Mills in the District 105 41.2 Quantum of Production 105

42. TRADE AND COMMERCE 42.1 No. of Major and Minor Trade and Commercial Estate in the District 105

43. TRANSPORT 43.1 Length of Roads 107 43.2 Road Accidents 107 43.3 Registered Motor Vehicles 107 43.4 Transport Corporation 108 43.5 Selected Indicators of Overall Performance of State 108 43.6 Railway Lines and Stations 109 43.7 Port Development 110 43.8 Airports 110 43.9 Private Transport Operations 111

44. TOURISM 44.1 Places of Tourist Attraction 115 44.2 List of Places of Worship 115 44.3 List of Hotels and Restaurants 115 44.4 List of Travel Agents 115 44.5 Train and Air Service Timings 116 44.6 Railway Length in Kilo Metre 116

45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1 Births and Deaths Registered in the District 117

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45.2 Birth, Death and Infant Mortality Rates in the District 117 45.3 Death by Causes 117

46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES 46.1 List of Voluntary Services Available in the District for the Development of Rural and Urban Population 118

47. WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY 47.1 No. of Schemes Operated in the District 119 47.2 No. of Workers Engaged in the Water Works and Supply 120 47.3 No. of House Connections, Fountains 121 47.4 Educational Expenditure. 121

48. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS 48.1 Details of Dams 122

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1. Area and Population 1.1 Salient Feature of 2011 Census - Population & Age(0-6)

Population Age 0-6 Name of the S.No Area Block No_HH TOT_P TOT_M TOT_F P_06 M_06 F_06

1 Alangulam 40011.08 42918 156992 77062 79930 17313 8749 8564 2 Kadayanallur 24837.875 41962 167846 84060 83786 18060 9073 8987 3 19483.2 29973 111369 54856 56513 12113 6196 5917 4 Keelapavoor 18453.995 49499 186784 92967 93817 20153 10306 9847 5 31648.215 24942 88130 43171 44959 8856 4505 4351 6 M.N.Nallur 22637.9 18859 69784 34577 35207 7172 3677 3495 7 Sankarankoil 29342.185 42982 159683 79250 80433 16058 8183 7875

8 Senkottai 18206.985 30057 111394 55553 55841 11381 5799 5582

9 Tenkasi 23236.925 51528 194657 97182 97475 20296 10448 9848 10 Vasudevanallur 60385.475 54421 194156 95537 98619 19341 9781 9560 Total 288243.8 387141 1440795 714215 726580 150743 76717 74026

2011 Census Block wise Population

194657 194156 200000 186784

180000 167846 156992 159683 160000

140000

120000 111369 111394

100000 88130

80000 69784

60000

40000

20000

0

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1.2 Salient Feature of 2011 Census – S.C, S.T & Literate

Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes Literate Name of the S.No Block P_SC M_SC F_SC P_ST M_ST F_ST P_LIT M_LIT F_LIT

1 Alangulam 20878 10123 10755 117 59 58 20878 58617 49136

2 Kadayanallur 34265 16961 17304 493 225 268 34265 64570 51119

3 Kadayam 19494 9571 9923 191 94 97 19494 43158 37864

4 Keelapavoor 17880 8812 9068 142 71 71 17880 72634 60603

5 Kuruvikulam 30605 14990 15615 168 78 90 30605 32582 26453

6 M.N.Nallur 14039 6861 7178 24 11 13 14039 25726 20374

7 Sankarankoil 44015 21647 22368 326 167 159 44015 61647 49643

8 Senkottai 25532 12816 12716 824 416 408 25532 43358 35711

9 Tenkasi 38977 19366 19611 441 212 229 38977 77345 65878

10 Vasudevanallur 47215 22928 24287 930 464 466 47215 71528 57109

TOTAL 292900 144075 148825 3656 1797 1859 292900 551165 453890

200000 2011-Population, SC and Literate 180000 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 Population 60000 SC 40000 Literate 20000 0

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1.3. Population by Broad Industrial Categories of Workers

District S.No Industrial Category % to Persons Total Population

1 Marginal workers 73815 5.12

2 Cultivators 61979 4.30

3 Agri Labour 200229 13.90

4 Household 134575 9.34

5 Other Workers 258783 17.96

6 Non workers 711414 49.38

2011 Census- Workers

800000 711414 700000

600000

500000

400000 258783 300000 200229 200000 134575 73815 61979 100000

0 Marginal Cultivators Agri Labour Household Other Non workers workers Workers

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1.4 Salient Features of 2011 Census – Density & Sex Ratio

Literacy rate

among

Sl.

No. Name of the Block Male Female

inHecter (%) (%)

Females per 1000 per Females Ratio) (Sex males

Density per sq.km. per Density Geographical Area Area Geographical

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (8) (9) 1 Alangulam 40011.08 392 1037 85.81 68.85

2 Kadayanallur 24837.875 676 997 86.11 68.34

3 Kadayam 19483.2 572 1030 88.69 74.84

4 Keelapavoor 18453.995 1012 1009 87.87 72.17

5 Kuruvikulam 31648.215 278 1041 84.27 65.14

6 M.N.Nallur 22637.9 308 1018 83.26 64.25

7 Sankarankoil 29342.185 544 1015 86.74 68.42

8 Senkottai 18206.985 612 1005 87.14 71.05

9 Tenkasi 23236.925 838 1003 89.17 75.18

10 Vasudevanallur 60385.475 322 1032 83.41 64.12

Block wise Density Population 2011

1200 1012 1000 838 800 676 612 572 544 600 392 308 322 400 278 200 0

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2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1 Temperature at Select Stations Year: 2019-2020

Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Month

Normal Actual Normal Actual (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

June 2019 31.0 36.5 22.5 28.6

July 2019 34.9 35.6 24.0 28.1

August 2019 33.3 34.2 24.5 27.1

September 2019 34.0 35.1 22.5 26.9

October 2019 33.9 32.1 23.3 25.2

November 2019 31.4 30.1 22.0 27.3

December 2019 30.5 28.9 21.6 26.6

January-2020 30.5 30.2 23.0 27.3

February-2020 32.3 30.5 21.0 27.1

March-2020 35.6 33.5 21.6 24.2

April-2020 36.2 33.7 23.0 25.4

May-2020 36.5 34.2 24.3 26.2

Note: Data‟s are unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Rice Research Station, Ambasamuthram.

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Mean Maximum Rainfall 40

35

30

25

20 Normal 15 Actual 10

5

0

Mean Minimum Rainfall 35

30

25

20

15 Normal Actual 10

5

0

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2.2 Month wise Rainfall Year: 2019-2020 (in Millimeters)

Month Actual Normal % Deviation June 2019 38.2 31.9 19.7 July 2019 13.1 34.1 61.6 August 2019 103.6 23.9 333.5 September 2019 114.1 38.5 196.4

Total (South-West Monsoon) 269 128.4 109.5 October 2019 269.6 158.3 70.3 November 2019 239.6 210.3 13.9 December 2019 174.8 104.4 67.4 Total (North-East Monsoon) 684 473 44.6 January 2020 13.8 31.7 -56.5 February 2020 4.1 32.5 -87.4

Total (Winter) 17.9 64.2 -72.1 March 2020 17.8 48.4 -63.2 April 2020 49.3 65.6 -24.8 May 2020 55.6 39.9 39.3 Total (Hot summer) 122.7 153.9 -20.3 Annual Total 1093.6 819.5 33.4

Source: Department of Economics and Statistics,

Rainfall 2019-20 300 269.6 239.6 250 200 174.8 210.3 150 103.6 114.1 158.3 Actual 100 49.3 55.6 38.2 104.4 Normal 50 13.1 13.8 4.1 17.8 65.6 0 38.5 48.4 39.9 31.9 34.1 23.9 31.7 32.5

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2.3 Time Series Data of Rainfall by Seasons Year: 2011 – 2012 to 2019-2020

% South West North East Winter Hot Weather Total Deviatio Monsoon Monsoon Season Season n

Year (+ or

– or =) from

Normal

Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual Normal Actual

2011- 142.4 107.7 467.2 639.9 69.3 70.7 166.2 100.7 845.1 919.0 8.75 2012

2012- 142.2 36.9 467.2 515.8 69.3 98.9 166.2 169.7 844.9 821.3 -2.80 2013

2013- 142.4 237 467.2 412.8 69.3 70.4 166.2 314.1 845.1 1034.3 22.39 2014

2014- 142.4 118.8 467.2 847.5 69.3 19.5 166.2 317.9 845.1 1303.7 54.27 2015

2015- 142.4 158.8 467.2 1050.6 69.3 6.8 166.2 111.1 845.1 1332.6 58 2016

2016- 142.4 77.32 467.2 178.83 69.3 42 166.2 84.96 845.1 383.11 -54.67 2017

2018- 142.4 212.6 467.2 665.5 69.3 25.8 166.2 84.96 845.1 988.86 17.01 2019

2019- 128.4 269 473 684 64.2 17.9 153.9 122.7 819.5 1093.6 33.4 2020 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai

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AGRICULTURE

3. AGRICULTURE 3.1 Soil Classification Year 2019-2020 Sl. Type of Soil Places in District No. 1 Red Loam Tenkasi, Shencottai, Sivagiri, Alangulam,V.K.pudur

2 Lateritic Soil NIL

3 Black Soil Sankarankoil, Melaneelithanallur, Kuruvikulam

4 Sandy Coastal Alluviam NIL

5 Red Sandy Soil NIL Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai (Hand Book of Tami Nadu) 9

3.2 Land Utilization (Area in Hectares) comparison Year: 2019-2020 Sl.No. Land Classification 2018-2019 2019-2020

1 Forest 43999 43999

2 Barren and Uncultivable waste 6240 6240

3 Land put to Non-Agricultural uses 40741 40741

4 Cultivable Waste 9205 9205 Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing 5 1032 1032 Land Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and 6 1881 1881 Groves not included in Net Area Sown 7 Current Fallow 17746 17490

8 Other Fallow Land 57336 54892

9 Net Area Sown 110064 112764 Geographical Area According to Village 10 288244 288244 Papers 11 Total Cropped Area 123665 124460

12 Area sown more than once 13601 11697 Source: „G‟ Return Fasli 1429

Land Utilization 120000 112764

100000

80000

60000 54892 110064 2018-2019 40000 2019-2020 17490 57336 20000 17746 0 Current Fallow Other Fallow Land Net Area Sown

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3.3 Area and Production of Principal Crops Year: 2019-2020 % to the Sl. Area ‘000’ Production Productivity Crops total area No. hec. ‘000’tonnes Kg/hec. sown

Cholam 2.990 1.2 3140 Cumbu 0.110 0.3 2065 Cereals & Maize 13.597 69.9 6026 Millets Paddy 39.403 294.2 4647 Others 0.159 0.3 N.A Food 1 Grains Red gram 0.001 1093 Black Gram 28.190 17.5 578 Green 2.631 1.4 267 Pulses Gram Horse 0.001 0.3 780 Gram Cowpea 0.275 0.2 656

Ground nut 0.526 1.8 3234 2 Oil seeds Gingelly 0.359 0.2 568

170 kg Cotton 3.587 7.4lint 355 per Lint 3 Other crops Others 32.631 N.A N.A

Source: Season Crop Report 2017-2018, DES, Chennai.

Production in Tonnes Production in Tonnes 2019-20 2019-20 385.3 400 365.9 400 300 300 200 200 100 2 7.4 100 19.4 2019-20 0 0 Food Oil Other Cereals & Pulses Grains seeds crops Millets

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3.4 Agricultural Implements and Machinery in Number Sl. Item 2007 No. Animal Operated Wooden Plough 4727 1 Implements Steel plough 2369 Ploughs Total 7096 Water Pumps for Worked by Oil Engine 2 Irrigation Purpose Worked by Electric Power Total Tractors Agricultural Tractor (Wheeled) 3 Crawler Tractor Total 4 Sugarcane Crushers by Power 10 5 Power Operated Thresher 6 Maize Sheller Fishing Statistics Mechanised Boat Non Mechanished Boat 7

Total Source: 17th Quinquennial Livestock Census-2004

3.5 Number and Area of Operational Land Holdings No. of Operational

Area operated in hec.

holdings

Joint Joint

Total Total

Size Size Class of

holdings holdings (Hec)

Individual Individual

Institution Institution

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Below 0.5 202770 56 628 203,464 42,517.247 10.150 132.931 42,660.328 0.5-0.99 46607 22 198 46,827 32,711.546 15.500 143.003 32,870.049 Marginal 249377 78 836 250,291 75,228.793 25.650 275.934 75,530.377 1.0-1.99 28810 6 188 29,004 40,021.461 8.535 275.443 40,305.439 2.0-2.99 9228 4 98 9,330 22,228.469 9.135 240.050 22,477.654 3.0-3.99 3857 1 54 3,912 13,256.544 3.025 189.720 13,449.289 4.0-4.99 1831 0 37 1,868 8,121.604 0.000 160.678 8,282.282 5.0-7.49 1813 0 61 1,874 10,902.484 0.000 377.640 11,280.124 7.5-9.99 588 0 0 638 5,008.004 0.000 435.270 5,443.274 10.00-19.99 484 1 78 563 6,462.671 10.900 1,152.512 7,626.083 20.0 ha and 136 0 104 240 5,951.057 0.000 7,483.536 13,434.593 Above TOTAL 296124 90 1506 297,720 187,181.087 57.245 10,590.783 197,829.115 Source: Agricultural Census-2015-16 12

3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides Year: 2019-2020

Fertilizers (in ‘000’ Tonne) Pesticides (Kgs.)

Urea Nitrogenous Phosphatic Pottassic Total ‘000’ Tonne Dust Liquid (N) (P2 05) (K2 0) (NPK)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

38.39 11.76 8.10 31.46 44.12 81.94 34.32

Note: Data‟s are unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Joint Director of Agriculture Tirunelveli

3.7 Regulated Markets Year: 2019-2020 Name of Sub Receipts Name of Regulated Quantity arrivals Regulated (Rs. in Sl. No. Markets (in M.T.) Markets Lakhs) 1 Tenkasi - 6294.521 14.448 2 Sankarankovil - 19976.510 72.165 3 Pavoorchathram - 4999.740 16.789 4 Kadayanallur - 4078.685 9.633 5 Thiruvengadam - 3033.680 18.933 6 Sivagiri - 5955.490 10.054 7 Alangulam - 6803.010 16.041 Total - 51141.636 158.063 Source: Secretary District Agriculture Marketing Committee Office, Tirunelveli.

2019-20 Quantity arrivals (in M.T.) 19976.51 20000 15000 6294.521 4999.74 5955.49 6803.01 10000 4078.685 3033.68 5000 0

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3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme for the Fasli 1429 Year: 2019-2020

Premium Amount Sl. Name of the No of Blocks No. of collected Sanctioned No. Crop notified Beneficiaries (In Rs.) (in Rs.)

1 Paddy I 152 950003.78 2683 7147800

2 Paddy II 15 200298.35 4457 0

3 Maize 6 1.63 572 0

4 Ground Nut 9 0.01 3 0

5 Cotton 13 0.05 4 0

6 Sugarcane 0 0 0 0

7 Plantain 29 734327.41 1486 5625400

8 Onion 0 0 0 0

9 Tapioca 0 0 0 0

10 Sunflower 0 0 0 0

11 Cumbu 0 0 0 0

12 Cholam 0 0 0 0

13 Ragi 0 0 0 0

14 Blackgram 17 1.14 479 0

15 Greengram 7 0.27 111 0

16 Horsegram 0 0 0 0

17 Chillies 0 0 0 0

18 Paddy III 20 49701.53 282 0

19 Seasamum 0 0 0 0 Source: J.R. Co – operative, Tirunelveli – 2.

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3.9 Sericulture Year: 2019-2020

Area under Production Sl. Name of the block Mulberry of Cocoons Value in Rupees No. (in Acre) (in Kg) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1 Tenkasi 55.00 15000 3750000

2 Kadayanallur 269.75 60000 15600000

3 Sankarankoil 242.00 54000 11880000

4 Vasudevanallur 225.00 58000 13340000

5 Kuruvikulam 125.00 26500 5565000

6 Alangulam 200.00 35000 8050000

7 Kadayam 144.00 23000 5290000

8 Keelapavoor 249.50 52500 12600000

9 Melaneelithanallur 74.00 10000 2200000

10 Shenkottai 200.00 10000 2600000

Total 1784.25 344000 80875000

Source: Assistant Director of Sericulture, Tenkasi.

Area under Mulberry (in Acre)

300 269.75 242 249.5 250 225 200 200 200 144 150 125 74 100 55 50 0

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4. IRRIGATION 4.1 Sources of Water Supply -Taluk Wise

Year: 2019-2020

only only

Wells Wells

Taluk

Sl. No. Sl.

used for for used

Reservoirs

Name of the the of Name

Tanks (Nos.) Tanks

Length (Km.) Length

Wells used for for used Wells

Canals Numbers Canals

Domestic Purpose Purpose Domestic irrigation purpose purpose irrigation

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1 Sankarankoil - - 8900 1383 - 121

2 Tenkasi 40 89 4245 2924 2 167

3 Alangulam 4 20 5861 2425 - 127

4 V.K.Pudur 4 11 5880 5898 - 62

5 28 49 892 357 4 213

6 Sivagiri - - 3408 2596 - 85

7 Thiruvengadam - - 7327 424 - 65

8 Kadayanallur 33 55 8146 2072 1 163

Total 109 224 44659 18079 7 1003

Source: Taluk “G” Return Fasli 1429

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4.2 Actual Area Irrigated by Source (Area in Hectares) Year: 2019-2020

Area Irrigated Source Number Net Gross (1) (2) (3) (4)

Government Canals 109 4260 5468 Canals Private Canals - - -

Large 195 12634 13997 Tanks Small 808 6166 6795

Major & Medium 1 1237 1901 Flow Irrigation Minor 108 3023 3567

Major & Medium Surface Water Surface Lift Irrigation Minor

Lift Irrigation Ponds Minor

Lift Irrigation 7 - - Other Sources Flow Irrigation

Public wells - - -

Private tube wells/Bore wells 703 226 227

Groundwater Open wells 43956 40117 48188

Total Area Irrigated 63403 74675

Source: „G‟ Return Fasli 1429.

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4.3. Area Irrigated by Crops Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Crop Area (Hect.) 1 Cereals Paddy 39403 2 Jowar 2945 3 Cumbu 110 4 Maize 4345 5 Ragi 20 6 Other Cereals 4 7 Pulses Green Gram 32 8 Red Gram 1 9 Black Gram 1626 10 Other Pulses 25 11 Oil Seeds Ground Nut 355 12 Gingelly 16 13 Coconut 8893 14 Other Oil Seeds 52 15 Fibres Cotton 1854 16 Fruits Banana 1338 17 Mango 2375 18 Other Fruits 453 19 Citrus Fruits 3788 20 Dry Fruits 132 21 Other Crops Vegetables 2360 22 Spices & Condiments 299 23 Sugar Crops 2230 24 Dye Crops - 25 Medicinal Crops 79 26 Fodder Crops 198 27 Manure Crops 773 28 Flowers 711 29 Non Food Crops 257 Grand Total 74674 Source: G Return Fasli 1429.

Area of Crops 2019-20

46827 50000 40000 30000 20000 9316 8086 6907 10000 1684 1854 0 Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds Fibres Fruits Other Crops

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4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore Wells

Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Name of reservoir

No.

inMCM

inMetres

(in Sq.K.m (in

No. of Tanks of No.

-

Catchment area area Catchment

Capacity at FRL FRL at Capacity

No. of Bore wells Bore of No.

at FRL (in FRL Sq.km) at

Maximum Height Height Maximum

Water spread area spread Water

Year of of Construction Year

1 Manimuthar 1958 161.61 9.40 45.72 156.07 - -

2 Gatana 1974 46.46 0.80 32.92 9.97 - -

3 Ramanadhi 1974 16.58 0.39 31.09 4.30 - -

4 Karuppanadhi 1977 29.34 0.50 34.44 5.24 - -

5 Gundar 1983 9.92 0.21 14.66 0.71 - -

6 Adavainainarkoil 2003 15.54 0.35 47.20 4.93 - -

7 Vadakku Pachiyar 2003 35.09 1.85 20.10 12.51 - -

8 Kodumudiyar 2003 24.86 0.53 28.00 3.45 - -

9 Nambiar 2000 187.06 1.52 10.84 2.33 - -

10 Papanasam 1942 149.03 2.24 66.0 156 - -

11 Servalur 1986 110 - 51.34 34.69 - -

Mohai Reservoirs 12 1962 N.A 27 - - - (Small dam) Thirumoolaperi 13 N.A N.A N.A N.A 18 - - Reservoir Vandal Odai 14 2007 5.15 58.50 117.0 116.0 - - Reservoir

15 Tanks - - - - - 2155 -

Tube wells & Bore 16 ------380 wells Source: PWD.

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5. ANIMAL HUSBANDARY 5.1 Livestock Population

Male 6485 Cattle Female 131507 Total 137992 Male 899 Buffaloes Female 8749 Total 9648

Male 7384

Bovines Female 140256 Total 147640 1 Sheep 80915 134418

LIVESTOCK Goats Horses and Ponies 10 Pigs 1367 Rabbits 613 Camels 0 Donkeys 26 Domestic Dogs & others 8886 Total Livestock 304578 Fowls 696283

Ducks, Drakes & Duckling 3270 Turkeys 68 2 Others POULTRY 699621 Total Poultry

Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry (Cattle Breeding and Fodder Dev), Tirunelveli.

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5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals Treated Block wise Year: 2019-2020

Veterinary Institutions Other Units

-

Sl. Name of the

- centres

No. Block -

treated

Sub

units

Animals Animals

saries

disease disease Mobile

on unit on

centres

Animal Animal

Dispen

performed

Castration Castration

Sub

Hospitals

Upgrated

Polyclinic investigati (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

1 Sankarankoil - 1 6 - 2 - - 65167 1352 2 M.N.Nallur - - 4 - - - - 67923 5611 3 Kuruvikulam - - 7 - 3 - - 71189 5267 4 Tenkasi - - 6 - 2 - - 72334 517 5 Kadayanallur - - 5 - 4 - - 48920 249 6 Alangulam - - 7 - 3 - - 85754 7613 7 Keelapavoor - - 7 - 2 - - 60177 84 8 Shencottai - 1 4 - - - - 52145 312 9 Vasudevanallur - 1 6 - 1 - - 60673 2643 10 Kadayam - - 7 - 1 - - 48996 435 TOTAL 0 3 59 0 18 0 0 633278 24083 Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry (Cattle Breeding and Fodder Dev), Tirunelveli.

5.3. Number of Veterinary Hospitals Year: 2019-2020 Number of Government Hospitals Privat Sl. Name of the e No. Block Poly Mobile Hospi ADIU VH VD RVD SC Total clininc Unit tals

(1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Sankarankoil - - 1 - 6 - 2 9 2. Melaneelithanallur - - - - 4 - - 4 3. Kuruvikulam - - - - 7 - 3 10 4. Tenkasi - - - - 6 - 2 8

5. Kadayanallur - - - - 5 - 4 9

6. Alangulam - - - - 7 - 3 10 N.A 7. Keelappavur - - - - 7 - 2 9 8. Shencottai - - 1 - 4 - - 5 9. Vasudevanallur - - 1 - 6 - 1 8 10. Kadayam - - - - 7 - 1 8 Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry (Cattle Breeding and Fodder Dev) Tirunelveli. 23

5.4 Dairy Development Year: 2019 -2020

Quantity of Milk Name of the No. of Milk Produced Value of Milk Produced Block/Urban Town Societies (In Liters)

Sankarankoil 11 2627514 735.70392 M.N.Nallur 1 503250 140.91 Kuruvikulam 8 563274 157.71672 Tenkasi 1 16470 4.6116 Kadayanallur 6 44652 12.50256 Alangulam 10 382104 106.98912 Keelapavoor 6 886452 248.20656 Shenkottai 1 1111908 311.33424 Vasudevanallur 12 310002 86.80056 Pappakudi 2 395646 110.78088 Total 56 6445626 1804.77528 Source: Deputy Registrar (Dairy), Tirunelveli.

Quantity of Milk Produced (In Liters)

3000000 2627514 2500000

2000000 1111908 1500000 563274 886452 1000000 503250 395646 382104 500000 310002 16470 44652 0

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5.5. Poultry Development Year: 2019-2020 Sl.No. Name of the Block Broiler (No’s) Layer (No’s) 1. Sankarankoil 123500 - 2. Melaneelithanallur 205800 - 3. Kuruvikulam 198100 - 4. Tenkasi 57000 18700 5. Kadayanallur 81500 23500 6. Alangulam 89500 30300 7. Keelappavur 63500 17500 8. Shencottai 32700 9500 9. Vasudevanallur 55300 18900 10. Kadayam 110000 - Total 1016900 118400 Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry Cattle Breeding & Fodder Development, Tirunelveli.

2019-20 Broiler Production

250000 205800 198100 200000 123500 150000 81500 89500 57000 63500 55300 100000 32700 50000 0

5.6. Fisheries Development and Production Year: 2019-2020

Inland Fish Catch Marine Fish Catch Number of Fisherman Name and Address of (Tonne) (Tonne) engaged Fishing centres

Inland Marine

Tenkasi 328.77 - 1189 -

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries Tirunelveli

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6. BANKING AND INSURANCE 6.1. No. of Commercial Banks Year: 2019-2020

(Amount in 000’) No. of Sl.No. Item Branches Credit Deposit Advance Ratio

Commercial Banks 1 196 112973418 94693887 84 (Public Sector) Commercial Banks 2 100 48207997 63453858 76 ( Private Sector)

3 DCCB & Urban Banks 32 15746231 14923303 95

4 Regional Rural Banks 65 19192427 15139278 79

Note: Data‟s are unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Lead Bank Tirunelveli (Indian Overseas Bank).

6.2. Insurance Scheme Year: 2019-2020

Premium No. of No. of Amount paid as Name of the Policies Received Branch Beneficiarie Compensation (in Insurance Issued (in es s Crores) Crores)

1. L.I.C 16 111474 3026.96 132914 738.79

Oriental 2. Insurance 1 1575 0.66 1575 0.76 Co.Ltd The New India 3. 7 67515 27.81 2140 15.0 Assurance United India 4. 8 46000 35.43 46000 15.76 Insurance National 5. Insurance 5 47120 14.57 65120 7.4 Co.LTD. Note: Data‟s are unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Concerned Insurance Companies

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7. CO-OPERATION 7.1. Co-operative Societies Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Type of Societies

No

No. of of No.

Over Due) Over

Employees

Member Ship Member

Share Capital Share

No. of Societies of No.

Workingcapital

(Outstanding & Loans Advanced (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) District Central 44240.80 1 Cooperative Bank 17 779 7738.07 125993.9 102 & 2878.45 (including branches) District Cooperative 2 1 863 0 0 0 0 Union 0.69(37. Cooperative Printing 19.54(CR 3 1 535 57 95.03 21 Press DF) ICDP) Primary Agriculture 4 Cooperative Credit 158 287885 5368.35 82206.78 108017.28 351 Societies Primary Agriculture 36+13 5 and Rural 8 37498 197.51 2674.5 2403.71 Deputat Development Bank ion Cooperative Urban 6 Bank (including 14 39951 481.28 15038.18 6536.44 22 branches) Wholesale 7 1 6561 24.35 77.47 15.82 93 Cooperative Stores

Primary Cooperative 8 30 20715 32.88 385.19 28.32 106 Stores

Students Cooperative 9 17 38168 15.88 155.19 0 8 Stores Cooperative 25+12 10 Employees Thrift and 68 25693 6806.36 47737.92 52344.55 Tempo Credit Society prary Note: Data‟s are unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Joint Register Co-operative Societies

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8. CIVIL SUPPLIES

8.1. No. of Fair Price Shops Year: 2019-2020 Part Time Sl. No. Name of the Taluk No. of Shops Total Shop 1. Sankarankoil 42 82 124

2. Tenkasi 35 44 79

3. Shencottah 26 22 48

4. Sivagiri 27 28 55

5. Kadayanallur 68 50 118

6. Alangulam 30 55 85

7. 23 40 63

8. Tiruvengadam 25 41 66

District Total 276 362 638 Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli.

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80 82

70

60 68 55 50 50 44 40 40 41 42 No. of Shops 30 35 28 22 30 Part Time Shop 20 26 27 23 25 10

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8.2. Quantum of Essential Commodities Distributed and their Retail Prices Year: 2019-2020

Name of the Sl. Price per Commodity Scale of Supply No. (Kg.) Issued Free of 1.0 Unit 12 Cost 1.5 Unit 14 1+.5+.5 Unit 16 1 + .5 + .5 + .5 Unit 18 1. 2 Unit 16 Rice 3 Unit & 4 Unit 20 5 Unit 25 6 Unit 30 Free of Corporation and District 3 Kg Per Card 2. Wheat Cost Head Quarters Other Areas 5 Kg Per Card Rs. 25.00 1 Member ½ Kg 2 Members 1 Kg 3. Sugar 3 Members 1.5 Kg 4 & Above 2 Kg Option Sugar Additional 3 Kg 4. Palm Oil Rs. 25.00 1 Card 1 Liter Redgram Rs. 30.00 1 Card 1 Kg 5. Dhall Rs. 8.00 1 Card 1 Kg 6. Salt 7. Ooty Tea Rs. 19.00 1 Card 100 gram Rs 13.60 Regular Cards to S. Location No. LPG 1-LPG 2-LPG Rs.14.20 No. Cylinder Cylinder Cylinder (Varies in 1. District Head 10 Litres 3 Litres NIL Hill Quarters/ station/ Corporation Distance) 2. Municipal 6 Litres 3 Litres NIL Area 3. Town 5 Litres 3 Litres NIL Panchayat Area 4. Village 3 Litres 3 Litres NIL 8. Panchayat Area Kerosene Left Out Cards S. Location No. LPG 1-LPG 2-LPG No. Cylinder Cylinder Cylinder 1. District Head 3 Litres 3 Litres NIL Quarters/ Corporation 2. Municipal 3 Litres 3 Litres NIL Area 3. Town 3 Litres 3 Litres NIL Panchayat 4. Village 3 Litres 3 Litres NIL Panchayat Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli.

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8.3. No. of Family Cards (Rural and Urban) Year: 2019-2020 Year No. of Family Cards

Up to November 2019 892402

Rural 213432 March 2020 Urban 230019 Source: District Supply Officer, Tirunelveli.

8.4. Quantity Supplied Year: 2019-2020 Quantity Sl. No. Items Supplied Rice (Tonne) - Boiled Rice 119515.457 a)AAY 23449.949 1. b)Annapoorna 24.015 c)Old Age Persons 164.852 2. Wheat (Tonne) 5324.066 3. Sugar (Tonne) 12980.943 4. Kerosene (Kilo Liters) 4008.718

Others a) Red gram Dhal 6729.142 5. (Tonne) b) Urid Dhal - 6. Palmolein (kilo Liters) 6879183 Source: District Supply Officer, Tirunelveli.

8.5. No. of L.P.G. Connections Year: 2019-2020 Government L.P.G. Private L.P.G. Sl. No. Name of the Taluks Connections Connections Single Double Single Double (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Sankarankoil 31802 29008 2. Tenkasi 24422 32004 3. Shencottai 11205 23976

4. Sivagiri 18079 15054

5. Alangulam 24713 23676

N.A N.A 6. V.K.Pudur 17890 16141 7. Kadayanallur 32058 52594 8. Tiruvengadam 16307 9595 Dist. Total 176476 202048 Source: District Supply Officer, Tirunelveli.

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8.6. No. of Persons Waiting for L.P.G. Connections Year: 2019-2020

Private L.P.G. Government L.P.G. Connections Connections Sl. No. Name of the Taluk Single Double Single Double

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. Sankarankoil ------2. Tenkasi ------3. Shencottai ------4. Sivagiri ------5. Alangulam ------6. V.K.Pudur ------7. Kadayanallur ------8. Tiruvengadam ------

Dist.Total ------

Source: District Supply Officer, Tirunelveli.

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9. COMMUNICATION

9.1. Post Offices doing Postal Business only Year: 2019-2020

Post Office doing postal business Sl. No. Name of the Blocks/Municipalities only (No’s.) 1 Tenkasi 15 2 Kadayanallur 20 3 Sankarankoil 32 4 Vasudevanallur 24 5 Kuruvikulam 24 6 Alangulam 30 7 3 8 Keelapavoor 22 9 Melaneelithanallur 15 10 Shenkottai 8 Total: 193 Source: Sr. Supt. of Post Offices, Kovilpatti Division.

9.2. No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and No. in Use Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Item Numbers

1. Number of Telephone Exchanges 87

2. Number of Equipped Capacity 69404

3. Number of Direct Exchange Lines 42432

4. Private Branch Exchange -

5. Extension -

6. Number of telephones (Extension) in use -

7. Number of Function Line 496 Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli.

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9.3. No. of Public Call Offices Attached to Each Exchange Year: 2019-2020

No. of Public Call Offices Name of the Exchange Sl. No. Without Centre With STD/ISD STD/ISD (1) (2) (3) (4)

1. Tenkasi 146 -

2. Sankarankoil 160 -

Total 306 - Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli.

9.4. No. of Persons Waiting for Phone Connection Year: 2019-2020

No. Persons Waiting for Phone Sl. No. Name of the Exchange Centres Connections

(1) (2) (3)

1. Tenkasi Nil

2. Sankarankoil Nil Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli.

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ELECTRICITY And POWER GENERATION

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10. ELECTRICITY 10.1. No. of Power Stations

Year: 2019-2020

Sl.No.

(M.U.) (M.U.)

Station

(M.W.)

Year of of Year

sent out out sent

Stations

Name of of Name

Net Unit Unit Net

Installed

Capacity Capacity

the Power Power the

Operation on(M.U.)

Consumpti Generation Generation 1 Papanasam Unit I 1944 4*8MW=32 107.632 0.673 106.959 Papanasam Unit II 1944 MW

Papanasam Unit III 1945 Papanasam Unit IV 1951 Unit II 2 Servalar 1986 20MW 36.668 0.076 36.592 3 KodayarPHI 1970 60MW 126.72 0.424 126.296 4 Kodayar PHII 1971 40MW 47.812 0.364 47.448 5 Periyar Unit I 1958 4*42 MW 502.271 0.276 501.995 Periyar Unit II 1959 Periyar Unit III 1959 Periyar Unit IV 1965 6 Suruliyar 1978 35 MW 115.502 0.325 115.177 7 Vaigai Unit I 1990 2*3 MW 16.275 0.326 15.949 Vaigai Unit II 1990 8 Perunchani Unit I 2006 2*0.650 MW 2.806 0.497 2.309 Perunchani Unit II 2006 9 Periyar Vaigai SHEP I Unit I 2011 2*2 MW 9.073 1.837 7.236 Unit II 10 Periyar Vaigai SHEP II Unit I 2013 2*1.25 MW 5.800 1.518 4.282 Unit II 11 Periyar Vaigai SHEP III Unit I 2015 2*2 MW 11.141 1.769 9.372 Unit II 12 Periyar Vaigai SHEP IV Unit I 2017 2*1.25MW 6.942 1.451 5.491 Unit II 13 Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Unit I 2013 1000 MW 7115.17 515.32 6599.85 Unit II 2016 1000 MW 4028.53 430.72 3597.81 Source: S.E., TNEB (Production Circle) and Kudangulam Automic Energy Tirunelveli. 38

10.2. Quantum of Power Purchased Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Power purchased sectors name Power purchased in M.U.

--Nil ---

Source: S.E., TNEB (Distribution Circle), Tirunelveli.

10.3. Power Consumption Sector wise Year: 2019-2020

Consumption % of the Sl. No. Sectors (M.U) Consumption 1. Industries 104 10

2. Agriculture 142 13

3. Domestic 649 60

4. Commercial 130 12

5. Public Ligthing and Public Works 57 5

6. Sales to licensees 0 0

7. Sales to other states 0 0

8. Miscellaneous 0 0

Total 1082 100.00 Source: S.E, TNEB Tirunelveli.

10.4. Peak Demand and Energy Output Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Power Demand Details

1. Instantaneous Peak Demand 130 MW

2. Sustained Peak Demand 127 MW

Source: S.E , TNEB Tirunelveli. 39

10.5. Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per unit Year: 2019-2020

Sectors Cost per unit Income in Rs.in lakhs (1) (2) (3) 1. Government Rs .5.75 682.1

2. Public- II a Rs 6.35 4125

3. Private Domestic- I a Consumption with in 200 8103 Units 1-100 Units Nil 100-200 Units Rs.1.50 Consumption with in 201-500 Units 101-200 Units Rs.2.00 201.-500 Units Rs.3.00 Consumption in more than 500 Units 101-200 Units Rs.3.50 201-500 Units Rs.4.60  500 Units Rs.6.60

Commercial Consumption with in 1-100 12774 Units Rs.5.00 Consumption in more than 100 Units Rs.8.05 Source: S.E, TNEB Tirunelveli

10.6. Transmission and Distribution of Electricity Year: 2019-2020

Achievement Sl. No. Item Unit 2019-2020 1. 500 KVA 151 7550 KVA

2. 250 KVA 999 249750 KVA

3. 200 KVA 0 0 KVA

4 180 KVA 0 0 KVA

5. 150 KVA 2 300 KVA

6. 100 KVA 3222 322200 KVA

7. 75 KVA 32 2400 KVA

8. 63 KVA 655 41265 KVA

9. Others 1699 51765 Total 6760 743180 KVA Source: SE, TNEB, Distribution Circle, Tirunelveli. 40

10.7. Capacity of Transformers

Year: 2019-2020 Name of the Stations / Total Capacity Sl. No. Voltage Ratio (KV) Sub Stations in MVA 1. Palayamkottai 110/33-11 82 MVA 2. Palayapettai 110/33-11 48 MVA 3. Kokkirakulam 33/11 16 MVA 4. Karanthaneri 110/11 20 MVA 5. Moolakaraipatty 110/33-11 26 MVA 6. Alankulam 110/33-11 95 MVA 7. Vannikonenthal 110/11 10 MVA 8. 110/33-11 91 MVA 9. Thalayuthu 110/33-11 57 MVA 10. Gangaigondan 110/33-11 30 MVA 11. Sankarankoil 110/11 20 MVA 12. Perumalpatty 110/11 32 MVA 13. Kalingapatty 110/11 10 MVA 14. Kadayanallur 110/11 32 MVA 15. Puliyankudi 110/11 20 MVA 16. Naranapuram 110/11 20 MVA 17. Veersigamani 110/33-11 116 MVA 18. Tenkasi 110/11 20 MVA 19. Senkottai 110/11 20 MVA 20. Surandai 110/33-11 45 MVA 21. V.K.Puram 110/33-11 26 MVA 22. Kadayam 110/11 10 MVA 23. Mellakallur 110/11 40 MVA 24. Veeravanallur 110/11 20 MVA 25. Thisayanvillai 33/11 16 MVA 26. Kottaikarunkulam 110/33-11 83 MVA 27. Panakudi 110/11 48 MVA 28. Valliyoor 110/11 20 MVA 29. Kalakkad 110/11 20 MVA 30. Koondankulam 110/33-11 95 MVA 31. Keelapavoor 110/33-11 95 MVA

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32. Reddiarpatti 33/11 10 MVA 33. Malayankulam 110/11 10 MVA 34. O’Thulukkapatti 110/11 20 MVA 35. Viswanathaperi 110/11 20 MVA 36. Melapalyam 110/11 36 MVA 37. Exhibition Ground 33/11 16 MVA 38. Karisalpatty 110/11 10 MVA 39. Manur 110/33-11 60 MVA 40. Thiyagarajanagar 33/11 16 MVA 41. Karivalamvanthanallur 110/11 10 MVA 42. Atchamputhur 110/11 16 MVA 43. Seethaparpanallur 110/11 10 MVA 44. Ambasamudram 110/11 20 MVA 45. Navalady 110/11 10 MVA 46. Naduvakuruchi 33/11 8 MVA 47. Nanguneri 110/11 10 MVA 48. New Bus stand 33/11 8 MVA 49. Thachanallur 33/11 8 MVA 50. Mangamal Salai 33/11 8 MVA 51. Samathanapuram 33/11 16 MVA 52. Nakkakamuthampatti 33/11 8 MVA 53. Sanganankulam 110/33-11 24 MVA 54. Parapadi 33/11 8 MVA Source: S.E, TNEB Tirunelveli.

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10.8. Rural Electrification Year: 2019-2020

Electrified during the year Electrified up to the year

Town Agricultu Hamlet Agricultura Town Village Hamlet s Village ral Pump l Pump set set

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) - - - 499 45 425 1727 82502

Source: S.E, TNEB Tirunelveli Rural Electricity Office.

10.9. Name and Address of Fault Report Offices Year: 2018-2019*

Sl. No. Name of the Stations/Sub Stations No. fault reported

1 Alankulam 110 KV SS 2 Vannikonenthal 110 KV SS 3 Uthumalai 110 KV SS 4 Sankarankoil 110 KV SS 37 5 Perumalpatty 110 KV SS 31 6 Kalingapatty 110 KV SS 3 7 Kadayanallur 110 KV SS 1 8 Puliyankudi 110 KV SS 6 9 Naranapuram 110 KV SS 3 10 Veersigamani 110 KV SS 11 Tenkasi 110 KV SS 2 12 Senkottai 110 KV SS 10 13 Surandai 110 KV SS 7 14 Kadayam 110 KV SS 15 Keelapavoor 110 KV SS 4 16 Reddiarpatti 33KV SS 12 17 Malayankulam 110 KV SS 11 18 O’Thulukkapatti 110 KV SS 29 19 Viswanathaperi 110 KV SS 1 20 Karivalamvanthnallur 110 KV SS 4 21 Achamputhur 110 KV SS Source: S.E, TNEB Tirunelveli 43

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11. EDUCATION

11.1. Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses Offered Year: 2019-2020 Students Sl. No Name of the University Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Not Applicable

11.2. Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Students Sl. No. of Type of Institution Teachers No. Institution Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1. Government 1 1085 1272 2357 43 Colleges

2. Aided Colleges 3 1525 5153 6678 266

3. Self Financed 11 2054 3669 5723 307 Colleges

Constituent College 1 442 884 1326 47

4. Aided B.Ed Colleges - - - - -

Self finance B.Ed 5. 13* 58 447 505 40 colleges

Self finance Physical 6. - - - - - Education college

Total 29 5164 11425 16589 703

Source: Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Regional Office Tirunelveli. *13 college are in Tenkasi District but only 3 college detail are received from JD College Eduction, Tirunelveli

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11.3. College for Professional Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Students Sl. Type of the No. of Teachers No. Institutions Institutions Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 Govt. Engg. College - - - - -

2 Private Engg.College 3 1171 942 2113 255

Govt. Polytechnic 3 - - - - - College

Private Polytechnic 4 9(13)* College 5671 483 6154 325

Source:Anna University Regional Office, Tirunelveli.

11.4. Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. of Students Type of Institutions Teachers No. Institutions Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Aided College of 1. Education Self Finance 5 58 447 505 40

College of 2. Physical Self Finance Nil Education Source: Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Regional Office, Tirunelveli.

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11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Students Type of the No. of No. Teachers Institutions Institution Boys Girls Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Higher Secondary 1 96 37859 42550 80409 2418 School

2 High School 63 8312 8195 16507 560

3 Middle school 197 16469 16251 32720 1398 4 Primary school 830 40132 39074 79206 3246 Matriculation Schools 5 Middle School 6 1132 911 2043 57 6 High School 15 3132 2641 5773 238 Higher Secondary 7 51 23549 18783 42332 1708 School CBSE & ICSE Schools 8 Primary school 1 106 95 201 14 9 Middle School 5 1431 1098 2529 85 10. High School 3 665 553 1218 31 Higher Secondary 11 School 6 3247 2818 6065 186 Source: Chief Educational Office, Samagra Shiksha, Tenkasi.

11.6. Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. of the Students Type of the Institution Teachers No Institutions Boys Girl Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Industrial Training Institute 1. 3 535 45 580 37 (Govt) Industrial Training Institute 2. 11 649 24 673 105 (Private) Source: R.J.D., of Training, Tirunelveli.

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11.7. Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. of the Students Type of the Institution Teachers No. Institution Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1. Teacher training Institution 6 2 214 216 30

Source: The Principal, DIET, Tirunelveli.

11.8. Institutions for other Professional Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. of Students Type of the Institution Teachers No. Institutions Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Nil

11.9. School for Music Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. of Students Type of Institutions Teachers No. Institutions Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Nil

District Govt Music School Tirunelveli

11.10. School for Other Education, Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Students Sl. No. Type of Institutions Teachers Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Nil

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11.11. Computer Training Centres Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the No. of Computer Training Centres Block/Municipalities

NA

11.12. Hostels and Inmates by Community Year: 2019-2020

No. of Hostels No. of Inmates Name of Caste Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total

S.C/ST 20 12 32 1541 1483 3024

M.B.C 3 1 4 404 195 599

D.N.C 11 2 13 148 35 183

Minorities - 2 2 - 36 36

B.C 20 13 33 568 260 828

Source: DADWO,& Backward class Officer, Tirunelveli.

11.13. Scholarships to Students by Backward Class Year: 2019-2020 Denotified Communities/Most Backward Backward Classes Classes No of Beneficiaries Amount No. of Beneficiaries Amount (Rs.) (Rs.) (1) (2) (3) (4)

10333 20225773 9872 38512711

Data Source: District Backward Class Officer, Tirunelveli.

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11.14. Scholarships to Students by SC/ST Year: 2019-2020

Amount List of Scholarship No. of Beneficiaries (Rs)

Un-cleaned Occupation Scheme 5953 13492050

Higher Education Special Scholarship 1100 14494500

Application and Registration Fees 5262 680623

Spl.Fee Reimbursement 1176 299668

Goi Pre Matric Scholarship For SC for IX & X 8435 -

Goi Pre Matric Scholarship for ST for IX & X - -

CM Merit Award 27 342000

Legal Service Entertainmend for Scholarship - -

State Prematric Scholarship for English Medium - - VI to XII , Tuition Fees Only

AA Schools Scholarship and Stipends - -

Girl Incentive Scholarship for III to VIII 16167 18315500

Online Received

No. of Amount Scholarship Beneficiaries (Rs)

College Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 16628 110536915

School for XI & XII 7566 21257439

Source: DADWO, Tirunelveli.

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12. FISHERIES 12.1. Fisheries Development Year: 2019-2020 1. Area: a. Total Coastal Line of the District Nil

b. (i) Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area 24834 ha (ii) Estuaries and Brackish Water Area Nil c. Marine Fishing Villages Nil

2. Fish Production: Values Item Quantity (Tonne) In (Rs in Lakhs) Inland Stock 250.623 300.748 Unstock 78.147 78.15 Marine Nil Nil

3. Inland: Sl. Fisheries Development Freezing Plants No 1. Ice plants, Cold storages and walk in coolers Ice Plant - Nil Cold Storage - Nil Sea food manufacturing Nil Units in private sector 2. Fisheries Training centre Marine Nil Inland Nil 3. Fishing Vessels Nil 4. Active Marine Fishermen Nil

4. Export: Fish and Fish Products Export

Quantity (Tonne) No direct export is being done in this district

Value(Rs.inlakhs) Nil

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries, Tirunelveli.

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12.2. Estimated Marine Fish Production / Inland Fish Production Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Block/Municipalities Quantity (Tonne) Value Rs(lakh.) No. 1. Inland Fishing Stocked 250.623 300.748

Unstocked 78.147 78.15

2. Marine Fishing Nil Nil

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries, Tirunelveli.

12.3. No. of Families Engaged in Fishing Year: 2018-2019

Sl. Name of the Block) No. of Families engaged No.

1. Inland Fishing 366

2. Marine Fishing Nil

Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries, Tirunelveli. .

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13. HANDLOOM 13.1. No. of Focal Centres and Location Details Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. No of Focal Center Name/Location of the Focal Centres

1. Sankarankovil 2 2. Puliangudi

Source: Asst. Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.

13.2. No. of Societies & Variety wise Production Year: 2019-2020

Mixture of Art silk Cotton Art Silk and Cotton No. of Societies Length Value Length Value Length Value in Meter in Lakhs in Meter Rs. In`000’ in Meter in Lakhs

12 2464343 852.85 - - - -

Source: Asst Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.

13.3. No. of Powerlooms & Employees Working Year: 2019-2020 Name of No. of Year No. of Employees working Focal Center Powerlooms (1) (4) (2) (3)

2019-2020 - - -

Source: Asst.Director of Handloom and Textiles Tirunelveli.6.

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13.4. No. of Families Engaged Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. of the families engaged in Name of the Block/Municipalities No. Handlooms Powerlooms 1. Kadayanallur 19 - 2. 50 - 3. Kuruvikulam 63 - 4. Sankarankoil 1271 - 5. Vasudevanallur 340 - 6. Tenkasi 384 - 7. Senkottai 70 - Total 2197 - Source: Asst. Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.

13.5. Production of Handloom Cloth Year: 2019-2020

Production

Sl. No. Variety of Cloth 2019-2020 (Metres) (Rs. In Lakhs)

1. Free Distribution 1964609 672.16 2. Cotton Sarees 0 0.00 3. Art Silk 0 0.00 4. Towel 0 0.00 5. Uniform 499734 180.69 6. Bedsheet 0 0.00 7. Lungies 0 0.00 8. Others 0 0.00 Total 2464343 852.85 Source: Asst. Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.

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14. HANDICRAFTS

14.1. Name and Address of Handicrafts Year: 2019-2020

S.No Address of Handicrafts Products Quantity Value of Produced Products / item (in Rs.) 1. Shencottai Cane & Bamboo 500 Rs.300/- to Rs.6000 2. Tenkasi-Thenpothai Artistic, Pottery, 2200 Rs.75/- to Terracotta Rs.7500/- 3. Sankarankovil Hand embroidery 750 Rs.50/- to Rs.4000/- Source: A.D Handicraf, Nagerkovil.

14.2. Articles Available in Handicrafts Year: 2019-2020

S No. Name of Craft/s Articles available in the Handicrafts Mats, Bags, Lamp Shades, Flower vase, Pen Stand, Pouches, Utility Bags, Table 1. Hand embroidery, Sankarankoil Coasters, Folders, Frocks, Cushion Covers. etc.,

Baskets, Lamp Shade, Furniture, Flower 2. Cane & Bamboo, Shenkottai vase,etc., Curtains And Other Utility Items.

Artistic Pottery/ Terracota, 3. Pottery Items, Earthern lamps , , Thenpothai, Source: A.D Handicrafts. 14.3. Value of Articles Produced Year 2019-2020 Value of the Sl. Name of the Value of the articles Inter unit articles sold in Rs No. Handicrafts Transfer Produced In Rs. in Rs.

1. Brass Malabar Lamps 312650 237250 2400

Brass Ornamental 208700 162460 22500 2. Lamps

3. Brass Lamps 129000 107050 3925

Brass Palam lamp (or) 663000 564000 - 4. Spl order lamp Total 1313350 1070760 28825

Source: Source: A.D Handicrafts. Poompuhar Brass & Bell Metal Centre, Vagaikulam.

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14.4. No. of Families Engaged In Handicrafts Year 2019-2020

No. of Estimated Handicrafts Estimated No. Sl.No. Name of the Handicrafts Production Articles of artisans Capacity( in Produced Rs.) 1 Brass & Metal 3700 700 2 Natural Fibre 2800 1600 3 Hand Embroidery 1750 400 4 Cane & Bamboo 500 150 5 Koragrass Fine Mats 500 250 16.00 Crores Artistic Pottery / 6 7950 2000 Terracotta 7 Fur Dolls 1000 250 Wood Carving/ Stone 8 3050 1000 Carving 9 Beads Jewellery 3200 300 Source: A.D Handicraft Nagercoil.

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15. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE 15.1. Hospitals, Dispensaries Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses Year: 2019-2020

Indian Medicine

Modern Classification Grand Total

Medicine

Total

Sidha Sidha

Unani Unani

Siddha

combined

Ayurvedic Ayurvedic Hospital 17 - 13 1 3 17 34 P.H.C 52 2 19 - - 21 73 Urban PHC H.S.C 177 177 Rural Dispensary 2 4 6 6 Dispensary 1 0 0 0 1 1 Other Medical Inst. Bed strength 1609 - 80 - - 80 1689 No.of Doctors 201 5 41 1 3 47 248 No. of Nurses 290 - 2 - - 2 292 Source:J.D.Health,Tenkasi, D.D.Health,Tirunelveli & S.Koil, Sidda College Hospital.

15.2. No. of Allied Pathological Units Available Year: 2019-2020 No. of Pathological Units Sl. No. Name of the Block/ Municipality

(1) (2) (3) 1. Tenkasi --

2. Sankarankoil --

3. Shenkottai --

4. Sivagiri --

5. Kadayanallur --

6. Puliyankudi --

Total --

Source: Joint Director of Health, Tenkasi.

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15.3. Disease/ Category wise Patients Treated Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the Disease/Category wise No. of patients treated

1. Allopathy 2737991

2. Indian Medicine 493060

3. Homeopathy 0

Source: D.D.Health, SankaranKoil.

15.4. Distribution of Medical Personnel Year: 2019-2020

No. of No. of Nurse No. of Technical persons Others Doctors

(1) (2) (3) (4)

146 202 144 -

Source: D.D.Health, SankaranKoil.

15.5. Progress of Family Welfare Programs Year: 2019-2020

Users of Users of oral Sterilization IUD conventional pills contraceptives

Name of

Sl. the

No.

District

Target Target Target Target

Achievement Achievement Achievement Achievement

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

1 Tenkasi 7750 4696 9685 2912 14220 357 10610 116

*2017-18 Data Source: D.D of Medical & Rural, Health Services & Family Welfare, Tirunelveli.

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16. HOUSING

16.1. Plan Sanctioned, Building Completed Year: 2019-2020 (Location having 10000 population and above) Name of the Town Panchayat Sl.No. Room Unit Size Private Sector /Municipalities/Corporations

NIL

Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board.

16.2. Plans Sanctioned, Building Completed Under Public Sector Year: 2019-2020 Name of the Panchayat Sl. No. Room Unit size Private Sector Union

NIL

Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board.

16.3. Amount Invested in Housing and Building Activity under Public Sector Year: 2019-2020 Residential Percentage to Non-Residential Percentage to Total Rs.in ‘000’ total Rs.in ‘000’ total Rs.in ‘000’

NIL

Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board.

16.4. Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Name of the Scheme Number

1. Low Income Group Housing Schemes Flats Nil 2. Middle Income Group Housing Schemes Nil 3. Slum Improvements/Clearance Tenements - 4. Tamil Nadu Government Rental Housing Flats Nil 5. Subsidized Industrial Housing Tenements - 6. Fire Proof Tenements - 7. Special Low Cost Housing Scheme {EWS) - 8. Police - 9 Specify any other - Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board. 61

16.5. Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Item Achievement No.

1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for construction 960

2. Number of Tenements constructed In progress

3. Amount sanctioned (Rs.in lakhs) 8733.97

4. Amount spent (Rs.in lakhs) 3557.71

5. Number of tenements occupied -

6. Rent received (Rs.in lakhs) -

Note: Data‟s are unified districts of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi Source: E.E, Slum Clearance Board, Tirunelveli

16.6. Index Numbers of Buildings Cost in Tirunelveli Centre (1990-2000=100) Year: 2019-2020

District Urban Building materials Other Building Sl.No. Labour cost Centres Cost Charges Index Cost

Not Applicable

Source: Department of Economics & Statistics, Chennai.

16.7. Labour Charges of Construction Workers Year: 2019-2020

Charges of Male Construction Workers Charges of Female Construction Workers

550 400

Source: D.D. Statistics, Tirunelveli (Unskilled Mazdoor, Building Statistics Report).

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17. INDUSTRIES 17.1. Results of Annual Survey of Industries Year: 2019-2020

Characteristic Units Results for all Industries (1) (2) (3)

Not Available

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

17.2. Estimates of Output and Value Added by Manufacture Based on Annual Survey of Industries Year: 2019-2020 Industry Description of the Value of output All Employees Value added Group Industry Rs. In lakhs (3) (5) (1) (2) (4)

Not Available

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

17.3. Industrial Production Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the Product Unit of quantity Production (1) (2) (3) (4)

Not Available

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

17.4. Production and Value of Major Minerals Year: 2019-2020

Name of the District Name of the Mineral Quality Value (Rs. in (1) (2) (Tonne) 000’) (3) (4)

Limestone - NA Tenkasi Garnet Raw sand Not function

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17.5. Small Scale Industries Year: 2019-2020 Issued Sl.No Classification Details of Classification Acknowledgement during 2019-20

1. micro Manufacturing of Food products and beverages 463 2. micro Manufacturing of textiles 244 micro Manufacturing of Wearing Apparel, Dressing and Dyeing of 3. 94 fur micro Tanning and dressing of leather, manufacturing of Luggage, 4. 14 hand bags Saddlers, Harness and Footwear micro Mfg.of wood products, wood cork, articles of straw And 5. 61 plating materials, except furniture 6. micro Mfg.of paper and paper products 15 7. micro Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 34 8. micro Mfg. Of Chemicals and Chemical products 35 9. micro Mfg. Of Rubber and plastic products 17 10. micro Mfg. Of Other non-metallic mineral products 73 11. micro Mfg. Of Basic metals 16 micro Mfg. Of Fabricated metal products except machinery And 12. 17 equipments 13. micro Mfg. Of Machinery and equipment N.E.C. 39 14. micro Mfg. Of Office, Accounting and Computing machinery - micro Mfg. Of Radio, Television, Communication 15. 16 equipment And apparatus micro Mfg. Of Medical, Precision and Optical instruments, Watches 16. 19 and clocks 17. Small Mfg. Of Other Transport equipments - 18. micro Mfg. Of Furniture 30 19. micro Recycling 7 20. micro Construction 40 21. micro Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motor 40 22. micro Whole sale of trade and commission trader -- 23. micro Maintenance and repairing of personal and household Goods 81 24. micro Hotel and restaurants 192 micro Financial inter mediation , except insurance and pension 25. 16 funding 26. micro Activities auxillary to financial inter mediation - 27. Small Real Estate activities 9 micro Renting of transport equipments, other machinery and 28. - Equipments 29. micro Computer and Related activities 50 30. micro Other business activities - 31. micro Other service activities 157 Total 1779 Data Source: District Industries and Commerce Office.

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17.6. Khadi and Village Industries Year: 2019-2020 Production Production Production Sales Employment Earnings (Rs. in (Rs. in (Rs. in Sl. (Rs. in to (No. of (Rs. in Industry lakhs) lakhs) lakhs) No. lakhs) persons) lakhs) 2019-2020 2018-19 2017-18 2019-20 2019-20 2019-20 (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1. Khadi 3.79 33.13 34.09 38.67 3 3.00 Production 2. Yarn 5.18 16.25 22.26 - 59 2.50 Production 3. Soap Industry 11.42 41.60 5.00 11.42 4 3.00

4. Bee-Keeping ------Industries 5. Pottery - 68.84 -- - - - industries 6. Leather - 12.90 3.75 -- - - industries Industrial 7. Cooperative - 161.13 -- - - - Society Source: District Khadi and Village Industries, Tirunelveli. 17.7. No. of Printing Presses Year: 2019-2020 Number Sl. No. District (issued Acknowledgement during 2019-2020) 1. Tirunelveli & Tenkasi 19

Source: District Industries and Commerce Office. 17.8. No. of Photocopy Xerox Centers Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the Block No. of Xerox Centers 1. Alangulam 2 2. Kadayam 2 3. Kadayanallur 1 4. Keelapavoor 4 5. Kurivikulam 0 6. Melaneelithanallur 0 7. Sankarankoil 7 8. Shenkottai 0 9. Tenkasi 3 10. Vasudevanallur 0 Total 19 Source: District Industries Centre, Tirunelveli.

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18. FACTORIES 18.1. Registered and Working Factories Year: 2019-2020 S.No. Item Numbers Factories on the register at the beginning of the 1 1048 year 2 Factories added during the year 86 3 Factories removed during the year 1 4 Factories on the reister at the end of the year 1133 5 Number of working factories 886 6 No. of workers 29375 Source: Inspector of Factories, Tirunelveli -11.

18.2. Employment in Working Factories Year: 2019-2020 Sl. Item No of Factory Numbers No Unit Code No 1. Cotton Spinning ,cleaning and Baling 43 13111 4987 2. Mining & Quarrying of attractive materials - - - 3. Manufacture of food and beverages 5 10750 57 4. Manufacture of textiles 4 13139 176 5. Manufacture of wearing apparel - - - 6. Manufacture of wooden industrial goods 8 16299 339 7. Manufacture of paper 13 17013 753 8. Publishing and printing 9 18112 261 9. Production of liquor gaseous fuel 1 35201 15 10. Manufacture of matches, fireworks, surgical cotton 20291, & bandages 156 5124 20292,13121 11. Manufacture of plastic & tire products 11 22209,22111, 720

12. Manufacture of non metallic mineral products - - - 13. Manufacture of basic metal - - - 14. Manufacture of fabricated of metal products 6 25119 155 15. Manufacture of machinery equipments for - - - 16. Manufactureagriculture of electrical machinery 1 29304 125 17. Manufacture of furniture fixtures, brooms & coir 17 2309 350 18. Generationform mattresses and transmission of Electricity 3 35101 215 19. Distribution of water - - - 20. Maintenance and repair of heavy motor vehicles 101 45200 2706 21. Supporting and auxiliary transport activating - - - 22. Others 508 - 13392 Total 886 29375 Source: Tirunelveli Inspector of Factories.

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18.3. Unions: Industrial Disputes by Strikes and Lockouts Gheraos Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Items Numbers (1) (2) (3) 1. Number of Registered Trade Unions 3 Strike: - Number of Strikes - 2. Number of Workers Involved - Number of Man days Lost - Lockouts: - Number of Lockouts - 3. Number of workers involved - Number of Mandays Lost - Gheraos: - Number - 4. Workers involved - Mandays Lost - Source: District Labour Office.

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19. LOCAL BODIES 19.1. Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades Year: 2019-2020 Sl. Area Population Classification of Municipal Bodies Number No (Sq.Km) (In ‘000’)

1. Corporations 1 108.65 473.64

2. Special Grade - - -

3. Selection Grade - - -

4. First Grade 3 90.75 218.19

5. Second Grade 4 114.25 175.75

6. Third Grade - - -

7. Township Committee - - - Note: Data‟s are unified District of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Concerned Municipality & Population as per Census 2011.

19.2. Municipal Bodies Year: 2019-2020

Grade of Municipal Councils

Sl. Corporations/

No. Municipalities

Total First

Third

Special Second

Corporation

Selection

Township Committees 1. Senkottai - - - - 1 - - 1

2. Puliyankudi - - - - 1 - - 1

3. Kadaiyanallur - - - 1 - - - 1

4. Sankarankoil - - - 1 - - - 1

5. Tenkasi - - - 1 - - - 1

Total - - - 3 2 - - 5 Source: RDMA, Tirunelveli.and concerd Municipalites

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19.3. Panchayat Unions, Village Panchayats / Town Panchayats Year: 2019-2020

Development Panchayat Village Town Districts Union Panchayats Panchayats

Tenkasi 10 221 18

Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli.

19.4. Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages Year: 2019-2020

Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Divisions Taluks Firkas Villages

2 8 30 246

Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli.

19.5. Tax collected By Corporation / Municipality / Panchayat Union / Town Panchayat / Village Panchayat Year: 2019-2020 Tax collected Sl.No. Name of the Local Body in Rs. in lakhs 1. Corporation - 2. Municipality a. Shenkottai 95.84 b. Tenkasi 697.79 c. Sankarankoil 218.36 d. Puliyankudi 202.54 e. Kadaiyanallur 327.78 3. Town Panchayat 1786.08 4. Village Panchayat 593.95 Total: 3922.34 Source: RDMA, A.D.(T.P.), A.D.(Panchayat).

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19.6. Rural Development Activities Year: 2019-2020

No. of works Taken No. of works No. of works Pending up Completed Sl. Name of the Scheme Expenditure Balance No During AS Amount During During incurred Amount the (Rs. in the the (Rs. in (Rs. in Year Lakhs) Year Year lakhs) Lakhs) 1 Green Housing Scheme 404 737.2 95 456.3 309 270.9 Indira Awaaz Yojana 2 Additional Special Project ------Flood

3 Indira Awaaz Yojana (PMAY) 727 1235.9 306 367.2 421 868.7

Anganwadi Upgradation- 4 ------Additional Room Anganwadi Upgradation- 5 Construction of Baby Friendly ------Toilets Anganwadi Upgradation – 6 ------Minor Repairs 7 NBA IHHL ------8 MPLADS Development 32 291.74 1 30 31 261.74 Scheme MLACDS Development 9 166 966.53 18 74.86 148 891.67 Scheme 10 Others (Specify) - Biogas ------Village Panchayat Service 11 ------Centre 12 MGNREGS 7863 12689.05 3706 3164.07 4157 9524.97 13 SSS ------14 THAI ------15 RCSIDS 51 228.05 0 0 51 228.05 Special scheme for provision of 16 Basic Amenities to Adidravidar 71 210.8 31 100.74 40 110.06 Habitations Koodankulam Neighbourhood 16 ------Project – NDP – Houses

Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat 17 ------Sashakthikaran Abhiyan

18 Nabard XXI ------TNRRIS – STREAM –III – 19 8 233.77 0 0 8 233.77 RENEWAL BT TNRRIS – STREAM –II – 20 31 1576.19 0 0 31 1576.19 STRENGTHENING TNRRIS – STREAM –I – 21 1 118.4 0 0 1 118.4 UPGRADATION1 22 14th Finance commission ------Total 9354 18277.63 4157 4193.17 5197 14084.45 Source: P.D., DRDA, Tirunelveli.

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20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT 20.1. No. of Persons Registered During the Year and Total No. of Persons Waiting Upto the End of the Year as per Live Register Year: 2019-2020

No. of Persons Total No. of persons Sl. No. Year registered during the waiting upto the end of the year year

1. 2019-2020 46443 287756

Source: District Employment Exchange, Tirunelveli.

20.2 No. of Placements During Year: 2019-2020

Placements upto Type of Employment Placements Sl. No. the year (Last 15 Exchanges during the year Years) Govt. – 398 - District Employment Office 1 Tirunelveli Private - 3278 -

Source: District Employment Exchange.

20.3. Employment under NREGS Year: 2019-2020

No. of House No. of Man No. of House Wages No. of House Hold Hold Provided days given Hold Completed distributed issued Job Cards Employment ( Rs. in lakhs) 100 days (Rs. in lakhs)

164379 105219 45.32 1279 8061.51

Source: P.O., DRDA, Tirunelveli.

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21. LEGAL SERVICES 21.1. Judicial Division and Original Jurisdiction Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Item Number (1) (2) (3) 1. Principal District judge. 1 a. Additional District judge Mahila Court 1 b. 1.Additional District judge 1 2. c. 11.Additional District judge 1 d. III Additional District Judge 1 e. IV Additional District Judge 1 3. Labour judge 1 4. Judge, Family Court 1 5. Additional Dist. Judges, Fast Track Court No 1 & 2 1 6. District munisif cum judicial Magistrate 4 7. Chief Judicial Magistrate 1 8. Sub Judges 10 9. Districts Munsifs 13 10. Judicial Magistrated 15 *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli.

21.2. Results of Civil and Revenue Cases in the Courts of Original Jurisdiction Civil Suits Regular Year: 2019-2020 Sl.No. Item Numbers (1) (2) (3) 1. Original Suits 4154 2. Civil Appeals 972 3. Civil Misc. Appeals 97 4. Execution Petition 984 5. M.C.O.P 3204 6. Criminal Appeals 105 7. Criminal Revision Petition 28 8. Session Cases 651 9. O.Ps. 1555 10. L.A.Ops 1 11. I.Ps (Insolvency Petitions) 9 12. R.C.D.A(Rent Control Original Petitions) 105 13. Small Cause Suits 0 14. Civil Revision Petition 0 15. Appeal Against Taxations Appeals 32 *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli.

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21.3. Nature of Free Legal Available and No. of Beneficiaries, No. of Cases Disposed of in Lok Adalat during the Year Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Nature of free legal No. of cases disposed of in No. of Beneficiaries No. available Lok Adalat (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. M.C.O.P 1234 987 2. Bank Suits 41 41 3. H.M.O.Ps 18 09 4. Civil Suits 502 377 5. Compoundable I.P.C 47 47 6. Maintenance 29 29 7. Labour Case 8 8 8. Taxation 0 0 9. Cheque 21 21 Total 1900 1519 *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli.

21.4. No. of Advocates Practicing in Courts Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the Court No. of Advocates Practicing (1) (2) (3) 1. Tirunelveli Courts 1427 2. Ambasamudram Courts 192 3. Tenkasi Courts 315 4. Sankarankoil Courts 214 5. Valliyoor Courts 215 6. Nanguneri Courts 158 7. Cheranmahadevi Courts 48 8. Shenkottai Courts 74 9. Sivagiri Courts 81 10. Alangulam Court 63 Total 2787 *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli.

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22. LIBRARIES 22.1. Details of Members, Books available and Readers of the Head and Branch Libraries in the district Year: 2019-2020

Place/Name of the Members No. of Books available Number of Head/Branch (in Nos.) Readers (1) (2) (3) (4) Tirunelveli District 48887 168938 50836 Central Library

Branch Library 242089 1584708 2289868

Rural Library 61241 657025 1046089 *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli.-2.

22.2. Number of Libraries housed in Government Building/Rental Building. Year: 2019-2020

Libraries in Government Free Libraries in Rental Building in Building (in Nos.) Building (Nos.)

55 102 45

Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli.-2.

22.3. Number of Reading Rooms Year: 2018-2019

Number of Reading Sl. No. Type of Libraries Number of Libraries Room

1 Central library 1 4 2 Branch Library 102 108 3 Children Library 1 1 4 Library for Women’s 1 1 5 Mobile Library 1 - 6 Rural Library 85 85 7 Part-time Library 11 11 Total 202 210 Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli.-2.

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23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1. Number of Mining and Quarrying units in the District Year: 2019-2020

Major Minerals Minor Minerals Sl. Name of Taluk Lime Rough No. Garnet Earth Granite Kankar Stone Stone 1 Sankarankoil 10 - 8 - 3 - 2 Tenkasi - - 3 1 2 - 3 Sengottai - - 2 - 0 - 4 Sivagiri 6 - 0 1 0 - 5 Veerakeralampudur - - 6 - 2 - 6 Alangulam 2 - 10 - 1 - 7 Thiruvengadam - - - - 1 - 8 Kadayanallur 0 - 2 - - - Total 18 - 31 2 9 - Source: Assistant Director of Mines, Tenkasi.

23.2. Classification-wise Production Year 2019-2020 Production (2019-2020) Sl. No. Name of the Minerals (in tonnes/ Cub.M) 1 Limstone 0 2 Garnet 0 3 Rough Stone 838668 4 Gravel/Earth 24753 5 Granite 0 6 Kankar 0 Source: Assistant Director of Mines, Tenkasi.

24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR 24.1. Number of Food and allied Manufacturing Units in the District Year: 2018-2019 Value of Sl. Industry Name of Description of All Value output Rs. In No Group the district the industry employees added lakhs

Not Available Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

24.2. Number of Non-Food Manufacturing units in the District Year: 2018-2019 Value of Sl. Industry Name of Description of the All Value output Rs. No Group the Block Industry Employees added In lakhs

Not Available

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics. 76

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25. MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1. Number of Medical Colleges in the District with Students and Teachers Year: 2018-2019

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

N.A

25.2. Number of Pharmacy College with Students and Teachers Year: 2018-2019

Sl. Students Name of the Institution Teachers No. Boys Girls Total Sri Ram Nallamani College 1 Of Pharmacy. 33 17 50 15

Source: Concerned Institution.

25.3. Number of Medical Stores in the District (Category-wise) Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Item Number of Medical Stores No. 1 Indian Medicine NA English Medicine -- Chemists & Druggists 1884 2 Wholesales 668 Restricted Licenses 59 Homeopathy Licenses 20 Total 2631 Source: Asst. Director Drugs Control, Tirunelveli Zone.

25.4. No .of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers Year: 2019-2020

Students No. of Name of the Teachers Institution. Institution Boys Girls Total

Veterinary College

and Research 164 124 288 65 1 Institute, Tirunelveli

Source: Concerned Department.

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26. MOTOR VEHICLES 26.1. No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered Year: 2019-2020

RTO RTO Sl. No. Name of the Motor Vehicles Sankarankoil Tenkasi

A. Commercial 1 State Carriage 3 - a. Public - - b. Private - - 2 Auto rickshaw 106 428 3 Taxi 43 96 a. Ordinary - b. Motor cab 5 c. Maxi cab 26 4 Omni Buses(Travel) 35 5 Private Station Vehicle & Others 2 6 School Bus 29 34 7 Mini Bus - 8 Ambulance - 9 Fire Fighter - 10 Light Commercial Vehicle 35 100 11 Lorry 297 686 a. State - b. National Permit 20 - 12 Articulate Vehicle 5 a. State - b. National Permit - 13 Tractor/ Trailor - Total (A) 549 1417 B. Non Commercial 1 Motor Cycle 7012 13538 2 Scooter 2090 1303 3 Moped 644 21 4 Motorcar 558 992 5 Station Wagon - 6 Tractor 333 350 7 Three Wheeler 3 8 Road Roller - 9 Others 36 - 10 Tricycle Auto - 11 Jeep - 12 Four Wheeler - Total(B) 10673 16207 Grand Total 11222 17624 Source: Regional Transport Officer, Tenkasi & Sankarankoil.

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26.2. No. of Motor Vehicles (Category Wise) Available for Hire Purpose Year: 2019-2020

RTO RTO Sl. No. Category Sankarankoil Tenkasi* (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Auto rickshaw 1306 2712

2 Tourist taxi 561 1471

3 Maxi cabs 530 1358

4 State permit carries (Lorry) 842 2102

5 National permit 116 451

6 Stage carriage (Pri) 37 -

7 Stage carriage (STU) - -

8 Private Station Vehicle - EIV 465 625

9 NCP 1421 3425

10 Kerala based goods carriage - -

11 Kerala tourist taxi 5278 -

Source: Regional Transport Officer, Sankarankoil, Tenkasi.

26.3. No. of Persons Issued Driving License Year: 2019-2020

RTO RTO Sl. No. Category Sankarankoil Tenkasi

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1 Driving License Fresh 7106 11317

2 Driving License Endorsement 1124 1649

3 Driving License Renewal 8149 17589

Total 16379 30555

Source: Regional Transport Officer, Sankarankoil, Tenkasi.

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27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1 No. of Solar Energy Generating Units in the District with Production Data Year: 2019-2020

Generation Name and Place of Solar Installed Capacity Sl. No. (in Mega energy system exist (in Mega Watts) Watts)

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1 Solar 537.035 1364.707

Source: Concerned Electricity Generation Units.

27.2 No. of Wind Mills Generating Units with Production Data Year: 2019-2020

Installed Capacity in MW Name and Place of Generation (as on 31-03-2018-2019) Sl. No Wind Mills Generation (in Million exist No. of Units) MW WEGS (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1 Wind 5435 3798.425 6257.514

Source: Executive Engineer Wind Mill, Tirunelveli.

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28. POLICE AND PRISONS 28.1 Police Force Year: 2019-2020 (as on 31.03.19)

Police Stations Actual Strength Total Name of the (Including Out Armed Sl. No. Local Stations Special Units) Posts Reserve Strength Strength (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 1. Tirunelveli City 30 0 660 467 1127 Tirunelveli- 2. 55 -- 2715 462 3177 Moffusil Tamilnadu Spl 3. Police (IX and 13 - 843(TSP) 843 XII Battalion) *Remarks: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: District Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi

28.2. Cognizable Offences under Indian Penal Code (Including Attempts) Year: 2019-2020 (Upto March 2020)

Number of Cases Sl. No. Item Reported

(1) (2) (3) A .Murder 25 1. B. Attempt to murder 55 2. Culpable Homicide Not amounting to Murder - A. Rape 9 3. B. Attempt to rape - 4. Kidnapping and Abduction 6 5. Dacoity 4 6. Robbery 13 7. Burglary 111 8. Thefts 176 9. Riots 9 10. Criminal Breach of Trust 1 11. Cheating 66 12. Counterfeiting 1 13. Miscellaneous 4011 Total Cognizable Crime Under I.P.C. 4487 Source: District Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi.

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28.3. Prisons and Convicts Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Classification of Prisons Number (1) (2) (3) 1. Central Prisons 1

2. Special Prison for Women --

3. Sub-Jails 7

4. Special Sub-Jails for Women 1

5. Open Air Prison --

6. Fifth Garder(Salem) --

7. Borstal School 1

8. Sub-Jail for Women 1

9. District Jails 2

Total 13 Source: Superintendent Central prison, Palayamkottai.

28.3.1. Classification of Convicts Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Length of Sentences Male Female Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1. Below One Year 110 -- 110

Above One Year and not exceeding Two 2. 18 -- 18 Years Above Two Years and not exceeding Five 3. 42 -- 42 Years Exceeding Five Years and not exceeding 4. 27 -- 27 Ten Years

5. Exceeding Ten Years - -- -

6. Life Sentence 87 -- 87

7. Sentence to death 3 -- 3

Total 287 -- 287 Note: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli and Tenkasi. Source: Superintendent Central prison Palayamkottai.

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28.4. No. of Cases Registered Under P.C.R. Year: 2019-2020

No. of Cases Registered under Sl.No. Name of the Stations P.C.R/ SC/ST (PA) ACT 1989

(1) (2) (3)

1. Tenkasi District 39

Source: District Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi.

28.5. No. of Cases Registered Against Women Harassment and Dowry Year: 2019-2020 (upto March 2020)

No. of Cases Registered Sl. No. Name of the Stations against Women

Harassment and Dowry (1) (2) (5) 1. Tenkasi District 388 Source: District Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi.

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29. PUBLIC HEALTH 29.1. Public Health and Medical Services Rendered by Organizations and Individual Year: 2019-2020 Ayurvedic, Sl. Siddha, Classification Allopathy Ayurvedic Siddha Unani Total No. Unani (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (8) (1) combined (7) 1. Hospitals 17 - 13 1 3 34 2. P.H.C - 2 23 - - 25 3. H.S.C ------Rural 4. - 1 - - - 1 Dispensary 5. Bed Strength 1609 - 80 - - 1689 6. No. of Doctors 201 5 41 1 3 248 7. No.of Nurses 290 - 2 - - 292 Source: J.D. Health, Tenkasi.

29.2. No. of Primary Health Centres with Sub-Centres Year: 2019-2020 No. of Primary No. of Sub- Sl. No. Name of the Block / Municipality Health Centres Centre (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Alangulam 5 24 2. Kadayanallur 6 12 3. Keelapavoor 5 26 4. Kuruvikulam 4 16 5. Melaneelithanallur 2 11 6. Shenkottai 4 12 7. Sankarankoil 5 18 8. Tenkasi 6 16 9. Vasudevanalloor 6 25 10. Kadayam 3 17

Total 46 177 Source: Deputy Director Health, SankaranKoil.

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30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION

30.1. No. of News Papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines Etc., Published Year: 2019-2020

Language of Type of Sl. No. Name of the News Paper Publication Periodicals (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Sri Dharmabathy - -

2. The Missionary intelligence - -

3. Magalir Ungal Choice - -

4. Deva Prasannam - -

5. Jesus gives Victory - -

6. Thaluka Murasu - -

Samuthaya Vizhipunarvu sakthi 7. - - Sudar

8. Thinathanthi Tamil Daily Paper

9. Thinamalar Tamil Daily Paper

10. Thinamani Tamil Daily Paper

11. Thinakaran Tamil Daily Paper

12. Thinapoomi Tamil Daily Paper

13. Malaimurasu Tamil Daily Paper

14. Malaimalar Tamil Daily Paper

15. The New Indian Express English Daily Paper

Source: RDO,Tenkasi.

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30.2. No. of Publishers in the District other than News Papers and Magazines Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. Name of the Taluk No. of Publishers (1) (2) (3)

1. Tenkasi N.A

Source: R.D.O., Tenkasi.

30.3. No. of Printing Presses in the District Year: 2019-2020 No. of the Printing Type of the Press Name of the Block / Press/ issued Sl. No. (Letter Press/Off Municipality Acknowledgement set/Litho/Colour Graphics) during 18-19 1. Alangulam 1 Offset 2. Kadayam 0 - 3. Kadayanallur 2 Offset 4. Keelapavoor 1 Offset 5. Kurivikulam 0 - 6. Melaneelithanallur 0 - 7. Sankarankoil 1 Offset 8. Shenkottai 1 Offset 9. Tenkasi 0 - 10. Vasudevanallur 1 Offset TOTAL 7 - Source: District Industrial Centers, Tirunelveli.

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31. Prices- Indices 31.1 Wholesale Price Index of Tamil Nadu Year: 2019-20

Non- Fuel Manufac Primary Food Curde& All Month food Minerals power turing articles articles Petroleum commodities articles sector products Apr-19 158.7 158.47 162.88 172.19 120.82 112.94 125.35 130.9 May-19 160.84 164.39 142.58 196.26 120.4 111.94 125.62 131.39

Jun-19 159.86 164.26 136.84 196.26 117.5 109.07 125.54 130.68

July-19 162.04 164 153.28 197.09 117.43 109.1 125.42 131.1

Aug-19 167.59 166.73 175.95 197.09 115.39 107.47 125.53 132.16

Sep-19 168.1 168.86 166.82 197.09 119.77 107.19 125.96 132.49

Oct-19 171.39 172.38 170.45 196.14 107.08 108.95 125.46 133.2

Nov-19 180.93 179.05 197.87 194.34 107.08 107.96 125.36 135.12

Dec-19 199.34 199.89 204.54 196.14 110.32 110 126.21 140.1

Jan-20 190.28 185.89 222.72 196.46 108.95 113.06 126.97 139.01

Feb-20 172.59 171.73 182.57 196.75 105.97 107.35 126.76 134.02

Mar-20 155.99 157.63 150.14 196.75 96.71 97.16 126.04 128.26

Average 170.64 171.11 172.22 194.38 112.29 108.52 125.85 133.20 Source: DES, Chennai-6

31.1.1 Annual Average Wholesale Price Index Number for Tamil Nadu Base Year: (2012=100) Major 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Group Primary 110.16 121.08 132.95 131.99 140.95 157.97 155.76 170.64 articles Fuel power 112.24 125.72 118.68 87.89 90.17 96.09 112.76 108.52 sector

Manufac turing 106.02 109.09 110.20 109.94 114.68 118.20 122.81 125.85 products All 107.92 114.38 116.63 111.45 116.75 123.68 128.64 133.20 commodities Source: DES, Chennai-6.

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31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (State Series)(Base Year 2001=100) Year: 2019-2020

Period Chennai Tiruchirapalli Coonoor Salem

2019- April 279 298 297 287 328 291 May 282 302 301 287 333 295 June 287 305 305 293 341 301 July 286 305 302 287 339 300 August 286 303 304 286 338 298 September 283 307 304 290 338 299 October 283 305 309 293 340 300 November 288 310 318 300 345 308 December 295 322 323 307 349 311 2020- January 292 331 321 303 350 310 February 289 325 319 301 347 306 March 285 317 313 295 342 298 Average 286 311 310 294 341 301 Source: Director General of Labour Bureau, Shimla.

31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (State Series) (Base Year 2011=100) Year: 2019-2020

Period Cuddalore Nagercoil Tuticorin

2019- April 160 163 159 157 May 168 166 160 161 June 163 167 164 160 July 165 167 164 159 August 165 167 164 159 September 165 170 165 163 October 166 172 167 165 November 170 175 170 168 December 170 175 172 167 2020- January 168 174 168 167 February 167 171 164 162 March 167 170 164 162

Average 166 170 165 163 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6

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31.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers Base Year 2001=100, Year: 2019-20

Period All India Tamil Nadu

2006 123 117 2007 131 124 2008 142 136 2009 157 151 2010 176 166 2011 192 177 2012 209 198 2013 232 221 2014 247 238 2015 261 254 2016 274 263 2017 281 273 2018 295 283 2019 317 302 Source: Director General of Labour Bureau, Shimla.

31.4 Time Seies Data of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Central Series) Base Year 2001=100, Year: 2019-20

Period Chennai Tiruchirapalli Madurai Coimbatore

2006-07 119 119 117 121 2007-08 126 128 123 129 2008-09 139 146 137 140 2009-10 153 160 152 156 2010-11 163 178 165 168 2011-12 176 187 177 178 2012-13 202 216 203 200 2013-14 221 235 222 219 2014-15 234 259 245 235 2015-16 253 262 264 245 2016-17 254 267 265 252 2017-18 264 288 280 268 2018-19 272 292 285 279 2019-20 286 311 310 294 Source: Director General of Labour Bureau, Shimla.

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31.4 Time Seies Data of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Central Series) Base Year 2001=100, Year: 2019-20 Period Coonoor Salem All India

2006-07 117 116 125 2007-08 125 124 133 2008-09 136 139 145 2009-10 154 154 163 2010-11 171 166 180 2011-12 186 176 195 2012-13 209 197 215 2013-14 227 220 236 2014-15 246 239 251 2015-16 265 260 265 2016-17 273 267 276 2017-18 285 272 284 2018-19 312 284 300 2019-20 341 301 323 Source: Director General of Labour Bureau, Shimla.

31.4.1 Time Series Data of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (State Series) Base Year 2011=100, Year: 2019-20

Cuddalore Nagarcoil Cuddalore Nagarcoil Year New Series- Base Year Old Series- Base Year 1982=100 2011=100** 2006-07 521 515 2007-08 555 552 2008-09 638 624 2009-10 728 677 2010-11 814 783 2011-12 898 877 2012-13 1008 973 2013-14 1126 1059 2014-15 135* 138* 2015-16 137 139 2016-17 140 145 2017-18 150 158 2018-19 157 164 2019-20 166 170 *2015 Calender Year Average ** Base Year shifting w.e.f 01/2015 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai. 91

31.5 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Central Series) Base Year 2001=100, Year: 2019-20 All Year Chennai Tiruchirapalli Madurai Coimbatore Coonoor Salem India 2013 218 232 218 217 224 216 232 2014 230 253 239 231 241 233 247 2015 248 261 259 243 261 254 261 2016 255 266 265 250 271 268 274 2017 261 285 277 265 281 270 281 2018 269 289 281 275 304 280 295 2019 284 304 303 290 336 297 317 Source: Director General of Labour Bureau, Shimla.

31.5.1 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (State Series) Base Year 2001=100, Year: 2019-20 Year Cuddalore Nagarcoil Vellore Tuticorin 2015 135 138 135 139 2016 139 142 140 140 2017 147 155 147 150 2018 155 163 151 156 2019 165 168 162 160 Source: Department of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6

31.6 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Rural Tamil Nadu (Base Year: 2012=100) Year: 2019-2020 Pan, Fuel Clothing Food Tobacco Composite Period & & Others & Bevarages & Index Light Foot wear Intoxicants April'19 145.1 166.4 136.6 150.5 144.2 145.4.1 May'19 147.5 167.1 137.0 150.9 144.5 146.8 June'19 149.8 167.2 138.9 151.0 144.9 148.3 July'19 150.6 168.1 137.1 151.2 146.3 149.1 Aug'19 150.4 169.1 135.4 151.3 147.2 149.2 September'19 151.3 169.6 135.9 151.5 147.7 149.9 October'19 153.4 169.4 137.0 150.3 148.3 151.1 November'19 157.7 169.5 140.0 151.4 148.7 153.8 December'19 162.9 169.5 141.3 151.8 149.6 156.9 January'20 161.8 169.7 142.0 152.1 151.6 157.1 Feburary'20 158.2 170.8 145.6 152.9 151.9 155.6 March'20 154.6 Average 153.5 168.8 138.8 151.4 147.7 151.5 Source: Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation, Government of India. 92

31.7 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Urban Tamil Nadu (Base Year: 2012=100) Year: 2019-2020

Pan, Clothing Food & Fuel & Composite Period Tobacco & & Foot Others Bevarages Light Index Intoxicants wear April'19 145.3 165.1 129.6 136.9 135.5 144.6 May'19 148.5 165.5 130.3 137.2 135.5 146.1 June'19 150.8 165.5 133.0 137.6 136.0 147.2 July'19 152.0 165.3 125.4 138.5 138.0 148.0 Aug'19 151.9 165.6 121.5 138.7 139.6 148.3 September'19 152.1 166.0 121.9 138.7 140.1 148.5 October'19 154.4 166.2 123.1 139.4 140.5 150.1 November'19 158.1 166.6 128.4 139.9 141.0 152.2 December'19 165.1 167.5 130.0 140.1 142.4 155.3 January'20 161.6 168.0 132.0 140.8 143.6 154.5 Feburary'20 156.3 172.1 134.9 141.1 143.6 152.8 March'20 152.3

Average 154.2 166.7 128.2 139.0 139.6 150.0 Source: Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation, Government of India.

31.8 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected Essential Items in Rural & Urban Combined Tamil Nadu Base Year: (2012=100) Pan, Clothing Food & Fuel & Composite Period Tobacco & & Foot Others Bevarages Light Index Intoxicants wear April'19 145.2 165.9 132.9 143.3 139.2 144.9 May'19 148.0 166.5 133.5 143.7 139.3 146.4 June'19 150.3 166.6 135.8 143.9 139.8 147.7 July'19 151.3 167.1 130.9 144.5 141.5 148.5 Aug'19 151.2 167.8 128.1 144.7 142.8 148.7 September'19 151.7 168.3 128.5 144.8 143.3 149.1 October'19 153.9 168.3 129.7 144.6 143.8 150.5 November'19 157.9 168.5 133.9 145.3 144.3 152.9 December'19 164.0 168.8 135.3 145.6 145.4 156.0 January'20 161.7 169.1 136.7 146.1 147.0 155.6 Feburary'20 157.5 171.3 140.0 146.7 147.1 153.9 March'20 153.2

Average 153.9 168.0 133.2 144.8 143.0 150.6 Source: Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation, Government of India.

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31.9 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural Tamil Nadu Base Year: (2012=100) Pan, Clothing Food & Fuel & Composite Period Tobacco & & Foot Others Bevarages Light Index Intoxicants wear 2013 114.2 109.2 106.3 112.02 105.53 110.69 2014 121.24 116.17 110.62 123.06 110.83 117.24 2015 129.53 130.72 115.06 131.26 114.19 123.95 2016 136.86 141.58 116.39 138.53 118.63 130.13 2017 143.09 150.75 123.37 145.23 124 136.27 2018 144.61 161.56 134.57 150.85 137.35 142.69 2019 150.28 167.74 137.26 150.85 146.08 148.81 Source: Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India.

31.9 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban- Tamil Nadu Base Year: (2012=100) Pan, Clothing Food & Fuel & Composite Period Tobacco & & Foot Others Bevarages Light Index Intoxicants wear 2013 115.46 110.88 105.53 108.36 106.18 110.13 2014 122.1 118.75 106.34 113.97 112.61 117.53 2015 131.19 139.68 112 118.5 116.55 124.51 2016 136.68 146.33 107.23 122.74 120.5 129.68 2017 141.18 153.41 119.38 126.58 124.68 135.36 2018 140.76 161.48 133.34 132.07 132.43 140.43 2019 150.30 165.51 127.28 137.97 137.75 147.31 Source: Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India.

31.9 Annual Average of Consumer Price Index Numbers for U & R Combined Tamil Nadu Base Year: (2012=100) Pan, Clothing Food & Fuel & Composite Period Tobacco & & Foot Others Bevarages Light Index Intoxicants wear 2013 114.2 109.81 105.91 110.09 105.9 110.36 2014 121.68 117.09 108.36 118.27 111.85 117.41 2015 130.38 133.93 113.44 124.53 115.56 124.28 2016 136.76 143.29 111.56 130.19 119.73 129.86 2017 142.1 151.71 121.27 135.39 124.38 135.76 2018 142.67 161.53 133.93 140.94 134.52 141.36 2019 150.28 166.94 132.00 144.07 141.28 147.94 Source: Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation, Government of India.

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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: 2019-2020

Establishment Units having, Products subjected to Sl. No List of Industries Quality Control Facilities Quality Control

1.Dharani Sugars 1.Sugar 1. Sugar Factories 2.Em.Pee.Sugars 2.Power Generation Data Source: Concerned Office.

3. REGISTRATION 33.1. No. of Registration Offices in the District Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of the Block / Municipalities No. of Registration Office

MUNICIPALITY 1. Sankarankoil 1 2. Puliangudi 1 3. Kadayanallur 1 4. Tenkasi 2 5. Shencottai 1 Total 6 BLOCK 1. Alangulam 2 2. Kadayanallur 1 3. Sankarankoil 1 4. Vasudevanallur 2 5. Keelapavoor 2 6. Tenkasi 1 7. Melaneelithanallur 2 8. Kadayam 1 9. Kurivikulam 10. Shencottai Total 12 Grand Total 18 Source: Deputy Inspector General of Registration Tirunelveli -1. 95

33.2. Registration and Aggregate Value of Properties Transferred Year 2019-2020

Aggregate Value of Properties No. of Registration Transferred (Movable and Immovable) (Movable and Immovable ) (in Rs)

24793 773372994

Source: Deputy Inspector General of Registration Tirunelveli -1. 34. REPAIRS AND SERVICE 34.1. Authorised Automobiles Repair and Service Stations Year: 2019-2020

Authorized Automobiles Repair Sl.No. Name of the Block / Municipalities and Service (in No’s.) 1 Tenkasi -- 2 Vasudevanallur -- 3 Sankarankoil -- 4 Shencottai -- 5 Keelapavoor -- 6 Kadayanallur -- 1 7 Alangulam

8 Kadayam - 9 Kuruvikulam -- 10 Melaneelithanallur -- Total 1 Source: District Industries Centre, Tirunelveli

34.2. Authorised Electrical and Electronic Goods Repair and Service Units Year: 2019-2020

Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Name of the Block / Municipalities Service Units(in No’s)

Not Available

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35.1. HOTELS Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of District No. of Hotels (1) (2) (3)

1. Tirunelveli & Tenkasi 69

Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelveli.

35.2. Details of Hotels Year: 2018-2019

Sl. No of Hotels with No of Hotels without Name of District No. Lodging Facilities Lodging Facilities

1. Tirunelveli & Tenkasi 22 69

Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelveli.

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36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES 36.1. List of Cinema Theatres and their Capacities Year: 2019-2020 Sl. Name of the District- No. of the Cinema Theatres Capacity No. Tirunelveli 1. Air conditioned 10 5056 2. Non Air Conditioned 9 5073 3. Open Air - - 4. Semi Permanent - - 5. Touring - - Source: District Collectorate („C‟ Section ), Tirunelveli.

36.2. List of Clubs and Associations Year: 2019-2020* Name of the Club and Sl. No. Place Association 1. Palayamkottai Lions Club 2. Palayamkottai Rotary Club 3. Palayamkottai District Club 4.* Tirunelveli Rotary Club/ Lions Club 5. Ambasamudram Rotary Club 6. Ambasamudram Lions Club 7. Tenkasi Rotary Club 8. Tenkasi Lions Club 9. Nanguneri Lions Club 10. Shenkottai Lions Club 11. Alankulam Lions Club 12. Surandai Lions Club 13. Tisayanvillai Rotary Club/ Lions Club 14. Sankarankovil Lions Club 15. Kadayanallur Lions Club 16. Puliyangudi Lions Club 17.* Valliyoor Rotary Club/ Lions Club *Sl.No.4-17 (2016-17 Data)Source: Concerned Office.

36.3. List of Motion Picture Distributors and Projection Services Year: 2019-2020 Name of the Picture Distributors / Sl. No. Name of the Block / Municipality Projection Services

Not Available

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37. SOCIAL WELFARE 37.1. Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Nutritious Meals Programme Centres Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Project No. of Centres

1. ICDS 2562

2. P.A. Noon Meal Centre (School Sector) 2068

Total 4630

Source: P.O., ICDS &P.A. Noon Meal, Tirunelveli.

37.2. No. of Beneficiaries under Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Nutritious Meals Programme Year: 2019-2020 Sl. No. of Beneficiary Under age Group Beneficiaries No.

ICDS Centres

1. 6-36 Months Children 79594

2. 37-60 Months Children 34617

3. Pregnant & Lactating Woman 28185

4. 1 to 2 Years Egg Beneficiries 22209

P.A. Noon Meal Centre

5. 5-9 Years Children 104179

6. 10-14 Years Children 61452

7. 15&16 Years 0

8. NCLP 285

Source: P.O., ICDS &P.A. Noon Meal, Tirunelveli.

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37.3. Number of Beneficiaries under Free Supply of Text Books and Uniforms Year: 2019-2020 Sl. Age group 6-14 (Standards I to VIII) No Name of School Text Books Uniforms (Boys & Girls) (Boys & Girls)

1. Primary 23012 29966

2. Upper Primary 39915 53220

Source: District Educational Office, Sankarankoil.

37.4. Number of Beneficiaries under Free Cycles Scheme Year: 2019-2020

No. of Schools Boys Girls Total

60 4815 6411 11226

Source: CEO, Tirunelveli.

37.5. Number of Beneficiaries Free Supply of Laptop Year: 2019-2020

Distributed Laptop’s No. of Schools Total Boys Girls

60 - 19558

Source: CEO, Tirunelveli.

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37.6. Number of Beneficiaries under Old age Pension Scheme

Year: 2019-2020

Taluk

DWP UWP

DAPS

DDWP

TOTAL

IGNDPS

REFPHP

IGNWPS

REFOAP

CMPUPT

REFDWP

IGNOAPS REFDDWP

Alangulam 1791 134 432 287 173 47 44 213 0 0 0 0 3121

Kadayanallur 2413 139 544 772 1062 136 98 819 24 2 8 1 6018

Sankarankoil 3081 326 752 476 1033 224 77 790 12 0 9 0 6780

Shencottai 2226 69 659 318 487 134 41 680 0 0 0 0 4614

Sivagiri 3629 77 1084 325 1015 112 73 205 0 0 0 0 6520

Tenkasi 1955 77 401 574 711 166 73 668 1 0 0 0 4626

Thiruvengadam 2117 178 535 301 634 102 61 368 0 0 0 0 4296

V.K.Pudur 2362 167 879 215 228 91 76 57 0 0 0 0 4075

Total 19574 1167 5286 3268 5343 1012 543 3800 37 2 17 1 40050 Source: Special Deputy Collector(SSS), Tenkasi.

37.7. Free Houses and House Sites Distributed to Communities Year: 2019-2020

House distributed Name of the Taluk D.C&M.B. S.C. S.T. B.C Others Total C (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 7 House distributed ------(Samuthuvapuram) House distributed 38 - 18 - 671 727 (PMAY Houses) House distributed ------(IAY Special Project Flood) House distributed 124 - 35 20 225 404 (Green House)

House sites distributed ------

Source: P.D. DRDA District Collectoratre, Tirunelveli.

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37.8 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Schemes Year: 2019-2020

Sl. Name of the Scheme/ Relief No. of Total Amount Disbursed No. Measures Beneficiaries (Rs. in ‘000’) Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme 05 146000 a)State Government 1. Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme 03 28350 b) Central Government

Ellai Kavalar/ Tamilaringar Pension 2. 10 308500 Scheme

3. Agavai Muthirntha Tamilaringar 10 330400 Source: D.D. Tamil Dept & DTO, Tirunelveli.

37.9 Social Welfare Schemes Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. of Value of Assistant Name of the Schemes No. Beneficiaries (Kind of Cash) in Rs.

Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Ninaivu 1 2167 81725000 Marriage Assistance Scheme

EVR Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Widow 2 16 550000 Daughter Marriage Assistance scheme

Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy Ninaivu Inter – 3 31 1175000 Caste Marriage Assistance scheme

Annai Therasha Ninaivu Orphan Girls 4 2 75000 Marriage Assistance scheme

Dr.Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow 5 0 0 Remarriage Assistance Scheme

Chief Minister’s Girl Child Protection 6 1102 27550000 Scheme

Source: District Social Welfare Officer, Tirunelveli.

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38. SANITARY SERVICES 38.1. No. of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage and Sewage Disposal and other Particulars Year: 2019-2020 No. of Sanitary No. of Sanitary Workers No. of Workers engaged in Workers Sl.No. Name of the Municipality engaged in Other engaged in Garbage and connected Sanitation Sewage disposal works related with sanitation 1. Tenkasi 132 57 - 2. Sankarankoil 282 282 73(DBC) 3. Kadayanallur 298 210 0 4. Puliyangudi 171 141 30 5. Senkottai 21 21 0 Total 904 711 103 Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli

38.2. No. of Vehicles Engaged in Sanitary Services Year: 2019-2020

No. of vehicles engaged in Sanitary Sl. No. Name of the Municipality Services 1. Tenkasi 11 2. Sankarankoil 9 3. Kadayanallur 15 4. Puliyangudi 10 5. Senkottai 2 Total 47 Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli

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39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE 39.1. Institutions and Laboratories Engaged In Research Work

Name and address of Institutions and Type of Research Field Laboratories (1) (2)

Agmark voluntary packers applied State Agmark Grading Laboratory, certificate for authorization Quality Head post Office Road, checking and grading and also issue for Tirunelveli - 2 Agriculture commodities. Note: Data‟s for unified district of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi. Source: Deputy Director of Agriculture (Agri Buisness), Tirunelveli.

40. STORAGE FACILITIES 40.1. List of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Storage Godowns Year: 2019 - 2020 Sl. No Item Numbers Capacity (MT) 1. Agriculture 31 3100

2. Co-Operation 137 14126 3. Civil Supplies 5 15000

4. Panchayat Union 37 4720 7 5. Regulated Market (4-Own Building, 16200 3- Rented building) 6. Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corp 7 18000 Source: D.D. Agri/ Secretary District Agriculture Marketing Committee Office/ AD (Panchayat),/JR Co-op, Tvl.

40.2. List of Cold Storage and Godowns Year: 2019 – 2020

Name of the No. of Units/(MT) Sl. Name and address of the cold Regulated No. Cold storage Market Godown storage Regulated Market, 8 Rajapalayam 1. Sankarankovil 1/(500) 4/(800,800,1000,2000) road, Sankarankovil- 627756 Regulated Market, Madurai Road, 2. Tenkasi 1/(25) 2/(1000) Tenkasi – 627811 Regulated Market, Kadayam Road, 3. Pavoorchatram 1/(1000) 3/(800,1000,5000) Pavoorchatram Regulated Market,Electric Board 4. Kadayanallur 1/(200) 2/(800,2000) Opposite, Tenkasi Road, Kadayanallur

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41. TEXTILES 41.1. No. of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving Mills Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. No. of Ginning mills No. of Spinning mills No. of Weaving mills (1) (2) (3) (4)

1. 1 40 3

Source: Inspector of Factories.

41.2. Quantum of Production Year: 2019-2020

Ginning Mills Weaving mills Spinning mills production production Production (2) (1) (3)

- - -

Source: Inspector of Factories.

42. TRADE AND COMMERCE 42.1. No. of Major and Minor Trade and Commercial Estate Year 2019-2020

No. of Sl. No. of major No. of minor Commodities Commercial No. Trade Trade estate

1. Paddy

2. Chillies

3. Cotton 159 236 - 4. Groundnut

5. Blackgram

6. coriander Source: Secretary, Tirunelveli Marketing Committee.

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43. TRANSPORT

Tenkasi has an extensive transport network and is well-connected to other major cities by road and rail. The city is located on NH 7, 160 km (99 mi) south of Madurai and 60 km (37 mi) west of Tirunelveli. Tenkasi is also connected by major highways to Kollam, Tirunelveli, Rajapalayam and Sankarankovil.

The city is connected to major cities in all four directions. Madurai and Virudhunagar to the North, Tirunelveli to the south, Kollam to the west and Tirunelveli to the east. Tenkasi is also connected to major Indian cities with daily service to Chennai, , Madurai and Kollam, Guruvayur. There is passenger service to Madurai, Kollam and Tirunelveli.

The nearest airport to Tenkasi is (TCR) at Vagaikulam in Thooothukudi District, 92 km (57 mi) east of the city, which offers daily flights to Chennai. The nearest inter airports are Madurai International Airport, 155 km (96 mi) away and International Airport (TRV), about 112 km(81mi) away.

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43.1. Length of Roads (In Kilo Metres) Year 2019-2020

Surfaced Roads (K.M) Un Grand Name of authority Water surfaced Cement Bitumino Total bound Total Roads Concrete us Macadam

National High ways - 71.40 - 71.40 - 71.40

State High ways 0.230 221.515 - 221.745 221.745

Major District 0.665 183.495 - 184.160 184.160 Road

Other District 2.848 687.190 - 690.038 690.038 Road

Sugarcane Roads - 8.0 - 8.0 - 8.0

Source: S.E (H), Tirunelveli & S.E. (NH), Tirunelveli.

43.2. Accidents Year: 2019-2020 Name of the Total No. of Sl. Number of corporation/Block/ Number persons No. persons killed Municipality of Accidents injured

1. Tirunelveli Moffusial 873 989 210

Tirunelveli City 2. 387 366 69 (Upto March 2020) Source: Superintendent of Police, Tenkasi.

43.3. Registered Motor Vehicles Year: 2019-2020 Commercial Non Commercial RTO Total Vehicles Vehicles

Sankarankoil 549 10673 11222

Tenkasi 1417 16207 17624

Source: Regional Transport Office Sankarankoil& Tenkasi.

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43.4. Transport Corporations Year: 2019-2020 No. of Sl. Name of the Headquart District Year of Formation buses as on No. Corporations er covered 31st March 01.01.1974 (Formation) 01.04.1983 (Bifurcation Tamil Nadu as TNSTC (Madurai State Transport Division-II Ltd) Corporation 12.02.2004 Regional Tirunelveli, 1. (Tirunelveli) (Amalgamation as the H.Q- Tenkasi & 636 Ltd., existing corporation) Tirunelveli Tuticorin Tirunelveli 23.10.2010 (Bifurcation Region as TNSTC Tirunelveli Ltd.,) Tirunelveli Region Source: GM TNSTC Tirunelveli. Ltd., Tirunelveli Region

43.5. Selected Indicators on Overall Performance of State Transport Corporations Year: 2019-2020 Name of the Transport Sl. No. Item Corporation st 1. Fleet Strength as on 31 March 636 2. Kilometers operated carried per day (in lakhs) 2.67 3. Number of passengers carried per day (in lakhs) 5.49 4. Fleet Utilization (Percentage) 90.08 5. Kilometer efficiency (Percentage) 96.95 a) City 5.43 Kilometer run per litre of 6. b) Mofussil 5.24 diesel c) Overall 5.29

st 7. Number of routes (as on 31 March) 428

8. Number of New routes introduced during the year 1

9. New villages benefited during the year 1

10. Benefited village population (in lakhs) 0.35

St 11. Staff strength as on 31 March 3975

12. Number of New Buses purchased during this year 86 Source: GM, TNSTC, Tirunelveli Region.

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43.6. Railway Lines (Broad Gauge) and Stations Year: 2019-2020

Tirunelveli Tiuticorin Srivaikundam Item Sub Sub Sub Total Division Division Division

Route Length 29.20 80.03 61.01 170.24

Track Length 54.20 115.99 69.23 239.42

No. of Railway 4 11 11 26 Stations

Source :Combined Report of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi District.

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43.7. Port Development 1. Major Ports 2. Minor ports Vessels entered and Cargo handled Vessels Cargo Name of the Port entered handled Chennai Major Ports Tuticorin Nil Nil Cuddalore Intermediate Ports Nil Nil Nagapattinam Kilakarai Rameswaram Pamban Minor Ports Colachal Nil Nil Kanniyakumari Valinokkam * Including Transshipment, Cargo and Container cargo Source: Concerned Port Office.

43.8 AIR PORTS Year.2019-2020 Sl. Passengers (in ‘000’) Airport No. (2) Embarked Disembarked Transit Total (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MADRAS 1. a) International b) Domestic

DOMESTIC AIRPORT Nil a) Madras

2. b) Coimbatore c) Madurai d) Tiruchirappalli Cargo Handled (Tonne) Revenue (Rs. In lakhs) Loaded Unloaded Total PAX Cargo Total (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

Nil

Source: Concerned Airport.

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43.9. Private Transport Operators Year: 2019-2020

Type of the Sl. No. Transport Sankarankoil Tenkasi Total Operations

1. Moffusil 23 43 66

2. Tourist - - -

3. Spare 14 29 43

4. Mini Bus Route 37 67 104

Source: Regional Transport Officer, Sankarankoil, Tenkasi.

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TOURISM

PLACES OF IMPORTANCE IN TENKASI DISTRICT

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44. TOURISM Places of Importance in Tenkasi District

Courtallam

Courtallam is situated at a mean elevation of 160 meters (520 ft) on the Western Ghats in Tenkasi District of Tamilnadu, India. The numerous waterfalls and cascades along with the ubiquitous health resorts in the area have earned in the title of “Spa of ”. The falls are fullest with rain on the hills. They are Main falls, Five Falls, the Shenbhaga Falls, the Tiger Falls, old Courtallam falls, Honey falls, Orchard falls and Sitraruvi.

Sankarankoil

Sankarankovil temple was built in the early part of the 11th century. C.E. The temple at Sankarankoil depicts Hari and Hara as one God. There is a deity named Sankara Narayanan, which is half Lord Shiva and half Lord Vishnu. There is another deity, named Avodai ambal or Gomathi Ambal, after whom the temple is named; it was built by Ukrama Pandiyan in 900 C.E. Scared sand is available, which is believed curative by some. June is marked by the Adi Thabasu festival.

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Pottalpudur Dargah

Pottalpudur Dargah is one of the most prominent centers of pilgrimage in the district of Tenkasi. This famous Dargah which has the architectural style of the Hindu temples is well-known for its services to the people of all community and it stands as a good example of secularism and communal harmony.

Aanjanayar Temple

One finds reference to this place in Kishkinda Kandam Anjaneya is said to have stayed here for a week along with the Vanara army Located 150kms South West of Madurai and about 20kms East of Tenkasi on the Madurai-Tenkasi Highway is the Anjaneya temple in Krishnapuram near

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Kadayanallur. The Anjaneya idol is made out of a single stone and is seen to be going down below the earth.

4.1. Places of Tourist Attraction Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Tourist Place Main falls, Old Falls, Five Falls, Honey Falls, Tiger 1. Courtalam Falls and Boating 2. Shencottai Gundar Dam Site 3. Vadakarai Adavi Nainar Dam Site 4. Kadayam Kadana Dam. Source: District Tourist Development Office.

44.2. List of Places of Worship

Sl. No. Places of Worship

1. A/M Kasi viswanatharkoil –Tenkasi. 2. A/M Sankaranarayanar Temple – Sankarankoil. 3. Chitrasabai – Courtallam. 4. A/M Aanjanayar Temple – Kadayanallur 5. A/M Balasubramaniaswamy Temple – Aykudi Source: District Tourist Development Office.

44.3. List of Hotels and Lodging Houses Year: 2019-2020

Hotels & S.No. Name of Area Hotels Lodging Houses Lodging Houses 1 Shenkottai 6 -- 4 2 Tenkasi 52 6 68 3 Sankarankovil 10 -- 8 Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelveli.

44.4. List of Travel Agents Year: 2019-2020

Sl. List of Travel Agents List of Travel Agents No. RTO Sankarankoil RTO Tenkasi (1) (2) 1. Nil Nil

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44.5 Train Service Timing (01.04.2020)

Train Schedule Train Name Type Arival Days No. Time 16791 Tirunelveli- Pallakad Exp S M T W T F S 00:03 16792 Palakkad-Tirunelveli Exp S M T W T F S 03:43 16101 Chennai Egmore – Kollam Exp S M T W T F S 04:23 06016 Velankanni – Ernakulam Exp - M - - - - - 05:05 56732 Sengottai – Madurai Pass S M T W T F S 06:48 56796 Sengottai- Tirunelveli Pass S M T W T F S 07:01 06035 Tambaram-Tirunelveli Exp ------S 07:05 12661 Chennai Egmore – Sengottai Exp S M T W T F S 08:08 56801 Tirunelveli - Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 08:33 16181 Chennai Egmore – Sengottai Exp S - T - T - - 08:58 56731 Madurai – Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 10:08 56800 Sengottai-Tirunelveli Pass S M T W T F S 10:28 56797 Tirunelveli – Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 10:55 56734 Sengottai – Madurai Pass S M T W T F S 12:03 56733 Madurai – Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 14:08 56728 Sengottai – Tirunelveli Pass S M T W T F S 14:53 16102 Kollam – Chennai Egmore Exp S M T W T F S 15:23 56803 Tirunelveli – Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 15:33 56736 Sengottai -Madurai Pass S M T W T F S 16:03 16182 Sengottai – Chennai Egmore Exp S - T - T - - 16:38 56802 Sengottai – Tirunelveli Pass S M T W T F S 18:03 12662 Sengottai – Chennai Egmore Exp S M T W T F S 18:22 06015 Ernakulam – Velankanni Exp ------S 18:53 06036 Tirunelveli – Tambaram Exp - - - - T - - 19:20 56727 Tirunelveli - Sengottai Pass S M T W T F S 20:05

44.6. Railway Length (in Km.) Year: 2019-2020 No. of Railway Route Length Track Length Station Broad Gauge Meter Gauge Broad Gauge Meter Gauge 26 257.0 - 495.45 -

Source: Southern Railway.

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45. VITAL STATISTICS 45.1. Births and Deaths Registered Year: 2019-2020 Live Births Deaths Infant Sl. No. Name of the Block Registered Registered Death 1 Alangulam 2201 1033 16 2 Kadayanallur 2604 1103 17 3 Shenkottai 1349 748 8 4 Sankarankoil 2184 810 12 5 Kuruvikulam 1115 638 12 6 Keelapavoor 2295 952 24 7 Melaneelithanallur 829 455 13 8 Tenkasi 2452 848 15 9 Vasudevanallur 2413 1113 15 10 Kadayam 1567 687 18 Total 19009 8387 150 Source: D.D (Health), Sankarankoil.

45.2. Birth, Death and Infant Mortality Rates Year: 2019-2020 (‘000) Infant Mortaily Sl. No. Name of the Block Birth Death Rate 1. Alangulam 11.3 5.3 7.3 2. Kadayanallur 10.4 5.1 6.5 3. Shenkottai 12.3 5.1 5.9 4. Sankarankoil 13.6 5.3 5.5 5. Kuruvikulam 14.3 5.2 10.8 6. Keelapavoor 12.1 5.4 10.5 7. Melaneelithanallur 11.2 6.2 15.7 8. Tenkasi 12.1 5.4 6.1 9. Vasudevanallur 12.1 6.3 6.2 10. Kadayam 14.0 6.0 11.5 Total 12.34 5.53 8.6 Source: D.D (Health), Sankarankoil.

45.3. Death by Causes Year: 2019-2020 Sl.No. Name of the Causes for Death No. of the Death 1. Tuberclosis 85 2. Heart Disease 3538 3. Other Fever 0 4. Special Disease 0 5. Other Disease 4764 Source: D.D (Health) Sankarankovil. 117

46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES

46.1. List of Voluntary Services Available in the District for The Development of Rural and Urban Population Year: 2019-2020

Sl. No. Name of Programme No. of Prog.

1. Youth Club Development Programme (YCDP) 7 Training on Youth Leadership and community 2. 2 Development(TYLCD) 3. Block level sports 9

4. District level sports 1

5. District folk culture 1

6. Work camp 1

7. Theme Based Awareness and Education Programme 7

8 Days and Weeks 25

9. Swatchhta Fortnight 10

10. Swathhta Evam Shramdhan 6

11. District Youth Convention 1

12. Education in Basic Vocational and Soft skill training 3

13. Neighbourhood Youth Parliament 20

14. Fit India Cycle rally 19

15. Constitution Day 3

16. Declamation contest 1

17. SBM 4

18. NYV Training 1

19. Awards and outstanding Youth Club 1

20. Distribution and outstanding materials Youth club 106 Source: Nehru Yuvakendra, Tirunelveli.

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47. WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY 47.1. No. of Schemes Operated In the District Year: 2019-2020

Name of the Sl. No. Name of the Scheme Municipalities

1. Courtallam CWSS 1 Tenkasi 2. Tamirabarani ULB

1. Kottamalaiyar CWSS 2 Sankarankovil 2. Tamirabarani CWSS 3. Manur CWSS

1. Tamirabarani CWSS 3 Kadayanallur 2. Karuppanathi Scheme ULB

1. Kottamalaiyar CWSS 4 Puliyangudi 2. Thamirabarani CWSS

1. Tamirabarani CWSS 5 Shencottai 2. Sasivothama Scheme ULB Source: E.E., TWAD Board, Maintenance Division, Tirunelveli.

47.2. No. of Workers Engaged In the Water Works and Supply Year: 2019-2020 Name of the No. of Workers Sl. Municipalities/ Town Name of the Schemes engaged in water No. Panchayat works and supply Municipality

1. Tenkasi Tamirabarani ULB 23 Kottamalaiyar CWSS 2. Sankarankoil Tamirabarani CWSS 2 Manur CWSS Karuppanathi -ULB 3. Kadayanallur 16

Kottamalaiyar CWSS , 4. Puliyangudi 12 Thamirabarani CWSS Sachivothama (Local Source) 5. Senkottai 3 Tamirabarani – TWAD TOTAL 56

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47.2. No. of Workers Engaged In the Water Works and Supply Year: 2019-2020 No. of Name of the Workers Sl. Municipalities/ Town Name of the Schemes engaged in No. Panchayat water works and supply Town Panchayat Tamirabarani River Scheme & 1. Achanpudur 2 Local Scheme Sankarankovil – Vasudevanallur 2. Alangulam 0 CWSS 3. Alwarkurichi Kadana River Scheme 2

4. Aykudi Tamirabarani River Shceme 4 Courtalam – Shencottai CWSS 5. Courtalam 1 and Vannamadai 6. Ilanji Courtallam – Shencottai CWSS 1

7. Kilapavoor Tamirabarni & Kadana CWSS 6

8. Thisyanvilai-nanguneri CWSS 1

9. Panpoli Tamirabarani River Scheme 1 Sankarankovil – Vasudevanallur 10. Pudur (S) 2 CWSS Tamirabarani River CWSS & 11. 0 Sampavar Vadakarai Source

Naranammalpuram – Sankar 12. 3 Nagar CWSS

13. Sivagiri Tamibarani River CWSS 1 Panagudi-Vallioor-Nanguneri- 14. 1 Thisyanvilai CWSS Acchanpudur-Ayikudi CWSS & 15. Surandai 5 Local Source 16. Thiruvenkadam Tamirabarani River Scheme 1 Vadakarai Ayikudi – Acchanpudur – 17. 0 Keezhpadugai Vadakarai Panpoli CWSS 18. Vasudevanallur Vallioor – Panagudi CWSS 1

TOTAL: 32 (*2016-17 Data) Source: P.A., (P.D.,) A.D., (T.P.,) RDMA.

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47.3. No. of House Connections, Fountains Year: 2019-2020 No. of House water Sl. connections Name of the Municipalities No. House Fountain connection

1. Tenkasi 13847 182

2. Sankarankoil 5665 110

3. Kadayanallur 14011 0

4. Puliyangudi 11805 50

5. Senkottai 4882 144 Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli.

47.4. Educational Expenditure* Year: 2019-2020 Type of School No. of Schools Rs.”000”

Government 170 350,02,99,137

Aided 160 261,37,09,855

*Combined Report of Tirunelveli & Tenkasi District. Data Source: CEO, Tirunelveli.

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Details of Dams and Reservoirs in Tenkasi District

1. Gadana Reservoir

1 Full reservoir level 85 ft.

2 Capacity of the dam 352 M.C.ft.

3 Total length of the dam 5569 ft.

4 Total length of Earth dam 5340 ft.

5 Year of construction 1974

6 Flood discharge 26800 C.ft./.sec.

7 Ayacut - Single crop 242 Acres

8 Ayacut - Double crop 8082 Acres

9 New lands 1000 Acres

10 No. of anaicuts 6

11 No. of surplus arrangements (Size) 7 Nos. (25 ft. X 10 ft.)

12 Canal sluice vent size 3 ft. X 3 ft.

13 River sluice vent Size 5 ft. X 6 ft.

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2.Ramanathi Reservoir

1 Full reservoir level 84 ft.

2 Total Capacity of the dam 152 M.C.ft.

3 Total length of the dam 2749 ft.

4 Total length of Earth dam 2409 ft.

5 Year of construction 1974

6 Flood discharge 10450 C.ft./sec.

7 Water spread area 0.15 Sq. Miles

8 Ayacut - Single crop 94.80 acres

9 Ayacut - Double crop 4082.91 acres

10 New lands 519.00

11 Water rate lands 246.80 acres

12 No.of anaicuts 9

13 No. of surplus arrangements 2 (30 ft. X 15 ft.)

14 Canal sluice vent size Vadakal - 5 ft. X 6 ft.

Thenkai - 5 ft. X 6 ft.

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3. Karuppanathi Dam

1 Full reservoir level 72 ft.

2 Total Capacity of the dam 1815 M.C.ft.

3 Total length of the dam 2919 ft.

4 Total length of Earth dam 2788 ft.

5 Year of construction 1976

6 No. of anaicuts 6

7 Ayacut - Dry land 796 Acres

8 Ayacut - Wet land 7867 Acres

9 Flood discharge 12600 C.ft. / sec

10 Water spread area 1.95 Sq.miles

11 No. of surplus arrangements (Size) 2 (30 X 15 ft.)

12 Canal sluice vent size 5 X 6 ft.

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4. Gundar Reservoir

1 Full reservoir level 36.09 ft.

2 Capacity of the dam 25 M.C.ft.

3 Total length of the dam 1463 ft.

4 Total length of the Earth dam 991 ft.

5 Total length of the masonry dam 492 ft.

6 Year of construction 1983

7 Ayacut (Double Crop) 1122 Acres

8 No. of anaicuts 6

9 Flood discharge 958 C.ft. / sec

10 Water spread area 35.30 Acres

11 Surplus arrangement length 253 ft.

12 River sluice vent size 5 X 6 ft.

13 Sambodai kal sluice size 3 X 4 ft.

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5. Adavinainar Kovil Dam

1 Full reservoir level 132 ft.

2 Length of the dam 670 Mtre

3 Water spread area 87 Acres

4 Ayacutt Area 2339.5 Hects.

5 Year of construction 2002

6 Capacity of the Dam 174 ft.

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