COIMBATORE DISTRICT PROFILE 2016 7 COIMBATORE DISTRICT PROFILE - 2016 1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION North Latitude : Between 10 10’ and 11 30’ East Longitude : Between 76 40’ and 77 30’ 2. AREA AND POPULATION I. Geographical Area (Sq.Km.) : 3671 (as per village Records) Reserve Forest (Sq. Km.) : 1052 Total Area (Sq. Km.) : 4723 II. CENSUS 2011 I.Population a) Total Population : 3458045 b) Male Population : 1729297 c) Female Population : 1728748 II.Literates a)Total Literates : 2635907 b) Male : 1394790 c) Female : 1241117 III.Main Workers (Census 2011) a. Total Workers : 1567950 b. Male Workers : 1083125 c. Female Workers : 484825 d. Cultivators : 75411 e. Agricultural Labourers : 201351 f. Other Workers : 1291188 8 V. Languages Spoken in the : Tamil Baduga District Telugu Punjabi Hindi Rajasthani English Marathi Urdu Gujarathi Malayalam Bengali Kannada Nepali 3. TEMPERATURE Plains - Maximum : 35.7 C Plains - Minimum : 19.5 C 4. RAINFALL (IN mm) Normal - North East Monsoon : 328.9 South West Monsoon : 189.8 Actual - North East Monsoon : 341.1 South West Monsoon : 309.4 5. AGRICULTURE I. a. Total Cultivated Area (Ha) : 177313 b. Net Area Sown (Ha) : 173599 c. Area Sown more than once (Ha) : 3714 d. Area and Production of Principal Crops Area Production S.No Crops (in ha.) (in tonnes) 1 Paddy (Rice ) : 2034 10139 2 Cholam : 27441 23105 3 Maize : 4166 35797 4 Other Cereals : 131 194 5 Pulses : 10189 5794 6 Sugarcane (Gur) : 927 121181 7 Groundnut : 4877 12389 8 Gingelly : 444 114 9 Cotton : 469 797 9 e. Agricultural Land Holdings (As per the Agricultural Census 2010-11) 1. Holdings : 131341 2. Area (Hectares) : 237305.22 3. Average Size of Holdings (Hectares) : 1.81 II.a. Important Food Crops 1. Paddy 7 Greengram 13.Vegetables 2. Jowar 8. Horsegram 14. Coconut 3. Maize 9. Sugarcane 15. Banana 4. Bengalgram 10. Turmeric 16. Mango 5. Redgram 11. Chillies 17. Curry Leaves 6 Blackgram 12. Onion 18. Arecanut b. Other than Food Crops : 1. Teak 4. Casuarina 7. Eucalyptus 2. Tea 5. Coffee 8. Pepper 3. Cardamom 6.Cashewnut 9.Cotton 6. IRRIGATION GrossArea NetArea a. Govt. Canals : 19251 18920 b. Private Canals : -- -- c. Tanks : -- -- d. Tube Wells : 31227 30784 e. Wells & Other Sources : 66900 65396 f. Other Sources : -- -- Total Irrigated : 118146 115964 A) Name of the Rivers 1. Aliyar 2. Nirar 3. Sholayar 4. Parambikulam 5. Noyyal 6. Bhavani B) Name of the Lakes : NIL 10 7. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY I. Veterinary Institutions a Poly Clinic : 1 b Veterinary Hospitals : 12 c Veterinary Dispensaries : 85 d Clinical Centres : 1 e Sub Centres : 24 f Mobile Unit : 2 II. Poultry Development a Chicks produced in hatcheries (Lakh Nos) : 410 b Birds sold for breeding (Lakh Nos.) : 5 c Birds sold for table (Lakh Nos.) : 380 III. Livestock and Poultry Population a Cattle : 406587 b Buffaloes : 8397 c Sheep : 109358 d Goat : 198574 e Poultry : 11721527 8. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT a Dairies : 1 b Milk Chilling Plants : 4 c No.of milk co-operative Societies : 327 d Quantity of Milk Produced ( in Lakh Litres) : 447.34 9. FISHERIES a. Length of Coastal Line (Km.) : Nil b. Number of Coastal Blocks : Nil c. Number of Coastal Centres : Nil d. Marine Fish Production (Tonne) : Nil e. Inland Fish Production (Tonne) : 47.559 10. FOREST A. Forest Area (Ha.) a. Reserved Forests : 105224 b. Reserved Lands : - c. Unclassified Forests (Revenue Department Record) : 6647 11 B. Out-turn of Forest Product a. Timber (Cu.m.) : b. Fuelwood (MT) : c. Pulpwood (MT) : d. Sandalwood) : Nil e. Rubber (MT) : f. Bamboo (Tonne) : g. Tea (Green LeavesM.T) : h. Wattle Bark (MT) : i. Cashew (Tonne) : 11. ELECTRICITY A.Generation of Electricity a. Hydro (Million Units) : 1062.244 b. Wind Mill Generation (M.W) : 127.15 c. Thermal : Nil d. Power Purchased : 715.15 e. Gas Turbine : Nil B.Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) Kwh/Annual a. Agriculture : 24.42 b. Industry : 2650.61 c. Commercial : 464.06 d. Domestic : 1187.27 e. Public Lighting & Water Works : 109.93 f. Sales to Licensees : Nil g. Sales to Other States : Nil h. Miscellaneous : 334.87 C.Rural Electrification 1. Number of Pump sets Energized : 54768 2. Number of Town Electrified : 38 3. Number of Villages Electrified : 85 4. Number of Hamlets Electrified : 315 12.ENTERPRISES RURAL URBAN a.Number of Agricultural. Enterprises : 76320 10178 b.Number of Non Agricultural Enterprises : 112310 207332 c. No. of Enterprises: i. With Premises : 168370 198302 ii. Without Premises : 20260 19208 12 13. INDUSTRIES A. 1. No.of Working Factories (Registered) : 2877 2. Employment in working factories : 152373 3. No.of Trade Unions : 781 4. No.of Strikes : 1 5. No.of Lockouts : 1 6. Large Scale Industries : 7. Medium Scale Industries : 413 8. Small Scale Industries /MSME Units : 12873 9. Cottage Industries. : 522 10. No. of New factories set up : 193 B. Name of the Important Industries in the District 1. Textiles 9. Animal Feed 2. Hosiery 10. Steel rolling 3. Cement 11. Paper 4. Motors & Pumps 12. Sugar 5. Wet Grinders 13. Flour Mills 6. Solar heaters 14. Dairy 7. Safety Valves 15. Soya 8. Stabilizers various type of Electrical 16. Ancilliary and Non Electrical machines Machinery C. Industrial Park : 2 ( Wet grinder cluster - Coimbatore) ( Pump sets cluster - Coimbatore) 14. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES Production Sales (Rs. in Value (in lakhs) lakhs) Khadi & Village Industries 92.45 226.70 15. MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Only Govt.) I) Modern Medicine a. No.of Hospitals : 14 b. Dispensaries : 58 c. Primary Health Centres (Wings) : 58 d.Urban Primary Health Centre(Corp.) : 23 e. Health Sub Centres : 328 f. Other medical Institutions : - g. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries : 2189 h. Total Number of Doctors : 547 i. Total Number of Nurses : 1253 13 II) Indian Medicine (Ayrvedic/Siddha/Unani) a. Hospital : 13 b. Dispensaries : 14 c. Total Number of Doctors : 49 III) Homoeopathy a. Number of Hospitals : 1 b. Total Number of Doctors : 2 16. EDUCATION 1 Universities : 8 2 Arts and Science Colleges : 53 3 College of Education : 34 4 College of Physical Education : 1 5 Medical Colleges : 3 6 Dental Colleges : 2 7 Homeopathy Medical Colleges : 2 8 Siddha Medical Colleges : 1 9 Ayurvedha Medical Colleges : 1 10 Engineering Colleges : 66 11 Architecture Colleges : 10 12 Management Colleges : 26 13 Coimbatore Marine College : 1 14 Air Force Administrative College : 1 15 Law Colleges : 1 16 Music Colleges : 1 17 Polytechnic Colleges : 26 18 Nursing Colleges : 20 19 Pharmacy Colleges : 10 20 Physiotheraphy Colleges : 7 21 Occupational Theraphy Colleges : 1 22 Agriculture (Forest) : 1 23 Veterinary Colleges : NIL 24 Co.op.Training Institute : 1 25 Pre-Primary Nursery Schools : 207 26 Primary Schools : 866 27 Middles Schools : 266 28 High Schools : 113 29 Higher Secondary Schools : 152 30 Central Schools : 72 31 Matric. High Schools : 75 32 Matric.Higher.Sec.Schools : 204 33 Anglo Indial Schools : 3 34 Teacher Training Institute : 12 35 Government ITI : 2 36 Special School for Physically : 23 Challenged 14 17. TRANSPORT A. Road Length (Km.) 1. National Highways : 360.400 2. State Highways : 1168.725 3. Corporation : 2112.110 4. Municipalities Road : 569.322 5. Panchayat Union and Panchayat Road : 7626.037 6. Town Panchayat Road : 1841.540 7. Others (Forest Roads) : 226.240 Registered Motor Vehicles 1. Commercial : 61114 2. Non-Commercial : 1387497 B.Railway Length 1. Route Length (Km.) - Broad Gauge : 141.21 Meter Gauge : 27.64 2. Track Length (Km.) - Broad Gauge : 249.903 Meter Gauge : 28.08 C. Number of Railway Stations : 13 D. Number of Sea Ports : Nil E. Number of Air Ports 1 Name of the Air Port : Civil Air Port, Peelamedu, Coimbatore F. Name of the Export and Import Commodities EXPORTS: 1. Hosiery Items and Readymade Garments 2. Pumps and Motors 3. Yarn 4. Castings 5. Textile Spares 6. Jasmine 7. Arecanut 8. Jewels 9. Software 10. Tea IMPORTS: 1. Fabric 2. Engineering Spares 3. Surgical Items 4. Medicines 5. Chemicals 6. Garment Accessories. 15 18. COMMUNICATION a. Post & Telegraph i.Post Offices doing postal business alone : 298 ii.Post Offices doing Post & Telegraph business : NIL b. Telephones i. No.of Installed Capacity : 398930 ii. No.of Public Call Offices : 6184 iii. No.of Telephone Exchanges : 145 19. CO-OPERATION a. Primary Agricultural Rural Development Banks : 9 b. District Central Co-operative Banks : 1 c. Co-operative Urban Banks : 4 d. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : 137 e. Housing Co.op.society : 76 f. Employees Co-operative Societies : 89 g.Handloom Weavers Co-operative Societies : 60 h. Powerloom Weavers Co-operative Societies : 20 i. Industrial Co-operative Societies : 20 j. Khadi & Village Industries Societies : 27 k.Primary Co-operative Stores : 35 l. Co-operative Sugar Mills : -- m.Students Co-operative Stores : 7 n.Co.op . Marketing Society : 5 o.Special Type Societies : 8 p.Consumer Co-operative Whole Sale Stores : 2 q.Urban Co-operative Credit Societies : 10 r.Vegetable Growers co.op.marketing society : 1 s.Taminadu Industrizal Co.op.Bank Ltd. : 1 t.Milk Produces Co-op.Societies : 327 u.Co-op.Milk Produces Union : 1 20. REGISTRATION a. No.of Registration Offices : 17 b. Aggregate Value of property : 1474.18 Transferred (Rs. in Crores) c. Total Receipts (Rs. in Crores) : 737.09 16 21. HOUSING i. No.of (S.F.Schemes) constructed by TNHB : 444 ii. Dy. Registrar Housing : Nil iii. No. Of Tenements Constructed by TNSCB : 1219 iv. No. Of Tenements Constructed by PHB : 674 v. Dy. Registrar Housing - Rural : Nil vi. Dy. Registrar Housing - Urban : Nil vii. Total No. of Households a. S.C : NA b. S.T : NA c. Others : NA viii. No. of households below poverty line : NA 22. SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.) a. Old Age Pensioners : 79358 b. Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy Ninaivu Mahapperu Udhavi Thittam : c.