COIMBATORE DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Name of the District : Coimbatore, TamilNadu 2. Geographical Position : North Latitude between 11o00’58” and 11o01’61” East Longitude between 76o58’16” and 76o09’71” 3. Total Geographical area : 3670 Sq.km 4. District Headquarters name : Coimbatore (Source: Google map) 5. Demographic details S. No Particulars Value i) Population Male 1482228 Female 1434392 Total Population 2916620 Rural 854489 Urban 2062131 ii) Population density / Sq. km 601 iii) Literates Male (%) 1140737 (77%) Female (%) 915640 (64%) Total (%) 2056377 (71%) iv) Details on SC/ST population Male 327791 Female 230936 Total Population 558727 Literacy rate (%) Male NA Female NA Total NA v) Labour profile a) Total workers 937314 b) Male workers 627693 c) Female workers 309621 d) Rural workers 436831 e) Urban workers 500483 f) Cultivators 98364 g) Agricultural Labourers 211056 h) Household industry 30381 i) Other workers 510302 j) Marginal workers 87211 j) Non-workers 1048424 k) Average labour wages for farm operations Skilled job Unskilled (Rs./manday of seven to nine hours) job Peak seasons NA Male NA Female NA Lean seasons Male NA Female NA Average labour wages for farm operations Skilled job Unskilled (Rs./manday of five to six hours) job Peak seasons Male 122.70 114.11 Female 64. 81 51.52 Lean seasons Male 114.11 95.62 Female 51.52 49.78 vi) Major languages spoken in the district Tamil, Telugu, Kannada vii) Details on Birth-Death Rate (per 1000 population) Birth Rate 15.9 Death Rate 5.4 Infant Mortality Rate 16.5 Expectation of life in years Male 65 Female 62 (Source : G returns and seasonal report) 6. Taluk details (2011 Census) S. No Name of the taluk Total area in ha Taluk HQ 1 Coimbatore North 88437 Coimbatore 2 Coimbatore South 32401 Coimbatore 3 Mettupalayam 64545 Mettupalayam 4 Pollachi 116551 Pollachi 5 Sulur 58496 Sulur 6 Valparai 66964 Valparai 7 Coimbatore Corporation 10560 - 8 Pollachi Municipality 1386 - 9 Mettupalayam Municipality 720 - (Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore) 7. Block details (2011 Census) S. Name of the block Total Number of Number Total Population inclusive SC / ST population area of of SC / ST population No Panchayats in ha Villages Male Female Total Male Female Total 1 Periyanaickenpalayam 39537 15 15 122492 116629 239121 14913 14780 29693 2 Sarkarsamakulam 19837 19 19 55855 54249 110104 8743 8822 17565 3 Thondamuthur 44932 25 25 74087 72338 146425 13446 13127 26573 4 Madukkarai 32401 22 22 129734 125748 255482 19168 19355 38523 5 Karamadai 64545 19 19 86911 84299 171210 18630 18214 36844 6 Pollachi North 28652 48 48 52456 51902 104358 11048 11201 22249 7 Pollachi South 20636 29 29 56541 55086 111627 9830 9587 19417 8 Anaimalai 34688 19 19 69929 69797 139725 15720 15759 31476 9 Kinathukadavu 32575 35 35 49729 50453 100182 9714 10105 19819 10 Valparai 66964 - - 46961 48146 95107 25819 27059 52878 11 Annur 29060 22 22 51051 50017 101068 13116 12865 25981 12 Sultanpet 29575 20 20 34872 34390 69262 7640 7521 15161 13 Sulur 28960 21 21 95888 91282 187170 14969 15058 30027 14 Coimbatore- 10560 - - 477937 452945 930882 39069 38647 77716 Corporation 15 Pollachi – 1386 - - 44400 43902 88302 4512 4717 9229 Municipality 16 Mettupalayam - 720 - - 33385 33210 66595 4138 4118 8256 Municipality (Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore) 8. Block wise Literacy Rate (%) ( 2011 Census) S. Name of the block Other than SC / ST population SC / ST population Total Literacy Rate No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Periyanaickenpalayam NA NA NA NA NA NA 77.87 65.40 71.79 1 Sarkarsamakulam NA NA NA NA NA NA 75.45 72.88 68.46 2 Thondamuthur NA NA NA NA NA NA 72.53 58.15 65.43 3 Madukkarai NA NA NA NA NA NA 76.97 64.14 70.66 4 Karamadai NA NA NA NA NA NA 96.09 52.87 61.10 5 Pollachi North NA NA NA NA NA NA 68.65 51.31 60.02 6 Pollachi South NA NA NA NA NA NA 72.54 57.20 64.97 7 Anaimalai NA NA NA NA NA NA 66.86 50.59 58.88 8 Kinathukadavu NA NA NA NA NA NA 65.55 48.81 58.63 9 Valparai NA NA NA NA NA NA 79.36 63.28 71.22 10 Annur NA NA NA NA NA NA 66.91 48.69 57.89 11 Sultanpet NA NA NA NA NA NA 67.26 48.01 57.70 12 Sulur NA NA NA NA NA NA 76.43 60.31 68.56 13 Coimbatore- NA NA NA NA NA NA 83.94 75.00 79.59 14 Corporation Pollachi – NA NA NA NA NA NA 81.90 72.52 77.23 15 Municipality Mettupalayam - NA NA NA NA NA NA 79.35 66.60 72.99 16 Municipality (Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore) 9. Educational and other infrastructural facilities of latest available year S. No Particulars Numbers / Values 01 Educational facilities a) Pre-primary 413 b) Primary 1365 c) Middle 480 d) High 162 e) Higher-Secondary 172 02 Professional colleges a) Medical 5 b) Engineering 39 c) Agriculture 1 d) Veterinary / Fisheries 0 e) Universities 6 f) Law college 1 03 Number of Arts and Science Colleges 49 04 Institutional Credit Facility a) Name of the Lead Bank Canara bank b) Number of branches of lead bank in the district 32 c) Other Commercial Banks 454 d) Primary Land Development Bank 13 e) District Central Co-operative Banks 1 f) Urban Banks 6 g) Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society 265 h) Housing Co-operative Societies 107 i) Employees Co-operative Societies 126 j) Weavers Co-operative Society 79 k) Industrial Co-operative Society 21 l) Khadi and Village Industries Societies 27 m) Industrial Co-operative Societies 21 n) Primary Co-operative Stores 58 o) Co-operative Sugar mills 1 q) Other Marketing Society (please specify) 0 05 Agricultural Marketing and Processing a) Number of Regulated Markets 18 b) Number of Co-operative Marketing Society 9 c) Number of Permanent Markets / Central 18 Markets d) Number of weekly markets / shandies 32 e) Number of drying yards 85 f) Number of storage godowns 77 g) Number of cold storage units for agricultural 8 produce h) Number of agro based / agri-based processing - industries i) Small scale - ii) Medium scale - iii) Large scale - (Source : G returns -State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore) 10. Weather Data 2020 Rainfall Temperature 0 C Relative Humidity (%) Month (mm) Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum January, 20 0 22.8 34.4 45.9 93.9 February, 20 0 23.2 35.4 38.3 89.9 March, 20 0 25.8 38.5 35.5 88.2 April, 20 25.0 27.3 40.3 30.3 90.1 May, 20 43.0 28.4 39.5 44.6 87.7 June, 20 10.5 27.2 38.4 51.3 88.2 July, 20 58.0 26.4 36.1 52.6 92.5 August, 20 32.0 26.4 35.7 52.7 91.4 September, 20 72.0 26.0 34.1 56.7 91.2 October, 20 13.0 26.2 35.5 50.5 91.4 November, 20 317.0 25.0 34.3 55.7 97.8 December, 20 45.5 23.6 31.8 57.7 98.2 Total/Average 616.0 25.6 36.2 47.6 91.7 (Source : ITC company Ltd, Vivekanandapuram) 11. Land details a) Nine fold classification of land and other land S.No Particulars Area in ha 01 Total geographical area 397882.75 02 Area under Forest 6647 03 Barren and uncultivable land 4787 04 Land put into non-agricultural uses 74202 05 Cultivable waste 9062 06 Permanent pastures and other grazing lands 76 07 Miscellaneous tree crops and grooves not 3168 included in the net area sown 08 Current Fallow 56219 09 Other Fallow 30630 10 Net Area Sown 182306 Area sown more than once 8841 11 12. Gross Cropped Area 191147 b) Details on operational holdings S. No Classification category Category area Operational area in ha Number of holdings 01 Marginal < 1ha 50297.03 92313 02 Small 1-2 ha 92971.36 64382 03 Small-medium 2-5 ha 153911.00 50748 04 Medium 5-10 ha 72122.32 10775 05 Large >10 ha 52425.30 2425 Total 397882.75 220643 12) Irrigation Resources S. No Particulars Number Other related particulars Value / details 01 Canals Government 27 Length in km 290.48 23326 Private 0 Length in km 0 02 Tanks < 40 ha 18 20 =>40 ha 30 23 03 Wells Open wells 51786 72163 Bore wells 13564 0 19314 Dug cum bore wells 0 0 0 Tube wells 0 0 0 Filter point tube wells 0 0 0 Artisan wells 0 0 0 04 Other if any 0 0 0 13) Soil resources and type S. No Name of the block Soil type Major nutrients Micro-nutrients which are which are deficient deficient 1 Periyanaickenpalayam Red loam N Zn, Fe, Cu Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil 2 Sarkarsamakulam Red loam N Zn, Fe, Cu Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil 3 Thondamuthur Red loam N Zn, Fe, Cu Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil 4 Madukkarai Red loam N Zn, Fe, Cu Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil 5 Karamadai Red loam N Zn, Cu Sandy Coastal alluviam 6 Pollachi North Red loam N, P Zn, Cu Black soil 7 Pollachi South Red loam N, P Zn, Cu Black soil 8 Anaimalai Red loam N, P Zn, Cu Black soil 9 Kinathukadavu Red loam N, P Zn, Cu Black soil 10 Valparai Red loam K B, Mo Black soil 11 Annur Red loam N, P Zn, Cu Black soil Red sandy soil Calcareous soil 12 Sultanpet Red loam N Fe, Zn, Mn Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil Calcareous soil 13 Sulur Red loam N Fe, Zn, Mn Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil 14) Area (ha), production (tonnes /ha) and productivity (kg/ha) of major crops S.