3/6/2017 Home TamilNadu Map Kanniyakumari District Profile Print KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT PROFILE • Kanniyakumari is the southernmost district of Tamil Nadu State. The District is bounded by Tirunelveli District on the North and the east. • The South Eastern boundary is flanked by Gulf of Mannar. On the South and the South West, the boundaries are the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. On the West and North West it is bound by Kerala State. • The District lies between 8o 03' and 8o 35' N Latitude, 77o 15' and 77o 36' E Longitude and has an areal extent of 1684 sq.km. • There are 9 Blocks, 95 Villages and 1384 Habitations in the District. Physiography and Drainage: • The major river in the district is Kuzhithuraiar. • This river has got two major distributaries namely Kodayar and Paralayar. There are many tributaries for Kodayar River and among them are Chittar I and Chittar II rivers. • The origin of Kodayar River is Western Ghats and the river confluences with Arabian Sea near Thengaipattanam, at a distance of about 56 Km. west of Cape Comorian, the southernmost tip of India. • Valliar, another small river and its tributary Thoovalar, originates from Velimalai Hills, and confluences with Arabian Sea near Manavalakurichi. Pazhayar is another small river draining the district. Rainfall: The average annual rainfall and the 5 years rainfall collected from IMD, Chennai is as follows: Acutal Rainfall in mm Normal Rainfall in mm 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1057.6 810.60 1201.2 1317.1 1813.9 1302.5 Geology: Rock Type Geological Formation Hard Rock 80% Charnockite, Gneiss, Granite Alluvium, Sendimentary 20% Sandy clay, Marine deposits Hydrogeology: Type of aquifer Water table conditions in Hard Rock Areas. Aquifer parameter Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day) 3.946 to 15.92 Depth of Water level 0.4m to 11.2m Ground Water Level:: The Ground Water levels from the 16 number of observation wells of TWAD have been analysed for Post­Monsoon and Pre­ Monsoon. Since 1991, average Ground water level in m Below Ground Level for pre and post monsoon is as follows: 1/5 3/6/2017 Sustainability:: With a view to enhance the Sustainability of the drinking water sources, recharge structures are being implemented by TWAD Board under various State and Central Government assistances The Recharge Structures implemented so far is as under. Recharge Structures Roof Check Percolation Recharge Recharge Defunct Bore Recharge Hydro Others Ooranies top Total Dam Pond Pit Trench well Recharge Shaft Fracturing RWH 11 45 58 Groundwater Potential as on March 2011 (as per CGWB): Net Groundwater Availability (in MCM) 304.46 Existing Gross Groundwater draft for all users (in MCM) 57.43 Stage of Groundwater development (in %) 19 % Categorization of District Safe Categorization of Firkas: The status of Categorization of firkas as of March 2011 for the District is shown below. Categorisation based on Extraction (as on 2011) No. of Firkas Firkas Over Exploited (>100%) ­ Critical (90%­100%) ­ Semi Critical (70%­90%) ­ Safe (<70%) 18 Arumanai, Azhaipandipuram, Bhoothapandy, Colachel, Edaicode, Midalam, Kulasekaram, Kurunthencode, Kanniyakumari, Nagercoil, Painkulam, Rajakkamangalam, Suchindram, 2/5 3/6/2017 Thiruvattar, Thiruvithancode, Thovalai, Thuckalay, Vilavancode Others (Poor& Saline) ­ Total 18 Water supply status as on 1.4.2016 Rural Habitations Total No. of Rural Habitations: 1379 Partially covered 126 (10­39 lpcd ) Fully covered 1253 (40 lpcd and above) Urban Towns (Water supply status ­ Sep 2016) S.NO Name of Towns Population Present water supply level LPCD Municipalities 1 Kuzhithurai 201307 90 2 Padmanabapuram 21342 104 3 Nagercoil 224849 93 4 Kulachal 23227 90 Town Panchayats 1 Agastheeswaram 9717 77 2 Alagappapuram 9626 76 3 Alur 15063 77 4 Anjugramam 10982 76 5 Aralvaimozhi 22846 76 6 Arumanai 16283 72 7 Athur 11910 71 8 Azhagiapandiapuram 11392 75 9 Balapallam 18589 78 10 Boothapandi 15931 78 11 Edaikodu 25378 81 12 Eraniel 10375 72 13 Ezhudesam 24657 73 14 Ganapathipuram 14598 75 15 Kadayal 21665 72 16 Kaliyakkavilai 15625 72 17 Kallukuttam 19093 73 18 Kanniyakumari 22453 84 3/5 3/6/2017 19 Kappiyarai 15998 73 20 Karungal 16691 97 21 Kilkulam 17327 72 22 Killiyur 20938 96 23 Kollankodu 38385 85 24 Kothinallur 17662 84 25 Kottaram 11055 75 26 Kulasekarapuram 17267 82 27 Kumarapuram 14728 88 28 Manavalakurichi 10969 71 29 Mandaikadu 13317 72 30 Marungur 11236 78 31 Mulagumudu 19538 89 32 Myladi 10070 76 33 Nallur 17989 85 34 Neiyyur 12917 69 35 Pacode 24050 72 36 Pazhugal 18276 79 37 Ponmani 15554 82 38 Pudukadai 9909 75 39 Puthalam 13073 78 40 Reethapuram 21177 72 41 Suchindram 13193 74 42 Thalakudi 8992 77 43 Thengampudur 14538 74 44 Thenthamaraikulam 11872 76 45 Thesur 7615 76 46 Thingalnagar 13567 75 47 Thiruparappu 22401 71 48 Thiruvattaru 18985 70 49 Thiruvithankodu 18723 57 50 Unnamalaikadai 23656 70 51 Valvaithankoshtam 16965 78 52 Vellimalai 13182 80 53 Verkilambi 19730 87 54 Vilavur 14320 100 4/5 3/6/2017 55 Villukuri 15304 83 5/5.