DISTRICT AT A GLANCE 2016-17 I GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION 1 North Latitude Between11o38’25”and 12o20’44” 2 East Longitude Between78o15’00”and 79o42’55” 3 District Existence 18.12.1992 II AREA & POPULATION (2011 census) 1 Area (Sq.kms) 7194 2 Population 34,58,873 3 Population Density (Sq.kms) 481 III REVENUE ADMINISTRATION (i) Divisions ( 4) 1 Villupuram 2 Tindivanam 3 Thirukovilur 4 Kallakurichi (ii) Taluks (13) 1 Villupuram 2 Vikkaravandi (Existancefrom12.02.2014) 3 Vanur 4 Tindivanam 5 Gingee 6 Thirukovilur 7 Ulundurpet 8 Kallakurichi 9 Chinnaselam(Existancefrom12.10.2012) 10 Sankarapuram 11 Marakkanam(Existancefrom04.02.2015) 12 Melmalaiyanur (Existancefrom10.02.2016 13 Kandachipuram(Existancefrom27.02.2016) (iii) Firkas 57 (iv) Revenue Villages 1490 1 IV LOCAL ADMINISTRATION (i) Municipalities (3) 1 Villupuram 2 Tindivanam 3 Kallakurichi (ii) Panchayat Unions (22) 1 Koliyanur 2 Kandamangalam 3 Vanur 4 Vikkaravandi 5 Kanai 6 Olakkur 7 Mailam 8 Marakkanam 9 Vallam 10 Melmalaiyanur 11 Gingee 12 Thiukovilur 13 Mugaiyur 14 Thiruvennainallur 15 Ulundurpet 16 Thirunavalur 17 Kallakurichi 18 Chinnaselam 19 Sankarapuram 20 Thiyagadurgam 21 Rishivandiyam 22 KalvarayanMalai (iii) Town Panchayats (15) 1 Vikkaravandi 2 Valavanur 3 Kottakuppam 4 Marakkanam 5 Gingee 6 Ananthapuram 7 Manalurpet 8 Arakandanallur 9 Thirukoilur 10 T.V.Nallur 11 Ulundurpet 12 Sankarapuram 13 Vadakkanandal 14 Thiyagadurgam 15 Chinnaselam (iv) VillagePanchayats 1099 2 V MEDICINE & HEALTH 1 Hospitals ( Government & Private) 151 2 Primary Health centres 108 3 Health Sub centres 560 4 Birth Rate 14.8 5 Death Rate 3.6 6 Infant Mortality Rate 11.1 7 No.of Doctors 682 8 No.of Nurses 974 9 No.of Bed strength 3597 VI EDUCATION 1 Primary Schools 1865 2 Middle Schools 506 3 High Schools 307 4 Hr. Sec. Schools 280 5 Government I.T.I 1 6 Private I.T.I 16 7 TeacherTraining Institute 5 8 Co-op-Training Institute 1 9 Self-Finance Engineering Colleges 16 10 Govt. Arts &Science Colleges 2 11 Self-Finance Arts & Science Colleges 27 12 Aided Tamil Collges 1 13 Government Music School 1 14 Govt. Engineering Colleges 2 15 D.I.E.T 1 16 Government Ploytechnic 1 17 Government Medical College 1 3 VII POPULATION (2011 Census) No.OfPersons Percentage 1 Male 17,40,819 50.30% 2 Female 17,18,054 49.70% Total 34,58,873 SexRatio 987 Child (0 –6 age) (i) Male 2,08,246 52% (i) Female 1,95,860 48% Total 4,04,106 12% Child (0 – 6)Sex Ratio 941 (iii) Rural Child Population 3,47,396 86% (iv) Urban Child Population 56,710 14% Rural / Urban Population (i) Rural 29,39,785 85% (ii) Urban 5,19,088 15% Literates (i) Male 12,34,479 56% (ii) Female 9,61,297 44% Total 21,95,776 63% Literates Rural (i) Male 10,25,617 57% (ii) Female 7,78,326 43% Total 18,03,943 82% Literates Urban (i) Male 2,08,862 53% (ii) Female 1,82,971 47% Total 3,91,833 18% Schedule Caste Population (i) Male 5,10,869 50.30% (ii) Female 5,04,847 49.70% Total 10,15,716 29.00% Schedule Tribes Population (i) Male 37,570 50.19% (ii) Female 37,289 49.81% Total 74,859 2.00% Population of Municipalities 1 Villupuram Municipality 96,253 2.80% 2 Tindivanam Municipality 72,796 2.10% 3 Kallakurichi Municipality 52,507 1.50% 4 WORKERS 1 Main workers 12,60,802 74% 2 Marginal workers 4,42,447 26% Total workers(1+2) 17,03,249 49% 3 Non Workers 17,55,624 51% Total Population(1+2+3) 34,58,873 Categories of Workers 1 Cultivators 3,22,900 25.60% 2 Agricultural Laborers 5,37,581 42.60% 3 House Hold Industry 23,961 1.90% 4 Other Workers 3,76,360 29.90% Total Main Workers 12,60,802 VIII LAND CLASSIFICATION( INHECT) (G-Return 2016-17) 1 Forests 71,697 10.00% 2 Barren &Uncultivable land 56,651 7.80% 3 Land put to Non Agricultural use 1,36,115 18.80% 4 Cultivable Waste 9577 1.30% 5 Permanent Pastures &other Grazing Land 4,170 0.60% 6 Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops &groves not included in Net 6,216 0.86% 7 Current Fallow Lands 113,794 15.76% 8 Other Fallow Lands 15,642 2. 18% 9 Net Area Sown 3,08,341 42.7% Total Geographical Area 7,22,203 (ii) AGRICULTURE CULTIVATED AREA (Hect) 1 Paddy (i) Kaar 23,220 (ii) Samba 63,899 (iii) Navarai 8,442 Total(Paddy only) 95,561 24.81% 2 Ragi 1,226 0.30% 3 Cumbu 16792 4.36% 4 Maize 14140 3.67% 5 Pulses 101975 26.47% 6 Sugarcane 60362 15.67% 7 Fruits 8461 2.2% 8 Coconut 1723 0.45% 9 Gingelly 4015 1.04% 10 Groundnut 24101 6.26% 11 Flowers 695 0.18% 12 Vegetables 15122 3.93% 13 Other Crops 41057 10.66% Total Cultivated Area 385230 Net Area Sown 308341 80.04% Area Sown Morethan once 76889 19.96% Total Cultivated Area 385230 1. Net Area Irrigated 196172 50.92% 2. Area Irrigated Morethan once 44308 11.5% 3. Gross Area Irrigated 240481 62.43% 4. Gross Area Un-irrigated 144749 37.57% 5 Yield Production MAJOR CROP AREA & PRODUCTION Area (in hect) (in Kg/hec) (in Tonnes) 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 1 Paddy 1,71,478 4,855 8,32,585 2 Ragi 4,602 4,078 18,769 3 Greengram 2,785 712 1,985 4 Bajra 17,398 2,764 48,087 5 Maize 21,176 7,683 1,62,702 6 Samai 275 1,452 399 7 Varagu 542 1,103 603 8 Tapioca 14,237 33,490 4,76,800 9 Black gram 62,565 1,154 72,191 10 Turmeric 2,138 2,147 4,590 11 Sugarcane( in terms of canes tone/hec.) 79,709 118 93,68,212 12 Banana 881 40,705 35,861 13 Horse gram 247 742 183 14 Ground nut 33,199 3,110 1,03,260 15 Red gram 2,599 1,256 3,264 Total Cultivated Area 4,75,253 1. Food Crops Cultivated Area 3,96,667 2. Non food Crops Cultivated Area 78,586 IX 9TH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS (2010-11) Number of Operational holdings No. Of Holdings Percentage 1 Marginal Holdings<1Hect 4,99,403 81.13% 2 Small Holdings 1–2 Hect 80,467 13.07% 3 Semi-medium Holdings 2–4 Hect 28,900 4.70% 4 Medium Holdings 4– 10 Hect 6,322 1.03% 5 Large Holdings10 & Above Hect 451 0.07% Total Holdings 6,15,543 Area Operated 1 Marginal Holdings<1Hect 1,83,123 44% 2 Small Holdings 1–2 Hect 1,10,694 27% 3 Semi-medium Holdings 2–4 Hect 76,644 19% 4 Medium Holdings 4– 10 Hect 34,719 8% 5 Large Holdings10 & Above Hect 7,587 2% Total Area Operated 4,12,767 6 Social Group Wise holdings No. Of Holdings Percentage 1 Schedule Caste 94,230 15.30% 2 Schedule Tribes 9,580 1.60% 3 Other Caste 5,11,151 83.00% 4 Institutional 582 0.10% Total Holdings 6,15,543 Social Group Wise Area Operated No .Of Holdings Percentage 1. Schedule Caste 46,717 11.32% 2. Schedule Tribes 10,524 2.55% 3. Other Caste 3,53,348 85.60% 4. Institutional 2,178 0.53% Total Area Operated 4,12,767 Average Land 0.67 X HoldingsANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPT 1. Veterinary Hospitals 8 2. Veterinary Dispensaries 137 3. Clinician Centre’s 12 4. Sub Centre’s 17 5. Rural Veterinary Dispensaries 22 6. Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries 4 TALUK POPULATION (2011 Census) No. Of Population Percentage 1 Villupuram 6,97,569 20.20% 2 Vanur 1,96,422 5.70% 3 Tindivanam 4,46,682 12.90% 4 Gingee 4,23,942 12.20% 5 Ulundurpet 3,73,621 10.80% 6 Thirukovilur 4,46,531 12.90% 7 Kallakurichi 4,66,136 13.50% 8 Sankarapuram 4,07,970 11.80% Taluk Geographical Area (in hect) Area Percentage 1 Villupuram 43,014.220 5.96% 2 Vanur 45,487.000 6.30% 3 Vikkiravandi 46,907.785 6.50% 4 Tindivanam 72,238.050 10.00% 5 Marakkanam 29,629.005 4.10% 6 Gingee 71,743.040 9.93% 7 Melmalaiyanur 34,374.050 4.76% 8 Thirukoilur 48,031.180 6.65% 9 Kandachipuram 24,226.980 3.35% 10 Ulundurpet 74,671.380 10.34% 11 Kallakurichi 53,878.825 7.46% 12 Sankarapuram 1,01,122.920 14.00% 13 Chinnasalem 76,878.835 10.65% Total Geographical Area 7,22,203.000 7 XI ROADS (in KM) 1 Villupuram- Trichi (NH45) 72.9 2 Vilupuram- chinnasalem (NH66) 82.08 3 Vilupuram- Nagai (NH45A) 16.122 XII ACTUAL RAIN FALL(mm) 1 South West Monsoon 234.86 2 North East Monsoon 122.96 3 Winter Period 140.64 4 Hot Weather Period 47.28 5 Total Rainfall 545.74 6 Normal Rainfall 1011.6 XIII TEMPERATURE (Celsius) 1 Minimum NA 2 Maximum NA XIV TELEPHONES 1 Telephones in Use LL 23628 WLL 2 Direct Exchange Lines LL 23628 WLL 3 Post Office 327 4 Telephone Exchanges 96 5 Public Call Office (PPCO) 199 6 General CCBPCO 25 CATCHMENT HEIGHT CAPACITY Length XV RESERVOIRS ofCana AREA(inhec.) (inft) (inmcft) l ( in Km) 1 Veedur Dam 1298 32 605 17.64 2 Komugi 292.67 46 560 23.248 3 Manimutha Dam 185.89 36 736.96 20.673 NUMBER OF IRRIGATION TANKS (Nos) 1 Less than 40 hect 1097 2 Greater than 40 hect 988 XVI DIARY DEVELOPMENT 1 No.