1. AREA AND POPULATION 1.1 AREA, POPULATION, LITERATES, SC’s, ST’s – SEX WISE BY BLOCKS YEAR: 2013-2014 Population Literates Name of the Sl. Blocks/ No. Municipalities Male Male Female Female Persons Persons (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1 Perianaickanpalayam 347062 175032 172030 271237 143699 127538 2 Sarcarsamakulam 181654 91265 90389 140401 74248 66153 3 Madukarai 355305 177839 177466 275272 145058 130214 4 Thondamuthur 186620 93020 93600 134510 71925 62585 5 Annur 108673 54323 54350 71832 39598 32234 6 Karamadai 260172 129447 130725 185053 99211 85842 7 Sulur 243687 122530 121157 182064 97884 84180 8 Sulthanpet 77364 38639 38725 51363 28491 22872 9 Pollachi(N) 200562 99608 100954 149351 79308 70043 10 Pollachi(S) 124755 61979 62776 88463 47641 40822 11 Kinathukadavu 104228 51929 52299 69401 38395 31006 12 Anamalai 217242 107523 109719 150862 81716 69146 13 Coimbatore(M Corp.) 1050721 526163 524558 866098 447616 418482 TOTAL 3458045 1729297 1728748 2635907 1394790 1241117 Source: Census of India 2011 1 Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Name of the Sl. Blocks/ No. Municipalities Male Male Female Female Persons Persons (1) (2) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) 1 Perianaickanpalayam 39424 19766 19658 4220 2136 2084 2 Sarcarsamakulam 23466 11768 11698 154 81 73 3 Madukarai 49843 24861 24982 1483 749 734 4 Thondamuthur 33492 16610 16882 1967 984 983 5 Annur 28616 14368 14248 45 23 22 6 Karamadai 44149 21985 22164 8712 4317 4395 7 Sulur 37940 18969 18971 169 94 75 8 Sulthanpet 17903 8885 9018 13 9 4 9 Pollachi(N) 34711 17091 17620 1134 564 570 10 Pollachi(S) 25551 12695 12856 236 118 118 11 Kinathukadavu 21051 10388 10663 1571 775 796 12 Anamalai 71816 35504 36312 7955 4032 3923 Coimbatore (M Corp.) 107949 54070 53879 683 363 320 TOTAL 535911 266960 268951 28342 14245 14097 Source: Census of India 2011 2 1.2. POPULATION BY BROAD INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF WORKERS District Tamil Nadu Sl. Industrial Category No Persons % to Persons (1) (2) total (3) workers (5) (4) 1. Total Main Workers 1443252 41.74 27942181 a) Cultivators 75411 2.18 4248457 b) Agricultural Labours 201351 5.82 9606547 c) Household Industry 44582 1.30 1364893 Manufacturing, Processing, Servicing and Repairs d) Other Workers 1121908 32.44 17664784 2 Marginal Workers 124698 3.60 4942500 Total Workers 1567950 45.34 3288681 Non Workers 1890095 54.66 39262349 Total Population 3458045 100% 72147030 Source: Census of India 2011 *Percentage to population has been given for the above two items 1.3 POPULATION BY RELIGION Sl.No. Religion Persons in District Persons in District Male Female (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Hindu 1336224 1290981 2 Muslim 78916 76570 3 Christian 63384 63433 4 Sikh 343 255 5 Buddhist 101 81 6 Jain 1265 1167 7 Other Religions 172 152 8 Religions not stated 1823 1752 Source: Census of India 2001 3 1.4. POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS Persons in Persons in Percent to total in Sl.No Age Groups Districts Tamil Nadu Tamil District Nadu (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1. 0-6 319332 6358182 9 9 3. 6 and above 3138713 65788848 91 91 Total 3458045 72147030 100 100 Source: Census of India 2011 1.5 POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT DECENNIAL GROWTH Percentage Period Region Population Variation Since (Subject to the previous period of Census availability) (1) (2) (3) (4) 2001-2011 Total 3458045 19 Rural 839105 -10 Urban 2618940 27 Source: Census of India 2011 4 1.6 SALIENT FEATURES OF 2001 CENSUS – BLOCK WISE Literacy rate among Name of the Sl.No Block/ Municipality Sex Ratio Male Female Urban/Rural (%) (%) Population Population in % Density per Sq.Km. S.T. Population% in S.C. Population% in 1. P.N.Palayam 605.86 952 75.7/24.3 55.5 44.4 10.8 1.600 2. S.S. Kulam 561.33 971 83.7/16.3 55.9 44.09 15.9 0.03 3. Thondamuthur 353.26 976 80.9/19.1 56.1 43.9 18.2 5.90 4. Madukkarai 1023.98 969 86.3/18.2 55.3 44.6 16.1 1.90 5. Karamadai 367.86 976 80.2/19.8 40.5 59.4 14.5 0.560 6. Pollachi (N) 675.67 989 83.2/16.8 57.8 42.1 21.6 0.480 7. Pollachi (S) 540.93 974 81.1/18.9 57.9 42.0 20.3 0.170 8. Anaimalai 400.59 998 75.0/25.0 56.8 43.1 19.0 0.720 9. Kinathukadavu 307.56 1014 75.6/24.4 57.2 42.7 19.0 0.720 10. Annur 347.79 979 74.5/25.5 39.6 60.3 25.2 0.480 11. Sultanpet 234.19 893 74.6/25.4 58.6 41.3 21.9 0.001 12. Sulur 646.95 951 85.1/14.9 57.1 42.8 7.9 0.04 Coimbatore 13. 8815.17 948 100 54.1 45.8 8.3 0.05 Corp. 14. Pollachi (M) 6371.00 988 100 53.9 46.0 11.7 0.01 Mettupalayam 15. 9249.31 994 100 38.9 61.07 12.5 0.06 (M) Source: Census of India 2001 5 1.7 SALIENT FEATURES OF 2011 CENSUS 1. Population Total : 3458045 Male : 1729297 Female : 1728748 2. Literates Total : 2635907 Male : 1394790 Female : 1241117 3. Literacy Rate (in %) Total : 76% Male : 81% Female : 72% 4. Density Census 2001 : 601 Census 2011 : 731 5. Sex Ratio(Female for 1000 Male) Census 2001 : 968 Census 2011 : 1000 6 2. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 2.1. TEMPERATURE AT SELECTED STATIONS Name of the Station: Coimbatore (Celsius) Highest Mean Lowest Mean Humidity Maximum Minimum Average Year Month Normal Actual Normal Actual 7.22 14.22 hrs. hrs. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) April 35.3 35.9 23.3 24.5 86 42 May 34.4 35.4 23.5 24.5 82 45 June 31.9 30.6 23.1 23.3 80 57 July 30.6 30.1 22.5 23.2 79 61 3 August 31.8 31.3 22.3 22.6 86 55 201 September 31.8 31.2 21.9 22.6 85 58 October 30.8 31.5 21.7 21.7 88 57 November 29.3 29.8 20.5 22.3 89 59 December 28.7 29.2 18.9 19.8 88 51 January 29.7 30.1 18.2 24.9 84 42 4 February 32.1 32.4 18.9 24.4 29 39 201 March 34.4 34.5 20.9 24.3 74 35 Source: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 7 2.2 MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA-SEASON WISE YEAR: 2013-2014 (In millimetres) Period Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall (1) (2) (3) 1.South West Monsoon period Total 189.8 596.7 June-13 32.9 289.8 July-13 47.2 126.2 August-13 40.6 93.2 September-13 69.1 87.5 2.North East Monsoon period Total 328.9 257.9 October-13 151.9 160.4 November -13 129.6 70.6 December-13 47.4 26.9 3.Winter-Period Total 20.3 5.1 January-14 8.1 1.2 February-14 12.2 3.9 4.Hot-Weather Period Total 150.3 141 March-14 17.2 20.2 April-14 53.4 19.6 May-14 79.7 101.2 Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai. 8 9 2.3. TIME SERIES DATA OF RAINFALL BY SEASONS (LAST 20 YEARS) YEAR: 2013-2014 Hot South West North East Winter of Weather Total Monsoon Monsoon Season Season Year S.NO Percentage Deviation Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal 1. 1993-94 158.0 175.1 134.9 511.3 332.1 563.4 28.4 28.6 653.4 1486.4 +833.0 2. 1994-95 135.1 164.4 158.2 754.3 328.2 567.6 25.6 0.1 647.2 956.3 +309.1 3. 1995-96 135.1 177.3 158.2 579.9 328.2 194.1 25.6 0.5 647.2 956.3 +309.1 4. 1996-97 135.1 126.6 158.2 181.4 328.2 340.5 25.6 1.2 647.2 649.7 +2.5 5. 1997-98 135.1 75.0 158.2 167.7 328.2 571.9 25.6 0.6 647.2 890.2 +243.0 6. 1998-99 135.1 69.8 158.2 229.7 328.2 434.8 25.6 16.0 647.2 750.3 +103.1 7. 1999-00 135.1 92.3 158.2 87.1 328.2 504.7 25.6 68.7 647.2 752.6 +105.4 8. 2000-01 135.1 141.9 158.2 339.0 328.2 179.8 25.6 5.0 647.2 665.7 +18.5 9. 2001-02 135.1 66.20 158.3 152.4 328.2 327.0 25.6 6.1 647.2 551.8 -14.74 10 2002-03 135.1 69.6 158.3 78.6 328.2 62.8 25.6 17.6 647.2 228.6 -64.67 11 2003-04 148.4 202 192.9 90.1 327 205.4 26.1 16.7 694.4 514..2 -25.9 12 2004-05 148.4 294.7 192.9 233.3 327.0 260.2 26.1 26.6 694.4 814.8 17.3 13 2005-06 148.4 162.1 192.9 177.6 327.0 505.7 26.1 17.7 694.4 863.1 24.3 14 2006-07 148.4 128.4 192.9 141.5 327.0 444.3 26.1 11.1 694.4 725.3 4.4 15 2007-08 148.4 190.8 192.9 204.3 327.0 378.0 26.1 25.0 694.4 798.1 14.9 16 2008-09 148.4 157.3 192.9 695 327.0 312.2 26.1 1.3 694.4 1165.8 67.89 17 2009-10 150.2 101.5 192.9 765.4 327 306.1 26.1 4.8 696.2 1177.8 69.2 18 2010-11 150.3 194.6 233.1 188.0 341.9 437.0 20.3 82.9 745.6 902.5 21.0 19 2011-12 168.0 140.4 189.8 252.9 328.9 410.7 20.3 2.6 707.0 806.6 14.1 20 2012-13 150.3 121.2 189.8 162.4 320.9 278.5 20.3 57.8 689.3 619.9 -11.2 21 2013-14 150.3 141 189.8 596.7 328.9 257.9 20.3 5.1 689.3 1000.7 45.2 Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai.