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SALIENT FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT
Intrduction:
Tirunelveli District was formed in 1790 by the East India company, later came
under the direct control of the British Crown Queen Victoria. The name Tirunelveli has been
composed from the three Tamil words i.e. „Thiru – Nel – Veli‟ meaning Sacred Paddy Hedge.
Geographical data:
Tirunelveli District having geographical area of 6759 sq.kms, in the
Southeastern portion of Tamil Nadu is triangular in shape. It lies between 8°.05‟ and 9°.30‟
of the Northern latitude and 77°.05‟ and 78°.25‟ of Eastern longitude.
Topography:
The district is located in the southern part of Tamil Nadu and sourrended by
Virudhunagar District on the north, Western Ghats on the West, Kanniyakumari District on
the south, Tuticorin District on the East. The lifeline of the district river Tamiraparani feeds
the district and quenches the thirst of residents of Tuticorin district too.
Administrative Setup:
This District is having 3 Revenue Divisions comprising of 11 Taluks, 60
Firkas 19 Development Blocks, 616 Revenue Villages and 425 Village Panchayats.
Demographic Details:
The population of this District was 2723988 as per 2001 Census and 30,72,880
as per 2011 census. The Density of Population per sq.km. was 399 as per 2001 census and 458
persons as per 2011 census . Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Ambasamudram are the most densely
populated Taluks in the District as per 2001 census.
The Sex ratio is 1024 females for every 1000 males in the District as per 2011
census. The Literacy rate is 76.09% in the District as per 2001 census.
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Out of the total population, males are 1333939and females1390049 as per 2001
census. Out of the total population, males are 1518595 and females 1554285 as per 2011
census.The district having Schedule caste population of 481052 which represents 17.66% to
total population as per 2001 census. Schedule Tribes are found to be very small in numbers
8358 which is 0.31% of the Total population. 4.36% of State population lives in Tirunelveli
district., 1415742 live in Rural area and 1308246 live in urban area forming 52% and 48%
respectively as per 2001
Climate and Rainfall:
The district has peculiar climate and receives rainfall in all the seasons which
represent 919.mm in 2011-2012
. The maximum precipitation is contributed by the North East Monsoon(639.9mm)
followed by the South west monsoon(107.7mm)and the Summer (100.7mm). and the Winter
(70.7 mm)
Occupation:
Agriculture plays a Vital role in the District‟s economy. The total cropped area
was 180925 hectares, which worked out 26.77% of the total area of 675850 . The important
food crops are Paddy, Cholam, Ragi, Cumbu Maize and other minor millets. The
commercial crops are Cotton, Chillies, Sugarcane and Groundnut. Of the total cultivated area
of 155658 hectares in the district, 25207 hectares were sown more than once.
Irrigation:
The District is blessed with the western ghats from which all the perennial
rivers follow and drain towards the east. The surface water of the District is drained into
major river basin viz Thamiraparani, Vaippar, Nambiar and Hanumanathi. Thamiraparani
is the major river basin in the District. The other Streams which are seasonal in nature are
Servallar, Manimuthar, Ramanathi, Pachayar, Chittar and Uppodai rivers which drain into
the Tamiraparani basin. The source of irrigation are Canal, Tank and Well, which covers
141152 hectares. Among the total area irrigated, Well irrigation covers 54989 hectares,
Tanks 57731 hectares and Canal 28432 hectares
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Industry:
There are 25 medium and major industries such as Cement, Cotton yarn,
Calcium carbide, Sugar, Cotton seed oil, Printing papers and flour Mill etc.
Among the other industries in the District Pin, Clip, Matches, Beedi,Vessels
making and Engineering industries are important. The important Village industries
functioning in the district are Handloom, Poultry farming, Brick making, Jaggary
production. The Handloom products Lungi, Sarees etc are marketed in north India. So also
the fine Korai mats from Pathamadi have one world fame. Kallidaikurichi Pappads,
Karukurichi mud pots, also Tirunelveli “Halva” are specialities which earned many laurels
to the District.
Tourist spots:
Courtallam is situated at the Western Ghats in Tenkasi Taluk. The famous
waterfalls on rocks and tiny droplets are sprinkled in the air. The water falls of Courtalam
have medicinal value as they run through forest and herbs before their decent.
Pappanasam Agasthiar falls also attracts tourist and pilgrims.There is a Wild
life sanctuary at Mundanthurai and Kalakadu. Spotted deers, Liontailed monkeys, Elephants
and Tigers are plenty.
Religious Significance:
The Nellaiappar temple at Tirunelveli, Sankaranainar temple at Sankarankoil,
Kasiviswanathar temple at Tenkasi and Vanamamalai Temple at Nanguneri are the land
marks of the District signifying the Hindu Culture. . Palayamkottai has many Christian
missions and Athankaraipallivasal & Pottalpudur Darga have considered to be important
sacred places for Muslims.
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DISTRICT PROFILE 2012-2013
TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT
1.GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
North Latitude Between : 8.05` and 9.30`
East Longitude Between : 77.05` and 78.25`
2.AREA AND POPULATION – 2001 Census 2011 Census i. Area (Sq.Km.) : 6823 6759
ii Population
a. Male : 1333939 1518595
b. Female : 1390049 1554285
c. Total : 2723988 3072880
d. Rural : 1415742 1552.235
e.Urban : 1308246 1528645
iii. Density/Sq.Km : 399 458
iv. Literates
a. Male : 85.21 89.66
b. Female : 67.43 76.38
iv. Main Workers (2001 Census)
a. Total Workers : 1281117 NA
b. Male Workers : 737911 NA
c. Female Workers : 543206 NA
d. Rural Workers : 729776 NA
e. Urban Workers : 551341 NA
f. Cultivators : 137516 NA
g. Agricultural Labourers : 356055 NA
h. Household Industry : 282282 NA
i. Other Workers : 505264 NA
vi. Non-Workers : 1442871 NA
vii Language spoken in the Districs Tamil & English
3.VITAL STATISTICS i. Birth : 40958
ii. Death : 10659
iii. Infant Deaths : 625
iv. Birth Rate (per 1000 Population) : 15.2
v. Death Rate (per 1000 Population) : 6.32
vi. Infant Mortality Rate(Per 1000 Live Births : -
vii.Expectation o life at Birth : -
a. Male : -
b. Female : -
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Problems related to child birth : -
a. At the time of delivery : -
b. During Pregnancy : -
4.TEMPERATURE (IN CELSIUS)
a. Plains
i. Maximum : 36.1
ii. Minimum : 21.3
b. Hill Stations
i. Maximum : -
ii. Minimum : -
5.RAINFALL (in mm)
a. Normal : 845.1
i.North East Monsoon : 467.2
ii.SouthWest Monsoon : 142.4
iii.Winder season : 69.3
iv. Summer : 166.2
b. Actual : 947.6
i. North East Monsoon : 639.9
ii.SouthWest Monsoon : 107.7
iii.Winder season : 70.7
iv. Summer : 100.7
6. AGRICULTURE (in Hec.)
a. Total Cultivated Area (Hec : 180925
b. Net Area Sown (Hec.) : 155658
c. Area Sown more than once (Hec.) : 25267
d. Area and Production of Principal Crops : Area (Hec.)
i. Rice : 86725
ii. Millets and Other Cereals : 11840
iii. Pulses : 16433
iv. Sugarcrops : 5110
v. Groundnut : 1090
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vi. Gingelly : 1027
vii.Cotton : 2721
e. Agricultural Land Holdings 2005-06 (8th Agri Census)
a. Holdings (Nos) : 276721
b. Area in Hect. : 232255.54
c. Average Size of holdings in Hect : 0.81
f. Important Food Crops : Paddy, Black gram, Banana, Green
gram, Sugarcane , Cashewnut and
Maize
g. Important non Food Crops : Groundnut, Coconut, Cotton &
Gingelly
7. IRRIGATION(Fasli 1421) i. Net Area Irrigated by : (in Hec.)
a Government Canals : 18121
b. Private Canals : Nil
c. Tanks : 48587
d. Tube Wells : 808
e. Other Wells : 49970
f. Other Sources : Nil
g. Total Net Area Irrigated : 117486
ii. Gross Area Irrigated : 141152
iii. Name of the River : Tamirabarani, Ramanathi, Kadananathi,
Karuppanathi, Kundaru and Chittaru
iv. Name of the Lake Nil
8.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
i. Veterinary Institutions
a. Veterinary Hospitals : 7
b. Veterinary Dispensaries : 78
c. Clinician Centres(Poly clinic) : 1
d. Sub-centres : 49
ii. Poultry Development
a.Chicks produced in hatcheries : 8565350
b.Birds sold for breeding : Nil
c.Birds sold for food : 7434200
iii.Livestock and Poultry Population 2004 Census
a. Cattle : 418694
b. Buffaloes : 78777
c. Sheep : 487273
d. Goat : 390570
e. Poultry : 1218583
9.DAIRY DEVELOPMENT (Govt) a. Dairies : 1
b. Milk Chilling Plants : 2
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c. No. of Milk Co-operative Societies : 207
d. Milk Production (Lakh Litres) : 6347.76
10.FISHERIES I. Length of Coastal Line (Km : 48.9
II. No,of Coastal Blocks : 2
III. No. of Coastal Centres (Landing) : 7
IV. Marine Fish Production (Tonnes) : 1250
V. Inland Fish Production (Tonnes) : 1342.3
11.FOREST
I. Forest Area (Hec.) : -
a. Forests : 127758
b. Social Forests : 1088
c. Unclassed Forests : -
II. Out-turn of Forest Product
a. Timber (Cu.m.) : N.A
b. Fuel wood (MT : N.A
c. Pulpwood (MT : N.A
d. Sandalwood (MT : N.A
. e. Rubber (MT) : N.A
f. Bamboo (Tonne) : N.A
g. Tea Green Leaves (Tonne) : N.A
h. Wattle Bark (MT) : N.A
12.ELECTRICITY (IN M.U.)
I.Generation of Electricity :
In M.U
a. Hydro : 1121.801
b. Wind Mill Generation : 4933.37
c. Thermal : Nil
d. Power Purchased : 80.75
e. Gas Turbine : -
II.Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) a. Agriculture : NA
b. Industry : 84.043
c. Commercial : 139.303
d. Domestic : 613.118
e. Public Lighting & Public Works : 80.211
f. Sales to Licensees : NIL
g. Sales to Other States : NIL
h. Miscellaneous : 318.187
III.Rural Electrification
a. No.of Pump sets Electrified : 81519
b. No. of Villages Electrified : 425
c. Number of Hamlets Electrified : 1727
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13. ENTERPRISES 5 th Economic Census 2005 Rural Urban
a. No. of Agri. Enterprises : 24668 1880
b. No. of Non-Agri. Enterprises : 204405 80542
c. No. of Enterprises
i. With premises : 221628 80567
ii.) Without premises : 7445 1855
14. INDUSTRIES No. of Working Factories (Regd) : 441
No. of Workers : 14938
No. of Trade Unions : 923
No. of Strikes : 3
No. of Lockouts : -
Large Scale Industries : NA
Medium Scale Industries : NA
Small Scale Industries : NA
Cottage Industries : NA
No. of new factories set up : NA
Name of the important industries in
the district
: The India Cements Ltd.,Sankar Nagar,
Sundaram Textiles Ltd., Nanguneri,
Subburaj Spinning Mills,Sankar Nagar,
Dharani Sugars Ltd. Dharani Nagar
Sun Paper mill private Ltd
Cheranmahadevi EM.Pee Sugars&
Chemical Ltd Idaikal, Syed cotton
mills Alangulam & Nanguneri ,
Survalakshmi Paper Board Ltd
Seethaparbanallur
Name of the industrial park : Gangaikondan, Nanguneri
SIDCO Industrial Estate Valliyoor
15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES
I KHADI
:
Production (Rs.in
Lakhs)
Sales
(Rs.in Lakhs)
a. Khadi : 14.87 33.71
b.Woolen : - -
c. Silk : - -
d. Yarn : 7.87.82 -
II VILLAGE INDUSTIRES
a. Soaps : 10. 10
b. Leather Goods : 9 9
c. Industrial Co.Op Societies : 260 2
16. MEDICAL AND HEALTH( in numbers) I. Modern Medicine(Government only)
a. No. of Hospitals : 13
b. Primary Health Centres : 69
c. Health Sub Centres : 383
d. Other Medical Institution : 1+1 (TVMCH +Sidha)
e. Beds in Hospitals : 3316
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f. Doctors : 481
g. Nurses : 948
II. Indian Medicine (Government only)
a. Hospitals : 1
b. Primary Health Centres : -
c. Beds in Hospitals : 350
d. Doctors : 56
e. Nurses : 24
III. Homoeopathy(Government only)
a. Hospitals : -
b. Primary Health Centres : -
c. Beds in Hospitals : -
d. Doctors : -
e. Nurses : -
17. EDUCATION I. Universities : 2
II. Arts and Science Colleges : 24
III. Colleges for Professional Education
a. Allopathy : 1
b. Indian Medicine : 1
c. Homoeopathy : -
d. Engineering Colleges : 18
e. Agriculture Colleges : -
f. Veterinary Colleges : -
g. Law Colleges : 1
IV. Colleges for Special Education : 25
V. Pre primary Schools : -
VI. Primary Schools : 1487
VII. Middle Schools : 450
VIII. High Schools : 174
IX. Hr.Sec.School : 152
X. Education guarantee scheme : -
18. TRANSPORT I. Road Length (Km.) :
National Highways : 69.800
State Highways : 456.194
Major District Road : 222.470
Other District Road : 1145.704
Sugarcane Road : 8.000
II. Registered Motor Vehicles
a. Commercial : 2285
b. Non-Commercial : 45060
III. Railway Length(in Km)
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a. Route Length : 170.24
b. Track Length : 239.42
c. Number of Railway Stations : 26
IV. Number of Sea Ports : NIL
V. Number of Air Ports : NIL
VI. Name of the Air Port : NIL
VII. Name of the Export Commodity : MAT, Cloth, Onion,Chillies.
19. COMMUNICATION
I. Post & Telegraph (in No.)
a. Post Offices doing postal
business alone
: 387
b.Post Offices doing Postal &
Telegraph Business
: Nil
II. Telephones
a. No. of Telephones in use : 89490
b. No. of Public Call Offices : 5861
c.. No. of Telephones Exchanges : 83
20. CO-OPERATION
I. District Central Cooperative Banks
(including branches) : 27
II. District Co-operative Union : 1
III. Co-Operative Training Institute : 1
IV. Co-Operative Printing Press : 1
V. P.A.C.B : 158
VI. Primary Agricultural and Rural
Development Bank
: 8
VII. Cooperative Urban Bank : 6
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VIII Whole Sale Co.Operative Store : 1
1X. Primary Cooperative Stores : 33
X. Students Cooperative Store
: 144
XI. Cooperative Employees Thrift
and Credit Society
: 79
21. REGISTRATIONS
I. No. of Registration Offices : 40
II. Aggregate Value of property
Transferred (Rs.in Crores)
: 4165.83
22. HOUSING
i. No. of tenements constructed by TNHB : Nil
ii.Dy Registrar Housing : Nil
iii.No. of tenements constructed by TNSCB : 207
iv.No. of tenements constructed by TNPHB : -
v. Deputy Registrar, Housing-Rural : -
vi.Deputy Registrar,Housing-Urban : -
vii.Samathuvapuram : -
viii. Total No. of Households : -
23. SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.)
I. Old Age Pension for aged : 44610
II Physically Handicapped Pension : 3765
III. Widow Pension : 8949
IV. Agri. Labour pension : 4240
V. Deserted Wives Pension : 2367
VI. Unmarried woman Pension : 609
VII Uzhavar Sandhai : 5
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24. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME
No.of Centres
No. of
Beneficiaries
I.C.D.S Scheme : 2562 182288
Purachi Thalaivar Noon Meal : 2082 213853
25.REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
i. Revenue Divisions : 3
ii. Revenue Taluks : 11
iii. Revenue Firkas : 60
iv. Revenue Villages : 616
26. LOCAL BODIES
i. Corporations : 1
ii. Municipalities : 7
iii. Panchayat Unions : 19
iv. Town Panchayats : 36
v. Village Panchayats : 425
27.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
i. No. of Development Divisions : 1
ii. No. of Blocks Covered : 19
iii. Population Covered (Lakhs) : 14.16
iv. Area Covered (Sq.Km.) : 6429
28.POLICE AND PRISIONS
Police Force
Local : 2369
Armed Reserve : 1890
Police Stations : 122
Police Outposts : 5
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Central Prisons : 1
Other Prisons : 12
29. LEGISLATURE
Members of the Legislative
Assembly
Elected : 10
Nominated : Nil
Members of Parliament
(Lok Sabha)
: 2
Members of Parliament (Rajya
Sabha)
: 1
30.CINEMA THEATRES(in.Nos)
Permanent
a. Air-conditioned : 8
b. Non-Air conditioned : 34
c. Air Cooled : -
Open Air Theatres : 2
Semi Permanent : -
Touring : 2
31.BANKS / INSURANCE
Bank
Commercial Banks : 224
DCCB etc. : 45
Private Sector Banks : 48
Regional rural Banks : 50
Lead Bank : 62
Life Insurance
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Offices : 17
Policies Issued : 263192
Premium Received (Rs.in
Crores)
: 98.41
32..NATURAL RESOURCES
Name of the mineral found
in the District : Lime stone, Garnet sand, Rough stone sully, Kankar,
Illuminate
33.GENERAL
I. Name of the important
pilgrim Centre : 1.Tirunelveli Arulmigu Gandhimathi Nellaiappar Temple
: 2.Krishnapuram Ancient Sculpture
: 3.Sankarankoil Arulmigu Sankaranarayana Temple
: 4.Tenkasi Arulmigu KasiviswanatharTemple
: 5.Thirukurunkudi Arulmigu Nambi Temple
: 6.Nanguneri Arulmigu Vanumanalai Temple
: 7.Parathar Uvari Kappal Matha Temple
: 8. Nadar Uvari Arulmigu Syambulingasamy Temple
: 9.Athankarai Pallivasal Dharga
: 10.Papanasam Arulmigu Sivan Temple
: 11.Courtalam Arulmigu Courtaleesuwar Temple
: 12.Panpozhi Arulmigu Thirumalai Kumarasamy Temple
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: 13. Pottal Pudur: Dharga
II.Name of the important
Tourist Centre : 1.Courtalam: Main falls, Old Falls, Five Falls,
Honey Falls, Tiger Falls and Boating
: 2.Papanasam: Dam site, Agasthiar falls and Temple
: 3. Manimuthar:Dam site and falls
: 4.Mundanthurai: Wild life Sanctuary
: 5.Kalakadu:Wild life sanctuary
: 6. Koondhankulam: Birds sanctuary
: 7.Tirunelveli: District Science Centre and Temple
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STATISTICAL TABLES CONTENT
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1.AREA AND POPULATION Page No.
1.1 Area, Population, Literate, SCs and STs- Sex wise by Taluks 1
1.2 Population by Broad Industrial categories of Workers. 2
1.3 Population by Religion 2
1.4 Population by Age Groups 3
1.5 Population of the District-Decennial Growth 3
1.6 Salient features of 2001 Census – Block wise. 4
2.CLIMATE AND RAINFALL
2.1 Temperature at Select Stations. 5
2.2 Monthly Rainfall Data of Tirunelveli Dist & Map 6
2.3 Time Series Data of Rainfall by seasons. 7
3.AGRICULTURE
3.1 Soil Classification 7
3.2 Land Utilization & Map 8
3.3 Area and Production of Crops 9
3.4 Agricultural Machinery and Implements 9
3.5 Number and Area of Operational Holdings 10
3.6 Consumption of Chemical Fertilisers and Pesticides 10
3.7 Regulated Markets 11
3.8 Crop Insurance Scheme 11
3.9 Sericulture 12
4.IRRIGATION
4.1 Sources of Water Supply with Command Area – Taluk wise. 13
4.2 Actual Area Irrigated (Net and Gross) by sources & Map 14
4.3 Area Irrigated by Crops. 15
4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore wells. 16
5.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
5.1 Livestock Population 17
5.2 Veterinary Institutions and Animals treated – Blockwise. 18
5.3 No. of Veterinary Hospitals 19
5.4 Diary Development 20
5.5 Poultry Development 21
5.6 Fisheries Development and Production 21
6.BANKING AND INSURANCE
6.1 No. of Commercial Banks 22
6.2 Insurance Schemes 22
7.CO-OPERATION
7.1 Co-operative Societies 23
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8.CIVIL SUPPLIES
8.1 No. of Fair Price Shops 24
8.2 Quantum of Essential Commodities distributed and their retail price 25
8.3 No. of Ration Cards (Rural and Urban) 26
8.4 Quantity supplied 26
8.5 No. of LPG Connections 27
8.6 No. of Persons waiting for LPG connection. 27
9.COMMUNICATION
9.1 Post-Offices doing postal business only 28
9.2 Post-Offices doing Post and Telegraphic Business 28
9.3 Telegraph Offices 29
9.4 No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity and No.in Use 29
9.5 No. of PCOs attached to each exchange 30
9.6 No. of Persons waiting for Phone Connection. 30
10.ELECTRICITY
10.1 No. of Power Stations 31
10.2 Quantum of Power purchased 32
10.3 Power Consumption Sector wise 32
10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output 32
10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and Cost per Unit 33
10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity 33
10.7 Capacity of Transformers 34
10.8 Rural Electrification 35
10.9 Name and Address of fault report offices. 36
11.EDUCATION
11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered 37
11.2 Colleges for General Education, Students and Teachers 37
11.3 College for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 38
11.4 Colleges for Special Education, Students and Teachers 38
11.5 Schools for General Education, Students and Teachers 39
11.6 Schools for Professional Education, Students and Teachers 39
11.7 Schools for Special Education, Students and Teachers 39
11.8 Institutions for Other Professional Education, Students and Teachers 40
11.9 Computer Training Centers 40
11.10 Hospitals and Inmates by Community 41
11.11 Scholarships to Students by Community 41
12.FISHERIES
12.1 Fisheries Development 42
12.2 Estimated M F Production/Inland Fish Production 43
12.3 No. of Families engaged in Fishing 43
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13. HANDLOOM 13.1 No. of Focal Centers with Location details 44
13.2 No. of Societies and Variety wise Production 44
13.3 No. of Power Looms and No. of Employees working 45
13.4 No. of Families engaged 45
14.HANDICRAFTS
14.1 Name and Address of Handicrafts 46
14.2 Articles available in the Handicrafts 46
14.3 Value of Articles produced and Value of Articles sold 47
14.4 No. of Families engaged in Handicrafts 47
15.HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 48
15.2 No. of Allied Pathological Units available 48
15.3 Disease wise patients treated 49
15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel 49
15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programs 49
16 HOUSING
16.1 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Private Sector 50
16.2 Plans sanctioned, Building completed under Public Sector 50
16.3 Amount invested in Housing and Building activity under Public Sector 50
16.4 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board 51
16.5 Construction activity of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board 51
16.6 Index No. of Building Construction cost in Urban centers 52
16.7 Labor charges of Construction Workers. 52
17.INDUSTRIES
17.1 Results of Annual Survey of Industries 53
17.2 Estimates of Value of Output and Value Added by
Manufacture by Industries Based on ASI 53
17.3 Industrial Production 53
17.4 Production and Value of Major Minerals in the District 54
17.5 Production of Handloom Cloth 54
17.6 Small Scale Industries 55
17.7 Khadi and Village Industries 57
17.8 No. of Printing Presses 57
17.9 No. of Photocopy (Xerox) centers 57
18. FACTORIES
18.1 Registered and Working Factories 58
18.2 Employment in Working Factories 58
18.3 Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockout and Gheraos 59
19. LOCAL BODIES
19.1 Municipal Bodies Area and Population by Grades 60
19.2 Municipal Bodies by Taluks 60
19.3 Panchayat Union, Village/Town Panchayats 61
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19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages 61
19.5 Tax Collected by Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat Union/
Town Panchayat/Village Panchayat 61
19.6 Rural Development Activities 62
20. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
20.1 No of Persons registered during the year and Total No. of
Persons waiting upto the end of the year as per Live Register 63
20.2 No. of Placement during and upto the end of the year. 63
20.3 Employment Under NREGS 63
21. LEGAL SERVICE 21.1 Judicial Divisions and Original Jurisdiction 64
21.2 Results of Civil and Criminal cases in the Court of Original
Jurisdiction, Civil Suits Regular. 64
21.3 Nature of free Legal available, no. of beneficiaries,
no. of cases disposed in Lok Adalat during the year 65
21.4 No. of Advocates practicing in Courts 65
22. LIBRARIES 22.1 List of Head and Branch Libraries in the district with
details of Members, Books available and Readers 66
22.2 No. of Libraries houses in Government Building /Rental Building 66
22.3 No. of Reading Rooms 66
23. MINING AND QUARRYING 23.1 No. of Mining and Quarrying units in the district 67
23.2 Classification-wise production during the year 68
24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR
24.1 No. of Food and other allied manufacturing units in the district 69
24.2 No. of Non-Food manufacturing units in the district 69
25. MEDICAL SERVICES 25.1 No. of Medical Colleges in the district with Students and Teachers 70
25.2 No. of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers 70
25.3 No. of Medical Stores in the district - Category-wise 71
25.4 No. of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers 71
26. MOTOR VEHICLES
26.1 No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during 72
the year and upto the end of the year
26.2 No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) available for hire
p purpose during the year 73
26.3 No. of Persons issued with Driving License 73
27. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION 27.1 No. of solar energy generating units in the district with production area 74
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27.2 No. of Wind Mills Generating units with production data 74
28. POLICE AND PRISONS
28.1 Police Force 75
28.2 Cognizable Offences under Indian Penal Code 75
28.3 Prisons and Convicts & Classification of Convicts 76
28.4 No. of Cases Registered under PCR 77
28.5 No. of Cases Registered against Woman Harassment and Dowry 77
29. PUBLIC HEALTH
29.1 Public Health and Medical Services rendered by
Organizations and Individual 78
29.2 No. of Primary Health Centers with Sub-centers 78
30. PRINTING AND PUBLICATION 30.1 No. of News papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines,
a. etc., Published 79
30.2 No. of Publishers in the district other than News papers and Magazine 79
30.3 No. of Printing presses in the district 80
31. PRICE INDICES
31.1 Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices 80
31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers 81
31.3 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected essential items for Rural 81
31.4 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Selected essential items for Urban 82
31.5 All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers 82
32. QUALITY CONTROL
32.1 List of Industrial / Establishment Units having Quality Control Facilities
and the products subjected to Quality Control 83
33.REGISTRATION
33.1 No. of Registration Offices in the district 83
33.2 Registration and Aggregate Value of properties
transferred during – 2010-2011 83
34.REPAIR AND SERVICES
34.1 Authorized Automobiles Repair and Service Stations 84
34.2 Authorized Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Service Units 84
35.RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
35.1 Restaurants, Cafes and Other Eating and Drinking Places 84
35.2 Details of Hotels 85
36.RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
36.1 List of Cinema Theatres and their capacities 85
36.2 List of Clubs and Associations 86
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36.3 List of Motion Picture Distributors and Projection Services 86
37.SOCIAL WELFARE
37.1 Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Nutritious Meals Programs Centres 86
37.2 No. of Beneficiaries under Puratchi Thalaivar MGR
Nutritious Meals Program 87
37.3 No. of Beneficiaries under the free supply of
Text Books and Uniforms 87
37.4 No. of Beneficiaries under the free Cycle 87
37.5 No. of Beneficiaries under Old Age Pension Scheme 88
37.6 Free Houses and House sites distributed to community 88
37.7 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Scheme 89
38. SANITARY SERVICES
38.1 No. of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage
and Sewage disposal and other particulars 89
38.2 No. of Vehicles engaged in the sanitary services 90
39. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICES
39.1 Institutions and Laboratories engaged in Research Work 90
40. STORAGE FACILITIES
40.1 List of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Storage Godowns 90
40.2 List of Cold Storage Godowns 91
41.TEXTILES
41.1 No. of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving Mills in the district 91
41.2 Quantum of Production during the year 91
42.TRADE AND COMMERCE
42.1 No. of Major and Minor Trade and Commercial Estate in
the district 92
43.TRANSPORT 43.1 Length of Roads 92
43.2 Road Accidents 93
43.3 Registered Motor Vehicles 93
43.4 Transport Corporation 93
43.5 Selected indicators of overall performance of State 94
Transport Corporation
43.6 Railway Lines and Stations 94
43.7 Port Development 95
43.8 Airports 95
43.9 Private Transport Operations 95
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44.TOURISM
44.1 Places of Tourist Attraction 96
44.2 List of Places of Worship 96
44.3 List of Hotels and Restaurants 97
44.4 List of Travel Agents 97
44.5 Train and Air Service Timings 99
44.6 Railway Length in Kilo Metre 100
45. VITAL STATISTICS
45.1 Births and Deaths registered in the district 101
45.2 Birth , Death and Infant Mortality rates in the district 102
45.3 Death by Causes 102
46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES
46.1 List of Voluntary Services available in the district for the
development of Rural and Urban Population 103
47. WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY
47.1 No. of Schemes Operated in the district 103
47.2 No. of Workers engaged in the Water Works and Supply 104
47.3 No. of House connections, fountains 104
47.4 Educational Expenditure. 105
* * * * * *
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1.AREA AND POPULATION
1.1 Salient Features of 2011 Census - Block wise
Year 2012-2013
S.N
o.
Name of the Block
Are
a (s
q.k
m.)
Population Literate Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
Pe
rso
ns
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Pe
rso
ns
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Pe
rso
ns
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Pe
rso
ns
Mal
e
Fem
ale
1 Manur 493.43 605495 298734 306761 476043 24178 228865 101902 49851 52051 1654 813 841
2 Palayamkottai 371.62 125816 63931 64585 96621 51373 45248 30848 15384 15464 479 234 245
3 Sankarankoil 293.54 159683 79250 80433 111290 61647 49643 44015 21647 22368 326 167 159
4 Melaneelithanallur 317.83 95104 47058 48066 62039 34483 27556 15206 7492 7714 24 11 13
5 Kuruvikulam 404.36 95357 46677 48680 63593 35104 28489 33939 16587 17352 168 78 90
6 Tenkasi 216.60 187778 93713 94065 138159 74568 63591 37008 18372 18636 441 212 229
7 Alangulam 324.65 130928 64177 66751 89946 49011 40935 18565 8968 9597 111 56 55
8 Keelapavoor 207.76 186784 92967 93817 138159 72634 60603 17880 8812 9068 142 71 71
9 Vasudevanallur 568.90 194156 95537 98619 128637 71528 57109 47215 22928 24287 930 464 466
10 Shencottah 189.22 118273 59022 59251 84133 46135 37998 27501 13810 13691 824 416 408
11 Ambasamudram 734.84 147038 72132 74906 116262 60643 55619 22670 10968 11702 755 365 390
12 Cheranmahadevi 197.93 135326 66668 68658 104429 54571 49858 25162 12273 12889 552 273 279
13 Papakudi 162.54 83326 40958 42368 59688 31875 27813 12364 6099 6265 188 105 83
14 Kadayanallur 264.79 167846 84060 83736 115689 64570 51119 34265 16961 17304 493 225 268
15 Kadayam 195.40 111369 54856 56513 81022 43158 37864 19494 9571 9923 191 94 97
16 Nanguneri 502.59 12841 55476 57365 85314 44342 40972 21210 10373 10837 226 117 109
17 Kalakadu 440.94 112761 55432 57329 87571 45163 42408 18144 8771 9373 437 233 204
18 Valliyur 425.92 158047 78130 79917 124717 64128 60589 22742 11162 11580 742 371 371
19 Radhapuram 446.14 146605 72154 74451 115067 58599 56468 19584 9541 10043 1587 804 783
Total 6759.00 3077233 1520912 1556321 2273457 1210710 1062747 569714 279570 290144 10270 5109 5161
source : Census of India - 2011
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1.2.Population By Broad Industrial Categories Of Workers
YEAR: 2012-2013
Sl.
No
(1)
Industrial
Category
(2)
District Tamilnadu
Persons
(3)
% to
total
workers
(4)
Persons
*
(5)
% to
total
workers
(6)
1. Main +Marginal
workers
(a)Cultivators
(b)Agricultural
Labour
(c) Household
Industry
Manufacturing,
Processing,
Servicing and
Repairs
(d)Other Workers
165047
107943
321083
215667
626714
11
8
22
15
44
27878282
5116039
8637630
1499761
12624852
100.00
18.35
30.98
5.38
45.29
2 Non Workers 1640779 53.32 34527397
Total
Population
3077233
62405679
Source Census of India 2011.
1.3 Population By Religion
Year: 2012-2013
Source: Census of India 2001
Sl.No.
(1)
Religion
(2)
Persons
in
District
(3)
Persons in
Tamil
Nadu
(4)
Percentage(%)
In the
District
(5)
Tamil
Nadu
(6)
All
India
(7)
1 Hindu 2172815 54985079 79.7 88.11 80.46
2 Muslim 252235 3470647 9.3 5.56 13.43
3 Christian 296578 3785060 10.9 6.07 2.34
4 Sikh 89 9545 - 0.02 1.87
5 Buddhist 32 5393 - 0.01 0.77
6 Jain 272 83359 - 0.13 0.41
7 Other
Religions
133 7252 - 0.01 0.65
8 Religions
not stated
1834 59344 0.1 0.09 0.07
Total
Population
2723988
62405679
100.00
100.00
100.00
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1.4. Population By Age Groups
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No Age Groups Persons
in
Districts
Persons
in Tamil
Nadu
Percentage to total in
District Tamil
Nadu
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1. 0-14 741842 16710874 27.23 26.78
2. 15-29 772521 17704221 28.36 28.37
3. 30-44 550358 13393220 20.21 21.46
4. 45-59 388462 8661022 14.26 13.88
5. 60 and above 270805 5936342 9.94 9.51
Total 2723988 62405679 100.00 100.00
Source: Census of India 2001
1.5 Population Of The District Decennial Growth
Year 2012-2013
Period
(Subject to the period
of availability)
(1)
Region
(2)
Population
(3)
Percentage Variation
Since previous Census
(4)
353245 Total 3077233 +12.97
141262
Rural
1557004
+9.98
211983
Urban
1520229
16.20
Source: Census of India 2011.
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1.6 Salient Features of 2011 Census – Block wise
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Block
Den
sity
per
sq
.km
.
Fem
ales
per
10
00
mal
es (
Sex
Rat
io)
Incr
ease
in
po
pu
lati
on
sin
ce
20
01 i
n %
Urb
an/R
ura
l
Po
pu
lati
on
in
%
Literacy rate
among
S.C
. P
op
ula
tio
n i
n %
S.T
.
Po
pu
lati
on
in
%
Male
(%)
Female
(%)
1. Manur Block 1227.11 1027 18.69 82.74 74.61 16.83 0.27
2. Palayamkottai 345.83 1010 30.89 80.36 70.06 24.00 0.37
3. Sankarankoil 543.99 1015 8.89 77.79 61.72 27.56 0.20
4. Melaneelithanallur 299.23 1022 9.10 73.31 57.33 15.99 0.03
5. Kuruvikulam 203.56 1043 -10.88 75.21 58.52 35.59 0.18
6. Tenkasi Block 866.93 1004 9.40 79.57 67.60 19.71 0.23
7. Alangulam 403.29 1040 11.92 76.37 61.32 14.18 0.08
8. Keezhapavoor 899.04 1009 15.56 78.13 64.60 9.57 0.08
9. Vasudevanallur 341.28 1032 9.17 74.87 57.91 24.32 0.48
10 Shencottai 625.06 1004 16.00 78.17 64.13 23.25 0.70
11 Ambasamudram 200.10 1038 3.41 84.07 74.25 15.42 0.51
12 Cheranmahadevi 683.71 1030 9.27 81.85 72.62 18.59 0.41
13 Pappakudi 512.65 1034 17.16 77.82 65.65 14.84 0.23
14 Kadayanallur 633.88 997 19.10 76.81 61.01 20.41 0.29
15 Kadayam Block 569.95 1030 13.97 78.68 67.00 17.50 0.17
16 Nanguneri 224.52 1034 5.69 79.93 71.42 18.80 0.20
17 Kalakadu 255.73 1034 15.52 81.47 73.97 16.09 0.39
18 Vallioor 371.07 1023 6.77 82.08 75.81 14.39 0.47
19 Radhapuram 328.61 1032 25.76 81.21 75.85 13.36 1.08
District Average 451.00 1023 12.97 79.60 68.29 18.51 0.33
Source: Census of India.2011
*Entire population of Tirunelveli Corporation included in MANUR Block.
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2.CLIMATE AND RAINFALL
2.1.Temperature At Select Stations
(Celsius)
Name of the Station: AMBASAMUDRAM
Year: 2012 - 2013
Source: Rice Research Station.Ambasamudram.
Months
(1)
Mean Maximum
Mean Minimum
Humidity
Normal
(2)
Actual
(3)
Normal
(4)
Actual
(5)
8.30
hrs.
(6)
17.30
hrs.
(7)
2012 June
34.00
NOT FUNCTIONING
July
August
September
34.4 51.10
October
34.2 50.50
November
32.1 49.50
December
32.6 65.00
2013
January
33.8 62.00
February
34.19 49.00
March
35.21 41.00
April
35.62 44.00
May
36.14 40.00
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2.2 Month wise Rainfall Tirunelveli District During
Year: 2012- 2013 (In Millimeters)
Month Actual Normal %Deviation
June 2012 1.0 37.9 -97.4
July 2012 16 39.5 -59.5
August 2012 12.6 26.8 -53.0
September 2012 7.3 38.2 -80.9
Total(South-
West Monsoon) 36.9 142.4 -74.1
October 2012 302.7 157.5 92.2
November 2012 139.1 210.1 -33.8
December 2012 74 99.6 -25.7
Total(North-East
Monsoon) 515.8 467.2 10.4
January 2013 2.1 35.4 -94.1
February 2013 96.8 33.9 185.5
Total (Winter) 98.9 69.3 42.7
March 2013 119.4 48.1 148.2
April 2013 24.8 70.4 -64.8
May 2013 25.5 47.7 -46.5
Total(Hot
summer) 16.7 166.2 2.1
Annual Total
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai.
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2.3 Time Series Data Of Rainfall By Seasons (Last 5 Years)
Year: 2008-2009 to 2012 – 2013
Year
South
West
Monsoon
North
East
Monsoon
Winter
Season
Hot Weather
Season
Total Deviation
(+ or – or
=) from
Normal
No
rmal
Act
ual
No
rmal
Act
ual
No
rmal
Act
ual
No
rmal
Act
ual
No
rmal
Act
ual
2008-
2009 92.6 145.2 429.8 564.1 72.6 8.2 141.9 123.9 736.9 841.4 +14.2
2009-
2010 92.6 127.3 429.8 653.4 72.6 36 141.9 84.4 736.9 901.1 +22.3
2010-
2011 92.6 189.6 429.8 555.8 69.3 74.5 166.2 127.7 757.9 947.6 +25.0
2011-
2012 142.4 107.7 467.2 639.9 69.3 70.7 166.2 100.7 845.1 919.0 +8.8
2012-
2013 142.2 36.9 467.2 515.8 69.3 98.9 166.2 16.7 844.9 668.3 -20.9
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai.
3.AGRICULTURE
3.1.Soil Classification
Year2012-13
Sl.No.
(1)
Type of Soil
(2)
Places in District
(3)
1. Red Loam Tenkasi,Shencottah,sivagiri,Rathapuram,
Alangulam,V.K.puthur
2. Lateritic Soil NiL
3. Black Soil Sankarankoil,Melaneelithnallur,Kuruvikulam,
Palayamkottai,Manur
4. Sandy Coastal Alluviam Nil
5. Red Sandy Soil Nil
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai.(Hand Book of Tamilnadu)
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3.2.Land Utilisation
(Area in Hectares)
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Land Classification
(2)
2011-
2012
(4)
2012-
2013
(4)
1.
Forest 127758 127758
2
.
Barren and Uncultivable waste 29682 29682
3.
Land put to Non-Agricultural uses 103136 103136
4.
Cultivable Waste 36214 35631
5.
Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Land 5156 5156
6.
Land Under Miscellaneous Tree Crops and
Groves not included in Net Area Sown
8595 8376
7.
Current Fallow 35525 58138
8.
Other Fallow Land 174126 179921
9.
Net Area Sown 155658 128052
10.
Geographical Area According to Village
Papers
675850 675850
11.
Total Cropped Area 180925 136984
12.
Area sown more than once 25267 8932
Source: „G‟ Return Fasli 1423
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3.3.Area And Production Of Crops
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Crops
(2)
Area
„000‟
hec.
(3)
Production
„000‟tonnes
(4)
Productivity
Kg./hec.
(5)
% to
the
total
area
sown
(6)
1. A.FOOD
GRAINS:
a) Cereals &
Millets
N.A
N.A
N.A
Paddy 45402
Others 13979
b) Pulses 15060
2. B.OIL
SEEDS
G.nut 1234
Gingelly 750
3. C.OTHER
CROPS
Cotton 2510
Others 58049
Source: G.Return Fasli 1423
3.4.Agricultural Implements And Machinery
In Number
Sl.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
2004
(3)
1. Animal Operated Implements Ploughs
a) Wooden Plough 11053
b) Steel plough 3117
c) Total 14170
2. Water Pumps for Irrigation Purpose
a) Worked by Oil Engine 7353
b) Worked by Electric Power 27087
c) Total 34440
3. Tractors
a) Agricultural Tractor (Wheeled) 2413
b) Crawler Tractor 861
c) Total 3274
4. Sugarcane Crushers by Power 8
5. Power Operated Thresher 123
6. Maize Sheller 40
7. Fishing Statistics
a) Mechanised Boat 3191
b) Non Mechanished Boat 158
Total 3349
Source: 17th Quinquennial Livestock Census-2004
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3.5.Number And Area Of Operational Land Holdings
Size
Class
of
holdin
gs
(Hecta
res)
No. of Operational holdings Area operated in hec.
(1)
Individu
al
(2)
Joint
(3)
Instit
ution
(4)
Total
(5)
Individu
al
(6)
Joint
(7)
Institutio
n
(8)
Total
(9)
< 0.5 167741 327 183 168251 40102.56 66.24 36.75 40205.55
0.5-
1.0 50245 21 46 50312 35498.87 14.02 31.52 35544.41
1.0-
2.0 33753 16 65 33834 47126.28 21.36 94.60 47242.24
2.0-
3.0 11340 3 35 11378 27226.44 7.13 86.00 27319.57
3.0-
4.0 5075 1 20 5096 17423.38 3.79 71.92 17499.09
4.0-
5.0 2599 0 22 2621 11524.81 0 97.20 11622.01
5.0-
7.5 2671 1 34 2706 16105.01 5.48 205.78 16316.27
7.5-
10.0 1017 23 1040 8630.56 0 204.00 8834.56
10.0-
20.0 863 52 915 11530.86 0 781.45 12312.31
20.0
&
above
221 58 279 7103.38 0 8102.14 15205.52
Total 275525 369 538 276432 222272.15 118.02 9711.36 232101.53
Source: Agricultural Census-2005-2006
3.6.Consumption Of Chemical Fertilisers And Pesticides
Year: 2012 - 2013
Fertilizers (in „000‟ Tonne) Pesticides (K.gs.) Urea
„000‟
Tonne
(7)
Nitrogenous
(N)
(1)
Phosphatic
(P2 05)
(2)
Pottassic
(K2 0)
(3)
Total
(NPK)
(4)
Dust
(5)
Liquid
(6)
36.561 10.162
6.582 53.305 54280 76370 29.561
Source: Joint Director of Agriculture Tirunelveli -2
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3.7. Regulated Markets
Year: 2012 - 2013
Name of
Regulated
Markets
Name of Sub
Regulated
Markets
Quantity arrivals
(‘in M.T.’)
Receipts
(Rs.in Lakhs)
1.Sankarankovil - 5245
43.00
2.Tenkasi - 3727 18.00
3.Ambasamuthiram - 9132 30.00
4.Valliyoor - 4028 20.00
5.Tirunelveli - 8587 48.00
6.Pavoorsathiram - 3320 10.00
7.Kadayanallur - 3280 11.00
8.Thesayanvelai - 2220 12.00
9.Thiruvengadam - 2330 7.00
10.Sivagiri - 560 4.50
11.Alangulam - 3800 17.30
Total - 46229 220.80
Source: Secretary District Agriculture Marketing Committee Office Tirunelveli-2.
3.8.Crop Insurance Scheme For The Fasli Year… 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Name
of the
Crop
No of
Blocks
notified
Premium
collected
No. of
Beneficiaries
Amount
Sanctioned
(in Rs.)
1 Paddy I
6 4800 - -
2 Paddy II 6 600000 - -
3 Maize 3 78000 - -
4 Ground
Nut
2 28000 - -
5 Cotton
4 4000 - -
6 Sugarcane - - - -
7 Plantain - - - -
8 Onion - - - -
9 Tapioca - - - -
10 Sunflower
- - - -
11 cumbu - - - -
12 Cholam - - - -
13 Ragi - - - -
14 Blackgram - - - -
15 Greengram - - - -
16 Horsegram - - - -
17 Chillies - - - -
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SOURCE : J.R. Co – operative, Tirunelveli – 2
3.9 Sericulture
Year: 2012 - 2013
S.No.
Name of the block
(1)
Area
under
Mulberry
(in Acre)
(2)
Production
of
Cocoons
(in Kg)
(3)
Value in
Rupees
(4)
1
Tenkasi 77.25.0 14962.0 3366450
2
Kadayanallur 235.25.0 43724.8 9838080
3
Vasudevanallur 149.00.0 17098.6 3847185
4
Kuruvikulam 89.50.0 16773.1 3773947
5
Alankulam 142.50.0 18416.0 4143600
6
Kadayam 67.50 9118.4 2051640
7
Ambasamudram 66.50.0 8334.5 1875262
8
Pappakudi 56.00.0 4345.4 977715
9
Keelapavoor 278.75.0 45715.0 10285875
10
Melaneelithanallur 66.75.0 12293.0 2765925
11
Shenkottai 96.50.0 16209.0 3647025
12
Manur 56.00.0 8347.9 1878277
Total 1381.50.0 215337.7 48450981 Source: Assistant Director of Sericulture - Tenkasi
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4. IRRIGATION
4.1 Sources of Water Supply –Taluk wise Year: 2012 - 2013
Source: District “G” Return Fasli 1422
Sl.
No
.
Name of the
Taluk
Canals
Numbe
rs
Length
(Km.)
Wells
used for
irrigation
purpose
only
Tube
Wells
Wells
used for
Domestic
Purpose
only
Reser
voirs
Tanks
(Nos.)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 Tirunelveli 9
34 5684 82 1740 0 129
2 Palayamkottai 2
43 1763 0 1285 0 124
3 Sankarankoil 0
0 20155 0 2384 0 231
4 Tenkasi 71
123 9437 217 3450 1 169
5 Alangulam 4
20 6455 43 2349 0 127
6 V.K.Pudur 4
11 7352 65 5863 0 62
7 Sengottai 28
49 1032 189 383 4 215
8 Sivagiri 0
0 7950 22 2902 0 133
9 Ambasamudram 7
115 3057 122 1031 6 378
10 Nanguneri 3
81 5623 93 454 2 318
11 Radhapuram 1
56 8179 621 2843 1 269
Total
129
532 76851 1452 24684 14 2155
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4.2 Actual area irrigated by source
(Area in Hectares)
Year: 2012 - 2013
Source
(1)
Number
(2)
Area Irrigated
Net
(3)
Gross
(4)
I .Surface Water:
Canals
i) Government Canals
ii) Private Canals
129
15172
17080
2. Tanks
Large
Small
373
1782
18384
11538
21198
12734
3. Flow Irrigation
Major & Medium
Minor
- - -
4. Lift Irrigation:
Major & Medium
Minor
- - -
5. Ponds
i) Lift Irrigation
ii) Minor
- - -
6. Other Sources:
Lift Irrigation
ii) Flow Irrigation
9
- -
II. Ground water:
public wells
private tube wells/Bore wells
3. Open wells
-
1453
66192
846
41948
846
44334
Total Area Irrigated
87888 96192
Source: „G‟ Return Fasli 1422
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4.3 Area irrigated by crops
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No. Crop Area ( Hect.)
A)Cereals
1 Paddy 45402
2 Jowar 2407
3 Cumbu 44
4 Maize 2975
5 Ragi 48
6 Other Cereals 20
B)Pulses
7 Green Gram 347
8 Red Gram 32
9 Black Gram 1385
10 Other Pulses 82
C)Oil Seeds
11 Ground Nut 637
12 Gingelly 127
13 Coconut 11481
14 Other Oil Seeds 469
D)Fibres
15 Cotton 1928
E) Fruits
16 Banana 8627
17 Mango 3219
18 Other Fruits 741
19 Citrus Fruits 4247
20 Dry Fruits 706
F) Other Crops
21 Vegetables 3547
22 Spices & Condiments 1384
23 Sugar Crops 3534
24 Dye Crops 39
25 Medicinal Crops 168
26 Fodder Crops 413
27 Manure Crops 35
28 Flowers 1483
29 Non Food Crops 666
Grand Total 96193
Source: G Return Fasli 1422
16
4.4 Details of Dams, Tanks, Wells and Bore Wells
Year: 2012 – 2013
Source : PWD , EB, & G. Return
S.No. Name of reservoir
Yea
r of
Co
nst
ruct
ion
Cat
chm
ent
area
(in
Sq.K
.m
Wat
er s
pre
ad a
rea
at F
RL
(i
n S
q.k
m)
Max
imum
Hei
ght
in
Met
res
Cap
acit
y a
t F
RL
in M
CM
No
. o
f T
anks
No
. o
f B
ore
wel
ls
1
Mamimuthar
1958 161.61 9.40 45.72 156.07 - -
2
Gatana
1974 46.46 0.80 32.92 9.97 - -
3.
Ramanadhi
1974 16.58 0.39 31.09 4.30 - -
4.
Karuppanadhi
1977 29.34 0.50 34.44 5.24 - -
5.
Gundar
1983 9.92 0.21 14.66 0.71 - -
6.
Adavainainarkoil
2003 15.54 0.35 47.20 4.93 - -
7.
Vadakku Pachiyar
2003 35.09 1.85 20.10 12.51 - -
8.
Kodumudiyar
2003 24.86 0.53 28.00 3.45 - -
9.
Nambiar
2000 187.06 1.52 10.84 2.33 - -
10.
Papanasam
1942 149.03 2.24 66.0 15576 - -
11
Servalur
1986 110.00 - 51.34 34.69 - -
12
Tanks
2155 -
13 Tube wells & Bore
wells
- 1368
17
5.ANIMAL HUSBANDARY
5.1 Livestock Population
Sl.No. Classification
Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1.
2.
3.
4.
I . Live Stock
Cattle
i Male
ii. Female
Total
Buffaloes
i. Male
ii. Female
Total
Bovines
i. Male
ii. Female
Total
Sheep
Goats
Horses and Ponies
Pigs
Rabbits
Camels
Donkeys
Domestic Dogs & others
TOTAL LIVESTOCK
II. POULTRY
Fowls
Ducks, Drakes& Duckling
Turkeys
Others
Total Poultry
94481
324213
418694
15930
62847
78777
110411
387060
497471
487273
390570
245
12752
2401
-
961
67877
1957021
1205376
9095
2168
1944
1218583
Source: 17th Livestock Census 2004
18
5.2 Veterinary Institutions And Animals Treated Blockwise
Year: 2012 - 2013
Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry (Cattle Breeding and Fodder Dev.) Tirunelveli
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Block
Veterinary Institutions
Sub-
centres
Other Units
Animals
treated
Castration
performed Poly-
clinic
Hos-
pitals
Dispen-
saries
Upgrated
Sub-
centres
Animal
disease
investigation
unit
Mobile
units
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 Manur - - 7 - 6 - - 75461 3436
2 Palayamkottai - 1 8 - 2 - - 67319 4020
3 Sankarankoil - 1 5 - 2 - - 54377 2488
4 M.N.Nallur - - 6 - - - - 64600 3085
5 Kuruvikulam - - 6 - 3 - - 50258 2380
6 Tenkasi - - 7 - 1 - - 50992 406
7 Kadayanallur - - 4 - 2 - - 26861 338
8 Alangulam - - 5 -- 5 - - 59093 1846
9 Keelapoor - - 5 3 -- -- 46085 702
10 Shencottai - 1 4 - - - - 47638 365
11 Vasudevanallur - 2 4 - 2 - - 39283 984
12 Ambasamudram - - 4 - 1 - - 43370 1182
13 Cheranmahadevi - 1 5 - 2 - - 77532 1354
14 Pappakudi - - 5 - - - - 42410 1610
15 Kadayam - - 6 - 2 - - 50375 1320
16 Nanguneri - - 3 - - - - 25524 990
17 Kalakadu - - 5 - - - - 40120 1180
18 Valliyoor - 1 4 - 1 - - 59555 1576
19 Radhapuram - - 5 -- - - - 40390 1310
20 Tirunelveli
Corpn
1 - - - - 1 1 24026 1254
TOTAL 1
7 98 - 32 1 1 985269 31826
19
5.3. Number Of Veterinary Hospitals
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block
(2)
Number of
Government Hospitals
(3)
Private
Hospitals
(4)
1 Manur 1 -
2 Palayamkottai 1 -
3 Sankarankoil - -
4 Melaneelithanallur - -
5 Kuruvikulam - -
6 Tenkasi - -
7 Kadayanallur - -
8 Alangulam - -
-9 Keelappavur - -
10 Shencottai 1 -
11 Vasudevanallur 1 -
-12 Ambasamuthram - -
13 Cheranmahadevi 2 -
14 Pappakudi - -
15 Kadayam - -
16 Naguneri - -
17 Kalakadu - -
18 Valliyur 1 -
19 Radhapuram - -
20 Tirunelveli Corporation
(Poly Clinic)
1 -
TOTAL 8 -
Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry (Cattle Breeding and Fodder Dev.) Tirunelveli
20
5.4 Dairy Development
Year: 2012 – 2013
Name of the
Block/Urban Town
(1)
No. of milk
societies
(2)
Quantity of milk
produced
(In Litres)
(3)
Value of milk
produced
( Rs.in Lakhs)
(4)
Manur 20 98,880.00 2,120,080.00
Palayamkottai 10 5,028.00 116,562.00
Sankarankoil 7 41,268.00 825,360.00
M.N.Nallur 24 1,06,884.00 207,513.00
Kuruvikulam 21 8,196.00 163,920.00
Tenkasi 1 12,775.00 255,500.00
Kadayanallur 1 25,550.00 511,000.00
Alankulam 14 14,628.00 284,946.00
Keelapavoor 9 61,740.00 1,234,800.00
Shenkottai 2 43,824.00 876,480.00
Vasudevanllur 36 9,432.00 188,640.00
Ambasamudram 1 14,600.00 292,000.00
Cheranmahadevi 7 24,000.00 480,000.00
Papakudi 6 12,864.00 257,280.00
Kadayam 6 2,916.00 58,320.00
Kalakadu 11 2,043,000.00 39,838,500.00
Nanguneri 27 1,109,160.00 21,628,620.00
Radhapuram 19 563,040.00 10,979,280.00
Valliyoor 11 1,652,760.00 32,278,820.00
Total 233 5,850,545.00 112,597,621.80
Source: Deputy Registrar (Dairy) Tirunelveli.
21
5.5 Poultry Development
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Name of the Block Broiler (No‟s) Layer (No‟s)
1 Manur 482000
472500
2 Palayamkottai 168950
162000
3 Sankarankoil 410000
395000
4 Melaneelithanallur 745900
732500
5 Kuruvikulam 682000
649500
6 Tenkasi 122500
119500
7 Kadayanallur 783500 772600
8 Alangulam 386500 374700
9 Keelappavur 290000 280400
10 Shencottai 112000 109500
11 Vasudevanallur 158000 149900
12 Ambasamuthram 182000 179800
13 Cheranmahadevi 87000 86800
14 Papakudi 248000 239000
15 Kadayam 847000 832000
16 Nanguneri 678000 669000
17 Kalakadu 359000 348000
18 Valliyoor 765000 759000
19 Radhapuram 105000 102500
Total 8251000 8251000 7434200
Source: Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry
Cattle Breeding & Fodder Development, Tirunelveli & Private farms
5.6 Fisheries Development And Production
Year: 2012 - 2013
Name and Address
of Fishing centres
Inland Fish Catch
(Tonne)
Marine Fish
Catch (Tonne)
Number of
Fisherman
engaged
Inland Marine
Tirunelveli Dist.
1284
2928
2308
4000
Source: Assistant Director of Fisheries Tirunelveli and Radhapuram
22
6. BANKING AND INSURANCE
6.1 No. of Commercial Banks
Year: 2012 - 2013
Item
No. of
Branches
(Amount in 000‟)
Deposit Advance Credit
Ratio
Commercial
Banks
247 81633247 82405244 100.95
DCCB & Etc.
45 6455557 7710482 119.44
Regional Rural
Banks
50 7616700 7760700 101.89
Lead Banks
- - - -
Total 342 95705504 97876426 102.27
Source: Lead Bank Tirunelveli(Indian Overseas Bank)
6.2 Insurance Scheme
Year: 2012 - 2013
Name of
the
Insurance
No. of
Branches
Policies
Issued
Premium
Received
(in
crores)
No. of
Beneficiaries
Amount paid
as
compensation
(in Crores)
1. L.I.C
16 225309 2650.83 99679 31132
2.Oriental 2 25938 5.33 1534 2.57
3.The
New
India
Assurance
- - - - -
4.United
India
Insurance
- - - - -
Source: Concerned Insurance Institutions.
23
7.CO-OPERATION
7.1 Co-operative Societies
Year: 2012 – 2013 (Rs.in.Lakhs)
S
l
.
N
o
.
Type of Societies No. of
Societies
Member
ship
Share
Capital
Working
capital
Loans
Advanced
(Outstandi
ng &
Over Due)
No. of
Emplo
yees
(
1
)
(2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1
.
District central coop
bank (including
branches)
27 858000 611.24 57794.75 41202.33 131
2
.
District co.op.Union 1 952 - - - 3
3
.
Co.op.Training
Institute 1 - - - - -
4
.
Coop.Printing press 1 534 0.74 31.13 - 42
5
.
Primary Agrl
coop.bank 158 300299 10197.13 41607.87 106686.23 692
6
.
Primary Agrl.and
Rural Devel.Bank 8 33096 207.69 3076.80 2348.84 18
7
.
Coop.Urban bank
(including branches) 6 87647 352.47 7784.01 6051.85 55
8
.
Whole sale coop
stores 1 9428 36.48 317.66 234.30 130
9
.
Primary coop stores
33 35001 6.88 24.92 - -
1
0
.
Students coop stores
144 32306 6.88 24.92 - -
1
1
.
Coop. employees
thrift and credit
society
76 26632 2617.34 16586.06 18933.18 88
Source: Joint Register Co-operative Societies
24
8. CIVIL SUPPLIES
8.1 No. of Fair Price Shops
Year:2012- 2013
Sl.No. Name of the Taluk No. of
Shops
Part Time
Shop Total
1 Tiunelveli 127 36 163
2 Palayamcottai 121 10 131
3 Sankarankoil 131 64 195
4 Tenkasi 109 31 140
5 Shencottah 36 14 50
6 Sivagiri 63 18 81
7 Ambasamudhram 141 48 189
8 Radhapuram 90 85 175
9 Nanguneri 87 41 128
10 Alangulam 51 32 83
11 Veerakeralampudur 37 24 61
DISTRICT TOTAL 993 403 1396
Source: District Supply Officer. Tirunelveli
25
8.2 Quantum Of Essential Commodities Distributed And Their Retail Prices
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.
No
Name of
the
Commodity
Issued
Price
per
(Kg.)
Scale of Supply
1.
Rice
Free of
cost
1.0 Unit -12kg
1.5 Unit - 14kg
2.0 Unit - 16kg
2.5 Unit - 18kg
3.0 and above - 20kg
AAY Card -35Kg.
2
Wheat
Rs.7.50
Corporation Area & Dist H.Qrs - 10kg per card
Other areas - 5kg per card
3
Sugar
Rs.13.50
1 member - 1/2kg
2 member - 1 kg
3 member -1 1/2kg
4 & above -2kg
Option Sugar-Additional 3Kg.
4. Palm Oil Rs.25 1 litre
5. Sooji Rs.17 1 Kg
6. Maida Rs.16 1kg
7. Kerosene Rs 13.80
to 14.10 Location No LPG
Cylinder
One
LPG
Cylinder
Two LPG
Cylinder
Dist H.Qrs./
Corporation
10
Litres
3 Litres Nil
Municipal Area 6 Litres 3 Litres Nil
Town Panchayat
Area
5 Litres 3 Litres
Village Panchayat
Area
3 Litres 3 Litres Nil
8. Others 1.Ooty Tea
Rs.15.00
(100gram)
2.Iodised
Salt
Rs.3.50
(Per1 K.g) No Limit
3.Redgram
Dhal
Rs.30.00 (1 Kg per family)
4.Urid Dhal Rs.30.00 (1 Kg per family)
Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli
26
8.3 No. of Family Cards (Rural And Urban) Year: 2012- 2013
Region
No. Family Cards
Rural 446378
Urban 39019
District Total 839397
Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli
8.4 Quantity Supplied
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Items Quantity Supplied
1. Rice (Tonne) - Boiled Rice 136116.485
a)Antyodaya 30556.937
b)Annapoorna 137.010
c)Old Age Persons 413.461
2. Wheat (Tonne) 6332.091
3. Sugar (Tonne) 17528.058
4. Palm oil 07310974
Atta (Tonne)
5. Maida (Tonne)
6. Kerosene (Kilo Liters) 20998.216
7 Others a) Redgram Dhal (Tonne) 5058.624
b) Urid Dhal (Tonne) 2810.211
Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli
27
8.5 No. of L.P.G. Connections
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the
Taluks
(2)
Government L.P.G.
Connections
Private L.P.G.
Connections
Single
(3)
Double
(4)
Single
(5)
Double
(6)
1 Palayamkottai 243.1 33851 -- --
2 Tirunelveli 21433 21719 -- ----
3 Sankarankoil 22833 13538 -- --
4 Tenkasi 30574 30150 -- --
5 Shencottai 1358 9186 -- --
6 Sivagiri 12376 7190 -- --
7 Ambasamudram 39276 29519 -- --
8 Radhapuram 23563 11295 -- --
9 Nanguneri 15188 7519 -- --
10 Alangulam 15695 6955 -- --
11 V.K.Pudur 11975 6503 -- --
Dist.Total 230542 177425 -- --
Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli
8.6 No. of Persons Waiting For L.P.G. Connections
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Taluk
Government L.P.G.
Connections
Private L.P.G.
Connections
Single Double Single Double
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1. Palayamkottai
Nil
2. Tirunelveli
3. Sankarankoil
4. Tenkasi
5. Shencottai
6. Sivagiri
7. Ambasamudram
8. Radhapuram
9 Nanguneri
10. Alangulam
11. V.K.Pudur
Dist.Total
Source: District Supply Officer Tirunelveli
28
9. COMMUNICATIONS
9.1 Post Offices doing postal business only Year: 2012 - 2013
Source: Sr. Supt. Of Post Offices, Tirunelveli & Kovilpatti Division
9.2 Post Office Doing Post And Telegraphic Business
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No
(1) Name of the
Blocks/Municipalities (2)
Post Office doing Post and
Telegraphic buisiness(Nos) (3)
1 Manur Nil
2 Palayamkottair Nil
3 Sankarankoil Nil
4 Melaneelithanallur Nil
5 Kuruvikulam Nil
6 Tenkasi Nil
7 Kadayanallur Nil
8 Alankulam Nil
9 Keelapavoor Nil
10 Shencottah Nil
11 Vasudevanallur Nil
12 Ambasamudram Nil
13 Cheranmahadevi Nil
14 Pappakudi Nil
15 Kadayam Nil
16 Nanguneri Nil
17 Kalakad Nil
18 Valliyur Nil
19 Rathapuram Nil
Source: Sr. Supt. Of Post Offices, Tirunelveli & Kovilpatti Division
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Blocks/Municipalities
(2)
Post Office doing postal business
only (Nos.)
(3)
1 Manur 28
2 Palayamkottai 20
3 Sakarankoil 44
4 Melaneelithanallur 19
5 Kuruvikulam 29
6 Tenkasi 18
7 Kadayanallur 26
8 Alangulam 29
9 Keelapavoor 17
10 Shencottah 9
11 Vasudevanallur 25
12 Ambasamudram 12
13 Cheranmahadevi 5
14 Pappakudi 12
15 Kadayam 17
16 Nanguneri 20
17 Kalakad 15
18 Valliyur 16
19 Rathapuram 26
Dist Total 387
29
9.3Telegraph Office
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No
(1) Name of the
Blocks/Municipalities (2)
No. of Telegraph
(3)
1 Manur (Central Telegraph Office,
Tirunelveli)
1
2 Palayamkottai -
3 Sankarankoil 1
4 Melaneelithanallur -
5 Kuruvikulam -
6 Tenkasi 1
7 Kadayanallur 1
8 Alankulam 1
9 Keelapavoor -
10 Shencottah 1
11 Vasudevanallur -
12 Ambasamudram 1
13 Cheranmahadevi -
14 Pappakudi -
15 Kadayam -
16 Nanguneri -
17 Kalakad -
18 Valliyur 1
19 Rathapuram -
Total 8
Source: Sub Divisional Engineer, Customer Service Centre, BSNL, Tirunelveli
9.4 No. of Telephone Exchanges, Capacity And No. In Use
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
Numbers
(3)
1. Number of Telephone Exchanges 84
2. Number of Equipped Capacity 146550
3. Number of Direct Exchange Lines 85766
4. Private Branch Exchange -
5. Extension -
6. Number of telephones (Extension) in use -
7. Number of Function Line -
Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli
30
9.5 No. of Public Call Offices Attached To Each Exchange
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No. Name of the Exchange
Centre
No. of Public Call Offices
With STD/ISD Without
STD/ISD
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 Tirunelveli 1088 -
2 Ambasamudram 460 -
6 Tenkasi 944 -
4 Sankarankoil 314 -
5 Valliyoor 307 -
6 Nanguneri 155 -
Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli
9.6 No. of Persons Waiting For Phone Connection
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No. Name of the Exchange Centers No. persons waiting for phone
connections
1 Tirunelveli Nil
2 Ambasmudram Nil
3 Tenkasi Nil
4 Sankarankoil Nil
5 Valliyoor Nil
6 Nanguneri Nil
Source: BSNL, Tirunelveli
31
10. ELECTRICITY
10.1 No. of Power Stations
Year: 2012-2013
Source: S.E., TNEB (Production Circle) , Tirunelveli
Sl.No
Name of the
Power
Stations
Year of
Operation
Installed
Capacity (M.W.)
Generation
(M.U.)
Station
Consumption
(M.U.)
Net Unit
sent out
(M.U.)
01
Papanasam Unit I 1944
4*8MW
=32MW 63.243 0.609 62.634
Papanasam Unit II 1944
Papanasam Unit III 1945
Papanasam Unit IV 1951
02 SerValar 1986 20MW 9.596 0.026 9.570
03 Kodayar PH I 1970 60MW 74.983 0.234 74.749
04 Kodayar PH II 1971 40MW 31.431 0.148 31.283
05
Periar PH 1958
2*42MW
2*35MW 179.081 1.06 178.021
Periar PH 1959
Periar PH 1959
Periar PH 1965
06 Suruliyar PH 1978 35MW 49.354 0.134 49.220
07
Vaigai PH I 1990 2*3MW 3.199 0.01 3.189
Vaigai Unit II 1990
08 Peruchani PH I 2006
2*0.650MW 0.240 0 0.240 Peruchani Unit II 2006
09
Periyar Vaigai
SHEP I
Unit I
2011 2*2MW 0.8288 0 0.8288
Unit II
32
10.2 Quantum of Power Purchased
Year: 2012- 2013
Power purchased sectors name
Power purchased in M.U.
Sun Paper Mills Limited
Empee Sugar And Chemical Limited
270.89
Source: S.E., TNEB (Distribution Circle), Tirunelveli .
10.3 Power Consumption Sectorwise
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No. Sectors Consumption
(M.U)
% of the
Consumption
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Industries
Agriculture
Domestic
Commercial
Public lighting and Public Works
Sales to licensees
Sales to other States
Miscellaneous
84.043
-
613.118
139.303
80.211
-
-
318.187
6.8
-
49.84
11.27
6.49
-
-
25.6
Total 1199.90 100
Source: District Electricity Board
10.4 Peak Demand and Energy Output
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Power Demand Details
1.
Instantaneous peak demand
378.09MW
2. Sustained peak demand
330MW
Source: District Electricity Board
33
10.5 Revenue from Electric Schemes and cost per unit
Year: 2012- 2013
Sectors Cost per unit Income in Rs.in lakhs
(1) (2) (3)
Government
Public- II a
Private
Domestic- I a
Commercial
-
3.00
-
1.6
6.21
-
2406
-
9809
9650
Source: District Electricity Board –Tirunelveli.
10.6 Transmission and Distribution of Electricity
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
Item
Unit
Achievement
Up to 31.03.2012
1. 500 K.V.A 156 78000KVA
2. 250 K.V.A 1023 255750KVA
3. 200 K.V.A. 9 1800KVA
4 180 K.V.A. 1 180 KVA
5. 150 K.V.A 21 3150 KVA
6. 100 K.V.A 4930 493000 KVA
7. 75 K.V.A 186 13950 KVA
8. 63 K.V.A 1681 105903 KVA
9. Others 268 13400 KVA
Total 8275 965133 KVA
Source: SE, TNEB, Distribution Circle
34
10.7 Capacity of Transformers Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Stations / Sub
Stations
Voltage Ratio (KV) Total Capacity
in MVA
1 Palayamkottai 110/33-11 82MVA
2 Palayapettai 110/33-11 26MVA
3 Kokkirakulam 33/11 16MVA
4 Karanthaneri 110/11 10MVA
5 Moolakaraipatty 33/11 8.15MVA
6 Alankulam 110/33-11 95MVA
7 Vannikonenthal 110/11 10MVA
8 Uthumalai 110/33-11 91MVA
9 Thalayuthu 110/33-11 57MVA
10 Gangaigondan 110/33-11 20MVA
11 Sankarankoil 110/11 20MVA
12 Perumalpatty 110/11 32MVA
13 Kalingapatty 110/11 10MVA
14 Kadayanallur 110/11 20MVA
15 Puliyankudi 110/11 20MVA
16 Naranapuram 110/11 10MVA
17 Veersigamani 110/33-11 116MVA
18 Tenkasi 110/11 20MVA
19 Senkottai 110/11 20MVA
20 Surandai 110/33-11 45MVA
21 V.K.Puram 110/33-11 26MVA
22 Kadayam 110/11 10MVA
23 Melakallur 110/11 20MVA
24 Veeravanallur 110/11 20MVA
25 Thisayanvillai 33/11 13MVA
26 Kottaikarunkulam 110/33-11 83MVA
27 Panakudi 110/11 48MVA
28 Valliyoor 110/11 20MVA
29 Kalakkad 110/11 10MVA
30 Koondankulam 110/33-11 95MVA
31 Keelapavoor 110/33-11 95MVA
32 Reddiarpatti 33/11 10MVA
33 Malayankulam 110/11 10MVA
34 O‟Thulukkapatti 110/11 10MVA
35 Viswanathaperi 110/11 20MVA
36 Melapalyam V 33/11 8MVA
37 Exhibition Ground 33/11 8MVA
38 Karisalpatty 110/11 10MVA
39 Manur 110/33-11 60MVA
40 Thiyagarajanagar 33/11 8MVA
41 Karivalamvanthanallur 110/11 10MVA
42 Atchamputhur 110/11 16MVA
43 Seethaparpanallur 110/11 10MVA
44 Ambasamudram 110/11 20MVA
45 Navalady 110/11 10MVA
46 Naduvakuruchi 33/11 8MVA
Source: District Electricity Boards
35
10.8 Rural Electrification
Year: 2012 - 2013
Electrified during the year Electrified up to the year
Towns
Village
Hamlet
Agricultural
Pump set
Town
Village
Hamlet
Agricultural
Pump set
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
----
-- -- 560 45 425 1727 82079
Source: District Rural Electricity Office.
36
10.9 Name and address of fault report offices
Year: 2012- 2013 Sl.No. Name of the Stations/Sub Stations No. fault reported
1 Palayamkottai 27
2 Palayapettai 13
3 Kokkirakulam 3
4 Karanthaneri 27
5 Moolakaraipatty 12
6 Alankulam 18
7 Vannikonenthal 11
8 Uthumalai 4
9 Thalayuthu 15
10 Gangaigondan 9
11 Sankarankoil 15
12 Perumalpatty 7
13 Kalingapatty 4
14 Kadayanallur 0
15 Puliyankudi 0
16 Naranapuram 0
17 Veersigamani 0
18 Tenkasi 0
19 Senkottai 0
20 Surandai 0
21 V.K.Puram 26
22 Kadayam 5
23 Melakallur 11
24 Veeravanallur 42
25 Thisayanvillai 2
26 Kottaikarunkulam 11
27 Panakudi 1
28 Valliyoor 0
29 Kalakkad 3
30 Koondankulam 0
31 Keelapavoor 1
32 Reddiarpatti 1
33 Malayankulam 6
34 O’Thulukkapatti 0
35 Viswanathaperi 0
36 Melapalyam V 2
37 Exhibition Ground 0
38 Karisalkulam 12
39 Manur 13
40 Thiyagarajanagar 0
41 Karivalamvanthnallur 0
42 Achampudur 110KVSS 0
43 Seethapurpanallur 110KVSS 14
44 Ambasamudram 110KVSS 9
45 Nava lady 110KVSS 1
46 Naduvakurchi 33KVSS 2
Total 327
Source: District E1lectricity Board`
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11. EDUCATION
11.1 Universities, Students and Teachers and Courses offered
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.NO
(1)
Name of the
University
(2)
Students Teachers
(6)
Boys
(3)
Girls
(4)
Total
(5)
1 Mononmaniam
Sundaranar
University
- - - -
2. Anna
University,
Tirunelveli
- - - -
Source: Registrar Mononmaniam sundaranar University& Anna
University
11.2 Colleges For General Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 2012 - 2013
S.No.
Name of Institution No. of
Institution
Students Teachers
Boys Girls Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1.
Government
Colleges
2 183 1296 1479 90
2.
Aided Colleges 13 1689 3673 5362 632
3.
Self Financed
Colleges
10 1620 4341 5961 512
Total 25 3492 9310 12802 1234
Source: Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Regional Office Tirunelveli..
38
11.3 College For Professional Education, Students And Teachers. Year: 2011–
2012
Sl.No. Name of the
Institutions
No. of
Institutions
Students Teachers
Boys Girls Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 Govt .
Medical
College
1 65 88 153 SR/Tutor
Asst.Professor-
144
Professor -64
2 S.A.Raja
Dental college
3 Antartica
college of
Pharmacy
4 S.A.Raja
college of
Pharmacy
1 124 420 544 67
5 Sri Ram
Nallamani
Yadav
College of
Pharmacy
1 382 234 616 48
6 i) Govt college
of
Engineering
1 1656 909 2565 42
ii) Pvt college
of
Engineering
7 Govt Siddha
medial college
8 Polytechnic
college
9 Devendra
college of
Physiotherapy
1 20 21 41 3
**Source: Respective Educational Institution.
11.4 Colleges For Special Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Name of Institutions No. of
Institutions
Students Teachers
Boys Girls Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 College of Education 25
576 2453 3029 277
Source: Concerned Institutions
39
11.5 Schools For General Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
1
Name of the
Institutions
2
No. of
Institution
3
Students Teachers
7 Boys
4
Girls
5
Total
6
1 High School &
Higer.Sec. School
- - -- - -
2 Middle school 450 27528 26033 53561 1012
3 Primary school 1476 98875 92652 191527 6841
TOTAL 1926 126403 118685 245088 7853
Source: DEO, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Cheranmahadevi, Add.C.E.O,SSA, & IMS
11.6 Schools For Professional Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 20012- 2013
Sl.No
(1)
Name of the Institution
(2)
No. of the
Institutions
(3)
Students Teachers
(7) Boys
(4)
Girls
(5)
Total
(6)
1 Industrial Training
Institute (Govt)
4 729 11 740 114
2 Industrial Training
Institute .(Private)
27 1852 103 1955 286
Source: R..J.D., of Training, Tirunelveli
11.7 Schools For Special Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
1
Name of the Institution
2
No. of the
Institution
3
Students Teachers
7 Boys
4
Girls
5
Total
6
1 Teacher training
Institution
28 118 1848 1966 189
Source: DIET, Tirunelveli
40
11.8 Institutions For Other Professional Education, Students And Teachers
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
1
Name of the Institution
2
No. of
Institutions
3
Students Teachers
7 Boys
4
Girls
5
Total
6
1
Government Law College
1
911
362
1273
6
Source: Principal, Govt. Law College Tirunelveli
11.9Computer training centres Year:2012-13
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Block/Municipalities
(1)
No. of Computer Training
Centers
1 Tirunelveli 19
2 Palayamkottai 23
3 Sankarankoil 14
4 Tenkasi 15
5 Kadayanallur 7
6 Alankulam 5
7 Keelapavoor 6
8 Schenkttai 5
9 Vasudevanallur 11
10 Ambasamudram 12
11 Cheranmahadevi 6
12 Kadayam 9
13 Nanguneri 3
14 Kalakadu 7
15 Valliyoor 10
16 Radhapuram 6
17 Melaneelithanallor 4
18 Papakudi 3
19 Kuruvikulam 3
Total
41
11.10 Hostels And Inmates By Community
Year: 2012-2013
Name of
Caste
No. of Hostels No. of Inmates
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls
Total
S.C 41 29 70 1568 1528 3096
S.T - - - - - -
M.B.C 4 1 5 529 161 690
D.N.C 11 2 13 773 191 964
Minorities - 2 2 - 70 70
B.C 21 11 32 747 499 1246
Source : DADWO, & Backward Officer, Tirunelveli
11.11 Scholarships to Students By Community
Year: 2012- 2013
Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe
Denotified
Communities/Most
Backward Classes
Backward Classes
No.
Beneficiaries
(1)
Amount
(Rs)
(2)
No.
Beneficiaries
(3)
Amount
(Rs.)
(4)
No.
Beneficiaries
(5)
Amount
(Rs.’)
(6)
32571 118420486 874
1431071
1448 2846005
Source: DADWO, & Backward Officer, Tirunelveli
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12. FISHERIES
12.1 Fisheries Development
Year: 2012-2013
Area: a. Total Coastal Line of the District : 48.9 Kms
b. i. Total Inland Fresh Water spread Area : 76.23
ii. Estuaries and Brackish Water Area : 0.75sq km
c. Marine Fishing Villages :7
2. Fish Production:
Item Quantity Value
(Tonne) in Rs.
Inland 1284 6.42 Crores
Marine 2928 14.64 Crore
3. Inland
Fisheries Development Freezing Plants
a. Ice plants, Cold storages
And walk in coolers : 2(private)
Sea food manufacturing : 1(private)
Units in private sector : 3(Kootapuli , Uvari and Idinthakarai )
b. Fisheries Training centre:
i. Marine : 1
ii. Inland :
c. Fishing Vessels………… : 1095 traditional fishing crafts
d. Active Marine Fishermen… : 4187
4. Export
Fish and Fish Products Export:
Quantity (Tonne) - 275
Value(Rs.inlakhs) - 86.25
43
12.2 Estimated Marine Fish Production / Inland Fish Production
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
Block/Municipalities
Quantity
(Tonne)
Value Rs.
1. Inland Fishing
1284
6.42 Crores
2. Marine Fishing
2928
14.64 Crores
Source: District Inland & Marine Fisheries Department ,Tirunelveli &
Radhapuram
12.3 No. of Families Engaged In Fishing
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block
(2)
No. of Families engaged
(3)
1. Inland Fishing
2308
2. Marine Fishing 4000
Source: District Inland & Marine Fisheries Department ,Tirunelveli &
Radhapuram
44
13. HANDLOOM
13.1 No. of Focal Centres And Location Details
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
No. of the Focal
Centers
(2)
Name/Location of the Focal Centers
(3)
1.
5
1. Kallidaikurichi
2. 2.Valliyoor
3. 3.Veeravanallur
4. 4.Sankarankovil
5. 5.Puliangudi
Source: Asst.Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.
13.2 No. of Societies & Variety wise Production
Year: 2012 - 2013
S.N
o.
No. of
Soci
etie
s
Cotton Silk Artsilk
Mixture of
Polyster and
Cotton
Polyster
Len
gth
in
Met
er
Valu
e (R
s. I
n
‘000’)
Len
gth
in
Met
er
Valu
e (R
s. I
n`0
00’
Len
gth
in
Met
er
Valu
e (R
s. I
n
‘000’)
Len
gth
in
Met
er
Valu
e (R
s. I
n ‘
000’)
Len
gth
in
Met
er
Valu
e (R
s. I
n
‘000’)
1.
18 249300 69.507 -- -- 221950 166.840 -- -- -
-
--
2.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
-
--
3.
16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 351500 108.89
Total 34 249300 69.507 -- -- 221950 166.840 351500 108.89 -
-
--
Source: Asst.Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.
45
13.3 No. of Powerlooms & Employees Working
Year: 2012- 2013
No. of Powerlooms
(1)
No. of Employees working
(2)
3308
4340
Source: Asst.Director of Handloom and Textiles Tirunelveli.6.
13.4 No. of Families Engaged
Year: 2012– 2013
Sl.
No.
Name of the
Block/Municipalities
No. of the families engaged in
(1)
(2)
Handlooms
(3)
Powerlooms
(4)
1. Sengottai
90 --
2. Kadayanallur
30 10
3. Ambasamudram
270 10
4. Cheranmahadevi
1710 --
5. Valliyoor
210 --
6. Sankarankoil
572 4100
7. Kuruvikulam
96 --
8. Tirunelveli corp
590 --
9 Tenkasi
112 10
10 Puliyangudi
244 210
11 Vasudevanallur
28 --
Total
3952 4340
Source: Asst. Director of Handlooms and Textiles, Tirunelveli.
46
14. HANDICRAFTS
14.1 Name & Address Of Handicrafts Year: 2012– 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block/s
(2)
Name & Address of the Handicraft
(3)
1 Ambasamudram Poompuhar Brass & Metal Centre,
Vaigaikulam-627412,
Pottary(Karukurichi)
2 Cheranmahadevi Kora Grassmat (Pattamadai)
3 Palayamkottai Leather goods (Palayamkottai)
4 Shencottai Honey (Viswanathapuram)
5 Tenkasi-Thenpothai Artistic Pottery/ Terracotta
6 Kalakad Natural Fibre
7 Sankarankovil Hand Embroidery
8 Tirunelveli Wood Carving/Hand embroidery
9 Vadakkankulam Hand Embroidery/Fur Dolls
10. Vagaikulam/Mannarkoil Brass Ware
11. Pavanasam Wood Carving/Stone Carving
Source: A.D Handicraft Nagercoil
14.2 Articles Available In Handicrafts
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of Craft/s
(2)
Articles available in the Handicrafts
(3)
1 Poompuhar Brass & Metal Centre,
Vaigaikulam-627412, Mannarkoil
Temple perquisites, utility items, utensils
etc
2 Natural Fibre / Embroidery ,
Pathamadai, Veevanallur,
Mats, bags, Lamp Shades, Flowervase, Pen
Stand, pouches, utility bags, table coasters,
folders, frocks, cushion covers etc
3 Lacquerware, Ambasamudram Toys, Figures of animals, birds, bangles,
lamp shades etc
4 Cane & Bamboo, Shenkottai Baskets, lamp shade, furniture, flowervase,
curtains and other utility items
5 Artistic pottery/ Terracota,
Thenpothai,
Pottery Items
6
Pottery, Kallidaikurichi,
Karakurichi
Pottery Items
7 Embroidery / fur dolls,
Vadakkankulam
Dolls, Embroidery Items
8 Nature Fibre, Kalakadu Mats, bags, Lamp Shades, Flowervase, Pen
Stand, pouches, utility bags, table coasters,
folders, frocks, cushion covers etc
9 Wood Craving/ Hand Embroidery,
Tirunelveli Town
Statues, door Carving etc
10 Wood Craving/ Stone carving,
Pavanasam
Statues, door Carving etc
11 Hand embroidery, Sankarankoil Mats, bags, Lamp Shades, Flowervase, Pen
Stand, pouches, utility bags, table coasters,
folders, frocks, cushion covers etc
Source: A.D Handicraft Nagercoil
47
14.3 Value Of Articles Produced
Year 2012-2013
Sl.
No
Name of the
Handicrafts
Value of the
articles
Produced
In lakhs
Inter
unit
Transfer
Value of
the
articles
sold in
Rs in
Lakhs
1
Brass Malabar
Lamps
7.86 7.80 0.29
2
Brass Bells 0.85 0.84 0.05
3
Brass Ornamental
Lamps
7.75 7.42 0.29
4
Brass Iron Boxes 14.90 14.85 0.35
5
Brass Lamps 3.64 3.29 0.19
6
Brass Mini 0.99 0.98 0.02
Total 35.99 35.18 1.19
Source: Poompuhar Brass & Bell Metal Centre, Vagaikulam
14.4 No. of Families Engaged In Handicrafts
Year 2012-2013
Sl.No.
Name of the
District
No. of the
Handicrafts
Articles
Produced
Estimated
No.
of
artisans
Estimated
Production
Capacity
(in crores)
1 Tirunelveli
- 4350 9.05
Source: A.D Handicraft Nagercoil
48
15. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
15.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries Bed Strength, Doctors And Nurses
Year: 2012 - 2013 Classification
Modern
Medicine
Indian Medicine
Ayur
vedic Siddha Unani
Ayurvedic Sidha
Unani combined Total Grand T Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9
1. Hospital --
2. P.H.C 32 2 19
3. H.S.C 162
4Other Medical Inst. --
5 Bed strength 384
6 No.of Doctors 68+8
7 No. of Nurses 263
Source : J.D.Health,Tenkasi, D.D.Health,Tirunelveli & S.Koil, TVMCH,
Siddha College Hospital,
15.2 NO. of Allied Pathological Units Available
Year-2012-2013
Source: Joint Director of Health Tenkasi
Sl.NO Name of the Block/ Municipality No. of Pathological
Units
1 Tenkasi 1
2 Sankarankoil 1
3 Ambasamudram 1
4 Shenkottai 1
5 Namguneri 1
6 Radhapuram 1
7 Sivagiri 1
8 Kadayanallur 1
9 Cheranmadevi 1
10 Melapalayam 1
11 Puliyankudi 1
Total 11
49
15.3 Disease/ Category wise Patients Treated
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
Name of the Disease/Category
wise
No. of patients treated
1 Allopathy 1828330
2 Indian Medicine 482112
3 Homeopathy --- Source : TVMCH, Siddha College Hospital, J.D.Health,Tenkasi,
D.D.Health,Tirunelveli & S.Koil
15.4 Distribution of Medical Personnel
Year: 2012 – 2013
No. of
Doctors
No. of Nurses
No. of Technical
persons
Others
68+8
263
38 ---
Source : TVMCH, Siddha College Hospital, J.D.Health,Tenkasi,
D.D.Health,Tirunelveli & S.Koil
15.5 Progress of Family Welfare Programmes
Year: 2012- 2013
Source: D.D of Medical & Rural, Health Services &
Family Welfare, Tirunelveli
Sl.N
o
Name of
the
District
Sterilization IUD Users of
conventional
contraceptives
Users of oral
pills
Targ
et
Ach
ievem
ent
Targ
et
Ach
ievem
ent
Targ
et
Ach
ievem
ent
Targ
et
Ach
ievem
ent
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1. Tirunelveli 16500 14531 16500 13981 5800 2022 5200 579
50
16. HOUSING
16.1 Plan Sanctioned, Building Completed
(Location having 10000 population and above)
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Town Panchayat
/Municipalities/Corporations
(2)
Room Unit
Size
(3)
Private
Sector
(4)
Nil
Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board.
16.2 Plans Sanctioned, Building Completed
Under Public Sector
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No.
Name of the
Panchayat Union
RoomUnit
size
Public Sector
Nil
Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board.
16.3 Amount Invested In Housing And Building Activity
Under Public Sector
Year: 2012- 2013
Residential
Rs.in ‘000’
Percentage
to total
Non-
Residential
Rs.in ‘000’
Percentage
to total
Total
Rs.in
‘000’
Nil
Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board
51
16.4 Construction Activity of Tamil Nadu Housing Board
Year: 2012- 2013
S.No. Name of the Scheme Number
1. Low Income Group Housing
Schemes Flats
2. Middle Income Group Housing
Schemes
60 (Keelanatham phase
II stage I self Finance
(Scheme)
MIG HOUSES
3. Slum Improvements/Clearance
Tenements
4. Tamil Nadu Government Rental
Housing Flats
5. Flats
6. Subsidized Industrial Housing
Tenements
7. Fire Proof Tenements
8. Special Low Cost Housing Scheme
{EWS)
9 Police
10 Specify any other High Income
Group
45(Keelanatham phase II
stage I self Finance
(Scheme)
MIG HOUSES
Source: Tirunelveli Housing Board
16.5 Construction Activity Of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.
No.
Item
(2)
Achievement
1. Number of Tenements sanctioned for
construction
207
2 Number of Tenements constructed 207
3 Amount sanctioned (Rs.in lakhs) Rs.554.10 Lakhs
4 Amount spent (Rs.in lakhs) Rs.537.75 Lakhs
5 Number of tenements occupied Nil
6 Rent received (Rs.in lakhs) Nil
Source: Slum Clearance Board
52
16.6 Index Numbers of Buildings Cost In Tirunelveli Centre (1990-00=100)
Year 2012-2013
Sl.No District
Urban
Centers
Building
materials
Cost
Labour
cost
Other
Charges
Building
Index
Cost
1 Palayamkottai
-
- - -
Source: Deparrment of Economics & Statistics, Chennai
16.7 Labour Charges Of Construction Workers
Year: 2012- 2013
Charges of Male Construction
Workers
Charges of Female Construction
Workers
-
-
Source: D.D. Statistics, Tirunelveli
53
17. INDUSTRIES
17.1 Results Of Annual Survey Of Industri
(Factory Sector) Year 2012-13
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statist
17.2 Estimates Of Output And Value Added By
Manufacture Based On Annual Survey Of Industries
Year: 2012- 2013
Industry
Group
(1)
Description
of the
Industry
(2)
All
Employees
(3)
Value of
output
Rs. In lakhs
(4)
Value
added
(5)
Not Available
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
17.3Industrial Production
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No. and Name of the
Product
(1)
Unit of quantity
(2)
Production
(3)
Not Available
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
Characteris
wise
1.
Units
2.
Results for all Industries
3.
Not Available
54
17.4Production And Value Of Major Minerals
Year: 2012- 2013
Name of the
District
(1)
Name of the Mineral
(2)
Quality
(Tonne)
(3)
Value
(Rs.in
‘000’)
(4) TIRUNELVELI Lime Stone 1349922 85274
Garnet - sand
Illuminate 682000 59120
Siluminaite
Quartzite
Total 2031922 144394
. Source: Assistant Director of Mines,
17.5 Production Of Handloom Cloth
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.
No.
(1)
Variety of Cloth
(2)
Production
(In 000
Metres)
(Rs. In
Lakhs)
1 Cotton
0.196 18.59
2 Woolen
-- ---
3 Art – Silk
-- --
4 Polyester
0.002 0.48
Source: Khadi and Village Industries. Tirunelveli.
55
17.6Small Scale Industries
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.
No
(1)
Classifica
tion
(2)
Details of Classification
(3)
Issued
Acknowledgement
during 12-13
(4)
1 15 Manufacturing of Food products
and beverages
105
2 16 Manufacturing of Tobacco
Products
0
3 17 Manufacturing of Textiles 135
4 18 Manufacturing of Wearing Apparel
Dressing and Dyeing of fur 12
5 19 Turning and dressing of leather
,manufacturing of Luggage, hand bags,
Saddlers, Harness and Footwear
8
6 20 Manufacturing of wood, Products of
wood, cork, articles of straw and plating
materials, except furniture
26
7 21 Manufacturing of paper and paper
products 22
8 22 Publishing, Printing and reproduction of
recorded media 14
9 23 Mfg. of Coke, refined Petroleum of
recorded media 7
10 24 Manufacturing of Chemicals and
Chemicals products 30
11 25 Manufacturing of Rubber and plastic
products 21
12 26 Manufacturing of other non-metallic
mineral products 73
13 27 Manufacturing of Basic metals 22
14 28 Manufacturing of Fabricated metal
products except machinery and
equipments
51
15 29 Manufacturing of Machinery and
equipment N.E.C 0
16 30 Mfg.of Office, Accounting and
Computing machinery 3
17 31 Mfg. of Electrical machinery and
apparatus 0
18 32 Manufacturing of Radio, Television,
Communication equipment and
Apparatus
41
19 33 Mfg. of Medical, Precision and Optical
instruments, Watches and Clocks 2
20 34 Manufacturing of Motor Vehicles,
Trailers and semi trailers 0
21 35 Mfg of other Transport equipments 1
56
22 36 Manufacturing of Furniture mfg. N.E.C 8
23 37 Recycling 2
24 40 Electricity, Gas, Steam and hot Water
Supply 1
25 41 Collection, purification and distribution
of water 3
26 50 Maintenance and repair of motor
vehicles and motor cycles (NIC 1998
codes:50200 and 50404)
42
27 52 Maintenance and repairing of personal
and household Goods ( NIC 1998
codes 52601-52609)
49
28 60 Land transport (NIC 1988
Codes:60211) 0
29 63 Supporting and Auxiliary activities
(NIC 1998 Codes 63022&63091) 6
30 64 Post and Telecommunications 2
31 71 Renting of transport equipments, other
machinery and Equipments N.E.C.
(NIC 1998 Codes 71110-71290)
4
32 72 Computer and related activities ( NIC
1998 Codes 72201, 72202, 72203,
72300, 72400, 72501 &72502
87
33 74 Other business activities (NIC 1998
Codes 74131, 74132, 74133,
74221,74300,74941,74942,74950,7499
3 and 74994)
27
34 85 Health and Social Work (NIC 1998
Codes : 85197 and 85321) 0
35 92 Recreational, Cultural and sporting
activities (NIC 1998 Codes 92111,
92113, 92114 and 92115)
1
36 93 Other Service activities (NIC 1998
Codes: 93010 and 93011) 243
Source: District Industries and Commerce Office
57
17.7 Khadi And Village Industries
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.
No.
Sl.No.
and
Industry
(1)
Production
(Rs. In
lakhs)
(2)
Sales
(Rupees
in
lakhs)
(3)
Employment
to
(No. of
persons)
(4)
Earnings
(Rs. In
lakhs)
(5)
1 Khadi
Production 19.07 35.68 28 1.95
2 Yarn
Production 12.79 -- 54 2.10
3
Soap
Industry
10.00 10.00 27 2.05
4
Bee-
Keeping
Industries
5.00 5.00 10 0.50
5 Pottery
industries 9.00 9.00 24 0.85
6 Leather
industries 7.00 7.00 18 0.54
7
Industrial
Co.op.
Society
280.00 280.00 158 2.75
Source: District Khadi and Village Industries, Tirunelveli
17.8 No. of Printing Presses
Sl.No.
(1)
District
(2)
Number (issued
Acknowledgement during
12-13)
(3)
1 Tirunelveli
18
Source: District Industries and Commerce Office
17.9 No. of Photocopy (Xerox) Centres
Year: 2012- 2013
Source: District Industries and Commerce Office
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block / Municipality
(2)
No. of Xerox Centers
(3)
1.
Not Available
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18. FACTORIES
18.1 Registered And Working Factories Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No. Item Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Factories on the Register at the beginning of the year
Factories added during the year
Factories removed during the year
Factories on the register at the end of the year
Number of working factories
No. of Workers
1058
10
168
900
441
14938
Source: Inspector of Factories. Tirunelveli.11.
18.2 Employment In Working Factories Year: 2012- 2013
S.
No
Item
No of
Unit
Factory
code no
Numbers
1 Cotton Spinning ,cleaning and Baling 45 17111
2 Mining &Quarrying of attractive materials 2 14292
3 Manufacture of food and beverages 85 15000
4 Manufacture of textiles 39 17000
5 Manufacture of wearing apparel 05 18000
6 Manufacture of wooden industrial goods 28 20000
7 Manufacture of paper 17 21012
8 Publishing and printing 26 22000
9 Production of liquor gaseous fuel - -
10 Manufacture of matches, fire works,& surgical
cotton & bandages
271
10
24291
24292
11 Manufacture of plastic & tire products 06 25000
12 Manufacture of non metallic mineral products 61 26000
13 Manufacture of basic metal 14 27000
14 Manufacture of fabricated of metal products 22 28000
15 Manufacture of machinery equipments for
agriculture
12 29000
16 Manufacture of electrical machinery - -
17 Manufacture of furniture fixtures, brooms & coir
form mattresses
12 36000
18 Generation and transmission of Electricity 03 40101
19 Distribution of water - -
20 Maintenance and repair of heavy motor vehicles 43 50000
21 Supporting and auxiliary transport activating - -
Total 721 -
Source: District Inspector of Factori-es.
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18.3 Unions: Industrial Disputes By Strikes And Lockouts Gheraos
Year: 2012- 2013
l.No.
(1)
Items
(2)
Numbers
(3)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Number of Registered Trade Unions
Strike:
Number of Strikes
Number of Workers Involved
Number of Mandays Lost
Lockouts:
Number of Lockouts
Number of workers involved
Number of Mandays Lost
Gheraos:
Number
Workers involved
Mandays Lost
-
-
-
2
800
1,13,000
-
-
-
-
Source: District Labour Office.
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19. LOCAL BODIES
19.1 Municipal Bodies Area And Population By Grades
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No
(1)
Classification of Municipal
Bodies
(2)
Number
(3)
Area
(Sq.Km.)
(4)
Population
(In ‘000’)
(5)
1. Corporations 1 108.65
2. Special Grade -
3 Selection Grade -
4 First Grade 3
5 Second Grade 2
6 Third Grade 2 55.34
7 Township Committee
Source : Concerned Municipality & Population as per Census 2011
19.2 Municipal Bodies
Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli
Sl.No.
Corporations/
Municipalities
Corp
ora
tion
Grade of Municipal Councils
Tota
l
Sp
ecia
l
S
elec
tion
Fir
st
S
econ
d
Th
ird
Tow
nsh
ip
Com
mit
tees
1. Tirunelveli 1 - - - - - - 1
2. Sengottai - - - - 1 - - 1
3. Puliyankudi - - - - 1 - - 1
4. Kadaiyanallur - - - 1 - - - 1
5. Sankarankoil - - - 1 - - - 1
6. Tenkasi - - - 1 - - - 1
7. Ambasamudram - - - - - 1 - 1
8 Vickramasingapuram - - - - - 1 - 1
Total 1 - - 3 2 2 - 8
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19.3 Panchayat Unions, Village Panchayats/Town Panchayats
Year: 2012- 2013
Development
Districts
Panchayat
Union
Village
Panchayats
Town
Panchayats
1 19 425 36
Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli
19.4 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas And Revenue Villages
Year: 2012- 2013
Revenue Divisions
Revenue
Taluks
Revenue
Firkas
Revenue
Villages
3 11 60
616
Source: Deputy Director of Statistics, Tirunelveli
19.5 Tax collected By Corporation / Municipality / Panchayat Union /
Town Panchayat / Village Panchayat
Year: 2012- 2013
Item
Corporation
Municipality
Town
Panchayat
Village
Panchayat
Tax collected
in Rs. In
Lakhs
30.08
lakhs
Source: RDMA, A.D.(T.P.), A.D.(Panchayat)
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19.6 Rural Development Activities
Year : 2012-2013
(Amount in Lakhs)
Sl.
No Name of the Scheme
No. of works Taken up No. of works
Completed
During
the Year
Expenditure
incurred
(Rs. In
lakhs)
During
the
Year
Up to the
Year
1. Indra Awaaz Yojana
New Houses
4581
4581.000 1472 4576
2 MGNREGS 2201 14263.720 1767 1779
3 C.R.S.P.TSC 6998 398.890 3963 6963
4 MLA Development
Scheme
1120 2021.06 916 917
5 MP Development
Scheme
213 400.170 69 126
6 CMSPGHS 2417 3617.09 790 2410
7 THAI 1705 2235.79 1189 1680
8 CSIDS 146 103.59 88 145
9 SSS 101 256.70 23 56
10 RIS 220 809.80 0 206
11 RBMRS 1467 49.30 223 1244
12 Anganwadi Major 82 19.95 25 27
13 Anganwadi Minior 166 84.79 166 166
14 13th Finance commission 28 455.03 6 28
15 NABARD XVII Additional 21 868.23 14 21
16 Plastic Roads 4 91.30 0 4
17 SFC Road 27 817.50 0 11
Total 21497 31073.91 10711 20359
Source : P.O., DRDA, Tirunelveli
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20.LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
No. of Persons Registered During The Year And Total No. of Persons Waiting Upto The End
Of The Year As Per Live Register
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Type of
Employment
Exchange
(2)
No. of Persons
registered during the
year
(3)
Total No. of persons
waiting upto the end
of the year
(4)
1.
Tirunelveli- Dist
59544
369924
Source: District Employment Exchange
20.2 No. of Placements During the Year 2012-2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Type of Employment
Exchanges
(2)
Placements
during
the year
(3)
Placements upto the
year
(3)
1.
District Employment
Office
Tirunelveli
732
10283
Source: District Employment Exchange.
20.3 Employment under NREGS 2012-13
No. of
House
Hold
issued Job
Cards
No. of
House Hold
Provided
Employment
No. of
Man days
given
( Rs. In
Lakhs)
No. of
House
Hold
Completed
100 days
Wages
distributed
(Rs. In
Lakhs
Source : P.O., DRDA, Tirunelveli
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LEGAL SERVICES
21.1Judicial Division And Original Jurisdiction
Year:2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
Number
(3)
1. Principle District judge. 1
2(a) Additional District judge Mahila Court 1
(b) 1.Additional District judge 1
© 11.Additional District judge 1
(d) Labour judge 1
(e) Additional Dist. Judges, Fast Track Court No 1 & 2 2
3. District munsif cum judicial Magistrate 1
4. Session Division 8
5. Session judges 12
6. Subordinate judges 4
7. District Munsifs 12
Source : Principal District Court Tirunelveli
21.2Results Of Civil And Revenue Cases In The Courts Of Original Jurisdiction
Civil Suits Regular Year: 2012- 2013
S.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
Number
(3)
1 Original Suits 3238
2 Civil Appeals 721
3 Civil Misc. Appeals 188
4 Execution Petition 1254
5 M.C.O.P 3557
6 Criminal Appeals 338
7 Criminal Revision Petition 144
8 Session Cases 733
9 Criminal misc. Petition 6303
10 R.C..As(Rent Control Appeals) 51
11 O.Ps. 1075
12 L.A.Ops 2
13 I.Ps (Insolvency Petitions) 24
14 C.M.Ps(Civil Miscellaneous Petitions) 33144
15 R.C.D.A(Rent Control Original Petitions) 390
16 Small Cause Suits 12
17 Civil Revision Petition --
18 Appeal Against Taxations Appeals 13
Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli
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Nature Of Free Legal Available And No. of Beneficiaries, No. of Cases Disposed Of In Lok
Adalat During The Year
Year: 2012- 2013
S.No.
(1)
Nature of free legal
available
(2)
No. of
Beneficiaries
(3)
No. of cases disposed of in
Lok Adalat
(4)
1 M.C.O.P 297 293
2 Bank Suits 415 415
3 H.M.O.Ps 16 16
4 Civil Suits 57 57
5 Compoundable I.P.C 449 449
6 Maintanance -- --
7 Labour Case 13 13
8 Taxation -- --
9 Cheque 11 11
TOTAL 1254 1254
Source: Principal District Court Tirunelvelis
21.4 No. of Advocates Practicing In Courts
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Court
(2)
No. of Advocates Practicing
(3)
1. Tirunelveli Courts 1200
2. Ambasamudram Courts 129
3. Tenkasi Courts 256
4. Sankarankoil Courts 100
5. Valliyoor Courts 126
6. Nanguneri Courts 77
7. Cheranmahadevi Courts 40
8. Shenkottai Courts 52
9. Sivagiri Courts 38
Source: Principal District Court Tirunelveli
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22. LIBRARIES
22.1. List of Head and Branch Libraries in the district all the details of Members, Books
available and Readers.
Year: 2012- 2013
Place/Name of the
Head/Branch
1.
Members
(Nos.)
2.
No. of Books
available
3.
Number of
Readers
4.
Tirunelveli Dist
Central Library
37558 188737 75896
Branch Library
176757 1058037 2013678
Rural Library 41448 457732 1029371
Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli.-2
22.2. Number of Libraries housed in Government Building/Rental Building.
Year: 2012 – 2013
Libraries in Government
Building (in Nos.)
Free Building Libraries in Rental
Building in (Nos.)
60
92 35
Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli..-2
22.3 Number of Reading Rooms
Year: 2012 – 2013
S.No.
(1)
Type of
Libraries (2)
Number of
Libraries
(3)
Number of Reading
Room
(4)
1 Central library 1 1
2 Branch Library 97 97
3
Children Library 1 1
4 Library for
women 1 1
5 Mobile Library 1 1
6 Rural Library 86 86
7 Part-time
Library 1 1
Total 188 188
Source: District Library Officer, Tirunelveli.-2
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23.MINING AND QUARRYING
23.1 Number of Mining and quarrying units in the district
Year : 2012 – 2013
Sl.No. Name of Taluk
Major Minerals Minor Minerals
Lime
Stone Garnet
Rough
Stone Earth Granite Kankar
1.
Tirunelveli
32 - 48 9 2 -
2. Palayamkottai 3 - 25 1 1 -
3.
Sankarankoil 13 - 22 10 3 3
4.
Ambasamudram
9 - 23 40 15 -
5. Nanguneri 3 - 2 70 2 -
6.
Radhapuram 5 53 30 23 1 -
7.
Tenkasi - - 10 23 1 -
8.
Sengottai - - 8 - - -
9.
Sivagiri 6 - 1 21 - -
10.
Veerakeralampudur
- - 13 2 1 1
11.
Alangulam
2 - 18 15 1 -
TOTAL 72 53 200 214 27 23
Source: Assistant Director of Mines, Tirunelveli.
68
23.2. Classification-wise production during the year 2012-2013
Sl.No. Name of the Minerals
2.
Production (in tones/unit)
3.
1.
Limestone
1349922 Tones
2.
Garnet sand
334600 Tones
3.
Rough Stone/Sally
1258980/Cu/meters
4.
Sand
-
5.
Earth
758962/ Cu/meters
6.
.
Granite
-
7 Kankar -
8 Gravel 245187/ Cu/meters
Illuminate 394550 Tones
Quartzite 300 Tones
Source: Assistant Director of Mines, Tirunelveli.
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24. MANUFACTURING SECTOR
24.1 Number of Food and allied manufacturing units in the district.
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
Industry
Group
Name
of the
district
Description
of the
industry
All
employees
Value
of
output
Rs. In
lakhs
Value
added
Not Available
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics.
24.2. Number of Non-Food Manufacturing units in the District.
SL.NO Industry
Group
Name
of the
Block
Description
of the
Industry
All
Employees
Value
of
output
Rs. In
lakhs
Value
added
Not Available
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics.
70
25. MEDICAL SERVICES
25.1. Number of Medical Colleges in the District with Students and Teachers
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.
No
Name of the
Institution
Students Teachers
Boys Girls Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
1.
Government Siddha
Medical College
Tirunelveli
2.
Government Medical
College Tirunelveli
65 88 153 208
3. Rajas Dental
College.
Vadakankulam
Source: Concerned Institution.
25.2. Number of College of Pharmacy with Students and Teachers
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.
No. Name of the Institution
Students Teachers
Boys Girls Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
1.
S.A.Raja College Of
Pharmacy.
Vadakankulam
2.
Sri Ram Nallamani
Yadav College Of
Pharmacy. Kodikurichi
3.
Antartica College Of
Pharmacy.
Palayamkottai.
4. Devendrar College Of
Phisiotheraphy
Palayamkottai.
Source: Concerned Institution.
71
25.3. Number of Medical Stores in the District (Category-wise)
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
Number of Medical Stores
(3)
Wholesale Retail Total
1. Indian Medicine
9 19 28
2 English Medicine
592 1352 1944
Source: Asst. Director. Drugs Control, Tirunelveli Zone
25.4No .of Veterinary Colleges with Students and Teachers
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
Name of the
Institution
Students
Teachers
Boys Girls Total
Nil
Source: Concerned Department.
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MOTOR VEHICLES
26.1No. of Motor Vehicles (Category-wise) Registered during the year
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.
No.
Name of the Motor Vehicles RTO,
Tirunelveli
RTO,
Tenkasi
Total
A. Commercial
1 State Carriage
A Public
210
B Private 210
2 Auto rickshaw 923 413 1336
3 Taxi 0 297 297
A Ordinary
B Motor cab 385 385
C Maxi cab 258 258
4. Omni Buses(Travel) 12 12
5 Private Station Vehicle &
Others
30 30
6 School Bus 138 98 236
7 Mini Bus 3 15 18
8 Ambulance 15 15
9 Fire Fighter 15 15
10 Light Commercial Vehicle 4201 4201
11 Lorry 130 130
A State
B National Permit 188 188
12 Articulate Vehicle 3 3
A State
B National Permit 188 11 199
13 Tractor/ Trail or 59 251 310
Total (A) 6758 1085 7843
1 Motor Cycle 30515 20700 51215
2 Scooter 546 1373 1919
3 Moped 31 8535 8566
4 Motorcar 8 1169 1177
5 Station Wagon
6 Tractor 154 471 625
7 Three Wheeler 5 5
8 Road Roller
9 Others 7 7
10 Tricycle Auto
11 Jeep
12 Four Wheeler
Total(B) 31266 32248 63514
GRAND TOTAL 38024 33333 71357
Source: Regional Transport Officer, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi
73
26.2 No. of Motor Vehicles (Category Wise) Available For Hire Purpose During
the Year : 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Category
(2)
RTO,
Tirunelveli
(3)
RTO,
Tenkasi
(4)
Total
(5)
1. Auto rickshaw
923 2430 3353
2.
Tourist taxi 385 2015 2400
3.
Maxi cabs 258 195 453
4.
State permit carries(Lorry) 929 3680 4609
5.
National permit 188 258 446
6.
Stage carriage(Pri) 0 106 106
7.
Stage carriage(STU) 210 166 376
8.
Private Station Vehicle 30 207 237
9.
NCP 1150 4370 5520
10
.
Kerala based goods
carriage
5 39 44
11.
Kerala tourist taxi - - -
Source: Regional Transport Officer, Tirunelveli
26.3 No. of Persons Issued Driving Licence
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Category
(2)
RTO,
Tirunelveli
RTO,
Tenkasi
Total
1.
Driving Licence Fresh 28540 23500 52040
2.
Driving Licence
Endorsement
1355 5550 6905
3.
Driving Licence Renewal 14350 9275 23625
Total
44245 38325 82570
Source: Regional Transport Officer, Tirunelveli
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NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY GENERATION
27.1 No. of Solar Energy Generating Units In The District With Production Data
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name and Place of Solar energy
system exist
(2)
Installed Capacity
(in Mega Watts)
(3)
Generation
(in Mega
Watts)
(4)
-
- - -
Source: Concerned Electricity Generation Units.
27.2 No. of Wind Mills Generating Units With Production Data
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name and Place of
Wind Mills
Generation
exist
(2)
Installed Capacity in MW
(As on 31-03-2010)
Generation
(in Million
Units)
(4) No. of
WEGS
MW
1. Govt. 99
15.12 12.66
2. Private 6133
3764.16 6601.185
Source: Executive Engineer Wind Mill , Tirunelveli
75
POLICE AND PRISONS
28.1 Police Force
Year: 2012 – 2013
As on 31.03.2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name
of the
Stations
(2)
Police
Stations
(Including
Special
Units)
(3)
Out
Posts
(4)
Actual Strength Total
(7)
Local
Strength
(5)
Armed
Reserve
Strength
(6)
1. Tirunelveli
City
28 - 667 442 1109
2. Tirunelveli-
Moffusil
80 3 1965 493 2458
3. Tamilnadu
Spl Police
07
Company
04
Groups
885 885
Total 3
2632
1820 4452
Source: Source: S.P. Tirunelveli & Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli
Spl.Police, Manimuthar .
28.2 Cognizable Offences Under Indian Penal Code (Including Attempts)
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Item
(2)
Number of Cases Reported
TirunelveliCity
(3)
Tirunelveli
Moffusil
(4)
Total
(5)
1. A .Murder
B. Attempt to murder
17
142
89
279
106
421
2. Culpable Homicide Not
amounting to Murder
- -- --
3. A. Rape
B. Attempt to rape
5
-
63
22
68
22
4. Kidnapping and Abduction 6 7 13
5. Dacoit - 2 2
6. Robbery 42 113 155
7. Burglary 33 180 213
8. Thefts 67 253 320
9. Riots - 2 2
10. Criminal Breach of Trust 1 8 9
11. Cheating 47 319 366
12. Counterfeiting 5 4 9
13. Miscellaneous 883 7767 8650
Total Cognizable Crime
Under I.P.C.
1248 9171 10419
Source: S.P. Tirunelveli & Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli
76
28.3 Prisons And Convicts
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Classification of Prisons
(2)
Number
(3)
1.
Central Prisons 1
2.
Special Prison for Women 1
3.
Sub-Jails 7
4
Special Sub-Jails for Woman
5.
Open Air Prison --
6.
Fifth Garder(Salem) --
7
Borstal School 1
8
Sub-Jail for Women 1
9
District Jails 2
TOTAL
13
Source: Superintendent Central prison Palayamkottai
28.3 Classification Of Convicts Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Length of Sentences
(2)
Male
(3)
Female
(4)
Total
(5)
1.
Below One Year 23 -- 23
2.
Above One Year and not exceeding
Two Years
16 -- 16
3.
Above Two Years and not exceeding
Five Years
18 -- 18
4.
Exceeding Five Years and not
exceeding Ten Years
51 -- 51
5.
Exceeding Ten Years 27 -- 27
6.
Life Sentence 509 -- 509
7.
Sentence to death 2 -- 2
Total
646 -- 646
Source: Superintendent Central prison Palayamkottai.
77
28.4No. of Cases Registered Under P.C.R.
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Stations
(2)
No. of Cases Registered under
P.C.R/ SC/ST (PA) ACT 1989
(3)
1.
Tirunelveli City 22
2.
Tirunelveli Muffusil 178
TOTAL 200
Source: S.P. Tirunelveli & Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli
28.5No. of Cases Registered Against Women Harassment And Dowry
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Station
(2)
No. of Cases Registered
against Women Harassment
and Dowry
(3)
1.
Tirunelveli City 120
2.
Tirunelveli Muffusil 857
TOTAL 977
Source: S.P. Tirunelveli & Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli
78
29.PUBLIC HEALTH
29.1 Public Health And Medical Services Rendered By Organisations And Individual
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Items
(2)
Numbers
(3)
1. Hospitals (Allopathy) NA
2. Dispensaries NA
3. Sanitary NA
4. Nursing Home NA
5. Maternity & Child Welfare Clinic NA
6. Ayurvedic NA
7. Unani NA
8. Homeopathy NA
Source: Concerned Office
29.2No. of Primary Health Centres With Sub-Centres
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block /
Municipality
(2)
No. of Primary
Health Centres
(3)
No. of Sub-
Centre
(4)
1. Ambasamudram 3 26
2 Cheranmahadevi 4 20
3 Kadayam 3 17
4 Kalakadu 3 17
5 Manur 4 22
6 Nanguneri 5 23
7 Palayamkottai 5 26
8 Pappakudi 2 16
9 Radhapuram 4 23
10 Valliyoor 4 27
11 Alangulam 3 20
12 Kadayanallur 3 12
13 Keelapavoor 5 26
14 Kuruvikulam 4 20
15 Melaneelithanallur 3 17
16 Schenkottai 4 12
17 Sankarankoil 4 18
18 Tenkasi 3 16
19 Vasudevanalloor 3 25
TOTAL 69 383
Source: Deputy Director, Health, Tirunelveli & S.Koil
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30 PRINTING AND PUBLICATION
30.1No. of News Papers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines Etc., Published
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the News Paper
(2)
Language of
Publication
(3)
Type of
Periodicals
(4)
1 Sri Dharmabathy Tamil Monthly
2 The Missionary intelligence Tamil Monthly
3 Magalir Ungal Choice Tamil Monthly
4 Deva Prasannam Tamil Monthly
5 Jesus gives Victory Tamil Monthly
6 Thaluka Murasu Tamil Weekly
7 Samuthaya Vizhipunarvu
sakthi Sudar
Tamil Monthly
8 Thinathanthi Tamil Daily
9 Thinamalar Tamil Daily
10 Thinamani Tamil Daily
11 Thinakaran Tamil Daily
12 Thinapoomi Tamil Daily
13 Malaimurasu Tamil Daily
14 Malaimalar Tamil Daily
15 Indian Express English Daily
.
Source: R.D.O., Tirunelveli, Cheranmahadevi, Tenkasi
30.2 No. of Publishers In The District Other Than News Papers And Magazines
Year: 2011 – 2012
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Taluk
(2)
No. of Publishers
(3)
Nil
Source: R.D.O., Tirunelveli, Cheranmahadevi, Tenkasi
80
30.3 No. of Printing Presses In The District
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block /
Municipality
(2)
No. of the Printing
Press/ issued
Acknowledgement
during 12-13
(3)
Type of the Press
(Letter Press/Off set/Litho/Colour
Graphics)
(4)
1. Tirunelvelil (M) 7 Offset -6 Lazer-1
2. Tenkasi(M) 1 Offset -1
3. Vasudevanallur (B) 1 Offset -1
4. Sankarankovil(B) 2 Offset -2
5. Pappakudi(B) 2 Offset -2
6. Ambasamudram (B) 4 Offset -4
7 Radhapuram (B) 1 Offset -1
18 18
Source: District Industrial Centers.
PRICES – INDICES
31.1Index Numbers Of Wholesale Prices
YEAR 2011 – 2012 Base :1970-71=100
Period
Primary
Articles
Food
Articles
Non-
Food
Articles
Minerals Fuel
Power&
Light
Manufactured
Products
All
Commodities
April11
2236.77 2724.65 1476.48 1224.83 2688.06 1645.29 1990.11
May- 11 2248.54 2438.26 1485.72 1225.08 2693.38 1669.58 2007.15
June -11 2260.70 2754.81 1491.15 1225.08 2693.38 1675.07 2015.97
July -11 2270.14 2773.58 1485.65 1225.08 2690.84 1681.84 2023.84
Aug- 11 2286.30 2793.53 1496.25 1225.08 2690.79 1691.67 2036.67
Sep- 11 2291.79 2802.17 1496.78 1225.08 2697.78 1703.42 2044.95
Oct- 11 2337.10 2862.73 1518.90 1225.08 2697.81 1702.42 2068.38
Nov- 11 2370.42 2906.93 1535.72 1225.08 2716.90 1706.94 2088.55
Dec-11 2398.75 2954.86 1532.99 1225.08 2739.35 1721.41 2110.56
Jan- 12 2418.77 2979.19 1546.38 1233.75 2753.66 1729.42 2125.09
Feb-12 2424.48 2980.13 1560.17 1233.75 2753.66 1749.51 2136.92
Mar- 12 2430.08 2977.49
1579.57
1233.75 2774.42 1764.74 2147.24
Average 2331.15 2829.03 1517.15 1227.23 2715.84 1703.44 12066.29
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
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31.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers For Industrial Workers
Year: 2011 – 2012 Base : 2001=100
Month Chennai Tirchy Madurai Coimbatore Coonoor Salem Cuddalore Nagercoil
Apr- 11 164 178 168 172 178 167 854 833
May- 11 166 179 169 172 178 168 852 833
June -11 167 178 171 171 178 172 853 832
July -11 168 178 175 174 179 170 867 844
Aug- 11 172 181 176 174 183 171 885 862
Sep- 11 175 184 178 175 184 172 886 874
Oct- 11 178 190 179 179 187 177 902 883
Nov-11 180 192 184 183 189 180 918 902
Dec-11 184 192 184 182 195 182 927 906
Jan- 12 187 198 182 183 195 183 941 918
Feb-12 186 195 181 184 193 180 941 919
Mar- 12 187 199 182 185 195 187 944 921
Average 176 187 177 178 186 176 898 877
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
31.3Consumer Price Index Numbers For Selected Essential
Items For Rural Tamil Nadu
Year: 2011– 2012 (Base :1970-71=100)
Period Food Fuel Power and
Lighting
Clothing Miscellaneous Composite
Index
Apr- 11 2505.00 2070.00 1508.00 2657.00 2434.95
May- 11 2526.00 2082.00 1528.00 2688.00 2456.11
June -11 2548.00 2107.00 1545.00 2711.00 2478.12
July -11 2560.00 2123.00 1570.00 2744.00 2492.78
Aug- 11 2571.00 2178.00 1586.00 2764.00 2507.68
Sep- 11 2592.00 2208.00 1604.00 2791.00 2529.60
Oct- 11 2615.00 2224.00 1627.00 2816.00 2552.30
Nov- 11 2653.00 2256.00 1654.00 2843.00 2588.42
Dec-11 2686.00 2275.00 1675.00 2882.00 2620.34
Jan- 12 2706.00 2297.00 1698.00 2917.00 2641.85
Feb-12 2717.00 2325.00 1724.00 2956.00 2657.04
Mar- 12 2726.00 2348.00 1744.00 2993.00 2669.82
Average 2617.08 2207.75 1621.92 2813.50 2552.42
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
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31.4Consumer Price Index Numbers For Selected Essential
Items For Urban Tamil Nadu
Year: 2012– 2013 (Base :1970-71=100)
Period Food Fuel
Power
and
Lighting
Clothing Miscellaneous Composite
Index
Apr- 11 2329.00 2323.00 2195.00 2297.00 2315.00
May-11 2349.00 2330.00
2210.00 2313.00 2333.90
june -11 2371.00 2339.00 2222.00 2321.00 2352.00
July -11 2375.00 2356.00 2233.00 2344.00 2360.60
Aug- 11 2379.00 2463.00 2259.00 2364.00 2375.66
Sep- 11 2397.00 2480.00 2282.00 2382.00 2393.86
Oct- 11 2427.00 2480.00 2300.00 2396.00 2418.36
Nov- 11 2467.00 2485.00 2322.00 2447.00 2456.90
Dec-11 2490.00 2497.00 2344.00 2526.00 2488.83
Jan- 12 2508.00 2511.00 2361.00 2549.00 2507.37
Feb-12 2513.00 2537.00 2379.00 2577.00 2518.52
Mar- 12 2523.00 2551.00 2390.00 2594.00 2530.07
Average 2427.33 2446.00 2291.42 2425.83 2420.99
Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai-6.
32. QUALITY CONTROL
32.1 List Of Industrial/Establishment Units Having Quality Control Facilities And
The Products Subjected To Quality Control.
Year: 2012– 2013 Sl.No.
(1)
List of
Industries
(2)
Establishment Units
having, Quality Control
Facilities
(3)
Products subjected
to Quality Control
(4)
1. Cement
India-Cements Cements
2.
Cloth
Manufacturing
Madura-Coats Clothes
3. Sugar Factories 1.Dharani Sugars
2.Em.Pee.Sugars
Sugars
Source: Concerned Office.
83
33.REGISTRATION
33.1 No. of Registration Offices In The District
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block / Municipalities
(2)
No. of Registration Office
(3)
1 Tirunelveli – Corporation 6
MUNICIPALITY
1 Sankarankoil 1
2 Pluingudi 1
3 Kadayanallur 1
4 Tenkasi 2
5 Shencottai 1
BLOCK
1 Alangulam 2
2 Kadayanallur 1
3 Sankarankoil 2
4 Vasudevanallur 2
5 Keelapavoor 1
6 Tenkasi 2
7 Melaneelithanallur 1
8 Nanguneri 2
9 Radhapuram 2
10 Kalakadu 2
11 Manur 1
12 Valliyoor 2
13 Cheranmahadevi 3
14 Ambasamudram 3
15 Kadayam 1
16 Pappakudi 1
TOTAL 40
Source: Deputy Inspector General of Registration Tirunelveli -1.
33.2 Registration And Aggregate Value Of Properties Transferred During The
Year 2012-2013
No. of Registration
(Moveable and Immovable)
Aggregate Value of Properties Transferred
(Moveable and Immovable )
144279
3117.63 Crores
Source: Deputy Inspector General of Registration Tirunelveli -1.
84
34. REPAIRS AND SERVICE
34.1 Authorised Automobiles Repair And Service Stations
Year: 2012– 2013
Name of the Block /
Municipalities
(1)
Authorized Automobiles Repair and Service (in
No‟s.)
(2)
Not Available
34.2 Authorised Electrical And Electronic Goods Repair And Service Units
Year: 2011 – 2012
Name of the Block /
Municipalities
(1)
Electrical and Electronic goods Repair and Service
Units(in No‟s)
(2)
Not Available
35.1 HOTELS
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of District No. of Hotels
(3)
1.
Tirunelveli
75
.Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelvelii
85
35.2 Details Of Hotels
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of District
(2)
No of Hotels
with Lodging
Facilities
(3)
No of the Hotels
without Lodging
Facilities
(4)
1.
Tirunelveli
8
67
Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelvelii
36. RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
36.1 List Of Cinema Theatres And Their Capacities
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the District-
Tirunelveli
(2)
No. of the Cinema
Theatres
(3)
Capacity
(4)
1 Air conditioned
8
Not Available
2 Non Air Conditioned
34
3 Open Air
2
4 Semi Permanent
-
5 Touring
2
Total
46
Source: District Collectorate. („C‟ Section)
86
36.2 List Of Clubs And Associations
Year: 2012 – 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Place
(2)
Name of the Club and Association
(3)
1. Palayankottai Lions Club
2. Palayankottai Rotary Club
3. Palayankottai District Club
4. Tirunelveli Rotary Club/ Lions Club
5. Ambasamudram Rotary Club
6. Ambasamudram Lions Club
7. Tenkasi Rotary Club
8. Tenkasi Lions Club
9. Nanguneri Lions Club
10. Shenkottai Lions Club
11 Alankulam Lions Club
12 Surandai Lions Club
13 Tisayanvillai Lions Club/Rotary Club
14 Sankarankovil Lions Club
15 Kadayanallur Lions Club
16 Puliyangudi Lions Club
17 Valliyoor Lions Club
Source: Concerned Office
36.3 List Of Motion Picture Distributors And Projection Services
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Block /
Municipality
(2)
Name of the Picture Distributors /
Projection Services
(3)
Not Available
37. SOCIAL WELFARE
37.1 Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Nutritious Meals Programme Centres
Year 20Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. Project No. of Centres
1 ICDS
2562
2 P.A. Noon Meal Centre (School Sector)
2082
Total
4644
Source: ICDS &P.A. Noon Meal Tirunelveli
87
37.2 No. of Beneficiaries Under Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Nutritious Meals Programme
Year 20Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No. No. of Beneficiary Under age Group Beneficiaries
ICDS Centres
1. 6-36 Months Children 76482
2. 25-60 Months Children
47171
3. Pregnant & Lactating Woman
28000
4. 1 to 2 Years Egg Beneficiries
24619
P.A. Noon Meal Centre
5. 5-9 Years Children
131447
6. 10-14 Years Children 82406
Source: ICDS &P.A. Noon Meal Tirunelveli
37. 3 Number Of Beneficiaries Under Free Supply Of Text Books And Uniforms
Year: 2012– 2013
Sl,
No
Name of School
Age group 6-14 (Standandards I to VIII)
Text Books Uniforms
Boys Girls Boys Girls
1 Primary 203200 74770 76340
2. Upper Primary 52273 16032 15618
Source: SSA, Tirunelveli (DISE)
37. 4 Number Of Beneficiaries Under Free Cycles
Year: 2012 – 2013
No.of Schools Boys Girls Total
136
15221 16222 31443
Source : CEO, Tirunelveli
88
37.5 Number Of Beneficiaries Under Old age Pension Scheme
Year: 2012 – 2013
Source: Dist Collectorate, Tirunelveli
37.6Free Houses And House Sites Distributed To Communities
Year: 2012 – 2013
Name of the Taluk
1.
House distributed
S.C.
S.T.
B.C
D.C&M.
B.C
Others
Total
2. 3. 4 5 6 7
House distributed
(Samuthuvapuram)
House distributed (IAY
Houses)
2481 0 1040 499 115 4135
House Sites distributed
Source: P.O. DRDA District Collectoratre & Tirunelveli
Taluk Old age pension for aged physically
handicapped
Pension
widow
pension
Agri. Labour
pension
deserted
wives
pension
Unmarri
ed
woman
Pension
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Tirunelveli
4049 598 1636 177 561 69
Palayamkottai
4213 312 863 97 282 49
Sankarankoil
7547 1084 1004 495 351 88
Tenkasi
4606 208 208 1860 62 42
Shencottai
2465 193 625 163 106 30
Sivagiri
3724 191 1021 324 107 49
V.K.Pudur
1798 139 508 110 36 48
Alangulam
2225 145 315 70 30 24
Ambasamudram
4686 282 695 328 217 74
Nanguneri
3957 157 566 160 286 27
Radhapuram
5340 356 1508 446 329 109
Total
44610 3765 8949 4240 2367 609
89
37.7 Implementation of Relief Measures and Pension Schemes
Sl.No. Name of the Scheme/ Relief
Measures
No. Of
Beneficiaries
Total Amount
Disbursed (Rs.
in „000‟
1
Freedom Fighters Pension
Scheme - -
a)State Government 46 828.000
b) Central Government 24 720.000
2 Mozhi Kavalar Pension Scheme - -
3 Tamilaringar 17 34000.000
Souse : Collectorate , Tirunelveli (K. Section), D.D.Tamil Development
38 SANITARY SERVICES
38.1 No. of Sanitary Workers engaged in Sanitation, Garbage and Sewage
disposal and other particulars.
Year 20Year: 2012 - 2013
Name of the
Municipality
No. of
Workers
engaged
in
Sanitation
No. of Sanitary
Workers engaged
in Garbage and
Sewage disposal
No. of Sanitary
Workers engaged in
Other connected
works related with
sanitation
Senkottai 15 18 5
Tenkasi 132 92 6
Kadayanallur 86 73 13
Puliyangudi 45 26 4
Sankarankoil 50 35 15
Ambasamudram 48 48 -
V.K.Puram 47 16 -
Total 423 308 43
Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli
90
38.2 No. of Vehicles Engaged In Sanitary Services
Year 2012-2013
Sl.No.
1.
Name of the Municipality
2.
No. of vehicles engaged in Sanitary
Services 3.
1 Senkottai 10
2 Tenkasi 10
3 Kadayanallur 4
4 Puliyangudi 5
5 Sankarankoil 4
6 Ambasamudram 8
7 V.K.Puram 6
Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli
39.SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH SERVICE
39.1Institutions And Laboratories Engaged In Research Work
Name and address of Institutions and
Laboratories
1.
Type of Research Field
2.
State Agmark Laboratory, Tirunelveli
Agmark Grading is carried out for
Centralised, and decentralized commodities.
State Agmark Laboratory, Tenkasi
Source: Deputy Director of Agriculture (Agri Buisness) Tirunelveli
40. STORAGE FACILITIES
40.1 List Of Agricultural And Non-Agricultural Storage Godowns
Sl.No Item Numbers Capacity (Tonnes)
1 Agriculture
-- --
2 Co-Operation
-- --
3 Civil Supplies
-- --
4 Panchayat Union
-- --
5 Regulated Market
-- --
6 Tamil Nadu Warehousing
Corp
8 18500
Source: Concerned Department
91
40.2 List Of Cold Storage And Godowns
Sl..No. Name and address of the cold storage
- Nil -
41.TEXTILES
41.1No. of Ginning, Spinning and Weaving mills 2011- 2012
Sl.
No.
1
No. of Ginning
mills
3
No. of Spinning mills
4
No. of Weaving mills
5
1. 04
40 04
Source : Inspector of Factories
41.2 Quantum Of Production During The Year.20Year: 2012 - 2013
Ginning Mills
production
1.
Spinning mills production
2.
Weaving mills
Production
3.
-
NA
NA
Source : Inspector of Factories
92
42.TRADE AND COMMERCE
42.1 No. of Major And Minor Trade And Commercial Estate
Year 2012-2013
SL.No. Commodities No. of
major
Trade
No. of
minor
Trade
No. of
Commercial
estate
1. Paddy
121 335 -
2. Chillies
38 463 -
3. Cotton 42 13 -
4. Groundnut
20 10 -
5. Blackgram
19 463 -
6. Corriandar
14 459 -
Source: Secretary, Tirunelveli Marketing Committee
43.TRANSPORT
43.1 Length Of Roads (In Kilo Metres)
Year 2012-2013
Source: S.E (H) ,Tirunelveli & S.E. (NH), Tirunelveli.
Name of
authority
Surfaced Roads (K.M) Un
surfaced
Roads
Grand Total
Cement
Concrete
Bituminous
Water bound
Macadam
Total
National
High ways
-- 71.40Km -- 71.4Km -- 71.40Km
State High
ways
- 457.504 - 457.504 - 457.504
Major
District
Road
0.400 222.070 - 222.070 - 222.070
Other
District
Road
3.040 1142.664 - 1145.704 - 1145.704
Sugarcane
Roads
- - - - - -
93
43.2 Accidents
YEAR: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
Name of the
corporation/Block/
Municipality
Total
Number
of
Accidents
No. of
persons
injured
Number of
persons
killed
1 Tirunelveli Moffusial
436 1886 464
2 Tirunelveli City - - -
Source: Superintendent of Police Tirunelveli.
43.3Registered Motor Vehicles – 2012 – 2013
Commercial Vehicles Non Commercial Vehicles Total
4216
31391 35607
Source: Regional Transport Office Tirunelveli.
43.4 Transport Corporations
Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No.
Name of the
Corporations
Year of
Formation
Headquarter
District covered
No. of
buses as on
31st March
1
.
Tamil State
Transport
Corpn(Tirunel
veli)Ltd.,
Tirunelveli
Region
1.1.1974
(Formation)
1.04.1983(Bifurc
ation as TNSTC
(Madurai
Division-I
12.02.2004
(Amalgmation as
the existing
corporation
23.10.2010
(Bifurcation as
TNSTC
Regional
H.Q-
Tirunelveli
Tirunelve
li &
Tuticorin
1091
Source: GM TNSTC (Madurai )Ltd., Tirunelveli.
94
43.5 Selected Indicators On Overall Performance Of State Transport
Corporations Year: 2012-2013
Sl.No. Item Name of the Transport
Corporation
1. Fleet Strength 1091
2. Kilometers operated carried per day (in lakhs) 4.87
3. Number of passengers carried per day (in lakhs) 10.19
4. Fleet Utilization (Percentage) 95.14
5. Kilometer efficiency (Percentage) 103.48
6. Kilometer run per litre of diesel
a) City / Town
b) Mofussil
c) overall
5.67
5.48
5.53
7. Number of routes (As on 31 March) 701
8.
Number of New routes introduced during the 40
9 New villages benefited during the year 4
10 Benefited village population (in lakhs) 0.024
11. Staff strength as on 31St
March 6448
Number of New Buses purchased 132
Source: GM TNSTC Madurai Div-II Tirunelveli.
43.6 Railway Lines (Broad Gauge) And Stations
Item
Tirunelveli
Sub
Division
Tiuticorin
Sub
Division
Srivaikundam
Sub Division
Total
(5)
1. Route Length
(in Km.)
29.20 80.03 61.01 170.24
2. Track Length
(in Km.)
54.20 115.99 69.23 239.42
3. No.of Railway
Stations
4 11 11 26
95
43.7 Port Development
Year-2012-2013-1.Major Ports
2.Minor ports
Vessels entered and Cargo handled
Name of the Port Vessels entered Cargo handled
Major Ports:
Chennai
Tuticorin
NIL NIL
Intermediate Ports
Cuddalore
Nagapattinam
NIL NIL
Minor Ports
Kilakarai
Rameswaram
Pamban
Colachal
Kanniyakumari
Valinokkam
* Including Transshipment,
Cargo and Container cargo
NIL NIL
Source: Concerned Port Office
43.8 AIR PORTS Year.2012-2013
Sl.
No.
(1)
Airport
(2)
Passengers (in „000‟)
Embarked
(3)
Disembarked
(4)
Transit
(5)
Total
(6)
1.
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT,
MADRAS
NIL
a) International
b) Domestic
2. DOMESTIC
AIRPORT
a) Madras
b) Coimbatore
c) Madurai
d) Tiruchirappalli
Table 43.8 Contd.
Cargo Handled (Tonne) Revenue (Rs. In lakhs)
Loaded
(7)
Unloaded
(8)
Total
(9)
PAX
(10)
Cargo
(11)
Total
(12)
Nil
Source: Concerned Airport
96
43.9 Private Transport Operators
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
Type of the
Transport
Operations
Tirunelveli
Tenkasi
Total
1 Moffusil
104 64 168
2 Tourist
09 00 9
3 Spare
60 42 102
4 Mini Bus Route
108 135 243
Source: Regional Transport Officer, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi
44.TOURISM
44.1 Places Of Tourist Attraction (2012-13)
Sl.No.
(1)
Tourist Place
(2)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Courtalam: Main falls, Old Falls, Five Falls, Honey Falls, Tiger Falls and
Boating
Papanasam: Dam site, Agasthiar falls and Temple
Manimuthar:Dam site and falls
Mundanthurai: Wild life Sanctuary
Kalakadu:Wild life sanctuary
Koondhankulam: Birds sanctuary
Tirunelveli: District Science Centre
Kundaru: Dam Site
Adavinainar Dam site
Kadana Nathi Dam site
Nambi Aru Dam site
Chervalaru Dam site
Cooniyoor Tara coatta
Karaiyar Dam site & Boating
Manjolai Tea Estate
Kuthara panjan(Panagudi) Falls
Source: District Tourist Development Office.
97
44.2List Of Places Of Worship
Sl.No.
(1)
Places of Worship
(2)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18
19
Nellaiapparkoil -Tirunelveli.
Kasiviswanatharkoil -Tenkasi.
Vanamamalai Temple -Nanguneri.
Gomathiammankoil -Sankarankoil.
Nambikoil -Tirukarangudi.
Perumalkoil -Panagudi.
Chitrasabai -Courtallam.
Papanasam Temple -Papanasam.
Dharga-Athangarai & Pottalpudur.
St.Antony Church - Uvari.
Anjanayartemple -Kadayanallur
Arthanatheeswararkoil -Vasudevanallur
Nithyakalyani Ammantemple - Radhapuram.
Krishnapuram Temple-krishnapuram
Balasubiramaniasamy Kovil -Aiyakudi
Panpoli Thirumalai Kumaraswamy Temple.
Thatchinamoorthy kovil –Puliyarai.
ilIllanji SriKumarasamy Temple.
Thoranamalai Sri Murugan Temple
Source: District Tourist Development Office.
44.3List Of Hotels And Lodging Houses
Year: 2012- 2013
Name of District Hotels Hotels &
Lodging
Houses
Lodging
Houses
Tirunelveli
75
22
53
Source: Deputy Commissioner (CT), Tirunelvelii
98
44.4 List Of Travel Agents
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
List of Travel Agents
(2)
1. K.P.1N11. Travels
2. S.R.M. Travels
3. Amarnath Travels
4. S.P.K.Travels
5. Aarthi Travels
6. Parveen Travels
7. TVLS Travels
8. A.B.T Travels.
9. Lakshmi Travels
10. Senthur Travels
11. P.V.T.Travels
12. Rathi Meena
13 S.P.S.Travels
14. Bluewings Travels
Source: Concerned Office.
99
44.5 Train Service Timings (01.07.2013)
Sl.No.
Train Service Timings
NO NAME OF THE TRAIN ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
1 728 Quilon – Madurai 00.35 00.40
2 2788 Tirunelveli - Bilspur (Sun) - 01.00
3 6339 Mumbai CST – Nagercoil
(Tue, Fri, Sat & Sun)
01.15 01.20
4 2789 Rameswaram Kannaykumari
(Tue, Fri, Sun)
02.00 02.05
5 727 Madurai- Quilon 02.20 02.25
6 6735 Chennai – Tiruchendur (Sat) 06.05 06.10
7 6351 Mumbai – Nagercoil (Thu,
Mon)
03.40 03.45
8 2633 Chennai - Kannyakumari 04.45 04.50
9 2787 Bilaspur – Tirunelveli (Tue) 05.05 -
10 6610 Coimbatore – Nagercoil 0505 05.10
11 826 Tirunelveli –
Mayiladuthurai/Erode
- 05.25
12 2997 Tirunelveli-Hapa
Express(Mon, Tue)
- 05.45
13 6352 Nagercoil – Mumbai (Thu,
Sun)
06.15 06.20
14 2667 Chennai – Nagercoil (Fri) 06.25 06.30
15 2642 Nizamudin – Kannyakumari
(Tirukkural)(Mon)
06.25 06.30
16 6723 Chennai – Trivandrum
(Ananthapuri Exp)
06.35 07.00
17 731 Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur - 07.00
18 828 Tirunelveli – Tuticorin - 07.15
19 6128 Guruvayur – Chennai 07.40 07.50
20 382 Tirunelveli- Nagercoil
(except Sun)
- 08.00
21 6340 Nagercoil- Mumbai CST
(Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri )
08.30 08.40
22 2631 Chennai – Tirunelveli (Nellai
Exp )
08.30 -
23 732 Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli 09.05 -
24 383 Nagercoil – Coimbatore 09.10 09.20
25 2689 Chennai – Nagercoil (Sat) 09.30 09.35
26 2665 Howrah – Kannyakumari
(Wed)
09.30 09.35
27 733 Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur - 09.35
28 2666 Kannyakumari – Howrah
(Sat)
09.30 09.40
29 725 Tuticorin – Tiruchendur 11.10 11.15
30 6787 Tirunelveli- Jammu Tawi
(Mon, Fri)
- 15.45
31 724 Tiruchendur- Tuticorin 16.05 16.20
32 2998 Hapa-Tirunelveli(sun, Mon) 22.30 -
33 734 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli 17.45 -
34 384 Coimbatore- Nagercoil 17.50 18.00
35 735 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur - 18.15
100
36 6788 Jammu Tawi – Tirunelveli
(Thu, sun)
18.20 -
37 2632 Tirunelveli- Chennai (Nellai
Exp)
- 18.45
38 2634 Kannyakumari- Chennai 18.55 19.00
39 6127 Chennai- Guruvayur 19.25 19.30
40 736 Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli 19.45 -
41 6724 Trivandrum- Chennai
(Ananthapuri Exp)
19.40 19.50
42 732 Tiruchendur- Tirunelveli 19.45 -
43 827 Tuticorin- Tirunelveli 20.30 -
44 385 Kannyakumari – Tirunelveli
(except Sun)
20.40 -
45 6736 Tiruchendur – Chennai (Thu) 20.50 20.55
46 2690 Nagercoil- Chennai(Sun) 20.50 20.55
47 2641 Kannyakumari-
Nizamuddin(tirukkural)(Wed)
20.50 20.55
48 2668 Nagercoil- Chennai (Fri) 18.10 18.15
49 6609 Nagercoil- Coimbatore 21.40 21.45
50 825 Mayiladuthurai/Erode-
Tirunelveli
21.50 -
51 2790 Kannyakumari- Rameswaram
(Tue,Fri,Sun)
23.30 23.35
Source: Southern Railway
44.6Railway Length(in Km.)(2012-13)
No. of
Railway
Station
Route Length Track Length
Broad
Gauge
Meter
Gauge
Broad
Gauge
Meter
Gauge
26
170.24
-
239.42 -
Source: Southern Railway
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VITAL STATISTICS
45.1 Births And Deaths Registered
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No. Name of the Block
Live
Births
Registered
Deaths
Registered
Infant
Death
1 Manur
2 Palayamkottai
3 Papakudi
4 Kadayam
5 Ambasamudram
6 Cheranmahadevi
7 Nanguneri
8 Kalakadu
9 Radhapuram
10 Valliyur
11 Alangulam
12 Kadayanallur
13 Shenkottai
14 Sankarankoil
15 Kuruvikulam
16 Keelapavoor
17 Melaneelithanallur
18 Tenkasi
19 Vasudevanallur
Total
Source: D.D (Health) Tirunelveli, Sankarankoil
102
45.2 Birth, Death And Infant Mortality Rates
Year: 2012- 2013
Sl.No
.
Name of the Block
Birth
Death Infant
Mortaily
1 Manur
2 Palayamkottai
3 Papakudi
4 Kadayam
5 Ambasamudram
6 Cheranmahadevi
7 Nanguneri
8 Kalakadu
9 Radhapuram
10 Valliyur
11 Alangulam
12 Kadayanallur
13 Shenkottai
14 Sankarankoil
15 Kuruvikulam
16 Keelapavoor
17 Melaneelithanallur
18 Tenkasi
19 Vasudevanallur
Source: D.D (Health) Tirunelveli, Sankarankoil
45.3 Death By Causes
Year: 2012– 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Causes for
Death
(2)
No. of the Death
(3)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tuberclosis
Heart Disease
Other Fever
Special Disease
Other Disease
103
46. VOLUNTARY SERVICES
List Of Voluntary Services Available In The District For The
Development Of Rural And Urban Population
Year: 2012– 2013
Sl.
No.
Name of Programme
No.of Prog.
01 Strengthening & Activization of Youth club campaign 03
02 Youth Club Survey campaign
10
03 Provision of Sports Materials to Youth Clubs 30
04 District Youth Convention 01
05 Skill Upgradation Training Programme 06
06 Life Skill Education with focus On Stress & Management 02
07 Block Folk Cultural Programme 03
08 District Folk Cultural 01
09 Celebration of National & International days / weeks 18
10 Exhibition for youth on Handicrift (Yuva Kriti) 00
11 Meeting of DACYP 02
12 Block Youth Club Award 01
13 Inter Youth club Sports Programme 05
14 Soft & Life Skill Education Trg. For Sc Women 01
Source: Nehru Yuvakendra Tirunelveli.
47.1 WATER WORKS AND SUPPLY
No. of Schemes Operated In The District
Year: 2012 - 2013
No. of Schemes
Sl.No. Name of the Scheme No.of the Schemes Operated
In The District
1. Rural Water Supply
1697
2. Urban Water Supply
26
Source: E.E., TWAD Board,
Maintenance Division, Tirunelveli
104
47.2No. of Workers Engaged In The Water Works And Supply
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl. No.
(1)
Name of the Schemes
(2)
No. of Workers engaged in water works
and supply
(3)
1 Rural Water Supply 1052
2 Urban Water Supply 228
Source: P.A., (P.D.,) A.D., (T.P.,) RDMA,
47.3 No. of House Connections, Fountains
Year: 2012 - 2013
Sl.No.
(1)
Name of the Municipalities
(2)
No. of House water connections
(3)
House
connection
Fountain
1 Senkottai 4343 144
2 Tenkasi 10150 182
3 Kadayanallur 13950 171
4 Puliyangudi 9402 52
5 Sankarankoil 1953 110
6 Ambasamudram 6623 155
7 V.K.Puram 9335 189
Source: R.D.M.A., Tirunelveli
105
47.4 Educational Expenditure
Year: 2012 – 2013
District Type of School No. of Schools Rs.”000”
Tirunelveli
High School &
Higher Secondary
326
1625073.720
Source : CEO, Tirunelveli
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