COIMBATORE DISTRICT PROFILE

1. Name of the District : Coimbatore, TamilNadu

2. Geographical Position : North Latitude between 11o00’58” and 11o01’61”

East Longitude between 76o58’16” and 76o09’71”

3. Total Geographical area : 3670 Sq.km

4. District Headquarters name : Coimbatore

(Source: Google map)

5. Demographic details

S. No Particulars Value

i) Population

Male 1482228

Female 1434392

Total Population 2916620

Rural 854489

Urban 2062131

ii) Population density / Sq. km 601

iii) Literates

Male (%) 1140737 (77%)

Female (%) 915640 (64%)

Total (%) 2056377 (71%)

iv) Details on SC/ST population

Male 327791

Female 230936

Total Population 558727

Literacy rate (%)

Male NA

Female NA

Total NA

v) Labour profile

a) Total workers 937314

b) Male workers 627693

c) Female workers 309621

d) Rural workers 436831

e) Urban workers 500483

f) Cultivators 98364

g) Agricultural Labourers 211056

h) Household industry 30381

i) Other workers 510302

j) Marginal workers 87211

j) Non-workers 1048424

k) Average labour wages for farm operations

(Rs./manday of seven to nine hours)

Skilled job Unskilled

job

Peak seasons NA

Male NA

Female NA

Lean seasons

Male NA

Female NA

Average labour wages for farm operations

(Rs./manday of five to six hours)

Skilled job Unskilled job

Peak seasons

Male 122.70 114.11

Female 64. 81 51.52

Lean seasons

Male 114.11 95.62

Female 51.52 49.78

vi) Major languages spoken in the district Tamil, Telugu, Kannada

vii) Details on Birth-Death Rate (per 1000 population)

Birth Rate 15.9

Death Rate 5.4

Infant Mortality Rate 16.5

Expectation of life in years

Male 65

Female 62

(Source : G returns and seasonal report)

6. Taluk details (2011 Census)

S. No Name of the taluk Total area in ha Taluk HQ

1 Coimbatore North 88437 Coimbatore

2 Coimbatore South 32401 Coimbatore

3 Mettupalayam 64545 Mettupalayam

4 Pollachi 116551 Pollachi

5 Sulur 58496 Sulur

6 Valparai 66964 Valparai

7 Coimbatore Corporation 10560 -

8 Pollachi Municipality 1386 -

9 Mettupalayam Municipality 720 -

(Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore)

7. Block details (2011 Census)

S.

No

Name of the block Total area in ha

Number of

Panchayats

Number of

Villages

Total Population inclusive of SC / ST population

SC / ST population

Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Periyanaickenpalayam 39537 15 15 122492 116629 239121 14913 14780 29693

2 Sarkarsamakulam 19837 19 19 55855 54249 110104 8743 8822 17565

3 Thondamuthur 44932 25 25 74087 72338 146425 13446 13127 26573

4 Madukkarai 32401 22 22 129734 125748 255482 19168 19355 38523

5 Karamadai 64545 19 19 86911 84299 171210 18630 18214 36844

6 Pollachi North 28652 48 48 52456 51902 104358 11048 11201 22249

7 Pollachi South 20636 29 29 56541 55086 111627 9830 9587 19417

8 Anaimalai 34688 19 19 69929 69797 139725 15720 15759 31476

9 Kinathukadavu 32575 35 35 49729 50453 100182 9714 10105 19819

10 Valparai 66964 - - 46961 48146 95107 25819 27059 52878

11 Annur 29060 22 22 51051 50017 101068 13116 12865 25981

12 Sultanpet 29575 20 20 34872 34390 69262 7640 7521 15161

13 Sulur 28960 21 21 95888 91282 187170 14969 15058 30027

14 Coimbatore-

Corporation

10560 - - 477937 452945 930882 39069 38647 77716

15 Pollachi –

Municipality

1386 - - 44400 43902 88302 4512 4717 9229

16 Mettupalayam -

Municipality

720 - - 33385 33210 66595 4138 4118 8256

(Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore)

8. Block wise Literacy Rate (%) ( 2011 Census)

S.

No

Name of the block Other than SC / ST population SC / ST population Total Literacy Rate

Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

1 Periyanaickenpalayam NA NA NA NA NA NA 77.87 65.40 71.79

2 Sarkarsamakulam NA NA NA NA NA NA 75.45 72.88 68.46

3 Thondamuthur NA NA NA NA NA NA 72.53 58.15 65.43

4 Madukkarai NA NA NA NA NA NA 76.97 64.14 70.66

5 Karamadai NA NA NA NA NA NA 96.09 52.87 61.10

6 Pollachi North NA NA NA NA NA NA 68.65 51.31 60.02

7 Pollachi South NA NA NA NA NA NA 72.54 57.20 64.97

8 Anaimalai NA NA NA NA NA NA 66.86 50.59 58.88

9 Kinathukadavu NA NA NA NA NA NA 65.55 48.81 58.63

10 Valparai NA NA NA NA NA NA 79.36 63.28 71.22

11 Annur NA NA NA NA NA NA 66.91 48.69 57.89

12 Sultanpet NA NA NA NA NA NA 67.26 48.01 57.70

13 Sulur NA NA NA NA NA NA 76.43 60.31 68.56

14 Coimbatore-

Corporation

NA NA NA NA NA NA 83.94 75.00 79.59

15 Pollachi –

Municipality

NA NA NA NA NA NA 81.90 72.52 77.23

16 Mettupalayam -

Municipality

NA NA NA NA NA NA 79.35 66.60 72.99

(Source : State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore)

9. Educational and other infrastructural facilities of latest available year

S. No Particulars Numbers / Values

01 Educational facilities

a) Pre-primary 413

b) Primary 1365

c) Middle 480

d) High 162

e) Higher-Secondary 172

02 Professional colleges

a) Medical 5

b) Engineering 39

c) Agriculture 1

d) Veterinary / Fisheries 0

e) Universities 6

f) Law college 1

03 Number of Arts and Science Colleges 49

04 Institutional Credit Facility

a) Name of the Lead Bank Canara bank

b) Number of branches of lead bank in the district 32

c) Other Commercial Banks 454

d) Primary Land Development Bank 13

e) District Central Co-operative Banks 1

f) Urban Banks 6

g) Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society 265

h) Housing Co-operative Societies 107

i) Employees Co-operative Societies 126

j) Weavers Co-operative Society 79

k) Industrial Co-operative Society 21

l) Khadi and Village Industries Societies 27

m) Industrial Co-operative Societies 21

n) Primary Co-operative Stores 58

o) Co-operative Sugar mills 1

q) Other Marketing Society (please specify) 0

05 Agricultural Marketing and Processing

a) Number of Regulated Markets 18

b) Number of Co-operative Marketing Society 9

c) Number of Permanent Markets / Central

Markets

18

d) Number of weekly markets / shandies 32

e) Number of drying yards 85

f) Number of storage godowns 77

g) Number of cold storage units for agricultural

produce

8

h) Number of agro based / agri-based processing

industries

-

i) Small scale -

ii) Medium scale -

iii) Large scale -

(Source : G returns -State Statistical Dept, Coimbatore)

10. Agro-climatic features

a) Rainfall pattern during 2016-17

S.No Month Rainfall in mm

Actual Normal % deviation

01 April, 16 29.0 14.0 + 107.14 %

02 May, 16 0 9.2 - 100 %

03 June , 16 0 17.0 - 100 %

04 July, 16 32.4 52.7 - 38.52 %

05 August, 16 0 66.5 - 100 %

06 September , 16 0 42.8 - 100 %

07 October,16 40.6 68.5 - 40.73 %

08 November ,16 0 30.1 - 100 %

09 December ,16 66.4 68.0 - 2.35 %

10 January, 17 48.4 146.0 - 66.85 %

11 February, 17 4 118.0 - 96.61 %

12 March , 17 87.8 41.4 +112.08%

(Source : TamilNadu Agricultural University)

b) Temperature prevailed during 2016 – 17

S.No Month Mean Maximum ° C Mean Minimum ° C

Actual Normal % deviation

Actual Normal % deviation

01 April, 16 35.9 29.4 + 22.1 % 24.5 17.9 + 36.9 %

02 May, 16 35.4 31.8 + 11.3 % 24.5 18.5 + 32.4 %

03 June , 16 30.6 34.5 - 11.3 % 23.3 20.5 + 13.7 %

04 July, 16 30.1 35.2 - 14.5 % 23.2 23.8 - 2.5 %

05 August, 16 31.3 34.0 - 7.9 % 22.6 23.2 - 2.6 %

06 September , 16 31.2 31.0 + 0.7 % 22.6 22.9 - 1.3 %

07 October,16 31.5 30.1 + 4.7 % 21.7 22.2 - 2.3 %

08 November ,16 29.8 30.1 - 1.0 % 22.3 22.2 + 0.4 %

09 December ,16 29.2 31.6 - 7.6 % 19.8 21.8 - 9.2 %

10 January, 17 30.1 30.9 - 2.6 % 19.7 21.4 - 7.9 %

11 February, 17 32.4 29.2 + 10.9 % 20.4 20.2 + 1.0 %

12 March , 17 34.5 29.4 + 17.4% 22.3 17.9 + 24.6 %

(Source : TamilNadu Agricultural University)

c) Relative humidity during 2016- 17

S.No Month Average Relative humidity (%)

Actual Normal % deviation

01 April, 16 64 61 + 4.9 %

02 May, 16 63.5 55 + 15.5 %

03 June , 16 68.5 50 + 37.0 %

04 July, 16 70 54 + 29.6 %

05 August, 16 70.5 55 + 28.2 %

06 September , 16 71.5 56 + 27.7 %

07 October,16 72.5 55 + 31.8 %

08 November ,16 74 62 + 19.4 %

09 December ,16 69.5 63 + 10.3 %

10 January, 17 63 72 - 12.5 %

11 February, 17 59 73 - 19.2 %

12 March , 17 54.5 77 -29.2 %

(Source : TamilNadu Agricultural University)

11. Land details a) Nine fold classification of land and other land

S.No Particulars Area in ha

01 Total geographical area 397882.75

02 Area under Forest 6647

03 Barren and uncultivable land 4787

04 Land put into non-agricultural uses 74202

05 Cultivable waste 9062

06 Permanent pastures and other grazing lands 76

07 Miscellaneous tree crops and grooves not

included in the net area sown

3168

08 Current Fallow 56219

09 Other Fallow 30630

10 Net Area Sown 182306

11 Area sown more than once 8841

12. Gross Cropped Area 191147

b) Details on operational holdings

S. No Classification category Category area Operational area in ha Number of holdings

01 Marginal < 1ha 50297.03 92313

02 Small 1-2 ha 92971.36 64382

03 Small-medium 2-5 ha 153911.00 50748

04 Medium 5-10 ha 72122.32 10775

05 Large >10 ha 52425.30 2425

Total 397882.75 219351

12) Irrigation Resources

S. No Particulars Number Other related particulars Value / details

01 Canals

Government 27 Length in km 290.48 23326

Private 0 Length in km 0

02 Tanks

< 40 ha 18 20

=>40 ha 30 23

03 Wells

Open wells 51786 72163

Bore wells 13564 0 19314

Dug cum bore wells 0 0 0

Tube wells 0 0 0

Filter point tube wells 0 0 0

Artisan wells 0 0 0

04 Other if any 0 0 0

13) Soil resources and type

S. No Name of the block Soil type Major nutrients which are deficient

Micro-nutrients which are deficient

1 Periyanaickenpalayam Red loam

Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil

N Zn, Fe, Cu

2 Sarkarsamakulam Red loam

Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil

N Zn, Fe, Cu

3 Thondamuthur Red loam

Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil

N Zn, Fe, Cu

4 Madukkarai Red loam

Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil

N Zn, Fe, Cu

5 Karamadai Red loam

Sandy Coastal alluviam N Zn, Cu

6 Pollachi North Red loam

Black soil N, P Zn, Cu

7 Pollachi South Red loam

Black soil N, P Zn, Cu

8 Anaimalai Red loam

Black soil N, P Zn, Cu

9 Kinathukadavu Red loam

Black soil N, P Zn, Cu

10 Valparai Red loam

Black soil K B, Mo

11 Annur Red loam

Black soil Red sandy soil Calcareous soil

N, P Zn, Cu

12 Sultanpet Red loam

Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil Calcareous soil

N Fe, Zn, Mn

13 Sulur Red loam

Black soil Sandy Coastal alluviam Red sandy soil

N Fe, Zn, Mn

14) Area (ha), production (tonnes /ha) and productivity (kg/ha) of major crops

S. No Crop Net Area

Sown (ha)

Total

Cropped

Area (ha)

Production

(tonnes/ha)

Productivity

(kg/ha)

1 Paddy 5200 5200 20100 3865

2 Cholam 38200 38200 41900 1097

3 Cumbu 300 300 500 1667

4 Ragi 100 100 200 2000

5 Maize 17500 17500 68500 3914

6 Others 700 700 500 714

7 Redgram 575 575 359 624

8 Black Gram 3220 3220 2013 625

9 Greengram 1662 1662 1039 625

10 Horse Gram 3148 3148 1968 625

11 Others 9039 9039 5650 625

12 Groundnut 17050 17050 35600 2088

13 Gingelly 610 610 367 602

14 Sunflower 50 50 63 1260

15 Caster 150 150 50 333

16 Soyabeen 50 50 50 1000

17 Cotton 1000 1000 4000 708

18 Sugarcane 2000 2000 270000 135000

15) Area under irrigation for major crops

S. No Crop Total Cropped

Area (ha)

Irrigated area

(ha)

% of Irrigation

1 Paddy 2553 2553 100

2 Cholam 32107 387 1.21

3 Cumbu 131 61 45.56

4 Ragi 32 1 3.13

5 Maize 5432 4501 82.86

6 Blackgram 1622 0 0

7 Greengram 1832 7 0.38

8 Redgram 282 0 0

9 Horsegram 1592 0 0

10 Bengalgram 1622 0 0

11 Other pulses 5571 154 2.76

12 Groundnut 5789 1298 22.42

13 Gingelly 729 88 12.07

14 Castor 60 4 6.67

15 Sunflower 5 5 100

16 Cotton 513 162 31.58

17 Sugarcane planted 133 1140 857.14

18 Sugarcane ratoon 581 417 71.77

19 Pepper 130 4 3.08

20 Coriander 60 21 35.0

21 Chillies 652 647 99.23

22 Cardamom 869 0 0

23 Turmeric 1005 1005 100

24 Tappiaco 439 439 100

25 Suntramp 4 4 100

26 Onion 847 847 100

27 Banana 8729 8729 100

28 Tobacco 236 236 100

29 Cashenut 64 18 28.13

30 Avari 33 33 100

31 Tomato 2635 2539 95.98

32 Brinjal 376 376 100

33 Mango 2522 478 18.95

34 Guava 12 88 72.73

35 Arecanut 1443 1212 83.99

36 Coco 22 22 100

37 Tea 11109 6 0.05

38 Coffee 2326 4 0.17

39 Kanakambaram 5 5 100

40 Samanthi 12 12 100

41 Jetropha 130 0 0

16) Area under HYV /hybrids for major crops

S. No Crop Gross Cropped

Area (ha)

Area under HYV /

hybrids (ha)

%

1 Paddy 6479 5836 90.08

2 Jowar 74291 60207 81.04

3 Bajra 569 533 93.67

4 Ragi 82 57 69.51

5 Cotton 798 642 80.45

17) Farm Gate Price of major crops

S. No Crop Farm Gate Price

Rs/Qtl

Wholesale price

Rs/Qn

Retail price

Rs/kg

01 Cereals

a) Jowar 957.40 974.30 12.06

b) Bajra 838.20 843.05 10.74

c) Maize 791.87 NA NA

d) Ragi 881.77 910.62 11.15

e) Paddy 767.25 1364.78 14.65

f) Thinai 1176.59 NA NA

g) Samai 974.56 NA NA

02 Pulses

a) Redgram 2888.5 2945.3 NA

b) Bengalgram 2675.46 3164.97 NA

c) Blackgram 2504.54 2851.29 NA

d) Greengram 2868.44 3346.44 NA

e) Horsegram 1170.45 NA 15.04

03 Oilseeds

a) Groundnut 2374.64 2724.48 NA

b) Sesamum 3303.64 3491.45 NA

c) Caster 1922.26 NA NA

04 Vegetables

a) Chilly 4297.25 4489.58 NA

b) Coriander 4941.43 5202.17 NA

c) Turmeric 2993.58 NA NA

d) Onion 864.64 NA NA

e) Tomato 712.80 NA NA

f) Ladies finger 878.98 NA NA

g) Brinjal 983.60 NA NA

h) Cauliflower 656.12 NA NA

i) Pear green 2157.60 NA NA

j) Tamarind 2548.07 2924.95 NA

05 Fruits

a) Banana (100 Nos) 85.16 NA NA

b) Palmgur 2889.64 NA NA

c) Canegur 1329.10 NA NA

06 Commercial including sugar and fiber crops

a) Cotton 2636.82 NA NA

b) Coconut 408.19 NA NA

c) Tapiaco 462.98 NA NA

07 Spices and Plantation Crops

a) Turmeric 2993.58 3509.12 NA

08. Others pl. specify

a) Arecanut 7668.0 NA NA

b) Coffee 10217.60 NA NA

18) Livestock and poultry population

S.

No

Name of the

Block

Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Poultry Others if any Pl. specify

1 Coimbatore -AD 69875 945 23602 65625 73578 -

2 Avinashi - AD 76938 14421 57571 84537 85013 -

3 Tiruppur - AD 113453 14758 130805 76005 80709 -

4 Udumalai - AD 61317 4320 11614 31445 37185 -

5 Pollachi - AD 78396 4719 13871 44070 77986 -

(source : Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Coimbatore)

19) Livestock and poultry products production

S. No Name of the

Block

Cows milk

in liters

Buffalo

milk in

liters

Poultry Sheep and

goat

Others if

any Pl .

specify Eggs in

numbers

Broiler in

kgs

Live

weight kgs

1 Coimbatore -AD 9782561 226809 84614700 9565144 84191 -

2 Avinashi - AD 10771328 3461046 97764958 11051696 66652 -

3 Tiruppur - AD 15883423 3541928 92815356 10492172 74083 -

4 Udumalai - AD 8584380 1036805 42762791 4834058 30436 -

5 Pollachi - AD 10975448 1132567 89683904 10138185 41075 -

(source : Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Coimbatore)