KARUR DISTRICT PROFILE 1. Name of the District : Karur 2. Geographical Position* North Latitude: 11.00° N to 12.00° N East Longitude Between: 77.28° E to 77.50° E
3. Total Geographical area : 289557 ha 4. District Headquarters name : Karur 5. Demographic details S. No i)
ii) iii)
iv)
v)
Particulars Population Male Female Total Population Population density / Sq. km Literates Male (%)
Value
Female (%) Total (%) Details on SC population Male Female Total Population Labour profile
66.86 75.7
5,28,184 5,36,309 10,64,493 367 /km2 84.54
1,08,809 1,12,576 2,21,385
a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) j) vi) vii)
Total workers Male workers Female workers Rural workers Urban workers Cultivators Agricultural Labourers Household industry Other workers Marginal workers Non-workers Major languages spoken in the district Details on Birth-Death Rate (per 1000 population) Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate Expectation of life in years Male Female Source: Census of India 2011 6. Taluk details S. No Name of the taluk 1 Aravakurichi 2 Karur 3 Krishnarayapuram 4 Kulithalai Source: Census of India 2011
5,43,298 3,29,034 2,14,264 3,52,276 1,91,022 85,872 2,00,837 11,340 2,45,249 5,43,298 439222 Tamil, Telugu,Urdu
12.1 8.1 7.0 70.25 68.20 72.30
Total area in ha 976200 606500 822100 490800
Taluk HQ Aravakurichi Karur Krishnarayapuram Kulithalai
7. Taluk details S. No
Name of the block
Total area in ha
1 Aravakurichi 43690 2 Karur 24340 3 K.R.Puram 39500 4 Kulithalai 18900 5 K. Paramathi 53930 Source: Census of India 2011 8. Block wise Literate S. No Name of the block 1 Karur 2 Aravakurichi 3 Kulithalai 4 Kadavur 5 K.R.Puram Source: Census of India 2011
Number of Panchayats
20 14 23 13 30
Total Population Male
Female
Total
28,689 38,522 57,940 28,283 40,825
29,328 40,013 58,196 29,232 41,443
58,017 78,535 1,16,136 57,515 82,268
Total Population
Male 331557 125832 136455 63521 84245
Female 180163 70292 75241 36762 47857
Total 151394 55540 61214 26759 36388
9. Educational and other infrastructural facilities 2016-17. S. No Particulars Numbers / Values 01 Educational facilities a) Pre-primary 62 b) Primary 576 c) Middle 188 d) High 92 e) Higher-Secondary 105 02 Professional colleges a) Medical b) Engineering 16 c) Agriculture d) Veterinary / Fisheries 1 e) Others (Please specify) Teacher training-2 03 Number of Arts and Science Colleges 9 04 Institutional Credit Facility a) Name of the Lead Bank Indian Overseas Bank b) Number of branches of lead bank in the district 1 c) Other Commercial Banks 2 d) Primary Land Development Bank 0 e) Co-op.Urban Banks 2 f) Public Sector 89 g) Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit 84 Society h) Private Sector 43 i) Employees Co-operative Societies 22 j) Regional Rural 10 k) TIIC 1 05 a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) ii) iii)
Agricultural Marketing and Processing Number of Regulated Markets Number of Co-operative Marketing Society Number of Permanent Markets / Central Markets Number of weekly markets / shandies Number of drying yards Number of storage godowns Number of cold storage units for agricultural produce Number of agro based / agri-based processing industries Small scale Medium scale Large scale
4 2 NA NA NA 8 1 NA 33 NA 2
10. Agro-climatic features 2016-17. Maximum ° Minimum ° Month S.N C C o Normal
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Mean
Humidity
Rainfall (in m.m.)
Actual
Normal
Actual
Normal
Actual
Normal
Actual
Normal
Actual
June 2014 33.5 July 32.5 August 32.5 September 33.1 October 31.3
37.0 35.6 35.3 35.4 33.1
24.7 24.0 23.7 23.7 23.0
27.1 26.2 25.3 25.4 24.5
29.0 28.1 28.1 28.4 27.2
31.4 30.2 30.2 29.8 28.2
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58.3 61.9 65.8 61.6 75.1
14.00 25.0 29.0 135 147
2.20 6.00 45.2
November
30.73 21.50
29.60
22.51 25.60
26.13 --
December 29.40 30.28 19.70 21.77 24.60 25.39 30.50 31.16 18.70 20.50 24.60 25.17 January 2015 February 33.40 33.05 20.30 19.13 26.70 26.09 36.20 35.76 22.60 23.63 29.40 29.06 March 37.20 36.87 25.00 24.83 31.10 30.23 April 36.30 35.81 25.20 24.79 30.80 29.88 May Source:J.E.Groundwater Sub-Division, P.W.D. Trichy
172.4 201.2
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74.98 115.00 45.20 73.08 41.00 11.60 69.45 5.00 69.00
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81.32 64.18 64.83 74.29
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7.00 10.00 23.00 74.00
0.00 61.40 65.80 99.70
11. Land details a) Nine fold classification of land and other land details during 2016-17 S.No Particulars Area in ha 01 Total geographical area 289557 02 Area under Forest 6187.115 03 Barren and uncultivable land 2785.370 04 Land put into non-agricultural uses 37535.370 05 Cultivable waste 65536.330 06 Permanent pastures and other grazing lands 10800.980 07 Miscellaneous tree crops and grooves not 1865.010 included in the net area sown 08 Current Fallow 26482.020 09 Other Fallow 50458.835 10 Net Area Sown 87905.605 11 Area sown more than once 5708.065 12. Gross Cropped Area 93613.670 b) Details on operational holdings 2016-17 . S. No Classification Category area* Operational area category in ha 01 Marginal < 1ha 37399.01 02 Small 1-2 ha 37093.243 03 Small-medium 2-5 ha 62680.63 04 Medium 5-10 ha 42071.02 05 Large >10 ha 27580.39 Total 206824.3
Number of holdings 92051 26017 20108 6061 1814 146051
12) Irrigation Resources 2016-17 S. No Particulars 01 Canals Government Private 02 Tanks < 40 ha =>40 ha 03 Wells Open wells Bore wells Dug cum bore wells Tube wells Filter point tube wells Artisan wells 04 Other major sources if any
Number
Other related particulars Length in km : 226
23 0 248 18
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42867 3221 0 0
13) Soil resources and type 2016-17 S. No 1
Name of the Places
Type of Soil
Karur, Thanthoni, Aravakurichi, Yellow wish Red, Fine Loamy Soils Paramathy, Kulithalai, Krishnarapuram, Thogamalai, Kadavur. 2 Karur, Thanthoni, Aravakurichi, K. Reddish Brown, Fine Loamy Soils Paramathy 3 Karur, Thanthoni, Aravakurichi, K. Reddish Brown, Coarse Loamy Soils Paramathy. 4 Karur, Paramathy, Kulithalai, Dark Brown, Clay Loamy Soils Krishnarayapuram. 5 Thanthoni, Aravakurichi, Paramathy. Dark Brown, Coarse Loamy Soils 6 Kulithalai Dark Grayish Brown, Fine Texuture Soils 7 Kulithalai, K.R. Puram, Thogamalai, Dark Red Coarse Loamy Soils Kadavur. 8 Krishnarayapuram, Kadavur. Yellowish Red Fine Loamy Soils 9 Krishnarayapuram, Thogamalai, Kadavur. Dark Clay, Sandy Clay Loam 10 Thogamalai, Kadavur Dark Grayish, Brown Fine Clay Loam Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Chennai
14) Area, production and productivity of major crops for 2016-17
1
Paddy
Total Cropped Area (ha) 13444
2
Jowar
25985
32559
1253
27.75
3
Cumbu
521
1165
2237
0.5
4
Red gram
3803
5324
1400
4.06
5.
Chillies
366
228
622
0.39
6.
Sugarcane
2520
25452
10100
2.69
7
Banana
2909
175543
60345
3.1
8
Groundnut
4594
14737
3208
4.90
9
Gingelly
4627
2831
612
4.94
10
Maize
2327
14527
6243
2.48
S. No
Crop
Production (Tonnes)
Productivity (kg/ha)
% to the total area sown
74789
5563
14.36
15) Area under irrigation for major crops for 2016-17 S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Crop Paddy Jowar Cumbu Ragi Maize Red gram Black gram Green gram Sugarcane - planted Sugarcane – Ratoon Groundnut Gingelly Coconut Sunflower Chillies
Area (ha) 13444 5481 143 102 2290 167 2386 233 1473 1045 3660 1395 6557 2613 365
16) Livestock and poultry population (in ‘000) for 2016-17 S. Name of the Block No
1 2
Karur Thanthoni
Cattle
9800 14100
Buffalo
14300 9400
Sheep
9500 7100
Goat
15800 16400
Poultry
1095000 14900
Others if any Pl. specify
3 Aravakuruchi 4 K.Paramathi 5 Kulithalai 6 Thogamalai 7 Krishnarayapuram 8 Kadavur
10050 13050 9800 11050 14700 5500
6700 8700 6550 7400 9800 3700
5000 6500 4900 5550 7400 2800
16700 15300 11500 12900 17200 6500
80000 22000 9000 285000 7300 4500
19) Livestock and poultry products production for 2016-17 S. No
Name of the Block
Cows milk Buffalo milk Poultry in litres in litres Eggs in ‘000 Broiler in numbers kgs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Karur Thanthoni Aravakuruchi K.Paramathi Kulithalai Thogamalai Krishnarayapuram Kadavur
23520 33840 24120 31320 23520 26520 35280 13200
29744 19552 13936 18096 13624 15392 20384 7696
263165000 257325000 -
2737500 37250 200000 55000 22500 712500 18250 11250
Sheep Others if and goat any Pl. specify Live weight in kgs 569250 528750 488250 490500 369000 415125 553500 209250
