Karur District - Profile

i. Area (Sq.Km.)		2,895.57
ii. Population		9,35,686
	a. Male	4,65,538
	b. Female	4,70,148
	c. Rural	6,24,430
	d. Urban	3,11,256
iii. Density (Sq. Km.)		323
iv. Literates		5,66,728
v. Main Workers (2001 Census)
	a. Total Workers	4,96,464
	b. Male	2,94,150
	c. Female	2,02,314
	d. Rural	3,59,637
	e. Urban	1,36,827
	f. Cultivators	1,00,875
	g. Agricultural Labourers	1,52,993
	h. Household Industry	18,228
	i. Other Workers	1,73,354
	j. Marginal Workers	51,014
vi. Non-Workers		4,39,222
vii. Languages spoken in the District		Tamil, Telugu, English, Urudu

i. Birth		15,896
ii. Death		6,037
iii. Infant Death		353
iv. Birth Rate (Per 1000 Population)
	a. Rural	16.0
	b. Urban	14.3
	c. Combined	15.83
v. Death Rate (Per 1000 Population)
	a. Rural	6.2
	b. Urban	4.0
	c. Combined	6.01
vi. Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000 Live Births)
	a. Rural	23.6
	b. Urban	8.6
	c. Combined	22.21
vii. Expectation of life at Birth
	a. Male	67
	b. Female	70

a. Normal
	i. North East Monsoon	365.4
	ii. South West Monsoon	249.7
b. Actual
	i. North East Monsoon	714.2
	ii. South West Monsoon	164.3
	c. Number of Rainy days

A. Total Cultivated Area		1,14,557
B. Net Area Sown		1,11,719
C. Area Sown more than once		2838
D. Area and Production of Principal Crops	Area		Production
i. Rice	18398		54771
ii. Millets and Other Cereals	26995		6413
iii.Pulses	7906		2959
iv.Sugarcane (Gur)	7189		647010
v.Groundnut	4704		9483
vi.Gingelly	6658		1891
vii.Cotton (BL)	300		87
E.Agricultural Land Holdings (1995-96)
a. Holdings		142055
b. Area (Hec)		211566
c. Average Size of Holdings in Hect.		1.49
d. Important Food Crops		Paddy, Jowar, Cumbu, Banana
e. Important Non - Food Crops		Sugarcane, Groundnut

i. Primary Land Development Banks			3
ii.Cooperative Apex Banks(TNSC)			---
iii.District Central Cooperative Banks			---
iv.Urban Banks			2
v. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies			82
vi. Housing Cooperative Societies			---
vii. Employees Cooperative Societies			23
viii. Lift Irrigation Societies			3
ix. Weavers Cooperative Societies			32
x. Industrial Cooperative Societies			---
xi. Khadi & Village Industries Societies			3
xii. Primary Cooperative Stores			2
xiii. Cooperative Sugar Mills			---
xiv. Co-operative Marketing Societies			2
xv. Milk Cooperative Societies			221
xvi. Other Co-operative Societies			55

i. No.of Registration Offices		11
ii. Aggregate Value of property		12.34
Transferred (Rs.in Crores)
iii. Total Receipts (Rs.in Crores)		11.1

i. No. of tenements constructed by TNHB
ii. Group Houses for Adi Dravida		Nil
iii. No. of tenements constructed by TNSCB
iv. No. of Tenements constructed by PHB
v. Samathuvapuram
vi. Deputy Registrar, Housing-Rural
vii. Deputy Registrar, Housing-Urban
viii. Total number of households
SC		47565
ST		362
Others		189789

i. Old Age Pensioners		23355
ii. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Ammayar		NIL
Ninaivu Mahaperu Udhavi Thittam
iii. a. Moovlur Ramamirtham Ammayar		NIL
Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi Thittam
b. Marriage Assistance for daughter for		44
Poor widows
c. Dr. Dharmambal Ammayar (Widow's		6
remarriage) Thittam
d. Marriage Assistance to orphan girls		7
e. Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Kalappu		36
Thirumana Nidhi Udhavi Thittam
iv. Aid for Handicapped		2485
v. Aid for others		150
vi. Women Welfare Co-operative Societies		---
vii. Training Centres		---
viii. Mahalir Mandram	Group	7672
	Member	102187
ix. Women Development Center		10
x. Beneficiaries		---
xi. Uzhavar Chandhai		3

i. Net Area Irrigated by (Hec.)
	a. Government Canals		16114
	b . Private Canals		---
	c. Tanks		601
	d. Tube Wells		5187
	e. Other Wells		32807
	f. Other Sources		---
	Total Net Area Irrigated		57393
ii. Gross Area Irrigated			35083
iii. Name of the Rivers		Cauvery, Amaravathi
iv. Name of the Lakes		NIL

i.Veterinary Institutions
	a. Veterinary Hospitals	2
	b. Veterinary Dispensaries	22
	c. Clinician Centres	1
ii.Poultry Development as on
	a. Chicks produced in hatcheries	---
	b. Birds sold for breeding (Lakh No.)	9016
	c. Birds sold for food (Lakh Nos.)	2.77
iii. Livestock Census - Livestock and Poultry Population 16^th Live Stock Census
	a. Cattle	117781
	b. Buffaloes	65486
	c. Sheep	218514
	d. Goat	173591
	e. Poultry	498470

i. Length of Coastal Line (Km.)		NIL
ii. No,of Coastal Blocks		NIL
iii. No.of Coastal Centers (landing)		NIL
iv. Marine Fish Production (Tonne)		NIL
v. Inland Fish Production (Tonne)		4741
vi. Number of fisherman engaged (Marine/Inland)

A. Forest Area (Hec.)		6,187
	a. Reserved Forests	NIL
	c. Reserved Lands	NIL
	b. Unclasses Forests	NIL
B. Out-turn of Forest Produce
	1. Timber (Cu.m.)	NIL
	2. Fuelwood (MT)	NIL
	3. Pulpwood (MT)	NIL
	4. Sandalwood (MT)	NIL
	5. Rubber (MT)	NIL
	6. Bamboo (Tonne)	NIL
	7. Tea Green Leaves (Tonne)	NIL
	8. Wattle Bark (MT)	NIL
	9. Cashew (Tonne)	NIL

A. Generation of Electricity
	a. Hydro	---
	b. Wind Mill Generation	---
	c. Thermal	---
	d. Power Purchased	---
	e. Gas Turbine	---
B. Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) Kwh.
	a. Agriculture	27.35
	b. Industry	40.61
	c. Commercial	54.01
	d. Domestic	207.80
	e. Public Lighting & Water Works	17.28
	f. Sales to Licensees	NIL
	g. Sales to Other States	NIL
	h. Miscellaneous	NIL
C. Rural Electrification
	1. Number of Pumpsets Energised	39728
	2. Number of Villages Electrified	203
	3. Number of Hamlets Electrified	1837

a. Revenue Divisions		2
b. Revenue Taluks		4
c. Revenue Firkas		19
d. Revenue Villages		203

i. No.of Working Factories (Registered):

541

ii. No.of Man-days Worked (Lakhs)

iii. No.of Trade Unions

iv. No.of Strikes

---

v. No.of Lockouts

---

vi. Large Scale Industries

vii. Medium Scale Industries

viii. Small Scale Industries

545

ix. Cottage Industries

269

x. Name of the important industry in the District

TNPL, Chettinad Cement, Puliyur Sugar Factory, Power Looms and Bus body building industries

xi. Name of the Industrial Park

NIL

		Production	Sales
		(Rs.in Lakhs)	(Rs.in Lakhs)
i. KHADI
	1. Cotton	7.70	7.70
	2. Woollen	15.03	15.03
	3. Silk	---	---
	4. Polyester	5.47	5.47
ii. VILLAGE INDUSTIRES		105.56	105.56

i. Modern Medicine
	a. No.of Hospitals	46
	b. Dispensaries	98
	c. Primary Health Centres	29
	d. Health Sub Centres	168
	e. Other Medical Institutions	---
	f. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	955
	g. Doctors	347
	h. Nurses	281
ii.Indian Medicine
	a.Hospitals	2
	b. Dispensaries	6
	c. Primary Health Centres	7
	d. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	16
	e.Doctors	18
	f. Nurses	---
iii.Homoeopathy
	a. No.of Hospitals	1
	b. Dispensaries	---
	c. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries:	---
	d. Doctors	23
	e. Nurses	---

i. Universities			NIL
ii. Arts and Science Colleges			5
iii. Medical Colleges			-
	a. Medicine
		1. Allopathy	---
		2. Indian Medicine	---
		3. Homoeopathy	---
	b. Engineering Colleges		2
	c. Agriculture Colleges		---
	d. Veterinary Colleges		---
	e. Law Colleges		---
iv. Colleges for Special Education			4
v. Pre-Primary Schools			---
vi. Primary Schools			619
vii. Middle Schools			121
viii. High Schools			46
ix. Higher Secondary Schools			41
x. Teachers Training Colleges			2
xi. Matric Hr. Sec. School			10
xii. ICSE			1
xiii. School for Special Education			2
xiv. ITI			7
ix. Polytechnic			1

A. Road Length (in Km.)
	1. National Highways		118.8
	2. State Highways		124.746
	3. Corporation and Municipalities Roads		253.54
	4. Major district roads		172.556
	5. Other district roads		633.837
	4. Panchayat Union and Panchayat Road		3769.030
	5. Town Panchayat and Townships Road		348.120
	6. Others (Forest Roads)		---
B. Registered Motor Vehicles
	1. Commercial		567
	2. Non-Commercial		17173
C. Railway Length (in Km.)
	a. Route Length (Km.)
		1. Broad Gauge	93.85
		2. Meter Gauge	NIL
	b. Track Length (Km.)
		1. Broad Gauge	108.85
		2. Meter Gauge	NIL
	c. Number of Railway Stations		13
iv. Number of Sea Ports			NIL
v. Number of Air Ports			NIL
vi. Name of the Ports			NIL
vii. Name of the export commodity			Bed Sheets, Towels, Bed Spreads, Curtains, Pillow Covers, Screen Cloths, Kitchen wares and Mosquito net
viii Name of the Import Commodity			Automobiles, Eggs, Vegetables, Edible oils

a. Post & Telegraph (in Numbers)
	1.Post Offices doing posted business alone	235
	2. Post Offices doing Post & Telegraph Business	12
b. Telephones
	1. No.of Telephones in use	54077
	2. No.of Public Call Offices	1164
	3. No.of Telephones Exchanges	38

i. Police
	a. Police Force		708
		i. Local	368
		ii. Armed Reserve	236
		iii. Spl. Units	104
	b. Police Stations		15
	b. Police Outposts		---
	d. All Women polic Station		2
ii. Prisons
		1. Central Prisons	NIL
		2. Other Prisons	2

1. Name of the Important Pilgrim Centres
Kadambar Koil	- Kulithalai
Iyer Malai	- Kulithalai
Kalyanavenkataramanasami Temple	- Thanthonimalai
Mariamman Temple	- Karur
Vennaimalai	- Karur
Pasupatheswarar Temple	- Karur
Venjamangudalur Temple	- Venjamangudalur

2. Name of the Important Tourist Centres
Kalyanavenkataramanasami Temple	- Thanthonimalai
Pasupatheswarar Temple	- Karur

a. Plains
	i. Maximum	36.3
	ii. Minimum	17.5
b. Hill Stations
	i. Maximum	---
	ii. Minimum	---

a. Dairies		NIL
b. Milk Chilling Plants		1
c. No. of Milk Co-operative Societies		221
d. Milk Production (Thousand Litres)
	Flush Season	21.02
	Leans Season	20.12

Name of Programme	No.of	Total
	Centres	Beneficiaries
i. P.T.M.G.R.	774	96195
ii. I.C.D.S. & TINP	614	20500

a. Corporations			NIL
b. Municipalities			4
c. Panchayat Unions			8
d. Town Panchayats			11
e. Village Panchayats			158

a. No.of Development Divisions		2
b. No.of Blocks Covered		8
c. Population Covered (Lakhs)		9.36
d. Area Covered (Sq.Km.)		2895.57

i. Members of the Legislative Assembly:
	a. Elected	4
	b. Nominated	NIL
ii. Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)		1
iii. Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)		---

a. Permanent		13
	1. Air-conditioned	4
	2. Non A/C	9
	3. Air Cooled	NIL
b. Open Air Theatres		---
c. Semi Permanent		3
d. Touring		4

a. Bank Offices		96
	Primary Co-operative Banks	5
b. Life Insurance
	1. Offices	3
	2. Policies Issued	45333
	3. Sum Assured (Rs.in Crores)	42.9