ERODE DISTRICT PROFILE 2012-2013

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
North Latitude

Between 10 36 and 11 58

East Longitude

Between 76 49 and 77 58

1. AREA AND POPULATION

i. Area (Sq. Km.)

5722

CENSUS 2011
ii. Population

a. Male Population
b. Female Population
c. Rural Population
d. Urban Population

2251744
:
:
:
:

1129868
1121876
1093768
1157976

iii. Density

391

iv. Literates
a. Male
b. Female
v. Main Workers (Census 2011)
a. Total Workers
b. Male Workers
c. Female Workers
d. Rural Workers
e. Urban Workers
f. Cultivators
g. Agricultural Labourers
h. Household Industry
i. Other Workers
j. Marginal Workers
vi.
Non-Workers

:
:
:

1492662
828300
664362

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:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:

1195773
732083
463690
635104
560669
173376
331414
48960
557301
84722
1055971

vii. Languages Spoken in the District.

1. Tamil
4. Urdu
7. Hindi

2. Telugu
5. Rajasthani
8.Kannada

3. English
6.Malayalam

2. VITAL STATISTICS:
i.
Birth
ii. Death
iii. Infant Deaths
iv. Birth Rate (Per 1000 Population)
v.
Death Rate (Per 1000 Population )
vi. Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000
Live Births) Combined
Expectation of life at Birth
a. Male
b. Female

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:
:
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:

27144
17037
178
14.30
7.90

8.14

:
:

66.7
70.7

:
:

Nil
2

14

a. Plains
i. Maximum
ii. Minimum

:
:

33.7 C
19.2 C

b. Hill Stations
i. Maximum
ii. Minimum

:
:

Nil
Nil

702.9

:
:
:
:

229.8
314.6
16.1
142.4

Viii. No. of Deaths of Woman due to

Problems related to child birth
a. At the time of delivery
b. During Pregnancy
c. After Child birth
(Within 42 days)

3. TEMPERATURE

4. RAINFALL (IN mm)

a. Normal
i. South West Monsoon
ii. North East Monsoon
iii. Winter Season
iv. Hot Weather Season
b. Actual

: 534.2

i. South West Monsoon

ii. North East Monsoon
iii. Winter Season
iv. Hot Weather Season

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:

5. AGRICULTURE

II

185.0
234.3
33.1
81.8

I. a. Total Cultivated Area (Hec)

b. Net Area Sown (Hec.)
c. Area Sown more than once (Hec.)
d. Area and Production of
Principal Crops

:
172919
:
168923
:
3986
Area (Hec.)

i.

Paddy (Rice )

6603

ii.

Millets and Other Cereals

19290

iii.

Pulses

3427

iv.

Sugarcane (Gur)

31227

v.

Groundnut

15710

vi.

Gingelly

4057

vii.

Cotton

696

e. Agricultural Land Holdings (Agricultural Census 2005-2006)

i. Holdings

291305

ii. Area

82575 Hec.

iii. Average Size of Holdings

1.650 Hec.

II a. Important Agricultural Crops

1. Paddy

2. Sugarcane

3. Cotton

4. Ground nut

5. Maize

6. Turmeric

7. Onion

8. Chillies

9. Vegetables 10. Coconut 11.Tapiaco 12.Banana

b. Important Non-Agricultural Crops :
1. Teak

2. Casuarinas

3. Eucalyptus 4. Tea

5. Coa Coa

6. Pepper

7. Garlic

8.Flowers

6. IRRIGATION
I i. Net Area Irrigated by :
a. Government Canals
b. Private Canals
c. Tanks
d. Tube Wells
e. Open Wells
f. Supplementary Irrigation Wells
g. Other Sources
Total Net Area Irrigated
ii. Gross Area Irrigated

III

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:

(Hec.)
8684
0
71
28761
72643
0
312
110471

113894

a. Name of Rivers
1. Cauvery

2. Noyyal

b. Name of the Lakes

1. Odathurai
2. Appakkudal
3. Chennasamudram
4. Murali
5. Anthiyur
6. Kavilipalayam
7. Vellode
8. Nallur

3. Bhavani

9. Periya Yeri
10. Ananthasagaram
11. Sanjeevarayan
12. Gettisamudram
13. Vemphathi
14. Kattupalayam
15. Kollapalayam

7.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
i.

Veterinary Institutions
a. Veterinary Hospitals
b. Veterinary Dispensaries
c. Clinician Centres
d. Sub centres

ii.

:
:
:
:

5
56
2
45

57.06

41.42

1563179

Poultry Development
a. Chicks produced in hatcheries
(Lakh Nos).
b. Birds sold for breeding
(Nos.)
c. Birds sold for table (Lakh Nos.)

iii. Livestock and Poultry Population (19th Live stock census)

a. Cattle
b. Buffaloes
c. Sheep
d. Goat
e. Poultry

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:
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:
:

549451
242464
584373
533036
6238377

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:

1
3
708
91.04
175.96

8. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT
a. Dairies
b. Milk Chilling Plants
c. No. of milk co-operative Societies
Total (Lakhs Ltr)
Value of Milk Produced(Lakhs) :

IV

9. FISHERIES
a. Length of Coastal Line (Km.)
b. No. of Coastal Blocks
c. No. of Coastal Centres
d. Marine Fish Production (Tonne)
e. Inland Fish Production (Tonne)

:
:
:
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:

Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
106.90

10. FOREST
A. Forest Area
a. Reserved Forests
b. Reserved Lands
c. Unclassified Forests

:
:
:

(Hec.)
227511
Nil

B. Out-turn of Forest Product

1. Timber (Cu.m.)
2. Fuel wood (MT)
3. Pulpwood (MT)
4. Sandalwood)
5. Rubber (MT)
6. Bamboo (Tone)
7. Tea (Green Leaves M.T)
8. Wattle Bark (MT)
9. Cashew (Tonne)

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:
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:

7700
3050
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.

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:

360.44
Nil
Nil
1925.76
Nil

11. ELECTRICITY
A.

Generation of Electricity
a. Hydro (Million Units)
b. Wind Mill Generation (M.W)
c. Thermal
d. Power Purchased (Wind Mill)
e. Gas Turbine

B. Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) Kwh/Annual

a. Agriculture
:
b. Industry
:
c. Commercial
:
d. Domestic
:
e. Public Lighting & Water Works
:
f. Sales to Licensees
:
g. Sales to Other States
:
h. Miscellaneous
:
Rural Electrification
1. Number of Pumpsets Electrified
2. Number of Villages Electrified
3. Number of Hamlets Electrified

:
:
:

740.66
703.33
158.31
400.42
76.91
Nil
Nil
9.0

8099
375
3195

12. ENTERPRISES

RURAL

URBAN

1. No. of Agri. Enterprises

41739

916

2. No. of Non Agri. Enterprises

80873

50314

3. No. of Enterprises:
a. With Premises
b. Without Premises

:
:

110534
12078

45906
5324

13. INDUSTRIES.
A. 1. No. of Working Factories (Registered)
2. No. of Man days Lost (Lakhs)
3. No. of Trade Unions
4. No. of Strikes
5. No. of Lockouts
6. Large Scale Industries
7. Medium Scale Industries
8. Small Scale Industries
9. Cottage Industries.
10. No. of New factories set up

:
:
:
:
:
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:

1073
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
2
95
3096
30
403

11. Name of the Important Industries in the District

a. Textiles
f. Dairy

b. Animal Feed. c. Paper

g. Ancillary Machinery

12. Industrial Park

d. Sugar e. Flour Mills

h. Masala
:

Sipcot, Perundurai

14. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

Production
(in Lakhs)

Sales
(Rs. in Lakhs)

a. KHADI
1. Cotton Yarn

15.39

--

2. Woollen

Nil

2.90

3. Silk

Nil

47.11

27.08

9.77

35.05

53.35

4. Polyester Khadi
b. Cotton Khadi
c. VILLAGE INDUSTIRES

5. Soaps
69.26
6. Leather Goods
12.37
7. Others Specify
29.52
(Honey, paper Bag, Handicraft and extra)

VI

68.81
13.49
20.14

15.MEDICAL AND HEALTH

I. Modern Medicine (Govt)
a. No. of Hospitals
b. Dispensaries
c. Primary Health Centres (Wings)
d. Health Sub Centres
e. Other medical Institutions
f. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries
g. Total Number of Doctors
h. Total Number of Nurses

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:
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:

17
3
83
311
11
1049
148
191

II. Indian Medicine

a. District Hospital
b. Dispensaries
c. Primary Health Centres
d. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries
e. Total Number of Doctors
f. Total Number of Nurses

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:

8
2
27
25
39
3

III. Homoeopathy
a. No. of Hospitals
b. Dispensaries
d. Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries
e. d. Total Number of Doctors
e. Total Number of Nurses

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:
:

1
0
0
1
0

:
:

Nil
17

:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:

1
Nil
Nil
16
Nil
Nil
Nil
18
137
863
318
137
183

16. EDUCATION
1. Universities
2. Arts and Science Colleges
3. Colleges for Professional Education
Medicine
i. Allopathic
ii. Indian Medicine
iii. Homoeopathy
b. Engineering
c. Agriculture (Forest)
d. Veterinary
e. Law
4. Colleges for Special Education
5. Pre Primary Schools
6. Primary Schools
7. Middle Schools
8. High Schools
9. Higher Secondary School

VII

10. Teacher Training Institute

11. No. of Fresh entries
(I to V STD)
12. No. of students passed at
a) High school (X STD)
b) Higher Secondary School (XII STD)
13. No. of children never enrolled in School
14. EGS - Education Guarantee Scheme

:
:
:

16
Male
NA

Female
NA

:
:
:
:

14740
11324
Nil
---

14123
12091
Nil
346

:
:
:
:
:
:
:

60.200
321.253
962.832
4321.930
1430.516
891.846
259.210
255.000

:
:

9730
196980

:
:

90
Nil

:
:
:

136
Nil
11

D. i. Number of Sea Ports

ii. Name of the Port

:
:

Nil
Nil

E. i. Number of Air Ports

ii. Name of the Air Port

:
:

Nil

17. TRANSPORT
A. Road Length (Km.)
1. National Highways
2. State Highways
3. Corporation and Municipalities Road
4. Panchayat Union and Panchayat Road
5. Town Panchayat Road
6. Other District Roads
7. Others (NABARD & Village Roads)
8. Major District Road

B. Registered Motor Vehicles

1. Commercial
2. Non-Commercial
C. Railway Length
1. Route Length (Km.)
i. Broad Gauge
ii. Meter Gauge
2. Track Length (Km.)
i. Broad Gauge
ii. Meter Gauge
3. Number of Railway Stations

F. Name of the Export and Import Commodities

i. EXPORTS: 1. Textile
ii. IMPORTS: 1. Dyes Fabric

2. Turmeric

3. Sugar

2. Chemicals

VIII

4.Edible oil

18.COMMUN ICATION
a. Post & Telegraph
1. Post Offices doing postal business alone
2. Post Offices doing Post & Telegraph business

:
:

286
NIL

:
:
:
:

117194
7330
90
349

:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
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:

1
162
7
5
20
50
1
5
99
1
1
1
1
1
3
0

:
:

19
108245.36

57248

b. Telephones
1. No. of Telephones in use
2. No. of Public Call Offices
3. No. of Telephone Exchanges
4. No of Cell phone Tower

19.CO-OPERATION
1. Erode Dist. Central Co-operative Bank Ltd, Erode
2. Primary Agri. Co-operative Bank
3. Primary Agri. And Rural Development Bank
4. Urban Bank
5. Primary Co-operative Stores
6. Employees Co-op Credit Society
7. Consumer Co-op. Wholesale Stores
8. Co-op. Marketing Societies
9. Vegetable Growers Co-Op. Marketing Societies
10. Student Co-op. Stores
11. Diesal Loco railway Employees Coo-op Society
12. Co op. Prinding Press Society
13. District Co-op Union
14. Labour Contract Society
15. Sathy Lamb Society
16. Land Colonisation
17. Lift Irrigation coo-op Society

20.REGISTRATIONS
a. No.of Registration Offices
b. Aggregate Value of property
Transferred (Rs.in Lakhs)
c. No of Registration

IX

21.HOUSING
i.

No. of tenements constructed by

Tamil Nadu Housing Board
ii. Dy. Registrar Housing
iii. No. Of Tenements Constructed by
TNSCB
iv. No. Of Tenements Constructed by PHB
v.
Dy. Registrar Housing - Rural
vi. Dy. Registrar Housing - Urban
vii. Total No. of Free House Sites Distributed
a. S.C
b. S.T
c. BC & MBC
c. Others
viii. No. of households below poverty line
i. IAY New houses
ii. THAI New houses

:
:

1204
Nil

:
:
:
:

N.A.
105
Nil
Nil

:
:
:
:
:
:
:

2002
0
2057
70
3262
1728

22.SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.)

a. Moovalur Ramarthimam Ammaiar
Nenaivu Thittam

2328

b. Tamilnadu Government Kalappu Thirumana

Thittam
c. Annai Therasa Nenaivu Thittam

:
:

40
18

d. E.V.R Maniyammai Nenaivu Thittam

136

e. Dr. Dharmbal Nenaivu Thittam

f. Mozhi Kavalar Pension Scheme

86

g. Nalintha Kalainger Pension Scheme

19

23. NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Name of Programme

No. of Centres

i. P.T.M.G.R.

1627

ii. I.C.D.S.

1289

24. REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

a. Revenue Divisions
b. Revenue Taluks
c. Revenue Firkas
d. Revenue Villages

:
:
:
:

2
5
34
375

:
:
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:
:
:

1
4
0
14
42
225

:
:
:
:

1
14
674015
2016582

a. Police
1. Police Force
i. Local (men)
ii. Women
iii. Traffic

:
:
:

1435
45
67

2. Police Stations
i. Local (men)
ii. Women
iii. Traffic

:
:
:

36
4
3

3. Police Outposts

:
:

-5

25. LOCAL BODIES

a. Corporations
b. Municipalities
c. III Grade Municipalities
d. Panchayat Unions
e. Town Panchayats
f. Village Panchayats

26. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

a. District Panchayat
b. No. of Blocks Covered
c. Population Covered (Lakhs)
d. Area Covered (Sq. Km.)

27. POLICE AND PRISIONS

b. Prisons
1. Central Prisons
2. Other Prisons (Sub Jails)

28. LEGISLATURE
1. Members of Legislative Assembly
a. Elected

b. Nominated
2. Members of Parliment (Lok Sabha)
3. Members of Parliment (Rajya Sabha)

:
:
:

Nil
1
1

XI

29. CINEMA THEATRES

a. Permanent
1. Air-conditioned
2. Non-conditioned
3. Air Cooled
b. Open Air Theatres

:
:
:
:

12
29
Nil
Nil

c. Semi Permanent

Nil

d. Touring

Nil

30.BANKS/INSURANCE
a. Bank Offices
b. Primary Co-op. Banks
b. Life Insurance
1. Offices
2. Policies Issued
3. Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores)

:
:

451
162

:
:
:

16
197493
1796

31. NATURAL RESOURCES

Name of the Minerals Found in the District
1. Raw Granite
2.Lime Stones 3.Rough Stones

32. GENERAL
1. Name of the Important Pilgrim Centres
1.Bhavani Sangameswarar Temple, Bhavani
2.Bannariamman Temple, Bannari
3.Erode Mariamman Temple, Erode
4.Chennimalai Murugan Temple, Chennimalai
5.Magudeswarar Temple,Kodumudi,
6.Vijayapuriamman Temple, Vijayamangalam
7.Pariyur amman Temple, Gobichettipalayam
2. Name of the Important Tourist Centres
1.Bhavanisagar Dam, Bhavanisagar
2.Kodivery Annai, Thukkanaiakkanpalayam
3.Bhavani Kooduthurai, Bhavani
4.Periyar Memorial House, Erode
5.Erode Musium, Erode
6.Birds sanctuary, Vellode
7.Cavuery padakuthurai, Kodumudi
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4. Sand