DISTRICT  PROFILE

1.  GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

                North Latitude                                        Between   12 ⁰  15’   and      13⁰  15’

                East Longitude                                        Between   78⁰  20’     and     79⁰  50’

  

2. AREA AND POPULATION – (2001 CENSUS) (FINAL)

i.   Area (Sq.Km.)	:         5920.18
ii.  Population	:     3477317
a. Male Population	:     1741083
b. Female Population	:     1736234
c. Rural Population	:     2169319
d. Urban Population	:     1307998
iii. Density	:            573 per Km.
iv.  Literates	:     2203552
a. Males (%)	:         81.98
b. Females (%)	:         62.78
Total  (%)	:         72.36
v.   Main Workers   (2001 Census)       :
a. Total Workers	:     1427180
b. Male Workers	:       951805
c. Female Workers	:       475375
d. Rural Workers	:       982222
e. Urban Workers	:       444958
f. Cultivators	:       251394
g. Agricultural Laborers	:       390696
h. Household Industry	:       161990
i. Other Workers	:        623100
j. Marginal Workers	:       254535
vi.  Non-Workers	:      2050137
vii. Language spoken in the District	i.      Tamil
	ii.     Telugu
	iii.     Urdu
	iv.     Hindi
	v.      Kannada
	vi.     Sowrastra
	vii.     Malayalam

3. VITAL STATISTICS:

i.   Birth	:          17.1
ii.  Death	:            6.6
iii. Infant Deaths	:          27.9
iv.  Birth Rate (Per 1000 Population)
a. Rural	:          18.4
b. Urban	:          16.7
c. Combined	:          17.9
v.       Death Rate (Per 1000 Population)
a. Rural	:           7.8
b. Urban	:           6.0
c. Combined	:           7.3
vi.  Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1000 Live   Births)
a. Rural	:          42.0
b. Urban	:          22.1
c. Combined	:          36.6
vii. Expectation of life at Birth
a. Male	:         64.85
b. Female	:         65.20
Viii.  No. of Deaths of women due to problems related to child birth
a. At the time of delivery	:              7
b. During Pregnancy	:             21
c. After Child birth (within 42 days)	:             46

4. TEMPERATURE (in Degree Centigrade)

a. Plains (VELLORE)
i. Maximum	:            39.5
ii. Minimum	:            15.6
b. Hill Stations
i. Maximum	:             N.A.
ii. Minimum	:             N.A.

5. RAINFALL (IN mm)

a. Normal
i. North East Monsoon	:           353.0
ii. South West Monsoon	:           442.0
b. Actual
i. North East Monsoon	:           441.1
ii. South West Monsoon	:           579.5

6. AGRICULTURE (Hec)

a. Total Cultivated Area (Hec)	:           221869
b. Net Area Sown (Hec.)	:           197252
c. Area Sown more than once (Hec.)	:             24617
d. Area and Production of	Area (Hec.)                     Production
Principal Crops	in ‘000’                        ‘000’ (Tones)
Paddy	:       44.326
Millets and Other Cereals	:       21.508                           ----
Pulses	:       17.921                           ----
Sugarcane	:       20.938
Groundnut	:       54.888
Gingelly	:        1.169
Cotton(bales of 170 Kgs lint each)	:         6.626                           ----
e. Agricultural Land Holdings (2005-06)
i.   Number of  Holdings	:       411091
ii.  Area (Hec)	:       275577.54
iii. Average Size of Holdings(Hec)	:               0.67
f.  a. Important Food  Crops	: Paddy,Jowar,Ragi,Bajra
b. Important Non-Food Crops	: Cotton,Sugar,Groundnut

7. IRRIGATION

i. Net  Area Irrigated by (Hec.)	:         101000
a. Government Canals	:                 0
b . Private Canals	:               Nil
c. Tanks	:           1126.90
d. Tube Wells	:           15313.94
e. Other Wells	:           84547.65
f. Other Sources	:               12.00                       ---
Total Net Area Irrigated	:         101000.49
ii.  Gross Area Irrigated	:         121134.68
iii. Name of the River	:  1. Palar  River
	2. Malattar
	3. Koundinya   Nadi
	4. Goddar
	5. Pambar
	6. Agaram Aru
	7. Ponnai River
	8. Kallar
	9.Naga Nadi
iv. No. of Lakes (Tanks)	:                1355

8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

i.   Veterinary Institutions
a.  Veterinary Hospitals	:                     8
b.  Veterinary Dispensaries	:                    50
c.   Clinician Centres	:                      1
d.   Sub Centres	:                     67
ii.               a.  Poultry Development as on
Chicks produced in hatcheries (Lakh Nos).	:                      Nil
b.Birds sold for breeding (Lakh Nos.)	:                      Nil
c. Birds sold for table (Lakh Nos.)	:                      Nil
iii.   Livestock and Poultry Population
a. Cattle	:                 531026
b. Buffaloes	:                   33854
c. Sheep	:                  295135
d. Goat	:                  232315
e. Poultry	:                 1145074

9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

a. Dairies	:                         1
b. Milk Chilling Plants	:                         3
c. No. of Milk Co-op.Societies	:                      428
d. Milk Production (Lakh Litres)	:                         5.38

10.   FISHERIES

i. Length of Coastal Line (Km.)	:                        Nil
ii. No,of Coastal Blocks	:                        Nil
iii. No.of  Coastal Centres	:                        Nil
iv. Marine Fish Production (Tonne)	:                        Nil
v. Inland Fish Production (Tonne)	:                     7.205

11. FOREST

i. Forest Area (Hec.)
a. Reserved Forests	:                 143459.203
b. Reserved Lands	:                       ---
c. Forests	:                     7262.802
ii. Out-turn of Forest Product
a. Timber (Cu.m.)	:                        Nil
b. Fuelwood (MT)	:                        Nil
c. Pulpwood (MT)	:                        Nil
d. Sandalwood (MT)	:                        Nil
e. Soap wood	:                        Nil
f. Bamboo (Tonne)	:                        Nil
g. Tea Green Leaves (Tonne)	:                        Nil
h. Wattle Bark (MT)	:                        Nil
i. Cashew (Tonne)	:                        Nil
j. Tamarind	:                 31.403 M.T
K. Gallnut	:
l.  Others(Soapnut, Pungan, Nelli, Eachampul, Manipungan, etc)	:                  42.725 M.T

12.  ELECTRICITY

i. Generation of Electricity (in m.u.)
a. Hydro	:                  Nil
b. Wind Mill Generation	:                  Nil
c. Thermal	:                  Nil
d. Power Purchased	:                  Nil
e. Gas Turbine	:                  Nil
ii. Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.) Kwh.
a. Agriculture	:              1024.909
b. Industry	:                252.145
c. Commercial	:                359.923
d. Domestic	:               1785.097
e. Public Lighting & Water Works	:                 704.944
f. Sales to Licensees	:                   Nil
g. Sales to Other States	:                   Nil
h. Miscellaneous   Railways	:                 287.305
iii. Rural Electrification
a. Number of Pumpsets Energised	:                 131177
b.Number of Villages Electrified	:                      842
c. Number of Hamlets Electrified	:  All Hamlets Electrified.

13. ENTERPRISES                                                                                                    Rural            Urban

i. No.of Agricultural Enterprises	:            21941            2299
ii.No.of non-Agricultural Enterprises	:             49593          47967
iii.No.of Enterprises	:
a. With Premises	:              81282          66343
b. Without Premises	:                8575            3170

14. INDUSTRIES

i. No.of Working Factories (Registered)	:                   1321
ii. No.of Mandays Worked (Lakhs)	:                717120
iii. No.of Trade Unions	:                       25
iv. No.of Strikes	:                   ---
v. No.of Lockouts	:                    --
vi. Large Scale Industries	:                      60
vii. Medium Scale Industries	:                     257
viii. Small Scale Industries	:                     702
ix. Cottage Industries	:                     258
x. No.of New Factories setup	:                      54
xi. Name of the Important Industries
in the  District	:
	1. BHEL Ltd.,  Ranipet
	2. TEL Ltd.,  Katpadi
	3.  Leather  &   Leather  Product  Industries
	4.  Cotton  Yarn  manufacturing   Mills
	5.  CO-op  Sugar  Mills
	6.  Engineering  Industries
	7.  Match  Industries
	8.  Beedi  Industry
	9.  Hand  Loom  & Power  Loom  Industries
	10.  Chemical Industries
xii. Name of the Industrial Park	:
	1.  SIDCO.   Katpadi
	2.  SIPCOT. Ranipet
	3.  SIDCO.   Arkkonam

15. KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

i.	Production               Sales
	(Rs.in Lakhs)            (Rs.in Lakhs)
KHADI	-----                -----
Cotton	--                       11.92
Woollen	--                        4.07
Silk	--                       43.80
Polyester	--                         4.62
ii.     VILLAGE INDUSTIRES
a.  Soaps	--                         --
b.  Leather Goods	1.13                      1.13
c. Honey	2.50                      2.710
d. Others	76.91                     76.91
Total (i+ii)	80.54                     80.75

16. MEDICAL AND HELATH  (NUMBER)

i.        Modern Medicine
a. No.of Hospitals	:                  13
b. Dispensaries	:                    8 ( E.S.I )
c. Primary Health Centres	:                  67
d. Health Sub Centres	:                 454
e. Other Medical Institution	:                    1
f. Beds in Hospitals and
Dispensaries	:                1632
g. Total Number of Doctors	:                  356
h. Total Number of Nurses	:                  752
ii. Indian Medicine
a. Hospitals	:                    12
b. Dispensaries	:                      2
c. Primary Health Centres	:                     13
d. Beds in Hospitals and
Dispensaries	:                     25
e. Total Number of Doctors	:                     19
f. Total Number of Nurses	:                      3
iii. Homeopathy
a. Hospitals	:                      3
b. Dispensaries	:                     --
c. Beds in Hospitals and
Dispensaries	:                      --
d. Total Number of Doctors	:                      3
e. Total Number of Nurses	:                      --
iv. Unani
a. Hospitals	:                      1
b. Primary Health Centres	:                      1
c. No.of.Doctors	:                      1

17. EDUCATION

i. Universities	:                      2
ii. Arts and Science Colleges	:                     21
iii. Colleges   for professional Education
a.Medicine	:
(1). Allopathy	:                     2
(2). Indian Medicine	:                     1
(3). Homoeopathy	:                     1
b. Engineering Colleges	:                    11
c. Agriculture Colleges	:                     1
d. Veterinary  Colleges	:                    --
e. Law Colleges	:                    --
iv. Colleges for Special Education(Nursing)	:                     1
v. Pre Primary Schools	:                  324
vi. Primary Schools	:                 1678
vii. Middle Schools	:                  444
viii. High Schools	:                  167
ix.  Higher Secondary Schools	:                  162
x. Teacher’s Training Institute	:                    39
xi. No.of fresh entries
(I to V Std.)	:               Male          Female
	35692           33295
xii. No.of students passed at
a. High School (X Std)	:                33877  (74.8%)
b. Higher Secondary School (XII Std)	:               11316   (64.9%)

18. TRANSPORT

i.        Road Length (in Km.)
a. National Highways	:                227.200
b. State Highways	:                122.400
c. Corporation and Municipalities
Roads	:                776.720
d. Panchayat Union and Panchayat
Roads	:              3709.600
e. Town Panchayat/ Township  Roads	:                744.205
f. Others (Forest Roads)	:                   Nil
ii.   Registered Motor Vehicles
a. Commercial	:                 3254
b. Non-Commercial	:                29863
iii.  Railway Length
a. Route Length (in Km.)	:
(1). Broad Gauge	:                  152.4
(2). Metre Gauge	:                   Nil
b.Track Length (in Km.)	:
(1) Broad Gauge	:                  152.4
(2) Metre Gauge	:                   Nil
c. No.of Railway Station	:
iv. Number of Sea Ports	:                   Nil
v. Number of Air Ports	:                     1
vi. Name of the Air Port	:        Vellore Aerodram
vii. Name of the Sea Port	:                    Nil
viii. Name of the Export Commodity	:
	1.  Shoes
	2.  Leather  Garments
	3.  Matches
	4.  Hand  Loom  &  Power  Loom   Clothes
	5.  Beedi
ix. Name of the Import Commodity (Interstate)	:
	1.  Redgram
	2.  Blackgram
	3.  Bengalgram
	4.  Palm oil

19. COMMUNICATION

i.        Post & Telegraph (In Number)
a.  Post Offices doing posted business   Alone	:                    620
b.  Post Offices doing Post &  Telegraph	:                      60
Business
ii.  Telephones
a. No.of Telephones in use	:                141243
b. No.of Public Call Offices	:                   7458
c. No.of Telephones Exchanges	:                     117

20. CO-OPERATION

i. Primary Land Development Banks	:                        9
ii. Cooperative Apex Banks (TNSC)	:                       Nil
iii. District Central Cooperative Banks
(Including Branches)	:    1 (Branches - 35)
iv. Urban Banks    (Including Branches)	:                       20
v. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies	:                      180
vi. Housing Cooperative Societies	:                       29
vii. Employees Cooperative Societies	:                       68
viii. Lift Irrigation Societies	:                      Nil
ix. Weavers Cooperative Societies	:                      49
x. Industrial Cooperative Societies	:                      13
xi. Khadi & Village Industries Societies	:                      33
xii. Primary Cooperative Stores	:                     10
xiii. Cooperative Sugar Mills	:                       3
xiv.  Co-operative Marketing Societies	:                       7
xv.   Other Co-operative Societies	:                    175

21. REGISTRATIONS

i. No.of Registration Offices	:                     20
ii.Aggregte Value of property Transferred
(Rs.in Crores)	:                   1560.00
iii.Total Receipts (Rs.in Crores)	:                      49.59

22. HOUSING

i.   No.of tenements constructed by
Tamil Nadu Housing Board	:                     Nil
ii.  Deputy Registrar  Housing	:                     Nil
iii.  No.of tenements constructed by
Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board	:                     Nil
iv. Police Housing Board	:                     Nil
v.   Deputy Registrar, Housing – Rural	:                     ---
vi.  Deputy Registrar,  Housing – Urban	:                     ---
vii.  Samathuvapuram	:                        6
viii. Total No.of Households	:
a. S.C.	:                     ---
b. S.T.	:                     ---
c. Others	:                     ---
ix. No.of Households below poverty line	:                     ---

23.  SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.)

i. a. Old Age Pensioners	:                  63705
b. Widow  Pensioners	:                  57889
c.  Deserted  Agri.Labour	:                    8986
d. Deserted   Widow	:                  13801
e. Physically  Handicapped	:                    6465
Total	:                 150846
ii. Dr.Muthulakshmi  Reddy Ammaiyar Ninaivu	:                    ----
Mahapperu  Udhavi  Thittam
(National Maternity Benefit Scheme)	:                    8160
iii. Marriage Assistance
a.       Moovalur  Ramamirtham Ammaiyar	General          SC+ST
Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi  Thittam	:           4610             1860
b. Marriage Assistance for daughter of Poor
Widows	:            133                 23
c. Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar (Widow
Remarriage ) Thittam	:               3                  --
d. Marriage Assistance to orphan girls	:               7                   2
e. Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Kalappu
Thirumana Nidhi Udhavi Thittam	:             68                  25
iv.  Aid  for  Handicapped	:                    Nil
v. Aid for others (specify)	:                    Nil
vi. Women Welfare Co-operative Societies	:                     4
vii. Training Centres	:                     4
viii.Mahalir suya uthavi kuzhukkal
(i) Group	:                18022
(ii) Member	:              302422
ix.  Women Development Centre	:                  Nil
x.  Beneficiaries	:                  Nil
xi.  Uzhavar Santhai	:                     5

24.  NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Name of the Programme	No.of Total
	Centres                Beneficiaries
i.   Purachi Thalaivar M.G.R.	:       2176                   366564
ii.  I.C.D.S	:        2724                  144135

25.  REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

a. Revenue Divisions	:                  3
b. Revenue Taluks	:                  8
c. Revenue Firkas	:                52
d. Revenue Villages	:               842

26.   LOCAL BODIES

a. Corporations	:                Nil
b. Municipalities	:                14
c. Panchayat Unions	:                20
d. Special Village Panchayats	:                22
e. Village Panchayats	:               753

27. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

a. No.of Development Divisions	:                 3
b. No.of Blocks Covered	:               20
c. Population Covered (in Lakhs)	:               34.83
d. Area Covered (in Sq.Km.)	:            6077

28. POLICE AND PRISONS

i.        Police
a. Police Force
i.  Local	:             1676
ii. Armed Reserve	:               534
b. Police Stations	:                56
c. Police Outposts	:                 4
ii.  Prisons
a. Central Prisons	:                 2
b. Other Prisons	:                 6

29. LEGISLATURE

i. Members of the Legislative  Assembly
a. Elected	:                12
b. Nominated	:                Nil
ii. Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)	:                 3
iii. Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)	:               Nil

30. CINEMA THEATRES (in Nos.)

i. Permanent
a. Air-conditioned	:                 3
b. Non-Air conditioned	:                73
c. Air Cooled	:                  1
ii.  Open Air Theatres	:                ---
iii.  Semi Permanent	:                 5
iv.  Touring	:               19

31.BANKS AND INSURANCE

i. Bank Officers	:               247
Primary Co-op. Banks	:               185
ii. Life Insurance
a. Offices	:                  7
b. Policies Issued	:               N.A
c. Sum Assured (Rs.in Crores)	:

32.NATURAL RESOURCES :

a. Name of the Minerals found in the  District	:       VERMICULITS

33. GENERAL

1.  Name of the important Pilgrim Centres          :	a. Vellore  Port   Jalagandeeswarar  Temple
	b. Vallimalai   Murugan  Temple
	c.  Sholingur  Narasima  Swamy  Temple
	d.  Rathinagiri   Balamurugan  Temple
	e.  Jalagamparai  Eswaran   Koil
	f.   Virinjipuram  Margapandeeswarar  Temple
	g.Pallikonda  Ranganathar  Temple
	h. Sripuram,Golden Temple,Ariyur.
2.  Name of the Important Tourist Centres        :	a.  Vellore  Port
	b.  Muthu  Mandapam,  Vellore  River - bed
	c.  Delhi  Gate ,  Arcot
	d.  Thippusulthan  Mahal,  Arcot
	e.  Amirithi  forest
	f.   Morthana  Dam, Gudiyatham
	g.   Kavalur   Observator
	h.   Ellagiri  Hills
	i.  Javvadu  Hills

                                                                                                                                Assistant Director of Statistics,

                                                         Vellore.