Perambalur
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 1750.8 Km2
Population in Perambalur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 564511
Male : 281436
Female : 283075
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 12820
In seeing : 7676
In speech : 1247
In hearing : 544
In movement : 2591
Mental : 762
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 315
Sex Ratio Rank : 524
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 489 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 266 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Perambalur District
Perambalur district is a centrally located inland district of Tamilnadu,
spread over 3690.07 sq.kms, which was trifurcated from the erstwhile
composite Tiruchirappalli district and was formed on 1 November
1995. The district is bounded by Cuddalore district in the North,
Tiruchirappalli district in the South, Thanjavur in the East and
Namakkal and Tiruchirappalli districts in the West.The total Geographical
area of the district is 369007 ha. and net sown area and gross sown
area are 216422 ha. and 237136 ha. respectively. The net area under
irrigation is 71624 ha. The total population of the district as
per 2001 census is 11,81,029 of which 5,88,441 are males and 5,92,588
are females. The sex ratio is 1007 with the birth rate at 21.6 and
the death rate at 7.7. The density of population of the district
per sq.k.m is 281 persons as against the state average of 429 persons.The
district for administrative purpose has been divided into six Taluks
(Perambalur, Kunnam, Veppanthattai, Ariyalur, Sendurai and Jayakondam)
which is further sub-divided into ten blocks viz. Perambalur, Veppanthattai,
Veppur, Alathur, Ariyalur, Thirumanur, Sendurai, Jayakondam, Andimadam
and T.Palur) comprising of 345 Villages, 322 Village Panchayats
and nine Town Panchayats.The district lies in the Southern plateau
& hill zone of Agro-climate regional planning with characteristics
of semi arid climate. The soil is predominantly red loamy and black
soil. The normal rainfall of the district is 908 mm which is less
than 946.9 mm, the normal rainfall of the State. The precipitation
during northeast monsoon, southwest monsoon and remaining winter
& hot weather period account for 52 percent, 34 percent and
14 percent of annual rainfall respectively.Cauvery is the major
river flowing in the region and the composite district has a canal
system covering just 47 Kms stretch and ayacut of 11610 ha. The
Ground water resource through tubewells and wells contribute nearly
68% of irrigated area command. The major crops grown in the district
are paddy, groundnut, sugarcane and millets. Cashew is the major
plantation crop.There are a total of 47 PHCs in the district of
which 37 are additional PHCs, 7 are block and 3 are 24 hour PHCs.
The number of primary schools, middle schools, high schools and
higher secondary schools are 722, 118, 82, and 67 respectively. |
