| Voice of Thoothukudi
: J M Shekar
Thoothukudi is a very backward district.
Government should organize workshops to enlighten people about women,
children and environment.
The Dalits are discriminated at all walks of life. They need to
be empowered.
NGOs are working towards making the women aware about the social
issues.
Children should be made computer and technology savvy.
There are many programmes and policies drafted by the government
but all of them are not very properly implemental.
Thoothukudi
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4621.0 Km2
Population in Thoothukkudi (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1738376
Male : 858919
Female : 879457
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 45845
In seeing : 26927
In speech : 3042
In hearing : 1775
In movement : 10175
Mental : 3926
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 304
Sex Ratio Rank : 565 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 178 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 42 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Thoothukudi District
Location
It is situated in the extreme south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu
state and bounded on the north by the districts of Tirunelveli,
Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram, on the east and south-east by Gulf
of Mannar and on the west and south-west by the district of Tirunelveli.
Total area of this district is 4621 sq. kms. and the administrative
headquarters is an Urban agglomeration and also one of the taluk
headquarters within the district.
Forest
The total extent of forest in the district is 11,012 hectares which
works out to 2.47 percent of the total geographical area of the
district. A deer sanctuary is maintained in the hills of Vallanad.
Except Vallanad and Kurumalai hills, there are no other hills or
mountains.
Education
In this district the percentage o effective literacy (excluding
children in the age group 1-6) is 74 %. The number of educational
institutions available in this district are as follows:
a) Arts and Science Colleges 12
b) Medical College 1
c) Engineering Colleges 3
d) Agriculture College 1
e) Fisheries College 1
f) Colleges for Special Education 1
g) Primary Schools 1076
h) Middle Schools 284
i) High Schools 73
j) Higher Secondary Schools 97
k) Teachers Training Colleges 3
l) Government Polytechnic 2
A Government Polytechnic in the name of the greatest Tamil Poet
Subramania Bharathiyar is functioning from 1982 exclusively for
girls at Ettayapuram.
Hospitals
a) No. of Hospitals 10
b) Primary Health Centres 47
c) Health Sub centres 249
d) Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 1,072
e) No. of Doctors 196
f) No. of Nurses 158
g) No. of Hospitals under Indian Medicine 2
Entertainment
Thoothukudi is having an All India Radio Station and a Doordharshan
Relay Station. There are 42 permanent Cinema theatres, 18 touring
theatres, 4 semi - permanent theatres and 3 Open Air Theatres providing
entertainment to the people of the district.
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