| Voice of Virudhunagar
District : Elango
Virudhunagar is a drought prone area.
Minimum annual rainfall.
Soil condition Is very poor, hence agriculture is not viable.
Fluoride content in water is causing many dental health problems
specially among children.
HIV is another health issue.
High rate of illiteracy, specially among girl children in the rural
of the district.
Unemployment and migration are other issues of the district.
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4283.0 Km2
Population in Virudhunagar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1943309
Male : 967437
Female : 975872
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 43277
In seeing : 25297
In speech : 3336
In hearing : 1557
In movement : 9459
Mental : 3628
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 238
Sex Ratio Rank : 531
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 201 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 142 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Virudhunagar District
Virudhunagar History
In 1985, the erstwhile Ramanathapuram District was trifurcated to
create the districts of Ramanathapuram, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga
Thevar Tirumagan (later renamed Sivaganga) and Kamarajar District
(later renamed Virudhunagar District).The District headquarters
is Virudhunagar town. It covers an area of 4232 sq. km. and is divided
into 8 taluks, namely Aruppukkottai, Kariapatti, Rajapalayam, Sattur,
Sivakasi, Srivilliputur, Tiruchuli and Virudhunagar.
On 3rd March 1996, Sivakasi taluk was created separating the firkas
of Sivakasi, Edirkottai and Salwarpatti from Sattur taluk and Mangalam
firka from Virudhunagar taluk. On
31st August 1998, Kariapatti taluk was formed by separating Kariapatti,
Mudukkankulam and Kalkurichi firkas from Aruppukattai taluk. Mallanginar
firka, the 4th firka of the taluk was carved out of Kalkurichifirka.
The District is divided into two Revenue Divisions comprising four
taluks each. The Aruppukkottai Revenue Division comprises Kariapatti,
Tiruchuli, Aruppukkottai and Virudhunagar taluks, and Sivakasi Revenue
Division of Sattur, Sivakasi, Srivilliputur and Rajapalayam taluks. There
are 6 Assembly Constituencies in the District. 209. Rajapalayam
Assembly Constituency is reserved for the scheduled castes. 204.
Aruppukkottai, 205. Sattur, 206. Virudhunagar, 207. Sivakasi and
208. Srivilliputur are the other Assembly Constituencies. There
are 2 Parliamentary Constituencies in the District. Aruppukkottai
Assembly Constituency falls within 34. Ramanathapuram Parliamentary
Constituency and 35. Sivakasi Parliamentary Constituency extends
over all the other five Assembly Constituencies and also includes
212. Kovilpatti Assembly Constituency in Tuticorin District. There
are 6 Municipalities – Aruppukkotai, Virudhunagar, Sattur, Sivakasi,
Srivilliputur and Rajapalayam, 11 Panchayat Unions, 10 Town Panchayats,
450 Village Panchayats and 598 villages of which 506 are inhabited
and 92 are uninhabited.
Climate
The climate of the region is semi-arid tropical monsoon type. It
has a high mean temperature and a low degree of humidity. The temperatures
range from 20° C to 37° C. April, May and June are the hottest months
of the year. Virudhunagar receives scanty rainfall with an
annual average of 812 mm. The South West monsoon which sets in June
and lasts till August brings scanty rain. The bulk of the rainfall
is received during the North East monsoon in the months of October,
November and December.
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