| Voice of Cuddapah :
K Chandrasekhar
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
Chikungunya, dengue and malaria are the three main illness present
in the district.
Availability of impure drinking water is causing the spread of many
illness in the district
No efforts are taken from the government side to uplift the condition
of poor people in the district.
Cuddapah District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 15359.0 Km2
Total Population (2011)
Population : 2601797
Male Population : 1318093
Female Population : 1283704
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 46029
In seeing : 16570
In speech : 5208
In hearing : 3781
In movement : 14641
Mental : 5829
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 287
Sex Ratio Rank : 431 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 174 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 326 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Cuddapah District
The Forest area caters the Timber, as well as Rare
black Sandalwood that earns the foreign currency to the Nation is
found only in this district.
Wild life such as Tigers, Jaguars, etc is found in
these forests. Asbestos Minning processing unit at Pulivendula.
Starting at Sunkesula Dam on Tungabadra river Cuddapah-Kurnool
(K.C) Canal flows through Cuddapah and Kurnool districts providing
water to 4000 Hectares of cultivable land. Handhri Nivas Sujala
Sravanthi project and Pulivendula Canal were under construction
for Irrigation.
Proposals are made to construct a Reservoir on Buggavanka
river at Ippapenta village. The main source of drinking water to
this district is Galer-Nagari-Sujalasravanthi Canal.
Handloom Industry at Madhavaram is one of the major
sources of Income to this district.
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