| A AREA AND POPULATION 2001 |
| 1. |
Density of Population per sq.km. |
480 |
| 2. |
Literacy Rate 2001 |
73.45 |
| 3. |
Percentage of Workers to total Population |
44.67 |
| 4. |
Percentage of Scheduled Castes to total Population |
19.00 |
| 5. |
Percentage of Scheduled Tribes to total Population |
1.04 |
| 6. |
Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males) |
974 |
| 7. |
Percentage of Literate Scheduled Castes to total Scheduled Castes Population (2001 Census) |
54.90 |
| 8. |
Percentage of Literate Scheduled Tribes to total Scheduled Tribes Population (2001 Census) |
35.45 |
| 9. |
Birth-rate per thousand 2005 |
16.5 |
| 10. |
Death-rate per thousand 2005 |
7.4 |
| 11. |
Infant Mortality Rate 2005 (Per ‘000’ Live Births) |
37 |
| B STATE INCOME (Base Year 1999-00) |
| 1. |
Per Capita Income at Current Prices (Rs.) 2005-06(QE) |
29958 |
| |
Per Capita Income at Current Prices (Rs.) 2006-07(AE) |
32733 |
| 2. |
Net State domestic product at current prices (Base Year 1999-00)(Rs. in Lakhs) (2005-06 QE) |
19452815 |
| |
Net State domestic product at current prices (Base Year 1999-00)(Rs. in Lakhs) (2006-07 AE) |
21418671 |
| C AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION (2005-06) |
| 1. |
Cropping Intensity |
1.15 |
| 2. |
Percentage of Cultivated area to Total area |
40.3 |
| 3. |
Net area sown per capita (Hec.) |
0.08 |
| 4. |
Percentage of area sown more than once to net area sown |
15.40 |
| 5. |
Percentage of net area irrigated to net area sown |
55.68 |
| 6. |
Percentage of gross area irrigated to gross area sown |
56.30 |
| 7. |
Yield-rate per hectare (Kgs.) 2005-06 |
| a. Rice |
2541 |
| b. Cholam |
732 |
| c. Cumbu |
1157 |
| d. Ragi |
1325 |
| e. Maize |
1189 |
| f. Cotton (Bales of 170 Kg Lint each) |
260 |
| g. Sugarcane (Cane) (Tonnes/Hect.) |
105 |
| h. Groundnut (Nuts in shell) |
1775 |
| 8. |
Number of Tractors (as per 2004 Livestock Census) per thousand
hectare of net area sown 2005-06 |
24 |
| 9. |
Index Nos. of Wages paid to certain categories of
Agricultural Labourers 2006-07 :- (Base year 1993-94=100) |
| a. Ploughmen i. Men |
346 |
| b. Sowers and pluckers i. Men |
330 |
| ii. Women |
278 |
| c. Transplanters and weeders i. Men |
349 |
| ii. Women |
268 |
| d. Reapers and Harvestor i. Men |
345 |
| ii. Women |
254 |
| e. Other Agricultural Labourer i. Men |
310 |
| ii. Women |
286 |
| D LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (2004 Livestock Census) |
| 1. |
Live stock served per veterinary institution in numbers |
18853 |
| 2. |
Number of villages served per veterinary institution |
5 |
| E ELECTRICITY 2006-07 |
| 1. |
Percentage of consumption of electricity by purpose |
| a. Domestic |
24.76 |
| b. Commercial |
8.96 |
| c. Industrial |
38.60 |
| d. Public Lighting and Water Works |
2.45 |
| e. Sales to licensees |
-- |
| f. Sales to other States |
1.63 |
| g. Agriculture |
20.84 |
| h. Miscellaneous (including Traction and Railways) |
2.76 |
| TOTAL |
100.00 |
| 2. |
Percentage of villages electrified to total villages |
100.00 |
| F EMPLOYMENT 2007 |
| |
Average daily employment in registered working factories per lakh of population (Based on 2001 Census Population) |
1984 |
| G MEDICAL 2006-07 |
| |
Population served per (Based on 2001 population) |
| a. Medical Institution (Modern Medicine) |
5854 |
| b. Bed |
1188 |
| c. Doctor |
5735 |
| d. Nurse |
2547 |
| H EDUCATION 2006-07 |
| 1. |
Average number of students per Institution |
| a. Primary stage |
105 |
| b. Middle stage |
288 |
| c. High School stage |
374 |
| d. Higher Secondary stage |
1060 |
| 2. |
Teacher-Pupil ratio |
|
| a. Primary Schools |
32 |
| b. Middle Schools |
36 |
| c. High Schools |
25 |
| d. Higher Secondary Schools |
32 |
| 3. |
Number of Primary Schools per lakh of population 2001Census Population |
56 |
| 4. |
Number of Middle Schools per lakh of population |
13 |
| 5. |
Number of High Schools per lakh of Population |
8 |
| 6. |
Number of Higher Secondary Schools per lakh of population |
8 |
| 7. |
Drop Out Rate in Tamil Nadu (in Percentage) |
|
| 2003-04 |
| |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| a. Upto Primary stage |
12.07 |
15.24 |
12.63 |
| b. Upto Middle stage |
33.97 |
29.25 |
28.96 |
| c. Upto High School stage |
57.12 |
57.47 |
57.29 |
| d. Upto Higher Sec. Stage |
77.02 |
73.98 |
75.52 |
| 2004-05 |
| |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| a. Upto Primary stage |
11.44 |
10.41 |
10.94 |
| b. Upto Middle stage |
24.62 |
23.44 |
23.96 |
| c. Upto High School stage |
55.34 |
55.68 |
55.51 |
| d. Upto Higher Sec. Stage |
74.95 |
70.04 |
72.72 |
|
2005-06
|
| |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| a. Upto Primary stage |
2.75 |
2.72 |
2.74 |
| b. Upto Middle stage |
5.53 |
4.89 |
5.22 |
| c. Upto High School stage |
43.60 |
41.20 |
42.45 |
| d. Upto Higher Sec. Stage |
72.23 |
66.30 |
69.45 |
| I ROAD AND TRANSPORT 2006-07 |
| 1. |
Surfaced road length per hundred sq.km. of area (Kms.) |
148.18 |
| 2. |
Surfaced road length per 10,000 of population (2001 Population) |
30.88 |
| 3. |
Number of Motor Vehicles per 10,000 of population 2006-07 (Based on 2001 Population) |
1459 |
| J COMMUNICATION 2006-07 |
| |
Population served per Post and Telegraph Office(Based on 2001 Population) |
5124 |