Department of Economics and Statistics

Tamil Nadu at a Glance

( Source: Statistical Handbook of Tamil Nadu )

1.    Geographical Position

19.  Co-operative Societies

2.    Demographic Information

20.  Registrations

3.    Vital Statistics

21.  Commercial Taxes

4.    Temperature

22.  Housing

5.    Rain Fall

23.  Social Welfare

6.    Agriculture

24.  Nutritious Meal Programme

7.    Irrigation

25.  Revenue Administrative Divisions

8.    Animal Husbandry

26.  Local Bodies

9.    Dairy Development

27.  Community Development

10.  Fisheries

28.  Police and Prisons

11.  Forests

29.  Legislature

12.  Electricity

30.  Cinema Theatre

13.  Industries

31.  Banks and Insurance

14.  Khadi and Village Industries

32.  Index Numbers

15.  Medical and Health

33.  State Income

16.  Education

34.  State Finance

17.  Road and Transport

35.  Foreign Trade

18.  Communication

36.  Employment
   37.  Employment in Public Sector

Socio Economic Indicators of Tamil Nadu and India

Links to the websites of State Government Departments and Institutions

1 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

North Latitude Between 8° 5' and 13° 35'

East Longitude Between 76° 15' and 80° 20'

2 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Area : Census 2001 Sq.Km 130058
Population : ’’ Nos. 62405679
By Sex        
Male : ’’ ’’ 31400909
Female : ’’ ’’ 31004770
By Area        
Rural : ’’ ’’ 34921681
Urban : ’’ ’’ 27483998
Density : “ Sq.Km 480
Literates : “ Nos. 40524545
Workers        
Total Workers : ’’ ’’ 27878282
Male : ’’ ’’ 18100397
Female : ’’ ’’ 9777885
Rural : ’’ ’’ 17559768
Urban : ’’ ’’ 10318514
Main Workers : ’’ ’’ 23757783
Marginal Workers : ’’ ’’ 4120499
Categories of Workers        
Cultivators : ’’ ’’ 5116039
Agricultural Labourers : ’’ ’’ 8637630
Household Industry : ’’ ’’ 1499761
Other Workers : ’’ ’’ 12624852
Non-Workers : ’’ ’’ 34527397

3 VITAL STATISTICS

  Ref. Year Unit Figure
Births (CRS) (in No.) : 2007 Nos. 1073635
Deaths (CRS) (in No.) : ’’ ’’ 433970
Infant Deaths (CRS) (in No) : ’’ ’’ 11952
Still Birth : ’’ ’’ 10138
Maternal Death : ’’ ’’ 235
Birth Rate (per 1000) (SRS) : 2008 ’’ 16.0
Rural : ’’ ’’ 16.7
Urban : ’’ ’’ 15.8
Death Rate (per 1000) (SRS) : ’’ ’’ 7.4
Rural : ’’ ’’ 8.2
Urban : ’’ ’’ 6.3
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live Birth) SRS) : ’’ ’’ 31
Rural : ’’ ’’ 34
Urban : ’’ ’’ 28
Expectation of life at Birth        
Male : 2006-11 Age in Year 68.45
Male : 2011-15 Age in Year 68.60
Female : 2006-11 Age in Year 71.54
Female : 2011-15 Age in Year 71.80

4 TEMPERATURE

Plains        
Maximum : 2008-09 Celsius 33.1
Minimum : ’’ ’’ 23.8
Hill Stations        
Maximum : 2008-09 Celsius 22.4
Minimum : ’’ ’’ 13.1

5 RAINFALL

Normal : 2008-09 In m.m 911.6
Actual : ’’ ’’ 1023.1

6 AGRICULTURE

    Ref. Year Unit Extent
Total Cultivated Area : 2007-08 Ha. 5815174
Net Area Sown : ’’ ’’ 5061919
Area Sown more than once : ’’ ’’ 753255

Area and Production of Principal Crops 2007-08

Name of the Crops Area (Ha)(in '000) Production ('000 Tonnes) Yield Rate (In Kg/Ha)
Paddy (Rice) 1789 5040 2817
Cholam 284 248 874
Cumbu 60 86 1436
Ragi 94 176 1878
Pulses 610 185 303
Sugarcane (Cane) 354 38071 * 108
Groundnut (Dry Pods) 535 1048 1957
Gingelly 74 32 433
Cotton (bales of 170 Kg. lint) 99 201 343

* Cane in Tonnes / Ha.

7 IRRIGATION

Net Area Irrigated : 2007-08 Ha 2863823
Government Canals : ’’ ’’ 752094
Private Canals : ’’ ’’ 560
Tanks : ’’ ’’ 506070
Tube Wells : ’’ ’’ 389279
Open Wells : ’’ ’’ 1204402
Other Sources : ’’ ’’ 11418
Gross Area Irrigated : ’’ ’’ 3251680

8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Veterinary Institutions        
Veterinary Hospitals : 2008-09 Nos. 139
Veterinary Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 1207
Clinician Centres : ’’ ’’ 22
Livestock and Poultry Population
Cow : Census 2004 Nos. 9141043
Buffaloes : ’’ ’’ 1658415
Sheep : ’’ ’’ 5593485
Goat : ’’ ’’ 8177420
Poultry : ’’ ’’ 86591273

9 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Main Dairies : 2008-09 Nos. 19
Feeder Balancing Dairies : ’’ ’’ 4
Milk Chilling Plants : ’’ ’’ 36
Automatic Vending Machine Units : ’’ ’’ 189
Average Milk Collection Per day : ’’ Lakh Litres Per Day 22.00
(a) Flush Season : ’’ ’’ 23.22
(b) Lean Season : ’’ ’’ 20.79

10 FISHERIES

Length of Coastal Line : 2007-08 KM 1076
Coastal Districts : ’’ Nos. 13
Marine Fishing Villages : ’’ ’’ 591
Estimated Marine Fish Production : ’’ Tonnes 393266
Inland Fish Production : ’’ ’’ 164504
Coastal Blocks : ’’ Nos. 25

11 FORESTS

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Forest Area : 2007-08 Sq.Km 21745.94
Reserved Forests : ’’ ’’ 19363.66
Reserved Lands : ’’ ’’ 2327.51
Unclassed Forests : ’’ ’’ 54.77

Out-turn of Forest Produce   2007-08 Metric Tonnes  
Teak wood : ’’ ’’ 4675.694
Firewood : ’’ ’’ 5151.520
Total Pulpwood : ’’ ’’ 25672.023
Sandalwood(Sapwood) : ’’ ’’ 83.198
Sandalwood (Heart Wood) : ’’ ’’ 631.887
Wattle Bark : ’’ ’’ 725.652
Bamboo : ’’ ’’ 129.665
Charcoal Wood : ’’ ’’ --
Babul : ’’ ’’ 26994.349
Cashew : ’’ ’’ 34.191
Tamarind : ’’ ’’ 588.694
Other Minor Forest Produce : ’’ ’’ 1202.584

12 ELECTRICITY

Net Generation of Electricity : 2008-09 MU 64928
Hydro : ’’ ’’ 5364
Wind Mill Generation + Solar : ’’ ’’ 10
Thermal : ’’ ’’ 19181
Power Purchased (Central+Private) : ’’ ’’ 37958
Gas Turbine : ’’ ’’ 2415

12 ELECTRICITY – Contd.

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Consumption of Electricity : 2008-09 MU 53506
Agriculture : ’’ ’’ 10528
Industry (Including Traction) : ’’ ’’ 21029
Commercial : ’’ ’’ 5068
Domestic : ’’ ’’ 13294
Public Lighting & Water works : ’’ ’’ 1353
Sales of Licenses, Sales to other States : ’’ ’’ 712
Miscellaneous : ’’ ’’ 1522

Rural Electrification

Villages Electrified : 2008-09 Nos. 15400
Hamlets Electrified : ’’ ’’ 48117
Pumpsets Energised : ’’ ’’ 1872734

13 INDUSTRIES

Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME)

Micro Small Medium Enterprises : 2007-08 Nos. 557761
Employment : ’’ ’’ 3946263
Investment : ’’ Rs. in Lakh 19636406
Value of Production : ’’ ’’ 11471946
Registered Factories : 2007 No. in Lakh 0.39
Working Factories : ’’ ’’ 0.31
Estimated Workers : ’’ ’’ 14.27
Mandays Worked : ’’ ’’ 4482.46
Labour
Registered Trade Unions : 2008 Nos. 11084
Strikes : ’’ ’’ 56
Mandays Lost : ’’ ,, 344797
Lockouts : ’’ ,, 30
Mandays Lost : ’’ ,, 387789

14 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

                                                                                             (Value Rs. in Lakh)

Khadi and Village Industries

2008-09
Production Sales
Khadi Industries 6929.26 9132.07
Cotton & Muslin Khadi 3105.02 4425.78
Woollen Khadi - 182.28
Silk Khadi 3824.24 4524.02
Village Industries 119088.76 153903.16

15 MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Govt.)

Modern Medicine

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Hospitals : 2008-09 Nos. 331+1*
Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 216
Mobile Medical Institutions : ’’ ’’ 11
Primary Health Centres : ’’ ’’ 1539#
Health Sub Centres : ’’ ’’ 8706
Beds Strength : ’’ ’’ 56383
Doctors : ’’ ’’ 12431
Total Nurses : ’’ ’’ 24790
Nurses (DME) : ’’ ’’ 5470
Nurses (DMS & RHS) : ’’ ’’ 3838
Nurses (ESI) : ’’ ’’ 601
Nurses (DPH) : ’’ ’’ 14881
(a). Nurses (PHC) : ’’ ’’ 2599
(b). Community Health Nurses : ’’ ’’ 384
(c). Sector Health Nurses : ’’ ’’ 1531
(d). Village Health Nurses, (Auxiliary and Midwives Nurses) : ’’ ’’ 10367

* ESI Hospital at K.K.Nagar, Chennai-78 is functioning under the Control of  ESI Corporation, New Delhi.
# Including the newly sanctioned PHC’s

15 MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Govt.) – Contd.

Indian Medicine

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 5
Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units : ’’ ’’ 76
Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non Taluk Hospitals : ’’ ’’ 287
Wings attached to Primary Health Centres : ’’ ’’ 465
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries   ’’ ’’ 939
Doctors (Sanctioned) : ’’ ’’ 923
Nurses : ’’ ’’ 84

Homoeopathy

Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 1
Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units : ’’ ’’ 5
Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non-Taluk Hospitals : ’’ ’’ 37
Wings attached to PHCs : ’’ ’’ 4
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 50
Doctors : ’’ ’’ 46
Nurses : ’’ ’’ 3

16 EDUCATION

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Universities : 2008-09 Nos. 64
Arts and Science Colleges : 2008-09 ’’ 566
Colleges for Professional Education
Medicine (2008-09)
Medical : 2008-09 Nos. 19
Dental : ’’ ’’ 18
Pharmacy Colleges : ’’ ’’ 41
Physiotherapy : ’’ ’’ 31
Nursing : ’’ ’’ 113
Occupational Therapy : ’’ ’’ 2
Indian Medicine Institutions : 2007-08 ’’ 24
Engineering and Technology Institutions : 2008-09 ’’ 371
Polytechnic Colleges : ’’ ’’ 317
Agriculture : ’’ ’’ 11
Veterinary and Fisheries : ’’ ’’ 3
Law Colleges : ’’ ’’ 7
Colleges for Special Education : ’’ ’’ 172
College of Education : ’’ ’’ 160
Schools for Professional Education : ’’ ’’ 782
Schools for Special Education : ’’ ’’ 88
Institutions for Other Professional Education : ’’ ’’ 1912
Schools for General Education : ’’ ’’ 53572
Higher Secondary Schools : ’’ ’’ 5054
High Schools : ’’ ’’ 5167
Middle Schools : ’’ ’’ 9196
Elementary Schools : ’’ ’’ 34335

17 ROAD AND TRANSPORT

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
1. Road Length        
National Highways : 2007-08 Kilo Metre 4499.364
State Highways : 2008-09 ’’ 56767.833
Corporation and Municipalities Road : ’’ ’’ 18262.497
Panchayat Union and Village Panchayat : 2007-08 (P) ’’ 99610.000
Town Panchayat Roads : ’’ ’’ 15592.000
Others (Forest Road) : 2007-08 ’’ 3930.420

2. Registered Motor Vehicles
Commercial : 2008-09 Nos. 784714
Non-Commercial : ’’ ’’ 10255655
3. Railways
Route Length : 2008-09 Kilo Metre 3926.99
Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 2774.55
1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1146.25
2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1628.30
Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 1152.44
1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ -
2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1152.44
Track Length : ’’ ’’ 5924.49
Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 4665.81
1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 2530.90
2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 2134.91
Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 1258.68
1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ -
2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1258.68
Railway Stations : ’’ Nos. 533
Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 425
Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 107
Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge Combined : ’’ ’’ 1
4. Sea Ports : 2007-08 ’’ 18
Major Ports : ’’ ’’ 3
Minor Ports : ’’ ’’ 15
5. Air Ports : 2008-09 ’’ 5

18 COMMUNICATION

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
1. Post and Telegraph        
Post Offices doing postal business alone : 2008-09 Nos. 12021
2. Telephones*        
Telephones in Use : 2008-09 Nos. 3092834
Public Call Offices : ’’ ’’ -
Local : ’’ ’’ 242125
STD : ’’ ’’ 53474
Highways : ’’ ’’ 469
Telephone Exchanges : ’’ ’’ 2327
3. No. of Cellular Phones in use* : ’’ ’’ 4155267
4.No. of WLL Phones in use* : ’’ ’’ 461634
5. Internet Service : ’’ ’’ 871903

* Chennai Telephones and BSNL in Tamil Nadu Circle Only

19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

Central Co-operative Bank : 2007-08 Nos. 23
Primary Agricultural Co-Op Bank : ’’ ’’ 4505
Growers Bank : ’’ ’’ 4
Rural Bank : ’’ ’’ 6
Farmers Services Co-operative Societies : ’’ ’’ 15
Large sized Adivasi -Multipurpose Primary Co- operative Society : ’’ ’’ 19
Primary Agricultural Rural Development Bank : ’’ ’’ 180
Urban Bank : ’’ ’’ 120

19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (Contd.)

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Employee’s Co- Op Society : 2007-08 Nos. 1835
Other Urban Credit Society : ’’ ’’ 43
Co-Operative Wholesale Stores (CWS) : ’’ ’’ 38
Primary Stores : ’’ ’’ 208
Employee’s Stores : ’’ ’’ 180
Student Stores : ’’ ’’ 2571
Women Stores : ’’ ’’ 8
Canteen : ’’ ’’ 25
Lift Irrigation Society : ’’ ’’ 21
Land Colonization : ’’ ’’ 7
Tenant Farming : ’’ ’’ 19
Prime Marketing Society : ’’ ’’ 117
Fruits & Vegetables Growers : ’’ ’’ 4
Labour Contract Co-operative Society : ’’ ’’ 72
Co-operative Printing Press : ’’ ’’ 23
Co-operative Training Institute : ’’ ’’ 10
Union (District Co-operative Union) : ’’ ’’ 29
Others (Private Societies) : ’’ ’’ 56
Thanjavur Federation Society : ’’ ’’ 1
Apex Institution : ’’ ’’ 6
Milk Producers Co-Operative Societies : ’’ ’’ 7833
Primary Handloom Weavers Co-Operative Society : ’’ ’’ 1103
Total       19174

20 REGISTRATIONS

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
District Registrar Offices : 2008-09 Nos. 50
Receipts (Stamp Duty+ Registration Fees and Other Receipts) : ’’ “ Rs.in Cr. 4099.54

21 COMMERCIAL TAXES

Registered Dealers : 2008-09 No. in Lakh 8.05
1. VAT   ’’ ’’ 4.97
2. CST   ’’ ’’ 3.08
Assessees : ’’ ’’ 2.45
1. VAT   ’’ ’’ 2.05
2. CST   ’’ ’’ 0.40
Percentage of Assessees to Dealers : ’’ % 54
1. VAT   ’’ % 41
2. CST   ’’ % 13

Revenue

GST : 2008-09 Rs. in Cr. 292.45
Value Added Tax : ’’ ’’ 19304.78
CST : ’’ ’’ 1653.03
Entertainment Tax : ’’ ’’ 12.24
Entry Tax : ’’ ’’ 996.30
Others : ’’ ’’ 311.32

22 HOUSING

Residential houses constructed by

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board : 2007-08 Nos. 3126
Police Housing Corporation Ltd. : 2008-09 ’’ 2188
Tamil Nadu Housing Board : ’’ ’’ 2556
Construction of Houses by DRDA        
1. Pucca : ’’ ’’ 41105
2. Kutcha : ’’ ’’ 10771
Construction of Houses for Tribals by AD & TW Dept : 2007-08 ’’ 91

23 SOCIAL WELFARE

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Old age Pensioners : 2008-09 Nos. 1734387
Marriage Assistance Schemes (as Beneficiaries)
Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi Thittam : ’’ ’’ 89999
EVR Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Poor Widow’s Daughter & Marriage Assistance Scheme : ’’ ’’ 1600
Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Re-Marriage Assistance Scheme : ’’ ’’ 167
Annai Therasa Ninaivu Marriage Assistance to Orphan Girls : ’’ ’’ 285
Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Intercaste Marriage Assistance Scheme : ’’ ’’ 2896

24 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES

P.T.M.G.R – Noon Meal Scheme (Rural & Urban) : 2008-09 Nos. 42078
W.B. I.C.D.S.III Project (C.N.C.) : “ “ 50433

25 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION

Revenue Districts : 2008-09 Nos. * 32
Revenue Divisions : ’’ ’’ ** 76
Revenue Taluks : ’’ ’’ *** 216
Revenue Firkas : ’’ ’’ 1121
Revenue Villages        
a. Revenue Department : ’’ ’’ 16564
b. Statistics Department (T.R.S.) : ’’ ’’ 17289

* Tiruppur Newly Formed District
** Tambaram and Udumalaipettai are newly formed Revenue Divisions
*** Thandarampattu, Atthur, Karambakudi, Ponamaravathy, Sulur, Madhavaram, Ambur, Madthukulam, Alandur and Sholinganallur are newly formed Taluks.

26 LOCAL BODIES

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Corporations : 2008-09 Nos. *10
Municipalities : ’’ ’’ 148
Panchayat Unions : ’’ ’’ 385
Town Panchayats : ’’ ’’ 561
District Panchayats : ’’ ’’ 29
Village Panchayats : ’’ ’’ ** 12620
No. of Hamlets : ’’ ’’ # 48117
No. of Habitations : ’’ ’’ 92689

* Vellore and Tiruppur Corporations Upgraded from Municipalities
** Perumathur and Indira Nagar are new two Village Panchayats in Kurinjipadi Panchayat Union in Cuddalore District
# As per TNEB Report

27 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Covered by SGSY        
No. of Self Help Groups formed : 2008-09 Nos. 15000
No. of Families benefited : ’’ ’’ 94779
Revolving Fund : ’’ Rs. in Cr. 56.00
Mandays generated        
Covered by SGRY : 2007-08 No. in Lakh 251.319
Covered by NREG Act : 2008-09 ’’ 1203.597

28 POLICE AND PRISONS

Police        
Police Force Sanctioned Strength of Police : 2008 Nos. 103098
Police Stations : ’’ ’’ 1256
All Women Police Stations : ’’ ’’ 196
Police Outposts : ’’ ’’ 93
Prisons        
Central Prisons : 2007-08 ’’ 9
Special Prisons for Women : ’’ ’’ 3
Other Prisons : ’’ ’’ 122

29 LEGISLATURE

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Elected : 2006 Nos. 234
Nominated (Anglo-IndianMember) : ’’ ’’ 1
Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) : 2004 ’’ 39
Members of Rajya Sabha : ’’ ’’ 18

30 CINEMA THEATRES

Permanent : 2008-09 Nos. 1256
Air-Conditioned : ’’ ’’ 201
Non-Air Conditioned : ’’ ’’ 1055
Open Air Theatres : ’’ ’’ 3
Amusement Park : ’’ ’’ 22
Semi Permanent : ’’ ’’ 143
Touring Theatres : ’’ ’’ 140

31 BANKS AND LIFE INSURANCE

Bank Offices : 2008-09 Nos. 5841
State Bank Group : ’’ ’’ 871
Nationalised Banks : ’’ ’’ 3351
Other Scheduled Banks (Commercial) : ’’ ’’ 1320
Regional Rural Banks : ’’ ’’ 271
Foreign Banks : ’’ ’’ 28
Life Insurance Corporation of India in Tamil Nadu
Offices (Branch) : 2007-08 ’’ 176
Policies Issued : ’’ ’’ 3638870
Sum Assured : ’’ Rs. in Cr. 25916.41
First Premium Income   ’’ ’’ 4990.63

32 INDEX NUMBERS

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (Base Year 2001=100):
Chennai : 2008 Index No. 135
Tiruchirappalli : ’’ ’’ 141
Madurai : ’’ ’’ 134
Coimbatore : ’’ ’’ 137
Coonoor : ’’ ’’ 134
Salem : ’’ ’’ 134
All India : ’’ ’’ 142
Wholesale Price Index Number for all Commodities (1970-71=100) : 2008 Index No. 1686.71
Consumer Price Index Number for Urban Tamil Nadu (1970-71=100) Composite Index : ’’ ’’ 1778.30
Consumer Price Index Number for Rural Tamil Nadu (1970-71=100) Composite Index : ’’ ’’ 1772.38
Index Nos. of Industrial Production (Base Year 1999-00 = 100)       165.2
Index Nos. of Building Construction Cost 2008-09 (Base year 1999-00=100)
Building Material Cost : 2008-09 Index No. 184.56
Labour Cost : ’’ ’’ 193.48
Other Charges Cost : ’’ ’’ 181.23
Building Cost Index : ’’ ’’ 179.60

33 STATE INCOME (A.E.- Provisional)

(Base Year 1999-00) (Rs in Lakh)

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Gross State Domestic Product at Current Prices : 2008-09(AE) Rs. in Lakhs 33921164
Gross State Domestic Product at Constant Prices : ’’ ’’ 22847912
Percapita Income(NSDP)        
At Current Price : ’’ In Rupee 51097
At Constant Price : ’’ ’’ 34417

34 STATE FINANCE BUDGET ESTIMATE

Revenue Account        
Receipts : 2008-09 (BE) Rs. in Lakhs 5150562
Disbursement : ’’ ’’ 5142157
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) : ’’ ’’ (+)8405
Capital Account   ’’ ’’  
Receipts : ’’ ’’ 1154775
Disbursement : ’’ ’’ 1356453
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) : ’’ ’’ (-)201678
Total Transaction (Net) : ’’ ’’ (-)13464
Receipt on Revenue Account by Principal Heads
Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 4265273
Share from Central Taxes : ’’ ’’ 847114
State Own Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 3418159
Non-Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 885290
State Own Non Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 327693
Grants in Aid from Central : ’’ ’’ 557596
Total Revenue Receipts : ’’ ’’ 5150562
Expenditure on Revenue Account by Principal Heads
Development Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 2858770
Social Services : ’’ ’’ 1961462
Economic Services : ’’ ’’ 897308
Non-Development Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 2283387
Compensation & Assignments to Local Bodies and Panchayat Raj : ’’ ’’ 359113
Total Revenue Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 5142157

35 FOREIGN TRADE

    Ref. Year Unit Figure
Exports : 2007-08 (P) Rs. in Cr. 91762
By Sea : ’’ ’’ 84123
By Air : ’’ ’’ 7639
Imports : ’’ ’’ 190161
By Sea : ’’ ’’ 154429
By Air : ’’ ’’ 35732

36 EMPLOYMENT

Working of Employment Exchanges
Employment Exchange Offices : 2007-08 Nos. 35
Registration during the year : ’’ ’’ 1060168
Placements during the year : ’’ ’’ 36363
Nos. on the Live Register : ’’ ’’ 4958231
Number of Renewal Lapses : ’’ ’’ 404390

37 EMPLOYMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR

Central Government : As on 30.09.2007 Nos. 225839
State Government : ’’ ’’ 587111
Central Quasi Government : ’’ ’’ 178805
State Quasi Government : ’’ ’’ 333734
Local Bodies : ’’ ’’ 174039

SELECT SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF TAMIL NADU AND INDIA
Sl. No. Economic Indicators Tamil Nadu India
1. Area ('000' Sq.Kms) (2001 Census) 130 3287
2. Population ( in Million) (2001 Census) 62.4 1029
  Rural 34.9 742.6
  Urban 27.5 286.1
  Projected    
  2006 65.1 1117.7
  2011 67.4 1178.9
  2016 69.3 1263.5
3. Density (Population per Sq.Kms) 480 325
4. Sex Ratio ( Females per 1000 Males) (2001 Census) 987 933
5. Urban Population Percentage (2001 Census) 44.04 27.81
6. Scheduled Caste Population as Percentage of Total Population 2001 19.0 16.2
7. Scheduled Tribe Population as Percentage of Total Population 2001 1.0 8.2
8. Birth Rate – 2007 15.8 23.1
9. Death rate – 2007 7.2 7.4
10. Infant Mortality Rate – 2007 35.0 55.0
11. Literacy Rate - 2001 Persons 73.5 64.8
  Male 82.4 75.3
  Female 64.4 53.7
12. Area under Rice - 2006-07 ('000 Ha) 1931 43768
13. Production of Rice 2006-07 ('000 Tonnes) 6611 93355
14. Average Yield of Rice 2005-06 (Qtls. per Ha) 25.5 21.0
  Average Yield of Rice 2006-07 (Qtls. per Ha) 34.2 21.3
15. Total Livestock – 2004 (in Lakh Nos) 24.9 485.0
16. Poultry - 2004 (in Lakh Nos) 86.6 489.0
17. Production of Milk 2005-06 ( '000 Tonnes)( Cow, Buffalo and Goat ) 5474 97066
18. Production of Eggs 2005-06 (in Cr) 622.3 4623.1
19. Annual Survey of Industries (Factory Sector) No. of Factories (2004-05) 21053 136353
20. Small Scale Industries (Registered Units in '000) (2001-02) 419.5 3442

Sl. No. Economic Indicators Tamil Nadu India
21. No. of Reporting Mines (All Minerals) 2005-06(P) 175 2970
22. Total Applicants on Live Register-2001('000 Nos) 4925.5 41995.9
23. Percapita Consumption of Electricity (KWH.) – 2004-05 713.3 411.1
24. Rural Electrification - As on 31.03.2006    
  Villages Electrified (Percentage) 15400 459486
  Pumpsets Energised 2005-06 (in '000) 1886 14803
25. No. of Students in Primary and Secondary Schools per 1000 Population (2003-04) 175 172
26. Total No. of Motor Vehicles registered–2003-04 (P) 8575241 72717935
27. No. of Bank Offices of Scheduled Commercial Banks – 31.03.2009 5841 79056
  Deposit (Rs in Cr) 246992 3937336
  Credit (Rs in Cr) 268963 2857525
  Credit – Deposit Ratio (%) 108.89 72.57
28. Budgetary Position – 2007-08 (B.E.) (Rs in Cr)    
  Revenue Account Revenue 46517 486422
  Disbursement 45601 557900
  Capital Account Receipts 8689 154099
  Disbursements 12373 82621
29. Actual Strength of Police Force – 2006 (Civil and Armed) 84240 1406021
30. No. of Policemen per100 sq.km. of Area –2007 67.6 45.0
31. No. of Policemen per lakh of population –2007 133 125
32. No. of IPC Cases per Civil Policeman -2006 2.6 2.2
33. No. of Newspapers and Periodicals – 2005-06 3590 62483
34. T.V. Coverage Area (Percentage – 2006-07) 95.8 78.2
35. T.V. Coverage Population (Percentage – 2006-07) 95.8 90.1
36. Marine Products Exports 2007-08    
  a. Quantity (In Tonnes)    
  2007-08 56830 541701
  2008-09 53781 602835
  b. Value (Rs. in Lakhs)    
  2007-08 129832.89 762091.80
  2008-09 133162.63 860794.16
38. Coastal Length (Kms) 1076 8041

Source: Statistical Abstract of India – 2007
Reserve Bank of India
Endeavour and Achievements (2005-06) Fisheries Department
Audience Research Officer, Prasar Bharathi AIR, Chennai-4
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
Commercial Taxes At a Glance – 2008-09

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