Government of Tamil Nadu

Department of Economics and Statistics

Tami Nadu Statistics at a Glance 2007

1 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

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

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

2 AREA AND POPULATION (2001 Census)

Area (Sq.Km.)	130058
Population	62405679
By Sex
Male	31400909
Female	31004770
By Area
Rural	34921681
Urban	27483998
Density (per Sq. Km)	480
Literates	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 2005

	Rate	Nos.
Births (CRS) (in number)		1071833
Deaths (CRS) (in number)		419119
Infant Deaths (CRS) (in number)		11130
Birth Rate (per 1000) (SRS)	16.5
Rural	16.9
Urban	16.0
Death Rate (per 1000) (SRS)	7.4
Rural	8.2
Urban	6.2
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live Birth) (SRS)	37.0
Rural	39.0
Urban	34.0
Expectation of life at Birth (2006-11)
Male	68.45
Female	71.54

4 TEMPERATURE 2006-07 (in Degree Celsius)

Plains
Maximum	33.18
Minimum	23.59
Hill Stations
Maximum	20.73
Minimum	12.15

5 RAINFALL 2006-07 (in m.m.)

Normal	911.6
Actual	859.7

6 AGRICULTURE 2005-06

Total Cultivated Area (Ha)		6032718
Net Area Sown (Ha)		5243839
Area Sown more than once (Ha)		788879
Area and Production of Principal Crops	Area (Ha)(in '000)	Production ('000 Tonnes)
Paddy (Rice)	2050	5209
Millets and Other Cereals	741	729
Pulses	525	177
Sugarcane (Cane)	335	35113
Groundnut	619	1097
Gingelly	65	31
Cotton (bales of 170 Kg. lint)	109	168
Agricultural Land Holdings (as per 2000-01 Agricultural Census)
Holdings (in Nos)		7858887
Area (Ha)		6971516
Average size of Holdings (Ha)		0.89

7 IRRIGATION 2005-06

Net Area Irrigated (in Ha.)		2919545
Government Canals	799601
Private Canals	560
Tanks	575352
Tube Wells	381441
Open Wells	1155367
Other Sources	7224
Gross Area Irrigated		3396700

8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 2006-07

Veterinary Institutions
Veterinary Hospitals	139
Veterinary Dispensaries	1167
Clinician Centres	22
Livestock and Poultry Population (as per Livestock Census – 2004)
Cow	9141043
Buffaloes	1658415
Sheep	5593485
Goat	8177420
Poultry	86591273

9 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT 2006-07

Main Dairies	15
Feeder Balancing Dairies	4
Product Dairies	1
Milk Chilling Plants	36
Average Milk Collection by TCMPF
Flush Season (Lakh litres per day)	23.66
Lean Season (Lakh litres per day)	20.54
Automatic Vending Machine Units	218

10 FISHERIES 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Length of Coastal Line (Km)	1076
Coastal Districts	13
Coastal Blocks	25
Marine Fishing Villages	591
Marine Fish Production (in Tonne)	392191.31
Inland Fish Production (in Tonne)	160171.53

11 FORESTS

Forest Area (Sq. Km.) (2004-05)	22877.00
Reserved Forests	19388.00
Reserved Lands	2182.94
Unclassed Forests	1306.06
Out-turn of Forest Produce (in MT) (2005-06)
Timber	7748.877
Teak Poles (Nos)	9488
Firewood	20548.534
Pulp wood	93393.589
Sapwood production	94.300
Sandalwood (Heart Wood)	332.336
Wattle Bark	3439.150
Bamboo(Nos)	149004
Charcoal Wood	575.170
Babul Dry	48148.965
Cashewnut	176.070
Tamarind	903.933
Other Minor Forest Produce	838.957

12 ELECTRICITY 2006-07

Generation of Electricity (Gross in m.u.)	63038.483
Hydro	6291.688
Wind Mill Generation + Solar	17.593
Thermal	21228.398
Power Purchased (Central+Privste)	33557.133
Gas Turbine	1943.671
Consumption of Electricity (in m.u.)	49700
Agriculture	10358
Industry (Including Traction & Railways)	19185
Commercial	4454
Domestic	12307
Public Lighting & Water works	1216
Sales to other States	811
Miscellaneous	1369
Rural Electrification upto 2006-07 (in Nos)
Villages Electrified	16317
Hamlets Electrified	48117
Pumpsets Energised	1801972

13 INDUSTRIES

Small Scale Industries 2006-07
Small Scale Industries Registered (No. of Units)	530552
Employment in SSI	3703408
Investment in SSI (Rs in lakhs)	1681692
Value of Production (Rs in lakhs)	10597951
Registered Factories 2006 (in Lakhs)
Working Factories	0.28
Estimated Workers	13.20
Mandays Worked	3584.45
Labour (in Nos) (2006-07)
Trade Unions Registered	10256
Strikes	46
Mandays Lost (in Lakhs)	4.31
Lockouts	10
Mandays Lost (in Lakhs)	4.55

14 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES 2006-07 (Value Rs. in Lakhs)

Khadi and Villages Industries	Production	Sales
Khadi	6236.24	11706.59
Cotton	2465.69	6789.48
Woollen	--	90.47
Silk	3770.59	4826.64
Polyester	-	-
Village Industries	61655.82	70727.77

15 MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Govt.) 2006-07 (in Nos)

Modern Medicine
Hospitals	328+1*
Dispensaries	215
Other Medical Institutions	16
Primary Health Centres	1417
Health Sub Centres	8683
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	52536
Doctors	10882
Nurses	24504
Community Health Nurses	384
Sector Health Nurses	1531
Village Health Nurses, Auxillary and Midwivws Nurse	10367
Indian Medicine 2006-07 (in Nos.)
Hospitals	4
Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units	54
Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non Taluk Hospitals	325
Wings attached to Primary Health Centres	446
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	915
Doctors	879
Nurses	95
Homoeopathy 2006-07 (in Nos.)
Hospitals	1
Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units	5
Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non-Taluk Hospitals	39
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	50
Doctors	55
Nurses	4
Wings attached to PHC’s	5

* ESI Hospital at K.K.Nagar, Chennai-78 is functioning under the Control of
ESI Corporation, New Delhi

16 EDUCATION 2006-07

Universities	26
Arts and Science Colleges	499
Colleges for Professional Education
Medicine (Government)
Medical	19
Dental	23
Nursing	70
B. Pharmacy	38
M. Pharmacy	24
Physiotherapy	2
Indian Medicine (Siddah, Ayurvedic, Unani, Homeopathy and Naturopathy & Yoga)	24
Engineering and Technology (including NIT, IIT and Self-Financing)	275
Agriculture	11
Veterinary and Fisheries	3
Law (including Central Law College & School of Excellence in Law)	9
Colleges for Special Education	181
Schools for General Education	53103
Schools for Professional Education	62
Schools for Special Education	102
Institutions for Other Professional Education	1236

17 ROAD AND TRANSPORT

Road Length (in Kms)
National Highways (2006-07)	4482.755
State Highways (2006-07)	55796.000
Corporation and Municipalities Road (As on 31.03.2007)	17014.000
Panchayat Union and Village Panchayat Road (2006-07)	96330.050
Town Panchayat Roads (As on 31.03.2007)	15591.737
Others (Forest Road) (As on 31.03.2005)	3511.000
Registered Motor Vehicles (in Nos)	9103620
Commercial (As on 31.03.2007)	608325
Non-Commercial (As on 31.03.2007)	8495295

Railways (in Kms) (2006-07)
Route Length		3941.23
Broad Gauge	2317.03
Metre Gauge	1624.20
Track Length		5869.60
Broad Gauge	4089.23
Metre Gauge	1780.37
Railway Stations (in Nos)		528
Broad Gauge	322
Metre Gauge	167
BG & MG Combined	39
Sea Ports (in Nos) (2006-07)		18
Major Ports	3
Minor Ports	15
Air Ports (in Nos) (2006-07)		5

18 COMMUNICATION 2006-07 (in Nos)

Post and Telegraph
Post Offices doing postal business alone	12179
Telephones
Telephones in Use	2583495
Public Call Offices	301717
Local	228854
STD	72394
Telephone Exchanges	2417
Highways	469
No. of Cellular Phones in Use ( Chennai Telephones and BSNL in Tamil Nadu Circle Only)	2858689
No. of WLL Phones in Use	376412

19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES As on 31-03-2007 (in Nos)

Central Co-operative Bank	23
Primary Agricultural Co-operative Bank	4413
Growers Bank	7
Rural Bank	9
Farmers Services Co-operative Societies	26
Large sized Adivasi Multipurpose Primary Co- operative Society	19
Primary Agricultural Rural Development Bank	180
Urban Bank	121
Employee’s Society	1860
Other Urban Credit Society	46
Wholesale Stores	34
Primary Stores	208
Employee’s Stores	236
Student Stores	2798
Women Stores	13
Canteen	35
Lift Irrigation Society	25
Land Colonization	15
Tenant Farming	18
Marketing Society	113
Fruits & Vegetables Growers	4
Labour Contract Co-operative Society	114
Co-operative Printing Press	26
Co-operative Training Institute	11
Union (District Co-operative Union)	29
Others (Private Societies)	56
Thanjavur Marketing Society	1
Apex Institution	6
Total	10446

20 REGISTRATIONS 2006-07 (Rs in Cr)

District Registrar Offices (in Nos)	50
Total Receipts (Registration Fees and Other Receipts)	476.25
Stamp Duty	2931.25

21 COMMERCIAL TAXES 2006-07

	TNGST	CST
Registered Dealers (in Lakhs)	3.99	1.77
Assessees (in Lakhs)	1.52	0.46
Percentage of Assessees to Dealers	38	26
Revenue (Rs in Cr)		19217
TNGST	13416
Value Added Tax	2290
CST	2033
Entertainment Tax	25
Entry Tax	1318
Others	135

22 HOUSING 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Tenements constructed by
Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board	4764
Police Housing Corporation Ltd.	2371

23 SOCIAL WELFARE 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Old Age Pensioners	1264870
Marriage Assistance Schemes (as Beneficiaries)
EVR Maniammaiyar Widow’s Daughter Marriage Assistance Scheme	2418
Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Re-Marriage Assistance Scheme	193
Annai Therasa Ninaivu Marriage Assistance to Orphan Girls	267
Thamizhaga Arasu Kalappu Thirumana Nidhi Udhavi Thittam	1767

24 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES 2006-07 (in Nos)

P.T.M.G.R. (Rural & Urban)	40996
W.B. I.C.D.S.III Project (C.N.C.)	45726

25 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Revenue Districts	30
Revenue Divisions	73
Revenue Taluks	206
Revenue Firkas	1120
Revenue Villages (As per TRS)	17292

26 LOCAL BODIES 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Corporations	6
Municipalities	152
Panchayat Unions	385
Town Panchayats	561
District Panchayat	29
Village Panchayats	12618

27 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Covered by SGSY
Self Help Groups from the inception of the Scheme	290399
Beneficiaries benefited since inception of the Scheme	490081
Revolving Fund (Rs in Cr)	114.70
Mandays generated (in Lakhs)
Covered by SGRY	239.735
Covered by NREG Act	182.865

28 POLICE AND PRISONS 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Police
Police Force Sanctioned Strength of Police (2006) (As on 31.12.2006)	99774
Police Stations	1256
All Women Police Stations	196
Police Outposts	94
Prisons
Central Prisons	9
Special Prisons for Women	3
Other Prisons	122

29 LEGISLATURE 2007 (in Numbers)

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Elected	234
Nominated (Anglo-Indian Member)	1
Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)	39
Members of Rajya Sabha	18

30 CINEMA THEATRES 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Permanent		1272
Air-Conditioned	160
Non-Air Conditioned	1112
Open Air Theatres/ Amusement Park		2
Semi Permanent		142
Touring Theatres		212

31 BANKS AND LIFE INSURANCE 31.03.2007 (in Numbers)

Bank Offices	5070
State Bank Group	740
Nationalised Banks	2940
Other Scheduled Banks (Commercial)	1148
Regional Rural Banks	218
Foreign Banks	24
Life Insurance Corporation of India in Tamil Nadu 2006-07
Offices (Branch)	176
Policies Issued (in Numbers)	4692032
Sum Assured (Rs in Cr)	38367.65

32 INDEX NUMBERS 2006

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (Base Year 2001=100)
Chennai	118
Tiruchirappalli	119
Madurai	116
Coimbatore	119
Coonoor	115
Salem	114
All India	123
Wholesale Price Index Number (1970-71=100) All Commodities	1451.46
Urban Consumer Price Index Number (1970-71=100) Composite Index	1425.72
Rural Consumer Price Index Number (1970-71=100) Composite Index	1443.49
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-Manual Employees (1984-85=100)
Chennai	560
Madurai	512
Coimbatore	559
Salem	508
Tiruchirappalli	500
Index Number of Industrial Production 2006-07 (Base Year 1993-94 = 100)	170.5
Index Number of Building Construction Cost 2005-06 (State Average) (Base year 1980-81=100)
Building Material Index	785.25
Labour Cost Index	1062.13
Other Charges Index	772.83
Combined Index	839.00

33 STATE INCOME 2006-07 (A.E.) (Base Year 1999-00) (Rs in Lakhs)

Gross State Domestic Product at Current Prices	24626587
Gross State Domestic Product at Constant Prices	19340393
Percapita Income (in Rs)
At Current Price	37635
At Constant Price	29557

34 STATE FINANCE BUDGET ESTIMATE 2006-07 (Rs in Lakhs)

Revenue Account
Receipts		3873159
Disbursement		3986082
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)		(-)112923
Capital Account
Receipts		1114884
Disbursement		979693
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)		(+)135191
Total Transaction (Net)		614
Receipt on Revenue Account by Principal Heads
Tax Revenue		3303623
Share from Central Taxes	547151
State Own Tax Revenue	2756472
Non-Tax Revenue		569536
Expenditure on Revenue Account by Principal Heads
Development Expenditure		22191168
Social Services	1398309
Economic Services	792859
Non-Development Expenditure		1794914
General Services	1550826
Compensation & Assignments to Local Bodies and Panchayat Raj	244088

35 FOREIGN TRADE 2005-06 (Rs in Crores)

Exports		Total	% Share of Tamil Nadu
By Sea	44404	51298	11.24
By Air	6898
Imports
By Sea	92553	112983	17.11
By Air	20430

36 EMPLOYMENT 2006-07 (in Numbers)

Working of Employment Exchanges
Employment Exchange Offices	36
Registration during the year	1073133
Placements during the year	11306
Number on the Live Register	4338816
Employment in Public Sector (Status upto 30.09.2006)
Central Government	227068
State Government	582209
Central Quasi Government	179266
State Quasi Government	329878
Local Bodies	172662

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	742.7
	Urban		27.5	286.1
	Projected
	2006		65.1	1094.1
	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)		44.00	27.78
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 – 2005		16.5	23.8
9.	Death rate – 2005		7.4	7.6
10.	Infant Mortality Rate – 2005		37	58
11.	Literacy Rate - 2001	Persons	73.5	64.8
	Male		82.4	75.3
	Female		64.4	53.7
12.	Area under Rice - 2004-05 ('000 Ha)		1873	41907
13.	Production of Rice 2004-05 ('000 Tonnes)		5062	83132
14.	Average Yield of Rice 2004-05 (Qtls. per Ha)		27.0	19.8
15.	Total Livestock – 2004 (in Lakh Nos)		24.9	485.7
16.	Poultry - 2004 (in Lakh Nos)		86.6	489.0
17.	Production of Milk 2004-05 ( '000 Tonnes)		4784	90733
18.	Production of Eggs 2004-05 (in Cr)		639.5	4520.1
19.	Annual Survey of Industries (Factory Sector) No. of Factories (2003-04)		20246	129074
20.	Small Scale Industries (Registered Units in '000) (2001-02)		419.5	3442
21.	No. of Reporting Mines (All Minerals) 2004-05(P)		183	3168
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 31.03.2005
	Villages Electrified (Percentage)		100.00	74.1
	Pumpsets Energised 31.03.2003 (in '000)		1676	13792
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	72717785
27.	No. of Bank Offices of Scheduled Commercial Banks – 31.03.2007		5070	70711
	Deposit (Rs in Cr)		163166	2598823
	Credit (Rs in Cr)		183161	1949567
	Credit – Deposit Ratio (%)		112.25	75.02
28.	Foreign Direct Investment Approved (2003-04)
	Projects (Nos)		261	1929
	Investment (Rs in Cr)		1415.18	6833.38
	% Share to Total Investment		13.53	100.00
29.	Budgetary Position – 2005-06 (B.E.) (Rs in Cr)
	Revenue Account	Revenue	30252	348474
	Disbursement		31656	440295
	Capital Account	Receipts	8430	145194
	Disbursements		7733	68410
30.	Actual Strength of Police Force – 2005 (Civil and Armed)		84008	1342858
31.	No. of Policemen per100 sq.km. of Area – 31.12.06		64.4	42.4
32.	No. of Policemen per '000' of population –2005		1.3	1.2
33.	No. of Newspapers and Periodicals – 2005		3450	60413
34.	T.V. Coverage Area (Percentage – March 2007)		95.8	78.2
35.	T.V. Coverage Population (Percentage – March 2007)		95.8	90.1
36.	Marine Products Exports 2005-06
	a. Quantity (In Tonnes)		72418	512164
	b. Value (Rs. in Lakhs)		199572	724500
37.	Coastal Length (Kms)		1076	8041

Source: Statistical Abstract of India – 2006
               Banking Statistics Quarterly Handout - March 2007.
               Endeavour and Achievements (2005-06) Fisheries Department
               Audience Research Officer, Prasar Bharathi AIR, Chennai-4