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
Socio Economic Indicators of Tamil Nadu and India

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

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3 VITAL STATISTICS

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Births (CRS) (in No.)	2007(P)	Nos.	1044697
Deaths (CRS) (in No.)	’’	’’	425029
Infant Deaths (CRS) (in No)	’’	’’	11902
Still Birth	’’	’’	9820
Maternal Death	’’	’’	276
Birth Rate (per 1000) (SRS)	2006	’’	16.2
Rural	’’	’’	16.5
Urban	’’	’’	15.9
Death Rate (per 1000) (SRS)	’’	’’	7.5
Rural	’’	’’	8.3
Urban	’’	’’	6.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live Birth) SRS)	’’	’’	37.0
Rural	’’	’’	39.0
Urban	’’	’’	33.0
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	2007-08	Celsius	32.79
Minimum	’’	’’	23.80
Hill Stations
Maximum	2007-08	Celsius	19.88
Minimum	’’	’’	12.11

 

5 RAINFALL

Normal	2007-08	In m.m	911.6
Actual	’’	’’	1164.8

 

6 AGRICULTURE

	Ref. Year	Unit	Extent
Total Cultivated Area	2006-07	Ha.	5842790
	2007-08	’’	5815174
Net Area Sown	2006-07	’’	5126072
	2007-08	’’	5061919
Area Sown more than once	2006-07	’’	716718
	2007-08	’’	753255

Area and Production of Principal Crops 2006-07 and 2007-08
Name of the Crops	Area (Ha)(in '000)		Production ('000 Tonnes)
	2006-07	2007-08	2006-07	2007-08
Paddy (Rice)	1931	1789	6611	5040
Millets and Other Cereals	699	699	1361	1357
Pulses	536	610	291	185
Sugarcane (Cane)	391	354	45168	38071
Groundnut	508	535	1006	1048
Gingelly	53	74	27	27
Cotton (bales of 170 Kg. lint)	100	99	221	201

Agricultural Land Holdings
	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Holdings	Census 2005-06	Nos.	8192973
Area Operated	’’	Ha.	6823947
Average size of Holdings	’’	Ha.	0.83

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7 IRRIGATION

		2006-07	2007-08
Net Area Irrigated	Ha	2888880	2863823
Government Canals	’’	781433	751990
Private Canals	’’	560	664
Tanks	’’	531376	506070
Tube Wells	’’	393449	389279
Open Wells	’’	1172758	1204402
Other Sources	’’	9304	11418
Gross Area Irrigated	’’	3309283	3251680

 

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8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Veterinary Institutions
Veterinary Hospitals	2007-08	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

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9 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Main Dairies	2007-08	Nos.	15
Feeder Balancing Dairies	’’	’’	4
Milk Chilling Plants	’’	’’	36
Average Milk Collection by TCMPF
Milk Procurement by Unions	2007-08	Lakh Litres Per Day	21.64
Milk Procurement by Regd. Private Dairies	’’	’’	18.60
Automatic Vending Machine Units	’’	Nos.	218

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10 FISHERIES

Length of Coastal Line	2007-08	KM	1076
Coastal Districts	’’	Nos.	13
Marine Fishing Villages	’’	’’	591
Estimated Marine Fish Production	2007-08	Tonnes	393266
Inland Fish Production	2007-08(P)	’’	184100
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

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12 ELECTRICITY

Net Generation of Electricity	2007-08	MU	64833.755
Hydro	’’	’’	6430.385
Wind Mill Generation + Solar	’’	’’	12.058
Thermal	’’	’’	19480.884
Power Purchased (Central+Private)	’’	’’	37574.456
Gas Turbine	’’	’’	1335.992
	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Consumption of Electricity	2007-08	MU	53370
Agriculture	’’	’’	10922
Industry (Including Traction)	’’	’’	21100
Commercial	’’	’’	5024
Domestic	’’	’’	12997
Public Lighting & Water works	’’	’’	1331
Sales of Licenses, Sales to other States	’’	’’	521
Miscellaneous	’’	’’	1475
Rural Electrification
Villages Electrified	2007-08	Nos.	15400
Hamlets Electrified	’’	’’	48117
Pumpsets Energised	’’	’’	1839241

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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	2007	No.	10819
Strikes	’’	’’	56
Mandays Lost	’’	No in Lakh	723291
Lockouts	’’	Nos.	10
Mandays Lost	’’	In Lakh	343231

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

Khadi and Village Industries	2007-08
	Production	Sales
Khadi Industries	6744.59	8142.91
Cotton & Muslin Khadi	2743.35	4384.95
Woollen Khadi	-	122.59
Silk Khadi	4001.24	3635.37
Polyester	-	-
Village Industries	98513.57	124656.24

 

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15 MEDICAL AND HEALTH (Govt.)  (in Nos)

Modern Medicine
	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Hospitals	2007-08	Nos.	317+1*
Dispensaries	’’	’’	215
Other Medical Institutions	’’	’’	22
Primary Health Centres	’’	’’	1421
Health Sub Centres	’’	’’	8706
Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries	’’	’’	55013
Doctors	’’	’’	11014
Nurses	’’	’’	24270
Community Health Nurses	’’	’’	384
PHC Nurses	’’	’’	2597
Sector Health Nurses	’’	’’	1610
Village Health Nurses, (Auxiliary and Midwives Nurses)	’’	’’	10367
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

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

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16 EDUCATION

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Universities	2007-08	Nos.	29
Arts and Science Colleges	’’	’’	557
Colleges for Professional Education
Medicine (2007-08)
Medical	2007-08	Nos.	18
Dental	’’	’’	23
Para Medical Colleges	’’	’’	134
Indian Medicine Institutions	’’	’’	24
Engineering and Technology Institutions	’’	’’	301
Polytechnic Colleges	’’	’’	284
Agriculture	’’	’’	11
Veterinary and Fisheries	’’	’’	3
Law Colleges	’’	’’	7
Colleges for Special Education	’’	’’	171
College of Education	’’	’’	160
Schools for Professional Education	’’	’’	782
Schools for Special Education	’’	’’	81
Institutions for Other Professional Education	’’	’’	1875
Schools for General Education	’’	’’	47454
Higher Secondary Schools	’’	’’	4925
High Schools	’’	’’	4578
Middle Schools	’’	’’	8595
Elementary Schools	’’	’’	29356

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17 ROAD AND TRANSPORT

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
1. Road Length
National Highways	2007-08	Kilo Metre	4499.364
State Highways	’’	’’	56971.000
Corporation and Municipalities Road	2006-07	’’	17014.000
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	2007-08	Nos.	706869
Non-Commercial	’’	’’	9362141
3. Railways
Route Length	2007-08	Kilo Metre	3950.80
Broad Gauge	’’	’’	2616.09
1. Electrified	’’	’’	1072.79
2. Non-Electrified	’’	’’	1543.30
Metre Gauge	’’	’’	1334.71
1. Electrified	’’	’’	0.00
2. Non-Electrified	’’	’’	1334.71
Track Length	’’	’’	5911.05
Broad Gauge	’’	’’	4450.79
1. Electrified	’’	’’	2366.54
2. Non-Electrified	’’	’’	2084.25
Metre Gauge	’’	’’	1460.26
1. Electrified	’’	’’	0.00
2. Non-Electrified	’’	’’	1460.26
Railway Stations	’’	Nos.	541
Broad Gauge	’’	’’	390
Metre Gauge	’’	’’	137
Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge Combined	’’	’’	14
4. Sea Ports	2007-08	’’	18
Major Ports	’’	’’	3
Minor Ports	’’	’’	15
5. Air Ports	’’	’’	5

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18 COMMUNICATION  (in Nos)

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
1. Post and Telegraph
Post Offices doing postal business alone	2007-08	Nos.	12115
2. Telephones*
Telephones in Use	2007-08	Nos.	3346906
Public Call Offices	’’	’’	319128
Local	’’	’’	256080
STD	’’	’’	62579
Highways	’’	’’	469
Telephone Exchanges	’’	’’	2407
3. No. of Cellular Phones in use*	’’	’’	3337087
4.No. of WLL Phones in use*	’’	’’	453095

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19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
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
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

 

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20 REGISTRATIONS

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
District Registrar Offices	2007-08	Nos.	50
Receipts (Registration Fees and Other Receipts)	’’ “	Rs.in Cr.	578.33
Stamp Duty	’’	’’	3654.03

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21 COMMERCIAL TAXES

Registered Dealers	2007-08	No. in Lakh	7.22
1. VAT	’’	’’	4.48
2. CST	’’	’’	2.74
Assessees	’’	’’	2.28
1. VAT	’’	’’	1.85
2. CST	’’	’’	0.43
Percentage of Assessees to Dealers	’’	%	32
1. VAT	’’	%	41
2. CST	’’	%	16
Revenue
TNGST	2007-08	Rs. in Cr.	329
Value Added Tax	’’	’’	16473
CST	’’	’’	1744
Entertainment Tax	’’	’’	16
Entry Tax	’’	’’	1125
Others	’’	’’	266

 

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22 HOUSING

Residential houses constructed by
Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board	2007-08	Nos.	3126
Police Housing Corporation Ltd.	’’	’’	2689
Tamil Nadu Housing Board	’’	’’	1440
Construction of Houses by DRDA
1. Pucca	’’	’’	80311
2. Kutcha	’’	’’	24325
Construction of Houses for Tribals by AD & TW Dept	’’	’’	91

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23 SOCIAL WELFARE

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Old age Pensioners	2007-08	Nos.	1446804
Marriage Assistance Schemes (as Beneficiaries)
Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi Thittam	’’	’’	83333
EVR Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Poor Widow’s Daughter & Marriage Assistance Scheme	’’	’’	2361
Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Re-Marriage Assistance Scheme	’’	’’	173
Annai Therasa Ninaivu Marriage Assistance to Orphan Girls	’’	’’	274
Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Intercaste Marriage Assistance Scheme	’’	’’	2265

 

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24 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES

P.T.M.G.R – Noon Meal Scheme (Rural & Urban)	2007-08	Nos.	41663
W.B. I.C.D.S.III Project (C.N.C.)	“	“	50433

 

25 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION

Revenue Districts	2007-08	Nos.	31
Revenue Divisions	’’	’’	74
Revenue Taluks	’’	’’	208
Revenue Firkas	’’	’’	1120
Revenue Villages
a. Revenue Department	’’	’’	16563
b. Statistics Department (T.R.S.)	’’	’’	17292

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26 LOCAL BODIES

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Corporations	2007-08	Nos.	8
Municipalities	’’	’’	150
Panchayat Unions	’’	’’	385
Town Panchayats	’’	’’	561
District Panchayats	’’	’’	29
Village Panchayats	’’	’’	12618

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27 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Covered by SGSY
No. of Self Help Groups formed	2007-08	Nos.	19061
No. of Families benefited	’’	’’	87763
Revolving Fund	’’	Rs. in Cr.	18.54
Mandays generated
Covered by SGRY	’’	No. in Lakh	251.319
Covered by NREG Act	’’	’’	642.986

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28 POLICE AND PRISONS

Police
Police Force Sanctioned Strength of Police	2007	Nos.	102421
Police Stations	’’	’’	1256
All Women Police Stations	’’	’’	196
Police Outposts	’’	’’	94
Prisons
Central Prisons	’’	’’	9
Special Prisons for Women	’’	’’	3
Other Prisons	’’	’’	122

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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

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30 CINEMA THEATRES

Permanent	2007-08	Nos.	1221
Air-Conditioned	’’	’’	179
Non-Air Conditioned	’’	’’	1042
Open Air Theatres	’’	’’	2
Amusement Park	’’	’’	23
Semi Permanent	’’	’’	133
Touring Theatres	’’	’’	186

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31 BANKS AND LIFE INSURANCE

Bank Offices	2007-08	Nos.	5441
State Bank Group	’’	’’	794
Nationalised Banks	’’	’’	3143
Other Scheduled Banks (Commercial)	’’	’’	1232
Regional Rural Banks	’’	’’	248
Foreign Banks	’’	’’	24
Life Insurance Corporation of India in Tamil Nadu
Offices (Branch)	’’	’’	176
Policies Issued	’’	’’	3638870
Sum Assured	’’	Rs. in Cr.	25916.41
First Premium Income	’’	’’	4990.63

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32 INDEX NUMBERS

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (Base Year 2001=100):
Chennai	2007	Index No.	124
Tiruchirappalli	’’	’’	126
Madurai	’’	’’	121
Coimbatore	’’	’’	127
Coonoor	’’	’’	122
Salem	’’	’’	122
All India	’’	’’	131
Wholesale Price Index Number (1970-71=100) All Commodities	2007	Index No.	1539.19
Urban Consumer Price Index Number (1970-71=100) Composite Index	’’	’’	1540.25
Rural Consumer Price Index Number (1970-71=100) Composite Index	’’	’’	1540.23
Consumer Price Index Number for Urban Non-Manual Employees (1984-85=100)
Chennai	2007	Index No.	599
Madurai	’’	’’	536
Coimbatore	’’	’’	598
Salem	’’	’’	536
Tiruchirappalli	’’	’’	529
Index Nos. of Industrial Production (Base Year 1993-94 = 100)	2007-08	’’	162.5
Index Nos. of Building Construction Cost 2007-08 (State Average) (Base year 1999-00=100)
Building Material Index	2007-08	Index No.	166.38
Labour Cost Index	’’	’’	151.61
Other Charges Index	’’	’’	156.38
Combined Index	’’	’’	159.89

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

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Gross State Domestic Product at Current Prices	2007-08AE(P)	Rs. in Lakh	27928746
Gross State Domestic Product at Constant Prices	’’	’’	20943583
Percapita Income(NSDP)
At Current Price	’’	In Rupee	36915
At Constant Price	’’	’’	27879

 

34 STATE FINANCE BUDGET ESTIMATE

Revenue Account
Receipts	2007-08(RE)	Rs. in Lakh	4651677
Disbursement	’’	’’	4560112
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)	’’	’’	91565
Capital Account
Receipts	’’	’’	868912
Disbursement	’’	’’	1237311
Surplus (+) or Deficit (-)	’’	’’	(-)368399
Total Transaction (Net)	’’	’’	4113
Tax Revenue	’’	’’	3731397
Share from Central Taxes	’’	’’	721540
State Own Tax Revenue	’’	’’	3009857
Non-Tax Revenue	’’	’’	920279
State Own Non Tax Revenue	’’	’’	300423
Grants in Aid from Central	’’	’’	619856
Total Revenue Receipts	’’	’’	4651676
Expenditure on Revenue Account by Principal Heads
Development Expenditure	’’	’’	2478648
Social Services	’’	’’	1691894
Economic Services	’’	’’	786754
Non-Development Expenditure	’’	’’	1748608
Compensation & Assignments to Local Bodies and Panchayat Raj	’’	’’	332856
Total Revenue Expenditure	’’	’’	4560112

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35 FOREIGN TRADE

	Ref. Year	Unit	Figure
Exports	2006-07	Rs. in Cr.	67759
By Sea	’’	’’	60260
By Air	’’	’’	7499
Imports	’’	’’	159035
By Sea	’’	’’	128540
By Air	’’	’’	30495

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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

36 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

 

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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		65.0	1094.1
	2011		67.6	1178.9
	2016		69.9	1263.5
3.	Density (Population per Sq.Kms)		480	313
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 – 2006		16.2	23.5
9.	Death rate – 2006		7.5	7.5
10.	Infant Mortality Rate – 2006		37	57
11.	Literacy Rate - 2001	Persons	73.5	64.8
		Male	82.4	75.3
		Female	64.4	53.7
12.	Area under Rice - 2005-06 ('000 Ha)		2051	43660
	Area under Rice - 2006-07 ('000 Ha)		1931	43768
13.	Production of Rice 2005-06 ('000 Tonnes)		5220	91793
	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)		-	-
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 2005-06
	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	72717785
27.	No. of Bank Offices of Scheduled Commercial Banks – 31.03.2008		5441	74326
	Deposit (Rs in Cr)		199949	3228817
	Credit (Rs in Cr)		226830	2394566
	Credit – Deposit Ratio (%)		113.45	74.16
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	8431	145194
	Disbursements		7733	68410
30.	Actual Strength of Police Force – 2006 (Civil and Armed)		84240	1406021
31.	No. of Policemen per100 sq.km. of Area –2006		64.8	44.4
32.	No. of Policemen per '000' of population –2006		1.3	1.3
33.	No. of IPC Cases per Civil Policeman -2006		2.6	2.2
34.	No. of Newspapers and Periodicals – 2006		3590	62483
35.	T.V. Coverage Area (Percentage – March 2007)		95.8	78.2
36.	T.V. Coverage Population (Percentage – March 2007)		95.8	90.1
37.	Marine Products Exports 2007-08
	a. Quantity (In Tonnes)		72644	541701
	b. Value (Rs. in Lakhs)		181314	762092
38.	Coastal Length (Kms)		1076	8041

 

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Source: Statistical Abstract of India – Combined Issue of 2007
               Banking Statistics Quarterly Handout - March 2008.
               Endeavour and Achievements (2005-06) Fisheries Department
               Audience Research Officer, Prasar Bharathi AIR, Chennai-4
               Statistics At a Glance – TNEB – 2007-08
               Commercial Taxes At a Glance – 2007-08