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Dindigul District Profile

DINDIGUL DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Southern part of the State
	Lat.	N 10° 05' 00” to 10° 49' 50”
	Long.	E 77° 16' 30” to 78° 19' 30”
	Area	6058 Sq.kms
	No.of Taluks	7
	No. of Blocks	14
	No. of Villages	306
	No. of Habitations	3154

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Hilly with undulating topography Max
	Elevation in m amsl	2500 m Min: 100 m
	Hills	Palani, Sirumalai, Kodaikanal
	Rivers	Vaigai, Kodavanar, Shanmuganadhi, Nangangiar , Marudhanadhi, Manjalar. Thirumanimuthar
Average Rainfall		933 mm
Climate		Subtropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Plain area Max: 36.5 to 41.8 Min: 17.4 to 24
		Hill area Max: 7.9 to 21.8 Min: 6 to 8.5
River Basins		Cauvery, Vaigai, Pambar
Geology		Entire district is hard rock represented by Charnockites and Gneisses and Quartzites in patches

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Water Table conditions

Aquifer parameters

Well yield in lpm

30 – 100

Transmissivity (T)m 2 /day

10-50

Permeability (K) m/day

0.7 - 2

Depth of Water level

4 m to 16m

GROUND WATER POTENTIAL AS ON JANUARY 2003 (AS PER CGWB & PWD)

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

634.2 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

725.9 MCM

Balance

(-91.7 ) MCM

BLOCKS WITH STAGE OF GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT ( As on March 2004 )

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Attur

Batlagundu

Dindigul

Guzhiliamparai

Oddanchattiram

Reddiarchattiram

Sanarpatti

Thoppampatti

Vadamadurai

Vedasandur

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Nilakkottai

Palani

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Nill

SAFE Less than 70%

Kodaikanal, Natham

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

512

Percolation Ponds

Recharge Pits

Ooranies

Defunct Bore well

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3266

Partially covered	678 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	2588 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns ( Water Supply Status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Palani	67231	90
2	Kodaikanal	32969	70
3	Dindigul	196955	54
4	Oddanchathram	24132	43
Town Panchayats
1	Ayyapalayam	12163	72
2	Batlagundu	22011	75
3	Chinnalapatti	23351	92
4	Nilakottai	19615	72
5	Pannaikadu	9473	86
6	Sithayankottai	12099	60
7	Vedachandur	10813	36
8	Ayakudi	23370	74
9	Neikaranpatti	12099	86
10	Keeranur	6299	92
11	Ottanchathiram	24132	43
12	Ammainaickenaur	16604	41
13	Balasamuthiram	12305	78
14	Palayam	13300	32
15	Natham	22545	52
16	Pattiveeranpatti	7772	70
17	Ayyalur	15203	61
18	Sevagapatti	9902	59
19	Sriramapuram	8933	70
20	Kannivadi	10417	52
21	Eriyodu	7875	51
22	Thadikombu	16081	45
23	Vadamadhurai	15549	55
24	Agaram	12784	68