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DISTRICT PROFILE

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Dharmapuri District Profile

DHARMAPURI DISTRICT PROFILE

Updated on 01-MAR-2011

SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	North western Part of the State
	Lat.	N 11° 46' and 12° 32'
	Long.	E 77° 40' to 78° 45'
	Area	4453 Sq. Kms
	No.of Taluks	5
	No. of Blocks	8
	No. of Villages	251
	No. of Habitations	3313

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Mainly undulating rugged terrain surrounded by hill ranges west & South
	River	Pambar, Ponnaiyar, Chinnar, River Cauvery flows along the SW boundary.
Average Annual Rainfall		823 mm
Climate		Subtropical
Temperature in Degree Celsius		Max: 40 Min: 20
River Basins		Cauvery, Ponnaiyar
Geology		Mostly crystalline rocks comprising of Charnockites, Granites and unclassified Gneisses

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Discontinous unconfined to semi confined aquifers in fissured formations.

Aquifer parameters: Well yield in lpm

36 – 1125

Transmissivity (T) m2/day

8 – 73

Permeability (K)m/day

0.78 - 23

Depth of Water level

8m to 25m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

496.62 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

736.92 MCM

Balance

-240.3 MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Dharmapuri

Harur

Karimangalam

Morappur

Nallampalli

Palacode

Pappireddipatti

CRITICAL (Between 90 and 100%)

Pennagaram

SEMI CRITICAL (Between 70 and 90%)

NIL

SAFE Less than 70%

NIL

SALINE

NIL

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

230

Recharge Pits

Ooranies

Defunct Borewell recharge

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3313

Partially covered	41 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	3272 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Dharmapuri	64496	85
Town Panchayats
1	Marandahalli	10177	70
2	Karimangalam	12035	70
3	Palakode	18667	70
4	Harur	21523	47
5	Kadathur	10184	45
6	P.Mallapuram	11474	46
7	Pappireddipatti	8583	70
8	Kambainallur	10833	63
9	Pennagaram	15306	70
10	Papparapatti	11276	70