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Erode District Profile

ERODE DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	North Western part of the State
	Lat.	N 10° 35' to 11° 58'
	Long.	E 76° 50' to 77° 55'
	Area	8209 Sq.Kms
	No.of Taluks	5
	No.of Blocks	14
	No.of Villages	648
	No.of Habitations	3951

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Hilly with undulating plains
	Elevation in m amsl	Min:600 Max:2500
	Hills	Anamalai, Sirumuga malai ,Nilgiri hill(westernghats),Boluvampatti,Janakal and Vellingiri
	River	Noyil, Bhavani, Amaravathi, Aliyar and Palar
	Tributaries
	Average Annual Rainfall	697 mm
	Climate	Sub-Tropical
Temperature		Max:36°C – 41° C Min: 14°C – 31° C
River Basin		Cauvery River Basin Parambikulam – Aliyar River Basin
Geology		Completely covered by hard rock represented by Charnockites, Gneisses.

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Confined to semi confined to unconfined aquifers.

Aquifer parameters Yield

50 – 300 lpm

Transmissivity (T):

1.49 – 164.18m2/day

Permeability (K):

0.25 – 26.75 m/day

Depth of Water level

7 m to 25m

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

Over Exploited Greater than 100%

Ammapet

Andhiyur

Nambiyur

Critical Between 90 to 100%

Bhavanisagar

Satyamangalam

Thalavadi

Semi Critical 70% to 90%

Perundurai

T.N.Palayam

SAFE Less than 70%

Bhavani

Chennimalai

Erode

Gobichettipalayam

Kodumudi

Modakurichi

SALINE

Nill

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

233

Percolation Ponds

Ooranies

Defunct Bore well Recharge

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 4460

Partially covered	1153 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	3307 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns ( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Corporations
1	Erode	405446	95
Municipalities
1	Gobichettipalayam	55158	90
2	Sathyamangalam	33722	90
3	Bhavani	38778	95
4	Punchai Puliyampatti	14832	90
Town Panchayats
1	Kugalar	11684	70
2	Bhavanisagar	4329	70
3	Athani	8423	96
4	Periyakodiveri	22034	70
5	Ammapettai	9259	40
6	Lakkampatti	11038	70
7	Appakudal	9522	65
8	Kodumudi	12664	100
9	Nernugipettai	6925	70
10	Anthiyur	20071	60
11	Chennasamudram	7342	74
12	Nambiyur	15854	60
13	Sivagiri	16255	73
14	Chitthodu	7704	70
15	Kollankovil	8754	67
16	Nasiyanur	9905	70
17	Karumandichellipalayam	20072	70
18	Perundurai	16943	70
19	Chennimalai	15547	70
20	Salangapalayam	14702	70
21	Olagadam	9370	60
22	Ariyappampalayam	12462	70
23	Vengampudur	7632	108
24	Avalpundurai	11243	55
25	Jambai	15011	70
26	Kolappalur	9803	65
27	Modakurichi	10052	70
28	P.Mettupalayam	9115	70
29	Pazur	3870	70
30	Vellottamparappu	8131	70
31	Archalur	12343	55
32	Elathur	7678	70
33	Kembanaickenpalayam	10308	70
34	Vadugapatti	10921	70
35	Kelampadi	6343	70
36	Kasipalayam	8570	70
37	Kanchikovil	11040	70
38	Pethampalayam	7120	70
39	Vaniputhur	12207	70
40	Pallapalayam	6505	70
41	Unjalur	2628	70
42	Nallampatti	3656	70