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Kancheepuram District Profile

KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Northern part of the State
	Lat.	N 12°14' to 13° 02'
	Long.	E 79° 31' 30” to 80° 15' 30”
	Area	4433 Sq.Km
	No.of Taluks	8
	No. of Blocks	13
	No. of Villages	648
	No. of Habitations	3951

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Coastal areas and other plain lands with small intermittent hills
	Elevation	Minimum: 0.5 m Maximum : 230 m above MSL
	Hills	St. Thomas Mount, Thirukalukundram hills and Vandalur hills
	River	Adayar, Palar, Cheyyar
Average annual Rainfall		1214 mm
Climate		Hot and Semi – arid
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max: 37.1° C Min: 20.5° C
River Basin		Araniyar and Korattalaiyar, Palar, Thondiyar
Geology		Hard Rock Predominently charnockites Gneiss with Gondwana formations. These are overlained by laterites and alluvium

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Water table conditions in Hard Rock Areas.

Aquifer parameters

Hard rock

Alluvial formation

Well yield (lpm):

45 – 220

150 – 400

Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day)

10 – 80

200 – 300

Permeability (K)(m/day)

0.5 – 2.5

20 - 30

Depth of Water level

5m to 12.5m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

1224.6 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

896.45 MCM

Balance

348.16 MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Lathur

Uthiramerur

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Sittamur

Thirukalukundram

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Acharapakkam

St.Thomas Mount

Thiruporur

SAFE Less than 70%

Kancheepuram

Sriperumbudur

Kattankulathur

Kunrathur

Maduranthagam

Walajabad

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

Percolation Ponds

Recharge Trenchs

Ooranies

Defunct borewell recharge

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Habitations : 4074

Partially covered	156 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	3918 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Kancheepuram	193340	90
2	Chengalpattu	62582	70
3	Maduranthagam	29059	70
4	Tambaram	137933	55
5	Pallavaram	144623	28
6	Anakaputhur	31918	27
7	Pammal	49999	46
8	Maraimalai Nagar	48463	42
Town panchayats
1	Thiruneermalai	19228	35
2	Perungalathur	19594	36
3	Thirukalukundram	23715	44
4	Walajabad	10853	48
5	Kunrathur	25007	44
6	Chitlapakkam	25314	23
7	Uthiramerur	23656	55
8	Sriperumbudur	16156	15
9	Mamalapuram	12345	46
10	Karunguzhi	11372	59
11	Madambakkam	16996	48
12	Peerkankaranai	17511	53
13	Thiruporur	8299	25
14	Mangadu	19420	40
15	Shembakkam	21492	38
16	Nandivaram Guduvancheri	26575	34
17	Acharapakkam	9023	51
18	Edaikazhinadu	25793	59