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Karur District Profile

KARUR DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Inland district of the State
	Lat.	N 10° 37' to 11° 12
	Long.	E 77° 46' to 78° 15'
	Area	3214 Sq.Kms
	No.of Taluks	4
	No. of Blocks	8
	Villages	203
	No. of Villages	158
	No. of Habitations	2257

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Plain topography with residual hills
	Elevation in m amsl	Max: 945 Min: 91.5
	Hills	Iyyarmalai, Thanthonimalai and Velayuthampalayam hills
	River	Cauvery
	Tributaries	Amaravathi, Kodavanar, Noyyal, Pungar, Nanganji
Average annual Rainfall		673 mm
Climate		Subtropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max: 26.7 to 38.6 Min: 18.7 to 29.3
River Basin		Cauvery river basin (Kulithalai Minor basin, Amaravathi Minor Basin , Tiruchi Minor basin.)
Geology		Hard rock mostly Charnockites and mixed Gneiss and Anorthosites

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Water Table to Semi confined conditions

Aquifer parameters

Hard rock

Alluvial formation

Well yield in lps

1.66 – 2.5

8.3 – 16.66

Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day)

28 – 75

45 - 205

Permeability (K)(m/day)

5 – 9

2-4.5

Specific Yield in %

0.7 – 2.3

6.8

Depth of Water level

3 m to 15m

SALIENT DETAILS

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

321.5 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

212.6 MCM

Balance

101.8 MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Kadavur

Thanthoni

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Nil

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Aravakurichi

Krishnarayapuram

SAFE Less than 70%

K.Paramathy

Karur

Kulithalai

Thogamalai

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

346

Ooranies

Defunct borewell recharge

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 2257

Partially covered	475 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	1782 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Karur	168448	95
2	Kulithalai	26161	97
Town panchayats
1	TNPL Pugalur	5865	90
2	Krishnarayapuram	10533	72
3	Punjaipugalur	20309	60
4	Pallapatti	19039	62
5	Punjaithottakurichi	9649	82
6	Uppidamangalam	10151	72
7	P.J.Cholapuram	6552	70
8	Puliyur	11491	82
9	Nangavaram	16408	68
10	Maruthur	10214	60
11	Aravakkurichi	11519	60