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DISTRICT PROFILE

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MADURAI DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Southern part of the State
	Lat.	N 9° 32' to 10° 18'
	Long.	E 77° 28' to 78° 27'
	Area	3986 Sq.kms
	No.of Taluks	7
	No. of Blocks	13
	Villages	670
	No. of Villages	431
	No. of Habitations	2290

Physiographic	Type of Terrain Hills	Hilly in the west plain in the east
	Elevation	Max: 750 Min: 140
	Hills	Structural hills, Quartzite hills and Nagamalai Quartzite hills
	River	Vaigai, Gundar, Vaippar and Pambar.
	Tributaries	Palar, Thirumanimuthar, Arjunanadhi, Therkar, Gowndanadhi.
Average annual Rainfall		857.6 mm
Climate		Tropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max: 29.2 – 41.8 Min: 13 - 24
Rivers Basin		Vaigai, Guntar, Vaipar, Pambar
Geology		Most part of the district is hard rock represented by the Charnockites and mixed Gneisses

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Water table conditions

Aquifer parameters

Hard rock

Alluvial formation

Well yield (lpm):

45 – 135

315 – 1080

Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day)

15 – 60

210 – 1500

Permeability (K)(m/day)

0.98 – 2.45

19.57 – 48.93

Specific capacity inm 3/m/DD

0.6 – 6.53

0.554 - 7.6

Depth of Water level

5 m to 14m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

684.7 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

424.9 MCM

Balance

259.8 MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Chellampatti

Sedapatti

Usilampatti

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Alanganallur

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

T.Kallupatti

Thirumangalam

Thiruparankundram

SAFE Less than 70%

Kottampatti

Madurai East

Madurai West

Melur

Vadipatti

Kallikudi

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

347

Percolation Ponds

Others

Ooranies

Recharge Shafts

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 2327

Partially covered	98 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	2229 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Corporation
1	Madurai	1144964	103
Municipalities
1	Usilampatti	30601	68
2	Melur	33881	55
3	Thirumangalam	43631	66
Town Panchayats
1	Periyaiyur	9614	70
2	Paravai	16248	71
3	Sholavandan	21638	79
4	Alanganallur	11078	70
5	Vadipatti	21833	70
6	Palamedu	8183	71
7	T.Kallupatti	9416	70
8	A.Vellalapatti	7088	71
9	Elumalai	14130	71