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Nagapattinam District Profile

NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Coastal district of the State
	Lat.	N 10° 35' to 11o 25 '
	Long.	E 79° 35' to 79° 50'
	Area	2716 Sq.km
	No.of Taluks	7
	No. of Blocks	11
	No. of Villages	434
	No. of Habitations	2870

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Plain topography with gentle gradient towards the coast
	River	Kollidam
Average annual Rainfall		1372 mm
Geology		Recent formations with alluvium

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Fairly thick discontinious confined acquifer fresh groundwater overlained by saline water towards the coast

Depth of Water level

1 m to 8m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

181.7 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

231.8 MCM

Balance

(-50.1 ) MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Kollidam

Kuttalam

Sembanarkoil

Sirkazhi

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Nil

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Myladuthurai

SAFE Less than 70%

Nil

SALINE

Keelaiyur

Kilvelur

Nagapattinam

Thalainayar

Thirumarugal

Vedaranyam

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

RECHARGE Trench

124

RECHARGE Pit

Ooranies

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 2892

Partially covered	827 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	2065 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns ( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Sirkazhi	32228	65
2	Nagapattinam	93148	90
3	Myiladuthurai	84505	90
4	Vedaranyam	31627	65
Town Panchayats
1	Vaitheeswarankoil	7511	71
2	Kuthalam	13444	69
3	Thittacheri	8490	62
4	Tharangambadi	20843	45
5	Manalmedu	9275	69
6	Velankanni	10151	70
7	Kelvellore	7425	65
8	Thalanayar	11635	70