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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Coastal District
	Lat.	N 9° 51' to 10° 44'40”
	Long.	E 78° 25'30” to 79° 16'15”
	Area	4651 Sq. kms
	No.of Taluks	9
	No.of Blocks	13
	Villages	765
	No.of Villages	498
	No.of Habitations	4440

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Peneplain with hills in the Northern and Southern parts
	Elevation in m amsl
	Hills	Thirumayam hill, Kudimiyanmalai, Sithannavasal, Viralimalai and Narthamalai
	River	Vellar,Agniyar,Koraiyar,Gundar,Pambar, Koluvanar
	Tributaries
Average annual Rainfall		925 mm
Climate		Tropica
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max:28.4 to 44.1 Min: 12.4 to 22
River Basin		Cauvery, Agniyar, Vellar, Pambar
Geology		Hard rock in the west and sedimentary formations in the east.

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Water Table conditions in hard rock Water table to confined conditions in the sedimentaries

Aquifer parameters

Hard Rock

Cretaceous

Tertiary

Well yield in lpm

1–2

3–4

5–10

Transmissivity (T)m 2/day

5–25

9–47

89-157

Permeability (K)m/day:

3–16

0.5–2.8

1.5–3.0

Depth of Water level

1.3 m to 12m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

860.1 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

860.1 MCM

Balance

860.1 MCM

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

OVER EXPLOITED (Greater than 100%)

Nil

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Nil

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Thiruvarankulam

SAFE Less than 70%

Annavasal

Aranthangi

Arimalam

Avudaiarkoil

Gandharvakottai

Karambakudi

Kunnandarkoil

Manamelkudi

Ponnamaravathi

Pudukkottai

Thirumayam

Viralimalai

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

Percolaction Pond:

Recharge Pits:

Recharge Trench:

168

Ooranies:

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 4440

Partially covered	73 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	4367 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Aranthangi	34134	85
2	Pudukkottai	114371	60
Town Panchayats
1	Karambakudi	12056	72
2	Eluppur	12666	73
3	Ponnamaravathi	11776	79
4	Keeranur	10509	59
5	Alangudi	10761	80
6	Keeramangalam	7756	112
7	Annavasal	7657	68
8	Arimalam	7819	70