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Sivagangai District Profile

SIVAGANGAI DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Coastal District of the State
	Lat.	N 9° 32' to 10° 18'
	Long.	E 78° 08 ' to 79° 01'
	Area	4086 Sq. kms
	No.of Taluks	6
	No. of Blocks	12
	No. of Villages	445
	No. of Habitations	2890

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Undulating topography with residual hills
	Elevation in m amsl	Max:170 Min:20
	River	Pambar, Manimuthar,Kottakaraiyar, Vaigai
	Tributaries	Pambar, Kottakkaraiyar, Thenar, Manimuthar, saruganiyar, Uppar
Average annual Rainfall		875 mm
Climate		Tropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max:29 to 38 Min: 15 to 25
Rivers Basin		Vaigai, Guntar, Vaipar, Pambar
Geology		Sedimentary and hard rock formations

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Unconfined in hard rocks semi confined to confined to sedimentaries

Aquifer parameters

Hard rock formation

Sedimentary

Well yield (lpm):

50 - 150

400 - 2200

Transmissivity (T)(m 2/day)

20 - 70

300 - 2500

Permeability (K)(m/day)

1.02 – 2.54

20.45 – 64.45

Depth of Water level

3 m to 10m

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

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

813.6 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

127.7 MCM

Balance

685.9 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%

S.Pudur

SAFE Less than 70%

Devakottai

Illayangudi

Kallal

Kannankudi

Manamadurai

Sakkottai

Singampunari

Thiruppathur

Thiruppuvanam

Kaliyarkoil

Sivagangai

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams

Ooranies

Recharge Trench

Others

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3026

Partially covered	215 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	2811 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns ( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Karaikudi	86596	90
2	Devakottai	40497	70
3	Sivagangai	40497	90
Town Panchayats
1	Thiruppuvanam	21589	70
2	Nattarasankottai	6586	70
3	Puduvayal	9255	70
4	Kandadukathan	4796	70
5	Elayankudi	19116	70
6	Kottaiyur	10633	70
7	Kandanur	6455	70
8	Singampunari	16858	70
9	Palathur	7982	70
10	Manamadhurai	26253	70
11	Thirupathur	23559	70
12	Nerkuppai	5689	70