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THENI DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Inland Western part of the State
	Lat.	N 9° 30' to 10° 14'
	Long.	E 77° 12' to 77° 43'
	Area	2579 Sq.kms
	No.of Taluks	5
	No. of Blocks	8
	No. of Villages	130
	No. of Habitations	767

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Undulating topography with residual hill
	Elevation	Max: 1525 m Min: 180 m
	Hills	Cardamom hills of Western Ghats , Andipatti hills and other hills.
	River	Vaigai
	Tributaries	Suruliyaru, Manjalar. Theniar, Thalaivaigai and Varaganadhi.
Average annual Rainfall		774 mm
Climate		Tropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max: 29.2 – 41.8 Min: 13 – 24
River Basin		Vaigai
Geology		Gneisses Charnockites with associated basic and ultra basic intrussives

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

GroundWater restricted to westhered mantle fracture zones having secondary porosity

Aquifer parameter:

Well yield in lpm:

45 – 135

Transmissivity (T) m 2/day

15 – 60

Permeability (K) m/day

0.98 – 2.45

Depth of Water level

5 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

440.2MCM

Net Ground Water draft

459.2 MCM

Balance

(-18.9 MCM )

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Andipatti

Chinnamanur

Myladumparai

Periyakulam

Uthamapalayam

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Bodinaikkanur

Cumbum

Theni

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Nil

SAFE Less than 70%

Nil

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams:

324

Percolation Ponds:

Ooranies:

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 769

Partially covered	43 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	726 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Bodinaickenaur	73410	95
2	Periyakulam	42012	105
3	Theni Alli Nagaram	85498	86
4	Kambam	58891	69
5	Chinnamanur	38360	90
6	Gudalur	35531	79
Town panchayats
1	Pannaipuram	8347	77
2	Pudupatti	10015	70
3	Boothipuram	9626	72
4	Veerapandi	14294	79
5	Margaiyankottai	5829	72
6	Uthamapalayam	22104	72
7	Andipatti	23002	70
8	Kombai	12842	70
9	Kamayagoundarpatti	12211	78
10	Thevaram	14637	73
11	Anumanthapatti	9424	70
12	Devadhanapatti	13951	70
13	Vadugapatti	12377	70
14	Palanichettipatti	11750	65
15	Thamaraikulam	10391	73
16	Kuchanur	6055	72
17	Odaipatti	13183	70
18	Highways	7016	68
19	Melachockanathapuram	11669	74
20	Ganguvarpatti	10592	74
21	Thenkarai	11597	71
22	P.Meenakshipuram	7227	83