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TIRUPPUR DISTRICT PROFILE

TIRUPPUR DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	North Western part of the State
	Lat.	N 10° 14' to 11° 20'
	Long.	E 77° 27' to 77° 56'
	Area	15216.16 sq. Kms
	No.of Taluks	4
	No. of Blocks	13
	No. of Villages	273
	No. of Habitations	3249

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Hilly with undulating plains
	Elevation in m (amsl)	Min:600 Max:2500
	Hills	Anamalai, Sirumuga malai ,Nilgiri hill(westernghats),Boluvampatti,Janakal and Vellingiri
	River	Noyil, Bhavani, Amaravathi, Aliyar and Palar
Average annual Rainfall		647 mm
Temperature in degree Celsius		Min:36°C – 41° C Max:14°C – 31° C
River Basin		Cauvery River Basin Parambikulam – Aliyar River Basin
Geology		Completely covered by hard rock represented by Charnockites, Gneisses.

Hydrogeology

Type of aquifer

Confined to semi confined to unconfined aquifers.

Aquifer parameter:

Yield:

50 – 300 lpm

Transmissivity (T)
m 2/day

1.49 – 164.18

Permeability (K)
m/day

0.25 – 26.75

Depth of Water level

7 m to 25m

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

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Avinashi

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Gudimangalam

Palladam

Udumalpet

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Pongalur

SAFE Less than 70%

Dharapuram

Kangayam

Kundadam

Madathukulam

Moolanur

Tiruppur

Uthukuli

Vellakovil

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams:

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3469

Partially covered	886 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	2583 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns (Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Corporation
1	Tiruppur	548773	100
Municipalities
1	Dharapuram	64984	60
2	Vellakoil	34438	70
3	Udumalapet	59668	69
4	Kangeyam	28258	70
5	Palladam	30016	61
Town Panchayats
1	Kannivadi	4412	60
2	Kolathupalayam	17438	55
3	Kunnathur	7032	65
4	Mulanur	13827	60
5	Muthur	11880	70
6	Ruthiravathi	6107	60
7	Uthukuli	8294	70
8	chinnakkampalayam	9694	65
9	Madathukulam	20352	60
10	Avinashi	22336	55
11	Kaniyour	5836	70
12	Komaralingam	11769	69
13	Somalapuram	14705	47
14	Sankararamanallur	9543	60
15	Dhali	6143	70
16	Thirumuruganpoondi	18557	70