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VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT PROFILE

VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT PROFILE

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SALIENT DETAILS
Profile	Location	Southern district of the State
	Lat.	N 9° 12' 00” to 9° 47' 30”
	Long.	E 77° 20' 30” to 78° 26' 00”
	Area	4288 Sq.kms
	No.of Taluks	8
	No. of Blocks	11
	No. of Villages	450
	No. of Habitations	1891

Physiographic	Type of Terrain	Western ghats along the west and plain topography towards the East
	Elevation in m amsl	25.8 to 1694 m
	Hills	Varushanad hills
	River	Vaippar, Gundar, Arjuna,
	Tributaries	Deviar, Nichibanadhi, Kovilur, Periyar
Average Annual Rainfall		814 mm
Climate		Subtropical
Temperature in degree Celsius		Max: 33.9 Min: 23.7
River Basin		Gundar, Vaippar.
Geology		Mostly underlained by hard rocks. Charnockite, Pink granite, Gneiss, Laterite and Sandstone.

Hydrogeology	Type of aquifer	Unconfined to Semi confined conditions
	Aquifer parameter:	Hard rock River	River Alluvium
	Well yield in lpm:	40 – 110	200 - 400
	Transmissivity (T) m 2/day	0.224 – 0.6	14.91 – 671.14
	Permeability (K) m/day	0.049 – 0.147	19.57 – 83.17/td>/tr>
Depth of Water level		7 m to 18m

GROUND WATER POTENTIAL AS ON MARCH 2004 (AS PER CGWB & PWD)

( Based on Ground Water Estimation Committee report)

Utilisable ground water recharge

469.8 MCM

Net Ground Water draft

311.7 MCM

Balance

158.1 MCM

OVER EXPLOITED Greater than 100%

Rajapalayam

CRITICAL Between 90 and 100%

Watrap

SEMI CRITICAL 70 and 90%

Sivakasi

Srivilliputhur

SAFE Less than 70%

Aruppukkottai

Narikudi

Sattur

Trichuli

Virudhunagar

Kariappatti

Vembakottai

SALINE

Nil

RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Check Dams:

270

Percolation ponds:

Ooranies:

Water supply status as on 1.4.2011

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 1891

Partially covered	65 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	1826 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns( Water Supply status - December 2011)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Municipalities
1	Sivakasi	72168	70
2	Rajapalayam	122307	65
3	Sathur	31443	76
4	Srivilliputhur	73183	89
5	Virudhunagar	72081	65
6	Aruppukkottai	84029	73
7	Thiruthangal	49190	58
Town Panchayats
1	Chettiyarpatti	12993	52
2	Mallankinaru	11823	65
3	Vathiraruppu	16007	48
4	Sundarapandiyam	8549	62
5	Kariyapatti	13981	51
6	V.Pudupatti	7855	57
7	Seithur	18012	60
8	S.Kodikulam	11988	54
9	Mamsapuram	17927	45