THOOTHUKUDI

District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 1750176
Density : 369 per sq.km
Female : 885155
Male: 865021
Elderly : 198760
Literates: 1349697(86.20%)
Urban Population: 876802(50.10%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 657447
Marginal workers : 90648
Non workers : 1002081
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : 37810 ha
Ramsar sites: Punnakayal, Mel Pudukudi Sunai, Tirupani chettikulam, Vembar
Area xxxx sq.km , No. of Blocks 12 , No. of Villages 403 , Corporation 1 , Municipalities 2 , Panchayat Unions: 12 , Town Panchayats 19

THOOTHUKUDI

Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Major River Basin: Gundar (5.56%), Kallar (31.74%), Nambiyar (10.42%), Tamiraparani (29.13%), and Vaippar (23.04%)

Gundar River Basin - 5.56%
         
Kallar River Basin
31.74%
Nambiyar River Basin
10.42%
Tamiraparani River Basin
29.13%
Vaippar River Basin
23.04%
Major river: Vaippar, Tamiraparani and Karamaniyar
Water Systems : 212 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 218487 ha

Cropping intensity - 102.3 %
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 24.05 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: 0.01 sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 245.46 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
Thoothukudi Corporation area : 13.47 sq.km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

THOOTHUKUDI

Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 32.0 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 23.2 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

THOOTHUKUDI

Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 854.5 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)

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