Karur

District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 1064493
Density : 367 per sq.km
Female : 536309
Male: 528184
Elderly : 131788 (12.38%)
Literates: 7270440 (75.60%)
Urban Population: 434517 (40.82%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 508507
Marginal workers : 34791
Non workers : 521195
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : xxxxx ha
Ramsar sites: xxxxx
Area 2904 sq.km , No. of Blocks 8 , No. of Villages 163 , Corporation 1 , Municipalities 4 , Panchayat Unions: 8 ,Town Panchayats 19

Karur

Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Major River Basin: Cauvery River Basin

Major river: Amaravati, Kadavanar and Noyyal river
Water Systems : 11 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 74794 ha

Cropping intensity - 104.1 %
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 27.07 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: 1.73 sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 269.218 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
Karur Corporation area : 30.96 sq.km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

Karur

Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 32.2 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 22.4 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

Karur

Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 809.6 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)
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