Perambalur

District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 565223
Density : 1756 per sq.km
Female : 283066
Male: 282157
Elderly : 61992
Literates: 375823(74.30%)
Urban Population: 97163(17.19%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 255097
Marginal workers : 44629
Non workers : 265497
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : 8070 ha
Ramsar sites: xxxxx
Area 1756 sq.km , No. of Blocks 4 , No. of Villages 159 , Corporation NIL , Municipalities 1 , Panchayat Unions: 4 ,Town Panchayats 5

Perambalur

Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Cauvery (35.14%) and Vellar (64.86%)

Cauvery River Basin - 35.14%
         
Vellar River Basin
64.86%
Major river: River Chinnar of Vellar basin
Water Systems : 85 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 102601 ha

Cropping intensity - 106.8 %
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 65.68 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: 9.61 sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 72.86 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

Perambalur

Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 32.9 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 23.1 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

Perambalur

Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 947.9 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)
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