TIRUVANNAMALAI

District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 2464875
Density : 398 per sq.km
Female : 1228986
Male: 1235889
Elderly : 258641
Literates: 1626813 (74.21%)
Urban Population: 494945 (20.08%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 970072
Marginal workers : 268105
Non workers : 1226698
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : 48130 ha
Ramsar sites: xxxxx
Area 6188 sq.km , No. of Blocks 18 , No. of Villages 860 , Corporation NIL , Municipalities 4 , Panchayat Unions: 18 ,Town Panchayats 10

TIRUVANNAMALAI

Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Major River Basin: Palar , Pennaiyar , and Varahanadhi

Palar River Basin - 64.57%
         
Pennaiyar River Basin
27.72%
Varahanadhi River Basin
7.71%
Major river: Thenpennaiyar, Cheyyar and Kamandala Naganadhi
Water Systems : 1 dam and 660 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 237071 ha

Cropping intensity - 160.1 %
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 598.48 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: 234.68 sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 215.51 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
Corporation area : xxxx sq.km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

TIRUVANNAMALAI

Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 32.9 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 22.8 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

TIRUVANNAMALAI

Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 1006.3 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)
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