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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