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District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 3936311
Density : 648 per sq.km
Female : 1974643
Male: 1961688
Elderly : 376541
Literates: 2773928(19.17%)
Urban Population: 1701987(43.24%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 1360185
Marginal workers : 329145
Non workers : 2247001
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : 32640 ha
Ramsar sites: Palar River Mouth
Area 5920.18 sq.km , No. of Blocks 20 , No. of Villages 743 , Corporation 1 , Municipalities 11 , Panchayat Unions: 20 ,Town Panchayats 16

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Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Major River Basin: Palar River Basin

         
Major river: River Cheyyar
Water Systems : 1 dams and 484 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 48940 ha

Cropping intensity - 126%
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 499.21 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: 78.63 sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 142.15 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
Nagercoil Corporation area : 87.95 sq.km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

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Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 32.5 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 22.1 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

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Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 939.3 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)
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