VILLUPURAM

District Profile

Demographic - Census 2011

Total Population: 3458793
Density : 561 per sq.km
Female : 1718054
Male: 1740819
Elderly : 331816
Literates: 2195776(71.88%)
Urban Population: 519088(15%)

Livelihood - Census 2011

Total Main Workers: 1260802
Marginal workers : 442447
Non workers : 1755642
Eco-sensitive aspects: TN wetland Mission
Total wetland area : 64105 ha
Ramsar sites: Ongur Salt Marsh, Kaluveli Birds Sanctuary, Osudu Lake Birds Sanctuary
Area 3,692 sq.km , No. of Blocks 22 , No. of Villages 688 , Corporation NIL , Municipalities 2 , Panchayat Unions: 13 ,Town Panchayats 8

VILLUPURAM

Land Use / Land Cover

Water Resources
Major River Basin: Palar, Pennaiyar and Varahanadhi

Palar River Basin - 0.01%
         
Pennaiyar River Basin
16.25%
Varahanadhi River Basin
83.36%
Major river: Tondiar, Thenpennaiyar and Vellar
Water Systems : 1 dam and 759 tanks
(IWS & PWD, 2017)
Agriculture
Net area sown: 194264 ha

Cropping intensity - 160.1 %
         
(Agriculture statistics, 2021)
Forests
Moderately Dense Forest: 60.54 sq.km
Very Dense Forest: xxxx sq.km
(FSI 2021)

         
Coastal
Length of the coast: xxxx km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

         
Sustainable Habitat:
Built up area : 192.2 sq.km (NRSC, 2015)
Corporation area : xxxx sq.km
(District Statistical Handbook, 2021-2022)

VILLUPURAM

Temperature Profile

Observed Temperature Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Maximum Temperature : 33.0 oC
Annual average Minimum Temperature : 23.1 oC
Temperature Projections with reference to baseline:
(1985-2014)

VILLUPURAM

Rainfall Profile

Observed Rainfall Trend (1951-2020)

Annual average Rainfall : 1013.4 mm
Rainfall Projections with reference to baseline (1985-2014)
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