2. AREA AND POPULATION (2001 CENSUS)

 Population 2001

1.

Area (Sq.km)

5205

2

Population (As per 2001 Census)

a.  Male Population

1563633

b.  Female Population

1452713

c.  Rural Population

1626162

d.  Urban Population

1390184

TOTAL

3016346

3.

Density (per. Sq. Km.)

573

4.

Literates (Population 2001)

1734442

5.

Main Workers (Population 2001)

1279846

a. Total Workers

1454645

b. Male Workers

942939

c. Female Workers

511706

d. Rural Workers

883025

e. Urban workers

571620

f. Cultivators

g. Agricultural Labourers

h. Household Industry Workers

i. Other workers

j. Marginal Workers

174799

6.

Non – Workers

1561701

(It Includes Aged persons, Housewives, Children and person engaged in personnel services etc.)

7.

Language Spoken in the District

Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

3. VITAL STATISTICS 2005

Nos.

1.

Birth

2.

Death

3.

Infant Details

4.

Birth Rate (per 1000 population)

a.  Rural (42015)

19.0

b.  Urban (15138)

17.4

c.  Combined (57153)

18.6

5.

Death Rate (per 1000 Population)

a.  Rural (9935)

4.5

b.  Urban (1683)

1.9

c.  Combined (11618)

3.8

6.

Infant Mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

a.  Rural (41230)

N. A.

b.  Urban (15004) 

N. A.

c.  Combined (56234)

N. A.

7.

Expectation of life at birth

a.  Male

N. A.

b.  Female

N. A.

4. TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREE CELSIUS)

1

Plains

a.   Maximum

37.9

b.   Minimum

18.9

2

Hill Station

a.   Maximum

NIL

b.   Minimum

NIL

6. AGRICULTURE

Year 2005-2006

1.

Total Cultivated area (Hect)

250573

2.

Net Area sown

217446

3.

Area Sown more than once (Hect)

33127

a.  Rice

b.  Millets and Other Cereals

c.  Pulses

d.  Sugarcane (Gur)

e.  Groundnut

f.  Gingelly

g.  Cotton (Bales)

a.  Holdings

3050234

b.  Area (Hect0

271080

c.  Average size of holdings (Hect)

0.89

6.

a. Important Food Crops

Paddy, Cholam, Cumbu, Ragi Redgram, Greengram, Blackgram, Horsegram, Turmeric, Sugarcane, Mango, Bannana, Tapiaco, Groundnut & Gingelly

b.  Important Non-food Crops

Cotton, Castor Seed, Coffee and Fodder Crops

7. IRRIGATION

Year 2005-2006

1.

Net Area irrigated by (Hect)

          a.  Government Canals

          b.  Private Canals

          c.  Tanks

          d.  Tube wells

          e.  Other wells 

          f.   Other sources

         TOTAL NET AREA IRRIGATED

2.

Gross Area irrigated (Hect)

119680

3.

Name of Rivers

Cauveri, Sarabanga Nathi, Vasista Nathi and Suvetha Nathi 

4.

Name of Lakes

Govindavadi Eri, Ayyanar Koil Eri, Mookaneri Eri, Attur Pudu Eri, Umayalpuram Eri, Thedavoor Eri, Aragaloor Eri, Sendarapatty Eri, Naduvalur Eri, Sarvoy Periya Eri and Vadaman Eri.

8. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Year 2005-2006

1.

Vetrinary Instituations

a. Veterinary Hospitals

6

b. Veterinary Dispensaries

58

c.  Clinical Centres

1

2.

Poultry Development

a.  Chicks produced in hatcheries (lakh Nos.)

NIL

b.  Birds Sold for breeding (Lakh Nos.)

6.18

c.  Birds sold for food (Lakh No.)

8.15

           Livestock and Poultry population

           a.  Cattle 

593847

           b.  Buffaloes

176521

           c.  Sheep

371026

           d.  Goat

497814

           e.  Poultry

2678324

9. DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Year 2005-2006

1.

Dairies

1

2.

Milk Chilling Plants

3

3.

No of Milk Co-op Societies

    a.       Registered

1092

    b.       Functioning

1010

4.

Milk Production (Lakh Liters)

    a.       Flush Season

780.64

    b.       Lean Season

577.36

10. FISHERIES

Year 2005-2006

1.

Length of Coastal Line (KM)

NIL

2.

No. of Coastal Blocks

NIL

3.

No of Coastal Centres

NIL

4.

Marine Fish Production (Tonne)

NIL

5.

Inland Fish Production (Tonne)

255.029

11. FOREST

Year 2005-2006

1.

Forest Area (Hect)

125682

     a.  Reserved Forests

110097

     b.  Unclassed Forests

1383

     c.  Reserved Lands  

14202

2.

Out-Turn of Forest Products

      a. Timbers (Cu.m)

NIL

      b.  Fuel wood (MT) 

NIL

      c.  Pulpwood (MT)

NIL

      d.  Sandalwood (MT)  

190

      e.  Rubber (MT)

NIL

      f.   Bamboo (Nos)

NIL

      g.  Tea Green leaves (Tonne)

NIL

      h.  Wattle bark (MT)

NIL

      i.   Cashew (Tonne)

NIL

12. ELECTRICITY

Year 2005-2006

1.

GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY ( in M.U)

  a. Hydro

729.83

  b. Wind Mill Generation

NIL

  c. Thermal

  d. Power Purchased

  e. Gas trubine

NIL

2.

CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRITY

(In. M. U.)

(In %)

   a.  Agriculture

409.05

34.09

   b.  Industry

310.65

25.85

   c.  Commercial

114.92

9.58

   d.  Domestic

340.23

29.64

   e.  Public Lighting & Water works

25.17

2.10

   f.   Sales to Licenses

--

--

   g.  Sales to Other States

--

--

   h.  Miscellaneous

--

--

3.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

Nos.

Area Irrigated

  a.  Number of Pumpsets Energised

111345

119680 Hec.

Nos.

Total Villages

  b.  Electrified

654

654

Nos.

Total hamlets

  c.  Electrified

2610

2610

14.  INDUSTRIES 

1.

No of Working Factories (Registered)

1319

2.

No of Mandays Worked (Lakh)

116.6

3.

No of Trade Unions

a.  During 2005-2006

32

b.  Upto March 2006

1268

4.

No of Strikes

2

5.

No of Lockouts

1

6.

Large Scale Industries      }

7.

Medium Scale Industries  }

48

8.

Small Scale Industries

a.  During 2005-2006

1186

b.  Upto March 2006

31375

9.

Cottage Industries

a.  During 2005-2006

240

b.  Upto March 2005

5586

Others

a.  During 2005-2006

180

b.  Upto March 2006

5484

11

Name of the Important Industries

a.  Salem Steel Plant, Salem –13

b.  Salem Diary, (Aavin) Salem – 636 302

c.  Hutson Diary (P) Ltd., Karumapuram

d.  L.S.P. Oil Mills

e.  B.S.P. Refinaries

f.  Jawahar Mills, Salem –5

g.  Narasus Roller Flour Mills, Salem, -3

h.  Burn & Company, Salem –5

i.  Salem District Co-op Spinning Mill, Salem –3

j.  Dalmia Magensite, Karuppur

k . Tamilnadu Magnesites, Salem –5

l.  Tata Refractoreis, Karuppur, Salem –12

m.  Sambandam Spinning Mill

n.  Thambi Modern Spinning Mill, Jahir Ammapalayam, Salem –2

o.  South India Steels, Salem -2

p.  Sonal Vypar Ltd. Salem –2

q.  Champlast, Mettur Dam

r.   MALCO, Mettur Dam

s.  SISCOL, Mecheri Dam

t.  India Cements, Sankari

11

Name of the Industrial Park

Nil

15.  KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

Year 2005-2006

1.

KHADI

Production

(Rs. in Lakhs)

SALES

(Rs. in Lakhs)

a. Cotton

19.05

32.41

b. Wollen

---

14.24

c. Silk

---

49.62

d. Polyester

0.82

12.63

2

VILLAGE INDUSTRIES

TOTAL ( 1 + 2)

51.84

16.  MEDICAL AND HEALTH

  a. No of Hospitals

11

  b. Dispensaries

2

  c.  Primary Health Centres

70

  f.  Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries

1501

  g.  Total Number of Doctors  

335

  h.  Total Number of Nurses

8510

2.

Indian Medicine

  a.  No of Hospitals

11

  b.  Dispensaries

2

  c.   Primary Health Centres

16

  d.  Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries

16

  e.  Total Number of Doctors  

27

  f.  Total Number of Nurses

NIL

3.

Homeopathy

  a.  No of Hospitals

2

  b.  Dispensaries

NIL

  c.  Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries

NIL

  d.  Total Number of Doctors  

2

  e.  Total Number of Nurses

NIL

17.  EDUCATION

Year 2005-2006

1

Universities

1

2

Arts and Science Colleges

14

3.

Colleges for Professional Education

a. Medicine

     i.   Allopathy 

2

     ii.  Indian Medicine

-

     iii. Homeopathy

1

b. Engineering Colleges

3

c.  Agriculture Colleges

-

d.  Veterinary Colleges

-

e.  Law College

1

4

College for Special Education (Nursing)

1

5

Pre-Primary Schools

227

6

Primary Schools

1223

7

Middle Schools

279

8

High Schools

112

9

Higher Secondary Schools

132

10

Teacher Training Institute

4

11

Number of Fresh Entries

Male

18.  TRANSPORT

1

ROAD LENGTH (KM)

a.  National  Highways

169.200

b.  State Highways & Rural Roads

2422.658

c.  Corporation & Municipalities Road

994.971

d.  Panchayat Union & Panchayat Road

5597.002

e.  Town Panchayat  Township Road

2558.642

f.  Others (Forest Roads)

201.167

2

Registered Motor Vehicles

a.  Commercial

33683

b.  Non- Commercial

1066119

3

Railway Length

a. Route Length

     i.    Broad Gauge

351.70

     ii. . Meter Gauge

122.10

b. Track Length

     1. Broad Gauge

418.01

     2. Meter Gauge

163.00

c. Number of Railway Stations

29

4

Number of Sea Ports

NIL

5

Number of Airports

1

6

Name of the Airport

Kamalapuram

7

Name of the Sea Port

NIL

8

Name of the Export Commodity

Textiles, Yarn, Granites, Readymade Garments, Coir Products and Salem Stainless Steel

9

Name of the Import Commodity

Pulses, Grams, Edible Oil

19.  COMMUNICATION

1

Post & Telegraph

a. Post Offices Doing Postal Business Alone

533

b. Post Offices Doing Post & Telegraph Business

72

2.

Telephones

a.  No of Telephones in 

239022

b.  No of Public Call Offices

19946

c.  No of Telephone Exchanges

229

20.  CO-OPERATION

1

Primary Land Development Banks

6

2

Co-Operative APEX Banks (TNSC)

NIL

3

District Central Co-operative Banks/ Branches

1 + (35 Branches)

4

Urban Banks

8

5

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

211

6

Housing Co-operative Societies

46

7

Employees Co-operative Societies

104

8

Lift Irrigation Societies

1

9

Weavers Co-operative Societies

84

10

Industrial Co-operative Societies

20

11

Khadi & Village Industries Societies

34

12

Primary Co-operative Societies

18

13

Co-Operative Sugar Mills

Nil

14

Co-operative Marketing Societies

3

15

Others Co –operative Societies

153

21.  REGISTRATION

1

No of  Registration Offices

22

2

Aggregated Value of Property Transferred (Rs. in Crores)

1463.59

3

Total Receipts (Rs. in Crores)

65.70

22.  HOUSING

1

No of Tenements Constructed by Tamil Nadu Housing Board

NIL

2

Group Houses for Adi-Dravidas

NIL

3

Number of Tenements constructed by Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board

NIL

4

Number of Tenements constructed by Police Housing Board

NIL

5

Deputy Registrar Housing – Rural

NIL

6

Deputy Registrar Housing – Urban

NIL

7

Samthuvapuram 

23.  SOCIAL WELFARE (IN NUMBERS)

1

Old age pensioners

75142

2

Dr. M.R.A.N. Mahapperu Udhavi Thittam

--

3

Marriage Assistance

a.  M.R.A.M. Thirumalai Udhavi Thittam

--

b.  Marriage Assistance for Daughters of poor Widows

148

c.  Dr. D.A. Thittam (Widow – re marriage)

12

d.  Marriage Assistance to Orphan Girls

--

e.  A.A.N. Kalappu Thirumana Nidhi Udhavi Thittam

78

4

Aid for Handicapped

15

5

Aid for Others

--

6

Women Welfare Co-operative Societies

2

7

Training Centres

5

8

Mahalir Mandram

570

9

Women Development Centres

14

10

Beneficiaries

N.A.

24.  NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Name of Programme

No. of Centres

No. of Beneficiaries

1. P.T.M.G.R.

1577

347680

2. I.C.D.S.

2186

81448

25.  REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

1

Revenue Divisions

4

2

Revenue Taluks

9

3

Revenue Firkas

42

4

Revenue Villages

654

26.  LOCAL BODIES

1

Corporations

1

2

Municipalities

3

Third Grade Municipality

4

Panchayat Unions

20

5

Town Panchayats

33

6

Village Panchayat

384

  27.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

1

No. of Development Divisions

1

2

No. of Blocks Covered

20

3

Population Covered (Lakhs)

29.93

4

Area Covered (Sq. Km)

5205.30

28.  POLICE AND PRISONS 

Salem City

Salem Moffusil

1

Police

a. Police Force

    1. Local

1436

1064

    2. Armed Reserve

343

374

b. Police Stations

16

38

c. Police Outposts

NIL

NIL

2

Prisons

a. Central Prisons

1

b. Other Prisons

Sub Jail

12

Spl. Jail

1

5^th Gardan

1

29. LEGISLATURE

1

Members of the Legislative Assembly

a. Elected

11

b. Nominated

NIL

2

Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

1

3

Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

NIL

30. CINEMA THEATRES

1

Permanent

89

Some Cinema Theatre Buildings have been converted with other  purposes like Godowns, Market Complex, Kalyana Mandapam etc.

a. Air-conditioned

12

b. Non  Air- conditioned

77

c. Air – cooled

-

2

Open Air Theatres

-

3

Semi Permanent

4

4

Touring

6

31. BANKING AND INSURANCE 

1

a. Bank Offices

207

b. Primary Co-operative Banks

211

2

Life Insurance

a. Offices

8

b. Policies Issued

216277

c. Sum Assured (Rs. in Crores)

157.95

32. NATURAL RESOURCES

1

Name of the Minerals found in the District

Magnesite, Bauxite, Quartz, Felspar, Limestone, Soapstone, Dunite, Roughstone, Granites.

33. GENERAL

1

Name of the Important Pilgrims Centres in the District

Sri Sugavaneshwara Temple, Salem –1

Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Salem –7

Sri Kumaragiri Temple, Salem –3

Sri Kandhashram Temple, Udayapatty

Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Taramangalam

Sri Siddeshwara Temple, Sithar Koil

Sri Thandontrieswara Temple, Belur

Jamma Mazid, Salem

Infant Jesus Church, Salem

2.

Name of the Important  Tourist Centre in the District

Yercaud (Jewel of the South)

Mettur Dam

Aragalur (Budda Statue)

Sankarai (Old Famous Fort)

Taramangalam Sri Kailashanather Temple

Poiman Karadu, Salem