District Forest Office
Thanjavur Forest Division
Thanjavur
Phone  :  Office :  240208  Residence :  24636

Address :  No. 9/13, Anna Nagar, 2nd Street
               Medical College Road
               Thanjavur - 613 004

          The headquarters of Thanjavur Forest Division is located at Thanjavur and consists of three territorial Ranges with Headquarters at Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Pattukottai and Central Timber Depot Range at Saliamangalam.  The Forest division comprises natural Forests in scattered patches, some of which are of special ecological value of these form the compact plantations raised on the banks of rivers and canals etc over the entire district.

          The Cauvery delta of Thanjavur has rich potential as a major timber producing area and in future the entire requirement of teak for the state can be asset from Thanjavur only.

Brief History of the Office
Thanjavur Forest division was constituted during 1956 as per G.O.No.1584 Food and Agriculture dt. 20.6.1956, with the main object of raising teak plantations along the rivers and canals of the cauvery river system. Its Jurisdiction extends over three revenue districts viz. Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam.

 Banks of rivers and canals of Cauvery, Vennal and Grand Anaicul running to thousands of Hectares is one of the biggest delta in Asia, offered the best land for raising teak plantations in Thanjavur Division. Originally the river and canal banks did not have well grown trees species and they were lying barren without vegetation. Teak was not at all found in the river and canal banks originally. On an experimental basis, teak was introduced in 1956 and it was found to establish and grow well.

So far teak plantations were raised in more than 20,000 Ha with the objectives of :
to meet the growing timber needs of the community
to undertake planting along the river and canals banks
to harvest matured teak and other trees as they are silviculturally matured.
to protect the river and canal banks from encroachment through planting.
to involve the communities in protection of river and canal bank plantations through reduction of biotic pressure.

An 80 year old teak tree raised at Koraiyar Head, near Needamangalam, by an Engineer of the PWD was spotted by the late V.S.Krishnaswamy, I.F.S., then CCF may back in 1950. The tree measured nearly 270 cm in girth. The girth of this tree and many other such trees raised in the same area indicated that they were better in quality than even the first quality teak trees in malabar and proved that teak is successfully grown in the plains of Thanjavur which received an annual rainfall of 700 to 1100 mm.

The Reserve Forests and Reserve Land in Thanjavur Forest division is as follows.

Activities and achievement of office
The main activities of this office is to raise teak canal plantations along river and canal banks of Thanjavur Tiruvarur and Nagappattinam Districts.

 Since 1956, in about 20,000 Ha. area, 7.28 Lakh teak trees were raised and protected well as follow.

Untill 2001-2002, only wind fallen and dead trees were removed from the plantations.

    It was proposed to harvest 60,000 teak trees in 5 years from 2002-03 onwards @ 10,000 to 12,500 trees per year. Total revenue expected is Rs.50 crores in 5 years. Accordingly as per Govt. Lr.No.7393/FR IV / 2001 –11 E & F Dept. dt.26.4.2002, harvesting of teak trees matured over 30 years have been commenced during this year.

During 2002-03 planting and maintenance work were carried out and achieved as follows.

Remarkable achivement made :
            About 1,50,000 teak trees were uprotted by cyclones occurred during 1977 and 1993, he sale of which fetched a revenue of Rs.16.0 crores to the government.

Beneficiaries scheme / welfare activities progress achievements make

 The line Department activities during 2002-03 in Chennampatti TAP village is as follows :

     Apart from the above, the work of digging another borewell and erection of Motor at a cost of Rs.6.00 lakhs under member of Parliament Dev.fund is also under progress.

 Administrative setup

Details of Reserve Forests and Reserve Land in Thanjavur District as on 31.3.2000.
The Reserve Forest area, Reserve Forest lands and un-reserved lands in Thanjavur District are furnished below:
          (i)   Reserved Forest areas                3718.13 Ha
          (ii)  Reserved Forest lands                   71.60 Ha
          (iii)  Un-reserved lands                        42.50 Ha
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                     Total                                    3832.23Ha
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The Forest division consists of mainly canal bank plantations of teak, and sissoo in addition to the natural forest of dry evergreen forest and mangrove Forest over small area in Pattukottai Taluk of Thanjavur District.

 The Type and area under Forest from 1.4.90 to 31.3.2000
  1. Teak & Sissoo 8995 Ha
  2. Fuelwood 240   Ha
  3. Softwood 518   Ha

  HILL  
          There is no hill or hillock existing in the district of Thanjavur