Geographical Position

North Lattitude

9.50' and 11.25'

East Longitude

78.45' and 79.25'

Area and Population ( 2001 Census )

i) Area ( Sq.Km. )

3396.57

ii ) POPULATION

a) Male Population

1096638

b)  Female Population

1119500

c) Rural Population

1467577

d) Urban Population

748561

iii) Density / Sq.Km.

652

iv) Literates

1476256

a) Males %

55%

b) Females %

45%

v) Main Workers

a) Total Workers

897123

b) Male Workers

618471

c) Female Workers

278652

d) Rural Workers

 648453

e) Urban Workers

248670

f) Cultivators

144942

g) Agricultural Labourers

410718

h) Household Industry

37986

i) Other Workers

303477

j) Marginal Workers

147091

vi) Non-Workers

1319015

vii) Lang. spoken inthe Dist.

TAMIL

VITAL STATISTICS

i) Birth

75270

ii) Death

16493

iii) Infant Death

721

Birth Rate ( Per 1000 Population ) [2003]

a) Rural

Not Compiled

b) Urban c) Combined

b) Sofar c) 17.9

Death Rate ( Per 1000 Population ) ( 2003 )

a) Rural

Not compiled

b) Urban

so far

c) Combined

7.4

Infant Mortality Rate ( Per 1000 Live Births )

a) Rural

Not compiled

b) Urban

so far

c) Combined

1.77

Expectation of life at Birth

a) Male

Not compiled

b) Female

so far

No. of Deaths of Women due to problems related to Child birth

a) At the time of Delivery

0

b) During Pregnancy

6

c) After Child birth ( within 42 days )

30