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Welcome to the city of thousand temples. Kancheepuram district is
situated on the northern East Coast of Tamil Nadu and is adjacent by
Bay of Bengal and Chennai city and is bounded in the west by Vellore
and Thiruvannamalai district, in the north by Thiruvallur district
and Chennai district, in the south by Villuppuram district in the
east by Bay of Bangal. It lies between 11° 00' to 12° 00’ North
latitudes and 77° 28' to 78° 50' East longitudes. The district has a
total geographical area of 4393.37 Sq.Kms and coastline of 57 Kms.
Kancheepuram, the temple town is the district headquarters. For
administrative reasons, the district has been divided into 4 revenue
divisions comprising of 11 taluks with 1137 revenue villages. For
development reasons, it is divided into 13 development blocks with
648 Village Panchayats.
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Population
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According
to 2001 census, the District had population of 30.38 lakh,
which is about 6.76% of the total State population. In 1991
census the total population of the District was 24,15,010
Lakhs, in which 12,30,650 were Male & 11,84,360 were Female.
In rural 14,29,610 & in Urban it was 9,85,400. |
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Area Distribution |
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Total Area |
4393.37 Sq.Kms. |
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Net Sown
Area |
1364.89 Sq.Kms. |
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Net
Irrigation Area |
1236.28 Sq.Kms. |
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Forest
Area |
426.57
Sq.Kms. |
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Poromboke Area |
1553.47 Sq.Kms. |
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Town
Area |
82.57 Sq.Kms. |
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Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes
Population |
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Category |
Rural |
Urban |
Total |
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Scheduled
Caste |
563.37 |
295.71 |
859.08 |
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Scheduled
Tribe |
20.70 |
10.68 |
31.38 |
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Workers |
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The
total main workers of the District was 8,92,700 persons
forming 38.06% of total population in the District. Of this,
6,65,386 were male workers & 2,73,518 were Female workers &
5,86,533 were from rural & 3,52,371 were from Urban &
1,62,140 were of cultivators & 2,96,212 of Agricultural
labourers & 39,571 of Household industry and rest in other
activities.
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Growth Rate |
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Population
Growth per Annum |
2.48% |
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Population
Density (Persons/Sq.Km) |
592.00 |
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Percentage
of Workers against Total Population |
38.06% |
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Birth &
Death Rate |
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Type
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Rural
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Urban
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Combined
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Birth Rate(Per 1000
Population) |
20.6 |
16.6 |
19.6 |
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Death Rate(Per 1000
Population) |
6.0 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
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Infant Mortality Rate (Per
1000 Live Births) |
30.0 |
19.0 |
27.0 |
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Literacy |
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Literacy |
66.38 % |
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Male Literacy |
77.07 % |
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Female Literacy |
55.22 % |
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Urban Literacy |
79.41 % |
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Urban male Literacy |
87.45 % |
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Urban Female Literacy |
70.83 % |
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Rural Literacy |
55.55 % |
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Rural Male Literacy |
87.45 % |
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Rural Female Literacy |
42.51 % |
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Education |
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Total Literate |
2648.10 |
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Rural Literate |
1210.39 |
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Rural Literate - Male |
752.83 |
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Rural Literate - Female |
457.56 |
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Urban Literate |
1437.71 |
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Urban Literate - Male |
817.45 |
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Urban Literate - Female |
620.26 |
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Climate |
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Season |
Maximum |
Minimum |
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Summer |
36.6° C |
21.1° C |
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Winter |
28.7° C |
19.8° C |
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Rainfall |
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The
pre-monsoon rainfall is almost uniform throughout the
district. The coastal taluks get more rains rather than the
interior regions. This district is mainly depending on the
seasonal rains, the distress conditions prevail in the event
of the failure of rains. Northeast and Southwest monsoon are
the major donors with 54% and 36% contribution each to the
total annual rainfall. |
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Normal |
1213.3 mm |
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Actual |
1133.0 mm |
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Agriculture |
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Agriculture is the main
occupation of the people with 47% of the population engaged
in it.Paddy is the major crop cultivated in this district.
Groundnuts, Sugarcane, Cereals & Millets and Pulses are the
other major crops.
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Type of Soil |
Places in District |
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Read Loam |
Kancheepuram, Uthiramerur Blocks |
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Lateritic
Soil |
Pleatus in
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Black Soil |
Spread in
all Blocks |
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Sandy
Coastal Alluviam |
Some
Places Thirukazhukundram,Thiruporur, St.ThomasMount. |
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Red Sandy
Soil |
Kancheepuram, Urban Blocks |
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Classification |
Area in(Hectares) |
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Total
Cropped Area |
198543 |
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Nett Area
Sown |
160090 |
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Area sown
more than once |
38453 |
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Area Under Principal
Crops |
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Rice |
145966 |
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Millets
and Cereals |
1217 |
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Pulses |
2966 |
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Sugarcane |
7586 |
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Groundnut |
28766 |
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Gingelly |
912 |
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Cotton(BL) |
53 |
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Forest |
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The
total forest area in the district is 23,586 hectares, it
spread interior regions and around the district. In this
forest area there are 366.675 hectares for Reserved Land.
76.50 Metric Tonnes lands are cultivated in Fuelwood and
8.039 Tonnes in Cashew. |
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Rivers |
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The Palar river is one of the most important
river running through the district. Tanks and wells are the
main sources of irrigation in this district. |
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Hills |
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There are only a few hills of considerable elevation in the
district. The southern part of Maduranthakam taluk contains
small hills.
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