DISTRICT PROFILE - MADURAI Madurai District is situated in the South of Tamil Nadu state. It is bounded on the North by the districts of Dindigul, Thiruchirapalli and on the East by Sivagangai and on the West by Theni and South by Virudhunagar. Geographical location North Latitude : Between 9 30.00 and 10 30.00 East Latitude : Between 77 00.00 and 78 30.00 Languages spoken : Tamil, Telegu, Sourashtra, English, Hindi Area & Population Area in Square K.m. 3741.73 Population (2001 Census) 25,62,279 (a) Males 12,95,124 (b) Females 12,76,155 (c) Rural 11,29,028 (d) Urban 14,33,251 Density/S.q.K.m. 733 Literates 17,95,751 Main Workers (2001 Census) a.total Workers 947042 b.male Workers 675246 c.female Workers 271796 d.rural Workers 468131 e.urban Workers 478911 f.cultivators 1991 Census 186380 g.agricultural Labourers,,,, 401867
h.household Industry,,,, -- i. Other Workers 363361 j.marginalworkers (2001 Census) 134644 Non-Workers 1480593 Revenue Administrative Divisions Revenue Divisions 2 Revenue Taluks 7 Revenue Firkas 51 Revenue Villages 669 Local Bodies I.Corporations 1 ii.municipalities 3 iii.town Panchayats 15 iv.village Panchayats 431 Community Development No of Development divisions 2 No of Blocks Covered 13 Populations Covered (In Lakhs) 1203841 Area covered (in Sq K.M) 364433 Legislature Members of Legislative Assembly a. Elected 10 b. Nominated -- Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 3 Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) -- Medical and Health (Number) 1. Modern Medicine Hospitals 11 Dispensaries 18 Primary Health Centres 42 Health Sub Centres 314 Other Medical Institutions 19 Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 2480 Doctors 366 Nurses 1043 2.Indian Medicine Hospitals 6 Dispensaries 10
Primary Health Centres 12 Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 4 Doctors 27 Nurses -- 3.Homoeopathy Hospitals 2 Dispensaries -- Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 25 Doctors 19 Nurses 4 Education 1.University 1 2.Arts and Science Colleges 33 3 Medical Colleges a. Allopathy 1 b. Indian Medicine -- c. Homoeopathy 1 4.Engineering Colleges 3 5.Agriculture Colleges 1 6.Veterinary Colleges -- 7.Law Colleges 1 8.Colleges for Special Education 3 9.Pre Primary Schools -- 10.Primary Schools 1034 11.Middle Schools 218 12.High Schools 92 13.Higher Secondary Schools 106 14.Teacher Training Institute 4 Transport 1.Road Length (in Km) National Highways 145 State Highways 1114 Corporation and Municipal Roads 364 Town Panchayat /Township Roads/Panch.Union 1349 Others (forest roads) 2.Registered Motor Vehicles Commercial 9625 Non Commercial 56238 3.Railway Length (in K.m) a. Route Length Broad Gauge 62.935 Metre Gauge 81.568
b. Track Length Broad Gauge 78.395 Metre Gauge 95.928 Railway Stations 7 4.Sea port -- 5.Air Port 1 6.Name of the Sea port -- 7.Name of the Air port MADURAI Communication Post and Telegraph in Nos. 411 Post offices doing postal business alone 29 Post offices doing post and Telegraph business Telephones a.no of Telephones in Use 271633 b.no of Public Call Offices 4248 c.no of Telephone Exchanges 150 Rain Fall (in mm) Normal Actual in 2002 South West Monsoon 282.10 237.80 North East Monsoon 399.30 316.70 Winter 33.40 78.70 Summer 143.00 133.30
5. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 5.1 Livestock Population Sl. No. Classification As per 18th Census 2004 (number) 1 Cattle: Exotic&Cross Indigenous&native Breed pure i. Under one year 13430 4509 ii. 1 year to 2.5 years 9216 4141 iii. over 2.5 years 5737 16097 iv. Total 28383 24747 i. Under one year 26712 6031 ii. 1 year to 2.5 years 23361 6135 iii. Over 2.5 years 85695 25443 a. In milk 58549 14013 b. Dry 19648 7819 c. Not Calved even once 6377 2881 Total 135768 37609 Total Cattle 164151 62356 2 Buffaloes: i. Under one year 1132 ii. One year to 3 years 705 iii. Over 3 years 438 iv. Total 2275 i. Under one year 1527 ii. 1-3 years 1615 iii. Over 3 years 6963 a. In Milk 4637 b. Dry 1741 c. Not calved even once 478 Total Buffaloes 12380 3 Sheep 216416 4 Goats 238588 5 Horses and Ponies 477 6 Pigs 3260 7 Donkeys 1046 8 Rabbit 755 9 Others (Dogs) 68658 Total Livestock 698674 10 Total poultry 685529 Source : 18 th Quinquennial Livestock Census, Department of Economics & Statistics, Chennai.
5.4 Dairy Development 2010-11 Sl. No. 1 Quantity of milk produced (in lakhs litres) Avg. Per Day 140 Value of milk (Rs. in lakhs) Per day 2520 Name of the Block / Mpty Madurai East No. of Milk societies 11 2 Madurai West 16 1542 27756 3 Thirupparankundram 31 3128 56304 4 Melur 43 11724 211032 5 Kottampatti 14 4363 78534 6 Vadipatti 33 3608 64944 7 Alanganallur 58 4389 79002 8 Thirumangalam 53 6804 122472 9 Kalligudi 23 1733 31194 10 Usilampatti 93 17005 306090 11 Chellampatti 108 24738 445284 12 Sedapatti 101 14151 254718 13 T.Kallupatti 38 1506 27108 Total 622 94831 1706958 Source : Deputy Registrar (Dairying), Madurai. Sl. No. 5.5 Poultry Development 2010-11 Name of the Block No. of Broiler No. of Layer 1 Madurai East 2 Madurai West 3 Thirupparan kundram 3 17000 4 Melur 5 Kottampatti 28 136000 6 Vadipatti 7 38000 7 Alanganallur 6 15000 8 Thirumangalam 5 25000 9 Kalligudi 10 Usilampatti 15 60000 11 Chellampatti 18 4000 12 Sedapatti 13 T.Kallupatti Total 82 295000 Source : Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry, Madurai.