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Sivagangai District Profile

  • Sivaganga district is bounded by Pudukkottai district in the Northeast, Ramanathapuram district in the East, Virudhunagar district in the Southwest, and Madurai in the West.
  • The District is located between 09º 30'N to 10º 25'N Latitude, and 78º 07'E to 79º 01’E Longitude and has an areal extent of 4143 sq.km.

Physiography and Drainage:

  • The northern part of the District is drained by the rivers Pambar, Manimuttar and Sarugani rivers and the southern part is drained by Vaigai River.
  • The northern, western part of the district comprising of Tiruppathur taluk is a high ground studded will hillocks and residual hills.
  • The stretch trending north east to south west extending from Puduvayal to Manamadurai is an upland. The rest of the area is a plain alluvial terrain.

Rainfall:

The average annual rainfall and the 5 years rainfall collected from IMD, Chennai is as follows:

Actual Rainfall in mm Normal Rainfall in mm
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
967.5 932.6 966.4 1112.0 1270.8 985

Geology:

Rock Type Geological Formation
Sedimentary Rock 60%
Hard Rock 40%
Sandstone, Laterite, Silt, Alluvium,
Charnockite, Gneiss, Granite, Quartzite

Ground Water Level:

The Ground Water levels from the 79 number of observation wells of TWAD have been analysed for Post-Monsoon and Pre-Monsoon. 5 years average Ground water level in m Below Ground Level for pre and post monsoon is as follows:

Jan
2017

May
2017

Jan
2018

May
2018

Jan
2019

May
2019

Jan
2020

May
2020

Jan
2021

May
2021

5 Years
Pre Monsoon
Average

5Years
Post Monsoon
Average

20.7

25.7

23.6

25.5

24.5

26.3

16.6

17.3

13.07

14.7

18.7 17.0

Sustainability:

With a view to enhance the Sustainability of the drinking water sources, recharge structures are being implemented by TWAD Board under various State and Central Government assistances.

The Recharge Structures implemented so far in district is as under.

Categorization of Firkas:

The status of Categorization of firkas as of March 2020 for the District in is shown below.

Categorisation based on Extraction (as on 2020) No. of Firkas Firkas
Over Exploited (>100%) 0  
Critical (90%-100%) 0  
Semi Critical (70%-90%) 0  
Safe (<70%) 39 A.Thiruvuduirpuram, Devakottai, Ilayangudi, Ilayathakudi, Kalayarkovil, Kallal, Kandadevi, Kannangudi, Karaikudi,
Konthagai, Mallal, Manamadurai, Maravamangalam, Mathagupatti, Mithravayal, Muthanenthal, Natchiyarpuram, Nattarasankottai, Nerkuppai, Okkur,
Pallathur, Periyakottai, Puzhiyal, S.S.Kottai, Sakkottai, Salaigramam, Sarugani, Seikalathur, Silukkapatti, Singampunari, Sivagangai,
Sooranam, Thamarakki, Thayamangalam, Thirukostiyur, Thiruppachethy, Thiruppathur, Thiruppuvanam, Varappur.
Others (Poor & Saline) 0  
Total 39  

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3352

Partially covered 176 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered 3176 (40 lpcd and above)