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State District Profile
Tiruppur

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Tiruppur District Profile

Tiruppur district is bounded by Karur district in the East, Coimbatore in the West, and Erode in the North and Dindigul district in the South.
The District lies between 10º 14'N to 11º 20'N Latitude, 77º 27'E to 77º 56'E Longitude and has an areal extent of 2296 sq.km.
There are 13 Blocks, 265 Villages and 3597 Habitations in the District.

Physiography and Drainage

The southern part of the Tiruppur district is covered by hill ranges of Western Ghats (Anamalai, Sirumuga malai, Nilgiri , Boluvampatti, Janakal and Velligiri) and the rest of the district consists of undulating plain sloping gradually from West to East.
The major rivers flowing through the district are Noyyal and Amaravathi, which come under the Cauvery basin.
Chinnar and Tenar rivers are the main tributary of Amravati River, which is the main source of irrigation in the district.
Nallar and Palar river are covered under the Parambikulam-Aliyar basin.
Both Amaravathi dam and Thirumurthy dam are the prime source of irrigation in the district, whereas Uppaar dam is another dam which receives water from seasonal rains.

Rainfall:

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

Acutal Rainfall in mm					Normal Rainfall in mm
2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Normal Rainfall in mm
703.00	360.10	277.60	411.2	679.8	618.14

Geology:

Rock Type			Geological Formation
Hard Rock			Gneiss, Charnockite, Granite, Quartzite, Laterite and Alluvium

Hydrogeology:

Type of Aquifer	Semi confined to unconfined aquifers
Well yield in lpm	>50 - 300 lpm
Transmissivity (T)m2/day	1.49 - 164.18
Permeability (K)(m/day))	0.25 - 26.75
Depth of Water level	7 m to 25m

Sustainability:

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

The Recharge Structures implemented so far is as under.

Recharge Structures
Check Dam	Percolation Pond	Recharge Pit	Recharge Trench	Others	Ooranies	Defunct Bore well Recharge	Recharge Shaft	Rooftop RWH	Hydro Fracturing	Total
267	25				4	2		41		339

Groundwater Potential as on March 2011 (as per CGWB):

Net Groundwater Availability (in MCM)	443.25
Existing Gross Groundwater draft for all users (in MCM)	562.48
Stage of Groundwater development (in %)	127 %
Categorization of District	Over Exploited

Categorization of Firkas:

The status of Categorization of Firkas as of March 2013 for the District is shown below.

Categorisation based on Extraction (as on March 2013))	No. of Firkas	Firkas
Over Exploited (>100%)	21	Avinashi(E), Avinashi(W), Avinashipalayam(S), Gudimangalam, Kangeyam, Kannivadi, Karadivavi, Kundadam, Kunnathur, Mulanur, Palladam, Periavalavadi, Perumanallur, Pethappampatti, Pongalur, Ponnapuram, Samalapuram, Sankarandampalayam, Tiruppur (S), Uthiyur, Uthukuli.
Critical (90%-100%)	4	Vellakoil, Cheyur, Nathakadaiyur, Tiruppur (N)
Semi Critical (70%-90%)	5	Dharapuram, Udumalpet, Thungari, Kuichikottai, Alangiyam
Safe (<70%)	1	Madathukulam
Others (Poor& Saline)	-
Total	31

Water supply status as on 1.4.2018

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 3597

Partially covered	0 (10-39 lpcd )
Fully covered	3597 (40 lpcd and above)

Urban Towns ( Water supply status - 1.4.2018)

S.NO	Name of Towns	Population	Present water supply level LPCD
Corporation
1	Tiruppur	444352	80
Municipalities
1	Dharapuram	56007	75
2	Vellakoil	40359	90
3	Udumalaipettai	61133	123
4	Kangeyam	32147	85
5	Palladam	7263	85
Town Panchayats
1	Avanashi	28868	70
2	Chinnakkampalayam	11546	70
3	Dhali	5874	70
4	Kaniyur	6180	70
5	Kannivadi	10369	70
6	Kolathupalayam	17819	70
7	Komaralingam	13642	72
8	Kunnathur	8774	148
9	Madathukulam	20620	70
10	Mulanur	15223	70
11	Muthur	13212	70
12	Rudravathi ( Kondadam)	6807	70
13	Samalapuram	20691	70
14	Sankaramanallur	10283	70
15	Thirumuruganpoondi	31528	70
16	Uthukuli	10130	70

Ground Water Level:

The Ground Water levels from the 38 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 2013	May 2013	Jan 2014	May 2014	Jan 2015	May 2015	Jan 2016	May 2016	Jan 2017	May 2017	5 Years Pre Monsoon Average	5Years Post Monsoon Average
9.60	9.14	19.10	25.23	11.83	8.47	7.75	12.16	16.3	23.9	15.32	10.68