Villupuram District Profile

• Villuppuram district is bounded by Bay of Bengal and the union Territory of Pondicherry in the east, Kancheepuram and Tiruvannamalai districts in the north, Cuddalore and Perambalur districts in the south and Dharmapuri and Salem districts in the west.
• The District lies between 11º30’00’’ to 12º35’00’’ North Latitude, and 78º37’00’’ to 80º00’00’’ East Longitude and has an areal extent of 7190 sq.km.

Physiography and Drainage:

• Villuppuram district can be divided into 3 classes’ viz., Hilly terrains, Plain terrain and coastal plains.
• The hills are found in the western part of the district and they are Kalrayan and Ginjee hills falling under Kallakurichi and Ginjee taluks respectively.
• Plain terrain occurs in the middle part of this district, while the coastal plains lie in the eastern part of the district in and around Marakanam and Vanur taluks.
• The major rivers draining the district are Tondiar, Thenpennaiyar and Vellar.

Rainfall:

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

Geology:

Ground Water Level:

The Ground Water levels from the 89 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:

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.

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 1760