General Information about Thoothukudi District
The district of Thoothukudi was carved out from the erstwhile Tirunelveli District
on 20th October 1986.
Thriu. R. Arumugam, I.A.S. was the first Collector of this District.
Location
It is situated in the extreme south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu state and bounded
on the north by the districts of Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram, on the east and south-east by Gulf of Mannar
and on the west and south-west by the district of Tirunelveli. Total area of this district is 4621 sq. kms. and the
administrative headquarters is an Urban agglomeration and also one of the taluk headquarters within the district.
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The District Collector & Administrative Units
|
Collectorate Building
|
| District Collector : |
| Name : Dr. R.Palaniyandi I.A.S. |
Address : District Collector,
Collectorate,
Thoothukudi-628101 |
Phone : O : 0461-2340600
R : 0461-2320050 |
| Email : collrtut@tn.nic.in |
| Fax : 0461-2340606 |
| |
|
Sl.No. |
Revenue Divisions |
Taluks comprised in the Revenue Division |
|
1. |
Thoothukudi
|
a. Thoothukudi
b. Srivaikundam |
|
2. |
Tiruchendur |
a. Tiruchendur
b. Sattankulam |
|
3. |
Kovilpatti |
a. Kovilpatti
b. Ettayapuram
c. Vilathikulam
d. Ottapidaram |
Revenue Firkas : 40
Revenue Villages : 468
For
the purpose of Election, this district is divided into 7 Assembly constituencies and comes under 3 Parliamentary Constituencies,
as given bellow:
1. Parliamentary Constituencies
1. Tirunelveli 2. Tiruchendur and 3.
Sivakasi
2. Assembly Constituencies
1. Vilathikulam, 2. Ottapidaram, 3. Kovilpatti, 4. Sattankulam, 5. Tiruchendur,
6.
Srivaikuntam and 7. Thoothukudi.
Local Bodies
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Thoothukudi
district has a Geographical area of 4,621 sq.km.
|
Sl. No. |
Name of the
Taluk |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
1. |
Thoothukudi |
203368 |
201995 |
405363 |
|
2. |
Tiruchendur |
138040 |
153388 |
291428 |
|
3. |
Kovilpatti |
128711 |
133538 |
262249 |
|
4. |
Sathankulam |
43692 |
53128 |
96820 |
|
5. |
Srivaikuntam |
93472 |
98411 |
191883 |
|
6. |
Vilattikulam |
66743 |
68542 |
135285 |
|
7. |
Ottapidaram |
57201 |
58053 |
115254 |
| 8. |
Ettayapuram |
35596 |
38395 |
73991 |
|
|
District Total |
766823 |
805450 |
1572273 |
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Forest
The total extent of forest in the district is 11,012 hectares which works out to 2.47 percent
of the total geographical area of the district. A deer sanctuary is maintained in the hills of Vallanad. Except
Vallanad and Kurumalai hills, there are no other hills or mountains.
The out-turn
of forest product is
1. Timber 69.857 Cu.m
2. Fuel Wood 13.273 M.T
3. Cashew 5.24 M.T
Lands utilised under various purposes are as follows.
|
Category |
Area in
hectares |
Percentage |
|
Geographical area |
4,59,054 |
100% |
|
Forest |
11.002 |
2.4% |
|
Barren uncultivable Land |
19.944
|
4.3% |
|
Non-agricultural Land |
68.573
|
15% |
|
Cultivable waste Land |
20.154
|
4.4% |
|
Permanent pastures and other
grazing Land |
5.052 |
1.1% |
|
Net area sown |
1,88,296 |
42.0% |
The net area sown is 42.0% which indicates the predominance of agriculture in the district. The
area under cultivable waste is only 4.4% which can be reclaimed for cultivation.
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Education
In this district the percentage o effective literacy (excluding children in the age group 1-6) is 74 %.
The number of educational institutions available in this district are as follows:
a) Arts and Science Colleges 12
b)
Medical College 1
c) Engineering Colleges 3
d) Agriculture College 1
e) Fisheries College 1
f) Colleges for Special Education 1
g)
Primary Schools
1076
h)
Middle Schools
284
i) High Schools
73
j) Higher Secondary Schools 97
k) Teachers Training Colleges 3
l) Government
Polytechnic 2
A Government Polytechnic in the name of the greatest Tamil Poet Subramania Bharathiyar
is functioning from 1982 exclusively for ----- at Ettayapuram.
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Hospitals
a)
No. of Hospitals
10
b) Primary Health Centres 47
c)
Health Sub centres 249
d) Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries 1,072
e) No. of Doctors
196
f)
No. of Nurses
158
g) No.
of Hospitals under Indian Medicine 2
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Entertainment
Thoothukudi
is having an All India Radio Station and a Doordharshan Relay Station. There are 42 permanent Cinema theatres, 18 touring
theatres, 4 semi - permanent theatres and 3 Open Air Theatres providing entertainment to the people of the district.
