Sivaganga – General Information
Sivaganga
District is an administrative district of Tamilnadu state in Southern India. It is bounded by Pudukkottai district on the Northeast, Tiruchirapalli district on the North, Ramanathapuram district on South East, Virudhunagar district on South West and Madurai
District on the West. As of
2011, the district had a population of 1,339,101 with a sex-ratio of 1,003
females for every 1,000 males.
Area
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4189 Sq.Kms
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Population
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District: 13,39,101 (census 2011)
Taluk: 2,90,799 (census 2011)
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Climate/summer
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Max.38 C
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Winter
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Max.30 C
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Rainfall
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50 cms. Average
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STD Code
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04575
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Pin Code
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630 561
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History
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Geography
Sivaganga
district of Tamil Nadu spreads over 4,189 km2. The geographical position
of Sivaganga district is between 9° 43' and 10° 2' north latitude and between
77° 47' and 78° 49' east longitude. It is bounded on the north and northeast
by Pudukkottai District, on the southeast and south by Ramanathapuram District, on the southwest by Virudhunagar District, and on the west by Madurai
District, and on the northwest
by Tiruchirappalli District.
Sivaganga is the district headquarters; however Karaikudi is
the biggest city in Sivaganga District. The district which has 7 taluks in 2
revenue division.
Revenue Division
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Taluks
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No. of revenue villages
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Sivaganga
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4 (Sivaganga, Manamadurai, Ilayankudi, Thirupuvanam)
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267
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Devakottai
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3 (Devakottai, Karaikudi, Tiruppattur)
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255
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Total
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7
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521
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Demographics
According
to the 2011 census, Sivagangai district had a population of 1,339,101 with
a sex-ratio of 1,003 females for every 1,000 males, much above
the national average of 929. A total of 137,235 were under the age of six,
constituting 70,022 males and 67,213 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes accounted for 17.01%
and .06% of the population respectively. In addition, the average literacy of
the district was 71.67%, compared to the national average of 72.99%, while
the district had a total of 338,938 households.
On the
other hand, there is a total of 620,171 workers, comprising 117,030
cultivators, 122,166 main agricultural labourers, 9,864 in house hold
industries, 212,042 other workers, 159,069 marginal workers, 23,973 marginal cultivators,
77,397 marginal agricultural labourers, 4,792 marginal workers in household
industries and 52,907 other marginal workers.
Education
Government
Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital is
an Educational Institution located in outskirts of Sivagangai Municipality, Tamilnadu.
Economy
In 2006,
the Ministry of Panchayat Raj named Sivaganga as one of the country's 250 most
backward districts out of a total
of 640. Consequently,
it is one of the six districts in Tamilnadu currently receiving funds from the
Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Graphite:
Graphite is one of the common resources available in Sivagangai. Very
valuable graphite is available in Sivagangai and its surrounding areas. The
Sivaganga graphite is of flaky variety with 14% average Fixed Carbon used in
the manufacture of refractory bricks, expanded graphite, crucibles & carbon
brushes. TAMIN has over 600 acres of graphite bearing land in Pudupatti,
Kumaripatti & Senthiudayanathapuram of Sivaganga taluk, Sivagangai
District, Tamilnadu.
Estimated
reserve of graphite ore in leasehold area is three million tonnes. (recoverable
graphite from 14% F.C is approximately 3 lakh tonnes). The majority of the
workforce is dependent on agriculture (72.8%). The principal crop of Sivaganga
district is paddy rice. Most of the district has red soil.
Agriculture:
The vast
majority of the workforce is dependent on agriculture (72.8%). In fact, the
principal crop of Sivaganga district is paddy while majority of the district
has red soil. The other crops that are grown are sugarcane, groundnut, pulses,
and cereal such as millet. In response, the Tamilnadu Agricultural
University plans to set up the
state's first Red Soil Dry land Research Centre in Sivaganga district soon. As
of December 2010, the Spices Board is also setting up a new spices park at
Sivaganga on an investment of Rs. 180 million.
This
park is operational from March 2011. It would be immensely helpful to farmers
of chili, turmeric, medicinal plants and tamarind, as the focus would be to
export their products. The spices park would establish machinery for cleaning,
sorting, grading, packaging, storing, and sterilizing among others. The focus
would be to encourage the farmers to plant chili, a leading crop in
Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga and nearby districts, as well as turmeric crops.
Medicinal plants, being raised in and around Madurai district, would also get a
boost, as it was planned to patronize farmers of medicinal plants.
Sugar Industry:
The
Sakthi sugar factory is also located in Sivaganga. It provides employment to
more than 1,000 labourers directly and indirectly. With this, it has the
capability to produce more than 5,000 tons of sugar per day.
Solar Power Farm:
Moser
Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL) has commissioned a 5
MW grid connected solar PV project at Sivaganga, Tamilnadu. The project was
awarded to Sapphire Industrial Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the farm, through a competitive bidding process conducted by
the Tamilnadu Renewable Development
Agency. The project is, then,
implemented under the 50 MWp generation based incentive scheme of the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, Government of India.
Television Plant:
Videocon is setting up a Rs. 1,600-crore plant for colour
television sets and other electronic consumer durable at Manamadurai.
Chettinad
Chettinad is the homeland of the Nattukottai Chettiars (Nagarathar), a prosperous banking and business community. It is
well known for its Chettinad
cuisine, which is very hot and
spicy. In fact, Chettinad has one of the South Indian cuisines with large
number of specialty restaurants. A typical meal will have meat, a large number
of courses, and is served on a banana leaf.
Also,
the old Chettiar mansions are rich in heritage, art and architecture. For
example, Kanadukathan has one such beautiful palatial house. The
affluence of the Chettiars is shown off in their palatial houses. Carved teak wood doors and
frames, marble floors, granite pillars, Belgian mirrors and
Italian tiles are the norms.
Places of
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