CHENNAI DISTRICT AT A GLANCE

S.No Items

Particulars

1PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
Location:
  1. Northern Latitude between

  2. Eastern Longitude between



12.9° & 13.9°
80.9° & 80.19’’

2

Total geographical area ( Sq. k.m.)

174
3

Percentage to State’s total area

0.13

4

Coastal line (k.m.)

22

5

No. of Revenue Villages

55

6

No. of Corporations

1

7

No. of Revenue Taluks

5

8

No. of Revenue Firkas

20


1

HUMAN RESOURCES ( 2001 Census)
Population (lakhs)


42.2

2

Male Population (lakhs)

21.61

3

Female Population (lakhs)

20.55

4

Density/Sq.km.

51.3

5

Percentage of males to total population

51.3

6

Sex Ratio

951

7

Literate (lakhs)

30.79

8

Literacy rate(%)

80.14

9

Male Literate (laks)

16.7

10

Male Literacy rate

84.71

11

Female Literate (lakhs )

14.1

12

Female Literacy rate

75.32

13

Decennial Growth rate (%) (1991-01)

9.76

14

Total workers (lakhs) (1991 census)

11.73


1

FISHERIES (1998-99)
No. of Coastal Blocks


2

2

No. of Coastal Fishing Centres

40

3

Marine fish Production (M.T.) 14,555

4

Inland fish Production (M.T.)

85


1

LIVE STOCK POPULATION 1997 CENSUS (In Nos. )
Cattle


23,544

2

Buffalo

28,780

3

Sheep

4,773

4

Goat

9,310

5

Poultry

98,302


1

VETERINARY
Veterinary Hospital


1

2

Veterinary Hospital

1

3

Clinician Center

1


1

DAIRY DEVELOPMENT
No. of Dairies


4

2

Milk Chilling Plant

Nil

3

Milk Production per annum (LLPD
a. Flush Season
b. Leans Season


15.77
13.77


1

FOREST RESOURCES (as on 31-3-01)
Area under forest (h.a) (Reserved forests)


300

  INFRASTRUCTURE (as on 31-3-01) 
1 No.of Sea ports1
2 No.of Air ports2
3Railways. 
a. Route length (k.m) 
 i. Broad gauge24.01
 ii. Meter gauge15.05
b. Track length (k.m.) 
 i Broad gauge66.84
 ii. Meter gauge60.20
c. No. of Railway stations 
 i Broad gauge20
 ii. Meter gauge10
2 Road (length k.m.).
 a.. National Highways
 b. State Highways
 c. Corporation and Municipality Road.


29.70
17.50
1989.21

3 Registered motor Vehicles (1998 –99)
 a. Commercial Vehicles (in Nos.)
 b. Non-commercial Vehicles


80,965
8,74,792

4 Industrial Estates (1999-2000)
 a. No.of Industrial Estates
 b. No. of Sheds
 c. No. of Plots


5
95
22

5 Communications(1999-2000)
 a. No.of Telephone Exchanges
 b. Equipped Capacity (no. of connections)
 c. No. of direct exchange lines
 d. No. of Telephones in use
 e. No. of Public Call Offices
 f. Public call offices with STD facility
 g. Post Offices doing postal business only
 h. Post offices doing post and telegraph business
 i. Telegraph office..

115
9,68,243
7,67,863
8,07,897
32,692
8,308
175
25
65

6

Power consumption (98-99) (M.U.)Kwh
 a. Agriculture and Huts
 b. Public Lighting & Public works
 c. Commercial
 d. Domestic
 e. Industry.
 f. Miscellaneous
 g. Per capital domestic consumption of electricity (m.u.)


0.131
28.524
1253.808
878.914
1302.132
430.00
208.00

7

Banking Facilities (branches as on 31-3-2001) Groupwise consolidation.
 a. State Bank Group
 b. Nationalised Banks
 c. Private sector banks
 d. Foreign banks
 Total branches


127
469
144
15
755


1
2

INDUSTRIES (As on 31-12-2001)
No.of Small Scale Industries
No.of Large Scale Industries.


45,105
35


1

EDUCATION.
Universities


5

2

Arts and Science Colleges

30

3

Colleges for professional education.

 
 A. Medical Colleges.

 
 (i) Allopathy

3

 (ii) Indian Medicidne

1

 (iii) Homeopathy

1

 B. Veterinary

1

 C. Law

1

 D. Engineering Colleges

2

4 Colleges for special education

10

5 Institutions for other professional education

16

6 School for professional education.

16

7 School for general education.

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