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Revenue divisions 76
Taluks 215
Panchayats 1261
Total population : 7,21,38,958
(As on 2011 census)
Male : 3,61,58,871
Female : 3,59,80,087
5.96% Population of India
RIVERS
1.Palar 8.Vaippar
2.Ponnaiyar 9.Nambiar
3.Vellar
4.Cauvery
5.Vaigai
6.Tambraparani
7.Gundar
CLIMATE & RAINFALL
CLIMATE : Max:37- 44C Min: 12-17C
ANNUAL RAINFALL RECORDED FROM 400-1300mm
Average annual Rainfall : 925 mm(Based on 70 years
rainfall
SW Monsoon : 332.9 mm
NE Monsoon : 459.2 mm
Winter : 36.8 mm
Summer : 129.6 mm
(HUMITITY)
MAY(Summer)
Average relative humitity various from
40 to 70%
October(Winter)
Average relative humitity various from
60 to 85%
GEOMORPHIC UNITS
1.Western part - Western Ghats
HARD ROCk-Dugwell
Yield : 30 to 250 m3/day
DD : < 1 to 5 m
Pumping hours : 1 to 4 hrs
Specific
capacity bet : 30 & 250
(lpm/m/dd)
Specific yield : < 1 to 6 %
DD : 0.33 to 6.55 m
kanchipuram,Tiruvallur,
Tiruvannamalai,Tiruchchirapalli,
Sivanganga districts
b) Cretaceous sediments
TERTIARY - SANDSTONE
1.Yield of dugwell : 200 to 400 lpm
for a dd upto 3m
AUTO FLOW ZONE OR FREE FLOWING
ZONE : 300m to 750 bgl
Sedimentary tract of Ramanathapuram,
Pudukottai, Tiruchchirapalli, Thanjavur,
Nagappattinam and Cuddalore districts.
TERTIARY CUDDALORE
SANDSTONE AQ.PARAMETER
T : 30 to 8492 m2/day
S : 7.74X10-6 to 2.575x10-1
S: 1.2X10-3 to 7.55x10-4
DD : 2.4 to 24 m
BEHAVIOUR GROUND WATER
LEVELS
PHREATIC AQUIFER PREMONSOON MAY 2011
GL to 28.23 m bgl
(Coimbatore dist) (Coimbatore dist)
Deeper water levels in upland areas like
Salem, Namakal, Erode districts.
Shallow water levels are abserved in isolated
batches spread over the state.
BEHAVIOUR OF GROUND
WATER LEVELS
PHREATIC AQUIFERPOSTMONSOON JAN 2012
GL to 30.45 m bgl
(Coimbatore dist) (Coimbatore dist)
Shallow water level in major part of the state<10mbgl covering plain
and central midline districts covering Madurai,Tirunelveli,
Tiruvarur and Tuticorin districts etc.
Deeper water levels in the northern and northern central and
southern part of the state.
MONITORING OF HYDROGRAPH
STATIONS IN TAMILNADU STATE
(AS ON MAY 2011)
MADURAI DISTRICT
(AS ON MAY 2012)
TOTAL WELLS = 69
DUGWELLS = 10 3.64 -7.27 mbgl
PZ/Bore WELLS = 49 2.10 -18.20 m bgl
DUG WELL(URBAN)=10 4.2215.97 mbmp
EXPLORATORY DRILLING
lps
Mallappanur 31.35
Karaikurichi 25
Vadalur 10
Melvanjiyur 12.93
Valmangalam 12
Gangaigondan 21
HIGH YIELDING WELLS
IN TAMIL NADU STATE
lps
Pattaguruparapalli 23
Chinnamattarapalli 16.44
Kurichi 14
Cumbum 18.97
Usilampatti 20.62
Valandur 21.72
Meivazhichalai 24
QUALITY OF GROUND WATER
(As ON MAY 2012)
Parameter Range No.of samples %
EC(Us/cm@25 <750 71 18.20
751-2250 232 59.50
2251-3000 40 10.20
Chloride(mg/l <250 232 59.50
251-1000 140 35.9
>1000 18 04.6
Contd Quality
Parameter Range No.of samples %