Inception Report Vellore District

DISTRICT PROFILE

Vellore district is part of Thondaimandalam (Thondai Nadu), and one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu
state of India. Vellore district, which lies in the northern part of the state Tamilnadu of India. It is bounded by
78°20’ East longitude to 79°59’East longitude and 12°15’ North latitude to 13°15’ North latitude. Geographically,
Vellore district is surrounded by the state of Andhra Pradesh and Tiruvallur district by its north, Andhra Pradesh
state by its north-western part, Dharmapuri and Tiruvannamalai districts by its southern part, and Kancheepuram
district by its eastern part.
Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP) is an innovative project that aims at rural transformation
through strategies that look beyond poverty alleviation by building sustainability and prosperity of rural
communities through rural enterprise promotion, access to finance and employment opportunities in the selected
blocks of Vellore District. The Project will be operational in 6 blocks covering 266 village panchayat’s spread
across Vellore districts.
The District Inception report is prioritize the commodities, sectors, sub-sectors to focuses on the farm, off-farm and
non-farm sectors based on their potentiality in Vellore District. The ecoTo ascertain the skill gap that prevails in the
district for employment opportunities.
The report are cover of broadly analyses the indicators, such as social profile, rural profile, urbanization trends, and
labour mobility and the economic indicators; a sectorial analysis – agriculture, allied, non-farm including
manufacturing and service sectors; the current status of existing industries and the growth trends; the potential
economic growth centers within the districts and perceived gaps in the existing ecosystem for promoting and
nurturing sustainable MSEs; sector-wise and block-wise presence and growth trends of MSE; existing and potential
value chains in the sectors; and key private/public sector players currently operating in the district.

1. Administration

Descriptions of Administration geography

S.No Descriptions In Numbers

1. Villages 743
2. Hamlet Villages 6097
3. Corporation 1
4. Municipality 11
5. Town Panchayats 16
6. Panchayat unions 20
2.Population
Socio – Demographic Details Census 2011

Socio-Demographic Details
Description 2011 2001
Population 39.36 Lakhs 34.77 Lakhs
Actual Population 3,936,331 3,477,317
Male 1,961,688 1,741,083
Female 1,974,643 1,736,234
Population Growth 13.20% 14.90%
Area Sq. Km 6,075 6,075
Density/km2 648 572
Proportion to Tamil Nadu
5.46% 5.57%
Population
Sex Ratio (Per 1000) 1007 997
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Age) 944 943
Average Literacy 79.17 72.36
Male Literacy 86.5 81.99
Female Literacy 71.95 62.79
Total Child Population (0-6 Age) 432,550 432,180
Male Population (0-6 Age) 222,460 222,454
Female Population (0-6 Age) 210,090 209,726
Literates 2,773,928 2,203,552
Male Literates 1,504,355 1,245,076
Female Literates 1,269,573 958,476
Child Proportion (0-6 Age) 10.99% 12.43%
Boys Proportion (0-6 Age) 11.34% 12.78%
Girls Proportion (0-6 Age) 10.64% 12.08%

 As per 2011 census, 56.76 % population of Vellore districts lives in rural areas of villages and
43.24 percent lives in urban regions of district.
 The language is spoken in the District: 1.Tamil, 2.Telugu, 3.Urdu, 4.Hindi, 5. Kannada,
6.Sourashtra & 7. Malayalam
 The literacy rate in rural areas of the Vellore district is 74.70 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise,
male and female literacy stood at 83.39 and 66.08 percent respectively.

3. LIVEIHOOD ACTIVITES
 VERIOUS LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITES IN VELLORE

Agriculture In Vellore :

Vellore district ranks 7th place in the area of the State with a total geographical area of 5.92 Lakh Haare and
with Net Cultivated Area of 1.74 Lakh Haare.

The cropping pattern in the district indicated that groundnut was the predominant crop with 28.4 per cent of the total
cropped area and it was followed by paddy (22.8 per cent), red gram (7.2 per cent), sugar cane (5.9 per cent), ragi
(5.8 per cent) in that order during 2006-07. Food grains like cereals and pulses together accounted for 64 per cent of
the total cropped are.

Area Irrigated By Crops (Year: 2016-17)

S.No Crop Area (in Ha.)

1 Paddy 44570
2 Cholam 173
3 Cumbu 1286
4 Maize 2147
5 Ragi 2735
6 Sugarcane 5936
7 Onion 53
8 Fruits and Vegetables 10088
9 Gingelly 252
1 Groundnut 2667
0
1 Coconut 20434
1
1 Sunflower 4
2
1 Cotton 194
3
1 Greengram 1241
4
1 Blackgram 1181
5
1 Chillies 1311
6
1 Turmeric 554
7

Paddy, sorghum, red gram, horse gram, ground nut, gingelly, sugarcane, cotton and brinjal are the major crops
grown in the district..
Area And Production Of Principal Crops:

Area Irrigated by Crops (Year:2016-17) tables noticed that Paddy, coconut, fruits and vegetables and
sugarcane crops are highly depend on irrigation system and principal Crops:

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production ‘000;

(Tonnes)

Paddy 1 Paddy 44570 275.577

groundnut 2 Millets and Other Cereals 17638 85.858
and cotton 3 Pulses 24573 37.276
4 Sugarcane 5936 612.864
production
5 Groundnut 34173 96.847
are the
6 Gingelly 357 0.161
major crops 7 Cotton (bales of 170 Kgs lint each) 12130 3.735
of the Total 139377 1112.318
district,
from the district total net sown area
24.09 % to the total area sown. through the production, value addition, and marketing process people getting
employability opportunities, paddy production leads food processing, stable food, rice bran oil, rice milling, bakery
and rice corn sectors.

Groundnut production leads enterprising promotion on oil, traditional snacks, dairy feed sectors.34173 is the Area
sown in ha. Production in ‘000’ tonnes is 96.847

TNRTP Blocks

Sl. No. Name of the block Number of

Panchayat Block wise Population
village
Sl. No. Name of the block Density per Females per Increase Urban/Rur
1 Arcot 39 km
sq. 1000 males in al
populatio Population
2 Kaveripakkam 55 n since in %
2001 in%
3 K.V.Kuppam 39
1 Arcot 791.53 1009.96 13.96 53.35/46.65
4 Nemili 52
52 Kaveripakkam
Sholinghur 500.86
45 997.84 12.72 15.07/84.93
63 K.V.Kuppam
Walajapet 568.04
36 1017.80 8.40 4.13/95.86
4 Nemili
Total 514.87
266 1007.77 9.19 17.53/82.47
5 Sholinghur 530.51 1000.03 12.04 20.46/79.54
6 Walajapet 1104.37 1025.27 17.36 62.44/37.56
Agricultural Area& Production

K.V.KUPPAM

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 902.10
2 Sugarcane 178.62
3 Groundnut 2254.6
4 Banana 143.52
5 Block gram 102.15
6 Red gram 574.615
7 Mango 1072.85

Paddy, ground nut, sugarcane, block gram , Red gram, Banana and Mango are the major crops grown
in the block.

NEMILI

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 10939
2 Sugarcane 230.20
3 Groundnut 256.67
4 Block gram 202.15
5 Red gram 154.5
6 Lady finger 163.5
7 Brinjal 126

Paddy, sugarcane, groundnut, block gram, Red gram, Lady Finger and Brinjal are the major crops
grown in the block.

SHOLINGHUR

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 4297.5
2 Sugarcane 820.20
3 Groundnut 2851.81
4 Block gram 385.29
5 Red gram 1207.53
 6 Lady finger 87.02
7 Ragi 254.29
8 Mango 122.58
9 Chilli 122.67

Paddy, ground nut, sugarcane, block gram, Red gram, lady finger, Ragi , Chilli and Mango
are the major crops grown in the block.

KAVERIPAKKAM

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 9566
2 Sugarcane 454.63
3 Groundnut 1512
4 Block gram 162.16
5 Red gram 96.62
6 Banana 223
7 Ragi 140.62
8 Mango 148
9 Jasmine 96.56

Paddy, ground nut, sugarcane, block gram , Red gram, Banana ,Ragi ,Jasmine and Mango are the
major crops grown in the block .

WALAJAPET

S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 2521.37
2 Sugarcane 315.0
3 Groundnut 1069.79
4 Block gram 129.23
5 Red gram 160
6 Ragi 159.23

Paddy, ground nut, sugarcane, block gram , Red gram and Ragi are the major crops grown in the block.

ARCOT
 S.No corps Area (Ha.) Production

1 Paddy 3678.2
2 Sugarcane 169.5
3 Groundnut 1111.98
4 Block gram 161.5
5 Red gram 158.0
6 Ragi 133.45
Paddy, ground nut, sugarcane, block gram , Red gram and Ragi are the major crops grown in the
block.

People

The cultural impact in the society is also very significant same of the traditional arts of the District like the
Therukoothu., an art form folk theaters, Kokkalikottai, a famous traditional dance in the district are gradually
vanishing. But it is also a matter of solace to note that some of the handicrafts for which the Vellore district are
renowned, are still flourishing . Mats making in Walajapet, silk weaving in Arni and the traditional art of pot
making in Vellore and places around, are some of the handicrafts which are enable to successfully
withstand challenges through ages. The poomalai., scheme that has been introduced by the govt. will not only
preserve the traditional handicrafts, but also promote their growth.

Education
The Vellore District is one of the leading districts of the state. Where the development of the education has been
consistently good and commendable. The American Arcot mission, which was established in vellore center in
1853, has the distribution of pioneering the cause of higher education by establishing The American Arcot
mission Collage./ afflilated to the University of Madras as early as 1898. This later comes to be known as
Voorhees Collage. The Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur the Auxilium Collage, ( for women) at Katpadi are other
Christian institutions dedicated themselves to the cause of education.
Sl. No. Name of the block Density per Females per Increase Urban/Rur
sq. km 1000 males in al
populatio Population
n since in %
2001 in%
1 Arcot 791.53 1009.96 13.96 53.35/46.65

2 Kaveripakkam 500.86 997.84 12.72 15.07/84.93

3 K.V.Kuppam 568.04 1017.80 8.40 4.13/95.86
4 Nemili 514.87 1007.77 9.19 17.53/82.47
 5 Sholinghur 530.51 1000.03 12.04 20.46/79.54
6 Walajapet 1104.37 1025.27 17.36 62.44/37.56
Scope

Sl. No. Name of the block Name of the No of Peoples Urban/

Activities involved Rural
Populati
on in %
1 Arcot 39

2 Kaveripakkam 55
3 K.V.Kuppam 39
4 Nemili 52
5 Sholinghur 45
6 Walajapet 36
Total 266

Feasibility analysis

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3.2 Chapter 2: planning

a) Promotion of community organization

S.NO Name Name of Number Name of Number Number Possibility

of the enterprise of EG’s the of PG’s of PG’s of
block to be proposed dominant proposed covering promotion
given crop under left put of PC
priority PLF member