Madurai District Profile

• Madurai district is bounded by Sivaganga district in the East, Theni district in the West, Tiruchirappalli and Dindigul districts in the North and Virudhunagar district in the South.
• The District lies between 9º33'30’ ’N to 10º18'50’’ N Latitude, 77º29'10’ ’E to 78º28’45’’ E Longitude and has an areal extent of 3696 sq.km.

Physiography and Drainage:

• Central Part of Madurai district is drained by Vaigai River and Gundar river that forms parts of vaigai. Northern Part of the district is drained by Pambar.
• South eastern part of the district (part of Sedapatti and Kallupatti blocks) falls in Vaippar basin and the area is drained by Arjuna Nadi.

Rainfall:

The average annual rainfall and the 5 years rainfall collected from IMD, Chennai is as follows:

Geology:

Ground Water Level:

The Ground Water levels from the 31 number of observation wells of TWAD have been analysed for Post-Monsoon and Pre-Monsoon. 5 years average Ground water level in m Below Ground Level for pre and post monsoon is as follows:

Sustainability:

With a view to enhance the Sustainability of the drinking water sources, recharge structures are being implemented by TWAD Board under various State and Central Government assistances.

The Recharge Structures implemented so far in district is as under.

Categorization of Firkas:

The status of Categorization of firkas as of March 2020 for the District in is shown below.

Rural Habitations

Total No. of Rural Habitations: 2263