Techno Economic Survey Report - Ramanathapuram District

1 Contents S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 3. Location & Geographical Area 3. Topography 4. Availability of Minerals. 5. Forest 5. Administrative set up 5. 2. District at a glance 6-8. Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District 8. Ramanathapuram 3. Industrial Scenario Of Ramanathapuram District 9. Industry at a Glance 9. Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 9. Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units 10. In The District Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 11. Major Exportable Item 12. Growth Trend 12. Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 12. Medium Scale Enterprises 12. List of the units in Ramanathapuram District 12. Major Exportable Item 12. Service Enterprises 12. Tourism based Industry 12.

2 Potentials areas for service industry 13. Potential for new MSMEs 13. 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 13. Detail Of Major Clusters 13. Manufacturing Sector 13. Service Sector 13. Details of Identified cluster 14. Engineering Cluster 14. 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 14. meeting . Steps to set up MSMEs 16.. Additional information if any 19. 2. Brief Industrial Profile of Ramanathapuram District 1. General Characteristics of the District In the early 15th Century the present territories of Ramanathapuram District comprising of taluks Tiruvadanai, Paramakudi, Kamuthi, Mudukulathur, Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram were included in Pandiyan Kingdom. For a short period, this area was under the Chola Kings when Rajendra Chola brought it under his territory in 1063 AD.

3 With the help of the King of Thanjavur in 1730 one of the chieftains deposed Sethupathy and became the Raja of Sivaganga. Acting upon the weakness of the Nayak rules, the local chieftains (Palayakarars) became independent. Raja of Sivagangai, Sethupathy of Ramanathapuram were prominent among them. In 1973, Chand, a Sahib of Carnatic, captured Ramanathapuram . In 1795, the British deposed Muthuramalinga Sethupathy and took control of the administration of Ramanathapuram . In 1910, Ramanathapuram was formed by clubbing portions from Madurai and Tirunelveli District . Shri BRYANT was the first collector. And this District was named as Ramanathapuram . During the British period this District was called Ramnad . The name continued after independence. Later the District was renamed as Ramanathapuram to be in conformity with the Tamil Name for this region.

4 Location & Geographical Area Ramanathapuram is located between 9 05' and 9 50' North of Latitude and between 78 10' and 79 27' East of Longitude. It is bounded on the north by Sivaganga District , on the northeast by Pudukkottai District , on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by Thoothukudi District , and on the northwest by Virudhunagar District . It covers the geographical area of Sq. km. 3. Topography Ramanathapuram is situated in South-eastern part of Tamilnaduand it is something in dumper shape. 4. Availability of Minerals PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION Units 2010-2011. MAJOR MINERAL. 1 Crude Oil 13033 MTS. 2 Natural Gas 625624170 M3. MINOR MINERAL. 1 Savadu 598672 Cubic Meters 2 Gravel 71741 Cubic Meters 3 Limeshell 96 Cubic Meters SOURCE:- DEPT.

5 OF MINES & GEOLOGY. Forest The forest cover an area of 4488 hectares in 2010-2011 percent of the total geographical area Administrative set up Ramanathapuram is the District headquarter. This District have 02 revenue divisions, 4 municipals, 7 taluks, 11 blocks, 38 frikas, 429 panchayats, 400 revenue villages, 2362 hamelet village. 5. 2. District at a glance Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 09 05' to 09 50'. ii) Longitude 78 10' to 79 27'. iii) Geographical Hectares Area (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions Nos 02. ii) Municipals Nos 04. iii) Taluk Nos 07. iv) Town Nos 07. v) Block Nos 11. vi)Firkas Nos 38. vii) Revenue Village Nos 400. viii) Panchayats Nos 429. xi) Hamlet villages Nos 2362. x) Assembly Area Nos 04.

6 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 Nos 583376. ii) Female 2011 Nos 604228. (B) Rural Population 2011 Nos 885210. 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare ii) Forest cover 2010-11 Hectare iii) Non Agriculture 2010-11 Hectare Land v) cultivable Barren 2010-11 Hectare land 4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Ha. 5. Livestock & Poultry 6. A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 Nos. 132064. ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 3549. B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 290541. ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 1165. iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 5243. iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms (c) Main District 2010-11 Kms Highway (d) Other District & 2010-11 Kms Rural Roads (e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms Agriculture Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms (VI) Communication (a) Telephone 2010-11 31359.

7 Connection (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 211. (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 31. (d )Density of 2010-11 31. Telephone person (e) Density of 2010-11 No. per KM. Telephone (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 2617. (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 14. (b) Beds in Allopathic 2010-11 No. 963. hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital 2010-11 No. 07. 7. (d) Beds in Ayurvedic 2010-11 No. 00. hospitals (e) Unani hospitals 2010-11 No. 07. (f) Community health 2010-11 No. 00. Centres (g) Primary health 2010-11 No. 52. centers (h) Dispensaries 2010-11 No. 39. (i) Sub Health Centers 2010-11 No. 244. (j) Private hospitals 2010-11 No. 68. (VIII) Banking commercial (a) Commercial Bank Nos. 84. (b) rural Bank Products Nos. 24. (c) Co-Operative bank Nos.

8 28. Products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. 04. (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 1016. (b) Middle schools Nos. 260. (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 105. secondary schools (d) Colleges Nos. 18. (e) Technical University Nos. Nil Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Ramanathapuram S. Name of Ind. Area Land Land Prevailing No No of No of No. of No. acquired developed Rate Per of allotted Vacant Units in (In (In Sqm Plots Plots Plots Production hectare) hectare) (In Rs.). 1 Thellichathanallur, Paramakudi 326/- 20 Nil Nil 20. 2 Nenmeni, Paramakudi 324/- 30 30 Nil 12. 3 Keela Naagachi 313/- 24 09 15 08. Source:- SIDCO, Sivagangai 8. 3. Industrial Scenario of Ramanathapuram District Industry at a Glance Sr Head Unit Particulars No 1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 1091.

9 2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 1091. 3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & NO. 004. LARGE UNIT. 4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF NO. 441. DAILY WORKER EMPLOYED IN. SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES. 5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. 2376. MEDIUM INDUSTRIES. 6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 003. 7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IN LACS 2450. IND. 8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & IN LACS 5145. LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES. YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED. YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT. REGISTERED (lakh Rs.). UNITS. Up to 1984-85 -- -- -- 1985-86 -- -- -- 1986-87 102 212 1734. 1987-88 98 196 1988-89 141 288 1989-90 148 302 1990-91 200 189 1991-92 220 443 1992-93 398 796 1993-94 369 739 9. 1994-95 316 632 1995-96 390 788 1996-97 374 562 1997-98 369 742 1998-99 375 755 1999-2000 383 766 2000-01 391 788 2001-2002 110 128 2002-03 121 142 2003-04 131 151 2004-05 118 148 2005-06 122 174 2006-07 126 174 2007-08 147 79 2008-09 130 1545 2009-10 171 1061 2010-11 202 1446 Total 5652 12458 Source: DIC , Ramanathapuram DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES.

10 AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE District . NIC TYPE OF NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT. CODE INDUSTRY OF UNITS (Lakh Rs.). NO. 20 Agro based 22 155. 22 Soda water -- -- -- 23 Cotton textile -- -- -- 24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread -- -- -- based clothes. 25. Jute & jute based -- -- -- 26. Ready-made garments & 153 517. embroidery 10. 27. Wood/wooden based furniture 20 215. 28. Paper & Paper products 02 17. 29. Leather based 02 24. 31. Chemical/Chemical based 18 289. 30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based 04 23. 32. Mineral based 03 116. 33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 01 006. 35. Engineering units 34 503. 36. Electrical machinery and transport 02 012. equipment 97. Repairing & servicing 06 032. 01. Others 137 1332. Source: DIC , Ramanathapuram Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings List of the units in Ramanathapuram District 1.