Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 255
Sex Ratio Rank : 408
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 311 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 238 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Namakkal faces lot of environment related issues.
The pollution in our district has increased. This has given rise
to series of airborne diseases.
Namakkal is adversely hit by global warming and climate change.
People should be made aware about importance of planting trees.
Unemployment is a big challenge of our district.
Brief About Namakkal District
History of Namakkal District
Namakkal District was bifurcated from Salem District
with Head Quarters as Namakkal with an Order issued by the Government
on 25-07-1998.Namakkal District started functioning as a
separate district with effect from 01-01-1997. It
has two Revenue Divisions, viz., Namakkal and Tiruchengode
and four taluks viz., Namakkal, Rasipuram, Tiruchengode and Paramathi-Velur.In
Namakkal, Kottai (Fort) area is on the west and the Pettai (Business)
area is on the east and at the centre is the rock Namagiri,
which is the source for the town's name.The fort covers an area
of one and a half acres of flat surface and is accessible from
the southwest by a flight of narrow steps. The namam (mark)
is the white and red graphic symbol of Vishnu. The symbol is depicted
with two white and one red vertical lines
