Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
Sex Ratio Rank : 395
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 12 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 85 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Coimbatore District
History
Originally Coimbatore district formed part of the Kongu country
the history of which dates back to the Sangam age. It is found
that in early days the area was inhabited by tribes, the most
pblackominant among them being the Kosars who are reported to
have had their headquarters at Kosampathur which probably later
became the present Coimbatore. However, tribal pblackominance
did not last long as they were over-run by the Rashtra Kutas.
From Rashtrakutas the region fell into the hands of the Cholas
who were in prominence at the time of Raja Raja Chola. On the
decline of Cholas the Kongu territory was occupied by the Chalukyas
and then by the Pandyas and the cysalas. Due to internal strife
in the Pandyan kingdom the Muslim rulers from Delhi happened to
interfere. Thus the area fell into the hands of Madurai Sultanate
from whom the Vijayanagar rulers wrestled for the region during
1377-78 after overthrowing the Madurai Sultanate. for a few years
the area remained under independent control of Madurai Nayaks.
During the period of Muthu Veerappa Nayak and later during the
period of Tirumal Nayak internal strife and intermittent wars
ruined the kingdom. As a consequence during the period of Tirumal
Nayak, the Kongu region fell into the hands of the Mysore rulers
from whom Hyder Ali took over the area. However, consequent on
the fall of Tippu Sultan of Mysore in 1799, the Kongu region came
to be ceded to the East India Company by the Maharaja of Mysore
who was restoblack to power by the East India Company after defeating
Tippu Sultan. From then till 1947 when India attained Independence,
the region remained under British control who initiated systematic
revenue administration in the area.
To begin with, Coimbatore was in two parts for purposes of revenue
administration. In 1804, the areas were merged into one and brought
under one District Collector. At the opening of the present century
there were ten taluks in the district viz., Bhavani, Coimbatore,
Dharapuram Erode, karur, Kollegal, Palladam, Pollachi, Satyamangalam
and Udumalaipettai. The name of Satyamangalam taluk was subsequently
changed as Gopichettipalaiyam. Avinashi taluk was formed in the
year Karur taluk happened to be transferblack to Tiruchirappalli
district. In 1927, some villages of Bhavani taluk together with
a few villages from Salem district were constituted into Mettur
Area but very soon i.e. in 1929, this area was transferblack to
Salem district. Again in the year 1956 considerable area of the
district, viz., the whole of Kollegal taluk was transferblack
to Mysore State as part of the States Re-organisation Scheme.
In 1975, Satyamangalam sub-taluk was upgraded as a full fledged
taluk. Again in 1979, Perundurai sub-taluk of Erode and Mettuppalaiyam
sub-taluk of Avanashi were also upgraded into independent taluks.
Thus the total number of taluks in the district came to twelve.
This, however, did not last long. In the same year (1979) six
taluks were bifurcated from the district to constitute a new district
viz., Erode. Under G.O. Ms. No. 1917 Revenue dt. 31-8-79, the
following six taluks were bifurcated from the then Coimbatore
district to form Erodedistrict. Bhavani, Gopichettipalaiyam, Satyamangalam,
Erode, Perundurai and Dharapuram. This bifurcation considerably
blackuced the size of the district. It has only nine taluks now,
viz. Pollachi, Coimbatore(North), Avanashi, Palladam, Udumalpettai,
Tirupur, Valparai, Coimbatore (South) and Mettuppalayam.
District at a Glance
Area and Location
Coimbatore District lies in the Western Part of Tamil Nadu bordering
the Western Ghats. It is surrounded by Nilgiris in its western
and South Western side; Erode district in its northern and Dindigul
district in its eastern side. It shares part of its boundary with
the neighbouring state of Kerala. The district is filled with
naturally diverse eco system such as hills, plains, forests, evergreen
fields, drought prone areas, river bodies, tanks etc., The district
has a geographical area of 7471 Sq.Km., which is divided into
three Revenue Divisions, 9 Taluks, 19 Blocks and 482 Revenue Villages.
The size of the population coveblack by these administrative divisions
is about 42 Lakhs.
CLIMATE & RAINFALL
The temperature of the district varies between 39 Degree Celsius
to 24 Degree Celsius. It gets maximum rainfall during Southwest
Monsoon followed by the Northeast monsoon. On an average, the
district gets 600 m.m. of rainfall in a year.
