Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 287
Sex Ratio Rank : 431 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 174 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 326 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Following are the social and developmental challenges
of the district:
Chikungunya, dengue and malaria are the three main illness present
in the district.
Availability of impure drinking water is causing the spread of many
illness in the district
No efforts are taken from the government side to uplift the condition
of poor people in the district.
Brief About Cuddapah District
The Forest area caters the Timber, as well as Rare black Sandalwood
that earns the foreign currency to the Nation is found only in
this district.
Wild life such as Tigers, Jaguars, etc is found in these forests.
Asbestos Minning processing unit at Pulivendula.
Starting at Sunkesula Dam on Tungabadra river Cuddapah-Kurnool
(K.C) Canal flows through Cuddapah and Kurnool districts providing
water to 4000 Hectares of cultivable land. Handhri Nivas Sujala
Sravanthi project and Pulivendula Canal were under construction
for Irrigation.
Proposals are made to construct a Reservoir on Buggavanka river
at Ippapenta village. The main source of drinking water to this
district is Galer-Nagari-Sujalasravanthi Canal.
Handloom Industry at Madhavaram is one of the major sources of
Income to this district.
