DISTRICT  PROFILE - PART III

19. COMMUNICATION

i.        Post & Telegraph (In Number)
a.  Post Offices doing posted business   Alone	:                    550
b.  Post Offices doing Post &  Telegraph	:                      40
Business
ii.  Telephones
a. No.of Telephones in use	:                123027
b. No.of Public Call Offices	:                   8137
c. No.of Telephones Exchanges	:                     85

20. CO-OPERATION

i. Primary Land Development Banks	:                        9
ii. Cooperative Apex Banks (TNSC)	:                       Nil
iii. District Central Cooperative Banks
(Including Branches)	:    1 (Branches - 35)
iv. Urban Banks    (Including Branches)	:                       20
v. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies	:                      182
vi. Housing Cooperative Societies	:                       29
vii. Employees Cooperative Societies	:                       66
viii. Lift Irrigation Societies	:                      Nil
ix. Weavers Cooperative Societies	:                      49
x. Industrial Cooperative Societies	:                      13
xi. Khadi & Village Industries Societies	:                      33
xii. Primary Cooperative Stores	:                     18
xiii. Cooperative Sugar Mills	:                       3
xiv.  Co-operative Marketing Societies	:                       7
xv.   Other Co-operative Societies	:                    175

21. REGISTRATIONS

i. No.of Registration Offices	:                     27
ii.Aggregte Value of property Transferred
(Rs.in Crores)	:                   314.5
iii.Total Receipts (Rs.in Crores)	:                      58.22

22. HOUSING

i.   No.of tenements constructed by
Tamil Nadu Housing Board	:                     Nil
ii.  Deputy Registrar  Housing	:                     Nil
iii.  No.of tenements constructed by
Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board	:                     Nil
iv. Police Housing Board	:                     Nil
v.   Deputy Registrar, Housing – Rural	:                     ---
vi.  Deputy Registrar,  Housing – Urban	:                     ---
vii.  Samathuvapuram	:                        7
viii. Total No.of Households	:
a. S.C.	:                     ---
b. S.T.	:                     ---
c. Others	:                     ---
ix. No.of Households below poverty line	:                     ---

23.  SOCIAL WELFARE (in Nos.)

No. of Beneficiaries under Oldage Pension Scheme
i. a. Indira Gandhi National Oldage Pension	:                  115970
b. Destitute Physically Handicapped Pension	:                  20963
c.  Destitute Widow Pension	:                    51893
d. Destitute Agricultural Labourers Pension	:                  69402
e. Destitute and Deserted Wives Pension	:                    19757
f. Unmarried Poor Women Pension	:                 1786
Total	:               279772
ii. Dr.Muthulakshmi  Reddy Ammaiyar Ninaivu	:                    ----
Mahapperu  Udhavi  Thittam
(National Maternity Benefit Scheme)	:                    8568
iii. Marriage Assistance
a.       Moovalur  Ramamirtham Ammaiyar	General          SC+ST
Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi  Thittam	:           8004            3369
b. Marriage Assistance for daughter of Poor
Widows (E.V.R. Maniyamai)	:            222                 106
c. Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar (Widow
Remarriage ) Thittam	:               4                  --
d. Marriage Assistance to orphan girls	:               43                   11
e. Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Kalappu
Thirumana Nidhi Udhavi Thittam	:             7                  486
iv.  Aid  for  Handicapped	:                    Nil
v. Aid for others (specify)	:                    Nil
vi. Women Welfare Co-operative Societies	:                     4
vii. Training Centres	:                     1
viii.Mahalir suya uthavi kuzhukkal
(i) Group	:                19548
(ii) Member	:              324585
ix.  Women Development Centre	:                  Nil
x.  Beneficiaries	:                  Nil
xi.  Uzhavar Santhai	:                    9

24.  NUTRITIOUS MEALS PROGRAMME

Name of the Programme	No.of Total
	Centres                Beneficiaries
i.   Purachi Thalaivar M.G.R.	:       2195                   311915
ii.  I.C.D.S	:        2992                  64200

25.  REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

a. Revenue Divisions	:                  3
b. Revenue Taluks	:                  9
c. Revenue Firkas	:                52
d. Revenue Villages	:               842

26.   LOCAL BODIES

a. Corporations	:                1
b. Municipalities	:                11
c. Panchayat Unions	:                20
d. Town Panchayats	:                16
e. Village Panchayats	:               743

27. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

a. No.of Development Divisions	:                 3
b. No.of Blocks Covered	:               20
c. Population Covered (in Lakhs)	:               34.83
d. Area Covered (in Sq.Km.)	:            6077

28. POLICE AND PRISONS

i.        Police
a. Police Force
i.  Local	:             1162
ii. Armed Reserve	:               534
b. Police Stations	:                33
c. Police Outposts	:                 4
ii.  Prisons
a. Central Prisons	:                 2
b. Other Prisons	:                 6

29. LEGISLATURE

i. Members of the Legislative  Assembly
a. Elected	:                13
b. Nominated	:                Nil
ii. Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)	:                 2
iii. Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)	:               Nil

30. CINEMA THEATRES (in Nos.)

i. Permanent
a. Air-conditioned	:                 3
b. Non-Air conditioned	:                73
c. Air Cooled	:                  1
ii.  Open Air Theatres	:                ---
iii.  Semi Permanent	:                 5
iv.  Touring	:               19

31.BANKS AND INSURANCE

i. Bank Officers	:               247
Primary Co-op. Banks	:               182
ii. Life Insurance
a. Offices	:                  7
b. Policies Issued	:               N.A
c. Sum Assured (Rs.in Crores)	:          ----

32.NATURAL RESOURCES :

a. Name of the Minerals found in the  District	:       VERMICULITS

33. GENERAL

1.  Name of the important Pilgrim Centres          :	a. Vellore  Port   Jalagandeeswarar  Temple
	b. Vallimalai   Murugan  Temple
	c.  Sholingur  Narasima  Swamy  Temple
	d.  Rathinagiri   Balamurugan  Temple
	e.  Jalagamparai  Eswaran   Koil
	f.   Virinjipuram  Margapandeeswarar  Temple
	g.Pallikonda  Ranganathar  Temple
	h. Sripuram,Golden Temple,Ariyur.
2.  Name of the Important Tourist Centres        :	a.  Vellore  Port
	b.  Muthu  Mandapam,  Vellore  River - bed
	c.  Delhi  Gate ,  Arcot
	d.  Thippusulthan  Mahal,  Arcot
	e.  Amirithi  forest
	f.   Morthana  Dam, Gudiyatham
	g.   Kavalur   Observator
	h.   Ellagiri  Hills
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                                                                                                                                Assistant Director of Statistics,

                                                         Vellore.