Palakkad, one of the interior districts of Kerala, is unique in many respects. The continuity of the majestic Western Ghats, which stretches over, 1000 kms is broken at Palakkad gap with a width of 32 kms. On either side of the gap are the giant Nilgiris and Anamalais. The climate of the district is greatly influenced by this gap, as it enables the north- east winds to blow spreading its wings right up to the cost throughout the breadth of the gap. Since the district gets the benefit of south-west and north east winds, rainfall is heavy in both the seasons and consequently the Palakkad district has extensive paddy fields and is aptly known as the granary of Kerala. The eastern region of the district has high mountains, extensive ravines and dense forests. In the southern part, there are a number of estates.

The district covers 13.5% of the total forest area in the State and 37% of the total ecological fragile land (EFL) in the State. The total forest area in Palakkad district is 1527.35 sq km, out of these 51.77 sq km belonging to EFL zone, 276 sq km is dense forest, 693 sq km is moderate forest and the rest 606 sq km is open forest land.

Considering the physical features, the district is divided into two natural divisions-midland and highland. The midland region consists of valleys and plains. It leads up to the highland which consists of high mountain peaks, long spurs, extensive ravines, dense forests and tangled jungles. Midland is thick with coconut, areca nut, cashew, pepper, rubber and paddy cultivation. The soil is laterite in the hill and mid land regions. Ottappalam Taluk lies in the midland and highland regions. The road and rail links between Kerala and Tamil Nadu pass through the Palakkad gap.

 

 

Latitude

between 10° 21' and 11° 14' North latitude

Longitude

between 76° 02' and 76° 54' East longitude

Geographical Area

4475.94 sq km

Demography

 

Total population (2011 census)

2809934

Male

1359478

Female

1450456

Sex Ratio(female per 1000 males)

1067

Population Density

628 per sq km

Decadal Growth Rate

7.35% (from 2001 census)

Child population(0-6 years)

302297

  Per Capita income (2012-13)

  Constant price

Rs.58506

Total literacy rate(2011)

89.31

Male literacy rate

93.10

Female literacy rate

85.79

Administrative setup

 

Taluks

6

Villages

163

Grama Panchyats

91

  Block panchyats

13

  Corporation

Nil

Municipalities

4

District Panchyat

1

Lok Sabha seats

2

Niyamasabha seats

12

Educational district

2

Agricultural scenario

 

Total cropped area

291194 hect

Major agricultural items

Paddy, tapioca, banana, plantain, coconut, arecanut, cashew, pepper, vegetables, tubers

Land put to non agriculture uses

43690 hect

Forest cover

152735 hect

Gross irrigated area

 

Net irrigated area ( 2012-13)

85029 hect

Production of rice (2012-13)

189229 tons

Productivity of rice (2012-13)

2389 kg per hect

Area under paddy cultivation

79201 hect

Production of milk (2012-13)

89863.99 kilo litres

Production of egg (2005-06)

11955 lakh numbers

Production of Meat (2013-14)

1394 tons

Average annual rainfall

234 cms

Ground water availability (net annual)

750.33 MCM

Industrial status

 

Heavy industries

56

Micro Manufacturing

13736

Micro Service

2716

Small Manufacturing

833

Small Service

165

No of development plot/area

4

No of Mini Industrial Area

6

Industrial Area developed by :

(a)  District Panchayath

(b)  Block Panchayath

(c)  Grama Panchayath

 

 

Handloom societies

42

Power loom societies

3

Coir societies

40

General Industrial societies

161

 
TALUKS : PALAKKAD, CHITTUR, OTTAPPALAM, MANNARKKAD, ALATHUR AND PATTAMBI

BLOCKS :ALATHUR, KUZHALMANNAM, ATTAPADY, MANNARKKAD, CHITTUR,KOLLENGODE, NEMMARA, OTTAPALAM, PATTAMBI, SREEKRISHNAPURAM, THRITHALA, MALAMPUZHA, PALAKKAD,

MUNICIPALITIES : PALAKKAD, OTTAPALAM, SHORNUR,CHITTUR – THATHAMANGALAM,

Resources in the district

Population

Palakkad is one of the low densely populated districts in Kerala. The CD Block wise Municipality wise population as per 2011 census in Palakkad district is as follows.

 

Name of Block/ Municiplaity

No. of households

Total population

Male

Female

SC population

ST population

Thrithala

43133

200831

94623

106208

35599

355

Pattambi

60611

303037

144935

158102

38930

399

Sreekrishnapuram

40359

178585

85391

93194

24884

626

Ottappalam

34080

151095

71765

79330

23910

170

Palakkad

49326

213873

103742

110131

34228

334

Mannarkad

66373

320075

154294

165781

31824

2705

Attappady

16865

64318

32035

32283

3054

27627

Malampuzha

58391

243155

119469

123686

35365

3263

Kuzhalmannam

40665

174611

84665

89946

41783

144

Kollengode

30235

130862

64545

66317

26063

5458

Chittur

40218

162544

80240

82304

22724

4411

Nemmara

32738

138272

67610

70662

23254

1793

Alathur

62172

268098

130550

137548

36122

1267

Shoranur (M)

10420

43533

20757

22776

7423

88

Ottappalam (M)

12484

53792

25359

28433

4765

89

Palakkad (M)

31176

130955

63833

67122

10068

213

Chittur-Thathamangalam (M)

7974

32298

15665

16633

3837

30

District Total

637220

2809934

1359478

1450456

403833

48972

The total Rural and Urban population in the whole district is given below. This shows that 76 percent of the total households and total population are in rural areas.

R/ U

No. of households

Total population

Male

Female

SC population

ST population

Rural

482285

2133124

1031466

1101658

322951

47023

Urban

154935

676810

328012

348798

80882

1949

Total

637220

2809934

1359478

1450456

403833

48972

Decadal Population growth rate (in %, 2001 census and 2011 census)

R/ U

Total population

Male population

Female population

Rural

-5.65

-5.67

-5.63

Urban

89.81

89.09

90.49

Total

7.35

7.30

7.40

SC/ST Colonies in the district

SC/ ST

No. of colonies

No. of families

Population

ST colonies

455

13782

47685

SC colonies

4237

52483

244412

Total

4692

66265

292097

General and Higher Education

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

Malampuzha- 1

No. of students is 480 and number of teachers is 28

Number of s students and teachers in Palakkad district in 2014-15

 

Govt

Aided

Unaided

Total

Students

118143

204832

35107

359082

Teachers

5110

8856

1478

15244

 Educational Institutions- General and Technical

Sl No.

Institution

Govt

Aided

Unaided

Total

1

LP Schools

184

348

14

553

2

UP Schools

63

159

16

239

3

High Schools

64

76

35

174

4

Special Schools

1

3

10

14

5

HSS

48

56

15

119

6

HSS and VHS

9

0

2

9

7

CBSE

 

 

 

47

8

ICSE

 

 

 

4

9

Kendriya Vidyalaya

 

 

 

3

10

Jawahar Navodaya

 

 

 

1

11

Polytechnics

3

0

0

3

12

Women Polytechnics

0

0

0

0

13

ITI

8

0

3

11

14

ITC

2

1

7

10

Higher Educational Institutions

Sl No.

Institution

Govt

Aided

Self financed

Total

1

Universities

0

0

0

0

2

Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges

4

8

16

28

3

Medical Colleges

1

0

2

3

4

Dental Colleges

0

0

1

1

5

Ayurveda Colleges

0

0

2

2

6

Homeopathic Colleges

0

0

0

0

7

Agriculture Colleges

0

0

0

0

8

Engineering Colleges

1

1

9

11

9

Pharmacy Colleges

0

0

3

3

10

Sidha/ Unani Colleges

0

0

0

0

11

Veterinary Colleges

0

0

0

0

12

Law Colleges

0

0

0

0

13

Fine Arts Colleges

1

1

1

3

14

Nursing Colleges

3

0

2

5

Medical Institutions

Sl No.

Institution

No.

No. of beds

No. of doctors

1

Govt Hospitals

10

1432

144

2

Govt Dispensaries

6

-

6

3

CHC

19

463

64

4

PHC

75

620

103

5

Govt Ayurveda Hospitals

6

150

18

6

Govt Ayurveda Dispensaries

75

-

75

7

Govt Homeopathic Hospitals

6

150

18

8

Govt Homeopathic Dispensaries

42

-

42

 Agriculture

          The land use pattern in the district as per the data in 2012-13 agricultural year is as follows.

 

Land use

Area in Hectares

1

Total geographical area

447584

2

Land put to non agricultural use

43690

3

Barren and uncultivable land

2175

4

Land under miscellaneous tree crops

716

5

Cultivable waste

25215

6

Fallow other than current fallow

14152

7

Current fallow

15380

8

Still water

15022

9

Social forestry

378

10

Net area sown (net cropped area)

194599

11

Area sown more than once

96595

12

Total cropped area

291194

        
       Palakkad district is potential in production of paddy in the State. The total area under paddy, considering all the three seasons (autumn, winter and summer), is 79201 hectares and this accounts 27 pc of the total cropped area of the district. Palakkad is also the leading producer of rice in Kerala, and so the district is popularly known as the ‘rice bowl’ of Kerala. The total annual production of rice is 189229 tonnes, of which 89411 tonnes in autumn season, 94532 tonnes in winter season and 5286 tonnes in summer season.

The Block wise area (in hectares) under principal food crops in the district in 2012-13 year is given below.

 

Block

Paddy

Tapioca

Coconut

Arecanut

Cashew

Pepper

1

Alathur

11716

456

4728

388

142

244

2

Attappady

8

362

9169

3370

1426

561

3

Chittur

8916

345

7967

96

22

19

4

Kollengode

11147

8

3525

71

18

19

5

Kuzhalmannam

16229

64

2253

61

114

49

6

Malampuzha

3876

42

3420

132

185

45

7

Mannarkkad

299

363

8830

2695

249

435

8

Nemmara

11254

149

2689

161

67

74

9

Ottapalam

3456

139

4216

221

244

366

10

Palakkad

4595

42

2291

331

139

107

11

Pattambi

2297

204

3872

365

146

222

12

Sreekrishnapuram

1745

138

3722

737

143

256

13

Thrithala

2008

56

4183

916

137

229

 

Block Total

75477

2368

60866

9545

3032

2625

 

Municipalities Total

1654

10

1647

56

102

98

 

District Total

79201

2378

62513

9601

3134

2723

 

% to Total cropped area

27

1

21

3

1

1

  

 

Block

Jack

Mango

Tamarind

Pappaya

Banana

Plantain

1

Alathur

644

799

853

79

263

643

2

Attappady

434

404

71

46

7602

3357

3

Chittur

180

405

326

40

253

1025

4

Kollengode

182

1214

314

49

61

194

5

Kuzhalmannam

351

458

451

34

57

2

6

Malampuzha

215

381

246

43

225

227

7

Mannarkkad

1155

1191

265

185

2057

607

8

Nemmara

271

471

378

41

67

333

9

Ottapalam

1017

1175

504

6

1128

369

10

Palakkad

487

454

333

35

313

264

11

Pattambi

674

734

239

79

488

377

12

Sreekrishnapuram

551

579

267

64

2438

305

13

Thrithala

595

739

248

51

203

224

 

Block Total

6756

9004

4495

751

15156

8112

 

Municipalities Total

306

364

115

64

88

139

 

District Total

7062

9368

4611

816

15243

8251

 

% to Total cropped area

2.4

3.2

1.6

0.3

5.2

2.8

Besides the above, the district contains 37010 hectares of rubber plantation area, 4935 hectares of coffee and 831 hectares of tea. This accounts 13%, 2% and 0.3% respectively of the total cropped area of the district. The Block wise production statistics as per 2012-13 data is given in the following tables. (Production in tons)

 

Block

Rice

Tapioca

Coconut*

Arecaunut

Cashew

Black pepper

1

Alathur

30818

14582

33

363

24

59

2

Attappady

20

12957

104

3186

238

237

3

Chittoor

21278

7836

61

77

3

3

4

Kollangode

23008

192

23

49

4

5

5

Kuzhalmandam

46895

1702

13

26

19

13

6

Malampuzha

8563

1170

26

51

16

9

7

Mannarkkad

629

12678

70

3141

57

218

8

Nenmara

23872

3620

20

128

15

28

9

Ottappalam

7606

3842

25

149

57

138

10

Palakkad

10983

1171

11

215

27

29

11

Pattambi

5074

4568

21

411

43

51

12

Sreekrishnapuram

3083

3643

18

441

33

66

13

Thrithala

4112

1160

25

679

36

56

 

Block Total

185941

69119

450

8915

571

914

 

Municipalities

3287

257

11

31

44

0

 

District Total

189229

69377

461

8946

615

914

* Production of coconut is in Million nuts

 

Block

Jack#

Mango

Ginger

Turm eric

Tama rind

Banana

Plantain

1

Alathur

2683

3283

141

317

1091

2164

5466

2

Attappady

1419

2439

216

228

52

79465

36068

3

Chittoor

494

2772

611

55

1987

2363

7875

4

Kollangode

609

10668

709

79

2778

309

1523

5

Kuzhalmandam

1077

1356

717

626

776

614

1466

6

Malampuzha

494

3115

66

36

240

1950

3591

7

Mannarkkad

3243

4744

57

250

111

15986

4486

8

Nenmara

807

2414

537

175

1053

576

2356

9

Ottappalam

2898

3950

35

28

135

9238

2029

10

Palakkad

1025

3090

126

66

218

2356

3104

11

Pattambi

2393

3520

23

10

97

3852

1798

12

Sreekrish napuram

1467

2788

37

30

112

18938

1522

13

Thrithala

1410

5863

7

5

108

1565

1191

 

Block Total

20018

50001

3281

1907

8757

139376

72474

 

Municipalities

774

4379

29

9

103

719

662

 

District Total

20793

54380

3310

1916

8860

140094

73136

# Production of jack in thousand nuts

Productivity of principal crops in the district is as follows.

Sl. No.

Crop name

Productivity

1

Rice

2389 kg/ hect

2

Tapioca

29175 kg/ hect

3

Arecanut

932 kg/ hect

4

Coconut

7374 million nuts per hect

5

Cured ginger

4485 kg/ hect

6

Cured turmeric

2903 kg/ hect

7

Banana

9191 kg/ hect

8

Plantain

8864 kg/ hect

9

Jack

2974 million nuts/ hect

10

Mango

5805 kg/ hect

11

Pineapple

5036 kg/ hect

12

Tea

2699 kg/ hect

13

Coffee

502 kg/ hect

 Animal Husbandry

          The category wise number of animals and birds in the district and its annual production are as follows.

Cow

Buffalo

Goat

Sheep

Pig

Hen

Duck

169208

9018

114472

1167

4018

793686

28296

          The annual meat production from animals (cow, buffalo, goat, sheep and pig) is 910 tons and that from poultry is 484 tones and thus the total production of meat in Palakkad district is 1394 tons.

 Fisheries

         The major inland fishing centres in the district are Malampuzha, Chulliyar, Meenkara, Mangalam, Pothundi, Walayar and Kanjirapuzha. The total area brought under fish culture in the district is 2494.04 acres. The Block wise number of ponds, reservoirs and lakes suitable for fish culture and area brought under fish culture in the district are as follows.

Sl No.

Name of Block

No. of Ponds

No. of Reservoir/ Lake suitable for fish culture

Area (in Acres) brought under fish culture

1

Thrithala

310

-

-

2

Pattambi

244

-

54.28

3

Ottapalam

409

14

79.66

4

Sreekrishnapuram

382

2

54.09

5

Mannarkkad

571

15

32.74

6

Attapady

12

1

-

7

Palakkad

582

11

52.67

8

Kuzhalmannam

430

5

250.78

9

Chittur

588

1

381.15

10

Kollengode

523

10

820.05

11

Nenmara

584

24

300.47

12

Alathur

661

6

231.05

13

Malampuzha

418

7

237.10

14

Municipalities

359

-

-

 

Total

6073

96

2494.04

          The major fishes produced in the district are Catla, Rohu and Mrigal, its total production amounts to 2713.119 tons with an approximate value of Rs.2170.49 lakhs.

Mineral Resources

The mineral deposits available in the district are granite building stone, laterite building stone, brick clay/ ordinary clay, ordinary sand, lime stone etc.

Dairy development

          Milk production is one of the major activities under primary sector and the district is potential with a number of dairy cooperative societies. There are 308 Milk Cooperative Societies in Palakkad and the average monthly production of milk as per the latest statistics (2014 year) in the district is 74.88 lakh litres. The only dairy training centre in the district is Vanoor in Alathur Taluk. The only dairy unit under MILMA in the district is in Kalleppully, Palakkad Taluk and there are two chilling plants in the ditricts, one at Pattambi and another at Attapady. Besides these, 33 numbers of Bulk Milk Coolers (BMC) are functioning in the district and 7 numbers of BMC units is proposed to be installed.

The Block wise number of Milk Cooperative Societies and its monthly production are given below.

Sl No.

Name of Block

No. of societies

Monthly milk produced (in Ltr)

1

Alathur

35

501914

2

Attapady

15

517681

3

Chittur

52

2685995

4

Kollengode

12

852332

5

Kuzhalmannam

27

430828

6

Malampuzha

17

549973

7

Mannarkkad

18

154898

8

Nenmara

26

432124

9

Ottapalam

23

245654

10

Palakkad

22

383425

11

Pattambi

15

124575

12

Sreekrishnapuram

23

386193

13

Thrithala

23

223074

 

District Total

308

7488666

 Water Resources

          The district is blessed with six major rivers; they are Bharathapuzha, Kannadi, Gayathripuzha, Thoothapuzha, Bhavani, Siruvani. Malampuzha, Walayar, Mangalam, Meenkara, Gayatri, Poyhundi and Kanjirapuzha are the tributaries of Bharathapuzha. Except Bhavani and Siruvani all rivers are flowing towards west to Arabian sea. Bhavani and Siruvani are the tributaries of Cauvey river.

Large and Medium level industries in Palakkad district

          The list of Large (investment above Rs.10 Cr in case of manufacturing and above Rs.5 Cr in case of service) and Medium (investment above Rs.5 Cr in case of manufacturing and above Rs. 2 Cr in case of service) is given below.

Sl. No

Name and the address of the Unit

Name of Product

1

M/s. Chaya Industries, NIDA, kanjikode – 678 627

Knitted Hosiery, Fabrics and Knitted Hosiery Garments

2

M/s. Surabhi Steels (P) Ltd., Akathethara NSS Engineering College P.O, 678 008

Mild Steel Ingots

3

M/s. Surabhi Steel Rolling Mills (P) Ltd, Akathethara NSS, Palakkad - 678008

Mild Steel Ingots

4

M/s. S.M.M. Steel Re-rolling mills (P) Ltd, IV/512-B, IDA Kanjikode, Palakkad - 678623

Mild Steel Ingots

5

M/s. United Breweries Ltd, Kanjikode west, Palakkad-678623

Beer

6

M/s. Paragon Steels (P) Ltd, IV/512-A, IDA, Kanjikode -678623

Mild Steel Ingots

7

M/s. Pre- Cot Mills, C-Unit, Chandrapuram,  Walayar Dam – 678621

Cotton Yarn

8

M/s. Malabar Cements Limited, Walayar – 678624

Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Pazzolane cement

9

M/s. Indian Bevarages Ltd, Karimkulam, Elavanchery-678508

Coconut Jam, Coconut Spread/ Coconut  Cream

10

M/s. Patspin India Ltd, Potadia Nagar, Kanjikode – 678621

Cotton Yarn, Knotted fabrics

11

M/s. B.P.L Telecom Limited, System House, Chandranagar, Pkd-7

Powerline Carrier communication equipments, Electronic Private Limited , Automatic Branch exchanges and Electronic push button Telephones.

12

M/s. Gujarath Inject (KeralaLtd), Pampampallam

Pharmaceutical Products (IV fluids)

13

M/s. Palakkad Rubber (P) Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode – 678621

Crumbed Rubber(Block Rubber)

14

M/s. Tatafone, IDA, Kanjikode west – 678623

Electronic push button  Telephone.

15

M/s. Marico Industries Limited, IDA, Kanjikode west-678621

Coconut Oil

16

M/s. Utility Alloyes(P) Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode -

MS Ingots

17

M/s. Empee Distilleries Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode- 

Indian made Foreign Liquor

18

M/s. Instrumentation Ltd, Kanjikode, Palakkad – 678623

Control Valves, safety relief valves, Cylinders and allied items

19

M/s. Agni Steels Ltd, (Unit-C) Nattukal, Kozhinjanpara, Chittur 678554

Steel  Ingots

20

M/s. Agni Re-rollers (P) Ltd, Nattukal, Kozhinjanpara-678554

Steel  Ingots

21

M/s. Rubbila International Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode-678621

Heat Resistant Latex Rubber Thread

22

M/s. Prince Rollings (P) Ltd, Mannayamkode, Karinkanadu, Koppam, Pattambi, Ottapalam -

MS Ingots

23

M/s. Prince Alloys (P) Ltd, Mannayankode, Karinkanadu, Koppam,Pattambi,  Ottapalam

MS Ingots

24

M/s. Precot Mills, A-Unit, Kanjikode west - 678623

Cotton Yarn

25

M/s. Carborandum Universal Ltd, IDA, Kanjikode west-678623

Electrocast Defractories and fused aluminium Oxide  made foreign Liquor

26

M/s. Kerala Distilleries and Allied products Ltd, K.Pudur, Kanjikode, Palakkad – 678621

Indian made Foreign Liquor

27

M/s. Kerala Alchoholic products (P) Ltd, Moolathara, Meenakshipuram

Indian made Foreign Liquor

28

M/s. Kerala Agro machinery Corporation Limited (KAMCO), NIDA, Kanjikode, Palakkad.

Powertiller

29

M/s. Elgi Rubber Products Ltd, (Unit – C) IDA, Kanjikode

Reclaimed Rubber sheet

30

M/s. Teaktex Processing complex Ltd,  Kanjikode west – 678623

Processing of fabric and yarn bleaching, Dyeing, printing Mercerising

31

M/s. A.P. Steel Rolling Mill Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode – 678621

M.S. Ingots, Structural steels

32

M/s. Cattle feed plant, KCYMF Ltd, Malampuzha – 678651`

Cattle feed

33

M/s. Sri. Bhagavathi Textiles Ltd, KK Pathy, Chittur – 678101

Cotton Yarn

34

M/s. Prima Industries Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode – 678621

Vegetable Oil extraction,

Refining of vegetable oils.

35

M/s. Sri. Mahalakshmi  Mills Ltd, Vallanadukalam, nattukal, Kozhinjanpara – 678554

Cotton Yarn

36

M/s. Bannari Amman Steels( P) Ltd, Nattukal, Kozhinjanpara – 678554

M.S ingots  CTD Rods

37

M/s. Sueera Alloys (P)Ltd, Nattukal, Kozhinjanpara

M.S ingots  CTD Rods

38

M/s. Coimbatore Aryavaida Pharmacy, Factory Complex, Kanjikode – 678621

Ayurvedic Medicines

39

M/s. Indsil Electrosmelts Ltd, Pallatheri, Elapully

Silco Manganese

40

M/s. Elgi tread (India) Ltd, Karimkode, Kottayi – 678572

Pre-cured Tread Rubber

41

M/s. ITI ltd, Kanjikode west – 678023

Telephone Exchanges and telephone components

42

M/s. Southern Ispat Ltd, Kariamkode , Kottayi

M.S ingots

43

M/s. BPL Ltd, Kootupatha, Palakkad – 7

Elelctro cardio graphs/Patient Monitory system

44

M/s. BPL Refrigeration Ltd, NH Bye pass road, Chandranagar

Auto injection moulds and Press Tools

45

M/s. SVA Steels Re-rolling mills Ltd, Nattukal, Kozhimjanpara

M.S Ingots Rounds flats, CID Bars

46

M/s. Balaji Modern Spinning Ltd, Pampampallam, Kanjikode

Cone Yarn

47

M/s. Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering Co. Ltd(KEL), Industrial Estate, Pudupariyaram, Palakkad

Switch fuse, HRC fuse ,panel board

48

M/s. Commonwealth Tile Factory, Olavakkode

Tiles/Bricks

49

M/s. Premier Agro Products (P) Ltd, Annapuramkadu, Kinassery

Wheat Products

50

M/s. Prince Roller Flour Mills (P) Ltd, Anappuramkadu, Kinassery

Wheat Products

51

M/s. Victory Paper and Boards (India) Ltd, Mannarkkad- 678522

Uncoated Paper and Paper boards

52

M/s. Packworth Ydyog Ltd, VII/507, Elapully

Cotton Yarn

53

M/s. Metal Industries, Kulapully, Shornur

Agricultural Implements

54

M/s. Kottackal Aryavaidyasala, Kanjikode

Ayurvedic Medicines

55

M/s. Hidustan CoCoCola Ltd, Kannimari, M.V  Pudur

Soft drink,Beverage s

56

M/s. Pepsi cola Ltd, Kanjikode

Soft drink,Beverage s

Taluk wise Classification of MSMEs with investment and employment

          The Block wise and Taluk wise micro, small and medium level enterprises according the classification of enterprises under MSMED Act 2006 and its investment and employment as on 31-03-2014 in Palakkad district is as follows.

The year wise number of MSME units, its investment and employment upto the last financial year is indicated below.

Category

Up to 2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Up to 2013-14

No. of MSME

12114

930

1031

1600

1813

17488

Investment

343.57

64.52

124.87

125.09

155.54

813.60

Employment

42562

4582

5030

6392

6718

65284

The year wise break up of MSMEs started, investment and employment generated for the last 10 years in the district is given below.

 

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

No. of MSMEs

235

473

263

485

394

986

930

1031

1600

1813

Investment in Rs. crores

11.07

13.17

25.50

84.78

61.82

47.00

65.43

123.96

125.09

155.54

Employment in No.

1172

1187

839

4868

3163

4487

4582

5030

6392

6718

 

Sector wise classification of MSME up to 2013-14

 

Block/ Taluk

Paper & Paper Products

Food processing

Rubber based

Plastic based

Forest based

Textile based

Chemical based

Engg based

IT based

Miscellaneous

Service

Total

1

Alathur

37

190

12

42

54

292

35

185

17

487

287

1638

2

Kuzhalmannam

13

114

5

38

26

169

23

104

10

299

141

942

 

Alathur Taluk

50

304

17

80

80

461

58

289

27

786

428

2580

3

Chittur

10

115

6

35

47

161

19

117

16

320

169

1015

4

Chittur T (M)

3

92

4

14

9

98

12

26

13

185

104

560

5

Kollengode

6

119

10

38

21

181

19

92

11

371

179

1047

6

Nenmara

9

101

5

35

19

59

14

88

10

269

158

767

 

Chittur Taluk

28

427

25

122

96

499

64

323

50

1145

610

3389

7

Mannarkkad

15

143

12

42

27

170

15

130

8

316

195

1073

8

Attappady

9

60

3

9

7

43

3

29

2

114

72

351

 

Mannakkad Taluk

24

203

15

51

34

213

18

159

10

430

267

1424

9

Ottapalam

14

100

5

36

37

151

12

102

8

280

142

887

10

Ottapalam (M)

8

110

3

22

13

111

8

62

20

214

112

683

11

Shornur (M)

10

83

5

27

15

101

9

62

20

206

107