DIC Palakkad - Directorate of Industries and Commerce

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Details of public information officers and appellate authority in Palakkad district

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Sri. Pratheeshkumar K	Junior Superintendent	9961888853
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. Rajesh C G	Manager/Deputy Director	9446027002
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Officers Designated as per RTI Act- Taluk Industries Office, Palakkad

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Smt. Binu B	Senior Clerk	9497628015
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. Unnikrishanan. P	ADIO	9495036104
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Officers Designated as per RTI Act- Taluk Industries Office, Chittur

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Smt. Revathi R	Clerk	9895087803
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. DilipKumar. P	ADIO	9526384540
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Officers Designated as per RTI Act- Taluk Industries Office, Alathur

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Sri. Gopalakrishnan R	Senior Clerk	9895576953
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. Varun K.P	ADIO	9446118554
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Officers Designated as per RTI Act- Taluk Industries Office, Ottapalam

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Smt. Seema. P	Clerk	8281309704
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. Baiju. K	ADIO	9562656889
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Officers Designated as per RTI Act- Taluk Industries Office, Mannarkkad

SI.NO	RTI OFFICER	NAME OF OFFICER	DESIGNATION	PHONE NUMBER
1	Assistant State Public Information Officer	Smt. Sumathy. T	Clerk	9744166062
2	Public Information Officer	Sri. Athul	ADIO	8281131219
3	Appellate Authority	Sri. Benedict William John	General Manager	9497890123

Details of District industries office Palakkad and Taluk industries Officers

SI.NO	TALUK	ADIO	ADDRESS	E-MAIL	MOBILE NUMBER	TELEPHONE
1	Palakkad	Unnikrishanan. P	Assistant District Industries Officer ,Taluk industries office Behind Civil Station, Palakkad - 678001	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	9495036104	0491- 2505570
2	Ottappalam	Baiju.K	Assistant District Industries Officer ,Taluk industries office Mini civil station, Kanniyampuram, Ottappalam - 679104	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	9562656889
3	Chittur	Deelip Kumar.P	Assistant District Industries Officer ,Taluk industries office Mini Civil station, Chittur-678101	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	9426384540
4	Mannarkkad	Athul	Assistant District Industries Officer ,Taluk industries office Mini Civil station, Mannarkkad -678582	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	8281131219
5	Alathur	Varun K.P	Assistant District Industries Officer ,Taluk industries office Mini civil station, Swathy Jn., Alathur - 678541	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	9446118554

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Infrastructure for industrial development

Industrial Developement Area

There are four industrial development areas in the district, which are in Kanjikkode and Pudussery belonged to Palakkad Taluk and Kappur and Shornur belonged to Ottapalam Taluk. The total extend of land available in all these area is 702.93 acres, out of this about 95% is already in use by various industries. The DA/ DP wise details position of the above industrial area is as follows.

Name of DA/DP	Total area acquired (in acres)	Area for common amenities (in acres)	Allottable area (in acres)	Area allotted (in acres)	Total number of units	Balance (in acres)
NIDA, Kanjikode	532.80	19.36	513.44	513.44	236	Nil
IDA, Pudussery	134.15	4.16	129.99	129.99	64	Nil
DP Kappur	18.26	1.97	16.29	15.46	25	0.83
DP Shornur	17.72	0.60	17.12	7.50	2	9.62
Total	702.93	26.09	676.84	666.39	327	10.45

Mini Industrial Estate (MIE)

Mini Industrial Estates are functioning directly under the control of District Industries Centre, Palakkad in six areas. The sheds in these MIEs are allotted to micro enterprises to encourage the investment in these categories and thus to ensure the industrial development. The details of MIEs under Palakkad MIE Cooperative Societies Ltd are given below.

Sl No.	Name of MIE	Total land (in Acres)	Details of sheds		Total units	Working units
Sl No.	Name of MIE	Total land (in Acres)	900 sq ft	600 sq ft	Total units	Working units
1	Kanjikode MIE	1	4	6	10	10
2	Koduvayur MIE	1	4	6	6	6
3	Vadakkenchery MIE	1	4	6	9	8
4	Tarur MIE	1	4	6	6	4
5	Muthalamada MIE	1.28	4	6	7	6
6	Padur MIE	1	4	6	4	4
	Total	6.28	24	36	42	38

Infrastructure provided by KINFRA

The total industrial land in Wise Park KINFRA (Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation) Kanjikode in Palakkad district is 200 acres, out of these 170.53 acres have already been allotted and the balance of land available for allotment is 29.47 acres. The infrastructure such as 4 km road, electrical lines and drainage system and shopping complex are also provided inside the Park. The Park contains water supply system of having 1 lakh litres of overhead tank, 4 lakh litres of ground water tank and 7 acres of water body for rain water harvesting and for bore well recharge.

Details of Industrial Land Identified From Local Bodies

The details of Block wise industrial land identified from Local bodies in each Taluk are given below.

Name of Block / Municipality	Name of Panchayat / Village	Survey No.	Village	Land (in Cents)	No. of Sheds	Vacancy / Availability of land
ALATHUR TALUK
Alathur Block	Tarur	133/3	Tarur	30	2
	Vadakkenchery		Vadakkanchery 1	10	5	Nil
	Kannambra	14/1	Kannadi I	5	6
	Pudukode		Pudukode	56	1
	Alathur		Alathur		2
	Thenkurussi	212/5,90/A,4/40,7/20	Thenkurussi II	65.5	13
Kzhalmannam Block	Kannadi	78/2	Kannadi I	100	1
	Kuzhalmannam	14/95,438/4,7	Kuzhalmannam 1, KuzhalmannamII	56	11
	Kottayi	697/2	Kottayi 1	3	1
	Total			324.5	42
CHITTUR TALUK
Chittur T Municipality	Chittur Village				1	Nil
Kollengode Block	Pattenchery GP	267/5	Pattanchery I	7	1 (1539 Sq .ft)	Nil
Kollengode Block	Koduvayur	51/3	Koduvayur I	192	2	Yes
	Total			199	3
MANNARKKAD TALUK
				Nil
OTTAPPALAM TALUK
Shornur (M)	Shornur (M)		SRR (M)	86	2
Ottapalam (M)	Ottapalam (M)	79/7	Otp (M)	17	1
Pattambi (B)	Ongallur		Ongallur	165	1
Thrithala (B)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Ottapalam (B)	Ambalapara		Ambalapara-I	24	5
Ottapalam (B)	Thrikkadeeri I	27/6	Thrikkadeeri-I	27	1
Sreekrishnapuram (B)	Sreekrishnapuram (B)	½,1/3	Thrikkadeeri-II	126
	Sreekrishnapuram (B)	1/8A, ½,1/3, 1/4A	Thrikkadeeri-II	98
	Sreekrishnapuram (B)	1/8A, 1/4A	Thrikkadeeri-II	80
	Karimpuzha	441/3	Karimpuzha-I		1
	Total			623	11
PALAKKAD TALUK
				Nil
	Grand Total			1146.5	56

Future Land Availability in Block/ Taluk/ District

The Taluk wise Block wise land available of future development of industries in Palakkad is summarised below.

Sl. No.	Name of Taluk / Block	Location / Village	Survey No.	DIC	KINFRA	SILK	Any other Agency	Total Land	Remarks
1	Alathur Taluk		Nil
2	Chittur Taluk
	Chittur Block	Ozhalapath/ Vadakarapathy	113/1	-	-	-	Pvt. land	30acre	Dry land
3	Mannarkkad Taluk
			Nil
4	Ottapalam Taluk
			Nil
5	Palakkad Taluk
			Nil

SIDCO

The Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) has made the industrial development by forming Industrial Estates at Olavakkode and Karakkad, Mini Industrial Estates at Ottapalam, Vaniyamkulam and Pattambi and Industrial Park at Shornur in the district. The details such as extend of land available, land allotted, major industrial units etc. in each estate are the following.

	Name of SIDCO Estate	Total land	Land allotted	Land available	Investment made	Employment provided
1	Industrial Estate, Olavakkode	828.512	622.76	205.752		200
2	Industrial Estate, Karakkad	737.784	737.784	Nil		350
3	Mini Industrial Estate, Ottapalam	9.88	9.88	Nil		85
4	Mini Industrial Estate, Vaniyamkulam	59.089	54.509	4.58		80
5	Mini Industrial Estate, Pattambi	18.798	18.798	Nil		40
6	Industrial Park, Shornur	390.78	309.78	Nil		75
	Total	2044.843	1753.511	210.322

Major industrial units in SIDCO estates

Industrial Estate, Olavakkode	1. M/s KEL 2. M/s Sayok Batteries 3. M/s Allan Associates 4. M/s Maruth Industries 5. M/s MSFEL Enterprises
Industrial Estate, Karakkad	1. M/s Lakshmi Engineering 2. M/s Variety Pharmaceuticals 3. M/s Variety Formulations 4. M/s Mayil Fittings 5. M/s Thulasi Foundries and Forgings
Mini Industrial Estate, Ottapalam	1. M/s NILA Catering service 2. M/s NILA Bakes
Mini Industrial Estate, Vaniyamkulam	1. M/s Amma Forgings 2. M/s Amitha Forgings 3. M/s Melethil Industries
Mini Industrial Estate, Pattambi	1. M/s Surya Glass Creation 2. M/s Surya Creation 3. M/s Nila Foods
Industrial Park, Shornur	1. M/s Nila Confectionaries 2. M/s Well Known Industries 3. M/s Thoy Industries

KSIDC

KSIDC is developing an industrial park at Palakkad in the name "KSIDC Investment Zone" in 34 acres of land at Kanalpirivu, Pudussery East village, Palakkad Taluk. KSIDC proposes to provide developed industrial plots and built up space for potential industries at this Park. KSIDC has so far invested an amount of Rs.4 Crores in the park towards supporting infrastructure like compound wall, internal road, side drain, main gate, security cabin, administrative building and water supply arrangements.

KSIDC has allotted 1.5 acres land to M/s GAIL for setting up an SV/IP station. Once the infrastructure is fully developed the park will be opened to other industrial units also. It is expected that when fully functional the park will generate an employment of approximately 5000.

KINFRA

There are 24 industrial units in KINFRA, Kanjikode. The total capital inflow investment in all these 24 units is 231.16 crores. The unit wise investment and employment generation are given below.

Sl. No.	Name of industrial unit	Employment	Capital inflow Investment (in Lakhs)
1	Pepsico India Holdings (P) Ltd.	450	11000
2.	Central Warehousing Corporation	5	180
3.	World Wide Iron & Steel (P) Ltd	70	300
4.	Steel Max Rolling Mills Ltd.	80	350
5.	Kairali Cement Company	12	65
6.	Mannarkkad Steels (P) Ltd	46	180
7.	Kuttippulan Iron&Steel Company(P)Ltd.	47	410
8.	M.P.S.Steel Castings (P) Ltd.	155	7295
9.	Prince TMT Steels (P) Ltd.	81	391
10.	Sun Power Cement Company (P) Ltd.	85	2300
11.	Technomax Industries	5	80
12.	Zeba Lab Systems (P) Ltd.	32	250
13.	Hydenso Steel & Engineering.(P) Ltd	21	75
15.	Palakkad Surgical Industries Pvt Ltd	61	100
16.	Saaroco	1	10
17.	Isotech Metrology Solutions	4	10
18.	Spinnotech Tooling Solutions	8	120
	TOTAL	1163	23116

Transport facilities

The district is well connected by road, rail and have proximity to airports at Coimbatore, Kozhikode and Kochi. The NH 47 runs through the industrial estate area in Kanjikode and has a length of 70 kms. The district has a total of 1646 km of PWD roads, which includes 373 km of State Highway, 794 kms of major district roads, 437 kms of other district roads and 42 kms Village roads. Thr total length of the railway line in the district is 102 km (broad gauge). Palakkad Junction and Shornur Jn are the main railway stations in the district connect the other major centres in the State and the country.

Telecommunication

The district has a good network of telecommunication system. Besides Postal department and BSNL, effective courier and parcel services and mobile networking facilities are provided by private service providers. P&T has two postal divisions, one at Palakkad and the other at Ottappalam, 4 head post offices, 158 sub post offices and 293 Village level post offices. BSNL has 106 telephone exchanges in Palakkad with a total capacity of 2.23 lakhs lines.

Banking

The district is having enough number of branches in both rural and urban areas. The total number of service branches available in Palakkad is 515, out of these, 249 are in Public sector, 120 in Private sector, 145 in cooperative sector and the remaining 1 is KFC. Canara Bank is the lead bank in the district.

The name of banks and its number of functioning branches are given below.

A. PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

Sl No.	Name of Bank	No. of branches
	State Bank Groups
1	State Bank of India	44
2	State Bank of Mysore	1
3	State Bank of Travancore	43
	Total- State Bank Group	88
	Nationalised Banks
1	Allahabad Bank	1
2	Andhra Bank	2
3	Bank of Baroda	6
4	Bank of India	4
5	Canara Bank	43
6	Central Bank of India	2
7	Corporation Bank	4
8	Dena Bank	1
9	Indian Bank	8
10	Indian Overseas Bank	7
11	IDBI	1
12	Oriental Bank of Commerce	1
13	Punjab National Bank	29
14	Syndicate Bank	8
15	UCO Bank	2
16	Union Bank of India	15
17	United Bank of India	1
18	Vijaya Bank	9
	Total- Nationalised Banks	144
	Regional Rural Banks (RRB)
	Kerala Gramin Bank	17
	Total Public Sector Banks	249

B. PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS

Sl No.	Name of Bank	No. of branches
1	Catholic Syrian Bank	16
2	City Union Bank	1
3	Dhanalakshmi Bank	18
4	Federal Bank Ltd	29
5	HDFC Bank	11
6	ICICI Bank	6
7	Indus India Bank	1
8	ING Vysya Bank	1
9	Karur Vysya Bank Ltd	1
10	Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd	1
11	South Indian Bank Ltd	34
12	Axis Bank Ltd	1
	Total- Private Sector Banks	120
	Total Commercial Banks (A + B)	369
C	Cooperative Banks
1	State Cooperative Banks	97
2	PCARDB	5
3	PDC Bank	43
	Total- Cooperative Banks	145
D	Kerala Financial Institutions	1
	Total- All kinds of Banks (A+B+C+D)	515

Block wise number of bank branches

Sl. No.	Taluk name	Block/ Municipality	No. of branches	Rural/ Urban
1	Alathur	Alathur	54	R
2		Kuzhalmannam	33	R
3	Chittur	Chittur	31	R
4		Kollengode	39	R
5		Nenmara	35	R
6		Chittur (M)	22	U
7	Mannarkkad	Attapady	15	R
8		Mannarkkad	53	R
9	Ottapalam	Ottapalam	21	R
10		Pattambi	27	R
11		Sreekrishnapuram	34	R
12		Thrithala	30	R
13		Ottapalam (M)	24	U
14		Shornur (M)	18	U
15	Palakkad	Malampuzha	45	R
16		Palakkad	30	R
17		Palakkad (M)	77	U

Electricity

There are two electrical circles in the district- Palakkad and Shoranur and there are a total of 61 electrical sections under these circles.

Consumption under various categories in Lakh units (in 2014, KSEB)

Name of circle	Domestic	Agriculture	Industrial- LT	Industrial- HT	General	Others	Total
Palakkad	353.71	89.49	37.37	346.14	8.04	111.94	946.69
Shoranur	263.96	29.75	20.63	59.60	2.15	68.37	444.46
Total	617.67	119.24	58.00	405.74	10.19	180.31	1391.15

Total Consumption under LT is 956.39 lakh units and total consumption under HT is 434.76 lakh units.

List of electrical sections under electrical circle, Palakkad.

Electrical division, Palakkad	Electrical division, Alathur	Electrical division, Chittur
Sulthanpet Big Bazar Melamuri Kalpathy Olavakkode Malampuzha Kanjikode Elappully Marutha Road Parli Pathiripala Kongad Kadampazhippuram Mundur	Kuzhalmannam Kuthannur Kottayi Peringottukurissi Alathur Kunissery Padur Puthucode Vadakkenchery Mudappallur Nenmara Kizhakkencherry	Chittur Kozhinjampara Velathavalam Koduvayur Pudunagaram Tattamangalam Kollengode Muthalamada Nelliyampathy

List of electrical sections under electrical circle, Shoranur

Vallapuzha Koottupatha Thiruvengappura Challissery Peringode Padinjarangadi Koppam Thrithala Pattambi	Ongallur Muthuthala Cherpulassery Ambalappara Ottappalam Shoranur Vaniyamkulam Kothakurissi Panangattiri	Sreekrishnapuram Alanellur Thachampara Kottathara Agali Kanjirapuzha Kumaramputhur mannarkkad

Details of substations und Transmission Circle, Palakkad

Sl No.	Name of substation	Total capacity in MVA
	220 KV substations
1. 2.	Shornur Kanjikkode	200 320
	110 KV substations
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.	Kanjikkode Vennakkara Malampuzha Mannarkkad Kollengode Parali Ottappalam Cherpulassery Koppam Koottanad Vedakkenchery Kozhinjampara Kalladikode Walayar Pathiripala	126 105 20 52 32 52 22.5 25 52 41 54.5 57 22.5 25 35
	66 KV substations
1. 2. 3.	Nenmara Kannampully Chittur	16 8 20
	33 KV substations
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.	Maniyampara Alathur Alanallur Agali Muthalamada Nelliyampathy Koduvayur Pallassana Sreekrishnapuram Kongad Pattambi Chalissery Thrithala Vannamada Meenakshipuram Tharur Chittadi Velanthavalam Thiruvengappura	10 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5

(Source: KSEB, Palakkad dt 25-7-14)

The district is also supported by one 2.25 MVA windmill station at Kanjikode and a 2.5 MVA mini hydel generating station at Malampuzha.

RAILWAY COACH FACTORY Land acquisition have already completed and other work is in progresses

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

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