District Profile
Kallakurichi District is announced as 33rd district by bifurcating Viluppuram district on the floor of Assembly by Hon’ble Chief Minister on 8th January 2019. Later the new Kallakurichi District was created as per G.O.(MS).No.424 and 425 Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Revenue Administration Wing, {RA 1(1)} Section, Dated:12.11.2019. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Chief Minister inaugurated Kallakurichi as 34th district (Tenkasi inaugurated as 33rd) on 26.11.2019 in a grand inaugural function.
The district consists of 2 Revenue divisions with 7 taluks, consisting of 562 Revenue villages in 24 firkas. The district consists of 9 development blocks covering 412 village panchayats, 3 Municipalities, 5 Town Panchayats. Kallakurichi, the headquarters of the district is located along NH 79 (Ulundurpet – Salem). Salem, Trichy and Pondicherry are the nearest airports.
The district is an agrarian with paddy, maize, sugarcane, black gram etc., as major crops. The district is mainly rainfed / tank irrigated along with Gomukhi and Manimuktha dams.
Kalvarayan hills spread across 550.70 Sq km, is a major attraction of the district. The tribal population dominated hills have Periyar falls, Megham falls, Sirukalur falls and Chinnathirupathi temple. Very famous temples such as Ulagalantha Perumal temple, Veerattaneshwarar temple and Kabilar hillock in Tirukoilur, Sri Lakshmi Narasimmar temple, Parikkal in Ulundurpet taluk, Adhirangan Ranganathaswamy temple, Thiruvarangam and Arthanareeswarar temple, Rishivandiyam in Sankarapuram taluk are situated in this district.
| Name of the District | Kallakurichi |
| District Head Quarters | Kallakurichi |
| Area | 3530.58 sq.km. |
| Population | 13,77,494 |
| Revenue Divisions | 02 |
| Taluks | 07 |
| No. of Firkas | 24 |
| No. of Revenue Villages | 562 |
| Panchayat Unions | 09 |
| No. of Village Panchayats | 412 |
| No. of Municipalities | 03 |
| No. of Town Panchayats | 05 |
| Assembly Constituencies | 04 |
| Parliamentary Constituencies | 01 |
Government Schools
| Sl. No. | Name of the schools | No. of schools |
| 1. | Primary Schools | 469 |
| 2. | Middle Schools | 167 |
| 3. | High Schools | 60 |
| 4. | Higher Secondary school | 69 |
Adi Dravidar Welfare School
| Sl. No. | Name of the schools | No. of schools |
| 1. | Primary Schools | 20 |
| 2. | Middle Schools | 05 |
| 3. | High Schools | 03 |
| 4. | Higher Secondary school | 0 |
Tribal Welfare School
| Sl. No. | Name of the schools | No. of schools |
| 1. | Primary Schools | 26 |
| 2. | Middle Schools | 13 |
| 3. | High Schools | 04 |
| 4. | Higher Secondary school | 07 |
Anganvadis : 1112
Government Hospitals
| Sl. No. | Location of the Hospitals |
| 1. | Kallakurichi |
| 2. | Chinnasalem |
| 3. | Sankarapuram |
| 4. | Tirukoilur |
| 5. | Ulundurpet |
No. of Primary Health Centres : 45
No. of Health Sub Centres : 215
Dispensary : Thoradipattu (Kalvarayan Hills)
Rivers
| Sl. No. | Name of the River |
| 1. | Gomukhi River |
| 2. | Mani River |
| 3. | Muktha River |
| 4. | Thirumanimuktha River |
| 5. | Mayura River |
| 6. | Kedilam River |
| 7. | Sesha Nathi |
Dams
| Name of the dam | Height of the dam (in feet) | Capacity (in mcft) |
| Gomukhi | 46 | 560 |
| Manimukhtha | 36 | 737 |
Pwd Tanks
| Name of the Sub division | No. of the tanks | Capacity (in mcft) | No. of Anicuts |
| Vellar Basin | 212 | 3514.13 | 74 |
| Lower Pennaiyar Basin | 119 | 1778.715 | 01 |
Rural Development
(Minor Irrigation Tanks) : 359
State Highways : 312.946 km.
NHAI : NH 79 (Salem to Ulundurpet) – 59 km. (V.X-Road to Ulundurpet Roundana)
NH 45 (Tambaram to Dindigul) – 35.8km. (Madapattu to Vepur Bridge)
Major Districts Roads : 289.150 km.
Other Districts Roads : 874.202 km.
Sugarcane Development Roads : 118.750 km.
Food grain production : 6.25 lakh metric tonne.
Horticulture Production : 3.14 lakh metric tonne.
Cattle Population : 4,14,715