Presentation made by Amala devi, during a workshop on peri-urban dynamics on 21st April 2015. Hosted by the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability.

1. Understanding Sriperumbudur: baseline economic and social
indicators
Amala Devi
Workshop on Peri-urban dynamics and sustainability: The case of Sriperumbudur
Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT Madras

2. Locating
Sriperumbudur
✤ One of the 10 taluks in
Kancheepuram district
✤ Covers 371.94 sq.kms (of 4432
sq.kms of the district
✤ Population: 316918 persons as
per 2011 census (8% of the
district)

3. Kancheepuram District:
Infrastructure and amenities
Education
Universities 7
Colleges
Arts and
sciences 11
Medicine 6
Engineering 85
Law 1
Polytechnic 23
Schools 2315
Roads
2011-12
2005-06 5028.27
6203.26
2700.12
2700.12
240.8
317
National Highways (km)
State Highways (km)
Other roads (km)
Banks
2011-12
2005-06 29
11
161
326
36
121
Private Sector Banks
Public Sector Banks
Cooperatives, RRB
Source: District statistical handbook 2012-13, 2005-06, Directorate of Economics and

4. Kancheepuram district: Industries
Total investment(in lakhs Rs)
Number of registered
units
Number of persons
employed
Total in 2010-11 171028 27926 135464
Change from
1996-67 917% 531% 973%
0
12500
25000
37500
50000
1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2002 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007-2008 2009-2010
No: of annual registered units
No: of persons employed annually
Annual Investment (lakhs Rs)
Source: Industrial Profile of Kancheepuram district, compiled by Ministry of MSME

5. Kancheepuram district:Total
Employment in factories
Others
Furniture
Other transport equipments
Motor Vehicles, Trailors
Medical, optical, watches, clocks
Radio, T.V, scan equipment
Electrical Machinery and Apparatus
Office, Accounting Machinery
Machinery equipment
Fabricated Metal products (except machinery equipment)
Blue Metals
Non metallic mineral products
Rubber and plastic products
Chemica and chemical products
Coke and refined petroleum products
publishing and printing
Paper and paper products
Wood and wood products
Tanning and Dressing of Leather
Apparel
Textiles
Food
0 10000 20000 30000 40000
Private secto
Private secto

6. Kancheepuram district:Total
Employment in factories
Employment in Working Factories Private sector Public sector
2005-06 2012-13 2005-06 2012-13
Food 3961 1464 947
Textiles 2954 62 731
Apparel 12629 5004 176
Tanning and Dressing of Leather 12725 1564 4120
Wood and wood products 1318 12 49
Paper and paper products 964 572 92
publishing and printing 1312 1051 86
Coke and refined petroleum products 823 558
Chemical and chemical products 4826 1666
Rubber and plastic products 2520 2044
Non metallic mineral products 3121 2800 47
Blue Metals 2327 44
Fabricated Metal products (except machinery
equipment) 4904 14143
Machinery equipment 4220 756 90 300
Office, Accounting Machinery 164
Electrical Machinery and Apparatus 2703 2094
Radio, T.V, scan equipment 4268 15377 342
Medical, optical, watches, clocks 1395 3054 475
Motor Vehicles, Trailers 5826 31608 1358
Other transport equipment 3578
Furniture 1320 1095
Others 2112 2337 381
Total 79970 87305 8894 300
Source: District statistical handbook 2012-13, 2005-06, Directorate of Economics and Statistics

7. SriperumbudurTaluk: Demography
Source: Primary Census Abstract 2001, 2011

8. SriperumbudurTaluk: Population
by Occupational categories
Marg_worker_pop
Marg_cultivator
Marg_agricultural
Marg_household
Marg_other
Main_worker_pop
Main_cultivator
Main_agricutural
Main_household
Main_other
Total Worker_pop
0 75000 150000 225000 300000
2011 2001
Source: Primary Census Abstract 2001, 2011

9. SriperumbudurTaluk: SIPCOT
Profiles
Part of Kancheepuram engineering/ auto cluster
which has
• 2000 functional units
• 50 crore turnover
• 40,000 employed
Part of Kancheepuram plastic & auto products
cluster which has
• 1000 functional units
• 500 crore turnover
• 8000 employed
SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK
Irungaattukottai
SIPCOT (estd.
1996)
automobile
engineering
Oragadam
SIPCOT (estd.
1997)
biotech,
electronics,
automobiles
Sriperumbudur
SIPCOT (estd.
1997)
glass and other
products

11. SIPCOT Oragadam
Irungaattukott
ai
Sriperumbudu
r
Year 2002 2011 2002 2011 2002 2011
Area acquired (in acres) 1288 3037.2 1844 1844 2031 2138
Plot Price (in lakhs) 11 80 12 80 12 80
Allotable area (in acres) 902 2765.9 380 1447 1342 1832
% of area allotted n.a 98% 42% 94% 60% 98%
no: of industrial units n.a 130 10 208 50 124
Sriperumbudur Taluk: Trends in land
development for SIPCOTs
Source: Industrial Profile of Kancheepuram district, compiled by Ministry of MSME