• TWO Revenue Divisions
  
  
• SEVEN Taluks
  
  
• THREE Municipalities
  
  
• ELEVEN Panchayat Unions
  
  
• NINE Town Panchayats
  
  
• Four Hundred and Thirty Four Panchayats
  
  
• Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eight Habitations
  
  
• One Hundred and Eighty Seven Kilometer Coastline

• TOTAL POPULATION 14,87,055
  
  
• MALE Population 7,38,287
  
  
• FEMALE Population 7,48,768
  
  
• Rural Population 11,57,714 - 78%
  
  
• Urban Population 3,29,341 - 22%
  
  
• Literates 10,10,488 - 68%
  
  
• BPL 4,05,912 - 27%
  
  
• Total Households 3,17,000
  
  
• BPL Households 1,01,500 - 32%

• Elementary Schools - 827
  
  
• Middle Schools - 185
  
  
• High Schools - 134
  

• North Latitude Between 10.10' and 11.20'
  
• East Latitude Between 79.15' and 79.50’
  
• Area - in Sq. Km. 2715.83
  
• Density 548
  
• Literates 10,10,483

PLAINS

• Maximum 32.0
  
  
• Minimum 24.6

HILL STATIONS

• Maximum -----
  
  
• Minimum -----

South West Monsoon

Normal 265.2

Actual 257.9

North East Monsoon

Normal 908.8

Actual 818.1