Soorappallam Explained

Soorappallam
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:10.43°N 79.32°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thanjavur
Subdivision Type3:Taluk
Subdivision Name3:Pattukkottai
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:5
Population Total:2573
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:614601
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:91 4373
Registration Plate:TN 49
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:1080 F for 1000 M /

Soorappallam is a village located 1 km away from Pattukkottai town in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu state in India on the way to Mannargudi and Kumbakonam via Vadaseri.

Soorappallam, a part of Pattukkottai taluk, is most fertile as the land is with rich content of alluvial soil, deposited by the river flowing across the region through Kallanai canal which is one of the distributaries for the Cauvery river.

Population

In this village, The total population is 2573 as per the census operation in 2011 of which 1237 are male & 1336 are female, 8.58% of the population (221 persons of which 101 are Male & 120 are Female) are in the age group of 0-6. Soorappallam is one of the villages in the country in which Female-Male(1080-1000) ratio is higher.

Education

In this village, The literacy rate is 72.71%(with a nominal increase of 2.13% over a decade) against the national literacy rate of 65.38% and state literacy rate of 73.47%.

Employment

In this village, historically, the main occupation has been cultivation, and it provides employment for most of the people as the water resource is available either by Bore-Well pumps or water flowing in the Cauvery river as this village lies in the tail-end area of the delta region formed by the cauvery river and other water resources that includes a great lake and many ponds. The crops cultivated here are groundnut, sesame, coconut, black gram, maize, sugarcane and banana tree while the main crop is paddy (rice). But nowadays, it is evident that the importance for the agriculture goes on decreasing due to many factors. Some of them are rain deficiency, not receiving water in time from mettur dam, not getting the affordable price for the yielded grains, and soaring labour cost. Many village youngsters have been leaving for and working in many foreign countries such as USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and Middle East etc. as they claim this is the best way to earn a large amount of money in very short time that easily outweighs the revenue in agriculture.

Climate

As basically India is a tropical country, This village is very hot in summer season (April–July) and the rainy season lies in three months from October to December. As this village is located in Tanjore district, a coastal district in Tamil Nadu state, this village receives about 80% of total annual rainfall in rainy season. Thanks to the North-East monsoon blowing from the Bay of Bengal. The Bay of Bengal is just 14km (09miles) from this village in Adirampattinam town.

References

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=737851