SHEPHERD VILLAGE PROFILE
1. VILLAGE PARTICULARS NAME OF THE VILLAGE : EDAYAPATTI YEAR OF ADOPTION : 1988-1989 PANCHAYAT : MELAPACHAKUDI REVENUE VILLAGE : MELAPACHAKUDI BLOCK : VIRALIMALAI TALUK : KULATHUR DISTRICT : PUDUKOTTAI DIRECTION AND DISTANCE FROM TIRUCHIRAPPALLI : WEST -30KM ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION : EDAYAPATTI VILLAGE RASANAYAGANPATTI-PO VIRALIMALAI-VIA, PUDUKOTTAI-DT PINCODE : 621 316 CONTACT PERSONS AT THE : MR. GUNASEKAR, YOUTH LEADER VILLAGE LEVEL : MRS. AMMASIMMAL, WOMEN LEADER 2. POPULATION DETAILS MALE FEMALE TOTAL 130 110 240 RELIGION HINDU CHRISTIAN MUSLIM TOTAL 231 9 - 240 MAJOR COMMUNITIES : VELLALAR, ASARI, VANNAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMUNITY FC BC MBC SC ST TOTAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MALE - 110 - 11 - 121 FEMALE - 109 - 10 - 119 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOTAL - 219 - 21 - 240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 1. PRE SCHOOL/BALWADI : YES, GOVERNMENT 2. PRIMARY SCHOOL : MELAPACHAKUDI-2KM, GOVERNMENT 3. MIDDLE SCHOOL : AKKALNAYAKANPATTI-4KM, GOVERNMENT 4. HIGH SCHOOL : VIRALIMALAI-8KM, GOVERNMENT 5. HR. SEC. SCHOOL : VIRALIMALAI-8KM, GOVERNMENT 6. COLLEGE : TRICHIRAPPALLI-30KM 7. TECHNICAL : TRICHIRAPPALLI-30KM 8. LIBRARY : VIRALIMALAI-8KM 4. AGRICULTURE SOIL TYPE : RED SOIL SOURCE OF IRRIGATION : WELL MAJOR CROPS : PADDY ,RAGI, CHOLAN MARKETTING CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS : VIRALIMALAI-8KM 5. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES TOWN BUS : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM POST OFFICE : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM TELEPHONE : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM POLICE STATION : VIRALIMALAI-8KM FIRE SERVICE STATION : ELUPUR-17KM CINEMA THEATRE : VIRALIMALAI-8KM FLOUR AND RICE MILL : FATIMANAGAR-5KM OTHERS COMMUNITY HALL : NIL COMMUNITY T.V. : YES PANCHAYAT BUILDING : NIL ANY OTHER PUBLIC BUILDING : NIL 6. HEALTH FACILITIES PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE : VIRALIMALAI-8KM SUB CENTRE : MELAPACHAKUDI-.5KM HOSPITAL WITH BED FACILITIES : VIRALIMALAI-8KM PRIVATE CLINIC WITH DOCTORS : FATIMANAGAR-8KM ALLOPATHY : FATIMANAGAR-8KM HOMEOPATHY : FATIMANAGAR-8KM MEDICAL SHOP : FATIMANAGAR-8KM VETERINARY HOSPITAL : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM MATERNITY HEALTH CENTRE : VIRALIMALAI-8KM 7. DRINKING WATER FACILITIES COMMUNITY WELL : NIL HAND PUMP : 2 O.H.T.(OVER HEAD TANK) : 1 - 30,000 LTR PUBLIC TAPS : 2 HOUSE TAP CONNECTION : 3 8. SANITATION DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA WATER SEAL TYPE PRIVATE/PUBLIC : NIL PIT TYPE : NIL OPEN DEFECATION : YES DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER DRAINAGE(OPEN/CLOSED) : OPEN SOAK PIT : NIL OPEN FIELD : YES 9. MARKET FACILITIES PETTY SHOP : 1 TEA SHOP : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM GROCERY SHOP : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM FAIR-PRICE SHOP : RASANAYAKKANPATTI-1.5KM WEEKLY MARKET : VIRALIMALAI-8KM FERTILISER SHOP : FATIMANAGAR-5KM 10. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONALISED BANK : PANJAB NATIONAL BANK FATIMANAGAR AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY : VIRALIMALAI-8KM 11. PUBLIC AMENITIES TOTAL STREET LIGHTS : 5 [SODIUM-1, TUBE-4] TYPE OF ROAD : SAND GRAVEYARD/CREMATION GROUND COMMON TO ALL : NIL CASTE HINDUS : YES SC COMMUNITY : YES 12. VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS DETAILS OF PANCHAYAT ELECTED MEMBERS : UNION COUNCILOR : MR.M. CHINNASAMY PANCHAYAT PRESIDENT : MRS. RAJESWARI WARD MEMBER : MR. MARIMUTHU DETAILS OF WOMEN CLUB: SNO. NAME MEMBERS YEAR 1. KANNAGI MAHALIR MANDRAM 20 1992 DETAILS OF YOUTH CLUB: KABADI TEAM : NIL OTHER ASSOCIATION : NIL FOLK ARTS GROUPS : NIL CHILDREN'S CLUB : NIL SPORTS CLUB : NIL DETAILS OF NGO'S : PSA, TRICHY 13. DETAILS OF TRAININGS GIVEN BY SHEPHERD HERBAL MEDICINE PREPARATION -5 [1995-96] ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS -5 [1996-97] INCOME GENERATING SKILLS -10[1996-97] COMPUTER -1 [1997-98] GEM-POLISHING -3 [1996-97] 14. PLACE OF WORSHIP TEMPLE : 1 CHURCH : NIL MOSQUE : NIL 15. ENVIRONMENT STATUS COMMON TREES IN THE AREA : TAMERIND,COCONUT, NEEM HERBAL GARDEN : YES SOCIAL FORESTRY (ROAD SIDE) : YES SCHOOL CAMPUS : NIL COMMON LAND : YES 16. NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE COOLY, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LABOURES, GEM-POLISHING LABOURES, CARPENTERS