District         

THRISSUR

Thaluk                                               :      KODUNGALLUR

Area (in KM2)                                     :           29.24 Sq Km                          

No. of wards                                       :           44

Population                                           :           70,868

Male                                                            33,834

Female                                                        37,034

No. of Households                                    31,176

Density of population                         

 4923 persons/ sq km

SC Population                                     :           6117

ST Population                                     :           nil

Literacy Rate                                      :           95.1%

No. of BPL families                            :           7548

No. of Slums                                       :           nil

According to 2001 census the total population of kodungallur town was 33539. In 2010 Methala Gramapanchayath having a total population of 36120 was added to Kodungallur town. As per the data of 2011 census, the total population of Kodungallur town is 70868.

Kodungallur Municipality And Out Growth, with population of about 60000 is Kodungallur sub district's only municipality and out growth located in Kodungallur sub district of Thrissurdistrict in the state Kerala in India. Total geographical area of Kodungallur municipality and out growth is 27 km2. Population density of the city is 2244 persons per km2. There are 28 wards in the city, among them Eriyad (og) Ward No 28 (rural Mdds Code:627885) is the most populous ward with population of about 26 thousand and Kodungallur Ward No 05 is the least populous ward with population of 880.

Nearest railway station is Irinjalakuda which is 22 km far from here. Kodungallur is the sub district head quarter of the city. District head quarter of the city is Thrissur which is 38 km away. Thiruvananthapuram is the state head quarter of the city and is 270 km far from here. Yearly average rainfall of the city is 2625 mm. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 37°C and minimum temperature goes down to 25°C

2.2 Demographics

The city is home to about 60 thousand people, among them about 28 thousand (47%) are male and about 32 thousand (53%) are female. 92% of the whole population are from general caste, 8% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Kodungallur municipality and out growth is 10%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 15 thousand households in the city and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 63% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the city followed by Muslims which contribute 32% of the total population and Christians are the third largest religious community here with 4% population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 1082 in Muslims are 1195 and in Christians are 1072.

Housing is an important determinant for quality of life of people. It is the most basic need of human being after food and clothing that needs to be addressed on priority. Within municipality housing is an activity which is mainly driven by individuals to provide itself with an appropriate shelter. With the increase in population, number of houses has also recorded an increase. Almost 45% of the total land in the municipality is under residential use.

 CENSUS DATA (IN RESPECT OF HOUSING)

 House hold size

Household is a domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with non-relatives such as servants. The average house hold size is an important indicator of social and housing characteristics of the town, As per 2011 census, the house hold size of Kodungallur Townis 3.98 Comparison with Kerala state, shows the decadal variation of house hold size of Kodungallur Town from 1991to 2011.

HOUSING PROFILE OF THE ULB

As per the land use survey conducted, about 41.36% of the land is used for residential purpose in Kodungallur town.Considering the fact that about 18% of the area comes under water bodies, marshy lands and other vacant space, the residential landuse area covers a major chunk of the utilizable area in the town. Also, the proximity to kochi has made Kodungallur a suitable area for residential settlement for those who depend on the city for a living. The existing scenario is analysed based on two primary surveys conducted here. One is the Socio Economic survey and the other one is the slum Survey.

As per Socio economic survey 2012, about 16% of the total house hold are having plot area less than 3 cents. Majority of the houses holds are found to have between 6-25 cents of land. The details are given in . about 8% of the total houses are pf plinth area less than 200sq.ft.Most of the houses are of an area around 1000 sqft.

 Another details reveals that about 5% of the total buildings come under the Kutcha category. The ward – wise distribution of such houses is shown in figure. From the discussion it is clear that the clear that the general area.

DIFFERENT HOUSING SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED IN ULB UNDER DIFFERENT SCHEMES (SCHEME WISE)

EMS housing schemes

The EMS Housing Scheme envisioned with the objective that there should be no homeless family in the state. EMS total Housing scheme launched by Government of Kerala aims at providing house sites to all landless families and houses to all houseless families coming under the BPL category. The scheme is implemented by the municipality with the support of government.  The Scheme also aims at repairing of Kutcha Houses including those built less than 1 Lakh housing scheme. This is a purely state funded Scheme. Under this scheme, 133 families were benefitted in Kodungallur Municipality till this year.

2Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana :- In VAMBAY programme during the financial year 2002-07, 556 houses were given to beneficiaries who had been identified through ward sabhas of the municipality. All the houses constructed are pucca structures having a plinth area of more than 35sqm.

Janakeeyasoothranam Scheme

In Kerala State, the planning process adopted was based on top down approach till the 8th Five Year Plan. However, subsequent to 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, the Kerala State Legislature enacted the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 repealing the previous Acts. The decentralised planning process was enacted by the devolution of functional and fiscal powers to the Local Self Government Institutions. This gave sufficient statutory backing to the decentralised planning process and the new planning process was introduced in the State through the launching of “Janakeeyasoothranam” in a campaign model on 17th August 1996 by structuring the Ninth Plan as People’s Plan. In order to cater the housing needs of people, ULB supported 41, 75, 62 general category families in the financial year 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-2016 respectively and 100, 55,92 SC families in the year 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 respectively.

Sheduled  Caste/Scheduled Tribe

As per the Survey list of SC promoters 2012, the total number of SC families is 1075 Majority of them are engaged as Coolies and average family income come to 18000-21000.The ward wise concentration of SC families in the municipality  ward 14 chappara  has the highest number of SC families.

Ward wise distribution of sub-standard housing areas as per Socio-economic survey 2012.It can be seen that the BPL and SC family concentration are also found in these areas. Hence it may be assumed that even though a number of schemes are operating for uplifting the weaker community. these programs are not achieving the required result.

Asraya project

While implementing the poverty alleviation programmes, it has been observed that the programmes implemented by the Government and other agencies never reach the rock bottom poor. These people, who live in utter distress and despair, constitute a very small number in the society - the bottom 2% of the total population. Kudumbashree designed a project called Asraya - Destitute Identification Rehabilitation and Monitoring Project for the rehabilitation of destitute families. Destitute families are identified using a transparent risk index framed by the Mission. Individual needs of the family are identified through a participatory need assessment. The project envisaged to address lack of food, health problems including chronic illness, pension, educational facilities to children, land for home, shelter, drinking water, safe sanitation facilities, skill development, employment opportunities, etc. Under this project, kodungallur Municipality has given home for 5 destitute people