Gudiyattam Gudiyattam Town - Municipal

Chapter ñ3 Final Report: Gudiyattam Municipality
Table 3-2: Sectoral Occupational classification of Main Workers in Gudiyattam Town
NAME Main
Workers
Cultivators
(%)
Agricultural
Laborers (%)
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Workers in
HH Industry
(%)
Other
Workers (%)
Tamil Nadu 23757783 19.95 25.52 5.31 49.23
Tamil Nadu Urban 9467240 3.41 9.11 6.05 81.43
Vellore District 1172645 19.86 19.85 11.64 48.66
Vellore District
Urban
408969 2.17 4.47 13.69 79.67
Gudiyattam (M) 10049 0.49 1.62 33.86 64.03
Source: Compiled from Primary Census Abstract, Census of India 2001(All the figures
in %age)
3.2 PHYSICAL PLANNING
3.2.1 Physical Growth Trend
The town is strategically located near to Jolarpettai - Katpadi BG railway line
connecting Chennai and Bengaluru, and is located near the Industrial Corridor of
Excellence. The River Goundanya flows through the town towards southeast and
joins with River Palar. The Katpadi main road, Palamaner road connecting Chittoor
and the Railway Station road connecting to Vellore are the major roads within the
town.
Major Commercial areas have developed on the northern side of the river near
Robinson Tank called ìDharnamper Bazaarî and on the southern side of the river
called ìThalayatham Bazarî.
As the town is situated near to the Chennai ñ Bengaluru Industrial corridor of
Excellence, the growth of the town is more towards Vellore on the east. The major
growth directions of this town are towards Chittoor in the northeast direction and
towards Vellore and Katpadi in the east. The south and west of the town is
surrounded by agricultural lands and thus the growth on these sides is limited.
3.2.2 Land Use Analysis
According to the existing Land use pattern 2002, the developed land in the town
constitutes 69% of the total area of the town. Land under agriculture is 20% and
water bodies 11%. Among the developed land, the Residential area constitutes 43
%, Commercial 5 %, public and Semi public about 0.12 %.
The total undeveloped area in the town is 31%, of which 20% comes under
agricultural land. The water covers a large area as the river Goundanya flows
through the town. The land use pattern of Gudiyattam municipality is given in the
table below
Voyants Solutions Private
Limited