The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
Recent activity
All 0 in the last 60 daysNo proposal naming this district recorded a step between 30 Aug 2026 and 28 Oct 2026.
Dated by the portal's own appraisal history, converted to India Standard Time; a proposal with no recorded history appears on its register submission date.
Other clearances these proposals declare
- Forest land diversion declared
- 1
- Forest land sought for diversion
- Area not stated
- Wildlife board recommendation declared
- 1
- In or near a protected area
- 0
- In an eco-sensitive zone
- 0
These counts are taken from the application forms of the 3 of 3 proposals naming this district whose forms have been read for these questions. In 1 of those forms at least one question was left blank, and a blank answer is counted as unknown. The forest area is the area stated for forest clearance, with each forest proposal counted once, in the district where its project is primarily sited.
- Proposals naming this district
- 3
- Category A proposals
- 2
- Families declared displaced
- None declared
- Families declared affected
- None declared
Displacement figures are the proponents’ own declarations. A project sited across several districts declares one figure for the whole project, and that figure is counted once, in the district where the project is primarily sited.
Fifth Schedule status
Not within a Fifth Schedule Scheduled Area
No Presidential Order under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule declares any Scheduled Area in Tamil Nadu, so no part of this district is one and PESA does not apply.
OrderMinistry of Tribal Affairs, Scheduled Areas declared under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution
Who lives there
Figures from Census 2011, each compared with the all-India value computed on the same definition.
- Total population
- 7,35,394
- Households
- 1,97,653
- Average household size
- 3.72
- 1.13 below India's 4.85India
- Scheduled Tribe share of population
- 4.5%
- 4.1 points below IndiaIndia
- Scheduled Caste share of population
- 32.1%
- 15.4 points above IndiaIndia
- Children aged 0-6
- 9.1%
- 4.5 points below IndiaIndia
- Literacy rate
- 85.2%
- 12.2 points above IndiaIndia
- Sex ratio
- 1,042
- 99.4 above India's 942.6India
What they live on
How the district's workers earn a living, from Census 2011. The land-dependent share counts cultivators and agricultural labourers as a share of all workers, and it is the group most directly affected when land is acquired.
- Total workers
- 3,49,974
- Work participation rate
- 47.6%
- 7.8 points above IndiaIndia
- Workers dependent on land
- 27.1%
- 27.5 points below IndiaIndia
- Cultivators
- 4.5%
- 20.2 points below IndiaIndia
- Agricultural labourers
- 22.6%
- 7.3 points below IndiaIndia
- Marginal workers
- 8.9%
- 15.9 points below IndiaIndia
- Household industry workers
- 1.1%
- 2.7 points below IndiaIndia
How households live
Land, income and work among rural households, from the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, which recorded these where the population census did not. Only the survey's rural part is used here, so urban households do not appear.
- Rural households owning land
- 25.4%
- 20.8 points below IndiaIndia
The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.
- Rural households whose highest earner makes over ₹5,000 a month
- 20.5%
- 3.9 points below IndiaIndia
The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.
- Rural households living mainly on manual casual labour
- 72.7%
- 21.0 points above IndiaIndia
The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.
- Rural households with a salaried member
- 14.2%
- 5.9 points above IndiaIndia
The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.
When these were filed
Each proposal is dated by the first step in its appraisal history, the dated record of steps the portal keeps for it.
The timeline counts all 3 proposals here, since each one records the date it was first filed.
What kind of projects these are
The proposals naming this district, grouped by the sector each was filed under.
- River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects 66.7%
- INFRA-2 33.3%
The four largest sectors are shown by name and the rest are grouped as Other.
What is proposed here
These are the proposals in the national environmental clearance register whose application names a site in this district, newest first. A project with sites in several districts appears under each of them.
- Category B2EC Granted2025-10-30
Proposed Construction of Squash Court, Hospital, Staff Residential Quarters, Toilet Block, ATM Block & Generator Block
THE LAWRENCE SCHOOL · INFRA-2
- Category AGranted2025-04-05
Kundah Pumped Storage Hydro Electric Project (4 x 125 MW)
Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited · River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects
- Category AToR Granted2025-01-22
Development of 1000 MW (4x250 MW) Upper Bhavani Pumped Storage Project
NTPC TAMILNADU ENERGY COMPANY LIMTIED · River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects
All 3 proposals that name this district, newest first.