Women Self Help Groups

The target stakeholders namely women, men and children from dalit and backward caste communities have been awakened and formed into people’s groups for enabling them to decide their own destiny with collective strength and power. During the reporting span, many new people’s organizations have been formed and the new organizations were guided and motivated by the other existing people’s organizations to grow well. The following table will give you the details pertaining to the existing people’s organizations functioning in the jurisdiction of Tirunelveli Social Service Society as on 31st March 2017.

 Zone-wise details of Women, men and children Self Help groups and its members in the brackets.

S.No Name of the zone Name of the Block Women Men Children
1 Palayamkottai Manur-I* 48 (906) 08 (122)
2 Palayamkottai Manur-II* 35 (638) 08 (170)
3 Palayamkottai Palayamkottai 40 (850)
4 Palayamkottai Corporation 85 (1354)
5 Ambasamuthiram Ambasamuthiram 52 (716) 06 (112)
6 Ambasamuthiram Cheranmahadevi 47 (667) 04 (55)
7 Ambasamuthiram Kadayam 95 (1358) 09 (140) 01 (30)
8 Ambasamuthiram Papakudi 47 (768) 11 (132)
9 Tenkasi Tenkasi & Shenkottai* 51 (561) 0 0
10 Tenkasi Alankulam 122 (1900) 2 (35) 2 (35)
11 Tenkasi Keezhapavoor 74 (915) 4 (48) 2 (40)
12 Kovilpatti Kovilpatti 35 (568) 7(229)
13 Kovilpatti Kayathar-East* 48 (502) 4 (157)
14 Kovilpatti Kayathar-West* 26 (355) 2 (24)
15 Kovilpatti Ottapidaram 46 (530) 4 (40)
16 Sankarankovil Melaneelithanallur(E)* 92 (1100) 5 (60) 0
17 Sankarankovil Melaneelithanallur(W)* 17 (210) 0 0
18 Sankarankovil Vasudevanallur 93 (1150) 7 (90) 1 (15)
19 Sankarankovil Kuruvikulam 147 (1900) 2 (30) 1 (13)
20 Sankarankovil Sankarankovil 23 (275) 1 (14) 0
Total Five Zones 20 blocks 1223

(17223)

84

(1458)

07

(133)

TSSS works in 20 blocks, 16 town panchayats and Tirunelveli corporation and forms the above-mentioned groups.
*Note: A few blocks have been divided into two and a few blocks have been joined as one for the purpose of administration and supervision.