Salur town is a 3rd Grade Municipality constituted with effect from 3-10-1950. Recently it is upgraded from 3rd Grade to 2nd Grade vide G.O.Ms. No. 208 MA dt. 18-5-2001. The area of the town is 19.55 Sq.Kms. There is an ancient Panchamukeswara Temple situated on the Eastern side of the town. The river Vegavathi passes by the side of the town at a distance of 10 kms. on the East of the town.
PHYSICAL FEATURES :
2.1.1 LOCATION OF THE TOWN :
Salur town is located between at 180.31’ North latitude and 830.11’’ East longitude in Vizianagaram District and it is located at an elevation of 138.05 Mts. above sea-level. It is situated a distance of 55 Kms from Vizianagaram and 105 Kms. from Visakhapatnam. The town is situated on NH-43 and it is gateway to Orrisa State. It is a Tribal Agency.
2.1.2. AREA AND DEMOGRAPHY :
The area of the Municipality is 19.55 Sq.Kms. before its constitution. The town had a population of 48,362 as per 2001 census. In 1991, the population of the town is 43,435. The decadal growth rate of population during 1991-2001 is 10.18%.
Assuming that the same growth rate continuing, the projected population for 2011and 2021 are 53, 198 and 58,517 respectively. This town includes most of the surrounding village and the public are floating in the town.
TOPOGRAPHY :
Salur town situated at 138.05 Mts. above the sea-level in Vizianagaram District. The nature of soil is generally black-cotton soils. The ground water table is about 12 Mts. below the ground level.
HYDROGELOGICAL CONDITIONS :
The ground water is being tapped by means of bore-wells in the area, depth of which range from 60 to 80 ft. and the depth of water table varies between 10 and 12 mts. and the yield of the bore-wells is between 4,000 to 10,000 and L.P.H.
2.1.5. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS :
The climate of the town is general is characterized by high humidities almost all around the year, apperceive summer and the seasonal rainfall. The summer season is from the middle of February to above the middle of June. This is followed by the South-West Monsoon season which lasts up to the second week of October. The period from middle October to the end of the November constitutes the post-monsoon (or) retreating Monsoon season. The period from December to middle February is the season of generally fine weather. It has a moderate climate on account of its nearness to the sea. May is the hottest month with the mean daily maximum temperature at 36o-2C. The day temperature in May and June some times exceeds 40o-2C. December is the coldest month with mean daily minimum temperature at 17o-3C.
2.1.5.1 RAINFALL :
The normal rainfall according to Salur “Rain-gauge” Station is 1031.50 mm. The average annual rain-fall is around 85.95 Cms. The rainfall occurs mainly in the months from May to November. The highest usually recorded in the month of August to September.