CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK WARDHA Part A-Town & village directory Part B - Primary census abstract Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY Printed in India by the Manager, Government Press and Book Depot, Nagpur, and PublIshed by the Director, Government Printin& and Stationery Maharashtra State, Bombay-4 1973 [Price-Rs. 4.00] CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 Central Government Publications Census Report, Series II-Maharashtra, is published in the following Parts­ I-A and B General Report I-C Subsidiary Tables II-A ~eral Populktion Tables II-B General Economic Tables II-C Social and Cultural Tables III Estabiishments~Report and Tables ,. IV Housing-Report and Tables V Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Tables VI-A ·. Town Pirecwry VI-B Special Sutv.eJ Reports on Selected Towns VI-C ·. Survey Reports on Selected Villages VII ·. Report on Graduates and Technical Personnel VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration (For official use only) VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation (For official use only) IX Census Atlas of Maharashtra State Government Publications 25 Volumes ~f District Census Handbooks in English 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphabetical List of Villages in Maharashtra (in Marathi) Q" r r" (> i t L \) '\ <:f o .... ~ a:: ~01( / ""t= Q<I a:: C~ \ ::Col( QL a:: CC A M == INTRODUCTION This is the third edition of district census handbooks brought out largely on the basis of the material collected during each decennial census of our population. Earlier editions had appeared after the J95 J and the J96 1 censuses. The present volume generally follows the pattern of its predecessors in presenting the 1971 census tables for the district and basic demographic, economic and general information for each village therein. Particulars of the distribution of population down to the smallest administrative unit like village and town and their broad characteristics are required for purposes such as delimitation of el~toral constituencies, adjustment of administrative boundaries, educational and man­ po~er planning. The data provided for small areas serve as statistical frames for various ~eys that may be taken up. Part A of this handbook gi~es information relating to each village and town in the district. Revenue and municipal officials all over the district helped us in collecting the data for this section. Part B carries the 1911 primary census abstracts, which present the population for ~ch village and urban block. The items covered are area, population and its sex break-up, households, occupied houses, literacy, scheduled castes and $cheduled tribes, workers and non­ workers with a break-up of workers into broad industrial ~ategoriet. The population figures given here have the sunrise of J April 1971 as the reference :date. ! , I , I Part C, which will be published separately this time, will have a general note on the physical features of the district, its administrative set-up, its demographic and socio-economic characteristics. It will include further census tables, detailed offici~ statistics on climate, rainfall, agriCUlture, industry, education, health and the like. In 1941, the population figures for villages and tOWIl$ were exhibited\. according to com­ munities, in the village handbooks publishediby the Government of Bombay. In 1951, the basis of census classification changed from a social to an economic one; census data for villages and towns were presented according to eight livelihood classes in the primary census abstracts published in the district censUs handbooks. This was the first occasion when district census handbooks were brought out. The handbook contained information about different amenities available in respect of each village and town. During the 1961 census, the scope of the handbook was enlarged, In addition to the census data in respect of each village and town, other official statistics for each district were made available, with an introductory note explaining the salient features of the districts. The village directory published as a part of the 1961 handbook carried basic census data included in the primary census abstracts; it indicated the amenities available in each village and town by means of abbreviations. These in~luded postal, medical and educational facilities, sources of water-supply and bazar day. It was found that the primary census abstract, which needed a large number of columns to present different data, allowed very little space for information on amenities. & a result, the dIstrict census handbook has been divided into three parts in 1971 as mentioned above. The town and village directory of 1971 (Part A) gives information on amenities and faci­ lities available in each town and village in the districts of Maharashtra. The particulars are presented tahsilwise under each district. The villages and towns are arranged according to their census location code numbers. The particulars in the village directory were collected through the revenue agency of the district on a prescrihed form. For the town directory, six statements were compiled. State­ ment I contains the 1971 census population data compiled by the census office. The non­ census data in the other statements were supplied by the municipal councils for their areas and by the revenue agency for non-municipal towns. For purposes of the census, districts are divided into urban and rural areas. The urban area (towns) is defined in detail; those areas which do not satisfy this definition are treate as rural areas (villages). _ T~~ fO,llowing places have been ,treated as urb,an areas (~owns): (1) every place having a mumclpahty or a cantonment board Irrespecttve of its p::>pulatlOn; (2) every other place which had (i) a population of at least 5,000, (ii) at least three-fourths of its male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits, and (iiz) a density of population of at least 400 persons per sq, km,; (3) any other place not falling under the above two categories hut which possesses certain distinct characteristics to qualify for its being treated as urban such as its beIng a project area or a developing township. iv INTRODUCTION . A place is called a village if it does n.ot satisfy any of the criteria prescribed above for its bemg treated as urban . A.' village' . for cens.us purpo~es in . Maharashtr~ has a1~~ys been the C revenue village' wh1ch 1S the ultImate umt of area In whIch the State IS subdIv1ded for land revenue administra­ tion. A few past censuses concerned themselves only with revenue villages which had some population and did not take into account deserted or uninhabited revenue villages. As in 1961, a village at the 1971 ce~sus is a ~evenue village having well-defined boundaries, a map and a separate set of land records Irrespective of whether that defined area has any population or ~ot and, if it has some popula~ion ~hether that population re~ides in one locality (gaothan) or IS spread over one or more Identifiable clusters of populatlOn known as wadis, padas or mazaras (hamlets). Each revenue village has a specified area marked as its own and its boun­ daries with other adjoining villages have always enjoyed a traditional sanctity. Hamlets do not have such d~fined boundaries or areas distinctly marked or allotted to them; nor do they have any locally recognised status. Revenue villages which do not have any residential population are also included in the 197) census .d~ni~on of villages. They fig~re ~n the. cens,!s list bU..!_Lare described as unin­ habIted to dIstmgUlsh them from the remammg mhabited VIllages. 'Ph.e census definition of an uninhabited village differs slightly from the revenue definition of village in that the latter defines an uninhabited village as one having a popUlation of less than 25. ! I Wherever a revenue village situated on the outskirts of a town is Wholly or partly merged in that urban area, it has been treated as a separate village. The population resiqing in that area which is statutorily merged in the town limits has been treated as urban population of that town; the residual population, if any, residing in the area outside the limits of the town is alone treated as the popUlation of that village. Thus, a few partly merged villages have returned some populations. The population for all fully merged' villages has been treated as urban population. A While the 1971 census village is thus completely identified with the revenue village, forest village make an exception. They are population centres situated within reserved forest areas. TheIr population consists mainly of forest labourers and their families. Most of them are permanent or semi-permanent localities and may have attached cultivated areas leased out by the forest department under certain conditions. T.he lan~ reCords of. such vi1lag~s are .not maintained by the revenue department. The census hst of vlliages also mcludes all mhablted forest vtllag es. Tahstlwise a1phabetical lists of all villages and towns are printed in a separate section which precedes part A. The district and tahsll maps sho.w by name .th~ district and ta~sil headquarters, other towns and bigger villages. Smaller Villages are llldlcated by location code numbers. An alphabetical list of villages and towns faces each map. Hilly regions and uplands are tinted. Rivers and communications are also shown. Shri D. V. Rangnekar, deputy director of census operations (Hq.), laid the groundwork for the entire operation. His experience and guidance have been of great value at every stage. Shri G. A. Walawalkar and Shri M. D. Baride, deputy directors of census operations, and Smt. V. Y. Joshi and Shri D. S. Pilpile, tabulation ofitcers, were mainly responsible for the collection and processing of data for Part A. Kuman V. I. Nimbalkar, tabulation officer, prepared Part B based on primary census abstracts.