CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERES-5 VILLAGE & TOWNWISE GUJARAT PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DISTRICT SURAT CENSUS DISTRICT HANDBOOK C. C.DOCTOR of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Gujarat DIS'fRICT SURAT o­ N ....,.. ...... on.. .", Gujarat is the home ot 3,734,422 tribal people cemstftuting 13.99 per cent of the State's total popu­ lation of 26,697,475. They are the inheritors of an art tradition that is the product of long development and continues to this day in unbroken succession. Isolated communities till recent times, the traditions of their art have been passed down by oral trans­ mission from mother to daughter and father to son and reveals an inspiration and outward expression in forms and motifs that have remained basically un­ changed through the years. Many of the art forms of the Adivasis are the result of deep spiritual experience or have their roots in dream, story, myth or legend. Significant forms have thus survived without major alteration through centuries during which the underlying myths and legends have remained basically the same. They have taken the material of their crafts fro", the environment around them. One of the commo­ nest materials used was clay, exploiting the plasticity of which they never seem to have tired. Terra-cotta objects are produced on an unimaginably lar{!e scafe and for a variety of purposes. The rich diffuSion of terra-cotta products of innumerable shapes and sizes that may still be found in any area of Gujarat inhahited by the tribal people is testimony to the fact that this tradition continues uninterrupted. The stylised tribal terra-cotta horse and rider displayed on this volume comes from Sural District. The specimen depicted on this volume is one of a rather unusual genre in that the face of the horse and the long projection behind the rider are considerably exaggerated and offer no easy interpretation. About half the population of the district is tribal. (Block from an ink tracing by K. D. Vaishnav, Geographer. from a photograph of a specimen at the Tribal Research Institute, Ahmadabad) CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Genetral Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Series-5-Gujarat is being published lfl the foHowing parts : Part Subject covered Number I-A General Report. I-B Detailed Analysis of the Demographic, Social, Cultural and Migration Patterns. I-C Subsidiary Tables. II-A General Population Tables ('A' Series). II-B Economic Tables ( 'B' Series). II-C(i) Distribution of POJ:ulation, Mother Tongue and Religion, Scheculed Castes Scheduled Tribes. II-C(ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household Compo. tion, Single Year Age, Marital Status, Educational Levels, Scheduled Castes & Schedull Tribes, etc., Bilingualism. III Establishments Report and T8.bles ('E' Series). IV-A Housing Report and Housing Subsidiary Tables. IV-B Housing Tables. V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. VI-A Town Directory. VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns. VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages. VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel. VII I-A Administration Report-Enumeration.} For official use only VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation. IX Census Atlas. DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A Town and Village Directory. X-B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract. X-C Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. CONTENTS Pages PREFACE v-x FIGURES AT A GLANCE xi-xii ALPHABETIC LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xxix Psrt-A- Town and Village Directory General Note 3-4 Introductory Note on Town and Village Directory 5-21 Town Directory and its Appendices Slatement I Slatus, Growth History and Functional C~tegory of Towns 25 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 26 Statement III Civic Finance, 1968-69 27 Statement IV Civic and Other Aml'nities. 1969 28 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 29 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 30 Statement VII Population by Religion, ]971 31 Appendix I List of Urban Areas as per Location Code Numbers 32 Village Directory Chorasi Taluka 33-43 Olpad Taluka 4'-55 Kamrej Taluka 57-63 Mangrol Taluka 65-77 Mandvi Taluka 79-91 Songadh Taluka 93-109 Uchchhal Taluka 11l-1I7 Nijhar Taluka 119-127 Vyara Taluka 129-141 Valod Mabal 143-147 Bardoli Taluka (49-157 Mahuva Taluka 159-165 Palsana Mdhal 167-173 Abstract of Amenities at ~ach Taluka/Mahal 174-175 Pages Part-B-Village and Townwise Primary CeD80l Abstract General Note iii PrimalY Census Abstract Chorasi Taluka 1-45 Olpad Taluka 47-53 Kamrej Taluka 55-61 Mangrol Taluka 63-71 Mandvi Taluka 73-81 Songadh Taluka 83-97 Uchchhal Taluka 99-103 Nijhar Taluka 105-109 Vyara Taluka 111-121 Valod Mahal 113-127 Bardoli Taluka 129-135 Mahuva Taluka 137':"141 Palsana Mahal 143-147 Block Directory showing Jurisdictiol1 of Enumerator's Blocks in the Urban Areas 149-163 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Chorsai Taluka F acing Page I Olpad Taluka " " 47 Kamrej Taluka SS .. " Mangrol Taluka " " 63 Mandvi Taluka ,. " '73 Songadb Taluka .. I, 83 Uchchhal Taluka t, 99 " Nijhar Taluka 105 " ,. Vyara Taluka .. .. III Valod Mahal " " 123 Bardoli Taluka 129 " " Mahuva Taluka 137 " " Palsana Mabal " u 143 PREFACE Tbe District Census Handbooks are being Part B published regularly since 1951. Earlier tbey were (I) Urban Block and VilJagewise Primary brought out under the name of "Village Hand· Census Abstract books" and contained only tbe population totals. They are prepared by the Census Organisation Part C on behalf of the State Government and published by the latter. They are the first to be published (1) Analytical Report in the series of 1971 Census publications. which (2) Administrative Statistics are now to fonow. The need for making avail­ able to tbe State Government. tbe Census data (3) Census Tables as early as possible after the taking of the count, bas been recognised since long. It is a matter of It was originally decided that each part deep satisfaction that the' present volume is being would be brought out separately. But since the publisbed within a year of the taking of the data for parts A and B bas been prepared Census. almost at the same time, it is decided to combine these parts into one volume. Part C which hal The data collected during 1971 Census was to await the collection of official statistics from tabulated initially at three Regional Tabulation various Departments of the State Government Offices at Surat, Rajkot and Bhavoagar for and preparation of Census Tables, would be rural areas and one more Tabulation Office at publisbed separately. Ahmedabad which dealt with the slips of urban areas only. The data abstracted at the Regional The Town Directory consists of information Offices was brought to Ahmedabad where it was about the status, growth history and functional compiled (or the State as a whole and is noW category of towns and their physica' aspects. being published. location, Municipal finances, civic and other amenities like sewerage, protected water supply, The District Census Handbook contains fire fighting service. electrification etc. It also primary data upto the village level for rural contains information aboul medical, educatioDal, areas and enumerator's block level for urban recreational and cultural facilities available at areas. It is for the first time tbat in 1971 the towns. Detailed information abOUI trade, Census we are giving information about urban commerce. industry aDd banking is also provided areas of tbe State in a separate part called here. The population of the towns according to the "Town Directory". We are also giving compre­ 1971 Census by religion and Scheduled Caste and hensive information about rural areas in the Scheduled Tribe is furnished here. The Town "Village Directory". This is further supplemented Directory is a new feature of 1971 Census and the by the Alphabetical List of Villages for facilily above information bas been compiled in it for the of reference. first time. It has been decided to bring out the The Village Directory contains comprehensive District Census Handbooks of 1971 in three information about the amenities available at the parts as under :- village such as educational and medical, supply of electric power, drinking water facility, Part A communication through road, rail, kutcha road. (I) T owo Directory pucca road and bUI route, existence of post, telegraph and telephone facilities, etc. Further (2) Village Directory information about staple food, area under various uses like forest, Gultivable land, source and the village officials and scrutinised a[ [aluka extent of irrigation, cultivable waste and name level ~y the Sts tistical Assistant before returDing of the nearest town and its distance, day on to this office.· The Devdopment Commissioner which 'bazar' is being held, if any, and its and the Director. Bureau of Economics and importance from religious, historical and archaeo­ Statistics. issued firm instructions to the field logical point of view is recorded here. staff to· ensure thal the information was fiUed and scrutinised with the utmost care. After this The Primary Census Abstract contains infor­ information was received in the Census mation about the number of occupird residential Directorate. it was subjected to a very close and houses and households, total population including rigorous checking by a cell which was specially house less and institutional population, literacy, created for the purpose. Tbere, were a num her Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population of points on which further probe became and the distribution of working population into necessary, where the information was found to Dille industrial categories of workers and Don­ be incomplete or inconsistent. Our greatest workers. hurdle was the reconciliation of area figures as reported by the village officials and those reported The Anlilytical Report in Part C takes note by the District Inspector of Land Records.