M STATISTICAL OUTLINE OF ANDAMAN AND :^|COBAR ISLANDS 1966-67
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" — ^ 1, STATISTICAJ. BUIU-AU ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION
Statistical Outline
OF
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
966-67
PRINTED AT THE CrOVEKNMENT PRESS, POUT HLAIR AND PUBLISHED P.Y THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION 'S #V J PREFACE
The prescm edition of the Statistical Outline of Andaman id Nicobar Islands (eighth In series) incorporates the latest available ita relating to socio-economic aspects of this territory. The scope
the present volume has been enlarp:ed in order to make it more seful to the general public and Government departments.
The Statistical Bureau acknowledges with gratitude the voperation of all Government depattments and private organisations
ho have supplied the requisite material presented here.
Suggestions for its further improvement are most welcome,
hese will be carefully considered in planning future issues of
e publication-
M. M. SINGH, Dated at Port Blair, ^ Statistical Officer, the 29th February, 1968. ^ Andaman and Nicobar Islands. C h i e f C ommissioner :
SHUT M AHABIR SINGH, i. a . s .
M e m b e r s o f H o m e M i n i s t e r ’ s A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e
SHUT MAHABIR StNGH
SHRE K. R. GANESU
^HRT SHIV KAM
SHRI FUEl)
RANI CHANGA OF KATCtlAL
SHRI NIRANJAN LALL
SHRI K. ARAVTNDAKSHAN
SHRI MAH AN AN DA BISWAS
SHRI BIPAD BHANJAN BISWAS
SHRI RAM NARESH SINGH
M e m b e r o f P a r l i a m e n t :
SHRI K. R. GANESH ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SET-UP OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
CHEIF COMMISSIONER .. MAHABIR SINGH ^also I. G. Police and I. G. Prisons)
S e c r e t a r i e s /A s s is t a n t Se c r e t a r ie s t o t h e Ch ie f Commissioner :
Chfef Secretary Gurbachan Singh Secretary (Forests) J. C. Varmah Secretary (Judicisil) V. K. Chaudhury Seaet;ary (Finance) Prem Lall Derelopment Commissioner- A. H. Scott oim-Development Secretary .\sastant Secretary (Publk) A. A. Khan Asastant Secretary (General) K. K. Warriar Asastant Secretary (Confidential Cell) B. C. Achari A.sastant Secretary (Finance) U. M. Hegde Asastant Secretary (Development) L. Mewa Lall Asastant Secretary (Nicobar Trade) K. Banner]i Asastant Secretary (Establishment) M. S. Malhotra Statistical Officer (Ex-Officio Asst. Secretary) M. M. Singh
T h e J u d ic ia r y
Di^rict and Sessions Judge Kamleshwarn ath Gupta Sub-Judge S. C. Chaturvedi Sub-Judge F. S. Zulfiquaruddin Sub-Judge Shyamji Krishna
D is t r ic t A dministration
Deputy Commissioner (also District Magistrate . M, B. Malhotra and Collector) Additional Deputy Commissioner, Nicobars Attar Singh Additional District Magistrate S. C. Chaturvedi Assistant Commissioner F. S. Zulfiquaruddin (North & Middle Andaman) Assistant Commissioner (Settlement) N. Chandrasekharan Assistant Commissioner H. S. Mumtaz and Block Development Officer (Nancowrie) Block Development Officer (Rangat) S. Raha Block Development Officer (Diglipur) B. Chakraborty Block Development Officer (Car Nicobar) C. Rajamanikam Treasury Officer Shyamji Krishna Supply Officer R. Ramakrishna
P u b l ic W o r k s D e p a r t m e n t
Principal Engineer N. D. Rajan Execitive Engineer (Port Blair South Division) C. D. Dharmani Executive Engineer (S. & W. Division) P. U. K. Nedungadi (v i)
Executive Engineer (South Andaman Division) . .. T. K. Moorjani Executive Engineer (Port Blair North Division) . K. S. Narayanaswamy Executive Engineer (Construction Division .. S. K. Das No. I ), Rangat Executive Engineer (Marine Works), Car-Nicobar .. M. C. Lahiri Executive Engineer (North Andaman Construe- ... S. L. Malik tion Division), Mayabunder Surveyor of Works ... P. J. Chainani Personal Assistant to Principal Engineer .. R. Vijayaraghavan Assistant Surveyor of Works (i) K. Narasimham (ii) K. S. Balasubramaniana Assistant Engineer (Independent Stores Sub- .. N. K. Dey Division), Calcutta Assistant Engineer (Port Blair South Division) .. R. S. Sethi .. D. Suryanarayana Rao .. R. Rajagopal .. J. V. N. Moorthy Assistant Engineer (S. & W. Division) P. L. Antony .. V. Sanganal V. Ramakrishna Kadar Baksh Assistant Engineer (South Andaman Division) .. A. K. Vijayaraghavan .. P. R. Ghosh .. T. Venketa Rao P. N. Raisinghani Assistant Engineer (Port Blair North Division) B. B. Dutta .. P Viyasnarayana Rao ... Sudhu Katwani .. T. R. SanTibamoorthy Assistant Engineer (Construction Division No. I). ,. P.K. Balakrishna Filial Rangat .. R. K. Kapoor ... D. S. Choudhury Assistant Engineer (Marine Works), Car Nicobar P. Palani .. S. K. Baroi V. R. Bhuvaraghavai) .. T. S. Santhanaro Assistant Engineer (North Andaman Cons ... Shyam Kishore truction Division), Mayabunder .. S. C. Tyagi .. Moolchand Accounts Officer N. K. Sanyal Assistant Town Planner .. H. K. Walia
FOREST DEPARTMENT
Chief Conservator of Forests J. C. Varmah Conservator of Forests E. S. Thangam Conservator of Forests A. G. Abraham Deputy Conserv^ator of Forests (Working-Plan) A C DXruz Deputy Conservator of Forests (Silviculturist- S. S. Bhattee cum-Utilization) (v ii)
Deputy Conservator of Forests (Mill-Division) P. M. Ganapathy Divisional Forest Officer (North Andaman) S. K. Sharma Divisional Forest Officer (South Andaman) P. M. Thimaiah Deputy Conservator of Forests (Depot-Division) R. K. Man dal Howrah Divisional Forest Officer (Middle Andaman) Pandey B. P. Sinha Coffee Development Officer M. R. N. Rao Accounts Officer J. L. Chadda Assistant Conservator of Forests (Head- J. K. Mehta quarteis) Assistant Conservator of Forests Piare Lall Assistant Conservator of Forests (Middle C. A. Balliappa Andaman) Assistant Conservator of Forests A. S. Achappa Assistant Conservator of Forests (Middle B. A. Mathews Andaman) Assistant Conservator of Forests (Nicobar) Alvis Minj Assistant Conservator of Forests (Andaman M. M. Achappa Timber Depot., Madras) Assistant Conservator of Forests (South B. M. Nanjappa And man) Assistant Conservator of Forests (North R. V. D'Cruz Andman) Senior-Assist ant Engineer • N. Stevenson Assistant Mill Manager J. N. Bhatacharjee Veterinary Officer Dr. Fr#d M^sh^ck
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Senior Medical Officer Dr. S. K. Ghosh Assistant to the Senior Medical Officer B. P. Panigrahi Public Health Officer ,, S. R. Haidar Lady Medical Officer Vacant L. M. 0. (V. D. Scheme) Vacant Malaria-cum-Filaria Officer Dr. B. Ghosh Malaria Officer (Port Blair) Vacant Assistant Surgeon Grade I (E.N.T. Specialist) Dr. C. M. Deviah do (X-Ray Specialist) R. N. Sarkar do. „ Raja Lin gain do. G. Moti Ram do. , Shiv Ratnam do. (Surgical Specialist) S. Chatterjee do. (Nutrition) A jit Haidar do. (Eye-Specialist) K. K. Chaturvedi do. „ Govind Ram do. „ K. S. Rao do. „ P. C. Mazumdar do. (Offtg. as Malaria Officer) Ram Ratan Lall do. „ Mrs. A. G. Verghese do. N. Sankara, Pillai do Riaz Meshack do. Mrs. N. K. Chaturvedi (viii)
Assistapt Surgeon Grade I Dr. B. N. Tandon do. B. Shanmugam , do. ,, A. K. Sen Gupta do. (Dentist) A. K. Mukherjee do (T. B. Specialist) Vacant do. (Children Specialist) Vacant do. Vacant do. Vacant do. Vacant Pathologist Vacant Anaesthetist Vacant Medical Specialist Vacant Lady Medical Officer Dr. (Mrs.) Usha Paul Matron Mrs. M. D Gurnett
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Director of Agriculture A. K. Pillai Agricub ure Officer J. C. Barpujari Coconut Development Officer Jagan Singh Horticulture Officer C. S Das Economic Botanist Vacant
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
^^ducation Officer Vacant Assistant Education Officer Brojendro LalJ Principal, Higher Secondary School, Port Blair .. K. S. Naidu Principal, Higher Secondary School, P. C. Sirivastava Car-Nicobar Priiicipal, Girls Higher Secondary School, Smti. Shanti Pande Port Blair
SHIPPING AND MARINE DEPARTMENT
Harbour Master (Shipping and Commander K. P. Nair Transport) also Customs Collector Marine Engineer S. Agai wal Accounts Officer B. K. Chakravarty
P o lic e D e p a r t m e n t
Superintendent of Police .. R. K. Ohri Police Radio Officer ... Capt. V. P. Babbar Assistant Superintendent of Police K. Panchapagesan (South Andaman) Assistant Superintendent of Police .. Omkar Sharan Singh (Armed Police) of Police ... M. V. Surya Prasad Andaman) of Police ... Girdhari Lai (Car Nicobar) (ix )
Assistant Superintendent of Police Virender Rai (Area Comdt. Home Guards) Assistant Superintendent of Police V. R. Kishen (C. I. D.)
L a b o u r D e p a r t m e n t
Libour Commissioner M. B. Malhotra Labour Welfare Officer (HQ) Mohammed Jamaluddin do. (Forests) T. V. N. Reddy do. (Rangat) P. Ramaswamy do. (Mayabunder) N. Shaikh
E l e c t r ic it y D e p a r t m e n t
Executive Engineer J. L. Bagga Assistant Engineer Bhagat Singh do. P. C. Saha do. D. L. Anand
O t h e r D e p a r t m e n t s
Controller, Andaman Labour Force K. Balu Cottage Industiies Officer R. Narayana Fisheries Development Officer M- Kumaran Live-Stock Ofificer M. M. Chaw^la , Registrar, Co-operative Societies Lachman Singh Superintendent, District Jail Dr. S. K. Ghosh
Ce n t r a l G o v e r n m e n t D e p a r t m e n t s
Rehabilitation Department Chief Development-cum-Rehabilitation B. K. Halve Commissioner Assistant Secretary (Rehabilitation) V. Shrikrishna Officer on Special Duty (Agriculture) S. K. Biswas Adhikari-cum-Camp-Comdt., R. V. D. S. K. Mukherjee Camp, Betapur Officer-in-Charge, Rehabilitation D. N, Mukherjee Reclamation Organisation, Rangat Accounts Officer K. S. Rao
Ot h e r D e p a r t m e n t s
Director of All India Radio Iqbal Singh Director of Light Houses and Light Ships C. V. Chaubal Resident Naval Officer Comdr. M, Ghosh Chief Engineer Wharf Project Col. O. P. Narula Superintendent, Census Operations M. B. Malhotra Principal Engineer (Marine) G. S. Rao Officer Commanding, C. R. P. R. P. S. Nair Officer-in‘ Charge, Anthropological Department . T. N. Pandit ix)
Assistant Engineer, Civil Wireless P. L. Sengupta Assistant Technical Maintenance Officer, B. S. Hegde Inter-State Police Wireless Station Assistant Central Intelligence Officer K, P. Vijay Kumar Officer on Special Duty (Chief-Executive) K. M. Joseph Rubber Research-cum-Development Station, Ferrarganj Officer-in-Charge, Central Marine Fisheries K. Ranga Raj an Research Centre Officer-in-Charge, Aeronautical Communica B. K. Dey tion Station Aerodrome Officer S. S. Pillai Field Publicity Officer V. K. Gupta Qfficer-in-Charge, Meteorological Centre^ P. M. Ghosh Port Blair Station Commandant, N. C. C. (HQ) Maj. B. M. Ghorepade Post Master, Head Post Office N. N, Sen Agent, State Bank of India S. Pramanik PORT BLAIR MUNICIPAL BOARD
Ch a ir m a n :
SHRI M. B. MALHOTRA
V ic e -C h a ir m e n :
SHRI SHIV RAM ...... Senior
SHRI SOHAN RANGATAH .. .. Junior
E l e c t e d M e m b e r s :
Shri K. R. Ganesh
Francis Lobo
P. S. Chawla
„ M. A. Mohammed
„ Samar Choudhury
„ Veera Raghulu
„ Marathavanan
N o m in a t e d M e m b e r s ;
Shri Durga Pershad
„ Lachman Singh
Rt. Rev. M. D. Srinivasan
S e c r e t a r y :
Shri Veerandran Nath CONTENTS
SECTION— 1 General Table Pagb 1.1 Aiuiaraau and Nicobar Islands at a glance 3— 4 SECTION— 3 Cr.IMATE 2.1 Normal and actual rainfall •• 7 2.2 Month-wise number of rainy dajs 7 Temperatuie and humidity B 2.4 Monthly data on temperature, humidity and rainfall jeeoi'ded at Port Hlair ... 8 2.5 Monthly avei.igt- tempo;ature and rainfall data recorded at Port Blair •* 9 2.G Monthly wind directions and mean wind speed recorded at Port Blair ... 10 2.7 Mean daily wind speed recorded at Port Blair ... 11 SECTION— 3 A eEA and POPCIATION 8.1 Area, p jpulation, nmnuer of Tehsils, Towns and "Villages ... 1*^ 8.2 Distribution a n d movement of population dating Six decades ... 15 3.3 Decennial growth of populativm ' ... lo 8.1 Mean decennial growth n>te.s of population ... lo 3.5 Population of Inhajbitfd jsiands, 1961 ... 17 8.0 Density of Population, 1961 ... IS 8.7 Sex'llatio, 1961 18 3.8 Distribution of Tribal Population ... 18 3.9 Age-wise male, female, rural and urban population ... 19 3.10 Population according to marital Status ... 20 8.11 Population according to mother tongue • ... 20 8.12 Populalion according to religion-1951-1961 ... 21 8.18 Growth of religion.^ communities-I9t)l ... 21 3.14 Population by woiliers and non-workers ... 22 3.15 Area and Population of Port Blair Town ... 28 8.16 Region-wise No. of Inhabited villages ... 23 8.17 Villages (Massitied by population ... 24 3.18 Estimated mid-year population of A. & N. Islands ... 24
SECTION— 4
AgIU CULTURE 4.1 Estimated area and production of rice ... 27 4.2 Region-wise disti'ibuti'in of paddy areas ... 4.8 Land utilisation Statistics .. 28 4.4 Aiea under different crops ... 29 4.6 Distribution of seedlings ... 29 4.() Distribution of manures and fertilisers 80 4.7 Distribution of pesticides 80 4.8 Arai nndei' Improvel metho l of paddy cultivation, plant prot(cti(ui and demonstration trials laid ... 81 4.'J Distiibution of seeds ... 81 [ii]
SE C TIO N -j LlV£-bTOCK AND FlSHElUKS
T a b l e P a g e 5.1 No. of Live-stock and poultry ... 6.2 Live-stock Census 1961 and I960 ... 3G o.‘3 Veterinary facilities ... 37 y.t Veterinary facilities in rural areas ... 5.5 Veterinary catiei Uvated in colonisation areas ... 38 5.6 Specie-wise fish landing in A. & N. IslanJs ... 39 5.7 Quantity and value of lish Landed in South Andanians 40 5.8 Catch in relation to fishing grounds in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... 41 5.9 Fish landing accoiding to gears used in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... 42 5.10 Quantity cf fish landed in South Andaman ... 43 SECTION— 6 Forests 6.1 Area under Fores!s ... 47 6.2 Employment in forestry and fore.-it industries ... 47 6.3 Raising of Industrial plantations ' ... 48 6.4 Concentrated regeneiation and afPoiestation ... 49 6.5 Outturn of Forest Produce ... 50 6.6 Agency-wise outturn of timber, fuel and other minor foiest produce ... 51 6.7 Intake and outturn of Chatharc Saw Mill ... 52 6.8 Export of timber by Forest Department ... 52 6 9 Eevenue and expenditure of Forest Department ... 53 SECTION— 7
C olonisation 7.1 Social and other facilities e.s:tended in Colonisation areas... 57 SECTION— 8
E du c at io n 8.1 Literacy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands 61 8.2 Sex-wise education by standards— 1961 Census 61 8.3 Kdueation at a glance 62 8 4 Schools with respective placi's of location, number of teachers and scholars 03 66 8.5 Region-wise distribution of schools 67 8.6 School-wi.'e regional distribution of scholars 68 8 7 School-wise regional distribution of teachers 69 8.8 Teachers in educational institutions 70 8.9 Projected population of school going age-groups by sex 71 8.10 Distribution oi schools, scholars and teacheis 7 2 -7 3 8.11 Distribution of stipendiary scholars undergoing post matriculation education in mainland according to pursui of study 74 8.12 Distribution of stipendiary scholars undergoing po.4- matriculation education in mainland according to amount of stipend received .. 74 8.13 Institution-wise annual distribution of Scholars 75 [iii]
SECTION— 9 M edical and Public H ealth Tablk Page, 9.1 Regional distribution of hospitals and dispensaries ... 79 — 80 Bed strength of various hospitals ... 81 9.3 Government medical and public health personnel ... 81 9.4 Medical facilities ... 83 9.5 Patients treated in hospitals and dispensaries . 8^ 9.6 Births and deaths in various hospitals ... 83 9.7 Deaths according to causes ... 83 9.8 Vaccination Statistics ... 84 9.9 B C.G. Cattipaign since it:* inception 84 9.10 Pathological Laboratory Statistics ... 85 9.11 Operations performed ... 85 9.12 Maternity cases attended ... 86 O.IS Autenatal cUuies cttnductel at the aud chill welfare centres 86 9.14 Average No. of daily in-patients and . T a b l e P a g e . 11.9 Postal Revenue in Andaman and Nieobar Islands ... ’ 105 11.10 Postal traffic in A. & N. Islands— Postal Order ... 106 11.11 Postal traffic in A. & N. Islands— Money Order ... 106 11.12 Broadcast receiving licence renewals in A. &M. Islar.da ... 107 11.1;5 Programme composition— All India Radio, Port Blair ... 107 11.14 Indian Airlines Operations between Calcutta and Port Blair ... 108 SECTION— 12 POWEli 12.1 Installed eipaeitj anl power gen^'ratioti in A- & N. Islands ... H I 12.2 Electric Consiiinption by various sectors in A. & N. Islands ... I l l l i . ‘6 Region-wise electric Consumption in A. & N. Islands ... 11^ 12.4 Installed capacity and power generation at Poit Blair .. 112 12.5 Electric consaniption by variou-; sectors at t’ort Blair ... 113 12.6 Sale of electricity to different consiimero at Port Blair ... 113 SECTION— 13 P u b lic F ix a n c e 13.1 Budget at a glance ••• 117 13.2 Details of revenus receipts ... 118 13.3 Details of revenue expenditure ... 119 SECTION— 14 L a w a n d O r d e r 14.1 Strength and cost o£ Polica force ... 123 14.2 Volume of crimes ... 124 14.3 Average daily population of Jail 124 14.4 Age and state of education of convicts ; 125 14.5 Condition of prisoners released from Jail 125 14.6 Property stolen and recovered ... 126 14.7 Incidence of lire ... 126 SECriON— 15 CO-OPERATIOX 15.1 Co-operation statistics-financial and physical ... 129 15.2 Development of co-operative societies ... 130 SECTION—16 I n d u s t r ie s a ^vd L a b o u r 16.1 Small scale industries and handicrafts under cottage Industries Department 133 16.2 Output of Jail Industries ... 133 16.3 Average daily number of VVorker.s employed in registered factories ... 134 16.4 Average daily employment of adult workers in regis tered factories with specified normal weekly hours ... 135 16.5 Factory labour ... 136 16.6 Number of accidents and amount of compensation paid uoder the Workmen’s Co.npensation Act, 11?23 ... 137 [ v ] T a b ie P a g e 16.7 IiiJustnal disputes an I maiidays lost 137 16.8 Number of shops an 1 (Commercial Establishments under the Weekly Holiday Act, 1942 138 16.9 Leave with wages under the Factories x-^ct, 1948 139 16.10 Number (f establishments liavin^r ceriified standing orders under the Industrial Empl yment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and Strength of Employees 140 16.11 Accidents In lustiy-wise 141 16.13 Amount of compensation paid-indu^try-wise 142 16.13 JVIernbeiship of Workers Trade Unions 143 16.14 General Funiis of Regis!ered Unions 144 16.15 Assets and liabilities of workers Unions (Industry-wise) 145 16.16 Works Committees 146 SECTION— IT E m p l o y m e n t 17.1 Distril)ution of A. & N. Administration's Employees 149__150 1 7 . Distribution of A. & N. Administration's Employees according to b:isic pi\ ran.zes 151-15:2 17.3 Distribution of & N. Administration's Employees according to total emoluments 153- 154 17.4 Distribution of A. & N. Administration's Employ es (Regular, by sex and class of appointment 155— 156 17.5 Distiibution of A. & N, Administration'’s Employees (Regular) according to Miirital status ^ 157- 15S 17.6 Sanctioned strength and fiUed-in posts in respect of A. & N, xldministration’s Employees 159— 160 SECTION-IS P l a n n i n g a n d D evelo pm en t 18.1 Five Year Plans— allotment 163 18.:2 Second Five Yeir Plan— allotment & expenliture 164— 16.') 18.3 Third Five Year Plan—allotment & expenditure 166-167 18.4 Block.s nt a glance 168 18.5 Piogreas of plan expenditure in respect of C.D. Blocks 169 S E C T IO N -19 FOODGIIAINS AND PlUCES 19.1 Wholesale prices of foodgiains at Port Blair 173 1 9 . Retail prices of food-stuffs prevailing at different maiket centres 174 l!>.;3 Trend of letail prices of essential commodities at Poit Blaii' 175— 170 19.4 Average annual wh S E C n O N ~ 2 0 L ocal B o d ies T ablk P a g e 20.1 Population and. Constitution of Municipalities 181 20.3 Income of Municipalities 181 20.3 Expenditure oL' Municipalities 182 20.4 Panchayats 182 SECTION— 21 E lectoh al S t atisvics 21.1 General Election 1067— Electorate 185 21.2 General Election 19S7— Polling 185 21.3 General Election 1967— Voting Preferenecs by Parties 185 21.4 Municipal Elections —Electorale 187 21.5 Municipal Elections— Polling 187 21.6 Municipal Elections—Voting Preferences by Parties 188 SECTION— :22 M iscellaneous 22.1 State aid to paupers 191 22.2 Cinema Statistics 191 2’^.3 Language-wise films exhibited in cinemas 192 22.4 Ceosus houses and the use to which they are put 192 22.6 Collection under Small Saving Accounts and Securities 193 22.6 Sugar Impoit Statistics 194 22.7 Distance between Important places 195 22.8 Places of tourist inteiest 196 22.9 List of Tourist Homes and Guest Ilonses 197 SECTION-23 A ll I n d i a S tatlstjos 23.1 Population of India 201 23.2 Decennial growth of population of India 201 23.3 Growth of major religious Comm unities in India 202 23.4 Estimated mid-year population of India 202 23-5 Population by States 203— 204 23.6 Ranking of states and union territories in terms of population 205 23.7 Population of cities with population of 5 lakiis and over 20G 23.8 Literacy in India 207 23.9 Estimatei of National Income of India 208 23.10 Foreign exchange rates par values 209 SECTION-24 CoxvERSiON T a b l e s SEGTIOH-1 GENERAL T a b le (1.1) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS AT A GLANcE No. Item Unit Particulars 1. Are:i Sq. Kras. 8,293 2, Distance between Fort Blair and (i) Calcutta Kms. 1,355 (ii) Madras 1,191 3. Average raiii-fall Cms. 313 4. Actual rain-fall 1966 293 5. Mean maximum temperature 1966 C° 30.6 6. Mean minimum temperature 1966 13.3 Highest ^Saddle i'eak) Metres m 8. Revenue tehsils No. 6 9. Towns fi 1 10. Villages :— (i) Inhabited 399 (ii) Uninhabited >> 13 11. Population 1961 :— 99 63,548 (i) Males 39,304 (ii Females 3) 24,244 (iii) Urban >5 14,075 (iv) Rural 49,473 12. Females per 1,000 males 1961 >5 6IT 13. Density of population 1961 Sq. Km. 8 14. Total aborigines 1961 No. 14,122 15. Total Workers 1981 No. 31,194 16. Total Non-workers 1961 99 32,354 17. Total employment in Public Sector as on 31-3-1966 17,700 (i) Regular employees 99 4,902 (ii) Non-regular employees 99 12,798 18. Literates 1961 99 21,372 (i) Males 59 16,675 (ii) Females 99 . 4,697 (iii) Rural 99 14,312 (iv) Urban 3> 7,060 19. Educational Institutions 1966-67 99 12« 20. Scholars » 10,961 (i) Boys 6,6 72 (ii) Girls 9> 4,392 •^1. Teachers 99 .500 (i) Males f> 344 (ii) Females 99 156 2£. Expenditure on Education 1966-67 Rs. lakhs 23.82 •23. Estimated area under rice 1966-67 Hectares 7,209 M Production of rice 1966-67 Tonnes 8,918 25. Average yield of rice per Hectare 99 1.24 '23. Total Livestock 1966 No. 49,686 27 Total Poultry 1966 99 98,659 28 Veterinary Di.^pensaries 1966 99 5 29. Veterinary Surgeons 1966 f9 5 4. 30. Pish, landed daring 196i Tonnes 329.7i8 31. Income realised 1966 Rs. ‘ 000 ’ 511.600 32. Outturn of Forest Produce 1966-67 Rs. lakhs 67.92 33. Medical facilities 1966 (i) Hospitals No 9 (ii Dispensaries 40 (iii) Beds available 5* 434 34. Kegistered factories li>66 ii 16 (i) Average workers employed daily ii 2,906 (ii) Mandays worked a 8,44,207 Roads 1966-67 Kms. 531 36. Buses 1966-67 No 17 37. Motor vehicles on load as on 31-S-1967 ii 548 38. Electricity Generated 1966 ‘ 000^ K W 2,709.38 1^9. Rleetrieity (’onssumed 1966 ‘ 000^ KW H 1,989.6S 40. Co-operative Societies 1966*€7 No. 176 i) Membership ii 14,300 (ii) Share Capital Rs 11,74,373 (iii) Working Capital a 18,78,200 41. C. D. Blocks 1966-67 No. 5 42, Post Offices and Sub-Post Offices 12 as pn 31*3-1967 43. Police Stations 1966 ii 8 44. Police Outposts 1966 i$ 10 45, Teiegraph/Police Radio Stations 1966 fi 16 SECTIOH-2 CLIMATE T a b le (2.1) NORMAL AND ACTUAL RAINFALL Period Normal Rainfall Actual Rainfall dur- Departure of Actual Pei cen- ing the period Rainfall from Normal tage r ------^ (------—^ (------^ In Cms. In Inches In Cms. In Inches In Cms. In Inches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8..... 1962 313.25 12a.33 326.03 128.36 + 12.78 +5.03 (+)4.08 1963 313.25 123.33 322.91 127.13 -f 9.66 +3.80 (+)3.08 1964 313.25 123.33 332.38 130.86 +19.13 +7.53 (+)6.I0 1%5 313,25 123.33 321.57 126.61 + 8.32 +3.28 (+)2.66 1966 313.25 12^333 '292.77 115.26 —20.48 -8 .0 7 (-)6 .5 4 V' = 2.54 Cms. Source: Regional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. Table (2.2) MONTH-WISE NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS ...... — Mouth 1964 1965 1966 January 2 1 3 February . 1 1 0 Marcli 0 1 0 A pril 0 3. % May •23 20 15 June 21 15 12 July 14 16 19 August 18 18 18 ' « Septen ber 26 24 17 October 15 22 9 November 19 12 14 December 3 12 — 11 Total 142 146 120 Source : Regi -nal Mpteorological Centre, Calcutta. 8 T able (31.3) TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY Year Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Average Tempera- Mean Relative Temperature Temperature ture Humidity (%) at -- C F C F C F 0830 hrs. 1730 h i? Degrees Degrees Degrees I. S. T. I. S. T. 9 1962 30.1 86.‘2 23.7 74.7 26.9 80.5 79 84 1063 30.0 86.0 24.0 75.2 27.0 80.6 78 83 1964 30.5 86.9 ■23.0 73.4 26.7 , 80.1 76 82 196i 30.4 86.8 22.9 73.3 26.6 79.9 76 81 1986 30.6 87.1 23.3 73 9 2«.9 80.4 77 82 F = 9/5C+32 S ource ; Regional Meteorological Centie, Calcutta. T able (2.4) MONTHLY d a t a ON TEMPERATURE, HUVIIDITY AND RAINFALL (RECORDED AT PORT BLAIR 1966) Month Temperiture in Centigrade Relative Humiditj% Total Rainfall in Millimetres Mean Mean Average 0830 hrs. 1730 hrs. Maximum Minimum Tempeia- I. S. T. I. S. T. ture January 30.7 22.9 26.8 73 78 70.0 Februaxy « • • 31.7 22.7 27.2 70 74 0.0 March • • • 32.3 21.9 27.1 62 68 1.6 April 33.3 24.2 28.7 66 74 42.0 May 30.8 24.3 27.5 81 83 462 6 June 30.2 24.5 27.3 82 82 124.7 July • •• 29.1 23.6 26.3 87 88 527.0 August 29.7 23.7 »6.7 86 88 311.6 September • •• 29.3 23,1 26.2 85 89 656 3 October 30.3 22.9 26.6 79 86 174.1 November • •• 30.2 23.0 26.6 81 85 378.3 December 29.9 23.0 26.5 80 •7 279.5 Total 30.6 23.3 26.9 77 82 2,927.7 Soubcb ; Regional Meteorological C#ntre, Calcutta. T able (2.5) MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA RECORDED AT PORT BLAIR 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Mean Tempe Total Mean Tempe T 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 January ... 29.1 23 4 177.7 29.0 28.7 70.9 80.1 22.0 16 2 30.1 20-9 10.2 80.7 22.9 70.0 February ... 80.1 22.9 13.6 30.8 22.9 08.2 81.9 28-2 2.7 31.5 22.0 25.9 31.7 22.7 0.0 CO March ... 31.S 22.8 0.0 31.4 28.6 12.7 82.7 22.9 0.0 31.9 22.0 21 4 32.3 21.9 1.6 April ... 8^.8 24.4 36.0 8L.8 2k4 122.4 M 0 24.0 3.1 33.0 23.8 54.1 83.3 24.2 42.0 May ... 809 24.8 805.5 82.1 24 7 234.0 80.5 23.4 587.9 31.8 23.5 322.6 30.8 24.S 462.6 June ... 29.6 24 () 428.5 29.6 24.4 430.6 29.5 23 2 592.3 29.3 28.7 409.0 30.2 24.5 124.7 Juh ... 29.0 24.5 449.6 29.1 24.7 826.8 29 8 23.3 354.8 29.4 23.7 421.4 29.1 23.6 527.0 August ... 28.9 28 4 465.7 28.5 28.9 682.6 29.2 28 3 468.8 29.1 22.9 480 0 29.7 23.7 311.6 September ... 28.:> 28.5 621.7 28.3 28.8 609.1 28.9 22.0 662.4 28.7 22.9 577.8 29.3 23.1 556.8 October ... 30 8 24.1 228.9 29.8 23.8 367.1 29.8 22 7 217.9 29.9 23.1 313.1 30.3 22.9 174.1 November 80 8 23.8 145.1 80.3 24.8 95.0 29.5 22.5 394.3 30.5 23.1 121.4 30.2 23.0 378.3 Deoember ... 29.i 28.1 493.1 29.2 23.6 269.8 29.9 22.2 28.9 29.8 23.7 507.9 29.9 23.0 279.5 SW rce *. Reeional Meteorological Cent; e, Calcutta. T a b le ( 2 .6 ) MONTHLY WIND DIRECTIONS AND MEAN WIND SPEED RECORDED AT TORT BLAIR. .1966. WIND DIRECTION Mean Wind Frequency of Occurrences Speed in Km. p. h. G830 1730 Month 0830 1730 Hrs. Hrs. N NE E SE S SW W NW Calm N NE E SE S SW W N W Calm LS.T. I.S.T. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 J anuar y .. 0 9 12 9 0 0 0 0 , 1 1 3 21 5 0 0 0 0 1 10.6 8.9 February ... 1 9 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 16 2 0 0 0 0 6 9.2 7 1 March 3 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 1 1 1 15 6.7 4.3 April .. 1 5 10 8 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 5 5 1 2 0 «> 12 7.4 3.3 May ... 4 2 0 0 0 3 10 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 12 14 0 19.2 17.0 June . 0 0 0 1 11 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 0 0 0 21.3 17 5 July ... 0 0 0 1 10 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 1 0 0 21 9 18.8 AuLiusf- .. 0 0 0 2 9 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 17 2 1 0 17.9 14.1 September ... 0 1 4 1 8 11 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 17 2 1 0 18.5 15.9 October ... 4 7 4 0 5 1 I 1 6 I 6 3 2 4 2 2 2 0 6.2 4.9 _November ... 3 12 7 1 I 0 1 2 3 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 2 7 11.6 9..T December 3 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 14. 8 0 O' 0 1 0 3 11.8 '10.0 S o u r c e : Resional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. 11 T able (2.7) MEAN DAILY WIND SPEED RECORDED AT PORP BLAIR {In km. p.h.) S P E E D Month 196:^ 1964 1965 1966 January 10.3 8.2 7.2 8.3 February 7 3 8.4 6.3 6 5 Maich 6.5 5.7 4.6 6.;3 April 5.8 4.9 o.l 5.2 May 10.4 14.7 l-^.l 16.9 Juno 21.9 18.1 * 18.1 July 20.5 12.5 24.5 20.8 August 19.0 21.3 14 1 14.1 September 16.0 15.9 15.4 14 6 October 8.5 9.8 10.4 5.0 November 6.6 8.1 7.5 7.5 December 8.5 8.5 12.3 7.5 t Atnual 11.8 11.3 11.0 10.9 S ource : Regional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. * Data not available, t Based on 11 months. SECTION-3 AREA AND POPULATldN 15 'r^BLR (8.1) a r \l a , population, number of tehsils, towns and villages SI. No. Item Particulars 1. Area (Sq. Kilometres) 8,29a 2. Population (196lj 63,648 3. Density per Square Kilometre (1961) 8 4. No. of Revenue Tehsils 6 5. No. of towns 1 6. No. ol inhabited villages 399 7. Ave;age population per Village (1961J 124 8. Population of Port Blair (19B1) 14,07 0 (i) Male 8,946 (ii) Female 5,129 S o u r c e :; Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (3.2) DISTRIBUTION & MOVEMENT OF POPULATION DURING SIX DECADES ANDAMANS NICOBa RS ------^ Total f------^ Year Male Female Male Female Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1901 15,168 2,980 18,138 3,537 2,974 6,511 1911 14,737 2,904 17,641 4,833 3,985 8,818 192 L 15,551 2,263 17,814 5,242 4,030 9,272 1931 14,258 4,965 19,223 5,444 4,796 10,240 1941 14,872 6,444 21,316 6,586 5,866 12,452 1951 12,734 6,228 18,962 6,321 ^688 12,009 1961 31,524 17,461 48,985 7,780 1,783 14,563 S o u rc e : Census Reports. 16 T able (3 3) DECENNIAL GROWTH OF POPULATION SI. Year Population Variation in Percentage Density No. Population Variation Per Sq. Km 1 1901 24,649 ■ —— 3 2 1911 26,4S9 f 1,810 * 7.3 ■3 3 1921 27,08li + 627 + 2.4 3 4 1931 29,463 + 2,377 + 8.8 4 a 1941 S3,768 + 4,S05 + \4.6 4 6 1951 30,971 — 2,797 8.3 4 7 im 63,548 + 3.2,577 105.2 8 Net Variation (1901.• 1961) = 38,899 + 157.8 Source ; 1. Census Keport, 1961 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands T able (3.4) MEAN DECENNIAL GROWTH RATES OP POPULATION—1961 Items 1951-60 1941-50 1931-40 1921-30 1911-20 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mean population of decade 47,260 32,369 31,616 28,275 26,772 Mean population of decade for area under registration of births and deaths 47,260 32,369 31,616 28,275 26,772 Growth of population during decade + 32,577 — 2,797 + 4,305 ■f 2,377 -t- 627 Mean decennial growtK Rate -f 6«9 — 8.6 + 13.6 + 8.4 + 2.3 SouECE : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 17 T able (3.5) POPULATION OF INHABITED ISLANDS— 1961 CENSUS Island Population ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS • •• 63,548 A. Andaman Inlands 4 8 , 9 ^ (a) N orth A ndaman I slands • • > 7,099 (i) North Andaman (main) Island 6,797 (ii) Smith Island • • • 119 (iii) Interview Island ° ... 183 (h) Middle Andaman I slands 11,082 (i) Middle Andaman (Main) Island • •• 10,227 (ii) Proldb Island * • •• ' ■ 247 (iii) Long Island • •• 562 (iv) North Passage Island ... 46 (c) South A ndaman I slands •V 30,804 (i) South Andaman (main) Island ' 28,982 ‘ (ii) Viper Island @ ... (iii) (.hatham Island , • • • 63 ' ' (iv) Baratang Island 720 (v) Havelock Island • •• 879 (vi i Ross Island 20 (yii) Little Andaman Island • • f 140 (viii) North Sentinal Island ... N.A. B. Nicoiar Islands ... 14,563 (i) Car Nicobar Island • •• 9,879 (ii) Chowra Island • •• 1,233 (iii) Romboka Island • • • 43 (iv) Terossa Island ■ • • • 647 (v) Katchal Island • •• 90i (vi) Camorta Island 795 (vii) Trinkat Island • •• 116 (viii) Nancowrie Island • • • 539 (ix i Pilo Milo Island i O (x) Little Nicobar Island • •• 182 (xi) Kondul Island . •. 82 (xii) Great Nicobar Island ■ • • • •203 ** inhabited entirely by a, hostile tribj which could not be enumerated. @ Population of Viper Island, which is very small, has Seen included with South Andaman Island. Source ; Census Report-^ 1 9 6 1 . 1 8 T able (3.6) DENSITY OF POPULATION— 1961 CENSUS Group of [slands Density per Sq. Mile Andaman and Nicobar Islands (General) 20 A. ndaman Islands 20 (i) North Andaman Islands 12 (ii) Middle Andaman Islands 18 (iii) South Andaman Islands 32 B. Nicobar Inlands 19 SouHCE : Census Report— 1961 T able (3,7) SEX RATIO— 1961 CENSUS Gmup of Islands Sex Ratio (Females per 1,000 males) Total Rural Urban 1 2 3 4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 617 630 673 A. Andaman Islands 554 546 573 ^ i ) North Andaman Islands 689 ♦89 — (ii) Middle Andaman Islands 488 438 — (iii) South Andaman Islands 570 668 573 B. '^'icoiar Islands 872 872 — SoUECE; Census Report- 1961 T able (3.8) DISTRIBUTION OF TRIBAL POPULATION-1961 CENSUS Tribal Community Population Remarks 1 3 3 A* Andaman Islands (i) Andamanese 19 Living in Great Andamans alongwitb civilised population. (ii) * JarawfiS Hostile) 500 Living on the Western coast of Middle & South Andamans. (iii) Onges 129 Living in Little Andaman. (iv) *Sentinalese (Hostile) 50 L i V i n g in North Sentianl Island. B. Nicohat Islands (i) Nicobarese 13,903 Living in all the inhabited Nicobar Islands. (ii) Shompens 71 Living in Great Nicobar. * £)gtimated Source : Census Report— 1961 19 T able (8.9) AGE-WISE MALE, FEMALE, RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION 1961 Census RURAL U R B A iM Percentage Age-group \ r ------*------^ to Total Male Female Male Female Total Population 0 - 4 4,107 4,050 998 1,056 10,211 16.07 5-~ 9 3,030 2,939 870 903 7,742 12.18 10--1 4 2,071 1,834 640 552 6,097 8.02 15--1 9 i , m 501 419 4,M5 6.84 20--2 4 4,038 1,843 1,268 577 7,726 12.16 25--2 9 4,977 2,002 2,451 572 9,002 14.17 30--8 4 2,988 1,271 957 340 5,666 8.74 35-^39 2,271 1,096 759 235 4,360 6.86 40 -4 4 1,590 691 534 159 2,974 4 i8 45 -49 1,210 554 404 103 2,271 3.57 60 -6 4 892 427 244 66 1,629 2.68 55 -6 9 462 234 137 4t 879 1.38 GO-6 4 403 282 90 49 824 1.30 BS--« 9 182 115 37 14 348 0.55 TO-7 4 141 UO 27 16 294 0.46 TS & above 123 116 29 22 290 0-46 T otal 30,358 19,115 8,946 6,129 •3,548 100.00 B. Total Male Population 39,304 Percentage to Total Population 61.8 Total Female Population 24,244 Percentage to Total Population 38.2 Total Rural Population 49,473 Percentage to Total Population 77.9 Total Urban Population 14,075 Percentage to Total Population 22 1 Source : 1. Census 1961 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2 0 T able (*3.10) POPULATION ACCORDING TO MARITAL STATUS —1961 PERSONS ______Aw______Category Total Never Married Married Widowed Divoreed oir Population Separated ______.-A_ ( — ------Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Femal»e %% 9 10 11 Eural 30358 19115 15825 9428 13699 8268 735 1301 199 Il8 Urban 8M6 51^9 4790 ^699 181 m 52 18, ToiAi 39301. 24244 -20615 12127 17522 10401 916 1580 261 136 S ource ; Census of India—1961. TABtE (3.11) > POPULATION ACCORDING TO ' OTHER TONGUE— 1961 CENSUS Mother tongue No. Percentage to total population. 1 2 1. English 75 0,12 2. Hindi 3,573 5.62 3. Hindustani 4,473 7.04 4. Tamil 5,765 9.07 5. Telegu 3,758 5.91 6. Beugali 13,853 21.80 7- Burmese 1,714 2.70 8. Punjabi 358 0.56 9. Malyalam 6,628 10.43 10. Nieobarese 13,932 21.92 11. Urdu 1,897: 2.99 12. Others 7,522 11 84 T otal 68,548 100.00 Source : 1. Census of India, 1961. 2, Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 21 T a b le (S.12) POPULATION ACCORDING TO EELIGION—1951 & 1961 Eeligion Male Female Total Percentage to Total Population Hied us 1961 21,021 11,760 32,781 51.6 1951 6,138 3,156 9,294 30.0 Chiibtians 1961 11,2-25 6,748 17,973 28.3 1951 6,090 3,404 9,494 30.7 Muslims 1961 4,155 :^,243 7,398 11.6 1961 2,874 1,909 4,783 16.4 BuMhists 1961 976 731 1,707 2,7 1951 982 622 1,604 5.2 Sikhs . 1961 145 96 241 0.4 1951 89 37 126 0.4 Jai>s 1961 3 3 N 1951 1 1 N Otkers 19«1 1,779 1,666 3,445 5.4 1951 2,881 2,785 5,669 18.3 T otal 1961 39,304 24,244 63,548 100.0 1951 19,055 11,916 30,971 ioo.o N =Negligible SoTJECE: Census Report, 1&61, Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands^ T able (3.13) GROWTH OF RELIGIOUS COMM UNITIES-1961 CENSUS 1961 1951 ^Percentage increase 1961— 1951 Total Population 63,548 30,971 106.19 Hindus 32,781 9,294 252.71 Ckristians 17,973 9,494 89.S1 Muslims 7,398 4,783 54.67 Buddhists 1,707 1,604 6.42 Sikhs 241 126 9L27 Jains 3 1 200.00 Others 3,445 5,669 (— ) 39.23 S o u rce : Census of India— 1961. 22 Table (3.14) POPULATION BY WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS—1961 CENSUS Category Population Percentage A. to Total Male Female Total Population 1 2 3 4 i W o r k e r s 1. As Cultivators • • • 6,228 1,227 6,455 10.2 2 As Agricultural Labourers •• 337 11 348 0.5 3. l a Mining, Quarry&g, Livestock, Forestry, Fishery, Hunting, Plantations, Orchards and Allied activities 6,986 307 7,293 11.5 4. At Household Industry ... 2,047 2,612 4,659 7.3 6. In Manufacturing other than household industry 1,145 59 1,204 1.9 6. In Construction ... 5,4i6 16 5,442 8.7 7. In Trade and Commerce ... 1,065 30 1,095 1.7 II 8. In Transport, Storage and Communication • • • 403 — 403 0.6 9. In other Services • • • 4.0 il 284 4,295 6.7 T otal W oekers ... 26,648 4,546 31,194 49.1 N on-W orkers • • • 12,656 19,698 32,354 50.9 T otal P opulation • • • 39,30i 24,244 63,548 — - S ource ; Census 1961, Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2 3 T able (3.15) AREA AND POPULATION OF PORT BLAIR TOWN—1961 CENSUS Item U nit Particulars Area Sq. Mile 3.04 Sq. Km. 7.87 Population No. 14,076 (i) Males No. 8,946 ^i) Females No. 5,129 Density No. per Sq. Mile 4,63# S ource : Census Report— 19fl T able (3.16) REGION-WISE NO. OF INHABITED VILLAGES— 1961 CENSUS Islands Villages (No.) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 399 A. Andaman Islands 243 (ij North Andaman Islands 36 (ii) Middle Andaman Islands 103 {iii) South Andaman Islands 102 (iv) Little Andaman Island 1 B. Nicobar Islands 157 Source : Census Report— 1961 24 T able (|3.17) VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION-^19H1 CENSUS POPULATION A (----- Villages Number Male Female Total 1 . 0 ' 2 3 4 6 With population less than 200 326 10,779 6,036 16,815 Between 200-499 51 10,321 6,348 - 16,669 Between 600-999 20 8,099 5,804 13,003 Between 1,0€0-1,999 2 1,159 927 2,086 TOTAL ... 399 30,358 19,115 49,473 Source : Census Report— 1961. T abive (3.18) Estimated Mid-Year POPULATION OP ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS -Year Population (in ‘ 000 -) 1961 64 1962 67 1963 70 1964 73 1965 76 1966 79 SoTJECE: Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. ‘c J’ S E C T10 N-4 AGRICULTURE T a b l b ( 4 .1 ) ESTIMATED AREA AND PRODUCTION OF RICB AREA PRODUCTION Current Corresponding Percentage In* Current Corresponding Percentage In- Estimates Estimates of the crease ( + ) or Estimates Estimates of the crease(+ ) or preyious year Deerease(--) previous year Decrease ( —) Period over the pre ov*r the pre vious year vious year Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Tons Tonnes Tons Tonnes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 to 196S^6S 16,724 6,768 16,685' 6,75t -f 0.f 6,426 e,5t9 6,079 6,176 6.7 1965»64 16,S36 6,611 16,724 6,768 — 2.3 8,538 8,675 6,426 6,629 + 32 9 1964-65 17,S90 7,038 16,336 6,611 6.5 8,888 9,031 8,538 8,675 4- 4.1 / 1965-66 17,432 7,054 17,390 7,038 4 «.2 8,133 8,563 8,888 9,031 - 8.4 1966-67(P) 17,814 7,209 17,432 7,054 + 2.2 8,777 8,918 8,133 8,2#3 4- 7.9 Pj«Frovisional SouECE : Assistant Commissioner (Settlement), Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder. Statistical Bureau. ;Andaf}}an and Nicobar Islands. 28 T able (4.2) REGION—WISE DISTRIBUTION OF PADDY AREAS {in Hectares) YEARS SI. No. Region 1903-64 1964-66 1965-66 1966-67 ■■ J 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. South Andaman 2,924 3,132 3,157 3,240 2. Diglipur • • • 1,497 1,426 1,362 1,585 Si Mayabunder 1,147 1,104 1,227 1,045 4. Bangat ... 1,043 1,376 1.308 U 3 9 T otal 6,611 7,038 7,054 7,209 SoufiCB : 1. Additional District Magistrate, Port Blair, a. Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder. T able (4.3) LAND UTILIZATION STATISTICS {in Hectarei) YEARS SI. No. Classification of Reporting Area 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66* 1 2 3 4 S 6 1. Total Reporting Area 41,964 42,477 42,987 43,014 2. Area not available for cultivation 21,726 21,h43 20,195 20,206 3. Other uueultivated laud excluding fallow land 9,745 10,275 11,444 11,481 4. Fallow land 1,322 1,369 1,731 1,564 5. Total cropped area 9,786 9,990 10,091 10,340 6. Net area sown 9,170 9,190 9,617 9,767 7. Area sown more than once 616 800 474 573 * Provisional 3 otjece : 1. Assistant Commissioner (Settlement) 2. Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder. 29 T able (4^4) AREA U1^JDEr | SJELMCTMD CROPS (m Hectares) Y E A R S SI. Crops ,-JV------1^0* 3962-63 1963.64 1964-65 1965.66 1. Paddy ... 6768 6611 7038 7054 2. Sugar-cano 92 116 94 121 3. Mangoes 3 9 12 17 4. Banana • • « 248 295 309 330 5. Sweet Potatoes • •• 7. le 7 10 6, Citrus Fruit • • • 96 109 87 84 7. Cfcshewnut • •• 18 20 11 13 8. Tobacco • •• 4 5 6 — 9. Coffee • •• 40 41 26 5 10. Rubber • •• 214 217 196 363 11. Jute — 3 1 4 18. Rape and Mustard • •• 6 9 9 9 13. Chillies 10 27 12 14 14, Turmeric • •• 12 20 11 13 So u r c e : 1. Assistant Commissioner (Settlement). 2. Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder, T able (4.6) DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDLINGS (Nos.) Item 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1966-66 1966.67 I 2 3 4 5 6 Coconut Seedlings ... 21,022- - 49,200 37,58^6 42,930 IS,294 Arecanut Seedlings ... 1,12,129 55,132 90,724 65,986 73.739 Vegetable Seedlings 1,34,849 2,01.672 1,79,166 1,86,101 94,929 Fruit Plants including Suckers ... 2S,070 22,899 22,018 20,266 11,434 Ornamental Seedlings 4,752 4,050 2,650 1,650 Cashewnut Seedlings «,686 3,451 894 675 16,500 Source : Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 30 T able (4.6) DISTRIBUTION £W AND FERTILISBRS {il% Tonnet) Variety 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1 % 3 4 5 6 Nitrogenous 20 19 48 16 24 Phosptatie 27 88 44 56 ZS Potassic ... 3 —— 14 — Compost ... — 1194 151 135 21« So u r c e : Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (4.7) DISTRIBUTION OF PESTICIDES Item Unit 1962-63 1963-64 1964-60 1965-66 1966-67 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pesticides Tonnes % 3 10 17 18 Pesticides Liquid Litres 41 33 199 194 306 SoURCi: Director of Agriculture. Aodaman and Nicobar Islands. 31 T able (4.8) AREA UNDER IMPRO\^E^ METHOD OF PADDY CULTIVATION, PLANT PROTECTION AND DEMONSTRATION TRIALS LAID Item Unit 1962-63 1 9 6 3 -6 4 1964-65 1966-66 1966-67 Are» under improved method of paidy cultiv ation Hect. 723 708 439 676 241 Area under Phnt Protec- tioii Hect, 440 461 465 880 878 Demonstration Trials Laid Nos. 203 17o •267 289 380 S ource : Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands*. T able (4.9) DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS Variety Unit 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 196.5-66 1966-67 Paddy Seeds Tonne 42 44 36 21 24 Vegetable Seeds1 Kg. 164 287 481 616 33 i S ource ; Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar IslandB. SECTION-5 LIVE-STOCK AND FISHERIES T abl* (5.1) NO. OP LIVE-STOCK AND POULTRY No. of Live-stock Live-stock Cattle Buffaloes Sheep Goats Horses and Pigs etc. Total Live-stock iPoultry Census Ponies 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 1956 4,350 6,105 33 3,663 17 14,449 28,617 57,040 1961 7,388 8,357 36 8,615 5 I4,ai6 38,617 76,655 03 1966 10,131 8,078 26 10,131 5 21,314 49,685 98,659 S ource : D ep u ty Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3G T a b le (5 .:?) LIVE-STOCK CENSUS 1961 AND 1960 SI. No. Item 1961 19 66 Cattle— (a) Male over 8 years— (i) Used for breeding only 35 29 (ii) Used for breeding and work both 243 178 (iii) Used for work only 1,650 ^ 2,720 (iv) Others 284 63 T o t a l 0 OJO 2,990 (b) Female over 3 years—• (i) Breeding— (a) 111 milk 1,984 1,754 (b) Dry and not calved even once 796 1,424 (ii) AV orking 38 12 (iii) Others 144 : 9 T o t a l 2,,862 : 3,199 (c) Young Stock 2,314 i 3,94^ 'loT A L C a t t l e 7,388 10,131 Buffaloes— (a) Male over o years- (i) Used for breeding only 14 (ii) Uged for breeding and work both 378 , 464 (iii) Used for work only 4,341 ; 3,593 (iv) Others 53 .— T o t a l 4,779 4,061 (b) Female over 3 years— (i) Breeding— (a) In milk 679 1,001 (b) Dryland not calved even once 1,320 1,034 (ii) Working 51 56 (iii) Others 34 5 T o t a l 3,084 2,096 (c) Young Stock 1,494 1,921 T otats B u f f a l o e s 8,3o7 8,078 3 Sheep 36 26 Goats 8,615 10,131 5 Horses and Ponies 5 5 6 Other Live-stock 14,216 21,314 7 Total Live-stock 38,617 49,685 8 Poultry 76,655 98,659 9 Ploughs 3,010 3,574 10 Carts 52 120 11 Su uai'-cane crushers 12 1«1 12 Oil Engines 3 20 13 Electric Pumps 1 — 14 Ghanies 5 5 Source : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 37 T able (5.3) VETERINARY FACILITIES (No.) Y EARS 190:2 1963 1964 1965 196( Veterinary Dispensaries 4 4 a 5 5 Veterinary Surgeons 6 5 3 5 5 Atnraals treated 4l,ai5 Castrations done 365 448 721 937 459 Inoculations done 2,611 84,008 38,350 15,422 33,213 Source: Live-Stock Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T able (5.4) VETERINARY FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS AS ON 31st MARCH, 1987 Nature of facilities Place Year of inception A. Dispensaries South Andaman (i) JuDglighafc 1921 (ii) Wimberlygunj 1948 Middle Andaman (i) Rangat 1955 North Andaman (i) Diglipur 1958 Nicobars (i) Car Nieobar 1965 B. Outposts South Andaman (i) Port Mout 1947 (ii) Tusbnabad 1948 (iii) Havelock 1952 (iv) Manglutan 1958 (v) Baratang 1964 Middle Andaman (i) Betapur 1959 (11) Kadamtala 1959 (iii) Bakultala 1962 North Andaman (i) Mayabunder (VTebi) 1956 (ii) Kalara (Kalighat) 1960 (iii) Milangram 1963 SouRCK: Live-Stock Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T able (5.5) VETERINARY CASES TREATED IN COLONISATION ARKAS N o ' Period Rangat ■ Mayahuiider I Digliput Kadaratala Kalaia 1962.63 3,025^; 1,140 3,207 1,686 1,483 1 9 ^ 3 -6 i 3,376 1,350 4,247 1,804 2,161) 1964-65 6,728 1,698 5,040 2,072 1,794 2/3 00 1965-66 3,958 ],392 3,698 ],863 2,133 1966-67 7,274 1,461 5,843 1,714 l,y53 Quarter ending Juiie, 1986 1,«52, 353 J,132 277 T'55 , September^ 1966 1,857-' 361 1,741 ■- 474 506 December, 1966 1,636 378 1,^95 518 427 March, 1967 1,8 >9 360 1;475 - 445 ' 465 S^uiici:: Lfve-Sfock Officer, Andaman and N'icobar Islands. Tabi,e (5.6) SPECIE—WISE FISH LANDING IN ANDAMAN AND NTCOBAR IS L A N D S -1966 Name of Fish Jau. i ’eb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 1 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 Sardines 2,255 1,776 2,480 2,410 2 895 2,8.^4 2,359 2,335 2 444 2.101 2,248 3,029 29,166 Anchovies 1,290 2,098 1,750 1.070 1,232 1,705 4,465 3,637 3,819 3,762 3,919 4,111 32,858 Porosoma 175 215 370 475 455 542 493 507 413 456 517 4,618 Barracuda 115 135 135 145 368 338 417 603 511 586 791 4 142 Sea perches 1,670 2,262 970 1,165 1,515 1,661 3.94 4,327 4,308 5,923 6,208 4 866 38,815 Seer Fish 170 253 1,730 2,470 2,495 2,532 2,816 3,471 1,914 1,521 1,676 l.a i4 22,702 Dorab 259 530 519 419 771 808 4,041 Hors 3 Mackerel 100 95 80 180 724 980 853 884 7(5 4,741 Mackerel 100 410 425 770 1,123 1,582 2,656 2,483 1,807 1,871 1 1)4/ 1.910 17,084 CO Tunny 87 132 435 235 250 570 332 432 462 709 ( m 765 5,102 CO Mullets 2,248 1,438 1,248 1,260 1,464 1 16) 1.164 1,709 1,997 1,699 1,7 <53 1,694 18,849 Silver Bellies 4.344 3,461 3,795 4,$55 5,309^ 1,393 3,694 4,212 4,406 4,154 4,553 3,938 47,514 Shark and Ray 205 938 181 370 510 1,160 1.165 1,572 1,626 1,672 1,803 1,766 12,968 Prawns 215 215 65 60 55 302 490 631 882 751 787 975 '5,428 Pomfi et 11 5 29 3 l(J8 105 66 64 138 320 849 Beaked Fish 190 1420 347 229 265 359 515 496 513 346 380 625 4.715 Carnex 1.345 1.255 935 1,07 ) 1,469 497 1,249 1,826 1,898 2,752 3,004 2,137 19,437 Other perches 4,210 ‘ 780 2,470 3,470 3,455 1,428 583 658 890 1,430 19,374 Cat Fish 135 135 755 325 . 356 263 1,193 1,170 1 4 1 1 L45 ) 1,678 1,127 9,698 Hilsa 306 308 820 845 1,404 1,590 1,367 6,735 Gar Fish 411 369 332 330 410 1 852 Miscellaneous 725 ; 825 921 763 1,024 1,3C2 1,942 1,713 2,266 2,212 2,378 2,999 19,070 TOTAL 19,475 10.828. 19,092 20,612 24,321 20,411 31,399 34,290 34,036 34,418 36,945 37,931 329,768 SouRCK : Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 40 T a b l e ( 5 . 7 j QUANTITY AND VALUE OF FISH LANDED IN SOUTH ANDAMANS Period Quantity (Tonnes) Value (Es.) 1963 155 2,19,285 159 2,38,716 1964 149 2,23,845 19d5 172 2,57,830 I96d 211 3,27,050 January 1966 13.57 28,783 February 1966 15.98 24,769 March 1966 18.79 29,125 April 1966 20.23 31,866 May 1966 20.30 31,465 June 1966 16.72 25,916 July 1966 14.03 21,747 August 1966 ^ 16.79 26,024 September 1966 16.05 24,878 October 1966 17.53 27,156 N^jvember 1966 18.62 28,861 December 1966 17.40 26,970 SouRCB: Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman And Nicobar Islands. TABLE (5.8) CATCH IN RELATION TO FISHING GROUNDS IN ANDAMAN AND NIGOBAR ISLANDS— 1966 (rM Kgs.) Fishing Ground Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept, Oct. Nov. Dec. Total LDundas Point 2,890 ,1685 3,195 3,415 3,240 2,475 1,535 1,430 1,350 540 1,375 560 23,690 2. Aberdeen Jetty 565 135 430 965 750 195 125 645 630 835 630 480 6,385 3. North Bay 2,345 730 1,245 1,705 1,685 865 750 1,975 1,945 1,520 915 835 16 515 4. Ross Island 1,035 875 3,275 2 530 2,415 1,395 2,085 2,730 2,085 1,460 3,105 2,450 25,440 5. CarbynsCove 740 180 1,560 2,890 2,505 — — 2,045 2,130 630 210 — 12,890 6. Mddhuban 985 865 215 1 135 1,380 — - 1,075 1,705 2,739 675 — 10,774 7. Rangachang 365 640 930 1,240 1,195 1,415 1,095 1,234 1,235 1,190 960 305 1L804 8. Neil Island 2,9'85 2,515 465 375 — 1 505 3 215 — — — 4,325 3,840 19,225 9. H ^ d o 970 735 1,040 980 2,065 2,090 105 1 230 975 420 415 510 11,535 lO. Phoenix Bay 2,135 4,025 3,905 1,750 1,085 630 135 1,150 1,035 730 715 — 17,295 U. Ka|apabar 455 65 165 165 65 2,645 2,010 875 760 815 430 860 9,310 H-l l2. Saithan Khari 385 490 375 55 1,075 890 475 490 — 2,115 724 240 7,314 l3. Balughat 1,630 630 280 110 185 65 250 25 460 2,185 570 425 6,815 l4. Port Mout 105 325 145 165 495 470 145 540 — 575 335 2,140 5,470 l5. Shoal Bay —— ------.— — 837 1,085 26o 635 1,140 1,555 2,850 8,397 l6, Juriglee Ghat 470 345 960 1,275 1,230 640 675 1,085 1,012 950 715 9,357 l7. Wright Myo 425 1,450 475 245 345 415 300 —— 630 680 L205 6,170 18. Panighat 90 295 130 1,230 590 195 —— —— — ------2,530 19. Rangat Areas — — ———— 1,565 3,650 4,305 3,521 3 ^ 8 4,590 21,469 20. Mayabunder Areas ———— 3,286 3,116 4,308 3.316 3,060 3,780 4,268 5,415 30,549 2 l. Diglipur Areas .— — — — — U ,l()3 9,776 9,827 9,593 10,210 9,861 60,370 22. Car Nicobar 900 843 302 382 730 538 438 754 887 — 650 6,454 TOTAL 19,475 16,828 19,092 20,612 24,321 20,411 31,399 34,290 34,036 34,418 36,945 37,931 329,758 S o u r c e ; Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (5 .9 ) PISH LANDING ACCORDING TO GEARS USED IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISL A N D S— 1966 {i?i Kgs.) Name Jan. Feb, March April May June Jmly Aug. Sept, Oct. Nov. Dec. Total ]. Hook and Line 7,595 5,355 6,935 7,695 8,280 5,822 10,369 10,783 8,330 9,722 10,459 9,880 1,01,225 2. Shore Seine Net 4,565 2,005 3,750 3,?40 4,180 5,547 8,289 8,922 9,000 9.052 9,595 9,850 78,495 3. Trawal Net 4,225 3,420 4,205 5,470 7,206 1,584 885 2,498 4,307 3,005 3,388 3,000 43,143 4. Cast Net 1,220 3,270 2,905 — 1,935 3,044 4,343 3,960 4,178 4,659 4,935 4,561 39,010 lis 5. Drag Net 540 1,048 320 1,172 1,147 446 342 646 676 642 707 650 8,336 le- 6. Gill Net 1,330 1,730 977 745 1,485 2,791 5,360 6,451 5,853 6,568 7,106 8,150 48,546 7. Stake Net - ~ — 1,790 — 1,177 729 863 823 770 805 950 7,907 8. Anchor Net — — 1,023 — 775 — — 690 2,488 9. Harpoon Traps, Dhaw and light fishing — 59 167 94 — — 200 608 TOTAL 19,475 16,828 19,092 20,612 24,321 20,411 31,399 34,290 34,036 34,418 36,945 37,931 329,758 SoiJKCE: Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Table (5.10) QUANTITY OF FISH LANDED IN SOUTH ANDAMANS {in Kgs.) Quantity SI. Name 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966* No. 1 3 4 i> 6 7 1. Sardines I5,9o9 15,659 17,725 19,730 29,166 2. Anchovies U),312 15,597 15,710 27,275 32,S58 Dftvosoma 2,916 978 220 1,875 4,618 4. Dorab 1,984 4,810 1,565 295 4,041 o. Barracuda .1,429 :U,940 2,880 2,800 4,142 6. Sea Perches ;35,630 16,480 30,545 21,685 38,815 7. Seer Fish 14,818 1,745 16,665 8,710 22,702 8. Horse Mackerel 10,2;^8 13,780 11,845@ 25 4,741 9. Tuon^ 1,250 2,540 2,390 2,850 5,102 10. Mackerel 14,720 7,796 — 12,325 17,084 11. Mullet 2,877 4,546 6,370 9,000 18,849 12. Silver Belly 9,995 13,241 8,710 18,330 47,514 13. Gar Fish 4,027 635 1,965 1,852’ 14. Sharks and Rays 4,424 6,063 4,915 4,765 12,968 15. Prawns 628 1,503 1,800 3,000 5,428 16. Beaked Fish .3,371 2,180 1,535 2,570 4,715 17. Pomfrets :^,558 1,722 »85 — 849 18. Carnex —. — 10,885 9,320 19,437 19. Other perches — — 2,825 17,760 19,374 20. Cat Pish — ■ — 545 600 9,698 31. Hilsa — — 1,245 ^ 120 6,735 22. Miscellaneous 10,176 14,934 7,815 8,850 19,070 T o t a l 155,187 150,144 148,740 171,885 329,758 ^Data for Aiidanian and Nicobar Islands. @ Inclules Mackeiel. S o u r c e Fisheries Development Officer, x\ridaman and Nticobar Islands. SEGTlON-6 FORESTS 47 T4BL8 (6,1) AREA UNDER PORESTS 1966-67 (In Sq. Kms.) SI. No. Item Particulars I -2 3 1. Total Area of A. & N. Islands 8,293 2. Forest area uniUr I'orest Administration 6,055 SoURCK: Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (6.2) EMPLOYMENT IN FORESTRY AND FOREST INDUSTRIES Nature of Employment 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1 3 4 5 6 (a) Forestry: — (i) Management and Protection 705 680 915 1,571 1,442 (ii) Extraction 2,033 1,960 1,670 1,304 1,237 (iii) Clearance of Jungle (under Colonization Schemes) 60 36 228 (b) Forest Industry :— Saw Mill and other timber Plants 1,056 1,090 1,185 1,313 1,288 T otal E m ti.otm ent 3,766 .3,770 4,188 4,195 S o u r c e ; Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 48 T a b l e (6 3) RAISING OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS (In Hectares) Match wood Teak wood Year Target Achievement Target Achievement 1962-63 183 11:> 304 436 1963.64 93 101 35> 430 1964-65 — — 602 502 1965-66 —— 506 506 1966-67 10 567 607 S ource : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T abljb (0 .4 ; CONCENTRATED REGENERATION AND AFFORESTATION DURINO 1965-66 and 1966-67 Area artificially Cost of main- Total area arti- Area taken np under artificial Area (of 5 acres Cost of year’ s Total Natnr Area taken up regei erated dur- tenance of ex- ficially repene- regeneration during the year and upwards only) operations (in- ally regene- under Natural ing the year and isting planta- rated to date and cost upto date in which natural eluding con- rated upto regeneration Forest Division <'()st of creation tions regeneration has trolled burn- date during the year been completed ing and fire and cost during the year priotection) Acrcs Cost / cres Cost Acres Cost 10 n 12 1965-66 CD North Andamans 358 72,722 41,668 3,072 5Q0 47,S72 70 6,371 7,184 70 4,624 Middle Andamans 510 91,622 v6,7-73 3,256 500 46,858 570 S4,4'(3 20,966 •400 16,^00 South Andamans 430 '15,302 45,1-7o 3,899 51C 1,11,390 500 45,3 2 7,465 500 24,350 Total 1,318 2,09,646 1,13,413 10,027 1,510 2,05,220 1,H0 86,146 35,614 970 45, 74 1966-67 North Andamans r'OO 1,30,945 43,r,l9 3,572 500 1.30,945 70 3 006 7,254 70 3,006 Sliddle Andamans 50() 38,973 82,076 3,756 5'5 53,524 450 4U,741 -^1,415 400 32,858 South Andamans 582 I,/.i8,67'3 42,632 4,481 535 1,6 V, 172 500 — 7.965 500 69,855 Total 1,582 2:78.590 1,68,2^7 11,809 1,560 3,46,6#1 1,020 43,747 36,634 970 11,05,719 S o u r c e : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (6.5) OUTTURN OP FOREST PRODUCE Nature cf Produce 1962-6.i 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAJOR PRODUCE (i) Timber in ‘ 000 ^ C.FT. 3,287.426 3,840.049 3.226.339 3,715.050 3,067.896 (ii) Firewood in ‘ 000 ^ C.FT. 988.544 1,689*975 ?,365.9D2 1 ,3^ .00 0 2,306.382 (iii) Charcoal in Tonnes 1,714 234 258 306 45 o Total Value (In Lakhs of Rs.) 68.98 59.81 54.64 95.74 66.51 MINOR PRODUCE (VALUE IN LAKHS OF Rs.) (ij Bamboo and Canes 0.18 4.92 3.02 0.30 O.dO (ii) Others 0.63 — 1.52 0 81 Total Value 0.81 4.92 3.02 1.82 1.41 S o u r c e : Chi«rf Conservator o f Forests, A nda>maii and Nicobar Islands. T a ble (6 .6 ) AGENCYrWISE OUTTURN OF TIMBER. FUEIi AND OTHER MINOR FORb:ST PRODUCE Govt. & Contractors Purchasers Rights & Privileges Fi ee Parties T otal 1962-63 3,287 34 & 25.1 860 23.1 — — 32.3 — 105 — 3,287 989 & 80.5 1,714 M t. 1,714 Mt. 1963-64 2,803 42 & 29.9 320 1,272 35.0 689 bl 0.3 28 225 426.4 3,840 1,590 & 491.6 234 Mt. 234 Mt. 1964-65 2,636 34 & 117.5 478 7,219 19.7 192 — 0.2 20 113 164.2 3,226 7,366 & 301.6 258 M t. 258 Mt. 1966-66 2,904 9X7 & 61.5 681 263 15.1 — — — 131 144 105.3 3,716 1,324 & 181.9 306 Mt. 306 Mt. 1966-6T 2,335 34 & 22.7 467 1,978 4.2 — — 38.2 266 294 76.0 3,06S 2,306 & 141.1 45 M t. 45 Mt. ■ S ource : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and iNicobar Islands. 52 T a b l e (6*7) INTAKE AND OUTTURN OF CHATHAM SAW MILL (In Tons ) Outturn Year/ W astage Month Intake Percentao Squares Scantlings Total 1962- 63 20,256 291 10,555 10,846 46 1963-■64 20,799 451 10,980 11,431 45 1964- 65 25,133 426 12,101 12,527 50 1966.66 ao,536 m U ,7a5 12,985 49 1966.■67 23,865 411 10,558 10,969 54 April 1966 898 65 443 508 44 May 1966 2,767 76 1,347 1,423 49 June 1966 1,952 86 943 1,029 48 July 1966 2,428 78 1,126 1,204 51 Aug. 1966 2,266 2 1,095 1,097 52 Sept. 1966 2,001 1 .862 863 57 Oct. 1966 1,939 800 800 59 Nov. 1966 2,239 5 923 928 59 Dec. 1966 2,219 66 849 915 59 Jan. 1967 1,672 27 699 726 57 Feb. 1967 1,658 4 668 672 60 Mar. 1967 1,8£6 1 803 804 57 *Each ton is of 50 Cft. SouECE : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (6.8) EXPORT OF TIMBER BY FOREST DEPARTMENT {In Tons*) SL No. Year Logs Sawn Timber Total 1 ^ 3 4 5 1. 1962-63 19,195 5,793 24,988 2. 1963--64 15,927 8,029 23,956 3. 1964-65 21,641 8,528 30,169 4. 1965-66 13,792 7,051 20,843 5. 1966-67 8,695 6,587 15,282 *Each ton is of 50 C. Ft. SouECE : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands, 63 T able (6.d) REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF FOREST DEPARTMENT {In jSs,) EXPENDITURE Deficit Y ear Revenue (-) Surplus Ordinary Capital Total ( + ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,(^6,82,i^OO \,n,Z^% 1,08,04,536 (-) 8,86,506 196;3.64 1,11,98,1188 l,l6,31,4->7 1,46,684 1,17,78,111 ( - ) 6,79,52S 19i4-65 1,4010,652 1,:>3,33,661 2,00,543 1,25,34,204 ( + ) 14,76,448 1966-66 1,15,90,746 1,19,70,384 1,16,104 1,20,86,488 ( - ) 4,95,74* 1066.67 1,03,93,938 1,3:^,57,396 90,646 1,34,48,042 ( - ) 30,64,104 SoujicE : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islandi. SECTIOH-7 COLONISATION 57 T a b l e (7.1) SOCIAL AND OTHER FACILITIES EXTENDED IN COLONISATION AREAS South Middle North Total Andaman Andaman Andaman SCHOOLS— Position as on 31-3-63 16 21 27 64 Position as on 31-3-64 16 22 28 6« Position as on 31-3-65 17 16 2S 61 Position as on 31-3-66 17 17 26 50 Position as on 31-3-67 18 18 29 65 HOSPITALS- Position as on 31-3-63 —. 1 I 2 Position as on 31-3-64 .— 1 1 2 Position as on 31-3-65 — 1 2 3 Position as on 31-3-66 — 1 2 3 Position as on 31-3-67 — 1 o 3 DISPENSARIES (Medical)— Position as on 31-3-63 4 5 12 21 Position as on 31-3-64 4 i 12 21 Position as on 31-3-65 4 5 I t 21 Position as on 31-3-66 4 5 12 21 Pfjsition as on 31-3-67 4 5 12 21 DISPENSARIES AND OUTPOSIS (Veterinary)—• P(®ition as on 31-3-63— Dispensaries 2 1 1 4 Out-Posts 4 3 2 9 Position as on 31-3-64 —Dipensaries 2 1 1 4 0 ut-Posts 5 3 3 11 Position as on 31-3-64— Dispensaries 2 1 1 4 Out-Posts 5 3 3 . 11 Position as on 31-3-66— Dispensaries 2 I 1 4 Out-Posts 5 3 3 11 Position as on 31-3-67— Dispensaries 2 1 1 4 Out- Posts 5 3 3 11 POLICE STATIONS & OUT-POSTS- Position as on 31-3-63— Police Stations 3 1 1 5 Out- Posts 5 3 I 9 Position as on 31-3-64— Police Stations 3 1 1 5 Out- Posts 5 3 1 9 Position as on 31-3-65— Police Stations 3 1 2 6 Out-Posts 5 3 — 8 Position as on 31-3-66— Police Stations 3 1 2 6 Out- Posts 5 3 1 9 Position as on 31-3-67— Police Stations 3 1 2 6 Out-Posts 5 3 1 9 S o u r c e : Concerned Departments. SECTION-8 EDUCATION 61 T a b l e (8.1; LITERACY IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (1961 CENSUS) Items Particulars Total Population 63,648 Literates :— (i) Male 16,675 (ii) Female 4,697 Total 21,372 **Literacj Percentage ;— (i) Male 48.8 (ii) Female 24.5 I'otal 40.1 Excludes population in tbe agc-group 0-4 years. S ou rce : Census, 1901. T a b l e '8.2) SEX-WISE EDUCATION BY STANDARDS— 196i CENSUS Male Female Total Population 39,304 24,244 63,648 Illiterates 22,629 19,647 42,176 Literates Without Educational Level 8,695 2,413 11,108 Primary or Junior Basic 6,381 2,035 8,416 Matriculation and above 1,5 249 1,848 Sou£CE : Census of India, 1961. 62 Table (8.3) EDUCATION AT A (;LANCE Years Items 1965-66 1966.67 Total Number of Schools 121 126 Schools in rural area 107 112 Total Number of Bojs 6,051 6,572 in iviT«l ftiea a,84^ 4,199 Total Number of Girls 3,969 4,392 Girls in rural area 2,211 2,586 Total Scholars 10,020 10,964 Total Expenditure (in Rs. lakhs) 19,140 23.822 Teacher taught ratio 1:24 1:21 School Scholar ratio 1:83 1:87 Expenditure per pupil (in Rs.) 191 217 SoTJECE: Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e ( 8 .4 ) SCHOOLS WITH RESPECTIVE PLACES OF LOCATION, NO. OF TEACH 1:RS a n d NO. OF SCHOLARS AS ON 31-3-1967. Location/r v})e of Name of Schools No. of No. of Scholars Schools Teachers Total Boys (iirls 1 2 3 4 5 6 SOUTH ANDAMAN HEADQUARTERS AREA Hioher Secondary 1. Higher Secondary Schools Multipurpose School for Boys 40 892 812 %. Higher Secondary School for Girls 31 — 573 573 Central School 1. Government Central School (English Medium) 9 82 83 165 Teacher’s Training L -Tunior Basic School Teacher’s Train ing School 9 12 10 22 Junior Basic L Aberdeen 20 247 230 477 Schools 2. Had.do 14 246 157 403 3. Delanipur 13 185 118 S03 4. Middle Point 11 132 136 268 5. South Point 9 112 116 228 6. School Line 9 113 103 21« 7. Junglighat 7 109 89 198 PRIVATE SCHOOLS High School Stage 1. Rabindra Bangla Vidyalaya (Ben gali Medium 10 92 52 144 Junior Basic Stage 1. Nirmala School 8 96 101 197 Pre-Primary Stage 1. Tunnu-Munnu School (English Medium) 3 55 38 as SOUTH ANDAMAN OUT-LYING AREA Senior Basic 1. Wimberly gun j 13 173 110 283 Schools 2. Garacharania 11 107 90 197 3. Chouldari 12 121 67 188 64 1 Z 3 4 5 6 Junior Basic 1. Batnbooflat (New Schools' Hindi Sec.) 7 104 69 173 2, Bambooflat (Old Malavalam Sec.) • 71 31 102 3. Protharapur 6 65 61 126 4. Mannarghat 5 54 44 98 5. Havelock, Camp No. 3 4 74 66 140 6. Ograbraj O 68 24 82 7. Farargunj 3 33 32 65 8. Tusnabad 3 38 24 62 9. Manpur 3 36 23 69 10. Herbertabad 3 21 14 35 11. Namunagbar 2 39 26 65 12. Caddie^unj 2 37 19 56 13. Mathura 2 37 17 f4 14. Jarawa Creek 2 37 16 53 15. Manglootan 2 29 21 50 16. Calicut 2 24 23 47 17. Sipighat 2 27 17 44 18. Guptapara 2 18 22 40 19. Mithakhari 2 27 13 40 20. Wandoor 2 22 13 35 21. Shoalbay, Camp No 12 2 25 10 35 22. Birchgunj 2 21 13 34 23. Bednabad 2 14 19 33 24. Dolljgunj 2 13 19 32 25. Miletilak 2 9 21 30 26. Hobdepur 2 18 11 S9 27. South (-reek 1 30 16 46 28. Havelock, Camp N o. 6 1 23 15 38 29. Flatbay 1 18 6 24 30. Havelock, Camp N o. 7 1 11 8 19 31. Oral Katcha 1 11 1 18 32. Rangachang 1 4 9 13 33. Shoalbay, Camp No. 14 1 9 4 13 MIDDLE ANDAMAN Senior Basic School 1. Bangat 14 219 9 9 ' 318 Junior Basie 1. Uttara 4 62 54 116 Schools 2. Kalady 4 43 38 81 3. Long Island 4 43 36 79 4. Kadamtala 3 65 56 121 5. Nimbutala 3 42 27 69 6. Padmanavapuram 2 43 35 78 7. Dftshrathpur 2 38 26 64 65 MIDDLE ANDAMAN Junior '^asic 8. Shantipur 2 22 35 57 Schools 9, Kaushalya Nagar 2 39 14 53 10. Kalasi 2 22 22 44 11. Sabri 21 19 40 12. Bakultala 2 24 12 36 13. Swadesbnagar 1 16 12 28 14. Laxmanpur 1 16 9 24 15 Bharatpur 1 11 8 19 16. Shyamkuud 1 11 7 18 Primar\ Schools 1. Parnasala 2 31 29 60 2. Janakpur 2 24 3? 57 NORTH ANDAMAN Senior Basic 1. Subhasgram 9 149 72 221 Schools 2. Mayabunder 8 113 43 156 Junior Basic 1. Keralapuram 4 46 51 97 Schools 2. Ram krishnagram 4 49 50 99 3 Madhupur 3 40 22 M . 4. Ram Nagar 2 69 52 121 5. Navagram 2 49 15 64 6. Swaraj gram 2 40 20 60 7. Sita:iagar 2 38 13 51 8. Shyamnagar 2 32 18 50 9. Kishorinagar 2 34 16 50 10. Krishnapuri 2 28 17 45 11. Eampur 2 28 17 45 12. Luxmipur 2 30 14 44 13. Khudirampur 2 S8 17 43 14. Webi 2 26 16 42 15. Milangram 2 23 13 36 16. Deshbandhugram 1 25 23 48 17. Shibpur 1 29 14 43 18. I ’ugapur, Camp No. 6 1 27 10 37 19. Mohanpur 1 22 14 36 20. Kalighat 1 15 18 33 21. Dargapur 1 18 14 32 22. Kali pur 1 19 8 27 23. Tugapur, Camp No. 8 I 18 9 27 24. Pahalgaon 1 17 5 22 25. Pudmadurai 1 16 5 21 26. Jagannatbdera 1 15 6 21 27. Chainpuri 1 13 5 18 2t. Parangara 1 7 9 1« 29. Eadhanagar I 4 8 12 66 P R IV A T E SC^.HOOL Jnnior Basic Stage 1. Mulla School 18 11 29 NICOBAR GROUP OF ISLANDS Higher Secondary School 1. Biglapati 1* 92 26 118 Junior Basic Schools 1. Mus 7 120 61 I t I 2. Kenyuka 4 102 21 123 3. Tamaloo 4 81 26 107 4. Teetop 4 5^ U n 5. Biglapati 3 60 37 97 6. Malacca 3 36 34 69 7. Sawai 2 30* 23 63 8. Aronof 'Z 23 18 41 9. Kakana 2 23 10 33 10. Kimos 2 22 i 30 GRQUP OF ISLANDS Seni#l Basic 1. Champion 6 53 22 75 School Junior Basic 1. Chowra 1 35 2n 60 Schools 2. Pilpilow 1 24 6 30 3. East Bay Katchal L 24 6 30 4. Kapanga 1 17 8 25 5. West Bay Katehal 1 11 11 22 6. Kakana 1 16 6 22 7. Jansin 1 14 2 16 8. Kondul 1 10 5 15 9. Daring 1 . f 3 10 10. Pulobhabi 1 7 2 9 11. Minyak 1 5 2 7 12. Bengali 1 3 1 4 13. Kamorta 1 1 1 2 Total No. of Schools...... ,. 12 b Total No. of Teachers . ..500 Total No of Scholars...... ,10,964 S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a blf (8 .5 ) REGION-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS Year 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 a c fl 03 cd c c c c C3 a cd eS g a eS s a a s s a ! £ i a eS a ea ’•a CS i i ■-d o3 c8 Oj •r: T3 c Type of Schools G c a O p fl m o 1 < < 1 Higher Secondary/Multipurpose Schools 2 — — 1 3 2 — — 1 3 2 -— — 1 3 a High School ————— — — — — - — 1 — — —• 1 Government Central School — — — — — ' — — —— 1 ——— 1 Middle/Senior Basic Schools 5 1 2 1 9 5 1 2 1 9 3 1 2 1 7 Primary Schools 6 15 10 — 31 5 10 10 .— ■ 25 — 2 —— 2 Junior Basic Schools 37 3 16 22 78 37 8 16 22 83 41 16 30 23 110 Pre-Primary School ———— — — ———— 1 — — — 1 Junior Basic Teacher's Training School 1 ——— 1 1 —— '— 1 1 —— --- 1 T otal 51 19 28 24 12t 50 19 28 24 121 50 19 32 25 126 S o u rc e : Education Department, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (8.#) SCHOOL-WISE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARS H O E S Tjpe of Schools South Andaman Middle Andaman North Andaman Nicohars Grand Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Bo) s (iirls Total Boys '7 iris Total 1965-^66 Higher Secondary/ Multipurpose Schools 7?>4 537 1,271 92 20 112 1,383 Middle Schools 561 434 995 173 75 248 242 109 351 42 13 55 1,649 Primary Schools 189 166 355 216 154 370 166 86 252 — — : 977 Junior Basic Schools ^09 3 1,586 3,679 337' 225 562 522 ^89 811 663 272 035 5,987 o Teacher^s Training School 31 3 24 — — ~ — —— —— — 24 QD T o ta l ;,598 2,726 6,324 726 454 1,180 930 484 1,414 797 305 1,102 10,020 1986—67 Higher Secondary/ Multipurpose Schools 892 573 1,465 —— — — ■ — 92 26 118 1,583 High School 92 52 144 — — — ———— 144 Government Central School 82 83 165 — — --— — —— — 165 xMiddle/Senior Basic Schools 401 267 668 219 93 318 262 115 377 53 22 75 1,438 Primary Schools — — — 65 62 117 — •— — —_____ 117 Junior Basic Schools 2,297 1,783 4,080 517 410 d a 821 510 1,3;^ 1 722 342 1,064 7,402 Pre-Primary School 55 38 93 93 — Teacher^s Trainino School 12 10 22 — — ;— — — — — — 22 T o t a l 2,806 6,637 791 571 1,362 1,083 625 1,708 867 390 1,267 10,964 S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nlcobar Islands. T a b l e ( 8 .7 ) SCHOOL-WISE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS South Andaman Middle Andaman North Andaman Nicobars Type of Schools — ^ r ------A------Grand Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 1965-66 Higher Secondary/ Multipurpose Schools. 41) 16 65 10 0 12 77 iMiddle Schools. o2 21 53 8 2 10 13 4 17 5 1 6 86 P/imary Schools. 4 9 IS 10 1 11 8 2 10 34 .lunior Basic Schools. 73 61 134 14 1 15 25 2 27 34 5 39 215 Teachei^s Training School. 9 0 9 T otal 167 ,1 07 274 32 4 36 46 8 54 49 8 57 421 os 1P66-67 ZD Higher Secondary/ Mnltiiiurpo-'C Schools. 60 21 71 11 1 12 83 High School. 4 6 10 10 Government Central School. 2 7 9 9 Middle/Senior Basic Schools. 28 8 36 11 3 14 13 4 17 6 ■ ■ 6 73 Primary Schools. — — 2 2 4 ——— — — 4 Junior Basic Scho(.ls. 87 84 171 32 4 36 50 6 56 39 7 309 Pre-Primary School. — 3 — — — —— —.— — — 3 Teachei'’s Training — — — School. 9 — 9 — — — — — — 9 T otal 180 12!) 309 45 9 54 63 10 73 56 8 64 500 SouECE: Education Department, Andainaa and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (8 .8 ) TEACHERS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Total Trained Untrained Period ------"7 "T ' Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total 1962-63 250 83 333 190 47 237 60 36 96 1963-64 273 81 354 208 46 254 65 35 100 1964-65 277 99 376 223 63 286 54 36 90 1965-66 294 127 421 245 78 323 49 49 98 1966-67 344 156 500 260 98 358 84 58 142 S o u rce : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands T a b l e (8 .9 ) PROJECTED POPULATION OF SCHOOL-GOING AGE-GKOUPS 6-11, 11-14 and 14-1T By S e x In A n d a m a n A n d N ic o b a r I s l a n d s 0-11 11-14 14-17 Year ,------^------^ ^------*------, ,------Boys Givis Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 1966 4,591 4,278 8,869 2,329 2,004 4,:333 2,456 1,816 4,27S 1971 6,036 5,403 11,439 3,065 2,647 5,712 3,058 2,326 5,384 1976 7,419 6,515 13,934 3,988 3,273 7,261 4,094 3,034 7,128 1981 8,516 7,569 16,085 4,800 3,921 8,721 5,066 8,648 8,714 m N o t e :— Age-groups 6*11, 11-14 and 14-17 relate to completed ages 6-10, 11-13 and 14-16 respectively. SouRCii;; Statistics and Surveys DivisioD Planning Commission, Government of India. T a b l e (8.10) DISTRIBTTTION OF SCHOOLS, SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS iyd4-t)5 1966-66 1966-67 Particulars — ------Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 3 6 10 1. SCHOOLS. Higher Secondary/Multipur- pose Schools 2 1 3 2 3 High School — — —. 1 1 Government Central School •— — — 1 1 Middle/Senior Basic Schools 9 9 9 9 7 7 Teacher^s Training School 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 Primary Schools (a) Basic 78 ■— 78 83 83 110 110 -a (b) Non-Basic 31 — 31 25 25 2 2 Pre^Primary School — — — i 1 T o t a l 121 122 1£0 121 120 126 2. SO. OF SCHOLARS. Higher Secondary/Multipur pose Schools ^28 458 1,186 826 557 1,383 984 599 1,583 High School 92 52 144 Government Central School 82 83 165 Middle/Senior Basic Schools 829 493 1,323 1,018 631 1,649 935 503 1,438 Teacher^s Training School 16 24 21 3 24 12 10 22 Primaj-y Schools (a) Basic 3,156 2,095 5,251 3,615 2,372 5,987 4,357 3,045 7,402 (b) Non-Basic 706 477 1,18 5 571 406 977 55 62 117 Pie-Primary School 55 38 93 T otal 5,435 3,531 8,966 6,051 3,969 10,020 6,572 4,392 10,964 1 9 4 5 7 8 9 10 3 N o . OF TEACHERS. (a) Secondary Schools (includ ing High School/Central School/Middle and. Senior Basic Schools/Teacher’s Training School) Trained 104 20 124 115 27 142 123 37 160 Un-Trained 13 IG 20 11 19 30 11 13 2 i T otal 117 36 153 126 46 172 134 50 . 184 (b) Prinaary and Junior Basic Schools Trained 119 43 162 130 51 18l' 137 hO 197 CC Un-Trained 41 20 61 38 30 68 73 43 116 T o t a l 160 63 223 168 81 249 210 103 313 (c) Pre-Primary School Trained — — — — —— — 1 1 2 U n-Trained — — ‘— — — — — 2 T o ta l — — — — — —- — 3 3 Total Trained 223 63 286 246 78 323 260 98 358 Total Un-Trained 54 36 90 49 49 98 84 58 142 G r a n d T o t a l 277 99 376 294 127 421 344 156 500 S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 74 T a b l e (8.11) DISTRIBUTION OF STIPENDIARY SCHOLARS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UNDERGOING POST-MATRICULATION EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MAINLAND ACCORDING TO PURSUIT OF STUDY Course o f Study &D .9 a CO Period S o a> (L> S a (U*-> o 'SI T3 *£i) fl s c3 c3 •c u bO o o w 1-5 <3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1962-63 8 13 12 1 9 43 1963-64 12 11 6 —-—— 13 42 1964-65 , 3 6 18 —— — 7 34 1965-66 10 8 18 — — 1 7 44 1966-67 18 8 29 — — — 8 63 So u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (8.12) DISTRIBUTION OF STIPENDIARY SCHOLARS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UNDERGOING POST-MATRICULATION EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MAINLAND ACCORDING TO AMOUNT OF STIPEND RECEIVED Stipend 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 (Amount in Rs.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 20-30 ——— — — 31-40 ————— 41-50 1 — ——— 61-60 2 2 ——— 61.70 5 4 18 13 1 71-80 25 22 10 2 IH 81-90 9 14 6 — 42 91-100 1 —— 27 — — 101-120 — — 2 7 Total 43 42 34 44 63 S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, T a b l e (8 .1 3 ) INSTITUTION-WISE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARS Boys Girls Total Period Primaiy Middle High Frimarj Middle High Prirflarj Middle High Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 1962*6;^ 3,631 705 G53 2,400 324 380 6,0;U 1,029 1,033 8,093 1963-64 4,318 625 687 2,538 285 357 6,866 910 1,044 8,810 106^-6'} 3,862 820 728 2,572 493 458 6,4:34 1,322 1,186 8,942 c« 1065-G6 4 186 1,018 826 2,778 63 L 657 6,964 1,649 1,383 9,996 1966-37 4,4H 935 ^ 1/158 3,107 503 734 7,519 1,438 1,892 10,849 S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. SECTION -9 MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH 79 T a b l e ( 9 .1 ) r e g i o n a l distribution o p h o s p i t a l s a n d dispensaries AS ON ;ilst MARCH, 1967 Region Place of Locatioa Date of inception 1 % 3 South Andaman Hospitals Gobin i Ballabh Pant Port Blair Pre-war Civil Hospital, Port Blair was re named as G. B. Pant Hospital and shifted to newly constructed build ing on 21-S-1064. Bambooflat Hospital Bambooflat Pre-war Hospital T. B. Hospital Port Blair 2-10-1961 Dispensaries ^ail Dispensary 10-2-1949 Police „ M 10-2-1949 Marine ,, 1-7-1957 Chatham „ >5 October, 1949 Tnsnabad „ Tusnabad Village 6-7-1952 MangUitan „ Manglutan „ May, 1949 Mithakhari ,, Mithakhari „ 1-7-1948 Mile Tihk Mile Tilak , 9-12-1960 Shoal Bay ,, Shoal Bay „ 1-4-1952 Oralkatcha >, Oralkatcha „ 17-11-1957 HaveloeU „ Havelock „ 7-8-1965 Little Andaman ,, Little Andaman April, 1966 (Temporary) Middle Andaman, Hospitals Long Island Hos|)ital Long Island jJ8-5-1948 Rangat Hospital Rangat 13-1-1959 Dispensaries Bakultala Dispensary Bakultala April, 1954 Kadamtala ,, Kadamtala August, 1954 Betapur No. 7 ,, Betapur No. 7 February, 1956 Beta pur No. 3 „ Hetapur No. 3 16-10-1959 CharluDgta „ Charlungta July, 1961 m North Andaman Dr. R. P. Hospital Mayabunder 1-4-1957 Mayabunder Hospital was re-name 1 as Dr. R. P. Hospital ati(d shifted to a new build ing on 25-1-19S5. Diglipur Hospital Diglipur 22-4-] 960 Kalara Despensary Ealara 6-5-1955 Tugapur Tugapur 21-5-1955 Causirina Bay ,, Causirina Bay September, 1958 Laxmipur „ Laxmipur 1-9-1958 Shihpur ,, Sbibpur September, 1958 Blair Bay ,, Blair Bay 19-7-1959 Tarlet Bay ,, Tarlet Bay 16-6-1959 Sitanagar ,, Sitanagar May, 1959 Bajato „ ' Bajato 11-8-1960 Kalighat ,, Kalighat 11-8-1960 Hanspuri „ Hanspuri 7-1-1962 Radbanagar „ Radbanagar 20-1-1962 Nicobar Group o f Islands Hospitals Car Nicobar Hospital Car Nicobar 20-7-1946 Nancowrie „ Nancowrie 1-4-1957 Dispensaries Big Lapati Dispensary Big Lapati October, 1949 Mns Dispensary w a s shifted to Big Lapati on 11-7-1961 Arong Arong October, 1949 Great Nicobar ,, Great Nicobar 7-9-1952 "^Vest Ba\ Katchal West Bay Katcbal June, 1953 Teressa ,, Teressa 24-4-19 5ft. Pilomilo ,, Pilomilo 2-ia-1959 Pilpilow ,, Pilpilow June, 1960 Kakaua „ Kakana November, 1964 Kapanga ,, Kapanga April, 1965 Chowra „ Chowra April, 1965 Campbell Bay ,, Campbell Bay April, 1966 (Temporary) S o u r c e ; Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 81 T a b l e ( 9 .2 ) BED STRENGTH OF VARIOUS HOSPITALS--1966 Name of Hospital Male Feaialle Children Total 1 2 •i 4 5 1, Civil Hospital, Poit Btviir 104 60 30 194 3. T. B. Hospital, Port Blair a) —— 20 3. f^arabooflat Hospital ;'>2 18 — 50 4. ('ar-NicoLar Hospital ;U) 14 70 5. Nancovviie Hospital — .— — 30 (General) 6. Dr, R. 1l*. Hospital; Mayab under — - — 20 — 7. Long Island Hospital — — 10 55 8. Ransat Hospital ——— 20 >> 9. Piglipur Hospital — —— 20 SoUECE: Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (9.3) GOVERNMENT MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL (N o.) Cntegory 1062 1968 1964 1965 1966 1 2 3 4 .5 6 Doctors 22 28 28 23 20 Nuises* 70 81 82 86 92 Mid wives 9 12 18 19 21 Compounders 81 81 86 41 Sanitary Inspectois + 14 16 17 17 18 Vaccinators r> 4 6 7 g Health Visitors 0 (5 5 6 6 ■^Tncludinu' Matron, Asst^ Mation, Sister, Nurso/Senior Male Nurse and Junior Nurse and Junior Mati rnity Nurse. -f Including' Senior ALilaiia Inspector, Anti-Malaria Inspector, Filaria Inspector and Surveillance Insjtectoi. S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Ai daman and Nicobar Islands. S2 T able (9.4) MEDICAL FACILITIES Number of beds Num bfr o f Period Hospitals Dispensaries available beds per ‘ 000 ^ persons 1962 9 36 408 6.1 196S 9 35 414 5.9 1964 9 36 418 5.7 1966 9 38 428 5.6 1966 9 40 434 5.5 Source : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (9.5j PATIENTS TREATKI) IN HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES Diseases 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Malaria— No. Treated 2,>88 1,997 6,«87 1,931 2:23 I>eatbs 10 16 10 1 I Dispepsia and Diarrhoea — No. Treated 1,404 918 34,265 34,626 45,345 Deaths 7 6 4 11 46 Byientry— No. Treated. 203 212 7,683 5,513 6,731 Deaths 5 5 4 5 2 Tubercule o f the Lung— N o. Treated 174 146 308 1,091 1,083 Deaths 8 8 5 11 9 Other Tubercular Biseasex— No. Treated 56 39 107 135 573 Deaths 8 7 2 5 9 Rheumatic fever— N«- Treated 3 18 145 95 46 Deaths ———— — Filaria— No. Treated 51 72 228 209 106 D#aths — ■ _ S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 83 T able (9.6) BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN VmiOUS HOSPITALS Item 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Births— i. Male 495 523 634 689 920 ii. Female 480 445 569 719 884 T otal 975 968 1,203 1,408 1,804 Male births to every thousand Female births 1,031 1,175 1,114 958 1,041 Deaths i. Male 142 145 146 138 166 ii. Female 95 69 80 81 101 T o ta l 237 214 226 219 267 Male deaths to every thousand female deaths 1,495 2,101 1,826 1,704 1,644 S o u r c e : S e n io r Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands T a b l e (9.7) DEATHS ACCORDING TO CAUSES SI. No. Diseases 1962 1963 1964 1965 1960 1. Fever 1 — — — 2 2. Dysentry and Diarrhoea 11 11 8 13 11 3. Respiratory diseases 38 34 45 56 49 4. Other cases 187 169 173 150 205 T otal 237 2 U 226 219 267 SoDECE: Senior Medical Offictff, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 84, T a b l e (9.8) VACCINATION STATISTICS--1966 Period Prim ary Prim ary Re-Vaccination Vaccination Vaccination successful January 416 377 693 February 305 196 510 M arch 536 469 644 April 396 438 515 M ay 317 247 527 June 428 203 454 July 335 251 560 August 457 286 736 September 748 • ^ 561 1,158 O ctober 354 403 853 N ovem ber 419 413 337 D ecem ber 497 436 393 Total 5,208 4,280 7,380 So u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (9.9) B.C.G. c a m p a i g n i n ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS SINCE ITS IN C E PTIO N IN M A R C H , 1959 <» Percentage O Percentage Percentage of > CC '4-' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Upto 1962 27,051 13,929 51.5 8,914 32.0 4,208 16.5 Upto 1965 30,007 15,338 51.1 10,P43 33.5 4,626 15.4 Upto▼T i. 1964 35,847 18,395 51.3 12,125 33.8 5,327 14.8 Upto 1965 42,486 22,165 52,2 13,755 32.4 6,566 15.4 Upto 1966 47,289 24,338 ' 5U0 15,130 32.0 7,821 17.0 S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 85 Table (9.10) PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATISTICS Numbei of cases examined Month 1962 I96i3 1964 1965 1966 I 3 3 4 5 6 January 2,417 3,701 3,403 3,964 4,338 February 3,409 2,501. 3,369 3,334 4,287 March 3.450 3,037 2,715 3,474 4,393 April 2,131 3,983 2,960 3,905 3,237 May S,541 3,605 3,621 3,664 3,760 Jvine 4,S^4 July 3,375 3,801 3,446 4,188 4,374 August 3,574 3,790 3,065 3,739 4,743 September 3,494 3,657 3,13 i 3,551 4,605 October 3,226 4,335 3,081 3,496 5,140 November 3,385 3,79* 3,921 3,920 5,333 December 2j903 3,481 3,078 3,038 5,119 Total 34,934 40,839 34,970 43,833 53,081 Souaes): Senior Medical Officer, Andaman And Ni'cobar I.^lunds. T a b l e ( g .i i ) OPERATIONS PERFORMED ( N a ) Period M ajor M inor T otal 1 2 3 4 1962 345 796 1 ,1 4 1 1963 2 1 0 1 ,0 9 0 1 3 0 0 1964 294 1 0 7 2 1 3 6 6 1965 5 1 1 1,18 6 ^>697 1 9 6 6 276 856 So u r c e : Senior Medical Q | ficer, Andaij^an.and JJjIicobar Islands. 86 T a b l e (9-12; MATERNITY CASES ATTENDED (No.) Period Total Cases Admitted Labour Cases Conducted 1962 1,318 975 1963 1,422 962 1964 1,726 3,069 1965 1,891 1,290 1 % 6 2,075 1.534 S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (9.13) ANTENATAL CLINIC CONDUCTED AT MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES DURING 1966 ■ Period Port Blair Rang at Car Nicobar Diglipur Bambooflat Total January 170 11 4 9 194 February 215 10 4 8 237 March 121 12 5 7 145 April 164 2 4 7 177 May 158 8 4 8 178 June 245 14 5 8 272 July 213 18 4 9 244 August 97 14 4 8 123 September 07 13 6 9 94 October 66 12 4 5 11 98 November■ 153 12 4 7 24 200 December 273 13 5 10 42 343 T otal 1,942 139 52 95 77 2,305 S o u r c e : Senior Me.lical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 87 T able (9,14) AVERAGE NO. OP DAILY INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS Period Admission Indoor Daily Average Daily Average Inpatients Outpatients 1 2 S 4 1962 15,645 374 690 1963 15,881 418 728 1964 17,061 425 883 1965 17,489 413 1,000 1968 20,70^ 385 863 S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islan T a b l e (9.15) MEDICAL FACILITIES REGION-WISE 196^ 1963 1964 1965 1966 ____ A------^------^ m CO .2 .2 i- , 03 Region 03 cS S CS 5 w CO CO ca 03 (/} c Q S S o Qj South Andaman 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 13 Middle Andaman 2 5 2 5 2 5 •> 0 0 5 North Andaman i) 12 2 12 3 IS 12 0 12 Nieobars 2 7 0 7 2 8 2 1 0 2 11 T o t a l 9 35 9 35 9 36 9 38 9 40 S o u r c e : Senior Medical Offi eer, Andaman and Nieobar Islaiuls. ,^ S T a b l e .(9.16) EXPENDITURE ON MEDICAL FACILITIES {in Ss.) Peritid Medical relief and Per capita Expenditure per Public Health Expenditure Sq. Km . 1962-63 13,38,328 19.1 161.4 1963.64 14,88,333 20.4 177.1 1964-65 16,34,735 21.5 197.1 1966-66 15,65,656 20,1 188.8 1966-67 20,73,930 26.3 250.1 S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobai Islands. SECTION-10 SHIPPING AND MARINE 91 T a b l e (10.1) PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT PORT B L A IR Period Embarked Disembarked Total 1 2 3 4 1962-63 8,117 9,439 17,556 1963-64 8,232 11,052 19,284 1964-65 7,859 8,760 16,619 1965-66 9,718 10,957 20,675 1966-67 10,602 16,204 ‘ 25,806 1966-67 April— 1966 669 1,281 1,950 May 720 2,074 2,794 June 1,566 1,326 2,892 July 1,389 1,375 2,764 August 761 1,498 2,259 September 582 1,321 1,903 October 718 1,379 2,097 November 658 1,240 1,898 December 924 601 1,525 January— 1967 565 819 1,384 February 894 1,511 2,405 March 1,156 779 1,935 S ource : Harbour Master, Andaman and I^icobar Islands. 92 T a ble (10 .2 ) NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS VISITING PORT BLAI Year No. Tonnaoe Tons Tonnes 1 2 3 4 1962-63 146 94,449 95,960 1963-64 153 1,05,152 1,06,840 1964-66 205 1,28,664 1,30,72a 1965-66 207 1,39,826 1,42,064 1966-67 123 1,21,141 1,*23,085 6 S o u r c e : Customs Collector, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (10.3) COMMODITY—WISE VALUE OF EXPOKTS FROM PORT BLAiR {I^s. in 7 /lousands) Commodity 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 I. Match Splints 692 762 801 1,049 1,087 2. Shells — — 2 — 3. Coconuts 181 176 77 81 236 4. Copra 1,146 1,515 938 280 364 5. Rubber 99 13 2 N.A. N.A. 6. Betelnuts 277 546 2,620 246 796 S o u r c e ; Harbour Master, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (1 0 .4 ) MONTHLY DATA ON COMMODITY-WISE VALUE OF EXPORTS PROM PO.IT BLAIR (Rs. tn Thousands Month Coconut Copra Betelnut Rubber 1964 1965 1966 1964 1965 1966 1964 1965 1966 1964 1965 1966 9 ]9 11 12 13 January 1-2 % —— 37 —. ————— February 6 10 28 33 1 0.3 10^ 6 2 — — March 12 8 10 72 44 0.1 2,031 —, —— N.A. .— CO April 4 — 47 40 48 0.2 194 232 5 ——— CO May 30 14 25 13 21 0.8 105 14 — — —— June — — 17 139 — — 120 — 14 —— __ July 2 11 5 88 — — 39 —. 11 —— — August —— 22 34 .— 64.0 —— 757 — __ __ September 16 5 17 131 63 64.0 25 — • 3 —— October 2 8 19 149 6 105.0 N.A. November 3 16 20 81 60 64.0 —— — —— N.A. December 7 26 158 --- 66 0 — — — '— N.A. T o ta l 77 81 256 038 280 o64.4 2,620 246 796 0 N.A. N.A. N. A. Not arailable. S o u r c e : Harbour Master, ABdaman and Nicobar Islands. 94 T a b l e (10.5) COMMODITY-WISE EXPORTS FROM PORT BLAIR ( / « Tonnes) Commodity 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1, Match Splints 1,400 1,548 1,576 1,597 1,644 2. Copra 1,315 1,747 1,046 323 385 8. Shells —— 0.115 ______4. Betelnuts 100 163 204 60 212 5. Rubber 20 8 5 4 1.3 6. Coconut (Nos.) 7,80,280 6,93,420 2,42,520 1,50,360 4,91,560 S o u r c e : Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (10,6) MONTHLY DATA ON COMMODITY-WISE EXPORTS FROM PORT BLAIR Copra (Tonnes) Rubber (Tonnes) Coconuts in ‘ GO' Month 1964 1965 1966 1964 1965 1966 1964 1965 1966 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 January 40 _ 352 40 February 38 1 0.3 5 — — 24 186 591 March 84 49 0.1 — 4 — 473 151 198 April 44 51 0.:2 —— — 112 — 982 May 14 21 0.8 —— — 700 167 325 June 156 1 — ————— 350 July 100 ——— — — 73 237 113 August 39 63 67.6 ——— —. — 448 September 136 7 67.6 —— — 511 62 360 October 166 — 111.4 —— 0.3 89 166 393 November 85 90 67.6 —— .— 0.5 91 335 405 December 184 — 69.5 — •— 0.5 ---- 160 5&0 T o t a l 1,046 323 385.1 f) 4 1.3 2,425 1,504 4,915 S o u r c e : Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 95 T able (1 0 .7 ) EXPORT OF COPRA, BETELNUT AND COCONUT FROM NICOBAR GROUP OF ISLANDS S I. N o . Year Copra (Tonnes) Betelnut (Tonnes) Coconut (Nos.) 1. 196J-63 2,225 161 2. 1963-64 1,486 248 3. 1964-65 1,239 239 1,500 4. 1966-66 1,662 194 1,600 5. 1966-67 1,602 188 2,000 SoUK.cE : Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Andaman andNicobar Islands T a b l e (10.8) STATISTICS OF TRAFPIC FROM MIDDLE AND NORTH ANDAMANS TO PORT BLAIR Number of persons coming from different areas Period Long Govind Nasar Diglipur Mayabunder Rangat Bay Island (Havelock) 1 2 3 ^ 4 5 6 1962-63 1,257 2,917 5,335 1,351 — 1963-64 1,077 1,944 4,495 771 — 1964-65 1,299 2,584 2,903 1,019 — 1965-66 1,794 2,676 2,731 1,389 4,090 196»-67 1,868 2,775 1,590 1,590 4,782 S o u rc e : Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 96 T a b le (10.9) SANCTIONED STRENGTH OF GOVERNMINT MARINE DOCKYARD, PORT BLAIR 1966-67. (No.) SI. Sections Super Skilled Semi U n Tottal No. visory skilled skilled 1 1. Fitting Shop 2 13 22 21 58S 2. Machine Shop 1 16 1 5 23 3. Carpenter Shop ‘A^ includ.- ing Boat Building 1 11 14 24 50‘ 4. Carpenter Shop ‘ B' 1 15 11 11 38 5. Dry Dock 1 4 1 7 13 6. Welding Shop (Electrical and Oxy-acctylene) 2 2 ' 7. Foundry Shop 4 — 4 . , 8. Smithy Shop (including Copper and Tinsmith) 3 6 - 9 9. Power sub-station and Electric Shop 4 __ _ 4 10. Painting Shop —. 3 — ■ — 3 11. Plater Shop 1 14 22 34 71 12. Sailmaker Shop — 2 — — 2 13. Store, Jetties and Gate ___ — 23 23 14. Sanitation ——— 3 3 T o t a l 7 91 77 128 303 Canteen Staff 7 S o u r c e : Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands- T a b l e (10.10) W O R K E R S e m p l o y e d , MANDAYS WORKED AND ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN GOVERNMENT MARINE DOCKYARD, PORT BLAIR SI. Item Y E A R No. 1962 [963 1964 1966 1066 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Average dailv number of workers employed 267 284 303 310 287 2. Total No. of mandays worked 83,517 84,348 89,688 1,02,380 84,95^. 3. Accident occurred : (i) Fatal ——_ (iij Non-Fatal 1 4 10 8 4 SouB.CE : Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 97 T a b le (10.11) WATER-CRAFTS CONSTRUCTED IN GOVERNMENT MARINE DOCKYARD, PORT BLAIR SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1956-57 (No.) Year Powered boats Dumb Barges Pontoons Total constructed constructed constructed 1956-57 1 (28 feet) 1 (50 tons) - 2 1957-58 2 (40 „ and 28 feet) 1 (50 „ ) --- 3 1958-59 1 (40 „ ) __ 2 (3 0 'X 1 5 'X 5 ') 3 1959-60 2 (28 „ each) 2 (50 tons each) 7 ( do. ) 11 1960-61 1 (26 —- 2 ( do. ) 3 1961-62 2 (40 „ and 28 feet) — 3 ( do. ) 5 1962-'63 1 (40 . ) 1 (50 tons) 1 ( do. ) 3 1963-64 1 (40 » ) 4 (30 tons each) 3 ( do. ) 8 1964-65 2 (40 „ and 30 feet) 1 (30 tons) 2 ( do. ) 5 1965-66 — — 1 ( do. ) 1 1966-67 ------— Total 13 10 21 U S o u r c e ; Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (10.12) NUMBER OP WATER-CRAFTS SURVEYED AND MAJOR REFIT UNDERTAKEN ITEMS 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 Number of Vessels 27 24 29 14 10 Major Refit; (i) in Dry-Dock 18 12 15 3 1 (ii) On Slipway 9 12 14 11 9 S o u r c e ; Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. SECTION-11 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 101 Table (11.1) ROAD MILEAGE STATISTICS {In Kilometres) Tjpe of Roads 1962-63 .1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 Bla*k Topped •226 267 287 328 338 W. B. Macadam 92 129 145 168 193 Roads in progress 64 104 111 93 65 SOUE.CI: Public Works Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (1 1 .2 ) GOVERNMENT ROAD TRANSPORT YEARS Item 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1. Length of routs in Kilometres 245 291 294 357 372 2. Number of routes 15 23 23 28 28 3. Daily Kilometres covered 973 1,290 1,323 1,637 1,886 4. Number of buses owned 13 13 13 15 17 5. Average number of passengers transported per day 2,264 3,398 3,648 4,766 6,$86 6. Total capital invested by Government (Rs.) 4,76,749 N.A. 5,73,650 6,42,271 N.A* 7. Income realised (Rs.) 2,66,952 3,71,176 4,28,367 6,46,018 6,07,877 SouEcB : Harbour Master (Transport), Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 102 TABtE (11.3) MOTOR VEHICLES ON ROAD {.4s on 31st Marck} Period Motor Lorries Taxis Buses Cars and Others Total Cycles Jeeps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1963 45 150 12 15 76 67 S54 <1964 63 156 19 13 87 71 409 1965 75 159 24 96 88 458 1966 81 175 20 16 96 100 488 1967 120 192 21 19 113 83 548 So u rc e : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (11.4) NEW REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES Period Motor Lorries Taxis Buses Care and Others Total Cycles Jeeps 1 2 3 4 5 - 6 7 8 . 1962 2 25 ■ 2 5 10 44 P 1963 12 65 — 12 18 97 1964 12 15 6 3 19 6 60 1965 13 25 — 2 11 4 55 1966 33 10 4 4 14 2 67 S o u rc e ; Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 T a b ie (11.6) ROAD ACCIDENTS Items 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Cases Occurred 15 13 11 13 12 .Persorte killed 2 1 — 2 — Persons injured 15 23 9 16 11 Vehicles involved 29 13 11 13 2 Source : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 103 T a b l e (11.6) POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AS ON 31st MARCH, 1967 Year of Location Inception A. POSTAL Head Post Office Port Blair Pre-war Sab-Post Offices 1. Aberdeen Bazar 1959 Urban 2. Chatham 1965 3. Secretariat Building 1966 4. Junglighat (B.O)* 1966 Rural (a) South Andaman 1. Wimberlygunj 1959 (b) Middle Andaman I. Rangat 1969 2. Long Island I9b& 3. Betapur I960 (c) North Andaman 1. Diglipur 1959 Mayabunder 1955 (d) Nicobars 1. Car Nicobar 1959 'Z. Nancowrie 1960 BRANCH-POST OFFICES (a) South Andaman 1. Bambooflat 1966 2. Garacharama 1958 3. Tusanabad 1968 4- Hompherygunj 1965 5. Chouldari 1962 6. Beach Dera 1964 7. Havelock 1961 8. Oralkatcha 1961 9. Kalatang 1964 10. Miletilak 1964 (b) Middle Andaman 1. Kadamtala 1959 2. Bakultala 1963 3. Nin butala 1963 cj North Andaman 1. Parangara 1959 2. Tugapur 19i9 3, Swarajgram 19d2 * Branch Office 104. Year of Location Inception • B. t e l e g r a p h /p o l i c e r a d i o s t a t io n s (a) South Andaman 1. Port Blair 1946 2. Havelock 1963 3. Baratang 1951 (b) Middle Andaman 1. Rangat 1949 2. Long Island 1946 3. Kadamtala 1949 (c) North Andaman 1. Mayabunder 1949 2. Diglipur 1955 3. East Island 1964 (d) Nicobar Gioup 1. Car Nicobar 1946 2. Nancowrie 1949 S. Kondul 1951 4. Campbell Bay 1965 6. Little Andaman 1965 6. Teressa 1966 7. Kapanga 1966 S o u rce : 1. Post Master, Port Blair. 2. Police Radio Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (11.7) n u m b e r o f t e l e p h o n e s a n d e x c h a n g e s Year Telephone connections Telephone Exchanges 1962 138 with 46 Extns. 2 1963 162 with 46 Extns. 2 1964 166 with 42 Extns. 2 . 1965 215 with 25 Extns. 3 1966 218 with 56 Extns. 3 S o u rce : Assistant Engineer, Wireless, Port Blair. 105 Ta b l e (11.8j TRAFFIC HANDLED IN PORT BLAIR TELEGRAPH OFFICE Year No. of telegrams haudled Revenue Service messages Rs. No. 1962-6S 1,90,915 10.-240 1903*64 1,;^6,489 2,-? 6,904 10,877 19S4-65 l,46,3o9 2,51,145 13,058 1965-BG 1,50,;^ OS 2.39,912 8,664 1966-67 1,62,568 2,59,401 lo.loa S o u rce : Assistant Engineer, Wireless, Port Blair. T a b le (11.9) POSTAL REVENUE IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS {Rs, in thousands) Telegraph Telephone Postage re Other Year charges re Revenue ceived in receipts Total ceived iii Cash Cash 1962 0 63 1 — 66 1963 5 59 1 o 67 1964 4 76 1 16 97 1965 ■ 4 91 1 17 113 1966 74 107 1 — 18:> S o u u c E : Director of Audit and Accounts, Posts and Telegraphs, Calcutta 1 0 6 T ab le (11,10) POSTAL TRAFPig IN A\OAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Postal Orders Year Sold Paid f- __A_ Nnmber Vahie in Rs. Number Value in lis. 1962 1,440 2,661 131 879 1963 1,393 3,104 154 523 1964 2,202 3,873 46 862 196) 602 3‘,/95 47 356 1966 643 3,647 59 291 SouRCK : Director of Audit and Accountse, Postsand Telegiaphs, Calcutta. T a b l e (11.11) POSTAL TRAFFIC IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Money Orders Issue Pay raent Year ( A V“ ---- Number Value in Rs. Number Value in Rs. 1962 64,978 49,68,383 4,409 3,78,136 1963 68,865 55,90,757 4,650 4,44,149 1964 78,845 60,89,013 5,855 j5,01,830 1965 76,886 63,36,789 • 5,433 3,99,51:8 1966 81,625 76,97,000 5,532 4,43,000 S o u r c e : Director of Audit and Accounts, Posts and Telegraphs, Calcutta. 107 T able (11.12) BROADCAST RECEIVING LICENCE RENEWALS IN ANDAMAN x\ND NICOBAR ISLANDS Vear Renewals (Nos.) Percentage Annual Inc-ease 1962 990 VJCvi 1,148 16 1964 l,Ool 44 l')65 2,074 25 1966 1,405 ( - ) 32 Source ; 1. Director, Audit and Accounts, Posts and Telegra\)hs, Calcuttji. 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nieubar Islands. T a b l e (11.13) PROGRAMME COxMPOSITION-ALL INDIA RADIO, PORT BLAIR D U RAT ION (Hours) T^'pe of Programme 1965 l e a ' s ( A . .. A . Honrs Minutes Hours Minutes 1. News 621 615 45 2. Talks, Discussions etc. 60 2 65 37 3. Drama & Features . 122 49 212 12 4. Music (i) Vocal 781 37 758 25 (ii) Instrumental 311 37 37:-! 27 (iii) Eilm 196 34 254 43 ' (ivj Devotional 210' 34 251 18 6. Special Broadcasts (i) Children t 7 8 43 (ii) Women 6 17 6 31 (iii) Rural 8 12 19 46 (iv) Tribal Nil Nil Nil Nil (vj Other (Gandhi Katha etc.) 20 49 20 48 Total 2,341 41 2,687 15 S o u r c e : Dirf c to r, All Ii dia Radio, Pori Blair Table (11.14) INDIAN AIRLINES OPERATIONS BETWEEN CALCUTTA AND PORT BLAIR Passengers Carried Fireight Carried Mail Carried Total Total Year Hours Km. Capacity f . V . A XvCl^.ATTPfl V CL' 11AiiC Non- flowD flown (Ton Km,) No. Passenger Ton Weight Ton Weight Ton Load Revenue (Km.) (Km.) (Tons) (Kms.) (Tons) (Kms.) (Ton Load Kms ) . (Ton Kms.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1962-63 336.5) 87,300 124,152 472 824,112 71,211 1,415 2,471 4,493 7,847 81,529 774 1963-64 374.00 93,150 124,022 447 772,389 62,223 2,874 4,960 6,260 10,788 77,971 228 c QO 1964-65 286.35 72,198 151,072 439 754,641 64,503 1,182 2,029 4,178 7,183 73,715 — 1965*66 376.50 96,634 134,743 570 10,20,171 88,723 1,790 3,168 5,850 10,468 102,359 — 1966-67 319.35 86,090 221,882 1,185 15,72,683 136,288 9,634 12,479 8,398 11,196 159,963 S o u r c e : Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, Indian Airlines Corporation, Calcutta. SECTlOM-12 POWER I l l T able (13.1) INSTALLED CAPACITY AND POWER GENERA'PION IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS {K. r .) Year Inst a lie 1 cap'icitv ( Jeneration 1962 17,54,556 1963 1269 19,98,689 1964 1269 20,97,655 1965 1293 23,07,874 1966 1365 27,09,377 S o u r c e : Executive Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Niccbar Islands. T a b le (12.2) ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION BY VARIOUS SECTORS IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. (K. W . H.) Year Pemestic Commer Indus Street Others Total cial trial Lighting 1962 4.98.626 78,634 6,28,705 50.750 84,133 13,40,848 1963 6,61,863 1 ,02,545 5,64,790 58.837 1,13,367 15*01,402 1964 7,82,735 1,38,754 4,20,108 68,795 i,3 i,i7 6 15,41,568 1965 9,00,797 1,59,482 4,69,808 70,323 1,40,077 17 ,40.487 i966 iO,2i,355 1,59,047 5,19,468 82,616 2,07,139 19,89,625 Source : Executive Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 112 T able (12.3) REGION-WISE ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION BY VARIOUS SECTORS IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS DURING 1966 Region Domestic Commer- Industrial Street Others Total cial lighting Port Blair 972488 158399 519468 75160 207139 193:2644 Rangat 26348 — — 3238 2^586 Mayabimder 11809 648 — 2360 — 14817 Car Nicobar 10710 — 1868 — 12578 Tatal 1021855 159047 519468 82616 207139 198t9625 S ource : Bxecative Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Table (12.4) INSTALLED CAPACITY AND POWER GENERATION AT PORT B LA IR {in K . W .) Year Installed Capacity Gaaeration 1962 1,230 17,45,556 1963 1,230 19,86,699 1964 1,230 20,83,655 1965 1,230 22,87,874 1966 1,230 26,27,646 Source : Executive Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 113 T able (12.5) ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION BY VARIOUS SECTORS DURINli 1966 AT PORT BLA IR (K.W.E.) Street Period Domestic Commercial Inlnstrial lighfinj:^ Others Total 1966 January 78,542 13,772 38, )79 6,932 13,667 1,51,892 February 75,568 12,491 36,74-9 5,000 11,841 1,41,649 March 82,565 11,159 45,665 6,274 18,739 1,64,402 April 76,167 13,615 42,758 5,834 17,755 1,56,129 May 75,704 16.09 i 37,354 5,397 16,965 1,51,514 June 81,298 13,872 47,275 5,570 18,014 1,66,029 Ju\y S7,404 1;^,187 47,S2l 0,994 •21,024 1,75,430 August 87,099 11,525 37,565 6,411 15,980 1,58,680 September 73,666 14,893 59,373 6,451 16,870 1,71,253 October 66,06?) 11.920 35,296 6,820 18,874 1,3S,073 November 1,01,775 13,803 46,378 6,673 19,443 1,88,072 December 86,637 12,068 44,255 7,794 17,967 1,68,721 T ota l 9,72,483 1,58,399 5,19,468 75,150 2,07,139 19,32,644 S o u r c e ; Executive Engineei-, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Inlands. T a b l e (12.6) SALE OP ELECTRICITY TO DIFFERENT CONSUMERS AT PORT B LA IR (m KWH) Domestic Commercial Industrial Public Year Consumption Lighting & Power Lighting Others Total small power 1955 208426 21457 435756 30980 33771 730390 1956 229332 25676 516679 33544 39105 814336 1957 261880 28364 530517 38253 42886 901900 1958 297410 27781 555639 45420 47382 973632 1959 344480 45435 612277 51)795 61469 1114456 1960 381738 63023 640047 47165 63137 1195110 1961 451680 62071 684291 47414 69906 1315362 1962 493626 77634 628705 49750 84133 1333'?48 1963 654863 100945 564790 57437 113367 149L402 1964 774735 136254 42010S 67290 131176 1529568 1965 888797 156482 469»08 6S323 140077 1723487 1966 9724S8 158399 519468 75150 207139 1932644 SouuoK : I'^xeciitive Engineei-, Electiicitj Depaftment, /vndaman and Nicobar Islands, SECTION-13 PUBLIC FINANCE 117 Table (13.1) BUDGET AT GLANCE {in Bs. ‘000^) Year Revenue llecei[>ts Revenue Expenditure Surplus ( + ) (Actuals) (Actuasl) Deficit (—) 1 2 3 4 1961-62 14,551.9 43,671.9 (-) 29,120.0 1962-63 15,989.3 47,895.7 (-) 31,906.4 1963-64 17,582.8 45,209.0 (-) 27,626.2 1964-65 20,009.0 50,731.9 (-) 30,722.9 1965-66 16,728.0 52,063.9 (-) 35,336.9 r 1960-67 •22,158.0 57,999.0 (-) 35,841.0 (. (Revised Estimates) r 1967-68 23,118.0 63,249.0 (“) 40^13^1.0 (Budget Estimates) Source : Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 1 8 T a b l e ( i 3-2) DETAILS OF RECEIPTS (in Rs. ‘000’) 19(55-66 1966-67 1967-68 Head of Accovmt Actuals Revised Budget Esti Estimates mates I X Land Eevenue 438 451 451 X State Excise — — X I Taxes on Vehicles 15 13 13 X I I I Other Taxes and Duties 26 26 26 X IV Stamps 34 60 60 X V Registration fees 1 •2 .) X V I Interest 19 48 52 X V II Administration of Justice 27 25 30 X V II I Jails 3 4 4 X IX Police — 43 33 X X II Education — 8 8 X X I I I Medical — 10 10 X X V Agriculture 50 57 65 X X V II Animal Husbandry 4 10 10 X X V III Co-operation .— — X X IX Industries 62 60 00 X X X I Community Development — 4 4 Projects etc. X X X II Miscellaneous Social — i I Service Organisations X X X V I Electricity Schemes 018 750 825 X X X IX Ports and Pilotage 3,,049 4,524 4,600 XLIII Road and Water 442 750 750 Transport Schemes X L V III Contributions and. recove —^ 10 10 ries towards pension and other retirement benefits X L IX Stationery and Printing 25 20 20 L I Forests 11,591 15,070 . 15,832 L II Miscellaneous 324 212 252 Total 16,7->8 22,158 23,118 Source : Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat, Aiidanian and Nicobar Islands. 119 T able (13.3) DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE (AREA DEMAND) (in Rs. '000 0 Actuals Kevised Esti- Budget Esti* Head of Aeoouab (1965-8H) mates mates (19^56-67) (1967-68) 9. Land Revenue 222 2;;4 245 14. Stamps 4 0 2 19. General Adminisliatiow 1,420 1,424 1,539 21. Administration of Justice 9 66 64 22. Jails . 102 102 101 32. Police 3,25G 6,096 5,3n9 26. Miscellaneous Departments 96 104 129 28. Education 1,914 2,677 3,62;i 29. Medical l.oUo 1,436 1,827 30. Public Health 398 409 698 31. Agriculture 1,140 991 L598 33. Animal HusbauJry 22 7 228 236 34. Co-operation lO'J 116 270 85. Industries 165 204 210 37. Community Development S3G 726 1,067 Projects, Local Development Works & N. E. S. 38 Labour and Employment 773 840 848 39 Miscellaneous Social and — 50 Developmental Organisa tions 45. Electricity Schemes 494 1,061 1,333 50. Public Works 16,758 16,740 18,011 52. Capital Oatlav on Public —■ 2,084 3,017 Works 53. Ports and Pilotage 7,350 5,927 6,137 57. Road and Water Transport 1,339 1,152 1,472 Schemes 64. Famine — 68. Stationerv and Printing 136 154 166 Government Press 70. Forests 14,137 13,880 14,454 71. Miscellaneous 867 1,195 892 Total Area Demand 52,064 57,999 63,249 SoTiKCE : Chief Comtftissioner's Secretariat, AuJaman and Nicobar Islands SECTION -14 LAW AND ORDER 123 T a b l e (14.1) STRENGTH AND COST OF POLICE FORCE P E R IO D ^ Item ------. . > W m ,1.1- 1962 11)64 1965 1966 Inspector General of Policcf —'— — — . Superintendent of Police 1 1 1 1 1 Assistant Superintendent of Police 1 n Inspectors 11 13 13 16 15 Sub-Inspectors 16 23 26 26 36 Assistant Sub-Inspectors 22 28 28 28 23 Head Constables 85 97 108 114 137 Lance Head Constables 58 64 64 71 50 Constables 522 5.^8 605 644 700 Band Personnel** 19 20 20 20 24 Bush Police/Jamadar 344 346 346 346 346 Other Ranks (Radio Staff) ' 7S 83 83 104 116 T o t a l 1,157 1,236 1,297 1,374 1,454 B 1. Area ser?'ed by cach Police 7 7 6 6 $ Officer (sq. Kms.) 2. Cost of Police per capita 36 55 35 44 52 population (Rs.) 3. Number of Police Stations 7 - 7 7 8 8 4. Number of Out-posts 10 11 11 10 10 5. Number of Fire Brigades 3 3 8 3 3 6, Number of Telegraph/Police 10 11 12 15 16 Radio Stations * As on 31st December each jear. t Chief Commissioner is the Ex-officio Inspeetor-Geuerial of Police. X Includes Police Radio OflBcer. ** Already included in their respective ranks. Source : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Inlands. 12^ T a b l e (14.2) VOLUME OP CRIMES Nature of Crime 196:) 196:0 1964 1965 1966 1 2 3 4 5 6 K Murder 10 0 4 4 8 Burglary 21 24 19 41 46 Tbefts 84 77 44 69 69 Looal & Special Law 275 243 160 265 246 Misscellaneoas i.P.C. Cases 13d 105 11;> 171 m Other (Robbery etc.) — — — — 3 T otal 52d 4r.4 342 550 547 COGNIZABLE CRIMES CASES 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Number of Cases Reported 526 454 342 650 547 Convictions 339 171 104 206 131 Acquittals 62 11 4 55 31 SoxjRCE : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b ^ e (14.3) AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION OP JAILS PERIOD Category of Prisoners 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Convicts in Cells and Barracks 49 49 57 37 45 Under-trials 9 20 18 19 26 Non-Criminal Lunatics 3 5 7 6 o T o t a l 61 74 82 62 76 Source: Supeilntendeut, District Jail, Audainan and Nicobar Islands. T able (14.4) AGE AND STATE OF EDUCATION OF CONVICTS AGEEDUCATION Under 23 22 to 40 41 to 60 61 and above Lit ei ate Illiterate Year Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 1 2 3 4 5 6 H 8 9 10 11 12 13 1962 15 — 73 — 24 4 82 — 34 __ 1963 17 — 85 4 44 - 4 — 119 31 4 1964 18 72 5 12 5 90 2 17 3 1965 14 — 5S — 13 6 .— 64 — 27 — 1966 19 , — as — 21 14 — 109 — 33 — Table (14.5) Of CONDITION OF PRISONERS RELEASED FROM JAILS Number releas N umber who had No. who had gained weight No. who had lost weight Year ed during the neither lost nor year gained weight in jail Ujjto 5 K^. Over 5 Kg. Total Upto 0 Kg. Over 5 Kg'. Total 1062 133 38: 92 __ 92 3 — O 1963 113 20 91 —« 91 2 — 2 1964 141 S 116 16 132 — 1 1 1985 94 26 49 19 68 —— 1966 116 30 70 12 82 4 — 4 SOORCE : Superintpndenl, Didtn’ct Jaii, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 126 Ta b le (14.6) PROPERTY StOLEN AND RECOVERED Year No. of eases in No. of cases in Amount of piu- Amount of pro- whieh property which pxtpeity peily stolen (Rs.) peitj recovered was stolen was recovered (Rs.) 1962 75 38 i3,090 13,700 196;^ 78 43 11,918 5,113 1964 63 /38 38,784 12,023 1985 87 47 25,IS^ 14,097 1966 lO:} 5:1 27,663 14,864 S ou rce : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (14.7) INCIDENCE OF FIRE Items 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 No. of fire calls attended 14 15 26 25 16 Value of property damaged (Rs.) 7,173 21,190 2,240 2,888 1,293 S ource : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SECTION-15 COOPERATION 129 T a b l e (15.1) CO-OPEEATION STATISTICS-PI^xVNCIAL AND PHYSICAL A. FINANCIAL CLASSIFICATION YEARS Item 196:>64 1964-65 1M65-6U 1960-67 6 1. No. of Societies 107 127 14;^ 161 176 iJ. No. of me 111 her. S,74.J 8,585 9,458 1^^,032 14,300 o. Share C.ipital (Rs.) 5,;U5,6^4 6,88.837 8,69 607 \0,-19,^08 11,74,378 4. Reserve funds (Rs.) 4,71,029 5,04,-i 12 7,66,443 7,11,768 7,70,031 5. Other funciij (Rs.) 6,10,388 6,76,860 0,80,344 10,13,102 10,44,573 li. Governmenb loans (Rs.) l,SiJ,450 2,()4,4i')9 4,97,040 6,0:2,7-20 7,00,220^ Wovking Capital (tin.) 18,38,895 24,46,384 25,00,314 17,69,405* 18,78,200 * T!ie reserve and development, funds of Co-nper:jtive Marketing Societies in the Nieobars have not been inch'.ded in the working capital as these are now deposited in C. N. T. C. and N. T. C. an.l Post Offices. B. PHYSICAL CLASSIblCATION (No.) 196i-6a 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 i 3 . f t f t . l£ Type of Societies in IS 'O M £ •n — CO £ XIX ^ OJ i. T o t a l 107 8 ,749 127 8,585 143 9,458 ii61 13,032 176 14,300 SoUKCK Regi.strn.r of Co-operative Societies, Andaman and Nicobar Island.--. 130 Ta b l e (16.2) DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES-81-3-1967 Tjpe of Societies Membership Share Capital (Hs.) I. Credit Societies : (a) State Co-operative Bank 1 8S 1,14,000 (b) Other Credit Societies 39 1,752 1,10,330 (c) Multipurpose 4 73 320 2, Plantation and Farming Societies 24 635 87,908 3. Marketing Societies 29 836 1,60,485 4, Wholesale Stores I 985 1,43,027 0. Primary Stores 32 8,692 4,54,582 6. Milk Supply and Eggs Produ* etion Societies 14 •217 2,800 7. Timber Extraction Societies 5 53 3,916 8. Fishery Societies 4 iia 1,940 9. Housing Societies 1 18 5,000 10. Ice Manufacturing Societies 1 14 1,830 11. Co-operative Canteens 4 262 31,815 12. Co-operative Rice Mills 2 22 1,000 lu . School Supply Stores 1 19 165 14, Labour Welfare Societies 4 64 640 15. Women Industrial Co-operative Societies 4 55 610 16. Industrial Weavers^ Societies 3 4-2 ?.,800 17. Others 3 361 51,205 T otal 176 14,300 11,74,373 Source : Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. SECTION-16 INDUSTRIES AND LABOUR 133 T a b l e (16.1) SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS UNDER COTTAGE INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT Employees as on 31st Crafts Location of No. of March, 1967 Centre units Employees Trainees Wood Working & Toy making Port Blair 2 28 S Smithy, Sheet metaUing and Electroplating do. 1 13 — Women^s Training Centre in Tailoring & Garment making do. 1 2 15 Blacksmithy and Carpentry Car Nicobar 4 M 5 Tailoring & Garment making do. 1 2 9 S o u r c e : Cottage Industries Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (16.2j OUTPU r OF JAIL INDUSTRIES Output Cloth Cane Products Misc. Total A / ^ Value Year Sq. Metre Value (Rs.) Pieces Value (Rs.) Value (Rs.) 1962 •247.05 380.70 140 1,200.77 2.50 1,583.97 1963 160.12 244.SI 230 1,947.76 — 2,192.57 1964 352.37 679.44 474 3,871.50 — 4,450.94 1965 307.44 500.16 412 3,574.25 — 4,074.41 1966 235.9:2 351.44 185 2,199.00 — 2,550.44 S o u r c e ; Superintendent, Distt. Jail, Port Blair. 134 T a b l e (16.8) AVBEAGE DAILY NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED FACTORIES Category of Factories 1963 1903 1964 1965 1966 1. Odvermnent and Local Fund Factories (Under Section 2m (i) of the Act) Saw Mills 1,123 1,12:2 1,153 1,193 1,U5 Wooden 22 21 22 22 22 Marine Engine Building & repairing 383 389 381 426 369 ])iIotor Transport Workshop 62 53 56 222 134 Electric Light & Power 84 84 84 93 93 Printing and Book Binding 45 44 44 49 46 Metal — 14 9 12 12 2. Others (Under Section 2 m (i) of the Act) Saw Mills 34 53 58 11 40 Match splints 117 124 126 121 126 MaiiUf^ctuT'e of Plywood 160 414 423 404 84t% Wooden 13 13 7 4 2 T o t a l 2,045 2,336 2,368 2,657 2,906 SoUECE : Chief Inspector of Factories, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. " T a b l e {16.41 AVEI^AGE DAILY EMPLOYMENT OF ADULT WORKERS I ^ RE§I§T1EED FACTORIES WITH SPECIFIED NORMAIi WEEKLY! HOURS 1964 1965 1966 Industry Below 42-45 45-48 Above Below 42-45 45-48 Above Below 42-45 45-48 Above 42 Hrs. Hrs. Hrs. 48 H i s . 42 Hrs. Hrs. Hrs. 48 Hxs. 42 Hrs. Hrs. Hrs. 48 His, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Covemment and Local Fund Factories (Under Section 2m(i) of the Act) 1. Saw Mills 1,153 1,193 1,215 2. Wooden 22 22 22 3. Marine Engine Build ing and repairing 381 426 369 4. Motor Transport Workshop 56 222 134 5. Electric Light and; Power 84 93 93 6. Printing and Book Binding ~ 44 49 ~ 46 7. Metal 9 12 12 Oiheis (Under Section 2m(i) of the Act) 8. Saw Mills ' 33 11 40 9. Match Bplints 126 121 126 10. Manufacture of Plywood 423 404 847 11. Wooden 7 4 2 TOTAL 44 2,294 2,860 SouRCBr Ch^f Inspector of Factori^, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 136 Table (16 5) A. FACTORY LABOUR Period Number of w< rkia» Average number of Number of Mandays Factories (under workers employed worked factories Act, 194S) daily 1 2 3 4 1 1962 n 2,045 6,31,283 m % u 2,03* 6,01,103 1964 16 2,338 6,92,592 1966 15 2,557 7,63,897 1966 16 2,906 8,44,207 B, FACTORY ACCIDENTS Period ending Fatal Non-Fatal Total Number of Man- June days lost. 1 2 3 4 5 1962 — 66 66 365 1963 — 41 41 738 ^ 1964 — 173 173 895 1965 *— 244 244 1,235 - 1966 — 302 302 1,323 Source : Chief Inspector of Factories, Andaman and Nieobar I>l!inds. 137 T able (16.f!) NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID UNDER WORKMEN^S COiMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Items 1963 1964 1965 1966 1. Average number of Workers emp]o} ed per day 0,123 8,648 8,925 8,498 2. Number of total accidents oceuired 160 279 384 302 <> ACCIDENTS No, of eases of injun'es in respect of which tinal compensation paid ; — (I) Death 6 6 2 1 (ii) Permanent disablement 8 6 3 3 (iii) Tempc'iary disablement 78 149 189 270 4. AMOUxNT OF COMPENSATION PA ID (Rs) (i) Death 23,438 31,500 10.800 6,000 (ii) Permanent disablement 6,201) 4,832 5,432 1.763 (iii) Tomj)orary disablement 4,225 3,846 6,142 6,358 T otal 33,872 40,177 22,374 13,116 SoCKCE: Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b le (16.7) INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND MANDAYS LOST SI, Quarter ending- No. of Dis No. of Wor- No. of Han No». putes kers involved days lost 1 2 3 4 5 1. March 1964 1 300 300 2. June 1964 2 750 5,894 3. September 1964 3 1,165 6,930 4. December 1964 7 1,555 5,256 5. March 1965 1 120 E40 6. June 1965 3 324 324 7. September 1965 3 279 120 8. December 1965 3 407 871 9. March 1966 3 847 421 10. June 1966 1 190 760 11. September 1966 4 747 747 M. December 1966 I 4,543 83,980 Source : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nieobar Islauds. 188 T able (16.8) NUxAlBER OF? SHOPS AND COM VIERCIAL KSTABUSH \I E :vTS. UNDER WEl^KLY HOLIDAY ACT, 1942 1964' ‘ 1966 1966 , No. oF No. of No. of Items Nurnbef persons Number persons Number persons employed employed employed nt 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^ i 1. Shops/Commercial ''establishments 338 396 338 396 365 421 Theatres and Ke^taurents ■ i 41 206 41 206 42 217 T otal . 602 . 379 . (>0i 407 63S Source : Labour Commissioner, Aiulainan and Nicubar Islands. T a b l e (16.9) LEAVE WITH WAGES UNDER FACTORIES ACT, 1048 Total number of persons 1961 1065 1966 --- ___ A____ Items ai e ; 9 1. Govt, and Local Fun l Factories (uniler Section 2m li) of the Act) (i) Saw Mills 1,15;’. 970 702 187 1,193 955 784 171 1,215 1,032 870 162 (ii) Wooden 22 S 8 — 22 8 8 — 11 11 — oo (iii) Marine En;^ine Ikiilding- and ;^81 377 356 21 426 411 358 53 369 354 341 13 ie[)Hirin2f (iv) Motor Trans[)ort Workshop 65 64 42 0.) 250 250 93 157 79 79 30 49 (v) Electric Lijiht and Power 84 84 59 25 98 93 65 38 93 93 59 34 ivi) Printing and Book Binding- 41. 44 34 10 49 44 44 — 46 46 14 32 r* (vii' Metal IL 8 , 4 4 12 12 5 7 12 12 i 5 :l. Other Factories (Under Section 2 (i) of the Act) (ij Saw Mills 24 10 14 11 40 40 2 38 (ii) ^'Jatch splints 180 128 108 20 148 141 107 34 156 141 112 29 (ill) ]\.!aniifacture of Plywood 480 198 92 106 424 383 195 188 847 477 225 252 (iv) Wooden 7 4 3 T o t a l 2,369 1,914 1,505 409 2,632 2,297 1,64.9 648 2,879 2,285 1,671 614 SouECE : Labour Commissioner, Andaman a,rid Nicobar Islands. T ab le (16.10) NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS HAVING CERTIFIED STANDING 0R1>ERS UNDER INDUSTRIAL EM PLOYM ENT (STANDING O RD ERS) ACT, 1946 I n D STRENG'i’B OF EMPLOYEES 1964 1965 I 1966 xn CO :« 1 * CS i « J- 1 . . i s Classification 1! T3rr, ^ D-i * CO) G = Oh h A 5 o I faD c; S3 O) o o J "2 0 § 1 §« ^o 3J c8 O ^ CS ^ 2 ^2 du a ^ g •=- a a Qj — M S CO C ” ? i . CO o ^ si c: c: 1 c • f-H ^ O -TJ ® ‘5 1 § i f £ cZ; ^ pr S ‘r M > ^ ^ 5 ^ 2 o I O 14-' — 1?^ 03 ; ^ 8 ^ i ‘fS.cae*-«i o "co 3 « o d jM ^ 1 2 S 4 5 6 7 i 'S 9 10 11 12 L'> 1 1. No. of ejtablishraents coming within the purview of the Act 5 2 11 1 6 4 10 1 5 4 11 1 o 2 Xo. of erapiojees 3,147 660 8,592 84 2,219 1,024 1,034 93 1,885 706 9,307 93 3. No. of establishments having certified standing orders at the beginning of the year 3 2 6 1 3 2 — 1 4 3 G 4. No. of employees 1,442 448 3,904 34 1,442 660 841 — 2,082 740 7,123 T). Estt. having standing No. of Estt. 3 2 8 .— 4 3 6 — 5 3 6 order in respect of all employees at r No. of Emp- the end of the year loyeeslove 1,442 660 7,841 — 2,082 740 7,123 ^ " G. Estt. hiiving standing 1 No. of Estt. orders in respect of only a group "f No. of Em employees at the ployees 34 — 34 end of +Ko reor J SouiiCE I Lnbour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, T able (16.11) ACCIDENTS INDUSTRY-WISE (No. of cases of injuiies in respect of which final compensation paid) lt.»64 1965 1966 Industry -4-j C 03 5- 0; ^ g s a £ S ^ s ^ e ^ £ eS ^ o o 2 — 3 S3 P ^ CQ s cH S w 8 0 10 FACTORIES iS.-nv Mills 87 — 1 121 — 3 AJfirine Euiiine Building and repairing 10 a Kleclric Light and Power Match splints manufacturing Mntor Transport; Air Transport and Ports 2 Manufacture of Plywood ::0 47 II MISCELLANEOUS— Timber Exlraction {(Government) 26 Timber F.straction (Private) Construction Industries 1 S ource: Labour Commissiocer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands T a b le (16.12) AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID—INDUSTRY-WISE 1964 1965 1966 ----- Aw.— , r . _____ -4^ S3 ~ T o t a l 31,500 4,832 3,844 10,800 5,432 6,143 6,000 1,763 .-^,353 So u r c e : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicob ir Islands. T able (16.13) MEMBERSHIP OF WORKERS TRADE UNIONS’ I96;^-64 1964.65 1965-G6^ Si. Name of the Union - ___ A ______------A------No. Men Women Total Men W^oraen Total Men W^omen Total 1 Andatnan Plvwdocl EooJployees Union 64 — 64 91 — 91 G8 — 68 2 W’^IMCO Labour Union 66 — m 66 — 66 37 — 37 3 Andaman For^fc Labour Union 439 — 439 439 — 439 1,062 — 1.062 4 P. W . D. Workers Union 36 — 36 63 63 187 — 187 5 Antlaman S'-irvaj-4fiik/Kirman Vibha^ Mazdoor SaHgh (Affiliated to AITUC) ISO - 180 185 . 185 184 __ 184 6. Sanitary Employees Union 26 — m 48 48 48 — 48 7. Andaman Seamen Union 171 — 171 162 — 162 80 — SO CO 8. Marine Employees Union 60 — 69 104 — 104 255 — 255 9. Gemrnl Workers Union 241 — 241 259 — 259 192 — 11/2 10, Andaman Sarkar Krishak Karamchari Satigb 84 84 175 ___ 175 .) 11, Foiest Employees Welfare Union — ______227 - 227 469 471 13 Forest Employees Union '- — — — ■ " 71 71 " ■ £) T ot a l .,2d2 — 1,292 1,728 1,728 2,828 t» 2,830 * From April to December, 196^. Source : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicubar Islands. T ab le (16.14) GENERAL FUNDS OF REGISTERED UNIONS (In Rs.) 196.3-64 1964-65 1965-66^ 'S o ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF WORKERS UNIONS-INDUSTRY-WISE 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66* ----- ^--- LIABILITIES ASSETS LIABILITIKS ASSETS LIABILITIES ASSETS — ^ ■ ■ -—^ f —I ---- -■ - -- Code of Industry Amount of ‘^ubs- Subs- Amount of Subscrip- Subs- Amount of Subs- Subs- Geueral criptaon Cash cription O^ General tion Cash cription General cription Cash cription " u Funds due due " CO _Q Funds due due Funds due due g s m , Q o ® i i s ^ a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 _ M 25.250 'a'. Saw Mills 2,857 1,957 900 1,701 1,061 640 3,323 2,683 640 25.250 (b) Plywood 556 _ 556 —— 58 — 28 — 30 168 — 138 — 30 or 4.400 (a» ( i) Construction 603 ___ 603 _ __ 88 — 88 —— 52 — 52 ___ — Industry 0.522 Sanitary Service 967 — 967 — — 522 — 522 •— — 522 — 522 —— 7.716 (a) Steamer 723 — 723 —— 664 — 464 — 200 905 — 705 — 200 Service 7.716 (d) Work in Ports 584 — 584 ___ 416 — 316 — 100 419 — 319 — 100 and Docks 3 1.319 (d ) Matches 417 ____ 417 ___ — _———— 13 — 13 —— 31 319 (g) Others 1,182 ___ 1,182 _ ___ 274 — 274 —— 273 — 273 — 0.010 ^a) Agriculture — ——— 92 — 92 —— 415 — 415 —— — 0.021 Forestry — — — — — 38 — 38 —— 28 — 28 — TOTAL 7.789 — 6.«89 — 900 3,853 2,883 — 970 6,118 — 5,148 — 970 From April to December, 1965. Source ; Registrar of Trade Unions, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (1 6 .1 6 ) WORKS COMMITTEES SI. No. Item 1962 196?. 1964 1965 1966' 1. No. of works committees to be formed 6 18 •20 22 23 2. No. of workers to be covered by works- committees in (1) above 2,833 6,706 13,729 14,658 14,222 3. No. of works committees actually formed and functioning 4 6 11 13 14 4. No. of workers covered by works commit tees in (3) above 2,086 3,814 8,384 9,913 9,893 os S o u r c k t Labour Commissioner, Andaman nnd Nicobar Island.s. SECT I OH -17 EMPLOYMENT T ab le (17.1) DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION'S EMPLOVEF.S AS ON 31ST MARCH, 1900 Jiegular Non-Regular ^ Q SI. 1i 'P '-ri S So X! 1 ; Daily Rated Total jN on-Gazet Gazetted 1 c£ ej i-, o Oj w No. Name of Departirient/Offiee -5 i Workers to - ted J ...... "c ^ ^ g — s Class Class Class Class ^ i Class Class o o o IV II O 1 III I ^ S O i 1 n i IV 1j Ph O- 03 i> 10 11 12 !-• CO 1. Chief Commissioner's Secretariat 152 89 6 6 — — —— 252 1.42 2. Forest Depaitment 239 154 8 12 11 1,386 153 2,761 4,724 26.69 O. Deputy Commissioner's Office 96 87 1 2 55 .— — 34 275 1.65 4. Police Department 885 394 ] 4 —— — — 1,284 7.25 5. Public Works Department 413 140 10 34 1,301 3,365 — 2,520 7,783 43.97 6. Medical Department 171 366 1 16 55 27 — 636 3.59 7. Office oF the Harbour Master (Shipping) 29 5 1 — — — — 35 0.20 S. Education Department 471 140 — 4 — ■— — — 615 3.47 9. Agriculture Department 6L 18 1 4 228 — — 96 408 2.31 10. Office of the Marine Engineer 58 25 — — — 33 96 293 505 2.85 11. Office of the Transport Officer 107 75 —- — 1 — ~ — 183 1.04 12. Office of the Registrar of Co-opera tive Societies 16 8 — 1 ———— 25 0.14 13. Fisheries Department 13 9 — 1 — ■— — ' — 23 0.13 14. Cotage Industrres Office 28 24 —- ‘— 1 — 53 0.30 1 i2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 U 15. Office of the Block Development Officer, South Andaman 18 4 1 — 2 25 0.14 16. Office of the Block Development Officer Car Nicobar 18 4 1 7 30 0.17 17. Electricity Department 55 23 1 — — —- — 38 117 0.66 IS. Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 16 30 1 296 343 1.94 19. Office of the Labour Commissioner 8 8 — 5 — — — — 21 0.12 20. Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Mayabnnder 34 16 1 18 — 8 77 0.44 21. Office of the Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar 7 5 1 2 — — 4 19 0.11 ■ 22. Office of the Live-Stock Officer 15 71 1 87 0.49 23. Office of the Supply Officer 13 27 — 1 — 3 — — 44 0.2 5 — ---- — - — 0.15 24. Office of the Treasury Officer 15 10 1 1 27 or 25. Office of the Superintendent, O District Jail 24 5 2 - 31 0.18 2G. Office of the Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department 13 5 1 __ _ _ 19 0.11 27. Office of the Block Development Officer, North Andaman 14 7 1 2 _ - 24 0.14 28. Office of the Block Development Officer, Middle Andaman 12 9 1 _ _ _ 22 0.13 20. Office of the Block Development Officer, Nancowrie 10 oO 13 0.07 GRAND TOTAL ,011 1,761 30 100 1,969 4,823 250 5,756 17,700 100.00 Source : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. T a b l e (17.2) i:>T^TRTBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINFSTBATION’S EMPLOYEI^S (INCLUDTNG WOKKCHAKGKD PERSONNEL, STAFF PAID FROM CONTINGENCIES, CASUAL LABOUR ETC.j ACCOPvDING TO BASIC PAY RANGES AS ON 31ST MARCH, I960. f i i I 1 81. 0-75 75- 100- 150- 200- (300- 400- i500- i750- 1lOOJ- i 1500- 2000- 2500- 1 3000& Total No. i Departmient/Office 100 150 200 300 I 400 500 ' 750 1000 ; 1500 i 2000 2500 3000 j above i i j i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8~^ 9 iO 11 ~ 12 ^ i¥ " 14 15 16 17 1. C. C.’s Secretariat 32 57 98 21 28 4 4 t __ 3 — i — — 252 2. Forest Department 2,183 1,793 562 104 44 12 14 6 4 I 1 —— — 4,724 3. Office of the Deputy _ Commissioner 90 46 119 10 6 2 1 I _ _ _ 275 4,. Police Department 89 908 160 38 66 12 6 — 4 I ———— 1,2 17. Electricity Department ... 22 39 34 12 5 — 4 __ 1 — —— — — 117 18. Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force ... — 62 269 9 1 — 1 1 19. Office of the labour Commissioner 4 4 8 — — 1 4 — — — — —— — 21 20. Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder 32 23 11 5 3 2 1 — 77 21. Office of the Addi. Deputy Commissioner,Car Nieobar... 6 3 7 ———— 2 1 — —— — . — 19 22. Office of the Live-Stock Officer 19 49 9 1 5 2 1 1 23. Office of the Supply Officer 11 15 13 2 1 1 ~ 1 24. Office of the Treasury Officer ... 47844 7 8 4 31— 3 1 — ~ — — ^ — 27 25. Office of the Supdt., District Jail ... 2 22 6 — 31 26. Office of the Accounts Officer, Marine & Shipping Department ... 3 2 7 3 2 1 — 1 — — — — 19 27. Office of the B.D.O., North Andaman ... 28535 — 1 — — — — — — — 24 28. Office of the B.D.O., Middle Andaman ... — 9 7 1 4 — 1 — — — — — — — 22 29. Office of the B.D.O., Nancowrie 3 3 5 — 2 — — — — — — — — 18 TOTAL ... 8,782 4,885 2,726 650 389 108 80 47 22 3 7 1 — — 17,700 Source : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. T a b l e (17.3) DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION’S EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING WORKCHARGED PERSONNEL, STAFF PAID FROM CONTINGENCIES, CASUAL LABOUR ETC.,) ACCORDING TO TOTAL EMOLUMENTS AS ON 31ST MARCH, 1966. Si. Department/Office 0-75 75- 100. 150- 200- 300- 400- 500- 750- 1000- 1500- 2000- 2500- 3000 & Total No. 100 150 200 300 400 500 750 1000 1500 2000 2500 30G0 above 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1. C. C.’s Secretariat. 10 86 68 36 23 13 8 2 3 2 — 1 — 252 2. Forest Department. 1 293 3,384 492 170 40 15 20 4 3 2 — — — 4,724 3. Office of the Deputy 56 — 116 61 26 9 3 2 — 1 1 — — — 275 Commissioner, 4. Police Department. __ 790 350 85 11 29 14 3 2 - . - — — 1,284 5. Public Works Deptt. 331 .,749 4,783 486 253 60 73 32 8 5 2 1 — — 7,783 6. Office of the Harbour — 4 16 8 4 — 2 — — 1 — — — 35 00 Master. 7. Medical Department. 18 45 385 85 32 33 16 10 5 6 1 ~ — — 636 8. Education Department. 80 78 237 134 46 20 15 4 1 — —, — — — 615 9. Agriculture Department. 96 245 25 18 9 5 6 2 2 — — — — 408 10, Office of the Marine 30 249 101 91 27 4 3 — — 505 Engineer. 11 Office of the Transport 1 75 22 83 1 1 — — 183 Officer 12. Office ol the Registrar, — 8 4 3 4 5 1 — — 25 Co-operative Societies. 13. Fisheries Department, ^1-- 9 3 5 1 4 _ _ 1 —— _ — — 23 14. Office of the Cottage 1 23 14 8 2 4 1 — — 53 Industries Officer. 15. Office of the Block 3 5 7 3 5 1 1 Development Officer, S/A 16. Office ol the B.D.O ^ 7 12 2 6 1 3 Car Nicobar, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7', 8" 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 I 7. Electricity Pepartment — _ 59 33 12 8 - 4 _- 1 __ ——— 117 18. Oflfice of the Controller, — — 311 20 9 1 — 1 1 —— — — — 343 Andaman Labour Force. 19. Office of the Labour — — 8 3 5 ——’ 4 i —— — — — 21 Commissioner. 20. Office of the Assistant 18 29 10 14 3 2 1 77 Commissioner, Mayabunder. 2L Office of the Addl. 1 1 8 6 1 2 19 Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar. 22. Office of the Live-Stock — 68 •5 5 6 1 1 1 — — — — — 87 Officer. 23. Office of the Supply Officer, — .— 26 13 3 — 1 1 44 24. Office of the Treasury 1 1 3 8 8 2 3 I 27 Officr. 25. Office of the Superinten — — 18 9 3 —— 1 — ———— 31 dent, District Jail 26. Office of the Accounts 4 4 5 2 2 1 1 19 Officer, Marine and Shippint? Department. 27. Office of the Block 3 7 4 4 5 1 2 i Development Officer, North Andaman. 2S. Office of the Block 9 3 4 4 1 1 22 Development Officer, Middle Andaman. 29. Office of the B.D.O., _ 6 3 0 13 Nan cowrie. T ot AT, 506 2,618 10,967 1,985 952 283 201 121 30 26 9 1 1 — 17,700 S o u r c e : Statistical Bnrean, Andaman and Njeobar Administration. T a b le ( 17.4) DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION'S EMPLOYEES (REGULAR) BY SEX AND CLASS OF APPOINTMENT a S O N ;UST MARCH, I'DGC. Gazetted Non-Gazetted Class IV A11 Classes I SI Department/Odiee | No. ; ^lales Females Total Males Females j Total Males Females ! Total j Males j Females Total , ' 1 i 1 ! 1 i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • 1. Chief Commissioner's Secretariat 11 11 147 5 152 S9 89 247 5 252 O r CFt ’Z. Forest Department 20 — •20 0 -2:^9 154 — 154 407 6 413 Deputy Commissione]-^s OfBce 3 — 3 91 5 96 87 — 87 181 5 186 4. Police Department r> — 5 885 — 885 394 — 394 1,:>84 — 1,284 5. Public Works Department 44 44 388 26 413 140 — 140 572 25 597 — 0. 0 fli ee o£ the H arbour.Master 1 — 1 29 — 29 5 5 35 — 35 i . Medical Department 16 1 17 120 51 171 242 124 366 378 176 654 8. Edneation Uepartment S 1 4 40:^ 68 471 I'.’J 3 140 543 7 a 615 i). Agriculture Depanment 6 — 5 58 3 G1 18 — 18 81 3 84 10. Qtiice of the Marine Engineer 55 3 58 25 25 80 3 S3 11. Transport Office _------— 107 :— 107 75 — 75 182 — 182 12. Office of the Re^istiar, Co operative Societies 1 1 15 1 16 8 _ 8 24 1 25 — i o. Fisheries Department 1 ------1 I.^ —. 18 9 — 9 33 23 Ik Cottage Industries Office _ ------•24 . 4 28 24 — 24 48 4 32 15. Office of the Block Develop ment Otlicer, South Andaman 1 —- 1 14 4 18 4 _ 4 19 4 23 1 Z 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16. Office of the Block Develop ment Officer, Car Nicobar 15 3 18 4 4 19 3 22 17. Electricity Department 1 — 1 54 1 65 23 — 23 78 1 79 18. Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 1 . 1 16 - 16 30 _ 30 47 47 19. Office of the Labour Commissioner 5 -6 7 1 8 8 8 20 1 21 20. Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder 1 _ 1 34 34 16 ----- 16 51 >— 51 21. Office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar 3 3 6 1 7 5 ___ _ 5 14 1 15 32. Office of the Live-Stock Officer 1 1 14 1 15 71 ____ 71 86 1 87 2;^. Office of the Supply Officer 1 — 1 11 2 13 24 3 27 36 5 41 M 24. Office of the Treasury O Officer 1 1 15 15 10 , 10 26 — 26 25. Office of the Superintendent, District Jail _ __ 22 2 24* 5 ___ 5 27 2 29 26. Office of the Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipp ing Department 1 1 12 1 13 5 5 18 1 19 27. Offict of the Block Develop ment Officer, North Andaman 1 _ 1 13 1 14 7 ----- 7 21 1 2 28. Office of the Block Develop 09 ment Officer, Middle Andaman 1 1 11 1 12 9 9 21 I 29. Office of the Block Develop ment Officer, Nancowrie —— 10 — 10 3 — 3 13 — 13 Total 128 2 1:30 2,822 189 3,011 1,631 130 1,761 4,581 321 4,902 Source : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. T able (17.5) DISTRIBUTIONPF ANDAMAN AND NTCOBAR ADMINISTRATION'S EMPLOYEl^S (REGULAR) ' ACCORDING TO MARITAL STATUS AS ON Mst MARCH, 1966 Gazetted Non-Gazetted Class IV All Classes T3 SI. Depai tnfleot/Office ■-a c ’-d No. 5 3 _ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 1. C. C.'’s Secretariat 10 1 11 98 59 152 67 22 89 170 83 252 '2. Forest Department 19 1 20 211 28 239 133 21 154 363 50 413 Deputy Commissioner's Office 3 — 8 70 26 96 43 44 87 116 70 186 4. Police Department b — 5 670 215 885 301' 93 394 976 308 1,284 r>. Public Works Department 44 — 44 218 195 413 90 50 140 352 245 597 6. Harbour Master’s Office 1 — 1 25 4 29 5 —. 5 31 4 35 7. Medical Department 17 — 17 108 63 17L 260 106 366 385 169 654 8. liducation Department 4 — 4 240 231 471 60 80 140 304 311 615 9. Auriciilture Department 5 —- 5 42 19 61 14 4 18 61 23 84 10., Marine Knoineer^s Office —- — —- 52 6 58 23 ■7 25 75 8 83 IL Tian^port Office —. —- 82 25 107 47 2S 75 129 53 182 1'2. Office of the Registrar, Co-operative Societies 1 — 1 12 4 16 5 3 8 18 7 25 1:3. Pisheriesj Department 1 — 1 7 • 6 13 8 1 9 16 7 23 14. Cottage Industries Office , — -——• 25 3 28 19 5 24 44 8 52 15. Office of the Block Development Officer, South Andaman X 1 13 5 18 5 1 4 17 6 23 1 2 ^ 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16. Office of the Block Development OSieer, Car Nieobar — — — 16 2 IS 1 4 19 3 22 17. Electricity Department 1 — 1 34 21 55 21 2 23 56 23 79 lb . Office of the Controller, Andaman Jjabour Force 1 — 1 15 1 16 26 4 30 42 5 47 l^^f. Labour Commissioner's Office 4 1 5 5 3 8 3 5 8 12 9 21 20. Office of the Asst. Commissioner, Mayabunder 1 — 1 24 10 34 13 3 16 38 13 51 ^1. Office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Car iSicobar 3 — 3 4 7 .V 3 5 9 6 15 Office of the Live-Stock Officer 1 —M 1 11 4 16 48 23 71 GO 27 87 Office of the Supply Officer — 1 1 5 8 13 23 4 27 28 13' 41 -4. Office of the Treasury Officer 1 1 11 4 15 6 4 10 20 6 26 25. Office of the Superintendent, Oi 00 District Jail — —— 24 .— 24 5 — 5 29 — 29 26. Offi’ce of the Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department 1 ,— 1 9 4 13 5 — 5 15 4 19 -7. Office of the Block Development Officer, North Andaman 1 — 1 7 7 14 5 2 i 13 9 22 2S. Office of the Block Development Officer, Middle Andaman 1 1 S 4 1-2 4 5 9 • 13 9 22 29. Office of the Block Development 0 Officer, Nancowrie — — — 0 8 10 1 3 3 10 13 TOTAL 1-26 4 130 2,043 968 3,011 1,243 .518 1,761 3,414 1,488 4,902 Source ; Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T able (17.6] SANCTIONED STRENGTH AND FILLED IN POSTS IN RESPECT OF ANDAMAN AND NIOOBAR ADMINISTRATION'S EMPLOYEES AS ON 3ist MARCH, 1966. Non-Gazetted. Gazetted Class I I I Class TV Class I Class II . .. _ A . ... ______K______Department/Office ( - ( No. Sanctioned Filled Sanctioned' Filled Sanctioned Filled”^ Sanctioned Filled Strength in Posts Strength ill Posts Strength in Posts Strength in Posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ox CO 1 Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat. 153 152 89 89 5 5 6 6 2 Forest Department. 253 239 165 154 8 8 12 12 ^ Deputy Commissioner’s Office. 98 96 87 87 1 1 2 2 4 Police Department. 1,008 885 400 394 1 i 5 4 5 Public W'orks Department. 4^29 41?, 145 140 10 10 34 34 (> Harbour Mastei'’s Office. 29 2 0 5 5 1 I — 7 Medical Department, 214 171 403 3G6 I 1 33 16 8 Education Department. 487 471 152 140 —— 4 4 Agriculture Depaitment. 69 61 19 18 L 1 5 4 10 Maiine Engineer's Office, 60 53 26 25 — — — — 11 Office of the Transport Officer. 107 107 75 75 — — —— l:i Office of the Registrar^ Co-operative Societies. 21 10 8 8 — 1 1 13 Fisheries Department. 14 1-3 9 9 — — 1 1 14 Cottage Industries Office. 29 28 26 24 — — 1 — 15 Officer of the Block Development Officer, South Andaman. 27 ■ 18 ■ 4 4 —. — 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 16 Office of the Block Development Officer, Car Nicobar. 18 18 4 4 17 Electricity Department. 59 55 67 23 1 1 -— — 18 Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force. 17 16 30 SO -— — 1 1 19 Labour Commissioner's Office. 9 8 8 8 —— 5 5 20 Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder. 34 34 19 16 — — 1 1 21 Office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar. 9 7 5 5 1 1 2 2 23 Office of the Live-Stock Officer. 16 15 74 71 — — 1 I 23 Office of the Supply Officer. 17 13 27 27 —— 1 1 24 Office of the Treasury Officer. 16 15 10 10 •— — 1 1 a 25 Office of the Superintendent, o District Jail. 24 24 5 5 -— — — ■— 26 Office of the Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department. 13 13 5 5 — 1 1 27 Office of the Block Development Officer, North Andaman. 25 14 9 7 — 1 1 28 Office of the Block Development Officer, Middle Andaman, 23 12 9 9 ----- — ■ I 1 29 Office of the Block Development Officer, Nancowrie. 14 10 9 3 —— ---- TOTAL 3,293 3,011 1,894 1,761 30 30 120 100 S ource : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. SECTIOH-18 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT T a b l e (18 . 1 ) FIV E YEAR P L 4 N S ...... ALLOTMENT (JSs. in lakhs) A A A r~ ...... A ( SI. Second Percentage Third Percentage Annual Plan Percentage No. Sector Plan to Total Plan to Total (1966-«7) to Total (Budget) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Agricultural Programmes 246.150 40.8 253.788 •25.9 17.056 9.0 2. Co-operation and Community 10.960 1.8 31.980 3.3 11.650 6.2 Development 00 3. Irrigation and Power 9.000 L5 14.350 L5 9.100 4 8 4. Industry and Mining 7.000 1.2 14,760 1.5 1.176 0.6 5, Transport and Communications 240.000 39.8 514.000 52 5 109.559 58.0 6. Social Services 86.620 14.3 182.890 13.5 38.150 20.2 7. Miscellaneous 3.405 0.6 17.552 1.8 2.345 l .l \ T o tal 603.135 100.0 979.320 100.0 189.036 100.0 SoufiCB; Chief Commissioner's Seeretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. 164 T a b l e (1 8 .2 ) SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN-ALLOTMENT AND EXPENDITfJRE (Rs. in Lakhs) Sl.No. Head Plan Expenditure Percentage provision (195&?61) of col. 4 (1956-61) over col. 3 I 2 3 4 5 1. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES: (i) Agricultural Production 20.00 11.16 55.80 (ii) M i nor Irrigation 6.60 0.01 0.15 (iii^ Soil Conservation •^5.60 0.42 7.50 (iv) Animal Husbandry 3.80 2.00 52.63 (v) Dairying & Milk Supply 5 00 0.17 3.40 (vi) Fisheries 1.76 2.36, 134.86 (viij Forests 80.00 12.37] 15.46 (viii) Land Resettlement and Colonisation 330.00 91.17» 70.13 TOTAL 262.65 119.66 47.36 2. CO-OPERATION &C. DEVELOPMENT; (i) Co-operation 0.75 0.77 102.67 (ii) Community Development 10.21 1L60 113.61 (iii) Panchayats TOTAL 10.96 12.37 112.86 3. IRRIGATION & POWER; (i) Irrigation (ii) Flood Control (iii) Power 2.50 0.92 36.80 TOTAL 2.50 0.92 36.80 4. INDUSTRY & M IN IN G : (i) Large and Medium Industries (ii) Mineral Development 7.00 3.19 46.57 (iii) Village & Small Industries TOTAL 7.00 3.19 45.67 165 5. TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS: (i) Roads 85.00 80.90 95.18 (ii) Road Transport 1.00 1.26 126.00 (iii) Ports and Harbours — — — (iv) Other Transport (Shipping) 154.00 99.01 64.29 (v) Tourism —— —' TOTAL 240.00 181.17 75.49 6. SOCIAL SERVICES : (i) General Education 27.40 11.02 40.22 (ii) Technical Education & Scientific Research — —. — (iii) Cultural Programmes — — — (iv) Health 25.30 11.32 44.74 (v) Housing and Urban Development 32.92 23.86 72.48 (vi) Welfare of Backward Glasses LOO 0.46 40.00 (vii) Social W elfare — ,— — (viiij Labour & Labour Welfare — — — TOTAL 86.62 46.66 * 53.87 7, MISCELLANEOUS : (i) Statistics --- — (ii) Information and Publicity 0.60 0.44 73.33 (iii) Local Bodies 2.00 —— (iv) Other* 0,81 0.46 56.79 TOTAL 3.41 0.90 26.39 GRAND TOTAL 603.14 364.87 60.fi0 Including Land Development. S ource : Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. T a ble (1 8 .S ) / THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN-ALLOTMENT AND EXPENDITURE {Rs, in laTchs) Third Five Year Plan Annual Plan— 1966-67 SI. Head/Sub-head Plan Expenditure Percentage Builget for Expenditure Percentage No. Provision of col. 4 1066-67 1966-§7 of col. 7 1961-66 over col. 3 (P) over Cul. 6 1 -2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I. Agricultural Programmes 253.788 130.485 51.41 17.056 9.908 58.09 1-* 05 1. Agricultural production 53.947 33.575 62.24 6.024 3.227 53.57 Oi 2. Minor Irrigation — — — 0 557 —— 3. Soil Conservation 9.983 2.526 25 30 0.009 — 4. Animal Husbandry 4.420 6 927 156.72 1077 0.449 41.69 5. Dairyiogand Milk-Supply 3.500 - 0.054 1.54 0.400 — — 6. Forests 66.818 43.985 77.41 7.552 5 941 78.67 7. Pishen'es 14.770 5.474 37.06 1.446 0.282 19 50 8. Ware-bousing and Marketing ——— — —— 9. Land He'settlement and Colonisation 110.350 37.944 34.39 — _ — II. Co-operation & Community Development 31.980 30.155 94.29 11.650 10.206 87.60 1 Co-operation 3.960 7.425 187.50 2.358 .1860 163.70 2. Community Development 25.020 20.453 81.75 8.832 6 046 6S.46 3. Panchayats 3.000 2 277 75.90 0.460 0.300 65.22 III. Irrigation and Power ^ 14.350 11.521 80.29 9.100 5.428 59.65 1. Power U..350 11 521 80.29 9.100 5 428 59.65 IV. Industry an.l Mining 14.760 10.362 70.20 1.176 1.496 127.21 1. Village and Small Industries 13.820 9.413 70.67 1.176 1.496 127.21 2. Industry (Metric system) 1.440 0.949 65.90 — — — V. Transport and Communications 514.000 323.036 (52.85 109.559 51 812 47.29 1. lloads 238.000 251.048 105.48 56 157 40.823 72.69 2. Road Transport 10 000 9.099 90.99 1.821 2.316 127.18 3. Ports and Htitbours — — 26 981 2 177 8.07 4. Other Tr.insport (Shipping) 263.000 59.643 22.67 24.600 6.474 26.32 5. Tourism 3.000 3.246 108.20 — 0.022 — VI. Social Services 132 890 I2I.80O 91.69 38.150 33,305 87'30 1. General Educatidn 56.760 57.892 101.99 18 830 18.960 100 69 2. Health 50 750 57.305 112.91 161.962 13.476 79.45 3. Housing 16.000 0.694 4.34 0.954 0.007 0.73 4. Welfare of Back-ward Classes 6 600 4.2G6 f:6.09 0.879 0.717 81.57 a 0. Social VV elf a re 0.100 —— O.l'iO —— -3 6. Labour and Labour Welfare 2 780 1.663 59.82 0.385 0.145 37.66 V I. Miscellaneous 17.552 8.793 50.10 2.345 L180 50.32 1. Statistics 0.410 0.220 53.66 0.110 — — 3. Information and Publicity 3.000 0.450 15.00 0.235 0-178 75.74 3 Local Bodies 10.358 7.117 68.71 1.780 1.000 56.18 4. Others ,3.781- 1.006 2d.59 0.220 0.002 00.91 Grand Total 979.320 636.202 64.96 189.036 113.335 59.95 1. Development of Minor Ports 42.580 16.137 37.89 - _ _ ■ Rural Water-Supply 5.000 4.968 99.36 — — — 3 Miscellaneous Housing Scheme — 11.321 ———— — 4. Centrallj sponsored Schemes* — — 2.025 — — * (Includes devebpment of Consunier Co*operative Stores and improyement of Soil condition). P = Provisional. 168 T a b l e (18.4) BLOCKS AT A GLANCE—1966-67 § ‘C CQ e: Item I s a 8 a « l l j OT 1 2 3 4 5 6 ■ 1. Block Headquarters Wimber- Big- Diglipur Eangat Kamo* leygunj lapati rta 2. Villages covered 84 15 30 4S 145 3% Populafcioa served-1961 Census 16,729 9,869 6,199 7,190 4,673 4, Seed Multiplication Farms — — 1 — A, Fruit Trees Planted 8,632 320 3,690 4.90a 78 6. Agricultural Demonstration Centres —— 3 — 2 7. Veterinary Dispensaries Functioning* (a) Pull Fledged 1 1 3 1 (b) Peripatetic or Stockmen Centres 6 2 2 3 2 8. SCHOOLS 36 11 26 27 14 9. Scholars (a) Bojs 1,049 635 671 1,197 216 (b) Girls 733 29S 415 736 91 Total 1,782 827 1,086 1,933 307 10. Teachers (a) Male 64 30 88 50 19 (b) Female 16 9 2 9 1 Total 80 39 40 59 20 11. Literacy Centre^j Functioning 3 15 6 10 1 12. Reading Rooms and Libraries Functioning 50 10 3 14 1 13. Youth Clubs ftinctioning 20 14 28 — 2 14. Membership in Youth Clubs 500 150 709 — 30 15. Cultural Centres —.—— 5 —. 16. Mahila Samities/Mandals functioning 3 14 2 8 — 17. Membership in (16) 75 243 28 125 — 18. Credit Co-operative Societies functioning 13 — 8 7 — 19. Farming Co-operative Societies functioning 11 __ 3 20. Others (including Multipurpose Co-operatives) 19 19 5 10 13 21. Membership in (18) 1,025 — 241 246 — 2S. Membership in (19) 231 - — 41 —• 23. Membership in (20) 1,172 75$ 1,125 2,509 304 SouECE : 1. Block Development Officer, S/A 2. Block Development Officer, C/N 3. Block Development Officer, N /A 4. Block Development Officer, M/A 5. Block Development Officer, Nancowrie. T able (18.5) PROGRESS OF PLAN EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF C. D. BLOCKS (In Rs. Lakhs) Name of Block 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1986-67 (P) 1 2 3 4 5 South Andaman Block 0.892 1.000 1.007 0.940 CO05 Car Nicobar Block 1.092 1.145 2.492 0.856 Rangat Block 0.033 2.606 2.698 1.365 Diglipur Block 0.033 0.681 2.048 2.043 Nancowrie Block 0,014 0.046 0.146 0.842 T otal 2.064 5.477 8.391 6.046 P = Provisional. SoVBCE : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SEDTIOM-19 f o o d g r a in s a n d p r ic e s T a b u (19.1) WHOLESALE PRICES OF FOOD-GRAINS AT PORT BLAIR DUEING 1966. {In Rs. per 100 Kg.) Month Local Rice Govt. Stock of Foodgrains Wheat Atta Flour per bag of Sort I Coarse Kice 75 per Kg. 1 2 3 4 5 6 January 120.00 76.08 65.13 #8.68 66.00 February 120.00 ^ 76.08 65.13 6S.68 66.00 March 115.00 76 08 68.13 68.«8 66.00 April 115.00 76.08 65.13 68.68 66.00 00 May 125.00 76.08 65.15 68.68 66.00 June 125.00 79.23 65.13 68 68 66.00 July 125 00 79.23 66.13 68.68 66.00 August 160.00 79.23 65.13 68.68 66.00 September 160.00 79.23 65.13 68.68 66.00 October 180.00 79.23 65’.13 08.68 66.00 November 180.00 79.23 71.43 77.49 66.00 Deeeihber 175 00 88.68 ' 71.43 77.49 66.0§ S oubce : Supply Officer, Andamftn and Nicobar Islands. m T a ble (19.3) RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD-STUPFS PRBVAILINQ AT DIFFERENT CENTRES DURING I9d6 IN ANDAMA^ AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (M o n t h l y A v e r a g e ) Price in Rupee per Kilogram Items Port Blair Mayabunder Rangat Diglipur Car Nicobar 1 2 a 4 « 6 A . CEREALS 1. Rice (Finf') 1.41 — 1.65 — — 2. Rioe (Medium) — 1.16 — 1.10 0.87 3. Rice (Coarse) 0.81 0.85 0.95 0.89 0.83 4. Atta 0.73 0.79 0.81 0.93 0.75 5. Maida 0.95 0.12 1.07 1.27 0.99 6. Wheat 0.69 —— — B. PULSES 1. Moong Dal 1.55 1.59 1.59 1.75 1.69 2. Masoor Dal 1.45 — 1.49 1.65 1.58 3. Urai Dal 1.53 I 59 1.57 L60 L58 4. Arhar Dal 1.28 1.44 1.48 1.67* 1.40 5. Ghana Dal 1.45 1.59 1.65 1.83 1.59 C. EDIBLE OILS I. Mustard Oil 4.84 5.39 5.28 6.05 6.51 £. Coconut Oil 6.60 7.08 6.98 7.50 — 3. Groundnut Oil 4.96 614 5.26 6.02 3.89 4. Vegetable Ghee 7.7-J 6.00 6.13 6.52 7.40 D. OTHERS • 1. Chillies 6.10 5.97 5.89 - 7.18 3.76 2. Onions 0.80 0.94 0.85 1.23 0.65 3. Potatoes 1.18 1.36 1.19 1.53 1.06 4. Salt 0.29 0.43 0.36 0.56 0.20 5. Sugar 1.52 1.61 1.64 1.73 1.64 6. Gur (Molasses) 1.25 1.41 1.31 1.07 L37 7. Tea (Loose) 8.20 8.75 9.05 10.00 12.61 8. Fish (Big) 1.70 1.43 1.43 1.50 — (Small) 1.28 123 1.29 — 9. Meat 7.00 5.80 6.00 6.00 — 10. Milk (Per litre) 1.25 1.00 LOO — — 11. Eggs (No. per Rupee) 3 4 4 5 ' “*■ — = Not available. S ou rce : 1. Supply OfRcer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. Tabsildars, Mayabunder, Rangat & Diglipnr 3. Addl. Deputy Commissioner, A. & N. Islands, ('ar Nicobar. 175 Table (19.3) A. TREND OF RETAIL PRICES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES AT PORT BLAIR (Base 1963 = 100) Serial Comraodity 1964 1965 1966 No. FOOD.&HAINS L Rice (coarse, unbroken, unboiled, 97.6 liO.6 141.2 local, old) „ Medium-unbroken, local, old 91.0 104.5 156.2 ,, Par-boiled, Medium, local 91.6 107.2 200.0 ,, American, Med. Raw 100.0 UZJ —^ ■ 2. Wheat 100.0 115.1 130.2 PULSES 3. Arhar Dal 126.7 147.5 127.7 4. Urad Dal 102.8 121.7 144.3 5. Moong'Dal 133.7 158.7 167.4 6. Masoor Dal 130.1 153.8 157.0 7. (iram 128.6 180.5 203.9 EDIBLE OILS 8. M ustard Oil 119.5 135.6 150.9 9., CJingelY Oil 108.5 131.0 156.1^ 10. Groundnut Oil 116.1 139.9 197.6 IL Coconut Oil 100.3 132.8 165.3 12. Vanaspathi 106.9 121.6 163.2 OTHER FOOD ARTICLES 13. Chee 103.5 120.5 138.9 14. Milu 104.5 104.5 109.9 15. Eggs 111.9 109.8 118.7 10. Fish 100.0 101.7 114.3 17. Meat 111.7 127.2 130.4 l8g Ct* otatoes 131.9 137.5 158.3 19. Onions 107.9 120.« 127.0 20. Banana 100.0 114.0 124.0 21. Sugar 105.9 107.4 111.8 22. <7ur 109.1 103.3 103,3 23. Salt 103.4 103.4 100.0 24. D rj Chillies 102.0 105.4 145.7 25. Dry Corriander 133.9 222,2 223.9 26. Tamarind 101.1 111.4 142.9 27. Turmeric 109.9 143.3 158.7 28. B. B. Tea 98.8 100.0 100.8 29. CoJffee Powder 108.1 118.6 118.6 FUEL SO. Kerosene Oil 95,4 101.1 105.7 31. Charcoal 100.0 100.0 100.0 32. Fire-wood 100,0 100,0 100.0 33, Matches-Wimeo 100.0 100.0 112.5 176 SI. Commodity 1964 1965 1966 No. 34. Dhoti 5 yards 100.0 101.9 126.2 4 100.0 101.7 120.3 55 ^ >» 0 100.0 104.7 136.4 5 5 J> 35. Saree 100.0 86.0 138.5 36. Shirting 135.8 136.7 165.6 37. Coating 121.3 109.0 163.8 38. Drills 91.3 95.4 113.1 39. Print for blouses 100.0 102.8 120.0 40. Long Cloth 100.0 103.6 137.6 41.. Towels 105.2 11L8 156.8 42. Bed sheets 100.0 108.7 144.4 43. Chappals 100.0 101.8 m . \ STATlONi^RY 44. Pencil (Zippy) 100.0 105.6 138.9 „ (Ajanta) 100.0 i n . i 166.7 45. Ink (Parkar) 100.0 100.0 104.8 „ (Rain-bow) 100.0 103.9 131.6 46. Paper 100.0 100.0 100.0 CHEMICAL AND DRUGS 114.7 47. Washing Soda. 100.0 106.7 100.0 48. Anacine 100.0 100.0 100.0 49. Elkosin 100.0 100.0 TOILET GOODS 50. Washing soap 108.3 111.5 122.3 51. Toilet soap (Mysore Sandal) 100.0 100.0 — (Lnx) 101.8 105.5 118.2 (Life Buoy) 100.0 10».5 116.4 62. Hair Oil 100.0 108.0 142.9 53. Razor Blades (Painama) 10L7 101.7 101.7 „ (6 Morning) 100.0 loa.o 120.0 64. Tooth Paste 110.6 150.6 n u — = Not available B. GROUP-WISE INDEX NO. OP RETAIL PRICES AT PORT BLAIR (Base 1963 = 100) SI. GROUP 1964 1965 1966, No. 1. Food 108.5 123.3 140.6 2. Clothing and Footware 103.9 104.6 134.« 3. Fuel 98.8 100.2 104.4 4. Miscellaneous . 101.4 106.4 121.2 5. All Groups (combined) 105.3 114-0 132.1 (Based on Geometric Mean) SouucE ; Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 177 T a ble (1 9 .4 ) AVERAGE ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICE OP MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS AT PORT BLAIR {In Hg. per lOo Kg.) MILK GHEE BUTTER CREAM ------A___ 2 3 4 6 8 10 11 1-2 1962-63 107 107 80 94 54 684 938 858 913 760 N.8. 1963-64 120 120 N.S. 120 N.S. 737 1287 1180 N.S. N.S. N.S. 1964-65 120 120 N.S. 120 N.S. 1072 1287 965 N.S. N.S. N.S. 1965-66 123 123 N.S. 123 N.S, 1100 1300 1200 N.S. N.S. N.S. 196«-67 150 150 N.S. 150 N.S. 1100 1400 1200 N.S. N.S. N.S. N.S. = Not Sold. S ource : Live-Stock Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (19.5) AVERAGE ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICE OF MEAT OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS AT PORT BLAIR (In Us. per too Venison Buffaloe Sheep Goat Pig 1962-63 214 214 536 636 214 1963-64 268 214 N.S 643 268 19^-65 247 188 N.S 590 1965-66 300 200 N.S 673 200 1966-67 300 300 ■N.S 800 300 N.S. = Not Sold. S o u r ce : Live-Stock Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T abxe (19.6) AVKItAGi^ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICES OP POULTRY BY TYPE OF BIKDS AT PORT BLAIR (In Ils.) Average price per unit JL. t Type of bird Specification 1963 1964 1965 1966 FowU Adult (each) 5.50 5.50 10.00 10.00 Chjeken (,,) 2.50 :1.76 3.00 5.00 Ducks Adult (each) 5.00 41.50 8.00 8.00 Chicken („) 3.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 Geese Adult (each) lb 00 20.00 20.00 40.00 Chicken („) 6.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 SoUECE: Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (19.7) AVERAGE ANNUAL PRICE OP a n i m a l s o p VARIOtJS TYPES AT PORT BLAIR (In Rs.) Animals Unit 1963 1964 1965 1966 1. CATTLE Male over 3 years (r) Breeding Bull each 650 65o 700 800 (ii) Bullock per pair 650 466 500 600 (iii) Not in use for breeding work each 180 160 150 150 Female over 3 years (i) Breeding Cow each 500 550 600 700 (ii) cow used in work each 160 200 200 200 YOUNGSTOCK (i) Male each 200 200 200 260 (ii) Female each 225 225 250 300 2. GOATS (i) Male over one year each 55 55 60 75 Female over one year (a) Milk*yielding each 45 50 65 75 (b) Kon-Milk yielding each 30 40 40 60 3. PIG each 65 60 65 70 S ource : Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. SECTION-20 LOCAL BODIES 181 T able (20.1) POPULATION AND CONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPALITIES -1966-67 S. No. Item Unit Particulars 1 2 3 4 1. Municipalities No. . 1 2. Estimated Population within Mnnioii^al limits No. 22,000 3. Members No. 13 4. Classification of Members:— (a) Official No. 1 (b) Elected No. 9 (c) Nominated No. a S o u r c e : Secretary, Municipal Board, Port Blair. T a b l e (20.2) INCOME OF MUNICIPALITIES (InRs) Source of Income 1963-64 igai'es 1965-66 1966-67 3. MUNICIPAL RATES AND TAXES 1. Octroi 90,846 1,18,902 1,66,337 1,83,088 2. Taxes on houses — 6,524 7,072 9,925 3. Taxes on Professions and — — — Trades 4. Water & conservancy tax 90,098 1,48,569 1,91,357 1,93,365 6. Other rates & taxes (Cinema) — 1,950 5,*65 5,648 II. OTHER SOURCES 1. Realisation under Special acts I. Poundage fee 4,654 3,661 3,825 5,636 2. Licence fee 129 148 218 434 2. Receipts from Slaughter Houses 472 448 603 711 3. (Irants 1,63,800 2,42.000 5,00,000 5,17,700 4. Miseellaneous 5,459 2,032 3,795 5,053 IIL EXTRAORDINARY — __ _ RECEIPTS AND DEBTS lY . INCOME FROM _ COMMERCIAL ENTER PRISES T o t a l 3,55,468 6,24,234 8,78,772 9,21,660 S o u r c e ; Secretary, Municipal Board, Fort Blair. 182 T a b l e (20.3) EXPENDirURE OF MUNICIPALITIES {In Ms,) Head of Expenditure 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 I. Current Expenditure 1. Public lighting and water supply 97,946 2,23,785 4,92,414 4,62,178 2. Drainage, conservancy and sanitation 1,61,109 1,99,063 2,50,967 2,74,577 3. Vaccination 3,910 3,177 3,651 6,198 4. Public instruction 5. Miscellaneous 88,197 86,725 78,659 86,508 II, Capital Expenditure 1, Eoads, foot-paths and culverts 5,855 7,367 13,983 13,107 2, Others 1,144 II I, Extraordinary Expenditure (debts) —— — IV . Expenditure on commercial enterprises — — — T o t a l 3,57,017 5,20,117 8,39,674 8,61,712 SouECE : Secretary, Municipal Board, Port Blair. T a b l e (20.4) PANCHAYATS— AS ON 31-3-1967 Region Gram Panchayats Nyaya Panchayats South Andaman 15 15 n • Middle Andaman 1 7 North Andaman 10 9 T o tal 32 31 S ource ; Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Adminisiration. 8ECTI0H-21 ELECTORAL STATISTICS 185 T a ble (21.1) GENERAL ELECTION-1967-ELECTORATE Total Electorate SI. Tahsil No. Male Female Total 1 2 3 4 5 1. South Andaman 16,740 7,221 23,961 2. Rangat 5,235 1,732 6,967 I'. Mayabunder 2,418 976 3,394 4. Diglipur 2,080 1,219 3,299 5. Car Nicobar 4,051 2,565 6,616 6. Nancowrie 1,862 965 2,827 Total 32,386 ]4,678 47,064 , Source: Chief Electoral Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Table (21.2) GENERAL ELECTION- 1967-POLLING SI. Tabsil Total No. of valid Votes No. polled 1 2 3 1. South Andaman 18,866 2. Rangat 6,902 3. Majabunder 2,630 4. Diglipur 2,773 [6- Car Nicobar 4,587 6. Nancowrie 1,975 Total 36,733 SoufiCE: Chief Electoral Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (21.3) GENERAL ELECTION— 1967—VOTING PREFERENCES BY PARTIES No. of valid votes secured in SI. Name of South Rangat Mayabunder Diglipur Car Nicobar Naneowrie Total No. Party Andaman 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 1. Congress 8,452 3,072 1,295 710 4,096 1,686 19,310 2. Swatantra 1,113 185 150 225 28 16 1,717 00 05 3. Independents 9,300 2,645 1,185 1,838 463 274 15,705 Total 18,865 5,902 2,630 2,773 4,587 1,975 36,732 S ource : Chief Electoral OflBcer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 187 T a b le (2 1 .4 ) MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS-ELECTORATE ELECTORATE DUEIKG ______A------Percentage Ward No. 1961 1966 increase 1 2 3 4 1. 1,340 1,504 12.2, 2. 791 1,267 60.2 3. 5^6 835 65.8 4. 706 933 32.2 5. m I MO 15^.2 6. 643 1,050 63.3 7. 511 735 43.8 8. 1,083 1,335 23.3 9. 663 886 33.6 Total 6,836 9,965 45.8 S o u r c e : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Table (21.5) MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS- POLLING Total No. of valid votes polled during Ward No. 1961 1966 1 2 3 1 997 955 2 519 856 3 341 616 4 480 609 5 389 994 6 486 726 7 372 489 8 668 898 9 461 645 Total 4,703 6,688 S ou aC E : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 188 T a ble (21.6) MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS—-VOTING PHEFERENCES BY PARTIES No. of valid votes secured in ward No• Name of Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Congress 1961 708 317 234 296 272 177 179 336 217 1966 547 592 264 261 576 428 271 637 371 Inde^ndent 1961 289 202 107 185 117 309 193 332. 234 1966 408 — — i s a 63 65 131 134 49 D. M. K. 1961 — — — - — — - —— 1966 — 264 352 185 355 233 87 127 125 T otal 1961 997 519 341 480 389 486 372 668 451 1966 955 856 616 609 994 726 489 898 545 S o u r c e : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SECTION-22 MISCELLANEOUS 191 T able (22 .1 ) STATE AID TO p a u p e r s No. of Paupers . A Period Expenditure Adults Children Total (in Rs.) 1 2 3 4 5 196:1*63 7,764 73 19 92 l96a-64 11,005 n 16 88 1964-65 13,945 84 21 105 1965-66 8,729 51 7 58 1966-67 14,601 72 11 83 S ource : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. Table (22.2j CINEMA STATISTICS (In Jls,} Entertainment Tax Total sale proceeds excluding Year Collected entertainment ta3^ \ 2 3 1962 20,315 1,54,821 1963 21,836 1,62,954 1964 23,536 1,73,187 1965 24,964 1,82,618 1906 26,027 2,03,607 S ource : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 192 T a b l e (22.3) LANGUAGE-WISE FILMS EXHIBITED IN CINEMAS No. of Cinema Houses— One No. of -Films Shown during S. No. Language 1964 196* 1966 1 2 3 4 6 1. Eljndi/Hindustani/Urdu 74 57 57 2. English 6 ^ 5 7 3. Bengali 5 7 3 4. Tamil ■7 ^ 5 5 5. Telugu — 4 3 6. Punjabi 1 — 7. Malyalam •— , 5 2 8. Bhojpuri 1 2 — T o t a l 94 83 ' ' i r S ou E C E : Manager, Mountbatten Talkies, Port Blair. T a b l e (22.4) CENSUS HOUSES AND THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE PUT—1961 . . CENSUS Item Rural Urban Total No. TOTAL NO. OF CENSUS HOUSES 10,456 3,397 13,853 1. Vacant houses 624 284 908 2. Dwellings 8,705 . 2,580 11,285 3. Shop cum-dwellings 207 237 444 4. Workshop-eum-dwellirgs 6 3 8 5, Hotels, Sarais, dharamshalas, tourist homes and inspection houses 31 12 43 6. Shops excluding eating houses 119 31 150 7. Business houses and offices 73 32 105 8. Factories, workshops and worksheds 33 25 68 9. Schools and other educational institutions 78 21 91* 10. Restaurants, Sweetmeat .shops and eating places 6 — 6 11. Places of enteitainment and community gathering 78 13 ^ 91 12 Public health and Medical iostitntions 64 6 70 13, Others 433 163 586 SouECE: Census 1961. T a b l e (2 ^ .5 ) COLLECTION UNDER SMALL SAVING ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES In Rupees) 1963 1964 1965 1966 JL,. __)L- » . Item ( f— ^ ( Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net 1. Post Office Saving Bank 8,26,201 10,082 9,41,089 ( - ) 20,505 11,27,642 1,39,322 14,13,545 1,47,346 Accounts 2. All Postal Certificates 1,41,535 1,27,757 1,17,800 ( - ) 6,027 69,220 24,526 21,143 ( - ) 1,541 zo 03 3. Cumulative Time-Deposit 32,914 30,474 39,557 35,597 53,589 46,950 1,04,917 87,714 Accounts 4. Premium Prize Bonds 8,597 8,697 3,565 3,565 Not sold I^ot sold Not sold Not sold SOUEOE : OrgaDi'ser, Small Savings, Port Blair. T a ble (2 2 .6 ) SUGAR IMPORT STATISTICS Period Sugar Molasses* Total A ‘ > Tons Tonnes Tons Tonnes Tons Tonnes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1963-63 925 940 271 275 1,196 1,215 1963-64 971 987 139 141 1,110 1,128 1964-65 886 900 249 253 1,135 1,153 1965-66 1,40b 1,428 395 401 1,800 1,829 1966-67 1,215 1,234 351 367 1,566 1,591 ^ Molasses include gur, rab and Jaggery. S ource : Supply Officer, AndamaJi aud Nicobar Islands. 195 T a ble (22.7) DISTANCE BETWEEN IMPORTANT PLACES Distance in ( , , Miles Kms. Port Blair Diglipur 105 169 Port Blair Mayabunder 85 137 Port Blai?' Rangat Bay 52 84 Port Hlair Long Island 45 72 Poit Blair Havelock 28 45 Fort Blair Oral Katcha 34 55 Port Blair "W rafter Creek 25 40 Port Blair Long Island via Oral Katcha 58 93 Port Blair Mayabunder via Oral Katcha 96 154 Fort Blair Mayabunder via Long Islai:d 88 142 Port Blair Mayabunder via Havelock 88 142 Port Blair Little Andaman 62 100 Port Blair Car Nicobar 150 241 Port Blair Nancowrie 235 378 Port Blair Nancowrie via Car Nicobar 242 389 Car Nicobar Nancowrie 92 148 Nancowrie Kondal 60 97 Car Nicobar Teressa 70 113 Car Nicobar Chowra 58 93 Teressa Nancowrie 28 45 Nancowrie W.B. Katchal 20 32 Nancowrie N.B. Katchal 10 16 Nancowrie Polomilo 42 88 Port Blair Barren Island 74 119 Barren Island Narcondam 75 121 Barren Island Mayabunder 70 IIS Barren Island Long Island 55 89 S o u r c e : Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1 9 6 T able (22 .8 ) PLACES OF TOUKIST INTEREST 1. Carbyns^ Cove Sea Beach 3. Eo9s Island (Wild Life Sanctuary) 4. Mount Harriet 6. Madhuban (Elephant Nursery of Andaman Forest Department) 6. Horticultural garden 7, Jawahar Sarover g. Anthropological Museum 9. Fisheries Museum 10. Cotjfcage Industries Emporium 11. Chatham Saw Mill (One of the biggest in South East Asia) 12. Vasudhara Waterfall 13. Govt. Orchaids at Sipighat, Viper Island, Chiria Tapn etc. 14. Saddle Peak 16. Barren and Nareondam Islands (Volcanoes) 16. Interview Island (Duck shooting and prehistoric Oaves) 197 T a ble (22.9) LIST OF TOURIST HOMES, CIRCUIT HOUSES, GUEST HOUSES AND INSPECTION BUNGALOWS MAINTAINED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND FOREST DEPARTMENTS OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Andaman Public Works Department:— Tourist Home, fladdo, Port Blair South Andaman Tourist Home, Carbyn^s Cove, Port Blair Guest House, No. I, Haddo, Port Blair Guest House, Nw. II, Haddo, Port Blair Guest House, South Point, Port Blair Circuit House, Haddo, Port Blair Circuit House, Car Nieobar Nicobars Guest House, Ran gat Middle Andaman 9. Guest House, Mayabunder North Andaman 10. Guest House, Diglipur North Andaman 11. Guest House, Maunargjhat South Andaman 12. Guest House, Ferrarganj 13. Guest House, Hompheryganj Location of Inspection Bungalows and Guest Houses of Forest Department 1. Nimalmbur South Andaman 2. Chiriatapu 3. Wrafters’ Creek 4. Port Meadows b. Jiikatang 6. Long Island Middle Andaman 7. Elphinstone Harbour 8. Prolobjig 9^ Boroniyol l(h Bakultala 11. Tugapur Camp No. I North Andaman 12. Austin Camp No. I 13. Interview North tt 14. Diglipur (Aerial Bay) M SECTI ON-23 ALL INDIA STATISTICS 2 0 1 T a ble (23.1) POPULATION OF INDIA-CENSUS - 1961 Item Unit Particulars Total Population Lakhs 43,92 (i) Males Lakhs 22,63 (ii) Females Lakhs 21,29 (ill) Rural Lakhs 36,03 (iv) Urban Lakhs 7,89 t o «• (v) Male —Female Ratio 52:48 (vi) Riiral^— Urban Ratio 82:18 S o u r c e : Census— 1961. T a b l e (23.2) DECENNIAL GROWTH OF POPULATION OF INDIA g. No. Year Population Percentage variation I 2 3 4 I. 1901 238,396,327 — 2. 1911 252,093,390 5.75 3. 1921 251,321,213 0.31 4. 1931 278,977,238 11.00 5. 1941 318,660,580 14.22 6. 1951 361,088,090 13.31 7. 1961 439,234,771 21.51 S o u a c E : Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. 202 T a b le (23.3) GROWTH OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS CO VIMUNITIKS IN INDIA 1961 CENSUS Community Population * Percentage increase (1961) (1951-Gl) 1. Hindus 36,65,26,866 20.29 2. Muslims 4,69,40,799 25.<)1 3. Christians 1,07,28,086 27.38 4. Sikhs 78,45,915 25.13 5. Buddhists 32,56,036 1,670.71 6. Jains 20,27,281 25.17 7. Others 16,11,935 (— )13.01 TOTAL 43,92,34,771 2L51 *Tbe religion break-up of population (2,97,853) of that part of NEKA for whom alMndia Census schedule was not canvassed, is excluded. SoUECE : Registjar (general of India, Government of India. T a b l e (23.4) ESTIMATED MID-YEAR POPULATION OF INDIA (in ‘ 000^) Year Population 1. 1961 4,42,573 2. 1962 4,53,241 3. 1963 4,64,165 4. 1964 4,75,353 5. 1965 4,86,811 6. 1966 4,98,680 S ource : Registrar General of India, Government of India. T a b l e (23.5) POPULATION— (BY STATES) (.1961 Census— Pinal Figures) States Males Females Total Rural Urban 1 2 a 4 6 IN D IA 226,293,201 212,941,570 439,234,771^ 360,298,168* 78,936,603 States— Andhra Pradesh 18,161,671 17,821,776 35,983,447 29,708,939 6,274,508 Assam 6,328,129 5,544,643 11.872.772 10,959,744 913,028 Biha,r 23,301,449 23,154,161 46,455,610 42,541,690 3,913,920 L'O O Gujarat 10,633,902 9,999,448 20,633,350 15,316,726 5,316,624 CO Jammu & Kashmir (a) 1,896,633 I,664,343 3,560,976 2,967,661 593,315 Kerala 8,361,927 8,541,788 16,903,715 14,349,574 2,554,141 Madhya Pradesh 16,678,204, 15,794,204 32,372,408 27,745,174 4,627.234 Mad.ra« 16,910,978 16,775,975 33,686,953 24,696,425 8,990,528 Maharashtra 20,428,882 19,124,836 39,653,718 28,391,157 11,162,561 Mysore 12,040,923 II,546,849 23.586.772 18,320,270 5,266,493 Nagaland. 191,027 178,173 369,200 350,043 19,157 Orissa H,770,686 8,778,260 17,548,846 16,439,196 1,109,650 Punjab 10,891,576 9,415,236 20,306,812 16,218,217 4,088,595 Rajasthan 10,564,082 9,ti91.6’ 0 20,155,602 16,874,124 3,281,478 Uttar Pradesh 38,634,201 35.112,200 73,746,401 64,266,506 9,479,895 "West Bengal 18,699,144 16,327,135 34,926,279 26,385,437 8,540,842 Centfallj Ad.ministered. Tenitories- Andaman & Nicobar Islands ;'.9,304 24,244 63,548 49,473 14,075 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 29,524 28,439 57,963 57,963 Delhi I,489,378 1,169,234 2,658,612 299,204 2,359,408 2 6 Goa, Daman and Diu (b) 302,534 324,133 626,667 526,003 100,664 Himachal Pradesh 702,697 648,447 l,3 5 1 ,U i 1,287,216 63,928 Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands 11,935 12,173 24^108 24,108 Manipur 387.068 392,979 780,037 712,320 67,717 N. E. F. A. (c) 17 7,§80 158,871 336,558 336,558 Pondicherry 183,347 185,732 369,079 280,082 88,997 Tripura 591,237 550,768 1,142,005 1,039,008 10^,997 t;£> O SIKKIM 85,193 76,996 162.189 155,341 (a) In the case of Jammu and Kashmir the population data exclude population of the territory under military occupation of Pakistan. (b) A Census of Goa, Daman and Diu was taken by Portuguese Government as on 15th December, 1960. The figures represent present population on that date. (c) Provisional. ^Revised. SoUBCE : Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. 205 T able ;23.6) RANKIN(^ OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES IM TERMS OF POPULATION-1961 CENSUS SI. states/urs Rank in Percentage ©f No. Population Union population 1 2 3 4 1. Uttar Pradesh 1 16.81 2. Bihar 2 10.59 3. Maharashtra 3 9.02 4. Andhra Pradesh 4 8.20 5- West Bengal 5 7.95 6. Madras 6 7.68 7. Madhya Pradesh 7 7.68 8. Mysore. 8 6.38 9. Gujarat 9 470 10. Punjab 10 4.63 11. Rajasthan 11 4.60 12. Orissa 12 4.00 13. Kerala 13 3.85 14. Assam 14 2.71 15. Jammu & Kashmir 15 o.ai 16. Nagaland 20 0.08 CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED TERRITORIES 17. Delhi 16 0.61 18. Himachal Pradesh 17 0.31 19. Tripura 18 0.26 20. Manipur 19 0.18 21. Pondicherry 21 ' 0.08 22. N.E.F.A. 22 0.08 23. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 24 0.02 24. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 25 0.01 25. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive Islands 26 0.01 36. Sikkim 23 0.04 S ource : Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, 206 T a b le (2 3 .7 ) POPULATION OF CITIES (With population of over 5 lakhs) Census—1961 State and Name of City Total M a le s Females 1 2 3 4 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 12,51,119 6,48,575 6,02,544 Gujarat Ahmedabad 11,49,918 6,37,061 o,U,85T Madras Madras 17,29,141 9,09,701 8,19,440 Maharashtra (Greater Bombay 41,52,056 24,')6,176 16,55,880 Foona 7,37,426 3,94,247 3,43,179 Nagpur 6,43,659 3,41,654 4,02,005 Mysore Bangalore 12,06,961 6,44,047 5,62,914 Uttar Pradesh Kanpur 9,71,062 5,58,490 4,12,572 Lucknow 6,55,673 3,66,501 2,89,172 Agra 5,08680 2,78,953 2,29,727 West Benoal Calcutta 29,27,289 18,15,791 11,11,498 Howrah 5,12,598 3,14,538 1,98,060 Centrally administered Territories Delhi 20,61,758 11,52,973 9,08,785 S o u r c e : Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. 207 T able (23.8) LITERACY IN INDIA (According to 1961 Census) No. of Literates (Lakhs) Percentage of Literacy* State ^------A------^------Total Male Female Total Male Female STATE Andhra Pradesh 76 55 •21 24.6 35.0 14.® Assam 33 24 9 33.0 44.S 19.6 Bihar 85 69 16 21.8 36.2 8.2 Gujarat 63 44 19 36.2 48.7 22.8 Jammu and Kashmir 4 3 1 13.0 19.8 5.1 Kerala 79 46 33 55.1 64.9 45.6 Madhya Pradesh 56 45 11 20.5 32.2 8.1 Madras 105 75 30 36.4 51.6 21.1 Maharashtra 118 86 32 35.1 49.3 19.8 Mysore 60 44 16 29 8 42.3 16.7 Nagaland t t t 20.4 27.2 13.0 Orissa 38 30 8 25.2 40.3 10.1 Punjab 49 3« 13 28.8 38.9 16.9 Rajasthan 31 :25 6 18.1 28.1 7.0 Uttar Pradesh 130 105 25 20.7 31.9 8.3 West Bengal 103 75 ^8 34.6 46.6 20.3 UNION TERRIlOlili S AND OTHER AREAS • Andaman and Nicobar Islands t t t 40.1 48.8 24.5 Delhi 14 9 5 62.0 70.4 60.9 Himachal Pradesh 2 2 t 20.0 3L5 7.3 Laccadive, Minicoy and Amiudive Islands t t t 27.2 42.0 12.8 Manipur 3 2 1 36.0 53.6 18.9 Tripura 3 2 1 24.3 35.3 12.4 Dadra and Nagar Haveli t t t 11.6 17.7 5.0 Goa, Daman and Diu 2 1 1 34.9 44.6 26.0 Pondicherry 1 1 t 43.7 58.9 28.7 Nortli East Frontier Agency t t t 86 14.6 1.7 Sikkim t t t 14.2 22.4 4.9 INDIAN UNION 1,065 779 276 28.3 40.4 16.3 Excludes population in age-group 0 — 4. t Less than I Lakh. S o u r c e : Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, 208 T a ble (23.9) ESTIMATES OF NATIONAL INCOME OP INDIA Net national product (i.e., national income) At current prices at 1960-61 prices t------^------> t------\ Total Per capita (Rs.) Total Per capita Year (Rs. crores) (Rs. crores) (Rs.) 1 2 3 4 5 1960-61 13,453 310.0 13,453 310.0 1961-6a 14,315 322.3 14,037 316.0 1062-63 16,179 332.9 14,329 314.2 1963-64 17,563 376.1 16,101 3^3.4 1964-^5 (P) 20,424 427.1 16,219 339.2 1965-66 (P) 21,064 430.1 15,441 315^ 1966-67 (Q) 24,157 481.5 15,706 313.1 (P) =5 Preliminary estimate (Q,) = Quick estimate Soi'RCE : Central Statistical Organisation, Govt, of India. 209 T a b l e (2 3 .1 0 ) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES PAR VALUES (As on June 15,1966^ Countries Cui rency Indian Rupee Currency units unit per currency per Indian unit Rupee Australia Dollar 8.4000 0.1190 Belgium Franc L5000 0.6667 Burma Kyat 1.5750 0.6349 Canada Dollar 6.9376 0.1441 Ceylon Rupee 1.6750 0.6349 Denmark Krone 1.0858 0.9209 France New franc 1.5191 0.6583 Germany West Deutsche Mark 1.8750 0.5330 Ghana Cedi 8.7500 0.1143 Iraq Dinar 21.0000 0.0476 Italy Lira 0.0120 83.3333 Japan Yen 0*0208 48.0000 Netherland Guilder 2.0718 0.4827 New-Zealanil Pound •20.8568 0.0479 Norway Krone 1.0500 0.9524 Pakistan Rupee 1.5750 0.6349 Sweden Krone 1.4498 0 6898 U. A. E. (Egypt) Pound 21.5368 0.0464 U. K. Pound 21.0001 0.0476 U. S. A. Dollar 7.6000 0.1333 S ource : Ministry of Finance, Government of India. S E C T 1 0 N-24 CONVERSION TABLES -METRIC SYSTEM A W e i g h t s 1 Graia 0.0G5 Gram 1 Ounce :28.;5r)0 Grams 1 Pound (l.45;55924 Kilogram 1 Stone Kilograiiis 1 Cwt. 50.80:^ Kilo^TaiDs 1 Ton 10i<).05 Kilograms 1 016 Tonr\es 1 Tola 11.664 Grams i Cbattak 58.32 Girams 1 Seer 0.9;U\10 Kilogram 1 Maund 7.3 i 4 2 K i logra m a 100 Kilograms 1 Q,uinlal 10 Quintals = 1 Tonne Lijxcm i AND C a p a c i t y 1 Intih = 0.0£54 Metre 1 Foot i= 0.3048 Metre 1 Yard = 0.9144 Metre 1 Mile = 1.609344 Kilometres 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54596 Litres A hea. 1 Acre = 0.404686 Hectare 1 Sq. Mile = 2.5S99S) Square Kilometre'S B. Weights Con^sion Kos. of (iritls./Kgs./Srs. Glafiltal to Kilos to Srs. M'ds./lbs./Qrt$./Cwt./ Mds. & Srs. & Tolas Seers', to Maunds lbs. to Qris. to Cwtj. to Tons to Tons Kg. to Qtls. Kilos Kilos Kilos Kilos Md. Seer Srs. Tolas 2.7 1 6 0.933 0.37 0.45 12.70 50.80 1,016.05 o 14 2 11 1.866 0.75 0.91 25.40 101.60 2,032.09 o 8 3 17 2.799 1.12 1.36 38.10 133.41 3,048.14 ■I 10 29 4 23 3.732 1.49 LSI 50.80 203.21 4,064.19 5 1;^ 16 5 20 i M 6 1.s; 2.27 03.50 254.01 5,080.03 0 16 6 34 5.599 2.24 2.72 76,20 304.81 6.096.38 to 7 18 7 40 6.532 2.61 3.18 8S.90 355.62 7,112.23 I—* 21 27 8 40 7.465 2.99 3.63 lOl.GO 406.42 8.128.38 1) 21 5 9 52 8.:398 3.36 4.08 111.31 457.22 9,144.42 U) 2(> Tvi 10 57 9.331 3.73 4.54 127.01 508.02 10,160.47 :-0 ;')3 23 21 35 18.662 7.16 0.O7 251.01 1,016.05 20,320.94 '.)() 80 ir. :\2 12 27.993 11.20 13.61 361.02 1,521.07 30,481.41 40 107 'i 42 ()9 37.324 14.03 IS. 14 5C8.02 2,032.09 40,6I1.8S riO 1:^3 53 47 46.655 18.66 22.68 635.03 2,540.12 50,802.35 KM) 267 3 ( 107 14 93.310 37.32 45.36 1,270.06 5,080.23 1.01.604.70 C. Length Conversion Number of Inehes/Feet/Yard.s/Miles Unit b ! 10 20 ;’>0 •10 50 100 Inches to Metres O.O.'i 0.05 0.08 O.IO 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.25 0.51 0.76 1.02 1.27 2.54 Feet to Metre:i 0.;U) 0.61 9.91 1.23 1.53 1.83 2,13 2.44 2.74 3.05 6.10 9.14 12.19 15.24 :^)0v4 Yards to Metres 0 91 1.83 2.74 3,66 4.57 5.49 6.40 7.32 8.23 9.14 18.29 27.43 36.58 45.72 91.4 g o o 00 CO t—< lO o QO CO o o •S' o o I— f—» •30 OO rM Tti ic CO o6 CO ■ o >o T*< co' o CO 1.-^ CO o# »o GO GO GO i>- ^ cO GO CD oo^ r—< r>? cC ot Miles to Metres f-H CO co” ao 03 r—1 Oi" of go'' O' o ' 1—< r*H rH CO CD C/j CO GPPB.— 54 C. C./68.— 15-6-1968.- 300 copies.