Madras- District Census Handbook, Ramanathapuram, Part-X-VI, Vol-I
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CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME IX MADRAS PART-X-VI DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK RAMANATHAPURAM VOLUME I P. K. NAMBIAR Oj'the Indian Administrative Service SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MADRAS PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, MADRAS - AND PRINTED Ai MUlHUKUMARAN PRESS, MADRAS-I. 1965 Price: Rs. 12-00 only PREFACE It has been the policy of the Government of Madras to print and publish village statistics based on the information collected during each Census. In 1951, the Government of India offered to handover to the State Government the Census Tables and abstracts prepared during Census and suggested that they might be printed and published along with any other useful <information relating to each district. The form of the District Census Handbook was thus conceived. The State Government accepted the idea and a publication was brought out at the cost of the State Government. Each District Census Handbook consisted of two parts-Part I containing three sections, viz. General Population Tables, Economic Tables, Table I, II and III of Small-Scale Industries, Summary figures of district and taluks, rural and urban statistics and Part II containing C and D series, viz. Household and Age Tables and Social and Cultural Tables and District Occupational Abstract. A District Census Handbook was published for each district. It has been considered an important achievement of the last Census. Sri A. Mitra, Registrar-General, India, decided not only to continue the series during 1961, but to improve definitely on its content, so that each District Census Handbook would contain basic economic data for the smalles-t administrative unit in the district and be a useful reference book for scholars, Central and State Governments Local Bodies and private institutions. The proposal of widening the scope of the Census Handbook was accepted by the State Government in their G. o. Ms. No. 154, Public (Elections If) dated the 31st January 1961. It was also decided to publish it at the cost of the State Government. The Handbooks have been printed in two volumes. The first volume contains an introductory essay on all important aspects of the district, physical feature, history, people and their social condition. agriculture, industries, public health, education, irrigation, electricity and other allied topics. It contains "A" Series Tables. "B" Series, "c" Series, SCT for each taluk, SC I, ST I and II and a list of fairs. and festivals in the district. Seventy-two statements of administrative statistics classified under seven scctions have been included in the second volume of this District Census Handbook. 1. Agriculture and Irrigation 2. Industry and Labour 3. Education 4. Public Health 5. Law and Order 6. Communications 7. Miscellaneous A new feature of the District Census Handbook is the Village Directory which replaced the Rural Statistics included in the previous Census series. An abstract giving a complete list of all villages and towns in each taluk in the district along with the disturibution of population by sex and various categories of workers has been added. It also gives an account of the basic ameni ties available in each village sueh as educational, medical, irrigational, posts and telegraph, communication and electrification. A village-wise list of industries classified according to the Indian Standard Industrial Classification Code and Oi) the total number of units in the different types of industry for each village, an alphabetical list of villages along with their corresponding Census location code number and a statement showing the type of soil and type of terrian, sources of irrigation, important wet and dry crops and value of such lands will also be found in this volume. The second volume of this book contains maps of each taluk in the district and in addition the following interesting items: 1. Gazetteer of place names 2. Calendar of outstanding occurrences that have influenced the district. It has been also my endeavour to include in this volume all items of information collected by the Census Organisation in the course of special studies undertaking during 1961 Census. Though the publication will be issued by the Government of Madras, the views expressed in the volume are personal and do not bind the Government. This volume containing a variety ofinformation relating to Ramanathapuram district wi11 I hope, be useful to the general public. In keeping with the policy of the Government to make Tamil the language of administration, the Governmen t of Madras have decided to issue an abridged edition of District Census Handbook in Tamil. This abridgement will be done by the State Government, but they have kindly agreed to show it to me for comments before publication. In preparing this volume, I have been assisted by a large number of ,my staff. Special mention should be made of Sri K. C. Narayana Kurup, my Deputy Superintendent, who has assisted me in compiling and test-checking ~ the material pieced together in this volume. I am also grateful to Sri Asok Mitra, I.C.S., Census Commissioner of India for having made it possible to conceive of a volume like this for publication in connection with the 1961 Census. P. K. NAMBIAR, Superintendent of Census Operations. I wish to acknowledge the able assistance given by the following ml!mbers of my staff in the preparation and presentation of statistics in this volume: Sri G. Chandrasekharan Tabulation Officer Sri A. V. Valli nathan Statistical Assistant Sri C. K. Somasundaran Upper Division Clerk Sri C. Gangadharan Lower Division Clerk Sri A. Rajamani Draughtsman Sri N. Chandran Draughtsman I wish to place on record my appreciation of the good work done by Muthukumaran Press, Madras in printing this volume. P. K. NAMBIAR CONTENTS PART-I Pages Preface Chapter I Introduction 1- 7 Chapter II Characteristics of population 8-20 Chapter III People 21-24 Chapter IV Housing 2~-33 Chapter V Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 34-37 Chapter VI Irrigation 38-41 Chapter VII Education and Public Health 42-46 Chapter VIII Industries 47-51 Chapter IX Handloom Industry 52-54 Chapter X Local Administration and Elections 55-57 Chapter XI Plan Achievements 58-69 Chapter XII Temples 70-72 PART-II CENSUS TABLES General Population Tables-A Series A-I Area, Houses and Population Fly leaf 77-78 Table 79-82 Appendix 1-1951 Territorial units constituting the present setup of Ramanathapuram District 83-84 Sub-Appendix to Appendix I-Area for 1951 and 1961 for those Municipal towns which have undergone changes in areas since 1951 Census 85 Viilages transferred from one Taluk to another in Ramanathapuram District 85-87 Appendix II-Number of villages with a popUlation of 5,000 and over and towns with a popUlation under 5,000 88 Appendix III--:Hollseless and Institutional population 89 A-II Variation in popUlation during sixty years Fly leaf 90 Table 91 A-III Villages classified by population Fly leaf 92-93 Table 94 A-IV Towns (and town-groups) classified by population with variation since 1941 Fly leaf 95-97 Table 98-103 (ii) General Econolll ic Table (B Series B-1 to B-IX) Preliminary Note on General Economic Tables 107 B-1 Workers and Non-workers classified by sex and broad age-groups Fly leaf 108 Table 109-110 B-III Part A & B Industrial classification of Workers :and Non-Workers by eductional levels in Urban and Rural areas- Fly leaf III Table 112-120 B-IV Part A Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry- Fly leaf (Parts A, Band C) 121 Table 122-125 B-IV PartB Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of person at work in non-household industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service- Table 126-134 B-IV Part C Industrial Classification by Sex and Divisions, Major Groups and Minor Groups or persons at work other thun cultivation- Table 135-156 Appendix 157-166 B-V Occupational classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation- Fly leaf 167 Table 168-213 Appendix 214-224 B-VI Occupational Division of persons at work other than Cultivation classified by sex, broad age-groups and educational levels in Urban areas only- Fly leaf 225 Table 226-233 B-VII Part A Persons working principally (i) as Cultivators (ii) as Agricultural Labourers or (iii) At Household Industry classified by sex and Secondary work (i) at Household Industry (ii) as Cultivator or (iii) as Agricultural Labourer- Fly leaf (Part A and B) 234 Table 235-237 B-VII Part B Industrial classification by sex of persons working in Non-household Industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service who are also engaged in Household Industry- Table 238-241 (iii) 13-VIII Parts A& B Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age groups and educational levels in Urban and Rural areas- Fly leaf 242 Table 243-245 B-IX Persons not at work classified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity- Fly leaf 246 Table 247-250 Household Economic Tables (B-X to B-XVllI) Note on Household Economic Tables 253-259 Annexure-Selected local rights on land in Ramanathapuram District 260-263 B-X Sample Households (i) engaged neither in Cultivation nor Household Industry (ii) engaged either in Cultivation or Household Industry but not in both and (iii) engaged both in Cultivation and House hold Industry for all areas- Fly leaf 264 Table 265 B-XI Sample Households engaged Cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultivated in Rural and Urban areas separtely- Fly leaf 24;6 Table 207-268 B-XU Sample Households engaged in Cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated