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CENSUS 1971 1 PARTS X-A ,& B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-S VILLAGE & TOWNWISE GUJARAT PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DISTRICT PANCH MAHALS CENSUS DIS'TRICT HANDBOOK C.C.DOCTOR \Df llhe lndJan Adminititrative Service f[j)ir.ector ,0/ ,Census ,Operations ,Gujarat DISTRICT PANCH MAHALS The Rathwa tribe. found alnong other places In the Halol and Soria udukas lind Jambug/waa Mahal of Panch Mahals Distnct is reported to be the onlv Scheduled Tribe in Gujanll worshipping Pidhora Dev. It is In his honour that Rathwa houscholder.\ coltllnission ihe wall paintings known as 'Pidhord. in fulfilment of vows offered to tlu' deity in return for a favour (usuallv financial security. good crops and freer10ln frcnl1 di.~·easc). The paintings are nonnally drawn In a large block of the size 12' :< 9' lind arc painted on the front wall of the Irwin house They are generally execuud b) a group of eight cor ten persons froln the community who are skilled In the craft or.d arc known as Lakharas. They do not undertake the work on a cOl11l11erciai or profes<:ional basis but the hou:ieholder cOlnlnissioning the work pays a token alnount of Rs. 3(} to 40 to the palfzters The execution of such a painting is a festive occasion for the lA'hole? village lind cereJnonies connected with it last three days and include ni[.!ht-long p,.ayer~'. dance and songs. sacrificial offerings of fowl (_'nd goats and a conllTlunity feast on the last day in which the 'Ii- hoie village is said to join. 7 he wall on which the painting is to be done is first plastered over with a variet\' of clay locally known as "Goralrwti" and cowdung paste before being 'white washEd' with a paMe of soft white clay (Khadi) found in Jabugwn taluka of Vadodara District. The painting is then executed in a single day. using only the paint and tingers and a crude brtMh Inade by crushing one end of a tender shoot of bWl1bon. The colours. mainly red. yellow. blue, green. white and saffron are obtained from the nearest urban ntarket in powder forl11 at a cost of about Rs. 75 to Rs, 100. They are Inlxed ('nly in cow's milk and are said thereby to remain fast for over 50 years, Tho? total cost of one such painting and the accol11panying cerelnonies is said to range between Rs. 3000 to Rs. 4()OO. These paintings are ,;enerally not erased hut can be done aRain 011 the sanle spot for fulfilment of a second vow. perhaps by the next Reneration. Tire motifs used betray the influence of a combination of both Hindu and tribal mytholo~ies and in addition to Pidhora Devon horseback in the central nosition. his consort and his arlnoury and stores, such other fh?ures as Indraraj. Varun IJev. C"intorna Dev (the Lord of Chitore) a beheaded Ravana. King Bhoja of Mall-va. and such other fif?ures frol11 everyday life as anilna/s. insects, trees, the Sun and the Moun and traders. plollf!h,nen. (elnale figures carryin,; water and other hurnan figures are depicted. The motif displayed on this volume is a part of a Pidhora drawing from the Chilo/a Udepur region of Vadodara District. Such paintings are also to be found l'n the houses of Rathwc: communities in Panch Mahals District, (Block from an ink-tracing by K. D. Vaishnav. Geographer, from a photograph of a specimen at the Tribal Research Institute. Ahmedabad), 'g '!! .::: ':: I " .~©: " i HI" E 0 Iii :;; 0 S! ~ cr ... ,.!! ~i '" ..'" ~ ...'" Iii ~ lE 0 2 ;l 1lI'" ~ ~ 0 ~ '" ~ ~ z~ '" ~ ., .,. .. 0 0 C? ~ '" .. 'I( ""> ~ E ...e -.~~~--~------ -.-- CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Cenetral Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Series~5-Gujarat is being published in the following parts = Part Subject covered Number I-A General Report. I-B Detailed Analysis of the Demographic, Social, Cultural and Migration Patterns. l-C Subsidiary Tables. II-A General Population Tables ('A' Series). II-B Economic Tables ( 'B' Series). I-C(i) Distribution of Population. Mother Tongue and Religion, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. U-C(ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household Composi­ tion, Single Year_Age, Maxi.tal Status, Educational Levels, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, etc., Bilingualism. 111 Establishments Report and Tables (tE' Series). IV-A Housing Report and Housing Subsidiary Tables. IV-B Housing Tables. V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. VI-A Town Directory. VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns. VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages. VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel. VlIl-A Administration Report-Enumeration.} Fill·or 0 cla 1 use on 1y VIII-B Administration Report-Tabula tion. IX Census Atlas. DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A Town and Village Directory. X - B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract. X-C Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. CONTENTS Pages PREFACE v-x FIGURES AT A GLANCE xi-xii ALPHABETIC LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xxxv part-A -Town and ViJlage Directory Genera' Note 3-4 Introductory Note on Town and VIllage Directory 5-20 Town Directory and Its Appendices Statement I Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 23 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns. 1969 24 Statement III Civic Finance, J968-69 25 Statement IV Civic and Other Amenities, 1969 26 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in _27~ Towns, 1969 Statement VI Trade. Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 28 Statement VII Population by ReligIOn, 1911 29 Appendix I List of Urban Areas as per Location Code Numbers 30 Appendix II Names of Outgrowths of Urban Areas which do not 30 qualify to be treated as Separate Towns Village Directory Godhra Taluka 31-43 Kalol Taluka 45-53 Halol Taluka 55-67 Shehera Taluka 69-77 Lunavada Tdluka 79-107 Santrampur Taluka 109-]39 Jhalod Taluka 141-151 Dohad Ta1uka 1.53-161 Limkheda Taluka 163-179 Devgadh Baria Taluka 181-193 lambughoda Mahat 195-201 Abstract of Amenities at each Taluka/Mahal 202-203 Pages Part-B-Village and TOWDWise Primary Census Alistract Genera) Nore iii Primary Census Abstract Godhra Taluka 5-19 Kalol Talnka 21-27 Halol TaInka 29-39 Sbehera TaInka 41-47 Lunavada Taluka 49-61 Santrampnr Taluka 69-89 lbalod Taluka 91-99 Dohad Taluka ]01-) 13 Limkheda Talnka 115-121 Devgadh Baria Taruka 129-139 Jamhngboda Mahal 141-145 Block Directory showing JuriSdiction of Enumerators" Blocks in the Urban Areas 141-152 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Godbra Taluka Facing Page S Ka'o) Talnka " u 21 Halol Talnka 29 '" '" Sbehera TaInka " .~ 41 Lnnavada Taluka ~" ,,, 49 Saotrampuf TaInka .~ '" 69 lhalod Taluka ", n 91 Dohad Taluka " ., 101 Limkheda Taluka fit .. , 115 Devgadb Baria Taluka J2} lit " Jambugboda Mahal 141 •• in PREFACE The District Census Handbooks are being Part B published regularly since 1951. Earlier they were (1) Urban Block and ViIlagewise Primary brought out under tbe name of "Village Hand­ Census Abstract books" and contained only the population totals. They are prepared by the Census Organisation Part C on behalf of the State Government and published by the latter, They are the first to be published (1) Analytical Report in the series of 1971 Census publications. which (2) Administrative Statistics are now to folJow. The need for making avail­ able to tbe State Government. tbe Census data (3) Census Tables as early as pOSSible after the taking of the count. bas been recognised since long. It is a matter of It was originally decided that each part deep satisfaction that tbe present volume is being would be brougbt out separately. But since the published within a year of the taking of the data for parts A and B bas been prepared Census. almost at the same time, it is decided to combJOe these parts into one volume. Part C which has Tbe data collected during 1971 Census was to await the collection of official statistics from tabulated initially at three Regional Tabulation various Departmeots of tbe State Government Offices at Surat, Rajkot and Bbavnagar for and preparation of Census Tables. would be rural areas and one more Tabulation Office at publisbed separateJy. Ahmedabad whicb dealt with the slips of urban areas only. The data abstracted at the Regional The Town Directory consists of information offices was brougbt to Abmedabad where it was about the status, growth history and functional compiled for tbe State as a whole and is now category of towns and their physical aspects. being published. location, Municipal finances, civic and otber amenities ]ike sewerage. protected water supply. The District Census Handbook contains fire fighting service. electnfication etc. It also primary data uplo tbe village level for rural contains information about medica]. educational. areas and enumerator's block level for urban recreational and cultural facihties available at areas. It is for the first time that in 1971 the towns. Detailed information about trade. Census we are giving information about urban commerce, industry and banking is also provided areas of the State in 8 separate part called here. The population of the towns according to the "Town Directory", We are also giving compre­ 1971 Census by religion and Scheduled Caste and hensive information about rural areas in tbe Scheduled Tribe is furnished here. The Town "Village Directory". This is further supplemented Directory is a new feature of 1971 Cen,us and the by the Alphabetical List of Villages for faCility above information has been compiled in it for tbe of reference. first time. It bas been decided to bring out tbe The Village Directory contains comprehensive District Censu~ Handbooks of 1971 in three information about tbe amenities available at the parts as under:- village sucb as educational and medical.

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