Statistical Outline

Of

Andaman and Nicobar Isiaiids

1964-65

Is s u e d By STATISTICAL BTTREAU, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMIN ISTKATION.

PRINTED AT THE GOVT. PRESS, PORT BLAIR, 1965.

PREFACE

The ‘Statistical Outline of Andaman and I^icobar Islands—1964-65, is the sixth issue of the publication with this title. It designs to present in synopsis the basic information on the social and economic structure of these islands. In order to enhance the utility of the publication constant attempt is made to improve the coverage and presentation of data. In the current issue a number of new tables have been incorporated and presentation in respect of a few others improved.

The data contained in this booklet have been processed in this Bureau from the information received from the various departments. The Bureau acknowledges with thanks their continuing co-operation and looks forward for constructive suggestions towards the iimprovement'of this publication.

M. M. SINGH, Port Blair, Statistical Officery 31st December, 7965. Andaman and Nicobar Islands*

Chief Commissioner

SHRI B. L. CHAK

Members o f Home Minister's Advisory Committee

Shri B. L. Chak

Shri Niranjan Lall

Shri K. R. Ganesh

Shri Manoranjan Bhakta

S h r i F r e d

S h r i D tirga P e r s h a d

Sh r i K . A ravindakshan

R a n i C h a n g a o f K a t c h a l

Member o f Parliament

S h r i N ir a n j a n L a l l

OFHCERS OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION

JUDGES OF THE COURT

8essions Judge ... B. L. Chak Distiict and Additional Sessions Judge ... M. M. S. Gtjjk.vl Sub-Judge ... K . K.'M athur Sub-Judge S, C. C haturvedi Sub-Judgo ... F. S ZULFIQUKUDBIN 8ub-Judge ... B. Chakraborty

SECRETARIES TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER

Secretary ... Gtjrbachan Sin &h Secretary (Forests) ... J. C. V arm ah Secretary (Judicial) ... S. Chakravarty Secretary (Einance) ... P rem L al

h e a d OE THE DEPARTMENT

Chiei' Conservator of Eorests ... J. 0 . V armaii

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER

Assistant Secretary (Einance) ... M. Suryanarayana Assistant Secretary (Development) ... M . A . W ahab Assistant Secretary (Public) ... A . A . K han Assistant Secretary (Establishment) ... K . K . W ar r iau Assistant Secretary (Nicobar Trade) ... G. R . M atta Assistant Secretary (Confidential Ceil) ... B. C. A chari

OTHER SECRETARIAT OEFICERS

Development Commissioner-cuni Development Secretary ... P. B. MATntJE Statistical Officer ... M. M . Singh

FOREST DEPARTMENT

Chief Conservator of Eorests ... J. C. V arm ah Conservator of Forests # . ... A . G. A brauam Conservator of Eorests (Calcutta) ... E, S. Thangam \Vorking Plan Officer ... A . C. D’crlz Deputy Conservator of Forests ... D r. P. M . G an a- (South Andaman) pathi Deputy Conservator of Eorests, Andaman Govt, Timber Depot, Howrah II. K . M andal (vi)

Deputy Conservator of Torests, Mill ' ^ ; S. Sr B h a t t e k i)eputy ObnserYatcrr c;f Fdres^^^^ (Middle AnflamfiTi) , ...... _ ,S. K . SllAllMA Deputy Couservator^i' Forests (Nort h daman) P. M. TniM3IArYA AssiEtact. Coriseryator ot Porosts , ; ( tleaxl quarters) ? . M. S a n g a l Ass^staDt Coi]seryf>,tor of Forests, Andaman GoTt. Timber Dej ot, Madras J. K . M e u t a Assistant Conservator of Forests (South Andaman) P a ^JDE B. r. SlNtiA Assistant Conservator of Furcf^ts r , , (Middle Andaman) PlAllE liAL Assistant Conservator of Forests (Nancowrie). . . V a c a n t Ass staiit Conservator of Forests (Middle Andaman) V a c a > t Assistant Conservator of Forests (North Andaman) - ... V a c a n t Senior Assistant J^ngincer ... S t e v e n s o n . Assistant Mill Manager ■ .. . J. N . P h ATACH AlU V-K Accounts Officer , ... B . C. B a n e r j e e A^elerinart Offiter - ... Dll. Fkei) Meshack Coffee Development Oflicer ... M. Pv. NaGABHUvSHAN Ja Ao llEVEiNUF DEPAirQIENT Dep uty Commissioner ... S. K. Sharma Additional District Magistrate S. C. CHATniVEDI Additional Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobnr Islands and Block Develop­ ment Officer, Car Isicohar K. K, MATiirK Assistant Commissioner (Mayabnndcr) ■ F.S. ZULEIQrAlirDDIN Assistant Commissioner (Settlemeiit) N. Chani)easekhau .A ssistqait Commissioner (Naucowrie)' H. S. MriiTAz Block Development Otlicer (South zVndaniau)’ C. Jt AJ AM A^^icSAM Block Development Ofliccr XBATIn:at') S. R aiia J?lock Development Officer (Diglij)ur) L aCH^HAN SlNGJl Treasury Officer • - B. Cuakkap.orty" PUBLIC WOR'KS DEPARTMENT • '

Princijml Engineer . . ... N. D. R a j a n Executive Engineer (Development Division) C. D. DnArvAiANi Executive Engineer (Stores and Workshop Division) , ...V acant (vii^

Executive Engineer (Maintenace Division) ... I , P. G upta Executive Engineer (Construction Division, ;ISo. I., li^ngat) T. D. Bhaeru Executive Engineer (Construction. Division Ko. I I , Port Biair) R . N . S en Executivo Engineer (Marine Works) Car Kieobar „ M . C. L a h i r i Executive Engineer (North Andaman) (^instruction Division, MayabuiicleT . Vi S. T. iVrpAN Sui'veyor ot* Works V acant { G . V . N a n j u n d ia h Peiaonal xissistant to Principal Engineer V a c a n t R . Ci K h n n a V a c a n t . Assistant Survevor ol‘ Works K.S. G arg H . D. SOOD As4stant lilncineer> Independence Stores Sub-Division, Calcutta S. K ; B a b o i r T. R . Sa m b a m u r t h i:' T. V e n k a t a R ao Assistant Engineers (Development Division) ■<( H a r il a l J a t a v R . R.'^j a g o p a l R . V ijayaragayax H . D. B a r d h a n M . G. Go VILLA Assistant Engineer (Maintenance Di\ ision) D. S. R a o P. N. Raisinghani S. P. Rathore Assistant Engineer (Construction Division V a c a n t Ko. I.) Eangafc A. M. Ismail V a c a n t P. R. Ghosh Assistant Engineer (Construction Division R. L. Parabhakar Ko. II.) Port Blair Shri Chand R. S. Chauhan M o o l C h a n d Assistant Engineer (Marine Works) S. P . G u p t a ' Oar Nicobar M. Subramaniam V a c a n t P . R . R a o Assistant Engineer (Nortii Andaman V a c a n t Construction Division) Mayabuder R. K. Kapoor J. K. Nandi V. Ramakrishna Assistant Engineer (Stores and Workshop V. P. A rora Division) Port Blair Kadarbaksh N . K , D ey (viii)

Accounts Officer, Principal Engineer’s Office ... G ovind R aju Assistant Planner ... H. K. W alia MEDICAL DEPAKTMENT

Senior Medical Officer ... D r. S. K. Gnosn Assistant to the Senior 3Iedical Officer ... B. P. Panigrah i Public Health Officer ... „ S, Chakraborty Lady Medical Officer (Car Isicobar) ... „ (M rs.) A nnam a G hee V erghese Lady Medical Officer, Port 131ciir ... „ (M rs.) M. V e k - GHESE Eilaiia-cuni-Malaria Officer (>»"icobar) ... „ R am K atax L al Malaria Officer ... ,, B. G hosh Mat ron ... M rs. M . D. G u Rn kt'I Assistant Surgeon Grade I., (J i N. T. Specialist) ... D r . 0 . M. D evtah Assistant Surgeon Grade I „ R aja L ingam do. ... „ P. C. M azumdar do. ... ,, G. M otiram do. ... „ Sh i v R atnam do. (X . Ray Specialist) ] ... „ R. N. Sarkar do. (Dentist) ... ,, A. K . M ukherjc do. „ G ovind R am do. ... „ A. K . G uosh do. ... „ N.S an k ar a Pii.LAi AGRTOULTURE DEPARTMENT

Director ... U. A nanda Agricultural Officer ... J. C. B arpujari Cojonut Development Officer ... J agan Singh Horticultural Officer ... 0 . S. D as l^conomic Botanist ^ ... D r. M ukund Sikgh EDUOATLOX DEi^RTMENT

^Lducation Officer ... B. D. Sing a. Principal, Higher Secondary ^tultipu^'pose School, Port Blair ... H . R. V aisunav Priucipiil, Higher Secondary School, ... K . S. ^Naidu Principal, Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Port Blair ..^ Sm ti. Shanti Pandk.

M A i l l X V. 1)E PARTMEJST

LTarUoiir Master ... V acant Marine Engineer ... M. K . Sanjjbl Accounts Offi.cer ... M. G. M alik (ix)

POLICE DEPAIITMENT

SuperiDlendent of Police ... R. K . O hri Assistant Superintendent of Police ... B. J. K . T*hampi Assistcint Superintendent of Police ... K . K . Tiw aiii Assistant iSuperintendent of Police ... GiRDnAni L al PoHce Eadio Officer ... Capt. K. M. S jiekii-f

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

Labour Commissioner ... S. K . Shaesia Labour Welfare Officer ... V u ia c u n n ia h do. ... T. V. N'ar ayana K eddy do. ... M ohd. Jamalhdjjin do. ••• A ugustin^e Meshack da. ... T. N. SiNiiA OTHER DEPAR OnCNTS

Resident Engineer, Electricity Department ... K . B askaran Controller, Andaman Labour Force ... K . B alu Cottage Industries Officer ... V acant Supply Officer ... R. R amakrishna Fislu-ries Development Officer ... R. K. G ulati Live-Stock Officer ... M. M. Ciiaw la [legisirar Co-operatire Societies ... D. N. Pal CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Superintendent, Census Operations ... S. K . Sharm a ^Superintendent, District Jail ... D r. S. K . G hosh Director, All Radio ... V . B alasundram Director, Light House and Light Ships ... C. V . C haubal Resident Naval Offi.cer ... Commdr. I. S. B hatc, I. N. Officer Commanding B II Coy, Ceritral Reserve Police ... K . S B rar Principal Engineer (Marine) ... G. S. H ag Offlcer-iu'charge, Anthropological Department ... D r . V . K . K ochar Assistant Technical Maintenance Officer, Inter-State Police Wireless Station ... B. S. H egde Assistant Engineer, Civil Wir: less ... N. V . D eodhar Officer-in-Charge, Central Marine Fisheries ... K . Ranga Rajan Officer-in Charge, Aeronautical Communi­ cation Station and Civil Aerodrome ... B. K . D ey' Post Master ... M . L. B ose STATE BANK OF INDIA

Agent ... B. K. M ukheeji

PORT BLAIR MUxNICIPAL BOARD

CHAIRMAN:

Shri S. K . Sharma

VICE-CHAIRMEN:

Shri K . R . Ganesh Senior

Shri Eraucis Lobo Junior

ELECTED MEMBERS:

Aftab Ali

Shedu Moulvi

Sohan Rangaiya

Niranjan Lai

Gobind Rao

NOMINATED MEMBERS

Durga Pershad

K . Aravindaksbaii

SECRETARY.

Veerandramnath

CONTENTS

SECTION— 1

I’able Paj>e

G en er al

1.1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands at a glance 1.2 Some facts about Andaman and Nicobar Islands

SECTION— 2

C lim a te

2.1 Normal and actual rainfall 9 2.3 Month-wise number of rainy days 10 2.3 Temperature and humidity 11 2.4 Monthly data on temperature, humidity and rainfall recorded at Fort Blair 12 2.5 Monthly average Temperature and rainfall data recorded at Poi t Blair 13 2.6 Monthly wind directions and mean wind speed recorded at Port Blair 14 2.7 Mean daily wind speed recorded at Port Blair lo

SECTION — 3

A rea a n d P o p u la tio n

3.1 Area, population, number of tehsils, Towns & Villages 19 3.2 Decennial growth of population 19 3.3 Mean decenniial growth rates of population , £0 3.4 Age-wise male, female, rural and urban population 20 3.6 Population according to religion 21 3.6 Population by workers and non-workers 22 3.7 Villages classified by population 23

SECTION — 4

A g r icu ltu re

4.1 Estimated area and production of rice 27 4.2 Region-wise distribution of paddy areas 28 4.3 Seedlings distributed 29 4.4 Manures and fertilizers distributed 80 4.5 Pesticides distributed 30 4.6 Area under Japanese method of paddy cultivation, plftnt protection and demonstration trials laid 4.7 Qauntity of Seeds distributed 30 (xiv)

SECTION— 5

Live-Stock and I’isheriis Table Page

6.1 Live-stock Census 1956 and 1961 ... 33 5.2 Veterioary facilities 34 5.3 Veterinary facilities in rural areas 34 5.4 Veterinaiy cases treated in colonisation areas ... 35 5.5 Quantity and value of tish landed in South Andaman .. 35 5.6 Catch in relation to lishing groiinds in South Andaman ... 36 5.7 Specie-wise nsh landing in South Andaman ... 37 5.8 Fish landing according to gears used in South Andaman - 38 5.9 Quantity of fish landed in South Andaman ... 39

SECTION — 6

F o re sts

6.1 Forest area and percentage .. 43 6.2 Employment in forestry and forest industries ... 43 6.3 Raising of Industrial plantations 44 6.4 Progress in concentrated regeneration and afforestation ... 45 6.5 Outt irn of Forest Produce ... 46 6.6 Agency-wise outturn of timber, fuel and other minor forest produce . . 47 6.7 Intake and outturn of C hatham Saw Mill ... 48 6.8 Export of timber 49 6.9 Revenue and expenditure of Forest Department ... 49

SEC TIO N — 7

COLOHISATION

7.1 Pattern of aid to each settler^s family .. 53 7.2 State-wise classification of families settled . . . 54 7.3 Families and persons settled ... 54 7.4 Expenditure incurred under the colonisation scheme 55 7.6 Financial achievements—Colonisation ... 55 7.6 Social and other facilities extended in Colonisation areas ... 56

S E C T IO N -8

E du catio n

8.1 Literacy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... 59 8.2 Education at a glance . .. 59 8.3 Schools with respective places of location, Number of teachers and scholars , , , 60-62 8.4 Region-wise distribution of schools 63 8.5 Sch^ool-wise regional distribution of scholars ... 64 8.6 School-wise regional distribution of teachers ... 65 8.7 Teachers in educational institutions ... 66 8.8 Scholars by age-groups ... 67 (xv)

Table Page 8.9 Projected population of scliool-going age-group b\ sex 68 8.10 Distribution of schools, scholars and teachers ... 6[>-70 . 8.11 Distribution of stipendiary scliolars underooing post- matriculation education in educational institutions in mainland according to pursuits of study ... ’ 71 f^.l2 Distribution of stipendiary scholars undergoing post— matriculation education in educational institutions in mainland according to amoiiit of stipend received ... *71. 8.13 Iiistitution-wise annual distribution of scholars ... 72

SECTION— 9

xVIedical and Public H ealth 9.1 Hegional distribution of hospitals and dispensaries , , , 75-76 9.2 Bed strength of the various liosjiitals ... 71 9.3 Government medical and public health personnel . 77 9.4 Medical facilities ... 'iS 9.5 Patients treated in hospitals and dispensaries ... 78 9.6 Births and deathb- in various hospitals ... 79 9.7 Deaths according to causes 79 9.8 Vaccination statistics 80 9 9 B. C. G. Campaign since its inception in these islands ... 80 9.10 Pathological Laboratory Statistics ... 81 9.11 Annual statistics of operations performed .. . 81 9.12 Annual statistics of maternity cases treated ... 82 9 18 Antenatal clinic cor ducted at the mateinity and child welfare centres 82 9.14 Unicef milk distributed to children * 8;^ 9.15 Annual statistics of average daily in-patients and out-patients ... 8S 9.16 Region-wise medical facilities ... 84 9.17 Expenditure ou Medical facilities .. . 84

SECTION— 10

S h i p p i n g a n d M a r i n e 10.1 Passenger traffic at Port Blair .. 87 10.2 Number and tonnage of vessels visiting Port Blair .. 88 10.3 Commodity-wise value of exports from Port Blair ... 88 10.4 Monthly data on commodity-wise value of exports from Port Blair 89 10.5 Commodity-wise export.-^ from Port Blair 90 10.6 Monthly data on commodity-wise exports from Port Blair ... 90 10.7 Statistics of traffic from Middle and North Andamans to Poit Blair , , , 91 10.8 Sanctioned strength of Govt. Marine Dockyard, Port Blair ,,, 92 10.9 Workers employed, mandays worked an i accidents occured in (Government Marine Dockyard 93 10.10 Waler-crafts constructed in Govt. Marine. Dockyard since its inception ... 94 10.11 Number of water crafts surveyed and major refit undertaken ... 95 (xvi)

SECTION— 11

Transport and Communications Table Page 11.1 Road mileage statistics .. 99 11.2 Government road transport 99 11.3 Motor vehicles on roads • ... 100 11.4 New registration of motor vehicles .. 100 11.5 Road accidents 100 11.6 Postal and telegraph communication facilities 101 11.7 No. of telephones and Exchanges ... 103 11.8 Traffic handled in the Port Blair telegraph office ... 102 11.9 Postal Revenue in A. & N. Islands ... 103 11.10 Postal traffic in A. & N. Islands - Postal Order ... 108 11.11 Postal traffic in A. & N. Islands— Money order ••• 108 11.12 Broadcast receiving licence renewals in A. & N . Islands ••• 103

SKCTION— 12

Po w e r

12.1 Electricity f^enerated (in K W H ) m 107 12.2 l^lectric consumption by various sectors 107 12.3 Sale of electricity to different consumers 108

SE(^TION— 13

Hu btjc F in a n c e

13.1 Budget at a glance ••• H I 13.2 Details of revenue reeeii is 112 13.3 Details of revenue expenditure •••

SECTION— 14

Law and Order

14.1 Strength and cost of Tolice Force ... 11-7 14.2 Volume of crimes 14 3 Average daily population of jail 14.4 Age and state of education of convicts 14 5 Condition of prisoners released from jail ' 14.6 Property stolen and recovered . 120 14.7 Incidence of fire •

SECTION — 15

C o - o p e r a t io n

15.1 Co-operation statistics—Financial and Physical • 123 15.2 Development of co-operative Societies 124 ( x v i i) '

SECTION— k ;

I ndustries a n d L a b o u i:. Table Fage IG.l Saiall scale industries and handicrafts 127 16.2 Output of jail industried 127 1 6 . Average daily number of workers employed in registered Factories 128 16.4 Aveiage daily emplo} raent of adult workers in regis­ tered Facturies with specified normal weekly hours 129 16.5 Factory Labour and accidents 130 16.6 Number of accidents and an ount of compensation paid 131 16.7 Statistics under the Payment of W ages A ct 132 16.8 Industrial ui>putes and nrandavs lost 133 16.9 Number of shops and Commercial Establiahments under the WeoUly Holidays Act l'.'42 133 16.'0 Loave with wages under the Factories Act 1948 134 16 11 Number of establishments having certified standin<^ orders under the Industrial Employment Act 1946 and the strength of employees 135 16.12 Accidcnts-industrj-wise 136 1G.13 Aiuoiint of con)pensation paid industry-wi=e 137 16.14 Membership of workers Trade Unions 138 16.15 General I’unds of e^isitercd Unions 140-141 16.16 As-ets and I 'iabilities of workers unions 142-14:3 16.17 Statistics on works committees 144

SECTION— 17

17.1 Distribution of A. & N. Administration employees U 7-14 8 17.2 Distribution of A. & N. Administration employees according to Basic Pay Ranges 149-150 17.3 Distribution of A. & N. Administration employees according to total emoluments 151-152 17.4 Distiibution of A. & N. Administration employees (Keyular) by sex and class of appointment 153-154 17.5 Distribution i)f A. & N .' Administration employees (Regular) according to Marital Status 155-156 17.6 Sanctioned strength and filled-in posts in re.spect of Andaman and Nicobar emplojees 157-158

SECTION— IS

Planning and DEvELorMENT

18.1 Third Five Year Plan Outlay 161 18.2 Third Five Year Plan Outlay and expenditure 162-165 18.3 Blocks at a (ilance 166-167 18.4 Progress of expenditure in respect of C. D, Blo<'ks 168 SECTTOX—19

F o ODCIRAIN’ S .^ND PlUCES Table Page 19.1 "Wholesale prices of foodgrains at Port Bliiir ... 171 19.2 E,etail prices of foodstuft’s prevailing at different Centres - 172 19.3 Tiend of retail prices at Port Blair . 17;) 19.4 Average Annual wholesale price of milk & milk products ... 174 19.6 Average Annual wholesale pi ice of meat of different aiiimals at Port Blair - 174 19.6 Average annual wholesale prices of Poultry by type of birds at Port Blair ... 175 19.7 Averatze annual price of animals of various types at Port Blair ... 175

s E C 'n o N - a o

M iscelt.a n e o c s

20.1 State aid to paupers 17!) 20.2 Cinema Statistics 170 20.3 Sugar import statistics 180 20.4 Census bouses and th^ use.'^ to which th< y are i>ut 180 20.5 Collection under Smull Savings accounts and scciiritie.' .. 18 i 20.6 Income of Municipalities 182 20.7 Expenditure of Municipalities 18;^

SECTION— 21

AiJ, Tn'dja Statistics

21.1 Area and population of In iia 187 21.2 Variation in Population of India .. 187 21.3 Area, population and density of population of States, Union territoiies and other areas 188 21.4 Ranking of States and Union territories in terms of population and area •• 18i> SKCTION— 22

C on ver sio n T able * SECTION-'I GENERAL

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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS AT A GLANCE

Items Unit Particulars

l>istance between Port Blair and (i) Calcutta Km. 1,255 lii) Madras Km. 1,191 Average rainfall Inches 123.33 Rainfall during 1964 do. 130.86 Mean Maximum temperature 1964 30.5 Meau Minimum temperature 1964 C» 23.0 H ighest Peak (Saddle Peak) Ft. 2,400 A rea:— (i) Andamans Sq. Km. 6,682 (ii) Nieobars do. 1,645 llevenuj Tebsils No. 6

Towns >> 1 Viillages:— (i) Inhabited 399

(ii) Un-inhabited ti 13 Population 1961: 63,548 (i) Males jj 39,304

(ii) Females >? 24,244 (iii) Urban jy 14,075

(iv) Rural 99 49,473 Fe^males per 1,OCO males 1901 617 Density of population 1961 Sq. Km. 8 Toital aborigines 1961 N o. 14,122 W(orkers 1961 31,194

Non-workers 1961 J) 32,354 Tottal employment in Public Sector

as

(i) Regular employees 3J 4,448 (ii) Non-regular employees 13,008 Literates 1961 21,372

(ij Male if 16,675

(ii) Female yi 4,697

(iii) Rural » 14,312 (iv) Urban 7,060

Edmcational Institutions 1063-64 99 121 Schiolars 8,833

(i) B ojs >> 5,648 (ii) arirls 3,185

Teaichers $y 354 (i) Males 273 (ii) Females 81 Exp)enditure on education 1903-61 Es. lakhs 22.25 Estiimated area under rice 1964-65 (P) Hectares 6,876 Protduction of rice 1964-65 (P) M . Tonaes 8,823 AveJrage yield of rice per Hectare 1964-65 do. 1.28 4

Items Unit Particuhars

Area under Japanese Method of Paddy Cultivation 1964-65 Hectares Total Live-stock 1961 No. 38,6117 Total Poultry 196 L 76,65)5 Veterinary Dispensaries 1964 ?? 5

Veterinary Surgeons 1984 99 5 Fish landed during 1964 M. Tonnes lJl-9 Income realised 1964 Rs. ‘ 000^ 2224: Area under forests 1964-65 Sq. Km. 5,96)6 Timber exported 1964-65 Tons 30,16)9 Intake of Chatham Saw Mill 1964 ?? 34,58}0

Outturn of Chatham Saw Mill 1964 J3 1:2^39)1 Medical facilities 1961 (i) Hospitals No. 9

(ii) Dispensaries 99 3)6

(iii) Beds available 99 418

Registered factories 1964 99 1 5

(i) Average workers employed daily 99 2,33}8

(ii) Mandays worked 99 6,92,59)2 Roads 1964-65 Km. 4352 Buses 1964-65 Ko. 113

Motor vehicles on road as on 31-3-1965 5 5 ^ 458 Electricity generated 1964 ‘000^ K W H units 2,084 Electricity consumed 1964 do. 1.5350 Co-operative Societies 1964-65 No. 143

(i) Membership 99 9,458 (ii) Share capital Rs. 8,69,60>7

(iii) Working capital '>9 25,00,31.4 C. D. Blocks No. 5

Post offices and Sub-post offices as on 31-3-1965 99 10

Police Stations 1964 99 7

Polic Outposts 1964 99 11

Telegraph/Police Radio Stations 1964 99 JL’Z Outlay of Third Five Year Plan Rs. lakhs 979.32 Per capita plan outlay Rs. 1,541

Souri:;e : Statistical Bm-eau, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 5

T a b le (1.2)

SOME FACTS ABOUT ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

1. (a) Geographj'cally, the Andaman and Nieobar Islands are, situated between the 6th and 14th parallels of north latitude and between the 9 i° and 94° of east longitudes in the Bay of Bengal. (b) The islands consist of two separate groups with the 10 degree channel separating the two. Andamans cover an area of 2,580 Sq. miles and the Nicobars 635 Sq. miles. (c) The climate is tropical, warm but tempered by pleasant sea breezes. The actual rainfall recorded during 1964 was 130,86 inehea— an increase of 7.53 inches from the average rainfall. (d) According to the final results of 1961 census:— (i) Tl\e populalion of tbese islands \ms increased from 2)0,071 in 1951 to 63,548 in 1961, showing an increase of 105 percent. (ii) The density of population is 7.7 per square kilometre. (iii) The population consists of 31,194 workers and 32,354 non-workers (iv) The male population has increased from 19,055 in 1951 to 3 9 ,3 0 tin l9 6 1 while the female population increased from 11,916 in 1951 to 24,244 in 1961. (v) The population of Port Blair town has increased from 8,014 in 1951 to 14,075 in 1961, showing an increase of 75.6 per cent.

2. Forests cover 5,966 Sq. Km . or 72 per cent of the total land area.

3. The area under paddy has increased from 4,000 acres in 1949-50 to 16,991 acres iu 1964-65, registering an increase of 424.8 per cent.

4. Out of 31,194 workers, 20.7 % are cultivators and only 1.1 per cent are agricultural labourers according to 1961 census.

5. The number of Schools has increased from 84 in 1960-61 to 121 in 1963-64.

6. The number of Scholars studying in the educational institutions has increased from 1,692 in 1949-50 to 8,833 in 1963-64, the number of girl students having increased from 406 to 3,185 respectively.

7. The per capita expenditure on students has risen from Rs. 64 in 1951-52 to E-s. 252 in 1963-64, the total annual expenditure being Rs. 1.25 lakhs and Rs. 22.25 lakhs respectively.

8. The percentage of literacy is 33.6 in 1061 as against 25.1 iu 1951.

9. The literacy in Urban area has increased from 46 per cent to 50 per cent while in the rural area it has increased from 18 per cent in 1951 to 29 per cent in 1961.

10. The number of hospitals and dispensaries has increased from 5 and 0 in 1960 to 9 and 36 in 1964 respectively. 6

11. The area served by either a hospital or a dispensary is 71 Sq. milejs whereas in 1950 it was 230 Sq. miles. For every 1,622 persons there is a hospital or a dispensary as compared to that of 2,142 in 1950.

1,2. The expenditure on medical relief and public, health has increasecd from Rs. 5.3’2 lakhs in 1949-50 to Rs. 1 j.35 lakhs in 1964-65, peT capita expenditure having increased from Rs. 17.7 to 22.4 during this period.

13. The number of veterinary dispensaries and outposts has increased fronn 6 in 1953 to 16 as on 31st March, 1965.

14. The average monthly consumption of electricity has increased frona 18/258 in 1952 to 1,27,464 K .W .H . in 1964.

15. 149 Metric tonnes of fish worth Rs. 2.24 lakhs were landed during^ 1964 as compared to metric tonnes worth Rs. Q.5S lakhs in 1050.

16. The total revenue receipts have increased from Rs. 71.62 lakhs in 1948-49 to Rs. 217 74 lakhs in 1964-65, the expenditure having increased from Rs. 105.18 lakhs in 1948-49 to Rs. 518.81 lakhs in 1964-65.

17. Per capita revenue receipts have increased from Rs. 239 in 1948-49 to Rs. 298 in 1961-05.

18. The total outlay of the Third Five Year Plan is Rs. 979.320 lakhs as against Rs. 603.135 lakhs of the Second Five Year Plan. SEC TIO H -2 CLIMATE

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NOKUTAL AND ACTUAL RAINFALL

Period Normal Eainfall Actual Rainfall dnriug Departure of Actual Rain­ Percentage the period fall from Normal A A A . . ( > r {------In Cms. In Inches In Cms. In Inches In Cms. In Inches

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1960 313.25 123.33 308.00 121.26 — 5.25 - 2.07 (-) 1.7 o

1961 313.25 123.33 436.25 171.75 + 123.00 + 48.42 ( + ) 39.2

1982 313.25 123.33 326.03 128.36 + 12.78 + 5.03 ( + ) 4.08

1963 313.25 123.33 322.91 127.13 + 9.66 + 3.80 ( + ) 3.08

1964 313.25 123.33 332.38 130.86 + 19.13 + 7.53 ( + ) 6.10

1" = 2.54 Cms.

S o u rce : llegional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta T a b le (2.2)

MONTH-WISE NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS— 1964

Month No. of days

J anuary • • • 3

February • • • I

March 0

April ... 0

May 23

June 21

July • • • 14

August 18

September 28

October 15

November ... 19

December ... 3 Total 142

S o u rce : Eegional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. Table {-2.3)

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY

Mean Maximum Mean Minimum Average Mean Relative Humidity (% ) Year Temperature Temperature Temperature at A ...... A A . . A 1 f c ¥ C F c P 0830 Hrs. 1730 Hrs.^ Degrees Degrees Degrees I. S. T. I. S. T.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1960 30.4 86.7 23.9 75.0 27.2 80.8 78 84

1961 29.7 85.5 23.7 74.7 26.7 80.1 82 87

1962 30.1 86.2 23.7 74.7 26.9 80.6 79 84

1963 ^ 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

F = 9 /6 C + 32

SouECE : Regional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. T a b le (2.4) •

MONTHLY DATA ON TEMPERATUllE, HUMIDITY AND RAINFALL

(RECORDED AT PORT BLAIR)— 1964.

Temperature in Centigrade Relative Humidity (%) Total Rainfall Month ______A______------A-_------in------Millime- Mean Mean Average 08 .0 Hrs. 1730 Hrs. tres Maximum Minimum Tempei ature I. S. T. I. S. T.

January 22.0 26.0 71 78 16.2 February 3L9 23.2 27.5 70 77 2.7 March 32.7 22.9 27.8 67 73 0.0 April 34 0 24.0 29.0 61 71 3.1 May .30.5 23.4 26.9 81 86 587.9 June 20.5 23.2 26.3 84 87 592.3 July '29.8 23.3 26.5 S3 86 354.3 August 29.2 23.3 26.3 83 86 468.S September 28.9 22.9 25.9 85 89 662.4 October 29.8 22.7 26.3 79 86 217.9 November 29.5 22.5 26.0 83 88 394.3 December 29.9 22.2 26.0 70 76 23.9

A n n u a l 30.5 23.0 26.7 76 82 3323.8

S o u rce : Regional Meteorological Centre, Calcutta. T a b le (2.5)

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA RECORDED AT PORT ELAIK

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Mean Tempe­ Total Mean Tempe­ Total Mean Tempe­ Total Mean Tempe­ Total Mean Tempe­ Total Month rature (°C) Rain­ rature (°C) Rain­ rature ( ‘^C) Rain­ rature (°C) Rain­ rature (°C) Rain­ fall in fall in fall in fall in fall in Max. Min. milli­ Max. Min. milli­ Max. Min. milli­ Max. Min. milli­ Max. Min. milli­ metres metres metres metres metres

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

January 30.7 23.6 95.5 29.9 23.7 62.8 29.1 23.4 177.7 29.5 23.7 70,9 30.1 22.0 16.2 -February 30.9 23.1 23.1 30.4 23.0 180.1 30.1 22.9 13.6 30.8 22.9 08.2 31.9 23.2 2.7 09 Maroh 31.1 21.9 0,0 31,0 23.4 39.2 31.8 22.8 0.0 31.4 23.6 12.7 32.7 22.9 0.0 April 33.0 24.5 37.8 32.2 24.8 109.0 32.8 24.4 36.0 31.8 24.4 122.4 34.0 24.0 3.1 May 31.4 24.8 667.3 29.5 23.8 1,060.6 30.9 24.8 305.5 32.1 24.7 234.0 30.5 33.4 687.9 June 29.4 24.3 545.8 29.4 23.9 412.3 29.6 24.6 423.5 29.6 24.4 430.6 29.5 23.2 592.3 July 29.5 24.5 286.0 28.6 24.2 357.4 29.0 24.5 449.6 29.1 24.7 326.8 29.8 23.3 354.3 August 29.5 24.9 290.1 28.3 23.8 721.6 28.9 23.4 465.7 38.5 23.9 682.6 29.2 23.3 468.8 September 28.8 24.0 485.4 28.4 23.3 705.1 28.5 23.5 521.7 28.3 23.8 609.1 28.9 22.9 662.4 October 29.5 23.4 423.2 28.9 32.2 320.1 30.3 24.1 228.9 29.3 23.8 367.1 29.8 22.7 217.9 November 30.4 24.4 132.2 30.1 24.3 310.9 30.8 23.3 145.1 30.3 24.3 95.0 29.5 22.5 394.3 December 30.1 23.2 93.5 29.8 23.2 83.3 29.5 28.1 493.1 29.2 23.6 269.8 29.9 22.2 23.9

S o u rce : Regional Meteorological Centre,

Calcutta. T a b le (2.6)

MONTHLY WIND DIRECTIONS AND MEAN WIND SPEED llECORDED AT PORT BLAIR —1964

WIND DIRECTION Mean W ind I » Speed in Frequency of Occurences K m . p, h. 0830 1730 .-A- 0830 1730 Months __^ __ Hrs. Hrs. N NE E SE S SW W NW Calm N NE E SE S SW W NW Calm I.S.T. LS.T.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

0 0 0 0 7 9.5 6.4 January 2 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10.3 7.7 February 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 1 0 1 0 1 2 9 8.2 5.5 March 5 20 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 9 1 1 0 0 1 7 8.5 4.4 April 2 14 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 14 0 0 14 10 2 1 17,0 14.1 May 0 5 j. 1 3 17 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24 4 1 0 20.8 15.6 June 0 0 0 0 0 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 8 1 3 14.8 9.9 July 0 0 1 3 7 10 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 4 1 1 24.0 18.7 August 0 0 0 0 1 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 11 4 0 19.1 16.5 September 0 0 0 0 1 16 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 2 6 11.7 8.6 October 2 2 3 0 3 9 4 5 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 7 11.4 8.6 November 0 4 9 5 3 2 2 3 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 0 0 1 13.3 12.5 December 2 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17 10 1 0

SouucE: Regional Meteorological Centre,

Calcuttar 15

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MEAN DAILY WIND SPEED RECORDED AT PORT BLAIR

(in hn. p.h)

SPEED

Month 1963 1964

January ... 10.2 8.2

February ... 7.3 8.4

March • •• 6.5 5.7

April • •• 5.8 4.9

May ... 10.4 14.7

June 21.9 18.1

July 20.5 12.5

August • • • 19.0 21.3 September ... 16.0 15.9

October 8.5 9.8

November 6.6 8.1

December 8.5 8.5

Annual 1L8 11.8

Source : Regional Meteorological Centre^ Calcutta.

SEGTION-3 AREA AND POPULATION

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^\EEA, POPULATION, NUMBER OF TEHSILS, TOWNS & VILLAGES

Item. Particvilars

• L Area (Sq. Miles) (i) Andamans 2,680 (ii) Nicobars 635

T otal 3,215

i) Population (1961) 63,548 ?>. Density per Sq. mile (1961) 20 4 . No. of Revenue Tehsils 6 5. No. of Towns 1 e. No. of Villages (inhabited) 399 7. Avernge population per \illage (1961) 124 8. Population of Port Blair :— Male 8,946 Female 5,129

T otal 14,075

SoTJECE; Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b le (3.2) DECENNIAL GROWTH OF POPULATION

SI. Year Population Variation in Percentage Density per No. population variation Sq. Mile 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 1901 24,649 — 8 2 1911 26,459 + 1,810 7.3 8 S 1921 27,086 + 627 + 2.4 9 4 1931 29,463 + 2,377 + 8.8 9 5 1941 33,768 + 4,305 + 14.6 11 r> 1951 30,971 - 2,797 + 8.3 10 7 1961 63,548 + 32,577 +105.19 20

Net variation = 38,899 +157.81 (1901-1961)

S o u rce ; 1. Census Report, 1961.

2. Statistical------— —Bureau, — — Andaman and Nicobar Islands 20

T a b l e (3.3) MEAN DECENNIAL GROWTH RATES OP POPULATION— 1961

Items 1951-60 1941-50 1931-40 1921-30 1911-20) 1 2 3 4 5 6 47,260 32,619 31,616 28,275 26,77 2 Mean population of decade for area under registration of biiths and deaths 47,260 32,369 31,616 28,275 26,77 2 Growth of population during decade + 32,577 - 2,797 + 4,305 + 2,377 -}- 62 7 Mean d.ecennial growth + G8.9 - 8.6 + 13.6 + 8.4 + 2.3 Rate SouncE: Statistical Bureau, Andaman and. Nieobar Island is.

T a b l e (3.4) AGE-WISE MALE, FEMALE, RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION- 1J61 Census R U R A lj URBAN Percentage A g i u u p ^ A of Totall Male Female Male Female Total Populatio;n n 1 2 3 4 5 6 i 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 — 14 2,071 1,834 610 552 5,097 8.02 15 — 19 1,873 1,552 501 419 4,345 6.8i 20 — . 24 4,038 1,843 1,268 577 7,72(5 12.16 25 29 4,977 2,002 2,451 572 9.002 14 17 30 _ 34 2,938 1,271 957 340 5,566 8.74 35 — 39 2,271 1,095 759 235 4,360 6.83 40 — 44 1,590 691 534 159 2,974 4.68 45 — 4d 1,210 554 404 103 2,271 3.57 50 _ 54 892 427 244 06 1,629 2.56 55 59 462 234 137 46 879 1.38 60 _ 6 i 403 282 90 49 824 1.30 65 — 6.) 182 115 37 14 348 0.55 70 — 74 141 110 27 16 294 0.46 < 5 & above 123 110 29 22 290 0.46 T otal 30,358 19,115 8,946 5,129 63,548 100.00 B. Total Male Population 39,304 Percentage to the Total Population 6L8 Total Female Population 2i,244 Percentage to the Total Population • 38.2 Total Rural Population 49,473 Percentage to the Total Population 77.9 Total Urban Population 14,075 I'ercentage to the Total Population 22.1 SouiicE : 1. Census 1961 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman und Nieobar Islands, 21

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POPULATION ACCORDING TO H ELIGION— 1951 & ]96I

Keliffion !Male Female Total Percentage to Total ^ Population

Hindus 1961 21,021 11,760 32,781 51.6 1951 6,138 B,156 9,294 30.0 Christians 1961 11,225 6,748 17,973 28.3 1951 6.090 3,404 9,494 30.7 Muslims 1961 4,155 3,243 7,398 11.6 1951 2,871 1,909 4,783 15.4 Buddhists 1961 976 731 1,707 2.7 1951 983 622 1,604 5.2 Sikhs 1961 145 96 241 0.4 1951 89 37 126 0.4 Jains 1961 3 i— 3 N 1951 1 3 4 N Others 1961 1,779 1,666 3,445 5.4 1951 2,881 2,785 5,666 18.3

T o tal ... 1961 39,304 24,244 63,548 100.0 1951 19,055 11,916 30,971 100.0

N = Negligible.

S ource Census Report, 1961, Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 22

T able (55.6)

POPULATION BY AVORKERS AND NON.WORKI:r S

Population Percentage Category - A. of Total Male Female Total Population

1 2 3 4 5

JF o b k e r s

1, As Cultivators 5/>28 1,227 6,455 10.2

2. As Agricultural Labourers 337 11 348 0.5

3. In Mining, Quarrying:, Live-stock, 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

5. In Manufactnring other than household industry l,14u 69 1,204 L 9

S. In Construction 6,426 16 5,442 8.7

7. In trade anA Commerce 1,065 30 1,095 1.7

8. In Transport, Storage

and Communication 403 — 403 0.6

0, In other Services 4,011 284 4,295 6.7

T otal W orkers 26,648 4,546 31,194 49.1

N o n -M'orkeus 12,666 19,698 32,354 50.9

T otal P o p u l it io n ... 39,304 24,24t 63,548 —

S o u rce : Census 1961, Statistical ]3ureaii, Andaman and Nicobar Islands# 23

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VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION

POPULATION ...... ( 7 Villages Number Male Female Total

1 2 4 5

W ith population less than 200 ... 10,77!) 0,036 16,815

Between 200-499 ... 51 10,321 6,348 16,669

Between 500-999 ... 20 8,009 5,804 13,903

Bett\een 1,000-1,999 ... 2 1,159 927 2,086

T o ta l ... Ii99 30,353 19,115 49,473

Soupx'E: Census 1961.

SECTIOH-4 AGRICULTURE

•^V w .

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ESTIMATED AREA AND PRODUCTION OF RICE

AREA PRODUCTION

I Current Estimates Corresponding Esti­ Percentage Current Estimates Corresponding Esti­ 1 Percentage mates of the pre­ Increase (+ ) or mates of the pre­ Increase Period vious year Decrease (—) vious year 1 (+ ) or De- over the pre­ crease(—) vious year over the previous year

1 Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Tons M. Tonnes Tons M. Tonnes K> 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 i '7 9 10 11

1960-61 16,378 6,633 14,472 5,861 + 13.0 5,925 6,020 5,122 5,204 4- 15.7 1961-62 16,685 6,752 16,378 6,633 + 1.9 6,079 0,176 5,925 6,020 + 2.6 1962-63 16,724 6,768 16,685 6,752 + 0.2 6,426 0,529 6,079 6,176 + 5.7 1963-64 16,336 6,611 16,724 6,768 — 2.3 8,538 8,675 6,426 6,529 + 32.9 1964-65 (P) 16,991 6,876 16,336 6,611 + 4.0 8,684 8,823 8,538 8,675 + 1.7

Source: 1. RevenueiAssistant Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

2. Astst. Commissioner, Mayabunder. 3. Stjitisticil Burean, Andaman and Ninobar Islands. 2 8

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REGION-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF PADDY AREAS

( in acres)

YEARS Si. No. Region r~- 1983-64 1961-65 ----

1 2 3 4

1. South Andaman 7,2:25 7,339 2 . Diglipv\T 3,699 3,524 8 . Mayabunder 2,834 2,728 4. Rangat 2,578 3,4C0

T otal 16,336 16,9D1

S o u rce : 1. Addl. District Magistrate, Port Blair. 2. Asst. Commissioner, Mayabunder. Table (4.3)

'SEEDLINGS DISTRIBUTED

Item Unit 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

Coconut Seedlings Nos. 31,064 41,084 21,022 49,200 37,586 Arecanut Seedlings Nos. 50,050 66,855 1,12,129 55,132 90,724 Vegetable Seedlings Nos. 47,193 1,25,436 1,34,819 2,01,672 1,,79,166 I ’ruit Plants including Suckers Nos. 29,208 20,494 28,070 22 899 22,018 Ornamental Seedlings Nos. 10,000 4,520 4,752 4,050 2,650

Souiif^E: Director of Agriculture Andaman and. Nicobar Islands. O

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MANURES AND FERTILISERS DISTRIBUTED

Variety LTnit 1960-161 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

Nitrogenous Tons a 21 2 0 19 47 Phosphatic Tons 16 — 27 32 43------Potassic Tons 0.5 —— ------Compost Tons 876 1,175 149

S o u r c e : Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islatsds. 'I'ab le (4 5) PESTICIDES DISTRIBUTED

Item Unit 1960-61 1961-G2 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

^Pes^ticides Metric Tonnes 10 7 2 3 10 Pesticidrs Liquid Litres 464 36 41 32 199

\ Source; Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T able (4.6) AREA UNDER JAPANESE METHOD OF PADDY CULTIVATION, PLANT PROTECTION AND DEMONSTRATION TRIALS LAID

Item Unit 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 03 o Area under Japanese Method of Paddy Cultivation Acres 1,780 2,033 1,786 531 601 Area under Plant Protection Acres 3,486 1,490 1,088 1,138 1,150 Demonstration trials laid Nos. 266 158 203 175 267 Source: Director of Agricultin-e, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Table (4.7) QUANTITY OE SEEDS DISTRIBUTION Variety Unit 1960-61 1961-^2 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 Paddy Seeds JNL ‘ronues 32 34 42 44 36 Ve^^etable Seeds K g. 65 119 164 287 481 Cashew 'Seeds K^. 286 —

Source : Director of Agriculture, Andaman and Wicobar Islands. SECTION-5 LIVE-STOCK AND FISHERIES

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LIVE-STOCK CENSUS 1966 AND 1961 SI. No. Item 1966 1961 1. C attle- (a) Male over 3 years— (i) Used for breeding only 45 35 (ii) Used for breeding and work both — 243 (iii) Used for work only 995 1,650 (iv) others 13 284 T o ta l 1,052 2,2i2 (b) Female over 3 years— (i) Breeding— (a) In milk 538 1,984 (b) Dry and not calved even once 490 796 (ii) Working 3 38 (iii) Other 5 144 T o tal 1,036 2,862 (c) Young Stock 2,362 2,314 T o t a l Cattle 4,350 7,388 Buffaloes— (a) Male over 3 years— (i) Used for breeding only 6 7 fii) Used for breeding and work both — 378 (iii) Used for work only 1,903 4,341 (iv) Others 20 53 T otal 1,929 4,779 (b) Female over 3 years— (i) Breeding— (a) In milk 800 679 (b) Dry and not calved even once 730 1,320 (ii) Working 7 51 (iii) Others 8 34 T o t a l 1,545 2,084 (c) Young Stock 2,631 1,494 T o t a l Buffaloes 6,105 8,357 3. Sheep 33 36 4. Goats 3,663 8,616 3. Horses and Ponies 17 5 6. Other Live-stock 14,449 14,216 7. Total Live-stock 28,617 38,617 8. Poultry 57,040 76,655 9. Ploughs — 3,010 10. Carts 52 11. Sugar-cane crushers — 12 12. Oil Engines — d 13. Electric Pumps 1 14. Ghanies — ■ 5 15. Tractors 1 16. Elephants 107 145

S ource : Live-stock Census, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 34

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VETERINARY FACILITIES

Items PERIOD ______A__ 1960 1961 1962 1963 10611.

No. of A^eterinary Dispensaries 4 4 4 4 5. No. of Veterinary Surgeons 5 6 6 5 No. of Animals treated 21,455 16,594 27,030 30,922 M,678i N o. of Castrsitions done 726 285 B65 448 721. No. of Inoculations 2,000 6,647 2,611 34,098 33,350)

SomcE'. Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Kicobar Islands.

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VATERINARY FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS AS ON 31ST MARCH, 1965

Nature of facilities Place provid.ed Year of inception

A. Dispensaries

South Andaman (i) Jungligbat 1921 (ii) Wimberlygunj 194S fiddle Andaman (i) Ran oat 1955 North Andaman (i) Diglipur 1958 Nicobars (i) Car Nieobar 1965 Outposts

South Andaman (i) Port Mout 1947 (ii) Tushnabad 1948 (iii) Havelock 1952 (iv) Manglutan 1958 (v) Baratang 1964 Middle Andaman (i) Betapur 1959 (ii) Kadamtala 1959 (iii) Bakultala 1962 North Andaman (i) Mayabunder ( Webi) 1256 (ii) Kalara (Kalighat) 1960 (iii) jMilangram 1963

SOUROE; Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 35

T ^ b l e (5.4)

VETERINARY CASES TREATED IN COLONISATION AREAS.

Period Ran gat Ma}'abunder Diglipur K a dam tala Kalara

1959-60 . 2,786 770 1,465 500 27 19»60-6I 4,148 1,119 1,0 ‘)4 1,265 700 I961-62 3,810 1,128 1,338 1,511 923 19)62-63 3,025 1,U 0 3,207 1,686 1,483 1963-64 3,376 1,350 4,-’ 47 1,804 2,169 1964-65 6,728 1,698 5,040 2,072 1,794 Quarter ending June. 1964 1,747 300 1,316 586 460 September, 1964 1,734 409 1,215 487 324 iJecember, 1964 1,672 509 1,123 549 480 Mavck, 1065 1,575 S90 1,SS6 450 5S0

S o u r c e : Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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QUANTITY AND VALUE OF FISH LANDED IN SOUTH ANDAxMANS

Period Quantity (M. Tonnes) Value (Rs.)

1960 129 1,36,167 1961 131 1,45,624 1962 155 2,19,236 1963 159 2,38,716 1964 149 2,23,845 J anuary. 1964 14.87 22,305 February >> 10,63 15,945 iMarch 10.15 15,165 April jy 9.84 15,000 May 14.41 21,615 June JJ 11.40 17,100 July >> 12.80 19,500 August >> 13.67 21,000 September 11.20 16,500 October 13.42 20,130 November J) 12.25 18,375 December 9} 14.14 21,210

So u rce : Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 36

T a b l e (5 .6 ) CATCH IN RELATION TO FISHING GROUNDS IN SOUTH ANDAMANS— 1964. {171 K qs.)

Fishing Ground Jan, Feb. March April iMay June

i Dundas Point 2,380 1,870 1,850 1,190 1,155 1,295 2 Aberdeen Jetty 615 520 380 380 1,570 760 3 North Bay 755 225 840 776 2,860 605 4 Ross Island 1,040 865 1,910 1,055 1,900 50 5 Corbjns Cove 750 330 865 1.210 2,050 2,500 6 Madhuban 625 225 1,360 2,040 1,440 1,560 7 Rangachang 200 — — 665 350 855 8 Meil Island 3,435 2,155 245 —. — — 9 Haddo 225 475 £00 445 1,640 640 10 Phoenix Bay 1,675 1,9S0 770 505 — 715 11 Kalapahar .— 265 — — ■ 1,065 12 Saithan Khari — .— . — .— - — 10 13 Balaghat 2,675 ],510 — 355 — — ■ 14 Port Mout —— 300 — 345 255 15 Shoal Bay __ 580 ——- 16 Janglighat —. ---- 380 640 930 1,075 17 Wright Mjo 490 520 480 —— — 18 Panighat — — — — 145 10

T o t a l 14,865 10,62fi' 10,145 9,840 14,405 11,395

July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total

1,055 1,330 865 1,625 1,850 3,500 19,965 510 610 640 75 410 170 6,660 1,395 1,710 1,850 960 825 695 13,495 3,985 2,500 2,190 1,050 295 550 17,390 1,445 1,835 910 515 1,720 1,135 15,315 1,505 1,015 695 2,2;)0 800 640 14,195 330 1,120 805 1,035 895 165 6,420 100 — i— 560 1,575 2.410 10,480 525 785 545 275 .— 225 6,280 1100 920 420 510 345 1,040 9,930 90 550 ■ 35 70 445 2,520 — 180 345 530 840 495 2,400 115 1,205 1,120 455 950 8,385 45 245 480 340 430 225 2,665 —— 430 305 30 1,345 600 815 215 335 1,200 870 7,060 — —— 1,765 230 595 4,080 — — — — —— 156 12,800 J 3,685 11,200 13,415 12,245 14,140 14,8740 SoTJiiCE : Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 37

T a b l e (5.7) SPECIE- -WISE FISH LANDING IN SOUTH ANDAMAN— ______1064 [Jn Kgs.) Name Jan. Feb. March April May J une

1. Sardines 3,135 2,5;’ 0 1,105 1,145 906 515 2. Anchovies 1,OSO 895 675 190 1,450 1,290 Dorosoma 4. Baracuda S45 85 375 265 2S0 6. Sea Perches 5,290 3,485 2,555 2,080 1,470 645 G, Seer Fish 255 115 1,430 2/295 2,100 2,940 I. Dorab 150 110 25 20 600 165 8. Horse Maekercl 170 70 65 670 4,550 2,185 9. Mackerel } 1C. Tunny 265 25 115 146 155 330 11. Mullet 915 715 705 505 220 70 12. Silver Belly 715 580 615 550 355 330 13. Gar Fish 450 370 80 355 710 14. Sbaxk and ^ay 220 145 ^85 240 360 690 15. Prawns 90 30 65 80 16. Pomfret 85 165 — 245 55 1 7. Beaked Fish 465 65 18. Carnex 1,110 565 555 725 200 1,150 19. Other Porches 20. Cat Fish 30 40 120 55 65 21. Hilsa 200 355 270 115 110 23. Miscellaneous 360 406 840 455 380 605

T otal 14,865 10,635 10,145 9,840 14,405 11,395 Julv Aug. Sept, ^0^ Nov. Dec. Total 1,085 1,425 845 1,295 1,245 2,205 17,725 1,535 1,625 1,330 1,310 1,890 2,440 15,710 — — — — 135 85 220 595 460 260 215 — ------2,880 770 1,090 1,215 3,825 4,155 3,965 30,545 3,685 1,845 1,425 570 5 16,665 135 45 — 50 5 260 1,566 1,025 1,845 576 580 110 11,845 630 330 205 120 15 55 2,390 230 260 635 860 560 705 6,370 500 770 515 810 1,250 1,710 8,710 — .— ——- —.— 1,965 455 760 870 530 220 140 4,915 — 30 65 470 330 640 1.800 15 — 20 —— ____ 685 165 245 370 145 50 30 1,536 1,025 1,205 1,265 1,540 850 695 10,885 420 710 640 380 380 395 2,82.=S 35 20 100 20 40 20 545 —— 195 ____ — 1,245 495 1,000 770 705, 1,115 685 7,815 12,800 13,665 11,200 13,415 12,245 14,140 14,8,740

S o u r c e : Fisheries Development Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b le (5.8)

FISH LANDING ACCORDING TO GEARS USED IN SOUTH ANDAMANS -1 9 6 4

{In Kgs,)

Name Jan. Feb. March April May June Jaly Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total

1. Hook & Line 5,820 3,520 4,685 4,815 4,395 4,585 6,885 5,030 4,995 6,293 5,310 5,010 61,345

3. Shore Seine Net 1,950 1.310 1,940 1,820 7,090 3,470 2,565 4,415 2,645 2,480 3,300 2 640 35,630

3. Trawal Net 1,185 1,215 1,100 1,125 1,005 1,125 995 1,440 750 775 1,150 2,540 14,405 03 4. Cast Net 1,385 1,695 820 640 710 1,125 935 1,110 895 1,125 365 1,600 12,405 oo

5. Drag Net 635 490 345 260 275 420 430 610 265 420 755 555 5,460

6. Gill Net 3,885 2,395 1,255 995 880 670 990 1,060 1,650 2,320 1,365 1,795 19,260 .

7. Stake Net — — — 185 50 236

T o t a l 14,865 10,625 10,145 9,840 14,405 11,395 12,800 13,665 11,200 13,415 12,245 14,140 1,48,740

S o u r c e : Fisheries Development Officer,

Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 39

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QUANTITY OF FISH LANDED IN SOUTH ANDAMAN

{in kg.)

QUANTITY SI. No. Narae

1961 1962 1963 1864

17,725 1. Sardines • • • 16,924 15,939 15,659 15,710 2. Anchovies • •• 17,191 15,312 16,597 220 3. Dorosoma • •• 2,198 2,916 973 1,665 4. Dorab • •• 1,640 1,984 4,810 2,880 5. Barracttda • • • 3,638 3,429 34,940 30,545 6. Sea Perches • •• 38,682 36,630 16,480 16,665 7. Seer Fish • • • 7,991 14,818 1,745 8. 13,780 *) Horse Mackerel 10,915 10,238 . 11,845 9. Mackerel • •• 4,723 14,720 7,796 J 2,390 10. Tunny • • • 2,112 1,260 2,540 11. Mullet 2,626 2,877 4,646 6,370

12. Silver Belly • • • 10,598 9,995 13,241 8,710

13. Gar Fish • 9 % . 2,630 4,027 636 1,965 14. Sharks and Kays 2,977 4,424 6,063 4,915 15. Prawns 1,145 623 1,603 1,800

16. Beaked Fish — 3,271 2,180 1,535 17. Pomfrets 789 3,668 1,722 685

18. Carmax • • • —-— 10,885

19. Other perches • •• — —— 2,825

20. Cat Fish • •• — 545

21. Hilsa • •• —— — 1,245

22. Miscellaneous • • • 6,239 10,176 14,934 7,815

T o t a l 1,30,818 1,65,187 1,59,144 1,48,740

SoiJscE : Fisheries Development OflScer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

SECTIOH-6 FORESTS

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FOREST AllEA AND PERCENTAGE 1964-65

AREA

Sq. Miles Sq. Kilometres Total ai-ea of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3,215 8,327 Area under Forests 2,303 5,966 Pcjoeutage of Forest area to total land 71.6

SouECE : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

‘ Under Forest Ad,nioisM onoDly.

EMPLOYMENT IN FORESTRY AND FOREST INDUSTRIES

Nature of Employment 1960-61 1961-62 1962.63 1963-64 1964-65

1 2 3 4 5 6

(a)'F orestry:—

(i) Management & Protection 750 855 705 680 915

(ii) Extraction 2,135 2,038 2,033 1,960 1,670

(iii) Clearance of Jungle funder colonisation Schemes) 631 136 60 36

(b) Forest Industry :— •

Saw ]\Iill and. other timber Plants. 1,020 1,320 1,056 1,090 1,185

T otal E m pl o y m e n t 4,536 4,240 3,854 3,766 3,770

S o u r c e : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicotar Island.sf u

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EAISING OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS Jn acres.

Year Match wood Teak wood

Target Achievement Target Achievement

1961.62 450 310 750 859 1962-63 450 277 750 1,078 1963-64 230 250 870 1,062 1964-65 — 1,200 1,200

S o u r c e : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b le (6.4)

PROGRESS IN CONCENTRATED REGENERATION AND AFFORESTATION DURING 19(S3-G1 and 1061-66

Area artificially Cost o f main- Total areaArea taken np under artificial Area (of 5 acres Cost of year's Total Nator- Area taken np regenerated dur- tenace of exist- artificially re- r#generation daring the year and upwards operations (inc- ally regene- nnder Natural re- ing the year and ing Plantations genei-ated and cost upto date only) in w^hich Indicg controll- rated upto generation daring Forest Division cost of creation to date natural regenera- ed burning and date the year and cost tion has been fire protection completed during the ye»r

(— Acres Cost Acres Cost Acres Cost

10 11 12

1963-64 Cl North Andamans 362 69,772.35 26,103.62 2,363.75 350 13.902.80 70 11,243.15 7,C44 3,804 39,135.72 Middle Andamans 4B6 72,251.00 56,341.00 2,256.00 430 44,207 00 367 51,532.00 19,725 670 24,362.00 South Andamans 640 22,523.80 38,758.22 2,939.00 640 22.623.80 300 11,340.81 6,665 800 10,853.14

T o tal 1,468 164,547.15 121,202.84 7.558.76 1,420 80,733.60 737 74, n 5.96 33,434 4,774 74,850.86

1964-65

North Andamans 350 95,710.97 20,373.57 2,713.75 350 36,711.65 70 11,296.55 7,114 2,774 32,895.36 Middle Andamans 490 85,699.00 64,911.00 2,746.00 510 36,344.00 670 86,281.00 20,395 570 20,019.00 South Andamans 510 40,525.93 29,878.18 3,449.00 510 40,525.93 300 11,868.01 6,965 300 10,361.87

T o tal 1,350 221,985.90 114,662.75 8,908.75 1,370 113,581.68 1,040 1.09,445,56 34,474 3,644 63,276.23

S o u rce : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T able (G.5)

OUTTURN OF FOREST PEODUCE

Nature of Produce 1980-61 1961.62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

1 2 3 4 5 6

M A JO R PRO D U CE IN ‘ 000^ C. FT.

(i) Timber 4,021.782 4,027.077 3,287.426 3,840.049 3.226.339 (ii) Firewood and charcoal 1,010.901 6,9L3 7,723 1.589.975 7,365.992 cords cords & & & 1,687 tons 231 tons 254 tons c:

Total Value (in lakhs of Rs.) 58.74 95.83 66.98 59.81 54.64

MINOR PRODUCE (VALUE IN LAKHS OF RS.)

(i) Bamboos and Canes 0.17 0.05 0.18') 4.92 3.02 (ii) Others 0.58 1.04 0.63 j Total Value 0.75 1.99 0.81 4.92 3.02

S o u r c e ; Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. T a b l e (6 .6 )

AGENCY-WISE OUTTURN OF TIMBER, FUEL AND OTHER MINOR FOREST PRODUCE

Govt. & Contractors Purchasers Rights & Privileges Free Parties Total ______A______------A______S3 «4H•4^ 1 § O) ^ o SfH O) s -2 O d d in C3 -M CQ ^ o 'S o eg o o o o d o d o> d Period o § o b o > O o o o d o o o o o o o o o o O - o O o o o o Pm* o ^ o a> 0) 0) <1> S a a 8 3 s 3 S E3 Ec.* f=^

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 •

1960-61 35,06 70 22.0 5,05 8,85 15.6 — — — 11 56 37.3 40.22 10,11 74.9

1961-62 33,90 313 91.9 6,14 55,69 46.6 — —— 23 10,31 60.4 40.27 69,13 198.9 (cords) (cords) (cords) (cords)

1962-63 3,287 265 25.1 — 56,44 23.1 — — 32.3 — 8.14 — 32.87 77,23 80.6 (cords) (cords) (cords) (cords)

1963-64 2,803 42 29.9 3,20 12>2 35.0 689 51 0.3 28 226 426.4 3840 15,90 491.6

1964-65 2,536 34 117.5 4,78 72,19 19.7 192 — 0.2 20 X13 164.2 3226 73,66 301.6

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INTAKE AND OUTTURN OF CHATHAM SAW MILL

{In tons^^)

OUTTURN Wastajge Year/Months Intake pereeni- tase Squares Scantlings T otal

2 3 G

1960-61 17,626 317 9,327 9,644 45

1961-62 20,517 160 10,822 10,982 47

1962-63 20,256 291 10,555 10,846 46

1963-61 20,799 451 10,980 11,431 45

1964-65 21,951 465 11,296 11,761 40 1964 January 2123.24 108.00 1099.41 1207.41 43

February 1724.25 961.20 961.20 44

Marcli 1554.22 6.24 779.16 785.40 49

April 1475.00 28.00 732.24 760.24 48

I\Iay 1565.18 6.24 708.47 714.71 54

June 1996.43 0.12 1001.41 1001.53 50

July 2743.13 64.15 1275.20 1339.35 51

August 2563.23 81.06 1138.20 1219.26 52

September 2346.15 45.20 1056.44 1101.64 53

October 2224.05 42.46 1067.07 1109.53 50

November 1775.00 20.01 S8L17 90L18 49

December 2440.27 49.07 1240.28 1289.35 47

■^Each ton is of 50 Cft.

S o u r c e : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 49

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EXPORT OF TIMBER

(In To n -i^)

Mainland Foreign Total Export

G e a n d Period Loirs Sfiwn Logs Sawn Logs Sawn T o tal T im b e r 1 imber Timber

6 7 8

1060-61 26,006 7,471 26,006 7,471 33,477 1061-62 16,847 6,502 16,847 6,502 23,349 10 62 -6 3 19,196 6,793 19,195 5,793 24,988 10 6 3 -6 4 16,927 8,029 15,927 8,029 23,956 19 64 -6 5 21,641 8,528 21,641 8,528 30,169

* Each ton is of 50 Cft.

SouECE: Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF FOREST DEPARTMENT

{I71 Riijoees)

i EXPENDITURE Deficient (— ) Year Revenue Surplus Ordinary Capital Total ( + )

1 2 3 4 5 6

1060-61 1,19,33,871 98,62,175 3,30,122 l,01.92,-297 + 17,41,574 1961.62 96,95,183 94,53,552 2,69,600 97,22,152 26,969 1962-63 99,19,030 1,06,32,300 1,72,236 1,08,04,536 8.85,506 1963-64 1,11,98,588 1,16,31,427 1,46,684 1,17,78,111 5,79,523 1964.65 1,40,10,652 1,23,33,661 2,00,543 1,25,34,204 + 14,76,448

S o u r c e : Chief Conservator of Forests, Andaman and Nieobar Islands.

S EC TIO N -7 COLONISATION

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PATTERN OF AID TO EACH SETTLER^S FAMILY

AaRICULTURAL FAMILY Amount in Rs, 1. RECOVERABLE LOAN

(a) House building 800

(b) Plough animals 700

(c) Cost of utensils 130

(d) Seeds and manures 100

T o tal 1,730

2. E X -G R A T IA G R A N T

(i) Subsistence allowance 840

(ii) Passage 210

T o t a l 1,050

Land Allotment 10 acres.*

ARTISAN FAMILY

L RECOVERABLE LOAN

(a) House building 800

(b) Cost of utensils 130

T o t a l 930

2. E X -G R A T IA G R A N T

(a) Subsistence allowance 200

(b) Passage 210

T o t a l 410

T o t a l A id to A u t is a n F a m il y 1,340

^Five acres for paddy and 5 acres o f uncleared hillj land for Homestead and Horticultural operations. S o u rce : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 54

T able (7 .2) STATE-WISE CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILIES SETTLED (N o.) Maheaud Burma Year East Bengal Kerala Madras Pondicherry Evacuees Biliar Total

1949 202 202 1960 119 119 1951 78 78 1952 61 51 1963 97 97 1954 438 35 478 1955 390 37 431 1966 357 42 399 1957 221 5 238 1958 194 6 200 1959 1 4 l:iO 3 5 1 1960 262 32 17 64 375 1961 235 14 13 262 1962 1963 1964

T otal 2,861 171 43 4 197 3,281

SoUECF, ; Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islamcls.

T a b le (7.3) FAMILIES ANI) PERSONS SETTLED

East Beng-al Kerala Othei-s Total __ A___ ------^— Name of the ,------^ /------\ States/perio 1 Families Persons Families Persons Families Persons Families Persions

1953 97 356 -- ■97 356 1954 ... 438 1,719 35 166 5 23 478 1,9(08 1955 . .. 390 1,452 37 150 4 21 431 1,6J32 1956 357 1,357 42 196 —— 399 1,6.53 1957 ... 22L 896 5 30 12 29 238 9;55 1953 ... 19*4 791 6 28 — — 200 810 1959 ... 217 1,127 134 290 351 1,417 1960 ... 262 1,164 3> 120 81 350 375 1,6;34 1961 ... 235 1,204 14 57 13 46 262 1,3(07 1962 ... ——— — — — — 1963 ... 1964 — ■ — — — —■ —

T otal . . . 2,411 10,066 171 756 240 759 2,831 11,581

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EXPENDITURE INCURRED UNDER THE COLONISATION SCHEME

(Rs. Ill Lakhs) First Pirn Year Plan— 1953-54 10.72 1954-55 24.39 1955-56 33.07

T o t a l 1953-56 68.18

Second Five Year Plan— 1956-57 16.875 1957-58 14.464 1958-59 •21.150 1959-60 21.226 1960-61 17.457

T o t a l 1956-61 91.172

T/drd Five Year Plan— 1961-6.^ 13.360 1962-63 10.200 1963-64 3.428 1964-65 5,555

S o u r c e : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS— COLONISATION

Target Achieved Percentage Period (in Rs. lakbs) (in Rs. lakhs)

1 0 3 4

1956-57 39.750 16.875 43.0 1957-58 30.194 14.464 47.9 1958-59 32.780 21.150 65.0 1959-60 26.600 2L226 79.8 1960-61 27.947 17.457 62.5 1961-62 19.537 13.360 68.4 1962-63 7.367 10.200 138.5 1963-64 6.765 3.428 50.7 1964-65 1.670 5.555 332.6

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SOCIAL AND OTHER FACILITIES EXTENDED IN COLONISATION AREAS

South Middle North Total Andaman Andaman Andaman

S c h o o l s— Position as on 31-3-Oi 2 1 1 4 Position as on 31-3-6, 4 2 2 8 Position as on 31-3-64 6 4 4 14 Position as on 31-3-65 6 8 6 20

H o s p it a l s — 3 Position as on 31-3-62 — 1 1 Position as on 31-3-63 — 1 1 2 Position as on 31-3-61 _ 1 1 2 Position as on Sl-3-65 — 1 1 3 D ispensaries (Medical — Position as on 31-3-62 4 5 13 22 Position as on 31-3-63 4 5 1:2 21 Position as on 31-3-64 4 5 12 21 Position as on 31-3-65 4 5 12 21 D ispensauiks & O utposts (Veterinary)— Position as on 31-3-62 — Dispensaries 2 1 1 4 Out-Posts 3 3 2 8 Position as on 31-3-G3— Dispensaries 2 1 1 4 Out-Pohts 4 3

S o u r c e : 1. Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Concerned Departments. S E C n 0 H-8 EDUCATION

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LirERACY IN ANDA.MAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (1961 Census)

Items Particulars

(1) (3) Total Population 63,548 Literates: (i) Male • • • 16,675 (ii) Female • • • 4,697 T o t a l t • # 21,372 Literacy percentage • •• 33.6 Literacy rate:— No. of persons ) 1951 258 to iOoO persons ; 1961 • •• 330 N o. o£ males \ 1^51 342 to 1000 males / 1961 ... 424 No. of females 1 1951 • • t 123 to lOOo females j 1961 ... 194

S o u r c e : Census 1961

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EDUCATION AT A GLANCE

YEARS

Items 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64

1 2 3 4

Totrfl number of Schools 108 117 121 Schools in ruial area 95 l(i5 109 Total number of boys 1.492 5,004 5,648 Boys in rural area 2,858 3,300 4,179 Total number cf GiTls 2,735 3,113 3,185 Girls iti rural area 1,564 1,898 1,989 Total Scholars -7,227 8,117 8,833 Total expenditure (in Rs. lakhs) 16.04 17.74 • 22.25 Teacher taught ratio 1 :2 5 1 :2 4 1 :2 5 School Scholar ratio 1 : 67 1 : 69 1 :7 3 Expenditure per pupil (in Rs.) 22;J 219 252

S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, CO

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SCHOOLS WITH RESPECTIVE PLACES OF LOCATION, NO. OF TEACHEjRS AND NO. OF SCHOLARS AS ON 31-3 1964

Location/Type No. o f No. of Scholars o f Schools Name of Schools teachers Boys Girls Totall

2 3 4 5 6

South Andaman— Higher Secondary 1. Higher Secondary 31 622 622 Schools Multipurpose School 2. Higher Secondary 20 — 354 354 School for Girls Training School 1. Teachers’ Training 12 18 5 23 School Senior Basic - 1. Garacharama 8 60 44 104 Schools 2, Wimberlygunj 10 106 57 163 3. Chouldary 8 80 26 10(6 Primary Schools Junior Basic 1. Aberdeen 12 235 176 411 Schools 2 Middle Point ,1 0 219 159 378 3. South Point 8 155 120 27;5 4. Haddo 10 190 121 311 5. School Line 9 140 115 255 6. Protheropur 2 28 32 6(0 7. Mannarghat 2 39 36 / tO 8. Wandoor 2 28 19 47 9. Manglootan 2 33 29 6:2 10. Tusnabad 2 34 16 5(0 11. Ograbraj 2 24 22 4‘6 12. Guptapara 1 19 10 2!9 13. Mathura 1 25 IS 4.*3 14. Shoalbay 1 10 4 14 15. Birchgunj 2 16 13 2:9 16. Herbertabad 1 20 21 41 17. Bambooflat (Old) 2 86 62 14.8 18. Mithakhari 2 28 10 3;8 19. Sipighat 1 29 15 44 20. Cadelgunj 1 20 12 32 21, Shoalbay Camp No. 12 1 21 20 41 22. Calicut 2 35 29 64 23. Havelock Camp No. 3 2 57 20 77 24. Baratang 1 81 21 52 25. Miletilak 1 13 16 ‘ 2‘9 26. Hobdepur 1 11 8 19 27. Jarawa Creek 1 15 10 2:5 28. Manpur 2 22 29 5-1 29. Ferargunj 1 22 13 3.5 30. Namunaghar 2 30 18 48 61

1 2 3 4 5 6

Double Teacher 1. Delanipur 10 147 92 239 Scbools 2. Bambooflat (New) 4 65 53 118 3. Dollyounj 2 17 19 36 4. Havelock Camp No 6 2 19 4 23 5. Middle Point Burmese 3 51 44 95 6. Jun»lif2hat 3 84 96 180 Single Teacher 1. Mathura Burmese I 25 10 35 Schools 2. Wright Myo 1 45 20 65 3. May Myo 1 16 6 22 4. South Creek 1 25 14 39 5. Flat Bay 1 22 10 32 6. Bednabad 1 25 15 40 Private Schools 1. Modern Preparatory School 8 77 54 131 2. Nirmala School 6 125 85 210 Middle Andaraan— ' Senior Basic School 1. Rangat 10 103 33 136 Junior Basic Schools 1. Padmarabbanpura 2 31 22 53 2. Kadamtala 2 65 32 97 3. Kalady 2 37 28 65 4. Bharatpur I 19 8 27 5. Bakultala 1 25 12 37 6. Nimbutaia 2 23 21 44 7. Shantanoo 1 45 22 67 8. Uttara 2 38 17 55 Single Teacher 1. Janakpur 1 11 6 17 Schools 2. Kalsi 1 20 13 33 3. Shya.mkund 1 20 5 25 4. Borneyol 1 25 5 30 5. Shantipur 1 28 14 42 6. Sabri 1 23 11 34 7. Mohanpur 1 27 10 37 Double Teacher 1. Long Island 2 24 ' 23 47 Schools 2. Mulla 1 30 6 36 North Andaman—

Senior Basic Schools 1. Mayabunder 7 ■ 59 28 87 2. Subhasgram 7 85 24 109

Primary Schools

Junior Basic Schools 1. Kalighat 1 27 11 38 2. Sitanagar 2 45 17 62 3. Surajgram 1 35 7 42 4. Madhupur 2 34 22 56 5. Tugapur 1 19 5 24 6. Ram Nagar 2 46 21 67 Donble Teacher 1. Keralapuram 3 50 52 102 Scbools 2. Webi 2 42 35 77 3, Ramakrishnagram 2 46 26 72 62

1 2 3 4 5 6

Single Teacher 1. Rampur 1 21 11 32 Schools 2. Krishnanagar 1 41 19 60 3. Nabagram (Kalara) 1 39 15 54 4. Luxmipur 1 30 6 36 5. Krishnapuri 1 44 22 66 6. Khudirampur 1 39 23 62 7. Pokhadera 1 30 15 45 8. Tarlat Bay 1 16 3 19 9. Hanspuri 1 14 — 14 10. Padmapuri 1 32 11 43 11. Kalipur 20 7 33 12. Kaushilya Nagar 1 35 6 41 13. Durgapur 1 18 7 25 14. Sibpur 1 26 7 33 15. Radha Nagar 1 • 15 3 18 16. Milangram 1 30 6 36 17. ChainpuT 1 20 10 30 18. Shyam Nagar 1 35 9 44 19. Dhasratpur 1 32 12 44 Nicobars— Higher Secondary 1. Big Lapati 12 65 3 68 School Senior Basic School 1. Champion 4 55 19 74 Junior Basic Schools 1. West Bay Katchal 1 16 7 23 2. Pilpilo 1 12 8 20 3. Teressa 1 20 2 22 4. East Bay Katchal 1 8 2 10 5. Malacca 2 33 13 46 6, Chawra 2 50 21 71 7. Kenyaka 3 83 28 111 8. Tamalu 3 44 25 69 9. Mus 6 118 36 154 10. Kinjeos 1 32 6 38 11. Sawai Block 2 38 20 58 12. Sawai 2 45 12 57 13. Arong 2 22 18 40 14.. West Bay Katchal East 2 16 7 23 Single Teacher 1. Condol 1 9 1 10 Schools 2. Henam 1 8 7 15 3. Kakana 1 12 — 12 4. Teetop 1 25 4 29 5. Big Lapati 1 20 10 30 6. Dareen 1 12 5 17 7. Kapanga 1 16 1 17 Total No. of Schools 121 Total No, of Teachers 354 Total No. of Scholars .... 8,833

S ource : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T ab le (8.4)

REGION-AVISE DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS

Year 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64

u eg (-1 rQo 1—1 < < O 3 < < -4^ < < O •4-» Type of Schools o "o • » .2 O o o CQ c» iz; H OQ 1 (1 r* i 9 3 4 5 6 i 8 9 10 11 1 12 13 14 15 16 ! J

0 — ■ 1 Higher Secondary Multipurpose Schools ... 2 1 3 — 3 2 — — 1 3 o 03 r Middle Schools ... 4 1 2 1 8 4 1 2 1 8 4 1 5 1 8

Primary Schools 11 15 17 13 56 13 11 22 7 53 13 9 22 7 61

Junior Basic Schools 30 2 4 4 40 30 6 6 10 52 30 8 6 14 58

Teacher^s Training School 1 — 1 1 —— 1 1 — ' — 1

T o tal 48 18 23 19 108 50 18 30 19 117 60 18 30 23 121

N ote ; S. A. = South Andaman S o u r c e : Education Department, M. A .= Middle Andaman Andaman and Nicobar Islands. N. A. = North Andaman T able (b .5)

SCIIOOL-AVISE EEGIONAL DISTKIBUTION OF SCHOLARS

SCHOLARS 1 South Andaman Middle Andaman North Andaman i1 Nicobar Tvpo of Schools Grand Total Boys Girls } Total : Boys Girls 1 Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 1 I

1 9 6 2 -6 3 Higher Secondary/Multipurpose Schools 584 373 957 69 7 76 1,003 Middle Schools 367 206 573 111 32 143 164 59 223 63 27 90 1,029 C5 Primary Schools 534 401 935 205 111 316 484 198 682 248 76 324 2,257 Junior Basic Schools 1,424 1,177 2,601 184 166 350 188 85 273 364 186 550 3,774 Teacher’s Training School 15 9 24 24

TOTAL 2,924 2,166 5,090 500 309 809 836 342 1,178 744 296 1,040 8,117

1 9 6 3 -6 4 Higher Secondary/Multipurpose Schools 622 354 976 65 3 68 1,044 Middle Schools 323 181 504 144 52 196 103 33 136 55 19 74 910 Primary Schools 666 468 1,134 681 305 986 208 93 301 102 28 130 2,551 Junior Basic Schools 1,635 1,194 2,829 206 83 289 283 3 62 445 537 205 742 4,305 Teacher’s Training School 18 5 23 — — — — ------— ---- — 23

TOTAL 3,264 2,202 5,466 1,031 440 1,471 594 288 882 759 255 1,014 8,833

SoUKCE: Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Tblands T abt.e (S.G)

SCnOOL.WTSE REGIONAL DISTIITBUTION OF TEACHERS

North Andaman Nicobars South Andaman Middle Andaman Grand Type of Schools Total Male Female Total Male Female Total I Male Female To'al Male Female Total

Higher Secondarv/Mnltipurpose fe’chools 47 7 54 — 7 — 7 61 Middle Schools ... 17 8 ' 25 7 8 10 3 1 4 47 Primary Schools ... U 23 37 11 IZ 23 25 12 — 12 87 Junior Basic Schools G3 29 92 8 10 8 9 16 5 21 132 Teacher’s Training^ School 6 6 — 6 C3

T o t a l 147 67 214 26 31 39 44 38 44 333

Higher Secondary/Multipurpose Schools 44 51 12 12 63 Middle Schools 26 34 8 2 10 12 14 4 4 62 Primary Schools ... 19 17 36 9 1 10 2 t 26 7 7 79 .Junior Basic Schools 49 38 87 13 — 13 9 9 25 29 138 I'eacher^s Training School 12 12 12

T o tal 150 70' 220 30 33 45 49 48 52 351

S o u rce : Education Department, Andaman and Nieobnr Tslands. T able (S. 7)

TEACHERS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Total Trained Untrained Periol Men Women Total Men W omen Total Men Women Total

0 0 1 9 5 0 -6 0 148 41 1S9 59 rw «V 81 89 19 1 0 8

1 9 6 0 -6 1 160 48 2 0 8 109 32 141 51 1 0 67

1 9 6 1 -6 3 226 59 28 5 147 38 1 8 5 79 21 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 196-2-63 350 83 3 3 3 1 9 0 47 237 60 36 96

1 9 6 3 -6 4 273 81 3 5 4 208 46 2 5 4 65 35 10 0

SouiiCE: Education Department, Andaman aud Niculoar Islands. T a b l e (8 ,8 )

SCHOLARS BY AG E-G ROUPS

1959-60 1960-61 1961-6:2 1962-6:3 1963-64 Age-Group Boys Girls Boys Girls Bovs Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls

3— 6 years 481 305 449 167 428 275 354 225 381 200

G— 11 „ 1,024 1,268 1,941 1,470 2,717 1,865 3,237 2,201 3,696 2,160

11— 14 „ 557 241 803 357 792 332 871 484 900 556

1 4 - 1 7 „ 259 49 345 118 365 196 400 179 495 241 0 5

1 7 - 2 4 „ 130 15 146 40 175 57 126 15 158 23

24 years and 3 — — • ■—' rJ0 — 1 — ,—— above

T o tal 3,354 1,878 3,684 2,142 4,479 2,725 4,989 3,104 5,630 3,180

S o u r c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (S-9)

PROJECTED POPULATION OF SCHOOL-GOING AG e -GROUPS

6-11, 11-14 and 14-17 By Sex In Andaman And NicObar Islands

6-11 11-14 14-17

1 Year 1 1 Bovs Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys i Girls Total

1966 4591 4278 8869 2359 2004 4333 2456 1816 4272

1971 60.^6 5403 11439 3065 2647 5713 3058 2326 5384 C5 C/D 1976 7419 6515 13934 3988 3273 7201 4094 3034 7128

19S1 8516 7569 16085 4800 3921 8721 5066 3648 8714

N ote:— ^i\ge-gronp 6-11, 11-14 and 14-17 relate to completed £ges 6-10, 11-13, and 14-16 respectively.

SouECE : Statistics and Surveys Division, Planning Commission, Government of India. T able (8 .1 0 )

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS, SCHOLARS AND TEACHERS

1 9 6 1 -6 2 1 9 6 2 6 3 1 9 6 3 -6 4 ... A A. _ Particulars c Male Female Total Male Feniale Total Male Female Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 i 8 9 10

L SCHOOLS

Higher Secondary Schools • • • 2 1 3 0 1 3 2 1 3 Middle Schools • • • 8 ___ 8 8 .— 8 8 — 8 Teacher's Training- School • •• 1 —. 1 1 — 1 1 1 'Primary s (a) Basic 4 0 — 4 0 52 — 52 58 — 58 (b) •Non-Basic ... 56 56 53 — 53 51 —- 51

T o t a l • • • 107 1 108 116 1 117 1 2 0 1 121

3. 2iO. OF SCHOLAKS

Higher Secondary Schools • • • 62 3 3-23 94 6 65 3 3 8 0 1 ,0 3 3 68 7 357 1 ,0 4 4 Middle Schools • • • 5 3 3 2 6 5 79 8 705 3 2 4 1 ,0 29 6 2 5 285 9 1 0 Teacher^s Training School • • B 13 10 23 15 9 24 18 5 23 Primary (a) Basic • 1,578 1,143 2,721 2,160 1,614 3,774 2 ,6 6 1 1 ,6 4 4 4,305 (b) Non-Basic • •• 1,745 994 2,7 3 9 1,471 786 2,257 1 ,6 5 7 894 2,551

T o t a l ... 4,492 2,735 7,227 5,004 3 ,1 1 3 8,117 5,648 3 ,1 8 5 8,833 10

1. NO. OF TT: AC HERS

(a) Secondary Schools—

(iucludiiig' Teacher^s Training School and Middle Schools)

Trained 72 11 8:3 87 12 99 111 10 121

Un-trained 7 8 15 7 8 15 7 9 16

T otat, 79 19 98 94 20 114 118 19 137

Primary & J. B. Schools— --a c

T ra in ed 75 27 102 10:3 35 138 97 86 133

Un-trained ' ... 72 1.^ 85 53 23 81 58 26 84

T o tal 147 40 187 156 63 219 155 62 217

Total trained ... 147 3S 185 ]90 47 237 208 46 254

Total untrained 79 21 100 GO 36 96 65 35 100

G r a n d T o tal ... 226 59 285 250 83 333 273 81 354

SouPtCE : Education Department, Andaniau and Nicobar I§ M § : 71

Ti^BLE (8.11)

DISTRIBUnON OP STIPENDIARY SCHOLARSr FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UNDERGOING POST-MATRICULATION EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MAINLAND ACCORDING TO PURSUITS OP STUDY

&D 05 Course of Study b o ’HO ce a cs O) "5 O; o 'C0) "“a 'So i S 3 'I- ■4^ 'G Period O) O) cjo "o s 1 < H

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1960-61 9 7 14 1 1 1 2 35 1961-62 15 11 9 1 1 — 5 1962-63 8 13 12 — 1 — 9 43 1963-64 12 . 11 ,6 ——— 13 42 1964-65 3 . 6 18 — — — 7 34

S o u e ,c e : Education Department, Andaman and Nicubar Island.s^

T able (8 ,1 2 )

DISTRIBUTION OF STIPENDIARY SCHOLARS FROM ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS UND ERGOING POST-MATRICULATION EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MAINLAND ACCORDING TO AMOUNT OF STIPEND RECEIVED

Stipend 1960-61 196.-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 (Amountin Rs,)

1 2 3 4 5 6

20— 30 — __ _ 3 1 - 4 0 41— 50 —— 1 --- - — 5 1 -6 0 3 3 2 2 — 61- 70 6 0 5 4 18 7 1 -8 0 17 24 25 22 10 81— 90 9 12 9 14 6 91— 100 — 1 1 — — *

T otal 35 42 43 , 42 34

S o u r c e : Ed.ucation Department, Andaman anj. Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (8 .1 3 )

INSTITUTION—WISE ANNtJAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARS

Boys Girls T o t a l Period ^ c - - h ______-A ___ G r a n d Primary Middle High Primary Middle High Primary Middle High T o t a l

6 9 10 11

1959-60 2,718 299 337 ' 1,’613 114 l o l 4,331 413 488 5,232

1960-61 2,987 169 528 X;836 119 187 4,823 288 715 5,826

1961-62 3,323 533 623 2,137 265 323 5,460 798 946 7,204

1962-63 8,631 705 653 2,400 324 380 6,031 1,029 1,033 8,093

1963-f>i 4,318 625 687 2,538 285 357 6,856 910 1,044 8,810

S o u r c e : 1. Education Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

2. Statistical Bureau, Afidamaa aad Nieobar Islandi. S E C T 1 0 H-9 MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH

75

T a b i. b (9.1)

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OP HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

AS ON 31st MARCH, 1965

Regions Place of Location Date of inception.

1 2 3 -

South Andaman

Hospitals Gobiiid Ballabli Port Blair Pre-war Civil Pant Hospital Hospital, Port Blair has been renamed as G.B. Pant Hospital and shifted to newly construc­ ted building on 21-3-1964. liambooflat Hospital Bambooflafc Pre-war Hospital T. B. Hospital Port Blair 2-10-1961

L'ispeiisari-?s Jail Dispensary I0-2-I949

Police „ 10-2-1949 Marine „ 1-7-1957 Chatham „ 5? October, 1949 Tusnabad „ Tusnabad Village 6-7-1952 Manglutan ,, Manglutan „ May, 1949 Mithakhari ,, Mithakhari „ 1-7-1948 Mile Tilak Mile Tilak „ 9-12-1960 Shoal Bay „ Shoal Bay ,, 1-4-1952 Oralkatcha ,, Oralkatcha „ 17-11-1957 Havelock „ Havelock „ 7-8-1955

Middle Andamun

Hospitals Long Island Hospital Long Island 38-5-194S Rangat Hospital llangafc 13-1-1959

Dispensaries BakuUala Dispensary Bakulfcala April, 1954 K adamtala „ Kadamtala August, 1954 Betapur No. 7 „ Betapur No. 7 February, 1955 Betapur No. 3 „ Betapur No. 3 16-10-1959 Charlungta ,, Charlungta July, 1961 76

1 2 3

North Anda man Hospital Dr. Eajentlra Prasad Mayabunder 1-4-1957 (New Hospital hospital Com­ missioned on 25-1-65 Diglipur Hospital Diglipur 22-4-1960 Dispensaries Kalara Dispensary Kalara 6-5-1955 Tugapur, ,, Tugapur 21-5-1955 Causirina Bay „ Causirina Bay September, 1958

Laxmipur „ Laxmipur 1-9-1958

Shibpur „ Shibpur September, 1958

Blair Bay „ Blair Bay 19-7-59

Tarlet Bay „ Tarlet Bay 16-6-59

Sitanagar ,, Sitanagar May, 1959

Bajato „ Bajato 11-8-1960 • Kaligbat ,, Kaligbat 11-8-1960

Hanspuri „ Hanspuri 7-1-1962

lladhauagar ,, Kadhanagar 20-1-1962 JSHcohar Grovj) o f Islands Hospitals Car Kicobar Hospital Car Nicobar 20-7-1946

Nancowry „ Nancowry 1-4-1957

Dispeijsaiies Big Lapati Dispensary Big Lapati 11-7-1961

Arong Arong October, 49

Great Nicpbar „ Great Nicobar 7-9-52

West Bay Katclial ,, West Bay Katcbal June, 195a

Teressa „ Teressa 24-4-5(5

Pilloniilo „ Pillomilo 2-10-1959

Pilpilow ,, Pilpilow June, 1960

Kakar.a „ Kakana December, 1964

S ource ; Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 77

T a b l e (0 .2 )

BED STRENGTH OP VARIOUS HOSPITALS-196i

Name of the Hospital Male Female Children Total

a ) (2) (3) (4) (5)

1, Civil Hospital, Port Blair 10^ 56 30 188 3. T. B. Hospital, Port Blair •20 —— 20 3. Bambooflat Hospital 3ri 18 — 50 4. Car Nicobar Hospital 30 26 14 70 5. Nawcowvy Hospital SO General 6. Mayabunder Hospital 10 )5 7. Long Island Hospital 10 53 8. Rangat Hospital 20 9. Diglipur Hospital 20 53

SounCE : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman And Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e (9.3)

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL

Category 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

1 2 3 4 5 6

Doctors • • • 20 20 22 23 23 *Nurses • • • 67 69 70 ‘ 81 82 Mid wives • •• 10 10 9 12 13 .Compounders 30 36 36 31 31 + Sanitary Inspectors 5 5 14 16 17 Vaccinators ... 2 3 5 4 6 Health Visitors ... 4 4 5 6 5

■^'Including Matron, Sisters and. Junior Nurses. + Including Anti-malaria and Anti-filaria Inspectors and Surveillance Inspectors,

S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 78

Table (9.4)

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Period Hospitals Dispensaries Number of beds Number of beds available per ‘ 000^ persons

I960 8 33 418 6.7 1961 9 34 408 6.4 1962 9 35 408 6.0 1963 9 35 414 5.9 1964 9 36 418 5.7

S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e (9 .5 )

PATIENTS TREATED IN HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

Diseases 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Malaria— No. Treated 2,693 4,385 2,288 1,997 6,687 Deaths 17 44 10 15 10 Dtnpemia 4’ Diatrhoea— No. Treated 891 765 1,404 918 34,265 Deaths 6 3 7 6 4_ J jp en try— No, Treated 146 118 202 212 7,683 Deaths 4 5 5 5 4 Tvlercule o f the Lungs— No. Treated 98 105 174 146 308 Deaths 8 16 8- 8 5 Other Tnhercular Diseases— No. Treated 24 ■ 16 56 39 107 Deaths 1 3 8 7 2 Tiheumatic Fever— No. Treated 4 — > 3 18 145 Deaths —— — — — ■ Til aria— No. Treated 46 32 61 72 228 Deaths —' ----

S ource r Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 79

T a b l e (9 .6 )

BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS

Items 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Births—

i. Male 431 435 495 523 , 684 ii. fem ale 143 399 480 445 569

T o ta l 874 834 975 968 1,203

Male births to every tlious- • and Female births 973 1,090 1,031 1,175 1,114

Deaths—

i. Male 130 141 142 145 146 ii. Female 74 89 95 69 80

T otal 204 230 237 214 226

Male deaths to every thous­ and female deaths 1,757 1,584 1,495 2,101 1,825

S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands

T a b l e (9.7)

DEATHS ACCORDING TO CAUSES

SI. No. Diseases 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

1. Fever 5 5 1 - 2. Dysentry and Diarrhoea 10 8 11 11 8 3. Respiratory diseases 34 30 38 34 45 4. Other causes 155 187 187 169 173

T o tal 204 230 237 214 226

S o u r c e : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nieobar Islands, 8 0

T a b le (9.8)

VACCINATION STATISTICS— 1964

Period Primary Primary Vaccination Re-vaccination Vaccination successfal

January 266 73 903 Pebt-aary 76 44 801 March 158 73 1,085 April 106 64 911 M ay 159 67 5>3 June 447 180 974 July 89 68 398 August 268 224 1,177 September 118 66 709 October 03 32 602 November 158 104 766 December 99 66 1,044

To PAL 2,007 1,061 9,943

SouE.CE : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b le (9 .9 )

C. G. CAMPAIGN IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN MARCH, 1959.

Persons Negative Percentage Positive Percentage Absen- Percentage of Period tested cases of —ve cases cases o f+ v e cases tees Absentees io to total to total total tested tested tested

1 2 3 4 f) 6 7 S

Upto 196 L 22,952 11,844 51.6 7,954 34.7 3,154 13.7 Upto 1962 27,051 13,929 51.5 8,914 32.0 4,208 16.5 Upto 1963 30,007 15,338 51.1 10,043 33.5 4,626 15.4 u pto 1964 35,847 18,395 51.3 12,125 33.8 5,327 14.8

SouECE : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 81

T a b l e (9 .1 0 )

PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATISTICS

Number of eases examined Month 1960 I96I 1962 1963 1964

Jcniiary • • • 2,574 2,565 2,417 2,701 2,403 February * • 4 2,541 2,207 2,409 2,501 2,369 jVI arch 2,981 2,686 2,450 3,037 2,715 i^pril 2,974 2,465 2,121 2,983 2,960

May • • • 3,012 3,153 2,541 3,605 2,621 June • •ff 2,818 2,601 3,039 3,265 3,188

July • • • 3,025 1,869 3,375 3,801 3,446

August • • < 2,900 2,694 S,T90

September ••• 2,621 2,702 3,494 3,657 3,132

October • • • 2,968 2,934 3,226 4,225 3,081

November • « • 2,868 2,891 3,385 3,793 2,921 December ... 2,758 2,666 2,903 3,481 3,078

T o t a l 34,040 31,433 34,934 40,839 31,970

SoTJiicE : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islandy.

T a b l e (9.11)

ANNUAL STATISTICS OF OPERATIONS PERFORMED

Period ■ Major Minor Total

1 2 3 4

1960 293 917 1,210 1961 281 782 1,043 1962 345 796 1,141 1963 210 1,090 1,300 1964 294 1.072 1,366

SouBCE : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 82

T ab le (9.12)

ANNUAL STATISTICS OF MATERNITY CASES ATTENDED

Period Total Cases Ad.mitlel Labour Cases Cond.ucted

I 2 3

1960 2,160 664 19G1 1,538 644 196a 1,318 975 1963 1,122 962 19G4 1,726 1,069

S o u r c e : Senior ^fedieal Officer, Andaman and. Nicobar Island s.

T a b l e (9.13)

ANTENATAL CLINIC CONDUCTED AT MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES DURING-— 1964

Period Port Blair Rangnat' Car Diglipur Bambobflat Total Nicobar

January 9 1 86 6 11 6 3 February 8 7 38 4 15 7 2 Maicli 9 5 35 5 8 62 April 8 5 42 3 7 65 May 9 4 44 3 - 12 72 June 9 8 35 2 19 73 July 9 6 36 5 21 77 August 9 9 38 11 16 S3 September 8 9 46 5 18 86 October 9 8 42 4 22 S5 November 9 12 38 7 9 75 December 8 10 46 2 2 68

T o t a l 104 84 476 57 160 881

S ource ; Senior Medical OfEeer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 83

T aejle (9.14)

UNICEF MILK DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN

Number of children Children & Mothers Period ------A______1960 19G1 1963 I96;i 1964

January ... 1,623 1,01Q 5,206 2,900 594 150 Febiuarj ... 1,755 880 3,141 1,610 — — March ... 2,241 680 2,957 3 ,4 lt 724 260 April ... 1,8D5 307 3,163 3,336 544 307 May ... 1,459 165 3,832 4,345 110 39 J une ... 2,252 469 850 3,310 140 39 July 1,964 1,885 5 i5 4,261 78 86 August ... 1,090 3,055 3,2’ 5 3,439 205 34 September 2,652 2,724 3,540 30 327 106 October ... 2,681 2,978 4,683 — 135 52 November ... 3,281 6S0 3,502 — 92 40 December ... N .A . 3,436 2,906 — —

T o ta l ... 22,855 18,291 37,530 26,648 2,949 1,063

S o u r c e ; Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e (9.15)

ANNUAL STATISTICS OF AVERAGE DAILY INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS

Period Admission Indoor Daily Average Daily Average Inpatients Outpatients

1 2 3 4

1960 13,111 346 584 1961 20,402 384 599 1962 15,645 374 690 1963 15,831 41S 728 1964 17,061 425 883

S ource : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 84

T able (9.16)

MEDICAL FACILITIES— REGION-WISE

1961 1962 1963 1964 A A . - j k .. _ \( Region Hos­ Dispen- Hos- Dispen- Hos- Dispen- Hos- Dispen- pitals saries pitals saries pitals1 saries pitals saries

1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 South Andaman 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 Middle Andaman 3 6 2 6 2 5 2 5 North Andaman 1 10 2 12 2 12 2 12 Nicobars 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 8

T otal 9 34 9 35 9 35 9 36

SoujicE; Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e ( 9 . 1 7 )

EXPENDITUllE ON MEDICAL FACILITIES (Rs.) Medical relief Per capita Expenditure per Period and Public Health expendituie Sq. mile

I 2 3 4

1960-61 9,84,903 15.5 306.3 1961-62 18,18,475 28.0 565.6 1963-63 13,38,328 19.8 416.3 1963-64 14,68,333 21.0 456.7 1964-65 16,34,735 22.4 508.5

SoUKCB : Senior Medical Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SECTION-10 SHIPPING AND MARINE

87

T a b l e

PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT PORT B L A IR (No.)

Period Embarked Disembarked Total

1 2 3 4

1960-61 6,860 10,240 17,100

1961-62 7,928 11,193 19,121

1962-83 8,117 9,439 17,55G

1963-61 8,232 11,052 19,284

1964-65 7,839 8,760 16,619

1 9 6 4

January 566 181 1,047

February 929 1,296 2,225

March 1,208 684 1,892

April 872 1,225 2,097

May 1,124 729 1,853

June 764 567 M 3 1

July 412 634 1,046

August 418 1,141 1,562

September 405 599 1,004

October 302 259 561

Xovember 586 1,148 1,734

December 1,042 441 1,483

SouiiCE : Harbour Ma^ster, Audamau aud Nioobar Islauds. 88

T able (10.2)

NUMBER xVND TONNAGE OF VESSELS VISITING PORT BLAIR

Tonnage Year No. ,------^------Tons Metiic Tonnes

1960-61 232 1,94,147 1,97,258

1061-62 144 1,19,634 1,21,548

1962-63 146 94,449 95,960

1963-61 153 1,05,152 1,06,840

1964-65 205 1,28,664 1,30,729

S o u r c e : Custouas Collector Aiidanaan and Nicobar Islands

T a b l e (10.3)

COMMOniTY-WISE VALUF. OF EXPORTS FROM PORT BLAIR

{Jin. in Thousands)

Commoditv 1961 1962 1963 1064

1. Match Splints 510 692 762 8<)1

•2. Shells -— — — —

3. Coconuts 214 181 176 77

4. Copra 1,413 1,146 1,515 - 938

5. Rubber 75 99 13 2

6. BetehmU 359 277 546 2,020

jsoURCE : Harbour Master, ' Andaman and Nicobar Islauuis. T a b l e (1 0 .4 )

MONTHLY DATA ON COMMODITY-WISE VALUE OP EXPORTS FROM PORT BLAIR

(Us. in ThousancU)

Month Coconuts Copra Betelnuts Rubber A A 1962 1963 1964 ' 1962 1963 1964 1062 1963 1964 1962 1963 1964

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

January 22 17 n 74 255 --- 26 . -__ ___ 10 — Februaiy 14 7 6 151 71 33 11 11 106 .— — 2 March 26 23 32 46 67 72 70 63 2,031 ——— April — 24 4 102 147 40 61 166 194 ———. May 20 11 20 102 90 13 54 118 105 ——— 00 June 12 0.170 — 185 48 139 75 19 120 ——— CD July 18 27 2 98 128 88 2 92 39 — 3 — August 4 10 — 97 228 34 — 13 —- ———- September 31 11 16 92 71 131 4 6 25 60 —. ___ _ October 7 24 2 — 203 149 — 15 — 27 — November 7 0.728 3 82 163 81 — 17 ——— December 20 21 — 117 44 158 ,— i — — 12 —

Total 181 176 1,146 1,515 938 277 546 2,620 99 13

SouiicE: Harbour Master, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 90

T a b le (1 0 .5 )

COMMODITY-WISE EXPORT FROM PORT BLAIR

{in Metric Tonnes)

Commodity 1961 1962 1963 1964

1 2 3 4 5

1. Malch Splints 1,076 1,400 1,548 1,576 2. Copra 1,541 1,315 1,747 1,046 8. Shells — — — — 4. Betelnuts 178 100 163 204 5. Rubber 2ii 20 8 5 6. Coconuts (Nos.) 8,23,620 7,80,280 6,93,420 2,42,520

S ou rce : Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a e l e (lO.G)

MONTHLY DATA ON COMMODITY-WISE EXPORTS FROM PORT BLAIR

Month Copra (Tons) Rubber (Tons) Coconuts in1 ‘ 00"

------A------^ ______A______I------1------\ 1962 1963 1964 1962 1963 1964 1962 1963 1964

1 2 8 4 6 6 7 8 9 10

January 73 280 - ______3 — 863 795 352 February 157 77 30 ------5 633 290 24 March 77 74 82 ------1,140 875 473 April 111 160 43 ------— 952 ■112 May 115 97 14 ------985 433 700 June 208 52 153 ------503 20 — July 106 157 98 5 — 619 1,078 73 August 118 249 37 — — — 231 366 September 109 78 134 13 — • — 1.236 482 511 October — 222 163 4 374 858 89 >iovember 92 167 89 — .— . — . 296 31 91 December 128 106 181 3 — — 983 75i —

T otal 1,2D4 1,719 1,030 20 8 5 7,803 6,934 2,425

Souiici:: PJarbour Master, Aiulaman and Nicobar Islands.. 91

T a b le (10 .7 )

STATISTICS OP TRAFFIC FROM MIDDLE AND NORTH ANDAMANS TO PORT BLAIR

Period Number o f persons coming from different areas

Digb'piir Majabunder Long Islands Govind Nagar (Havelock)

1 2 3 4 5

1960-61 789 2,405 4,304 829 1981-63 1,0:^8 2,111 3,981 1,279 1962-615 1,257 3,917 5,335 1,351 1963-61 1,077 1,944 4,495 771 1964.05 1,299 2,584 3,903 1,019

SouECE: Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 02

T ab le (1 0 .8 )

SANCTIONED STRENGTH OF GOVEENMENT MARINE DOCKYARD, PORT BLAIR— 196i-65

T3 Total OX o Sections d > 'r- IS Q. ' H cc 13 (U c X (/3 c/3 CO p

1. Fitting Shop 3 13 2-2 21 58

2. ^Machine Shop 1 16 1 5 23

Car^)enter shop ' A ' inchiding^ Boat Building 1 11 14 24 bO

4. Carpenter shop ‘ B ’ 1 1j 11 11 38

r“ 5. Dry Dock 1 4 1 1 13

6. Welding Shop (Electrical and Oxy-acctjlene) — 2 — ------2

7. Foundry shop — 4 — ---- 4

8. Smithy shop (including Copper and Tinsmith) — 3 0 ------9

9. Power sub-station and Electric shop — 4 — ---- 4

10. Painting Khop — B — --- 3

11. Plater shop 1 14 22 34 71

12. Sailmaker shop — o — — 2 l;^. Store, Jetties and Gate —— — 23 2 3

1 4 . Sanitation o 3

T otal 7 1)1 77 128 3 0 3

Canteen Staff — 7 ^ Casual Mazdoor — 30 > 42. Casual Carpei'ter— 5 3 SouiiCE ; Marine Eu:^ineer, Andaman ana Nicubar Islands. 93

T a b le (1 0 .9 )

WORKERS EMPLOYED, MANDAYS WORKED AND ACCIDENTS OCCURED IN GOVERNMENT MARINE DOCKYARD.

YEARS SI. No. Item 1963 1963 j 1961

1 2 3 4 j 5

1. Average daily uumber of workers emploj-ed 207 284 303 Total No. of mandays worked 83,517 84,348 89,688 Accidents oceured : (i) Fatal (ii) N on-fatal 1 4 10

S o u r c e ; Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nieobar Islauus. T able (1 0 .1 0 )

WATER-CRAFT CONSTRUCTED IX GOVERNMENT MARINE DOCKYARD SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1956-57

A (No.)

Year Powered boats constructed Dumb Barges constructed Pontoons coDstructed Total

1956-57 1 (28 feet) 1 (50 tons) — 2

,10:j7-58 2 (40 „ and 28 feet) 1 (5 0 „ ) — 3

1958-59 1 (40 „ ) 2 (30'xl5'x5') 3

1959-GO 2 (28 „ eacli) 2 (50 tons eaeli) do. ) 11

1960-61 1 (26 „ ) — 2 ( do. ) 3

1961-62 2 (40 ,, and 28 feet) — do. ) 5

1962-63 1(40 „ ) 1 (50 tons) 1 ( do. ) 3

196o-6^. 1 (40 „ ) 4 (30 tons each) 3 { do. ) 8

1964-65 2 (40 „ and 30 feet) 1 (30 tons) do. ) 5

T o ta l 13 10 20 43

SouiicE: Marine Engineer,

Andaman aiid Nieobaf Idauds. 95

T ab le ( 1 0 .1 1 )

NUMBER OF WATER-CRAFTS SURVEYED AND MAJOR REFIT UNDERTAKEN

Items Years

1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

Number of Vessels 21 27 24 29

Major Refit: (i) in D ry-D ock 13 18 12 15

(ii) On Slipway 8 9 12 14

S o u r c e ; Marine Engineer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

SECTION-11 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

99

T a b l e (1 1.1 )

ROAD MILEAGE STATISTICS

{in Kilometres)

Type of Roads 1960.61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

Black Topped 172.16 209.86 - 225.86 267.04 287.35 W.B. Macadam 37.01 55.92 91.92 129.01 144.63 Roads in progress 91.71 67.57 64.00 103.6i 111.2t

S o u r c e : Public Works Department, Andaman, and Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e (11.2)

GOVERN.MENT ROAD TRANSPORT

YEARS Item 1961-62 1962-63 1963.64 1964.65

!• Length of routes in Kilometres 216 245 291 294 2, Number of routes 11 15 23 23 3. Daily ICilometres covered 746 973 1,290 1,323 4. Number of buses owned 10 13 13 13 5. Average number of passengers transpoited per day 1,925 2,264 3,398 3,648 6. Total capital invested by Government (Rs.) 41,653 2,33,962 N.A. N.A. 7. Income realised (Rs.) 2,23,222 2,65,952 3,71,176 4,28,367

S ource : Harbour Master (Transport), Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 100

T a b l e (11.3)

MOTOR VEHICLES ON ROAD {As on 31st March)

Period Mot or Loriies Taxis Buses Cars and Others; T o t a l , Cycles Jeeps

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1961 41 101 14 8 64 45 273 1062 47 160 17 12 73 43 352 1963 45 15U 12 15 75 57 354 lo o t 63 156 19 13 87 71 409 1965 75 159 24 16 96 88 458

S ource : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b l e (11.4)

n e w registration OP MOTOR VEHICLES

Period M otor Lorries Taxis Buse;j Cars and Others T ota l Cycles Jeeps

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1960 5 22 — 3 13 6 49 1061 1 22 —— 0 2 31 0 1962 25 —

SOUBCE: Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

T a b le (11.5)

ROAD a c c i d e n t s •

Items I960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Cases Oecuied 14 29 15 13 11 Persons killed — 6 2 1 Persons injured 6 85 15 23 9 Vehicles involved 14 2D 29 13 11

S ource ; Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Island s. 101

T ab le (1 1 .6 )

POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION FACILITIES As on 31st March, 1965.

LOCATION DATE OF INCEPTION

A. POSTAL Head Post Office Port Elair Pie-war Sub-Post Offices UllBAN 1 . Aberdeen Bazar 30th June, 1959. Chatham 1st September, 1955. liUllAL (a) South Andaman 1. Wimberlygnnj IGth ^ilay, 1959. Middle Andaman 1. Long Island :25th November, 1955. 2. Rangat 18th Ma^-, 1959. 3. M a ja b under lOth November, 1955. 4. Betapur 24th March, 1960. (c) North Andaman 1. Diglipur 23rd May, 1959. al^ieobars 1. Car Nicouar 14th May, 1959. EKANCH POST OFFICES (a) South Andaman 1. Garacharama April, 1958. 2. Tusanabad April, 1958. 3.' Hompherjgunj Apiil, 1955. 4. ChonJdari February, 1962. 5. Havelock December, 1901. 6. Oralkatcha December, 1961. 7. Beach Dora 28th February, 19C4. 8. Kalatang 23th February, 1964. 9. Miletilak 28th February, 1964. (b) Mill die Andaman 1. Kadamtala 10th May, 1959. 2. Bakiiltala June, 1963. 3. Nimbutala June, 1963. (c) North Andaman ]. Para n gar a 10th May, 1959. 0 Tugapur May, 1959. 3. Swarajgram Febrviary, 1962. 1?.. TELEGRAPH/POLICE RADIO STATIONS (a) South Andaman 1. Port Blair 1st November, 1916. 2, Havelock 9th May, 1963. 3. Bara tang 6th September, 1951. (b) Middle Andaman 1. Rangat 25th July, 1949. 2. Long Island 1st November, 1946. 3. Kadamtala 17th August, 1949. 4. Betapur 20th March, 1965. (c) North Andaman 1. Majabuuder lOth June, 1949. 2. Diglipur 10th October, 1955. 3. East Island 26th November, 1964. (d) Nicobar Group 1. Car Nicobar 5th December, 1946. 2. Nancowrie 20th May, 1949. 3. Great Nicobar 17th February, 1951.

S o u r c e : 1. Post Master, Port Blair. 2. Police Radio Officer, Andamaii and Nicobar Islands. 102

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NUMBER OF TELEPHONES AND EXCHANGES

Y ear Telephone connections Telephone Exchanges r------— ^ ^------«------^ 1960 127 with Extns. 1 1961 131 with 38 Extns. 2 19C2 188 with 4C Extns. 2 196;^ ]62 with 46 Extns. 3 1964 166 with 42 Extns. 2

Trnnk-line with mainland opened od 1-11-1962.

S o u rce : Assistant Engineer Wirele-s, Port Blair.

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TRAFFIC HANDLED IN PORT BLAIR TELEGRAPH OFFICE

Y ear No of telegrams han lied h’avenue Service messages: A A A r ^ r^" ^ r" ^ Rs. 1960-61 1,25,321 1,85,949.73 10,427 19G1-62 1,23,87() 1,80,951.32 9,465 1962-63 1,29,487 1,90,015.;:2 10,240 1963-64 l,:d6,489 2,26,904.27 10,877 1964-65 1,46,363 2.51,144.95 13,058

SoujiCE : x\ssistant Engineer Wireless, Port Blair.

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POSTAL REVENUE IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS {Rs. in thousands.)

Telegraph Telephone Postage Year charges recciv- Revenue received Other receipt T otal ed in cash in cash ------^ ------^ 1 ^ t 1960 2 67 1 — 70 1961 1 59 1 .— 61 1982 2 63 1 — 66 1963 5 59 1 2 67 1964 4 76 1 16 97

SoURC^’. : Director of x\udit & Accounts, Posts & Telegraphs, Calcutta. 103

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POSTAL TRAFFIC IN A^^DAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS POSTAL ORDER.

Sold Paid

Year Number Value in Rs. Number Value in Rs.

1960 687 1,329.00 51 335.00 1961 1,205 2,623.00 25 145.00 190E 1,440 2,661.00 131 879.00 1963 1,393 3,104-00 154 523.00 1964 2,202 S,873.00 46 362.00

Souiici3 : Director of Audit and Accounts, Posts and Telegraphs, Calcutta.

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POSTAL TRAFFIC IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS MONEY ORDER.

Issue Payment

Year Number Value in Rs. Number Value in Rs.

1960 45,270 33,52,502.66 3,024 2,94,640.45 1961 65,733 40,72,275.14 3,514 3,36,655.61 196^ 64,978 49,68,383.38 4,409 3,78,136.17 1963 68,865 55,90,757.28 4,650 4,44,149.49 1964 78,845 60,89,013.05 5,855 5,04,830.48

S ou r c e : Director oE Audit and Accounts, Posts and Telegraphs, Calcutta.

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BROADCAST RECEIVING LICENCE RENEWALS IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

Year ' Renewals (Nos.) Percentage Annual Increase

1960 146 1961 729 399 1962 990 36 1963 1,148 16 19G4 1,651 44

SouECE : Director, Audit and Aceoimts, Posts and Telegraphs, Calcutta. 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands,

SECTlOM-12 POWER

107

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ELECTRICITY GENERATED {in KWH)

Year Electricity Generated Percentage increase

1954 852694 1955 998217 16.5 1956 1069591 7.7 1957 1144955 7.1 1958 1241700 8.5 1959 1386155 11.7 1960 1511648 9.0 1961 1664361 10.1 1903 1745556 4.9 1963 1986690 12.1 1964 2083655 4.9

S o u r c e Resident Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION BY VARIOUS SECTORS DURING 1964 {KfFH)

1964 Domestic Commercial Industrial Street Otuers Total Lighting

January 65014 9576 55058 5122 8538 143363 February 61354 10488 44649 5592 10201 132284 March 60958 9499 34797 6115 9847 121216 April 60109 9518 29089 5232 11377 115325 May 64105 10927 31041 5879 9214 121166 June 63273 12294 36483 5311 10814 128181 July 65333 12901 33801 4076 11470 127581 August 69815 13869 31611 5266 12664 133255 September 67303 12611 29036 5903 11039 125832 October 70186 11594 28405 5570 12249 128004 xSovember 70419 12323 31245 6316 13526 133829 December 56836 10654 34887 6913 10187 119477

T otal 774735 136254 420108 67295 131176 1529568

SouKCE : Resident Engineer, Electricity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 108

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SALE OF ELECTKICITY TO DIFFERENT CONSUMERS

{in

Year Domestic Commercial Industrial Public Other T otail Consumption Lighting & Power Lighting purpose small power

1954 182844 16208 346637 23700 34375 603 7 <64

1955 208426 21457 435756 30980 33771 7303i90

1956 2:^9332 25670 516679 33544 39105 8443i36

1957 261880 28364 530517 3 8253 42886 9019)00

1958 P.97410 27781 555039 45420 47382 9736532

1969 344480 45435 612277 50795 61469 11144t5S

1960 381738 6302:;^ 640047 47165 63137 11951110

1961 451680 62071 684291 47414 69906 1315362

1962 493626 77631 628705 49750 84133 1333S48

1963 654863 100945 564790 57437 113367 1491402

1964 774735 136251 420.108 6.7295 131176 1529S68

SouECE: Resident Engineer, Electiicity Department, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SECTION-13 PUBLIC FINANCE

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BUDGET AT A GLANCE

(ill ‘ 000^ Rs.)

Year Revenue Receipts Revenue Expenditure Surplus ( 4-) (Actual) (Actuals) Deficit ( —)

1 2 3 4

1958-59 1,36,77.6 2,37,07.1 (“) 1,00,29.5

1959-GO 1,44,42.9 3,15,64.5 (-) 1,71,21.6

1960-61 1,59,98.1 3,73,49.5 2,1S,51.4

1961-62 1,45,51.9 4,36,71.9 (-) 2,91,20.0

1962-63 1,59,89.3 4,78,95.7 (-) 3,19,06.4

1963-61 1,75,82.8 4,52,09.0 (-) 2,76,26.2

1964-65_ 2,17,74.0 5,18,81.2 (-) 3,01,07.2 (Revised Estimates)

1965-66 2,19,95.0 5,59,46.5 (“) 3,39,51.5 (Budget Estimates)

SouncE : Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 112

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DETAILS OF REVENUE RECEIPTS [in Es.)

1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 Actual Revised Budget Estimates Estimates

IX Land Revenue 4,57,899 5,06,000 5,01,000 X State Excise Duties 823 1,000 1,000 XI Taxes on Vehicles 14,541 15,OCO 16,000 XIII Other Taxes and Duties 2 ’ ,818 26,000 21,000 X IV Stamps 43,982 45,000 45,000 XV Ee^istration Fees 1,6(5 1,500 2,000 XVI Interest 1,09,051 38,000 36,000 XVII Administration of Justice 42,105 34,500 34,000 XVIII Jails 2,293 4,4( 0 2,000 XIX Poh'ce 5i,696 38,000 26,000

XXI Miscellaueous Departments 2,801 — — X X I t Education 3 2,298 12,000 7,000 XXIII ]\Iedical 18,902 15,000 15,000 XXV Ag'2icnlture 72,046 60,000 50,000 XXVI Animal Husbandry 7,011 6,400 7,000 XXIX Indusfiies 31,390 36,000 38,000 XXXI Conununity Development Projects, etc. 5,581 4,000 4,000) XXXII Misc. Social Service Organisations 1,796 1,000 1,000) XXXVI Electiicity Schemes 6,0M 'i0 0,50,030 7,00,000 XXXIX Ports and Pilotage , ^n,65,687 44,96,000 43,06,000 XLIII Roa:l & W ater Transport Schemes 5,44,692 7,50,000 6,00,00(0 XLVII Contributions & Recoveries to wards Pension & other Hetirernent benefits 365 5,000 6,00(0 X L IX Stationery and Printing 26,276 27,COO 27,00(0 L I Forest 1, 11,98,587 1,48,7:^,000 1,51,20,00(0 L I I Miscellaneous 1,41,121 1,29,200 1,30,00(0

T o t a l 1,75,82,S06 2,17,74,000 2,19,06,00(0

SouiiCE : Chief Commissioner’ s Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 113

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DETAILS OF REVENUE EXPENDITURE {in Rs.)

1964-65 1965-66 1963-64 Revised Budget Actuals Estimates Estimates

1 3 4

Area Demand 9 Land Revenue 1,95,806 2,00,000 2,06,000 M Stamps ],12S 2,000 2,000 19 General Administration 1:2,72,497 12,82,000 13,98,000 21 Administration of Justice 598 1,000 2,000 2:> Jails 89,404 92,000 94.000 23 Police 25,16,743 26,18,000 29,46,000 20 Miscellaneous Departments 77,015 92,000 98,000 28 Education 14,82,414 18,10,000 21,72,000 29 Medical 13,51,679 13,12,000 16,01,000 30 Public Health 3,‘eS,645 4,07,000 5,69,000 31 Agriculture 10,33,915 12,31,000 14,07,000 33 Animal Husbandry 1,92,988 2,42,000 2,87,000 34 Co-operation 91,213 1,12,000 1,56,000 35 Industries 1,96,350 1,84,0C0 1,77,000 37 Community Development Projects 3,43,207 8,73,000 7,66,000 etc. 381 Labour and Employment 6,63,375 7,39,000 7,36,000 45. Interest on Capital Outlay on Electricity Schemes and Theimo Electric Schemes 7,42,476 8,95,000 10,53,000 53; Ports and Pilotage 72,18,813 64,29,000 91,21,000 57 Road and Water Transport 8,50,828 11,16,000 16,53,000 Schemes 64 Famine 175 1,000 2,000 68 Stationery and Printing 90,876 1,21,0(0 1,23,000 70 Forest 1,28,16,557 1,32,98,000 1,19,56,000 71 Miscellaneous 7,07,339 9,28,000 9,65,000

T o t a l (Area Denr.and) 3,22,63,161 3,39,85,000 3,74,90,000 Public Works 1,19,64,799 1,71,96,200 1,79,27,500 Communication 8,33,707 6,99,000 5,29,000 Ce ntral Road Fund 1,47,347 1,000

T o t a l Revenue Expenditure 4,52,09,014 5,18,81,200 5,59,46,500

S o u r c e : Chief Commissioner's Secretariat, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

SECTION-14 LAW AND ORDER

117

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STRENGTH AND COST OF POLICE FORCE

PE R IO D -h _A_. Item 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

2 3 4 5 6

I nspector General of Police* ,_ __ Superintendent of Police 1 1 1 1 1 A ssidtant Superintendent of Police 2 2 1 3£ 3£ Inspectors 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 13 Sub-Inspectois 17 17 16 23 26 Assistant Sub-Inspectors a i n 28 28 Head Constables 85 85 85 97 108 Lance Head Constables 58 58 58 64 64 Constables 5;>0 520 522 558 605 Band Personnel 20 20 10 20 20 Biisli Police/Jamadars 346 345 344 346 346 Other Ranks (Radio Staff) 83 83 78 83 83

T otal 1,164 1,164 1,157 1,236 1,297

B.

1 . Area served b j each Police Officer (S4 . mile) 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2. Cost of Police per capita population (Rs.) N.A. 32.05 36.38 54.83 35.19 3, Number of Police Stations 6 6 .7 7 7 4. Number of Out-Posts 11 11 10 11 11 5. Number of Fire Brigades a 3 3 3 3

6. Number of Telegraph/Police Radio Stations 9 10 10 11 12

+ As on 31st December each year. * The Chief CommissioHer is the ex-ofiicio Inspector-General of Police. £ Includes Police Radio Officer, *** Already included in their respective ranks.

S o u r c e : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 118

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VOLUxME OF CRIMES {No..)

Nature of Crime 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Murder 1 3 10 5 4 Burglary 32 28 21 24 19 Thefts 70 87 84 ■ 77 44 Local & Special Law 305 384 275 243 160 Miscellaneous I.P.C. Cases 107 120 136 105 115 Others (Robbery, etc.) 3 3

T o ta l 518 625 626 454 342:

COGNIZABLE CRIMES

Cases I960 1961 1962 1963 196^

Kumber of eases reported 518 506 526 454 342 Convictions 310 179 339 178 1041. Acquittals 66 25 62 11 4t

S o u r c e : Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION OF JAIL {N o.)

• PERIOD _ X Category of 1960 1961 1902 1963 1964i Prisoner®

Convicts in Cellrj and Barracks 46 55 49 49 57 U nder-trials 4 5 9 20 m Non-Criminals Lunatics 3 3 3 5 Ti

T otal 53 63 61 74 8:2

S o u r c e : Snperiutendent, District Jail, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T able (14.4) A G E A^T) STATE OF EDUCATION OF CONVICTS AGE ^ EDUCATION

Under 22 22 to 40 41 to 60 61 and above Literate Illiterate Year Male F Male F Male Female Male F Male F Male Female 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 • 1960 13 — 62 2 24 — 4 75 --- 28 0 1961 17 —- 83 1 22 — 3 - 104 r— 21 1 1962 15 —. 73 —■ 24 — 4 — 82 ---- 34 — 1963 17 —. 85 4 44 — 4 119 --- 31 4 K 1964 IS — 72 5 U — ;) — 90 2 17 3

S o u r c e : Superintendent, District Jail, Andaman and Nicbar Islands. CO T a b ie (1 4 .5 ) CONDITION OF PRISONERS RELEASED FROM JAIL

Number who No. who had gained weight No. who had lost weight had neither Number re­ lost nor Year leased during gained the year weight in jail XJpto 5 K g. Over 5 Kg. Total Upto 5 Kg. Over 5 Kg. Total

1960 9 0 23 62 62 1961 123 35 80 80 1962 133 38 92 92 1963 113 20 91 91 1964 141 116 16 132

S o u r c e : Superintendent, District Jail, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. 1 2 0

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PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECO VEERED

Year No. of cases No. of cases Amount of Amount of in which pro­ in which pro­ propeity sto­ propeity re­ perty was sto­ perty was re­ len (Rs.) covered (Rs..) len. covered.

1960 81 44 21,728 5,694

1961 93 48 19,091 13,133

196:> 75 38 23,090 13,700

1963 78 4 i 11^918 5,113

1964 6:Z 38 28,784 12,023

Source: Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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INCIDENCE OF EIRE

Items 1960 1901 1962 19 &3 1964

No. of fire calls attended. 15 n 14 15 26

Value of property damaged (lis.) 418 840 7,173 21,190 2,240

Sou ice: Superintendent of Police, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SECTIOM-15 CO-OPERATION

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CO-OPERATION STATISTICS—FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL

A. FINANCIAL CLASSIFICATION

YEARS

Item 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

1 2 3 4 5

1. No. of Societies 96 107 127 143 2. No. of members 6,907 8,749 8,585 9,458 3. Sbaie capital (Rs.) 4,13,059 5,36,644 6,88,837 8,69,607 4. Reserve fund (Rs.) 4,57,729 4,74,029 5,04,212 7,66,443 5. Othei f>ind (Rs.) 6,56,706 6,10,388 6,76,866 6,80,344 6. Government loans (Rs.) 1,53,130 1.82,450 2,64,469 4,97,040 7. Working capital (Rs.) 16,80,624 18,38,895 24,46,384 25,00,314

B. PHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION

1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1 1964-65 1 1 S i .

(a) Credit Societies Agricultural 19 1,040 21 1,279 26 1,082 28 1,184 Non-Agricultural 1 170 I 149 2 167 3 198 (b) Norx'Credit Societies Plantation and Farming 13 307 17 359 21 492 21 532 Marketing 29 971 29 1,080 29 825 29 857 Consumers’ Stores 19 3,851 20 5,228 21 5,248 24 5,744 Milk Supply 1 53 1 53 3 63 10 175 Timber Extraction 2 21 2 21 2 23 2 23 Fishermen 1 56 1 56 2 90 3 99 Housing 1 22 1 ■ 22 1 17 1 17 School Student Stores 1 120 1 120 1 118 1 19 Labour Welfare 4 55 3 45 3 30 3 30 Others 5 241 10 337 16 430 18 580

TOTAL 96 6,907 107 8,749 127 8,585 143 9,458

SouFCE : Kegihtrar of Co-operative Societies, Anilaman and Nieobar Islands. 1 24

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DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES— 31.3-1965

Type of Societies No. Membership Share Capitall (Rs.)

1. Credit Societies:

(a) State Co-operative Bank 1 41 44,900 (b) Other Credit Societies 30 1,341 1,12,295 (c) Multipurpose 4 73 320 2. Plantation and Farming Societies 21 .532 76,309 3. Marketing Societies 29 857 • 1,60,830 4. Wholesale Stores — — 5. Primary Stores 24 5,744 4,17,797 6. Milk Supply and Egg Production Societies 10 175 1,860 7. Timber Extraction 2 23 3,616 8. Fishery 3 99 1,710 9. Housing 1 17 5,000 10. Ice manufacturing 1 14 1,830 11. Co-operative Canteens 4 262 31,815 13. Co-operative Rice Mills 2 22 1,000 13. School Supply Stores 1 19 165 14. Labour Welfare Societies 3 30 300 15. Women. Industrial Co-op. Societies 3 41 410 16 Industrial W eaver’s Societies 1 10 1,000 17. Others 3 158 8,390

T otal 143 9,458 8,69,607

S ource : Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Andaman and Nieobar Islands. SECTlOH-16 INDUSTRIES AND LABOUR

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SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES AND HANDICRAFTS

Employees as on 31st Crafts Location of No. of December, 1964 Centre units Employees Trainees

Wood Working & Toy making Port Blair 1 11 10 SnaitLy, Sheet metalling and FJectroplating do. I 9 Women^s Tiaiuing Centre in Tailoring & Garment making do. 1 2 11 Blacksmithy and Carpentry Car Nicobar 2 5 10 Tailoiing & Garment making do. 1 2 10 C’ane and Bamboo Work do. 1 2 10

* This centre has been converted into Departmental production Centre.

S ou rce : Cottage Industries Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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OUTPUT OF JAIL INDUSTRIES

Output

Cloth Cane Products Misc. Total A A r ■ Value Yeur Sq. Metre Value Rs. Pieces Value Rs. Value Rs. Rs.

1060 279.99 328.04 24 625.13 114.00 1067.17 19G1 256.03 366.87 153 1693.19 61.25 2111.31 1963 247.05 380.70 140 1200.77 2.50 1683.97 1963 160.12 244.81 230 1947.76 — 2192.57

1964 352.27 579.44 474 3871.50 — 4450.94

S o u r c e : Superintendent, Distt. Jail, Port Blair, 128

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a v e r a g e d a i l y n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s e m p l o y e d i n REGISTERED FACTORIES

Category of Factories 1961 1962 1963 196 i

1. Government and Local Fund Factories (Under Section 2m (i) of the Act)

Saw Mills 1,069 1,1:23 1,122 1,153

W oodcn 22 22 21 22

Maiine Engine Building and repairing 391 385 389 381

Motor Transport Workshop 61 (j-l 53 56

Electric Light & Power 84 84 84

Printing and Book Binding 36 45 44 44

Metal — — 14 9

3. Others (under Section 2m (i) of the Act)

Saw Mills 55 34 58 53

Match splints 96 117 124 423

Manufacture of Plywood 87 160 414 126

Wooden 13 13 13 7

T otal 1,913 2,045 2,336 2,358

S o u r c e : Chief Inspector of Fac'ories, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (16.4)

AVERAGE DAILY e m p l o y m e n t OF ADULT WORKERS IN REGISTERED FACTORIES WITH SPECIFIED NORMAL WEEKLY HOURS.

Indostry 1962 IS163 1964

Below 42.45 45-48 Above Below 42-45 4=i-48 Above Below 47-45 45-48 A bove 42 Hrs, Hrs. firs. 43 Hrs. 42 Hrs Hrs. Hrs. 48 Hrs. 43 Hrs Hrs. Hrs. 48 Hi'S.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 li 12 13

Government and Local Fnnd Factories (under Section 2m(i) of the Act)

Saw Mills 1123 1122 1153 fca Wodden __ _ 22 _ 21 —— 22 — CO Marine Engine Building & repairing — 385 — 389 — —— 381 — Motor Transport Workshop 62 _ - 53 — —— 56 —' Electric Light and Power ____ 84 __ __ — N . R. — — — 84 — Printing and Book Binding _ 45 _ _ 44 — — ■ — 44 — -I— Metal 14 9

Others (under Section 2m (i) of th« Act^l

Saw Mills 34 38 33 Match Splintf _ 117 _ _ _ 124 — — 126 — Manufacture of Plywood —— 160 ——— 214 — — — 423 Wooden — — 13 — —— 13 — —• — 7 —

TOTAL — — 2045 — — 44 X988 —-- 44 2294 —

goDE.cE: Chief Inspector of Factories, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 3 3

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A. FACTORY LABOUR

Nambcr of working Average number of Number of Mandays Period Factories (under fac­ workers employed worked tories Act, 1948) daily

1 2 3 4

1960 12 1,916 5,69,972

1961 12 1,913 5,78,355

1962 12 2,015 6,31,283

1963 13 2,032 6,01,103

1964 15 2,338 6,92,592

B. FACTORY ACCIDEN TS

Period ending Fatal Non-Fatal Total Number of Man- June days lost

1 2 3 4 5

1960 1 75 76 323

1961 — 72 72 233

1962 — a6 66 365

1063 — 41 41 738

1964 —• 173 173 895

SoE-rcE : Chief Inspector of Factories, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 3 1

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NUMBER OP ACCIDENTS AND AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID UNDER THE WORKMEN^S COMPENSATION ACT, 192?.

Items 1962 1963 196i

1. Average number of workers employed per day 7,415 6,123 8,646

2. Number of total accidents occurred 115 160 279

3. ACCIDENTS

No. of cases of injuries in respect of which final compensation paid :—

(i) Death Z 6 6

(ii) Permanent disablement 3 8 6

(iii) Temporary disablement 73 78 149

4. AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID (Rs.)

(i) Death 5,600 23,438 31,500

(ii) Permanent disablement 1,638 6,209 4,832

(iii) Temporary disablement 3,578 4,235 3,845

T o ta l 10,816 33,872 40,177

S o u r c e : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (16.7)

STATISTICS UNDER THE PAYMP]NT OF WAGES ACT

SI. No. Items 1962 1963 ]964

1 2 4 5

1. Number of factories/Establishments covered by the A ct: (i) Persons receiving less than Rs. 200/- 16 25 30 (ii) Persons receiving more than Rs. 200/- but less than Rs. 400/- p.m. 7 5 12

2. Average daily number of persons employed : (i) Persons leceiving less than Rs. 200/- 2,205 5,776 • 12,503 (ii) Persons receiving more than Rs. 200/- but less than Rs. 400/- p.m. 114 50 193 05 to .3. Total mandays worked by all the units : (i) Persons receiving Rs. 200/- p.m. 6.52,839 17,09,266 38,33,033 (ii) Persons receiving Ks. 200/- and more but less than Rs. 400/- p.m. 34,689 14,863 57,135

4. Total wages paid including deductions : (i) Persons receiving less than Rs. 200/- p.m. 26,76,609 59,31,582 1,40,01,785 (ii) Persons receiving Rs. 200/- but less than Rs, 400/- p.m. 3,27,981 1,36,136 6,11,656

5. Average monthly wages per worker : (i) Persons receiving less than Rs. 200/- p.m. 102 86 93 (iij Persons receiving Rs. 200/- but less than Rs. 400/- p.m. 241 227 264

S o u rc e : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Is^ieobar I§land§. 133

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INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND MANDAYS LOST

SI. No. Quarter endiog No. of Disputes No of Workers No. of Man- involved days lost

1 2 3 4 5

I. March 196 i 2 123 252 2. June 19G2 4 4,851 26,92 ! 3. September 1962 2 244 702 1. December 1962 4 736 1,793 5. March 196;^ — —— 6. Jane 1063 I 30 90 7. September 1^63 1 68 340 8. December 1963 — —— 0. March 1964 I 300 300 10. Jmie 1964 3 750 5,894 11. September 1964 3 1,165 6,930 12. December 1961 7 1,555 5,256 13. March 1965 1 120 240

S o u rce : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and. Nicobar Islands.

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NUMBER OF SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER THE WEEKLY HOLIDAY ACT, 1942

1962 1963 1964 No. of No. of No. of Items Number persons Number persons Number persons employed employed employed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Shops/commercial establishments 224 181 320 326 338 396 2. Theatres and. Restaiirents 30 124 38 194 41 206

T o t a l 254 305 358 520 379 602

SouKCE: Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e ( it i.lU ) LEAVE WITH WAGES UNDER THE FACTORIES ACT 1948

Total number of persons

1962 1905 1964 - _ A ------'S T3(U -4-> T3 T3 T3 C ■TJ T3 S3 Items >> 0> >» e3 0> (U c8 o o ^ 0 ^ o ^ O c > 60 'cu .1^ > a o 'El .tJ > U)® cd eS eS c3 ■tj c3 a9 cs> a Ui a •s g a) a C 0> Sh QJ ■SO dj H W h:? C5^^ 12;I - I2II-3

1. Govt, and Local Fund Factories (under Section 2m (i) of the Act) (i) Saw Mills 1,123 989 8C5 184 1,122 979 833 146 1,163 979 792 187 (ii) W ooden 25 17 14 3 25 17 4 13 22 8 8 _____ os (iii) Marine Engine Building and 385 342 290 52 389 389 337 52 381 377 356 21 repair (iv) Motor Transport Workshop 62 61 36 25 59 57 47 10 65 64 42 22 (v) Electric Light and Power 84 84 62 22 KA NA NA NA 84 84 59 25 (vi) Printing and Book Binding 45 45 22 23 44 44 12 32 44 44 34 10 (vii) Metal — ------19 10 7 3 11 8 4 4 2. Other Factories (Under Section 2m (i) of the Act) (i) Saw Mills 53 40 37 3 38 28 14 14 33 24 10 14 (ii) Match splints 135 105 88 17 138 127 93 34 139 128 108 20 (iii) Manufacture of Plywood 240 71 40 31 228 126 62 64 430 198 92 106 (iv) Wooden 13 9 5 4 13 — — — 7 — — —

TOTAL !,165 1,763 1,399 364 2,075 1,777 1,409 368 2,369 1,914 1,505 409

S o u r c e : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nioobar Islands. T a b l e (16.11)

NUMBER OP ESTABLISHMENTS HAVING CERTIFIED STANDING ORDERS UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT (STANDING ORDERS) ACT, 1946 AND THE STRENGTH OF EMPLOYEES

1962 1963 1964

S . 'd -« O. O in '5 a- . O ts ii >= be a p a Classification 5 S 2 s p . O « § 2 2 S 'o .*5 « £ 5 o ‘d . a r- P- cri4_, i o. cr a g 'g 'p - 3 g 1 cl 2 © rt l - s 00 V a> eS “ •o "-S p

1 2 3 4 j 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

No. of C9tabll»bments coinio}? within the , pnrview of tBo Act. 3 2 9 1 J a lU i 5 11 I 05

No. of employees 1423 329 9004 84 U42 448 8216 84 3147 660 8592 84

No. of establishments having certitiod stand­ 2 ing orders afc the beginning of the year 3 2 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 6 1

No. of employees 1)24 328 319 34 1423 329 381 34 1442 448 3904 34

Estt. having star ding orders'^ No of Estt 3 2 3 — 3 2 6 — 3 2 8 __ in respect of nil employees ^No. of Emplo- at the end of the year J yees 1423 329 384 — 1442 448 3904 — 1442 66a 7841 —

Estt having standing orders'] No. of Estt. ——— 1 — — — 1 — — ■— 1 in respect of only a group ! of employees at the end f No. of eaaplo- of the year J yees —— — 34 — — — 34 - — — 3t

S ou rce : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. TAliLli ( 16. 12)

a c c id e n t s INDIJSTRY-Wisr:

No. of uijuriefi in respect which final conqjeyis dion paid.

1062 i963 1964

-w -p c>^ a 3 a. ^ z 53 !-

1 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

o I. FACTO HIES Saw Mi Is 60 3 5.') 4 87 Marine P^ngiiie Building and jepaini;g — I 1 — £ —— — 10 Electric Light stnd Power —— 1 — --- — 1 — Match splints manufacturing —; — — —— — —— — Motor Transport, Air Transport & Port 1 — 1 — 1 —— — 3 O Manufai-ture of Plywood — — 4 — 7 — — 20 II. MISCELLANEOUS ! Timber Extraction (Government) _ 1 4 2 _ 15 1 26 0 Timber Extraction (Private) — 1 — 1 --- 1 —■ —

T o ta l 2 3 73 6 8 78 6 6 149

SouECE : Labour CommissiMner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands T a b le (16.13)

AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID—INDUSTRY—WISE

1962 1963 1964 A . _A_ ( ' ■ A ( ^ f Industry a c >> s b ^ § %

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I. -FACTORIES Saw Mills — 757 2268 3025 4538 1693 Marine Engine Building and repairing — G72 14 245 - ___ . , ___ 167 <03 Electric Lig-ht and. Power — — — —— --- 6000 ------Match Splints Manu­ facturing — _ Motor Transport, Air Service, and. Port 2,100 100 2688 _ _ 132 Manufacture of Plvwood — — 103 — 1008 41 — 291 II. MISCELLANEOUS Timber extraction (Government) — 210 2,529 9,600 740 9600 1193 Timber extraction (Private) — 756 2,138 380 197 Construction Industry 3,500 — 76 11700 — — 1.5900 294 171

T o tal 5600 1638 3578 23438 6209 4186 31.O00 4832 3844

S o u r c e : Labour Commissioner, Andari'an and Nieobar Islands. T a b le il6 14) MEMBERSHIP OF WORKERS TRADE UNIONS

1961-6a 1962-63 1963-64 SI. Name of the Union No. Men Women Total Men W^omen Total Men ' W o m e n - Total

1. Ray com Employees Union ' 37 - 37 24 __ 24 — Dissolved 2. Rayeom Forest Labour Union ■ 70 — 70 N .A. N.A. N.A. Registration cancelled 3. Andaman Plvwood Employees Union 5 i — 52 N.A. N.A. N.A. 64 — 64 4. WIMCO Labour Union 66 14 80 ' 56 14. 70 66 — 66 6. Andaman Catering E'tablishment Employees Union 80 30 27 — 27 Registration cancelled 6. Andaman Forest Labour Union 650 —. 650 622 —- ■ 622 439 — 439 — M 7. P. VV. D. Workers Union 505 505 675 675 36 — 36 CO 8. AndamBn Sarvajanik Nirman « * CX) Vibhag Mazdoor Sangh (Affiliated to AITUC) —— — 188 — 188 180 — 180 9. Andaman Govt. Electric Emplo­ yees Union — 38 22 22 Registration cancelled 10. Sanitary Employees Union 55 14 69 69 14 83 26 — 23 11. Andaman Seamen Union llii — 112 263 — 263 171 - - 171 12. Marine Employees Union 197 — 197 179 — 179 69 ^ 69 U General W’^orkers Union lUO — 340 338 .338 241 241 14. A. & N. Labour Welfare Associa­ tion (Affiliated toINTUC) 158 158 166 — 166 Registration cancelled

T o t a l 2310 28 2338 2629 28 2657 1292 — 1292

SouECE : 1. Registrar of Trade Unions. 2. Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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GKNERAL FUNDS OF

1961-62

Name of the Union Opening Income Expen­ Closing Openiii g balance diture balance balanice

1 1 2 1 3 1 1 5 1

1. Raycom Employees Union 317.37 205.00 2^.53 493.84 493.84 2. Raycom Forest Labour Union 876.69 132.00 578 97 42).72 N.A. 3. Andaman Plywood Employees Union 101.17 30L89 1 72.55 230.51 N.A. 4. WIMCO Labour Union 8113.61 160.60 904.1 •> 70.09 70.0’9 5. Andaman Catering Estt. Union — 153.50 . 08.00 145 50 145.5 0 0. Aiulanian Forest Labour Union 4kOJ:.19 2923 84 4513.54 2614.49 2614.49 7. PWD Workers Union 52'5.14 672.14 59L16 006 12 t06.12 8. Andaman Sarvaianik N/rman Vibhag- Mazdoor Sangh (Afiilia- ted to AITUC) . ,— ——— 9. Andaman Govt. Electric I’m ploy eps Union — 74 50 11.00 63.50 63.50 10. Sanitary Employees Union 503.38 387.60 179.60 711.-’ 8 711.28 11. Andaman Seamen^s Union 2e7.62 797.90 605.67 459. {-6 459.85 12. Marine Employees Union 30 16 667.00 486.14 311.02 211.02 13- General Woi kers Union 844.73 1116.88 954.31 1007.30 1007. SO 14. A. & N. Labour Welfare Asso­ ciation Affih'ated to IN TU C 772.00 759.01 12.99 12.99

T otal 8484.06 8364.75 9792.60 7056.21 6395.98 141

(16.15)

REGISTEllED UNIONS

1962-6:3 1 19ti3-64 Income Expen­ Closinjy Opening Income { tixpen- Closino' diture bi lance balance ; diture balance

7 9 10 1i 11 1 12 1 13

163.00 m .5 s 506.26 — N.A. N A.. N.A. Registration cancelled

N.A. N.A. N.A. 494.47 66.00 28.23 556.24 414.50 157 40 327.10 327.10 89.50 — 4L6.60 143.00 73.17 •215.33 Registration cancelled 4O')8 80 4281.06 2432.29 2432.29 3511.75 3986.66 1957.38 17 7;^ 7 45 17971.72 371.85 371.85 2223.00 20^5.53 519.32

650.00 615.J2 34.53 34.58 385.40 336.57 83.41

79.50 57.52 85.48 Registration cancelled 470.50 116.(;1j 1065.12 1065.12 185.50 283.25 967.37 1124.00 870.60 713.25 713..25 925.00 915.15 723.10 1085.00 542.03 753.99 7&3.99 644.00 814.09 583.90 -J 005 50 3253.89 1758.93 1758.93 1258.00 1834.77 1182.16

i4:oo 25.30 1.69 Registration cancelled.

.2;1988.:U 28118.42 82G6.87 7951.58 9308.15 10274.25 6989.48

Source : 1. Registrar of Trade Unions, 2. Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 143

T a b l e (16.16)

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF

1961-62

LIABILITIES ASSETS LIABI-

Cole of ludustiy Amount of SuLscrip* Subscrip--2 “ Amount oj •. eneral tion Cash tion ^ -g General Fund due due © o Fund S

3 4 5 6

25.250 (a) Saw Mills 5245.05 193.00 3345.05 193.00 1900.00 3838.55

25.250 (b) Plywood 230.51 — 230.51 — — N.A.

4.400 (a) (i) Cons­ truction Industry 606.12 — 606.12 — — 481,43

5.5001 (a) Generation of Ele: Supply and distribution 63.50 — o3.50 — ■— S5.48

5.522 Sanitary Service 731.28 — 711.28 — 20.00 1065.12

7.716 (a) Steamer Ser­ vice, Steamer huts Eoatsman 459.85 — 459,85 — — 738 25

7.716 (d) Work in Ports and Docks 211.02 — 211.02 — — 753.99

31.319 (d) Matches 803.09 — 70.09 — 733.00 327.10

31.319 (g) Others 1007 30 — 1007.30 — — 1758.93

39 Miscellaneous 12.99 — 12.99 — — 1.6>9

842.843 Restaurants, Cafes, Hotels 145.50 — 145.50 — — 215.33

TOTAL 9516.31 193.00 6863.31 193.00 2653.00 9265.87 148

^YORKERS UNIONS (INDUSTRY-WISE)

1962-G3 19(53-04 A LITIES ASSETS LIABILITIES ASSETS A A A ( \ f Subscrip­ Subscrip­ Amount of o Cu tion due Casli tion Loans to General o Cash Loans to due members Eund 1 % f- Membeis ' 's 2 if} c«

S 9 10 11 12 13 H 15 IG

— r’OaS.aa — 900.00 2857.38 — 1 ior>7.38 — 900.00

— N.A — N .A. 55G.24 — 55G.24 ■— —

dOG.IP) — 75.00 G02.73 — G02.73 —

— 85.48 — - — Jlegistratloi)1 Cancelled.

— 10G5.1;> —— 9G7.37 — 9G7.37 — —

— — 25.0() 723.10 — 723.10 — —

— 753.90 —— 583.90 — 583.90 — —

— 3ii7.IO 41G.G0 — 4IG.G0 — —

— 1758.03 — 1182.1G — 1182.16 — —

— 1.69 ---- — Registration Cancelled. % — 315.33 — Registiation Cancelled.

— 82G5.87 — 1000.00 7889.48 — G989.4g — 900.00

SoujicE : 1. Registrar of Trade Unions. 2. Labour Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 1 4 4

T a b le (10.17)

STATISTICS ON WORKS COMMITTEES

S. No, Item • 19G^ 1963 1904 1965

1. No. of works committees required to be formed G 18 20 0 0

2. No. o£ workers covered by works- ooinmittees at SI. No. (1) 6700 13729 146oS

3. No. of works committees actually formed and fanctioning 4 6 11 13

4. No. of workers covered by works Committees at SI. "Ho. (S) 2080 5^814 S;^84 991:"^

S ource : Labour Commissioner, Andaman and iS'ieobar Islands. SECTIOH-17 EMPLOYMENT

T a b l k ( 17,1 )

DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMlXiSrP.ATION EMPLOYEES

AS ON 31st MARCH, 19C4

REGULAR NON-REGULAR

c Non-Gazettod Gazetted a Daily Rated o workers SI. Natri* of Department/ Office S a No. ^ 2 . V r — I ® 3 O © CiO-3 2 rt U) Class Class ' Class Class c3 a> H cC _a ^ cio hJ III IV ! 1 II o ^ q ^lass Cl.iss 15 c OTp III IV f-i c 53 o> ^ c>8 o Q o Ph

3 4 I 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1. Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat 133 87 4 6 230 1 32 249 2. Forest Department 157 8 11 238 331 52 3,059 4,105 23.52 92 89 — 3. Office o f the Deputy Commisftioner 1 3 55 _ 23 263 1.51 767 381 4. Police Department 2 — —— _ 1,150 6.59 411 130 5. Public Works Department 10 29 1,161 5,447 1,587 8,775 50.27 0. Office of the Harbour Master 29 5 — — ------_ _ 34 0.19 P7 150 223 _ _ i , Medical Department 1 13 121 50 558 3.20 404 92 8. Education Department — 4 • — — __ 500 2.86 57 17 9. Agriculture Department 1 4 249 109 — _ 437 2*50 10. Office of the Marine Engineer 23 10 1 — — 18 95 199 346 1.98 1 ’ 2 4 o a 7 8 9 10 11 U

11. Transport Office 10 3 _ 1 ■ 98 63 175 1.00 12. Office o f the Registrar, Co operative Societies ^ ... 12 8 _ 1 _ _ _ _ 21 0.12 J3. Office o f the Fisheries De\\.lopment Officer 11 9 _ 1 _ _ 21 0.12 1 14. Cottage Industries Office 26 18 —— —— 5 o 54 0.31 15. Block Development Office, S Andaman 16 5 — 1 — — • — 2 24 0.13 16. Block Development Office, Car-Nicobar 24 7 — — 2 2 — 35 0,20 17. Electricity Department 41 50 1 92 0.53 18 Office o f the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 17 328 1 . ^_ 346 1.98 19. Office of the Labour Commissioner 7 7 — 3 — —— --- 17 0.10 20 Office of the Assistant .Cc>mmissioner, GO Mayabuncler 29 17 —c 1 26 __ 73 0.42 21. Office o f the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Car Nicobar 8 4 1 1 3 17 0.10 22. Office o f the Live-stock Officer 12 63 — 1 —-——— 76 0.44 23 Supply Office 12 28 — 1 —■ 3 — 44 0.25 24. Office of the Treasury Officer i} 5 — 1 —•—— — 11 0.06 25. Office of the Superintendent, District Jail ... 26 3 ——— 4 33 0.19 26, .Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department , 13 5 — 1 ——— — 19 0.11

TOTAL . ... 2,584 1,751 30 83 1,853 5,960 250 4,945 17,456 100.00

SoUiU’K : Statistical Bure-^n, Au

DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING WORKCHARGED PERSONNEL, STAFF PAID FROM CONTINGENCIES, CASUAL LABOUR ETC.) ACCORDING TO BASIC PAY RANGES AS ON 31st MARCH, 1964

1 SI. Department/Office 0-75 75- 100- 150- 200- 300- 400- 500- 750- 1000- 1500- 2000- 2500- 3000 «& Total No. ■ 100 i 150 200 1 300 1 400 500 1 75 0 1000 1500 2000 I 2500 3000 above i 11 1 i 1 Ii

1 2 3 4 5 6 ' 7 8 • 9 10 11 • 12 13 14 15 16 17

1. Chief Commmissioner’s Secretariat 32 34 93 19 23 15 3 6 1 3 — 1 — 230 2. Forest Department 1,695 1,936 316 78 46 9 13 4 4 3 1 “ — — 4,105 3. Office of the Deputy zC Commissioner 128 45 63 17 3 3 1 1 1 1 — — — — 263 4. Police Department 146 801 102 25 61 7 6 — 1 1 — — ^ — 1,150 5. Public Works Department 3,958 3,910 601 155 101 24 12 6 4 4 — — 8,775 6. Office o f the Harbour Master ■3 2 23 2 2 2 t. Medical Department 256 184 36 34 30 4 5 5 4 — 558 8. Education Department 72 34 273 55 50 9 3 4 9. Agriculture Department 330 45 40 3 13 1 — 3 2 — 437 10. Office o f the Marine Engineer 134 66 82 54 7 2 - _ _ 1 — — — — 346 11. Transport Office 22 45 87 20 1 12. Office o f the Registrar, Co-operative Societies 4 4 5 — 7 — 1 . — — — — — — 21 13. Office o f the Fisheries Development Officer 3 6 7 4 --ft I -.- __ — — 21 •> * 4 5 (i 7 8 I) 10 11 U 13 . 14 15 16 17

14. Cottage Industries Office 13 10 20 U 9 — — — ~ — — - — 5t 15. Block Development Office, South Andaman 1 7 8 4 31 — — — — — — — — 24 16. Block Development Office, Car Nioobar 8 13 8 2 4 - — — — — — — — _ 35 17. Electricity D?partment 21 20 16 19 13 2 — 1 — — - — — 92 18. Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 299 9 25 9 2 — 1 1 — — — — — — 346 19. Office o f the Labour Com­ missioner 4 3 7 — — 11 — 1 — — — — — 17 20. Office of the Assistant Com­ missioner, Mayabunder — 47 16 5 1 3 1 1 — — — — — — 73 21. Office of the Additional Deputy . j;-* C o m m i s s i o n e r , Car o Nicobar 3 4 5 2 1 _ _ 1 - 1 — — — ■ — 17 22. Office o f .the Livestock Officer 26 37 5 1 6 ~ — 1 — — 76 23. Supply Office 14 12 14 --- 2 1 — 1 . — — — — — — 44 24. Office of the Treasury Officer — 5 3 --- 2 1 — __ __ —— — — — 11 25. Office o f the Superinten­ dent, District Jail 5 23 3 1 1 — — __ __ — — — ■ — > — 33 26. Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Depart­ ment 2 3 7 3 3 ~ — 1 __ _ 19

TOTAL 7,179-7,314 1,865 510 383 86 49 35 19 14 1 1 — - 17,456

Soi'iicE : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar I§land§; T a b l e (17.3)

DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING WGRKCIIARGED PERSONNEL, STAFF PAID FROM CONTINGENCIES, CASUAL LABOUR ETC.) ACCORDING TO TOTAL EMOLUMENTS AS ON 31st MARCH, 1964

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 3000 above i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

1. Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat 57 86 31 25 13 5 7 2 1 2 1 230 2. Forest Department 108 2,223 1,370 191 132 38 17 16 4 4 1 1 — 3— 4,105 3. Office of the Deputy M Commissioner 55 66 70 44 19 4 2 1 1 1 263 0'» 4. Police Department — 283 606 117 68 60 7 7 — 1 1 — — ------1,150 6 . Public Works Department 781 6,841 703 189 83 123 19 23 6 4 3 —— ------8,775 6. Office of the Harbour Master 3 7 15 6 1 1 1 34 7. Medical Department — 290 117 44 47 24 18 7 7 4 ——— ------558 8. Education Department — 67 138 172 77 26 12 5 3 500 9. Agriculture Department — 119 367 14 19 8 5 2 1 2 ——— ------437 10. Office of the Marine Engineer 9 76 113 61 60 17 6 2 1 1 346 IL Transport Office — 24 95 54 1 1 175 12. Office o f the Registrar, Co-operative Societies 4 4 3 2 7 1 21 13. Office of the Fisheries Development Officer 11 5 4 1 21 14. Cottage Industries Office 11 9 19 4 . 5 3 3 54 15, Block Development Office, South Andaman 4 7 5 5 2 1 24 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1:Z 13 14 15 16 17

16. Block Development Office, Car Nicobar 1 4 17 4 4 4 1 35 17. Electricity Department —. 37 13 13 22 1 2 3 — I — — — — 92 18. Office o f the Controller, Andaman Labour Force __ 298 30 5 10 1 1 1 346 19. Office of the Labour Commissioner — 2 6 5 1 — — 2 — 1 — — — 17 20. Office o f the Asst. Com­ missioner, Mayabunder 18 29 16 5 1 3 1 — . — — — — 73 21. Office of the Addl. Deputy Commissioner, ('’ar Nicobar 3 4 5 o 1 — — 1 — 1 — —— 17 22. Office of the Live-stock - . ^ , ____ Officer _ 30 30 7 4 4 _. 1 — »■ -r,r r 76 23. Supply Office • — 24 12 4 1 2 ~ — 1 — 44 pi 24. Office o f the Treasury Ofiicer — 1 4 3 — 2 1 11 25. Office of the Superinten­ dent, District Jail 1 9 18 3 1 1 — —— — -r- — — 26. Accounts Officer, Marine — 1 8 5 2 2 1 19

TOTAL 987 10,505 3,772 1,005 596 351 100 81 28 21 8 1 1 I7,45t

SouncE : Statistical Bureau, .\i)dam?in and Nicobar*l«!andii T a b l e (17.1)

DISTIUBUTIOX 0 ¥ ANDAMAN AND NI^X)BAR ADMINISTRAl ION EMPLOYEES (REOaLAR) BY SEX A N D c l a s s o f appointment AS ON 31st M a KCH, 1961.

Gazetted • Non-Gazetted Class IV All Classes Department/Office

Malep Females Total 1 Males Females i Total i M»les Females Total Males Females Total

10 11 12 13

1. Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat 10 — 10 5 133 87 87 225 5 230 2. Forest Department 19 — 19 244 5 249 157 — 157 420 5 425 Ott 3. Office of the Deputy Commis­ 0 3 sioner 4 — 4 86 6 92 89 — 89 179 6 185 o 4. Police Department — 2 767 — . 767 381 — 381 1,150 — 1,150 5. Public Works Department 39 _ — 39 395 16 411 130 — 130 564 16 580 6. Office o f the Harbour Master — — 29 — 29 5 — 5 34 _ 34 7. Medical Department 11 3 14 118 32 150 194 19 223 323 64 387 8. Education Department 3 1 4 309 95 404 80 3 92 401 99 500 9. Agriculture Department 5 — 6 54 3 57 17 — 17 76 3 79 10. Office of the Marine Engineer 1 — 1 20 3 23 10 — 10 31 3 34 11. Transport Office — —— 10 — 10 — 3 13 — 13 12. Office o f the Registrar, Co-opera­ tive Societies 1 — 1 11 1 12 8 - 8 20 1 21 13. Office of thQ Fisheries Develop­ ment Officer 1 — 1 11 — 11 0 — 9 21 - 21 14. Cottage Industries Office — — — 24 2 26 18 • -- 18 42 2 44 15. Block Development Officer, — South Andaman 1 1 12 4 16 5 5 18 • 4 22 n 1 0 4 5 6 i 8 9 10 11 H 1;^ •

^16. Block Development Office, Gar Nioobar 19 5 24 7 7 26 5 31 IT. Electricity Department 1 — 1 41 __ 41 50 — 50 92 __ 92 IS. Office o f the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 1 — 1 17 — 17 328 — 328 346 — 346 19. Office of the Labour t!ommis- s loner 3 () 1 i 7 ____ 7 16 1 17 2U. Office o f the Asst. Commissioner, Mayabunder 1 ____ 1 29 —— 29 17 ■ — 17 47 ____ 47 21. Office of the Addl. Commis­ sioner, Car Nicobar 2 — 2 7 1 8 4 — 4 13 1 14 22. Office of the Live-stock Officer 1 — 1 11 1 12 63 — 63 75 1 76 23. Supply Office 1 — 1 11 I 12 25 3 28 37 4 41 !-» Ox 24. Office c f the Treasury Officer 1 — 1 .5 — 5 5 — 5 l i — 11 2o. Office o f the Superintendent, District Jail — — — 24 2 26 li — 3 27 2 29 26. Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department I — 1 12 1 13 5 — 5 18 1 19

TOTAL 109 4 113 2,400 184 2,584 1,716 35 1,751 4,225 223 4,448

SoUKCE: Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nioobar Islands. • T a b l e (17.5)

DISTRIBUTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES (REGULAR) ACCORDING TO M ARITAL STATUS AS ON 31ST MARCH, 1964.

Gazetted Non* Gazetted Class IV All Classes

T3 -o ■73 o> O O) o Department/OflSce *s *s CS (8 O) CS ■§ s a a a 08 a o p p t§

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1. Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat 10 10 87 46 133 52 35 87 149 81 230 2. Forest Department 19 — ■ 19 185 64 249 113 44 157 317 108 425 3 Office of the Deputy Commissioner 4 — 4 48 44 92 35 54 89 87 98 185 4. Police Department 2 — 2 574 193 767 220 161 381 796 354 1,160 5. Public Works Department 39 — 39 159 252 411 53 77 130 251 329 580 6. Office o f the Harbour Master ——— 22 7 29 4 1 5 26 8 34 7. Medical Department 13 1 14 119 31 150 173 50 223 3<5 82 387 8. Education Department 4 — 4 303 101 404 68 24 92 375 125 500 9. Agriculture Department 6 — 5 35 22 57 13 4 17 53 26 79 10. Office o f the Marine Engineer 1 — 1 19 '4 23 8 2 10 28 6 34 11. Transport Office ——— 3 7 10 1 2 3 4 9 13 12 Office of the Registrar, Co-opera­ tive Societies 1 — 1 7 5 12 6 2 8 14 7 21 13. Office o f the Fisheries Develop­ ment Officer 1 1 5 6 11 5 4 9 11 10 21 14. Cottage Industries Office —— 18 8 26 12 6 18 30 14 44 15. Block Development Office, South Andaman 1 — 1 10 6 16 4 1 5 15 7 22 10 11 12 13 U

16. Block Development Office, Car Nicob'ar _ __ _ 20 4 24 6 1 7 26 6 31 17. Electricity Department 1 — 1 34 7 41 44 6 50 79 13 92 18. Office o f the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 1 _ ♦ 1 16 1 17 278 50' 328 295 51 346 19. Office o f the Labour Commissioner 3 — . 3 4 • 3 7 1 6 7 8 9 17 20. Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Mayabunder 1 — 1 8 21 29 5 12 17 14 33 47 21. Office o f the Additional Deputy Com­ missioner, Car Nicobar 2 2 6 8 3 1 4 7 7 14 22. Office o f the Live-stock Officer 1 — 1 10 2 12 30 33 63 41 35 76 23. Supply Office — 1 1 6 ,6 12 22 6 28 28 13 41 24. Office o f the Treasury Officer 1 3 2 5 4 1 5 8 3 11 o 25. Office o f the Superintendent, 1 a District Jail — 24 2 26 2 1 3 26 3 29 26. Accounts Officer, Marine and Shipping Department 1 — I 8 5 13 4 1 5 13 6 19

TOTAL 11 2 113 1,729 855 2,584 1,166 585 1,751 3,006 1,442 4,448

Source: Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b l e (17.6)

SANCTIONED STRENGl'H AND FILLED IN POSTS IN RESPECT OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR administration e m p l o y e e s a s o n 31ST MARCH, 1964

Non-Gazetted Gazetted SI. r No. Department/Office Class I I I Class IV Class I Class II Remarks

S. S. F. I. p7 S. F. I. p”? ^ S . S. F /I . S. F. L P.

1 2 . 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

& 1. Chief Commissioner’s Secretariat 134 133 87 87 4 4 6 6 2. Forest Department 255 249 166 157 10 8 13 11 Office of the Deputy Commissioner 92 92 89 89 1 1 3 3 4. Police Department 941 767 393 381 1 2* 2 — Status of 1 5. Public Works Department 447 411 142 130 11 10 33 29 post is personal 6. Office of the Harbour Master 29 29 5 5 i —— — to the incumbent 7. ?»ledical Department 226 150 260 223 1 1 19 13 holding the 8. Education Department 416 404 101 92 —— 5 4 post of Police 9. Agriculture Department 72 57 18 17 1 1 5 4 Radio Officer, 10. Office of the Marine Engifieer 23 23 10 10 1 I —— wliich is a Class 11. Transport Office , 10 10 3 3 — ——— II post. 12 Office of the Registrar, Co-operative Societies 15 12 8 8 —— 1 1 13. Office of the Fisheries Development Officer 13 11 9 9 — — 1 1 14. Cottage Industries Offic- 26 • 26 18 18 —-— 1 15. Block Development Officer, South Andaman 21 16 5 5 __ — 1 1 16. Block Development Officer, Car Nicobar 26 24 7 7 --- ——— 1 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 10 11

17. Rlectricity Department 41 41 50 50 1 1 — — 18. Office of the Controller, Andaman Labour Force 17 17 330 328 — — 1 1 19. Office of the Labour (’ommissioner 7 7 7 7 4 3 20. Office of the Assistant Commissioner, jVlayabunder 32 2') 20 17 --- 1 I 21, Office of the Additional Deputy O Commissioner, Car Nicobar 8 8 7 4 1 1 1 22. Office of the Live-stock Officfr 12 12 6G 63 _ — i 1 23. Supply Office 16 12 28 28 — — 1 1 24. Office of the Treasury Officer 5 5 5 5 1 1 25. Office of the Superintendent, District J«il 26 26 3 3 — 26. Office of the Accounts Officer, Marine and cn 00 Shipping Department 13 13 5 5 1 1

T otal 2,923 2,.584 1,842 1.751 33 30 102 83

S S. =:Sanctioned strenoth S ource : Statistical Bureau, F,I P. = Filled in posts. Andaman and Nicobar Islands SECTION-18 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

161

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TlITllD FIVE YEAR PLAN OUTLAY

SI. Sector Plan Outlay Pei'centage of No. iRs in lakhs) Total Plan Outlay

1 >) a 4

1. Agricultural Progravnines 253 :8S 25.0

2. Co-operation & Community Development ... ;U.980 .•3.:3

o. Inigatiou and Power 14.350 L5

4. Industry and Mining 14.700 1.5

5. Transport and Communications 51.1000 52.5

(). Social Services l;52.S90 13.5

7. ^Miscellaneous 17.552 1.8

T otal 079.;320 100.0

SoL ucE : Development Commissioner-cum-I)evelopinent Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. K )2

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THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN

Total I961-6:> 1962-, Ilea l Provision . . . A. .... , ^ ^ 1901-60 ^ Budget Actuals Pud got

1 2 .3 4 5

I. AGRICULTURAL PROaRAMMES—

1.1 Agricultural Prctlaction r.;’>.917 8-508 6.383 11.892 1.2 Minor Irrifiation I.-’ Soil Conservation 0 .8 0 1 l.l A)ilmal liiisbindrj L420 0.494 1.078 1.194 1.5 l^alrjing & Milk S'^pplj ••• 0.09.J 0.001 0.698 1 6 Forests 50.818 10.000 6.329 10.000 1.7 Fisheries 14.770 , \.un 0.215 4.714 1.8 AA arel)oiih>iiicr and Marketing 1.0 Land resettleaienl and Coloniza­ 110.:5.50 10.537 13,300 7.367 tion.

T otal 2o3.7S8 41.-!17 27.639 37.161

2. CO-OPE RATION & COMM UNI TY DEVELOPMENT—

:i.l Co-operation 8.0G0 0.110 0.802 1.292 :2.2 Community Development , ■ ... S.j.O^O 4.720 2.310 4.200 2 3 Pancliayat.s ;^.000 0.750

T otal :11.0SO 4.8-^0 3.112 6 212

IRRIGATION & POWER-

3.1 Ti ligation • ... I'lood Control Power 14.:^r>0 3.090 1.946 4.160

T ot.i L ii.3 5 0 3.090 1.01(1 4 J 6 0

1. IX D USTH Y & MIN IN G—

1.1 Lajge & Medium Indu.slry 4.:2 Mineial Development I.;’) Village and Small lnJn.stry 13 3:20 2 ,5 5 4 2 .4 3 2 2 .1 27 1.1 Industry (Me'rie Sj.steni) 1 .1 4 0 0 .2 7 9 0.4 05

T otal 14.71)0 2.554 2.711 2.532 1 6 ^

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OUTLAY AND EXPENDITURE ( ?is. in Lakhs')

Go 1963-61 1964-65 Total 1161-02 Percentage of to 1961-65 columns - _ A ^ . Actuals Exp^?nditure 11 to 2 12 to (P)

G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

6.972 8.972 6.154 8.131 7.356 37.563 26.865 69.62 49.80 — —. ..— — — —— 0.776 i.068 0.744 1.264 0.487 4.429 2.277 44.37 22.81 1.015 0.964 1.130 1.668 1.654 4.520 4.877 102.26 110.31 0.700 .—- 1.270 3.36S 0.004 96=08 U .ll 9.;^ 94 10.000 13.517 11.000 6.792 41.000 36.032 72.16 63.41 1.370 ;^.181 1.442 2.335 1.141 11.352 4.168 76.86 28.21

10.200 6.765 2.8S4 1.670 5.555 35.339 31.999 32.02 28.99

29.727 ;U.650 25.871 27.538 22.985 137.566 106.222 54.20 41.85

1.656 1.180 1.265 0.984 1.537 3.566 5.260 90.05 132.82 2.211 2.064 6.688 6.658 18.958 13.243 75.77 52.93 0.625 0.500 0.450 0.600 0.600 1.850 1.675 61.66 55.83

4.492 5.030 3.779 8.272 8.795 24.374 20.178 76.22 63.09

1.190 4 327 1.789 6.309 1.688 18.186 6.622 126.73 46.15

1.199 4.327 1.789 6.309 1.688 18.186 6.622 126.73 46.15

— —— — — ■— —

L75S 1.966 l.SOG 2 140 1.516 8.787 7.512 65.97 56.40 0.208 0.229 0.1S6 0.191 0.139 0.825 0 812 57.29 56.39

1.966 2.195 1.992 2.331 1.655 9.612 8.324 65.12 5(:.40 5. TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS—

6.1 Roads - 2;58.0CO 34.750 50.275 52.2r0 5.2 Road I’ransport ... 10.000 1.214. 0.57L :3.020 6.3 Ports & Harbours ^ ... — — — — 5 4 Inland Water Transpoit ... — — — — 0.5 Other Transport (Shippings) • • • 263 000 49.000 0 .2 2 0 70 .500 5.6 Tourism ... 3 .0 0 0 0 .0 0 5 0.00 S 0.015

T otal ... 5 1 4 .0 0 0 84.069 51.074 1^ 5 .785

0. SO C IA L SE R V IC E S—

C.I General Education ... 5 3 .7 6 0 8 .7 20 8 .0 0 4 11 .9 3 8 0.2 Technical Ed neat ion G.3 Cultural Programme • • • —— _ 6 4 Health • • • 5 0 .7 5 0 P.962 13 .0 7 7 10.577 0.6 Housing* • • * 1 6 .0 0 0 1 120 0 .M 5 0 .7 0 0 6.6 Welfare of Backward Classes , ^ . 6 .5 0 0 0 .7 4 1 0 .7 4 8 1 085 6 7 Social AVelfare • • • O.lOO 0 .1 9 2 — i 0 .1 0 0 0.8 Labour & Labour Welfare 2 .7 8 0 0 .0 6 4 0 .0 1 9 0 .8 4 5 0.9 Public Co-operafion ... ------——

T otal ... 132 8SI0 :2 0 .7 9 9 2 1 .9 9 3 2 5 .2 4 5

7. M ISC ELLA N E O U S—

7.1 Statistics 0 .4 1 0 0 0 5 6 0 .0 1 2 j 0.0 85 7.2 Information & Publicity • •« 3 .0 0 0 0 .3 4 5 0 .0 8 6 . 0 .7 0 0 7.3 Local Bodies ... 1 0 .3 5 8 2 .2 4 0 2.000 2.120 7.4 State Capital Project • • • — — — - 7.5 Others 3 .7 8 4 1 .0 2 7 0 .1 0 4 1.3 53

T otal ... 17.552 3 .6 6 3 2 ,2 0 2 4 .2 5 8

G rand T otal 979 320 161.127 1 1 0 .6 7 7 2 0 9 .1 8 3

Development of Minor Poits in A. & N. Islands 42 0 0 0 @ 9 .0 0 0 2.18t 15.800 Rural Water Supj)lv 5.000£ 1.350 0.820 2*.531 Miscellaneous Housing- Sclipmes (carried over fiom the Second Five Year Plan) ... — 3.300 4.785 1.240

@ The Ministry of Transport and Communications has provided a s-um of Rs. 42.000 lakhs for the Third Five Year Plan in the Central Budget. * To be provided by the Govt, of India, Ministry of Works, Housing and Rehabilitation, £ Approved by the Planning Commisiion outside the Health Sector of the Third Five Year Plan of these Islands. 165

0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

50.71;’, 40.340 47.196 45.060 48.897 178.400 197.081 74.96 82 SO 0.950 2.893 *2.185 4.293 0.175 11.420 3.881 114.20 38.81

12.827 33.720 22.786 23.900 15.337 177.120 51.170 67.35 19.45 0.037 2.270 2.251 0.714 0-927 3.004 3 223 100.13 7.43

C)4.527 85.223 74.418 73.967 65.336 369.944 255.355 71.97 49.68

11.135 12.CS0 11.7GG 14.414 12.964 47.752 44.169 84.13 77.82

9.675 11.075 9.445 10.703 11.006 42.323 43.203 83.40 85.13 0.07G 0.100 0.300 0.406 2.220 0.627 13.87 3.92 0 855 1.2G0 0.8 >0 0.718 0.769 3.80 1 3,192 58.52 49,11 0.080 0.372 372.00 0.310 0.882 0.615 0.781 0.325 2.572 1.308 92.52 0 20

22.:390 20.077 22.646 26.922 25.470 99.043 92.499 74.53 69.61

0.0;:6 0.058 0.044 O.OD5 0.068 0.294 0.160 71.70 39.02 0.026 0.500 0.097 0.411 0.042 1.956 * 0.251 65.20 8.36 ■ 0.58:> 2.000 1.900 2.000 1.U68 8.360 6.450 80.71 62.27

'0.235 C.958 0.133 0.376 0.141 3.714 0.613 98.15 16.20

0.870 3.516 2.174 2.882 2.219 14.324 7.474. 81.61 42.58

125.180 168.018 132.669 148.221 128.148 676.549' 490.674 69.Og 50.72

1.883 10.000 6.061 5.243 2.951 40.043 13.079 95.34 31.14

0.515 3.3.e0 1.222 1.266 1.558 8.457 3 653 169.14 82.30 2.322 1.224 1.671 0.225 1.090 6.089 10 336

SoL’iicE : Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T a b u : (l.S .P ,)

BLOCKS AT A GLAN CE— lOOl-r):)

1 South Aj)daman Car Ni(;ol)ar iS^orth Andaman Middle Andaman Kan cowrie I tom Block Block Block Block 1 lilock 1 !

1. nioek Iloadqnarters AVimberlygunj Big Lapati Diglipur ilangat K amort a 2. Villages coveted 84 15 28 45 . 145 V). Population sorved-lOGl Census 16,729 9,860 6,190 7,190 4,07;-i — 4. Seed ]\Tultiplication Farms sot Up — 1 — T), Frnit Trees Planted l:2,35!j 2,800 10,877 2,f>37 595 (5. A er r ic n 11II r a 1 Demonstjation Centres 3 3 IJ 4 — 8 7. Veterinary Dispensaries Eutiotion-

(a) Full Fledged 1 1 1 (b) Pen'pfitetiu 0]‘ Stockmen o Centie 1 .) 1 O — S. Dairy Farms functioning (Govern­ ment) . _ _ ... 9. Poultry fai'nis functioning’ ------; (a) Government _____ (b) Private 4 ------—. 10. Schools 42 11 20 27 U 11. S(*liolars (a) Boys 528 (M4 718 119 (b) Girls 8:!U 228 ■ 298 111 59 Total :2,04r) 750 0 [■2 1,129 178 1:2. Tcaclicrs (a) Male OL '*') L 3:^ ■ 4 ! 2L r f (!)) Foinale 4 8 1 i 1 Total 05 iVJ o4 51 22 115. Literncy Cejiircij fuuci'onino’ s . 10 ■i 2 — 11. Reading lloom and Libraii(.'a 21- 30 2 • > 2 15. Yontii Clubs fuuotioniny^ 20 U 5 ■I .) 16. Membership in Youth CHubs ;i;iS 140 127 GO 30 — 17. Cultural Centres — ---- — ' 8 18. Mahila Samities/^Iandals fun­ ctioning 8 14 1 .) — li>. ^Membership in (18) :M0 210 IS TjO — 20. Credit Co-operative Societies' functioninp; 1 — (5 () — 21. Farming Co-operative Societies •> functioning- i) —— •) — :12. Others (inclmling Multipurpose Co-operative) 2(5 lu •J [) 13 23. Membership in (20) 4:1 — 138 178 — 24. Membership in (21) I5t) — — 141 — 25. Membership in (:32) l,4oo 1,097 7;57 804 KJ 4()S OS

S ource : 1. Block Development Officer, South Andaman :i. Block Development Officer, Car Nicoban 3. Jilock Development Officer, North Andaman. 4 Block Development Officer, Middle Andaman, 5. Block Development Officer, Nan cowrie. T ablk (18.4)

PROGRESS OF EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF C. D. BLOCKS (7 » Rs. lal'/is)

Name of Blocks 11362-63 190;V64 19G4-6.-i (P)

I 3 4

South Atidaman Block 1.183 1.114 0.892 0.588

Car Nicubar Block 1.127 O.S66 1.002 0.603

Rangat Black 0.033 0.819 0.2;31 I Diglipur Block 0.033 0.403 QO Nancowrle Block 0.014 0.005

T otal 2.310 2.211 >.064 2.508

SoUKCE: Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SEOTlOM-19 FOODGRAINS AND PRICES

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AVHOLESALE PRICES OF FOODGRAINS AT PORT BLAIR DURINO 1964. [In Tis.) V ^ « Mouth Price per 100 K g. Price per 100 Kg. Price per 100 Kg. W heat per Atta per Flour per .imported Rice Local Rice Govt. Stock of Foodgraios 100 Kg. 100 Kg. bag of 7 5 Kg.

Fine Medium Sort I Sort II Coarse Rice ' Fine Rice

rf 1 2 3 4 5 6 t 8 9 10

January 108.00 83.00 75.00 70.00 69.00 70.00 53.00 58.00 51.00 li'ebruary 108.00 83.00 ■ 75.00 70.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 58.00 51.00 March 123.00 93.00 75.00 70.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 58.00 51.00 April 123.00 93.00 75.00 70.00 >9.00 70.00 53.00 58.00 51.00 -a M ay 123.00 93.00 75.00 70.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 58.00 51.00 June 12S.OO 93.00 75.00 70.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 57.00 51.00 July 123.00 93.00 75.00 70.00 59.00 — 53.00 57.00 51.00 August 123.00 93.00 78.00 70.00 59.00 —- 53.00 57.00 51.00 September 123.00 97.00 80.00 75.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 57.00 51.00 October 12.3.00 97.00 80.00 75.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 57.00 51.00 November 123.00 85.00 80.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 57.00 51.00 Pecember 90.00 85.00 59.00 70.00 53.00 57.00 51.00

SouECi;: Supply Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 172

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RETAIL PEICES OF FOODSTUFF PREVAILING AT DIFFEKENT CENTRES DURING 1964 IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS (Monthly Average)

Price in Rupees per Kilogram

Port Maya­ Car Items Rangat Diglipur Blair bunder Nieobai

1 2 3 4 5 . 6 1

A. CEREALS 1. Rice (Fine) 1.06 1.27 1.13 0.99 nice (Medium) 0 J5 0,71 0.92 0.62 0.79 3. Rice (Coarse) 0.59 0.75 0.68 0.55 0.63 4. Atta 0.58 0.65 0.68 0.73 0.60 5. Maida 0.75 0.90 0.95 1.21 0.69 0. Wheat 0.53 — 0 . 6 0 B. PU LSES 1 . M oong Dal 1.17 1 33 1.25 1.35 1.30 2. Masoor Dal 1.23 1.30 1.25 1.30 1.10 3. Urad Dal 1.11 1.24 1.22 1.34 i.27 4. Arhar Dal 1.30 1.41 1.35 1.31 1 . 3 9 6. Ghana Dal 1.04 0.97 1.02 1.35 0.89 C. EDIBLE OILS 1. Mustard Oil 3.79 4.33 4.15 4.45 4.50 2. Coconut Oil 4.02 4.40 4.29 4 41 3. Groundnut Oil 2.88 3 .14 3,23 3.48 3.3S 4. Vegetable Ghee (loose) 3.52 4.11 4.03 4.19 3.90 D . O T H E liS 1 . Chillies 4.00 4.53 5.13 5.18 4.20 3. Onions 0.67 0.98 0.81 0.96 0.46 3. Potatoes 0,88 1.13 1.12 1.34 l.OG 4. Salt 0.30 0.39 0.39 0.53 0.17 5. Sugar 1.45 1.57 1.59 1.65 1.60 6. Gur (Molasses) L31 1.25 1.57 1.19 1.50 7. Tea (loose) 8.20 8.76 9.21 9.62 10.79 8. Fish (a) Big 1.72 1.25 1.35 1.25 (b) Small 1 14 1.02 1.08 — 9. Meat G.OO 4.94 5,00 3.50 10. Milk (per seer) l.?5 1.15 1.00 1.06 11. Eggs (No, per Rupee) 3 4 5 6

S ou rce 1. Supply Officer. 2. Tehsildars, Mayabunder, Diglipur and Rangat. 3. Additional Deputy Commissioner Nieobar, 173

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A. TREND OP RETAIL PRICES AT PORT BLAIR

{in

1956 1963 19C3 1964

Items Prices Prices Percentage Prices Percentage Prices Percentage as compar- as compared as Compar­ ed to 19S6 to 1956 ed to 1956

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CEREALS Fine Rice 0.B6 0.43 119.4 0.45 125 0.48 133 Local Rice 0.27 0.26 96.3 0.33 122 0.34 126 Atta 0.25 0.25 100.0 0.26 104 0.27 108 PULSES Arhar 0.34 0.41 120.6 0.46 135 0.59 174 Moong’ 0.37 0.42 113.5 0.43 116 0.53 143 Urad 0.44 0.49 111.4 0.50 114 0.51 116 Ghana 0.31 0.35 112.9 0.35 1L3 0.47 152 SPICES Pepper(per oz.) 0.19 0.27 142.1 0.27 142 0.29 153 Dhania Powder l).6:i 1.13 182.3 1 12 181 L13 182 Chillies Powder 1.25 1.59 127.2 2.31 185 2.35 188 Garlic 0.62 0.97 156.5 0.80 12D 0.81 131 Turmeric Powder 1.00 1.14 114.0 1.22 122 L25 125 OTHERS Sugar 0.47 0.59 125.5 0.62 132 0.66 140 Potatoes 0.19 0.36 189.5 0.34 179 0.40 211 Onions 0.25 0.26 104.0 0.29 116 0.31 124 Tea 3.50 3.57 110.6 3.67 105 3.72 106 Vegetable Ghee 1.12 1.62 144.6 1.57 140 1.60 143 B. INDEX NUMBER OF PRICES* Base Y ear: 1956 = 100 GROU PS 1962 1963 1964 Cereals 104.9 116.6 121.9 Pulses 114.5 119.2 144.7 Spices 142.5 149.6 153.7 Others 13L6 132.1 140.9 All Groups (Combined) 125.2 130.8 141.8

*Based on Geometric mean. SoujicE : Supply Officer. 3, Statistical Bureau, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 174

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AVERAGE ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICE OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS AT PORT BLAIR

{In Rs. per mamid)

MILK GHEE BUTTER CREAxM

O) b O) p 0) rj s 03 1 c O O 02 r—* u

1 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1960-GL ... 35 35 25 30 15 250 340 300 300 250 230 1961-62 .. . 40 40 30 35 20 265 350 320 340 280 N.S. 1962-63 ... 40 40 30 35 20 255 350 320 340 280 N.S. 1963-64 ... 45 45 N.S. 45 N.S.275 480 440 N.S. N.S. N.S. 1964-65 - ... 45 45 N.S. 45 N.S. 400 480 360 N.S. N.S. N.S.

N.S. = Not sold. SouncE: Live-stock Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICE OF MEAT OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS AT PORT BLAIR

(Tn liupeei)

Average price of flesli per standard maund Period Venison Buffalos Sheep Goat Pig

1960-61 55 65 160 160 55 1961-62 80 60 • 160 160 55 1962-63 00 80 200 200 SO 1963-64 100 80 N.S. 240 100 1964-65 91 70 N.S. 220 70

N .S. = ;Not sold SOUIICE : L'ive-stocK Officer, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 175

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AVERAGE ANNUAL WHOLESALE PRICES OF POULTRY BY TYPE OP b i r d s a t PORT BLAIR {in Jls.)

Average Price per unit Type of bird Specification ------^ 1963 1964

Powls Adult (eacli) 5.50 5.50 Chicken ( „ ) 2.50 ‘^.75 Ducks Adult ( j,) 5.00 4.60 Chicken {,,) 3.00 2.00 Geese Adult (per pair) 15.00 20.00 Chicken ( „ ) 6.00 10.00

S o u r c e .■ Live-stock OfRcer, Anclamau and NicoLar Islands.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL PRICE OP ANIMALS OP VARIOUS TYPES AT PORT BLAIR {in Rs.)

Animals I Unit ' Average price 1963 1963 19o4 1. CATTLE Males over 3 years (i) Breeding Bull each 650 650 (ii) Bullock per pair 550 4G6 (iii) Not in use for breeding work each 180 160 PExMALE OVER 3 YEARS (i) Breeding Cow- each 5C0 550 (iij Cow used in work each 160 200 y o u n g s t o c k (i) Male each 200 200 (ii) Female each 225 250 2. GOATS (i) Male over one year each 55 55 (ii) Female over one year (a) Milk-yielding each 45 50 (b) Non-Milk yielding each 30 40 3. PIG each 55 60

SouECE ; liive-stock Officer, Andaman and Nicolai' Islands-

SECTION-20 MISCELLANEOUS

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STATE AID TO PAUPERS

No. of Paupers .A ' Period ExpenJituie Adult Child Total (in Rs)

1 2 3 1 5

1961-6:1 6,636 81 23 104

190:2-63 7,764 73 19 92

11,005 11 16 83

196i-65 13,915 84 21 105

S o u r c e : Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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CINEMA STATISTICS {in Its.)

Entertainment Tax Total sale proceeds excluding Year collected entertainment tax

1 % 3

1960 19,91:2. 1,48,167

19dl 21,363 1,50,8.09

196:1 20,315 1,5.4,821

1963 21,830 1,62,954

1064 23,536 1,73,187

SOUIIOE: Deputy Commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar Islands’, 180

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SUGAR IMPORT STATISTICS

Su^ar ]\I classes* Total Period — ^______A______-A-- Tons Metric Tons M etric Tons Metric Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes

1060-Gl G48 G58 U h 229 873 887 1961-61 771 78;i 2:23 227 994 1,010 ] 902-6:3 925 940 271 275 3,196 1,215 1903-64 971 987 139 141 1,110 1,128 1964-65 8S0 900 249 25:3 1,135 1,153

* Molasses ioclude gur, rab and Jnggery. SouucE: Harbour Master, Andaman and Nicobar Islajids;. Supply Officer, . Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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CENSUS HOUSES AND THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE PUT—1961 OEx^SUS'

R ural Urban Total jS o . -

TOTAL NO. OF CENSUS HOUSES 10,156 3,397 13,853 1. Vacant houses 624 284 908 2. Dwellings 8,705 2,580 11,285 3. 3bop-cum-d\vellings 207 23'7 444 4. Worksbop-cum- dwellings 5 3 8 6. Hotels, Sarais, dharanishalas, tourist homes, and inspection houses • 31 12 43 6. Shops excluding eating houses 119 31 150 7. Business bouses and offices 73 32 105 8 Factories, workshops and worksbeds 33 25 58 9. Schools and other educational institutions 78 21 99 10. Reslanrants, Sweetmeat shops and eating places 0 — 0 11. Places of entertainment and comraunity gathering 78 13 9 l 12. Public health and Medical institutions 04 6 70 13. Others 433 153 580

S o u r c e : Census 19(51. T a b t ,e (^ 0 .5 )

COLLECTIONS UNDER SMALL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND SECURITIES

{In Rs»)

1961 1962 1963 1964 A ... A , . K Items / ( ^ r ----- \ ( \ Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net

1. Post Oflice Savings Bank 9,06,3:33 2,23,006 9,20,185 58,736 8,26,201 10,082 9,41,089 (— )20,505 Account

3. All Postal Certificates 41,915 24,405 73,480 64,155 1,41,535 1,27,757 1,17,800 (—) 6,027

3. Cumulative Time Deposit 6,620 6,620 21,225 21,225 . 32,914 30,474 39,557 35,597 Account

4. Premium Prize Bond 13,175 13,175 2,670 2,670 8,597 8,597 3,565 3,565 1

S o u r c e : Organiser, Small Savings, Port Blair. 182

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INCOME OF- MUNICIPALITIES

[In Us.

Source of income 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 196i-65

I. MUNICIPAL RATES & TAXES.

1. Octroi 66249.07 79493.42 90855.98 118902-33

2. Taxes on houses — •— ~ 6524.46

3. Taxes on Professions and Trades — —

4. Water & conservancy tax 98761.40 101486.37 90097.63 148568.81

5. Cinema — — — 1950.00

II. OTHER SOURCES:

1. Realisation under Special acts:

1. Poundage fee 4637.25 3720.75 4653.75 3661.00 2. Licence fee ^ 281.00 132.50 129.50 148.00

2. Receipts from Slaughter Houses 595.50 439 25 471.75 448.00

3. Grants 160000.00 172200 00 163800.00 242000.00

4| Miscellaneous 2281.05 3318.84 5458.74 2031.79

III. EXTRAORDINARY RECE­ IPTS AND DEBTS -r- ^

IV. INCOME FROM COMMER­ CIAL ENTERPRISES — —

Total 332805.27 360791.13 355467,35 524234 39

Source: Secretary, Municipal Board, Port Blair. T a b l e (20.7)

EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPALITIES {in 1^8.)

Head of Expenditure 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

I Current Expenditure

1. Public lighting and water supply 65,620,10 77,509.66 97,945.82 2,23,784.60

2. Drainage, conservancy and sanitary 1,09,183.11 1,85,483.58 1,61,108.99 1,99,062.75

3. Vaccination 2,428.57 2,986.53 3,910.03 3,177.56

4. Public instruction —— ——

5. Miscellaneous 59,559.32 97,746.85 88,197.37 86,724.71

II Capital Expenditure

1, Roads, foot paths and culverts 8,532.47 6,529.02 5,854.62 7,367.35

2. Others ——— —■

III Extraordinary Expenditure debts ______——

IV Expenditure of commercial enterprises — — —

TOTAL 3,35,323.57 3,70,255.64 3,67,016.83 5,20,116.97

S o u r c e : Secretary, Municipal Board, Port BUir.

SECTIOH-21 ALL INDIA STATISTICS

187

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AREA AND POPULATION OF INDIA

(Census, 1961) (Population in lakhs)

Males 2,263 Females 2,129

Total 4,392

Kural 3,598(^ Urban 788@ Male— Female R atix) ... 52 ; 48 lJural— Urban Ratio 82 : IS Area (in Sq. Km.) ... 32,76,141 Density (per Sq. Km.) 134 Percentage growth o? popiiVatlon 1^)51-61 21-50^* Cities with population more than 1 lakh 109

Excluding (loa, Daman and Diu, **Exeluding N.E.F.iV. and Tuensang district of Nagaland.

T able (:U.2)

VARIATION IN POPULATION OF INDIA

(1901-1961)

Y ear Population Percent variation

1 2 3

1001 ...... 236,281,245 • • • 1911 ...... 252,122,410 + 5.73 ion ...... 251,352,201 -0 .3 1 m \ l ...... 279,015.498 -^11.01 1911 ...... 318,701,012 +14.22 1951 ... 361,129,623 <-13.31 1961 ... 439,235,082 + 21.50*

^Excluding population of N.E.F.A. and Tuensang district of Nagaland SoufiCE: Census Report. T a b l e (n.?>)

AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF POPULATION OF STATES, UNION TERBITORIES AND OTHER AREAS-CENSUS, 1961

State/Union Territory Area Population Density Urban (Sq. Kilometres) per Sq. Population Kilometre

States:—

L Audhra Pradesh 275,281 35,983,447 131 29,708,930 6,274,508 2. Assam 121,966 11,872,772 97 10,959,744 913,028 3. Bihar 174,038 46,455,610 267 42,541,690 3,913,920 4, Gujarat ...... 187,115 20,633,350 110 15,316,72i3 5,316,624 5. Jammu and Kashmir 222,800 3,560,976 16 2,967,661 593,315 6. Kerala 38,855 16,903,715 435 14,349,574 2,554,141 7. Madhya Pradesh 443,452 32,372,408 73 27,745,174 4,627,234 8. Madras 130,357 33,686,953 258 24,696,425 8,990,528 9. Maharashtra 307,477 39,553,718 129 28,391,157 11,162,561 10. Mysore 192,204 23,586.772 123 18,320,279 5,266,493 11. Orissa 155,825 17,548,846 113 16,439,196 1,109,650 12. Punjab 122,004 20,306,812 166 16,218,217 4,088,595 13. Rajasthan 3i2,274 20,155,602 59 16,874,124 3,281,478 14. Uttar Pradesh 294,364 73,746,401 251 64,266,506 9,479,895 15. West Bengal S7,6I7 34,920,279 399 26,385,437 8,540,842 / 1 2 3 4 5 6

• Union Territories and other Areas :—

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8,327 63,548 8 49,473 14,075 2. Delhi 1,484 2,658,612 1,792 299,204 2,359,408 3. Himachal Pradesh 28,192 1,351,144 48 1,287,216 63,928 4. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands 28 24,108 861 24,108 — 5. Manipur 22,347 780,037 35 712,320 67,717 6. Tripura 10,453 1,142,005 109 1,039,008 102,997 7. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 489 57,963 119 57,963 — 8. Goa, Daman and Diu 3,693 626,978 170 N.A. N.A. 9. N.E.F.A. 81,424 336,558 4 336,558 — 10. Nagaland 16,488 ■ 369,200 22 350,043 ■ CD 19,157 to LI. Pondicherry 479 369,079 771 280,082 88,997 12. Sikkim 7,107 162,189 23 155,341 6,848

All India. 3,276,141 439,235,082 134 359,772,165* 78,835,939*

N.A. Not available. * Excluding Goa, Daman and Diu.

N o te:—In the case of Jammu and Kashmir area figure is as given by the Surveyor General of India and relates to total area of the State whereas the pppulation data exclude population of the territory under military occupation of Pakistan. T a b l e (2 1 .1 ) llA N K K G O F STATICS A ^ D U N IO N T im ^^IT O K l ES IN TKRTMS OP POPULATION AND AliEA

(Census 1961)

% ag)0 of % age of kutOri Rank in Union ^Eank ia Union ]>optilation population Area Area

1 S 3 4 5

Utlav Pndeli ... 1 16.S1 4 9.65 o Bi'nar 10,50 8 5.71 Alaliara.-iit]- ... a 9.02 3 10.08 Andhra Fjaleti!! ... 4 8.20 5 9.03 West ... 8 V5 il.87 Aladras ... 6 7.68 10 4.27 Madhya Pr.lesh ... 7 7.38 1 14.54 Alysore ... 5.38 0 6.30 ( jujarat ... 4.70 7 6.14 Punjab ... ]0 4.63 11 .4.01 Rajasthin . . . 11 4.60 -1 11.22 Orissa ... 12 4.00 9 .5.11 Kerala ... 13 .3.85 15 1.27 Assam ... 14 2.71 1-2 4.00 Jammuanc Kishaiir . . . 15 0.31 — .—

Hmen Tciritorif^s'

Bellu 16 0.61 22 0.05 Himaclal-^ale.sh 17 0.31 16 0.92 Tripura 18 0.26 19 0.34 Alanipu- 19 0.18 17 0.73 Nagalaid • 21 0.08 18 0.64 Pondieleriy . . . 20 0.08 24 0.02

N. E. I. A — 0.08 14 2.67- Andamin :nd Nicobar TJiinds ... 24 0.02 20 0.27 Dadra indNagar 11 aveli 2.3 0.01 23 0.02 Laecadve,Miuicoy ^ Amindivi islands 25 0.01 25 0.001 SIK K IM 22 0.04 21 0.24

Soi'iU'E : Regisstnar General o£ India, Minisstry of Home Affairs. CONVERSION TABLE

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THE METRIC SYSTEM

A

W e ig h t s

1 5rahi = O.GGf) Gmm

1 Ounce = 23.850 Grams

1 louiul . .. = 0.463592i iCilogcam

1 &ono ... = 6.350 Kilograms

1 C\vt. = 60.902 K'ilogmms

= 1016.05 Kilograms 1.016 Metric fonncri

1 T.la = 11.064 Grams

1 Clattiik = 58.32 Grams

1 Se?r = 0.f);i3l'0 Kilogram

1 Miund = 37.3212 Kilograms

100 Kiograniij = 1 Cltiintal

10 Qiintals = 1 Tonne-

L ength a n d C af a c it y

1 Indi = 0.0-254 Metre

1 Fo(t = 0.304S Metre

1 Yaid = 0.9144 Metre

1 -Mik = 1.609344 Kilometres

1 Jmjeml gallon = 4.54506 Litres;■

Auda

1 Aei( 0.4040S6 Ileetare

1 Sq. Milo 2.5S009 Square Kilometre.s B. Weights Conversion

Nos. of Qtls./Kgs./Srs. Quintal to Kilos to Srs. Mds./Ibs./Qrts./Cwt. Mds. & Srs. & Tolas Seers, to Maunds lbs. to , Qrts. to Cwt. to Tons to T ods Kg. to Qtls. Kilos Kilos Kilos Kilos Mds. I Seer Srs. | Tolas

1 2 27 1 6 0.933 0.37 0.45 12.70 50.80 1,016 .05 2 5 14 2 11 1.866 0.75 0.91 25,40 101.60 2,032 .09 3 8 2 3 17 2.799 1.12 1.36 38.10 152.41 3,048,.14 4 10 29 4 23 3.732 1.49 1.81 50.80 , 203.21 4,064,,19 5 13 16 5 29 4.666 1.87 2.27 63.50 254.01 5,080. 03 0 16 3 6 34 5.599 2.24 2.72 76.20 304.81 6,096,.38 7 18 30 7 40 6.532 2.61 3.18 88.90 355.62 7,112.23 8 21 17 8 46 7.465 2.99 3.63 101.60 406.42 8,128,.38 9 24 5 9 52 8.398 3.36 4.08 114.31 457.22 9,144 .42 10 26 32 10 57 9.331 3.73 4.54 127.01 508.02 10,160 .47 20 53 23 21 35 18.662 7.46 9.07 254.01 1,016.05 20,320 .94 30 80 15 32 12 27,993 11.20 13.61 381.02 1,524.07 30,481 .41 40 107 • 7 42 69 37.324 14.93 18.14 508.02 2,032.09 40,641 .88 50 133 38 53 47 46.655 18.66 22.68 635.03 2,540.12 50,802. 35 100 267 37 107 14 93.310 37.32 45.36 1,270.06 5,080.23 1,01,604.70 C. Length Conversion

Numbers of Inches/Feet/Yards/Miles Unit 1 I 2 I 3 1 4 I 5 I 6 I 7 I 8 j 9 1 10 I 20 1 30 I 40 I 50 I 100

Inches to Metres 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.10 0.13 0.15 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.25 0.51 0.76 1,02 1,27 2.54

Feet to Metres 0.30 0.61 9.91 1.22 1.52 1.83 2.13 2.44 2.74 3.05 6.10 9.14 12.19 15.24 30.4

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

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