CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 SERIES 10 MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PARTS X(A) & X(B) VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE AND TOWN-WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT SURGUJA DISTRICT A.K. PANDYA OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MADHYA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVT. OF MADHYA PRADESH 1974 1971 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS, MADHYA PRADESH (All tbe Census Publications of tbis State will bear series No. 10) PART I Census General Report including (in Sub-Parts) Subsidiary Tables. PART II-A Census Tables on population. PART II-B Economic Tables. (in Sub-Parts) PART II-C Social and Cultural Tables. (in Sub-Parts) PART III-A Establi!'hnel1t Report and Subsidiary Tables. PART IlI-B Establishment Tables. PART IV Housing Report and Tables. PARTV Special Tables & Ethnographic Notes on (in Sub-Parts) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. PART VI-A Town Directory. PART VI-B Special Survey Reports on selected Towns. PART VI-C Survey Reports on selected Villages. PART-VII Special Report on Graduates and Technical Personnel. PART VIII-A Administration Report -EnumeratIon. PART VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation. PART IX Census Atlas. PART IX-A Administrative Atlas. STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS PART X-A Village and Town Directory. PART X-B Village and Town Primary Census Abstracts. PART X-C Analytical Rep\)rt and Administrative statements & District Census Tables. (District Census Handbooks are published under Part X in 3 Parts-A, B & C for each of the 43 districts in the State. Parts A and B are published in one volume). CONTENTS Pages 1. Preface i-ii 2. List of Abbreviations 1 3. Alphabetical List of Villages 3-28 ( i ) Bharatpur Tahsil 3-5 ( ii) Baikunthpur Tahsil 5-7 (iii) Surajpur Tahsil 7-13 (iv) Pal Tahsil 13-17 (v) Manendragarh Tahsil 17-19 (vi) Ambikapur Tahsil 19-26 (vii) Samri Tahsil 26-28 1. Explattatory Note 31-41 2. Village Directory (Amenities and Land use) 42-151 ( i ) Bharatpur Tahsil 42-49 (ii ) Baikunthpur Tahsil 50-61 (iii) Surajpur Tahsil 62-85 (iv) Pal Tahsil 86-101 ( v) Manend ragai'h Tahsil 102-111 (vi) Ambikapur Tahsil 112-141 (vii) Samri Tahsil 142-151 3. Appendix to Village Directory 152-153 4. Town Directory 154-161 ( i) Status, Growth History and Functional 154 Category of Towns (ii) Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 155 (iii) Civic Finance 156-157 (iv) Civic and other Amenities 158 (v) Medical, Educational, Recreational and 159 Cultural Facilities in Towns (vi) Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 160 (vii) Population by Religion and Scheduled 161 Castes/Scheduled Tribes in Towns 5. Appendix to Town Directory 162 ( ii ) Pages PART B 165-166 1. Explanatory Note 167 2. Figures at a Glance 168-545 3. Primary Censos Abstract 168-173 District Abstract 174-195 Bharatpur Tahsil 174-195 (Rural) 196-225 Baikunthpur Tahsil 196-223 (Rural) 224-225 (Urban) 226-317 Surajpur Tahsil 226-317 (Rural) 316-317 (Urban) 318-353 Pal Tahsil 318-351 (Rural) 352-353 (Urban) 354-403 Manendragarh Tahsil 354-389 (Rural) 388-403 (Urban) 404-513 Ambikapur Tahsil 404-511 (Rural) 510-513 (Urban) 514-545 Samri Tahsil 514-545 (Rural) PREF.ACE , Prior to the 1951 Census, thel'e was .rw .regular ~epanHe Illih.licaticin ,:t mc'di~[ri~( Jeve.l, )"c~frai~1g, th;e d.Ata collected, although the seeds of the Dlstnct Census, Handbooks' can' 'be ·tl'acedA. to' ,tht" 'V'ilMgc'L'l:Hs ;prought out for every district in 1901 and ~Village Slati~tics' pf (tNeI'Y: rli~tii!lt puhlishc:d;in ,W,],! aru:hlS4-];. No. "definite answer js fo:cthco.rr~p~ .. as. tp Why: SUclll?l':?licflt~oqs, g+yjp.!j, xWflge;-X'j;;fl ~r[9nHI'l-.ti~n:pk .p~<tHpi~9 hou~es, break-ull of llopulatlbn mto malesrferr~ales and hterates, were not. broug~1.~ ?";\t;. ,~n 1.92:1 and l~S~ The reason could be transfer from 1921 of certam charges on Census prevIOusly met from t the lpi-ov1nci'a. revenues to the Central revenues and the Government of India may not have considered it necessary to publish statistics up to the village level. 'Village Statistics' in 1941 were brought out by the Central Provinces & Berar ,Gpvyrqn~vJ1t ~nd this practice of bringing out district-\\'ise publications at the cost of t.h~l~~(~l~vern­ ment has since been continuing. 2. The scope of the district-wise publications, now called the District Census Handbooks, has been under­ going change with each successive Census from 1951. In 1951, the District Census Handbooks only contained the Primary Census Abstract and the Census tables. In view of the usefulness of separate publication for each district, improvements were made at the time of the 1961 Census by including llon-Cemus data like climate, agriculture, co-operation, industry, education, etc. An 'Introductory Note' "vas also added to highlight the more striking features. Unfortunately, the desire to make district-wise Census publications very comprehensive resulted in late availability of the books to the users. Therefore, this time the District Census Handbooks have been divided into three parts in order to release maximum data, as and when finalised, so that the publications may have a useful life of about seven to eight years ofinttr-Censal decennium. Part A will contain Primarily non-Census statistics, Part B the Primary Census Abstract and Part C various administrative statistics with a chapter titled "Introducing the district". It may be mentioned here that subsequently a decision has been taken to merge Parts A and B in one volume on grounds of economy. 3. Much of the delay in the publication of the District Census Handbooks after the 1961 Census was due to delay in collection of administrative statistics and the decision to write the Introductory Note in the head office. Separation of administrative statistics as Part C uf the District Census Handbook and the killd Co­ operation of the State Government, permitting Collectors orthe 1961-71 decade towrite the chapter on "Introducing the District," is likely to go a long way in early publication of all the parts of the Disll ict Census Handbooks. Another favourable factor this time is the early decision of the State Government to permit printing in private presses as and when the work-load on the State Government Presses is heavy and likely to result in delay in the bringing out of the District Census Handbook of any district. It would not be out cf place to point out here that the work-load in connection with the District Census Handbooks is very much lllore this time, not only on account of wider coverage but largely due to the deci,ion to bring out the District Census Handbooks in Hindi as well as English. In all, there will be 172 publications, 4 per district of which 2 will be in hindi and 2 in english. Advance action was taken this time to collect the non-Census data and it is hoped that the combined volume of Parts A and B of all the 43 districts would be out by the end of 1973 and Part C of all the districts by the middle of 1975. This would be a definite improvement on the 1961 performance when printing of the District Census Handbooks covered the period 1964 to 1967. 4. In his Preface to the 1961 District Census Handbooks, my predecessor, Shri G. Jagathpathi, had observed thus, "It was not possible at this Census to base all Census statistics on the development 'block as the unit mainly because in 1961 there Were many areas not till then covered by blocks. The coverage had become complete by about the middle of 1963 and it is not unlikely that the 1971 Census will recognise the block as the basic field unit as much for purposes of presentation as for ol?erational purposes.". It IJas not been possible to adopt the development block as the basic unit for operation and presentation in this Census for more than one reason. Firstly, the office of the Block Development Officer was abolished in December, 1965; its resurrectioll in the form of office of the Block Development Assistant from 2-10-69 had not taken firm roots up to the time field arrangements for the 1971 Census were finalised. Secondly, the tah~il ,s a unit or field arrangements has many more advantages, the most significant being the ready availability of that legendary functionary-the patwari-without whose active co-operation it would be a formidable task to determine w~ether a habited ~tructu~'e in a cultivated. field is part of :rillage X or Yi{'(~Yfn'i~lJr~e~~v~s~l~ff;~c;, vi}!~gc­ WIse figures arc avaIlable, It should not be dlfficult for those ll1 need of data for ll1termedlatc urnts ,Uet't\'lcn the village and the tahsil, like the devel0l'ment block or patwari halka, to compile it by adding figures of concerned villag(s. The tahsil has for long been a fixed unit of administration and, to my mind, should be retained in preference to the development block whose jurisdiction may undergo a change in accordance with tne pace of future development. 2 5. In conclusion, I would like to place on record my grateful thanks to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for having so kindly agreed to undertake the publication of the Handbooks in hindi as well as english to the various government and semi-government offices for un-hesitatingly making available the non-Census statistics, and to the Controller, Government Press, and his staff for arr'anging early printing in the Govern­ ment and private Presses.