CENSUS OF' INOlA 1'971 SERIES ~-HKRYANA DISTRICT CENstJS HANDBOOK PART X-A VILI:.AGE' & :TOWN DIRECTORyl PART X-B VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT KARNAL DISTRICT I. E. N. CHAUHAN OF THE INDIAN AElMINi[S'l'RATIVE SERVICE Director of Census Operations, Haryana Published 'by the Government of Haryana 1973 Motif In the holy land of Kluukshetra, there is a sacred tank known as Sannihit, and on the western side thereof, stands the Lakshmi Narain Temple with aU its glory and grandeur. The temple 'was constructed bu Sidh Faquir Baba Shiv Gil' in the yeaT 1926 A.D. (1983 of the Vikrami Samat). The templ.e 1S so high that it is ~'isible from a distance. It's architecture is typical of 'CHOLA' style, and has no parallet in the area. CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 A-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT P{,JBLICATLONS The publications relating to Haryana bear Series No.6, and are bound separately as follows Part I-A General Report Part V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part J-B General Report Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part VI-A Town Directory Part II-A, General Population Tables Put VI-B Special Survey Reports on selected towns Part II-B Economic Tables Part VI-C Survey Reports on selected villages Part H-C (i).. Mother Tongue, Religion and Part VII Special Report on Graduates and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Technical Personnel Tribes Tables Part H-C (ii) Social and Cultural Tables and Part VIII-A Administration Report : Enumera­ Fertility Tables tion (for official USe only) Part III Establishments Report and Tables Part VIIl-B Administration Report : Tabulation (for official usc only) Part IV Housing Report and Tables Part IX Census Atlas B-HARYANA GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Part X District Census Handbook for each district in three Parts Part A-Village and Town Directory Part B-Village and Town-wise Primary Census Abstract Part C-Analytical Report, Administrative Statistics and District Census Tables (Parts A and B of the District Census Handbook fur each District of Haryana State have been printed in one volume) CONTENTS Page Preface v Acknowledgements vi Figures at a glance vii Introduction Village Directory 27-103 Guhla Tahsil 27 Kaithal Tahsil 37 Thanesar T"_hsil 49 K.arnal Tahsil 71 Panipat Tahsil 93 Town Directory 105-113 Primary Census Abstracts 115-215 Karnal District 115 Guhla Tahsil ' 119 Kaithal Tahsil 131 Thanesar Tahsil 147 Kamal Tahsil 173 Panipat Tahsil 201 Statements showing the Composition of Enumerators' Blocks for each town 217-231 Alphabetical Lists of Villages 233-248 Maps: Facing page Karnal District : Tahsil boundaries, Towns, ROHQS, RivcrsiCalw.ls, R[l,ilways, 1 Important Villages with Rest Houses/Police Stations Distribution of amenities in viIJages- Guhla Tahsil 27 Kaithal Tahsil 37 Thanesar Tahsil 49 Karnal Tahsil 71 Panipat Tahsil 93 Villages by size of population- Guhla Tahsil 119 Kaithal Tahsil 131 Thanesar Tahsil 147 Karnal Tahsil 173 Panipat Tahsil 201 PREFACE The Census of 1971 has come and gone leaving a vast residue of data collected carefully and meticulously on a country-wide basis by an army of trained enumerators. Apart from certain particulars of every individual in our land the Census has also taken care to gather information about a host of other activities-institutions, establishments, services and so on. In other words, an attempt has been made to enumerate citizens in the background of the environment in which they live. Every inch of the country has been mapped and available basic amenities noted. It was a colossal task calling for a gigantic co-operative effort by the administration and the people. Performance in the Indian Census throughout the past century has been creditable and has earned us the apprecia. tion of the world. For the State of Haryana this is really the first Census and so it is important that the data collected be presented in a quick and comprehensive manner. Difficult enough, as the task of collecting data is, its compilation, tabulation and publication within a reasonably quick time calls for further arduous labour by a united team of dedicated workers. We were fortunate enough to have just such a team. 'The result is that we have been able to bring out some publications within a few months of the actual Census count. Since the District is still the basic functional unit of administration, the District Census Hand­ book is of special importance to all concerned with administration policy and planning. It should be of equal value to the scholar, scientist, sociologist and businessman. The data contained in it has been sorted out and presented along lines determined after careful consideration and discussion. All that is of importance in a district is contained in this Handbook. The Town and Village Directories in Part-A contain a wealth of useful information about these units. In Part-B­ Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstracts have been given all the basic Census data separately for each village and town in the district. Part-C of the District Census Handbook which would be brought out sometime later would contain an analysis of the various Census data in addition to the administrative statistics and a write-up on the social, cultural, historical and other important aspects of the life of the district. We owe our success in bringing out this publication to.the inspiring leadership of our enthusiastic and zealous Registrar General ofIndia-Shri A. Chandra Sekhar. For him the Census is not merely an administrative exercise but a vital part of existence. In his own words the-"modern Census has become an indispensable instrument of policy and development planning. It need hardly be stressed that a Census is not the mere counting of heads. It is akind of stock-taking as it were, of the nation's human wealth. The Census aims to present a complete picture of man, in his social, cultural and economic setting." The District Census Handbook attempts to depict in a cOf.cise form this variegated phenomenon of human life. We hope it will serve as a popular reference book for all data users. Dated, Chandigarh : I. E. N. CHAUHAN, the 9th December, 1971. Director of Census Operations. Haryana. (v) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a long arduous process between the actual Census taking and the publication of the various Census Reports. In the State of Haryana, besides the District Census Officers, Sub-Divisional Census Officers, Charge Officers, the Assistant Charge Officers etc., as many as 19,350 odd Enumerators and Supervisors were appointed on the work of actual count in the field. A bulk of the Enumerators and Supervisors Were drawn from the Education Department of the State and the remaining from various State/Central Government Departments and from the Urban Local Bodies. They mumlrec. up to their responsibilities and performed the work entrusted to them willingly and well. The credit for the comple­ tion of this colussal task, involving the canvassing of the Census Schedule called the 'Individual Slip' separately for each single individual found in the State during the enumeration period, on schedule and WIthout any untoward incident goes very largely to them. The huge mass of data collected in the field by the army of enumerators moving from house to housewasprocessedfortheformulationofa large variety of tables at the two Regional Tabulation Offices at Chandigarh and Rohtak with the help of about 500 Sorters/Compiler Checkers/Supervisors. The Regional Tabulation Office at Rohtak was ably looked after by Shri N.K. Tandon, Deputy Director who was assisted by Shri Janak Raj Vashishtha, Investi~.tor and 1'. few Statisdc2.1 Assistants including Shri Jaswant La!. The Regional Ti'.bulation Office, Chandig?rh, was c{)ntrollcd by my Deputy Director at Headquarters Shri 1.S. Dhamija who was assisted by Shri G.D. Singla, Tabulation Officer and a few Statistical Assistants including Shri Pran Nath ModgiI. The tables prepared at the two Regional Tabulation Offices in araw form were checked and finalised in to Village and Tuwn-wise Primary Census Abstracts which form Part-'B' of this Handbook, by Shri J.N. Sud, Tabulation Officer who was assisted by Shri Ajab L2.l K~.kkar, Statistical Assistant and others. The data contained in the Village and Town-wise Directory, which forms Part 'A' of this Hand­ book was collected by us from the District Revenue Agency and the Urban Local Bodies. We are indebted to them for their co-operation in supplying the required data promptly. In the Head Office the data so supplied was processed and finalised by Shri Kulbhushan Lakhanpal, Tabulation Officer who was assisted by Shri Om Parkash Malik, Statistical Assistant and others. The maps included in this Handbook were prepared by a team of Cartographers headed by Shri Shiv Rai Puri, Tabulation Officer. I am also indebted to my Deputy Director Headquarters, Shri J.S. Dhamija, for effectively co­ ordinating all this work at various stages and the special efforts made by him in bringing out this Hand­ book so soon after the Census is OVer. I am grateful to Shti Tara Chand, Controller of Printing ~.nd Stationery, Haryana, for the ready co-operation extended by him in the printing of this Handbook. I. E. N. CHAUHAN, Dated, Chandigarh : Director of Census Operations, the 9th December, 1971. Haryana. (vi) FIGURES AT A GLANCE KARNAL DISTRICT Total area as supplied by the Surveyor General, India 8,068 Km2 Percentage of State Area 18.24 Total Population Persons 1,981,303 Percentage of State Total Population 19·74 Males 1,068,598 Femaks 912,705 Rural Population Persons 1,644,204 Percentage of State Rural Population 19·90 Males 887,292 Females 756,912 Urban Population Persons 337,099 Percentage of State Urban Population 19·01 Males 181,306 Females 155,793 Percentage of Urban Population to Total Population 17·01 Total Workers Persons 535,762 Percentage of State Total Workers 20·19 Males 519,574 Females 16,188 Percentage of Total Workers to Total Population 27.04 Percentage of Male Workers to Total Population 26.2? Percentage of Female Workers to Total Population 0.82 Percentage of Male Workers to Male Population 48.62 Percentage of Female Workers to Female Population 1.77 Total Literate Population .