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48369 1971 GEN.Pdf CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 SERIES-23 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS PART I-A & B GENERAL REPORT M, C, JOSHI OF THE UTTAR PRADESH CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 1-433 R. G, lDdia/79 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA ADMINISTRATIVE DIViSIONS.1971 12 o H MILES KILOMETRES 40 20 o 40 o 93 80UNDARY, TAHSIL ,;, Land foil I U. T. ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 01 0 * TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS 0 NARCONDAM (] , 0 .. North Andoman J o o 13- o 93 ...0 I I"",j,w 1 a ,.s\ MALACCA U CAR NICOBAR c", ~ Car Nicobar 1 . ... '..:c ' .. - o 9- c., . ~ . .. .. .. .. ... .. ~ ., .... ..... ..· cjff·. ~ ....ci ..... .... .. .. ... " .4£i ' " . .. , oroto~ ~ (I:) BARRE N ~ ti o 'OW .... 2- (:\SOUTH ~ _,.... 'l~HoyeIOCk I ..... 0 ~ ANDAMAN< ~ . (!) C)uth And~an I z " PORT BLAIR oX IU KAlATI ' i''''' 1 • 8- eG ~NANCOWRY8 lAo Kotchall I • Nancowry I ""( 0 Q . .....,. .' o o Little Nlcobar I ; , 11 - -II Z Little Andaman I o Great Nlcobar I 1- 10 10 East of Greenwich 93 93 INDIAN OCEAN The territorial wa ters of Ind ia extend Into the sea to a dl staflce of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line. FOREWORD Our country has rich traditions, of census takling. With 1971, census has completed hundred years of modem census taking in India. Census is a central subject in our country. Although the organisation responsible for the conduct of census and to process and present its re~ults lies with the Census Commission at national level and Directorate of Census Operations at State and Union Territory levels, the involvement of State Governments and Union Territory Administrations during the census enumeration is of very high magnitude. During the gigantic operations of census enumeration, there may be hardly any officer/official of state administrations who is not associated with this important task of national stock taking. Census takfng is a cooperative: effort on the part of Centlral Government, State Goverrunents/Union Territory Adminis.trations and in the real sense of every citizen. The first Census Report of 1901 of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was written by the then Chief Commissioner of these islands. Since then, the census organisation of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been bringing oUt these reports regularly. This report being the eighth in series. I have gone through this rep oft and find that it provides all the pre-requisites required by a moden welfare state like ours in drawing out its various developmental plans such as requirements of food, housing, medical, transport and educational facilities and employment potentials, etc. I am happy to record my appreciation for the Census Organisation of Andaman & Nicobar Islands in keeping the rich traditions of census taking and bringing out this detail'ed report which presents a complete picture of the population of these islands in the fields of socio-economic and cultural activities. PORT BLAIR, S. M. KRISHNATRY, 31-3-1978. Chief Commissioner, A. & N. Islands (i) PREFACE The CensllSi of India is one of the biggest administrative operations in our country. India has had a long tradition of census taking. The 1971 censlUS completed the hundred years of census; taking in our country. For this union territory, it is the eighth in its series, the first being conducted in 1901. The vast data collected during the census are presented in the form of various volumes. Unl,ike other states, where this report is being publi:shed in two volumes, we have brought out a combined volume of Part I-A and Part I-B General Report in view of the union territOiry being very s.mall with only OIne district, six tahsils and one small town. This report covers a fairly detailed and descriptive analysis of the data covering all the demographic and socia-economic aspectsl of the population of these islands. This combined volume consists of the following nine chapters: I - Introduction; II - Size distribution, density and growth of population and rural and urban population; III - Sex otio, age distribution and marital status; IV - Literacy and education; V - Religion; VI - Mother-tongue; VII - Migration; VIII - Main activity; and IX - Conel usion. The chapter dealing with scheduled castes and scheduled trIbes has been dropped from this volume as a separate volume 'Part V-A Tables on Scheduled Tribes' has already been brought out for this territory. In addition to the above, this volume also includes Town and Village Directory and important administrative statistics relating to this union territory, as no separate 'district census handbookl for this, territory has been brought out. The cenSiUS was organised in this territory under. the kind supervision of Shri M. C. Joslli, the: erstwhile Director of Census Operations ably a5iSisted by Shri Ardaman Singh, the then AssLstant Director of Census Operations. The long drawn tabulation programme was also successfully completed under their supervision. Thus, all the credit of organising the census and tabulation of data goes to them. The drafting of this report was initiated by Shri Lal Krishan, the ex-Deputy Director of Census Operations who completed 'the major portion before I took over from him. It is, my great privilege to be aSSiOCiated in the complletion of this sacred task of presenting this detailed report to the readers. We are thankful t0' the field staff for all the troubles taken by them in discharging their duties faithfully irrespective of discomforts faced by them in the completion of census enumeration work in time. This organilsation is thankful to all heads of departmentS' of various organisations in rendering all types of c<JI.Operation in organising the gigantic task in these islands. In the words of Shri M· C. Joshi, the ex-Director of Census Operations " .... At the head of such a list are, of course, Shri H. S. Butalia, the then Chief Commissioner and Shri B. K. Halve, the then Chief Development-cum~Rehabili!vation Commissioner in thes'e islands, who not only took keen interest in the census work but also exhorted the officers and other staff under them to ma}qe the census a SUCcClS~. Among others is Commander K. P. Nair, Hafbour Master, without whose assistance contact across the seas was impossible. He not only afforded facilities for such contacts inspite of his, limited resources but also ensured that the shipp~ng programme suited the General Elections and the census both being tim~bound 'safaries' .... ". (iii) (iv) We are very much indebted to Shri S. M. Krishnatry, the present Chief Commissioner of this territory, who has always been taking keen. interest in the activities of this organisation which encouraged us to perform our duties more successfully. The Census Organisation owes much to Shri A. Chandra Sekhar, the er.stwhile Registrar General, India, under whos~ stewardship the census was organised in the country. Abundant encouragement and guidance that We received from Shri R. B. Chari, Reg'istrar General, India, made our task of bringing out various table volumes and this report much easier. We have learnt a lot from him in improving our drafting of various census. reports. We are thankful to Dr. B. K- Roy Burman, the Deputy Registrar General, India, for the kind guidance given from time to time. Shri K. K. Chakravorty, Assistant Registrar General, India, has been a source of inspiration to Us while completing the massive tabulation programme drawn out for the 1971 census. He and his colleagues in the census division have taken all the troubles of scrutinising our various reports. Weare thankful to all of them. I must acknowledge gratitude to all colleagues in my office particularly Shri M. L. Puri, Head Assistant, Smt. N. Meenambal, Upper Division Clerk and SjShri V. O. Koshy and Pradip Das Gupta, Assistant Compilers; for all the assistance given by them in the compilation of this report. SjShri P. K. T. Nair and B. N. Mishra, Computor and Assistant Compiler and Smt. Ponnamma Mathew, Computor and Smt. K. S. Nalini, Lower Division Clerk have also rendered assistance in one way or other. The manuscript in its final shape was typed out by Shri K. V. K. Nair, Stenographer, in whom I have found a fast and efficient worker. PORT BLAIR, S. P. SHARMA, lui y 22, 1977 Assistant Director of Census Operations CONTENTS FOREWORD (i) PREFA.CE (iii-iv) CHAPTER I INTRODUcrrON 1-6 Tileprevrouscensus; H"w census organised in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; The history; Setting of Andaman & Nicobarlslands; The geography; The geology; The ethnography; Jurisdiction and limitation of coverage II SIZE DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY GROWTH OF POPULATION AND RURAL & URBAN POPULATION • • 7-23 Densityof population; Growth rate of population; Rural and urban popuhtton; Standard urban area CHAPl'Ell III SEX RATIO, AGE DISTRIBUTION AND MARITAL STATUS Age structure; Marital status 24-40 CHAPTER IV LITERACY AND EDUCATION 41-62 Educational level CHAl'l"ER. V RELIGION 63-68 CHA.PTEIl VI MOTHER TONGUE 69-71 CHAl'I'ER VII MIGRATION 72-109 Migrati on by )lace of birth ; Migration by placeof lastresidence; Duration of migration; Migra- tionfrom other states of 0-9 y ~1fS duration; Industrial classification of migrants; townof Port Blair and migcants; Migrantsto Port Blairtown by age groups; Out-migrants from Anda- man & Nicobar Islands to other states. CHAPTER VIII MAIN ACTIVITY 110-185 W0rkers; Work p:lrticipation rate; Distribution of workers by broad industrial categories; Age distribution of workers; Work participation rates-rural areas; Work participation rates-urban areas; Work participation i n r~ra Jand urban areas; Age gr<;1Ups a od participation rates; Employ- ment status; Non-workers haVing l econdary ~ork; .E~ucatJonal level of workers, Non-workers, Number of non-workers; Non-workas by mam activity; Non-workers by age groups and main activiW; N "n-workers coming under the resi duar)' cateogIJr of 'otbers' CllA.Pl'ER.
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