CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 sERIEs-20 WEST BENGAL DISTR~ICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - A & B DISTRICT: KOLKATA VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY ~ VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal Town Hall Kolkata, the first political capital of British India, inherited a large number of historically important and architecturally unique properties - the Town Hall being among those which occupy a special place of pride. Covering an area of 6 Bigha 11 Katha 9 Chattak of land this building is a beautiful example of DORIC Architecture in this city. During the last 187 years, Town Hall has witnessed many a remarkable functions, gatherings, meetings of social, scientific, political and cultural events and almost all the celebrities left their foot prints here. In the past there were beautiful Marble Busts with pedestals at Town Hall and the Busts of Peary Chand Mitra, Ram Gopal Ghose, Raja Radh Kanta Deb, Prasanna Kumar Tagore, Durga Charan Law, Maharaja Narendra Krishna Deb, Maj. General Sir William Casement, Raja Benoy Kumar Deb, Raja Dinendra Nath Ray, H. P. Princep, Sir P. T. Cantley, H. J. S. Cotton had been transferred to Victoria Memorial Hall on 16-05-75 on loan basis. These may now be taken back for adorning restored Town Hall to project its history. Contents Pages Foreword (ix) Preface (xi) Acknowledgements (xiii) Map of the District District Highlights - 200 1 Census (xvii) Important Statistics of the District (xviii) Statements 1 to 9 Statement - 3: Population of the District at each Census from 190 1 to 200 1 (xx) Statement - 4: Area, Number of Villages/Towns and population in District, CD Blocks mid (xxi) Towns, 200 1 Statement - 6: Population of Urban Agglomerations including constituent Units/Towns, 200 1 (xxiv) Statement - 8: Statutory Towns with PopUlation less than 5,000 as per 2001 Census andl (xxvii) Amenities available Statement - 9: Houseless and Institutional population of CD Blocks, Towns, Rural and Urban, (xxvii) 2001 Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of District Census Handbook 3 ' (ii) Briefhistory of the District 4 (iii) Administrative Setup: (i) Region of the state where district is located (ii) Total 14 number ofTowns/ Villages etc., (iii) Urban local bodies (iv) Physical features : (i) Location and Size (ii) Physiography (iii) Drainage 39 (iv) Climate (v) E9onomic Resources (v) Census Concepts: Building, Permanent Houses, Semi-Permanent Houses, 71 Temporary Houses, Dwelling Room, Census House, Village, TownlUrban Areas, City, Urban Agglomeration, Household, Institutional Household, Houseless Household, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, Languages and Mother tongue, Literate, Literacy Rate, Educational Level, Work, Main Worker, Marginal Worker, Non Worker, Cultivator,Agricultural Labourer, Household Industry Worker, Other Worker, Work Participation Rate, Population Density, Age, Sex Ratio (vi) Non Census COl1cepts: Improved Drinking Water, System of Sewerage, Type 76 of Latrine and Method of Disposal of night soil, Fertility, Crude Birth Rate(CBR), Crude Death Rate(CDR), Natural Growth Rate, Age Specific Fertility Rate (ASFR), Age Specific Marital Feltility Rate (ASMFR), General Fertility Rate (GFR), General Marital Fertility Rate (GMFR), Total Fertility Rate (TFR), Total Marital Fertility Rate (TMFR), Age-Specific Mortality Rate (ASMR), q1, q2, q5, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Nco-natal Mortality Rate (v) (NMR), Early Neo-natal Morta lity Rate, Late Neo-natal Mortality Rate, Post Neo-natal Mortality Rate (PNMR), Peri-natal Mortality Rate (PMR), Still IHrth Rate (SBR), Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), Eligible Couple, Child Woman Ratio (0-4\ Child Woman Ratio (5-9), Migration, Civic status of Urban Units, Size Class ofUA/Town, Slum Area and Mega city) (vii) 2001 Census findings - Population, its distribution (<II) Distribution of population in rural-urban areas 81 (b)Size, Class and Statns of Towns, Population, Growth, Density and Sex ratio, Work participation rate, Literacy, Religion, Availability of University education in the district (viii) Brief analysis ofInset Tables based on PCA 88 (Table Nos. 3, 5, 9, 13, 18,20,24,27,30,33 and 36) Village Directory, Town Directory (Table Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47) Houses and Household amenities data of House listing Operations (Table Nos. 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52) (ix) Major social and Cultural events, Natural and administrative developments 133 and significant activities during the decade (x) Brief description ofplaces of religious, historical or archaeological importance 135 in villages and places of Tourist interest in the town of the district (xi) Major characteristics of the district, contribution ofthe district in the form of 143 any historical figure associated with the district (xii) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory 153 (xiii) Calendar of events for the conduct of House listing & Enumeration under 157 Census ofIndia, ~OO 1 in the State PART -A : TOWN nffiECTORY Section II - Town Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Town Directory 163 (b) Town Directory Statements (I to VII) Statement - I Status and growth History 166 Statement - II Physical aspects and location of Towns 166 Statement - III Municipal Finance 167 Statement - IV Civic and other amenities 167 Statement - V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities 168 Statement - VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 168 Statement - VII: Civic and other amenities in Slum 169 Appendix to Town Directory -Towns showing their outgrowth with population I69 PART B -PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT a) Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 173 b) District Primary Census Abstract (General) 176 c) Appendix to District Primary CensuS Abstract i.e. Urban Block wise figures 194 oftotaI, SC and ST Population (vi) Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 364 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 364 Points to Note 369 Urban Primary Census Abstract 370 Annexure - II Fertility and Mortality, 1991 Census 391 Annexure - III Various measures ofFertility and Mean age at marriage, 1991 Cens~s 392 Annexure - IV Percentage distribution of Migrants by place of birth, 2001 Census 393 Annexure - V Brief account of main religions in the State and district as per 2001 397 Census Annexure - VI Marital Status of Population as per 2001 Census 397 Annexure - VII Age, Sex and Level of Education in the district, 2001 Census 401 Annexure - VIII : Distribution of different Mother Tongues in the district, 2001 Census 402 Annexure - IX Sheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population - Size and Growth 403 Annexure - XA Estimated Annual Birth Rate, Death Rate and Natural Growth Rate 405 based on SRS Data, 1970-2006 Annexure - XB Estimated Infant Mortality Rate based on SRS Data, 1970-2006 406 (vii) Foreword he District Census Handbook CDCHB) published by Census Organisation since 1951 census, is one of Tthe important pub lications in the context of planning and development at grass-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics village­ wise and town-wise ofthe district alongwith the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructural facilities, etc. 2. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Tables and primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 census­ DCHB series was in three parts : Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. The 1981 census DCHB was in two parts: Part-A contained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsil/town levels. New features alongwith restructuring of the formats of village and town directory were added into it. In Village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given. Information on new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet the requirements of some of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Information on approach to the village was provided for the first time in the Village Directory so as to give the details on number of inaccessible villages in each district. In the Town Directory, a statement (IV-A) on slums was introduced to provide the details on civic and other amenities in the notified slums of Class I and Class II towns. 3. The 1991 census DCHB, by and large, followed the pattern of presentation of 1981 census, except the format of PCA was restructured. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers was given against the four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 census. In addition, sex-wise population in 0-6 age group was included in the PCA for the first time with a view to enable the data users to compile more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age had been treated as illiterate at the time of 1991 census. One of the important innovations in the 1991