District Census Handbook, Mahbubnagar, Part X- a & B, Series-2
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CENSUS 1971 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK I MAHBUBNAGAR PART X-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY PART X-B VILLAGE & TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT T. VEDANTAM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNM!!:NT OF ANDHRA PRADF.SH 1974 .. '-'-'.9!l~"""---~ .iJJ:~ ~:-~ ,~ - ,--,. -~-.' ;~...I····'-.:c""~' . .k- - .... ._:."..._.:,.~~ ~.rJ~-~~~ '~~,." ~.,-"j.,J." _. :;~--"~<:-.- THE WADDARS AND SHEPHERDS OF MAHBUBNAGAR DISTRICT The motif displayed on' the outer title of the Mahbubnagar District Census Handbook depicts a common #'oadside scene in Mahbubnagar district - Waddar labourers digging earth and carrying it for road repairing and a shepherd grazing his flock. "Waddar, Ode, Wadu Rajlu, Odewandlu, Kalkola (Carnatic) - Wandering navvies and earth workers. found all over the Hyderabad Territory", writes Syed Siraj Vl Hassan in his book "The Castes and Tribes of the H. E H. the Nizam's Dominions". Lost in legend, the origin of Waddars is bristled with controversy. According to one theory, the Waddars are indigenous to the Nizam's Territory or atleast a Waddar dynasty (Panugal Waddars) ruled somewhere in the Nalgonda district, while B.A. Stuart sums up the Oddes or Voddas who are commonly called Wudders as Telugu people who came originally from Orissa (Odhra Countryl' whence their name. Whatever be the origin of these people, the Palamur Waddars, so called because Mahbubnagar used to be called originally as Palamur, invariably were found ilf large numbers in various large projects like the Tungabhadra and the Nagarjuna Sagar in the recent decades. Even now many of the Palamur Waddars profess the excavation of stone from quarries and working in earth to be their original occupation. They are engaged in tank -digging, well-sinking, road-making, making mill stones, building mud-walls, fiJling tank embankments and in all kinds of out-door labour. They have earned a reputation of being very efficient and quick in such types of work. Generally they work in gangs and on a contract basis. The district of Mahbubnagar is a chief recruiting ground for the Waddars. Batches of contractors come often to this district and take with them sizeable groups of labourers to engage them in earth and stone works in different parts of the State. As stated earlier the Palamur Waddars have been almost invariably the most numerous oj the distinct types of labourers employed in the construc tion of most of the big projects in the State -during recent times. If the super-structures of these famous dams reflect the engineering skill of the highly qualified technologists, their foundations are embedded with the sweat and toil of the renowned Palamur Waddars. The Shepherds and their flock playa very important role ill the rura(economy of Mahbubnagar district. The district is estimated to have as many as eight lakhs of sheep forming about one-tenth of the total popUlation of sheep in Andhra Pradesh State. Only one other district viz.. Karimnagar in the State has about the same population of sheep as Mahbubnagar district. About one-sixth of the. total herdsmen and shepherds as also more than 30% of the workers in the industry of woollen spinning and weaving in former Hyderabad State were found in Mahbubnatar district. The district occupies almost similar ranks in respect of these two occupations even in Andhra Pradesh State. The' Kamblis' (coarse, hand woven woollen blankets) of Makthal, Atmakur and Mahbubnagar taluks of the district are very well known and are quite popular throughout the Telangana Region. The black 'KambU' forms an invariable and indJspensable companion of the farmers and shepherds alike, whether in the thif;k of the winter or the blazing sun of the summer or during the rainy season, day and night. PREFACE The District Census Handbooks which were first published at the 1951 Census proved to be" very useful to the State and Central Government Departments, private agencies ani academic bodies like Universities and Research In!;titutions. The scope of these Handbooks was enlarged to make them more useful during the 196"1 Census. Considering the delay in the publication of these Hand books due to difficulties in finding suitable presses which could undertake huge printing work of this. kind, it was considered desirable to split up the 1971 Census Handbooks into three parts viz., Part A- Village and Town Directory, Part B - Village and Town Primary Census Abstract and Part C Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. This was done mainly with a view to publishing Parts A and B which contain not only the population data upto the village and town level but also the particulars about the basic amenities etc., available in the towns and villages, as early as possible for public use. The scope and contents of these three parts are elaborated in the introduction of this volume. I am glad to record here that parts A and ,B of the 1971 Census Handbooks of all the 21 Districts in the State have been finalised already and I expect that before the end of 1974 Parts A and B for all the 21 Districts would have been published. The compilation of these Handbooks is being done from the 1951 Census in the Office of the Director of Census Operations while the cost of paper, printing, etc., required for these volumes is being borne by the State Government. The Andhra Pradesh State Government readily agreed to bear the cost of printing and paper for the 1971 Census Handbooks. T am grateful to the Andhra Pradesh State Government and in particular to the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri S. A. Quader, lAS., for their co-operation and encouragement. I am thankful to the Director of Printing, Government of Andhra Pradesh for assisting me by selecting suitable presses for undertaking the printing of the Handbooks. The data presented in the Village and Town Directories are obtained from different State Government and Central Government Departments but for whose co-operation Part-A of the Handbooks could not have bee:! co;npiled. I am thankful to all of them for furnishing me the required data. I am extremely grateful to Shri A. Chandra Sekhar, lAS., Registrar General, India and Dr. B.K. Roy Burman, Deputy Registrar General, India who formulated the contents of these Handbooks in detail and rendered spontaneous help and encouragement to me at all stages. The following staff of my Office worked on the present volume of' Mahbubnagar District Census Handbook under the guidance and supervision of Shri P. ~. R. Avadhany, Deputy Director of Census Operations and Sri K. Narasimha Murthy, Assistant Director of Census Operations of my Office. Sri P. B. Sunder Raj, Tabulation Officer Smt. P. Lalitha, Tabulation Officer l Drafting, Scrutiny and Sri T. Brahmiah, Statistical Assistant ~ Supervision of Printing Sri K. V. Sarma, Statistical Assistant I Sri A. V. Krishna Reddy, Computor ) Kum. N. Susee1a, Computor Sri M. R. Krishnamurthy, Assistant Compiler Collection and Compilation Sri S. Ramakrishna, Assistant Compiler } :J Sri Laxmiah, Junior Reader, G.C.P. 1 )0- Proof Reading Sri Abid Yarkhan, Junior Reader, G.C.P. J ii • Sri A. Venkateswara Rao, Assistant Compiler Scrutiny and supervision of maps Printing Sri M. N. Ram Mohan, Artist Supervision of Mapping Work Sri Syed Ahmed, Senior Draughtsman ) " M. J. Sadiq, Draughtsman " N. G. Swamy, Draughtsman " M. Hasan, Draughtsman " M. Shankariah, Draughtsman Preparation of maps " Md. Yakub Ali, Draughtsman " B. Raghu Ram, Draughtsman Smt. Daya Saxena, Draughtsman Sri D. Koteshwara Rao, Computor I am grateful to their services. I trust that this humble effort on (he part of the Census Organisation would meet with the appreciation it deserves. T. VEDANTAM Director of Census Operations CONTENTS Pages Introduction 1-4 PART A-VILLAOE AND TOWN DIRECTORY SECTION I~ VILLAGE DIRECTORY .2~planatory Note - Village Directory 5-12 Village Directt)Ty : Mahbubnagar Taluk 13-21 Shadnagar Taluk 23-31 Kalvakurthi Taluk 33-41 Achampet Taluk 43-49 Kollapur Taluk 51- 57 Nagarkurnool Taluk 59-67 Wanaparthi Taluk 69-'77 Alampur Taluk 79--85 Gadwal Taluk 87-93 Atmakur Taluk 95--101 Makthal Taluk 103-111 Kodangal Taluk • 113-121 Talukwise Abstract of Amenities 122- 113 SECTION II - TOWN DIRECTORY Explanatory Note-Town Directory . 125-131 Town Directory Statement T Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 132 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 133 ·Statement III Civic Finances 134 Statement IV Civic and other Amenities in Towns 135 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities J36 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking Facilities 137 Statement VII Population by Religion and Scheduled CastesJScheduled Tribes 138 PART B- VILLAGE AND TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Explanatory Note-Pri.t1 ary Census Abstract 139145 Primary Census Abstract: MAHBUBNAGAR DISTRICT 146- 151 Mahbubnagar Taluk 155-183 Shadnagar Taluk 185-207 Kalvakurthi Taluk 209224 Achampet Taluk • 225- 237 Kollapur Taluk 239-255 Nagarkurnool Taluk 257-273 Wanaparthi Taluk 275~297 Alampur T~luk • 299-315 GadwaI Taluk • 317-337 Atmakur Taluk 339-351 Makthal Taluk 353-373 KodangaJ Taluk 375-394 111 IV MAPS MAHBUBNAGAR DISTRICT Frontispiecer Mahbubnagar Taluk Facing Page 13- 23 Shadnagar Taluk " Kalvakurthi Taluk 33 " 43 Achampet Taluk " Kollapur Taluk 51 Nagarkurnool Taluk " 59 " 69 Wanaparthi Taluk " Alampur Taluk 79 Oadwal Taluk " 87 " 95 Atmakur Taluk " Makthal Taluk 103 " 113 Kodangal Taluk " 139 Mahbubnagar District-Talukwise Demity of Population " FIGURES AT A GLANCE COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF THE STATE AND THE DISTRICT Andhra Pradesh Mahbubnagar State District POPULATION TOTAL Persons 43,502,708 1,932,082 Males 22,008,663 971,982. Females 21,494,045 960,100 RURAL Persons 35,100,181 1,758,760 Males 17,698,247 882,697 Females 17,401,934 876,063 URBAN Persons 8,402,527 173,322 Males 4,310,416, 89,285 Females 4,092,111 84,037 DECENNIAL POPULATION +20.9 +21.5 GROWTH RATE 1961-71 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA (Sq.