CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES - 30 LAKSHADWEEP DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PARTS XIII - A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT LAKSHADWEEP DISTRICT P. M. NAIR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE D!RECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, LAKSHADWEEP 10' fl' j ••I POSITION Of lAKSHAOWEEP IN INDIA, 1981 Boundary,lnterliiltl:::n;i1 _'_o_ Boundary, St;ue/Union Terntory Capital of Indl' CapItal of St?tc/Union Territory. • • Jl' Kd(')metrcs 100 200 100 400 2" 2; BAY o F BENGAL ARABIAN It S 12 A The administrative heldquill8rs of Chandlgarh. Haryana and Punjab are at Chand,garh G. O•• o. GOA, DIIM",N • DIU PON(JICHERAY ; N D 1 A -~; 0 C E A N N ~!~~A: I ! 72· Euc 0' Greenwlth ,0' ,.. ,,' lue" upo" Surit)' of '"dl, map with tht permlmon 01 tht 5",.....yor G,nerll 01 India Th, bO.,l'.Glry of Htlhalaya '''own on thh ma, II at IIUtrprtt.cl from the Hon"'Euurn Ar ... (~Dor,anlucIO') Ace. It71, but tin yet to tt ..... r!f1.d l~. te'rltor,.1 ""attn .,f Indl. II'Xltnd 'I'ItO tM It. to I cllJtll'lce 0' twl'''' rtlutlc.l_lI .. _ro .rom th ••pproprllte b .... lin .. CONTENTS Page FOREWORD v PREFACE vii IMPORTANT STATISTICS Xl ANALYTICAL NOTE 1-47 The 1981 Census 1 Concepts of 1981 Census I Geological forma tion of the Islands 3 Brief history of the district 3 History of District Census Handbook 4 Present Administra live set up 4 Scope of VilLlge Directory. Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract 5 Climate 5 General Fauna and Flora 6 Social and cultural characteris tics 6 Major economic characteristics and development activities 9 Places of religious, historical and archaeological importance 17 Places of tourist interest 17 Brief gazetteer of islands 18 Brief analysis of Village Directory data 20 Brief analysis of Town Directory data 32 Brief analysis of Primary Census Abstract data 35 PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY 49-85 SECTION-I VILLAGE DIRECTORY 51-76 List of villages 53 List of codes used in Village Directory 54 Village Directory-Amenities and land use 55-76 Minicoy Tahsil 55 Andrott Tahsil 59 Kavaratti Tahsil 65 Amini Tahsil 69 Appendix to tbe Village Directory 73-76 Appendix I - Tahsil-wise abstract of educational, medical and other amenities 73 Appendix II - Land utilisation data in respect of non-municipal towns (census towns) 75 Appendix III - Tahsil-wise list of villages where no educational or medical and public health facilities etc. are available 75 Appendix IV - List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to the total population by ranges 76 (i i i) Page SECTION JI - 10WN DIRECTORY 77-8~ list of Census Towns 79 LiSl of codes used in Town Directory 80 Tli\\n Directory 81-·85 Statement I - Status and growth history 81 St:ltement 11 - Physical aspects and location of towns, 1979 82 Statement III - Municipal Finance, 1978-79 82 St~ttement IV - Civic and other amenities, 1979 . 83 Statement IV A - Civic and other amenities in notified slums, 1979 83 Statement V - Medical, educational, recreational and cultural facilities, 1979 84 Statement VI - Trade, Commerce, industry and banking, 1979 85 PART B - PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 87-136 District Primary Census Abstract for total population 91 Tahsil- wise (Village - wise and Town - wise) Primary Census Abstract for total population 93-110 Minicoy Tahsil 93 Andrott Tahsil 97 Kavaratti Tahsil 101 Amini Tahsil 107 District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribe Population. 111 Tahsil- wise (village .. wise and Town - wise) Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribe Population 115-132 Minicoy Tahsil 115 Andrott Tahsil 119 Kavaratti Tahsil 123 Amini Tahsil 129 Appelldix to Urban/Village Primary Census Abstract 133 MAPS, CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS Po~ition of Lakshadweep in India, 1981 Facing (i) Map 0 f Lakshadweep - Administrative Divisions, 1981 Facing (xii) Distribution of census houses according to use, 1981 Facing 6 Comparative Population size, 1981 Facing 36 Decadal Growth Ra te of Population, 1901-81 Facing 36 Decadal Growth Rate of Population, 1981 Facing 36 Density of Population, 1901-81 Facing 38 Density of Population, 1981 Facing 38 Sex-ratio, 1901-81 Facing 40 Sex - ratio, 1981 Facing 40 Literacy, 1981 Facing 40 ( iv) FOREWORD Tht) district census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State GO'J,-mlmsllts, is one of the most valuable products of the Census· The DCH is const,-,l ntly rtiferred to by planners, admin istrators, academicians and research­ ers. It is inter alia used for del imitation of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The district census -handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for thtl rural areas ward-wise for each city or town. It also provides data on Infra­ structure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The district census handbook sGries was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Ceilsus the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory, including PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A related to village Elnd town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C compri­ sed analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some states it was confined to di3triCt census tables a,ld in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the formats of villa::Je and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have bean brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be givan. The restructuring of the form3t of the villa;;Je directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land­ use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the re::Jional imbalances in the process of develop­ ment. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum N8eds Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health sub centres, and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the vil13Je directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the villa;Ja is to nJvtl an ida3 about the villaJes in the district which are inaccessible. A new column, "total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where (v) no amenities are available and according to the proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the require- ments of the Minimum Needs ProJramme by providing information on a few new items. A new slatement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class-I and Class-II towns (Statemullt IV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this wil! help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. The columns on Scheduled Castes and' Scheduled Tribes population in statement iV relating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classesj centres under educational facilities in starement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by ta:<ing the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. The format of the primary census abstract for the vi lIages and towns has been formu lated in the I ight of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through th(~ individual slip of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in publ ieation of 1981 DCH series it has been so desi­ gned that Part-A of the volume contains villaJe and town directory and Part-B, the PCA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Tahsil/Town levels. At the beginning of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on PCA and non census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and tahsil/Police Station/CD Block etc., level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have baen inserted at appropriate places, to further enhance the value of the publication. Th is publ ieation is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation.