CENSUS OF INDIA, 1971 SER1ES'19 TAMILNADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK VILLAGE AND TO"W'N DIRECTORV COIMBATORE K. CHOCKALINGAM "I the Indian· Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, TAMIL. NADU & PCNDICHERRY 1972 COIMBATORE DISTRICT SCALE Ii 8 4 o Kilometres 8 4 0 8 16 (Area ;: 15, 673 .00 Sq. Km s.) MYSORE SALEM I I / I Chil'lnavadarnpaH'j (5.211) U Vilc;mkuricfti (l,047) fiI Gonopcdni (21,8.f9) IV Sangal'MJr (26»99) V KavundQl'lpglayam (1,062 ) REF ERE NeE VI VlHlrakerQ'om ('.164) VU r.hm."pal'''Y.,m(lJ'.IOll..f'1 District. Headquarters @ VUIK~~""I.y,_(,~,.,.~ MADURAI , IX ....... (5.... 1 I Taluk Headquarters ® X Perur ChMtIpOlo'yotn (5,813) Stale Boundary Xl Kuniarnttthur (25.12!) XU Coimbatore N. M, (:2,,2'6) District Boundary XIII Sing onaflur (1,12.204) XIV Vellolog {I3,.32 } Taluk Boundary XV Kurkhj (41,537) National Highw'!ys_­ XVl MadukCff"Oi (I'~' State lfighways '. Roads (B.G.) NAME OF THE AREA IN NO. Of URBAN Railway line (Broad Gauge) TAlUf< SQ. KMS. VlllA,GES CENTRES Railway line (Metre Gauge) (J4..Q.) Bhavan; 1482.54 57 River with Stream GobicheWl><J/oyom 2923.13 151 4 Villages having Population above Weekly ~~~~~th L.C. Number) Erode 1552.55 210 6 M Ohorapufam 221D.'5 86 3 Poot and Telegraph Office I'T Palladarn 1515.77 101 8 Rest House, Travellers Bungalow Ava/lQ!hi 1U7,4I1 /' 73 6 Hospitals H Coimbatone 1368.15 62 20 Urban area PoIl.chi IjJ35.82 117 B Udumolpet 1437.09 93 n' » I\et· No. 'n Copies _2SS0 AAlpt'ltdUcMfhMI I"clerrtor'"s Oria:iMl CONTENTS Page No. Preface v Part-A VlLU6E AND TOWN DIRECTORY Introductory Note: vii-xiii (i) Village Directory Amenities and land use Appendix I:-Land use particulars of Non-city urban area (Non-Municipal area) Appendix II:-Abstract showing Educational, Medical and other amenities available in Taluks Alphabetical List of Villages 1. Bhavani Taluk 1-10 2. Gobicbettypalayam Taluk 11-30 3. Erode Taluk 31-57 4. Dharapuram Taluk. 59-71 5. Palladam Taluk 73-87 6. Avanashi Taluk 89-99 7. Coimbatore Taluk 101-110 8. Pollachi Taluk 111-127 9. Udumalpet Taluk 129-145 (ii) TOWI Directory Statement I-Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 148-159 Statement II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 160-171 Statement III-Municipal Finance, 1968-69 172-181 Statement IV-Civic and other amenities. 1969 182-193 Statement V-Medical. Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 194-205 Statem,nt VI-Trade, Commerce. Industry and Banking, 1969 206-217 Statement VII-Population by religion. 1971 218-227 MAP District map of Coimbatore Frontispiece PREFACE It has been the practice since 1951 to publish for each District a Census Hand. book. containing the Census Statistics for each village and town in the District together with certain administrative statistics collected from the various Departments of the State Government. This publication was compiled by the Census Department and published by the State Government. The contents of the District Census Handbook have been considerably improved during .the subsequent Censuses and in 1971 this publication is being brought out in three separate parts: Part - A - Village and Town Directory Part - B - Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract; and Part - C - Analytical Report and Administrative Statements and District Census Tables. The history and ongm of the District Census Handbook have been given in the Introductory Note of this volume. The present volume of Part - A has two sections - Village Directory and Town Directory. In the Village Directory, basic information relating to the villages such as Educational. Medical. Drinking water supply, Electricity, Communications, Post and Telegraphs facilities as well as information on area, staple-food, land yse data and other allied information are given. In the second section viz. Town Directory, information for the Towns about the Status, growth history. functional category. Physical aspects. Municipal finance, Civic and other amenities are presented. Details about the Medical, Educational, Recreational facilities available in the towns as well as particulars regarding Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking are also given. The population particulars of the towns as per 1971 Census together with the population of these towns since 1901 and Religious composition of the population in 1971 are also furnished. The details other than population particulars presented in these statements have been obtained from the concerned Departments of the State Government for which I am thankful to the Collector. I am also grateful to the Revenue subordinates as well as the Municipal Commissioners for the assistance that they have rendered. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Sri A. Chandra Sekhar, Registrar General, India. for the guidance given to me and for continuing the publication of the District Census Handbooks during 1911 Census also. K. CHOCKALINGAM Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my pleasant duty to acknowledge the able assistance given by the following Officers and Staff of my Office in the preparation of this volume. 1. Shri V. Selvaraj, I A.S., Deputy Director. 2. Shri V. R. Chandran. Deputy Director. 3. Shri M. Panchapakesan, Investigator. 4. Shri Anser Ahmed, Tabulation Officer. 5. Shri S. Govidarajalu, Statistical Assistant. 6. Shrimathi R. Rukmani, Computor. 7. Shri N. L. Jagatheesan, Computor. 8. Shri P. Victor Jayaraj. U.D.C 9. Shri N. B. Muruganandam, U.D_C. 10. Shrimathi Muniamm"l, Assistant Com,*iler. K. CHOCKALINGAM, DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. COIMBATORE DISTRICT VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE General: The District Census Handbook for each district presenting the Census data for the villages and towns of the District is being published from 1951 Census. Till then, the village statistics showing merely the number of houses and population by religion in respect of each village and town were published as supplement. In 1951, the general population tables, economic tables and village-wise and town-wise statistics relating to Taluks were presented as parte! and Social and Cultural Tables as Part-II. In 1961 also, the District Census Handbook was published in two Volumes. In Volume-I, all the Census tables giving taluk-wise data with a narrative report were published and Volume_II was confined to present village_wise and town-wise statistics known as Primary Census Abstract which gives the basic data like population, literates scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the industrial classification of workers and non-workers. As these data are finalised in the first stage of tabulation itself in 1971 Census,; it has been decided in this Census to present the District Census Handbook in 3 Parts. Part-A contains the Village and Town Directory which will show the land use pauern data, basic amenities available in the villages and the conditions of the towns. Part-B contains the VIllage and Town P.C.A. while Part-C presents the admiBis­ trative statistics collected and compiled from various departments, Census tables and a short analytical report. This method of preparing the District Census Handbook in 3 parts is also to facilitate the timely publication of the basic data relating to villages and towns which are required by various departments and research scholars. Method of presentation: '. The present Volume being Part-A presents the Village and Town Directory as the titles suggest. It lists out all the villages and towns in the State. The Village Directory is presented at the taluk level and Town Directory at district leveL The Village Directory is presented first followed by the Town Directory. Village Directory: In the Village Directory, for each taluk, a statement showing the villages, their extent, the amenities like Educational, Medical, Drinking Water Supply. Communications, Postal and Telegraphs etc. available within each village and the land use pattern are given. In addition to this, particulars in regard to staple food, land use data and certain other miscellaneous information such as the existence of veterinary hospital, co-operative societies, banks etc., are also furnished. An alphabetical list of villages has also been prepared indicating the Location Code Number of the village for purpose of quick reference. Apart from these the land use particulars of places comprising of non-city urban units (Non-municipal area) is given as Appendix I. A taluk-wile abstract showing the total number of institutions and number of villages where such basic amenities like Educational, . Medical, Drinking Water Supply, Communications, Postal and Telegraphs, etc. are available has also been prepared and given as Appendix II. viii The particulars relating to Village Directory have been collected from the concerned Tahsildars for each revenue village as a whole and particulars in respect of Non-city Urban Units (Non-municipal Units) and Municipal Units have not been furnished in the Village Directory Statement. The details of the data furnished in different columns of the Village Directory and the method of collection of the data on land use pattern etc., are indicated below:- J. Location Code Number: Numbers have been assigned to the administrative units of district, taluk and village to denote their location. By a combination of these numbers, it would be possible to know the exact location of an area. The district number is given along with the name of the district on the cover page and the tal uk number is shown against the taluk name in the concerned pages. The villages in each taluk are arranged in tbe Location Code order. The village number has been given against the name of the concerned unit and the numbers have been assigned in Arabic numerals for each taluk separately. Educational Amenities: Primary School Upto Vth Standard Middle School Upto VIIIth Standard High School Upto XIth Standard Power Supply: Villages having electrification facilities for agricultural purposes only are alsb taken as electrified and a suitable indication.