District Census Handbook, Thanjavur, Part XIII-A, Series-20
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tCENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES-20 TAl\1IL NADU PART XIII-A DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY THANJAVUR A. P. MUTHUSWAMI of the Indian Administrative Service Director or Census Operations. Tamil Nadll Price; PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND PRINTED BY THE DIRECTOR O'F STATIONERY AND PRINTING AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, MADRAS-6oo 079. CONTENTS. PAGES. Fort:word v Preface vii District Map :It Important Statistics xi Analytical Not s- Census Concepts-Rural and Urban areas-Urban Agglomeration, Census House holds, Scheduled Caste~/Scheduled TrIbes, LIterates, MaIn Workers, Margtnal Workers, Non-Workers, etc. BnefHlstory of the Dlstnct Census Ha.. ndbook .. Scope of VIllage Directory and Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract Bnef HIstory of the DIstrict, Physical Aspects, Forestry, Mlllerais and Mllllllg, Electnclty and Power, Land and Land use pattern,..Tenancy, Agnculture,Anlmal Husbandry, Fishery, Industry, Trade and Commerce, Transport, MajCJr SocIal and Cultural events, Places oftounst Importance Brief analysis oftbe V:llage 2nd Town Directory and Pnmary Census Abstract Data 1-54 VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY. SECTION I-VILLAGE DIRECTORY. Note explaimng codes used in Village Directory 57-58 1. Slrkazm Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facing 60 (II) Alphabetical lIst of VIUages 61-63 (m) Village Directory Statement 64-75 2. Mayuram Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facing 78 (11) AlphabetIcal list of villages 79-83 (Ill) Village Directory Statement 84-105 'I 3. Tlruvldaimarudur Taluk- (.) Taluk Map Facing 108 (Ii) Alphabetical list of Villages 109-111 (III) V.llage Dlfectory Statement 112-121 4. Kumbakonam Taluk (i) Taluk Map Facing 124 (11) Alphabetical lIst of Villages 125-127 (Iii) Vtllage Dlri'ctory Statement 128-137 12-I-AA iv. PAGES. :>. Nanndam Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facing l40~ (II) Alphabetical lIst of Vlllages 141-145 (Ill) VIllage Dlfectory Statement 146-169 /6. Papanasam Taluk (i) Taluk Map Facing 172_ (ii) Alphabetical list of VIllages 173--177 (ui) Vlll".ge DIrectory Statement 178-193 1.,. Tluruvalyaru Taluk- (I) Taluk Map FaclDg 196 (II) Alphabetical list of Villages 197-199 (iii) Village DIrectory Statement 200-209 8. ThanJavur Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facmg 212 (II) Alphabehcallist of Villages .. 213-215 (iIi) Village DIrectory Statement 216-225 9. Orattanadu Taluk (J) Taluk Map Facing 228 (it) Alphabetical list of VIllages 229-.!31 (hi) Village Directory Statement 232-241 10. Mannargudl Taluk (I) Taluk Map FaclDg 244 (II) Alphabetical list ofViUages 245-249 (iiI) VIllage DHectory Stateme!1t 2S0-2b5· 11. ThlTuvarur Taluk (Ij Taluk Map Facing 268 (iJ) Alpha behcaL hst of Villages 269-271 (ji!J Village DIrectory Statem.ent 272-281 [2. Nagappattinam Taluk (i) Taluk Map Facing 284 (II) AlphabetJcal list of Villages 285-287 (iiI). VIllage DIrectory Statement 288-295 l3. Tirutturaippundl Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facing 298 (ii) AlphabetIcal list ot Villages 299-301 (iii) VIllage Directory Statement 302-311 14. Vedaranmyam Taluk (i) Taluk Map Facing 314 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages 315-317 (iii) V,Illage Dnectory Statement 31S-3-?5 PAGES. 'i5. Pattukkottal Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facing 328 (il) Alphabetical hST of VIllages 329-333 (IiI) VIllage Dn ectOlY Statement ~34-351. '16. Peravurani Taluk (I) Taluk Map Facmg 354 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages 355-357 (iii) Village DlfCctory Statement 358-367 Appendix-I-Taluk wise Abstract of Educational, MedIcal and other amenitIes 368-3J3 Appendlx-IT-Land utlllsatlOn data III respect of non-mulllcipal towns 374-375 Appendix-III-Talukwise list of villages where no amemtles ar~ avail"ble 375- Appendix-IV-List of VIllage according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tnbes to the total populatIOn by ranges 376-455 SECTION ll-ToWN DmECTORY. Note explainlllg the codes used III the Town DIrectory 458-459 Statement I-Status and Growth History 460-463 Statement II~Physlcal Aspects and LocatIOn of Towns, 1979 464-467 Statement 1f!-MulllCIpal Fmance 1978-79 468-471 , : Statement IV-CIVIC and other ameDIhes-1979 472--475 Statement IV-A-CIVIC and other amemhes III notified slum-1979 476-477 Statement V-Medlcal, educatIOnal, recreatlOn •..j and cultural facIlItIes. 1979 478-483 Statement VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and BankIllg 1979 484-485 Appendix-Towns showmg their out growths wIth populatIOn 486 ReSJlOnSlbibty tor tbe wrrectness of mternal details shown ill the maps rests wIth tIle publisher.. FOREWORD The District Census Handbook (DCH), compiled by the census organisation. on behalf of the State Governments, is one of the most valuable products~ of the Census. The DCH is con stantly referred to by planners, adminis trators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation, of constituencies, forrnulauon of local level and regional plans and as an aid 10 district administration. The District Census Handbook IS the only publica tion which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The District Census Handbook series was initIated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census, 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 DeH senes was planned 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 stattstics, dIstrict census tables and certam analytical tables. based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some States, it was confined to dIstrict census tables and 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 village and town directory have been attempted. At the same hme, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in vie~. All the amenitIes except power supply in the village have been 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 given. The restructuring of the format of the village 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 regional imbalances in the process of development A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs 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 village directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages 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 no amenities are available and accor ding 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 requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by prOVIding information on a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class-I and Class-II towns (Statement IV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvemeht c of slums_ viii The columns of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population in Statement IV relatmg to civic and other amenities and adult hteracy classes/centres under educational facilities in Statement V are also added inter at ia wIth thIs VIew. A sigmficant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town direcIOl y. The infrastructure of amemties in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on cIvic admmistration status and population in a few state ments also serves thIS purpose. The format of the Primary Census Abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the bght of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the IndIvidual SlIp of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in publIcation of 1981 DCH series, it has been so desIgned that Part-A of the volume contains VIllage and town directory and Part-B, the PCA of villages and towns mcluding the Scheduled Castes and Sche duled Tribes PCA upto Tahsil/Town levels. At the begmning 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 en hance its value. The dIstrict and taluk level maps, depicting the boundaries and other important features, have been inserted at appropriate places, to further..... enhance the value of the publication. _ This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and complIed III the State under the directIon of Shri A.