Alphabetical List of Villages, Town and Village Directory and Primary Census Abstract
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CENSUS 1971 SERIES 22 WEST BENGAL PART X-A & B DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK JALPAIGURI ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES, TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY AND PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Compil~d by DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS WEST BENGAL z~~~- .... __ - 0:: :::> 1 (!) ~ <C- a.. ...J <D -,<C ..c:... I-- (..) c::: I-- . (/) 0 .::, .J uI ., " <I , ! i 1; o ~ ,l _ _ --~.=-sj Price: (Inland) Rs. 10.00 paise; (Foreign) £ 1.17 or 3 $ 60 cents. PUBLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, WEST BENGAL AND PRINTED BY THB PRINTEX, 93J3/1A, ACHARYA PROFULLA CHANDRA ROAD, CALCUTTA-700009, 1974 PREFACE The 1971 Series of District, Census Handbooks of which this represents one volume, are being presented in a new form. The Handbooks have been divided into three sections. Part A presents data obtained from the field on land use patterns, civic ameni ties such as drinking water, post offices, primary schools etc. available in each village. Part B presents demo graphic data down to the village level. Part C presents official statistics gathered from sources other than the Census of 1971 and also includes notes on various aspects of each district. Our attempt has been to present information concerning each district which is at once relevant and as detailed as possible, and we hope these volumes will prove useful to scholars, planners and those who are working to better the economic condition of the people in our State. Bhaskar Ghose Director of Oensus Operations West Bengal FIGURES AT A GLANCE Jalpaiguri West Bengal District Population Total Persons 44,312,011 1,750,159 Males 23,435,987 927,707 Females 20,876~024 822,452 Rural Persons 33,344,978 1,582,079 Males 17,173,552 835,802 Females 16,171,426 746,277 Urban Persons 10,967,033 168,080 Males 6,262,435 91,905 Females 4,704,598 76,175 Decennial Population Total +26.87% +28.76~~ Growth Rate 1961-71 Rural +26.38% +28.05% Urban +28.41% +35.75% Area in Sq. Km. Total 87,853.0 6,245.0 Rural 85,903.1 6,165.3 Urban 1,949.9 79.7 Density of Population Total 504 280 per Sq. Km. Rural 388 257 Urban 5,624 2,109 Sex Ratio (Number of Total 891 887 Females per 1,000 Rural 942 893 Males) Urban 751 829 Literacy Rate Total Persons 33.20% 24.01% Males 42.81% 31.96% Females 22.42% 15.04% Rural Persons 25.72% 20.62% Males 35.80% 28.76% Females 15.02% 11'52°//0 Urban Persons 55.93% 55.88% Males 62.01% 61.14% Females 47.84% 49.54% Proportion of Urban Population of Total Population 24.75% 9.60% vi Jalpaiguri West Bengal District Percentage of Workers Total Persons 27.91 31.12 to Total Population Males 48.83 49.81 (Main Activity only) Females 4.43 10.05 R~ral Persons 27.19 31.46 Males 48.48 50.04 Females 4.58 10.66 Urban Persons 30.12 27.89 Males 49.80 47.66 Females 3.92 4.04 Break-up of Workers: Percentage to Total Workers: (i) Cultivators Total Persons 31.97 39.79 Males 33.58 45.78 Females 12.12 6.25 (iii) Agricultural Total Persons 26.46 10.22 Labourers Males 25.00 11.15 Females 44.50 5.06 (iii) Other Workers Total Persons 41.57 49.99 Males 41.42 43.07 Females 4338 88.69 Percentage of Scheduled Total Persons 19.90 34.02 Castes Population to Males 19.52 33'.72 Total Population Females 20.31 34.36 Percentage of Scheduled Total Persons 5.72 24.49 Tribes Population to Males 5.53 24.10 Total Population Females 5.93 24.92 Number of Occupied Total 7,555,685 322,698 Residential Houses Rural 5,608,490 293,861 Urban 1,947,195 28,837 Number of Households Total 8,053,681 338,172 Rural 5,901,869 306,603 Urban 2,151,812 3l,569 Number of Villages Total 41,392 754 Inhabited 38,074 744 Uninhabited 3,318 10 Number of Towns 223 8 ( vii ) 1971 Cl!:NSUS PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL PUBLICATIONS 32 VOLUMES OF DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (Part A & B and Part C) Series 22 : West Bengal-Part X-A & B Darjeeling Published Murshidabad In Press Hooghly Published JaJpaiguri Present Volume Nadia Burdwan In Press Cooch Behar Twentyfour Parganas Birbhum Published West Dinajpur Howrah In Press Bankura Calcutta Midnapore In Press" MaIda Published " Purulia " GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATIONS· Series 22 : West Bengal PART I·A GENERAL REPORT PART I·B GENERAL REpORT PART I·C SUBSIDIARY TABLES PART II-A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES Published PART II-B(i) GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES (TABLES B-1 PART A AND B-llI) " PART H-B(ii) GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES PART H-C(i) POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUES, RELIGIONS, SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES PART II-C(ii) SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES AND FERTILITY TABLES PART lJ-D MIGRATION TABLES PART III-A ESTABLISHMENTS TABLES PART IlI-B REPORT AND SUBSIDIARY TABLES ON ESTABLISHMENTS PART IV HOUSING REPORT AND TABLES Published PART VI-A TOWN DIRECTORY PART VI-B(i-xv) SPECIAL SURVEY REPORTS ON SELECTED TOWNS PART VI-C(i-iii) SURVEY REPORTS ON SELECTED VILLAGES PART VIII-A ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON ENUMERATION Published PART VlII-B ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON TABULATION PART IX CENSUS ATLAS PART IX-A ADMINISTRATIVE CENSUS ATLAS PART XI(i-v) SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 1 in Press ( viii ) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Those who worked on this volume: A, VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY B. PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Field data collection Checking etc. Shri P K. Chakraborty, Officer-in-charge, Shri S. K. Das, Assistant Compiler Census, Jalpaiguri " P. K. Karmakar, " Block Development Officers and their Staff " A. K. Paul, " " A. K. Das, " Compilation, Checking, Copying etc. Shri S. Sinha, Deputy Director of Census C. CARTOGRAPHY Operations, West Bengal Shri G. C. Bagchi, Tabulation Officer Shri D. P. Chatterjee, Investigator " D. Sen, " " B. Das, Draftsman " J. N. Bose, Head Assistant " J. B. Dasgupta, " " A. Ahmed, Computor " A. R. Halder. " " M. Mitra, Assistant Compiler " C. K. Ghose, " " N. Bagchi, " " S. K. Chatterjee, " " A. Sarkar, ., " B. K. Majumdar, " " A. K. Paul, .. B. PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT " H. R. Banerjee, " " R. C; Kaibartta Das, " Preparation of basic data " K. C. De, Computor Shri A. K. Datta, Deputy Director of D. PROOF READING Census Operations and the Staff of Siliguri Regional Tabulation Office Shri R. C. Bhar, Investigator " A. Sen Gupta, Computor Checking etc. " R. Saha Chowdhury, Proof Reader " S. K. Datta, " Shri M. N. Sarkar, Investigator " B. Roy, " " S. L. Saha, Statistical Assistant .. R. N. Bhattacherjee, " " K. Dhani, Computor " S. Ali, " " S. Sen Gupta, .. " U. S. Bhattacherjee, .. " B. Majumdar, " Sm. M. Saha Chowdhury, " " K. Datta, " Shri A. Se~ Gupta, Assistant Computor .. P. B. Nath, " " R. N. Bhar, Assistant Compiler " A. Chatterjee, " " S. Mondal, " CONTENTS PAGB Figures at a Glance (v) Alphabetical List of Villages and Towns 1-18 Police Stations-Rajganj 3, Jalpaiguri 4, Mal 5, Mitiali 7, Maynaguri 8, Nagrakata 9, Dhubguri 10, Birpara 12, Falakata 13, Madarihat 14, Alipur Duars 15, Kalchini 17, Kumargram 18 Town Directory 19-27 Table I-Status, age, growth history and functional category 20 Table II-Physical aspects and location, 1969 20 Table III-Municipal Finance, 1968-69 22 Table IV-Civic and other amenities, 1969 22 Table V-Medical, educational, recreational and cultural facilities, 1969 24 Table VI-Trade, commerce, industry and banking, 1969 24 Table VII-Population by religion, 1971 26 Village Directory 29-81 Explanatory Note 31, Police Stations-Rajganj 32, Jalpaiguri 34, Mal 36, Mitiali 42, Maynaguri 44, Nagrakata 50, Dhubguri 52, Birpara 58, Falakata 60, Madarihat 64, Alipur Duars 66, Kalchini 74, Kumargram 78 Primary Census Abstract 83-143 District Primary Census Abstract 84, Village/Urban Blockwise Primary Gensus Abstract-Police Stations: Rajganj 92, Jalpaiguri 94, Mal 100, Mitiali 106, Maynaguri 108, Nagrakata 114, Dhubguri 116, Birpara 122, Falakata 124, Madarihat 128, Alipur Duars 130, Kalchini 140, Kumargram 142 List of Illustrations District Map of Jalpaiguri Frontispiece Police Stations Map of: 145-159 Rajganj 147, Jalpaiguri 148, Mal 149, Mitiali 150, Maynaguri 151, Nagra kata 152, Dhubguri 153, Birpara 154, Falakata 155, Madarihat 156, Alipur Duars 157, Kalchini 158, Kumargram 159 NOTE ON AREA Total area figures shown in Column No.4 for the district as a whole in tho District Primary Census Abstract represent 'Geographical Area' figures supplied by the Surveyor General, India. Area figures for the total urban sector of the district have been computed from the area figures for the individual urban units supplied by the local bodies concerned. Area figures for the rural sector have been derived by subtracting the urban area from the total area of the district, The total of the area figures of the Police Stations may not agree with the area figures of the district as the former represents 'Land use area' which has been obtained from the Directorate of Land Records & Surveys, West Bengal. 2. The village area figures shown in Column No.3 in the Village Directory have been expressed in acres, while those in Column No.3 in the Villagewise Primary Census Abstract have been shown in hectres. The village area in acres, obtained from the Directorate of Land Records & Surveys, West Bengal, have been converted to hectres by applying the con version factor, 1 Acre=0.404687 Bectre, in the Census Office. At the bottom of each Villagewise Primary Census Abstract, the total area for the Police Station concerned has been shown in ,Sq. Km. which corresponds to the 'L~nd use area' as mentioned in Para 1.