CENSUS OF INDIA, 1971 SERIES 19 TAMIL NADU PART X-A DIST~I(T ([NSUS ~ANDBOOK VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY RAMANATHAPURAM K. CHOCKALINGAM of the Indian Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. TAMIL NADU AND PONDICHERRY 1971 IndqK Man pI TAMIL NADU '. NQ. ANO NAME Of !HI AiiA IN NO, Of YiiAN RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT IAIlI~ Iq. KMI. VIUAGfS 'tHlill TIRUCHIRAPAl~1 I rlr~~~Qlnur 81Ul 9j 1 KarQiK~dl !I,I,T,) 10MO 10 l IlvQ(onla 1144,~' 111 4 M~namaoUrQI (1,1,7,1 ~31,18 82 5 Devakottol (I.1J.) 458.21 67 6 Thiruvadandl 951.99 119 7 I/arankudi /I.ST.) 421.17 l2 137,59 93 9 Ramanatha,urom 865A7 67 10 Kamulhi !U.T,) 517.14 50 6 REFERENCE 10 II Mudu~ulathul 108412 83 10 12 Tiruchuli (I.5.T.) 55/.00 I/O Nil District Headquarters @ 13 AIU~pUKkottaj 1030.56 152 Taink Headquarters @ 14 Yirudhanogor !I.H.) 590.20 7/ State Boundary MADURAI - 15 Sattur 918.00 94 D~trict Boundary 16 Srivilliputhur 614.89 51 Taluk Boundary 17 Rajapalaram(l,SJj 461.08 41 Independent Sub· Taluk Boundary ____ National Highways State Hi~ways ___J!_ Roads - Railway line (Metre Gauge) ~ . ___.c_ River with Slream ..----..... Independent Sub·Taluk H,Sll Polk Strait Villages having Population above 5000 • Weekly Markets M Post and Telegraph Office PI ifJ' Rest HOlLIe, Travellers Bungalow Hospitals Urban Areas c::=J Note- Arabic N~mmll (18) in the Map !epte!!!i TIluis InJ Independent Sub · Talah whose Namell!e given in the Gulf of Manoor i/llet Statement. TlRUNElVW , , 11 10 EaslofGreer:wlch c£~sus- TNML NADU ~prolUCiI from Ind ( ~wr! Origln,1 P.Z.P.,C.S.O.,MlIr~.5 PREFACE It has been the practice since 1951 to publish for cach District a Census Handbook, 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 orgin 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 L irectory. In the Village Directory, basic information relating to the villages such as Educational, Medical, Drinking water supply, Electricity, Communiq1.tions, Post and Telegraphs facilities as well as information on area; staple-food, land use data and other allied information are given. In the second section viz. Town Directory, information for the Towns about the Status, grcwth history, functional category, Physical aspects, Municipal finance, Civic and other amenities are presented. 'Details about the Medical, Educa­ tional, Recreational facilities available in the towns as well as particulars regarding Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking are also given. The population particulars of th~/ towns as per 1971 Census together with the population of these towns since 1901 and Religious composition of the popu]at­ ion in 1971 are also furnished. The details other than population particulars presented in these statements have been obtained from tbe 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 1971 Census also. K. CHOCKALI NGAM, Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. CONTENTS Dist : map of Ramanathapuram Frontispiece Preface v 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 Edu-cationa!. Medical and other amenities available in Taluks Alphabetical List of Villages 1. Tiruppathur Taluk 1 to 16 2. Karaikudi Taluk 17 to 26 3. Sivaganga Taluk 27 to 45 4.'~ Manamadurai Taluk 47 to 56 5. Devakottai Taluk 57 to 68 6.-: Thiruvadanai Taluk 69 to 87 7. Ilayankudi Taluk 89 to 98 8. Paramakudi Taluk 99 to 112 9r ~amanathapuram Taluk 113 to 124- 10. Kamuthi'Taluk 125 to 134 11. Mudukulathur Taluk 135 to 148 12. Tiruchuli Taluk 149 to 169 13.' Aruppukkottai Taluk 171 to 196 14. Virudhunagar Taluk 197 to 208 15. Sattur Taluk 209 to 224 16. Srivilliputhur Taluk 225 to 234- 17. Rajapalayam Taluk 235 to 21-2 Abstract showing Educational, Medical and other amellities available in the Dist 243 II TOWN DIRECTORY: Statement I Status Growth history and functional category of towns , 2<6 to 251 Statement II Physical aspects and location of towns 1969 252 to 257 Statement III Municipal finance 1968-69 258 to 263 Statement IV Civic and other amenities 1969 264 to 269 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational a.nd Cultural facilities in towns 1969 270 to 275 Vi Trade, Commerce, .Industry aT1d Statement ( Banking 1969 276 to 281 Statement VII Population by religion 1971 282 to 287 Acknowledgment 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, LA.S., Deputy Director 2. V. R. Chandran, Deputy Director " 3. M. Panchapakesan, Investigator " 4. Anser Ahmed, Investigator " 5 .. S. Govindarajulu, Statistical Asst. " 6. T. Chellaganapathy, Statistical Asst. " 7. Smt R. Rukmani, Computor 8. Shri P. Victor Jayaraj, U. D. C. 9. N. B. Muruganandamt D.D.C. " 10. A. Rajamani, Artist. " K. CHOCKALINGAM, Director of Census Operations. (vii) 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 was used to be published as supplement. In 1951, the general population tables, economic tables and village-wise and town wise statistics relating to taluks were presen­ ted as Part I and Social and cultural tables as Part II. In 1961 also, the district census hand­ book was published in two volumes-in Volume I, all the Census tables giving talukwise 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 and the official statistics. Since the primary Census Abstract gives the basic data like population, literates, scheduled castes, sched­ uled tribes and the industrial classification of workers and non-workers and as these data are finalised in the first stage of tabulation itself, it has been decided in this Census to present the District Census Handbook in 3 parts - Part A containing the village and town Directory which will show the land use pattern data, basic amenities available in the villages and the conditions of the towns - Part B furnishing the village and town Primary Census Abstract - Part C presen­ ting the administrative statistics collected and compiled from various departments and a short analytical report. This method of preparing the Handbook in 3 parts is also to facilitate the timely publication of the basic data relating to villages and towns which are required by va!ious departments and research scholars. The present volume being Part A presents the village and town Directory as the titles suggest. It lists out all the villages and towns. Village Directory In the Village Directory, for each tal uk, a statement showing the villages, their extent, the amenities like educational, medical, water-supply, communications, Postal, etc. available within each village and the land use pattern is given. The staple food of the population of each village has also been noted. An alphabetical list of vilh~.ges has also been prepared indicating the code number of the village for purposes of quick reference. A taluk-wise abstract showing the total number of institutions and number of villages where basic amenities like educational, medical, drinking-water supply, communications, postal, etc. are available, has also been prepared and given as appendix I I. The particulars relating to village Directory have been collected from the concerned Tahsildars. Definition of concepts and terms used in Village Directory (1) Location coie Number - Numbers have been assigned to the administrative units of district, tal uk and village in the case of rural areas and District, town and ward in the case of urban areas 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 (viii) the district on the cover page and the taluk number is shown against the taluk name in the concerned pages. The village number and town number has been given against the name of the concerned unit. To distinguish the town from the village, the town numbers alone have been given in Roman numerals and these numbers have been assigned in a continuous order for the district as a whole whereas the numbers for the villages have been assigned in Arabic numerals for each taluk separately. Educational Amenities: Primary School Upto Vth Standard Middle School Upto VIIlth Standard High School Upto Xlth Standard Power Supply: Villages having electrification facilities for agricultural purposes only, are also taken as electrified and a suitable indication in this regard has been noted in the remarks column.