CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES - 23 TAMIL NADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK MADRAS PART XII A & B TOWN DIRECTORY AND DIVISIONWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT K. SAM PATH KUMAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS TAMIL NADU TAMIL NADU MADRAS DISTRICT K ILO METRES o CHENGALPATTU-M.G.R. DISTRICT BAY OF BENGA L CHENGALPATTU-M.G.R. DISTRICT Note: The boundary of Madras District is' co·terminaus with that of the Madras Corporation. Boundary, Dis1rict Division with Number Headquarters : State. District ... .@ . @ National Highway... NH4~ Important Metalled Road RS Railway line with station, Brood Gouge .. RS Mefre Gauge ... , I Iii • • River and Stream ... ~ . " Based upon Survey of India m ap with the permission of the Surveyor General of Indio. Government of In dia Copyrigh t, 1996. The ter ritorial waters 01 Indio eJCt end in t o the sea to 0 dis tance of twelve nauticol miles ® measured from the appropriate bose line. 2-29/ DCO/TN/95-450 Copies CONTENTS Page No. 1. Foreword V 2. Preface IX 3. Acknowledgement XIII . 4. District Map Facing Page- 1 5. Important Statistics 1 6. Analytical Note i) Census concepts: Rural and Urban areas, Urban Ag~lomeration, Census House/Household, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Literates, Main workers, Marginal workers, Non-workers etc. 3 H) History of the District Census Hand Book, Scope of Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract. 5 iii) Madras - An Outline, Jurisdictional changes, Location and Physiography, Climate, Rainfall and Temperature, Area and Population, Flora and Fauna, Education, Health, Topography, Animal Husbandry, Fishery, Industrial growth. Trade and Commerce, Communication, Transport, Electricity and Power, Important Places of Tourist. 10 iv) Brief analysis of the Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract Data. 29 Part-A Town Directory Note explaining the codes used in the Town Directory. 34 Statement - I Status and Growth History 36 Statement - II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1989 44 Statement - III Municipal Finance, 1988-89 50 Statement - IV Civic and other Amenities. 1989 56 Statement - IVA Civic and other Amenities in notified Slums. 1989. 64 Statement - V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities, 1989. 108 Statement - VI Trade. Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1989. 118 Part-B Primary Census Abstract Alphabetical List of Divisions in Madras Corporation 124 Primary Census Abstract for Madras City and its Divisions 128 Urban Primary Census Abstract, (Appendix-Total. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Population - Urban Blockwise) Madras City. 152 Primary Census Abstract (Madras Urban Agglomeration) 382 District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 412 District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 424 (iii) FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations I modifications after each decennial census. This is the most valuable district level publication brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State Government I Union Territory administration. It ,del' - aJa provides data / information on some of the basi.:: demographic and socio-economic characteristics and on availability of certain important civic amenities / facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus proved to be of immense utility to the planners. administrators. academicians and researchers. The scope of the DCH was initially confined to certain important census tables on population. economic and socia-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town (wardwise) of the district. The DCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics. census tables and Village and Town Directories. including PCA. After the 1971 Census. two parts of the District Census Handbooks (Part-A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part - B comprising Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The third Part (C) of the District Census Handbooks comprising administrative statistics and district census tables, which was also to be brought out, could not be published in many States/UTs due to considerable delay in compilation of relevant material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. While Part - A comprised Village and Town Directories. the PCA of villages and towns (wardwise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil /town level were provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except electricity, were brought together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such aInenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs PrograIIlIDe. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also provided for the first time durtng 1981 (v) Census in the Village Directory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible villages in each district. In case of Town Directories also, keeping in view the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme, a Statement IV-A on slums was provided so as to enable the planners to chalk out the programmes for providing better civic and other amenities in the slums. In this statement, details on civic and other amenities were reported for the slums of Class I and Class II towns. Apart from this. one column on the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population and another on adult literacy classes / centres were added in Statement IV and V respectively. The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 C.ensus is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However. the format of PCA has been restruc;tured slightly in the 1991 Census for the benefit of data users. Nine-fold industrial claSSification of main workers has been given as against four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition to this, the sex-wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been included in PCA for the first time with a view to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterates at the time of the 1991 Census. It is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners in chalking out more effective developmental programmes. " One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community > Development Blocklevel presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tehsil/Taluk/PS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation ofViUage Directory and PCA data at C.D. Block level will help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. In order to facilitate the task of administrators. planners and researchers intending to use Village Directory /PCA data, either from the magnetic tapes/floppies or from the published records, both the computer and manual codes for each village have been provided for the 1991 Census along-with the corresponding codes of 1981. This publication is a joint venture of the State Government / UT administration and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and completed under the direction of Shri. K Sampath Kumar, Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu, on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and co­ ordination of the publication was initiated by Dr. KP. Ittaman, former Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) and Shri. M.M. Dua, Joint Director, for the sake of uniformity in presentation of (vi) information / data and for preparation of analytical note depicting the salient features emerging from a micro-level analysis of census / non-census data, a model District Census Handbook from each State and Union Territory was thoroughly scrutinised in the Social Studies Division under the guidance of Shri. M.K. Jain, the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S.). This task was carded out by Shri. A.K. Singh. Deputy Director who was assisted by Shri. N .S. Soam, Assistant Director and his staff. Technical gUidance in the preparation of the maps was initially provided by Dr. B.K. Roy. fonner Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by Mrs. Minati Ghosh, the present Deputy Registrar General (Map). I am thankful to all those who have contributed to this project. New Delhi A.R. NANDA June 11, 1992 Registrar General. India (vii) PREFACE The District Census Handbook is the most useful publication for the public, social workers, researchers, academicians, administrators, local bodies and the government officials for various official and non-official purposes. It gives data for the village / panchayat at the lowest level to the district level including panchayat union / taluk covering demographic, social, economic and cultural aspects. There had been an endeavour to make it as cOillprehensive as possible, to provide data on vario'ls ,aspects since its inception and by 1961, it reached the dimensions of a compendium fuJ.' the district. The Registrar General, India. in his foreword has kindly traced out the improvements brought out from time to time since 1961 to the latest 1991 Census while the history of the District Census Handbook in this State is narrated in the Introductory Chapter to this volume. The District Census Handbook is a joint venture of the Census Organisation and the Government of Tamil Nadu. The scope of District Census Handbook has been widely increased and restructured in 1981 to meet the Minimum Needs and Revised Minimum Needs Programmes of the Planning Commission.