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West Khasi Hills District CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-18 MEGHALAYA DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part XII - A & B WEST KHASI HILLS DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT N.K. LASKAR Arunachal Pradesh Civil Service Director of Census Operations, Meghalaya INDIA POSITION OF MEGHALA VA IN INDIA 2001 BOUNDAAV. INTERNATIONAl. ---­ aOUNOARY.STATE/UT .__ _ CAPITAL OF INDIA * CAPITAL OF STATE I U.T . • KILOMETRES 100 0 100 200 300 400 i:::±:::i:::,.,:::::J._ .± I I ... I . '" RAJASTHAN BAY ARABIAN SEA o F BEN GAL C.en . ' (IIYAljIWlI )0 • ~ i{ o .\_ .)I ~; r: J ~ 0.-1 » '~ .. IIllL1l 2: t:y~ {tl ~ ... .\ . Port BlaH' I' z ~"::; ., _ o· ~. 1- • ,.. 1/1 %l: C ANDAMAN SEA 0- ~:l- _n 07 ~o The adrrinistrattve ~eadquartelS of Chandigarll, ~ 0 J" ~'f. Haryana and Punjab ate at Chandlgarh . ." cJ l' !tI P . PONOICHERRY N D A c IE A N M c( c ~. !I i \. , \ \ en z ~0· o -en w -> i · «0 ~ . C/) ~w w ~ ~ .. o ...J> w ::I:t-«­ ~ o..... 0 oc( ~ ~ . wO:: :et- en z o :E- c c( ...J z .. U TIROT SINGH MEMORIAL The memorial is 10cateQ at Mairang town at a distance of 45 Kms from Shillong,the Capital of MeghaJaya. It is situated at the junction of the Shillong-Mairang-Nongstoin ( Headquarter of West Khasi Hills District) State Highway and the Nongkhlaw-Mairang Road. The memorial was erected to commemorate U Tirot Singh, the famed Syiem of Nongkhlaw, who opposed the British in 1829. U Tirot Singh was taken prisoner by the British on 13 th January, 1833 and later confined in the Dhaka Central Jail. He died in 1835 while still in confinement at Dhaka. The foundation stone of U Tirot Singh memorial at Mairang was laid on 15 th December 1953 by Shri. Jairam Das Daulatram, the then Governor of Assam, in the presence of Shri. Bishnuram Medhi, the then Chief Minister of Assam. The Memorial was completed and unveiled by the then Governor in 1954. It is now an interesting place for visitors and tourists. MAP-31 MEGHALAYA DISTRICT WEST KHA SI HILLS KILOMETRES 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 A s ~ \) \ "\, :sa , .__.-._.-. ... _...... ,..t' .. ., .... , .... "' . BAN G LAD E S H JIOUNDARY, OO'tiINATIIIl'IAL STATI IIISrRlC1 .. •• CD. B10CK TOr.u. AREA DP JlIsrRICr lIN sq.DI) ... 6247.00 Ii C.P. 1II.OCJ: TOTAL I'OI'UU110N 0' DJSrRIC1 •• ." 208040 ~ SII 'IOrAL N\llOIHII or lVWJ115 III mll1KltT 2 DlPORUl'IT JaTAlLED ROAD • • TOrAL I'II11OIIIR or VlLLAGm IN DISTRlL"I' ._ _ 943 RIVEa "ND 8TRUJi _ •• VILLAGE IiAVING 1000 ANI) AOOYE PCPULArION UJ'I[ IfAIIE .. _ TO"lNS mil POPULA TIm SIZE AND cuss m. IV _ _ _ _ •. IID:REJ! OOLUCII AND TiX:1INICAL IIfSmV110N ••l1li Ell Conten1s Pages Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgement xiii , 'Di~trict Highlights - 2001 Census xv Important statistics in the District· XVII Ranking of, C.D. Blocks in the District. Stateme.nt 1-9 Statement-I: Name of the headquarters of DistrictlTahsil, their Rural- xx Urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 Statement-2: Name of the headquarters' of District/C.D.Block, their Rural- xx Urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 Statement-3: Population of the district at each Census from 1901 to 2001 xxi Statement-4: Area, NUinber of Villages/Towns and Population in district xxii and C.O. Block 2001 Statement-5: C.O. Block wise Number of Villages and Rural XXII Population, 2001 Statement-6: Population of Urban Agglomerations (including constituent xxiii units)/Towns, 2001 Statement-7: Villages with Population of 5000 and above at C.D.Block xxiii level as per 2001Census and amenities available Statement-8: Statutory Towns with population less than 5000 as per 2001 xxiii Census and amenities available Statement-9: Houseless and Institutional Population of C.O.Block, Rural xxiv and Urban 2001 Analytical note (i) History and scope of District Census Hand Book 3 (ii) Brief history of the district 3 (iii) Administrative set-up 6 (iv) Physical features 8 (v) Census concepts . 14 (vi) Non-Census concepts 20 (vii) 2001 Census findings - Population, its distribution 25 (viii) Brief Analysis of PCA data based on inset tables 1-36 25 (ix) Brief analysis of the Village Directory andTown Directory data 42 based on inset tables 37 to 47 (v) Pages (x) Brief analysis of the data on houses and household amenities, 47 Houselisting Operations, Census of India, 200 I based on inset tables 48 to 52 (xi) Brief description of places of religious, historical or archaeological 52 importance in villages and places of tourist interest in the towns of the district (xii) Major characteristics of the district, contribution of the district in 52 the form of any historical figure associated with the district (xiii) Scope of Village and Town Directory - column heading wise 52 explanation and coverage of data PART-A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section-I : Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Village Directory 57 (b) List of Villages merged in town and outgrowths 60 (c) Presentation of Village Directory of Mawshynrut C.D. Block 0) Map of Mawshynrut C.D. Block 61 (ii) Alphabetical list of villages with location code 1991and 2001 63 (iii) Village Directory of Mawshynrut C.D. Block 70 (d) Presentation of Village Directory of Nongstoin C.D. Block (i) Map of Nongstoin C.D. Block 127 ell) Alphabetical list of villages with location code 1991 and 2001 129 (iii) Village Directory of Nongstoin C.D. Block 134 (e) Presentation of Village J?irectory of Mairang C.D. Block (i) Map of Mairang C.D. Block 173 (ii) Alphabetical list of villages with location code 1991and 2001 175 (iii) Village Directory of Mairang C.D. Block 178 (f) Presentation of Village Directory of ~anikor C.D. Block (i) Map of Ranikor C.D. Block 205 (ii) Alphabetical list of villages with location code 1991 and 2001 207 (iii) Village Directory of Ranikor C.D. Block 210 (g) Presentation of Village Directory of Mawkyrwat C.D. Block (i) Map of Mawkyrwat C.D. Block 233 (ii) Alphabetical list of villages with location code 1991 and 2001 235 (iii) Village Directory of Mawkyrwat C.D. Block 238 Appendices to Village Directory I Abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenities in 264 villages-C.D. Block level (vi) Pages IA Villages by number of Primary Schools 266 I B Villages by Prim~ry, Middle and Secondary Schools 266 I C .. Villages with different sources of drinking faciliti,es available 266 II Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have 267 one or more amenities III Land utilisation data in respect of Census townslNon-municipal towns 267 IV C.D. Block-wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity 267 other. than drinking water facility is available V Summary showing number of villages having or not having 268 Scheduled Caste population I 'VI Summary showing number of villages having or not having 269 Scheduled Tribe population VII A List of vil1~ge according to the population of the Scheduled Caste 269 to the total pQPulation by ranges VII B List of village according to the population of the Scheduled Tribe 269 to the total population by ranges VIII Number of villages under ea~h.Gr..am Panchayat (C.D. Blockwise) 288 IX Statement showing numbers of girls school in the villages 288 Section II - Town Directory Note explaining the abbreviations used in Town Directory 291 Town Directory Statement (1 to VII) (a) Statement I - Status and Growth History 295 (b) Statement II - Physical aspects and location of towns - 1999 296 ) (c) Statement III - Municipal finance 1998-99 296 (d) Statement IV - Civic and other amenities 1999 296 (e) Statement V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities 1999 298 (f) Statement VI - Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking - 1999 298 (g) Statement VII - Civic and other amenities in Slums - 1999 298 (h) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with 300 population PART-B : PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 303 District Primary Census Abstract (General) 306 Appendix to DistrictPrimary Census Abstract Le., Urban block wise figures of 312 Total, SC and ST Population Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 314 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 320 C.D.Block wise Village Primary Census Abstract 326 Urban Primary Census Abstract 428 (vii) Pages Annexure-I Number of Villages under each Qram Panchayat 437 Annexure-II Note of Fertility, Mortality and Migration 1991 Census 437 Annexure-III Various measures of ferti I ity and mean age at marriage, 1991 437 Census Annexure-IV Percentage distribution of Migrants by place of birth/place of 439 last residence, 1991 Census Annexure-V Brief account of main religions in the districtltehsil as per 439 1991 Census Annexure-VI Marital status of population as per 1991 Census 440 Annexure-VII Age, Sex and Education in the district, J991 'census. 441 Annexure-VIII Distribution of different mother tongues returned in 1991 Census 442 (viii) Foreword ~e Pistrict Census Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organization since 1951 census, is one 1. of the important publicatiqns in the context of planning and development at grass-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic 'and socio-economic characteristips villa~e-wise and ,town-wise of the district alongwith the status of availability of.civic amenities, infrastructural f~cilities, etc: \ The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Tables and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each' village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged.
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