CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES - 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH PART XII - A & B DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK . 11 VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN-WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT TAPAN SENAPATI Director of Census Operations, Arunachal Pradesh .9Lrunaclia{ Pradesli is a tliin{y populated lii{{y tract eying rougn{y 6etween tlit Latituaes 2(/ 28' 9{ ana 29' 31' 9{ ana tlie Longituaes 91° 30't£ ana 9'11 3D' t£ on tlit 9{prtli t£ast elttremity of India, comprising rougli{y of 83,743 Xj(ometre squares of area. It is 60unaea on tlit ~rtli, ~rtli-t£ast ana 9{prtli-West 6y Cliina {'Ti6et}, on tlit Sotttli 6y Jitssam ana 'J{flga{anC£ on tlit Soutli-f£ast 6y Myanmar ('Burma) and on tfie West 6y 'Bliutan. 'Tne Praaesli is K._nown to 6e ricli in I{ora, fauna, power ana mineral potential. Wlien tlie 1971 Census was tak1n in .!4runacna{ Praaesli, tlie area was K._nown as tlie 9{prtli f£ast !Frontier 5tgency {9{t£!F5t in sliort} wliicli was constitutiona«y a part of tlie state of 5tssam. 5tt tliat time 1J../..f£:T71 was airect{y aaministerea 6y tlie Presiient of [naia tlirougli tlie governor of .fJlssam as liis agent, wlio was assisted 6y an Jitdviser. %e office of tlie 5tdviser to tlie governor of .fJlssam was situatea at Slii{{ong, tlie former capita( of tlie .fJlssam State, now tlie Capita( of Megliafaya. On 21st January, 1972 1{J:_'fJit was given tfie status of a 'Union Territory unaer tlie provision of tfie 'J{prtli-'Eastern Jitrea {~organisation} Jitct, 1971 (8 of 1971) and p{acea untier tlie cliarge of a Cliief Commissioner witli liis lieaaquarters at Slii{lonD. wlien N:J:-'fJit 6ecame a 'Union 'Territory in January, 1972 ana renamed as .!llrunaclia{ Praaesli, [tanagar was se{eetea as its capita{. On tlie 15tli aay of .fJlugust, 1975 tlie 'Union 'Territory of Jitrunaclia{ Praaesli was enaowea witli a Legislative 5lssem6Cy ana SimuCtaneousCy tlie Cnief Commissioner was rep{acea 6y Lt. governor as tlie aaministrator of tlie 'Union 'Territory assistea 6y tlie Cliief !Minister ana a ca6inet offour !Ministers to run tne government of tliis newry formed Union Territory. Tfie first general erection to tlie 30 mem6ers of Jitrunaclia{ Pradesli Legis{ative Jitssem6Cy was liefd in 1978, constituting a landmarK:.. in tlit political evolution of tlie Territory. On tlie 20tli :Fe6ruary, 1987 5trunaclia{ Praaesli liaa attained tlie stateliood. On tlie attainment of statenooa tlie Lieutenant governor of tlie Territory was reaesignatea as tlie governor of tne State ana tlie numoer of seats in tlie Legis{ative YlssemoCy liaa aCso oeen increased upto 60 accoraingfy. cri{{ May, 1980, 5trunacliaC Praaesli consisted of five aistricts. 'Under tfie 5trunacliaC Pmdesli ~-organisation of Vistricts Jitct, 1980, four more districts were formea 6y aiviaing tlie areas of t}(f1.meng, Su6ansiri, Siang ana Loliit 'Districts. Tirap Vistrict was not affectea 6y tfiat ~·o1lJanisation Jitct. !Furtlier on tlie 1st day of Oct06eTi 1984 two mort new 'Districts viz fJ'awang ana Cliang(ang were createa 6y curving out West 'l(ameng and 'Tirap t])istricts respectively . ..9lt present tliere are eleven Vistricts in tlit State namely, 'lawang, West 9(ameng, t£ast 'l(pmeng, Lower Su6ansiri, tz1pper Su6ansiri, West Siang, 'East Siang, Vioang IJ)a{[ey, Lohit, Cliang[ang and fJ'irap. 1. Foreword 2. Preface including acknowledgements iii 3. Map of India showing Location of the District 4. Map of Arunachal Pradesh showing location of the District 5. Map of Lohit District 6. I mportant Statistics v Analytical Note : (i) Census concept of rural and urban areas and others terms namely 1-5 Census house, households, Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes, literates, Main Worker, Marginal Worker, Non-Worker etc. (i~ Brief history of the District and District Cencus Handbook 6-8 (iii) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory statement 8 (iv) Physical Aspect:- High lights on the Changes in the jurisdiction of the 8 district during the decade including its boundaries and any important event on geographic and geographical aspect (v) Major Characteristic of the district 8-16 (vi) Major Social and Cultural events 16-22 (vii) Brief description of religious, historical or archaeological importance 22-31 in villages and places of tourist interest in the towns of the distirct Part A - Village and Town Directory 7. Section J. Village Dir~ctory (a) For each C D Block/Circle (i) C 0 Block/Circle map (ii) Alphabetical list of villag~s (iii) Note explaining the codes used in the village Directory 34-79 (iv) Village Directory } (b) Appendices (I-IV) to the Village Directory 82-96 8. Section II - Town Directory (i) Note explaining the codes used in the Town Dir-ectory ·98 (i~ Town Directory Statements (I to VI) 98-101 (iii) Appendix to the Town Directory 101 Part B • PrImary Census Abstract A. District PCA Circle-wise- Total, Rural, Urban 104-111 B. Circle-wise-PCA For each C. D. Block/Circle (i) Village-wise PCA 114-173 C. Appendix to PCA (Total, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 176-177 population Urban block-wise) D. District PCA of SC/ST C. D. Block/Circle/Town level 180-195 E. List of Publications and List of Agents I-X N.B.: Map. of District Census Hand Bootes could not be "'_""'ted due to unavoidable reasons. Maps of District CenSU$ Hand Books will btt published stlpllratttly as sup",."..,., to ",. tNpfICtlvtt District C"".us Hand Book. FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovationslmodifications after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable district level publication brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State Govt.lUnion Territory administration. It Inter ..ails provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and socio- economic characteristics and on the availability of certain important civic amenitieslfacilities 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 socio -cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town (ward-wise) 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 StateslUTs 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 (ward-wise) 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 avaliable in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity 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 the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also provided for the first time 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 deta·its on civic and other amenities were reported fort he slums of class I and class" towns. Apart from this, one column on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population and another on adult literacy classes/centres were added in Statements IV and V respectively. The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as followed in 1981. -However, the format-of PCA has been restructured slightly in the 1991 I 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 aview to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterate at the time of the 1991 Census. It is expected that .above mentioned modification wj!1 help the planners in' chalking out more effective developmental programmes. , One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Develop­ ment Block-level presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional TahsiVTaluklPS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation of Village Directory and PCA data at C. D. Block level will help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D.