District Census Handbook, Baramula, Parts X-A & B, Series-8
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CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-8 VILLAGE & TOWNWISE JAMMU & KASHMIR PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT BARAMULA DISTRICT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK J. N. ZUTSHI of the Kashmir Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Jammu and Kashmir 0. ,_. 15·0 ~ ; .. ,' DISTRICT BARAMULA Sill OF TOWNI I __ I~'OO f'" " " 4 2 0 12 MILES 10,000 • ~~~6~O~~~~=~'2~6 3 0 ~r[BKILOMETRE5 '00 't ,I ' .... YILLAIU 'ITM POMATI f 1000 I" IIOYE , I , ~ I t" ,,.. ',.-.,' \ ' ... r f f i ( l '. ~ ~ 'I,, \ w-\ IS '~ ¥ BOUNDARIES: INTERNATIONAL _.\ DISTRICT _,_,_, BOUNDARY lEHSIL"" • "" _,_._. ( ( ROADS:accOrdlng~_ ~ RIVER/NALLA LAkE ••.••• HEADQuARTERS DISTRICT .. " ... ® TEHSIL .... "... @ \ POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE .... "" .. " ... m I OAK BUNGALOW" ......... DB REST HOUSE ....... I~ HOSPITAL/DISPENSARY .•....• $ FORESTS .••••.• \ AREA TRANSFERED TO SRINAGAR DISTRICT AFTER 1961.. .. I O Q,.\ ) N I ~\ \I , , , , 14·0 IS 75·0 CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Series B-Jammu & Kashmir is being Published in the following parts. Number Subject Covered Part I-A General Report Part I-B General Report Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables Part H-B Economic Tables Part II-C(i) Population by Mother Tongue, Religion, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. Part II-CCii) Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables Part III Establishment Report & Tables Published Part IV Housing Report and Tables Published Part VI-A Town Directory Published Part VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns Part VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages Part VIII-A :j:Administration Report on Enumeration Published Part VIII-B :j:Administration Report on Tabulation Part IX Census Atlas Part IX-A Administrative Atlas Miscellaneous (i) Study of Gujjars & Bakerwals (ii) Srinagar City DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS* Part X-A Town & Village Directory Part X-B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract Part X-C Analytical Report, Administrative Statistics & District Census Tables tNot fOT sale *District Census Handbooks of Doda, Srinagar, Anantnag, Udhampur and Jammu already published. CONTENTS Page No. PREFACE i FIGURES AT A GLANCE. iii PART A-TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE: Location-Boundaries-Rainfall & Climate-Early History-Monuments-Fairs and Festivals-Jurisdiction. 1-4 Note on Town and Village Directory Definition of Town-Broad appraisal on Statements 4-15 Definition of Village-Rural area-Education-Medical Facilities-Power Supply Communication-Post and Telegraph Facilities-Staple Food-Land use Pattern •. 15-21 TOWN DIRECTORY-StateIllents 23-31 Appendix-Towns arranged according to their Location Code Numbers 2:1.- STATEMENT I-Status, Growth, History and Functional Category of Towns 25 STATEMENT II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 26 STATEMENT III-Municipal Finance 1968-69 27 STATEMENT IV-Civic and other Amenities, 1969 28 STATEMENT V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 29 STATEMENT VI-Trade Commerce Industry and Banking, 1969 30 STATEMENT VII-Population by Religion, 1971 31 VILLAGE DIRECTORY-AIllenities and Land Use i-cv Tehsil-wise Abstract of Amenities iv-v Tehsil Bandipore. vii-xiii Tehsil Sonawari xv-xxi Tehsil Sopore xxiii-xxxv Tehsil Baramula xxxvii-il Tehsil Gulmarg li-lix Tehsil Uri lxi-lxix Tehsil Handwara lxxi-Ixxxv Tehsil Karnah lxxxvii-xci Tehsil Kupwara . xciii-cv PART B-VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT. 1-121 Note on PriIllary Census Data Household Size-Population and its Growth-Sex Ratio-Literacy Level-Work Participa tion-Definition of Worker . 3-7 ji Page No. Village/Urban Blockwise Primary Census Abstract District Abstract . 10-15 Tehsil Bandipore 17-23 Tehsil Sonawari 25-33 Tehsil Sopore 35-49 Tehsil Baramula 51-67 Tehsil Gulmarg 69-77 Tehsil Uri 79-87 Tehsil Handwara 89-103 Tehsil Karnah 105-109 Tehsil Kupwara 111-121 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Tehsi1 Bandipore. Facing Page 17 Tehsil 25 Sonawari " " Tehsil 35 Sopore " " Tehsil Baramula 51 " " Tehsil Gulmarg 69 " " Tehsil Uri 79 " " Tehsil Handwara 89 " " Karnah 105 Tehsil " " Tehsil Kupwara III " " PREFACE We had intended to bring out the 1971 series returned only 848 females per 1,000 males as of District Census Handbooks in an alphabetical compared to 862 returned for this district at the order and according to this arrangement the preceding Census. present volume should have been published imme diately after the one about Anantnag. We are In the sphere of literacy, while the rate recorded sorry that for certain unavoidable reasons the at the 1961 Census for the Sta te was only 11.03%, plan had to be altered and consequently there it went up to 18.58% during the decade under has been some delay in bringing out this publication. review. However, Baramula district at the 1971 All the same, we hope, that the data furnished Census recorded even a lower rate of literacy in these pages will be found useful by various (13.16%) than the State average and is placed higher administrative agencies and may facilitate drawing only to the Ladakh district in this respect. Similarly up of future development schemes for the district in the sphere of urbanisation, it continues to occupy concerned. a backward position contributing only a fraction (7.72%) to the State's total urban population of The district of Baramula (32°-55' to 33°-50' 858,221. It is perhaps relevant to mention here 1 1 north latitude and 73°-45 to 75°-20 east longi that the district contains no class I or class II tude) is one among the three constituent districts town and its biggest towns namely Sopore and comprising the Kashmir valley. The valley, oval Baramula fall in the category of class III shaped and commanding an average height of towns. The number of workers according to the 1581 ms but spread on a fiat surface is famous latest definition claim a proportion of 31.06% to throughout the world for its salubrious climate the district's total population as against 29.76% and scenic beauty. Individually as well as collecti representing the State average. However, cultivators vely the districts share these characteristics, are and agricultural labourers constitute the overwhel situated contiguously and constitute a single and ming majority providing corroborative evidence compact territorial entity in terms of race, language of the fact that the economy of the district and culture. Besides they are served by a common continues to be predominantly rural in character. river, the Jhelum, to which are joined numerous Nevertheless it is gratifying to note that the tributaries on both banks with their source in proportion of 'other workers' suggesting diversi everlasting shows. fication of occupations, registered a sharp rise from 14.5%, in 1961 to 23.4%, at the recent Census. Because of their temperate climate, abundant irri gationaI facilities and fertile soil, the valley districts It may be recalled that the economy of the collectively are more populous than the rest of the district was badly shaken if not shattered by the State put together. At the 1971 Census the popula Pakistani invasion of 1947. With the Srinagar tion of the State stood at 46.16 lakhs, out of Rawalpindi road closed, the district undoubtedly which the three districts of Anantnag, Srinagar lost its former position as the gateway to the and Baramula constituting the Kashmir valley Kashmir valley. But the loss appears to have contributed 52.76%. In inter-district comparison, been more than made up by expansion of horti the Baramula district claimed the third position culture and timber industry on a vast scale in within the State as a whole with its population the post-1947 decades which simultaneously standing at 775,724. Within the valley, however, witnessed intensification and improvement of it recorded a higher growth-rate viz; 29.00 than agriculture. both Anantnag (28.22) and Srinagar (27.54) districts for the 1961-71 decade. In the matter of sex-ratio In compiling this publication, I feel specially while Jammu and Kashmir as a whole continues indebted to Shri Ali Mohd. KalIoo, Tabulation to be placed in the category of 'very low (less Officer, Social Studies, who scrutinised and analysed than 900)', among the States of India, the position the tables. The names of my other colleagues of Baramula district as revealed at the 1971 Census who were associated with the work are mentioned appears to have suffered a set-back in that it separately in this book. Srinagar, the 4th April, 1974. J. N. ZUTSHI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ASSISTANCE SjShri Abdul Gani, Deputy Director . General Supervision P. K. Khosa, Statistical Assistant Habib Ullah, Computor 1 Preparation of Inset Tables Ghulam Ghaws, Computor J P. K. Khosa, Statistical Assistant Ghulam Jeelani, Computor 1 . Proof Reading Ghulam Ghaws, Computor r Miss Haiima Bano J Masood Ahmed, Cartographer Ali Mohd Shagoo, Senior Draftsman 1 Vijay Kumar Punjabi, Draftsman . Maps Abdul Qayoom, Draftsman I Miss Dilshad Akhtar, Draftsman J Shiben Krishen, U.D.C. Typing of Manuscript K. L. Dhar, U.D.C. FIGURES AT A GLANCE Jammu & Kashmir Baramula State District Population Total Persons 4,616,632 775,724 Males 2,458,315 419,862 Females 2,158,317 355,862 Rural Persons 3,758,411 709,481 Males 1,996,864 384,231 Females 1,761,547 325,250 Urban Persons 858,221 66,243 Males 461,451 35,631 Females 396,770 30,612 Decennial Population growth rate 1961-71 29.65 29.00 Area in Km2 *222,236.0 7,458.0 Density of population per Km2 N. A. 104 Sex-Ratio (Number offemales per 1,000 males) 878 848 Literacy rate (0-4 age group included) Persons 18.58 13.16 Males 26.75 21.01 Females 9.28 3.89 Percentage of urban population to total population 18.59 8.54 Percentage of workers to total population Persons 29.76 31.06 Males 52.50 55.23 Females 3.86 2.53 Break-up of workers: Percentage to total workers:- I.