CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES·23 WEST BENGAL PARi X-A TOWN DIRECTORY S. N. GHOSH of the [ndian Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS WEST BENGAL CONtENTS l'AOtl Foreword (iii-iv) Preface (v-vi) Analytical Note Introduction; Census concept of Urban Area; -Urban Agglomeration; Standard Urban Area; &ope o'f Town Directory; Explanatory notes on Statements I to VI and IVA, 1-54 Table 1 . Growth ofpopulation in West Bengal in rel4tion to the countxy.:~~. 4 Table 2 Proportion of Urba~ Population in each State and Uniort Territory", 4 . Table 3 New towns added in 1981 Census 6 Table 4 Towns declassified in 1981 Census 6 Table 5 Districtwise proportion of urban population 7 Table 6 Distribution of towns by population siie 1971 and 1981 Censuses 8 Table 7 (A) Distribution of statutory and-non-statutory towns by size class 9 Table 7 (B) Towns by civic status 9 .Table 8 Density by size--class of towns 1981 Census 10 Table 9 Sex ratiO by size-class of towns 10 Table 10·. Average number of Households per Census house by size class of towns, 1981 Census 10 . Table 11 Rainfall and temperature at district headquarter town 11 Table 12 (A) Distance of towns from the nearest city 11-14 Table 12 (B) Distance of towns from the district headquarters {5 Table 13 (A) Towns not connected by rail 15 - Table 13 @J) Towns not connected by bus route '16 Table 13 (C) Towns having navigable river/Canal within 10 Kms. 16-18 Table 14 Per capita rece.ipt and expenditure by size class-of towns 18·19 Table 15 Road length by area and population 19 Table 16 (A) Distribution of towns by type of sewerage and size--~lass of towns 20 Table 16 (B) L3.trines by type and size--oclass of towns 20 Table 16 (C) Distribution of towns by method of disposal of night-soil and size-class of tow~s 21 Table 17 (A) Protected water supply by size--class of towns 21 Table 17~(B) System of storage of water supply by size-class of towns 21 Table 18 (A) Fire fiighting services by size--oclass of towns ~2 Table 18 (B) Availability of fire fighting service of oth~r places by towns not having it 22 Table 19 Towns not providing el~tricity for domestic cs,lnsumption 23 Table 20 (A) Towns having slu~ 23 Table 20 (B) Proportion of Slum population in towns baving slum areas 23·24 Table 20 (C) Availability of civic services in slum areas 24 Table 20 (D) Types of sewerage in slum areas 25 Table 20 (E) Type of methods of disposal of night soil in slum a.rea 25 Table 21(A) Type of medica 1 facilities by size-class of towns 2S Table 21 (B) Use of medical faciIiti~ at other places by towns' not having those facilities 26 Table 21 (C) Number of beds in medical institutions 26 Table 22 (A) Schools per 1000 population, 27 Table 22 (B) Adult literacy centres 27 86·M!S7DCOCal-l(a) Table 23 Distribution of women's hostels, stadia, cinema, auditoria/drama/coinmunity hall and public libraries by size-class of towns 27 Table 24 (A) Important eommodities manufactured by size-class of town~ and industriill cAtegory (First important commodity). 28-30 r"Me 24 (8) Important commodities manufactured by size-class of towns and industrial category (Secood important commodity) . 31-34 ~24(C} Important commodities manufactured by size-class of towns and industrial category (Third important commodity), ., . 34-37 Table 25 (A) Important commodities imported by size-class of towns and industrial category (First important commodity) / 38-39 Table 25 (B) Impotfant commodities importeq by size-class of towns and industrial categ01Y (Second important commodity) . - 39-41 Table 25(C) Important commodities imported by size-class of towns and industrial category (Third important commodity) 41-43 Table 26 (A) Important commodities exported by size-class of towns and industrial category (First important commodity) ._ Table 26 (8) Important co~odities exported by size-class of towns and industrial category (Second important commodity) . Table26(C) Important commodities exported by s~s:; of towns and industrial cate~ory (Third import4nt commodity) . 49-52 Table 27 Distribution of banking services, agricultural and non-agricultural Credit Societies by size..class of towns . 5~ Table 28 Average Household size by size-class of towns 53 Table 29 Proportion of literates by sex and size.claljs of towns 53 Table 30 Proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population by size.classoftowns 54 Table 31 Percentage distribution of main workers by size-class of towns 54 STATEMENTS Statement I Statqs and growth history 56-85 Statement II Physical Aspects and location of towns. 1919 86-113 Statement III Municipal Finance, 1918·19 114-143 Statement IV Civic and other amenities 1919 144-115 Statement IV A Civic and other amenities irJ notified slums 1919 116-183 Statement V Medical, educational, recreational and cultural facilities, 1919 'U!~17 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1979 ~t8-243 PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRAcr~tOWNWISE 245,-265 ttppendices AppendiX I Location of towns arranged in alphabetical order '~6&-271 Appendix II Towns arranged according to poPulation size (t9S1) 278-28(1 Appendix m Towns arrariged district-wise·aCCO'r'din8 to t)OPtlfa~ snc (1981) ;28'1-287 Appepdix IV Towns showing their outgroWth with I'opulatian ·288..... 290 Appendix V Places of tourist interest in the~wng 0' the state ·391.....:.292 Map Position of West Bengal in India 1981 FOREWORD Upder the 1971 Census series publications, for the first hme a state level town directory volume was brought out as a source of basic data in respect of all the towns in the state. The town directory volume of 1971 series proved useful to the planners, administrators, research workers, academicians and others aqd, therefore, the state level town directory· based on the 1981 Census is also proposed to be publi­ sbed. The basic frame of the town directory of the 1981 series remains more or less the same as in the case of the 1971 series. However, a few modifications and innovations have been made to make it more informative and. useful. It is with this object}ve in view that, besides a new statement, a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on data on the primary census abstracts and infrastructure had been added. (2) The volume is divided into two sections. Section-A presents an analytical note, the town directory covering 7 statements, townwise primary census abstract and a felY appendices. Section-B contains a number of important maps. Statements I to VI of the town directory provide a wide range of demographic, econo­ mic, social and cultural data in respect of each town. These cover information on the location of towns, civic administration status, growth history, physical aspects, civic· and other amenities, municipal finan­ ce!'l, medical, educational: recreational and cultural amenities besides trade, commerce, industry and bank­ ing institutions, etc. These statements are broadly comparable to similar statements included in the town directory - of the 1971 series and the data contained therein is amenable to a trend analysis. Tne statement VII of 1971 series of town directory relating to population by religion and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been dropped as its compilation is expected to take time. A new Statement IV-A, however, endeavours to provide information on civic and amenities in slums in Class-! and Class -II towns. It is hoped that this information will be useful for under taking new or strengthening the existi)lg basic civic services in the slums to meet one of the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme. (3) The data for the town directory has been compiled in the Census Directorate by Shri S. Guha, Investigator under the direction of Shri S.N. Ghosh, lAS., the Director of Census Operations West Bengal His team of devoted workers led by Shri A.K. Dutta, Deputy Director of Census Operations worked painsta­ kingly for compilation 9f the_ volume. The task of planning, designing and co-ordination of the project has been carried out by Dr. N.G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General, (Social Studies) of my office. Dr. B.K. Roy Deputy Registrar-General, (Map), provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. The draft manuscripts compiled in the Census Directorate have been scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the headquarters by Mrs. V.R. Khanna Investigator under the able guidance of Shri M. M. Dua, Sen!or Research Officer. I avail of this opportunity to thank all my colleagues who contributed to this proJect. NEw DJ3LHI P. PAD:\IANABHA .2 September, 1983 ~fKistrar General, India (iiiHM PREFACE hri P. Padmanabha, former Registrar General, India, has in his Foreword lucidly. delineated the cope of this publication and also the rationale for the Census· Organisation taking up the project of compiling for each town in West Bengal wide-ranging non-census data. It has been the tradition of the Census Organisati~n to collect information about certain basic ameni­ ties· available in each town and village. This information for the village was compiled separately in the form of a Village Directory and included in the District Census Handbook. Likewise. the data for the towns were compiled in the form of a Town Directory, also included in the District Census Handbook. A Town Directory for the entire state for aU the towns, municipal and otherwise, was also compiled. This Town Directory includes, besides Primary Census Data for each tOWIl, other relevant information about civic administrative status, growth of the tOWIl, functional category, physical aspects, municipal function, civic and other amenities, trade'and industry and other basic cultural and social characteristics.