CENSUS 1991 PART XII-A & B VILLAG£ & TOWN DIRECTORY SERIES-9 HIMACHAL PRADESH VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK LAHUL & SPITI DISTRICT H.S. ATWAL of the Indian Administrative Service Director ofCensus Operations, Himachal Pradesh. CONTENTS Pages FOREWORD v PERFACE VII 1. Map of the District 2. Important Statistics XI-xn 3. Analytical Note 1·21 Introduction History, People_ Social Mores. Dress and Occupation. Religion. Language 4. District Census Handbook and its :;cope Scope of village directory Physical aspect-physical features. rives system. geology. archaeology. climate, forestry, flora. fauna. administrative changes 9-12 Major characterstics ofthe district. agriculture. industries, animal husbandry and poultry. electricity and rwer. transport. desert development programme. trade and commerce. roads. banking. }2-15 Major socia! and cultw-al events. rural and administrative developments and miscellaneous activities of note during the year 1980-89. 15.)6 Places of religious historical or archeological imponance l6·19 Demograpbic profile of tbe District. Census concepts of Rural and Urban and other tenns namely Census house. Hnusehotd. Scheduled CasteslScileduled Tribes. Literate. Work. Main worker, Marginal worker. Cultivator, Agriculture Labourer. Household Industry. other·worker, Non-worker 19-21 5. Analysis of villages directory data based on inset tables 23-31 Population: (a) Decadal Vanation in population since 19(J I 25 (b) Sex Ratio since 190 I 25 Table·} Population and number of villages. 1991 25 Table·2 Decadal changes in Distribution of Population 26 Table-] Percentage Distribution of villages by Population ranges. 1991 26 Table-t Distribution of "Wages by Density 27 Table~5 Se:'\ Ratio for Rural Population of C.D. Blocks, 199 I 27 Table-6 Proportion of Scheduled Castes Population to total Population in the villages 27 Table-7 Proportion of Scheduled Tribes population to total population in the villages 27 Table-8 Leteracy Rates for Rural population of C.D. Blocks by sex. 1991 28 Table·9 Percentage of Main workers. Marginal workers and Non·workers for rural population ofC.D. Blocks. 1991 28 Table-IO Distribution of villages according to the availability of different Amenities 29 Table· I I Proportion of Rural population served by different amenities 30 Table·I2 Distribution ofyiJ!.ages not baving certain amenities arranged by distance ranges from the places where these are available 30 Table·l3 Distribution of "mages according 10 the distance from the nearest town and aVllil<4biIify of different amenities 31 Table-14 Distribution of villages according to Population Ranges and amenities aw.ilable 31 Table-I 5 Distribution of villages according to Land use 31 jii 6. Part-A. Village and Town Directory 33-91 Note explaining the Codes used in the village Directory 35-36 VILLAGE DIRECTORY (i) Map of Lahul Block List ofvilages arranged in alphabetical order of Lahul Block 39-45 Village Directory of Lahul Block 46-61 (ii) Map of Spiti Block List of villages arranged in alphabetical order of Spiti Block 65-67 Villages Directory of Spiti Block 68-73 Appendix-I Block-wise Abstract of Educational. Medical and other amenities 74-79 Appendix-(J Land utilization data in respect of Non-Municipal towns (Census Towns) 80 Appendix-III List of villages in each block where no educational. medical. post and telegraph. days of day of marketlhat, commucation and power supply facilities are available . 81 Appendix-IV List of villages according to proportion of Scl1eduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population by ranges 82-91 7. Part-B Primary Census Abstract 93-161 (a) Introduction of Primary Census Abstract : 95 (i) District Primary Census Abstract 96-101 (ii) Villages-wise Primary Census Abstract 102-145 (iii) Appendix 146 (b) Primary ,Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes aIld ::icheduled Tribes 149 (i) Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 152-155 (ii) Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 158-161 FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks However. the format of PCA has been res1nlctured (DCH's) was mitiated after the 1951 Census and is slightly in the 1991 Census for the benefit of data continuirw, since tlten with some innovations/modifications users. Nine-fold industrial classification of main W<lrkers after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable has been given as against four-fold industrial classification dlslncr level publication brought out by the Census presented in the 198] Census. In addition to. this, the sex­ f}nr:lllisalion on behalf of each State GoverrnnentlUnion wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been Te~~itof' admirustratioll. It inter-alia provides included in peA for the first time with a view to enabling da!ahnfonnation on some of the basic demographic and data users to compute more realisic ]ilerac}' rate as all socIa-economic charncteristics and on the availability of children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterate certain important civic amenities/facilities in' each village at the time oithe 1991 Census. It is e:qlected that the above and town of the respective district. TIlls publication has mentioned modificatiDns will help tIle planners in chalking thus proved to be of immense utility to the planners, out more effective developmental programmes. academicians and adIlHIIlstl"dtors. researchers. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 The scope of the DCH was initially confined to CenSlls is the Community Development Block-level cerlaln unportant census tables 011 population, economic presentation of data in the Village Directory and PC A and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census instead of the traditional TahsilffaluklFS level Abstract (PC A) of each village and town {want-wise) of the presentation. It is expected that the presentation of Village dlstnct. The DCH's published after the 1961 Census Directory and peA data at cn. Block level will help the conlamed a descriptive aCCQunt of the district. planners in formulation of micro-level developmental adl1ll1llstraUve statistics, census tables and Village and plans, as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit Toml Dlfectories including PCA. After the 1971 Census, for developmental planning, 1\10 pHrts of ·the District Census Hand books (Part-A) In order to facilitate the !ask of administrators. comprrsmg Village and Town Directories and Part-B planners and researchers intending to use Village comprISing Village and Town PCA were released in all the DirectorylPCA data, either from the magnetic tapes.' Slales and Union Territories. TIle third (Part-C) of the floppies or from the published records .. both the computer District Census Handbooks comprising adminlstrative and mannual codes for each viUgae have been provided for ~t:lllStlCS and district censu! tables. which was also to be the 1981 Census alongwith the corresponding codes of brought oul. could not be published in many StatelUTs due 1981. 10 cOIl!>iderable delay in compilation of relevant material. In This publication is a joint venture of the Slate I')!!I. some new features alongwith the restructuring of the Govenunent and tile Census Organisation. The data have formats of Village and Town DIrectory were introduced in been collected and complied under the direction of SlID the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each H_ S. Atwal. lAS., Director of Census Operations. dl~(nCI after the 1981 Census. While Part-A comprised Himachal .Pradesh on behalf of the State Govcnunent Villagf;; and Town Directories. the PCA of Villages and which has borne the cost of printing. He was ably assisted TOi\f,.' (ward-wise) including Sclleduled Caste and by S/Sltri D.R. Khanna, Assistant Director and Ramesh Scheduled Tnoc peA upl0 la11silflOwn Jevcl were provided Kumar Shamm Statistical Assistant who have prepared the III Parl-B To illustrate. all tile amenities except electricity. first draft and also carried out the compilation and II ere broughl log~ther in the Village Directory and if an tabulation work of this report. The task of planning. cunCl1!t~ was not available in tlle rcferrenl village, the designing and co-ordination of the publication W'lIS initiated distance III broad ranges frorn the nearest plaee having such by Dr. K.P. Ittaman, former Deputy Registrar General omenl!) was gIVen. Information on some new items such as (Social Studies) and Shri M.M. Dua, Joint Director. For the "dull literacy centres. primary healtll sub-centres and sake of unifonnity in presentatioll of infDnnauorlldata and COlnlllllIlTt) healtll workers in the village were provided so for preparation of analyticaE note depictiQg the salient as to ll1ec.1 some of the requirements of the Revised features emerging from a tnicro-Ievel analysis of i\.liUIJIlIlIl1 Needs Progranune. Similarly. infonnation on Census/non-Census data. a model District Census Hand approach [0 the village was also provided for the first time book from ~ch State and Union Territory was thoroughly in the Village Directory so as to give and idea about the secrutinised in tile Social Studies Division under the number of in-accessible villages in each district. In case of guidance of ~hri MK. Jain. the present Deputy Town Direct{)rics also. keeping in view the requirements of Registrar General (S.S.). TItis task was carried out by Ille Minimum Needs Programme. a Statement IV-A on Shri AX Singh, Deputy Director who was assisted by Slims was provided so as to enable the planners to chalk out Shri N.S. Soam. Assistant Director and his staff. the programmes for providing better civic and oUler ;Ullcllilies in the slullIs. In tillS statement details on civic Technical guidance in the preparntion of the maps alld other ilmenities were reported for the slums of class I was iIritially provided by Dr. B.K. Roy, former Deput)" and Class fI [owns. Apart from tltis. one column on the Registrar General (Map) and laler by Mrs.