CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK THANE Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS DIRECTORATE BOMBAY PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, BOMBAY AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, MAHARASHTRA STATE, BOMBAY 400 004 1986 [Price-Rs.30·00] MAHARASHTRA DISTRICT THANE o ADRA ANO NAGAR HAVELI o s y ARABIAN SEA II A G , Boundary, Stote I U.T. ...... ,. , Dtstnct _,_ o 5 TClhsa H'odqllarters: DCtrict, Tahsil National Highway ... NH 4 Stat. Highway 5H' Important M.talled Road .. Railway tine with statIOn, Broad Gauge River and Stream •.. Water features Village having 5000 and above population with name IIOTE M - PAFU OF' MDKHADA TAHSIL g~~~ Err. illJ~~r~a;~ Size', •••••• c- CHOLE Post and Telegro&m othce. PTO G.P-OAJAUANDHAN- PATHARLI [leg .... College O-OOMBIVLI Rest House RH MSH-M4JOR srAJE: HIJHWAIY Mud. Rock ." ~;] DiStRICT HEADQUARTERS IS ALSO .. TfIE TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS. Bo.ed upon SUI"'Ye)' 0' India map with the Per .....ion 0( the Surv.y.,.. G.,.roI of ancIo © Gover..... ,,, of Incfa Copyrtgh\ $8S. The territorial wat.,. rilndia extend irato the'.,a to a distance 01 tw.1w noutieol .... III80sured from the appropf'iG1. ba .. tin .. MOTIF Temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras are not only the places of worship but are the faith centres to obtain peace of the mind. This beautiful temple of eleventh century is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is located at Ambernath town, 28 km away from district headquarter town of Thane and 60 km from Bombay by rail. The temple is in the many-cornered Chalukyan or Hemadpanti style, with cut-corner-domes and close fitting mortarless stones, carved throughout with half life-size human figures and with bands of tracery and belts of miniature elephants and musicians. CONTENTS PAGE Foreword iii Acknowledgements v Names and spellings of District and Tahsils situated therein, with Names and vi spellings of the respective H.Q. places. Important Statistics Analytical Note 11 Part A-ViiIage and Town Directory (Sections I and II) 37 SECTION I - VILLAGE DIRECTORY Note explaining the abbreviations used in the Village Directory 39 Map-Tahsil Thane (facing page) 43 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Thane 43 Village Directory-Tahsil Thane .. 44 Map-Tahsil Vasai (facing page) 49 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Vasai 49 Village Directory-Tahsil Vasai .. 50 Map-Tahsil Palghar (facing page) 55 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Palghar 55 Village Directory-Tahsil Palghar .. 58 Map-Tahsil Dahanu (facing page) 69 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Dahanu 69 Village Directory-Tahsil Dahanu 72 Map-Tahsil Talasari (facing page) 81 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Talasari 81 Village Directory-Tahsil Talasari 82 Map-Tahsil lawhar (facing page) 85 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil lawhar 85 Village Directory-Tahsil lawhar .. 86 Map-Tahsil Mokhada ( facing page) 93 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Mokhada 93 Village Directory-Tahsil Mokhada 94 Mall-Tahsil Vada (facing page) 99 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Vada 99 Village Directory-Tahsil Vada 102 Map-Tahsil Bhiwandi (facing page) III Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Bhiwandi .. 111 Village Directory-Tahsil Bhiwandi 114 Map-Tahsil Shahapur (facing page) 123 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Shahapur 123 Village Directory-Tahsil Shahapur 126 Map-Tahsil Murbad (facing page) 135 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Murbad .. 135 Village Directory-Tahsil Murbad .. 138 ii CONTENTS PAGE Map-Tahsil Kalyan (facing page) 145 Alphabetical list of villages-Tahsil Kaly'an 145 Village Directory-Tahsil Kalyan .. 146 Map-Tahsil Ulhasnagar (facing page) 153 Alpha betical list of villages-Tahsil Ulhasnagar 153 Village Directory-Tahsil Ulhasnagar 154 ApPENDICES TO VILLAGE DIRECTORY: Appendix I Tahsilwise abstract of educational, medical and other amenities. 158 Appendix II .. Land utilisation data in respect of non-municipal towns (Census 160 towns). Appendix III .. Tahsilwise list of villages where no amenity other than drinking 160 water facility is available. Appendix IV .. Summary showing number of villages having or not having 161 SCjST population. Tahsilwise list of villages according to the proportion of 162 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population to the total population by ranges. SECTION II - TOWN DIRECTORY Note explaining the abbreviations used in the Town Directory 183 Town Directory statements (I to VJ)- Statement I-Status and Growth History. 185 Statement II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1979 18S Statement III-Municipal Finance, 1978-79 190 Statement IV-Civic and Other Amenities, 1979 192 Statement IV-A-Civic and Other Amenities in Notified Slums, 1979 195 Statement V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 1979 200 Statement VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1979 206 Appendix to Town Directory 208 Part B-Primary Census Abstract 209 District Primary Census Abstract (General) 210 Appendix to District Urban Primary Census Abstract. 216 District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 248 District Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 252 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Thane 256 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Vasai 264 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Palghar 270 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Dahanu 280 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Talasari 288 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Jawhar 290 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Mokhada 298 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Vada 302 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Bhiwandi 312 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Shahapur 322 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Murbad .. 332 Primary Census Abstract-Tahsil Kalyan .. 340 Primary Census A bstract-Tahsil Ulhasnagar 350 FOREWORD The District Census Handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census organisation on behalf of the State Governments, is one of the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of consti­ tuencies, formulating 10cal level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The District Census Handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data up to village level for rural areas and wardwise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The District Census Handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important tables and PCA for each v1llage and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it con­ tained a descriptive account of the district, administra1ive statistics, census tables and a village and towndirectory, including PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part A related to village and town directory, Part B to village and town PCA and Part C comprised analytical report administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some states it was confined to district census tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the format of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be given. The restructuring of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level plan­ ning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of infor­ mation have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the village directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approached to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the district which are inaccessible. A new coloumn, " total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where no amenities are available and according to the proportion of SC and ST population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by providing information on a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class I and Class II towns (Statement IV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. The columns on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in State­ ment IV relating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres under educational facilities in Statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. The format of the primary census abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the individual slip of 1981 Census.