District Census Handbook, Jammu, 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 JAMMU DISTRICT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK J. N. ZUTSHI of the Kashmir Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Jammu and Kashmir . ... .. .".... ... I ~i 4- t I j ~~ h \) ~~ ....z E ..H 38 Q :!o ;;; > .. '0 0.,.,,... II ••".. :r y :. % 1&1 1&1 ex III II:'" III'" t- " ~ ... aa;. :::Ii :2 0 o !! .J ;;;: ~ .. !! o Z ~ '" r ... ~ . ~ u \)u •· a: "1,. --. l o o t/) ... '? o iii • o • CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Seri~s· 8 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 II-B Economic Tables Part II-CCi) 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 =r=Administration Report on Enumeration Published Part VIII-B =r= 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 =r= Not for sale *District Census Handbooks of Doda, Srinagar, Anantnag & Udhampur already published CONTENTS Page No. PREFACE i-ii FIGURES AT A GLANCE iii ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES v-xvii PART A-TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY 1-105 General Note: Origin, Growth and Scope of District Census Handbook-Primary Census Abstract Administrative Statistics and Report Note on Town and Village Directory Definition of Town-Urban Agglomeration-Standard Urban Area-Broad Appraisal on Statements . 1-8 The Rural Area-Education-Medical Facilities-Power Supply-Communication-Post and Telegraph Facilities-Staple Food-Land Use Pattern 9-12 TOWN DIRECTORY-Statements . 13-22 STATEMENT I-Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 16 STATEMENT II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 17 STATEMENT III-Municipal Finance, 1968-69 18 STATEMENT IV-Civic and other Amenities 1969 19 STATEMENT V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 20 STATEMENT VI-Trade Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 21 STATEMENT VII-Population by Religion, 1971 . 22 VILLAGE DIRECTORY-Amenities and Land Use .- -_ 23-105 Tehsil Samba 23-43 Tehsil Ranbirsingh Pora 45-63 Tehsil Jammu 65-87 Tehsil Akhnoor . 89-105 Tehsil-wise Abstract of Amenities i-iii PART B-VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 107-223 Brief Note on Primary Census Data 107 Village/Mohalla wise Primary Census Abstract District Abstract 111-115 Tehsil Samba 117-139 Tehsil Ranbirsingh Pora 141-161 Tehsil Jammu . 163-185 Jammu Urban Agglomeration 187-203 Tehsil Akhnoor . 205-223 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Tehsil Samba Facing Page No .. 117 Tehsil Ranbirsingh Pora ,. 141 " " Tehsil Jammu 163 Tehsil Akhnoor . 205 PR EFACE This volume compnsmg Town & Village Direc valley is conducted through Jammu which has, in tory and Village & Town-wise Primary Census the recent years, come to occupy the position of Abstract of Jammu district is the fifth in the a leading commercial clearance centre of the State. series of District Census Handbooks published This accounts both for its newly acquired economic uptil now. The Handbooks that have, already gains as well as problems arising out of its rapidly appeared cover the districts of Doda, Srinagar, expanding physical growth. Like its sister city Anantnag and Udhampur. That there has been of Srinagar, it is beset with problems resulting delay in the timely publication of the series is from inadequacies of essential facilities like drinking apparent. This is in spite of the fact that the water, electricity, roads, an organised transport Handboooks of all the 10 districts of the State, system, parks and play grounds etc. It goes to in manuscript form, have been lying ready with the credit of the State authorities to have built us for a year or so. We had also prepared the a number of new housing colonies in the suburbs district and tehsil maps, embodying the latest of the city but keeping in view the accelerated territorial changes, in time. But their scrutiny manner in which its population is increasing from and clearance for publication in these volumes decade to decade, the effort to provide adequately could not be hastened despite strenuous efforts for its future needs must continue to be made on our part. Time was also taken by the State with all possible vigour. At the same time, a authorities in calling for quotations, fixing printing number of steps need to be taken to ensure that by charges and arranging supplies of paper and binding haphazard expansion or unplanned development, materials. To cap it all, low voltage and frequent the city is not robbed of its traditionally imposing shedding of power came in the way of printing architectural features. In this connection special presses from working at full, speed. Delay was care needs to be taken that the extension of the inevitable result slowing down the progress of railway to the precincts of the city, completed 1971 publications programme. However, we are recently, does not lead in course of time to the sparing no effort to make up for the lost time emergence of jhuggi settlements and slums all and to ensure that this useful series giving out round the place. diverse information on a wide range of subjects down to the village and ward/ mohalla level, in The district claims the distinction of having its entirety, reaches the data-users and administrative registered the highest growth rate viz; 40.52% agencies before their contents become wholly out in its population among all the districts of the of date. State for the decade 1961-71. This may be partly due to inflow of migrants. In this context it The Jammu district to which this volume is specially noteworthy that the growth of population pertains is comprised of four tehsils viz; Samba, in the district's urban sector has been all the R. S. Pora, Jammu and Akhnoor. It consists, in more phenomenal having increased by 49.75% most part, of a plain and rich alluvial area which during the past decade. The relatively more runs parallel to and in close proximity with the fortuitous circumstances in which the district is pre-partitioned Punjab. It enjoys a fairly good placed has made its salutary impact felt on the rainfall and is, besides, served by a net-work of literacy level of the population as well. Even irrigational canals and tube-wells. The district though the urban component of its population is offers rich potential for extensive development of only 26.15% as compared to 51.14% in the case of agriculture, animal husbandry and horticulture. Srinagar district, it has registered a literacy level of 30.34% as compared to 21.71 % in the case of The State's second premier city-Jammu-is loca Sri nagar district and 18.58%, the State average. ted in it which serves both as the district head This is undoubtedly a welcome portent of social quarter and the winter capital of the State. With change and it may not be in the too distant the closure of the Srinagar-Rawalpindi road follow future that the Jammu district would claim prece ing the invasion of the State by Pakistan in 1947, dence over other districts of the State in the trade and commerce into and from the Kashmir general level of socio-economic development. ii The reader will find that the contents of this guidance of Dr. B. K. Roy, Map Officer of the volume have been divided into two parts. Part Registrar General's Office. A which comprises Town and Village Directory gives out information with regard to amenities The credit for compiling this Handbook belongs of various kinds available besides disclosing parti to Shri A. M. Kanoo, Tabulation Officer (Social culars about the land use pattern. Part B covers Studies) and Shri P. K. Khosa, Statistical Assistant. census information on such topics as population, The tables were compiled by S/Shri GhulamJeelani, household size, sex ratio, literacy level and the Ghulam Ghaws Qadiri, Habib Ullah, Computors. distribution of working population by industrial Proof reading was done by Miss Halima Bano categories for each village and town of the district. and Miss Rajni Warikoo, Proof Readers, and the Th,· H<1II,1b ,~; has 1)(-,f'11 i . j-\'''i with TIV"l manuscript was typed out by Miss Picha Bakhshi, ;',)S, (JJH; pCrl"lJli.1l 1. l tiE' Lli.,uict and tile rest tIl Stenographer and Shri K. L. Dhar, U. D. C. Shri it& four constituent tehsils. These were prepared Abdul Gani, Deputy Director, took lot of pains by our Cartographic Section headed by Shri Masood in correcting the draft and checking the statistical Ahmed, Cartographer, under the close and valuable portion of the Handbook. Srinagar, J. N. ZUTSHI 1st December, 1973. FIGURES AT A GLANCE Jammu & Kashmir Jammu Statl District Population Total Persons 4,616,632 731,743 Males 2,458,315 381,138 Females 2,158,317 350,605 Rural Persons 3,758,411 540,401 Males 1,996,864 278,526 Females 1,761,547 261,875 Urban Persons 858,221 191,342 Males 461,451 102,612 Females 396,770 88,730 Decennial population growth rate, 1961-71 29.65 40.52 Area in Km2 *222,236.0 3,165.0 Density of population per Km2 N.A.