'CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 VOLUME IX MADRAS PART X-IX DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK NORTH ARCOT Vol. II P. K. NAMBIAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SI'lRVJCE SUPE1UNTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MADRAS 1965 Price Rs. 12.00 PREFACE This is the second part of the District Census Handbook on North Arcot containing the 10110wing satistical information- 1 Village Directory 2 Official Statistics 3 Gazetteer of Place Names 4 Calendar of Outstanding Occurrences It also contains eleven taluk maps. I wish to acknowledge the able assistanc~ ··gi·ven ..by the following members of my staff in the preparation and presentation of the statistics contained in this volume: Sri M. K. Subramanian, Tabulation Officer Sri D. Ranganathan, Tabulation Officer Sri N. Rama Rao, Tabulation Officer Sri A. V. Vallinathan, Statistical Assistant Sri K. Kuppuswami, Lower Division Clerk Smt. A. M. Mangayarkarasi, " Sri N. Chandran, Draughtsman Sri A. Rajamani, Draughtsman I also wish to place on record my appreciation ~of the good work done by the K. M. S. Press, Madras in printing this volume in record time. P. K. NAMBIAR, Superintendent of Census Operations CONTENTS PART IV PAGES Preface PANCHAYAT BLOCKS AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY Introduction 3-4 Industrial Establishments - Stancard Industrial Classification - Type of Soil) Terrain. etc. 5- 27 Explanation for the abbreviations used in Primary Census Abstract and Notations fOr Basic Amenities 28 Village Directory - (Primary Census Abstract) Arkonam Taluk 29- 61 2 Walajapet Taluk 63-117 3 Gudiyatham Taluk 119-163 4 Tiruppattur Taluk 165-211 ~ Vellore Taluk 213-269 6 Arni Ta\uk 271-297 7 Cheyyar Taluk 299-333 8 Wandiwash Taluk 335-369 9 POlUI Taluk: 371-405 10 Chengam Taluk 407-431 11 Tiruvannamalai Taluk 433-469 Appendix (Primary Census Abstract) 471-475 PART V OFFICIAL STATISTICS Introdu:;tion ... 479 Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Irrh~atlon Table 1 Temperature recorded at Vellore 480-481 Table 2 Rainfall statistics recorded at various stations 482-487 Table 3 Land utillsatioD Or classification of area in the district .t. 488-489 Table 4 Acreage under different crops 490-493 Table S Area irrigated and its SOUrces 494-49$ ii PAGES Table 6 Area irrigated under different crops 496 Table 7 Sources of water supply 496 Table 8 Details of major Irrigation Projects 497 Table 9 Sources of Irrigation and wet acreage 497 Table 10 Details of Cropped area 498 Table 11 Percentage of area under Principal Crops 498 Table 12 Total outtUlD of Various Crops 499 Table 13 A verage yield per acre for different commodities 499 Table 14 Monthly average wholesale prices of staple products 500-502 Table 15 Average retail prices of Principal fOJdgrains 503 Table 16 Livestock Census Data 504 Table 17 Utilisation of the Principal Classes of Livestock 505 Table 18 Number of Veterinary Institutions, Livestock Farms, etc. 505 Table 19 Estimated production of Milk 506 Industry and Labour Table 20 Statistics regarding Employment Exchange Offices 506 Table 21 Growth of Factories in various sectors 507 Table 22 Employment in Textile and Non-Textile Establishments 507 Table 23 Factories classified by Industry with average daily number of workers 508-510 Education Table 24 Educational Institutions and pupils 511-515 Table 25 Alphabetical list of Colleges -::...... 516 Table 26 Technical Educational Institutions 517 Table 27 Alphabetical list of High Schools 517-520 Table 28 Particulars of Library and Reading Room facilities sn Public Health and Medical 'table 29 Registered Births ... 522 Table 30 Deaths due to specified causes 523-525 Table 31 Details of Anti-adulteration activities 526 Table 32 Details of Urban and Protected Water Supply Schemes ... 526 Table 33 Maternity and Child Welfare Centres ... Si6 PART-IV Pllllchayat Blocks and Villase Directory "'VILLAGE DIRECTORY INTRODUCTION This is an abstract giving a complete list of all villages and towns hl each taluk in the disti'ict along with the distribution of population by sex and various' categories of workers. Villagewise statistics embodying the results of Census were' first' compiled' and publisbed in 1872 and this has been tho regular feature of every Census except in 1941 when owing to war conditions no v'nlagewise data was tabulated. The particulars, however, were restricted to total popUlation by sex and religion. A radical change was introduced in 1~51 when. population was classified into various livelihood classes in each village. In the case of Urban ar~as~ data was presented in respect of each. ward, locality or division. But in 1961 Census, information has been compiled for each enumerator's block in 'the case of urban areas. Consequent on tho ahift in 'emphasis from. income or" economic independenoo in earlier censuses, e~peeially in 1951, to' actual work irrespective of remuneration, the livelihood· classes Shown in the rural statistics of 1951 have' undergone· a complete change, giving place to two 'main broad' Categoy of Worker and Non-worker, the first Categoy 'being divided iIi to 9 important categories, as indicated below:- 1. Wor~ing as .Cultivator ~!. Working. as Agricultural Labourer )11. Working in Mining, Quarrying, Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, Huntitti­ and 'Plantations, Orchards and allied activities IV. Working at Household Industry " . V. Working in Manufacturing other than Household Industry VI. Working in Construction VIl. Working in Trade -and Commeroe VIII! W.orkin·g in Transport, Storage- and Communication. IX., Working in Other Servioes . X. Non-workers .Apart. from -the· above 'major' dltierenct : between' the 1951 viIJagewiJe' partioulars and the present scheme, the other minor deviatiQri it the omission: ~f. partic~lars of ~ Instit).ltion.al a,nd HQuseless P9pulation " from the. list, though '1 ' .' ,. -",,:-- ' talUkwise information b:as been t_abulated and shown _ elsewhere. The pro~or~ tion of such houseless and institutional popUlation' to total population f. infinitesimal in the case of all towns having a population of less than 2-3 laths that omission of this data does not in any way miniDiiac the value or WI pubJica'iou. Apart from these particulars certain additional and epeeial particulars have been incorporated. In order to assess the extent to which the basic amenities arc available in every village which go to make it self-contained and self-sufficient, villagewise particulars regarding the availabilitiy of educational, medical, irrigational and other facilities were called for from the Tashildars and Block Development Officers and incorporated in the table. The development activitiea in rural areas are reflected in the existence of Primary Schools, Middle Schools. Hilh Schools, Higher Institutions including Colleges, Dispensaries, Rural Health~Ce.t_ and Hospitals, Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, Post Offiices, etc. These data have been shown immediately next to the names of villases in suitable no,.tiDns, the explanations for which, are given at the end. Apart from this information, a few statements have been prepare a based on authentic sources as indicated below!- STATEMENT-I Prior to enumeration in March 1961, a detailed listina of all hOBseI­ was conducted in October 1960 when essential data relating to industrial establishments were collected, the complete details of which have beea presented in a separate volume entitled 'Housing Report and Table\ But th6 Volume is restricted to districtwise particulars relatina to industries cluu:fied by number of persons working, kind of fuel used, etc. But it waa felt that the types ot' industries existing in each village would provide valuable information and therefore villagewise lists of industries classified acoordin, t~ Indian Standard Industrial Classification is presented in this statement. Only the total number of units in each of the different types of industry is furnished for each village. But in the case of urban areas similar information has been furnished only in respect of towns with population or over 50,000 and for urban seotors of the taluks as a whole. STATEMENT-II This refers to the type of soU and type of terrain whether hilly, river basitt, high or low sources of irrigation, important wet and dry crops and the valu-e of such lands. Since it is too cumbersome to present the data for each viUaae, figures havo been presented for convenient groups of vUlaaea selected for ICOJraphical and geological contiguity. An alphabetical list ot villages, and anothct list or Pal1chayac Blocks willi their populatio n are also presented separately for each taluk. STATEMENT-I INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS For the convenience of the -reader this statement is presented in the following manner. Initially the total number of establishments in the District. both Rural & - Urban is furnished. Then figures are separately indicated for urban areas of each Taluk. Next. we have presented the figures for the urban areas, having a popUlation or more than 50,000 in each taluk of the District. Lastly, we have given the total figures of industrial establishments for rural areas in each taluk followed by the figures for every village in the taluk. Figures in brackets indicate the total number of establishment pertaining to the type for which the industrial code number is given. Readers are invited to ref\ir to the industrial classification given at the end of this statement which furnishes tho key to this code. NORTH AReOT DISTRICT TOTAL ~974). 201(3). 202(4). 204(1). 205(127). 206(4). 207(125). 208(1) 209(108); 214(203). 215(8). 216(1), 218(14). 219(4). 220(707). 221(2), 222(1). 224(7). 225(6), 230(5), ",.,1(9). 232(2). 233(15),234(2), 235(8.240), 236(1). 237(45), 238(10). 239(18), 244(4). "53(1). 255(62). 263(19), 264(834). 266(5). 2'0(1) 21J(I). 272(2). 273(1,661), 274(339), 277(13), 280(23), 281(178), 282(134). 283(2). 284(3). 287(1). 288(500). 239(197). 190(1), 292(1), 301(8).