CENSUS OF INDIA 1991
SERIES - 23 TAMIL NADU
DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK NILGIRI
PARTXIIA&B
VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY
VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT
K. SAMPATH KUMAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS TAMILNADU
CONTENTS PAGE No.
1. Foreword (v-vii) 2. Preface (ix-xiii)
3. District Map Facing Page 1 4. Important Statistics 1-2 5. Analytical Note i) Census Concepts: Rural and Urban areas. Census House / Household. 3-4 SC / ST. Literate. Main Workers. Marginal Workers, Non - Workers etc.,
ti) History of the District Census Handbook including scope of Village and 5-9 Town Directory and Prim:orry Census Abstract iii) History of the DishicL 2.nd its formation. location and physiography. 11-25 Forestry. Flora and Fauna.Hill. Soil, Mineral and Mining. River. Electricity and power. La..Tld and Land use pattern. Agliculture. and Plantations. Irrigation. Animal Husbandry, Fisheries. Industries. Trade and Commerce. Transport and Communication. Post and Telegraph. Rainfall, Climate and Temperature. Education. People. Temples and Places of Tourist Importance. 6. Brief analysis of the Village and Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract data. 26-39
PART-A
VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY 41 SECTION - I : VILLAGE DIRECTORY
Note explaining the codes used in the ViLlage Directory. 43 1. Gudalur C.D. Block 45 i) Alphabetical list of Villages 47 ii) Village Directory Statement 48-49 2. Udhagamandalam C.D. Block 51 i) Alphabetical list of Villages 53 ti) Village Directory Statement 54-57 3. Kotagiri C.D. Block 59 i) Alphabetical list of Villages 61 ti) Village Directory Statement 62-65 4. Coonoor C.D. Block 67 i) Alphabetical list of Villages 69 il) Village Directory Statement 70-71
Annexure - I Statement showing the C.D. Blocks coming under each taluk. 73 Appendix - I C.D. Blockwise abstract of educational. medical and other amenities. 74-75 Appendix - II Land utilisation data in respect of non-municipal towns. 76 Appendix - III C.D. Blockwise list of villages where no amenities are available. 76 Appendix - IV List of villages according to the proportion of SCs / STs to total 77-78 population by ranges.
( iii) PAGE No. SECTION - II : TOWN DIRECTORY 79
Note explaining the codes used in the Town Directory. 81 Statement I Status and Growth History. 82-83 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1989. 84-85 Statement III Municipal Finance, 1988 - 89. 86-87 Statement IV Civic and other amenities, 1989. 88-89 Statement IV-A Civic and other amenities in notified slums, 1989. 90 Statement V Medic&l. Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities, 1989. 91-93 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1989. 94-95 Appendix Towns showing their out-growth with population. 96
.1 PART - B
PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTR..>\CT 97
A District Primary Census i\bstract (C.D. Blockwise) 99-111 B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract by C.D. Block 113 1. GudalUl C.D. Block (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 114-117 (il) Urban Primary Census Abstract.
2. Udhagamandalam C.D. Block (i) Village Pr..mary Census Abstract 118-121 (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract
3. Kotagiri C.D. Block (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 122-125 (li) Urban Primary Census Abstract
4. Coonoor C.D. Block (1) Village Primary Census Abstract 126-129 (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract
Urban Prtmary Census Abstract (Within town, waro'o".1se PCA) 130-177
Appendix - I Total Scheduled Caste and Schtduled Tribe Population - 178-210 Urban Block-wise.
Appendix - n Statement showing the C.D. Blocks coming under each taluk. 211
Appendix -iII Villages included in ,~qch town. 212 Appendix - IV Taluk Primary Census Abstract. 213-217
District Primary Census i\bstract for SC / ST - C.D. Block / Townwise. 218-233
(Iv) FOREWORD
publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations / modifications after each
decennial census. This is the most valuable district Ie vel publication brought out by the
Census Organisation on behalf of each State Government / Union Territory administration. . . It ,n/,qr - a/tOprovides data / information on some of the basic demographic and socio-economic
characteristics and on availability of certain important civic amenities / facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus proved to be of immense
utility to the planners. administrators. academicians and researchers.
The scope of the nCH was initially confined to certain important census tables on
population. economic and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA)
of each village and town (wardwise) of the district. The DCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district. administrative statistics. census tables and Village and Town Directories. including PCA After the 1971 Census. two parts of
the District Census Handbooks (Part-A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part - B
comprising Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The third Part (C) of the District Census ,Handbooks comprising administrative statistics and . .,, district census tables. which was also' to be brought out, could not be published in many
States/UTs due to conSiderable delay in (!ompilation. of relevant material., In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. While Part - A comprised Village and Town Directories, the PCA of villages and towns (wardwise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe peA upto tehsU /town
level were provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except electricity, were brought
together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the
distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Infonnation on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community
health workers in the village were provided so as to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also
(v) provided for the first time dUIing 1981 Census In the Wlage Directory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible Villages in each district. In case of Town Directories also. keeping in view the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme. a Statement IV-A on slums was provided so ~ to enable the planners to chalk out the programmes for providing better civic and other amenities In the slums. In this statement. details on c1v1c and other amenities were reported for the slums of Class I and Class II towns~ Apart from this, one column on the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Trtbe population and another on adult literacy classes / centres were added in Statement IV and V respectiVely.
The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 Census Is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However. the fonnat of PCA has been restructured slightly in the
1991 Census for the benefit of data users. Nine-fold Industrtal classification of main workers has been given as against four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census.
In addition to this. the sex-Wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been included in
PCA for the first time with a view to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterates at the time of the
1991 Census. It is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners in \ chalking out more effective developmental programmes.
One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community
Development Blocklevel presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional TehsU/Taluk/PS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation ofVWage
DireCtory and PCA data at C.D. Block level will help the planners in fonnulation of micro level developmental plans. as the C.D. Block is t.lJ.e lowest administrative unit for developmental planning.
In order to facilitate the task of administrators. planners and researchers intending to use Village Directory/PeA data. either from the magnetic tapes/floppies or from the published records. both the computer and manual. codes for each vlllage have been provided for the 1991 Census along-With the corresponding codes of 1981.
This publication is a joint venture of the State Government / ur admin1stIaUon and the Census OrgSntsatIon. The data have been collected and completed under the direction of Shri. K. Sampatb Kumar. DIrector of Census OperaUons. Tamil Nadu. on behalf of the State
(91) Government which has home the cost of printing. The task of planning. designing and co ordination of the publication was initiated by Dr. K.P. Ittaman, former Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) and Shri. M.M. Dua, Joint Director, for the sake of unifonnity in presentation of information / data and for preparation ofanalytical note depicting the salient features emerging from a micro-level analysis of census I non-census data. a model District Census Handbook from each State and Union Territory was thoroughly scrutinised in the Social Studies Division under the guidance of Shri. M.K. Jain. the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S.). This task was carried out by Shri. AK. Singh. Deputy Director who was assisted by Shri. N.S. Soam,
Assistant Director and his staff. Technical guidance in the preparation of the maps was initially provided by Dr. B.K. Roy, former Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by Mrs. Minati
Ghosh, the present Deputy Registrar General (Map).
I am thankful to all those who have contributed to this project.
New Delhi A.R. NANDA June 11. 1992 Registrar General. India
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PREFACE
The District Census Handbook is the most useful publication for the public. social workers. researchers. academicians. administrators, local bodies and the government officials for various official and non-official purposes. It gives data for the village / panchayat at the lowest level to the district level including panchayat union / taluk covering demographic. social, economic and cultural aspects. There had been an endeavour to make it as comprehensive as possible, to provide data on various aspects since its inception and by 1961. it reached t:l;le dimensions of a compendium for the district. The Registrar General. India. in his foreword has kindly traced out the improvements brought out from time to time since 1961 to the latest 1991 Census while the history of the District Census Handbook in this State is narrated in the Introductory Chapter to this volume.
The District Census Handbook is a joint venture of the Census Organisation and the Govermnent ofTamil Nadu. The scope of District Census Handbook has been widely increased and restructured in 1981 to meet the Minimum Needs and Revised Minimum Needs Programmes of the Planning Commission. Broadly keeping up the 1981 main structure. the formats of the Primary Census Abstract have been restructured slightly for the benefit of data users. The nine-fold industrial classification of main workers as done at the 1961 and
1971 Censuses has been r~vived instead of the four-fold classification of the 1981 Census. Population in the age-group 0-6 by sex has been given in order to enable computation of realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years are treated as illiterates. One of the most important innovations of the 1991 Census is the presentation of data at the community Development Block / Panchayat Union level to help planners in the formulation of micro level developmental plans at the lowest administrative unit level. In this State. for development planning. the lowest administrative unit is the 'Panchayat Union'. This time. for the benefit of data users of Village Directory and PCA data from the magnetic tapes / floppies or from the published records. the computer code as well as the manual code as of 1991 Census and the corresponding location code of 1981 Census are given.
The District Census Handbooks are now being published in two parts - Part - A - Village and Town Directory and Part - B - Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract. The two parts are being published in one volume as part A & B for smaller districts.
Part - A deals with a brief deSCription of the district - its major characteristics in relation to the economic resources like forestry. agriculture. industries. social. cultural. religious and historical aspect~ apart from certain baSic amenities like drinking water. education. medical, post and telegraphs. market day(s), communications. etc.. and if any of
( Ix) these facilities are not available to any village. distance range of the nearest place from where available; power supply. approach to the village. nearest town to the village. health and family planning centres. primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village. Information on approach to village is also provided to identifY inaccessible villages in the district. These exhaustive data on infra-structure in relation to amenities available to the villages and land-use pattern are meant to meet the requirements of 'Micro - level' local area development planning at the lowest administrative unit viz .• C.D.Block/Panchayat Union level. This is the reason why this time data are being published at C.D. Block / Panchayat Union level instead of the traditional taluk level.
In the Town Directory. information on class of town. area of the town. number of households. population and growth rate of the population of the town at each of the censuses from 1901 to 1991. sex-ratio at the 1971. 1981 and 1991 Censuses. physical aspects of rainfall and minimum and maximum temperatt~res recorded. distance from State and DistI1ct Headquarters. nearest city. communication facilities like railway station. bus-route. inland navigation. Municipal finance, civic and other amenities like protected water supply, electric connections by type. fire fighting service, road length by type. system of sewerage. number,of latrines by type, total population and SC & ST population. medical, educational facilities by type. recreational and cultural facilities like stadia, cinema, drama. community hall. public \ libraries and reading rooms. adult literacy classes / centres. working women's hostels. three important commodities manufactured. exported and imported; a special table on civic and other amenities available in all notified slums in Class - I and Class - II towns have been included with a view to ascertain the availability of basic amenities and to meet the Minimum Needs and Revised Minimum Needs Programme.
Part - B deals with the Primary Census Abstract for all the villages in the rural areas and wardwise for urban areas. This time the PCA data like Village and Town Directory data are arranged C.D.Block / Panchayat Unionwise giving area of the village (in hectares). area of town (in Sq.Km). number of occupied residential houses. households, population by sex. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population. literates, main workers and their distribution into nine industrial categories (as against the four industrial categories published in 1981), marginal workers. non-workers, and the population in the age group 0 - 6 by sex.
Further. if a village is covering more than one Panchayat. break up figures for each segment of the village forming different Panchayat also are given.
It is hoped that with the modifications now brought out in the Village Directory. Town Directory and PCA and Publication of data at C.D. Block / Panchayat Unionwise would go a long way in helping the planners to chalk out more effective developmental programmes at
(x) mic:-o-level for local area developmental plans as the C.D. Block / Panchayat Union is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning.
In the process of collection of data of this volume, various State and Central Government Departments have extended their kind co-operation particularly with regard to infra-structural amenities for Part - A - Village and Town Directory, history and general features of the district, etc., I convey my grateful thanks to all of them. The PCAdata presented in Part-B of this volume were collected during the Census Operations in February - March. 1991. the reference date being sunrise of 1st March, 1991.
I remain grateful to the Director of Census Operations. Shri. K. Sampath Kumar. who closeJy guided us in every aspect of this work. He had been a source of strength and inspiration for us. We owe a deep sense of gratitude to him for his kindness in dealing with our practical difficulties. his patient advice and formula of solutions for even small problems. which we brought to his attention.
I wish to record my deep sense of gratitude to (late) Shri. M. Thangaraju, Joint Director of.Census Operations and Shri. Ch. Purnachandra Rao, Deputy Director of Census Operations for overall direction and guidance to bring out this publication. I use this opportunity to mention my special thanks to Dr. D. Venkatesan, Assistant Director of Census Operations .- for scrutinising the draft report and presenting the data with meticulous care and accuracy. I am also thankful to Shri. S.P. Grover, Joint Director of Census Operations ;;m.d Shri. Phool Singh. Deputy Director of Census Operations who have also provided overall guidance and supervision during their tenure in this regard.
Apart from that. Shri. Gummodi Bapuji in-charge of DCH Section took a meticulous care to arrange this volume in a systematic manner with the help of his colleagues SjShri. A.V. Raman, K. Sambamoorthy, Investigators, P.G.Sankaran, and M. Thangavelu, Statistical
Assistants and other section officials. The preparation of maps included in this volume were done under the supervision of Shri. Jogesh Das, Senior Geographer.
In the compilation and processing of Village Directory and Town Directory data, was ably assisted by Smt. R. Rani Bal and Smt. A.M. Mangayarkarasi, Investigators and their aSsistants respectively while Smt. R. Sakunthala, Statistical Assistant is chiefly responsible for preparing the analytical notes, 1n~et tables, draft write - ups and arrangements of the matter in order.
(xi) The peA data for the district were processed at the Regional Tabulation Office. Tirunelveli. under the supervision of Shri.. V. Jebamani. Regional Deputy Director of Census Operations. assisted by Shri. S. Suveeharan and Smt. A Roshan. Statistical Assistants who were deputed from this Directorate to the Regional Tabulation Office. Tirunelveli.
Finalisation of PCA data and providing computer codes for villages were attended to by Shri. R Lakshminarayanan and Smt. M.V. Raj alakshmi , Investigators and staff of the Census Section. The district and taluk maps in this publication give the administrative units upto village level. the location of towns and cities. communication facilities. etc. This time in the taluk map. the boundary of each of the C.D. Block units, namely. 'Panchayat Unions' have been shown separately to synchronise with the presentation of data Panchayat Unionwise.
I convey my grateful thanks to Shri. A.R. Nanda. IAS .• Registrar General and Census Commissioner. India for the valuable guidance and advice I received from him throughout. I am thankful to Shri. N. Rama Rao, Deputy Registrar General ( C & T) who has been a source of strength and constant help and guidance on all technical matters like a "Ready-Reckoner". I also thank Dr: K.P. Ittaman. Ex-Deputy Registrar General (S.S) and Shri M.M. Dua. Jaint Director. for planning. designing and co-ordinating the formats. I thank Shri. M.K. Jain. Deputy Registrar General (S.S) and Shri. AK. Singh. Deputy Director. Shri N.S. Soam.\ Assistant Director and his staff for scrutinising and approving the first volume so that it could fit in. in the all India pattern from uniformity point of view in the presentation of data and other items. My thanks are also due to Dr. B.K. Roy. Ex-Deputy Registrar General (Map) and Mrs. Minati Ghosh. Deputy Registrar General (Map) for providing technical guidance in the preparation of maps.
The data entry of the Village Directory and Primary Census Abstract in the computer had been done at the National Informatics Centre (NIC) at Madras. in the shortest possible time. My sincere thanks in this regard are to Shri. M. Mohan. Technical Director and Shri. AN. Sridhar. SCientific Officer ofthe NIC, Madras.
I have pleasure in acknowledging the able assistance rendered by the following officials of my office in the preparation of this volume.
Madras M. NAGAPPAN Date 19.4.96 Deputy Director of Census Operations, TamU Nadu
( xii) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1. DRAFTING Smt. R. Sakunthala Statistical Assistant
2. COMP,U,ATION OF VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY DATA VILLAGE DIRECTORY Smt. R. Rani Bai Investigator Smt. R. Sakunthala Statistical Assistant Smt. S. Saraswathy Assistant Compiler Shri. K.M. Sivagnanam Data Entry Operator Shri. P. Sambasivam Data Entry Operator TOWN DIRECTORY Smt. AM. Mangayarkarasi Investigator Smt. S.P. Kanchanamala Statistical Assistant
3. PRlMARYCENSUSABSmACT ShIi. R. Lakshminarayanan Investigator Smt. M.V. Rajalakshrni Investigator Shri. A. Guruswamy Statistical Assistant ShIi. R. Prakash Statistical Assistant Smt. V. Santha Computor Smt. T.R. Saroja Computor Smt. M.C. Vijayalaksbmi Computor 4. CARTOGRAPBY Shri. Jogesh Das Senior Geographer Shri. R. Joseph Cartographer Shri. A. Rajamaru Map Drawing Assistant Shri.N.Chandran Senior Artist Shri. E.S. Jayamohan Artist 5. DATA ENTRY Shrt. S. Munuswamy Data Entry Operator Smt. R. Sripathy Data Entry Operator Shri. S.R. Ravi Data Entry Operator Sri. V. Vellingiri Data Entry Operator Shrt. B.R. Ramprasad Data Entry Operator Smt. L.G. Kalavathi Data Entry Operator Smt. S.V. Soundaraparvathi Data Entry Operator Sri. D. Kumar Lower DMsion Clerk Smt. K. Poongothai Assistant Compiler
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-Based upon Survey of India map with the permission of the Surveyor General of "India. @ Government of india Copyright, 1996 11-29/DCO/TN/95-450 Copies IMPORTANT STATISTICS
Tamil Nadu Nilgiri District
Population Total P;~rsons 55,858.946 710,214 Males 28,298,975 358,129 Females 27,559,971 352,085
Rural Persons 36,781.354 356,784 Males 18,567,717 178,910 Females 18,213,637 177,874
Urban Persons 19,077,592 353.430 Males 9,731,258 179.219 Females 9,346,334 174,211
Decennial Population Growth Rate 1981-91 15.39 12.70
Area in (Sq.Kms) 130,058.00 2549.00
Density of Population 429 279 (Per Sq.kms)
Sex Ratio 974 983 (Number of females per 1,000 males) , Literacy Rate Persons 62.66 71.70 (Excluding children in Males 13.75 81.79 the age group of 0-6 years.) Females 51.33 61.47
Percentage of urban population to total population 34.15 49.76
Percentage to total population (i) Main workers Persons 40.81 39.57 Males 56.10 50.92 Females 25.13 28.03
(il) Marginal workers Persons 2.50 1.10 Males 0.29 0.49 Females 4.76 1.72
(iii) Non-workers Persons 56.69 59.33 Males 43.61 48.59 Females 70.11 70.25 Break up of Main Workers : Percentage of Main Workers by categories (i) Cultivators Persons 24.84 3.89 Males 26.55 4.76 Females 20.92 2.28
(ii) Agricultural Labourers Persons 34.64 8.89 Males 26.28 8.09 Females 53.79 10.38
(iii) Livestock, Forestry, Persons 2.03 53.60 Fishing, Hunting and Males 2.10 44.72 Plantations, Orchards Females 1.87 70.00 & allied activities
1 IMPORTANT STATISTICS (CONTD.)
Tamil Nadu Nilgiri District
(Iv) Mining and Quarrying Persons 0.30 0.17 Males 0.36 0.18 FeIpales 0.17 0.13
(v) (a) Manufacturtng. Processing. Servicing Persons 3.52 0.19 and Repairs in Household Industry Males 2.82 0.23 Females 5.14 0.14
(b) Manufacturtng. Processing. Servicing Persons 10.51 6.25 and Repairs Other than Household Males 12.50 8.35 Industry Females 5.92 2.36
(vi) Constructions Persons 2.15 2.62 Males 2.78 3.15 Females 0.71 1.65
(vii) Trade and Commerce Persons 8.68 5.97 Males 11.40 8.51 Females 2.45 1.28
(viti) Transport. Storage and Persons 3.09 2.47 Communications Males 4.29 3.71 Females 0.34 0.18
(iX) Other Services Persons 10.24 15.95 \ Males 10.92 18.30 Females 8.69 11.60
Percentage of Scheduled Caste Persons 19.18 30.22 population to total population Males 19.13 30.03 Females 19.22 30.41
Percentage of Scheduled Tribe Persons 1.03 3.53 population to total population Males 1.04 3.55 Females 1.02 3.50
Number of occupied residential houses 12,413.282 156.733
Number of villages : Total 16.780 45
Inhabited 15.822 44
Uninhabited 958 1
Number of Towns 469 15
2 ANALYTICAL NOTE
Census concepts An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a city or town and its adjoining Rural and Urban areas urban outgrowths COG) or two or more physically contiguous towns together with continuous well t is customary to classify a place as rural or urban in every census and present data recognised urban outgrowths, if any, of such towns. separately for rural and urban areas. Urban In certain cases, large housing colonies, university I campuses, port areas, military camps, etc., would an',iS which are specifically defined for census pm !J\)~f"~ are determined on the basis of certain have come up around a city or town but falling dOTIogr aptm and economic criteria. The rest are outside the statutory limits of the city or town. They treuted as rural areas. At the 1991 Census, the may be lying inside the boundaries of a village or same cr!ieria adapted for determining the urban villages which are contiguous to the city / town. areas at the 19S1 Census have been continued. These villages could not be treated as urban as they The urban areas of 1991 Census are : do not satisfY the urban criteria. But at the same time the colonies etc., mentioned above deserve to a} All pla(;e& with a Municipality, Corporation or be treated as an integrated urban area. Therefore, Cantonment. Board or Notified Town area : all such towns together with their urban outgrowth b) All ot.her areas which satisfied the following will have to be treated as one urban unit and called ~riteria : urban agglomeration. All the constituent units of (i) A minimum population of 5,000; urban agglomerations are also independent urban units or towns. (ii) .At least 75 per cent of male main workers engaged in non-agricultural Census House and allied activities: and A census house is a building or part of a (iii) A population density of at least 400 per building having a separate main entrance from the sq.km. (or one thousand per square road or common courtyard or staircase etc., used mile) or recognised as a separate unit. It may be occupied The above definition adopted for both the or vacant and may be used for residential or non - 1981 and 1991 Cem;uses varies slightly from those residential purposes or both. of 1961 and 1971 Censuses. As of the 1961 and J 971 Censuses, the males engaged in the activities Household of fishing. logging etc., were treated as engaged in A household 1s a group of persons, who non-aglicultural pursuits and hence have been commonly live together and would take their meals taken into account with those engaged in non from a common kitchen, unless the exigencies of agricultural pursuits for applying the test of the work prevented any of them from doing so. There 75 per cent non-agrjcultural workers criterion: But may be a hpusehold of persons related by blood or in 1981 Census as well as in 1991 Census, they have been treated on par with agricultural activities a household of unrelated persons or having a mix fur -=-he purpose of the test for this criterion. Prior of both. Examples of unrelated households are to W81 Census, certain places with less than 5,000 boarding houses, messes, hostels, residential poPEJatlon were treated as urban areas on the basis hotels, rescue homes, jails, ashrams etc. These are of certain consideration like denSity, social and called Institutional Households. h!storica1 importance etc., at the discretion of the Scheduled Castes I Scheduled Tribes Dirr.chr of Census Operations in consultation with the Stal.t: Government. On the other hand. the tests For the enumeration of Scheduled Castes and on demographiC and economic criteria were strictly Scheduled Tribes in census, the names of applied at l.l-te 1981 and 1991 Censuses and no Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as area was classified as urban area on other recognised in Tamil Nadu based on the Scheduled considerations. Cast~ and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act of 1976 (Central Act 108 of 1976) was followed. Urba,., Agglomeration The enumerators were instructed to record a person This concept was adopted for the first time as belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe in 1971 Census and continued in 1981 and 1991 provided the name given by the person was found Censuses also. in the list supplied to them.
3 Literates Census. They are : I) Cultivators (C). II) Agricultural In the 1981" Census. a literate was defmed Labourers (AL) III) Livestock. Forestry. Fishing. as a person who can both read and write with Hunting and Plantations. Orchards and allied activities, IV) Mining and Quarrying. V) (a) understanding in any language. A person who could merely read but cannot write was not a Manufacturing. Processing. Servicing and Repairs in Household Industry. V) (b) ManufactUring. literate. It was not necessary that for a person to be considered as a literate must have received any Processing. Servicing and Repairs in other than formal education or have passed any minimum Household Industry, VI) Construction, VII) Trade educational standard. In the 1991 Census. all the and Commerce, VIII) Transport. Storage and Communication and IX) Other Services. children of the age of 6 years or less are treated as illiterates where as in the 1981 Census all children The definitions of these nine industrial of the age of four years or less were treated as categories of workers are given below: illiterates. I. Cultivators (C) Definition of work For the purpose of census, a person is Work may be defmed as participation in any considered as cultivator if he / she is engaged economically productive activity. Such participation in cultivation ofland, owned or taken on lease may be physical or mental in nature. Work involves from Government or from private persons or not only actual work but also effective supervision institutions for payment in money. kind or and direction of work. It also includes unpaid work share. Cultivation includes supervision or on farm or in family enterprise. direction of cultivation.
Main and Marginal workers II. Agricultural Labourer (AL) The dichotomy of workers and non-workers A person who works on another person's land of 1961 and 1971 Censuses had been dropped for wages in money. kind or ,share should be and the trichotomy of main workers. marginal regarded as agricultural labourer. He/ she workers and non-workers were introduced in the has no risk in the cultivation. but he/she 1981 Census and has been continued in the 1991 merely works in another perspn's land for Census also. A worker was identified with reference wages. An agricultural labourer has no right to a reference period preceding the census. The oflease or contract on land on which he/she reference period prescribed was one year preceding works. the date of enumeration. Certain types of work such as agriculture. household industries like gur III. Livestock. forestry, fishing, hunting and making etc .. were carried on. either throughout plantations, orchards and allied activities the year or only during certain seasons or part of the year. depending on the local circumstances. Persons who were reported as engaged in In such cases what we were concerned with was livestock, fcrestry, fishing. hunting and the broad time spent during the agricultural season plantations, orchards and allied activities are preceding the enumeration. Workers can be full treated as workers under this category. time workers or seasonal workers or marginal workers. If a person had done any work during the IV. Mining and Quarrying reference period and ifhe had worked for the major Persons who were reported as workers in part of the year. i.e. iihe had worked for 183 days mining and quarrying are classified under or more. he was considered to be a full-time worker this category. (Main worker). If a person had done any work eluring the reference period and if he had not v. a) Manufacturing. processing, SerVlClng worked for the major part of the year. I.e .. if he had and repairs in household industry worked for less than 183 days, he was conSidered to be a marginal worker. Persons who had not Household industry is defmed as an industry participated in any economic activity even for a conducted by the head of the household day during the last one year preceding the day of himself/herself and/ or by the members of enumeration were considered as non-workers. the household at home or within the village in case of rural areas and within the precincts All the main workers and the marginal of the house only in case of urban areas. The workers have been claSSified under one of the four larger proportion of workers in household main categories in the 1981 Census. While in 1991 industry should consist of members of the r pnsus. they have been classified under one of the household including the head. The household : Idle industrial categories as was done in 1971 industry should not be run on the scale of a
4 registered factory which would qualify or has mSTORY OF 'rHE DI5TR:CT to be registered under the Indian Factories CENSUS HANDBOOK Act. Merely selling of food items or other After the cenSus of 1951, Government of India edibles should not be regarded as household offered to hand over to the State Government the indUStry. Census tables and other data prepared during the b) 'Maruifacturlng, processing, servicing and Census and suggested lliat they might be published repairs in other than houselwld industry along with any other useful information relating Persons reported as worKers in to each distri~t. The State Government accepted manufacturing, processing, s,ervicing the proposal and the first publication of the District and repairs other than those mentioned Census Handbook was brought out at the cost of the State Government. in V-(a) are treated as workers in this category. The District Census Handbook of 1951 was VI. Construction found to be very useful and it was therefore decided not only to continue the series for the 1961 Census Persons working as plumbers, mason, but also to'improve definitely on its content so that electricians, painters and others eganged in each District Census Handbook contained certain construction work were treated under this basic economic data for the smallest administrative category. unit in the district and be an useful reference book for scholars and other data users. VII. Trade and Commerce Persons engaged in work such as wholesale The publication of 1971 District Census or retail business or trade are treated as Handbook was in three parts, viz.. Part-A, Part-B. workers in this category. and Part-C; Part-A relating to Village and Town Directory, Part-B relating to Village and Townwise VIn. Transport, storage and communication Primary Census Abstract and Part-C comprising Persons who were reported as drivers, District Census tables and certain administrative conductors, technicians, fitters. welders and statistical tables. other communication workers were treated under this category. The tradition of bringing out the District Census Handbook has been continued by the State IX. Other Services Government during the 1981 Census also. In this Persons engaged in services other than those series, some individual features besides mentioned in I to VIII categories are treated restructuring the formats of the Village Directory under this category. Workers who could not have been adopted bearing in mind the national be classified in any of the above I to VIII reqUirements of data for the socio-economic' categories are treated as those engaged in programmes of the Government. The comparability other services. of data with the 1971 Census data has also been kept in view. Non-workers The present District Census Handbook will All persons who have not been treated as be published in two parts, viz., Part A - Village and workers i.e., persons who have not worked any time Town Directory and Part B - Village and Townwise at all during the reference period of one year Primary Census Abstract. preceding the date of enumeration have been considered as non-workers. SCOPE OF VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY STATEMENTS AND PRIMARY Thus, non - workers cover all persons who CENSUS ABSTRACT are engaged in his / her household duties and who do no other work or have not done any work at all The District Census Handbooks are the· only dunng the last one year, full time students and publications which incorporate the data down to· children attending school, all dependants such as the level of a village and level of ward or division of infants or children not attending school or a person a town which are constantly referred to by the data permanently disabled from work because of illness users. or old age, persons retired from service or rentiers, The Village Directory statement gives the list beggars, vagrants, convicts in jails or inmates of a of villages by C.D.Block and for each·village the penal, mental or charitable institution and all non area, number of householas and population, workers who may not come under any of the above availability of amenities 'and land use. The categories. information on amenities available in the village 5 includes educational. medical. drtnking water. post codes have been given for the data on amenities and and telegraph. market. rail / road or other civiC administration for want of space. The relevant conununication facilities and power supply. Land explanations for the codes adopted have been given use Is shown as area under forests. irrigation. in the beginning of the Town Directory statements. unirrigated land. culturable waste and area not available for cultivation. The concept of "urban agglomeration" was introduced for the fIrst time in 1971 replacing the Appendix - I gives C.D. Blockwise abstract of concept of "town group" of 1961. The concept of educational. medical and other amenities available urban agglomeration has been continued in 1981 viz.• the number of villages having various levels and 1991 Censuses also. An urban agglomeration and types of educational institutions such as may be explained as "it must fonn a continuous middle schools. adult literacy centres. etc .. various urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining types of medical institutions such as dispenSaries. urban outgrowth or two or more physically prlmary health centres, maternity and child welfare contiguous towns together with continuous well centres. family planning centres. community health recognised urban outgrowth, if any, of such towns". workers etc .. and the number of such institutions, various types of sources of drinking water such as An urban agglomeration includes two or more tap. well. tank. tUbe-well. river. fountain, canal, independent census towns. The names of the etc.. post and telegraph offices, bus stops. railway towns/urban agglomerations have been arranged station. power supply. etc .. and also the number in the alphabetical order. The particulars of the of villages not having such amenities. individual town which constitutes one of the units of agglomeration have not been furnished separately Appendix - II gives for each non - municipal because the particulars have already been furnished. town (Census Towns) the area under forest, where they occur together under the name of irrigated and unirrigated land, culturable waste agglomeration. The follOwing remarks have been (including gauchar and groves) and area not given against such town within brackets : available for cultivation. "(See the name of the maiD: town of the agglomeration) " Appendix- III records list of villages where no amenities relating to education, medical .drinking By adoption of this method. the1reader can water, post and telegraph, communication, power get an idea of the particulars of the urban supply and market/hat and public health facilities agglomeration in total and also separately. etc.• are aVailable. Statement I - Status and Growth History Appendix - N gives list of villages according to the proportion of SCs/STs to the total population Statement - I provides some basie data hased by ranges. Part-A of the Appendix lists out villages on the Primary Census Abstract for tht" towns anel according to the proportion of SC population. The urban agglomerations of 1991 CensuR. For information is presented by the ranges in per cent. analysing the town directory data at ti1<:> State level viz.• 0-5. 6-10. 11-15. 16-20, 21-30 and 31 and and all India level. some new columns. have been above. Part-B provides similar data for ST introduced in the 1981 Census. The new item'S al"!' : class of town, area, number of househol(ls. population ranges in per cent, viz., 0-5, 6-15, 16- 25.26-35,36-50 and 51 and above. population and growth rate at each censu ..., sjnce 1901. density and sex ratio at the ) 971. ! flR 1 and The Town Directory gives important and very 1991 Censuses are also provided in this st.3tf"TJ1cnt . useful information like Civic and other amenities In 1991 Census, a new item, thenameofC.D. BlOck available in all the towns in the district. statutorily is also provided in the statement. notified as well as non-municipal or census towns. Classes of the towns are present.ed accorotn.f! The details relating to each of the towns have been to 1991 Census population of the towns ac; follows-: presented in seven statements, viz., statements I to VI and N-A. Population Class
In all the statements. except N-A, the towns 100.000 and above I are arranged in alphabetical order for the district. The Town Directory does not cover strictly military 50.000 to 99,999 II areas. It may. however, cover cantonment areas but 20.000 to 49.999 III not strictly military areas or military establishments 10.000 to 19.999 rv within the cantonment which are required to be left 5.000 to 9.999 V out. However. basic statistics of the cantonment as 5,000 a whole have been prOvided. In the Town Directory, Below VI 6 Location Code Number of Towns l ; ,.18 column ~s also introduceJ:1 in IDE·, to know the size of the population of the weakt:t sections of To distinguish the town from the village, the the society in the towns bastd on Census. location code numbers for towns have been given in Roman numerals and these numbers have been In this statement. inf'Jfmation on road length. assigned in a continuous order for the district as a system of sewerage. number oflatrines. method of whole. In 1991 Census, name of C.D. Block has disposal of night soil, protected water supply been included vvith a view to locate the town in the (source of supply, system of storage with capacity) appropriate C.D. Block. and fire frighting service are also collected from the Municipal Commissioners and Panchayat Statement II ' Physical as.pccts and location of Union Commissioners antl furnished. towns, 1989 Under physical 2.8?ects, annual rainfall and Electrificatio;L temperature particulars are furnished. These Electrification particulars obtained from the particulars were obtained [rom the Commission.er Tamil Nadu Electrtdty Boarp through tile Municipal of Statistics, Tamil Dadu, Madras. If the information Commissioners and Panchayat Unlon Commissioners is not available for any particular town. the nearest have been furnished as given below: t.own for which it is available is given. For Col.(9). i) Domestic Connections nearest city V(.-ith population of one Jakh and more is furnished according to 1991 Census. For the This refers to the number of servIces given other columns. figures ubtained from the Municipal to houses for domestic purposes like fans, Commissioners and Pancbayat Union lighting. etc. CommiSSioners are given. The zero Wlthin brackets ti) Industrial connecrions in columns 10 and 11 denotes that th~ referent town itselfis enjoying road transport facilities, In column This refers to the number of services effected 12, name of the navigable rtver/ca.'1al and its to L.T. (Low TenSion) tndustries such as distance is indicated as follows: "Cauvery (R) -5". In workshop, flour mills, oil mills. grinding this case. 5 is the distance in Kms of ,he navigable machines, cotton ginmng and engiIieering river Cauvery from the referent town. In brackets, Industries etc. "Rn for river and "Cn for canal have been given. iii) Commercial connections Statement m -Municipal Finance, 1988 - 89 This refers to the services given to shops, The civic administration status of the town. busjness houses, public institutions like the receipt through tax, properties and powers. offices, schools and commercial Government grants. loans, advances and other establishments. sources and expenditure on general the ivJ Road lighting poinrs administration, public safety. public health. public works. public institutions and other public services This refers to the number of points of street are given in this statement. The receipts and lights '.vhich are maintained by the board and expenditure are furnished in terms of rupees in for which consumption charges are paid to hundreds. the board by respective local bodies. For some panchayd.ts, the number of servicef, effected Statement IV ~ Civic and other ameniti~s. 1989 alone has been furnished under street lights and not the points. The civic and other amenities exiStLl1g in the towns as in 1989 are given. The data were obtained v} Othercon~ections from the Municipal COmmissioners and Panchayai This refers to the number of services effected Union CommiSSioners of the concerned towns. for agricultural purposes, huts. public water Column 3 - Civic administrative status: It is supply systems, cottage industties, etc. a new column introduced in this statement in 1981 to facilitate analysis. . Statement IV-A - Civic and other.amemties in notified slums. 1989 .' Column 4 - Population : It is also a new This is a new statement on Civic and other column introduced in tl1is statement in 1981 to amenities in the notified or recognised slums of measure the amenities in respect of population. Class I and II towns introduced :during 1981 Census. Generally, in cities or towns having shuns, Column 5 - Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population; the local authority such as Municipality or Municipal
7 Corporation or even the Development Authortty have the Reserve Bank of India. The information on notified the recognised slums. Such notifications are number of agrtcultural and non-agricultural credit linked up with the availability of funds from the State societies were collected from the Registrar of Co Government for slum clearance. operative Societies through the Municipal Name of the slum and the details of the area, Commissioners and Panchayat Union population. length of the paved roads. system of Commissioners of the concerned towns. sewerage. number of different types of latrines and Scope of Primary Census Abstract method of disposal of night soil etc .. are given in this statement. The Primary Census Abstract, as it is called, presents basic data for each village or segment of Statement V - Medical, educational, recreational a village (in cases where such village segments form and cultural facilities, 1989 different Panchayats) in the 'VillageWise Primary In this statement. medical. educational. Census Abstract" and for each ward/diVision of a recreational and cultural facilities of the towns as town in the "Urb:m Primary Census Abstract". The in 1989 are furnished. The data for educational format of the Pr::mary Census Abstract for the and medical faCilities were obtained from the villages and tovms in 1991 has been slightly modified as compared to the 1981 Primary Census Municipal Commissioners and Panchayat Union Commissioners for the concerned towns, and from Abstract. the Director of Secondary Education and Director The Primary Census Abstract will give the of Public Health respectively. Under medical details on area, number of occupied residential facilities, number of hospitalsjdispensartesjT.I3. houses, number of households. total populaHon, clinics etc. and number of beds in medical population in the age-grQup 0-6, number of SCI institutions etc .. are furnished. ST population. litf'ratec;:. tOT::tl main workers, Under educational facilities, the number of distrtbution of maill work~rs by nine industrial Arts / Science / Commerce colleges, Medical categories, marginal workers and non-workers in Colleges. Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics respect of each unit. [n ~ 981. the main workers obtained from the State Education Department are were claSSified into four categories whereas in the furnished. 1991 Census they are classified into nine industrial categories as in 1961 and 1971 Censuses. For the Column 10 - Recognised shorthand, first time in this census, the population in the age typewriting and other vocational training group 0-6 with sex break up is presented in PCA institutions: in o[(k1' to anive at the realistic literacy mte as all Particulars were obtained from the Distrtct the chilnren below seven VE'(;lfS are treated as Industries Officers and from the Directorate of illiterates in this census. The Urban/Village Employment and Training. The term recognised Prtmary Census Abstract gives this informa lion [or refers to institute recognised by some statutory each village and each urban ward. Till 1981 authority like Education Department, Commerce Census, the Primary Census Abstract was Department. Labour Department etc .. of the presented for each taluk and for each town in a district. But, in the 1991 census. the Primary Census Government or by Semi-Government or autonomous bodies. public sector projects etc. Abstract for each CD Block is presented for the first time in the Indian Census. BeSides these, separate Column 16 - Number of working women's Primary Census Abstract for scheduled castes and hostel with number of seats: scheduled tribes which contain similar details as This is a new column introduced durtng the those in the PCA for general population is presented 1981 Census. Considering the increase in the for State jDistrict/Taluk.jCommunity Development employment of women in urban areas, the housing Block/UA/City jTown. need of working women has been considered as an With a view to ensure comparability and to important subject for study. enable data users to derive the figures either for a Data presented under column 18 - refer only revenue village or panchayat according to their to the permanent cinema theatres and do not reqUirements, the data are presentect for segments include the touring cinemas. of Villages also, wherever portions of ::mc village happen to be in two or more panchayats. The Statement VI - Trade, commerce, industry and segment-wise data have to be used separately or banking in 1989 added with the data of concerned segments so as In this statement, trade. commerce. industry to derive panchayat data. For example. If portion and banking facilities in the town as in 1989 are of a revenue village bearing L.C.No.9, Thingalur, f; lrnished. Banking particulars were obtaLl1.ed from forms part of two panchayats, the figures are given 8 .. separately for each portion of the village against boundaries are presented. The boundaries of the L.C. No.9 alb and 9 bib, The total figures for the C.D.Block falling in the taluks are also shown. As entire revenue village can be arrived at by adding compared with the maps presented in 1971 and 1981 the figures given against both the segments viz.• District Census Handbooks. some improvements 9 aib and 9 bib given ~n the Village Primary have been effected in the maps presented in this Census Abstract. If. instead, the panchayat figures volume. All towns are shown with shading screens are required, the data for the concerned village and also spheres according to the population size of segment or segments relating to the panchayats towns in the district and taluk maps. concerned are to be adqed up to arrive at the total figures for the respective panchayats. An appendix Area Figures is presented in the case of the Urban Primary In the District Primary Census Abstract.. the Census Abstract and it gives 1991 population. area figures are given in Sq.Km for total, rural and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population urban areas. In the Village Primary Census for each enumerator block of the town. This may Abstract. the area figures for each revenue village be useful for administrative and election purposes are given in hectares upto two decimals. The area in the urban areas. Such data are also required by figures for each town is given in Sq.Km. in the urban planners and researchers for conducting Urban Primary Census Abstract. In the District other studies in selected blocks. Primary Census Abstract. the area figures of the district total represent the "Geographical Area" Mode of presentation figures supplied by the Surveyor General of India. At the beginning. the District Primary Census Figures for urban areas and villages are those Abstract containing data for District and supplied by the local bodies and revenue authorities C.D.Blocks rfor Total. Rural. Urban areas) as also respectively. The total urban of the area of a district towns under each C.D. Block and at the end. all has been arrived at by adding the urban area the townsjUAs in the district are presented. In figures of each town within the district. Area figures 1991 Census, the C.D.Blocks is the main unit of for the rural areas of the district are derived by presentation of data instead of taluk which was subtracting the urban area figures from the total the main unit till 1981 Census. The District PCA area of the district. The area figures of each is followed by alphabetical list of villages for each C.D.Block represent the area figures that are C.D. Block in the district. This is followed by Village I published in the concerned departmental Urban PCA. In the Village / Urban PCA. data for publication of the State Government. The area the first C.D.Block for total. rural and urban areas figures of the C.D.Blocks will not add up to the separately. followed by data for villages and census district area figures because. the C.D.Block area towns falling under each C.D. Block are presented. figures represent the "Land use" area. while those Thereafter. similar data for second. third and of the district represent "Geographical Area". subsequent C.D.Blocks in the district are supplied by the Surveyor General ofIndia. The total presented. At the end of the last C.D.Block. the of the village areas given in the Villages/Urban Urban PCA containing data at ward level for all Primary Census Abstract may not tally with the the towns and cities beSides the data for UAs are rural area of the C.D .Block given. as the C.D. Block presented. In an appendix to the Urban PCA. total area figures include hills. forests. rivers etc. population and population of Scheduled Castes I whereas the village area may not include the same. Scheduled Tribes for each Enumerator Block of One Sq.Km is equal to 100 hectares. every town/ city in the district are given. After the appendix to Urban PCA. the Talukwise PCA It is hoped that the pattern of presentation containing data for the District and each taluk in of basic census particulars for each district as the district with Total, Rural and Urban breakup explained above and adopted in this volume would is presented, as such data are also sought after. be found convenient by data users. This is followed by two annexures. Annexe - I PartA&B contains details of Community Development Blocks falling under each taluk and Annexe - II contains A Brief analysis relating to certain population names of the villages/segment of villages characteristics is made utilising the information constituting each town in the district. collected in the village and town directory and the Census Data in the PCA A number of tables have Maps been designed for this purpose. The tables are Apart from the District Map given as generated at the district/taluk/C.D. Block level for frontispiece. maps for each taluk showing the the rural areas and in regard to urban areas. villages. Location Code numbers and their townwise particulars are presented.
9
NILGIRl DISTRICT - AN OUTLINE
the same day. it was assumed that he would not Introduction have climbed beyond Arakod which is below the The name Nilgiri derives from the words neel Ra.Ylgaswamy peak. In 1819. a serious attempt was (blue) and gi Ii (mountain) and the area covered with made to climb up to the hill by a new party which Blue Mountains has been hrought under Nilgiri included Mr. Sullivan. the then Collector of District. The area of the disbict is 2.549.00 sq.km. COimbatore. This party surveyed the area and they Nilgiri District gains its charm from the have produced a good accounL c,f data of the area. natural setting. High above the sea level. E;ituated ~,1r. Sullivan climbed the hill once again in 1819 at the junction of Eastern an"! Vlestern ghats of and selected a place for his residence at Dimhatti. the Sahyadri Hills. the Nilgiris previde a fascinating For the llrst time. he tool: efforts to construct a bridal path from Sirumagai near Mettupalayam to view. The steep hills and narrow valleys '.vith numerous perennial rivers and :i'.'e. let.]. nllL.'1ing Kotagiri and Dimhatti vlith the financial assistance in all the directions with a few fine Water-falls here of the Board of Reyenue. and there. provides a beautiful scenery. The grassy Early in 1830. Mr. James Thomas succeeded heights of the mountains and the thick forest along Mr. Sullivan as the Collector of CchnbatGre. In 1837. the lower ranges of these mountains add its beauty. Lord Elphinstone became the Goyernor. His period Another important features of this district is its saw the opening up of coffee estates over the hills climate. for the first time. In 1873 and 1877. the Ouchterlony Valley and south-east Wynad were Historical background respectively merged with the district. In 1882. the The Nilgiri District is said to he one of those status of the district was made equal to that of all happy countries which have no histcry. E\'en had it other district. Designating the Commissioner of the district as Collector and the Assistant Collector. ~en sufflcientily rich or strategically important to tempt an invader. its inhospitable dimate. the Commissioner became Head Assistant Collector. difficulties of the passes to its feverish jungle which The Collector was also given the powers of an hedged it round would have deterred any but the Additional Session ,Judge. The taluk administration boldest. But. it never contained any towns worth came into being with the appointment of a sacking or fort worth capturing. The only inhabitants Tahsildar. Gradually the status of the district was were poor graziers, the tribals. and cultivators. enhanced and today it yields considerable importance in several fields. The existence of The oldest inscription which mentions that extensive coffee. tea and cinchona plantations have the district belongs to about 930 AD. and states increased the resource of the district. The that Wynad was then part of the territories of Ganga recognition of the Nilgiris as summer capital has dynasty of Mysore. Hoysalas ruled Wynad during richly contributed to the glory of the district. the first quarter of 12th Century AD. and King Vishnuvardhana. ruled from 1104 to 1141. was the The Nilgiri District is divided into the rev'enue first to capture Wynad and the plateau. He was divisions namely Coonoor and Gudalur with four said to have frightened the Todas. driven the taluks under each with a total of 45 revenue Kongus underground. slaughtered Poluvas. put to villages. Udhagamandalam is the headquarters of death the Malayalees. terrified the King Kala and , the district and it is popularly known as the "Queen entered into the Nilgiri mountain. Hoysala rulers of the Hill Station". For local administration the were later overthrown by the Mussalmans of Delhi. district have categorised into two Municipalities. Wynad and Nilgiri came under the Mysore Kings one township.' four Panchayat Unions. 9 Town during the early part of 17th Century. Hyder Ali Panchayats and 2 Village Panchayats. Geographical )-lsurped the throne of Mysore in the later part of area of the district is 2549.00 Sq.Km. and the 18th Century. As a result of the last Mysore War. population is 710.214. It has a density of 279 the Nilgiri Plateau. which was then known as persons per sq.km. which is less than the State "Dannayakankottai" district. was merged with the average of 429 per sq.km. Among the four taluks East India Company's territories. Though the viz. Gudalur. Udhagamandalam. Kotagiri and plateau was transferred to the East India Company Coonoor. U dhagamandalam is the largest taluk as early as 1799, no serious efforts were taken by covering 92.653.25 hectares with a population of any Englishmen to climb the hill until 1812. 2,40.039 persons. Kotagiri is the smallest taluk covering 21.949 hectares with a population of In 1800. efforts were taken by Dr. Fancis 114.374. Kotagiri taluk was formed separately on Buchaman to climb the hill from Dannayakankottai 1 st May. 1978 from Coonoor taluk. by walk. As he returned to Dannayakankottai on
11 The district represents with 3 Constituencies Forestry to State Legislative Assembly viz., Gudalur, Udhagamandalam and Coonoor of which Gudalur NHgiri District consists of greater forest constituency is reserved for Scheduled Caste. The wealL"l. The magnificient forest play vital role for Nilgiri Parliamentary Constituency covers the entire economic development of this district. district. There were 23 Police Stations and 5 Outposts in the district as on 1990. There is no The forest may be divided into four types jail in this district. namely green woods (Sholas). the artificial plantations (for firewood). Australian trees, Location and Physiography deciduous forests of the northern slopes including Nilgiri is a mountain district situated in the J'vloyur valley. Majority of the trees that grow here Northwestern part of the State bordering Kerala are found Lo be more or less deciduous in character and Karnataka State. It lies betvveen 11°, 10° and and hence during dry season (January to March) II ° 43' North Latitudes and 76°, 14' and 77°, 02' these forests have a bare appearance. The east longitude. Area under forests in Nilgiri District
State/ Forest cover Relative share Forest cover as District (Hectares) in State Lotal Percentage to Forest cover geographical area 1986-87 1987-88 1986-87 1987-88 1986-87 1987-88
Tamil Nadu 20,90,726 21,21,842 100.00 100.00 16.03 16.27 Nilgiri 1,44,113 1,43,526 6,.89 6.76 56.65 56.42
Source: Tamil Nadu : An Economic Appraisal. 1989. trees on the western slopes grow tallest, which 7. Dotted Deer 7.062 reach an average height of 200' to 250'. Apart from 8. White Monkey 8,114 the normal plants and trees a number of trees and 9. Monkey 573 plants from various parts of the world have been 10. Fox 54 introduced in this district. 11. Ass Leopard 4 12. Willi Pig 242 One of the important Sanctuary of India, the 13. Indidil Porcupine 15 Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in this 14. Mountain Squirrel 42 district. Karnataka and Kerala highways pass 15. Flying Squirrel 3 though this forest. There are five Wild-life 16. Jackal 10 sanctuaries situated in this district, namely: 17. Monitor Lizard 23 1. Mudumalai Sanctuary : 06,850 Hectares 18. Ant-eater 15 2. Karkudi Sanctuary : 05.460 " 19. Peacock 1019 3. Mazhilnagudi Sanctuary : 08,035 " 20. Wild-sheep 75 4. Thoppakadu Sanctuary : 06,330 " Flora and Fauna 5. Nelakottai Sanctuary : 05,425 "--- Chital population is high and seen especially 32,100 " in the Masinigudi area. Samba, though not (321 Sq Kms.) plentiful, are found plenty in numbers. One can also see Guar (Indian bison), wild bear, barking According to Census, the follOwing table deer, mouse deer, Indian porcupine etc., in the shows the number of wild animals in the district sanctuary. Packs of wild dogs can be seen chasing as on 1991 : Chital. Other animals commonly seen are Malabar squirrel. flying squirrel, common langur, bonnet 1. Elephant 845 monkey, blacknaped hare etc. Panther and tiger 2. Leopard 28 may also be seen occasionally. Bears may be seen 3. Panther 71 mostly in the early hours of morning and late in 4. Wild Buffalo 792 the evening. !'>. Tiger 27 Pythons are among the advertised reptlllian .;. Deer 2,323 attraction of the sanctuary, but here are a number
12 of snakes more commonly seen. including cobras. river in the northern frontier which joins the mt. snakes and saw scaled viper. Monitor lizards Bhavani near the mouldering fort of are a special feature of the Masiuigudi forests where Dannyakankottai very close to Rangaswami peak. they attain a large size. the eastern-most part of the Nilgiris. For bird watchers. the sanctuary is a The Nilgiri is spread on the north with Mysore paradise. Their chorus at dawn is a delight to the State. a plateau .some 4.000 feet lower which is visitor. One can see a variety of birds such a grey upheld on either side by the Eastem and Westem jungle fowl. peafowl. spur fowl. grey partridge and ghats and merged by insensible degrees into the quill crossing the forest roads. Sham. common lora. Wynad. The plateau is a true table land. Its surface golden oriole and scarlet minivet entertain the is being broken by endless undulations which in visitors with their sweet melodies. Racket tailed places swell into considerable and distinct ranges. dronge Malabar grey hornbill. Malabar dragon. It is divided as East and West into two fairly equal but dissimilar parts by a range of heights running p,aradise fly catcher. light jar. hill mynah. through North and South, of which Doddabetta is woodpeckers. pigeons etc .. are also seen. The the tallest point i.e .. 8.640 feet above the sea. Other majestic peacock can be seen very commonly here. noticeable points in the mountain mass are NUgiri The sanctuary will appeal as much to people Peak (8.122 feet) Deva Betta (8,375 feet). Mukurthi interested in the flora as to those who care for wild Peak (8.380 feet) and Pichal Betta (8.395 feet). Apart animals. The vegetation within the sanctuary varies from these. there are three noticeable pOints from deciduous to evergreen type. In the drier including Cone 8,299 feet. Club Hill 8.030 feet and Elk Hill 8,090 feet. The lake at Udhagamandalam is localities of the sanctuary species of Acacia and 7.288 feet above the sea. Devachola (the devine wood) Albizzia. with a low undergrowth of lantana and Hill is 7,417 feet height prominent for blue gum trees other thorny bushes and short grasses are seen and its centre, coffee- growing area, further-East with sprinkling of sandal wo~d. In other areas of Kulakambai Hill 5.60 1 feet conunands glorious views Mudumalai, one comes across valuable timber, across the Bhavani Valley at its foot to the Lambton species such as rose wood. teak. venteak. vengai Peak range (so called from Colonel William Lambton.• etc. Screwpir.e can be found along the streams and Superintendent of Great Trigonometrica1 Survey in streamlets. Bamboo growth is a special feature of Coimbatore District). Midway between the sanctuary and they grow in the moist regions. Udhagamandalam and Kotagiri. the Rallia Hill (7.375 feet) amidst the reserve forest on the same name Thefollowing table shows revenue earned and near to it, Dimhatti Hill (6,903 feet) on the fromforest: extreme East are situated in the district.
Year Sandal wood (Kg) Value (Rs.) SoU 1988-89 345.45 39,140.00 The soil in Nilgiri District is dominantly composed of Pyroxene. genisses interbanded with 1989-90 486.69 66,900.00 Pyroxene granulites and garneUgerous 1990-91 313.60 47,900.00 quartzofelspathic genisses. The relatively low country 1991-92 8417.00 1.39,000.00 around the massif is made up of hamblendebiotite gneiss. biotitle gneiss, micaceous and ferruginOUS Apart from the wildlife sanctuaries. there is a quartzites with emplacement of ultrabasics like National Park situated in Udhagamandalam taluk. dunite. peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro and covering an area of 78.46 sq.km. Inside the forest. anorthosite. All these are introduced by younger Forest Department has undertaken a number of granites, vein quartz. gabbros and delenttes. On the schemes for promoting forest wealth and climate Nilgiri plateau there are a number of aluminous lateries capping. control through intensive tree planting such as Extensive Forestry Programme. Hill Area Being hill area with steep slopes, rate of soil Development Programme, Pulpwood scheme. creep and erosion is qUite high and hence soil Westem Ghat Development Programme. Outside the thickness does not exceed more than a metre in forests, intensive tree planting and extention of slope. Light yellow to reddish brown clay soils are of forestry under social forestry scheme like supply of common occurrence. Humus soil of about 0.5 m seeding and raising plantation have been taken up thick are confined to the areas covered by thick in village porambokku land. vegetation.
Hills Minerals and Mining The Nilgiri District or the plateau is surrounded The regional foliation trend of rocks vaIies from by BhaVani river in Southern side and the Moyar ENE-WSW to East-West with steep dips varying from 13 60 degrees to vertical on either side. indicating Rivers synfonns and antiforms. 1luee sets of steep dipping joints tending 1) NNE-SSW. 2) NNW-SSE. and Bhavani and Moyar are the two important 3) East-West are prominent. All the prominent rivers. The Bhavant originate in the South and the escarpments on the hills are developed along one or Mouyar in the North. In the southern portion more of these three joint directions. drainage is mainly by Bhavani and Kundha rivers which flow Southwards. In the Eastern portion.. A total area of 1.78.900' sq.km with a Ratar river flows eastwards into the Bhavani river. maximum thickness of 6m of primary bauxite and 1.70.000 sq.km ofdetrital bauxite have been located The water of the manor streams as well as in these areas. major rivers of the Nilgiri Plateau have been excellently harnessed by drawing them at several In the Kotagiri Taluk bauxite deposits are seen pOints under the Kundah. Mukurthi. Pykara, near Mathurai. Kotagtrt. Kerkombat and Uiyada Cholatbipuzha and Moyar hydro-electric schemes. areas. A total reserve c;>f 0.18 million tonnes with Under the kundah scheme. reservoirs have 40% A12 03 content has been estimated in these, been constructed at Parson's Valley. Emerald, areas. Some of the bauxites from Kotagiri are being . Avlanche and H;und;;th rivers and these are utilised by the AC.C. Cement factory at Madukarai. interconnected by tunnels. A large number of gold bearing quartz reefs occur in Devala-Pandular area of Gudalur Taluk. Electricity and Power This area was the scene of intense mining activity The copious rains in this district feed a good during the second half of the 19th Century. number of streams and rivers. It leads for the Organised mining continued intermittently upto establIshment of a number of hydro-electric 1950. There are a number of old mines. The mines projects in this district. like Alpha. Victoria. Harewood. Soloman Resedenmalai. Richmond. Phoenix and Glenrock Pykara Electricity system are well known. The ore is generally ofvery poor grade with less than 2 gms/tonne. Exploratory chilling earned There are 14 dams constructed for different out in recent years indicated a possible reserve of purposes in this district. The Pykara Hydro-Electric 1,603,800 tormes ofore with an average gold content of Scheme (with a height of 3.080 Sq.ft) was the first 1.9 gms tonne in Alpha-Victoria mines. power project undertaken by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1929. It utilises the water of the Low grade iron-ores (magnetite-quartzite) are Pykara river which drains a portion of the Nilgiri reported from near Devala. East of Vedapalli near plateau in catchment area of 9 Square miles with Coonoor. Illithorai on Coonoor-Kotagiri Road. , an average rainfall of over 80 inches per annum. Kodaperumond. Showdown. Tettanuvedu. Trichigudi. Karudugatai. Masinagudi. Madapad Moyar Project and Ajrur. Most of these have 35 to 38% total Fe but sample from the surface have analysed even The Moyar Hydro-Electric station was the upto 58% Fe due to the Oxidation of the magnetite first hydro-electric project executed under the Five to hematite and enrichment near the surface. The year Plans. It utilises the tail end water of the total reserves of Devala occurrences are estimated Pykara Station over a drop of 1.300 ft. to be of the order of 11 million tonnes. The reserves Kundah Project are only a few lakhs or a few thousand tonnes in each of the other areas. The Kundah Hydro-Electric Scheme is one of the biggest projects undertaken by the State Thin veins of magnesite in dunties Government. The scheme envisages the utilisation peridotities and Pyroxemites' are recorded from of all hydropotential available in the Kundah basin Thengumarahada in Moyar Valley. Probable in the "Nilgiris by the construction of five power reserves of about 1.00.000 tonnes were estimated houses which was completed dUring the Second upto 20m depth. apd Third Five Year P~s. The Government of Muscovite mica is seen in a number of Canada provide aid under the "Colombo Plan" for pegmatites in Gudalur Taluk. About nine old construction of the project by w~y of machinery working and one new mine are located in and material. Cherambadi area. A few workable deposits of The Parson's valley Dam muscovite mica of 15 to 20m.. across in size occur in pegmatites near Bokkaipuram. Chembanattam. It is 10' miles from Udhagamandalam and is Pandalur and Cherambadi (Geological Survey of 480 feet long at the top. 15 feet wide and 115 feet India. 1859. ivf.H.F.. Blanford). ' height above the foundations. It has gross capacity
14 of 680 million cubic feet drinking water supply from Agriculture and Plantations this reservoir. The net area under cultivation in this district is 1.15,640 acres. The main food crops are Paddy. The Avalanache Dam Ragi. Samai, Wheat and Potatoes. The Tea and The Spilway Type dam is 2km away from Coffee Plantations were introduced in these hills Emerald camp bus stop. The length of the Dam is during 1863. The are8. now under tea plantation is ) .200 feet with breadth of 21 feet and height of 21,900 hectares and average annual yield is 34 186 feet. The Non-Over Flow type Dam is two million kilograms of tea. Coffee is planted over furlongs from the Emerald Dam bus stop. The water 8,200 hectares in the district. storage capacity of both dams is 5.500 million cubic With the objective of It'll;, hilitating people of feet and the catchment area of the both reservoirs Indian origin who migrated tu Tamil Nadu, the cover 22.6 sq.miles. Government of Tamil Nadu eml'arked upon many schemes, one of which is raising tea plantations in The Upper Bhavani the Nilgiri District. The project was commenced in It is about 7 miles away up the Bhavani river the year 1968. The project was inlplemented by from Emerald Camp bus stop. The dam measures the forest department upto 31.3.1976 and it was 1.030 feet long. 20 feet wide and 246 feet height. converted into a Corporation on 1.4.1976. The water storage capacity is 3.047 million cubic feet and the catchment area covered is 12.8 square Sri Lankan repatriates. allotted by the miles. The Kundah Forebay Dam is 560 feet long. Director of Rehabilitation, Madras. are absorbed 15 feet wide and 95 feet height located in this in this Corporation. Two members in each family district. The water storage capacity of the Dam is are provided with work. So far, 2.325 repatriate 55 million cubic feet. families have been absorbed in this Corporation. As a whole, 2.763.52 hectares of tea plantation is The ',ollowing table shows the number of being maintained by this Corporation. hamlets, towns, villages and Adi-Dravidar (AD) colonies e :ectrified as on 31.3.1990 in this district. S1. Name of the Area planted No. Division in Hectares
Towns Villages Hamlets AD Huts Agriculture 1. Coonoor (Tea Division) 200.74 colonies pump set 2. Kotagiri 218.44 17 43 281 78 1129 608 3. Cherambady 341.99 Land and Land use Pattern 4. Cherangode 381.85 Out of the total area of 2.54,381 hectares. forests 5. Nelliyalam 360.22 constituted 56.42 percent (1.43,529 hectares) in 6. Kolapalli 347.70 the district. '7 I. Gudalur 300.00 The details oJland use pattern oJthis district are as 8. Devala 300.00 Jollows: 9. Padanthorai 160.50 ,10. Pandiar 152.08 Laud use pattern Area in Perct'ntag~ Hectares Total 2.763.52 Total Geographical area as per the village records 2.54.381 (100.00) The Corporation has two C.T.C. Tea Factories at Cherangode and Cherambady. As per the Tea Forest 1.43.529 (56.42) Trade Associations rules. TANTEA (Tamil Nadu Tea Barren and uncultivable land 2.709 (1.07) Plantation Corporation Limited) is selling upto 75% Land put to non-agricultural use 8,378 (3.29) of the production through auctions. The auctions Cultivable wastes 2,823 (1.11) are periodically held at Cochin. Coonoor and Coimbatore. The tea produced in these factories is ?ermanent pastures and a very good quality fetching good price in auction other grazing lands 5.733 (2.25) sales in South India. A sizable quantity of Tiger Land under tree crops Hill Tea is exported to countries like U.S.A.. ;md groves (0.59) 1,504 Canada. U.K. and Switz~rland. Current fallow 11,698 (4.60) The Nilgiri District has always had the Other fallow lands 6.782 (2.67) reputation of being one of the fmest tea growing Net area sown 71,225 (28.00) tracts in the world. In the field of crop husbandry,
15 although raising by seedlings was the prevalent Area under dlffereDt crops duriDl 1990- technique at that time, this Corporation has 1991 (in hectares) adopted raising plantations by clones. TANrEA is a pioneer Society having raised extensive clonal SI. Name of the Crops Area plantations (2.770 hectares) which is one of the No. (in hectares) few largest clonal holdings in the world. Planting 1. Paddy 155 ,vas carried out in 3 phases, as given below:- 2. Chilly 2 3. Potato Phase Area Planted (in hectares) 3,331 4. Tapioca 199 I 1.503.04 5. Fruits and Vegetables 313 II 600.00 6. Gingely 2 IIi 319.68 7. Groundnut 148 Kollapalli Tea DIvIsion 347.70 8. Ragi 15 Total 2.770.42 9. Samai 6 10. Sugarcane 50 The establishment of tea in the grass lands (Phases II and III) requires special mentlon which 11. Cholam 59 were once considered unsuitable for raising tea by 12. Banana 390 the traditional planting companies. 13. Mangoes 32 14. Though the tea bushes are young, by careful Jackfrnit 103 scientific crop husbandry, TA..1'.ITEA have crossed 15. Goava 62 the NUgiri average of 2.100 Kg .. of Made-tea per 16. Grapes 1 hectare in Phase-I which is incidentally the world's 17. Pear 95 highest yield. In certain plantations. TANIEA have 18. Orange 470 production crossed 3,000 Kg .. of made-tea per 19. Lime 25 hectare per annum. 20. Cashewnut 5 TANTEA has formulated two new schemes 21. Carrot 1,912 to step up the productivity in the following manner. 22. Beet Root 102 23. Cabbage 688 a) Stepping up of productivity by 24. 89 supplementary inigation and improving Beans soil health, moisture retention and soil Non-food crops, drugs. narcotics and others conservation measures. 51. Name of the crops Area b) Raising pepper over an area of 1,000' No. (in hectares) hectares in Phase-I di,1sion i.e .. raising pepper in the tea gardens as intercrop. 1. Coffee 9.601 2. Tea 45.043 For economic viability of the above schemes, 3. Chinchona 209 NABA.'IU) has aided the projects. Further under the 4. .Jerrtum 28 crop di"'ersificaticn progra.-l!me. to Ll;ilise the lands 5. Lemon Grass 211 t:nsuitable for tea 'wWch are under tile threat of 6. Eucalyptus SOl er.;.croachmcnts. Cardamom and other ConL-.uen:la1 crops like arecanut etc .. are being raised. About District/ Total Food and Food Crop Non-food 45 hectares of Cardamom have alreadv reached the State Non-food Crop Crop yieldiug stage Un 198:)). There is another (in hectares) programme of raisL.'1g Cardamom plantation in 100 hecta.:{;s, (Tamil Nadu Tea Piantation Corporation Nilgtri 73.689 17.216 56.473 Urruted. 1989) Tamil Nadu 66,31.761 46.33,31019.98.451 Apart from the plae.'1.tation crops, other crops ~ uch as cereals, pulses and other food and non-food The total area under food crops in 1990-91 crops are culti\'ated in this district. The sub-joined was 17,216 hectares as against 17.586 hectares in statement shows the break-up of the areas under 1989-90 indicating a fall of 2.1 percent in this different food and non-food crops. district.
16 Irrigation eyed ova of the fish from New Zeland. Henry C. Wilson Fish farm of the Fisheries Department There are no major sources of irrigation in is named after Mr. H.C.Wilson. the founder of the this district. Two mansoon seasons help cultivation Department, who was deputed in July. 1906 by of different crops in this district. South-West the Ceylon Fishing Club. Exotic fish like Mirror monsoon from June to September and North-West Carp. Golden Carp and Leather Carp are reared monsoon between October and November play and sold to the public. crucial role for the agricultural activities. According to the Directorate of Statistics. Government ofTamil Industries Nadu. there are 193 private wells in this district used forirrigation purpose only. In this. IBI and Nilgm District has only a few Industries, most 12 are masonry and non-masonry. There are 621 of them are tea industry. The tea leaves plucked wells used for domestic purpose. of which 60 wells from tea bushes are processed and packed in these are not in use. There are 421 hectare') of land factories. Apart from the main tea factOries. the irrigated by canals. Tube wells and tanks are not wooden tea chests are manufactured in these reported in this district. It is reported that 150 factories as an ancillary industry. Unlike tea. coffee hectares of land is being cultivated by the help of crop produced in the Nilgiri District is not processed spring channels. There are 193 dug wells in this within the district. The processing is done in the district. of which 171 used for industrial purpose. plains. either at Mettuppalayam or Coimbatore. Of 8 big industries in this district. some of them are : Animal Husbandry The Needle Industries (India) Ltd .. The Hindustan Hill Area Development Programme is Photo Films. The Cordite Factory etc. Certain implemented in this district. Under this industries like manufacture of photo films cordite programme. a sheep breeding co-operative society etc.. are located in this district because of its has been formed. There are two Veterinary climate and high altitude. In Nilgiri District. there Hospjtals. nine Veterinary Dispensaries and 27 are 394 cottage industries registered. The list is branch dispensaries render medical services and given below:- tech:1.ical assistance for cattl::: development. In . additIon, there are bull stations to supply semen S1. No. Name of the Industry Number to the Veterinary Institutions for carrying out artificial insemination. A poultI-y extension centre 1. Tailoring 2B2 is working at Masinigudi. Above all. there is a 2. Making Foot Wear 4 mobile vetuinary dispensary in this district. 3. Laundry 41 Livestock population as on 25-10-1989 4. Book Binding 2 5. Woolen Netting 2 Cattle 37. lOB 6. Bamboo Basket Making 2 Buffaloes 5.372 7. Embroidery 4 Sheep 3.670 Goats 5.571 B. Pickle Making 5 Pigs 0.091 '9. Sweets Making 6 Dogs 4.60B 10. Plastic Materials 15 Others (xl 0.193 - 11. Blacksmith 17 Poultry 27.41B (X) Donkey. Horses, Ponies. Mules and Camels 12. Bed. Pillow Making 2 13. Mat Weaving 2 District livestock in a farm at Nilgiri. where 14. BrickWork 2 tr.e breed of FrieSian. Jersey crosses. Red dane crosses are maintained under the Hill Area 15. Photo Frame Work 3 Development Programme. 16. Clay Pot Marking 2 17. Garomium. Caffer Oil ExtraCtion 3 Fisheries Total 394 Nilgiri District is an undulating plateau with a m1n1mum height of 750 metres and a ma"Cimum Details of Registered SSI (Pint) units during of 2.580 metres. Water sources are inainly hill 1.4.89 to 31.3.90 and their investment. employment streams and small rivers. The indigenous fish in and production as follows:- these water are -minnows and other uneconomic species. Game fish like trout were introduced in No. of units SSI (Pint) 109 these water. Efforts to introduce the game fish. the Investment (Rs. in lakhs) 196.20 trout in the hill streams of the Nilgiri were made Employment (No. 'of persons) , 1.145 as early as 1863 by Dr. Francis Day by importing Production (Rs. in lakhs) 599 17 Number of Reglstered important SSI (pint) units Mudumalai Wild Life Sanctuary serves as the main and their type of products as on 31.3.91 in this communication link to Mysore. Access to Kozhikode District: on the West is also possible from Gudalur by a state highway passing through Cherambadi which Name of the Products Nos. is the western most village in this district. A Food and Food Products 258 significant improvement in transport facilities in the past decades have been notified. Most of the Machinery Part 102 buses in Nilgiri District are operated by the State Readyrnade Gfu"TIlents 86 Government. Apart from this. a number of tourist Wood and Wood Products 69 buses and taxies are available in the district.
Details of Registrations of Handicrafts Railways Industry ICottage Industry for the year 1990-91 : A railway line is being connected to this district from Mettuppalaiyam in Coimbatore district to Udhagamandalam covering a distance of 46 Km Handicrafts Industries Cottage Industries of which 8 KIn lie in plains. There are six railway stations in the district. No. of Units Employment No. of Units Employment RegIstered generated Registered generated Post and Telegraph 152 158 121 140 The Nilgiri District is well connected by Post and Telegraph facilities. Telephone connection such In Coonoor. Udhagamandalam and Kotagiri. as lSD/SID/pea are available in all the taluk there are a number of automobile servicing headquarters. Apart from the above. television factories. As the functioning of a large number of facilities are also extended to this district. these automobiles servicing units. a large number of lorries ply for transporting goods from one place Rainfall to another. {Office of the Director of Industries and Commerce. Tamil Nadu. 1991) The driest period in the district is from January to March. In April and May. rainfall appear Trade and Commerce impartially allover the district and every station. The unequal distribution of :rainfall is of the greatest The major iiems involved in trade in this importance from an agricultural point of view - district are tea. coffee. potatoes. vegetables. fruits. plants and trees which w.J1 do well on the moisture timber. eucalyptus oil. wattle bark. garlic. pepper 'Vest side refusing to flourish on the drier eastern etc. Coffe.e seeds are sent to Mettuppalaiyam and slopes - and also provideg the resident in the district COimbatore for processing and the seeds are "villi a wiele choice of climate. purchased by Coffee Board. Agricultural produce a."1d other items grown in the district are marketed In Udhagamandalam the total rainfall is only 991.0 mm; the highest (359.9 mm) in July. no both at Udhagamandalam and Mettuppalaiyam. rainfall in January and February during 1989. Yet The consumer goods like rice. other food grains. UdhagCiman0:3Jam is popularly known as rainy clothing etc .. are brought from the plains. spot. The average fulnuru rainfall at the district headquarters is 82.58 mm per month during 1989. Transport and Communications Roads Climate and Temperature
Nil~iri District has a good network for l,mgiri experiences with one of the most tr'L71SportaUon. Road covers aL'11ost all directions pleasing equable climate on the face of the globe. connecting the import..:U"1t regions. The Kotrusm ~,at The first three months of the year are almost road connecting Mett.uppalaiyam. Coonocr ghat rainless and are a possession of bright and clear wad connecting Mettuppalaiyam to Coonoor are days durCig which a dry wind blows from the north the main communication link. to Udhagamandalam east through January and February and veers from the plains. The Siga.:a ghat road starts from round to the south-east in March. This is perhaps [he northern crest of tht' plateau and passes the pleasant and healthy of the seasons; the hoar through Mas!ngudt and Teppakadu and joins the froasts which are common at night between Gudalur-Mysore road. From Udhagamandalam December and February turns the grass on the another ghat road leads to Aralancke. The road downs an unlovely brown and the absence of rain from Kara.."'lladai in Coimbatore is extended upto and the dry wind check vegetation. In April and ~crumbaha11a due to expansion of Kundah Power May. good rainfall appear and the grass, the flowers neL1Se No.ll, Naduvattam and Gudalur are and the trees that start into life again; but the ,'0 mnectcd by the '}udalur ghat road. The road to temperature rises to its highest point and the 'lyse:re beyond Gudalur passing through climate is less bracing. 18 The Table below shows the maximum. and Education minimum temperatue and the rainfall. In Nilgiri District. there are 211 primary STATION: Udhagamandalam. 1989. schools and 57 middle schools. 43 secondary schools. 16 higher secondary schools. one college I and 6 other educational institutions. while 826 Month Temperature Rainfall ! (centIgraue) (mm) mid-day mcul centres lun by tile State Govel."nment. Maximum Minimum The literacy rate. according to 1991 Census. .January 21.4 5.4 Nil for the district is 7].70%; 81.79% males and 61.47% February 23.6 6.8 Nil females. 22.4 8.4 9.0 March In this district. 67.02% of the rurdl population 23.6 10.7 42.8 April to total Population are literate; 78.75% males and 24.3 11.3 68.6 May 55.26% females. While the urban population 19.0 10.4 85.5 June literacy accounts to 76.45% of which. female IB.Ol 10.4 359.9 July literacy is 67.84% against 84.84% male literacy. August 17.9 9.8 53.8 The following table shows educational expenditure September 19.4 9.98 130.8 for the district included in the VIII Five Year Plan October 19.5 9.3 161.4 and for the Annual Plan 1990-91. November 20.03 7.6 73.4 December 21.03 4.8 5.8 Total 991.0
Name of the schemes VII Five VIII Five Outlay lsLjINo. Year Plan Year Plan for Expenditure Outlay 1990-91 .. .. ! (Rs. in Lakhs) 1. JA. Midday Meals under SpI. Component plan 19. M~terials and supplies 0.97 1.33 0.22 2. ,JO. Scholarship under SpI. Component Plan -10. scholarship 9.98 30.00 6.00 3. 225-0J .. 277 EducationJ.H. Construction of School Buildings under Spi. Component Plan 1.49 5.00 1.00 4. JA. Scholarship of SCjsr in coaching ofTypewrtting/Shorthand 1.09 1.00 0.20 5. JD Upgrading of Middle schools into High Schools 2.19 19.80 2.64 6. JC. Reward to inter caste Marriages 1.30 1.50 0.30 7. JC. School Education under SCP Supply of Text Books-27 1.06 5.98 0.98 8. JH. Construction of School Building 14. minor Works 1.15 5.00 l.00 9. Coaching of SCjST in Typewriting and Shorthand 0.47 0.50 0.10 i 10. Opening of 5 New G.T.R. Schools at the rate of 1 School in each year - 15.00 3.00 11. Opening of 5 New A.D.W. Schools at the rate of 1 School in each year - 15.00 3.00 12. Supply of one jeep to implement the welfare schemes of tribals and look after their Welfare - 4.14 2.40 I 13. Coaching of SCjST Students in Computer studies - 1.25 0.25 I Source: Office of the district Adi-Dravidar Welfare Office. Udhagamandalam.
People The Todas claim to have been the owners oi parts of plateau. a fact which is acknowledged by The plateau is traditionally divided by the the other hill tribes by their contribution in grain inhabitants into four regions. Peranganad. or "Goodoo" (tribute) and also by the British by the Merkund. todanad and Kundahnad. 19 payment of compensation in money for lands taken The ceremonies observed by the Todas on up for the formation of Udhagamandalam the occasion of their marriage are few and simple. settlement. But there is no proof that the Todas The feasting which is customary in such occasion have actually been exercised any sovereign rights being given primary attention. On the day of over the plateau. King Vishnuvardhan seized the nuptial. the bride is brought to the house of the NUgiri plateau in 1117 A.D. His general Punis is groom, who place first their right and then their sald to have frightened the Todas and driven the left foot upon bride's head. while the bride leans Kongas underground and entered into 'Nila' down for the purpose. Dissatisfaction with the wife mountain offered up the peak to Lakshmi of victory. justifies the husbands in sending her back to her TItis is the first mention hit.."1erto discovered of the parents, and the wife may desert her husbands llCll-nes 'Todays' and 'Nilglris'. The title 'Subduer of with impunity. Instances have frequently occurred. the Nilgiri' (NUgirt-sadaran) \vas borne hereditarily in which, a girl has fled from two or three houses for a long time by the Hoysalas and their until she has at iength found one in which she has successors. They considered the Nilgiris as Holy been contended to remain for rest of her life. and it is said that even a sight of their summit was held to be sufficient to remove sin. The Todas are divided into five clans namely Peiky. Pekkam, Kuttan. Kenna and Tody. The fIrst The Nilgiri is renowned for its original is considered to be the most aristocratic. and they inhabitants, L~e tribals. They include the Todas. do not even intermarry with each other. This Kotas, kurumbas and Imlas. With Uleir unique praetice may lead to decline of population growth. customs and ways of living. the trtbals of the Nilgiris are of great interest, particularly to the The custom of polyandry, or that of a woman anthropologist. Besides, the Badagas. who were marrying more than one husband is peculiar once belonged to Scheduled Tribe. are the among them. A Toda woman becomes a wife of all brothers of a family and children are apportioned agricultural community inhabited in majority of to her husbands according to sciliority. The eldest the Nilgiri district. of the brothers being conSidered tl\e father of the TheTodas first child and so on, This system also under process of changing by virtue of Civilisation and The Todas are considered by the other tribes tileir association v.ith outer world. to be the lords of the soil and are accordingly paid tribute. They live in small hamlets known as 'Muds' The Todas have two funeral ceremonies, one consisting of small dome-shaped thatched roofs is performed immediately after death. and the with a low door through which one has to crawl in other, about twelve months later soon after the and out. Their women wear fancy ringlets and spirit h;".s left its earthly tenament, they remove beads. The most ancient and sacred place of the coq;se of the deceased to one of their groves, worship for Todas is called 'Pho', located at lay it on the funeral pyre for cremation. They then Muthunad Mund in Udhagamandalam taIuk 'Pho' slaughter 2 few buffaloes to accompany the is circular in shape \vith height of about 4' while decea:..,C'd to tht: world of spi...rJts and fUrnish him walls a!"e made of gra:nite slabs all round. Its roof with mHk tJh're. T ..hey collect and preserve the ash is conical in shape and 20' 111gh is covered by dry of t.he deceased. This ritual is called 'green funeral', grass. Tnere are no idols in the 'Pho' (temple) of The ceremony observed a year after is considered Todas. except a lamp lit v..1t..h ghee prepared from much more imrQrt.. The Ml.."ikuriliy pt:-a!\. is a <~p(;I" hdd very sacred Badag"'s as the re'3it'icnce of a PC:fS0fl whom th~ Todas believe to be the ke~per of tt;e portals of henvea Thdr The tifid::tgas are more industrious than the idea. is that the spirits of deccti&ed Todc.s, togetller Todas. They are found mostly in Udhagamandalam with the souls of Ule buffaioes killed by their friends a.."'lC COOnt'(1f raluks with different walks of life. They to ac~mnpany wem to l.;:!av~!1 and sUpplY them speak H language called Badaga which must have v/ith milk there. take a leap from this point as the o!1ginated from Kanarese. They are divided into six nearest way to the celestial regions. which tlley or more sects of which three are reported to be call 'the other distnr,t', superiors. One section follow the Unga's at faith and are vegetarian. They allow divorces and A belief in v:itchcrafl is common to all the remarriages. They confirm the marriage tie only h;U tribes. The Toda~ fear uver Ihe pmdice of after a woman becomes pregnant. v.itch(;raft by the Kurumbas. The Todas and the Kummhas keep the Badagas L'1 a state of perpetual Funeral ceremonies of Badaga differ from that terror by threatening a similar resort to of Todas. When there is no hope of recovery and sllpern2.tural agency. the person is at the point of death, a small gold 20 coin is dipped in ghee and placed between his lips Panias (Paniyan) for him to swallow if he is able; if noi, it is wrapped The Paniyans are one of the Tribal in a piece of cloth and bound to his ann. Like the communities living in Gudalur taluk of the Nilgiri Romans of old. the old Badagas thus provide their district. The word "Paniyan" means "servant" in departing friends v,ritb. money for the supposed Tamil. They were traditional farm labourers for pUlpose of paying their c~pens~s on the r?ad ~o Chetty landlords who owned extensive lands (with the oth!?! woilci, and th1S com they thmk IS district). With the introduction and abolishing sutncient for the journey till they have passed over bonded labour system the Paniyan freed themselves tJle thread-hrid~e which they suppose separate'S [rom this system. the valley death from the invisible world. When tbe funeral car is completed the corpse is placed The Paniyan number less than 3000 in the on it. If the dcceasen is a male. his personal district. The infant mortality rate among the belonging like walking stick. ilute etc .. are laid near community is said to be very hir.;h and the reason the corpse. as well as tile dry skin a pumpkin to attributed is lack of adequate medical care. To serve as drtnking vessel in the otherworld. On the compound these troubles the paniyans do not freely folImvin!2: morning. people assemble frorn all sides mingle with the people of other communities. Their and then begins the death dance. in which all the hamlets are mostly situated on the fringes of males join and go round and round the corpse. jungles. Thatched roof huts with mud walls offer After the sun has passed tile zenith, the spirit of poor shelter from torrential rains experienced df'ceased as supposed to have entered heaven and during the wet season. To make a living, they collect fire wood in the jungle and sell it in the nearby the dancing ceases. Then burn the corpse. It is bazaar. Occasionally. they go for hunting and considered very bad omen if it rains during the fishing. Crabs are a delicay for them. funeral. It is believed that the deceased must have committed some very great crim:!. l\-ext morning The women are proud of wearing their the ash of t.he corpse is collected and thro\Vl1. into traditional dress. They are highly superstitious. the strean',. They worship goddess 'Kattu Bhagarathi'. Kurumbas Irulas Tbe Kunlmbas are u'J.e least ciVilised tribal The Irulas. like the Kurnmbas. live by group in the Nilgiri. Their "illages are termed as cultivation in the district. They speak in Tamil. They 'Moothas·. live on the lowest slopes and are hardly recognised as 2 hill tribe. Like the other tribes. they are also They live. no~ on the plateau of the hills. like fond of ornaments and wear strings of red and the Todas and Badagas. but on the slopes and in white beads on their necks, wear bracelets and ear tl'e mosT. feverish places. They are however, ill and nose rings. constant int~rcourse with other two tribes. for whom they act as priests and musicians. The Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe welfare work KurumbC'.s are classified into three categOlies:- the in Nilgiri district. 1~ulla Kurumbas, the Naya Kurumbas and the Panias. The latter two live in the Wynad. The The population of Scheduled Caste in tile Kurumbas call their deity KUribattaraya meaning district is about 2.141akhs out of the total district lord or possessor of sheep. Now and then, they population of 7.1 0 lakhs as per 1991 Census. They sacrifice a goat or a fowl. are mainly engaged as agricultural and Plantation labourer. Kotas In this district. 67.02% of the rural population The Kotas formerly lived on the mountain in to total population are literate; 78.75% males and Mysore called 'Kollimala' and they named the first 55.26% females. While the urban population \illage they built on the Neilgherries. They now literacy accounts to 76.45% of which female literacy occupy seven large villages. all of which are known is 67.84% against 84.84% male literacy. by the general name of 'Kotagiri'. or 'cow killers' hill. They are agriculturists. musicians and metals There was a proposal for a sum of Rs. 51.44 i:1rtisans for other tribes. They worship Gods which lakhs for constructing h9stels and school buildings are not represented by any image. Their temple is by Adi-Dravidar, aI}d Tribal welfare. For another known as "Ayinor Gudi" and the most important sum of Rs. ~OO lakhs to construct donnantory. pucca link roads for remote tribal areas and for Ayinor Gudi is in "Kotta Maidhan" at Kotagiri ~ Coonor taluk. The bow and arrow are kept as a construction of a foot bridge across the Moyar river at Kallampalayam have been sent for inclusion in ill-:tnc.ry of their traditional practice of hunting. annual Plan 1989-90 under Hill Area Development Their C0mmon name for the God and Goddess Programme. Out of the above the sum ofRs. 21.44 is "Kaubatta Raya". 21 lakhs has been sanctioned for the year 1988-89 The main occupations of the tribes are and the balance of Rs. 30 lakhs included in the agricultural. agricultural labour and rearing of annual Plans for 1989-90. milch animals. A few Kota L.'"ibes are employed in Trlbals Hindustan Photo fIlms and Banks. The total population of Scheduled Tribe in this About 19,810 house site pattas have been district is 25.048 which constitutes 15.98% of the issued to Scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes. total Population oft.'1(' district. The Scheduled Tribes Of this. 714 house sites were granted by way of inhabited !n the district are Todas. Kotas. Kurumbas. hulas. Paniyas, Kattunaickar..s etc.. The break up acquisition of private lands. In addition. there are Scheduled Tribe population is given below: 15 land acquisition cases on hand to provide house Todas 1,600 sites to Scheduled castes. Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes covering an area of 29. 12 acres. Kotas 1.894 For the socio-economic upliftment of Scheduled Inl1as 5.900 castes and Scheduled Tribes scheme like free Kurumbas 4,874 supply of tools and appliances to technically trained Paniyas 5.700 scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are Kattunaickans 1,400 implemented. Details of Tools and appliances Others 3,680 supplied. free of cost to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are given below: Total 25.048 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 ITEMS Nos. Value Nns. Value Nos. Value Rs. I Rs Rs. L Sewing Machines 74 51.50C I 60 46.200 20 15,100 I 2. Leather Sewing Machines 14 22,100 10 15.700 5 7.500 3. Blacksmimy Tools 12 8.050 I 4. Carpentry Tools 23 22.,100 5. Iron Boxes 26 8.700 5 1.500 6. Cobbler Tools 53 6.JOO l 7. Barber Tools q 700 8. l\gricultural Implements 69 30.200 I - I ~t 3unk stall for cobbiers 1"1 4.04.S00 ! _. ___ .___ _._.__l______J ______~ l ~-~------.--"--- For F'urchase ,,~f P~oul!h :"\~lls by the br:-:edd"!J CasteR a..'1d Sshed!.dc~ TnL'es Subsidy In most of the Adi-Dravidar colonies and 01 R.;.()OOj per pair of bull i~ sc.:adivD.t::d by th.e 'Tribal areas protected water supply is provided. C0vernment and the Banks have Provided a loan The Tfut,J~ ~~adu Water Supply and Drainage Board nP{s. 1.600/- tel each beneficiary. Is takmg up the work of Provision of drinking water --.-----r 1 supply to all the residential areas including Adi Dravidar colonies and Tribal Settlements. Many .e;;;- I S~hc~d CN>t'::__l_;..._".:_h_ed_ul,.eG_'_T_4'_:oe1'- drinking Water wells have been construct by this of ! SubSidy No. of SubSidy department. ases'. R". Case", R'i. _.------f----.-;.---+---- Road 1B~ri ·88 1 I 800/- 10 8.000 Most of the Adi -Dravidar colOnies and Tribal t91:<8.8lJ!-P 3 I 2,400;'· 9 7.200 settlements are cOlllected by road from the Taluk and District headquarters. Very few tribal 22 settlements in the eastern slopes of this District Temples in the district are not connected by roads. The steepness of the As per the details provided by the Hindu area prevents formation of lipk roads to these Religious and Charitable Endowments Board. there settlements. However, foot path have been provided are 27 temples under administrative control of the for the remote areas to reach the main road by Board and 6 temples controlled by private bodies. Talukwise distribution of the temples is given walk. below: Department of Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Number of temples welfare is running 6 Adi -Dravidar Welfare Schools; No. Taluk Under HR & Private Tot ~ 2 middle schools and 4 elementary schools in the CE Boarel district. All schools are facilitated with Chief Minister's Noon meal Programme. The Total 1. Gudalur 4 4 students in the 6 schools are 1024; 892 Scheduled 2. Udhagamandalam 13 2 15 Castes. 53 Scheduled Tribes, 53 Backward Classes 3. Coonoor 14 14 and 26 Other Castes. 4. Kotagiri Total 27 6 33 For development of Scheduled Tribes Various schemes such as issue of milch animals. The Poonery Temple. Nelliyalam construction of work sheds. construction of This Vishnu temple was constructed about comrnunity halls. raising of plantations etc .. are 300 years ago by the Senior Raja ofVittathoor. The sanctioned for the welfare of Primitive Tribes. story reveals that one day one of Raja's cow while out at grazing separated itself from the herd and Tribal Education returned without milk in its udder. The cowherd followed it one day stealthy and on reaching the Ir. the district. for the benefit of the tribal spot which is 200 feet east of the present temple, a children. 23 Tribal residential Schools are being beautiful calf came out of a bush and drank the established; one high school. five middle schools cow's milk. The cowherd made his appearance and 17 primary schools. The number of students suddenly and the calf turned into a stone. He studying in these schools are 3.009; 874 Scheduled reported the fact to his master. the Vittathoor Raja, Castes, 1799 scheduled Tribes, 241 Backward who constructed a temple and installed the Idol in it. The deity is in standing posture, with four hands classes and 95 Others. holding a conch shell and discuss in two of his During the year 1988-89 the Government hands. This private temple is 21 miles away from have sanctioned the following schemes for the Gudalur. the taluk headquarters. welfare of primitive Tribes. Sri Mahalingeswar Temple. Melur (In Rupees) The temple is 500 years old. built by the 1. Construction of Common residence of Melur and its neighboring villages. A workshed at Kundah Kotagiri : 1.00 lakh youth of Meriban (a small hamlet near Melur) married a girl in Melur. The parents of the girl 2. Supply of milch cows to 23 presented her a cow which gave birth to calf in Kurumbas and 10 Paniya due course. The cow gave up half of her milk to the families in Chalivayal 1.62lakh calf and let out the other half on a stone in the 3. Construction of community hall forest nearby. The people realised that the stone at Chalivayal 0.33 lakh was an idol and built a temple around it. It was 4. Raising of Coffee and Mulbarry worshipped as a SivaIingam. This temple is 15 miles Plantations in Melcopue village 3.591akh away from Coonoor which is managed by trustees appointed by HR & CE Board. 5. Construction of 68 houses for Paniyas : 10.20 lakh Some of the important fairs and festivals in the district. 6. Supply of milch cows to 10 Kurumbas in Melcoupe village 0.491akh 1. Thaipoosam in Elk Hill Murugan Temple 7. Supply of Milch animals to 75 Irulas: 6.001akh (February) 2. Bokkapuram Mariamman Annual Festival Total 23.231akh (February) 23 3. Udbagamandalam Martamman Temple caves situated above the valley view. The edible Festival (April) nest swiftlet breeds in the cave hill. 4. Coonoor Mariamman Temple Car Festival Udbagamandalam Lake (April-May) 5. Boat Races and Boat Pay entry in This is an artificial lake. constructed during Udbagamandalam (May) 1824 by Mr. Sullivan. Pleasure boating facilities is aVailable in the lake. Row boats as well as Motor 6. Summer Festival in Udhagamandalam boats are also available for visitors. Pony rides near 7. Flower show in Udhagamandalam (May) the Lake is a major attraction particularly for 8. Fruit show in Coonoor (May) children. Every year during Summer Festival (May) boat races are conducted in Udhagamandalam Lake. Places of Tourist Importance Wilson Fish Farm The Nilgiri. the paradise of holiday makers. A fish farm maintained by the Fisheries nestles among hills at a point where the Eastern Department is named after Mr. H.C. Wilson. the Ghats meet the Western Ghats and sprawls among founder of the Department. who was deputed in a beautiful plateau. One can see many profIles of 24 its chief architect. Many species of trees and shrubs and reservoir attracts many tourists. There is a which do not thrive in Udhagamandalam are grown forest Rest House at Pykara. here. Arumal fruit and vegetable show is held here. Avalanchi Dolphin's Nose It is located at distance of 28 Km away from It is about 12 funs from Coonoor bus stand Udhagamandalam a beautiful lake surrounded by situated near Tiger Hills. Enjoy the micro cUmate very good forest cover. A thick forest where even of the Shola Forest criss crossed by the winding to sunlight cannot penetrate and is abundant 'villi road, one can take a glimpse of Catherine Falls a wide variety of avifauna which is called a from there. The area is also abundant with wildlife. Nature Lover's paradise. The road leading to Lakkidi and Upper Bhavani from Avalanchi is an ideal Government Museum wildlife habitat and has vast stretch of undisturbed forests. The Government Museum located on Mysore Road in Udhagamandalam was set up in 1989 with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary a view to provide education about NUgiri to the residing and visiting population. The Museum has Lying in the Nilgiri District, abutting Kerala items of tribal objects, district's ecological details and Karnataka State, this is situated at an and representative sculptural arts and crafts of elevation of 1000 metres and extends over an area TamUNadu. of 321 sq. km. A variety of habitats, ranging from tropical ever green forest to moist deCiduous forest, The Mukurthi Peak and Mukurthi National Park moist teak forest, dry teak forest, secondary grass Mukurthi Peak is about 40 Km away from lands and swaps are found. The wildlife includes Udhagamandalam. The Mukurthi National Park is Elephants, Gaur, Tiger, Panther, Sambar, Spotted located on the South Eastern Corner of the NUgiris Deer, Barking Deer, Mouse, Wild Bear, Porcupine Plateau. etc. The avifauna is Varied with minerals, Hornbills, Fairy Blue birds, Jungle fowls etc. The reptillions The area contains a viable population of are represented by Python. Monitor Lizard. Flying NUgiri Thar (Hamitragus hUocrius). The Kollaribetta and the Nilgiris Peak are other major peaks around. Lizards etc. It is approachable from The area is chained by innumerable beautiful and Udhagamandalam by road via two different routes perennial little streams, which falls into Bhavani via Kalhatty 36 km away from Udhagamandalam Puzha.. The silent Valley' in the Western ghat is and the other route is via Gudalur which Is 67 kIn located on the Western side of these range. A away from udhagamandalam It can also be fascinating feature of the Mukurthi Sanctuary is , approached from Mysore which is at a distance of its endemism and relationship with Himalayan flora 91 Km. O~er picture~que spots in the sanctuary and Fauna. include the Moyar Water falls, the Chief Minister's watch tower, Ombetta Swamp, Theppaked elephant Pykara camp etc. It is situated about 21 Km away from Law's Falls Udhagamandalam on the Udhagamandalam Mysore Roads with well protected fenced sholas. It Is situated in the Ghat Reserve Forest of Toda settlements, undisturbed grassy meadows Coonoor range. It is about 7 Km away from Coonoor. and also a good wildlife habitat. The Pykara Dam The height of the Falls Is about 180 Feet. There ar,.: vast stretches of undisturbed forests. 25 TABLE 1 (A) POPULATION AND NUMBER OF VILLAGES, 1991 Population of Villages No. of Villages S1. No. Name of C.D. Block Persons Males Females Total Inhabited 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Gudalur 69,052 34,773 34.279 7 7 2. Udhagamandalam 1.38.282 69.282 69.000 17 17 3. Kotagiri 61,996 30,912 31.084 14 13 4. Coonoor 87,454 43.943 43.511 7 7 District 3,56,784 1,78,910 1,77,874 45 44 Table lA fUrnishes blockwise and sex-wise population of rural areas to total number of inhabited villages in Nilgiri District. It Is seen that Udhagamandalam Block is inhabited by more thic~y populated number of people in the district than the other Blocks. The maximum number of inhabited villages (17) are in Udhagamandalam Block. There is one uninhabited village in this district which lies in Kotagiri Block. \ 26 Table 1 (B) POPULATION AND NUMBER OF TOWNS, 1991 81. Name. and Civic Administration Population No. St::lt,.lS of ToWn Persons Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 1. Aravankad (TS) 5,562 2,927 2,635 2. Berhatty (TP) 2,718 1,373 1,345 3. Coonoor (M) 48,003 24,130 23,873 4. Devarshola (TP) 19,762 9,976 9,786 5. Gudalur (TP) 32,603 16,517 16,086 6. Hubbathala (VP) 10,383 5,181 5,202 7. Jagathala (TP) 14,257 7,122' 7,135 8. Konakkarai (TP) 8,564 4,255 4.308 9. Kotagiri (TP) 29,557 14,775 14,782 10, Masinigudi (VP) 8.416 4,363 4,053 11. Naduvattam (TP) 11,578 5,980 5,598 12. Nelliyalam (TP) 37.787 19,018 18,769 13. 'O'Valley (TP) 22,713 11.338 11.375 14. Udhagamandalam (M) 81,763 41,683 40.080 15. Wellington (Cantt) 19,764 10,581 9.183 All towns 3.53.430 1.79,219 1.74,211 The above table gives the total population and the number of towns in this district. Total number of towns in this district are fifteen. There are two Municipalities. one Contonment, nine Town Panchayats. two village Panchayats and one Township in the district. The highest population returned in Udhagamandalam town. TABLE-2 NEW TOWNS / TOWNS DECLASSIFIED. MERGED IN 1991 CENSUS Name of Town Population 1 2 (a) Added (Nil) (b) Declassified (Nil) I (e) Wholly merged with other (Nil) 27 TABLE-3 DECADAL CHANGE IN DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION Population Percentage Percentage of Decadal Variation Urban (1981 - 1991) Population ;~"I Taluk 1981 ]991 Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban 1981 1991 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. Gudalur 1.41.339 54.987 86.352 1,81.917 69.052 1.12.865 +28.71 +25.58 + 30.70 61.10 62.04 2. Udhagamandalam 2.23.014 1.26.705 96.309t~.40.039 1.38.282 1.01.757 + 7.63 .;. 9.14 + 5.66 43.19 42.39 3. Kotagiri 1,00.347 54.886 45.461 1.14.374 61.996 52.378 +13.98 +12.95 + 15.22 45.30 45.80 4. Coonoor 1.65.459 85.743 79.726 1.73.8841 87,..154 86,43') + 5.09 + 2.00 + 8.41 48.18 49.71 I ! District 6,30,169 3,22,321 3,07.848 7.10.214 13.56,784 3,53,4:10 +12.70 I +10.69 + 14.81 48.85 49.76 i I The above table shows the deeada! changes of population in Nilgir! disrict during 1981-1991. The district as a whole recorded growth of 12.70 per cent. Among "111 the taluks, Gudaiur (28.71 per cent) and Kotagiri 5.09 per cent. Percentage of Urban Population ill all the four taluks are Significant. Gudalur tal uk has the largest Urban Population Le .. 112, 865 which a::counts for 62.04 percent. TABLE-4 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF l'lLt·AOES DY POPULATION RANGE, 1991 ------No. ~nd pErcentage of villages in each range No. and (F'jgures in parenthesis inc!:('ate percentnge of villages in each range) Name of I Percentage C.D. Block. of inhabited I villages i I ! 10,000 and 500 - 1.999 5.000 - 9.999 Less than 200 I 200 - 499 i 2,000 - 4.999 above I I ' , 1 n 3 4 5 6 7 8 "" .. ~ '-r- j I 7 - , I ) 1 3 ,I. Gudalur - i • (lOO.CO) I (lO.OO} I 114.28) 04.29J !l4.29) (42.84) I i ! I, , I J I I :l. Uch::,gamandalam 17 - . i -- , - - 3 9 5 (100.00) I i !l7.65} (52.94J (29.41) ! ! I . ., ; , I I I I~ Kotagm 1" 2 3 , 5 1 I" I I nOO.00) I [7.69) (15.:.~c) (23.08) (7,69) (38,47) (7.69) I i i I 14 (" I I . ~ocncor I 7 - - I - - I 1 I 2 -- 4 I I , (14.'l9i i (28.57) (57,14) I ! r- +-- i i 1 I 3 j 5 7 15 13 ,! Di:;.trict i [1~ O.f)O) rZ.27) !6.82} (11.36) (15.91) (34.09) (29.55) t-:t ~ L . • I I TI-Js table shows the distrlbution of l!'J1abited villages a('COrding to different population sizes. There are six categories of popubtlon ranges 1n which only one inhabited village corne under the population size ofless than 200 in Kotaglri C.D.block. Between the population size of 5000 - 9999, L'1ere are 15 villages. In the rnnge of 10,000 and above, there are 13 villages out of I!l~ total·:j4 inhabited villages in thJs district. 28 ," TABLE- 5 TABLE - 6 (AJ DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES BY DENSITY SEX RA1'IO AMONG RURAL POPmATION BY COO. BLOCKS. 1991 Range of density Total No. of Percentage of (per sq.km) Villages in each Villages in each density range density range 51. No. Name of C.D.Block Number of Females per 1 2 3 1,000 Males 2 3 0 - 10 2 4.55 ~ 11 - 20 -- -- 1. Gudalur 986 21 - 50 3 6.80 2. Udhagamandalam 996 51 - 100 5 11.37 101 - 200 5 11.37 3. Kotagirt 1,006 201 - 300 6 13.64 4. Coonoor 990 301 - 500 18 40.90 501 + 5 11.37 .' District 994 Not known -- -- Total 44 100.00 nus table gives the block-wise sex ratio for rural population. Among the four Blocks, Kotaglr1 returned the highest i.e.• 1.006 Table 5 gives distribution of villages in NUgiri district by females per 1,000 males while Gudalur reported the lowest. different levels of density. It is seen that many of the villages i.e.• 986 females per 1000 males. The district sex ratio is 994 are found with 301 - 500 persons per sq.km. There are two females per 1.000 males in 1991. villages in the population range of 0-10 persons and three villages in range of 21- 50 persons. TABLE- 6 (B) SEX RATIO IN TOWNS, 1991 51. . Name and civic administration Number of females No. status of town per. 1.000 males r 2 3 1. Aravankad (TS) 980 2. Berthatty (TP) 980 3. Coonoor (M) 989 4. - Devarshola (TP) 981 5. Gudalur (TP) 974 6. Hubbathala (VP) 1.004 7. Jagathala (TP) 1.002 . 8. Konakkarai (TP) 1.013 9. Kotagirt (TP) 1.000 10. Masinigudi (VP) 929 11. Naduvattam (TP) 936 12. N,eWyalam (TP) 987 13. '0' Valley (TP) 1.003 14. Udhagamandalam (M) 962 15. Wellington (Cantt.) 868 All TOWD8 972 Table 6(B) deals with the sex ratio among the town population. Konakkarai town returned the highest females (i.e .. 1,013 females per 1.000 males) while Mas1n1gudi town shows the lowest sex ratio of 929 females per 1.000 males. 29 TABLE -7 PROPORTION OF SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION TO TOTAL POPULATION IN THE VILLAGES Percentage range of Scheduled No. of villages in Percentage of Villages Caste Population to total each range in each range Population 1 2 3 Nil 2 4.55 0-5 4 9.09 6-10 6 .. 13.64 11-15 6 13.64 16-20 4 9.09 21-30 8 18.19 31 and above 14 31.80 Total 44 100.00 The above table shows the proportion of Scheduled Caste population to total population in the villages ofNilgiri District. It is noted that in the percentage range of31 and above, there are 14 villages, followed by 8 villages in the range of 21-30 and 6 villages each in the range of 6-10, 11-15 and 4 villages each in the range of 0-5 and 16-20 respectively. TABLE - 8 PROPORTION OF SCHEDULED TRmE POPULATION , TO TOTAL POPULATION IN THE VILLAGES ' Percentage range of Scheduled No. of villages in Percentage of Villages Tribe Population to total each range ill each range Population 1 2 3 Nil 2 4.55 0-5 25 56.80 6-15 5 11.37 ! 16-25 4 i 9.09 26-35 3 I 6.82 36-50 1 2.28 51 and above 4 9.09 Total 44 100.00 The above table shows the proportion of Scheduled Tribe population to total population in the Villages of Nilgiri District. It is noted that in the percentage range of 0-5, there are as many as 25 Villages (56.80%) and there is only one in the range of 36.50 (2.28%). 30 TABLE - 9 PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED CASTES I SCHEDULED TRIBES POPULATION IN TOWNS - 1991 Percentage of SC Percentage of ST S1. Total Total SC TNal ST Population to Total Population to Total No. Name of Town Population Population Population Population Population 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Aravankad 5,562 1.016 46 18,27 0.83 .:iI. Berhatty 2.718 901 57 33.15 2.10 3. Coonoor 48,003 11,976 60 24.95 0.13 4. Devarshola 19,762 3,758 1.657 19.02 8.38 5. Gudalur 32,603 7,828 1,101 24.01 3.38 6. Hubbathala 10,383 3,915 22 37.71 0.21 7. Jagathala 14,257 3,437 111 24.11 0.78 8. Konakkarai 8.564 2.590 876 30.24 10.23 9. Kotagiri 29,557 7,610 326 25.75 1.10 10. Masinigudi 8.416 1,968 1,229 23.38 14.60 11. N All Towns 3.53.430 1.13.793 7.475 32.20 2.12 The above table records the persentage of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population in various towns of Nilgiri district. It is seen that Naduvattam town has recorded the highest percehtage of Scheduled Caste population with 79.80% while Masinigudi town has registered highest Scheduled Tribe population with 14.60%. In Aravankad town, the Scheduled Caste population is low (18.27%) and in Coonoor the percentage of Scheduled Tribe population is only 0.13. ' TABLE - 10 (A) LITERACY RATES BY RURAL POPULATION OF C.D. BLOCKWISE BY SEX - 1991 (Excluding children in the age group 0 - 6) Percentage of Uterates 81. No. Name of C.D Block Persons Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 1. Gudalur 71.08 78.19 63.86 2. Udhagamandalam 62.75 75.42 50.09 3. Kotagiri 63.39 78.24 48.71 4. Coonoor 73.22 84.74 61.59 District 67.02 78.75 55.26 Table lOA furnishes C.D. Block-wise literacy rate for rural population. The highest literacy rate among males (84.74%) in Coonoor block and females (63.86%) in Gudalur block are reported. While the lowest literacy rate returned among males (75.42%) in Udhagamandalam and females (48.71%) in Kotagiri block. 31 TABLE - 10 (B) LITERACY RATES FOR TOWNS - 1991 (EltcludiDg children in the age group 0 - 6) Name and Civic Administration Percentage of Literates 51. No. status of Town Persons Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 1. Aravankad (T5) 91.78 96.63 86.37 2. Berhatty (TP) 69.44 82.12 56.29 3. Coonoor (M) 84.31 90.84 77.73 4. Devarshola (TP) 67.29 74.82 59.63 5. Gudalur (TP) 75.54 81.06 69.87 6. Hubbatbala (VP) 75.86 88.37 63.53 7. Jagatbala (TP) 77.77 87.55 68.08 8. Konakkarai (TP) 63.91 76.06 52.04 9. Kotagirl (TP) 73.96 83.97 63.94 10. Masinigudi (VP) 63.56 73.23 53.09 11. Naduvattam (TP) 62.35 74.42 49.46 12. Nelliyalam (TP) 72.57 82.41 62.68 13. '0' Valley (TP) 68.32 78.92 57.76 14 Udhagamandalam (M) 80.19 87.92 72.15 15. Wellington (Canttl 86.70 92.52 79.91 AU Towns 76.45 84.84 67.84 The above table shows the literacy rates for different towns in Nilgiri district. It 1s seen Ll)at Aravankad Town has recorded the highest percentage of literate population (91.78) while Naduvatlam town registered the lowest percentage (62.35) of literate. TABLE - 11 (A) PERCENTAGE OF MAIN WORKERS, MARGINAL WORKERS AND NON - WORKERS FOR RURAL POPULATION OF C.D. BLOCK WISE 1991 Percentage of 51. lName of C.D Blocks Main workers to Marginal workers to Total workers to Non-workers to No. Total Population Total Population Total Population Total Population p M F P M F P M F P M F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1. Gudalur 41.28 52.95 29.45 1.35 0.46 2.24 42.63 53.41 31.69 57.37 46.59 68.31 2. Udagamandalam 41.25 51.62 30.84 2.22 0.48 3.96 43.47 52.10 34.80 56.53 47.90 65.20 3. Kotagirt 49.88 55.91 43.98 0.12 0.03 0.20 50.00 55.94 44.09 50.00 44.06 55.91 4. Coonoor 41.53 47.83 35.18 1.28 0.97 1.59 42.81 48.80 36.77 57.19 51.20 63.23 District 42.83 51.69 33.91 1.45 0.52 2.40 44.28 52.21 36.31 55.72 47.79 6S.69 Table IIA gives the block-wise percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non-workers for rural population in the district. The percentage of main workers to total population of Nilgiri district works out to 42.83 and non-workers to total population of the district is 55.72%. While the marginal workers returned as 1.45%. It may be noted that the female population in the category of non-workers accounts to more than the males in the district. 32 TABLE - 11 (Bl PERCENTAGE OF MAIN WORKERS, MARGINAL WORKERS AND NON - WORKERS IN TOWNe 1991 '_~----~--~----r------~------~ Percentage of Name of Civic S1. Administration Main workers to Marginal workers to Total workers to i'ion-wnrkers to No. "tatus of Total Population Total Population Total Population Total POTmlation Town p M F p M F P M F p M F 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (TS) :'9.4] 40.16 7.43 -- 29.41 49.16 7.48 70.59 50.84 92 ~'3 (1:') I 37.53 49.96 24.83 -- 37.53 49.96 24.83 62.47 " (J4 I '75.17 2 Berhatty .).J., I 3. Coonoor (M) 3L2G 49.22 I 13.09 0.06 0.05 0.06 31.31 49.27 13.15 68.6~ I 50.73 86.85 1 4. Devarshola (TP) 34.88 43.89 25.69 3.80 2.68 4.94 30.68 46.57 30.631 61 ..,,1 53.43 ! 69.37 ~ I 5. uuoa!;.)l IT?) 3e.7G 52.88 20.21 O.9Q 0.29 1.72 37.75 53.17 21.931 62.25 1 78.07 I 6. Hubbathala (VP) 39.15 50.51 27.83 0.20 0.12 0.29 30.35 50.63 29.12 60.651 49.37 71.88 I 7. J agathala lfP) 29.34 46.'52 12.19 0.60 0.53 0.66 29.94 47.05 12.6:5 70.Gb i 52.95 87.15 i I 8. Konakkarai (TP) 52.17 47.11 47.30 0.08 0.16 52.25 57.11 4'1.46147.751 42.89 52.54 9. Kot.agtrt (TP) 36.77 48.28 3!5.27 OAO 0.03 0.77 37.17 48.31 26.04162.83 51.09 73.96 10. Masinlgudi (VP) 33.91 51.32 15.17 l.49 0.04 I 3.04 35.40 51.36 18.21 164.60 48.64 81.79 11. Naduvattam (TP} 42.99 46.56 39.19 I 0.71 0.97 0.43 43.7Q 47.531 39.62 ! 56.30. 52.47 60.38 I I 12. Ne1Uyalam (TP) 42.85 48.64136.97 I L73 1.31 2.17 44.58 49.95 39 14155.421 50.051 60.86 13. '0' VaUey (TP) 44.07149.34 I 38.91 0.92 0.54 l.30 44.99 49.78 40.21 55.011 50.22 59.79 114. lJdhagamndalam (M) 33.00151.38 13.81 0.25 0.17 0.33 33.25 51.55 14.21 ! 66.75 48.45 85.79 15. Wellington (Cantil I 36.01 56.74 12.14 0.16 0.11 0.21 136.17 53.85 12.35 63.83 43.15 87.65 ! All Towns 36.29 50.16 22.02 0.74 0.46 1.04 I 37.03 50.62 23.06 62.97 49.38 76.94 i The above table giVf>S townwise distribt'tiou of been worked out. to 62.97%. Among the non-workers main workers. marginal and non-workers population. category in L"le district. the number of females has been No marginal workers has been reported from Aravankad reported more tha..Tl the meles. The highest population and Berhatty towns. The percentage of main workers of non-workers has been reported from Aravankad where to total population of all tovms works out to 36.29 while females non-workers population works out to 92.52 per the marginal workers and the total workers account for cent. 0.74% and 37.03% respectively. The non-workers has 33 TABLB-12 DISTRIBUTION OP VILLAGES ACCORDING TO THE AVAILABILITY OP DIFPERENT AMENITIES No. (with percentage) of villages having one or more of the follOwing amenities 51. Name of No. of No. CD inhabited Post & Approach Blocks villages Educa- Drinking Market/ Power Medical Tele- Communi- by pucca tiona! water graph Hat cations road supply 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Gudalur 7 6 4 7 5 2 7 7 7 (85.71) (57.14) (100.00) (71.43) (28.57) (100.00) (100.10) (100.00) 2. Udhaga 17 17 15 17 17 -- 17 17 17 mandalam (100.00) (88.24) (l00.00) (100.00) -- (l00.00) (l00.00) (100.00) 3. Kotagirl 13 12 9 13 9 6 11 12 13 (92.31) (69.23) (100.00) (61.15) (46.15) (84.62) (92.31) (100.00) 4. Coonoor 7 7 7 7 7 4 7 7 7 (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (57.14) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) District 44 42 35 44 37 12 42 43 44 (95.45) (79.55) (100.00) (84.09) (27.27) (95.45) (97.73) (100.00) The above table shows the distribution of are provided to all (44) villages. It is reported that villages according to the availability of different 35, 37 and 43 villages have been, covered under amenities. The schools and communication facilities medical. post and telegraph and pucca road facilities are available in 42 villages out of 44 inhabited respectively. Only 12 villages are having market villages. Power supply and drinking water sources faCility. TABLE - 13 PROPORTION OP RURAL POPULATION SERVED BY DIFFERENT AMENITIES Total popu- Proportion of Rural Population served by the amenity of lation of 51. Name of inhabited No. CD Approach Blocks villages in Educa- Drinking Post & Market/ Communi- Power Medical by pucca the Taluks tional water Telegraph Hat catioI'.f' road supply 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Gudalur 69.052 99.44 91.27 100.00 93.22 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 I 2. Udhaga 1.38.282 100.00 91.45 100.00 100.00 Nil 100.00 100.00 100.0(1 mandalam 3. Kotagirl 61.996 99.50 97.64 100.00 96.38 6l.55 96.08 99.03 10000 4. Coonoor 87.454 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 69.90 100.00 100.00 100.00 - District 3,56.784 99.80 94.59 100.00 98.06 38.47 99.32 99.88 100.00 The table 13 furnished with the proportion ofrural supply are available in all the villages of the district. Th.· population in inhabited villages served by different rural pupulation in Udhagamandalam Block has also bt.... amenities. Aniong the four C.D. Blocks in this district. provided with more balsc amenities like educ;3t I'."~ the rural area of Coonoor Block received more amenities drinkingwater. post and telegraph. communication p.)Wt·r than others. It is significant that drinking water and power supply. pucca road etc. 34 TABLE - 14 DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES NOT HAVING CERTAIN AMENITIES, ARRANGED BY DISTANCE RANGES FROM THE PLACES WHERE THESE ARE AVAILABLE - Number of villages where the amenity is not available and available at a distance of Villages not having the amenity of 0- 5 KIns. 5-10 KIns. 10 + Kms. Tol31 rCols. 2 - 4) ---- I 2 3 4 5 Educational 1 - - 1 2 Medical 1 2 6 9 Drtnldng Water ------ Post and Telegraph 1 1 5 7 Mal-ket I Hat 2 4 26 32 Communications 1 - - 1 2 The above table indicates the msbibution of villages villages in this disUict except. Two viJIDges with education, not having amenities with distance ranges from the places 9 in medical, 7 in post and telegraph 32 in market and 2 in where these are available. All 44 inhabited villages in the communication facilities are not provided in their respective district provided with drinking water source. Almost all the villages. TABLE - 15 DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES ACCORDING TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE NEAREST TOWN AND AVAILABILITY OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES No. (with percentage) of villages having the amenity of Distance range No. of frum the inhabited Post & Approach nearest town villages In Educa- Drinking Marketl Communi- Power (in KIns) each range Medical Telegraph by pucca tional water Hat cations road supply ! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0-5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 (100.00) (100.00) (l00.00) (100.00) (75.00) (lOa. 00) (100.00) (100,00) 6 - 15 17 17 14 17 14 5 6 16 17 (100.00) (82.35) (100.00) (82.35) (29.41) (94.11) (94.11) (100.00) 16 - 50 22 20 16 22 18 4 21 22 22 (90.91) (72.73) (100.00) (B1.82) (18.18) (95.45) (100.00) (100.00) 51 + 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - (100.00 (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) Unspecified ------ 42 35 44 37 12 32 43 44 Total 44 (95.45) (79.55) (100.00) (84,09) I (27.27) (72.73) (97.73) (100.00) This table gives the distribution of inhabited villages dri11k!ngw-ater, post and telegraph, cOIl1Inunication, pucca according to the distance from the nearest town and road and pcwer supply. Sirr.llarly 22 villages are located at availability of different amenities. Among the total hlhabited the distance of 16 - 50 kIn of which only three villages enjoy villages of 44 in the district, 4 villages are located at the all the facilities like ~g water, puca road and power distance of 0 -5 km from the nearest town in the District supply. which have cent percent amenities of education. medicai, 35 TABLE- 18 DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES ACCORDING TO POPULATION RANGE AND AMENITIES AVAILABLE No. of No. (with percentage) of villages having the amenity of Population inhabited villages in Post & Approach Range Educa- Drinking Market/ Communi- Power each range Medical Telegraph by pucca supply tional water Hat cations road 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -499 4 2 - - 4 -- 1 3 3 4 (50.00) (100.00) (25.00) (75.00) (75.00) (100.00) 500 - 1.999 5 5 3 5 3 2 4 5 5 (100.00) (60.00) (100.00) (60.00) (40.00) (80.00) (100.00) (100.00J 2.000 - 4.999 7 7 6 7 6 1 7 7 7 (100.00) (85.71) (100.00) (85.71) (14.29) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) 5.000+ 28 28 26 28 28 8 28 28 28 (100.00) (92.86) (100.00) (100.00) (28.57) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) Total 44 42 35 44 47 12 42 43 44 (95.45) (79.55) (l00.00) (84.09) (27.27) (95.45) (97.73) (100.00) This table shows the distrtbution of inhabited villages facilities. In the population range of 5000 and above. there acorcltng to different population ranges and amenities are 28 inhabited willages which avail the amenities of available. Among four categortes of pupulation ranges. four education. drinking water. post and telegraph. inhabited villages come under the population range of less communication. pucca road and power supply. While the than 499 with 100 percent drinking water and power supply amenity of drinking water is availed by all vfllages. TABLE - 17 DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES ACCORDING TO LAND USE Percentage of Percentage of SI. No. Name of CD. Block No. of inhabited Total Area cultivable area irrigated area villages to total cultivable (in hectares) to total area area 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Gudalur 7 41.129.45 26.58 - 2. Udhagamandalam 17 92.653.25 7.29 7.83 3. Kotagiri 13 22.290.00 47.40 1.07 4. Coonoor 7 21.949.00 60.11 11.58 District 44 1.78.021.70 23.28 5.24 Cutivable area = lrrtgated+un irrigated area. the total area works out to 23.28 percent and the irrigated area to the total cultivable area works out This table highlights the distribution of to 5.24 percent. ·Coonoor possess the maximum inhabited villages according to the extent ofland use. cultivable area to the total area in the district Le .. The total area of the 44 inhabited villages is 60.11 percent. While Coonoor has ] 1.58 percent 1.78.021.70 hectares. of which the cultivable area to irrigated area to total cultivable area in the district. 36 TABLE· 18 PER CAPITA RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE IN TOWNS Per Capita Receipt (in Rs. '00) Expenditure (in Rs.'OO) Expen- Receipt diture Expen- Class, Name and' Receipt Total General from all on pub- Public diture on Other Civic admlnistration through expen- adminis- S1. Total other lie health works public in- aspects status of town taxes diture tration No. sources and con- stitutions veienees 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. V Anivankad (TSJ ------ 2. VI Berhatty (TP) 15.34 5.11 10.23 27.04 9.68 11.11 2.17 - 4.08 3. III Coonoor (M) 227.31 103.49 123.82 257.97 43.27 55.43 36.72 31.18 91.37 4. IV Devarshola (TP) 37.70 16.24 21.46 29.53 6.46 6.79 5.24 1.35 9.69 5. III Gudalur (TP) 58.12 20.73 37.39 58.11 9.78 14.53 4.20 - 29.60 6. IV Hubbathala (VP) 12.38 3.08 9.30 12.16 2.49 4.95 3.10 - 1.64 7. IV Jagathala (TP) 26.41 12.03 14.38 19.98 8.42 0.20 3.65 - 7.71 .. 8. V Konakkarai (TP) 47.66 18.47 29.19 24.94 5.93 4.98 4.05, - 9.98 9. III Kotagtrt (TP) 46.67 18.95 27.72 44.55 21.86 6.68 0.96' - 15.05 10. IV Masinigudi (VP) 17.67 9.34 8.33 18.20 4.69 1.33 2.54 0.37 9.27 11. IV Naduvattam (TP) 57.26 25.68 31.58 44.23 13.79 U.34 0.74 - 18.36 12. m Nelllyalam (TP) 19.61 9.14 10.47 19.38 - 4.34 4.91 3.49 0.29 6.35 13. m '0' Valley (TP) 16.67 12.22 '4.45 16.76 3.73 2.83 2.85 - 7.35 14. II Udhaga mandalam (M) 371.03 105.34 265.69 332.31 53.88 95.12 64.23 - 119.08 15. IV Wellington (canttl 407.69 20.59 387.10 216.26 23.64 75.16 50.32 20.51 46.63 Total All Towne 169.05 47.87 111.18 141.75 24.65 37.49 24.41 6.60 49.70 The table 18 indicates the per capita receipt and institutions and other incurred on general expenditure in each town. On the receipt side. the administration. public health and conveniences, public receipts through taxes and from other sources are works, public institutions and other aspects are furnished. While on expenditure' side. the total furnished. In Nlligiri district the expenditure is less expenditure incurred on general administration. public than the receipt side. health and conveniences. public works, public 37 TABLE -19 SCHOOLS PER 10,000 POPULATION IN TOWNS No. Per 10,000 Population 51. Class, Name and Civic administration status Higher Secondary/ No. Secondary/ Junior Secondary/ of town Inter/PUC/ Primary Junior College Matriculation Middle 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. V Arvankad (TS) 3.60 3.60 3.60 5.39 2. VI Berhatty (TP) 33.68 7.36 11.04 22.08 3. m Coonoor (M) 1.04 1.87 2.08 3.33 4. IV Dvarshola (TP) 0.51 1.01 1.01 4.55 5. III Gudalur (TP) 0.31 0.92 1.84 3.99 6. IV Hubbathala (VP) 1.93 1.93 2.89 3.85 7. IV Jagathala (TP) 0.70 lAO 2.10 4.21 8. V Konakkarai (TP) - 1.17 2.34 7.01 9. III Kotagirt (TP) 1.02 1.69 2.03 5.07 10. IV Masinigudi (VP) - 1.19 5.94 7.13 II. IV Naduvattam (TP) 0.86 1.73 2.59 10.36 12. m Nelliyalarn (TP) 0.26 0.53 1.06 3.18 13. m 'O'Valley (TP) 0.44 0.88 1.32 6.16 14. 11 Udhagamandalm (M) 0.73 0.73 0.73 2.94 15. IV Wellington (Canttl 0.51 1.52 2.02 4.55 Total All Towns 0,74 1.24 1.75 4.39 This table gives percentage of schools available schools, 1.75 percent Junior schools,' and 4.39 percent for every 10,000 population. It is noted that 0.74 percent Primary schools are available for all 15 towns in this Higher Secondary schools, 1.24 percent Secondary district TABLE ·20 . 'NUMBER OF BEDS IN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN TOWNS - Class, Name and Number of Beds in S1. Civic administra- Medical Instituions No. tion status of town per 1,000 population 1 2 3 1. V Aravankad (TS) 10.43 2, VI Berhatty (TP) - 3. III Coonoor (M) 2.98 4. IV Devarshola (TP) 2.83 5. III Gudalur (TP) 4.17 6. IV Hubbathala (VP) - 7. IV Jagathala (TP) - 8. V Konakkarai (TP) - 9. III Kotagiri (TP) 4.84 10. V Masinigudi (VP) 1.78 11. IV Naduvattam (TP) 2.16 12. m Nelliyalam (T?) 0.1,3 13. m '0' Valley (T?) 14. II Udhagamandalam (M) 5.64 15. IV Wellington (Cantt) 1.77 .' i Total All Towns . 2.48 The table 20 gives the dehlils ~n the number of beds per 1,000 population is available in the district. beds available in the medical institutions in different The highest number of beds are available in Aravankad towns. Out of 15 towns in this district, only 10 towns \vith 10.43 beds followed by Udhagamandalam with 5.64 Ire provided with hospital facillties. An average. 2.48 beds per 1,000 population. 38 TABLE -21 PROPORTION OF SLUMf): I'OPULATION IN TOWN 51. Class, Name Proportion of the slum I )pnsity m 5111ms No. and Civic administration population to total (per flq km.j status of town population of the town ,.--.~---.. 1 2 3 4 ~--- 2 'tV" ]. 1 lJdhagamandalam (M) 16.64 ' i ...... ,----... ~ Total 16.64 2.](.0 ,-~--.. * For Class f and II towns only. under Udha:gamandalam Municipality. ThL d.::nsity o[ population is returned as 2,100 per sq.km. Table 21 shows that the slum population is inhabited in Class I and Class II towns of slum notified area falls TABLE -22 MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY MAJ.'"iUFACTURED. IMPORTED AND EXPORTED IN TOWNS Most Important Commodity S1. Class. Name No. and CiV1C administration status of town Manufactured Exported Imported 1 2 3 4 5 1. V Aravankad (TS) - - Rice 2. VI Berhatty (TP) - Tea Food Grains 3. m Coonoor 1M) Eucalyptus Oil Tea Chemicals 4. IV Devarshola (TP) Coffee Coffee Pulses I 5. III Gudalur (TP) Ginger Pepper Manure 6. IV Hubbathala (VP) Tea Vegetables Textiles 7. IV JagathaIa (TP) Tea Potatoes Jaggery 8. V Konakkarai (TP) Tea Spices Construction materials 9. III Kotagiri (TP) Eucalyptus Oil Vegetables Food grains 10. N Masinfgudf (VP) - Forest Products Edible 011 ]1. IV Naduvattam (TP) Gertanium Oil Silver ore l\ianure 12. m Nelliyalam (TP) Cardamom Cardamom Construction materials 13. m '0' Valley (TP) Tea Coffee 14. II Udhagamandalam (M) Photo films Fire wood & Timber Wheat 15. IV Wellington (Cantt) Eucalyptus Oil Eucalyptus Oil EdibJe oil 39 PART - A SECTION: I VILLAGE DIRECTORY 41 NOTE EXPLAINING THE CODES USED IN VILLAGE DIRECTORY NA Information not available N Nallah o Others EDUCATIONAL P Primary or Elementary School POST AND TELEGRAPH' M Junior Secondary or Middle School .PO Post Office H . Matriculation or Secondary School TO Telegraph Office PUC Higher Secondary / Intermediate / Pre-University / Junior College PTO Post and Telegraph Office College, Any College (Graduate level C Telephone connection and above) like Arts, Science, Phone Commerce, etc. COMMUNICATIONS J Industrial School Tr Training School BS Bus Stop Adult Literacy Class / Centre AC RS Railway Station o Other educational institutions. These include Sanskrit Pathshala, NW Navigable waterways (including Senior BasiC School, Makhtab, etc. river. canal. back-waters. etc.) MEDICAL APPROACH TO VILLAGE H Hospital PR PuccaRoad MCW Maternity and Child Welfare Centre KR Kachcha Road MH Maternity Home NR Navigable River ewc Child Welfare Centre NC Navigable Canal HC Health Centre NW Navigable Waterway (other than PHC Primary Health Centre river or canal) PHS Plimary Health Sub-centre POWER SUPPLY o Others D Dispensary ED Electricity for Domestic purpose FPC Family Planning Centre EAg Electricity for Agriculture m T.B.Clinic EO Electricity for other purposes like NH Nursing Home industrial. commercial. etc. RP Registered Private Practitioner EA Electircity for all purposes listed SMP Subsidised Medical Practitioner above CHW Community Health Worker lRRlGATED BY SOURCE DRINKING WATER GC Government Canal T Tap Water PC Private Canal W Well Water W Well (without electriCity) 1K Tank Water WE Well (with electricity) TW Tube well Water TW Tube well (without electricity) HP Hand pump TWE Tube well (with electricity) R River 1K Tank. F Fountain R Ftiver C Canal L Lake L Lake WF Water fall S Spring o Others T Total 43 TAMIL NADU S Ie D.BLOCKS) PANCHAYAT y~I~~o TALUKS GUDALUR TALUK FALLING 0 10 ~m km 10 NIL GIRl DISTRICT ...'-"',r \._ .. _.::..,._ " -.l.'" ) A ./A:" '1 KILOMETRES ~ "v'GUOALURTA~UK :~~HAGAMANOALtM'~"'''''''''';: ,. 2 024 6 .. - . f \...~ "..;( TAL~-r'. KARNA TAKA . "] ) A GVDALUR /" cL ./'~~, P.u. "" "A . ('-.. _.' ,.j.~. ··~.o I Slate ... _ .. _ .. _ r E·ou"dcry, Toluk ... _._ .. _._ '- /.~ ~. L_:: C.D.Blotk ...... "'t.. _.. ,1. ....) RF·' KERALA o r • \ MUOUMALAI . •.... __ . -".""'\ \ ·4 -.~. ) .3 'I I J UDHAGAMANDALAM TALUf< V·· ,,-•• J'o. KERALA I k and a par t of UUdhagamanda 'on 1a m Taluk Ti1e entire f'anchayat statutory towns. 11as been treaGu~o~ra:~~dajUr e Ie 0 Block) boundary ex clu~es' F'onchoyot Union .. Boo"d"" SI,' •. · ... _ . _ :.:-_: =; State Highway._ SH 4A Taluk.. r- 4 __ .J II" . C,d. ''''''" ._'- __ •. .. .. , Imporla,n! MetaRed Road Village with Locallan ., MUD~!.iA~~1 R:~. : " Fares t -Reserved with nome. • •• : .• @ d Stream River an h Office Taluk Headquarters Post Office. / Post and Telegrap PO I PTO Villages haVing. P0 pulation 200-499 •.• • Higher Secondary School s " II 1000-4999. • Police Slat ion .. PS It 5000 , Above . r Health Cenlre, Dispensary •. " Hospital, pnmaC~'ld Welfare Cenlre • Maternity and I Urban area WI·th Locallon. C0 de Number Based upOn Survey 0 f India map WI·th the perm,ssio. . n of the Surveyor General of Indio. @ Governmen t of Indio Copyright, 1996 ,4-29/DCO/TN/'0o-" 450 Copies 1. GUDALUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK Alphabetical List of Villages 0010: Gudalur C.D. Block 1991 CENSUS 1981 CENSUS 51. No. Name of Village Location Code Location Code Location Code Location Code (Manual) (Computer) (Manual) (Computer) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Cherangode 23/9/1/7 23/09/0010/0070 20/9/1/7 20/09/0010/0070 2. Erunad 23/9/1/1 23/09/0010/0010 20/9/1/1 20/09/0010/0010 3. Mudumalai 23/9/1/4 23/09/0010/0040 20/9/1/4 20/09/0010/0040 4. Munnanad 23/9/1/2 23/09/0010/0020 20/9/1/2 20/09/0010/0020 5. I Nellakotta 23/9/1/3 23/09/0010/0030 20/9/1/3 20/09/0010/0030 6. Nelliyalam 23/9/1/6 23/09/0010/0061 20/9/1/6 20/09/0010/0061 7 Srimadurl 23n/l/5 23/09/0010/0050 20/9/1/5 20/09/0010/0150 47 VILLAGE AMENITIES Gudalur Amenities available (if not available Within the village. a dash (-) is shown in the column and next to it in brackets the Loca- distance in broad ranges viz. 0-5 kms .. 5-10 kms .. and 10+ kms. Hon Total area of Total Population of the nearest place where the facility is available Is given) Name of Village Code the village and No. of No. (in hects.) households Post Drinking and Day or days Educational Medical water tele- of market/ (potable) graph hat.1fany 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GUDALUR 10 Erunad 2734.70 11165 (2243) P(I).M(5).H(2) MCW(l). T.W PTO. 1(1) MH(1).PHC(2) Phone SUN 20 Munnanad 2407.32 6890 (1505) P{8J.M(2),H{2) MCW(l) W PO -(+10) 30 Nellakotta 43Y8.36 390 (82) -(-5) -(-5) W +5) -(-5) 40 Mudumalai 18857.06 1342 (304) P{'2).M(l).H{l) -(-5-10) W PO -(5-1O) Phone 50 Srimadurai 1107.71 4293 (934) P(3).M{l).H(l) -(-5-10) T.W -(5-10) -(5-10) 60 Nelliyalam * 4150.96 18174 (3482) P(9),M(I),H(1) MCW{l) T.W PO -(10+) PHC{ 1) ,D( 1) Phone 70 Cherangode 7493.34 26798 (5744) P(8),M(3),H(2), PHC(2) .PHS(l) T.W PO SUN RP(2) Phone Gudalur Block 41129.45 69052 (14294) P(31),M{13), MCW(3),MH(1) Total H(9),I(1) PHS(l).D(l) RP(2),PHC(5) 48 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE C.D. Block Comm- Land Use unica- (I.e. area under different types of land use lions in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) (Bus Approach Nearest town Stop. and distance Power to village supply railway (in kms.) Culturable Area not station. Irrigated waste (lndu- available Foreit water by source Unirrigated ding gauchar for culti- way) & groves) vation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TALUK BS PR Gudalur EA 6.25 -- 2176.45 552.00 - - (43) as PR Gudalur EA -- - - 696.00 1472.84 238.48 (40) BS PR Gudalur EA 4307.50 -- -- 70.86 -- (29) BS PR Gudalur EA 18628.09 -- -- 228.97 -- (13) BS PR Gudalur EA 149.60 -- 300.00 648.11 10.00 (8) BS PR Gudalur EA 1041.60 -- 800.00 1980.16 329.20 (21) BS PR Gudalur EA 486.86 -- 6957.98 37.00 11.50 (37) 24619.90 -- 10930.43 4989.94 1589.18 49 PANCHAYAT U FALLING I~'OTN~O(CT·D.BLOCKSIALUKS UDHAC TAMIL, NADU TALUK BoundarY,SIole .,. -" AMANDALAM II Toluk: _ •• _ NILGIRI DISTRICT J " C P BiOC;'...... -, _. - • - \..,.,,,,,\ I ,...r . 2 0 KILOMETRES l .-"'v"" B \../_":;7-" ~ GUDALUR.r,~ l ---t:- t;;!;;tl:;±! =2l::; ! =4 h ! ~6~J ! 1 \"'I" TAL UK .Lt,.... '.:~ ') KARNA TAKA ' '...... \ 'OOHr AG;~ANDAL~ " ~i' ALUK ' / kl'1 Ip_j___;j-;.;j ~.r-.r--' : SA TY,AMANGALAM ...",/ ~ TALUK 1.,;._ .. __ ..>: PERIYAR DISTRICT ...... PANCHAYAT UNIONS IC.D.BLOCKS) A UDHAGAMANDALAM B GUDALUR Ponchayal U . excludes s'a~!I~nI u,ory (C.D.Block) towns. boundory . ""METTUPPALAIY COIMBATORE ~~RTc~LUK Boundary, Siale ...... _ ... - ... _..--- State Highway SH 4A Dislrict Imporlant Metalled' ~'oad " ' ... _.-.-.- Taluk Railway line wilh sf ar lon, Melre gauge ... ""Panch .•. .•. .., -' r I I " oyol Union IC.D.BIDck) _. - • - River and Stream ... ~ " Village with La I' •.•• ••••• .- •••••••••••• Water fealures' T ...... ca Ion Code Nu r - - - . ank-naturQJ, artificial ...~~ " Fore~I-R mber ... L_ 12 - -, , , "".. d wHh oom ' ..-,,,":;- --" P.os I Office I Posl and Teleqraph Office... PIVPTO Distncl' Tatuk He de ... ; .. ~~GUR R:F'-' : V'II 0 quarters .. " .. HIgher Secondary School s loges he . . • Police Stalion .•. vlng Population 1000-4999 PS • He ' ...... 5000 , Above . spItal, Primar· ...... " " Y Maternity and chlld. Health Welfare Centre Centre I D'Ispensary - '" ,Urban area wilh L ocolion Cod e Number Based upen Survey of India. mop with Ih e perm @ Government of Jndlo. Copyright , 1996. H-" ' ".." of f'" 5 2. UDHAGAMANDALAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 51 Alphabetical List of Villages 0020 : Udhagamandalam C.D. Block 1991 CENSUS 1981 CENSUS r Name of Village Location Code S!. No. Location Code Location Code Location Code I (Manual) (Computer) (Manual) (Computer) 6 I 2 3 4 5 20/09/0010/0140 l. Balacola 23/9/2/14 23/09/0020/0140 20/9/1/14 2. Bikkatti 23/9/2/13 23/09/0020/0130 20/9/1/13 20/09/0010/0130 3. Ebbanad 23)9)2/2 23)09/0020/0020 20/9/1/2 20/09/0010/0020 4. Hullathi 23/9/2/6 23/09/0020/0060 20/9/1/6 20/09/0010/0060 5. lthalar 23/9/2/11 23/09/0020/0110 20/9/1/11 20/09/0010/0110 6. Kadanad 23(9/2/1 23/09/0020/0010 20/9/1/1 20/09/0010/0010 7. I Kagguchi 23/9/2/4 23/09/0020/0040 20/9/1/4 20/09/0010/0040 20/09/0010/0150 8. t KilkundaJ\ 2~'/9!21 15 23/09/0020/0150 20/9/1/15 9. Rtmakkorai 23/9/2/17 23/09/0020/0170 20/9/1/17 20/09/0010/0170 10. Kukkal 23/9/2/3 23/09/0020/0030 20/9/1/3 20/09/0010/0030 11. MelkWldah 23/9/2/16 23/09/0020/0160 20/9/1/16 20/09/0010/0160 12. MulHgoor 23/9/2/12 23/09/0020/0120 20/9/1/12 20/09/0010/0120 13. Nanjanad 23/9/2/8 23/0910020/0080 20/9/1/8 20/09/0010/0080 14. Sholur 23/9/2/7 23/09/0020/0070 20/9/1/7 20/09/0010/0070 15. Thummanatti 23/9/2/10 23/09/0020/0100 20/9/1/10 20/09/0010/0100 I 16. Thunen 23/9/2/5 23/09/0020/0050 20/9/1/5 20/09/0010/0050 17. Udhagamandalam 23/9/2/9 23/0910020/0090 20/9/1/9 20/09/0010/0092 53 VILLAGE AMENITIES UdhagamandaIam. Amenities available (if not available within the village. a dash (-I is shown in the column and next to It in brackets the distance in broad ranges viz. -5 kms .• 5-10 kms .. and 10+ kms: Loca- Total area of Total Population of the nearest place where the facility Is available Is given) tion the village Name of VUlage and No. of Code (in hects.1 No. households Post Day or days Drtnktng and of market/ Educational Medical water tele- hat. if any (potable) graph 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UDHAGAMANDALAM 10 Kadanad 12150.85 7135 (1578) P(5),M(11.H(l1 PHC(1) T.S PO. -(10+) PUC(l) Phone 20 Ebbanad 7462.04 6295 (1502) P(5).M(II.H(l) -(10+) T.S PO. -(10+) Phone 30 Kukkal 6242.37 4287 (1097) P(41.M(l) PHC(11 S PO. -(10+) Phone 40 Kugguchi 2994.05 9531 (2221) P(8).M(1).H(2) PHC(l) S PO. -(10+) Phone 50 Thuneri 1707.39 7053 (1658) P(4).M(I).H(l1 PHC(1) T.S PO. -(10+) PUC(21 Phone 60 Hullathi 2634.72 8455 (1838) P(51.M(IJ.H( 1) PHC(l) T.S PO. -(10+) Phone 70 Sholur 9111.22 10098 (2310) P(4).M(IJ,H(lJ PHC(l) T,S PO. -(10+) Phone 80 Nanjanad 13444.61 13774 (3081) P(2),M(2), PHC(l) T.S PO. -(10+) PUC{l) Phone 54 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE C.D. Block Comm- Land Use unica- (i.e. area under different types ofland use tions in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) (Bus _'L Nearest town Power Stop. and distance to supply railway village (in kms.) Culturable Area not waste (inclu- available station. Forest In1gated iuninigated water by source ding gauchar for cultl- way) & groves} vatlon 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TALtm - BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 10339.00 T(485.60),TK(485.60) 627.27 625.59 73.39 (10) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 6412.99 -- -- 830.49 218.56 (17) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 4610.38 -- -- 701.14 930.85 (32) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 530.43 -- -- 1343.54 1120.08 (25) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED ~9.16 -- -- 1280.22 398.01 (24) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 1330.53 -- -- 1038.49 285.70 (l0) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 5224.22 -- 2098.00 428.00 1365.00 (18) . as PR Udhagamandalam ED 1084L73 ---- 1553.00 1049.88 (14) ISS VILLAGE AMENITIES Udhagamandalam Amenities available (if not available within the village, a dash (-) is shown in the column and next to it in brackets the distance in broad ranges viz. -5 kIns., 5-10 kIns .. and 10+ kIns. Loca- Total area of of the nearest place where the facility is available is given) tion Total Population Name of Village the village Code and No. of (in hect.) Post Day or days No. households Drinking and of market/ Educational Medical water tele- hat, ifany (potable) graph 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UDHAGAMANDALAM 90 Udhagamandalam 3041.42 8879(2142) P(l),M(ll.H(l} PHC(l} T,S PO, -(10+) Phone 100 Thummanatti 2113.45 8792 (2157) P(8),M(ll. PHC(1) T PO, -(10+) H(l)PUC(l) Phone 110 Ithalar 2483.67 10088 (2215) P(10),M(2) PHC(1) T,S PO, -(10+) H(2).PUC(1) Phone 120 Mulligoor 16920.42 5523 (1310) P(4),M(1) -(10+) T,S PO, -(10+) Phone 130 Bikkatti 1382.64 6091 (l458) P(4),M(l).H(l) PHC(l) T.S PO. -(10+) PUC(I) Phone 140 Balacola 3139.50 16627 (3698) P(8) ,M(2) ,H(3) PHC(I) T,S PO, -(10+) PUC(2) Phone 150 Kilkundah 2501.35 10674 (2539) P(4),M(2),H(2) PHC(1) T PO, -(10+) PUC(l) Phone 160 Melkundah 3318.49 2573 (558) P(l) PHC(1) T PO, -(10+) Phone 170 Kinnakkorai 2005.06 2407 (601) P(3) PHC(l) T,S PO, -(10+) Phone , Udhagamandalam 92653.25 138282 (31963) P(80).M(19). PHC (15) Block Total H(I7). PUC(IO) 56 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE (Contd.) C.D. Block Cumm- Land Use unlca- (Le. area under different types of land use tions in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) (Bus Nearest town Approach Power Stop. and distance to village supply railway (in luns.) Culturable Area not station. waste (lnclu- available Forest Irrigated Unirrigated water by source ding gauchar for culti- way) & groves) vation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TALUH BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 1800.52 T(24.28) .TK(24.28) -- 1036.58 180.04 (8) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 202.37 -- .. 938.72 972.36 (12) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 338.00 -- -- 1244.60 901.07 {I 6) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 14445.79 -- 1952.00 343.20 179.43 (37) - BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 182.42 -- -- 809.66 390.56 (25) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 505.58 T(4.05).TK(4.05) 1547.52 743.43 338.92 (13) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 800.20 -- -- 1005.33 695.82 (40) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 2321.51 T(14.57).TK(l4.57) -- 589.04 393.37 (34) BS PR Udhagamandalam ED 1004.19 -- -- 312.77 688.10 (60) 60919.02 T(528.50), 6.222.79 14821.80 10161.14 TK(528.50) 57 TAMIL NADU KOTAGIRI TALUK NIL GIRl DISTRICT KILOMETRES SATYAMANGALAM 2 o 2 4 TALUK PERIYAR DISTRICT Panchoyol Union le.O.Block) boundary excludes stalulory lowns. PANCHAYAT UNIONS 'C.O.BLOCKS) F ALLING IN TWO T ALUKS ;-...._."\;"" ...... --. "'", B~und PANCHA Y AT ...\llilQ.NS (C,D.BLOCKS) A KOTAGIRI B COONOOR I -, \ ...... 4, \ 1 UDHAGAMANDALAM TALUK L __ ~ I• " \1 ( " " :: .::.'; "j I ',,, IJ I 12 , ') I3 Naduholty'\ -K t' , '" ..... a aqlrt _t,/ •.\.0...... _"..- _../ ('--- ;'/ ./'._/' . \ .""'-._ '1. ;- METTUPPALAIYAM TALUK COONOOR TALUK , ..J-·\.i COl118ATORE DISTRICT 'Boundary, District ... ---.._. __ .- r-----' Uninhabited Villages with Location Code Number ,L _ .!.!. __ .....J " Toluk Urban area with location Code Number .,. _VIIl~ " Panchayat Union IC,D.Block) ...... ' ., •• r------, SH.4A Village with Localion Code Number L. __ .!? ___ J State Hiqhway " ...... , .. , " Foresl-Reserved with name., .•. i-.~ ~~$T~ Sl~E R{ Important Metalled Road Toluk HeadqUarters .. , @ River and Stream Villages having Population Below 200 .,' o Post officej Post and Telegraph Office PO/PTO " " 200-499 , .. • Higher Secondary School s " " 500-999, .. • PoUc, Slalion PS " " 1000-4999 Hospital, Primary Health Cenlre, Dispensary •• + • Maternity and Child Weffare Cenfre 5000 , Above • " " • Based upon Survey of Indio map with the permission of the Surveyor General of Indio. @ Government of India Copyright, 1996. 11-29/DCO/TN/95-450 Copies 3. KOTAGIRI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 59 Alphabetical List of Villages 0030 : Kotagiri C.D. Block 1991 CENSUS 1981 CENSUS Sl. No. Name of\t1llage Location Code Location Code Location Code Location Code (Manual) (Computer) (Manual) (Computer) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Aracode 23/9/3/8 23/09/0030/0080 20/09/3/8 20/09/0030/0080 2. Denad 23/9/3/6 23/09/0030/0060 20/09/3/6 20/09/0030/0060 3. Hallimoyar 23/9/3/2 23/09/0030/0020 20/09/3/2 20/09/0030/0020 4. Jackanarai 23/9/3/14 23/09/0030/0140 20/09/3/14 20/09/0030/0140 5. Kadinamala 23/9/3/10 23/09/0030/0100 20/09/3/10 20/09/0030/0100 6. Kakkode 23/9/3/9 23/09/0030/0090 20/09/3/9 20/09/0030/0090 .,.. Kallampalayam 23/9/3/3 23/09/0030/0030 20/09/3/3 20/09/0030/0030 8. , Kengarai 23/9/3/11 23/09/0030/0110 20/09/3/11 20/09/0030/0110 9. Kodanad 23/9/3/4 23/09/0030/0040 20/09/3/4 20/09/0030/0040 10. Kotagirt 23/9/3/13 23/09/0030/0130 20/09/3/13 20/09/0030/0131 11. Naduhatty 23/9/3/12 23/09/0030/0120 20/09/3/12 20/09/0030/0120 12. Nandipuram 23/9/3/7 23/09/0030/0070 20/09/3/7 20/09/0030/0070 13. Nedugula 23/9/3/5 23/09/0030/0050 20/09/3/5 20/09/0030/0050 14. Nilgirt Eastern Slopes 23/9/3/1 23/09/0030/0010 20/09/3/1 20/09/0030/0010 - 61 VILLAGE AMENITIES Kotagirl Amenities available (if not available within the village, a dash (-) is shown in the column and next to it in brackets the distance in broad ranges viz. -5 kms., 5-10 kms., and 10+ kms. Loca- Total area of Total Population of the nearest place where the facility is available is given) tian the village and No. of Code Name af Village (in hects.) households No. Post Day or days Drinking and of market/ Educational Medical water tele- hat, if any (potable) graph 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 KOTAGIRI 10 Niligiri Eastern Slopes N.A. Un-inhabited 20 HalUmayar 38.00 1996 (582) P(2) MCW(1) T.W,N PO SUN 30 Kallampalayam 24.00 436 (132) pel) -(10+) W,N -1O+!-, SUN 40 Kadanad 3312.00 4086 (1064) P(4) H(2).CWC(2) T.W.N PO. SUN Phone 50 Nedugula 3472.00 12225 (2749) P(5).M(2).H(I) H(l).MCW(3) T.W.N. PO. SUN FPC(2) Phone 60 Denad 2922.00 9620 (2287) P(4),M(2), H(1),MH{l) T.W.N. PO, SUN H(l) Phone 70 Nandipuram 446.00 188 (56) P(l),M(l) -(10+) T.W.N. -(10+) -(10+) 80 Aracode 737.00 533 (158) PIlI -(10+) T.W.N. -(10+) -(10+) 62 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE C.D. Block Comm- Land Use unica- (Le. area under different types of land use lions in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) {Bus Approach Nearest town Stop, to village and distance Power railway (in kms.) supply Culturable Area not station, waste (inc1u- available Forest Irrigated Unirrigated water by source ding gauchar for culti- way) & groves) vation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TALUK Un-inhabited -(-5) PR Bhavanisagar ED,EAG - - T(14.00},WE(3.00} 24.00 -- -- (3D) GC{9.00),TK(2.00) -(10+) PR Bhavanisagar ED -- -- 14.00 -- 10.00 (10) BS PR Kotagiri EA ~674.00 , T(12.00),WE(10.00) 1128.00 379.00 119.00 (10) TK(2.00) BS PR Kotagiri EA 789.00 T(78.00),WE(78.00) 1467.00 638.00 500.00 (5) BS PR Kotagiri EA 1692.00 T(2.00),CG(2.00) 1053.00 -- 175.00 (5) BS PR Kotagiri ED 302.00 -- 143.00 -- 1.00 (26) BS PR Kotagiri ED 248.00 -- 420.00 -- 69.00 (I6) . 63 VILLAGE AMENITIES Kotagirl Amenities available (If not available within the village, a dash (-) is shown in the column and next t& it in brackets the distance in broad ranges viz. -5 kms., 5-10 kms., and 10+ kms. Loca- Total area of Total Population of the nearest place where the facUity is available is given) tion Name of Village the village and No. of Code (in hects.) households Post Day or days No. Drinking and of market/ Educational Medical water tele- hat, if any (potable) graph I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 KOTAGIRI 90 Kakkode 139.00 309 (89J -(10+1 -(10+) W.N -(10+1 -(10+) 100 Kadinamala 599.00 780 (215) P(2), D(l) T.W.N. -(10+) -(10+1 110 Kengarai 2945.00 8362 (2040) P(2), H(I).MCW(2) T.W.N PO -(10+) M(3),H(I) D(1) 120 Naduhatty 2509.00 8632 (2034) P(4),M(2).H(1) MCW(I). T.N PO, -(-5) CWC(2).O(I) Phone 130 Kotagirt • 3094.00 9798 (2243) P(IO).M(7). H(5),MCW(3), T.W.N PO. SUN H(4).TR(5) CWC(4J. Phone FPC (2) .RP(7) I 140 Jackanarai 2053.00 5031 (1230) P(2).M(2),H(2) MCW(I) T.W.N PO. -(10+) Phne Kotagiri Block 22290.00 61996 (14879) P(38),M(19). HelO). Total H(lO),Tr(5) MCW(ll) MH(l) CWC(8) D(2),FPC(4) RP(7).O(1). 64 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE C.D. Block cor:nn-I Land Use unlca- I I (Le. area under different types of land use nons in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) (Bus Approach Nearest town Stop, to village and distance Power railway (in kms.) supply Culturable Area not station, waste linclu- availahle I Forest Irrigated Unirrigated \vater I J:.y source ding gauchar for culti- way) & groves) vation JO 11 12 13 J4 15 16 17 18 TALUK BS Pl{ Kona\'akaral ED -- -- 96.00 -- 43.00 (16) BS PR Konavakarai ED 29.00 T(l.OO),WE(l.OO) 529.00 -- 40.00 (10) BS PR Kotagriri ED,EAG 1131.00 -- 728.00 -- 1086.00 (16) BS PR Kotagiri EA 240.00 T(5.00),WE(5.00) 1678.00 548.00 38.00 (5) BS PR Kotagiri EA 287.00 T(l.OO),WE(l.OO) 2018.78 100.00 688.00 (5) r B;:, I PR Kotagiri EA 430.00 -- 1155.00 221.00 247.00 ! I (9) 6822.00 T(113.00). I 10453.00 1886.00 3016.00 i WE(98.00) TK(4.00) GC(II.OO) I 65 TAMIL NADU COONOOR TALUK NILGIRI DISTRICT KILOMETRES 2 024 6 KOTAGIRI TALUK 1"" _,..... _,'RS'__""" _, ..... ("-../ ;> ~ ".'._, S 7. HUlIKAL R.F. Hulical " .' ,:: .. ~-., ~ . •• \.... --., "J .~ 1PTO \...... )\. • .",.... '. . • .J r.'~M~1ur -'"l...... "'>. r'"._ • ..-,. • .I'. _.,.'" . + I·' -")' '\.. • ..., :---- : /' .... ~ • \" ~. 41 h .. . ". '. ~ PANCHAYAT UNIONS (C.D.BLOCKS) '='. :,.,.J FALLING IN TWO T ALUKS ~, KUlAKAMIIAI IU:. ~·-.."", .../,r·· 'J J!>-._."\;~._, -"", ~''l "::,~LUR SlOPES R.f .. " i BoundorY,Dislricj ,.. _._'. > Taluk ._. ___ ) , ~·-·Y·""·\.. "",.' C.D.Block...... _:;J· l I ". ~. ;' KOT AGIRI TALUK \. '-. I'-'~ [' (-.) ~_; METTUPPALAIYAM TALUK .'"'-. J.. .1 . (OIHBA TORE DIS TRICT ,...... , ...... -.-I._ ....r.: .•~ _,J- The entire Coonoor Tal uk and a part of Kotogiri Taluk r- ''-.j ."" ...:aJ.;", ...$' has been treated as Coanoor Panchayat Union. Panchoyat Union IC,D.Block1 boundary excludes statutory towns. ..\ COONO~R TALUK < • .)km 10 0 I? km ? Ai-·..,J 1....'_IL..-....l ~ ) """""" ..r" A coor-IOOR P U Boundar~. Disfrict...... -. . ..._._.- It ·Tafuk .. 'Important Metalled Rood r-----l RS Village with Location Code Number ,.. L __ ]_ __ _J " Railway line with station, Metre gauge ··.'1111"11, •• 1 " Forest-Reserved with nome •• River and Stream .-. ... ~ Taluk Headquarters @ Post Office! Post and Telegraph Office PO I PTO Villages having Population 1000-4999 ... • Higher Secondary School S " " 5000' Above • Police Stalion •. PS Urban area with Location Code Number. ... mxVIZ@A Hospital, Primary Health Centre, Dispensary... • •• Maternity and Child Welfare Centre A State Highway '" SH 4A Based upon Survey of India map with the permission of the Surveyor General of India. C Government of India Copyright,. 1996. 11-29/DCO/TN/95-450 Copies 4. COONOOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 67 Alphabetical List of Villages 0040: Coonoor C.D. Block 1991 CENSUS 1981 CENSUS S1. No. Name of Village Location Code Location Code Location Code Location Code (Manual) (Computer) (Manual) (Computer) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Adigaratty 23/9/4/2 23/09/0040/0020 20/9/4/2 20/09/0040/0020 2. Burliyur 23/9/4/4 23/09/0040/0040 20/9/4/4 20/09/0040/0040 3. Coonoor 23/9/4/5 23/09/0040/0050 20/9/4/5 20/09/0040/0050 4. Hulical 23/9/4/7 23/09/0040/0070 20/9/4/7 20/09/0040/0070 5. Ketti 23/9/4/1 23/09/0040/0010 20/9/4/1 20/09/0040/0010 6. Melur 23/9/4/6 23/09/0040/0060 20/9/4/6 20/09/0040/0060 7. Yedappall1 23/9/4/3 23/09/0040/0030 20/9/4/3 20/09/0040/0030 69 VILLAGE AMENITIES COODoor Amenities available (if not available within the village. a dash H Is shown in the column and next to it in brackets the distance in broad ranges viz. -5 kIns .• 5-10 kIns .. and 10+ kms. Loca- Total area of Total Population of the nearest place where the facility Is available is given) tion the village Code Name of Village and No. of (in hects.) Post Day or days No. households Drinking and of market/ Educational Medical water tele- hat. if any (potable) graph 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COONOOR 10 Ketti 3102.00 24330 (5119) P(l6).M(5) PHC(2).D(1). T.W.S PTO. SUN H(l).PUC(l) RP(2) Phone 20 Adigaratty 3051.00 17036 (3921) P(15).M(2). H(l).MCW(l). T PTO -(10+) H(2).PUC(2) RP(l) Phone 30 Yedappalli 1204.00 4929 (1189) P(51.M(lJ.H(1 MCW(lJ. T.S PTO -(-5-10) PUC(l) PHC(l).NH(l) Phone \ 40 Burliyar 1726.00 4363 (l085) P(6) H(l) T.S PTO -(10+) Phone 50 Coonoor * 2963.00 1379 (345) P(2).M(lJ. H(2) T.S. PTO SUN 60 Melur 4238.00 17419 (4179) P(7).M(4).H(3) PHC(2}.D(3) T,.W PTO SUN PUC(!) 70 Hulical 5665.00 17998 (4118) P(l2).M(2). MH(l).PHC(l) T PTO SUN H(2),PUC(1) RP(4) Phone Coonoor Block Total 21949.00 87454 (19956) P(63),M(15) H(4).MCW(2). H(9),PUC(6) MH(l).D(4) NH(l),RP(7) PRe(6) 70 DIRECTORY AND LAND USE C.D. Block Comm- Land Use unica- (i.e. area under different types of land use tions in hectares rounded upto two decimal places) (Bus Approach Nearest town Stop, Power to village and distance supply railway (in kms.) Culturable Area not station, Irrigated waste (inclu- available water Forest by source Unirrigated ding gauchar for culti- way) & groves) vation 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TALUK (PART) BS,RS PR Udhgamandalm EA 130.00 T(1496.00), 1385.00 -- 91.00 (6) GC(l496.00) BS PR Udhgamandalm EA 130.00 - - 1742.49 - - 1179.00 (15) BS PR Coonoor EA 231.00 112.00), GC(2.00) 700.00 76.00 195.00 (6) BS,RS PR Coonoor EA 815.00 1110.00),GC(10.00) 710.00 56.00 135.00 (20) BS PR Coonoor EA· 642.00 T(20.00),GC(20.00) 1330.00 110.00 861.00 (0) BS PR Coonoor EA 1052.00 -- 2734.00 130.00 322.00 (20) BS PR Coonoor EA 2028.00 -- 3065.00 -- 572.00 (l0) T(1528.00) 5028.00 GC(1528.00) 11666.00 372.00 3355.00 71 Annexure - I Statement Showing The C.D. Blocks Coming Under Each Taluk Code No Name of C.D. Blocks Name ofTaluk ofC.D. S1. No. Block 1 2 3 4 1. Gudalur Gudalur 0010 2. Udhagamandalam Udhagamandalam 0020 3. Kotagiri Kotagiri 0030 4. Coonoor Coonoor 0040 73 M M ....,I Il()l o M .. .....C'l ...... o...... CD It)lt')' ,a'l 74 11) 11) I ::::l , i:'- N..... N ... ~ ~I c-:I , I ci <0 1 I I E-i -.t' p.. If) -.t' In ..... ['.. If) C') 1 , ...... ~ 0 C'I C'I ~ -t' .. "" 0.: S § crj r3 - .. I ' ._." ._~ .... 75 VILLAGE DIRECTORY APPENDIX - D LAND UTILISATION DATA IN RESPECT OF NON - MUNICIPAL TOWNS (CENSUS TOWNS) Land use (i.e., area under different types of land use In hectares rounded upto two decimal places) Name of Town and C.D. S1. No. Irri- Culturable Area not Block (with in brackets) Total Forest gated by Un-Irri- waste (including available for Area source gated gaucher and cultivation groves) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Gudalur (Gudalur C.D.) 4797.00 2336.00 - 1097.00 1171.00 193.00 2. Devarshola (Guqalur C.D.) 6120.00 1896.00 T 27.00 2559.00 1476.00 162.00 GC 27.00 3. Nelliyalam (Gudalur C.D.) 9533.00 1742.00 - 3865.00 3603.00 323.00 4. O'Valley (Gudalur C.D.) 10343.00 4764.00 - 3740.00 1716.00 123.00 5. Naduvattam (Udhaga mandalam) 10605.00 6338.00 453.00 1805.00 1743.00 266.00 6. Masinigudi (Gudalur C.D.) 13403.00 11364.00 - - 1462.00 577.00 7. Kotagirt (Kotagirt C.D.) 3093.00 192.00 - 1441.00 1068.00 392.00 8. Konakkarai (Kotagiri C.D,) 3716.00 1790.00 - 1486.00 359.00 81.00 , 9. Jagathala (Coonoor C.D.) 1910.00 316.00 - 1009.00 200.00 385.00 10. Berhatty (Coonoor C.D.) 1458.00 142.00 - - 1137.00 179.00 11. Wellington 667.00 N.A. - - - 12. Hubbathala (Coonoor C.D.) 639.00 8.00 - 591.00 40.00 - 13. Aravankad 113.00 N.A. --, - VILLAGE DIRECTORY APPENDIX - lD TALUKWISE LIST OF VILLAGES WHERE NO AMENTIES ARE AVAILABLE S1. No. Name of Taluk Location Code No. Name of Village 1 2 3 4 NIL 76 VILLAGE DIRECTORY APPENDIX - IV LIST OF VILLAGES ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES TO THE TOTAL POPULATION BY RANGES A - SCHEDUum CASTES Ranges of Scheduled Caste Population (Percentage) 0-5" 6 - 10 11-15 16 -20 21- 30 31+ Name of L.C. Name of L.C.No. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C.No. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C. No. No. Village Village Village Village Village Village 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 01 GUDALUR TALUK 01. GUDALUR CD BLOCK 3 Sri Madura! 1 Erumad - - 6 Nelliyalam 7 Cherancode 2 Munanad 4 Mudumalai 02. UDHAGAMANDALAM TALUK 02. UDBAGAMANDALAM C.D. BLOCK - 1 Kadanad 2 Ebbabad 11 Italar 8 NanJanad 4 Kagguchi 3 Kukkal 9 Udhagamandalam 7 Sholur 5 Thuneri 13Blkkuttt 12 Mulllgoor 6 Hullathi 14 Balacola 16 Melkundah 10 Thummanattl 15 Kilkondah 17 Klnnakkorai 03. KOTAGIRl TALUK 03. ItOTAGIRI C.D. BLOCK 3 Kallampalayam 13 Kotagiri 2 Hallimayar 5 Ned1gula - 4 Kodanad 7 Nandipuram 12 Naduhatti 6 Denad 8 Aracode 14 Jackanart 10 Kadinamalai 11 Kengarai 04. COONOOR TALUK 04. COONOOR C.D. BLOCK - 7 HuUcal - 1 Ketty - 2 Adigaratty 3 YedappaU 4 BurUyar 5 Coonoor 6 Melur • Exclude Villages with no SC Population 77 VILLAGE DIRECTORY APPENDIX - IV LIST OF VILLAGES ACCORDING TO mE PROPORTION OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES TO THE TOTAL POPULATION BY RANGES B - SCHEDULED TRIBES Ranges of Scheduled Tribe Population (Percentage) ·0- 5 6 - 15 16- 25 26- 35 36 - 50 51 + L.C. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C. No. Name of L.C. No. Name of No. Village Village ,village Village Village Village 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 01. GUDALUR TALUK 01. GUDALUR C.D. BLOCK - 6 Nelliyalam 1 Erumad 3 Nellakottai - - 7 Cheracode 2 Munad 4 Mudumalai 5 Sri Madurai 01. UDHAGAMANDALAM TALVK 01. UDHAGAMANDALAM C.D. BLOCK 1 Kadanad 7 Sholur - - - - 2 Ebanad 3 Kukkal 4 Kagguchi 5 Thuneri 6 Hullathi , 8 Nanjanad 9 Udhagamandalam 10 Thummanatti 11 Ithalar 12 Mulligoor 13 Bikkutti 14 Balacola 15 Kilkundah 16 Melkundah 17 Kinnakkorai 01. KOTAGIRI TALUK 03. KOTAGIRI C.D. BLOCK 4 Kodanad 11 Kengarai 2 Hallimayar 14 Jackanarai - 3 Kallampalayam 5 Nedugula 7 Nadipuram 6 Denad 8 Aracode 13 Kotagiri 9 Kakkode 10 Kadinamala 04. COONOOR TALUK 04. COONOOR C.D. BLOCK 1 Ketty 4 Buliyar - - - - 2 Adigaratty 3 Yedappalli 6 Melur 7 Hulical • Exclude Villages with no ST Population 78 SECTION: n - TOWN DIRECTORY 79 NOTE EXPLAINING THE CODES USED IN THE TOWN DIRECTORY Class of towns by population population Class BWP Borewell pumping system 100.000 and above I 50.000 99.999 II PT Pressure tank 20.000 49.999 III 10.000 19.999 IV Source of drinking water 5.000 9.999 V 1W Tube well / hand pump Below 5.000 VI T '... Tap Water Civic administration status of the town W Well Water M.Corp. Municipal TK Tank Water Corporation/ Corporation Medical facilities M Municipality .. H I ••• Hospital TP Town Panchayat D Dispensary VP Village Panchayat HC Health Centre TC Town COmmittee/ FPC Family Planning Town Area Centre CB Cantonment Boardl 1B T.B. Clinic Contonment NH Nursing Home STATEMEN1' IV AND IV-A o Others sc Scheduled Castes A Ayurvedic ST Scheduled Tribes U Unani Type of Road Hom Homoeopathy PaccaRoad PR Educational facilities KR KatchaRoad A Arffi only System of Sewerage S SCience only Sewer S AS Arts and Science only OSD Open surface drains C Commerce only BSD Box surface drains AC Arffi and Commerce SD' Silk drains only CD Cesspool method ASC Combined for all categories - Arts. PT Pit system Science and Commerce Method of disposal of night soil L Law HL Head loads Recognised Shorthand, typewriting and other B Baskeffi vocational 'institutions WB Wheel barrows SH Shorthand ST Septic tank latrines Type Typewriting S Sewerage Sh.Type Shorthand and System of Storage of Water Typewriting om Overhead tank o Others SR Service reservoir Public Libraries and reading rooms IG River infIltration PL Public Libraries gallery RR Reading Rooms 81 ' .... CD 10 CO o .... en CD 00 o CD 00 en CD ell 00 10 .....en C'I CO 00 en (0 en en en en en o o r- o ..... en C'l C'l CD en CO CO en en C!l CO CD o CO CD C!l CO ..... C'l C'l CD C'l ...... 0C'l en r-- CD.CO " en..... C'l' CD .... CD CD .... en .... o.... ------...... § § §- "g'g"g.., .., .., ass o 0 0 ------gjJg£'§ir <:<:~ g g § -e-e-e ------;::J;::J ;::J- .... J... ~.~ C'l ..... 8 8 "6D en ..... p p ro .... g 8 b ______u u~_ ~ ~ ~ .... r/Jrf) rn C'l o en...... 11) ...... ~r-: en l{)CO ...... ;t 10 .... C'l o 10 en.... 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