District Census Handbook, Ballia, Part X-A, Series-21, Uttar Pradesh
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CENSUS 1971 PART X-A N & VILLAGE TOW DIRECTORY SERIES 21 UTTAR PRADESH BALLIA DISTRICT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK D. M. SINHA, N ADMINISu,",.,... "'fIVE SERVICE OF THE INDIA OperatIOns Dwector of Census P desh Uttar ra . '"11.0 z CD '".. o :z.. VI o ,. cd ;:'" '" ;;r 0 '" ...~ ..:r -b c.., """I U1 .4 =~ """I - 0 ~ "l .... ==~ UI -3 (5 ==;.. <ii ~ IV ......~ 0 ;.. 5:'" r:o o ~L-----------------l-----------------------------~.------------------------------~IV~------------------------;zm % ~ ~ CONTENTS Palea Acknowledgement Introductory Note iii-xv TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY Town Directory- Statement I-Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 4-5 Statement II-Phvsical Aspects and Locat Ion of Townl, 1969 4--5 Statement III-Municipal Finance, 1968~69 4-5 Statement IV-CivIc and other AmenIties, 1969 6-7 Statement V -Medical. Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns. 1969 6-7 Statement VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 6-7 Statement VLI--Popu}ation by RefIgion and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. 1971 8 V iIlaee Directory-- 1 RASRA TAHSIL (i) Alphabetical List of Villages 12-19 (ii) VIllage Directory (Amen ities and land use) 20-89 2 BANSDIH TAHSIL (i) ~'phabetlcal Libt of VIlla5es 93-99 (ij) Village Directory (Amenities and land use) 100--161 (iii) Foot Note 162-164 3 BALLI A T AH'HL (i) Alphabetical List of Villages 166-173 (Ii, Villag.: DIrectory (Amenities and land uee) 174"-243 (iii) Foot Note 244-249 APPENDIX-Tahsilwise Abnract of Educational, Medical d other Amenities ~jven in Villa~e Directory 250-251 A C K N 0 \V LED GEM E N T S At the 1971 Census it has been our endeavour to compile both Census and non-Cen.,us statistics at the village and block level in a uniform manner. To ensure that these statistics arc available to the users as soon as these are sifted and compiled, the District Cen<;us Handbook has been divided into three parts This is the first part of the .;;eries, the Village and Town Directory, which mostly compri,>es nOll.Census data v\'e are dC"'eply indebted to the State Government for theIr everwlllmg aud prompt help to us at all stages. The Di<;trict Census Handbooks are being published by us on their behalf I \A ish to express my gratitude to Sri M. Lal, Chief Secretary to U.P. Government, ror all the guidance and facilitie<; affor ded to us in . the conduct of Census in this State. I am also grateful to Sri P. C. Pandey, Secretary, G. A. D. (Now Commissioner, Rohilkhand Division. Bareilly) and his successor, Sri A. P. Dixit, for the facilities given by them in sorting out variou", admini~trative matters relating to the publication of these Handbooks. I am extremely thankful to the Di"trict Officers for their whole-hearted co-opera tion in furnishing the desired information and the District Census Officers for their hard work and sustajned efforts ill collecting the same. The programme [or the printing of District Census Handbooks has been heavy incieed, more SO as three parts are being published, one in Hindi and two in English. The arrangements made by Sri A. Dar, Superintendent, Prillting and Stationery. U. P., Allahabarl. [or the printing of these volumes, are thankfully acknowledged Joint Superintendent. Sri J. S. Gupta, lie New Government Prest' Aishbagh, Lucknow has also heen extremely helpful in bringing 011t the maps In the Census Office, everyone ha, rione something fdr \hi~ stupendous task of compilauon and collation of statistlcs, preparation of note, and reading of proofs. I am grateful to Sri K. S. Sinha, Deputy Director, Headquarters. the Tabulation Officer and other staff of the Technical Section, who have shared the burden an::! helped in bringing out these Handbooks. I must also express my gratitude to Sri A Chandrasekhar, Registral' General, India, Sri K· D· Ballal and Dr. B. K R.oy Burman, Deputy Registrars General and Sri K. K Chakravorty. Central Tabulation Officer for their constant help and guidance despite their own heayy preoccupation!!. Lucknow D. M. SINHA Dated: October 3, 1972. Director of Census Operations, Uttu Pradesh. INTRODUCTORY NOTE t. Hi.storyor District Census Handbook. It has been customary to bring out vital statistics at most of the Censuses. A lift snowing the popUlation of villages in ea(.h district waS published after the 1891 Census. Such informatIOn was, howevel, not brought out in 190 I Village Directories were prepared for alI districts in 1911, but (auld be published only for thtrteen due to the outbreak of the First World War At the 1921 Census, these were published for all (listricts in the form of DIstrict Census Statistics. In 1931 villagewise statistics were compiled but could not be publr'ihed owing to financial strmgencv, resulting in loss of valuable data At the 1941 Census, restrIcted tabulation was undertaken in the wake of the Second World War, but the utdity of Census statistics was recognised and these were published. The District Census .fbTldbook in its present form was brought out at the 1951 Census, and was publi shed alongwlth another volume titled District Population Statistics In 1961 Census, att empts wcre made to render the District Censu~ Handbook more informatlVe, as lU addition to Census data pertaining to each village, dJ.ta about its level of develoment and ameni. ties were al"o collected. Ai the 19'11 Census, efforts have been made to compile both Census and non-Censm statistiCS GLc vlllagt'Jtown level In a uniform manner with an enla rged scope As the Dl~trict Census Handbook mahs Census statistics available for the smaller terrlloriaJ umts, it is constantly referred to for several purposes of administration, demar ca.tion of dectoral COllstltucnclcs, pLtnnmg the development and so on. To ensure that these stati~ti'cs <11 e aViulable to the users early, the District Census Handbook has been dlvicled for bel l~ pubhshed separateh mto three parts: Part A : Town and Village Directory Part B ; Village and Town-WIse Primary Census Ab~tract Part C : Analytical Rt')'ort and Admllllstratlvc Statement-District Census Tables. 2. Scope of District Census Handbook. Part A of the Handbook comprises the Town and Village Directory. In village Direc- <i ry, particulars of amenities in regard to Education, Medical, Power supply, drinking y'ater supply, Post and telegraph and Communications have been given. Besides, it con tains land-use statistics, days of weekly markets and places of religious, historical or archa eological interest in each v d!age The Town Directory comprising seven statements throws light on the status of the town. its origlll J growth of population, functional category, location and physical aspects, Municipal finances, Civic and other amenities, Medical and Educational facilities and statistics pertaining to Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking. Apart from these, it also gives the distribution of population of the town by Religion and Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes }lart B represents data down to village level for rural area and block level for towns. It contams the Primary Census Abstract which incorporates figures of area, Aumber of occupiedd resiential houses and households, total popUlation and its break-up by sex, (IV) scheduled caste dnd scheduled tribe, literate population, working populatIOn by ni ne broad ; ndust rial categories of cultivators, agricultural labourers, workt:rs engaged in forestry and livestock etc., in mining and quarrying, in manufacture or repair, in construc tion, in trade and commerce, in transport and communications and in othcr services a~ well lUI the non-working population. Part C Ijeals with the administrative statistics pertaming to d.e district III aU field of development. ]"he Census tables pertaining to language, religJOn, migration and economic activities are being reproduced in this part A wrote up indlcating changes in socio-economIc and demographic characteristics of the distrIct during the last decade is also bemg mcluded in it. 3. Town Directory given in Part A presents data for all the Census towns of the district There is no uniformly accepted definition of a town. The historical, pob- tical, cultural and administrative considerations are generall) taken as criteria for rural urban classification_ An urban area, in contradistinction to the rural, comprises a large majority of inhabitants who are engaged in industrial and non-agricultural activities. In addition to its size, population and occupatlOnal characteristics, an urban area pro vides such facilities as transportation, banking, commercial and technical services, COiIl munity facilities and other civic services. According to the State Government, all 'Muni cipal Corporations, Municipal Boards, Cantonment Boalds, Notified Arc:as and Tow Areas are considered as town, and according to thier average annual income fro n their own resources, these have been classlfied into different classes of local bodies. The Criteria adopted under the Census Operations is slightly different from the State Government In 1971 Census all pJa~es satisfying the following conditions have been treated as Towns -_ 1. All Municipal Corporations, Municipal r-oards, Cantonments & Notified Areas. 2- All localities though not in themselves local bodies but forming part of a city Of town agglomeration. 3. Other places S21tisfymg all the three undermentioned conditions: 'i) Population exceeds 5,000. (ii) At last 75% of' the male working population engages in non-agricultural pursuits, and (iii) The density of population exceeds 1,000 persons per sq mile (3-86 pers':>;}, per sq. km.). The information given in the Town Directory relates to the }ear 1969. The data has been presented in the following seven statements (a) Statement I-This statement presents the population of the towns at the end of each decade from 1901 to 1971, the Civic status of the towns and their functional cate gories at 1 961 and 1 971, Censuses The functional categorie..