CENSUS OF INDIA~ 1981 SERIES 16 ORISSA PART XIII DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY BALESHWAR A.R.NANDA Of THE INDfAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE ['ireoctor of Census Operatjons.-Orissa. CENSUS OF INDIA, 198. _/ DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY BALESHWAR FOREWORD The District Census Handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State Governments, is one of the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academi­ cians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of constituenciesI formulation of local !evel and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The District Census Handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village l~vel for the rural ~rea5 and wardwise for each city or town. It also prqvides data on infrastructure an,d amenities tn villages and towns etc. ! The District Census HanHbool< series was initiiited' I during the 1951 'Census. It contained important -Census tab1es and 'PCA for eacn 'vi(lage 'ario town' of the ltfistricU During 1961 Census the scope of the Dcff wa~ enlarged and 1t conttained d. descriptive account of the district, administrative statis~ics, census tables and 3, village and town directory, including PCA. 'Th~ 1971 DCH ls~ri~s was planned in ..-three; parts. Part-A related to Village and town directory, P'art-B to village and town PCA ahd Part-G comprised' analytical (eport, adrhinisftative statistics, district census tables and certain anaty'-ti~al tables baseti on ptA'afid amenity data in respect of ~iII~ge:;. However,.in spme States it wa~ tonfioed tb 'district census tables and ,ir~.i\ f~w cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing l'he format of 1981 DCH series some neW features alongwith tbe restructurihg of the formats of Village and town tlirectory·ha.ve been anempted • •At the same time, compatability with the 1971 dafa has also,been kept in views-. 'AI~T the amenities.except, pdwef.suppJy in the village' have beeh brougl1t. togetl"rer in "the village dir~ctor5' with t)ii! instruction thaI: in case an cih'lehify,is not available ill the referrent village the distance in broad ·ranges from the nearest pla~~ 'Wh~re the itmenity is avaHable may be given. lhe restructuringlof thedormat of the ¥iI1age­ directory, .aod incorporatipg mor.e .exhal.lstiN"e data on in,frastructure:as-pect paFti cularly in relation-to, amenities and-Iand .. use-pattern is expetted to fUlither, meet the. need bf micro level planning for rural areas.. lt is expected to hel~ not only in local area planning but ,regulating the provision oh;oods arid 'services as w~U ~o as ,to minimise" the regional imbalances in the prooess'of ·developm~nt. A ~w new items.o~ information haste' also bee'n introrluced'.to ~ some of;)the. .reAuiretnents of the Revised Mioimum,1 NeedsHProgfamme.) I)tlch l·neW items of infqrroation as pJlItt.literac1-centres, pr:imafY hE!alth sub.centre~,land community healtry:Mtork~s,J1l the yiH~ge .ba:\le beendrnrodllced .nl the 'Image direttory. with- this.6bjeotive ifl mind. The new. it~rnon aopr..oach to the village is to have an idea about the villages -in 1.1" .1 I 'i 1 the i distric~i }V~i~h ..,~re, i.'1C!.ccessible. , A new cO,lumn, "total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the corelation of.t t~ ,~wenities [viJ with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where no amenities are available and accordingly to the proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population to the total population nas also been made wfth· this view in mind. The formats ot the town directory have also been modified to meet the requirement of the f\ltinimum Needs, Programme by providing information on a few new items. A hew statement. on civic and other amenitie,s in slums, in Class-'t anj Class:-" towns (Siatemen~ IV-A). has been introduced with ,this obJective in mind 1t is expected that this: will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic ~menities for the improvement of slums. Tht; ~olumns on,Scheduled. Castes 'and Scheduled Tfibes population' in ~tatement-IV r~latfnghto civic and ot[ier ameni­ ties and adult literacy classes/centres under educational facilities in Statement-V are ,also added"}~~~er alia, .with,this view. A sig9.ificapt ..addition is c,lass oj: ;town in all t,he seven,stateJT1en~s of. ~he town directory. The infrast~ucture of .a.t}1~nitJesiin urban areas of the courJtr~ cap qe best aflalYJep by taking the class of towl;ls into _consideration. The addition_ qf the column on civic administration status and population in a few statefl\ents als9 serves t~is purpose. The·format p~ the.pr,tmar~ cel)su.s abstrac~ for the vill;iges. and "'towns has been' f~rmulated in ~he~ Jight .of changes .ill. the economiC!: and 'other questions ·canvas~ed through.the individuaJ s~p of 1981 Census. t :ULorder to avoid,delay in publication of 1981 DCH series It has been so designed that Part-A :of' the volume contains village alla town directory and Parf"'S the PCA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes fCA ,upto TahasilJTown levels. At the beginning of. the,DCH, 'a detailed analytical hote supported by a number of inset ta_bles based on PCA and non;-'Census clata jn reJation to the infrastructure has been int(oduced to, enbaQce its value .. The District and Tahasil/~Qlice StatiOn/C. D.BIQck ~tc:, level maps depicting .the boun'da­ Ties, cin'd other important feat~res have been inserted at appropriate places, to further enhance the value of the publication. I :fhis publication is a: joint venture of the State:Covermnent and the Gensus Orga.nisation. The ~ derta' I have been' collected anti compiled i.n. the State under the oirection of. Shri A. -R .. ,NaTlua, l. A:. S."the,Directot:of Census Operations, Orissa on behalf of the State Government1which has borne tfre'cost.of printing. The task .of planning, designing' arid }.c;o~ordination of this publication was carried out bV Shri N.G. Nag; Dep~ty Registrar *General '(Social Studies) of' my office. Dr. B. K. Roy, De'puty R~gistrar'General'(Map-) prOVided the' .technical gUidance in the preparation o't the maps. "Data .leceiv,.ed rfrom Census Directorates have be~n scrutinised in the 60cial S1:udies.Divisidn at the head..q~ar.ters under' the guidapce'o"f Shri- M. M. Dua, 'Senit>r Resea:rd;t Officer. ·I,'am,thankful.to. all who have conttibuted in,this ptoject. P. PADMANABHA l!egistr~r Gfnerlil, India 11 Niiv Delhi :. " .t ; .. ~ ii:" 1 he 26th April, 1982 PREFACE It has been the traditio:; of Indian Census to present demographic data in as detailed a manner as possible so as to serve effectively the interests of the users of Census data. 1981 Census has been compl~ted leaving behind a vast mass of da ta collected carefu II) and meticulously on a country-wide basis by an army of trained enumerators. It is need­ less to mention that modern CE;!nsus is no more confined to mere counting of heads. It is a kind of stock-taking, as it were, of the nation's human wealth. It has collected infor­ mation of every individ,ual, besides a host of other activities, institutions, establishments services and so on. Thus, it has become an, indispensable jnstrument of policy for development pla"ning-referred to by planl)er~, .da ta users, scholars :and people from different disciplines a':'ld ai!11s at presenting.a complete picture of man in socio-economic and cultural settings. District Census Handbook was first introduced as an auxilJiary to 1951 Census and appeared as a 'State Government publication 1n more comprehensive and cimbliiou'S form in subsequent -censuses. Under the e'xisting instruction, the birectorl df €ensus has 'the responsibility of providing the CensUs data as well a's noh-'c'e'nsus socio'-economic and administrative statiStid fOl" this publica tion Which is the responsibility of the State Goverri~ rtient. In 1951 and 1961, 'it was published in one volume. During'1971, this publ ication was proposed to bE! pre~e'nfed in tnree parts.' Patt-A incorporateCf the Town and Village t>irectories, Part-B .incorporaU!d l the Ptiin~t5' €e'nsus Abstract and provided 'data 'upto village level for the rural area and upto enumeration block level for the urb'an area. Part-C incorporated other Census tables and administrative statistics. 1 Accordirig to the publication programme of 1981 Census, it has to be pubiJshed in two parts. Part~A' will corf,prise the Village and To~n Directory whereas Part·B will contain Village and Town-wise(:Primary Census Abstract. The first Part_ Part-A consists. of important statistical information relating to each town besides an array of statistical data relating to land use and various other amenities available in each-village. Part-B of the present publication contains the essential c~nsus' data known as Primary Census­ Abstract which provides dt;!mographic details of e3.ch district, tahlSiI, police station and down to each village and town and,within the town, each ward. The aforesaid statistical information is enriched by the administrative map of the administrative units viz., district, tahasil and police station, availabe in the publication.