CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES 23 WEST BENGAL DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOI{ PART XIII-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY HUGLI DISTRICT S. N. GHOSH of the Indian Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS WEST BENGAL Price: (Inland) Rs. 15.00 (ForeigD o£ 1.75 or 5 $ 40 CeDts.) PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER, GOVERNMENT PRINTING. WEST BENGAL AND PRINTED BY DIPT1 PRINTING & BINDING WOR.KS 13M, Ariff Road~ Calcutta-700 067 CONTENTS Page. Foreword V Preface VII AcllJIow JedgemeDts IX ImportaBt Statisties XI Aaal,tlcaJ Note 1-27 0) Census Concepts: Rural and urban arcBt:: Census House, Housebold. Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Literatff:, M air. workers,. Marginal workers. Non workers etc. (ii) Brief history of the District Census Handbook. (iii) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory. (iv) Brief history of the District. (v) Physical Aspects. (vi) Major Characteristics. (vii) Plac~s of Religious, Historical or Archaeo)oBical importance in the Villages and places of tourists interest. (viii) Brief analysis of Village and TO'Q-n Directory data. Section·!: Village Directory I. Gogbat Police Station (a) Al pbabetical list of villages 28-31 (b) Village Directory Statement 32-~9 2. Arambagb Police Station (a) Alpbabetical list of villages 60-63 (b) Village Directory Statement 64-83 3. KbaDakul Police Station (a) Alpbabeticallist of villages 84-87 (b) Village Directory Stafement 88-107 4. Pursurah Police StatioD (a) Alphabetical list of viJIages 108-109 (b) ViJlage Directory Statement 110-117 5. DbaDiakbali Police StatioD (a) Alphabetical Jist of villages ])8-121 (b) Village Directory Statement 122-143 6. Pa.duah Police StatloB (a) Alpbabetical list of villages 144-145 (b) Village Directory Statement 146-161 7. Oalalub Police StatioB (a) Alphabeticalli.t of vi11aael 162-163 (b) VilJa,e Directory Statement 164-177 a. MOII'a Police Statioa (a) Alphabetical Jist of villages 178-179 (b) ViUa,e Directory Statement 180-)85 ,. Blasvnlt PoUee Statloa <a) Atpbabetieallist of village. 186-187 (b) Village Directory Statement 188-189 ( iv ] 10. Polba Police Station Pages (a) Alphabetjcallist of villages 190-191 (b) Village Directory Statement 191-201 11. DadpDr Police Station (a) Alpbabetical1ist of villages 202-203 (b) Village Directory Statement 204-213 U. Tar.tes".r Police StatioD (a) Alphabcticallist of villages 214-215 <b) Village Directory Statement 216-225 13. H.rlp.1 Police St_rioa (a) Alphabetical list of villages 226-227 (b) Village Directclry Statement 228-243 14. Siogur Police StatioD (a) Alphabetical1ist of villages 244-245 (b) Village Directory Statement 246 - 2S5 15. flbadreswar Police Station (a) Alpbabeticallist of villages 256-257 (b) Village Directory Statement 258-259 17. JaDglpara Police StatioD (a) Alphabetical list of villages 260-261 lb) Village Directory Statement 262-275 18. Cbanditala Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 276-277 lb) Village Directory Statement 278-287 19. Serampur Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 288-289 (b) Village Directory Statement 290-291 20. Uttarpara Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 292-293 (b) Village Directory Statement 294-295 Appendix-I Police Stationwise Abstract of Amenities 296-299 Appendix·n Land utilisation data in respect of Non-Municipal Town 300 Appendix-III List of villagcs wBcre no amenitics are available 301-308 Appendix-IV List of villages according to the proportion of Schtduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes to the total population by Ranges 309-359 Section II: Town Directory Statement (I) Status and Growth History 360-363 Statement (II) Physical Aspects and location of Town 1979 364-367 Statemcnt (I1f) Municipal Finance 1978-1979 368-371 Statement (IV) Civic and other amenities 1979 372-375 Statement (IV,(a) Civic and other amenities in notified slums 1979 376-377 Statement (V) Medical, Educational. Recreational and cultural facHities 1979 378-381 Statement <IV) Trade. Commerce. Industry and Banking 1979 3'2-315 Appendix - Town Showing their out growth with population 386 FOREWORD The District Ccosus Handbook {DC H), compiled by the Census OrganisatioD on behalf of the State GoverDments~ is one of the mOlt valuable products of the CeDlul. The DCB it constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is i,,'e,. alia used for delimitation of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The district censu, handbook is the only publicatioD which provides Primary Census Abstract (peA) data upto 'Village level forthe rural areas and wardwise for each city or town, It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in vi1)agcs and towns, etc. The district census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and peA for each village and town of the district. Durin, 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistiCS. cer sus tables and a vj])age and town directory, includillg PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A related to viUage and town directory. Part-B to village and town peA and Part C comprised analytical report, adminis­ trative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on peA and amenity data in respect of villages. However. in some states it was confined to district census tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing tbe format of 1981 DCH lIeries some new features aloDg with the restruc­ turing of the formats of village and tOWD directory have been attempted. At tbe same time. comparability with tbe 1971 data has a160 been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the vi]Jage have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in caie an amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in board ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available mey be liven. The restructurillg of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-usc pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to mini,mise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet Borne of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health subcentres. and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the villaJe directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the district which are inaccessible. A DC'rW column, Iltotal popula­ tion and number of households" has been introduced to examine tbe corre]atioa of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. AdditioD of two more appendices Jisting the villaBel where no am~njties are available and according to the pro­ portioD of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. The (ormats of the town directory have a110 lieel1 modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by providioS informatioD OD a few Bew items. A DCW statement 08 civic aDd other amenities in slums in Clas."" aDd Cla.s-II towns (Statement IV-A) bas been { vi J introduced with this objective iD mind. It is expected tbat this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of alums. The columns on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes population in statement IV rc]ating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres under eductional facilities in statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory The infrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in afcw staUmer. ts also serves this purpose. The format of the primary census abstract for the viJlages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed thr~u8h tbe individual slip of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in publication of 1981 OCH series it has been so designed that Part-A of the volume contains village and town directory and Part R 1he peA of viJJages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes peA upto Police Station/ Town levels. At the beginning of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a. number of inset tables based on PCA and non census data in relation to the infrastructure has bl'cn introduced to enhance its value. The district and Police Station level maps depicting the boundaries and otber important features have been inserted at appropriate places to further enhance the value of the publication. This publication is a juint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled in the State under the direction of Sbd S. N. Ghosh J. A. S. the Director of Census Operations, West Bengal on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning. designing and co-ordination of this publication was carried out by Shri N. G Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office. Dr. B. K. Roy, Deputy Registl ac General (Map) provided tbe technical guidance in the preparation of the maps.