District Census Handbook, Tiruchirapalli, Part X-II, Vol-I, Vol-IX
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CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOl. U MEl X-M A D R A S PART X-II DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK TIRUCHIRAPALLI VOLUME I P. K. NAMBIAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE. SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. MADRAS PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, MADRAS AND PRINTED AT THE SHANTI PRESS, ¥ADRAS-l 1965 Price: RUPEES TWELVE ONLY PREFACE It has been the policy of the Government of Madras to print and publish village statistics based on the information collected during each Census. In 1951, the Government of India offered to hand over to the State Government the Census Tables and abstracts prepared during Census and suggested that they might be printed and published along with any other useful information relating to each district. The form of the District Census Handbook was thus conceived. The State Government accepted the idea and a publication was brought out at the cost of the State Government. Each District Census Handbook consisted of two parts-Part I containing three sections, viz. General Population Tables, Economic Tables, Table I, II and III of Small-Scale Industries, Summary figures of district and taluks, rural and urban statistics and Part If, containing C and D series, viz. Household and Age Tables and Social and Cultural Tables and District Occupational Abstract. A District Census Handbook was published for each district. It ha~een considered an important achievement of the last Census. Sri A. Mitra, Registrar· General, India, decided not OIily to continue the series during 1961, but to improve definitely on its content, so that each District Census Handbook would contain basic economic data for the smallest administration unit in the district and be a useful reference book for scholars, Central and State Governments, Local Bodies and private institutions. The proposal of widening -the scope of the Census Hand-· book was accepted by the State Government in their G. O. Ms. No. 154, Public (Elections II) dated the 31st January 1961. It was also decided to publish it at the cost of the State Government. The first District Census Handbook which we published was on Coimbatore. The present Volume which is the second in the series is on Tiruchirapalli. The first volume contains an introductory essay on all important aspects of the district, physical features, history, people and their social condition, agriculture, industries, public health, education, irrigation, electricity and other allied topics. It contains "A" Series Tables, "B" Series, " C" Series, SCT for each tal uk, SC I, ST I and II and a list of fairs and festivals in the district. Seventy-two statements of administrative statistics classified under seven sections have been included in the second volume of this District Census Handbook. 1. Agriculture and Irrigation 2. Industry and Labour 3. Education 4. Public Health 5. Law and Order 6. Communications 7. Miscellaneous A new feature of the District Census Handbook is the Village Directory which replaced the rural statistics included in the previous Census series. An abstract giving a complete list of all villages and towns in each taiuk in the district along with the distribution of population by sex and various categories of workers has been added. It also gives an account of the basic amenities available in each village such as educational; medical, irrigational, posts and telegraphs, communication and electrification· A villaJ;!;e-wise list of industries classified according to the Indian Standard Industrial Classification Code and the total number of units in the different types of industry for each village, an alphabetical list of villages along with their corresponding Census location code number and a statement showing the type of soil and and type of terrain, sources of irrigation, important wet and dry crops and value of such lands will also be found in the second volume. The second volume of this book contains maps of each taluk in the district and in addition the following interesting items: 1. Gazetteer o~ place names; 2. Calendar of outstanding occurrences that have influenced the district. It has been also my endeavour to include in this volume all items of information collected by the Census Organisation in the course of special studies undertaken during 1961 Census. Though the publication will be issued by the Government of Madras, the views expressed in the volume are personal and do not bind the Government. This volume containing a variety of information relating to Tiruchirapalli district will I hope, be useful to the general public. In keeping with the policy of the Government to make Tamil the language of administra tion, the Government of Madras have decided to issue an abridged edition of District Census Handbook in Tamil. This abridgement will be done by the State Government, but they have kindly agreed to show it to me for comments before publication. In preparing this volume, I have been assisted by a large number of my staff. Special mention should be made of Sri K. C. Narayana Kurup, my Deputy Superintendent, who has assisted me in compiling and test-checking the material pieced together in this volume. I am also grateful to Sri Asok Mitra, I. C. S., Census Commissioner of India for having made it possible to conceive of a volume like this for publication in connection with the 1961 Census. P. K. N AMBIAR, Superintendent of Census Operations CONtENTS ·PART I Pages Preface 1 - ii Chapter I INTRODUCTION 1 - 7 II CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION 8 - 20 III PEOPLE 21 - 24 IV HOUSING 25 - 34 V AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 35 - 38 VI IRRIGATION 39 - 40 VII EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 41 - 44 VIII INDUSTRJES 45 - 49 IX HANDLOOM INDUSTRY 50 - 52 X LOCAL ADMINISTRA nON AND ELECTIONS 53 - 55 XI PLAN ACHIEVEMENTS 56 - 66 XII TEMPLES 67 - 70 'PART II CENSUS TABLES A SERrES-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES A I Area, Houses and Population Fly leaf 75 - 76 Table 76 - 78 Appendix 1-1951 Territorial units constituting the present set up of Tiruchirapalli District 79 Sub-Appendix to Appendix I-Area for 1951 and 1961 for those municipal towns which have undergone changes in area since 1951 Census 80 Appendix II-Number of villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 80 Appendix III-Houseless and Institutional Population 81 A II Variation in population during sixty years~ Fly leaf 82 Table 8~ A III Villages classified by population Fly leaf 83 - 85 Table 86 A IV Towns (and Town-groups) classified by population with variation since 1941- Fly leaf 87 - 89 Table 90 - 95 B SERIES-GENERAL ECONOMIC (B I - B IX) AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC (B X - B XVII) TABLES (i) GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES, Preliminary Note 99 B~ I Workers and Non-workers classified qy sex and broad age-groups Fly leaf 100 Table 101-103 B III Industrial classification of Workers and Non-workers by Part A & B educational levels in Urban and Rural Areas- Fly leaf 104 Table 105-115 B IV Industrial classification by sex and clasJ of worker of persons at work Part A at Household Industry- Fly leaf 116 Table 117-121 B IV Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work Part B in Non-household Industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service-- Fly leaf 122 Table 123-132 B IV Industrial classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor Part C groups of persons at work other than cultivation- Fly leaf 133 Table . 134-150 Appendix (Standard Industrial classification) 151-158 B V Occupational classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation- Fly leaf 159 Table 160-211 Appendix (National classification of occupations) 212-218 B VI Occupational div}sions of persons at work other than cultivation classified by sex, broad age-grO\lpS and educational levels in Urban areas only- Fly leaf 219 Table 220-227 B VII Persons working principally (i) as Cultivators (ii) as Agricultural Part A Labourers or (iii) at Household Industry classified by sex and secondary work (i) at Household Industry (ii) as Cultivator or (iii) as Agri- cultural Labourer- Fly leaf 228 Table 229-231 B VII Industrial classification by sel( of persons working in Non-household Part B Industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service who are also engaged in Household Industry- Fly leaf 232 Table 233-236 B VIII Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age-groups and 'art A & B educational levels in Urban and Rural areas- Fly leaf 237 Table 238-241 B ]X Persons not at work classified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity- Fly leaf 242 Table 243-248 (ii) HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC TABLES Note on Household Economic Tables 251-257 Appendix - Selected local rights on land in Tiruchirapalli District 258-259 B X Sample Households (i) engaged neither in Cultivation nor Household Industry (ii) engaged either in Cultivation or Household Industry but not in both and (iii) engaged both in Cultivation and Household Industry for all areas- Fly leaf 260 Table 261 B XI Sample Households engaged in Cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultivated in Rural and Urban areas separately-- Fly leaf 262 Table 263-264 B XII Sample Households engaged in Cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in Rural and Urban areas separately- Fly leaf 265 Table 266-277 B XlII Sample Households engaged both in Cultivation and Household Industry showing size of land cultivated classified by principal Household lndustry for Rural and Urban areas separately- Fly leaf 278 Table 279 Appendix 280 B XIV Sample Households engaged only in Household Industry classified