CENSUS OF INDIA, 1981 SERIES 10 KERALA DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK KOTTAYAM DISTRIC.T PART' XIII-A & B VILLAGE DIRECTORY AND TOwp{ DIRECTORY PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT M. VIJAYANUNNI OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS KERALA 1981 CENSUS PUBLICATION PRO~RAMME KERALA STATE " Paper/Part number Title and subject matter Paper I of 1981 Provisional Population Totals Paper 2 d'r 1981 Rural-urban Composition (Provisiomil Totals) Workers and Non-workers (Provisional Totllls) Disabled persons Paper 3 of 1981 Final. Population Totals. Paper 4- of 1981 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Ca$tes -and Scheduled Tribes Paper 5 of 1981 Final Totals' of workers and non-workers Part J Administration Report-Enumeration and Tabulation (Not for sale) (FOI' office use only) Part II-:A General Populati()n Tables (A-Series-:-Tables A-I to A-5) Part IJ-B Primary Census Abstract Part III-A & :B (i) General Economic Tables (B-Series-T.tbles 8:-1. to B-3 & B-lilo B-17) Part JlI-A & B (ii) General Economic Tables (B--Serics-Tables U-18 to B-20) . Part III A&B (iii) Gcneral Economic Tables (B-Scries-Tables: B21&8 22) Part IV-A Social and Cultural Tables (O-Serie!l-Tables 0-1 to C-6) rart V-A &B Migration Tables (D-Series:-Tables D'-I to D-O. D-13 &. D-15) Part VJ-·A & B Fer·tility Tahles (F-Serics -~ables F-.I to F-27) Par't VII Houses and Disabled population - Report and Tables (H-Serie:­ Tables H-l and H-2) . Part VIII-A & B. Household Tables (HH-Series-Tables HH-I to HH 9, HH II, HH 12 & HH 11) Part IX Special tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC-Series­ Tables SC-I -to SC-6; ST-Scries-:Tablcs ST-l to S'1'-9) Part X-A State Town Directory Part X-B Survey Reports on selected towns Part X-C Survey Reports on selected viHagc$ Part XT Ethnographic Notes and spccia~ ~tudies on Scheduled Castes and· .• Scheduled Tribes Part XII State Census Atlas Part Xnf-A & B District Census Halldbooks-One volume fiu' each district (Village & Town Directories and Primary Census Abstract) n.. FOREWORD TO THE DCH SERIES The District Census Handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation' on behalf of the State Government,s, is one of the most valuable ~roducts of the census. The District Census Handbook is constantly referred to by planners" administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of constituencies, formation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The District Census Ha~dbook is' the only pUblication whi~h provides Primary Census Abstract (peA) data upto vill~ge level fO.r the .rural areas and wardwise for each city or town. It also provides data on ~nfrastructure and amenities in villages and towns etc. The District, 'E~~sui; Handbook series was initiated during the 1951 census. It c6ritained important census tables and PCA for each village and t9wn of the "district. During 1961 ~ensus the scope of the OCR was enlarged and it, contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative .statistics, census tables and a village and ~own directory, including PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A rel~ted to v~llage and town '~~rectory, Part-B to villageand town PCA and Part-C comprised of analytical report, adminis~rative statistics, ,district census, t~bles and certain " . analytical ·tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some states Part-C was confined to district census tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay irl compilation and printing. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series, SOme new features along with the restructuring of the formats ~f village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have been brought together in the,village directory with the instr~ctioo that in case an amenit~ is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be given. The restructuring of the format of the village directory and intorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is e'xpected to help, not only in local area planning but regulating ihe provision of goods and services as well as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of informati~n have also been introduced to meet same of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community h~alth workers in the 106/1 13/89-1A 1 , village have been introduced in the v~llage directory with this , objective in mind. The ne\'{ items on approach to the village. i's to have an idea about the village in the district which are inaccessible. A new column, "total population and number of households".. has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. Ad~ition of two more appendices listing the ~illages where no amenities are available and according to the proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to population has also been made wi th thi~ view in mind.' The formats. of the town directory have also been modified to meet: the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by providing informa'tion on a few n<ew items. The columns on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes pop~lation in statement IV relating to civic and... other' amenities and adult lit~racy classes/centres ·under educational'· facilities in statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the six statements of the, town directory~ The ~nfrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can' be best analysed by taking the class of towns intQ consideration. The addition of the columns on' civic administration status and ~opulation in a few statements also serve this purpose. The format 9£ the primary census abstract for the villages ...and towns has been formulated in the light" of changes in the, economic'. and' other qbestion~ canvassed through the individual Slip. of 1981 census. In order to. avoid delay in publication of 1981 DeH series, 'it has been so designed that Part-A of the volume contains village and town directory and Part-B, the PCA 9f·villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Tehsil/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 been introduced to enhance its' valQe. The distr ict and tehsil/police station/CD block e'tc. level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places to further enhance the value of the pUblication. iv This publication is a joint venture of the state Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled in the state under the direction of Sri M. Vijayanunni, Director of Census Operations, Kerala on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and co-ordination of thls publication was carried out by Sri N.G. Nag, Deputy Regis,trar General (Social studies) of my office, Dr. B;K-. Roy, . Deputy 'Registrar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of,the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have been s~rutinised in th~ Social Studies Division at the headquarters under the guidance of. Sri .M.M. Dua, senior'Research Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. P. PADMANABHA .Registrar General A Census Commissioner India New Delhi v PREFACE TO THE D.C.H. SERIES I The District, Census Handbooks (DCH) constitute an important set of census publicat:j.ons brought out by the· census organization which are widely made use of by, the state government and its district-level and lower officials f6r planning, developm~nt and administ~ation purposea as well as by' a large crossection of data users like academicians, scholars, researchers and other non-governmental agencies. This volume presents the Village and Town' Directories under Part A and the Primary Census Abstract under Part B. The Village Directorycgives for each village the area, papulation, educational, medical, civic and other amenities and land-Use." The Town Directory gives for 'ea.ch town the area, population characteristics', physical aspects, communications, municipal finance, educational, medical, civic and other amenities 'and trade, commerce, industry and banking facilities. The Primary Census Abstract presents certain other basic data like number of r.esidential houses and households, literates, scheduled caste and tribe population, workers by main categories, marginal workers and non-workers. The data presented under Village and Town Directories were furnished by the Village Officers through the Tahsildars in respect of rural villages and by the commissioners or Executive officers cOicerned in ,respect of urban areas respectively. The data presented under Primary Census Abstract were collected during the census operations by the census field organization cons.\,sting of enumerators, supervisors, charge officers and district census offic~rs. Thanks are due to all these field officials who have provided the basic data required f0r the compilation of this volume.