CENSUS OF INDIA~ 1971 SERIES 19 TAMIL NADU PART X-A DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY TIRUCHIRAPALLI K. CHOCKALINGAM of the India" Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. TAMIL NADU AND PONDICIIERRY 1972 I CONTENTS Page No. Preface v Part-A VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE: vii-xxi I Vi [{age Dir~ctory Amlnities and land use. Appondix I Land use partioulars of Non-city Urban ann (Non. Municipal area) ApPlmdix II Abstraot showing Educational, Medical, and other ameuities availabl. in Taluks. Alphabetical list of villages Perambalul Taluk 1- 22 Udayarpalayam Taluk 23- 42 AriyaIur TaIuk 43--- 62 LaJgudi Taluk 63-- 86 Thuraiyur Taluk 87-100 Musiri Taluk 101-116 Karur Taluk 117-132 Kulithalai Taluk 133-148 Manaparai Taluk 149""-164 TiruchirapaUi Taluk 165-176 Kulathur Taluk 177-207 Alangudi Taluk 209-235 Thirumayam Taluk 237-267 Page No. II Town Directory Stahnnent I-Statui, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns. 270-275 Statement II-Physical AlP8ctS and Location of Towns, 1969 276-281 Statement nI--Municipal Finane., 1968-19 282-287 Statemant IV-(;ivio and other ameniti€l. 1969 288-293 Statement V-Medical, Educational Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969. 294-299 Stattment VI-Trade, Commercl, Industry and Banking, 1969 300-305 Statement VII-Population by reliaion, 1971 306-311 MAPS: District Map of TiruchitapaUi Frontispiece PREFACE It h~s been the practice since 1951 to pu bUs h for eqch District a Census Handbook, containing the Census Statistics for each village and town in the District together with certain administrative stati!ltics collected from the various Departments of the Stato O;:wern:n:mt. This publication was compilej by the Census D~partment and published by the State Oovernm~nt. The conte:1ts of the District Census Han1b::)Ok have been considerably improved during the suhs~quent Cemuses and in 1971 this publication is being brought out in three separat cparts. PART-A: Village and Town Directory. PART-B: Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract; and PART-C: Analytical Report and Administrative Statements and District Census Tables The history anj origin or the District Census Handbook have been given in the Introductory Note of this volume. The present volume of Pa:'t- \ h:ls t WJ sestiJ:1s-Vil1age Directory and Town Directory. Tn the V;ll~ge Directory, basic infonTIltion relating to the villages such as, Educati,I'll1, Mdical, Drlnki:lg WIter supply, Electricity. ComrFlllications, Post ClnJ Telcgranh<; flcilities as well as information on area, staple,food, land use data and other allied inform1tion are giv~n. In the sec )nd section viz. Town Directory, i71fornntion for the Towns about the St3.tus. growth history, functional catcg.,ry, Physical aspects, Municip:tl finance, Civic and ot11er amenities are presented. Details about the Medical, Educltional, Recreatiolul facilities available in the towns as well as particulars regarding Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking are also given. The population parti­ cubrs of the towns as per 1971 Census together with the populatiJ:1 of these towns since 1901 and Religious composition of the population in 1971 are also furnished. The details other than population plfticulars presented in these statements have been obtained from the concerned Departments of the State Government for which I am thankful to the Collector. r am also grateful to the Revenue subordinates as well as the Municip11 Commissioners for the assistance that they have rendered. I tak0 this opportunity to express my gratitu:i~ to Sri A. Chandra Sek har, Registrar General, India, for the gui,:iance given to me and for continuing th" publication of the District Census Handbooks during 1971 CenslI':> also. K. CHOCKALI0l'GAM, Director of Census Op-::ratiol1s. Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my pl.asant duty to acknowledge the able assistance given by the (ollowing Officers and Staff of my Office in the preparation of this Volume. 1. Shri. V. Solvaraj. r. A. S., Deputy Director 2. Shri. V. R. Chandran. D.puty Director 3. Slut. M. Panchapakelan, Investigator 4. Shri. Anser Ahmed, Tabulation Officer S. Smt. R. Rulcmani, Computor 6.' 5hri. P. Victor Jayaraj, u. D. C. 7. Shri. N. B. Muruganandam, u. D. C. 8. Shri. Maduamy. Assiltant Compiler 9. Smt. Muniammal. Assistant Compiler 10. Shri. A. Rajamani~ ArHat K. CHOCKALTNGAM, Diroctor of Census Operations, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE General: The District Census Handbook for each district presenting the Census data for the villages anj towns of the District is being published from 195 \ Census. Till then, the village statistics showing merely the number of houses and popuhtion by religion in resp~ct of eluh village and town were published as supplement. In 195 J, tho general population tablr,s, economic tables ani village-wise anj town­ wise statistics relating to Taluks were presented as Part-I and Social and Cultural Tables as Part-II. In 1961 also, the District Census Handbook was published in two volumes. In volume~ I, all the Census tables giving taluk-wise dAta with a narrative report were published and Volume-II WH cOllfi:]ed to present villaga­ wise and town·wise statistics known as Primary Census Abstract which gives the basic data like populatjon, literates, scheduled caste~, scheduled tribes and the industrial classification of workers and non-workers. As thesa data are finalised in the first stagi of tabulation itself in 1971 Census, it has been decided in this Census to present the District Census Handbook in 3 Parts. Part-A contains the Village and Town Directory which will show the land use patterri data, basic amenities available in the villages and the conditions of the towns. Part-B contains the Village and Town P. C. A. while Part-C presents the administrative statistics collected and compiled from various departments, Census tables and a short analytic::tl rep.)rt. The method of preparing the District Census Handbook in 3 parts is also to facilitate the timely pUblication of the basi..; data relating to villages and towns which are required by various departme:1ts and research scholars. Method of presentation: The present volume being Part-A presents the Village and Town Directory as the titles luggeit: It lists out all the villages and towns in the State. The Village Directory is presented at the taluk level and Town Directory at district level. The Village Directory is presented first followed by the Town Directory. Village Directory: In the Village Directory, for each taluk, a statement showing the villages, their extent, the amenities like Educational, Medical, Drinking Water Supply. Communications, Postal and Telegraphs, etc., available within each village anj the land use pattern are giv~n. In addition to this, particulars in regard to ~tiilple (vHf) food, land use data and cirtain othtf miscellaneous informatioa sueh as the exis­ tence of veterinary hospital, co-operative societies, banks etc., are also furnished. An alphabetical list of villages has also be lin prepared indicating the Location Code Number of the village (or purp)se of quick reference. Apart from these, the land use particulars of places comprising of NOD-city urban lmits (Non-municipal area) iii given as Appendix I. A ta!uk-wise :.lbstr,lct showing the total number L,j' institutions and number of villages W[l¢r~ su,.:;h basic amenities like Educational, \;f~djcal. Drinking Water Supply. Communications, Postal and Telegraphs, etc" a e waiIable has also bee:1 prepared and given as Appendix II. The particulars relating to Village Directory have been collected from the concerned Tahsildars for ea-.;h revenue village as a whole and particulars in respect of places comprising of Non-City Urban Units (Non-Municipal Units) and Municipal Units have not heen furnished in the Village Directory State­ ment. The details of the data furnished in different columns of the Village Directory and the method of collection of the data on land use pattern etc. are indicated below;~ (I) Location Code Number: Numbers have been assigned to the adminis­ trative units of district, tal uk an j viHage to denote their location. By a combina­ tion of these numbers, it would be possible to know the exact location of on area. The district number is giv~n al1)ng with the name of the district ~n the cover page and the taluk number is sho'Na ag':linst the taluk n'lme in the concerned pages· The villages in each taluk are arranged in the Location Code order. The village num')~r has been given against the nam~ of the concerned unit and the nUU1b~rs have b.;:en assigned in Arabic numerals for each taluk separately. Educational Amenities: Primary School Upto Vth Standard Middle School U pto VlIIth Standard High School U pto XIth Standard POlVtr Supply; Villages having electrification facilities for agricultural purposes only are also taken as electrified and a suitable indication in this regard has been noted in the remarks column. Communications; Villages having Railway Station within a mile are taken as served by train facilities. Villages connected by road are also indicated in this column. Staple Food: Food of the majority population of the village during the major portion of the year is taken as staple foud. Forest: This includes all actually forested area, the lands classified or administered as forests under any lagal enactment d~alin.5 with forests whether (ix) state owned ot private. If any portion of such land is not actually wooded but put to some agricultural use, that portion has been included under the appropriate huding of cultivatld or uncultivated land. Irrigated and unirrigated land: Irrigated and Unirrigated covers all agri­ cultural land and inclujes net area sown with, crops and orchards and also current and other fallows.