CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES -19 ASSAM DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - A & B TINSUKIA DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY ~ VILLAGE AND TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT PRADIP HAZARIKA of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Assam INDIA ASSAM TINSUKIA DISTRICT » ::0 C Z » () :c » r "\ lJ ::0 .».. Tolal number of Revenue Circles - <I: BOUNDARY, STATE Tolal number of CD. Blocks - 7 DISTRICT _ Toll'll number of towns - 10 REVENUE CIRCLE C.D BLOCK Headquarlen of Doomdooma Reyenue Clrcle IS located i'lL RESERVED FOREST WITH NAME - 'ilR.(,P" Ry":.·· -: Tmsukl8 TO"D which falls under Tmsukla Revenue Clrcle HEADQUARTERS. DISTRICT @ REVENUE CIRCLE _ @ CD Block and ResiI!rved Forest boundaries shown on NATIONAL HIGHWAY .. NH 3a the map are Dollonal IMPORTANT METALLED ROAD RS Lnea\..lon of Headquarters or CD Block: ccmld not be shown RAILWAY LINE WITH STATION, BROAD CAUGE .. RS due to Jack of InformatIon METRE GAUGE R F. - Reserved Forest RIV EH AND STREAM CD - CommunIty Development VILLAGE HAVING 6000 AND ABOVE ~ NOS.nllpur POPULATION WITH NAME URBAN AREA WITH POPULATION SIZE - CLASS II, JII, IV, ~ ¥I .. DEGREE COLLEGE ••••• o Government of IndIa cOPYrIghl, 200 Digboi Refinery at the initial stages A century ago just before the World War I, history of another kind was in the making in a remote corner of Assam, by a band of intrepid pioneers searching for black gold. Italian Engineers, commissioned by the Assam Railways and Trading Company, to build a railway line from Dibrugarh to Margherita accidently discovered oil at Digboi. It was here in Digboi that the first commercially viable well in India, known locally as well No.1, was successfully drilled in September' 1889 and first modern refinery in India was built and commissioned in December' 1901 to supplant a small "batch-still" refinery in Margherita. Contents Pages Foreword (x) Preface (xii) Acknowledgemel1t (xiii) District Highlights - 2001 Census (xiv) Important Statistics in the District (xv) Ranking ofTahsils in the District (xvii) Statements 1-9: Statement - I: Name of the headquarters of District/Tahsil, their rural-urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 (xviii) Statement - 2: Name of the headquarters of Districtl CD Block, their rural- urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 (xviii) Statement - 3: Population of the district at each Census from 1901 to 2001 (xviii) Statement - 4: Area, number ofvillages/towns and population in district and tahsil, 2001 (xix) Statement - 5: CD Block wise number of villages and rural population, 2001 (xxi) Statement - 6: Population of Urban Agglomerations/towns, 2001 (xxi) Statement - 7: Villages with population of 5,000 and above at CD Block level as per 200 I Census and amenities available (xxii) Statement - 8: Statuto!), towns with population less than 5,000 as per 200 1 Census and amenities available (xxii) Statement - 9: Houseless and Institutional population oftahsils, rural and urban, 2001 (xxiii) ANALYTICAL NOTE 1-73 (i) History and scope of the District Census Handbook 3 (ii) Briefhistory of Tinsukia District 4 (iii) Administrative set-up 5 (iv) Physical features 5 (v) Census Concepts 26 (vi) Non Census concepts 32 (vii) 2001 Census findings - Population, its distribution 36 (viii) Brief analysis of Primary Census Abstract data based on inset tables 1 to 36 37 Brief analysis of Village Directory and Town Directo!), data based on Inset tables 37 to 47 57 Brief analysis of the data on houses and household amenities ,Houselisting Census Operations, Census ofIndia 2001 based on inset tables 48 to 52 64 (ix) Major social and cultural events, natural and administrative developments and significant activities during the decade 69 (x) Brief description of places of religious, historical or archaeological importance and places of tourist interest in the towns & villages of the district 70 (xi) Major charateristics of the district - contribution of the district in the form of any historical figure associated with the district 71 (xii) Scope of Village Directo!), and Town Directo!), 71 Pages Part A- Village and Town Diretory 74-360 Section I - Village Directory Note explaining the abbreviations used in Village Directory 75 List of villages merged in towns and outgrowths at 200 1 Census 78 Alphabetical list of Villages & Village DirectOl-Y : RC Maps showing CD boundaries 79-88 Sadiya CD Block: (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 89 (ii) Village Directory 92-123 Saikhowa CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 124 (ii) Village Directory 126-153 Hapjan CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 154 (ii) Village Directory 158-195 Kakpathar CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 196 (ii) Village Directory 200-249 Guijan CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 250 (ii) Village Directory 252-271 Itakhuli CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 272 (ii) Village Directory 274-293 Marhgerita CD Block (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 294 (ii) Village Directory 298-343 Appendixes to Village Directory: Appendix I Abstract of educational, med ical and other amenities in villages - CD Block level 345 Appendix IA Villages by number of Primary Schools 347 Appendix I B Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools, 348 Appendix I C Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities available 348 Appendix II Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have one or more amenities available 348 Appendix II-A Census Towns which donot have one or more amenities 349 Appendix III Land utilisation data in respect of Census Towns / Non-Municipal towns 349 Appendix IV CD Block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity other than drinking water facility is available 349 Appendix V Summary showing number of viti ages having or not having Scheduled Castes population 350 Appendix VI Summary showing number of villages having or not having Scheduled Tribes population 350 Appendix VII A List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes population to the total popu lation by ranges 350 Appendix VII B List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Tribes population to the total population by ranges 354 Pages Appendix VIII Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat (CD Block wise) 359 Appendix IX Statement showing number of girl's schools in the villages 359 Section II - Town directory Note explaining the abbreviations used in Town Directory 363 Town Directory Statements (I to VII) Statement I Status and Growth History 367 Statement II Physical aspects and Location of Towns 368 Statement III Municipal finance 369 Statement IV Civic and other amenities 370 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities 371 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 373 Statement VII Civic and other amenities in slums 373 Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with population 375 Part B - PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 377-557 Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 377 District Primary Censlls Abstract (General) 382 Appendix to District Primary Censlls Abstract, i.e., Urban blockwise figures of Total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population 388 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 396 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 402 Community Development Block wise Village Primary Census Abstract: 408-545 Sadiya CD Block 408 Saikhowa CD Block 426 Hapjan CD Block 444 Kakpathar CD Block 468 Guijan CD Block 498 Itakhuli CD Block 510 Margherita CD Block 522 Urban Primary Census Abstract 546-557 Annexures: 559-577 Annexure I Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat 560 Annexure II Fertility and Mortality 1991 Census 560 Annexure III Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage, 1991 and 2001 Census 560 Annexure IV Percentage distribution of migrants by place of birth/place of last residence, 1991 and 2001 Census 562 Annexure V Brief account of main religions in the district! tehsil,1991 and 2001 Census 567 Annexure VI Marital status of population as per 1991 and 2001 Census 568 Annexure VII Age, sex and education in the district, 1991 and 2001 Census 571 Annexure VIII Distribution of different mother tongues returned in 1991 and 2001 Census 574 Annexure IX Distribution ofScheduld Castes and Scheduled Tribes in 1991 Census 576 ********************** Foreword The District Census Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organisation since 1951 Census, j_ is one of the important publications in the context of planning and development at grass-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics village-wise and town-wise of the district alongwith the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructural facilities, etc. 2. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Tables and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 Census provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 Census-DCHB series was in three parts: Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district Census Tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. The 1981 Census DCHB was in two parts: Part A contained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs and STs PCA upto tahsil/town levels. New features alongwith restructuring of the formats of village and town directory were added into it. In Village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given. Information on new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet the requirements of some of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme.