CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK ANANTAPUR PART XII - A It B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE It TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 1998 FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations/modifications after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable district level publication brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State Govt'; Union Territory administration. It Inter­ alia Provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and socio-economic characteristics and on the availability of certain important civic amenities/facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus proved to be of immense utility to the planners., administrators, academicians and researchers. The scope of the DCH was initially confined to certain important census tables on population, economic and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town (ward wise) of the district. The DCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and Village and Town Directories including PCA. After the 1971 Census, two parts of the District Census Handbooks (Part-A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part-B comprising Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The third Part (C) of the District Census Handbooks comprising administrative statistics and district census tables, which was also to be brought out, could not be published in many States/UTs due to considerable delay in compilation of relevant material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring.. of the formats of Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. While Part-A comprised Village and Town Directories, the PCA of Villages and Towns (ward-wise) Including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsll/town level were provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except electricity, were brought together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also provided for the first time in the Village Directory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible villages in each district. In case of Town Directories also, keeping in view the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme, a Statement IV-A on slums was provided so as to enable the planners to chalk out the programmes for providing better civic and other amenities in the slums. In this statement details on civic and otrer amenities were reported for the slums of class I and class II towns. Apart from this, one column on the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes population and another on adult literacy classes/centres were added in statements IV and V respectively. The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as tollowed in 1981. However, the format at PCA has been restructured slightly in the 1991 Census for the benefit of data users. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers has been given as against four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition to this, the sex-wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been included in PCA for the first time with a view to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterate at the time of the 1991 Census. It is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners in chalking out more effective developmental programme. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Development Block-level presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tahsil/Taluk/PS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation of Village Directory and PCA data at C.D. Block level will help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. In order to facilitate the task of administrators, planners and researchers intending to use Village Directory /PCA data, either from the magnetic tapes/ floppies or from the published records, both the computer and manual codes for each village have been provided for the 1991 Census alongwith the corresponding codes of 1981. This publication is a joint verture of the State Govt. and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and cl.lmpiled under the direction of Shri R.P. Singh, lAS, Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and co-ordination of the publication was initiated by Dr. K.P.lttaman, former Deputy Registrar General, (Social Studies) and Shri M.M. Dua. Joint Director. For the sake of uniformity in presentation of information/data and for preparation of analytical note depicting the salient features emerging from a micro-level analysis of census/non-census data, a model District Census Handbook from each state and union territory was thoroughly scrutinised in the Social studies Division under the guidance of Shri M.K.Jain, the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S). This task was carried by Shri A.K.Singh, Deputy Director who was assisted by Shri N.S. Soam, Assistant Director and his staff. Technical guidance in the preparation of the maps was initially provided by Dr. B.K.Roy former Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by Mrs. Minati Ghosh, the present Deputy Registrar General (Map). I am thankful to all those who have contributed to this project. New Delhi A.R. Nanda the 11 th June, 1992. Registrar General, India PREFt\CE The District Census Hand Book (DCHB) brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State Government is one of the most valuable and important publications of the Census. It is the sole publication depicting authentic information in the form of Primary Census Abstract upto village level for the rural areas and ward level in urban areas. Simultaneously, it aiso presents statistics on infrastructure amenities available in the villages and towns of the respective districts. It was in 1951 Census when DCHB was published first time. The History, scope and significance of the DCHB as well as the changes effected since 1951 has been discussed in detail in the forewar9 by Reg~strar General, India. As per the 1991 Census publication programme this volume was supposed to be published in two parts i.e., Part 'A' comprising of analytical note supported by number of tables on Census and non-census' data for village and town directories, while Part '8' contains detailed Census data for village and town in the form of Primary Census Abstract. However, Part 'A' and 'B' are compiled in single volume for the convenience of data users. Analytical note _presented in DCHB is brief, concise but quite informative. The Hand Book is further enriched with maps at the level' of Distrtict and Revenue Divisions. One of the major changes brought in 1991 publications is the presentation of the Primary Census Abstract with nine fold industrial classification of workers as against the four fold divisions of 1981. A complete reorganisation of the administrative units below the district level in Andhra Pradesh has taken place in 1985 when 1,110 Mandals replaced 316 Taluks. Upto 1981 Census, the data were presented in respect of village in each taluk in the DCHB. In the present series the village-wise data have been presented at the level of Mandai Praja Parishads instead of Revenue MandaI. The data in respect of statutory towns are presented separately. Village-wise and town-wise data received from the various sources such as Mandai Revenue Officers, Mandai Praja Parishads and Municipal Officers have been examined exhaustively for consistency in reporting and comparabiiity with the data published in 1981 DCHBs. This process of reconciliation contributed to considerable delay in bringing out these volumes. The processing of such massive data pertaining to village and town directories are an arduous task requiring minute care in checking at various stages. Various officers have to do assiduous efforts to ensure high quality of data. The major work relating to DCHBs was successfully carried out under the able quidance and direction of Sri R.P. Singh, lAS., Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. I gratefully acknowledge his va(uaoie contribution made for this publication. '"he work was later continued by Sri Y.G. Knshna Murthy. Joint Director. i express my thanks to him. I also thank all officers and officials of this Directorarte who have been actively involved in the compilation of this volume. A list of Acknowledgement is appended in the book. The Andhra Pradesh Technology Services Ltd., Government of Andhra Pradesh helped us by providing the final print-outs which have been used as camera ready copies by Commissioner of Printing. I am thankful to the officials of General Administration Department and Commissioner of Printing, Government of Andhra Pradesh for their involvement and help in bringing out the publication.