CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK RATNAGIRI Part A-Town & Village Directory Part B-Primary Census Abstract Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY PR.INTED IN INDIA BY THIi. MANAGER, GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRH'SS, BOMBAy AND PVBLISl:mD BY 'IHJt DIRECTOR. GOVlLRNMBNT PRINTING AND STATlO)UIRY. MAllARASEiTRA STATE. BOMBAY 4 1974 L A o 8 Districthq ________ --- @ Tahsilhq_ ____________ © \~ plstrlct boundary. ______ . _ ____ _ Tahsil boundary .• ________ . ____ _ National highway _ _ _ _ _ _ NH -State highway __ _ _ ___ _ _ _ SH Kellhl (ree Other roads _ ... ____________ , "Wert, canals, tanks etc ____"'--=--0 ' Towns _____________• Harnal Villages of pop. 5000 & over _. Achore .., Other Important places ____ 0 Pose & telegraph office _ _ _ _ PT Re~t house _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IIH HoSpital & dispensaries _ _ _ _ (9 Markets. _____ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ fa RaHways Broad gauge _________"""""""'0="" Metre gauge ____________ o Narrow gauge _______.____ _ .,. Hilly regions & uplands ____ _ SANGt.IOt - o .,. MYSO R£ .., RATNAG IR I DI STR ICT HAHARASHTRA 10 o 10 20 30 HILES 10 5 10 2.0 30 KILOMETRES CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 Central Government Publications Census Report. Series ll-Maharashtra, is published in the following Parts- I-A and B General Report I-e Subsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables II-B General Economic Tables II-C Social and Cultural Tables II-D Migration Tables lIT Esta blishments Report and Tables IV Housing Report and Tables V Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Tables VI-A Town Directory VI-B Special Survey Reports on Sekcted Towns VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages VII Report on Graduates and Technical Personnel VIU-A Administration Report- Enumeration (For official use only) VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation (For official use only) IX Census Atlas of Maharashtra State Government Publications 26 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in English 26 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphab;!tical List of Villages in Maharashtra (in Marathi) INTRODUCTION This is the third edition of district census handbooks brought out lar.gely on the basis of the material Qollected during each decennial census of our population. Earlier editions had appeared after the 1951 and the 1961 censuses. The present volume generally follows the pattern of its pre­ dec.::ssors in pres(!nting the 1971 c;::nsus tables for the district and basic demographic, economic and general information for each village therein. Particulars of the distribution of population down to the smallest administrative unit like village and town and their broad characteristics are required for purposes such as delimitation of electoral constitu{'lncies, adjustment of administrative boundaries, educational and manpower planning. The data provided for smull areaS serve as statistical frames for various surveys that may be taken up. Part A of this handbook giv.!s information relating to each village and town in the district. Revenue and municip~l officials all ov~r the district helped us in collecting the data fur this section. Part B carries the 1971 primary c~nsus abstracts which present the popUlation for each village and urba.n block. The items covered are area, popUlation and its sex break-up, households, occupied houses, literacy, scheduled castes and scheduled trib~s, workers and non-workers with a break-up of workers into broad industrial categorics. The population figures given here have the sunrise of 1 April 1971 as the reference date. Part C, which will be published separately this time, will have a general note on the physical features of the district, its administrative set-up, its demographic and socia-economic characteristics. It will include further census table:>, detailed official statistics on climate, rainfall, agriculture, industry, education, health and the like. In 1941, the population figures for villages and towns were exhibited according to communities, in the: village hand boo ks published by the Government of Bombay. In 1951. t he basis of census classi­ fica.tion changed from a socia] to an economic one; census data for villages and towns were presented according to eight livdihood classes in the primary census abstracts published in the district census handbooks. This was the first occasion when district census handbooks were brought out. The: handbooks contained information about different amenities available in respect of each village and town. During the 1961 census, the scope of the handbook was enlarged. In addition to the census data in respect of each village and towu, other official statistics for each district were made available, with an introductory note explaining the salient features of the district. The village directory published as a part of the 1961 handbook carried basic census data included in the primary census abstracts; it indicated the amenities available in each village and town by means of abbreviations. These included postal, medical and educational facilities, sources ofwater~supply and bazar day. It was found that the primary census abstract, Which needed a larg~ number of columns to present different data, allowed very little space for information on amenities. As a result, the district census handbook has been divided into three parts in 1971 as mentioned above. The town and village directory of 1971 (part A) gives information on amenities and facilities available in each town and village in the districts of Maharashtra. The particulars are presented tahsilwise under each district. The villages and towns are arrangl!d according to their census location code numbers. - The particulars in the village directory were collected through the revenue agency of the district on a prescribed form. FOf the town directory, six st::.tements were compiled. Statement I contains the 1971 census population data compiled by the census office. The non-census data in the other statements were supplied by the municipal councils for their areas and by the revenue agllncy for non-municipal towns. For purp~ses of the c~nsus, districts are divided into urban and rural areas. The urban area (towns) is defined in detail; those areas which do not satisfy this definition are treated as rural area" (villages). The following places have been treated as urban areas (towns) : (1) every place having a muni­ cipality or a cantonment board irrespective of its population; (2) every other place which had (I) a popUlation of at least 5,000, (ii) at least three-fourths of its male workin! popUlation engaged in non-agricultural pursuit and (iii) a density of popUlation of at least 400 persons per sq. km.; (3) any other place not falling under the above two categories but which possesses certain distinct characteristics to qualify for its being treated as urban such as its being a project area or a developing township. iv INTRODUCTION A place is called a village if it does not satisfy any of the criteria prescribed above for its being treated as urban. A 'village' for census purposes in Maharashtra has always been the • revenue village' which is the ultimate unit of area in which the State is sub-divided for land revenue administration. A few past censuses concerned themselves only with revenue villages which had some population and did not take into account deserted or uninhabited revenue villages. As in 1961, a village at the 1971 census is a revenue village having well-defined boundaries, a map and a separate set of land records irrespective of whether that defined area has any population or not and, if it has some population whether that population resides in one locality (gaothan) or is spread over one or more identifiable clusters of population known as wadis, padas or mazaras (hamlets). Each revenue village has a specified area marked as its own and its boundaries with other adjoining villages have always enjoyed a traditional sanctity. Hamlets do not have such defined boundaries or areas distinctly marked or allotted to them ; nor do they have any locally recognised status. Revenue villages which do not have any residential population are also included in the 1971 census definition of villages. They figure in the census list but are described as uninhabited to distinguish the~ from the remaining inhabi~~d villa~es. T.he census definition of an un~nhab~ted village differs sltghtly from the revenue defimtlon of vIllage 10 that the latter defines an uninhabIted village as one having a popUlation of less than 25. Wherever a revenue village situated on the outskirts of a town is wholly or partly merged in that urban area, it has been treated as a separate village. The popUlation residing in that area which is statutorily merged in the town limits has been treated as urban popUlation of that town; the residual population, if any, residing in the area outside the limits of the town is alone treated as the popUlation of that village. Thus, a few partly merged villages have returned some populations. The population for all fully merged villages has been treated as urban population. While the 1971 census village is thus completely identified with the revenue village, forest villages make an exception. They are population ce.nt~es s!t.uated within reserved forest areas. Thei~ popUlation consist ~ mainly of forest labourers and theu IaInlhes. Most of them are permanent or semI-permanent localities and may have attached cultivated areas leased out by the forest department under certain conditions. The land records of such villages are not maintained by the revenue department. The census list of villages also includes all inhabited forest villages. Tahsilwise alphabetical lists of all villages and towns are printed in a separate section which precedes Part A. The district and tahsil maps show by name the district and tahsil headquarters, other towns and bigger villages.