CENSUS 1971 SERIES 22 WEST BENGAL PART X-A & B DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BIRBHUM ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES, TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY AND PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Compiled by DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS WFST BENGAL , INDEX .') i StatlZ' Soundof'Y c.:. ........ DistrlcJ Boundary .... i Sub DivIsion Boundarv Muraroj i i i poric e StatIon BOundary .... _ t..,.) District Headquorter•• @ ~. Sub Division H2QdquOftiU .... •.L._ @) I '._ Policcz !)tat"lon HlI':adquQVa-s. o I' R611~oYs{Brood90\J9Q;) S· " RQirwQYi>(NQrrOW~aIJ9t) UI &t(lte Highways .. -_.. J: 0 ]> 24' 24 00' '" l> c;:, ~.- 2: ... .I "'{' ~ c r -----t...:--===_.7'" Price: (Inland) Rs. 10.00 paise; (Foreign) £ 1.17 or 3 $ 60 cents. PUBUSHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, WEST BENGAL AND PRINTED BY ANU PRESS, ~1, JHAMAPUKUR LANJ31 CA!-CVTTA·9l 197J PREFA.CE The 1971 Series of District Census Handbooks of which this represer.tc; one volume, are being presented ih a new form. The Handbooks have been divided into three sections. Part A presents data obtained from the field on land use patterns, civic amen ities such as drinking water, post offices, primary _schools etc. available in each village. Part B presents demo­ graphic data down to the village level. Part C presents .~h~. official statistics gathered from sources other than___ -_. - -_, __ - Census of 1971 and also includes notes on-":~?r:i?~s:~::. ';'::;' aspects of each district. - .' .. ,'" .: , ... ,~ . ~ . Our attempt has been to present information concerning each district which is at once relevant and' as detailed as possible, and we hope these volumes will prove useful to scholars, planners and those who are working to better the economic condition of the people in our State. Bhaskar Ghose Director of Census Operations West Bengal ( iv ) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Those who worked on this volume: A. VILLAGE AND TOWN,DIRECTORY B. PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Field data collection Checking etc. Shri B. Basu, Officer-in-charge, Census, Shri K. Datta, Computor Birbhum " P. B. Nath, " Block Development Officers & thier Staff " A. Chatterjee, " S. K. Das, Assistant Compiler Compilation, Checking, Copying etc. " D. K. Biswas, " Shri S. Sinha, Deputy Director of Census " P. K. Karmakar " Operations, West Bengal Shri G. C. Bagchi" Tabulation Officer C. CARTOGRAPHY '. D. Sen, Tabulation Officer Shri D. P. Chatterjee, Senior Investigator " J. N. Bose, Head Assistant " B. C. Das, Senior Draftsman " A. Ahmed, Computor " A. R. Halder, Draftsman .. M. Mitra, Asstt. Compiler " B. K. Majumdar, " " N. Bagchi, " " H. Banerjee, " " A. Sarkar, .. " C. K. Ghose, " " A. K. Paul, " B. PRIMAR Y CENSUS ABSTRACT " S. Chatterjee " " R. C. Kaibartta Das, Preparation of basic data " D. PROOF READING Shri S. K. Datta, Deputy Director of Census Operations and the Staff of Shri R. C. Bhar, Senior Technical Assistant Suri Regional Tabulation Office / "A. Sengupta, Computor " H. Saha Chowdhury, Proof Reader Checking etc. " R. N. Bhar, Assistant Compiler Sbri M. N. Sarkar, Senior Investigator " S. K. Dutta, Proof Reader " S. L. Saha, Statistical Assistant " B. Roy, " " K. Dhani, Computor " R. N. Bhattacherjee, " " S. Sen Gupta, " " S. Ali, " " B. Majumdar, " Sm. M. Saha Chowdhury, " ( v ) FIGURES AT A GLANCE Birbhum West Bengal District Population Total Persons 44,312,011 1,775,909 Males 23,435,987 902,441 Females 20,876,024 873,468 Rural Persons 33,344,978 1,651,137 Males 17,173,552 836,543 Females 16,171,426 814,594 Urban Persons 10,967,033 124,772 Males 6,262,435 65,898 Females 4,704,598 58,874 Decennial Population Total +26.87% +22.80% Growth Rate 1961-71 Rural +26.38% +22.73% Urban +28.41% +23.82% Area in Sq. Km. Total 87,853.0 4,550.0 Rural 85,903.1 4,504.7 Urban 1,949.9 45.3 Density of Population Total 504 390 per Sq. Km. Rural 388 367 Urban 5,624 2,754 Sex Ratio (Number of Total 891 968 Females per 1,000 Rural 942 974 Males) Urban 751 893 Literacy Rate Total Persons 33.20% 26.57% Males 42.81% 35.45% Females 22.42% 17.40% Rural Persons 25.72% 25.01% Males 35.80% 33.9~'10 Females 15.02% 15.85% Urban Persons 55.93% 47.25% Males 62.01% 54.70% Females 47.84% 38.92% ( vi ) Birbhum West Bengal District Proportion of Urban Population to Total Population 24.75% 7.03% Percentage of Workers Total Persons 27.91 26.65 to Total Population Males 48.83 48.18 (Main Activity only) Females 4.43 4.40 Rural Persons 27.19 26-.69 Males 48.48 48.42 Females 4.58 4.38 Urban Persons 30.12 26.04 Males 49.80 45.12 Females 3.92 4.68 Break-up of Workers: Percentage to Total Workers: (i) . Cult iva tors Total Persons 31.97 37.04 Males 33.58 39.10 Females 12.12 13.58 (ii) Agricultural Total Persons 26.46 42.26 Labourers Males 25.00 40.35 Females 44.50 63.95 (iii) Other Workers Total Persons 41.57 20.70 Males 41.42 20.55 Females 43.38 22.47 Percentage of Scheduled Total Persons 19.90 30.00 Castes Population to Males 19.52 30.05 Total Population Females 20.31 29.93 Percentage of Scheduled Total Persons 5.72 7.05 Tribes Population to Males 5.53 7.03 Total Population Females 5.93 7.08 ( vii ) Birbhum West Bengal District Number of Occupied Total 7,555,685 302,010 Residential Houses Rural 5,608,490 281,285 Urban 1,947,195 20,725 Number of Households Total 8,053,681 316,433 Rural 5,901,869 293,558 Urban 2,151,812 22,875 NULlber of Villages Total 41,392 2,472 Inhabited 38,074 2,235 Uninhabited 3,318 237 Number of Town~ ~23 6 ( viii' ) 1971 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL PUBLICATIONS 32 Volumes of District Census Handbook (Part A & B and Part C) Series 22: West Bengal-Part X-A & B Darjeeling In Press Murshidabad In Press Hooghly In Press Nadia Burdwan· Jalpaiguri " " Cooch Behar Twentyfour Parganas Birbhum Present Volume West Dinajpur Howrah In Press Bankura In Press MaIda In press Calcuttll Midnapore " I' P\1rulia GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICA nONS Series 22: West Bengal PART I-A GENERAL REPORT PART I-B GENERAL REPORT PART I-C SUBSIDIARY TABLES PART II-A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES Published PART II-B (i) ECONOMIC TABLES In Press PART H-B (ii) ECONOMIC T ABLIlS PART H-C (i) POPULATION BY .MOTHER TONGUES, RELIGIONS, SCHEDULED CASTIlS and SCHEDULED TRIBES PART H-C (ii) SOCIAL and CULTURAL TABLES and FERTILITY TABLES PART H-D MIGRATIO~ TABLES PART III-A ESTABLISHMENTS TABLES In Press PART IlI-B REPORT and SUBSIDIARY TABLES ON ESTABLISHMENTS PART IV HOUSING REPORT and TABLES Published PART VI-A TOWN DIRECTORY PART VI-B (i-xv) SPECIAL SURVEY REPORTS on SELECTED TOWNS PART VI-C (i"iii) SURVEY REPORTS ON SELECTED VILLAGES PART VIII-A ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON ENUMERATION Published PART VIIl-B ADMINBTRATION REPORT ON TABULATIO=-< PART IX CENSUS ATLAS PART IX-A ADMINISTRATIVE CENSUS ATLAS PART XI (i-v) SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS 1 in Press CONTENTS PAOE Figures at a Glance (v) Alphabetical List of Villages and Towns 1-32 Police Stations-Muraroi 3, Nalhati 5, Rampurhat 7, Mayureshwar 9, Muhammad Bazar 12, Rajnagar 14, Khoyrasole 15, Dubrajpur 17, Suri 20, lllambazar 22, Sainthia 24, Bolpur 27, Labhpur 29, Nanoor 31 Town Directory 33-41 Table I - Status, age, growth history and functional category 34 Table II-Physical aspects and location, 1969 34 Table III-Municipal finance, 1968-69 36 Table Iy-Civic and other amenities, 1969 36 Table V-Medical, educational, recreational and cultural facilities, 1969 38 Table VI-Trade, commerce, industry and banking, 1969 38 Table VII-Population by religion, 1971 40 Village Directory 43-171 Explanatory Note 45, Police Stations- Muraroi 46, Nalhati 54, Rampurhat 62, Mayureshwar 74, Muhammad Bazar 86, Rajnagar 94, Khoyrasole HlO, Dubrajpur 108, Suri 120, Illambazar 130, Sainthia 136, Bolpur 148, Labhpur 156, Nanoor 164 Primary Census Abstract . 173-279 District Primary Census Abstract 174, Village/Urban Blockwise Primary Census Abstract-Police Stations: Muraroi 178, Nalqati 184, Rampurhat 190, Mayureshwar 200, Muhammad Bazar 208, Rajnagar 214, Khoyrasole 218, Dubrajpur 224, Suri 234, Illambazar 244, Sainthia 250, Bolpur 260, Labhpur 268, Nanoor 274 List of Illustrations District Map of Birbhum Frontispiece Police Stations Map of : 281-296 Muraroi 283, Nalhati 284, Rampurhat 285, Mayureshwar 286, Muhammad Bazar 287, Rajnagar 288, Khoyrasole 289, Dubrajpur 290, Suri 291, Illambazar 292, Sainthia 293, Bolpur 294, Labhpur 295, Nanoor 296 NOTE ON AREA Total area figures shown in Column No.4 for the district as a whole in the District Primary Census Abstract represent 'Geographical Area' figures supplied by the Surveyor General, India. Area figures for the total urban sector of the district have been computed from the area figures for the individual urban units supplied by the local bodies concerned. Area figures for the rural sector nave been derived by subtracting the urban area from the total area of the district. The total of the area figures of the Police Stations may not agr.ee with the area figures of the district as the former represents 'Land use area' whicli has been obtained from the Directorate of Land Records & Surveys, West Bengal. 2. The village area figures shown in Column No.3 in the Village Directory have been expressed in acres, while those in Column No. 3 in the Villagewise Primary Census Abstract have been shown in hectres. The village area in acres, obtained from the Directorate of Land Records & Surveys, West Bengal, have been converted to hectres by applying the con· version factor, 1 Acre=OA04687 Rectre, in the Census Office.