CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 SERIES 10 MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PARTS X(A) & X(B) VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE AND TOWN-WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT KHARGONE DISTRICT A.K. PANDYA OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERV[CE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MADHYA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVT. OF MADHYA PRADESH 1975 1971 CENSUS PUBLICA110NS; MADHYA PRADESH (AD the Census Publications of this State will bear series No. 10) PART I Census General Report including Subsidiary (in Sub-Parts) Tables. PART II-A Census Tables on population. PART II-B Economic Tables. (in Sub-Parts) PART U-C Social and Cultural Tables (in Sub-Parts) PART III-A Establishment Report and Subsidiary Tables. PART III·B Establishment Tables. PART IV Housing Report and Tables. PART V (in Sub-Parts) Special Tables & Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. PART VI-A Town Directory. PART VI-B Special Survey Reports on selected Towns. PART VI-C Survey Reports on selected Villages. PART VII Special Report on Graduates and Technical Personnel. PART VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration. PART VIII·B Administration Report-Tabulation. PART IX Census Atlas. PART IX-A Administrative Atlas. STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS PART X-A Village and Town Directory PART X-B Village and Town Primary Census Abstracts PART X-C Analytical Report and Administrative statements & District Census Tables (District Census Handbooks are published under Part X in 3 Parts-A, B & C for each of the 43 districts in the State. Parts .A and B afe published in one volume). CONTENTS Page 1. Preface i-ii .2. List of Abbrel'iatioDS 1 .3. Alpbabetical List of Villages 3-26 (j } Barwaha Tahsil ., .. 3-6 ( ii ) Maheshwar Tahsil 6-8 ( iii ) Barwani Tahsil 9-11 ( iv) Rajpur Tahsil 11-13 ( v) Kasrawad Tahsil 13-16 ( vi ) Sendhwa Tahsil 16-19 ( vii) Khargone Tahsil 19-23 (viii) Bhikangaon Tahsil 23·26 PART A l. Explanatory Note 29-43 .. 2. Village Directory (Amenities and Land-use) 44·133 ( i ) Balwaha Tahsil 44-57 ( ii ) Mahesh\\<ar Tahsil 58-67 ( iii) Barwani Tahsil 68-75 ( iv ) Rajpur Tahsil 76-83 (v ) Kasrawad Tahsil 84-93 (vi) Sendhwa Tahsil 94-105 ( vii) Khargone Tahsil 106-121 (viii) Bhikangaon Tahsil 122-133 ~3. Appendix to Village Directory 134-135 ( ii \ Page 4. Town Directory 136-14J. ( i) Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 136 ( ii) Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 137 ( iii) Civic Finance ·. 138-139 ( iv) Civic and other Amenities 140 ( v) Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns 141 ( vi) Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 142 ( vii) Population by Religion and Scheduled Castesl Scheduled Tribes in Towns • • 143 PARTB 1. Explanatory Note 147-148", 2. Figures at a Glance Ill. 149' 3. Primary Census Abstract 150-341 District Abstract 150-151 Barwaha Tahsil · . 158-175 (Rural) • • 158-171 (Urban) 172-175 Maheshwar Tahsil .~ 176-191 (Rural) • • 176-189 (Urban) .. 188-191 192-201 Barwani Tahsil '.. > • (Rural) 192-199 (Urban' 200-201 Rajpur Tahsil 202-221 (Rural) 202-223 (Urban) 222-227 Kasrawad Tahsil 2-'8-243 (Rural) 228-241 (Urban) 242-243 Sendhwa Tahsil 244-279' (Rural) 244-275 (Urban) 274-279 Khargone Tahsil 280-31S (Rural) 280-309 (Urban) 310-315 Bhikangaon Tahsil 316-341 (Rural) 316-339' 340-341 (Urban) t, " PREFACE Prior to the 1951 Census, there was no regular separate publication at the district level regarding the data collected, although the seeds of the District Census Handbooks can be traced to the 'Village Lists brought out for every district in 1901 and 'Village Statistics' of every district published in 1911 and 1941. No. definite answer is forthcoming as to why such publications, giving village-wise information of occupied houses, break-up of population into males/females and literates, were not brought out in 1921 and 1931 The reason could be transfer from 1921 of certain charges on Census previously met ii'om the provincia. revenues to the Central revenues and the Government ofIndia may not have considered it necessary to publish statistics up to the village level. 'Village Statistic3' in 1941 were brought out by the Central Provinces & Berar Government and this practice of bringing out district-wise publications at the cost of the State Govern­ ment has since been continuing. 2. The scope of the district-wise publications, now called the District Census Handbooks, has been under­ going change with each successive Census from 1951. In 1951, the District Census Handbooks only contained the Primary Census Abstract and the Census tables. In view of the usefulness of separate publication for each district, improvements were made at the time of the 1961 Census by including non-Cemus data like climate, agriculture, co~operation, industry, education, etc. An 'Introductory Note' was also added to highlight the more striking features. Unfortunately, the desire to make district-wise Census publications very comprehensive resulted in late availability of the books to the users. Therefore, this time the District Census Handbooks have been divided into three parts in order to release maximum data, as and when finalised, so that the publications may have a useful life of about seven to eight years ofinter·Censal decennium. Part A will contain Primarily non~Census statistics, Part B the Primary Census Ah,tract and Part C various administrative statistics with a chapter titled "Introducing the district". It may be mentioned here that subsequently a decision has been taken to merge Parts A and B in one volume on grounds of economy. 3. Much of the delay in the publication of the District Census Handbooks after the 1961 Census was due to delay in collection of administrative statistics and the decision to write the Introductory Note in the head office. Separation of administrative statistics as Part C of the District Census Handbook and the kilJ.d Co­ operation of the State Government, permitting Collectors of the 1961-71 decade to write the chapter on "Introducing the District," is likely to go a long way in early publication of all the parts of the District Census Handbooks. Another favourable factor this time is the early decision of the State Government to permit printing in private presses as and when the work-load on the State Government Presses is heavy and likely {a result in delay in the bringing out of the District Census Handbook of any district. It would not be out cf place to point out here that the work-load in connection with the Di~trict C(~Sl!'l Handbooks is very much more this time, not only on account of wider coverage but largely due to the deci~ior:. to bring out the District Census Handbooks in Hindi as well as English. In all, there will be 172 publicJ.tions, 4 per district of which 2 will be in hindi and 2 in english. Advance action was taken this l:n~c LO collect the non·Census data and it is hoped that the combined volume of Parts A and B of all the ·i3 dishich \\"ould be out by the end of 1973 and Part C of all the districts by the middle of 1975. This would be a (~'2finite improvement on the 1961 performance when printing ofthe District Census Handbooks covered the peliod 1964 to 1967. 4. In his Preface to the 1961 District Census Handbooks, my picdcccs'oOi', Shri G. Jagathpathi, had. observed thus, "It was not possible at this Census to base al1 Census statistic) on the development block as the unit mainly because in 1961 there were many areas not till then cO\Trcd by blocks. The coverage had become complete by about the middle of 1963 and it is not unlikely that the 1971 Census will recognise the block as the basic field unit as much for purposes of presentation as for operational purposes.". It has not been possib1e to adopt the development block as the basic unit for operation and presentation in this Census for more than one reason. Firstly, the office of the Block Development Officer was abolished in December, 1965; its resurrection in the form of office of the Block Development Assistant from 2-10-69 had not taken firm r001S up to the time field arrangements for the 1971 Census were finalised. Secondly, the tahsil ;:::s a n111t of field arrangements has many more advantages, the most significant being the ready availability of that legendary functionary-the patwari-without whose active co-operation it would be a formidable task 10 determl1\c Whether a habited structure in a cultivated field is part of village X or Y. Even, otherwise, sir,ce village­ wise figures are available, it should not be difficult for those in need of data for intermediate units bet\\,(,Cll the village and the tahsil, like the develoJ.!ment block or patwari halka, 10 compile it by adding figures of concerned villages. The tahsil has for long been a fixed unit of administration and, to my mind, should be retained in preference to the development block whose jurisdiction may undergo a change in aecO! dance with the pace of future development. 2 5. In conclusion, r would like to place on record my grateful thanks to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for having so kindly agreed to undertake the publication of the Handbooks in hindi as well as english to the various government and semi-government offices for un-hesitatingly making available the non-Census statistics) and to the Controller, Government Press, and his staff for arr-anging early printing in the Govern­ ment and private Presses. BHOPAL: A. K. PANDYA 15 th August, 1972. GCPB-169-18-9-73-10,OOO.