CENSUS OF INDIA 198] Series - 24 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART XIII-A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN-WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT ANUAL\lANS AND NJCOBARS DISTRICTS D. I~. SINGH of the Indial/ Admiiiistrative Senice Director of Cr.:ns.us Operat i.,)ns. :\ncl~lnuln 8:. Nh'01 a,r ISlands CELLULAR JAIL Situated in Port Blair, the Cellular Jail stands as a silent witness to the nistory of the freedom struggle of our country. It mutely narrates tlz~ saga of sacrifices of our freedom fighters~ The jail 1nuseum and the marble plaques bearing the names of frecdotn fighters deported to the islands sil1ce 1857, when the First War of Indian Independence tva; fought) leave an itldelible imprint on the minds of on~ lookers about the relentless struggle our people had to wage to free the COU1Jtry from the foreign yoke. The C011structlon of t.hc [ail having 698 cells was cornpleted in 1906 as a three-storeyed edifice with seven wings" each stretching from a Central Tower like i!he spoke of a wheel. .It was designed in such a [llay that th~ front portion of each wing faced the back side of the other wing, thtu preventing the possibility of any communication hetween the prisonerj,.... The Cellular Jail waf declared a National Memorial in 1979. The Jail is a place of pilgrimage for all freedom loving people. (i) CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD (v) PREFACE (vii) Map of district Andamans (iX) :MAp of district Nlcobars (1d) rrn[l;)l'lant Statistics of Andalllans and Nicobars districts Analytical Note- 3 Brief History of the District Census Handbook R BrIef Analysl.; of Village Directory data TABLE I: Distribution of vi Ilages according to the availabi IIty ofditferent amenities 15 TABLB 2: P(ol'Jrtion of rural population served by different amenitie~ 11 TABLP. :\: Mlin~ta!llefoodinthemljorityofvillagesineachtehsiJ. 29 TABLR 4: Distribution of villages according to land use. 29 TABLE 5: D: ,trib'ltion of Villages according to population ranges & amenities avai Jable )0 !)i ;tribltion of villgaes according to the distance from the nearest town and availability of different amenities 31 Di,;tribltion of vi Ilages not having certain amenities arranged by distance range from the place where these are available . 33 Brief Analysis of Town Directory TARLE 8: GroNth.demity anj sex ratio of urban population in the district in relation to the Union Tetrltory TULE 9: P~r capita receipt and expenditure in towns 34 TABLll 10 : Schools per 10,000 population in towns . 3S TABLE 11 : Number of beds in medical insti lution in towns 35 TABLE 12 : Most important commodity manufactured, imported and exported in 'hlJ town 35 Brief Analysis of Prj mary Census Abstract TABLB 13 : Pormlation, number of villages and towns, 1981 36 TABLE 14 : D~cadal change in distribution of population . 36 TABLE 15 : D; ,tribution of vi llages by population ranges • 37 TABLE 16 I Proportion of Scheduled Tribes population in the towns . 37 TA8LE 17 : LiterJ.t~s, wJrkilfs,n)n-wJrkers, SchJduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population In the districts 38 T AI\LE 18 : Pl'J ))rtion of Scheduled Tribes population to total population In vi lIages 41 TABLE 19 : Literacy rates by population rang's of villages • 42 TABLE 20 : Literacy rates of town • 42 PART A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECfORY SECTION I-VILLAGE DIRIlCIORY Map, 'illlhlbatical list of villages and village directory of Diglipur tehsll 51 Mq. dClhltMtical list of villages and village directory of Mayabunder t~bsll 61 ]\ft:) , \1 )hlb~tical list of villages and village directory of Rangat tehsll 73 Mal), :d!)habetical list of vi llages and village directory of Port Blair tehsll 114 liv) PAGE Map, 'lClJhabetical list of villages and village directory of Ferrargunj tehsil 100 Map,1Iphlb.}tical list of villages ana vi lIage directory of Car Nicobar tehsil 115 Ma)J,1bhlmtical list of villages and village directory of Nancowry tehsi) 123 APPENDICES ApPENDIX I-Village Directory, Tehsil-wise ab"tract of educational, medical and other amenities 144 ApPE'IDlx II-Lmd u ~ili$ation data in respect of non-municipal towns (Census towns) 147 ApPQ.:<IDTX TlI-U st of 'Ii I hges where no anl~nit ies other than drinkinS water are avai lable 148 ~P?F"lDl,{ IV -List ,)f viIJa7~~ according to the l)l'oportion of scheduled tribe, to the total population by ranges 151 SECTION II-TOWN DIRECTORY STATBMENT I-Statu~ alHI growth history 156 STATE~BNT H-Physical aspects and location of (own, 1979 156 STATEMENT III-Municipal Finance, 1978-79 . IS1 STATE:vmNT IV-Civic and other al11enities,1979 157 STATEylB"IT V-\1,dical, Educational, Recreational & Cultural Facilities, 1979 IS8 STATEMENT VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry & Banking, 1979 lSI! PART B-STATE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT State Primary Census Abstract 160 Village-wise Primary Census Abstract- Digliput'tehsll 118 Mayabunder tehsl) 184 Rangat tehsll 190 Port Blalrtehsil 198 Ferrargunj tehsil 206 Car Nicobar tehsll 212 Nancowry tehsll 216 Urb:mIWard-wise Primary Ccn~us Abstract 228 Ap PE"'DlX~-Total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population 230 ANt\E'WRE-Extent ofenumetation blocks, Port BJair Munlcipal Board 231 Primary Census Abstract-Scheduled Tribes 236 FOREWORD The Di~trict Census Handbook (DCH), comp!Jed by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State Governments, is onel of the most valuable products of the Census. Tht' DCH is ccnstantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia use-d for delimitation of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The district census handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Ahstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural area~ and wardwise for each city or town. Tt also provi(les data on infrastructure and amenities in vil1ages and towns, etc. fhe district census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It con· tained important census tables and peA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged ann it contained a descriptive account of the disl"ri,;;(") ac1ministrative statistics, census tables anel a village and town directory, inc1ud· iog peA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part A related to village and town djrectory~ 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. However, in some states it was confined to district ctt;su.s tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and prmtIng. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the format of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except pmver supply in the village have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad r;:lnges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be given. The restructuring of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattocn is expected to further meet the need. of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as wen so as to minimise the regional imbabnces in the process or development. A few new items of information have also been introrlucell to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary hea Ith ~ub-centres, GnLl community health workers in the village have been introductd in the village directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the vilbge is to have an idea abollt the village in the district which are inaccessible. A new column "total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenitie~ with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more <lPpendices listing the villages where 110 amenities are available and according to the proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by provi.ding information nll a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class I and ClaSs. II towns (Stat~. ment IVA) has been introducCll with this objective ill mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk om programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improve. ment of sJum~. The columlH 011 S(hl"dnlnl Castes and Scheduled Trihes population ill (VI (vi) ~;tatement IV relating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres under educational facilities in statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class ?~ to.wn in all the seven statements of the town dir~ctory. The infras~ tructure (If amenlttes 11l urban areas of the country can be hest analysed by taking the clas~ of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements, also serves this purpose. The format of the primary cemus abstract for the villages and towns has bet;n fonnulared in the light of: changes in the economic and l)ther questions canvassed through the in(livj;lu~J :,lip of 1981 Census.