CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-5. VILLAGE & TOWNWISE GUJARAT PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DISTRICT . SURENDRANAGAR CENSUS DISTRICT HANDBOOK C. C.DOCTOR of the Indjan Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Gujarat DISTRICT SURENDRANGAR z~+- on ..."' o.u ::0 c:t: ... I-'" « i ...s: C) 0 0 N ... « ;;: CD z N « !! ... c:t: N ~ 0 0 oc( Z II! N a:: UJ !!! .,oc( ex: • ~ ::> ::> t:J (/) .. t- i Oa: f t- (/) 0 The earliest dated examples of the bead work of Saurashtra suggest that the craft had a professional origin before acquiring folk characteristics. Today tOllr distinct schools are recognised of the work. The better examples of the craft available today reveal a high degree of excellence both as regards material and craftsmanship. The work consists of embroidering multi-coloured beads into various designs either on finished products of domestic use or on household furnishings and apparel, including the apparel of domestic animals. A study of the designs used shows the influence of other arts such as embroidery, tie and dye, the rural plastic arts and even such unusual source as memorial stones. The motifs consist of divine or human figures, flora and fauna and purely geometric forms. The composite motif on this volume consists of two pieces of Pachhitpati and two Chaklas. The former is usually a decorative scroll generally used as a wall-hanging above a door, window, alcove or shelf. The lutter is generally used as a dewration piece and spread on a Patla or Bajoth (low table). Both demonstrate the panelled mode where the central theme is contained in boxed frames surrounded by one or more borders. (Block from an ink tracing by K. D. Vaishnav. Geographer. from a photograph) CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census of India 1971 Series-5-Gujarat is being published In the following parts : Part Subject covered Number I-A General Report. I-B Detailed Analy5is of the Demographic, Social, Cultural and Migration Pdtterns. I-C Subsidiary Tables. II-A General Population Tables ('A' Series). II-B Economic Tables ( 'B' Series). II-C(i) Distribution of Population. Mother Tongue and Religion, ~cherluled .Castes & Scheduled Tribes. I \ II ... C(ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household Composi- tion, Single Year!\ge, Marital Status, Educati~nal Levels, Scheduled Castes & Schedule4 Tribes, etc., Bilingualism. / III Establishments Report and Tables ('E' Series). IV-A Housing Report and' Hou5ing Subsidiary Tables. IV-B H Dusing Tables. V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. VI-A Town Directory. VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns. VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages. VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel. VllI-A Administration Report-Enumeration.} F ffi . 1 1 or 0 CIa use on y VIlI-B Administration Report-Tabulation. IX Census Atlas. DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A Town and Village Directory. X -B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract. X-C Analytical Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. CONTENTS raps PREFACE v-x FIGlJRES AT A GLANCE xi-xii ALPHABETIC LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xx P8n-A-Town and Village Directory General Note xxiij-xxiv \ Introductory Note on Tow,n and VilJage Directory xxv-xxxix , Town Directory and its\ Appendices Statement I St'~tU!l. Growth History and Functional Category of Towns xliii Statement II Pbysical Aspects and Location of Towns. 1969 xliv Statement III Municipal Finance, 1968-69 xlv Statement IV Civic and Other Amenities. 1969 xlvi Statement V Medical, Educational. Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 xlvii Statement VI Trade. Commerce. Industry and Banking, 1969 xlviii Statement VII Population by Religion. 1971 xlix Appendix I List of Urban Areas as per Location Code Numbers Appendix II Name of Outgrowth of Urban Area which does Dot qualify to be treated as a S~parate Town Village Directory /Wadhwan Taluka, 1-5 Limbdi Taluka 7-11 Sayla Taluka 19-25 Chotila Taluka.... 27-37 Muli Taluka ' 39-45 Halvad Taluka r­ 47-53 Dhraogadhra Taluka 55-61 Dasada Taluks 63-71 Lakhtar Taluka 73-77 Abstract of Amenities at each Taluka/Mahal 78-79 Pages Part-B-Vlllage and Townwise Primary CensDs Abstract General Note iii Primary Census Abstract Wadhwan 'Ta\uka 1-15 Limbdi Taluka ]7-25 Sayla Taluka 27-33 ChatHa TaIuka 35-43 Muli Taluka 45-49 Halvad Taluka 51-$7 Dhrangadhra Taluka 59-67 Dasada Taluka 69-77 Lakbtar Taluka 79-83 Block Directory showing Jurisdiction of Enumerator's Blocks in Urban Areas 85-92 MAPS District Map Ftontispiece Wadhwan Taluka Facing Page 1 17 Limbdi Taluka " .. Sayla Taluka .. .. 27 Chotila Taluka I, 3S " Muli Taluka ,. ') 45 Halvad Taluka 51 •• ft Dbrangadhra Taluka .. .. 59 Dasada Taluka 69 " .. Lakbtar Taluka It .. 79 PREFACE Tbe Oistrict Census Handbooks are being Part B published regularly since' 1951. Earlier they were (1) Urban Block and Villagewise P.rimary brought out under the name of "Village Hand· ~nsus Abstract boots" and contained only the population totals. They are prepared by the Census Organisation P~C on behalf of th~ State Government and published by ,the latter. T~ey are the 'first to be published (1) Analytical Report in the series of i971 Census publications, w~ich (2) Administrative Statistics are now to foUow. The need for making avail­ able to the State Go\Jcrnment. the Census data (3) Census Tables as early as possible 'after tbe taking of the count. bas been recognised ~nce long. It is a matter of It was originally decided that each part deep satisfaction that ~e present volume is being would be brought out separately. But since tho' published within a ~ear/ of the taking of the . data for parts A and B has been prepared " Census. almost at the same time, it is decided to combine , \ these parts into one volume. Part C which has The data collected l~uriDg 1971 Census was to await the collection of official statistics (rom tabulated initially at \~ee Regional Tabulation various Departments of the State Government Offices at Surat, Rajitot and Bbavnagar for, and preparation of Census Tables. would be rural areas and one mor~ Tabulation Office at published separately. Ahmedabad which dealt with the slips of urban are8$ only. The data abs~racted at the Regional The Town Directory consists of information OffiCC$ "-was brought to Ahmedabad where it was about tbe status, growth history and functional compiled for the State as a whole and is noW category of towns and their physical as~, being published. location, Municipal finances, civic and other amenities like sewerage, protected water supply. The District Census Handbook contains fire fighting service, electrificatiQ.n etc. It also· primary data upto the village level for rural con tains information about medica], educational,' areall and enumerator's block level for urban recreational aDd cultural facilities available at' areas, It is for the first time that in 1971 the towns. Detailed information abou' trade.' Census we are giving information about urban commerce. industry and banking is also provided areas of the State in a separate part called here. The population of the towns according to the "Town Directory". We are also, giving compre­ 1971 Census by religion and Scheduled Calte and hensive information about rural areas in the Scheduled Tribe is furnished here. The TowD "Village Directory". This is further supplemented Directory is a new feature of 1971 Census and tbo by the Alphabetical List of Villages for facmty above information has been compiled in it for tbe of ref~rence. first time. It has been decided to bring out the The Village Directory contains comprehensive District Census Handbooks of 1971 in three information about the amenities available at the parts as under :- village such as educational and medical, supply of electric power, drinking water facility, Part A communication througb road, rail, kutch a road, (1) Town Directory pucca road and bus route, existence of post, telegraph and telephone facilities, etc. Further (2) Village Directory information about staple food. area under various usc. _ like fore.st" cultivab,lo land, souroe and the village oftlcials and scrutinised 8t taluka ellent of irrigation, cultivable waste and name level by the Statistical Assistant before returoing of tbe Dearest town and its distance. day on to this office. The Development Commissioner wbich 'bazar' is being held, jf any, and its and the Director. Bureau of ~conomjcs aod importallce- from religious, historical and archaeo­ Statistics, issued firm instructions to the field loaica1 point of view is recorded here. staff to ensure that the information was filled and scrutinised with the utmost care. After tbis Tbe Primary Census Abstract contains infor­ information was received) in tbe CCDIUI mation about the number of occupied residential Directorate, it was subjected to a very close and bouses and households, total population including rigorous checking by a cell which was specially bouseless aDd institutional population. literacy, created for the purpose. There were a, number Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population of points on which furt~er probe became and the distribution of working population into necessary, where the information was found to I Dine industrial categories of workers and non­ be incompl,ete or inconsiistent. Our greatest workers. hurdle was the reconciliation of ~rea figures as The Analytical Report in Part C takes note reported by the village offici~ls and those reported. of the social, ecoQomic and demographic changes by tbe District Inspector of Land Records. A wbich bave occurred in the District during the senes of meetings had ,to be held at caeh last ten years. The administrative statistics are District Headquarter, where the DeputY'-Pirector obtained from various Departments of tbe State il'l c:barge of the District Census Handbook Unit Government and presented io this part which had to remai~ present and point out the ~Iaring alIa incorporates a few of tbe tables generated incoI)sistencies reported to the Taluka Develop­ from the data derived during 1971 Census.