CENSUS OF INDIA 1931 / ( PARTS XIII - A & B VilLAGE & TOWN DI.RECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT PRAI(ASAM DISTRIC·r FOREWORD The district census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on bebalf of the State Governments, is one 0 f the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitatiC'n. of constitu­ encies, 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 Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural l'lreas and wardwise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The district census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census t~e scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the "district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory, including PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Paft-C comprised anal}tical report, administrative statistics, distrkt census tables and certain analytical tables b~sed 6n PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some states it was confined ~o districf,census ta bles and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. " \ While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring \ of the formats of vilJage and to\\ n directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power 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 ranges from the neaTest place where the amenity is available may be given. The restructuting of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to fijrther meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in the local area planning but regulating of the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information on adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the vi1lage directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the viHage is to have an idea about the villages in the district which are inaccessible. A new column, " total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlatIon of the amenities wi~h the population and num ber of households they sene. Addition of two more appendIces listing the vjJIages where no amenities are available and ~ccording 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 providing information on a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class I and Class II towns (Statement IV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. The columns on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in Statement 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 signi ficant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infraslructur~ of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towm into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. ii The format of the primary census abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the individual slip of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in publication of 1981 DCH series it has been so designed that Section I & II of the volume contains village and town directory and Section-III, the PCA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Taluk/Town levels. At the beginning of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on PCA and non-census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and taluk/town level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places, to further enbance the value of the publication. This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled in the State under the direction of Sbri S. S. Jaya Rao, LA.S , Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and coordination M this publication was carried out by Dr. N. G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office, Dr. B. K. Roy. Deputy Registrar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have been scrutfnised in the Social Studies DiviSion at the head-quarters under the guidance of Shri M. M. Dua, Senior Researcb Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. New Delhi P. PADMANABHA the 26th April, 1982 Registrar Genera), India PREFACE District Census Handbook is the most important of the local pUblications brought out by tb~ Census Organisation. This is a joint venture of the State and Central Governments, The chapter 011 HISTORY OF DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK details its history and growth right from the incep­ tion of ('fllSUS in 1872, while the foreword of the Registrar General and Census Commis\ioner, India highlights the scope and significance of tbe tremeqdous improvements brought about from time to time since 1951 to 1981, in the presentation of data so as', to meet the demands of planning and administrative needs of the Governments and the data users. Needless to say that it is of immense use to planners, administrators, academicians, scholars, regearchers, social workers, etc. The restructuring of the format of the Village Directory at the [981 Census has been done particularly to inci)rporat~ the exhaustive data on infrastructure in relation to amenities and land use patteln to meet the needs of micro-level and local area planning for rural areas as well as to meet tbe Minimum Needs and Revised Mtnimum Needs Programmes of the Planning Commission. It is further intended to help regulating the provision of goods and services and also to enable minimising regional imbalances in the process of development. The formats of the Town Dire.::tory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme, by adding statements on civic and other ameni­ ties in slums in Class I and Class II Towns, columns on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population, adult literacy centres, working women's hostel, etc. In the process of collection of data for this volume, various State and C~ntral Gove-rument departments have extended their kind co-operation. The District Census Handbook comprises two parts -Part A -detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on Census and nO'l-Census d'lta in rdation to infrastructure and Part B-Village and Town Directories as well as Primary Census A bstract of Villages and Towns. In this joint venture of the State and Central Governments, while the collection, processing including compiJation, tabulation and finalisation of the write up have been done by the Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, under the Ministry of Home Affdirs, Government of India, the paper and printing costs are borne by the Government of Andhra Pradesh State. I offer my grateful thanks to Sri S.R. Rama Murthy, LA.S., (Retd.), former Chief Secretary oftbe Government of Andhra Pradesh and Sri M. Appa Rao, Joint Secretary (Retd)., General Administration (Elections) Department for the kind co-operation and encouragement extended by them at the time of 1981 Census. Grateful thanks are also due to Sri Sbravan Kumar, I.A.S., the present Chief Secretary, Sri B N. Jaya Simha, LA.S, Special Chief Secretary, General Administration Department and Chief Electoral Officer who is also in charge of Census and to Sri P.V. Gopala Rao, LA.S., Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, for extending their kind co-operation. The Director of Printing and Stationery has been helpful in selecting good private presses for printing the Handbooks. My grateful thanks are due to Sri S.S. Ju)a Rao, I.A.S., Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, under whose direction the entire Census Operations programme was successfully carried out in the State.