CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES-23 TAMIL NADU DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOK RAMANATHAPURAM PART XII A & B VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRiMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT K. SAMPATH KUMAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS TAMILNADU CONTENTS Page No 1. Foreword v-vi 2. Preface vii-ix 3. Distnct Map Facing Page 1 4. Important Statistics 1-2 5. Analytical Note (i) Census concepts: Rural and Urban areas, Census House/Household, SCiST, Literate, 3-5 Main ·Workers, Marginal Workers, Non-workers etc., (Ii) History of ttle District Census Handbook including scope of Village and Town Directory 6-11 and Primary Census Abstract (iii) History of the District and Its Formation, Jurisdictional changes, Location and PhYSiogra­ phy, Forestry, SOil, Mmerals and mining, Rivers, ElectriCity and power, Land and land use pattern, Agriculture, Irngatlon, Animal husbandry, Fisheries, Industnes, Transport and communication, Climate and rainfall, Education, Health, Places of Tourist and religious im­ portance. 12-21 6. Brief analysis of the Village and Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract data. 22-37 PART-A Village And Town Directory Section-I Village Directory 39 Note explaining the codes used in the VIII~ge Directory 40-41 1. Tiruvadanai C.D. Block 43 (i) Alphabetical list of villages 44-45 (ii) Village Directory Statement 46-53 2. RaJaslngamangalam C D. Block 55 (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 56-57 (ii) Village Directory Statement 58-67 3. Paramakkudl C D. Block 69 (I) Alphabetical list of Villages 71 (ii) Village Directory Statement 72-77 4. Bogalur C D. Block 79 (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 81 (ii) Village Directory Statement 82-85 5. Nainarkoil CD Block 87 (I) Alphabetical list of Villages 89 (ii) Village Directory Statement 90-95 Page No 6. Kamudi C.D. Block 97 (i) A)phabetical list of villages 98 (ii) Village Directory Statement 100-107 7. Mudukulattur C.D Block . 109 (i) Alphabetical list of villages 111 (ii) Village Directory Statement 112-117 8. Kadaladi CD. Block 119 (i) Alphabetical list of villages 120-121 (ii) Village Directory Statement 122-129 9. Ramanathpuram C.D Block 131 (I) Alphabetical list of Villages 133 (ii) Village Directory Statement 134-137 10. Tlruppullani C.D. Block 139 (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 141 (ii) Village Directory Statement 142-145 11. Mandapam'C.D Block 147 (i) Alphabetical list of Villages 149 (ii) Village Directory Statement 150-153 Annexure-I Statement showing C 0 Block coming under each taluk 155 Appendex-I C D. Blockwise abstract of educational, medical and other amenities 156-159 Appendex-II Land utilisation data in respect 'non-municipal towns 160 Appendex-III CD. Blockwlse list of villages where no amenities are available. 160 Appendex-IV List of villages according to the proportion of SC/ST to total population by ranges 161-173 Section-II Town Directory 175 Note explaining the codes used in the Town Directory. 176-177 Statement-I Status and Growth History 178-179 , Statement-II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1989 180 Statement-III Municipal Finance, 1989 181 Statement-IV Civic and other amenities, 1989 182-183 Statement-IV-A Civic and other amenities In notified slums, 1989 184 Statement-V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities, 1989 185-187 Statement-VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking. 1989 188 Appendix Towns showing their out-growth with population 189 ii Page No PART-B Primary Census Abstract 191 A: District Primary Census Abstract (C.D. Blockwise) 192-211 B' Village and Townwlse Primary Census Abstract by CD. Block. 213 1. Tiruvadanai C. D. Block. 214-229 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 2. Rajasmgamangalam C.D. Block 230-245 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 3. Paramakkudi C D. Block 246-257 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 4. Bogalur C D. Block 258-265 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 5. Nainarkoil C.D. Block 266-273 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract 6. Kamudr CD. Block 274-289 (i\ Village Primary Census Abstract (il) Urban Primary Census Abstract 7. Mudukulattur C.D Block 290-305 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 8. Kadaladi C D. Block 306-325 (I) Village Primary Census Abstract 9. Ramanathapuram C.D. Block (i) Village primary Census Abstract 10. Tiruppullani C.D. Block 334-341 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 11. Mandapam C.D. Block 342-349 (i) Village Primary Census Abstract (ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract Urban Primary Census Abstract (within Town, ward-wise PCA) 350-396 Appendix-I Details of C.D Blocks included in various taluks 397 Appendix-II Villages incuded in each town 399 Appendix-III Taluk Primary Census Absract 400-403 District Primary Census abstract for SC/ST - C.D. Blockwise/Townwise. 404-427 III FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations/modifications after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable district level publication brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State GovernmenUUnion Territory Administration. It inter-alia provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and socio-economic characteristics and on availability of certain important civic amenities/facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus proved to be of immense utility to the planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. The scope of the DCH was initially confined to certain important census tables on population, economic and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town (ward-wise) of the distrfct. The DCHs published after 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and Village and Town Directories, in­ cluding PCA. After the 1971 Census, two parts of the District Census Handbooks (Part-A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part-8 comprising Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The third Part (C) of the District Census Handbooks comprising admin­ istrative statistics and district census tables, which was also to be brought out, could not be publish­ ed in many States/UTs due to considerable delay in compilation of relevent material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were intro­ duced in -the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each districLafter the 1981 Census. While Part-A comprised Village and Town Directories, the PCA of Villages and towns (wardwise) in­ cluding Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes PCA upto tehsil/town level were provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except electricity, were brought together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult literacy cen­ tres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also provided for the first time during 1981 census in the Village Di­ rectory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible villages in each district. In case of Town Directory also, keeping in view the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme, a State­ ment IV-A on Slums was provided so as to enable the planners to chalk out the programmes for providing better civic and other amenities in the slums. In this statement ,details on civic and other amenities were reported for the slums of Class-I and Class-II towns. Apart from this, one column on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population and another on adult literacy classes/cen­ tres were added in statements IV and V respectively. The manner of presentaion of the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However, the format of PCA has been restructured slighly in the 1991 Census for the benefit of data users. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers has been given as against four fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition to this, the sex­ wise population in the 0-6 age group has also been included in PCA for the first time with a view to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterates at the time of the 1991 Census, it is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners in chalking out more effective developmental programmes. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Developement Blocklevel presentation of data in the village directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tehsilffaluk IPS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation of village and town directory and PCA data at C.D.block level Will help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as v the C.D. BJock is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning.,. In order to facilitate the task of administrators, planners and researchers intending to use Vil­ lage Directory/PCA data, either from the magnetic tapes/floppies or from the published records, both the computer and manual codes for each village have been provided for the 1991 Census along­ with the corresponding codes of 1981. This publication is a joint venture of State GovernmentlUT administration and the Census Or­ ganisation. The data have been collected and compiled under the direction of Shri.