CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES-20 TAMIL NADU PART XIII - B DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK VILLAGE AND TOWNWlSE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI A. P. MUTHUSWAMI Of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. CONTENTS 'age Nos. foreword Preface iii I mportant Statistics vii District Map Facing Page viii Analytical Note 1-17 Primary Census Abstract 18-35 Primary Census Abstract for Schedu led Castes 36-47 Primar." Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 48-59 VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 1. TURAIYUR T ALURi Taluk Map Facing Page 62 Alphabetical list of villages 63-64 Village Primary Census Abstract 66-101 Urban Primary Census Abstract 102-109 2. PERAMBALUR TALUK Taluk Map Facing Page 112 Alphabetical list of villages 113-115 Village Primary Census Abstract 116-166 Urban Primary Census Abstract 168-173 3. ARIYALUR TALUK Taluk Map Facing Page 176 Alphabetical List of villages 177-178 Vi Ilage Primary Census Abstract ]80-216 Urban Primary Census Abstract 218-224 -4. UDAYARPALAYAM TALUK Taluk Map Facing 'age 226 Alphabetical list of villages 227-228 Village Primary Census Abstract 230-261 Page Nos. 5· LALGUDI TAlUK Taluk Map Facing Page 270- Alphabetical)list of villages 271-273 Village Primary Census Abstract 274-311 Urban Primary Census Abstract 312-329 6. MUSIRI TALUK Taluk Map Facing Page 332 Alphabetical list of villages 333-334 Village Primary Census Abstract 336-354 Urban Primary Census Abstract 356-372 7. KARUR TALUK lalukMap Facing Page 374- Alphabetical list of Villages 375~376 Village Primary Census Abstract 378-397 Urban.:Pr'mary Census Abstract 398-424 8. KULITTALAI TALUK Taluk Map facing Page 426 Alphabetical list of villages 42.7 -428 Village Primary Census Abstract 430-453 Urban Primary Census Abstract 454-459 ). TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI TALUK Taluk Map Facing Page 462 Alphabetical list of villages 463-464 Village Primary Census Abstract 466-489 Urban Primary Census Abstract 490-554 10. MANAPPARAI TALUK Taluk Map Facing Page 556 Alphabetical list of villages 557-558 Village Primary Census Abstract 560-598 Urban Primary Census Abstract 600-606 Responsibility for the correctness of internal details shown in the maps rests with the Publisher. fOREWORD The district census handbook (DCH), compiled cularly in relatioh to amenities Ind land·ult pattern by the Census Organisltion on !>ehalf of the State is expected to further meet the need of micro level. Gevernment, is one of the most valuable products planning, for rural areas. It is expected to help not of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred t9 optly in local area planning but regulating the provi. by planners, administrators, academicians and re­ sion of goods and services as well. so asto minimis. searchers. It Is inter alit! used for delimitation of the regional imbalances in the process of develop. consituencies, formulation of local level and r9lional ment. A few new items of information have also . plans and as an aid to District Administration. The been introduced to meet some of requirements of district census handbook is the only publication the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data items of information a. adult literacy centres, upt", village lev.)1 f(!lr the rural areas wardwise for primary health sub·centres and community health each city or town. It also provides data on workers in the village have been introduced in the infrastructure and amenities in. villages and village directory with this objective in mind. Th. towns. etc. new item on approach to tha village is to have an idea about the villages in the district which are The district census handbook series was initia­ Inaccessible. A new column, "total population ted during the 1951 Census. It contained import­ and number of households" has been introduced ant census tables and PCA for each villige and town to examine the correlation of the amenities with the of tpe district. During 1961 Census the scope of population and number of househOlds they serve. the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive Addition of two more appendices listing the account of the district. admin istrative statistics, villages where no amenities are available Ind census tables and a vi Ilage and town directory. in­ according to the proportion of scheduled clste end cludihg peA. The 1971 DCH seri.s was planned in scheduled tribe population to the total populltion three parts. Part-A related to village Ind tewn has also been made with this view in mind. directory. Part-B to village and town PCAand Part·C comprised analytical report. administrative statis­ ,-he formats of the town directory have II.. tics. district cens JS tables and certain analytical been modified to meet the requirement. of the tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of Minimum Needs Programme by providing informa­ villages. However, in some states it was confined tion in a few new items. A new etatement on civie to district census tables and in a few cases altogether and other amenities in slums in Clasl.1 Ind Class II given up due to dellY in compilation and towns (statement IV-A) has been introduced with printing. this obj.ctive in mind. It is expected thlt this will help the pllnne" to chalk out programme. on While designing the format of 1981 DCH series provision of civic amenities for the improvement of some new features along with the restructuring of slums. The columns on Scheduled Caste and the format of village and town directory have been Scheduled Tribe population in statement IV relat­ attempted. At the same time! comparlbllity wit~. ing to civic and other amenities and adult literacy the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the classes/centres under educational facilities in state­ amenities except power supply in the village have ments V are also added inter alia with this view. been brought together in the village directory with A significant addition is class of town in III the the instruction th3t in case In amenity is not avai­ seven statements of the town directory. Th, in­ lable in the referre Ilt vi lIage thQ di$tance in broad frastructure of amenities in urban Ir.lS of the ranges from tr,e nelrest place where the amenity is country cln be best anllysed by taking the class ot available may be given. The restructuring of the towns into conlideratio~. The .tldition 8f the format of the village directory and incorpor.ting . columns on civic: Idmini&tratien St.tUI ud "opalil- rlQr. exhClll~liV! ~hn" on infra'tr,,'t'lf' "P'~' p(lr~i .. ~io" l~ • f,'tV ."',m.,",, "'9 ,trn' ~"i. purp"" The format of'the primary census abstract for This publication is a joint venture of the the villages and towns has been formulated in the State Government and the Census Organisation­ light of changes in the economic and other The data have been collected and compiled in the questions canvassed through the individual slip of State under the direction of Shri A. ,.. Muthuswami, 1981 Census. I.A.S.. Director of Census Operations. Tamil Nadu In order to avoid delay in publicati:>n of 1981 on behalf of the State Government which has DCH series it has been so designed that part-A of borne the cost of prhuing. The task of planning. the volume contains village and town directory and designing and coordination of this publication part-B. the PCA of villages and towns including the was carried out by Shri N. G. Nag. Dp.puty Registrar Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto General (Social studies) of my office. Dr. B. K. Roy, TalukjTown level. At the beginning of the DCH a Deputy Registrar General (Map) provided the techni­ detailed analytical note supported by a number of cal guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data inset tables based on PCA and non census data in received from Census Directorates have been relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and Taluk level maps scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the depicting the boundaries and other important head quarters under the guidance of Shri M.M. Dua, , features have been inserted at appropriate places. Senior Re.earch Officer. I am thankful to all who to. further enhance the value of the publication. have contributed in this project. P. PADMANABHA. Registrar General, India. New Delhi. the 26th April. 1982. PRE F.A C E It has been the tradition of the Government of The District Primary Census Abstract gives fer Tamil Nadu to publish immediately after each each territorial unit upto taluk level in the case of Census. a District Census I-/andbook separately for rural areas and upto the town level for urban areas, each district containing the census statistics besides occupied residential houses, households, the total other valuable data of local importance for the use population, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled of the State Government, district administration. Tribe population. literates and main workers. 1 he research scholars an9 other data users. The first main workers are further categorised into four series of District Census Handbook were broUght broad groUps, viz. Cultivators, agricultural labourers, out immediately after the 1951 Census and the household industry workers and other workers. present publication after the 1981 Census is the Information is also furnished regarding marginal fourth in the series. workers and non-workers. The Village and TOW,l­ wise Primary Census Abstract gives similar infor­ The data presented in this publication were mation for villages and wards of towns. With a view collected during the census operations in February­ to help users to compile data relating to panchayats, March 1981.