CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BULDHANA Part A-Town &' village directory Part B-Primary census abstract Con7-piled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY. Printed in India by ~he Manager, Governmen~ Press and Book Depot. Nagpur, and Published by the Director, Government Printing and Stationery. Maharashtra State, Bom.bay-4 1972 District hq. ________ _ @ Tahsil nq. _____ ~ ___ _ @ District boundary Tahsil boundary National highway State highway SH Other roads Rivers, canals, tanks etc. ___ ~ _ ® Towns ___________ _ ... Nandura \ _:~ R A VAT I D. Villages of pop . 5000 & over _. Sonolo I ~ Pose & telegraph office _ _ _ _ PT Rest house ____ ~ ______ . RH r"~ r c Hospital & d,spensa"es _ _ _ _ Gi "". Markets _____________ El Railways Broad gauge _________~i.-_ Metre gauge ______ _ Narrow gauge ____ _ __ ~~ Hilly regions & uplands ___ _ .' o _. ci I" ." ' ...... J " Dhomanguon Badhe ,$e!) ,. .... '-'\ pR.Man,,,. , ..... , '/ ."" ....J .1 " /" - - . 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BUlDHANA DISTRICT MAHARASHTRA 10 5 o 10 20 )0 M ILES. 10 o 10 20 30 40 KILO METRES A-16~8-t-B CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 Central Government Publications Census Report, Series 11 -l\1aharashtra, is published in the following Parts- I-A and B General Report I-C Subsidiary Tables II-A Gene-ral Population Tables II-B General Economic Tables II-C Social and Cultural Tables III Establishments - Report and Tables IV Housing - Report and Tables V Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe:o, in l\Iaharashtra - Tables VI-A Town Directory VI-B Sptccial Survey Reports on Selected Towns VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages VII Report (m Graduates and Ttchnical perEonnel VIII-A Administration Report - Enumeration (For official use only) VIII-B Acministraticn Report - Tabulation (For official usc only) IX Cer.~us Atlas of l\Taharashtra State Government Publications 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in English 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in l\1arathi Alphabt. tical List of Villages in lVlaharashtra (in l\Iarathi) INTRODUCTION This is the third edition of district census handbooks brought out largely on the basis of the material collected during each decennial census of our population. Earlier editions had appeared after the 1951 and the 1961 censuses. The present volume generally follows the pattern of its predecessors in presenting the 1971 census tables for the district and basic demographic, economic and general information for each village therein. Particulars of the distribution of population down to the fmallest aC:ministrative unit like village and town and their broad characteristics are required for purpo~c:s ~uch as delimitation of electoral constituencies, adjustlnent of administrative boundaries, educaticnal and man­ power planning. The data provided for small areas serve as statisticnl frames for various surveys that may be taken up. Part A of this handbook gives information relating to each villagE; and town in the district. Revenue and municipal (_ fficia18 all over the district helped us in collecting the data for this section. Part B carries the 1971 primary census abstracts which present the population for each village and urban block. The items covered are area, population and its sex break-up, households, occupied houses, literacy, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, workers and non­ workers with a break-up of workers into broad industrial categories. The population figures given here have the sunrise of 1 April 1971 as the reference date. Part C, 'which will be published separately this time, \vill have a general note on the physical features of the district, its administratiye set-up, its demographic a:r:.d socio-e(.c,I1Cnlic characteristics. It will include further census tables, detailed official statistics on climate, rainfall, agriculture, industry, education, health and the like. In 1941, the population figures for villages and towns were exhibited aCCOIGll1g to Cc m­ munities, in the village handbooks published by the Goverr;ment of Bombay. In 1951. the basis of census clas:;;ification Changed fronl a social to an economic one; census data for villages and towns were presented according to eight livelihood classes in the primalY census abstracts publisbed in the district census handbooks. This was the first occasion when district census handbooks ,vere brought out. The handbook cor~tained information about different amenities available in respect (f each village and town. During the 1961 census, the scope of the handbook was enlarged. In addition to the census data in respect of each village and town, othcr official statistics for each district '\...-ere made available, with an introductory r'ote explaining the salient features of the districts. The village cirectory published as a part of the 1961 handbook carried basic census data included in the primary census abstracts; it indicatC:'d tbe amenities available in each vil1age and town by means of abbreviations. These included postal, medical and educational facilitits, sourCes of water-supply and bazar day. It was found that the primary census abstract, which needed a large number of columns to present different data, allowed very little space for information on anlenltleS. As a result, the district census handbook has betn divided into three parts in 1971 as mentioned above. The town and village directory of 1971 (Part A) gives information on amellltles and faci­ lities available in each town and village in the districts of Maharashtra. Tbe particulars are presented tahsilwise under each district. The villages and towns are arranged according to their census location Code numbers. The particulars in the village directory were collected through the revenue agency of the district on a prescribed fornl_ For tbe town directory, six statements were compiled. State­ ment I contains the 1971 census population data compiled by the census office. The non­ census data in the other statements were supplied by the municipal councils for their artas and by the revenue agency for non-municipal towns. For purposes of the census, districts are divided into urban and rural areas. The urban area (towns) is defined in detail; those areas which do not satisfy this definition are treated as rural areas (villages). The following places have been treated as urban areas (towns): (1) every place having a municipality or a cantonment board irrespective of its population; (2) every other place which had (i) a population of at least 5,000 and (ii) at least three-fourths of its male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; (3) any other place not falling under the above two categories but which possesses certain distinct characteristics to qualify for its being treated as urban such as its being a project area or a developing township. IV INTRODUCTION A place is called a village if it does not satisfy any of the criteria :r:-reEcribed ~bovc for its being treated as urban. A 'village' for census purposes in lVIaharashtra has always been the 'revenue village' 'which is the ultimate unit of area in which the State is subdivided fcr 1and rever ue a£ministra­ tion. A few past censu£es concerned themselves on}y with revenue villages which had seme population and did not t3ke into account dnerted er uniLhabited 1 even ue ViII2gC ::. As in 1961, a village at the 1971 census is a revenue vilIvge having well-ddined bourOalit:", a map and a separate set of land records irresp{cctive of whtther that ddined ar{'a has any [-cpuJaticn or not and, if it has some population whether th2.t pcpulaticn resici(s in cr:e 1cc:ality (£::'l 1han) or is spr(ad over one or more identifiable clusters of population known as wadis, pacias or mazaras (hamlets). Each revenue village has a fPfCjfied at ea mal ked as its (;\\-n and its boun­ daria. with ether adjoining villages haVe always enjoyed a traditional Gunctity. H~mlds co cot have such dcfired boundaries or areas distir..ctly malked or allotted to them; Lor do tht.y haye any locally recognised status. Revenue villages which co not have any residential populatic.n ~re aha ir.clucicd in the 1971 census cidinition of villages. They figure in the census list but arc c Ctcribf'd ~~ unin­ habitf'd to di<:tinguish them from the remainil-.g inhabited vi1I2gt:s. The Cf'I1l:US cdipiticl". of an uninhabited village differs slightly from the InCnUf {_'rfiniticD ()f vilhoge in that the latter defines an uninhabited village as one having a population of less than 25. Wherever a revenue village situated on the (J u1 Ekins of a town is wholly or partly merged in that urban area, it has been treated as a separate yjl13gC. The population resiciirg in that area which is statutorily muged in the town limits has been treated as urban population of that town; the residual population, if any, residing in the area outside the limits of the town is alone treated as 1.he population of that village. Thus, a ft:w partly merged villages have returned SOffie populations. The populaticn for all fully melgt'a vil1ages bas been treated as urban population. While the 1971 census village is thus completely identified with the re" en ue vi112ge , forest village make an exception. They are population centrc:s situated Within reserved fortst areas. Theu population consists mainly of forest labourers and their families. Most of them are permanent or semi-permanent localities and may have attached cultivated areas leased out by the forest department under certain conditions. The land records of such villag{'s are not maintained by the revenue department.