CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES 2 ANDHRA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PRAKASAM PARTS XII - A It B VILLAGE It TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE" TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 1995 iF 0 R EW 0 R D publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated ,after the 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 Govt./ Uni~n Territory a~ministratio~. It Intc:­ al'ia. Provides data/information on some of the basIc demographiC and socia-economic characteristics and on the 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 district. The DCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and Village' and Town Directories including PCA. After the 1971 Census, two parts of the District Census Handbooks (Part-A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part-B comprising, Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The thnd Part (C) of the District Census Handbooks comprising administrative statistics and district census tables, which was also to be brought out, could not be published in many States/UTs due to considerable delay in compilation of relevant material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. While Part-A comprised Village and Town Directories, the PCA of Villages and Towns (ward-wise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil/town level ~ere 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 centres, 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 in the Village Directory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible villages in each district. In case of Town Directories also, keeping in view the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme, a Statement 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/centres were added in statements IV and V respectively. The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However, the format of PCA has been restructuied slightly 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 f~rst time withea view to enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have been treated as illiterate at the time of the }991 C~nsus. It is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners In chalking out more effective developmental programme. , Olle of the most i.mportant innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Development Bloc~-Ievel presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tahsll/Taluk/PS level presenta~ion. It is expected that the presentation of Village Directory and PCA data at C.O. Block le~e( win help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block IS the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. In order to facilitate the task of administrators, planners and researchers intending to use Village Directory /PCA data, either from the magnetic tapes/ floppies or from the published records, both the cOl1)puter and manual codes for each village have been provided for the 1991 Census alongwith the corresponding codes of·1981. This publication is a joint venture of the State Govt. and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled under the direction of Shri R.P. Singh, lAS, 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 co-ordination of the publication was initiated by Dr. KP.lttaman, former Deputy Registrar General, (Social Studies) and Shri M.M. Dua. Joint Director. For the sake of uniformity in presentation of information/data and for preparation of analytical· note depicting the salient features emerging from a micro­ level analysis of census/non-census data, a model District Census Handbook from each state and union territory was thoroughly scrutinised in the. Social studies Division under the guidance of Shri M.KJain, the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S). This task was carried by Shri A.K.Singh, Deputy Director who was assisted by Shri N.S. Soam, Assistant Director and his staff. Technical guidance in the preparation of the maos was initiallv orovided by Dr. B.KRoy former Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by Mrs, Minati Ghosh~ the present Deputy Registrar General (Map). I am thankful to all those who have contributed to tl"lis project. New Delhi A.R. Nanda the 11 th June, 1992. Registrar General, India PREFACE The district Census Hand Books(DCHB). acclaimed as the most valuable and important set of Census publications brought-out by the Census Directorate, contain the basic data covering wide spectrum of information on socio-economic aspects. As in the past, this publication is brought-out by Census Directorate, Andhra Pradesh, on behalf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The present volume is fifth in the series of Census Hand Books. The historical background, importance, scope and significance of DCHBs ,as well as the changes effected over the period since 1951, are provided in the Foreword by Registrar General, and Census Commissioner, India for the benefit of the readers. As per the publication programme of 1991 Census, this volume has to be published in two parts - Part A comprising of analyti cal note supported by number of inset tables on Census and Non- census data, village and town directories; while Part B - con tains detailed Census data for villages and towns. However, Part A and Part B are presented in a single volume for the convenience of the reader. Analytical note presented in DCHB is brief, concise and to the pOint and all efforts are concentrated to provide exhaustive statistical data. The hand book is enriched with maps at the level of district and revenue division depicting certain impor tant physical features and demographic details which constitute an important part of this publication. One of the important changes in the 1991 publications vis­ a-vis the 1981 publications, is the presentation of the Primary Census Abstract with the nine- fold industrial classification of workers as against the four- fold division of 1981. The year 1985 saw a total reorganisation of the administrative units below the district level in Andtira Pradesh when 1110 Mandals replaced 316 Talukas. In all the previous Handbooks, the data was presented tehsil/taluka-wise. This time the data has been presented 'Mandai Praja Parishad' - wise instead of Revenue Mandai-wise as explained in Chapter-3. The data in respect of statutory towns is presented separately. This publication is a joint venture of both Central and State Governments. In the preparation of the DCHBs., the role of the Andhra Pradesh State Government is of paramount importance in as much as the entire cost of publication is met from the State Government funds. Further, we have received very timely and whole hearted cooperation of the State Government staff at various levels in compiling the non-census data for this publication. Much of the data received from the field, i.e. Mandai Revenue Officers, Panchayat and Municipal Officials had to be crosschecked with other existing data to ensure consistency and correctness. This process of reconciliation contributed to consider­ able delay in bringing out these volumes. The processing of such massive data of both the directories is an arduous task requiring minute care in checking at various stages. The various officers in the hierarchy have put in assiduous efforts to ensure high quality of data. Hopefully, these handbooks would serve as valuable sources of reference for the academicians, researchers, as well as planners and administrators & non-governmental organisations . ., The major work relating to Hand Books was successfully carried out under the able guidance and direction of ShrLR.P.Singh, lAS, Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh: During his tenure as Director of Census Operations upto September 1992, the compilation of data was completed for many of the districts and the draft reports of six DCHBs were also finalised which have served as the model for the rest .