CENSUS OF I'NDIA 1981 SERIES-3 : ASSAM DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART XII[-A VILLAGE & TO\VN DIRECTORY GOALPARA DISTRICT N. K. CHOUDHURY of the Indian Administrathc Sl'nice DIRECTOR OF CEl"SUS OPERATIONS ASSAM P/.jntqd at " ., t_ , .G/RI,JA PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS Kahilipara. Guwahati-781 019 CONTENTS Pages Foreword I-II Preface III 1, Map of District 2. Analytical Note V-XXII 3. Village Directory 1-419 Note explaini.ng the codes used in the Village Directory (3) 21_41 P. s. - Alphabetical list of Villages (7) Amenities and land used (10) Gosaigaon P. S. - Alphabetical list of Villa­ ges (21) Amenities and land used (26) Kokrajhar P. S. Alpha­ betical list cf Villages (52) Amenities and land used (58) Sidli P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (S4) Amenities and land used (S8) Bijni P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (104) Amenities and land used (lOS) Golokganj P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (131) Amenities and land ust:d (134) Bilasi­ para P. S-Alphabetical list of Villages (152) Amenities and land used (160) Dhubri P. S.-Alphabeticallist of Villages (207) Amenities and land used (210) South Salmara P. S.-Alphabe­ tical list of Villages (233) Amenities and' land used (238) Mankachar P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (270) Amenities and land used (17:') Bongaigaon P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (281) Amenities and land used (284) Abhayapuri P. S. -Alphabetical list of Villages (296) Amenities and land used (302) Lakhipur P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (340) Ameni­ ties and used (344) Goalpara P. S. Alphabetkal Ii~t of Villages (372) Amenities and land used (376) Dudhnai P. S.-Alphabetical list of Villages (396) Amenities and used (400) Appendix (1) 420-424 Police station wise abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenities. Appendix (II) Appendix (III) 425-443 Police station wise list of Villages where no amenities other than drinking water are available. 4. Section II Tpwn Directorv 44:7 Key to the codes used for the entries in the Town Directory Statement I-Status and Growth History (450) Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Town, 1979 (452) Statement-Ill Municipal Finance-1978-79 ( 454) Statement-IV Civics and other amenities 1979 (456) Statement-V Medical, Educational, Recrea­ tional and Cultural Facilities, 1979 (458) Statement-VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1979 (460). 5. Maps of Police Station 461-478 FORE waRD The district census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisatio!} on behalf of the State Governments, is one of the most Valuable products of the Census. The DC1I is constantly referred to by planners, administrator.s, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of constii:uencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. It provides useful data on infrastruCture and amenities in villages and towns. 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 the 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 Part~C comprised analytical report, administrativl" statistics, district census tables and certain analyticai tables based on PCA and- amenity' data in respect of villages. However, in some states Part-C was confined to district census tables 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 rest~ucturing of the format of village and town director)! 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 nearest place where the amenity is available may' be given. The restructuring 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 further meet the need of micro level planning for rural area. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as welt as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few now items of the information have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres primary bealth sub-centres, and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the village directory with this objective in mind. The new iteme on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the district \\hich are inaccessible. 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 CIass-lI 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. Since the 1981 Census could not be conducted in Assam, only Part-A containing villa8c and town directory is being published 'or the State. Further, even in Part-A some of innovations introduced in the 1981 DCH series in other States which were based on census data have been dropped. At the beginning of the village and town directory an analytical note supported by inset tables based on nOQ­ census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to make it more useful.. The district and police-station level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places to enhance the uiili()( tOf ,the Ipllbllj.:ayon. This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The ,d~~a have been colh:cted and. ~omp'iled in \ the, State llnder the direction of Shri N. K. Choudhury, lAS .• t~e Djrector {.of Gensus Operations, ~ssa.m on behalf of the State Government which has horne the ,co~t of printing. T~e task ~f p!anni"ng, ,designing and co-ordination of ihis publication was carried 'out by Dr. N.,G. Nag, 'DfPut~ ~eghtrar G-eneral _(Soctal Studies) of my office. Dr. B. K ..Roy. Deputy Registrar General (Mar). provided the techl1ical guid~nce in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have 'been scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the headquarters under the guidapce of,..shri M.:tvt ..I(ufl. Seni9r ~esear~h Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in . this pr~ject. New Delhi P. PADMANABHA .. r t t-" 2nd S.eplember, 1983. Rc;g\strar.. General, India • PREFACE The District Census Handbook (DCH) which constitutes one of most important census publications, made its first appearance in 1951 and was immediately acclaimed by a large section of academicians, administrators, planners, policy-makers, researchers scholars and many non-governmental agencies. The form of DCH has undergone considerable changes since 1951 to accomodate more and more information as demanded by the actual users of the handbooks. The 1981 Census publication programme envisaged publication of DCB in two parts: Part A related to village and Town Directory and Part B to General Population Tables, Village & Town wise Primary Census Abstract (peA) and peA for scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes. Since the 1981 Census could not be conducted in Assam we have to restrict publication of our DCB 10 part A only. Further, even in part A, some of innovations introduced in the 1981 DCH based on Census data could not be incorporated. The data presented in this volume had been collected and compiled under the guidance of Shri N., K Choudhury, who was Director of Census Operations, Assam till January, 1983. The tables and statements have 'been preplred by a team of dedicated worker:; in this office who have worked whole heartedly on the job. Shri N Bh attacharjee. Assistant Director (T) besides being in oVerall charge of supervision has prepared the analytical note in which he was ably assisted by Shri S. K. Bora and Shri S. K Baruah, Investigator of this Directorate. Shri S. K. Baruah, Investigator has rendered yeoman's service in all stages of production of this handbook. Dr. R. Kumar, Geographer has done commendable job in preparation of the maps of district and police stations. We are grateful to Dr. N. G. Nag, the then Deputy Registrar General (Social studies) and Dr. B. K. Roy, Deputy Registrar General (Map), India for all the assistance we received from them in preparatio!1. of the tabks and statements and drawing of District and Police Station maps. Above all, we are deeply indebted to Shri PadmalB.bha, Ex-Registrar General, India and Shri V. S Verma, present Registrar Qjneral, India for their unfailing guidance and constant inspiration in bringing out this publication. Guwahati J C. Bhuyari. December I, 1989. 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