CENSllS OF INDIA 1981 SElUES-3 : ·ASSAM DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK J>~1f "III-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY DARRANG DISTRICT N. K. CHOUDHURY of the Indian Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ASSAM Printed at THE BHARAT PRESS Santipur * Guwahati-781 009 CONTENTS Pages Foreword 1-11 Preface III Analytical Note. v-xxm Section- J: Village Directory 1 - 411 Note explaining the codes used in the village Directory (1-3), Paneri P.S -Alphabetical list of villages (4-7), Amenities and land use (8-41), Udalguri P.S. -Alphabetical list of villages (42-44), Amenities and land use (46-65), Maz.bat P .8.- Alpha­ betical list of villages (66-67), Amenities and land use (68-85), Kalaigaon P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (86-89), Ameni­ ties and land use (9)-115), Dalgaon P.S. - Alphabetrcal list of villages (116-119), AOJeni ties and land use (120-143), Mangal­ doi P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (144-149), Amenities and land use (150-191), Dhekiajuli P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (192-197), Amenities and land use (198-243), Tezpur P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (244-247), Ameni­ ties and land use (248-273), Rangapara P.S. - Alpbabetical list of villages (274-275), Amenities and land use (276-293), Chutia P.S. - AlphabeticalJistof villages (294-299), Amenities and land use (300-343), .BehaH P .S. X~habetjcal list of villages (344-347), Am~nities apd ll\.n.<! .u~e. (348~377), Gohpur P.S. - Alphabetical li~t of villages (378-"381), Amenities and land use (382-411). Appendix I Police Station wise Abstract of Educational, Medical and other 413-416 amenities. Appendix III Police Station wise list of villages where no amenities other than 417-424 drinking water afe available. -Sectio'n - II : Town Directory 425-441 Note explaining the codes used in the Town Directory (427-428), Statement-I: Status and growth History (430-431), Statement-II: Physical aspects and location of Towns, 1979 (432 433), Statement-HI: Municipal Finance', 1979 (434-435), Statement IV: Civic and other amenities, 1979 (436-437), Statement-V: Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities, 1979 (438-439), Statement-VI : Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking. 1979 (440-441). FOREWORD The District Census Ha.!tdbo.)k (DeH). compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State 'I G<,vernments. is one of th.e most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by pl~ners, administrat~rs. academicians and' re,earC;len. It is infer alia used for dellmita,ion of constituencies, formulation of lo'Cal level and regional plans and as au aid' to District administration. It provides ~seful 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 peA 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, iilcluding PCA. The 1971 OCR Series was planned i)'l three parts. Part-A related to village and town directory. Part-B to village and: town PCA and Part-C comprised analY~ical report, ad ministrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical 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 Scries some ncw featurcs along with the restructurin,g of the format of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the ame'llitie s except power supply in the vill'age have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available ill the referrC;1t village the distance in broad ranges 'from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be give:.'1. 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 plamling for rural area. It is expected to help llot only in local area planning but regulating the provi~ion of goods and services as well as to minimise the regional imbalances ill the process of development, A few now items of the information have also beell introduced to meet some of the requiremel1ts of the Revised Minimum Needs programme. Such new items of information as adllit literacy centres primary health sub-centres, and community health workers ill the village have been introduced in the village directory with this objec­ tive ill mind. The nl!w iteme on approach to the village is to have a:l idea about the villages iu the district which are inaccessible. The formats of the Town Directory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by providing information 0:1 a few new items. A new statement on civic and: other amenities in slums in Class-I aad Class-II towns (Statement IV-A) has been introduc'ed with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the pla,mers to chalk out programmes on provision of civic a meai ties for the improvement of slums. since the 1981 Census could not be cDnducted in Assam, only Part-A containing village and town directory is being published for the State. Further, even in Part-A some of innovations introduced in the 1981 DCH Series in other States which were based on censu·s data have been dropped. At the beginning of the village and town directory an analytical note supported by inset' tables based on non census data in relation to the irifrastru·:ture has been introduced to make it more useful. The district and police-station level map> depic-ting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places to enhance the utilitY' of the publication. This publication is a Jomt venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected ,and compiled in the State under the direction of Shri N. K. Chou,dhury, lAS the Director of Census Operations, Assam on oehal( of' the State Gqvernment which has borne the cost of printing. The task of p lanning, designing and co-ordination. of this, publication was carried out by Dr. N. G. Nag, Depu.ty Registrar General ( Social Studies) of 1T!Y office. Dr. B. K. RoY, Deputy Registrar General (Map), provided th:! technical guidance in the preparation 'ot the maps. Data recl!ived from Censu> Directorates have been scrutinised in the So'cial Studies Division at the head­ quarters under the guidance of Shri ~L M. Dua; Senior Research Officer.. [. am, thankfUl to all who have contributed in this project. N0W Delhi P. PADM~NABHA 2nd September, 1983. Registrar General, India. PREFACE, The District Censu> Handbook (DCH) which constitutes one of the most important census publications made its first appearance in 1951 and wa, immediately acclaimed by a large section of academicians admini3trators, planners, policy-makers, researchers scholars and many non-governmenta I agencies. The form of DCH has undergone considerable changes since 1951 to accommodate more and more infor~ation as demanded by the actual users of the handbooks. The 1981 C(;nsus publication programme envisaged publication of DCH in two parts. Part A related to Village and Town Directory and part B to General Population Tables, Village & Town w·i£b, Primary Census Abstract (peA) and PCA for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Since the ]981 Ccmus could not be conducted in Assam we have to restrict pUblication of our DCH to part A only. Further, even in part A, some of innovations introduced in the 1981 DCR based Oil Census data co uid not be in:;orporated. The data pre,ented in this volume had been collected and cJmpiled under the guidance of Shri N. K. Chol.lahury, who was Director of Census Operations, Assam till January, 1983. The tables and statements have been prepared by a team of dedicated workers in this o:ffice who have worked whole heartedly 011 the job. Shri A. C. Bargohain S. A. has prepared the analytical note in which he was ably a:;sisted by Shri T. D. Sinha, S. A. Shri S. K. Baruah, Investigator has rendered yeoman's service in all stages of production of this handbook. We are grateful to Dr. N. G. Nag, the then Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) India for all the assistance we received from him in preparation of' the tables and statements. Above all, we are deeply indebted to Shri Padmanabha, Ex-Registrar General, India and Shri V. S. Verma, present Registrar General, India for their unfailing guidance and constant ins{>iration in bringing out this ·publication. Guwahati J. C. Bhuyan December 1, 1989. Deputy Director of Census Op-erations, Asmm ANALYTICAL NOTE Concept. The urban criterion of 1981 varies slightly from that of 1961 and 1971 censuses in that the males Though the 1981 Census could not be conducted t working in activities such as fishing, hunting, foggitig in Assam, the c·en'>us concepts as adopted in other ttc. were treated as engaged in non-agricultural parts of the country are djscuss~d in the following activity during those censuses, whereas in 1981 c~osus paragraphs. these activities are treated as on par with cultivation and agricultural labour, i.