CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-5 GUJARAT VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DISTRICT VADODARA CENSUS DISTRICT HANDBOOI~ C. C. DOCTOR 01 the IndIan Adminhtrati\c~ Sen ice, Director of Censlls Operations Gujarat Cujarat is the home of 3,734,422 tribal people constituting 13.99 per cent of the State's total popu­ lation of 26,697,475. They are the inheritors of an art tradition that is the product of long development lind continues to this day in unbroken succession. Isolated communities till recent times, their traditions of their art have been passed down by oral trans­ mission from mother to daughter and father to son and reveals an inspiration and outward expression in forms and motifs that have remained basically zm­ changed through the years. Many of the art forms of the Adivasis are the result of deep spiritual experience or have their roots in dream. story, myth or legend. Significant forms have thus survived without major alteration through centuries dllring lvhich the underlying myths and legends have remained basically the same. They have taken the material of their crafts from the environment arollnd them. One of the commo­ nest materials used was clay, e;rploiting the plasti­ city of which they never seem to have tired. Terra­ cotta objects are produced on an unimaginably large scale and for a variety of purposes. The rich diffusion of terra-cotta products of innumerable shapes and sizes that may still be found in any area of Clljarat inhabited by the tribal people is testimony to thl: fact that this tradition still continues uninterrupted. The beautiful horse and rider displayed on this volume comes from the Chhotalldaipur region of Vadodara District. The horse and rider are executed in red clay and show a fine eye for line and symmetry. 23.89 per cent of the population of the District is tribal. (Block from an ink tracing by K. D. Vaishnav, Geographer. from a photograph of a specimen at the Tribal Research Institute. Ahmadabad) DISTRICT VADODARA ;,; 0 ....III 0 0 on0 ::; <L ~ ,_I j ~ ,_ </) '"W Z ~.. 3 '" <r 0 ~ " f- > :<"" <I) « '"..J 0:: f i .~ « '3 0 >< '"OJ 0 ~ 0<1 0 ~ "'0 ~ '", 0 a:: OJ ~ ~ ..s- ...,< ~ ,-0 z ~ J-., ~ C!) (.) ~ I - Ul '!{ a:. <t l- C/) - 0 0 0 '" .,. f' ..,. I ~ ::; ~ ., ~ '" CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Series-5-Gujarat is being published in the following parts Part Subject covered Number I-A General Report. J-B Detailed Analysis of the Demographic, Social, Cultural and Migration Patterns. J-C Subsidiary Tables. II-A General Population Tables ('A' Series). lI-B Economic Tables ('B' Series). lI-C(i) Di~tribution of Population, Mother Tongue and Religion, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. ll-C(ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household Com­ position, Single Year Age, Marital Status, Educational Levels, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes, et~" J3i.li.J.1..gualism. TIl Establishment Report and Tables CE' Series). IV-A Hou~ing Report and Housing Subsidiary Tables. IV-B Housing Tables. V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. VI-A Town Directory. VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns. VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages. VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel. VlTI-A Administration Report--Enumeration.l_ VIll-B Administration Report-Tabulation. f For official use only lX Census Atlas. DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A Town and Village Directory. X-B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract. X-C Analytic:ll Report, Departmental Statistics and District Census Tables. CONTENTS Pages· PREFACE v-x. FIGURES AT A GLANCE xi-xii ALPHABETIC LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xxvii Part--A-Town and Village Directory General Note 3-4 Introductory Note on Town and Village Directory 5-19 Town Directory and its Appendices Statement I Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 23 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 24 Statement III Civic Finance, 1968-69 25 Statement IV Civic and Other Amenities, 1969 26 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational 27 and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 28 Statement VII Population by Religion, 1971 29 Appendix I List of Urban Areas as per Location Code Numbers 30 Appendix II Names of out growths of Urban Areas which do 30 not qualify to be treated as separate towns Village Directory Vadodara Taluka 31-39 Kar.ian Taluka 41-49 Padra Taluka 51-57 Savli Taluka 59-69 Vaghodia Taluka 71-79 Dabhoi Taluka 81-91 Sankheda Taluka 93-107 Jabugam Taluka 109-125 Chhota Udaipur Taluka 127-145 Nasvadi Taluka 147-163 Tilakwada Mahal 165-173 Sinor Taluka 175-179 Abstract of Amenities at each Taluka/Mahal 180-181 Pages Part-B-Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract General Note 1Il Primary Census Abstract Vadodara Taluka 5-41 Karjan Taluka 43-49 Padra Ta!uka 51-57 Savli Taluka 59-65 Vaghodia Taluka 67-73 Dabhoi Taluka 75-83 Sankheda Taluka 85-95 Jabugam Taluka 97-107 Chhota Udaipur Taluka 109-121 Nasvadi Taluka 123-133 TiIakwada Mahal 135-141 Sinor Taluka 143-147 Block Directory showing jurisdiction of Enumerator's 149-159 Blocks in the Urban Areas MAPS District Map Frontispiece Vadodara TaIuka Facing Page 5 - Karjan Talllka 43 " " Padra Taluka 51 " " Savli Taluka 59 " " Vaghodia Taluka ,. 67 " Dabhoi Taluka 75 " " Sankheda Taluka 85 " " Jabugam Taluka 97 " " Chhota Udaipur Taluka 109 " " Nasvadi Taluka 123 " Tilakwada Mahal ,. 135 " S:1:or T:tluka 143 " PREFACE The District Census Handbooks are being Part B published regularly since 1951. Earlier they were (1) Urban Block and ViIlagewise Primary brought out under the name of '·Village Hand­ Census Abstract books" and contained only the population totals. They are prepared by tbe Census Organisation Part C on behalf of the State Government and published by the latter. They are the first to be published (l) Analytical Report in the series of 1971 Census publications. which (2) Administrative Statistics are now to follow. The need for making avail­ able to the State Government, the Census data (3) Census Tables as early as possible after the taking of the count, bas been recognised since long. It is a matter of It was originally decided tbat each part deep satisfaction that the present volume is being would be brought out separately. But since the published within a year of the taking of the data for parts A and B has been prepared Census. almost at the same time, it is decided to combine these parts into one volume. Part C wbich has The data collected during 1971 Census was to await the collection of official statistics from tabulated initially at three Regional Tabulation various Departments of the State Government Offices at Surat, Rajkot and Bhavnagar for and preparation of Census Tables. would be rural areas and one more Tabulation Office at published separately. Ahmedabad which dealt with the slips of urban areas only. The data abstracted at the Regional The Town Directory consists of information offices was brought to Ahmedabad where it was about the status, growth history and functional compiled for the State as a whole and is now category of towns and tbeir pbysical aspects. being pUblished. location, Municipal finances, civic and otber amenities like sewerage, protected water supply, The District Census Handbook contains fire fighting service. electrification etc. It also primary data upto the village level for rural contains information about medical, educational. areas and enumerator's block level for urban recreational and cultural faciJities available at areas. It is for the first time that in 1971 the towns. Detailed information about tJade, Census we are giving information about urban commerce, industry and banking is also provided areas of the State in a separate part called here. The population of the towns according to tbe "Town Directory". We are also giving compre­ 1971 Census by religion and Scheduled Caste and hensive information about rural areas in tbe Scheduled Tribe is furnished here. The Town "Village Directory". This is further supplemented Directory is a new feature of 1971 Census and the by the Alphabetical List of Villages for facility above information has been compiled in it for the of reference. first time. It bas been decided to bring out tbe The Village Directory contains comprehensive District Census Handbooks of 1971 in three information about the amenities available at tbe parts as under:- village such as educational and medical, supply of electric power, dlinking wa1er facility, Part A communication through road, rail, kutch a road, (1) T OWn Directory pucca road and bus route, existence of post, telegraph and telephone facilities, etc. Further (2) Village Directory information about staple food. area under various uses like forest, cultivable land, source and tbe village officials and scrutinised 8t taluka extent of irrigation, cultivable waste and name level by the Statistical Assistant before returning of the nearest town and its distance. day on to this office. The Development Commissionel which 'bazar' is being held, if any, and its and the Director. Bureau of Economics and importance from religious, historical and archaeo­ Statistics, issued firm instructions to the field logical point of view is recorded here. staff to ensure that the information was filled and scrutinised with Ihe utmost care. After this The Primary Census Abstract contains infor­ information was received in tbe Census mation about the number of occupied residential Directorate. it was subjected to a very close and houses and households, total population including rigorous checking by a cell which was specially houseless and institutional population, literacy, created for the purpose.