CENSUS OF INDIA, 1971 SERIES 19 TAMIL NADU PART X-A DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK village and Town Directory THANJAVUR K. C HOC K A II N GAM of the Indian Administratire Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. TAMIL NADU AND PONDICHERRY. 1972 jo Ang o 0 I I­ oj (/) L __________ -- o~~ ~ .., ~• II II II I .... ,: I·0 - -----_-----""- _...;.. -- CONTENTS Page No. Preface ... v Part-A VILLA GE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Introductory Note: vii-xiii (I) Village Directory ••• Amenities and land use Appendix-I Land use particulars of NOD - city urban area (Non-Municipal area) Appendix-II Abstr<lct showing Educationa), Medica1 aad other amenities available in Taluks. Alphabetical Jist of Villages. 1. Sirkali Taluk ... 2 -13 2. Mayuram ,. 14:- 35 S. Kumbakonam ,. 36 - 54 4:. Nannilam .. 55 - 84 5. Papanasam .. ... 85 -108 6. Thanjavur .. 109-134: 7. Orthanad 135-152 " ... 153 -172 8. Mannargudi .. '" 9. Nagapattinam .. - 173-190 191-210 10. Thiruthuraipundi " 11. Pattukkottai '0 211-234 12. Peravurani .. - 235-251 13. Arantangi ,. - 252-282 iv Page No. (II) Town Directory Statement: I - Status. Growth History and FunctIOnal Category of Tov.ns. 286 - 291 II - PhysIcal Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969. 292-297 lIt - Municipal Finance, 1968- 69 298-30:1 IV - Civic and other amenitle", 1969 304-309 , , V- Medical, Educational. Recreational and Cultural Facll.t1es in Towns. 1969 310 315 .. VI - Trade. Commerce. Industry and Banking, 1969 316- 321 ,. V/I- Population by rehgion. 1971 322-327 Maps f'i!'.trict map of Thanjavur Frontispiece PRf:FAGE It has been the practice since 1951 to publish for each District a Census Hand­ book, contaming the Census Statistics for each village and town in the Distnct together wIth certain administrative statistics collected from the various Departments of the State Government. This publIcation was compiled by the Census Department and published by the State Government. The contents of the District Census Handbook have been consi­ derably improved during the subsequent Censuses and in 1971 thIS pubhcation is being brought out in three separate parts: Part - A - VIllage and Town Directory Part - B - Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract; and Part - C - Analytical Report and Administrative Statements and District Census Tables. The history and ongm of the District Census Handbook have been given in the Introductory Note of this volume. The present volume of Part - A has two sections - Village Directory and Town Directory. In the Village Directory, basic information relating to the villages such as, Eductional, MedIcal, Drinking water supply, Electricity, Communications, Post and 1 ele­ graphs facilities as well as information on area, staple-food, land use data and other allied information are gIven. In the second sectIon VIZ. fown DIrectory, mformation for the Towns about the Status, growth history, functIOnal categ.)ry, Physical aspects, Municipal finance, Civic and other amemties are pre:,ented. Details about the Medical, Eductional, Recreational faCIlities available m the towns as well as particulars regardmg Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking are also gIven. The population particulars of the towns as per 1971 Census together with the population of the1>e towns since 1901 and Religious composition of the popUlation in 1971 are also fur?ished. The details other than population particulars presented in these statements· have been obtained from the concerned Departments of the State Government for which I am thankful to the Collector. 1 am also grateful to the Revenue subordinates as well as the Municipal Commissioners for the assistance that they have rendered. I take this opportunity to exprc'iS my gratitude to Sri. A. Chandra Sekhar, Registrar General, India, for the guidance given to me and for continuing the publication of the District Census Handbooks during 1971 Census also. K. GHOCKALINGAM, Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my pleasant duty to ackn()wledge the abJe assistance given by the following Officers and Staff of my Office in the preparation of this volume. 1. Shri V. Selvaraj. I. A. S. Dy. Director of Census Operations 2. 8hri V. R. Chandran, Dy. Director of Census Operations 3. Shri M. Panchapakesan, Investigator 4. Shri Anser Ahmed, Tabulation Officer 5. Shri M. 8. Vijayaraghavan. Stat. Asst. 6. Smt. R. Rukmani. Com put or 7. Shri A., I,oga nathan, Computor 8. Shri N. B. MUl'uganandam, U. D. C. 9. Shl'i P. Victor Jayaraj, U. D. C. 10. Smt. N. Muniammal, Asst. Compiler 11. Shri. A. Rajamani. Artist L2. Shri N. Chdndran. Draughtsman K· C HOC K A LIN GAM Director of Census Operations THANJAVUR DISTRICT VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY INTRODUCTORY NOTE General: The District Census Handbook for each district presenting the Census data for the villages and towns of the District is being published from 1951 Census. Till then, the village statistics showing merely the number of houses and population by religion in respect of each village and town were published as supplement. In 1951, the general population tables, economic tables and village-wise and town-wise statistIcs relating to Taluks were presented as Part-I and Social and Cultural Tables as Part-il. In 1961 also, the District Census Handbook was putlished in two volumes. In Volume-I, all the Census tables giving taluk-wise data with a narrative report were published and Volume-II was confined 10 present village-wise and t own-wise statistics known as Primary Census Abstract whIch gives the basic data like population, literates, scheduled castes, scheduled trIbes and the industrial classification of workers and non-workers. As these data are finalised in the first stage of tabulation itself in 1971 Census, it has been decided in this Census to present the D. C. H. in 3 Parts. Part - A contains the Village and Town Directory which will show the land use pattern data, basic amenities available in the villages and the conditions of the towns. Part-B contains the Village and Town P. C. A. whIle Part-C presents the administrative statistics collected and compiled from various departments, Census tables and a short analytical report. This method of preparing the District Census Handbook in 3 parts IS also to facilitate the timely publication of the basic data relating to villages and towns which are required by various departments and research scholars. Method 0/ Presentation: The present volume being Part-A presents the Village and Town Directory as the titles suggest. It lists out all the villages and towns III the State. The Village Directory is presented at the taluk level and Town Oirectory at district level. The Village Directory is presented first followed by the Town Direc'tory. Village Directory: Tn the Village Directory, for each taluk, a statement showing the Villages, their extent, the amendities like F ducational, Medical, Drinking Water Supply, CommunIcations, Postal & Telegraphs etc., available withm each village and the land use pattern is given. In addition to this, particulars in regard to staple food, land use data and certam other miscellaneous information SUCll as the eXIstence of veterinary hospital, co-operative societies, banks etc., are also furnished. An' alphabetical list of villages has also been prepared indicating the Location Code Number of the village for purpose of quick reference. Apart from these, the land use particulars of places comprising of Non-city urban units (Non­ municipal area) is given as Appendix I. A taluk-wise abstract showing the total number of institutions and number of villages where ~such basic amenities like Educational, Medical, Drinking Water Supply, Communications, Postal & Telegraphs etc., are available has also bc;en prepared and given as Appendix III viii The particulars relating to Village Directory have been collected, from the concerned Tahsildars for each revenue village as a whole and particulars in respect of places comprising of Non-city urban units (Non-Municipal units) and Municipal units have not been furnished in the Village Directory Statement. The details of the data furnished in different columns of the Village Directory and the method of collecti::m of the data on land use pattern etc .. are indicated below - Location Code Number: Numbers have been assigned to the admimstrative units of dIstrict, taluk and village to denote their location. By a combination of these numbers, it wouLd be possible to know the exact location of an area. The district number IS gIven along with the name of the district on the cover page and the taluk number IS shown agamst the taluk name III the concerned pages. The villages in each tal uk are arranged III Llc Location Code order. The village number has been given against the _l:1me of the concerned umt and the numbers have been assigned in Arabic numerals for e4ch taluk separately. Educational Amenities: Primary School Upto Vth Standard Middle School Upto \' I lIth Standard High School Upto Xlth Standard Power Supply: Villages having electrification facilities for agricultural purposes only are also taken as electrified and a suitable indication in tilis regarJ has been noted in the remarks column. Communications: Villages having Railway Station within a mile are taken as served fJy train facilities. Villages connected by road are also indicated in tnis column. Staple Fool: Food of the majority population of the villa~e durin~ the major portioll uf the y':<l1' is taken as staple food. Forest: This mcludes all actually forested arCd-, the l.ullis c1a"srfied or aJ mmi&lcl cd as fL',resto, under any legal enactment dealing with f'rests whet,1cr sLLte owned or pri\atc. if a'lY portion of stich land lS not actually wooded but put to some agncultural L1'W, that purn III has been mcluded under the appropriate heading of cultivated or ul1cultlvatl: __1 land. Irrigated and Unirrigated Land: Irrigated and Unirrigated C0vers all agricultural land and l\1clLlje~ net arc.! s;)wn with crops and orchards and als::> current and other fallows.