CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES - 23 TAMILNADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK DHARMAPURI PART XII B VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT K. SAMPATH KUMAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS TAMIL NADU CONTENTS Page No. 1. Foreward v-viI 2. Preface ix-xvi 3. District Map Faclng page 4. Important Statistics of the District 1-2 5. Analytical Note: i)~ Census concepts: Rural and Urban areas, Urban Agglomerations, Census Houses Households. Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Literates, Main workers. Marginal-workers, Non-workers, etc. 3-4 H} History of the District Census Handbook including scope of Primary Census Abstract. 5-6 iii) Brief analysis of the Primary Census Abstract data. 7-22 PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT A. District Primary Census Abstract (C.D. Block wise) 23 B. Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract by CD Blocks. 24-43 L Hosur C.D. Block i) Alphabetical list of villages 45 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 47-49 iii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 50-61 2. Shoolagiri C.D. Block 63 i) Alphabetical list of villages 65-67 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 68-83 3. Thally C.D. Block 85 i) Alphabetical list of villages 87-89 ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 90-101 4. Keelamangalam C.D. Block 1) Alphabetical list of villages 103 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 104-105 ill) Urban Primary Census Abstract 106-113 5. Veppanapalli C.D. Block 115 i) Alphabetical list of villages 117-119 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 120-131 6. Krishnagiri C.D. Block 133 i) Alphabetical list Of villages 135 ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 136-143 7. Bargur C.D. Block 145 i) Alphabetical list of villages 146-147 if) Village Primary Census Abstract 148-155 8. Kaveripattinam C.D. Block i) Alphabetical list of Villages 157 ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 158-159 iii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 160-167 iii Page No. 9. Uthangarai C.D. Block 169 i) Alphabetical list of villages 171-175 til Village Primary Census Abstract 176-195 10. Mathur C.D. Block 197 i) Alphabetlcallist of villages 198-100 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 200-207 11. Morappur C.D. Block 209 i) Alphabeticalllst of villages 211-213 ti) Village Primary Census Abstract 214-225 12. Harur C.D. Block i) Alphabetical list of villages 227 Ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 229-233 iii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 234-253 13. Pappireddipatti C.D. Block 255 i) Alphabetical list of villages 256-257 il) Village Primary Census Abstract 258-265 14. Palakkodu C.D. Block i) Alphabetical list of villages 267 it) Village Primary Census Abstract 268--269 iii) Prban Primary Census Abstract 270-277 15. Karimangalam C.D. Block 279 i) Alphabetical list of villages 28C)..281 Ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 282-289 16, Pennagaram C.D. Block 291 i) Alphabetical list of villages 292-293 ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 294-305 17. Nallampalli C.D. Block 307 i) Alphabetical list of villages 309 ii} Village Primary Census Abstract 310-317 18. Dharmapuri C.D. Block 319 i) Alphabetical Jist of villages 321 ii) Village Primary Census Abstract 322-329 URBAN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 331 Urban Primary Census Abstract (Within town, wardWise Primary Census Abstract) 332-351 Appendix-I Total. SC/Sf Population-Urban Blockwise 352-363 Appendix-II Details of C.D. Blocks included in vartou's taluks. 364 AppendiX-III List of Villages included in each town. 365 AppendiX-N Taluk Primary Census Abstract 367-371 District PCA for SC/ST C.D. BlockjTownwise. 373-397 FOREWORD 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. /Union Territory administration. It inter-alia provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and socio­ 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 third 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 Villages and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. \Vhile Part-A comprised Village and Town Directories, the PCA of villages and towns (ward-wise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil/towillevel were 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 referent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place v having such amenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primacy 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 vlllage was also provided for the first time during 1981 census 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 Mininlum Needs Programme, a Statement fV-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 stateluent 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 DCBs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However, the fomlat of PCA has been restructured 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 Lhe 1981 Census. In addition to this, the sex-wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been included in PCA for the first time with a 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 1991 Census. It is expected that the above mentioned modifications will help the planners in chalking out more effective developmental programmes. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Development Block-level presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tahasp/Taluk/PS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation of Village DJrectory and PCA data at C.D. Block level will help the planners in formulation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block is lhe lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. vi 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 computer and manual codes for each village have been provided for the 1991 Census along-with the corresponding codes of 1981. This publication is a joint venture of the State Govt./UT administration and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled under the direction of Shri. K. Sampath Kumar, Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu, on behalf of the State Govt. /UT admi­ nistration which has bome the cost of printing. The task of planning. designing and co-ordination of the publication was initiated by Dr. K. P. Ittaman, former Deputy Register 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.K. Jain, the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S.). This task was carriedout 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 maps was initially provided by Dr.B.K. Roy, 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 this project. New Delhi A.R. Nanda June II, 1992. Registrar General, India vii PREFACE Tl~e District Census Hand Book is the most useful publication for the public, social workers, researchers, academicians, administrators, lo..::al bodies and the government officials for various official and non­ official purposes.