CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES - 27 - ANDAMA:N & NICOBAR ISLANDS DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART XII-A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN-WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT AN.DAMANS AND NICOBARS DIS~lJte DIRECTOP ANDA. ANDAMAN & NIC'- Ceilular Jail (Photo Taken at the Advent of 50th Year of India's Independence) Situated in Part Blair, the Cellular Jail stands as a silent witness to [he history of t.he freedom struggle of our country. I [ mutely narrates clle saga of sacrifices of our freedom fighters. The lair museum and rhe marble plaques bearing the names of freedom fighters deported [0 [he Islands since J 857, when rhe First War of Indian Independence was fought, leave ,]5 indelible imprint on rhe minds of onlookers about the rel.entless struggle our people haG to wage to free the country from the foreign yoke. The construction of the jail having 698 cells was completed in 1906 as a three-scoreyed edifice with seven wings, each stretching from a Central Tower like the spoke of a wheel. It w.]s designed in sllch a way thac the franc portion of each wing faced [he back side of ocher wing, thus preventing the possibility of any communication between the prisoners. The CellulJr Jail WJS declared a Natioll.ll Memorial in 1979. The Jail is a plac,e of pil'grima,t(' for all freedom loving people .. iii CONTENTS Page Foreword ix xi M.lp of Andamans district xiii M.lp of Nicobars district xv Important Statistics An.llytical Note 5 Analysis of Data 35 Analysis of Primary Census Abstract 37 TJble I : Population and number of villages, 1991 31 TJble 2 : Population and number of towns, 1991 38 Table 3 : Decadal change in distribution of population 38 Table 4 : Percentage distribution of villages by population range, 1991 39 Table 5 : Distribution of villages by density 40 Table 6 : Percentage of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe in towns, 1991 41 Table 7 : Proportion of Scheduled Tribe population (0 total population in the villages 41 T.lblc 8 : Percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non workers for rural population 42 .of CD Blocks, 1991 Table 9 : Percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non workers for town, 1991 44 T.lble 10: Literacy rates for rural population of CD Blocks by sex 1991 44 T.)ble II : Literacy rates for towns, 1991 45 Table 12 : Sex ratio for rural population of CD Blocks, 1991 45 Table 13 : Sex ratio for towns, 1991 45 Analysis of Village Directory 46 Llble 14: Distribution of villages accordin,g to the availability of different amenities 46 T.lble 15 : Proportion of rural population served by different amenities 48 Table 16 : Distribution of villages according to population range and amenities available 50 Table 17 : Distribution of villages according to land use 51 T;lble 18 : Distribution of villages according to distance from the nearest town and 52 availability of different amenities Table 19 : Distribution of villages not having certain amenities arranged by distance 54 range from the place where these are available _ T;lbl.c 20 : Main staple food in the majority of villages in each tehsils 55 v 691 RGI/98-1 Page Brief analysis of Town Directory 55 TJble 21 : Growth, Density and Sex ratio of urban population in the district in relation to 56 the Union territory Table 22 : Per capita receipts and expenditure in town 57 Table 23 : Schools per 10,000 population in town 57 Table 24 : Number of beds in medical institutions in town 57 Table 25 : Most important commodity manufactured, imported and exported in the town 57 PART A - VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY 59 Section I - Village Directory 61 MJp of Diglipur, Mayabunder, Rangat, Port Blair and Ferrargunj tehsils 63 Codes used in the Village Directory and alphabetical lists 65 Alphabetical list of villages in North Andaman CD Block 69 Village Directory North Andaman CD Block 75 Alphabetical list of villages in Middle Andaman CD Block 93 Village Directory Middle Andaman CD Block 101 Alphabetical list of villages in South Andaman CD Block 125 Village Directory South Andaman CD Block 133 M.lp of Car Nicobar and Nancowry tehsils 169 Alphabetical list of villages in Car N!cobar CD Block 171 Village Directory Car Nicobar CD Block 175 Alphabetical list of villages in Nancowry CD Block 181 Village Directory Nancowry CD Block 191 APPENDICES 225 Appendix - I Village Directory CD Blockwise abstract of Education, Medical and Other amenities 226 Appendix - I( Land utilisation data in respect of non-municipal town (Census town) 233 Appendix - III CD Blockwise list of villages where no amenities other than drinking water is available 234 Appendix - IV CD Blockwise list of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Tribe popUlation 237 by range SE.CTlON II - TOWN DIRECTORY 241 Abbreviation used in Town Directory 243 vi Page Town Directory Statement 247 Statement I Status and growth history 249 Sl.1tement II Physical aspect and location of town, 1989 250 Statement III Municipal Finance, 1988-89 251 St.ltement IV Civic and other amenities, 1989 252 St.ltement IV A Civic and other amenities in notified slums, 1989 253 St.1tement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 1990 254 Slatement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1989 255 Appendix Towns showing their outgrowth with population 256 PART B - PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 257 Slate Primary Census Abstract 259 District Primary Census Abstract 267 CD Blockwise village Primary Census Abstract 267 North Andaman CD Block 281 Middle Andaman CD Block 303 South Andaman CD Block 333 Car Nicobar CD Block 371 Nancowry CD Block 377 Urban Wardwise Primary Census Abstract 415 Appendix Total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population (Urban blockwise) 420 Annexure Extents of Enumeration Blocks, Port Blair, MB 426 Primary Census Abstract - Scheduled Tribes 431 vii FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 195 t Census and is continuing since then with some innovations/modifications after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable district level publicati~n brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State Government/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 t 961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and Village and Town Directories including PCA_ After the 197 t 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 statis­ tics 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 Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. While Part-A comprised village and Town Directories, the PCA of villages and towns (ward-wise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil/town level were provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except elec­ tricity, were brought together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and commu­ nity 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 village was also provided for the first time 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 Minimum Needs Programme, a Statement IV-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 statement 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 DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same as followed in 1981. However, the format of PCA has been restructured slightly in the 199 t 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 the 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.