CENSUS OF INDIA' 2001 SERIES-33 TAMIL NADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - B VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT VILLAGE AND TOWNWIS~ PRIMA'RY CEN'SUS ABSTRACT Dr. C. Chandramouli of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu Contents Pages Foreword Xl Preface Xl1I Acknowledgements xv Map ofVirudhunagar District XVll District Highlights - 2001 XlX Important Statistics of the District, 2001 XXI Ranking of Taluks in the District XXlll Summary Statements from 1 - 9 . Statement 1 Name of the headquarters of DistrictlTaluk, their rural-urban XXVl . status and distance from District headquarters, 2001 . Statement 2 .. Name of the headquarters of District/CD biock, their . XXVl rural-urban status and distance from District headquarters, 2001 Statement 3 Population of the District at each census from 1901 to 2001 XXVll Statement 4 Area, number of villagesIt owns and population in District. XXVlll and Taluk; 2001 Statement 5 CD block wise number of villages and rural popUlation, 2001 XXXll Statement 6 Population of urban agglomerations (including constituent units! XXXlll towns), 2001 Statement 7 . Villages with population of 5,000 and above at CD block level XXXlV as per 2001 census and amenities available Statement 8 Statutory towns with population less than 5,000 as per 2001 xxxv census and amenities available .. Statement 9 . Houseless and institutional population ofTaluks, xxxvi . rural and urban, 2001 Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of the District Census Handbook . 3 . (ii) Brief History of the District 3 (iii) Administrative set-up 4 (iv) Physical features 5 (v) Pages (v) Census concepts 13 (vi) Non-Census concepts 19 (vi.i) Census 2001 findings 24 Distribution ofpopuiation in Rural and Urban areas; Size, class and status of Towns; Population Growth, Density and Sex Ratio; Literacy; Economic Activity; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Religion (viii) Brief Analysis of data based on inset tables 1 to 52 28 (ix) Major Social and Cultural events in the District - Fairs and festivals 82 (x) Places of tourist interests in the district 83 . (xi) Major Characteristics of the District, contribution of the district in the 84 form of any historical figure associated with the district (xii) Scope of Village and Town Directory 85 Part A - Village and Town Directory Section I - Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in the village directory 89 (b) List of villages merged in towns and outgrowths at 2001 Census. 92 (c) CD block wise presentation of Village Directory Data 1. VATHIRAIRUPPU CD BLOCK (i) Map ofSrivilliputhurTaluk 95 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 97 (iii) Village Directory 98 2. SRIVILLIPUTHUR CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 109 (ii) Village Directory 110 3. SIVAKASI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Sivakasi Taluk 125 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 127 (iii) Village Directory 128 4. VIRUDHUNAGAR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Virudhunagar Taluk 139 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 141 (iii) Village Directory 144 (vi) Pages 5. KARIAPATII CD BLOCK . (i) Mapof Kariapatti Taluk 163 (ii)· Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991. and 2001 165 (iii) Village Directory . 168 6. NARIKUDI CD BLOCK . (i) Map ofTiruchuli Taluk 201 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongWith location code 1991 and 2001 203 (iii) Village Directory 206 7. TIRtJCHULI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 239 (ii) Village Directory 242 8. ARUPPUKKOTTAI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Aruppukkottai Taluk 279 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 281 . (iii) Village Directory 282 9. SATTUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Sattur Taluk 297 (ii) Allphabetical List of Villages alongWith location code 1991 and 2001 299 (iii) Village Directory 300 . 10. VEMBAKOTIAI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages albngwith location code 1991 and 200 1 319 (ii) . Village Directory. 320 11. RAJAPALAYAM CD BLOCK (i) Map of Rajapalayam Taluk 335 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 337 (iii) Village Directory 338 ( d) Appendixes to Village Directory Appendix - I Abstract of Educational, Medical and other ~menities 354 in villages .. CD block Level Appendix - la Villages by number of Primary Schools 358 Appendix - Ib Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools 358 . Appendix - Ic Villages with different sources of drinking water 359 facilities available Appendix - II Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not 360 have one or more amenities (vii) Pages Appendix - ITa: List of Census Towns which do not have one or more amenities 361 Appendix - III Land utilisation data in respect of Census 361 Towns/non-municipal towns Appendix - IV CD block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity 362 other than drinking water facility is available Appendix - V Summary showing number of villages not having 363 Scheduled Castes population Appendix - VI: Summary showing number of villages not having 363 Scheduled Tribe population Appendix - Vila: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 364 Castes to the total population by ranges Appendix - VIIb: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 371 Tribes to the total population by ranges Appendix - VIII: Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat 372 Appendix - IX: Statement showing number of Girls Schools in the villages 389 Section n - Town Directory (i) Note explaining the abbreviations used in the Town Directory 390 (ii) Town Directory Statements (I to VII) Statement I Status and Growth History 394 Statement II Physical aspects and Location of Towns, 1999 398 Statement III Municipal Finance, 1998-99 400 Statement IV Civic and other Amenities, 1999 402 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 1999 406 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1999 414 Statement VII Civic and other amenities in Slums, 1999 , 416 (Ui) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with population 424 Part B - Primary Census Abstract Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 426 District Primary Census Abstract 430 Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract 436 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 466 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 478 Village Primary Census Abstract- CD block-wise 484 Urban Primary Census Abstract 574 (viii) Pages Annexures and their write-up Annexure - I: Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat 637 Annexure '- II: Fertility and mortaility measures 667 Annexure - ill: Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage 668 Annexure - IV: Percentage distribution of migrants by place of b irthlp lace 669 of last residence Annexure - V: Brief account of main religions 671 Annexure - VI: Marital status of population 672 Annexure - VII: Age, sex and educational level 673 Annexure - vrn: Distribution of different mother tongues 674 (ix) Foreword he District· Census· Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organisation since .T 1951 cerisus, is one of the important publications in the context of planning and development at grossroots level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics village-wise and town-wise of the district alongwith the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructural facilities, etc. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Tables and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 census-DCHB series was in three parts: Part-A related to village and town directory, Part~B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. The 1981 census DCHB was in two parts: Part-A contained village and town directory andPart-B the·PCAofvillage and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsiVtown levels. New features alongwith restructuring of the formats of village and town directory were added into it. In Village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the refererit village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given. Information on new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the village were provided so as to meet the requirements of some of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Information on approach to the village was provided for the first time in the Village Directory so as to give the details on number of inaccessible villages in each district. In the To~ Directory, a statement (Vll) on slums was introduced to provide the details on civic and other amenities in the notified slums of Class I and Class II towns. The 1991 census DCHB, by and large, followed the pattern of presentation of 1981 census, except the format of PCA was restructUred. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers was given against the four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 census. In addition, sex-wise population in 0-6 age group was included in the PCA for the first time with a view to enable the data users to compile more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age had been treated as illiterate at the time of 1991 census. One of the important innovatiohs in the 1991· census was the Community Development Block (CD block) level presentation of village directory and PCA data instead of the traditional tahsiVtalukIPS level presentation. It was expected that the presentation of village directory and PCA data at CD block level will help the planners in formulation of micro level development plans, CD block being lowest administrative unit.