CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK YEOTMAL Part A-Town & Village Directory Part B-Primary Census Abstract Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY Printed fn lodia by tbe Maoager. Nayan Printing Press. Gandhi R.oad. AJunocIabacS-J. and Published by the Director. Goveromont PriDtins and StatiODetJ Mabaraahtra Stat.. Bomba),-4 1973 {Prioe-Rs. Elabt ) ; ~ ...'" i t £ g ;;t S t- ,...o '-' Iii: a:::: « <C..... :I: ~ -e. V) « ~ __, <C« \ cc :I: « ~ :E: I: 0..... - 0 <> ·0 - o Q. :I: .." W o « ", a: a.. -« a:: Q " /( ::I: .... a l-- ' ~ ~: '" ,/. ~ ~ z • Ell < .. o z -._ ...... "".", o CENSUS OF INDIA 1m ---_ CeDtra' G.ftftmlent Publicatl_ Census Report, Series ll-Maharashtra~ is published in the following Parts I·A and JI •. -Geoanl Re,ort I-C •• Subsidiary Tables JI-A •• General PDpuJatJon l'ableB n-B General Economic Tables lI-C Social and Cu1tural Tables II-D Migration Table. nI .. Establishment-Report and Tables IV •• Housing-Report Bnd Tables V Scheduled Castes and Schedule~ Tribes 'in Mabarashtra-TabJe. VI-A Town Directory VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages VII Report on Graduates 8nd Technical Personnel VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration (For ofticial::jJse.. OIQ"Y{'- VIU-B Administration Report-TabulatioD ( For o:ilifi:ial u~,o~\ IX Censul Atla. of Maharasbtta State GOfer_cat Publication. 26 Volumes of Datric:t CCDIIUI HaDilbDob in English 26 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphabetical List of Villages in Maharashtra (iD Marathi ) IMTRODV"CT10N This is the third edition of district census han4'boob brought Ollt laJ'!C"Iy on the bam of the material collected. during each decenrrlal census of our J)O)'UlatiGn. Eadier edition. bad appeared after the 1951 and the 1961 censuses. The present volume gcneraUy ... foDo_ the pattern of its predecessors in presenting the 1971 census tables for the district and baaio demographic, economic and senera) information for each ",iUage thereia. Particulars of the distribution of population down to the smallest administrative unIt like village and town and their broad cbaracteristics are required for purposes such as delimitation of electoral constituencies, adjustrnt'ot of administrativ~ boundaries, educational and man· power pJaomng. The data provided for small aeeas serve as statistical frames fOT varioD surveys that may be taken up. Part A of this bandbook gives informationrelating to each village and towu 10 the aistrict. RcvtmOe Bnd municipal officials all ovcl" tbe district helped liS in collecting the data for this sectIOn. ,Part B carnes tbe 1971 primary census abstracts which present the population for each village and urban block. The items cOV,ered are area, population and its sex break-up. households, occupied bouses~ literacy~ scheduled ca~tes and scheduled tribes, workers and noa­ workers with a break-up of workers into bro.ad industrial categorie.. The J)opulatiOll fiaorea given here have the snnrise of 1 April 1971 as the reference date. Part C, which will be publisbed separately this time, wiU ba.ve a general note on the physical features of the djstrict, its administrative set-up, its demographic and socia-economic characteristics. It win include further cenRS tables, detailed official statistici -on climate., mUltaU, agriculture, Industry. education, health and the like. In 1941, the population figures for villages and towns were exhibited according to com­ DlIIDtttes, in tile village handbook~ published, by the Government of Bombay. 1n 1951. tbe basis of ceo-sus classification cbangoo from 11. aocial to ,an economic one; census data for villages and towns were presented acc()rdiug to eight livelihood classes in the primary censUs abstracts published in the district census handbooks. This was the first occasion when di.trict census handbooks were brought out. The handbooks contained information about different amenities available in respect of each village and town. During the 1961 census, the scope of the handbook was enlarged. In addition to tbe Densus data in respect of each village and town, other official statistics far .each district were made available, with an introductory Dote explaming the salient €eatures Gf the distdct.. Tbe Village directory published as a part of the 1961 bBndllook C8l'1'ied basic census data iucluded in the primary census abstracts; it indicated the amenities available in ,each village and tOWD by means of abbreviatIons. These included postal, medical and educational facihtles. sources of water supply and bazar day. It was found that the primary census abstract. which needed a large number of columns to present dlfferent data. allowed very little space for information on amenities. As a result, the district censuS handbook has been diVided into tbree parts in 1971 as mentioned above. The town and village directory of 1971 (Part I\) gives 4otOl'mation OD amenldea and faci­ lities available in each town and village in the districts of Mabarashtra. The particulars arc presented tahsilwise under each district. The villages aDd towns are armnged a~rdiu,a .to their census location code numbers. The particulars in the village directory were collected through the revenue agency of the district on a preSCrIbed form. For the town direct'ory, six statemeats were compiled. State­ ment I contams the 1971 census populatian data compiled by the census office. Tbe ROD­ .censu-s data ill the other statements were supplied by the municipal councils for their areas aDd by the revenue agency for non-muniCIpal towns. For purposes of the census. districts are divided into urban and rural areas. The urban area ( towns) is defined in detail; those areas whIch do not aatisf,y 'this .deD.nitw.n al'c treated as rural areas ( villages ). ,. The following places have been treated as urban areas ( towns): (1) every place Jaavinl a municipality or a cantonment board irrespective of its populatIon; (2) everY other place which had (0 a population of at least 5,000, (ii) at least tbree-fourths of its male workins population engaged in non-agricultural pur'Rits, and (til) a denljt;, Qf popa.lation or iv .at-JeaS! 400 persons per sq. km; (3) any other place not falling under the above two categories but which possesses certain distinct characteristics to qualify for its being treated as mban such as its being a project area or a developing township. • A place is called a village if it does not satisfy any of the criteria prescribed above for it. being treated as urban. A CvilIag~' for cenSus purposes in Maharashtra hai always been the 'revenue village· which is the ultimate unit of area in which the State is sub-divided for land revenue administra­ tion. A few past censuses concerned themselves only with revenue vIllages which had some population and did not take into account deserted or uninhabited revenue villages. As in 1961. ~ village at the 1971 cenSUs is a revenue village havlOg well~defined boundaries, a map and a separate set of land records Irrespective of whether that defined area has any population 'Or not and. if it has some populatIon whether that population resides in one locality (gao than) 'or is spread over one or more identifiable clusters of population known as wadis, padas or mazaras (hamlets). Each revenue village has a specified area' marked as its own and its boun­ daries with other adjoining vi1Jages have always enjoyed a traditIonal sanedty. Hamlets do not have such defined boundaries or areas distinctly marked or allotted to them; nor do they have any local1y recognised status. i , Revenue villages which do not have any residential population are ,also in~Iuded·fn the 1971 census definition of viHages. They figure in the census list but are: described as unin­ habited to distinguish tbem ftom the remaining inhabited villages. The' census defin~ion of an uninhabited village differs slightly from the revenue definttion of vlUage in that the latter defines an uninhabited village as one baving a population of less than 25. Wherever a revenue village situated on tbe outskirts ofa town is wholly or partly met-ged in' that urban area, it has been treated as a separate village. The population residing in tbat area' which IS statutorily merged in the town limits has been treated as urban popUlation of thaYtown; the residual population. ifany, residing in the area outside tbe limits of the town is atone treated as the population of that village. ThUS, a few partly merged villages have returned some populations. The population for all fuJly merged vd1ages has been treated as ur.ban populatIon. WhIle the 1971 census vi11sge is thus completely identified with the revenue village, forest villages make an ~xception. They are population centres situated within reserved forest areas. Tbeir population consists mainly of forest labourers and their families. Most of them are permahent or seml·permanent localities and may have attached cultivated areas leased out by the forest department under certam condltion~. The land records of such villages are not maintained by the revenue department. The census list of villages also includes aU inhabited _forest vIllages. Tahsilwise alpbabetical lists of all villages and towns are printed jn a separate section which precedes part A. The district and tahsil maps show by name the distrtct and tahsil headquarters, other towns and bigger villages. Smaller VIllages are indicated by location code numbers. An alphabetical list of villages and towns faces each map. Hilly regions and uplands are tinted. Rivers and communications are also shown. Shri D. V. Rangnekar, deputy director of census operations (Hq.), laid the groundwork for the entire operatton. His eXI?erience and ~UIdance have. been of great value at every stage. Shri G. A. Walawalkar and Shu M. D. Bande, deputy dIrectors of census operations, and Smt. V. Y.