CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-33 TAMILNADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - B TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT ~., urt~ ~) ~ PEOPLE ORIENTED Dr. C. Chandramouli of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu Contents Pages Foreword Xl Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv Map of Tirunelveli District xvii District Highlights - 200 1 xix Important Statistics of the District, 200 1 xxi Ranking of Taluks in the District XXUl Summary Statements from 1 . 9 Statement 1: Name of the headquarters of Districtffaluk, their rural-urban xxvi status and distance from District headquarters, 2001 Statement 2: Name of the headquarters of District/CD block, their XXVI rural-urban status and distance from District headquarters, 2001 Statement 3: Population of the District at each census from 1901 to 200 1 XXVII Statement 4: Area, number of villages/towns and population in District xxviii and Taluk, 200 1 Statement 5: CD block wise number of villages and rural population, 2001 XXXll Statement 6: Population of urban agglomerations (including constituent units/ XXXlll towns), 200 1 Statement 7: Villages with population of 5,000 and above at CD block level XXXIV as per 2001 census and amenities available Statement 8: Statutory towns with population less than 5,000 as per 2001 XXXVI census and amenities available Statement 9: Houseless and institutional population of Taluks, XXXVI rural and urban, 2001 Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of the District Census Handbook 3 (n) Brief History of the District 3 (iii) Administrative set-up 4 (iv) Physical features 5 (v) Census concepts 14 (vi) Non-Census concepts 19 (v) Pages (vii) Census 2001 findings 23 Distribution of population 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 27 (ix) Major Social and Cultural events in the District - Fairs and festivals of Tirunelveli 88 (x) Places of tourist interest in the district. 88 (xi) Major Characteristics of the District, contribution of the district in the form of any historical figure associated with the district. (xii) Scope of Village and Town Directory 90 Part A - Village and Town Directory Section I - Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in the village directory 95 (b) List of villages merged in towns and outgrowth at 200 1 99 (c) CD block wise presentation of Village Directory Data 101 1. VASUDEVANALLUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Sivagiri Taluk 103 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 105 (iii) Village Directory 106 2. SANKARANKOIL CD BLOCK (i) Map of Sankarankoil Taluk 117 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 119 (iii) Village Directory 120 3. KURUVIKULAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 131 (ii) Village Directory 132 4. MELANEELIDANALLUR CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200 1 151 (ii) Village Directory 152 (vi) Pages 5. KADAYANALLUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Tenkasi Taluk 163 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages along with location code 1991 and 2001 165 (iii) Village Directory 166 6. SHENKOTTAI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Shenkottai Taluk 175 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 177 (iii) Village Directory 178 7. TENKASI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 183 (n) Village Directory 184 8. KEEZHAPAVUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Veerakeralamputhur Taluk 193 (ii) Map of Alangulam Taluk 195 (iii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 197 (iv) Village Directory 198 9. ALANGULAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 207 (ii) Village Directory 208 10. MANUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Tirunelveli Taluk 221 (n) "Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 223 (iii) Village Directory 226 11. PAPPAKKUDI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 247 (n) Village Directory 248 12. KADAYAM CD BLOCK (i) Map of Ambasamudram Taluk 259 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 261 (iii) Village Directory 262 13. AMBASAMUDRAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 273 (n) Village Directory 274 (vii) Pages 14. CHERANMADEVI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages along with location code 1991 and 2001 283 (ll) Village Directory 284 15. PALAYAMKOTTAI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Palayamkottaii Taluk 293 (ll) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 295 (iii) Village Directory 296 16. NANGUNERI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Nanguneri Taluk 315 (ll) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 317 (iii) Village Directory 318 17. KALAKAD CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 331 (ll) Village Directory 332 18. VALLIYUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Radhapuram Taluk 343 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 345 (iii) Village Directory 346 19. RADHAPURAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 355 (ii) Village Directory 356 (d) Appendixes to Village Directory Appendix - I Abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenities 366 in villages - CD block Level Appendix - Ia Villages by number of Primary Schools 370 Appendix - Ib Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools 370 Appendix - Ie Villages with different sources of drinking water 371 facilities available Appendix - II Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not 372 have one or more amenities Appendix - IIa List of Census Towns which do not have one or more amenities 374 (viii) Pages Appendix - III Land utilisation data in respect of Census 374 towns/non-municipal towns Appendix - IV CD block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity 375 other than drinking water facility is available Appendix - V Summary showing number of villages not having 376 Scheduled Castes population Appendix - VI : Summary showing number of villages not having 377 Scheduled Tribe population. Appendix - VIla: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 378 Castes to the total population by ranges Appendix - VIIb: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 385 Tribes to the total population by ranges Appendix - VIII Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat 388 Appendix - IX Statement showing number of girls schools in the villages 402 Section II - Town Directory (i) Note explaining the abbreviations used in the Town Directory 403 (li) Town Directory Statements Statement I Status and Growth History 408 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1999 412 Statement III Municipal Finance, 1998-99 416 Statement IV Civic and other Amenities, 1999 418 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and CuI tural Facilities, 1999 422 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1999 434 Statement VII Civic and other amenities in Slums, 1999 436 (iii) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with population 448 Part B - Census Abstract Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 451 District Primary Census Abstract 454 Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract 460 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 516 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 528 Village Primary Census Abstract - CD blockwise 540 Urban Primary Census Abstract 650 , (ix) Pages Annexures Annexure- I Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat. 766 Annexure- II Fertility and mortality measures. 792 Annexure- III Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage. 793 Annexure- IV Distribution of migrants by place of birth/place 794 of last residence. Annexure- V Brief account of main religions in the district 796 Annexure- VI Marital status of population in the district. .797 Annexure- VII Age, sex and educational level in the district. 798 Annexure-VIII Distribution of different mother tongues returned. 799 (x) Foreword he District Census Handbook (DeE-IE) published by Census Organisation since T 1951 census, 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 :haracteristics 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 PCAand 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 and Part-B the PCAofvillage and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsill town 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 referent 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 viIlage 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.