CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES -26 WEST BENGAL DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART XII·B VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT HUGLI DISTRICT DIRECTORArEOF CENSUS OPERATIONS WEST BENGAL Price Rs. 30.90 PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER GOVERNMENT PR1NTING, WEST BENGAL AND PRINTED BY SARASWATY PRESS LTD: 11 B.T. ROAD, CALCUTTA - 700 056 CONTENTS Page No. 1. Foreword (I) 2. Preface (III) 3. Acknowledgements (V) 4. Important Statistics (VII) 5. Analytical note (IX-XXXII) 6. District Primary Census Abstract 1 7. Community Development Blockwise Primary Census Abstraqt (1) Arambag C.D. Block 28 (a). Alphabetical list. of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (2) Khanakul-I C.D. Block 49 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (3) Khanakul-II C.D. Block 64 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (4) Pursurah C.D. Block 74 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Prin:'lary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (5) Goghat-I C.D. Block 85 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Vil,lagewise Primary Census Abstracl (6) Goghat-II C.D. Block 101 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (7) Chanditala-I C.D. Block 116 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (8) Chanditala-II C.D. Block 127 (~) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Cen~us Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (9) Jangipara C.D. Block (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract Page No. (10) Serampur - Uttarpara C.D. Block 157 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (11) Polba - Dadpur C.D. Block 163 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (12) Dhaniakhali C.D. Block 188 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Cj3nsus Town) (13) Balagarh C.D. Block 218 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (14) Pandua C.D. Block 238 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (15) Chinsurah-Magra C.D. Block ~58 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract.(Census Town) (16) Singur C.D. Block 273 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (17) Haripal C.D. Block 292 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census Abstract (Census Town) (18) Tarakeswar C.D. Block 313 (a) Alphabetical list of villages (b) Villagewise Primary Census Abstract (c) Townwise Primary Census AbstraGt (Census,Town) 8. Urban Primary Census Abstract. 329 9., Appendix-I - Details of C.D. Blocks included under v9.rious Police.Stations 365 10. Appendix-II - Police Stationwise Primary Census Abstract 366 11. Appendix-III -Urban Blockwise Total Population, Scheduled Caste Population and Scheduled Tribe Population 384 12. District Primary Census Abstract of Scheduled Castes and Tribes 446 13. Annexure-Towns and outgrowths with their constituent mouzas (villages) include wholly or partly and ttieir J.L. Nos. 48f 14. Maps 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 r , administration. It inter-alia provides data/information on some of the basic demogaphic and socio-economic characteristics and on the availability of certain important civic amenitiesi-facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus proved to be of immense utiiity to the planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. The scope of the DCH lJofas initially 'confined to certain important census tables on population, economic and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census' Abstract (peA) of each village and town (ward-wise) of the district. The bCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account bf 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 compri'sing 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 cen~us 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 1'981 ,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 , I and Town Directories, the peA of villages and towns (ward-wise) including Scheduled Caste and Schduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil/ town level 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 referrent village, the distance in broad rang~s from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Information on some new items such as adult litera,cy centres, primary 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 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 detcyils 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 yrespectively. 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 1991 Census for the benefit of data users. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers has been given as against four-fold industrial classific?tion 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 user's 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-lev~1 presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional TahsillTalukiPS level presentation. (ii) It is expected that the presentation of Village Directory 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 the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. In order to facilitate the task of administrators, plaoners 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 alongwith the corresponding codes of ;'981. This publication is a joint venture of the State Govt.lUT administratipn and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compilep under the direction of Shri H. Chakravarty, Director of C~nsus Operations, West Bengal on behalf of the State Govt.lUT administration which has borne the cost.of printing. The task of planning, deSigning and coordination, of the publication was initiated by Dr. K.P. Ittaman, former De:puty Registrar General (Social Studies) and Shri M.M.Dual JOint Director. For the sake of uniformity in presentation of i!lformation/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 t~oroughly scrutinised in the Social Studi~s Division under the guidance ~of Shri M.K. Jain, the present Deputy Registrar General (S.S.).This task was carried out by Shri A.K. Singh, Deputy Director, who was assisted by Shri N.S. Soam, Assistant Director and his staff. Technical guidance in the prepfiration of the maps was initially provided by Dr. B.K. Roy, former Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by MtS. Minati Ghosh, the present Deputy Registrar General (Map). i I am thankful to all those who have contributed to this project. New Delhi (A.A. NANDA) June 11,1992 Registrar General, India PREFACE The District Census Handbook compiled by the Directorate of Census pperations,West Bengal on behalf of the Government of West Bengal, owes its origin to 1951 Census. The present publication.. of 1991 Census is fifth in the series. In this publication besides census statistics, various other information and statistical data have been included which are used by the State Government, Oistrict Administration, Research Scholars and other data users.