CENSUS 1971 PARTS X-A & B TOWN & VILLAGE DIRECTORY SERIES-8 JAMMU & KASHMIR VILLAGE & TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS .. ABSTRACT SRINAGAR DISTRICT DISTRICT 9ENSUS . ~')y'HANDBOOK J. N. ZUTSHI of the Kashmir Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Jammu and Kashmir '0 o · x- ,.,.. II ~ ) "0 ... ' "" " ._.;.. " Q .pi' " "" ."" j r) '" .~ ~ '!!! . ~ \ ~ '"i '0 , III ..... oo· III..... :I: a:: ,U ~ « Z IIJ IIJ t9 a: « Cl \,.. LL z_ UI ......) . o ) I- 0:: A..) • I/) tJ) '-..~ JJ CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Central Government Publications-Census of India 1971-Series 8-Jammu & Kashmir is being Published in the following parts. Number Subject Covered Part I-A General Report Part I-B General Report Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables Part JI-B Economic Tables Part II-C(i) Population by Mother Tongue, Religion, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes. Part II-C(ii) Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables Part III Establishments Report & Tables Part IV Housing Report and Tables Part VI-A Town Directory Part VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns Part VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages Part VIII-A Administration Report on Enumeration Part VIII-B Administration Report on Tabulation Part IX Census Atlas Part IX-A Administrative Atlas Miscellaneous ei) Study of Gujjars & Bakerwals (ii) Srinagar City DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS Part X-A Town & Village Directory Part X-B Village & Townwise Primary Census Abstract Part X-C Analytical Report, Administrative Statistics & District Census Table!! CONTENTS Pall No. PREFACE. FIGURES AT A GLANCE iii PART A-TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY 1-27 General Note: i-Ixxi Origin, Growth and Scope of District Census Handbook-Primary Census Abstract­ Administrative Statistics & Report 4-5 Note on Town and Village Directory Definition of an Urban Area-Urban Agglomeration-Standard Urban Area-Broad appraisal on Statements 5-12 Number and Size of Villages-Education-Medical Facilities-Power Supply-Communication -Post and Telegraph Facilities-Staple Food -Land Use Pattern 13-17 TOWN DIRECTORY-Statem.ents 19-27 STATEMENT I-Status, Growth History and Functional Category of Towns 21 STATEMENT II-Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1969 22 STATEMENT III-Municipal Finance, 1968-69 23 STATEMENT IV-Civic and Other Amenities 1969 24 STATEMENT V-Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities in Towns, 1969 . 25 STATEMENT VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1969 26 STATEMENT VII-Population by Religion, 1971 27 VILLAGE DmECTORY-Am.enities and Land Use i-Ixxi Tehsil-wise Abstract of Amenities iv-v Tehsil Ganderbal vii-xix Tehsil Srinagar xxi-xxv Tehsil Chadura xxvii-xxxix Tehsil Badgam xli-Iv Tehsil Beerwah Ivii-Ixxi PART B-VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 1-169 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES/MOHALLAS 3-18 Brief Note on Prim.ary Census Data 19 Village/Mohallawise Prim.ary Census Abstract District Abstract 21-29 Tehsil Ganderbal . 31-41 Tehsil Srinagar 43-49 Srinagar Urban Agglomeration 51-125 Tehsil Chadura 127-137 Tehsil Badgam 139-153 TehsiI Beerwah 155-169 MAPS District Map . Frontispiece Tehsil Ganderbal Facing Page 31 Tehsil Srinagar 43 Tehsil Chadura " " 127 Tehsil Badgam " " 139 Tehsil Beerwah " " 155 " " PREFACE I t has not been possible for us to bring out clearance in areas constituting the older parts of the 1971 series of District Census Handbooks the town, radical improvements in sanitation in an alphabetical order as we had originally and sewerage, prOVISIon of adequate drinking planned. Additionally, there has been some water facilities, widening and upgrading of delay in completing the series due to U11avoidable thorough-fares, provision of playgrounds and parks reasons. Even so, it is our endeavour to bring for public recreation, improvement in street­ out these volumes, one for each district, within lighting and transport facililities etc. It is, also a reasonably short time. time that steps are taken to rid the city of some of its old anachronisms like the presence The reader may not find the present volume of cattle-breeders and milk - sellers in almost all comprehensive since this part of the publi­ every locality of the town, which only aggravates cation is intended to bring out only the basic its age-old problem of insanitation and squalor. and immediately available information. All the The reader will find that the contents of same it presents this information at the level of this volume have been divided into two parts. lowest administrative unit VIZ; village/ward/ Part A which comprises Town and Village mohalla and makes it a reference source of Directory gives out information with regard to immense value in connection with administration, amenities of various kinds available besides dis­ policy and planning at the grass-roots level. More closing particulars about the land use pattern. comprehensive details of an administrative nature Part B covers census information on such topics collated with cross-classification of 1971 Census as population, household size, sex ratio, literacy data which is bound to involve some more level and the distribution of working population time for compilation will appear as Part C of by industrial categories for each village and town the publication in the case of each district. of the district. The Handbook has been provided with six The District Census Handbook of Srinagar maps, one pertainihg to the district and the which includes data about the State's premier rest pertaining to its five constituent tehsils capital city, believed to have been founded by namely Ganderbal, Srinagar, Chadura, Badgam Ashoka in 300 B. C., deserves a close study by and Beerwah. These were prepared by our the authorities who have lately been evincing Cartographic Section headed by Shri Masood keen interest in its planned development and Ahmed, Cartographer, under the close and removing deficiencies in the available public valuable guidance of Dr. B. K. Roy, Map Officer amenities. It may interest the reader to know of the Registrar General's Office. that in the course of the last three decades, Srinagar M. C. has expanded in area to 82.88 sq. The credit for compiling this Handbook belongs kms. in 1971 as against 28,49 sq. kms. in 1941. to Shri Abdul Gani, Deputy Director, who was Similarly in population it has grown from a ably assisted in this task by Shri A. M. Kalloo, strength of 207,787 in 1941 to 403,413 persons Tabulation Officer (Social Studies) and Shri P. K. in 1971 and is now graded as B-2 city. However, Khosa, Statistical Assistant. The tables were it goes without saying that many improvements compiled by S I Shri Ghulam Jeelani, Ghulam are indicated to bring up this ancient city to Ghaws Qadiri, Habib Ullah, Computors. Proof a level which it legitimately deserves not only reading was done by Miss Halima Bano and as the capital seat of the State Government but Miss Rajni Warikoo, Proof Readers, and the also as the focal centre for promotion of the manuscript was typed out by Shri S. K. Koul, State's all-important tourist industry. Mention U. D. C. and Miss Prana Kaw, L. D. C. I wish may particularly be made of the need for slum to put OIl record my appreciation of their work. Srinagar, J. N. ZUTSHI the 21st June, 1973. FIGURES AT A GLANCE Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar State District Population Total Persons 4,616,632 827,697 Males 2,458,315 447,508 FeJDales 2,158,317 380,189 Rural Persons 3,758,411 404,444 Males 1,996,864 219,281 FeJDales 1,761,547 185,163 Urban Persons 858,221 423,253 Males 461,451 228,227 Females 396,770 195,026 Decennial Population growth rate, 1961.71 29.65 27.54 Area in KIn2 *222,236.0 3,013.0 Density of population per KIn2 N. A. 275 Sex· ratio (Num.ber of females per 1,000 Inales) 878 850 Literacy rate (0-4 age group Included) Persons 18.58 21.71 Males 26.75 29.39 Females 9.28 12.68 Percentage of urban population to total population 18.59 51.14 Percentage of workers to total population Persons 29.76 28.87 l\lales 52.50 51.87 Females 3.86 1.80 Break-up of workers: Percentage to total workers :­ I. Cultivators Persons 64.78 40.43 Males 64.51 40.37 FeInales 68.94 42.47 II. Agricultural labourers Persons 3.05 2.58 Males 3.12 2.62 Females 1.93 0.98 Ill. Other workers Persons 32,17 56.99 Males 32.37 57.01 Fem.ales 29.13 56.55 Percentage of schedule caste population to total population Persons 8.26 0.01 Males 8.06 0.02 Females 8.48 N NUInber of occupied residential houses 666,753 97,570 NUInber of villages Total @6,749 £706 Inhabited 6,510 680 Uninhabited 239 26 Number of urban areas 45 2 NOTE:~* "Includes 78,932 Km2 under illegal occcupation of Pakistan and 5.180 Km2 illegally handed over by Pakistan to China. Also includes 37,555 Km 2 under illegal occupation of China". @ Includes 7 inhabited villages, treated as out-growth in the urban agglomeration of Srinagar and Jammu. £ Excludes 10 Forest)Boat blocks which have not been treated as villages. N.A. Not available N. Negligible PART X-A TOWN fiND VILLAGE DIRECTORY TOWN AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY The District Census Handbook series of 1971 Column: 8 differ widely in scope and presentation from the Wheel Barrows WB corresponding series of 1961. In this publication, Dumping System DS for the first time, information both Census and Municipal Trucks MT non-Census relating to each village and town of Trench System TS the district has been presented in the form of Hand Carts H Town and Village Directory.