CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-36 AN DAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - A & B ANDAMANS DISTRICT & NICOBARS DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY -c} VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Directorate of Census Operations Andaman & Nicobar Islands Battle of Aberdeen Within ahnost a year ofthe establishment or"the penal settlement at Port Blair, the Great Andamanese gave vent to their bitter feelings against the British occupiers of their homeland. It fopnd ' €J{ptessi~n in the Battle of Aberdeen, which was their most determined effort to ,exterminate the British. The Memorial stands to remind us of the Great Andamanese "War of Liberation" that occurred on 17th May 1859. Clock Tower Situated at the Centre of Aberdeen Bazar, the Clock Tower (popular ly known as Ghanta Ghar) stands out as an important landmark of Port Blair City.. The monument was er,ected by the British Administration in memory ofthe victory in the First World War (1914-1918) and in memory of those who died in the war including those five from these Islands. Contents Pages Foreword (ix) Preface (xi) Acknowledgements (xiii) Map of the District (Andamans) (xv) Map of the District (Nicobars) (xvii) Highlights - 2001 Census (xix) Important Statistics (xx) Highlights - 2001 Census: UT/Districts (xxi) Ranking ofTehsils in the District (xxiii) Ranking of Towns in Andaman District (xxiv) Statements 1 to 9 Statement - 1 : Name ofthe administrative units of District / CD Blocks/Towns, their Rural - (xxiv) Urban status and distance from District Headquarters, 200 I Statement - 2: Name of the Headquarters of District / CD Block, their Rural -Urban status (xxiv) and distance from District Headquarters, 2001 Statement - 3: Population of the Districts at each Census from 190 I to 200 I (xxv) Statement - 4: Area, Number of VillagesIT owns and population of Districts and Tahsils, 2001 (xxvi) Statement - 5: CD Block-wise number ofvillages and rural population, 2001 Statement - 6: Population of Urban Agglomerations including constituent Units/Towns, 2001 (xxvii) Statement - 7: Villages with population of 5,000 and above at CD Block Level as per 2001 (xxvii) Census and Amenities available (xxvii) Statement - 8: Statutory Towns with Population less than 5,000 as per 2001 Census and Amenities available (xxviii) Statement - 9: Houseless and Institutional population of CD Blocks, Towns, Rural and Urban, 2001 (xxviii) Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of District Census Handbook (ii) Brief history of the District 3 (iii) Administrative Setup: (i) Region of the state where district is located (ii) Total 3 number of CD Blocks orthe next administrative units after district and changes 5 therein includingjurisdictional Changes during 1991-2001 (iii) Total number of towns/ Villages etc., (iv) If the district is newly created, the area from which it has been carved out, (v) Urban local bodies (v) (iv) Physical features: Location and Size, Physiography, Drainage, Climate, Flora 7 and Forestry, Fauna, Conservation of Wild Life, Agriculture, Fishery, Aniaml Husbandry, Minerals & Mining. Industry, Shipping Services, Electricity and Power (v) Census Concepts 20 (vi) Non Census Concepts 25 (vii) 2001 Census findings - Population, its distribution 29 (a) Distribution of population in rural-urban areas (b)Size, Class and Status of Towns, Population, Growth, Density and Sex ratio, Work participation rate, Literacy, Religion, Availability of University education in the district (viii) Brief analysis of Inset Tables based on PCA, 1 to 36. 38 Village Directory, Town Directory, 37-47 Houses and Household amenities data of House listing Operations, 48-52 (ix) Major natural events, Administrative development and achievements in Sports 70 and Culture (x) Brief description of places of religious, historical or archaeological importance 70 in villages and places of Tourist interest in the town ofthe district (xi) Scope of Vi lIage and Town Directory 72 PART -A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section - I : Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Village Directory 79 (b) List of Villages merged in towns and outgrowths at 2001 Census 82 (c) CD Block wise presentation of Village Directory Data Andamans District: Map ofDiglipurTehsil 83 Map of Mayabunder Tehsil 85 Map of Rangat Tehsil 87 Map of Ferrarganj Tehsil 89 Map of Port Blair Tehsil 91 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages of North Andaman along with location Code 92 1991 and 2001 (iii) Presentation of Village Directory Data of North Andaman 94 (d) (i) Alphabetical Iist of Vi lIages of Middle Andaman along with location Code 107 1991 and 2001 (ii) Presentation of Village Directory Data of Middle Andaman 110 (e) (i) Alphabetical list of Villages of South Andaman along with location Code 126 1991 and 2001 (ii) Presentation of Village Directory Data of South Andaman 130 (f) NicobarsDistrict: Map of Nan cowry Tehsil 153 Map of Car Niccobar Tehsil 155 (vi) (i i) Alphabetical Iist of Vi llages of Car N icobar along with location Code 157 1991 and 2001 (iii) Presentation of Village Directory Data of Car Nicobar 158 (g) (i) Alphabetical list of Villages of Nan cowry along with location Code 163 1991 and 2001 (iii) Presentation of Village Directory Data of Nan cowry 168 (h) Appendices to Vi II age Directory Appendix - I : Abstract of educational, medical and other amenities in 193 Villages - CD Block level Appendix - IA : Villages by number of Primary Schools 195 Appendix - IB : Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools 195 Appendix - IC : Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities 196 available Appendix - II : Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have 196 one or more amenities available Appendix - III : Land utilisation data in respect of Census TownslNon 196 Municipal Towns Appendix - IV : CD Block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity 197 other than drinking water facility is available Appendix- V SummaI)' showing number of Villages having or not having 197 Scheduled Caste Population Appendix - VI : Summary showing number of Villages having or not having 198 Scheduled Tribe Population Appendix - VlIA: List of Villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 198 Castes to the total population by ranges Appendix - VIIB: List of Villages according to the proportion ofthe Scheduled 199 Tribes to the total popUlation by ranges Section II - Town Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Town Directory 205 (b) Town Directory Statements (I to VII) Statement - I Status and growth History 209 Statement - II Physical aspects and location of Towns, 1999 209 Statement - III Municipal Finance, 1999 210 Statement - IV Civic and other amenities, 1999 210 Statement - V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities, 212 1999 Statement - VI : Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1999 212 Statement- VlI: Civic and other amenities in Slum, 1999 214 Appendix to Town Directory -Towns showing their outgrowth with population 214 PART B -PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT a) Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 219 (vii) b) District Primary Census Abstract (General) 222 c) Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract i.e. Urban Block wise figures 228 of total. SC and ST Population Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 234 CD Block wise Village Primary Census Abstract 240 Urban Primary Census Abstract 324 Annexure - I N umber of Vi Ilages under each Gram Panchayat 333 Annexure - II Note on Fertility and Mortality, 1991 Census 334 Annexure - III Various measures of based on SRS 336 Annexure - IV Note on Migrants, 2001 Census 337 Annexure - V Religions in the Districts as per 2001 Census 340 Annexure - VI Marital Status of Population as per 2001 Census 341 Annexure - VII Age, Sex and Education Level in the district, 2001 Census 341 Annexure - VIII Distribution of different Mother Tongues returned in 1971-2001 343 Censuses Annexure - IX Scheduled Tribes of Andaman & Nicobar Islands 344 (viii) Foreword he District Census Handbook CDCHB) published by Census Organisation since 1951 census, is one of Tthe important publications in the context of planning and development at grass-root 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 avai labil ity of civic amen ities, infrastructural facilities, etc. 2. 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 vi lIages. The 1981 census DCHB was in two parts : Part-A contained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsil/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 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 Town Directory, a statement (lV-A) on slums was introduced to provide the details on civic and other amenities in the notified slums of Class I and Class II towns.