N FI SERIES -19 PART - XII DISTRICT CENSUS ~TI»j"&?leo~]~;.I PART B -VILLAGE AND TO'VllNVV~S~ PRIMARY CENSUS ABSrHA~r R.N. SENAPATI OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Director of Census Operations, Orissa CENSUS OF IND~A~ 1991 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART B - VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT L · Publication of th8 District Census Handbooks (UGH::;) wa~; initiated after" tile Wl'ii Cerl~'us and is contilluing since then with some innovations!modirlG3tions after eacll decenrllal Census. ("hiG is ine most valuCible:) district IElvel publlcatlun brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf oj 8i:lCtl State Govt./Union 'remtory adrnltllSfration. It IrltGr-ali,l provides data/information on some 01 the basic demograpllic and socio"ecunomlc CllClrctcteril>tics arid on the availability ot certain important civic amenities/facilities in each villaye and town ot the :8spec1iv8 districts. This publication has thus proveu to be of immense utility to the planners, admlllis!(Eltons, aCdUelllicians cillU IOS(:)drcflers. The scope of the DCH was initially confined to'cenalll ilTllJoltnnt census tables all jJopulat:un, ecu[lomic and soc..;iu"culwral aspects as also the Primary C(::1r1SUS Abstract (peA) or (:Jf::lch village Qlld t01;\l11 (W1"lId wl;;;e) ot the disitict. "f'il(-) DCHs published aHer the i 961 Census contained a descriptive account or Lf18 district, allrmnistrative stmbtics, census tables ancJ Village amJ Town Directories in?Iuding PCA. After the "191'1 CE)I1~U2, lWO ~)ans 01 ihe District Census Handbooks (r"'art-A comprising Villa98 and fown Uirectones and Pan .. B compnslIlg VillaY8 and Town PCA) were releasea in all the ,states and Union Telritories. The third Part (C) of tile Uismci Cerlsus Hand­ book$ comprisin9 adrninisu"ativ8 statistics and district cellSUS tables, which WClS 81S0 lU be blou~m oUl, COUld not be published in many States/UTs due to conslderabie delay in cornpilauoll of relevant material. In "i 981, sonls new featutes alon!.! with restrumuring of the formats of Village and l"own Dir8ctol y were IntroduGed in th8 [)CHs. rhe::;e wele pubilsned in two parls for eacn district after the 1981 Census. While Part-A r.;ornprised Viliage cHUj Town Directories, tile PCA of Villages and towns (ward-Wise) including Scheduled Caste and Schedule TribE-' l..leA uplo t811sIl/town leve! were provided in Part-B. '1'0 illustrate, all the amenities except electricity" were brought iog(~tllel' in the VillagleJ Directory and ii an an lenity Wi:lS not available In tile referent viHa~E'), thl'3 distance in Doalt! ranges frol n the nearest place llaving such amenity was given. Information on sOlne new items SIJcll as adult literacy centres, primary !H::ialth sub··centres and cormnunity ~lealth workers in the VilI8ge wme providelj so as (Q meet some of the requirements 01 ine RevisecilVlinirnuln 1\IGeds Prograrnme. Sirllilany, imormatloll on approach to the village was aiso provided for the TIrE;t time in the village lJireciory so as to give an luea abuut the number of inaccessible villaQes in each district. in case OT Tbwn Directories also, keeping in view tile requirements ot tIle rVlinimurTl 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 Lind oiher ameniues in the slurns. In this statement details on civic and other arnel1iii~s were reported tor the slums of class I Clrld class II towns. Apart from this, one column on the Scheduled Casres and Scheduled Tribes population and another on adult iitem.cy classes/centres were added in Statements IV and V respectively. The lTlarlner of pr8f:lentation ot the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and farge the same as followed in 1981. However, the fOllTlm 01 PCA lias been restructured slightly in the 1991 Census fOr tile benefit of data users. Nine­ fold industriai claSSification of main worl,ers has been given as against four-told industrial classification presented in the 198'1 Census. In aaditioll to this, the sex-wise population in tile 0-6 age-group has also been included in PCA for the first time witl1 a view to enabling data users 10 compute more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age have Deen treated as illiterate at the time of the i 99, Census. It is expected tllat the above ,mentioned modifications will help the planners in chalking out more eftective developmental programmes. On6 of the most Irnponant innovations in the 199'1 Census is the Community Development Block-level presen­ tution of dClta in tt-18 Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional Tahsilrraluk/PS level presentation. It is 8)(pec"t8d that (lie presentation of Village Directory and PCA data at C.D. Block level will help the planners in formu­ lation of micro-level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. (i) (II) In order to facilitate the task of administrators, planners and researcllers Intending to use Village Dlrectory/PCA data, either from tile magnetic tapes/floppies or from the published records, both the computer and manual codes for each village have been plovlded fOI the 1991 Census alongwlth the correspondlllg codes of 1981 This publicatIOn IS a JOll1t venture of the State Govt /U T administration and the Census Organisation The data have been collected and compiled under the direction of Shn R N Sen 1apatl, Director of Census Operations, Orissa on behalf of the State Govt which has borne the cost of pnntlng The task of planning, designing and coordination of the publication was Initiated by Dr K P Ittaman, former Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) and Shn H M. Dua, JOint Director For the sake of uniformity In presentation of Information/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 thoroughly scrutinised In the Social Studies DIvISion under the gUidance of 8hn M K Jain, the present Deputy Registrar General (88) ThiS task was carned out by Sim A K 81ngh, Deputy Director who was assisted by Shn N S. Soam, Assistant Director and his staff Technical gUidance In tile preparation of the maps was Itlitlally provided by Dr B K Roy, former Deputy Registrar General (Map) and later by Mrs Millati Ghosh, the present Deputy Registrar General (Map) I am thankful to all those who Ilave contnbuted to thiS project New Deihl A.R.Nanda June 11, 1992 Registrar General, India PREFACE The District Census Handbooks constitute an important set of Census Publications brought out by the Census Organisation immediately after each census indicating demographic profile in as detailed manner as possible. These publications are widely used by the State Government functionaries at the district level as well as other levels for planning, development and administrative purposes in addition to a large cross-section of data users, academicians, scholars, researchers and other non-governmental agencies who derive maximum utility of these publications. As per the existing instructions the Director of Census Operations has the responsibility for providing data whereas its publication is the responsibility of the State Govt. In 1951 and 1961 it was published in one volume and in 1971 it was presented in three volumes for each district. But in 19811wo volumes for each district were presented. Dwing 1991 census it has been proposed to publish the District Census Handbooks in two parts: Part - A Village and Town Directory; Part - B Village and Town Primary Census Abstract. Taking into account of the increasing need of developmental and other welfare measures undertaken by the government in recent years, the scope and the content of the data in these publications have been considerably enlarged and improved to meet the requirements of the planners and various data users. In particular, the persons engaged in nine-fold industrial categories have again been reintroduced though it was limited to four categories during '1981 census. One of the most important aspects during 1991 census is the Community Development Block level presentation of data in the Village Directory and Primary Census Abstract instead of the traditional tahsiI/P.S. presentation. It is hoped that it will help the planners in formulating Micro Level Developmental Planning as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit for developmental planning. District, Police Station and C. D. Block maps, presented in this volume give the administrative units upto the village level and town level. Besides, certain inset tables have been presented in this volume for facilitating the use of tne planners and administrators. Part A of this volume gives the statistical information relating to each town and an array of statistical data relating to land use and various other amenities available in each village. Part B of this volume consists of district level, village/townwise primary Census Abstract followed by Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. InformaHon on amenities for village directory has been collected from the Tahasildar and Block Development Officers. The Executive Officers of the Municipalities and Notified Area Councils have provided the information on towns. The collection and compilation of such a huge data was formidable task. Though all possible care has been taken through check and re-check for removal of discrepancies in the figures, the possibly of error still cripping into