CENSUS OF INDIA, 1981· SERIES 10 ~ERALA. DISTRICT. CENSUS HANDBOOK KOZHIKODE DISTRICT PART Xnl-A & B ·Vn~LAGE DIRECTORY.. AND TOWN'...- DIREGTOR- . Y PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT M. VIJAYANUNNI OF THE IKDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS KERAU .106/140-1 1981 CENSUS PUBLICATION. PROGRAMME KERALA S1'ATE Paper/P.m·f number Title and subject matter Paper 1 of 1981 Provisional Population Totals Paper 2 of 1981 Rural-urban Composition (Provisional Totals) Workers and Non-workers (Provisional Totals) Disabled persons Paper 3 of 1981 Final Populati~n Totals Pap«;r 4 of 1981 Primary Census Abstr:act for Scheduled ·Castes and Scheduleu Tribes Paper 5 of 1981 .Final Totals of workers and non-workers Part I Administration'Report--EnumeratiQn and Tabulation (Not for sale. For office. use only) . Part II-A General Population Tables (A-Series-Tables A-I to :\-5) Part II-B Primary Cemus Abstract . \ Part IP-A & B (i) General EGO nomic Tables (B-S~ries-Tables'B-l to B-3 & B-1 i to B-17) Part III-A & :B '(ii) General Economic Tables (B-Series-Tables B-18 to B-20) Part'III-A & B (iii) General Economic Tables (B-Sel'ies-Tables B-21 & B-22) Part IV-A Social and Cultural Tables (C-Series-Tables C-I to C-6) Part V-A & B Migration Tables (D~Series-Tables D-I to D-8, D-13 & D-15) Part VI-A & B Fertility Tables (F-Series-Tables F-l to F':'_27) Part VII Houses aiId Disabled population - Report and Tables (H-Series­ Tables H-l and H-2) Part, VIII-A & B,_ Household Tables (BH-Series-Tables HH-l to HH-9, HH-II, HH-12 & HH-17) , Part IX Special tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC-Series-.::. Tables SC-l to SC-6; ST-Series-Tables ST-I to ST-9) Part X-A Town Directory PartX-B Survey Reports on'selectt;d towns Part X-C Survey Reports on, selected vil~ages Part Xl Ethnographic Notes and special studies on Scheduled .Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part XII " State Census Atlas Part XIII-A & B District Census Handbooks -One volume for each district (Village & Town Directories and Primary Census Abstract) " Papel' I of 1985 Household population by religion of Head of Household Paper II Special Rep,orts and Tables based on 5% sample data. 11 FOREWO~D TO THE D.C.H. SERIES The District Census Handbook (DeB), compiled by the Cen~us Organisation on behalf of the State 9overnments, is one of the mosL valuable products of the census. The DOH is cons· tantly referred to by planner~ administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of, constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid t9 \ . District administration. The District Census Handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (peA) data upto village level for the rural ~reas and ward·wise for each city or town. It also provides data on infl'astructure and amenities in villages and towns etc. " ' The District Census Handbook series was initiated during the 1951 census. It contained important census table~ and: PCA for each vill~ge and town of the district, During 1961 C~nsus the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it cohtained a descriptive, account of the district, admi­ nistrative statistics, ceq.sus tables an,d a village and town directory, including PdA. The 1971 DCH serie~ was planned 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 peA and amenity data in respect of villages, However, in some State~ Parl-C was confined to district census tabI.cs and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and p_rinting. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series, -some new features along with the restruc­ turing of the formats of village and town directory have been attempted: At the same time, comparability with the 19.71 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amen~ty is not available in the referent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the ~enity is available may b~ given. The restructuring of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on ~nfrastructure aspect particularly in I'elation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet' the need of micro level planning for rJ.lral areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the' requirements of the Revised Miiumum Needs Programme, Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health sub centres and community' health workers in the village have been introduced in the'villag~ directory with this objective in mind, -The new item on approach to the village is too have an idea about the village in the district w4ich are inaccessible. A new column, "total population and number of households" has .been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve,' Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where no amenities are available and according to the proportion ofscheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to population h!,!s also been made ,with this view in' mind. The formats of the town directory have also been mo~ified to meet the requirements of 'the Minimum Needs Programme by ~roviding information on, a few new items. The columns on Scheduled Castes and. Scheduled Tribes J?opulation in Statement IV relating to civic and othel' amenities and adult l\teracy classes/centres under educational facilities in Statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is -class of town in aU the six statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenities in urban ar~as of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towns into consideration, The addition 01 the columns on civic administration status and population_in a-few statements also serves this purpOl!e. 111 The format of the primary cell,;ms abstract for the vil!ages' and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the'individual slip of 1981 censu~. In order, to avoid delay in·puplication of 1981 DCH serie.s, it has been so designed that Part-A of the volLune contains village, and town directory and Pa,:,t-B, the peA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes peA upto Tehsil/Town 'levels. At . the beginning of the nCH a detailed analytica_l note supported by a number of inset tables based on peA and non-ceI!§us data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its v<!Jue. The· district and tehsilJpolice station/CD block etc. level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places to, further' enhance the value of the publication. 'This publication is a joi~t venture of the State Gov:_ernment and the Census' Organisation. T:he data have been collected and compiled in the state under the direction of Sri. M. Vijayanunni, Director of Census Operations, Kerala on behalf of the State Government which has b~rne the cost of printing. The task of planning, 'designing and co-ordination of this publication was carried out by Sri. N. G. Nag, Deputy Reg~trar General (Social Studies) of my office, Dr. B. K. Roy, Deputy ~egi~trar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census J.)irectorates have been scrutinised in the Social Studies Divisi6n at the headquarters under- the guidance of Sri. lVI. M. Dua, Seuiol' Research Officer. i am than~ful to all who have contributed in this project. 1'. l'AD:;\IIANABliA, Registrar General and CenSllS Commissioller~ India. IV PREFACE TO THE D. C. H. SERIES The District Census Handbooks (D .. C. Ii.) -constitute an importar"t set of oensus publications brought out by the census organization which are widely made use of by the State "B-overnment and its district-level. and lower officials for planning, development and admini­ stration purposes as well as by a large cross-section of data users like academicians, scholars, .. esearchers and other non-governmental agencies. This volume presents. the ViHage and Town Directories under Part-A and the Primary Census Abstract under Part-B. The Village Directory gives for each village. the area, population, educational, medical, civic and other amenities and land use. The Town Directory gives for each town the area, -population characteristics, physical aspects, communicatiops, -municipal finance, educational, medical, civic and other amenities and trade, commerce, industry and banking facilities. The Primary Census Abstract presents certain other basic data like number of residential houses and households, literates, Scheduled Caste and Tribe population, workers by main categories"marginal workers and non-workers. The data presented under Village and Town Directories were furnished by the Village officers tht:ough the Tahsildars ill respect of rural vi1lage~ and by the commissioners or executive _ officers concerned in respect of urban areas respectively_ The data pre'ented under Primary Census Abstract were collected during the census operations by the census field organisation consisting of Enum}:rators, Supervisors, Charge Officers and District Census Officers.