CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES-23 TAMIL NADU DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOK CHIDAMBARANAR PART XII A & B VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT K. SAMPA TH KUMAR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS TAMILNADU. CONTENTS Page No Foreword VII-VIII Preface X-XII District Map Facing Page 1 Important Statistics of the District 1-2 Analytical Note (I) Census concepts Rural and Urban areas, Urban Agglomeration, Census House/House­ holds, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Literates, Main Workers, Marginal Workers, Non-workers, etc 3-5 (II) History of the District Census Handbook Includmg scope of village and Town Directory and 6-11 Primary Census Abstract (Iii) Introduction, History of the dlstnct and Its formation, phYSical features, Mmeral resourses, climate and rainfall, forest, land and land use, Irrigation, agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, trade "and commerce, transport and communications, electnclty, educat'Oo...."1dus- tries, public health, temples and places of tounst and hlstdllle' fllaportance 12-21 (IV) Brief analYSIS of the Village/Town Directory data based on mset tables 22-47 PART A VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section I: Village Directory 49 Note explaining the CDdes used in village Directory. 50-51 I) Kovllpattl C D Blpck 53 (I) Alphabetical list of Villages 55 (II) Village Directory Statement £.6-63 2) Kayattar C D Block 65 I) Alphabetical list of Villages 66-67 II) Village Directory Statement 68-77 3) Vllattlkulam C D Block 79 I) Alphabetical hst of Villages 80-81 II) Village Directory Statement 82-91 4} Pudur C D Block 93 I) Alphabetical list of Villages 94-95 II) Village Directory Statement 96-105 5) Ottappldaram C D Block 107 I) Alphabetical list of Villages 108-109 II) Village Directory Statement 110-119 6) Tutlconn CD Block 121 ,) Alphaoetlca! list of Villages 123 II) Village Directory Statement 124-127 111 Page No 7) Snvalkuntam C D Block 129 I) AlphabetIcal Itst of vIllages 131 II) Village DIrectory Statement 132-137 8) Karunkulam C D Block 139 I) AlphabetIcal list of villages 141 II) Village DIrectory Statement 142-147 9) Tlruchendur C 0 Block 149 i) AlphabetIcal list of villages 151 II) VIllage DIrectory Statement 152-153 10) Udangudl C 0 Block 155 I) AlphabetIcal list of villages 157 il) Village O[ectory Statement 158-161 II) Alwarthlrunagan C D Block 163 I) AlphabetIcal list of Villages 165 II) Village DIrectory Statement 166-171 12) Sattankulam CD Block 173 I) AlphabetIcal list of Villages 175 II) Village DIrectory Statement 176-179 Annexure-I Statement shOWing the C D. Blocks included in various taluks 181 Appendix-I C D Block Abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenities 182-185 Appendix-II Land utIlisation data In respect of Non-Municipal Towns 186-188 Appendix-III C D Blockwlse list of Villages where no amenities are available 189 Appendix-IV List of VIllages accordIng to the proportIon of Scheduled Castes 190-216 and Scheduled Tnbes to the total population by range~ SECTJONII 217 Town Directory Note explaining the codes used In Town Directory. 219-221 Statement-I Status and Growth History. 222-229 Statement-II PhYSical Aspects and Location of Towns, 1989. 230-234 Statement-III MUniCipal Finance, 1988-89 235-238 Statement-IV CIVIC and other amenttles, 1989 239-242 Statement-lV-A" CIVIC and other amenttles In notified slums, 1989 243-246 Statement-V Medical, Eoucatlonal, and Cultural facIlities, 1989, 247-253 Statement-VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and banking, 1989 254-257 Appendix Towns shOWing their outgrowths with population. 258 tV Page No PARTB Primary Census Abstract 259 A: DIstrict Primary Census Abstract- C D Blo:k-wlse 260-299 B: VIllage and TownWlse Primary Census Abstract by CD Block I. Kovllpattl C 0 Block 300-311 (I) VIllage Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Pnmary Census Abstract ') Kayattar C 0 Block 312-323 (I) Village Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Primary Census Abstract 3. Vllattlkulam C D. Block 324-335 (I) Village Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Primary Census Abstract 4. Pudur C 0 Block 336-347 Village Pnmary Census Abstract 5. Ottappldaram CD Block 348-359 Village Pnmary Census Abstract 6. Tutlconn C D Block 360-367 (I) Village Primary Census Abstract (If) Urban Prrmary gensus Abstract 7. Snvalkuntam C D Block 368-375 (I) Village Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Pnmary Census Abstract 8. Karunkulam C D Block 376-383 VIllage Pnmary Census P,bstract 9. Tlrucl1endur C D Block 384-387 (I) VIllage Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Primary Census Abstract 10 Udangudl C D Block 388-395 (I) Village Primary Census Abstract (II) Urban Pnmary Census Abstract 11. Alwarthlrunagan C D Block 396-403 (I) VIllage Primary Census Abstract (Ii) Urban Primary Census Abstract 12. Sattankulam C D Block 404-411 (I) VIllage Pnmary Census Abstract (II) Urban Primary CensuS Abstract v Page No Urban Primary Census Abstract (within Town, ward-wise PCA) 412-479 Appendix-I Total SC/ST PopulatlOn-Urban-Block-wlse 480-545 Appendix-II Villages Incuded In each town. 546-547 Appendix-III Taluk Primary Census Absract 548-551 District Primary Census abstract for SC/ST - C.D Block Town-Wise 552-587 VI Foreword Publication of the District Census Handbook~ (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations/modifications after each decen­ nial Census. This is the most valuble district level publication brought out by Census organ­ isation on behalf of each state Government/union Territory administration. It inter-alia provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and socio-economic charac­ teristics and on the availability of certain important civic amenities/facilities in each village -and town of the repective districts. ThiS publication has thus provided to be of Immense util­ ity to the planners, adminrstrators, aCademicians and researchers. The scope of the DCH was Initially confined to certain important census tables on population,economic and socio-cultural aspects as also the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town (ward-wise) of the district. The DCHs published after the 1961 Census contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics. Census ta­ bles and village and Town Directories including PCA. After the 1971 Census, two parts of the District census Handbooks (part-A) Comprising village and town Directory and Part-B comprising village and Town PCA) were released in all the states and union T erritoriesies. The third Part (c) of the District census Handbooks compriSing administrative statistics and district census tables, which was also be to brought out, could not be published in many StateslUTs due to considerable delay in compilation relevant material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of village and Town Directory were intro­ duced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Cen­ sus. While Part-A comprised village and Town Directories the PCA of villages and towns (ward-wise) including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe PCA upto tehsil/town level were: provided in Part-B. To illustrate all the amenities except electricity, were brought to­ gether in the village Directory and if an amenity was not available in the referrent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Infor­ mation on some new Items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and community health workers in the Village were provided so as to meet some of the require­ ments of the Revtsed Minimum Needs programme. Similarly, information on approach to the village was also provided for the first time in 1981 in the village Directory so as to give an idea about the number of inaccessible villages in each district. It. case of Town Directo­ riet also, keeping in view the requirements of the Mi~imum 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 details 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 Caste and Scheduled Tribe Population and another on a(:fult literacy classes/centres were added in statements IV and V respectively. 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 viI has been given as against four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition to this the sex-wise population in the 0-6 age-group has also been inculded in PCA for the first time with a view to enabling data users 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 modification will help the planners in chalking out more effective developmental programmes. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 census is the community Devel­ opment Block-level presentation of data in the village Directory and PCA instead of the tradtional TehsillTaluk/PS level presentation. It is expected -that the presentation of village Directory and PCA data at C. 0, Block level will help the planners in formulation of micro­ level developmental plans, as the C.D. Block is the lowest administrative unit for devlop­ mental planning In order to facilitate the task of adminstrators, planners and researchers intending to use Village Directory/PCA data, either from the magnetic tapes/floppies or from the publish­ ed records, both the computer and manual codes for each vnlage have been provided for the 1991 Census along with the corresponding codes of 1981 This publication is a joint ventul'e of the State GovernmentlUT administration and the census organisation.