CENSUS O'F INDIA 1981 SERIES-3 : ASSAM DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK' PART XIII-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY DIBRUGARH DISTRICT N.K.CHOUDHURY of the Indian Administrative Service DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ASSAM Printed at GlfWA PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS KAHILIPARA, GUWAHATI-181 019 CONTENTS Pag8.$ 'Foreword AI-All Preface B. J. Analytical Note I-XXXVIII 2. Village Directory 1-355 Note explaining the codes used in the viIJage Directory (3) Sadyia P.S. Alphabetical list of villages (7) Amenities and land used (to) Doomdooma P.S.-Alphabetical list of villages (30) Amenities and land used (36) Tinsukia P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (76) Amenities and land used (78) Digboi P.S. Alphabetical Jist of villages (95) Amenities and land used (98) Margherita P.S. - Alphabetical list of villages (1l8) Amenities and land used (120) Bordubi P.S. -Alphabetical list of villages (138) Amenities and land used (144) Chabua P.S.-Alphabetical list of villages (186) Amenities and land used (188) Dibrugarh P,S. - Alphabetical list of villages (201) Amenities and land used (206) Moran P.S. Alphabeti­ cal list of villags (245) Amenities and land used (250) Joypur P.S.­ Alphabetical list of villages (294) Amenities and land used (302). Appendix (I) 356-359 Police Station wise abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenites. Appendix (n) 360 Land Utilisation Date in Respect pf Non-municipal Town's. Appendix (III) 361-372 Police station wise list of viJlages where no Amenities other than Drinking water are available. 3. Section (ll) Town Directory 373-389 Note Explaining the codes used in the Town Directory (375) State­ ment-I Status and Growth History (378) Statement-II Physical Aspects and Location of Town 1979 (.180) Statemen,t-III Municipal Finance 1978-79 (382) Statement-IV Civic and other amenities 1979 (384) Statement-V Medic;:al, Educational. Recreational and cultural Facilities, 1979 (386) Statement-VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking, 1979 (388). FOREWORP The District Census Handbook (De H), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State ~overnments. is: one of' the: most Valuable prOducts' of the Census. The DCa is constantly refened to by,: p~a~rs.:", aclministratots. academicians alJd r~archers. It· is ,infe,. alia used, for delirnitatiQn of c~Rstituencies. formulation of local level and ,regional plans:.and a5 an aid to District admiAistratiori. It provides . useful data on infrastructure and a~nitj~~: in 'villages 8Ild towns. The District Census Handb9(lk series was initiated during the 1951 Censtis. It contained important census ·tables and peA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the di<.:trict. admini-;trative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory, including PCA •. The ,1971 DCH Series was planned, in . three parts. Part-A related to village and tOWtl directory, Part-B to .village and town' peA and Part-C comprised ana1ytical report. administrative statistics, district c~nsus tables and' certain analytical tables based on peA and aqtepity data in respect of villages;., . However,' in some states Part-C was confined to. district census tables and· in a few cases altogether" given up due to delay in comp~lation anq p~inting. Whil~ designing the format iof 1981 DCH 'ser~es some new featu~es ~ al~ng with the restructuring of the format of village and town directory have' been· at,lempted. At the same time, comparability wjth th~ 1971 data has also been; k~pt in view. All the amenities except power supply in the viJJage have heen brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the qistance in broad ranges from the nearest place wher~ the amenity is avai(;lbl~ may b! gi v~n. The r~structuring of the form'v of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure ac;pect particularly in relation to amenities and 1afld-use pattern is expected !o further meet the need of micro level planning for rural area. [t is expected to help not only in local. area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as weH as to minimise the regional imbalance~ in the process of deve10pment A few now items of the information have also' been . introduced" to meet some of the requirements of the Revi-sed Minimum Nell!ds 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 village directory with this objective in mind. The new iteme on approach to the village is to' have an idea aeout the villages in the district which are inacccssibk A-I The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requi­ rements of 1he Minimum Needs Programme by providing information, -on a few new items. A new statement on civic aod other amenities in slums in class-l and class-II towns (Statement IV-A) has ,bun iptrodw:ep with this obj{ctive in mind. It is expected tbat this will help the plann~s to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. '$ince "the 1981, Census could noL be conducted in Assam, only Part-A contai· ning village· 'and town, directory is being published for the State.,' Further~ even in part-A some of innovations. introduCed in dle' 1981 DCH series in otller States" which 'Were based on census dat~ ltaV." been dropped,. At the beginning of the village ahd town directory an analytical Dote supported by inset tables based on nonrensus data in relation, to the infrastructure has been introduced to make it more useful. The district and police-station level'maps depicting the boundaries" 'and- other Important features have been inserted at : apprepriate places' to enhance the 'utility· of the publication; '. 'This pubficatiQil is a joint' venture 0.£ the State Government and t.he Census organisation, The data have been collected and compiled in' the State under' thc direction of Shri N. K. Choudhury, IAS~ the Director of Census Operations~ Assam on behalf of the State' Government which has borne the cost of: printing'. 'The task Of planning, designing and co-ordination of this' publica.tion was c3rried out by 'Dr ~ N.G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office. Dr. 8.K,. Roy, Deputy Registrar General (Map). provided the ,technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data. .received from Census DireCtorates have been', scrutinised' in _the Sociaf' 'St.udres Division ,itt the headquarters_ llDder the guidance of Shri M. M. ilua, Se,nior" R~search . Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. New D~lhi 2nd Septem.ber$' 19.8~. eneJal* India. A-tI PREFAGE The District Census Handbook (DCH) which constitutes one of most important census publications, made its first appearance in 1951 and was immediately acclaimed by a large section of academicians, administrators, planners, policy-makers, researchers scholars and many non-governmental agencies. The form of DCH has undergone considerable changes since 1951 to accomodate more and more information as demanded by the actual users of the handbooks. The 1981 Census publication programme envisaged publication of nCH in two parts: Part A related to village and Town Directory and Part B to General Population Tables, Village & Town wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA) and PCA for scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes. Since the 1981 Census could not be conducted in AS'sam we have to restrict publication of our DCH 10 part A only. Further, even in part A, some of innovations introduced in. the 1981 DCH based on Census data could not be incorporated. The data presented in this volume had been collected and compiled under the guidance of Shri N. K Choudhury, who was Director of Census Operations. A&sam till January, 1983. The tables and statements have been prepared by a team of dedicated workers in this office who have worked whole heartedly on the job. Shri N. Bhattacharjee. Assistant Director (T) besides being in overall charge of supervision has prepared the analytical note in which he was ably assisted by Shri S. K Baruah, Investigator G.K. Dutta. S.A and T. D. Sinha, S.A of this Directorate. Shri S. K. Baruah, Investigator has rendered yeoman's service in all stages of production of this handbook. Dr. R. Kumar, Geographer has done corrmendable job in preparation of the maps ot district and police stations. We are grateful to Dr. N. G. Nag. the then Deputy Registrar General (Social studies) and Dr. B. K. Roy, Deputy Registrar General (~), India for all the assistance we received from them in preparation of the tables and statements and drawing of District and Police Station maps. Above all, we are deeply indebted t0t Shri Padmanlbha, Ex-Registrar General, India and Shri V. S Verma, present Registrar General, India for their unfailing guidance and constant inspiration in bringing out this publication. Guwahati J C. Bhuyan. December ], 1989. Deputy Director of Census Operations, Assam. B ANALYTICAL NOTE i Concepts: ration, cantonment board or notified town area; Though "the 1981 Census could not be (b) . All other pla~s which satisfied the , c~nd\1Cted!;'iDi Assam. the ,census conceptes f olAowiqg criteria : as' adopted in other parts of tht" country are discussed in the following paragraphs for a . i] A minimum population of 5,000; general knowledge of the 'reader. " Ii] At least 75% of the male working popUlation engaged in non-agricultural ;Rnrill an' tJrbad Areas: (and allied) economic purSuit; , Toe clas~ifteatron of the population ot a iii] A density of population of at least 90untry as rUfal and urban at a census is well­ 400 per square kilometre' ( 1,000 per recognised di,chotomy all oyer the world.