CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-33 TAMILNADU DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - A TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY c.i'r Cfj I fl4 ~ PEOPLE ORiENTED Dr. C. Chandramouli of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu ..," " • COURTALAM WATER FALLS Courtalam w ,ater falls is located at Tenkasi Taluk of Tirunelveli District. This water falls provides an important trourist attraction and there is a famous health resort. The water falls from '0 height of 90 metres from top of the hills. The season commences from the month of June and ends in the month of September every year. ," (iii) Contents Pages Foreword Xl Preface XllI I Acknowledgements xv Map of Tirunelveli District XVII District Highlights - 2001 XIX Important Statistics of the District, 2001 XXI Ranking of Taluks in the District XXl11 Summary Statements from 1 - 9 Statement 1: NMne of \he headquarters of Di~trictrta\uk, their ~r~\';'\_\Ib~n, status and distan,ce fr9m D~s~qct.h.ead~uarters. 2001 Statement 2: Name of the headquarters of District/CD block, their XXVI rural-urban status and distance 'from District headquarters, 2001 Statement J: Population of the: District at each census from 1901 to '2001 XXVll j'. -, \ Statement. 4: Area, number of villages!towns and population in District xx.vm and Ta1uk, 2001 Statement 5: CD ~lockwise nu~be~ of villages and r:ural_population, 2001 XXXll Statement 6: Population of urban agglomerations {including constituent units/ . mm towns),2001 Statement 7': Villagys with popB._lation of 5,000 and above at CD block level XXXiV as per'2001 census and, amenities available" l Statement 8: _Statutory towns wiih., population less than 5.000 as per 2001 XXX.VI census and amenities available Statement 9: Houseless and jnstitution~i population of Taluks,' XXXVI rural and uiban~ 2001 Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of the District Census tIand book 3 ! (li) Brief History of the District 3 I (iii) Administrative set-up 4 t' (iv) Physical features 5 (v) Cens us concepts 14 (vi) Non-Census concepts 19 (v) Pages (vii) Census 200 I findings 23 Distribution of population in Rural and Urban areas; Size. Class and Status of Towns; Population Growth~ Density and Sex 'Ratio~ Literacy~ Economic Activity~ Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Religion (viii) Brief analysis of data based on inset tables 1 to 52 27' (ix) Major Social and Cultural events in the District - Fairs and festivals of Tirunelveli 88 (x) Places of tourist interest in the district. 88 \ (xi) Major Characteristics of the District, contribution of the district in the form' of any historical figure associated with the district. (xii) Scope of Village and Tuwn Directory 90 Part A .. Village and Town Directory Section I .. Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in the village directory 95 (b) List of villages merged in towns and, outgrowth at 200 1 99 (c) CD block w,ise presentation of Village Directory Data 101 1. VASUDEVANALLUR CD BLOCK 0) Map of Sivagiri Taluk 103 (ii) Alphabetical List of ViUages a!ongwith location code 1991 and 2001 105 (ill) ViIlageDireciory 106 2. SANKARANKOIL CD BLOCK (i) Map of Sankarankoil Taluk 117 (li) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwit.h location code' 1991 and 200 1 119 (iii) Village Directory 120 3. KURUVIKULAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200 1 131 (ll) Village Directory 132 4. MELANEELIDANALLUR CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 151 (li) Village Directory 152 (vi) Pages 5. KADAYANALLUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Tenkasi Taluk 163 (ii) Alphabe.tical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200.1 165 (iii) V~lIage Directory 166 - 6. SHENKOTTAI,CD BLOCK (i) Map of Shenkottai Taluk 175 (ii) AlphabetiCaFList of Villages alongwith Jocation code 1991 and 2.001 177 (iii) Village Directory 178 7. TENKASICDBLOCK (i) Alphabetical List ofV~llages.alongwithlocation code 1991 and 2001 '183 (it) Village Directory 184 8, 'KEEZHAPAVUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Veer~keralamputhur Taluk 193 (ii) Map of Alangulam Taluk 195 . , (iii) Alphabetical List of Villages aJop.gwith location code 19Y 1 and.200 1 197 (iv) Vi~lage Directory lQ8 9. ALANGlThAMr CD. BLOCK- ~ l ' (j) Alphabetical Lis! of Villages al~ngwith location code 1991. and,~QOl 207 (n) ViJIage Directory 208 10. MANUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Tirunelveli Taluk 221 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alougwith location code 1991 and 2001 223 \ ,(iii) Village Directory 226 11. PAPPAKKUDI CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List ofVilhi;ges alongwith locationcode ,1991 and 2091 247 (n) Village Directory 248 12. KADAYAM CD BLOCK (i) Map of Ambasabudram Taluk 259 . I ' (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location 'code 1991 and 200.1 261 I I' (ill) Village Directory 262 13. AMBASAMUDRAM CD BLOCK' (i) Alphabetical List of Villages along with location code 1991 and 2001 273 (ii) Village Direc'tory 274 (vii) Pages ._, l4. CHERANMADEVI CD BLOCK (i) Alphab~tical List of Villages a10ngw ith location code 1991 and 2001 283 (li) Village Directory 284 15. PALAYAMKOTIAI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Palayamkottaii Taluk 293 (ii) Alphabetical List ,of Vi] Iages al ongwirh .location code 1991 and 2001 295 (iii) Village Directory 296 16. NANGUNERI CD BLOCK (i) Map of Nanguneri Taluk 315 (li) Alphabetical List of-Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 317 (iii) Village Directory 318 17. KALAKAD CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical Lisr of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200 ~ 331 (li) Vi Hage Directory 332 I 18. VALLIYUR CD BLOCK (i) Map of Radhapuram Taluk 343 (ii) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 2001 345 (ill) Vi llage Directory 346 19. RADHAPURAM CD BLOCK (i) Alphabetical List of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200 f 355 (ll) Vi Hage Directory 356 (d) Appendixes to Village Directory Appendix - I Abstract of Educational, Medical and other amenities in villages - CD. block Level Appendix - Iu Villages by number of Primary Schools 370 Appendix - lb Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools 370 , . Appendix - Ie Villages with different sources of drinking water 371 faci lities available Appendix - II . Villages with 5,000 and above ~opulation which do not 372 have one or more amenities Appendix - IIa List of Census Towns which do not have one or more amenities 374 (viii) Pages Appendix - III Land utilisation data in respect of Census 374 towns/non-municipal towns Appendix - IV CD block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity, 375 other than drinking water facility is available I Appendix - V Sun;unary showing number of villages not having: 376 Scheduled Castes population \ Appendix - VI : Summary showing number of villages not having 377 r Scheduled Tribe population. Appendix - VIla: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 378 Ca'stes to the total population by ,ranges Appendix - VIIb: List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 385 Tribes to the total population by ranges Appendix.. - VIII Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat '388 ~ppendix - IX Statement showing number of girls schools jn the vj]Jages 402 Section ,II - Town Directory (i) Note explaining the_abbreviations used in the, TO,wn Directory 403 \ (ii) Town Directory Statements , Statement I ~:J Status and Growth History' 408 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns. 1999 412 Statement III Municipal F~rance" 1998-99 416 . Statement IV Civic and other Amenities, 1999 418 Statement V Medical, Educational. Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 1999 422 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industty and Banking. 1999 434 Statement VII Civic and other amenities in, Slu!TIS. 1999 436 (iii) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing th~ir ~utgrowlh with pupulatlon 448 ~ Part n - Census Abstract Brief note on Primary _Census Abstract 451 District Primary Census Abstract 454 j • Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract 460 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 516 ~ , Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 528 Village Primary Census Abstract - CD blockwise _540 Urban Primary Census Abstract 650 (ix) Pages Annexures Anne xure- I Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat. 766 Annexure- II Fertility and mortality measures. 792 Annexure- III Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage. 793 Annexure- IV Distribution of rnigrant~ by place of birth/place 794 of last residence. ,. Annexure- V Brief account of 'main religions in the district 796 Anne xure- VI Marital status otpopulati'on in the district. 797 Annexure- VII Age, sex and educational level ,iD the district. 798 Annexure-VIII Distribution ,of different mother tongues retu,rued. , 799 {x} Foreword , . I he District Census Handbook (DCHB) 'published by Census Organisation I, since T 1951 census, is one of the important publications in the context of planning and deveJopme'nt at grassroots levef. The publication; which is brought out fo~ ea<;h district, contains several demographic and socia-economic characteristics village-wise and town-wise of the district alongwith the status of availability of civi~ amenities, infrastructural facilities,, etc. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Tabl~s an~ Primary' Census Abstract (PCA) pf each village and tow~ within the district. 'Thereafter, at successive censuses, it~ sc;ope ~md'c'overage has been _enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a des~riptive aceD,unt of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory includi"ng PCA. The '1971 census-DCHB series was in three parts: 'Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B ~o village an'd townPCA and Part­ e comprised analytical report, admini'strati ve statistics, district census tablesand certain arialytical tables based on,PCA and amenity data in respecfofvillages.