CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES - 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH PART XII - A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN·WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT TAPAN SENAPATI Director of Census Operations, Arunachal Pradesh Jlrunaclia[ Pradesfi is a tfiin[y popu[ated fii[[y tract eying rougMy between tfie Latitudes 2~ 28'?(_ and 29° 31' fJ{_ and tfie Longitudes 91° 30' 'E and 9;0 30' 'E on tlie IJ{prtfi 'East e;r.tremity of India, comprising rougMy of 83,743 Xj[ometre squares of area. It is bounded on tlie IJ{prtfi, 'J{prtfi-'East ana IJ{prtfi-West 6y Cliina tIi6et), on tlie Soutli by Jlssam and fJ{_aga[an~ on tfie Sout!i.-'East 6y Myanmar ('13urma) and on t!i.e West 6y tB!i.utan. rrfie Pradesfi is k_nown to 6e ricfi in j(ora, fauna, power and minera{ potentia(. Wfien tfie 1971 Census was taK!.n in Jlrunacfia( Pradesfi, tfie area was I(p.own as tfie IJ{prt!i. 'East :frontier J1.gency (fJ{_'E:f5l in sliort) wliicfi 'loas constitutiona[[y a part of tlie state of 5lssa·m. J1. t tfiat time fJ{_'E:fJ1. was direct[y administered 6y tlie President of Inaia tlirougfi: tlie governor of J1.ssam as fiis agent, wlio was assisted 6y an J1.dviser. tJlie office of tlie J1.dviser to tlie governor of J1.ssam was situated at Slii[{ong, tlie former capita[ of tlie 5'Lssam State, now tfie Capita{ of Megfia{aya. On 21st January, 1972 tJ{E:f5l was given tfie status of a Vnion tJerritory unaer tlie provision of tfie IJ{prtfi-'Eastern J1.rea ('R.f.organisation) J1.ct, 1971 (8 of 1971) ana p{acea under tfie cfiarge of a Cfiief Commissioner witfi fiis lieadquarters at Slii{{ong. Wlien ?{_'E:f.f1.. became a 'Union Territory in January, 1972 ana renamea as 5frunaclia{ Pradesfi, Itanagar was se[ectea as its capitaL On tfie 15tli day of J1.ugust, 1975 tfie 'Union tJerritory of 5frunacfia{ Prades!i. was endowed witli a Legis(ative J1.ssem6[y and Simu{taneous{y tfie Cfiief Commissioner was rep{aced by Lt. governor as tfie admi!1istrator of tfte l1nion tJerritory assistea 6y tfie (fiief Minister ana a ca6inet offour ~inisters to rim tfie government of tfiis newry formed 'Union rrerritory. tJfie first genera[ erection to tfie 30 members of J1.runacfia[ Pradesfi Legis{ative f4ssem6{y was fieM in 1978, constitu~ing a {andmark_ in tfie poCitica[ evo{ution of tlie rrerritory. On tlie 20tfi :february, 1987 5'lrunae:fia{ Pradesfi fiad attainea tfie statefiooa. On tlie attainment of stateliood tfie Lieutenant governor of tlie tJerritory was reaesignatea as tlie governor of tfie State and tfie number of seats in tfie Legis[ative Jlssem6[y liaa a[so 6een increased upto 60 according{y. tJi{{ May, 1980, J1.runacfia{ Pradesfi consisted of five districts. runaer tfie Jlrunaclia{ Praaesfi 'l\!--organisation of 1Jistricts Jlct, 1980, four more districts were formea 6y aividing tfie areas of 1(ameng, Su6ansiri, Siang ana Lofiit 'Districts. tJirap 'District was not affectea 6y tnat 1\!--organisation 5Ict. :furtl1er on tl1e 1st day of OctoGe1i 1984 two more new 'Districts viz rrawang and Cl1ang(ang were deatetf 6y curving out West XFmeng ana tJirap 'Districts respective[y_ Jl t present tfiere are deven 1Jistricts in tfie State namefy, tJawang, West XFmeng, 'East 1(ameng, Lower Su6ansiri, rupper Su6ansiri, West Siang, 'East Siang, 'Di6ang o/a({ey, Lofiit, Cnang[ang aId rrimp. 1. Foreword 2. Preface Including acknowledgements iii 3. Map of India showing Location of the District 4. Map of Arunachal Pradesh showing location of the District 5. Map of Dlbang Valley District 6. Important Statistics v AnalytIcal Note : (i) Census concept of rural and urban areas and others terms namely 1-5 Census house, household Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, literates, Main Worker, Marginal Worker, Non-Worker etc. (ii) Brief history of the District and District Census Handbook. 6 (III) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory statement. 7 (Iv) Major Characteristic of the District. 8 (v) Brief analysis of the Village and Town Directory data based on 12-20 Inset Table. ",rt A • Vl/lage and Town Directory 7. Section I. Village Directory (a) For each C. D. Block/Circle (i) C. D. Block/Circle map (iI) Alphabetical list of villages 22-23 (iii) Note explaining the codes used in the village Directory 25 (iv) Village Directory 26-49 (b) Appendices (I-IV) to the Village Directory 52-59 8. Section II - Town Directory (i) Note explaining the codes used in the Town Directory 63 (Ii) Town Directory Statements ( I to VI ) 64-66 (iii) Appendix to the Town Directory 66 I Part B • Primary Census Abstract A. District PCA Circle - wise- Total, Rural, Urban 68-71 B. Circle-wise-PCA For each C. D. Block/Circle (i) Village-wise PCA } 74-109 (II) Town-wise PCA (Within the town, ward-wise PCA) C. Appendix to PCA (Total, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 112 population Urban block-wise) D. District PCA of SC/ST Circle/Town level 114-121 E. List of Publications and List of Agents I N.B.: Maps of District Census Hand Books could not be Incorporated due to unavoidable reasons. Maps of District Census Hand Books will be published sepBrately as supplement to the respective District Census Hand Book. FOREWORD Publication of the District Census Handbooks (DCHs) was initiated after the 1951 Census and is continuing since then with some innovations/modifications after each decennial Census. This is the most valuable district level publication brought out by the Census Organisation on behalf of each State Govt./Union Territory administration. It inter -alia provides data/information on some of the basic demographic and soclo- economic characteristics and on the availability of certain important civic amenities/facilities in each village and town of the respective districts. This publication has thus prQved to be of immense utility to the planners, administrators, 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 tables and Village and Town Directories including PCA. After the 1971 Census, two parts of the District Census Handbooks (Part- A comprising Village and Town Directories and Part- B comprising Village and Town PCA) were released in all the States and Union Territories. The third Part (C) of the District Census Handbooks comprising administrative statistics and district census tables, which was also to be brought out, could not be published in many StatesJUTs due to considerable delay in compilation ot relevant material. In 1981, some new features alongwith the restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were introduced in the DCHs. These were published in two parts for each district after the 1981 Census. 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 leve! wore provided in Part-B. To illustrate, all the amenities except electricity, were brought together in the Village Directory and if an amenity was not avaliable in the referrent village, the di~tance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such amenity was given. Informatigo on some new items such as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres and Co,(tlmunlty health workers in the village were provided so as to meet some of the n~.quirel11~nts of the the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Similarly, information on approach \Q the village was also prQllided for the first time in the Village Directory so as to Q.iv~ all idea about the numb~rof i.naccessible villages in each district. In case of Town Directories also, keeping in vie.",! Vw requirements of the Minimum Needs programme, a Statement IV-A on ~llJ~ ~a,s prQvideo S~ as to enable the planners to chalk out the programmes for providing better c.ivt~qRQ~the,r ~menities In the slums. In this statement details on civic and other amenities were ~~r\edf0rthe slums of class I and class II towns. Apart frol"'"llhis, one column on the Scheduled QQ~te§ and Scheduled Tribes population and another on adult literacy classes/centres were "deted in Statements IV and V respectively. The manner of presentation of the DCHs for the 1991 Census is by and large the same a!:! 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 has been given as against four-fold industrial olassification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition to this, the sex-wise population In the 0-6 age - group has also been included in PCA for the first ti{T1e ~ith a viaw t~ enabling data users to compute more realistic literacy rate as all children @(3I~w"1 Y'ean'l of age have been treated as illiterate at the time of the 1991 Census. It is expected tha,t ql:)ove mentioned modification will help the planners in chalking out more effective pevelopmental programmes. One of the most important innovations in the 1991 Census is the Community Develop­ ment Block-level presentation of data in the Village Directory and PCA instead of the traditional TahslVTaluklPS level presentation. It is expected that the presentation of Village Directory and PCA data at C.