CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES 23 WEST BENGAL . DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART XIII-A VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY BIRBHUM DISTRICT s. N. GHOSH of the Indian Administrative Service DIR1:CTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS WEST BENGAL Price: (Inland) Rs. 15-00 Paise ( Foreign) £ 1-75 or 5 $ 40 Cents PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, WEST BENGAL AND PRINTED BY JOYMA KALI PRESS 90 B. C. ROAD, BURDWAN-713101 CONTENTS Pages Foreword V Preface VII Acknowledgements ]X Important Statistics XI Analytical Note 1-35 (i) Census Concepts : Rural and urban areas, Census House, Household, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Literates, Main workers, Marginal workers, Non-workers etc. (ii) Brief history of t~!l District Census Handbook. (iii) Scope. of Village DirectatV and Town Directory. (iv) Brief history of the District. lV) Physical Aspects. (vi) Major Characteristics. (vii) Place of Religious. Historical or Archaeological importance in the villages and place of tourists interest. (viii) Brief analysis of Village and Town Directory data. Section-I: Village Directory 1. Muraroi Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 37 (b) Village Directory Statement 40 2. Nalhati Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 55 (b) Village Directory Statement 58 3. Rampurhat Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 72 (b) Village Directory Statement 76 4. Mayureswar Police Station (a) Alphabetical list ~f villages ·96 (b) Village Directory Statement 100 5. Muhammad Bazar Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 125 lb) Village Directory Statement 128 6. Rajnagar Police Station (a) .Alphabetical list of villages 144 (b) Village Directory Statement 146 ,,, 7. Klloyrasole POlice StatiOlit (a) Alphabetical list of viltages. 175 {b} Village Directory Statement 160 8. Dubrajpur Police Station (a) Arp'habetical list of villages 176 (I)..) Village Directory Statement 180 9'. Suri Poliee Station (a} Alphabeticat'list of vilfages 202 {tr) Village Directory Statement 206 to. IlIamMzar Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 226 (b) ViHage Directory Statement 230 11. Sainthia Poliee Station (a) Arphabetical list of villages 242 tb) Vitlages Directory Statement 246 12. BoJpur Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of vi lieges 269 (b) VlIIage Directory Statement 272 13. Labbpur Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 291 (b) ViUage Directory Statement 294 14. Nanoor Police Station (a) Alphabetical list of villages 314 (b) Village Dtrectory Statement 316 Appendix"1 Police Stationwise Abstract of Amenities, 330 Appendix-n land utilisation data in respect of Non-Municipal Town. 334 Appendix-Ill Police Stationwise List of village where no amenities are available. 335-345 Appendix-IV List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to the total po'pulation by Ranges. 346-400 Section II Town Directory Statement Status and Growth History 402 Statement II Physical Aspects and location of iTown 1979 404 Statement III Municipal Finance 1978-1979 406 Statement IV Civic and other aminities 1979 408 Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and cuttural facilities 1979 410 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 1979 412 FOREWORD The district census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State Governments, is one of the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alla used for delimitation of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The district census handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The district census handi,)ook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA 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 district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory, including PCA. The 1971 DC H series 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 rfPort, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some states it was confined to district census tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the formats of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 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 amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the ametity is available may be given. The restructuring of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning bunegulating 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 inrormation have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, Primary health subcentres, and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the village directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the dictrict which are inaccessible. A r.tew column, "total population and number of hou'seholds" 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 of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. J VI "(he formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the ~inimum Needs Programme by providing inf<;lfCllation on a few new items. A new state· ~ent on civic and other amenities in slums in Class-I and Class-II towns (Stat<3ment 11-A ) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help t~e planners to chalk out programmes on provision of.cjvic amenities for the improvement of slums. The columns on Scheduled Castes and Schoduled Tribes population in statement IV relating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres unCler educational facilities in statement V are also added inter olio with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of arfleriities in urban areas of the country can be 'best analysed by taking the class of towns into considerations. The addition of the columns on civic ad.ministration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. T~e format of the primary census abstract for the villages and towns has bee!) formulated in ~he light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through tne inqividual slip of 1981 Census. I n order to avoid'delay in publication of 1981 D'CH series it has been so deSigned that Part-A of the volume contains village and town directory and, Part B, the PCA of villa!10s and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Police Station! To~n levels. At the beginning of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a nu~ber of inset tables based on PCA and non census data in relation to th~ infrastructure has\been introduced to enhance its value. The district and Police Station level maps depicting the boundaries and oth er important features have been inserted at appropriate p\a1es, to fUfther enhance the value of the publication. Thi~ pu!ilication IS a joint venture of t~e ,Stqte Government and the Census Organisation. The ldata have been collected and compiled in the state under the direction of ·Shri S. N. Ghoph, I. A. S, the Director of Census Operations, West Bengal on behalf of the State Gov~rnme~t which ~as b:J~ne .. the cost of ~rinting. The ~ask of planning, deSigning. and co-ordinatIon of thIs publrcallon was earned out by Shn N. G. Nag, Deputy RegIstrar Genqral ( Social Studies) of my office. Dr. B. 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 Social Studies Division at the headquarters- under the guidance of Shr; M. M. Dua, Senior Research Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. P. PADMANABHA New Delhi Registrar General, India the 26th April, 1982 :PREFACE The District Census Hand Book complied by the Census Directorate, West-Bengal. on behalf of the Govt. o{West Bengal, containing Censut Statistics besides other invaluable data of importance for use by the State Govt., district administration, r,esearch scholars and various other data-users owes its origin to 1951 Census. The present publication of 1981 Census is fourth in the series. The Census of 1981 was conducted in February, 1981 with sunrise of 1st March, 1981 a~ reference date under the stewardship of Shri S.