SERIES-32 PART XII-A

DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK

VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY

DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS

LAKSHADWEEP

LAKSHADWEEP

LAKSHADWEEP

Census of India 2011

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CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

LAKSHADWEEP

SERIES-32 PART XII-A

DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKVillage and Town Directory

LAKSHADWEEP

Directorate of Census Operations, Lakshadweep

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MOTIF

Minicoy Island assumed a great importance by virtue of its strategic location after opening SuezCanal in 1869 which shortened the sea distance between Europe and Far East by 4000 miles. The Britishgovernment in consultation with Lord Rippon, the then Governor General took a decision in 1882 to con-struct a Light House in this Island. As this Island was full coconut trees it was envisaged to construct 49 meterhigh Light house tower to provide all round visibility. The foundation stone was laid in 1883 and ceremonyof lying was performed by Miss Howah Manika the youngest daughter of Amin of Minicoy Mr. Bephanu.Mason and other skilled labourers were initially brought from Gallie (Shri Lanka) who were early employedfor building Light Houses at Bases (Ceylon). But local Islanders proved themselves equally competent invery short time. The tower was constructed in brick masonry and the black bricks used was as hard stone,which was specially brought from “ Birmmingham of England and special adhesive compound from Hol-land”. The construction of Light House was completed in March 1884 and lighting equipment consisted of akerosene wick lamp enclosed by a lantern was installed in December 1884 by a skilled mechanic fromLondon. The Light house was formally commissioned on 2nd February 1885 in the presence of Amin ofMinicoy and Sir James Douglas who had specially come from England. In 1928 the wick lamp was replaced bypetroleum Vapour burner increasing luminous intensity considerably. Until 1934 then Light House wasunder the direct control of board of Trade London and there after it was completely transferred along withLight Houses of Ceylon and Burma to a Board appointed by board of trade London. Although India attainedher Independence on 15th August 1947 the British Government did not transfer the administration of Lighthouse till April 1956. The Dejure transfer of administration to the Government of India has to wait furthertill 19th September 1963. As both houses of British Parliament has to pass a requisite legislation whichrequire the assent of Queen of England. A pride of our nation the Minicoy Light house was standing magnifi-cently beyond a century, guiding courageous mariner irrespective of the nation they belong, the languagethey speak and colour of their skin. With a magnanimous look always heralding a path of Light from Dark-ness “ LEAD KINDLY LIGHT” on the vedic hymn “THAMASOMA JYOTHIR GAMAYA”.

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CONTENTS

Pages

1. Foreword 7

2. Preface 9

3. Acknowledgements 10

4. History and scope of the District Census Handbook. 11

5. Brief history of the district. 13

6. Analytical Note 14

Village and Town Directory 79

Brief Note on Village and Town Directory

7. Section I - Village Directory

(a) List of Villages merged in towns and outgrowths at 2011 Census.

(b) Sub-Division Maps

(c) Alphabetical list of Villages along with location code 2001 and 2011.

(d) CD Block wise Village Directory

(e) Appendices to Village Directory

Appendix -I : Summary showing total number of villages having Educational, 124Medical and other amenities in villages – CD Block level.

Appendix I A : Villages by number of Primary Schools. 126

Appendix I B : Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools. 126

Appendix I C : Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities 126available.

Appendix II : Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have 127one or more amenities available.

Appendix -III : Land utilization data in respect of Census towns. 127

Appendix -IV : CD Block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity other 127 than drinking water facility is available.

Appendix - V : Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled 128Caste population.

Appendix VI : Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled 128Tribe population.

Appendix VII A : List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 129Castes to the total population by ranges.

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Appendix VII B : List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled 130Tribes to the total population by ranges.

Appendix VIII : Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat (CD Block wise). 131

8. Section II - Town Directory

(a) Town Directory Statement I - Status and Growth History 137(b) Town Directory Statement II - Physical aspects and location of 138

towns, 2009(c) Town Directory Statement III - Civic and other amenities, 2009 139(d) Town Directory Statement IV - Medical Facilities, 2009 140(e) Town Directory Statement V - Educational, Recreational and cultural 140

facilities, 2009(f) Town Directory Statement VI - Industry and banking, 2009 142(g) Town Directory Statement VII - Civic and other amenities in 142

slums, 2009(h) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with 143

population

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FOREWORD

The District Census Handbook (DCHB) is an important publication of the Census Organization since1951. It contains both Census and non Census data of urban and rural areas for each District. The Census dataprovide information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of population at the lowestadministrative unit i.e. of each Village and Town and ward of the District. The Primary Census Abstract (PCA)part of this publication contains Census data including data on household amenities collected during 1st.phaseof the Census i.e. House Listing and Housing Census. The non Census data presented in the DCHB is in the formof Village Directory and Town Directory contain information on various infrastructure facilities available in thevillage and town viz; education, medical, drinking water, communication and transport, post and telegraph,electricity, banking, and other miscellaneous facilities. Later on, the Telegraph Services were closed by theGovernment of India on 15th July, 2013. The data of DCHB are of considerable importance in the context ofplanning and development at the grass-root level.

2. In the 1961 Census, DCHB provided a descriptive account of the District, administrative statistics,Census tables and Village and Town Directory including Primary Census Abstract. This pattern was changed in1971 Census and the DCHB was published in three parts: Part-A related to Village and Town Directory, Part-B to Village and Town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, District Censustables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of Villages. The 1981 CensusDCHB was published in two parts: Part-A contained Village and Town Directory and Part-B the PCA of Villageand Town including the SCs and STs PCA up to Tahsil/Town levels. New features along with restructuring of theformats of Village and Town Directory were added. In Village Directory, all amenities except electricity werebrought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent Village, the distance in broad rangesfrom the nearest place having such an amenity, was given.

3. The pattern of 1981 Census was followed by and large for the DCHB of 1991 Census except the formatof PCA. It was restructured. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers was given against the four-foldindustrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition, sex wise population in 0-6 age group wasincluded in the PCA for the first time with a view to enable the data users to compile more realistic literacyrate as all children below 7 years of age had been treated as illiterate at the time of 1991 Census. One of theimportant innovations in the 1991 Census was the Community Development Block (CD Block) levelpresentation of Village Directory and PCA data instead of the traditional Tahsil/Taluk/PS level presentation.

4. As regards DCHB of 2001 Census, the scope of Village Directory was improved by including someother amenities like banking, recreational and cultural facilities, newspapers & magazines and ‘most importantcommodity’ manufactured in a Village in addition to prescribed facilities of earlier Censuses. In Town Directory,the statement on Slums was modified and its coverage was enlarged by including details on all slums insteadof ‘notified slums’.

5. The scope and coverage of Village Directory of 2011 DCHB has been widened by including a numberof new amenities in addition to those of 2001. These newly added amenities are: Pre-Primary School,Engineering College, Medical College, Management Institute, Polytechnic, Non-formal Training Centre,Special School for Disabled, Community Health Centre, Veterinary Hospital, Mobile Health Clinic, MedicalPractitioner with MBBS Degree, Medical Practitioner with no degree, Traditional Practitioner and faith Healer,Medicine Shop, Community Toilet, Rural Sanitary Mart or Sanitary Hardware Outlet in the Village, CommunityBio- gas, Sub Post Office, Village Pin Code, Public Call Office, Mobile Phone Coverage, Internet Cafes/ CommonService Centre, Private Courier Facility, Auto/Modified Autos, Taxis and Vans, Tractors, Cycle-pulled

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Rickshaws, Carts driven by Animals, Village connected to National Highway, State Highway, Major DistrictRoad, and Other District Road, Availability of Water Bounded Macadam Roads in Village, ATM, Self-HelpGroup, Public Distribution System(PDS) Shop, Mandis/Regular Market, Weekly Haat, Agricultural MarketingSociety, Nutritional Centers (ICDS), Anganwadi Centre, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist), SportsField, Public Library, Public Reading Room, Assembly Polling station, Birth & Death Registration Office. Inthe Town Directory, seven Statements containing the details and the data of each Town have beenpresented viz.; (i)-Status and Growth History of Towns,(ii)- Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, (iii)-Civic and other Amenities, (iv)-Medical Facilities, (v)-Educational, Recreational & Cultural Facilities, (vi)-Industry & Banking, and (vii)- Civic & other amenities in Slums respectively. CD Block wise data of VillageDirectory and Village PCA have been presented in DCHB of 2011 Census as presented in earlier Census.

6. The data of DCHB 2011 Census have been presented in two parts, Part-A contains Village and TownDirectory and Part-B contains Village and Town wise Primary Census Abstract. Both the Parts have beenpublished in separate volumes in 2011 Census.

7. The Village and Town level amenities data have been collected, compiled and computerized underthe supervision of Shri Marnya Ete, IAS,Director of Census Operations, Lakshadweep. The task of Planning,Designing and Co-ordination of this publication was carried out by Dr. Pratibha Kumari, Assistant RegistrarGeneral (SS) under the guidance & supervision of Dr. R.C.Sethi, Ex-Addl. RGI and Shri Deepak Rastogipresent Addl.RGI. Shri A.P. Singh, Deputy Registrar General, (Map) provided the technical guidance in thepreparation of maps. Shri A.K. Arora, Joint Director of Data Processing Division under the overall supervisionof Shri M.S.Thapa, Addl. Director (EDP) provided full cooperation in preparation of record structure fordigitization and validity checking of Village and Town Directory data and the programme for the generationof Village Directory and Town Directory including various analytical inset tables as well as Primary CensusAbstract (PCA). The work of preparation of DCHB, 2011 Census has been monitored in the Social StudiesDivision. I am thankful to all of them and others who have contributed to bring out this publication in time.

New Delhi (Dr. C.Chandramouli)Dated: - 16-06-2014. Registrar General &

Census Commissioner, India.

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PREFACE

District Census Hand Book is a unique publication brought out un-interruptedly by the CensusOrganization since 1951 Census. The publication is widely used by Administrators, Planners, Demographers,Research Scholars and other data users. It contains village-wise and town-wise demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the district along with the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructuralfacilities etc.

In earlier censuses, District Census Handbooks were published in single volume with two parts.Part-A of DCHB contained Village and Town Directory and Part -B contained Village and Town PrimaryCensus Abstract data for each district. But this time, it is published in two volumes separately for Part-Aand Part-B of each district without changing the nomenclature of DCHB of 2001. This volume contains theVillage and Town Directory .

From 2001 Census onwards, the software designed/created by the Data Processing Division of theOffice of the Registrar General, India has been used for generation of tables. It reduced considerably thetime taken for preparation of the District Census Handbooks. District Census Handbooks are published inElectronic form (pdf files) for the first time during the current Census.

I express my deep gratitude to Dr. C. Chandramouli, Registrar General and Census Commissioner,India, for his encouragement and valuable guidance for completion of this volume within the timeframe.I thank Shri Deepak Rastogi, Additional Registrar General (C&T), Shri A.P. Singh, Deputy Registrar General(Map), Dr. Pratibha Kumari, Assistant Registrar General (SS) of Office of the Registrar General, India fortheir guidance at each step in the preparation of DCHB. Special thanks are due to Shri M.S. Thapa, AdditionalDirector (EDP), Shri Anil Kumar Arora, Joint Director (EDP) and Shri Anurag Gupta, DPA (EDP). Without theiruntiring efforts and support, we could not have completed the District Census Handbooks within this time.They were always willing to listen to our requests and find solution for the problems we faced.

All Departments of the UT Administration co-operated in giving data for inclusion in the publication.I thank the District Collectors, Deputy Collectors/Sub Divisional Officers of every Sub Divisions in the UTwho painstakingly collected and furnished all the information needed by us. I also thank all the Departmentsof the UT Government who co-operated with us in giving the data, especially, Planning and StatisticsDepartment of UT Administration.

I am very much thankful to Shri. P. V. Georgekutty, Assistant Director of Census Operations,Lakshadweep for drafting this volume. In the beginning, non census data for District Census Handbookwere collected under the guidance of Shri. K. Sakthikumar, then Assistant Director of Census Operations.Information for preparation of analytical notes and all data other than Census data were prepared andscrutinized under the guidance of Smt. L. Ajitha, Asst. Director of Census Operations (Kerala) and Shri A.Kidave, Statistical Investigator, Gr.I . My sincere thanks are due to them also. The Statistical InvestigatorsGr. I & II and Compilers who assisted in the work also did a tremendous job. Digitized maps were used in theDistrict Census Handbooks. This has improved the quality of the maps. I thank Shri K. Selvam, SeniorGeographer and Shri K. Shasikanth, Senior Draftsman who helped in expediting the work. My sincerethanks are also due to Shri Francis. K. Manuel, Deputy Director who was in charge of Data Centre, underwhose guidance and supervision, the data entry of Village Directory and Town Directory could be completedtimely. I am grateful to Shri Jose. T. Varghese, Deputy Director under whose guidance and supervision thispublication has been finalised. The effort of many persons have gone into the preparation and publishingof this volume. I take this opportunity to record my gratitude to all of them.

Kavaratti N.RAVICHANDRAN10.03.2016 Joint Director of Census Operations, Lakshadweep

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Name of Officers engaged

Shri N.Ravichandran Joint Director

Shri Francis K Manuel Deputy Director, DCO, Kerala

Shri Jose T. Varghese Deputy Director, DCO, Kerala

Shri P.V. Georgekutty Assistant Director

Smt. L. Ajitha Assistant Director, DCO, Kerala

Shri. A.Kidave Statistical Investigator Gr.I

Compilation , checking of Data and Preparation of CRC

Smt. Biji. C.R. Statistical Investigator Gr.I, DCO, Kerala

Shri.Muthukoya M Statistical Investigator Gr.II

Smt. Jane Jos Statistical Investigator Gr.II, DCO, Kerala

Smt. Rajni Jose Compiler, DCO, Kerala

Shri. Ajith Kumar R. K Data Entry Operator Gr. B , DCO, Kerala

Mapping

Shri K. Selvam Senior Geographer, DCO, Kerala

Shri N.Venu Nair Senior Draughtsman, DCO, Kerala

Shri Shashikanth Senior Draughtsman, DCO, Kerala

Shri S.K.Sajeesh Senior Draughtsman, DCO, Kerala

Data Processing

Shri. V.M.Krishnaraju Data Entry Operator Gr. B , DCO, Kerala

ORGI- Data Processing Division

Shri Jaspal SIngh Lamba Deputy Director

Ms. Usha Assistant Director

Shri Anurag Gupta DPA Grade ‘A ‘

Shri Mukesh Kumar Mahawar DPA Grade ‘A ‘

Ms. Shagufta Nasreen Bhat DPA Grade ‘A ‘

Ms. Shashi Seth Sr. Supervisor

Shri Khem Verma Jadon Sr. Consultant

Shri Yashwant Singh Jr. Consultant

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HISTORY AND SCOPE OF THE DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK

The need of data at the grass root level for the administrative and planning purposes atsub micro level as well as academic studies prompted the innovation of District Census Handbook.District Census Handbook is a unique publication from the Census organization which providesmost authentic details of census and non-census information from village and town level to districtlevel. The District Census Handbook was firstly introduced during the 1951 Census. It containsboth census and non census data of urban as well as rural areas for each district. The census datacontain several demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the lowest administrativeunit i.e. of each village and town and ward of the district. The non census data comprise of dataon availability of various civic amenities and infrastructural facilities etc. at the town and villagelevel which constitute Village Directory and Town Directory part of the DCHB. The data of DCHBare of considerable importance in the context of planning and development at grass-root level.

In 1961 census DCHB provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics,census tables and village and town directory including Primary Census Abstract. This pattern waschanged in 1971 Census and the DCHB was published in three parts: Part-A related to village andtown directory, Part-B to vi l lage and town PCA and Part-C comprised analyti cal report,administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA andamenity data in respect of vil lages. The 1981 census DCHB was published in two parts: Part-Acontained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs andSTs PCA up to tahsil/town levels. New features along with restructuring of the formats of villageand town directory were added into it. In V illage Directory, all amenities except electricity werebrought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent village, the distance inbroad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given.

The pattern of 1981 census was followed by and large for the DCHB of 1991 Census exceptthe format of PCA. It was restructured. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers wasgiven against the four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 census. In addition, sexwise population in 0-6 age group was included in the PCA for the first time with a view to enablethe data users to compile more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age had beentreated as illiterate at the time of 1991 census. One of the important innovations in the 1991Census was the Community Development Block (CD Block) level presentation of village directoryand PCA data instead of the traditional tahsil/taluk/PS level presentation.

As regards DCHB of 2001 Census, the scope of V illage Directory was improved by includingsome other amenities like banking, recreational and cultural facilities, newspapers & magazinesand ‘most important commodity’ manufactured in a village in addition to prescribed facilities ofearlier censuses. In Town Directory, the statement on Slums was modified and its coverage wasenlarged by including details on all slums instead of ‘notified slums’.

The scope and coverage of V i l l age Directory of 2011 DCHB has been widened byincluding a number of new amenities in addition to those of 2001. In the Town Directory,seven Statements containing the details and the data of each town have been presented viz.;(i )-Status and Growth History of towns, (i i )- Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, (i i i) -C iv ic and other Amenities, ( iv)-Medical Faci li ties, (v)-Educational , Recreational & Cultural

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Faci lities, (vi)- Industry & Banking, and (vii)- Civic & other amenities in Slums respectively.CD Block wise data of V illage Directory and V i llage PCA have been presented in DCHB of 2011Census as presented in earlier Censuses. The data of DCHB 2011 Census have been presentedin two parts, Part-A contains Village and Town Directory and Part-B contains Village and Town wisePrimary Census Abstract. Both the Parts have been published in separate volumes in 2011 Census.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT

The early history of this Union Territory still remain unexplored. The traditional belief about earlysettlers of the islands were a shipwreck members of Malayalis who were on their way to Mecca to bringKing CheramanPerumal in 9th Century. Originally, therefore, the inhabitants of the islands were all Hindusand that they were converted to Islam, it is said, in the 13th Century or so by an Arabian saint calledMumbeMulyaka Alias Ubaidulla.

The conversion of King of Maldives, SiriBavanditta by a Muslim apostle known as Shaik YusufSainuddin of Tariz took place in the year Hijra 548 (ie 1153 AD). It is therefore conjectured that the Hindus ofLakshadweep resisted conversion for quite some time.

The early settlers had acknowledged the authority of the Kolathiri Raja. Although the Arabs,Portuguese and British had landed in the district from time to time on their way to mainland of India, thisdistrict luckily escaped their wrath as experienced by the Maldivians at that time. However, this districtsuffered at the hands of British pirates led by Captain Kidd. Fortunately their plunder was short lived andthey left the place in haste.

Until 1791 the rule of Ali Raja continued when it passed on the British with the conquest ofCannanore in that year. However, Beebi of Cannanore was allowed to retain her hold on the district bypaying an annual tribute (Peshkash). This arrangement continued till 1875 when Britishers finally tookover the administration of Laccadive group of islands of this district.

Whereas, the Amindivi group of islands, the northern group of five islands had experienced differentturn of events. For more than two centuries, like other groups of islands they were also under the controlof Ali Raja of Cannanore, but the inhabitants of this group of islands shifted their allegiance to the King ofMysore in the last quarter of 18th Century. With the conquest of Srirangapattana by the East India Company,the Amindivi group of islands also became a part of South Canara district.

Thus, the Amindivi groups of islands were under the jurisdiction of South Canara district, whereasthe other islands were under the jurisdiction of Malabar district and were under the direct British rule fromthird quarter of nineteenth century onwards till the independence of the Country in 1947.

In November, 1956, on the formation of India in to linguistic states, the Government of Indiarecognized the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands now known as Lakshadweep into a Union Territorywhich is co-extensive with the district and placed it under an Administrator whose Headquarters at theoutset were located at Kozhikode (Calicut) which were subsequently transferred to Kavaratti island during1964. The administration still has offices at Calicut, Kochi and Mangalore for procurement of stores, co-ordination of transport including reservation of ship passage.

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ANALYTICAL NOTE

i) PHYSICAL FEATURES

The whole district comprised of 27 coral islands is treated as one sub-micro region. They lie scat-tered in the Arabian Sea at the distance of about 200 to 400 kms from Kerala coast. The area of the districtis 30 sq.km. The width of the islands varies from few metres to 2 to 3kms. The maximum height of the islandis 6 metres above the mean sea level. The soil of region is sandy. As per the classification of NBSS & LUP(CCAR), the sub-order association of soils found in the region is Psamments. All the inhabited islands havecemented concreted pucca roads. Main source of transport in the region is water borne. There is no riversor streams, waterfalls, lakes, reservoirs, etc., in the district.

Geology

It is said that these islands are reefs were formed as a result of the coral growths over the continu-ation of Aravallis system of rocks of Rajasthan and Gujarat. The islands are generally aligned from north tosouth with one exception namely, Andrott, which lies east to west. The islands are having natural protec-tion in the eastern side by beaches. The atolls show various stages of development of islands. The reefs atCheriyapani, Perumalpar and Suheli represent the early stages of development, while the reefs at Kalpeni,Kavaratti, Agatti and Kadmat are in intermediate stage and Chetlat and Kiltan are at the advanced or maturestage of development.

Climate

The district has a tropical humid, warm and generally pleasant climate as it lies well within thetropics and extending to the equatorial belt. The climate is equable though hot during March to June.South-west monsoon period is the chief rainy season lasting from May to October.

Information on rainfall is recorded from two stations one in the southern region at Minicoy and theother in the northern regions at Amini.

The distribution of rainfall is uneven in both the regions. During the monsoon period ie.from June toSeptember, the northern islands get 68% of the annual rainfall while the southern islands get only 54%.During the remaining period, the rainfall is more in south than in north. In the post monsoon ie. Octoberto December south get 25% of the annual rainfall while north receives only 18%. In the year 2009, theobservatories at Minicoy and Amini recorded an actual rainfall of 1420.4mm and 1798.3 mm respectivelyshowing an equal distribution of rainfall during the year in both the regions.

Temperature

The above stations viz., Minicoy and Amini also records the temperature of the district. The tem-perature is more or less uniform in the islands of this district. It varies from 23 to 33 degree Celsius.

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Humidity

This relative humidity is quite high in the district. It varies from 72 to 75 percent. This is obviousbecause of the location of the district in the midst of Arabian Sea. The islands experience storms andcyclones occasionally. Usually, cyclonic depression and storms occur during the month of April and May andagain during October to December. These depressions are usually associated with heavy rains.

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

Forest

A peculiarity of the district is that it is conspicuous by the absence of forest of any kind.

Minerals

The coral atolls are very rich in phosphate deposit. The deposits in the island of the district are,however, of low grade(13.4 percent of P2O3). In some of the islands, the samples contain between 11 to21.5 percent of P2 and O3. It is estimated that the phosphate reserve is about 0.12 million tonnes. Thesurvey carried out by the Geological Survey of India during 1967-71 also reveals large deposits of CalcicumCarbonate in the surrounding lagoons which are suitable for use in many industries particularly, cement,glass, chemical and paper.

Fauna

The islands are conspicuous by the absence of varieties of animal species found in other parts of thecountry. Two species of rat viz., musrattus and musrefescens are very common. Birds such as Tharathasi(sterna fuscata), Katalkakka (sterna bergivelox), Karifetu (Anousstolidespiletus), Chullu (Pluvialis dominical),Kolvayam (Nuemeniusphaeopus), Heron Annal (Ardeolagayii), etc., are commonly seen in the district.Among reptiles, lizards of Gecko species, Calotes species and Mabuya species are found mostly. Snakes arepractically absent in the district. Other reptiles deserving mention are turtles of Chelonia species,Eretmochelys species, Dermochelys species, etc. Among the frogs, Ranatigrina is the most common spe-cies. Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctus species), Cockroaches (Periplanata species), Mosquitoes of both culexand anophilis are largely found in the district. The islands of the district are characterized by the presenceof various types of corals, the most common of these are Acropora species, Porites species, Diploastreaspecies, Goniastrea species and Lobophylia species. The surrounding sea abounds in varieties of fishes.The most common of these fishes found in Lakshadweep are Tuna, Skipjack, Seer fish, Sailfish, Car fish,Kingfish, Croaker, Streaker, Parrotfish, Triggerfish, etc. There are also fishes in the lagoons.

Flora

Like fauna, the flora of this district are not much variegated. The most common crop that is grownhere is coconut (Cocosnucifera). Drumstick (Moringa species) and breadfruit (Artocarpus species) are alsocommonly found. Banana (musaparadisiaca), Colocasia(Colocassia species), chilli (Capsicum species andCucumber (Cucumis species) are found to grow. Plants like Punna (Callophylluminophyllum), Chavok(Casuarinaequisetifolia), Cheerani (Thespesiapopulnea) are distributed unevenly throughout the island,Tamara (Tournefortiaargentea), Cheruthalam (Pemphisacidula) and Kanni (Scaevolakoenigii) are also seenin the lagoon side of the islands particularly, in the un-inhabited island. Plants (sea grass) namely, Thalassiaspecies and Cymodocea species grow abundantly in the surrounding lagoons. The Lagoons of the islandsare also found to have algae of great economic importance.

The animal, Butterfly fish Chaactodonauriga) locally known as “Fakkikkadiya”, bird, Sooty tern (Anussolidus Piletus) locally known as “Karifetu”, and the tree, Bread fruit (Artocarpus incise) locally known as“Chakka” are the state symbols of Lakshadweep.

Land and Land use Pattern

The Land system in the Lakshadweep at the outset was followed more or less on the same patternas prevalent in the Malabar Coast. There were no basic records of rights showing the details of land held by

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individual in the islands. There were also no systems of land revenue in any of these islands. When theislands were brought under the British rule, the Administration converted the unoccupied land in to Gov-ernment lands and regularized the system of granting lease to the islanders. The land in the district maytherefore, be broadly divided in to two groups viz., private lands (Jenmam) and Government lands(Pandaram). The ownership of the land vested with the private individuals is called Jenmam. They are notrequired to pay land revenue or other kind of taxes for their holdings. Whereas, land belonging to Govern-ment (Pandaram) could be taken on lease (cowle) against payment of token taxes. The Later systemresulted in the establishments of the ownership right by the lessee and their sub-lessee in due course oftime, although it did not contemplate in the tenancy right. There is another form of tenancy, nadappu,prevalent in some of the parts of district. In Laccadive group of islands, a kind of register known as Paimashis maintained which shows the number of coconut trees held by an individual in Government land (Pandaram)and the amount of tax paid by him to the Government. Similarly, in Amini group of islands there is a kind ofregister maintained which shows the details of coconut trees and records of the owners. In the past, wealthwas estimated in terms of coconut trees and houses possessed by a person and the people were formerlynot conscious or particular about their right over the land. The growth of population and consequentpressure on land coupled with rapid socio-economic changes made people land conscious. Consequently,several land disputes and suits arose in the islands. For the purpose of deciding the rightful ownership andto solve disputes arising out of it, certain regulations have been enacted in the district such as (i) Laccadive,Minicoy and Amindivi Survey and Boundary Regulation, 1959, (ii) Land Revenue and Tenancy Regulation,1965, (iii) Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Protection of Scheduled Tribe Regulation 1965 whichempower the administration to confer occupancy right of Cowldars who are in occupation of the Govern-ment land.

In order to maintain basic records of the ownership right, the demarcation work of individualholding s and measurement of fields were completed through cadastral survey in all the islands in 1968.The first stage of settlement work was also completed in all islands. The Government land in Minicoy(Pandaram Land) was divided among 117 individual families and nine Athiris managed by the Moopans.The tree tax in the Laccadive group of islands in the Pandaram land is @ Rs.0.40per yielding coconut tree.

Agriculture

These are no paddy field in Lakshadweep district. The entire cultivable area of the district is thicklyplanted with coconut trees. There are about 8 lakhs coconut trees in the whole of district. The productionof coconut and export of copra form the nucleus of island economy. Coconut growing, copra making, fishingand ‘mas’ (boiled, smoked and sun dried tuna fish) making are the main occupations of the people of theislands and therefore, it is also the main source of income of the islanders. As per 2011 census, there wereno cultivators or agricultural labourers in the district. This is because of the workers engaged in coconutgrowing do not come under this category as per census definition.

1 Total geographical area 32202 Total reporting area 32203 Area not available for cultivation 6204 Total croped area 25105 Net sown area 25106 Area sown more than once 1400

Area in hectares

Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

Classification of Area on the basis of Land Utilisation

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Agricultural demonstration units are functioning in all the islands. The main aim of these units is toeducate the people about the modern techniques in the field of coconut plantation, vegetable and fruitgrowing. The department has succeeded in educating the islanders to cultivate fruits and vegetables asinter crops in the coconut gardens. At present vegetables like solanaceoustype, cucurbitaceous type, leafyvegetables like amaranthus etc.,, tuber crops like sweet potato, tapioca, colacasia etc. and fruits like ba-nana, papaya, guava, sapota, etc, are cultivated as inter crops. These units also do distribution of fertilizersand manures, pesticides, agricultural implements and seeds to the farmers at 25% subsidized rates. Inaddition to these, they also produce and distribute good quality coconut seedlings of different varieties.During the year 2009-10 these units have distributed about 99900 coconut seedlings, required number ofvegetables seedlings, social/agro forestry seedling. Coconut production during the year 2009-10 is 695 lakhsnuts.

It is worth mentioning both the Department and the Farmers in this Union Territory have stoppedthe use of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides making it an Organic Territory.

Irrigation

In the actual sense, no irrigational facilities are available in any of these islands in the absence ofrivers, canals etc. Few years back diesel engines were used to pump the water from wells and ponds forirrigation purpose. This has completely been banned on the basis of the report of the Expert Committee setup by Island Development Authority (IDA). According to them, excess pumping will lead to scarcity of fresh(rain) water collected underground.Generally no irrigation is done for coconut trees in the district. Only thenurseries are watered occasionally in the initial stage of their planting. However, regular watering is madeto the vegetables and fruits grown as inter crops manually from pond or well using pots.

Animal Husbandry

The absence of pasture grounds and fodder in the islands has made cattle rearing quite expensive.The farmers have to depend mainly on feed imported from mainland. Therefore island economy has not received much support from cattle and poultry.

Island 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

Agatti 85.98 70.48 DNR 98.35 100.20 100.26 100.30 100.40 82.40 83.16Andrott 114.83 100.97 DNR 102.53 110.23 115.53 115.80 115.90 135.08 135.10Amini 91.70 90.17 DNR 100.60 100.00 100.19 100.65 100.85 100.83 101.20Bitra 0.83 1.38 DNR 1.20 2.00 2.20 2.00 2.10 2.69 2.70Chetlat 17.66 20.50 DNR 20.23 21.50 22.74 22.00 22.30 27.46 27.49Minicoy 2.18 21.30 DNR 45.55 40.35 37.46 38.12 38.22 55.21 55.37Kalpeni 43.08 68.19 DNR 85.75 80.10 75.17 78.20 78.50 77.42 77.87Kadmat 51.85 49.43 DNR 40.35 41.36 39.27 41.00 41.20 56.45 57.10Kavaratti 81.75 78.47 DNR 51.00 55.00 54.00 60.00 60.30 104.79 106.00Killtan 40.75 29.37 DNR 24.58 25.30 33.36 32.00 32.40 52.66 52.96Total 530.61 530.26 0.00 570.14 576.04 580.18 590.07 592.17 694.99 698.95Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

Island wise production of coconut during the period 2001-2011 (in laksh nuts)

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Though animal husbandry activities has been started under the administration in 1957, a separatedepartment for animal husbandry was established only in 1964 with a small dairy demonstration unit atKavaratti. Now, there are 8 Poultry demonstration units, 1Government poultry farm and 2 dairy demonstra-tion units in various islands. There are 3 veterinary hospitals, 7 artificial insemination sub centres,, 6 minorveterinary dispensaries (veterinary clinics), 7 veterinary sub-centres and 1 veterinary first aid centre arealso functioning under this department to cater the needs of the farmers engaged in livestock and poultryrearing. In addition 6 small hatchery units, one each in Amini, Andrott, Minicoy, Kadmat, Kavaratti andAgatti are also functioning in the district.

Sl.No Institution Numbers1 Central Hatchery 12 Regional Hatchery 33 Hatchery Units 64 Central Poulty Farm 15 Govt. Poultry Farm 56 Poultry Demonstation Unit 37 Parent Stock Rearing Unit 48 Turkey Unit Nil9 Quilery Unit Nil10 Veterinary Hospital 311 Veterinary sub centre 712 Artificial insemination Natural services unit 713 Veterinary Dispensary 614 Dairy Demonstation Unit 215 Slaugter House 116 Vet. First Air Centre 117 Boyer goat Farm 118 Fodder Unit 419 Bull/Buck Unit 920 Ice Cream Plant 121 Minor Vet.dispensaries (Vet clinics) Nil

Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

Veterinary facilities in Lakshadweep (as on 31.3.2010)

Sl.No. Category1 2

Livestock1 Cattle 64412 Buffalo 03 Sheep 04 Goat 710455 Pig 06 Others 5006

Total 82492Poultry

7 Poultry 2440428 Ducks 263379 Turkey 397310 Others 0

Total 274352Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

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Livestock Population in the year 2007

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Due to fodder problems, the number of cattle maintained in the dairy units at Kavaratti and Minicoywere brought down. Presently, there are only 20 cows at Kavaratti and 45 cows at Minicoy demonstrationunits. A total production of 49,144 litres of milk has been recorded in Govt. dairy units/farm during 2009-1018,963 litres in Kavaratti and 30,181 litres in Minicoy. The case being so in the public sector, the figures ofmilk production in the private sector are encouraging. In the year 2009-10, the private sectorproduced25,69,809litres of milk. The total number of eggs produced in the public sector during 2009-10 is2,64,038 as against 1,35,57,959 eggs in the private sector.

The department is now focusing more on farmer oriented schemes under which improved varietiesof cow and birds (layer and broiler) are issued to farmers at subsidized rates. According to these schemes,cows of improved variety are issued to farmers at 25% subsidy. For development of poultry, improvedvarieties of birds (layer and broiler) are issued at 25% cost. Financial assistance is also provided to thepoultry farmers to the maximum of Rs.1,500/- for setting up small deep litre units. In addition to the above,cattle and poultry feed are issued to the farmers at 20% subsidy. Because of all these facilities, the numberof livestock and poultry in the district has increased. As per the livestock census 2007, there are 82,492livestock and 2,44,042 poultry in the district as against 28,920 livestock and 76,191 poultry in 1997.

Fishery

Coconut and fish are the main stay of the people of Lakshadweep. Therefore, next to coconutplantation, fishing is the major occupation of the people here. The Lakshadweep waters spread over anarea of 4 lakhssq.kms.are rich in fishery resources. After the organization of the Fisheries Department in1959, many development activities were implemented by the Lakshadweep Administration in the fishingarena. Setting up of boat building yards, construction and introduction of mechanized boats’ workshopfacilities in all the islands, demonstration and experimental fishing, training of personnel, establishmentof canning factory ice plant and cold storage are some of the achievements made so far in this field. Thecanning Factory at Minicoy is now under the control of Lakshadweep Development Corporation.

One of the major programmes implemented by the department was to encourage the islanderstouse mechanized boats instead of country crafts and pole and line fishing method in tuna catching. Aimingat this, the department set up two boat building yards one each at Kavaratti and Chetlat. So far, thedepartment has issued about 567 boats to the fishermen as on 1999. In addition to the above, FisheriesUnits are functioning in all the islands with workshop facilities for repair and overhauling of engines andsale counter for engine spare parts, nets etc. A seasonal unit of the department is working at Suheli duringSeptember to May to attend the repair works of engines and to provide spare parts to the fishermenengaged in fishing activities in this uninhabited island. The fisherman training centre established in 1972continues to give training to local fishermen in improved methods of fishing, survey of fishing grounds etc.The centre is now working at Amini Island.

Sl No Species1 21 Perches 217 227 2342 Other Carangids 236 195 1643 Seerfish 95 96 934 Tunnis 8874 9228 99785 Rainbow Runner 258 280 2726 Sail fish 106 102 1057 Shark 68 47 418 Miscellaneous 1546 1552 1397

Total 11400 11727 12284Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

2007-20083

2008-20094

2009-20105

Species Wise Composition of Marine Fish Landing in Lakshadweep 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 (in tonnes)

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The mechanized boats constructed in the Boat Building Yards at Kavaratti and Chetlat are distrib-uted to the selected fishermen on subsidy basis. Subsidy is also given on other fishing items like diesel,net, etc. During the year 2009, fisheries requisites worth Rs.9 lakhs were distributed by the department.

Though the sea around the islands is abundant with varieties of fish, fishermen are largely engagedin fishing tuna and shark because of their high value in the mainland market. There are no factories in theprivate or public sectors to process the tuna except the one at Minicoy which is run by the LakshadweepDevelopment Corporation. Therefore, the tuna fish caught are processed in to ‘Mas’ by boiling, smokingand drying in sun as ‘household industry’. In the case of shark, fins are more costly than flesh. The flesh issalted and dried while the fin is simply dried in the sun. Of the total 12,096 tonnes of fish landed during2010, 9822 tonnes were tuna 275 tonnes were Perches, 215 were Rainbow Runner 86 tonnes were Sail Fish105 were Sear Fish, 151 tonnes were Corrangids 44 tonnes were Shark and 1398 tonnes of other fishes. Theexport of ‘Mas’ and salted dried shark during 2010 was 1,276 and 23 matric tones respectively. The incomefrom fishing sector to island’s economy during 2010 was Rs.4,235 lakhs.

There are five cold storages/Freezers and three ice plants functioning in Lakshadweep for thepreservation and Fish. It is also estimated 4,210 active fishermen are engaged in full time Fish catching and4985 people are part time/occasional fisherman or associated in allied activities.

The catch of fish carried out by the islander’s forms only negligible portion of the fishery wealthavailable in our sea. Major portion of tuna and shark resources are yet to be tapped. The LakshadweepDevelopment Corporation is in action with its plans and programmes to start commercial fishing with longline and purse seiners in collaboration with foreign countries.

Industry

The development of an economy is determined by the progress achieved in the field ofindustrialization to a larger extent. Lakshadweep is a non-industrial area. Reports based on surveyssubmitted by many agencies like Industrial Development Bank of India, Small Industries Service Institute,Trichur, Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram, Industrial and Technical ConsultancyOrganisation, Kochi, the Expert Group set up by the Planning commission and Ministry of Industry, GOI etc.,revealed that Lakshadweep has scope for industrial development based on the resources available here.Presently there are few industrial units in the islands like Fibre Factories, Coir Production Centres, TunaCaning Factory, Boat Building Yards, Printing Presses in the Public sector and Sow Mills, Oil Mills, FlourMills, Bakeries, Furniture Making Units, Fish Pickle Units, small general workshops and Printing Press in theprivate sector.

The scope for coir based industries is more in Lakshadweep than any other industries because ofthe availability of its raw material, i.e., coconut husk, in abundance. Coir twisting was the main household

Sl.No. Sector/Name of Unit Number1 Fibre Factory 72 Fibre curling unit 73 Coir Yarn production centre 64 DCP (Coir) 15 Hosiery Factory 16 Handicraft Ind co-op societies 17 Tuna canning factory 18 Boat Building yard 29 Furniture makers industrial co-op society 110 Coir spinners industrial co-op society 211 DCP Industrial co-op society 412 Printing press 913 Ice plant unit 3

Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

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industry in the islands earlier. But, only thicker variety of yarn was produced. In 1974-75 the industriesdepartments established Coir Demonstration Cum Training Centres to train the island women folk in theproduction of thinner variety of coir yarn, which fetched good market in the island as well as on the main-land. At present, 7 coconut Defibring Units and 6 Coir Yarn Production Centresand 7Fibre Curling Units areworking in different islands. During the year 2009-10, the above units produced 380 MT coir fibre 67 MTcurled rope and 42 MT coir yarn. The ladies trained from the training centres joined together and formedtwo Coir Co-operative Societies one each at Amini and Andrott.

Two Handicraft Training Centres were established one each at Kavaratti and Kalpeni in 1973 and1979 respectively to train the local people in making sea shell toys, coconut shell craft and wood carvings.Out of these, the centre at Kalpeni was closed in 1988. The centre at Kavaratti continues to give training tothe local candidates. The hosiery factory established in 1967 at Kalpeni produces different varieties of TeeShirts.

There are 45 industrial units functioning under government in various Islands of Lakshadweep. Inaddition to this 707 micro and small medium enterprises (MSME) are also functioning in various islands ofLakshadweep under private sector. The total labour strength under industry department is 155 during theyear 2009-2010.

The administration is giving ample facilities to the local people who are interested to start smallscale industries in the islands. With the encouragement from the part of administration, more entrepre-neurs are coming forward to start new small industrial units.

Trade and Commerce

The geographical isolation of islands from the mainland,restrictions put to the non-inhabitants tosettle and to carry out business in the territory are some of the stumbling blocks for the improvement oftrade and commerce here. In Lakshadweep, wholesale as well as retail trade is carried out mainly by the Co-operative sector. The Lakshadweep co-operative Marketing Federation is the only wholesale institutionwith its headquarters at Beypore supplies commodities to all the co-operative societies functioning in theislands. Except coconut and fish, all other commodities are imported form the mainland. Kochi Kozhikodeand Mangalapuram are the nearest ports from where these items are imported in ships, barges and largemechanized vessels known as ‘Manjoos’. All the essential commodities are supplied to the people throughthese Co-operative Societies.

The ration commodities like Rice, Sugar Kerosene oil etc. are sold through ration card system.Private retail trade was in existence even before the formation of Co-operative Societies in the islands,but was informal and functioned mostly in the houses of the shopkeepers. Now, the condition hascompletely changed. Shopping complexes with modern arrangements, attractive display and styles havecome up replacing the old shops. Luxury commodities of latest fashion on the mainland market are availablein these new shops even at lower prices.

Transport

There were no regular transport facilities between islands and main land till 1959. Odams were the

Sl.No. Name of Island Number1 Kavaratti 1132 Agatti 803 Amini 734 Kadmath 625 Kiltan 406 Chetlat 227 Androth 1398 Kalpeni 639 Minicoy 115

Total 707

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only means of communication to mainland and vice versa. For the first time, a fair weather ship waschartered to the islands in 1959. In 1966, Ship M.V.Laccadives , the first owned vessel of Administration withcapacity to carry 49 passengers and 40 tonnes of cargo commenced her voyage to the islands. The arrival ofM.V. Amindivi in the Arabia sea in 1970 marked a new era in the field of transport and communication in theislands. This was the first all weather and cargo-cum-passenger ship with capacity to carry 242 passengersand 800 tonnes of cargo. The introduction of this ship also made a full stop to the dreadful isolation of theseislands from the mainland during monsoon. However, M.V. Amindivi discontinued its service inLakshadweep. In order to cope with the increased passenger traffic, in 1982 another all-weather shipM.V.Bharatseema with capacity to carry 380 passengers and 160 tonnes of cargo was put in operation be-tween islands and mainland. To reduce the inter-island passenger pressure, a small fair-weather ferryvessel M.V. Dweepsetu with passenger capacity of 150passengers and cargo capacity of 25 tonnesis plyingbetween the islands connecting the ports Beypore and Mangalapuram. One more all-weather ship, aluxury liner with 658 passenger capacity.M.V.Tippusultan was introduced in 1988 with additional facilitiesfor tourists. The two speed vessels, M.V.HameedathBeevi and KhadeejaBeevi with its base station atKavaratti link the islands each other by plying in the inter-island sector during fair season. Of late, two smallfair weather ships namely, M.V.Aminidivi and M.V.Minicoy with 150passengers and 25 MT cargo capacitieseachmake trips from mainland to islands to the satisfaction of the inhabitants here. 3 High Speed Vessels (HSC)with 150 passenger Capacity, 3 High Speed Vessels (HSC) with 50 passenger capacity, 2 High Speed Vessels(HSC) with 20 passenger capacity harbor stationed at Kavaratti for inter-island connectivity and 1 all-weatherCargo-cum-passenger ship M.V.Kavaratti with a passenger capacity of 700 passengers were also introducedduring the period.

The establishment of helicopter services between islands and mainland in January, 1987 opened anew era in the field of transport and communication followed by the Vayudoot service from Agatti tomainland in April, 1988. Now Indian Airlines is servicing in place of Vayudoot.

In the field of transportation of cargo, four mechanized cargo barges of 600 MT capacities each M.B.Ubaidulla, M.B. Thinnakara, M.B.Laccadives and M.B. Cheriyam are servicing in addition to the above ships.They mainly carry Government cargo and few private items other than consumables and perishable com-modities. Major portion of the private cargoes are transported through Manjoos. Private parties largelydepend on the ship only during monsoon to transport their commodities. There is only one oil-barge, M.V.Suheli which transports oil from mainland. There are two 10 MT Bollard Pull tugs namely M.V. Kiltan andM.V. Kalpitti also engaged in transportation of Cargo.

Electricity and power

The electrification of islands dates back to 1962 when Minicoy was first electrified. Now, all theinhabited islands in the territory are electrified. The limited hours of power supply in the beginning wasslowly stepped up ina phased manner and 24 hours power supply was established in all the islands usingdiesel generating sets by the middle of Sixth Five Year Plan. Suheli Cheriyakara, an un-inhabited island, hasbeen provided with beach lighting facility using solar power during fishing season. In addition to the 11diesel power houses, 5 Solar Photo Voltaic power plants; one with 25 KW at Bitra and four with 100KW oneeach at Kiltan, Kadmat, Kavaratti and Minicoy and two wind energy converters of 10KW (one each at Kavarattiand Bangaram) are running in power sector.

The total installed capacity of the power houses in the Union Territory during 2009-10 has come upto 16510 KW with the power generation to the tune of 35,336,000 KWH. Of the total 21,421 connections inthe district, 17,477 are domestic 3,526 are commercial and 307 are industrial. Because of this high increasein the number of connections, the power consumption has also shoot up to 25,526,000 KWH during the yearunder report.

Education

Remarkable progress has been achieved in the field of education since the formation of theseislands into a Union Territory in 1956 when there were only 9 primary schools in the District with un-

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qualified teachers. The schools were housed in thatched sheds. The first High School was started in Aminiin 1961. At present, there are 10 Senior Secondary Schools ( two junior colleges converted in to SeniorSecondary Schools). One Navodaya School, 3 High Schools, 10 Senior Basic Schools, 23 Junior Basic Schools,10 pre-primary schools and 11 Balawadis in the District. Anganwadis and Creches are also functioning in allthe islands.

There are two university centres offering degree and PG courses in Kadmat and Andrott respec-tively. One college of education (B.Ed.) and one KendriyaVidyalaya apart from one ITI and Diet are alsofunctioning at Kavaratti.

Fisheries and coir technologies and typewriting courses are available in almost all high schools asa part of vocation oriented education. The industrial training institute (ITI) functioning at Kavaratti isproviding courses in shorthand, typewriting, carpentry and tailoring.

Education is free in all respects. Free mid-day meals are provided to the students studying innursery and primary classes. Students studying in other islands other than their native islands residing inhostels are provided with free boarding and lodging facilities. Facilities are also provided to the studentsfor higher studies at mainland for professional, technical and academic courses meeting their educationalexpenses by the administration.

Medical and Health Services

Remarkable improvements have been made in the field of medical facilities since the formation ofthis Union Territory in 1956. At present there are 2 hospitals, 3 community health centres, 4 primary healthcentres, 2 first-aid centres, 14 sub-centre, 2 Ayurveda dispensaries, one homeopathic dispensary and 1dental unit as against only 6 dispensaries in 1956. Hospitals are functioning at Kavaratti and Minicoy,community health centres at Amini, Agatti and Andrott and the primary health centres at Chetlat, Kiltan,Kadmat and Kalpeni islands. The Indira Gandhi Hospital at Kavaratti with 50 beds and specialist services isfunctioning as referral hospital in the district. The cumulative number of beds in all medical institutions inLakshadweep is 200. Cases deserving specialized treatment at mainland and evacuated immediately byhelicopter to Kochi. In the year 2010, 464 patients were evacuated to mainland for specialized treatment.Lakhs of amount was also spent from the National Illness Fund For the treatment of deserving patients. Afilarial control unit with its headquarters at Andrott, District Blindness Control Society, District TB ControlSociety, District Leprosy Society and State Aids Control Society with their headquarters at Kavaratti are alsofunctioning in the District. Spread of malaria and leprosy has been brought down to the bottom but in orderto arrest its return back the district leprosy society is functioning in the district. Performance of fieldworkers in the field of maternal and child health programme is commendable. The reluctance shown buythe people in small family norms is slowly changing. People are now coming forwards to accept familywelfare methods. During 2009-10, 36tubectomy, 1 vasectomy and 29 IUD insertions were made in thedistrict. Other contraceptives numbering 13,640 were also issued during the year.

Co-operation

The co-operative movement introduced in 1962 has firmly established in this Union Territory andsucceeded to a reasonable extent in breaking the Dhallal or middleman system. Co-operative Societies arefunctioning in all the inhabited islands except Bangaram. Now, there are 66 different types of co-operativeSocieties including the Lakshadweep co-operative Marketing Federation at Beypore. As on 31.3.2010,these societies were having 70,881 members with a paid up share capital of Rs.15,03,47,000 lakhs. Thismeans, all the Islander are members in the co-operative societies in the District.

The Lakshadweep co-operative Marketing Federation functioning at Beypore as its Headquarters isthe approved wholesaler of the marketing societies in the islands. The Federation not only purchasesconsumer goods and other commodities required for the supply societies but also receives copra from theislanders at market price. In the year 2009-10, 3466.03metrictonnes copra worth Rs.1,539.56 lakhs weremarketed through the Federation. The Federation has now made arrangements for supplying bulky and

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costly goods through supply societies. The consumers are free from any risk of transportation. Two wheel-ers, refrigerators, Television Sets, Wooden and Steel furniture etc.are some of the items supplied throughco-operative supply and marketing society. In addition to this, LPG connections are also provided to thepeople at Kavaratti and Minicoy through supply societies.

The stepping of co-operative movement in the field of credit transaction dates back to 1968 when aservice co-operative society was established at Kalpeni for the first time. Now, credit facilities are availablein all the islands through these service co-operative societies and through supply and marketing societieswhere service societies are not available. Besides, there are other societies such as Labour Contract Co-operative Society, Industrial Co-operative Society, Govt. Employees’ Co-operative Stores and Canteen etc.functioning in various spheres.

Science and Technology

In order to monitor and to effectively implement plan schemes, Science and Technology Cell wasfirst created in the Administration during Sixth Five Year Plan. Later, this was upgraded to the level of a full-fledged department. In early 1988, this department was designated as Technical Cell of island Develop-ment Authority to look after the activities of IDA. The department is also looking after matters related toenvironment and co-ordinating activities of Pollution Control Board. The Lakshadweep Council for Scienceand Technology was also constituted during 1984 with Administrator as its Chairman.

Many studies were conducted by the Department on the recommendation of IDA with the help ofexperts from other scientific institutions of Government of India in all important fields viz., fisheries,agriculture, water supply, tourism, sea erosion, transportation, water quality, housing environment, landuse, ground water assessment, waste management, etc. The institute of Applied Manpower Research,New Delhi has carried out the study on the training needs for Lakshadweep. Study on wave power potentialin Lakshadweep was conducted by the Centre for Earth Science studies, Trivandrum. The Landuse study inLakshadweep was conducted by National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC), Trivandrumand the ornithological study on Pitti Island by Madras Natural Society (MNS), Madras, are some otherimportant studies. Services of the National Institute of Oceanography, National Environmental Engineer-ing Research Institute and Centre for Earth Science Studies were also utilized in this field.

To inculcate science awareness among high school and college students, the department has intro-duced the “Science Awareness, Science Education and Popularisation” Scheme. Establishment of scienceclubs in high schools and senior secondary schools, computer training courses, supply of electronic teachingkits to high schools and senior secondary school, supply of audio visual aids, science awards to ST students,etc. are some of the achievements.

Fishery being the backbone of the islands economy, the Department is giving much importance inthis sector. Supply of data on Potential Fishing Zone from National Remote Sensing Agency Hyderabad tothe fisher man, deployment of Fish Aggregation Device, training to fisherman on handling and operation ofnavigational equipments, etc., are some of the activities in this line.

Information and Publicity

Information and Publicity has to play a vital role in nation building. It is a liaison departmentbetween administration and people by bringing information about plans and schemes of the administra-tion to the people and the views of the people to the administration. Aiming at this, the Information andPublicity Department was established in Lakshadweep in 1974. Presently, 9 information units are function-ing in different islands. Though documentaries and feature films, they foster national integration, commu-nal harmony, educational values and patriotism. During 2010 these units have exhibited 68 Hindi Films, 2Tamil films, 4 English films and 50 Malayalam films. Field campaigns on developmental activities, familywelfare, rural development week, plan week etc. are also organized from time to time through these units.The Lakshadweep Times, a newspaper daily in Malayalam and English published from Kavaratti since 1982still continues. Another edition of Lakshadweep Times in Mahal is published from Minicoy. Though there

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is a small radio station, established in 1993 at Kavaratti, the Calicut Station of All India Radio still continuesto broadcast the 15 minutesprogramme in Malayalam and 30 minutes programme in Mahal meant forLakshadweep. Low power television transmitters have been installed in all inhabited islands, except Bitraand Bangaram where direct receiving sets are also available.

Tourism

Lack of transport facilities was the main stumbling block in Lakshadweep in developing tourismactivities in Lakshadweep. This has been solved to a certain extent after commissioning of luxury linerM.V.Tippusultan, M.V.Amindivi, M.V.Minicoy helicopter and Air Services. The scenic beauty of the islandswith unpolluted atmosphere and its crystal clear lagoons with colourful corals and ornamental fishes attractdomestic as well as international tourists to the islands. Bangaram is opened to the international tourist,while Kadmat and Agatti entertain both domestic and international tourists. Facilities are opened to do-mestic tourist at Kavaratti, Kalpeni and Minicoy.

Society for Promotion of Recreational Tourism and Sports (SPORTS) is the main tourism promotingagency in Lakshadweep. Tourism has multiplied the chances for employment avenues to the educatedyouths in the islands. In 2009-2010, there were 87 family huts, 26 beach resorts, 3 bathing huts, 8 honey-moon huts, 3 executive huts, 1 pre-fabricated hut and 4 cafeterias in the islands. During 2009-10, 5,603domestic tourist and 4,126 foreign tourists visited the islands.

Press

The shifting of Lakshadweep Government Press from Calicut and establishing it at Kavaratti on 15th

August 1983 marks a new era in the field of printing activities in Lakshadweep. Then there were only someold and outdated machines and handful of staff. Now, the press at Kavaratti, housed in a beautiful doublestoried building, is well equipped with the modern and latest printing machines and equipment like DTPsystem with scanner, Demy and Double Demy single and double colour Offset Machine, Hot Melt PerfectBinder, Computerised Cutting Machine, Table Top Offset Machine, Digital Scanner cum Printer, ProcessCamera with Plate Making Unit, etc. The Press in now producing multi colour printing like posters,magazines,picture cards, text books and work books for students including Mahal text books, diaries,calendars and security printing like ballot paper, question paper etc. The only daily newspaper publishedin this Union Territory “The Lakshadweep Times” is also printed in this Press. In short, the LakshadweepGovernment Press at the headquarters is competent to cater the needs of the Union Territory Governmentin all respects. Besides the headquarters Press at Kavaratti, eight mini Presses are also functioning, oneeach at Kadmat, Agatti, Andrott and Minicoy Amini, Kiltan, Chetlat and Kalpeni. Book binding units are alsofunctioning in these presses.

The Five Year Plan in the District.

The islands were constituted into a Union Territory during the second Five Year Plan period andtherefore the territory could not derive the benefit of First Five Year Plan. An integrated short term planwith an outlay Rs.73.85 lakhs was implemented during the middle of the Second Five Year Plan. The actualexpenditure was only Rs.40.29 lakhs. The third Plan was implemented in the Union Territory spending anamount of Rs.108.51 lakhs against the outlay of Rs.98.38 lakhs. A major portion of the amount was spent forthe improvement of Transport and Communication, to promote co-operative movement, development ofagriculture, fisheries and education. The Fourth Plan outlay was Rs.200 lakhs. Schemes of harbor works andnavigational facilities etc. were formulated separately with an allotment of Rs.100lakhs. Education andfisheries received more attention during this plan period. The Fifth Plan with an outlay of Rs.622.73 lakhsfocused on the development of important sectors in the fisheries, education, power, housing, health andco-operation. The expenditure was Rs.380.93 lakhs by the end of the Fifth Plan in 1977-

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Grama Panchayats

The Panchayati raj institutions came into the existence through the promulgation of theLakshadweep Panchayat Regulation, 1994 by the President of India on 23rd April, 1994. The present panchayatsystem in Lakshadweep is of two tier system. There is one Village (Dweep) panchayat each for everyinhabited islands (except Bangaram) including the census town of Amini, Kavaratti, Kadmat, Andrott,Kalpeni and Minicoy and a district panchayat for the district. There are 82 seats in all the tendweeppanchayats. Out of which 75 are reserved for scheduled tribes including 30 seats for women.

The number of members in each panchayat varies depending upon the size of the population. Themajor islands of Kavaratti and Andrott have eleven members each, Amini, Agatti and Minicoy have 10members each, Kalpeni and Kiltan have8 members each and Chetlat and Kiltan have only 6 members eachand Bitra has only 3 members. The least populated Island Bangaram have no panchayat of its own and it ispart of Agatti Village panchayat. Each dweeppanchayat has a chair person and a vice chairperson electedby the members of the respective dweeppanchayat to look after the day to day activities.

The HQs of the district panchayat is at Kavaratti. It has 25 seats out of this, 22 seats are reserved forscheduled tribes including 12 seats for women. All the chairperson of the dweeppanchayat and the mem-bers of parliament are also its members. It has a president-cum chief Counsellor and two Vice Presidentcum Counsellor elected by its members to look after the day-to-day activities. All the district level devel-opmental activities are implemented through the district panchayat.

The very role of Panchayati raj institutions is to ensure people participation in developmentalactivities. Many basic developmental activities have been brought under the control of panchayats. Imple-mentation of SwarnaJayanti Gram SwarozgarYogana(SGSY), Jawahar Gram SwarozgarYogana (JSGY) etc., arenow under the control of village panchayat. In addition, primary education, Public health, food and nutri-tion programmes, libraries etc., are also brought under the control of panchayats. The panchayat has toconvene its meeting in every 3 months. GramaSabhas are also convened twice in a year to ensure directparticipation of the common people.

ii) CENSUS CONCEPTS

Building: A ‘Building’ is generally a single structure on the ground. Usually a structure will havefour walls and a roof. Sometimes it is made up of more than one component unit which are used or likelyto be used as dwellings (residences) or establishments such as shops, business houses, offices, factories,workshops, work sheds, Schools, places of entertainment, places of worship, godowns, stores etc. It is alsopossible that building which have component units may be used for a combination of purposes such asshop-cum-residence, workshop-cum-residence, office-cum-residence etc. But in some areas the verynature of construction of houses is such that there may not be any wall. Such is the case of conical structureswhere entrance is also provided but they may not have any walls. Therefore, such of the conical structuresare also treated as separate buildings.

Pucca houses: Houses, the walls and roof of which are made of permanent materials. The materialof walls can be any one from the following, namely, Stones (duly packed with lime or cement mortar), G.I/metal/ asbestos sheets, Burnt bricks, Cement bricks, Concrete. Roof may be made of from any one of the

Plan Period1

Annual Plan 2007-2008 22211 21961.48 98.88Annual Plan 2008-2009 26368 26875.65 101.93Annual Plan 2009-2010 29686 26587.18 89.56

PLAN OUTLAY AND EXPENDITURE

Source: Directorate of Planning and Statistics, Lakshadweep, Kavaratti

Outlay Expdr.2 3

Pecentage4

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following materials, namely, Machine-made tiles, Cement tiles, Burnt bricks, Cement bricks, Stone, Slate,G.I/Metal/Asbestos sheets, Concrete. Such houses are treated as Pucca house.

Kutcha houses: Houses in which both walls and roof are made of materials, which have to bereplaced frequently. Walls may be made from any one of the following temporary materials, namely, grass,Unburnt bricks, bamboos, mud, grass, reeds, thatch, plastic /polythene, loosed packed stone, etc. Suchhouses are treated as Kutcha house.

Dwelling Room: A room is treated as a dwelling room if it has walls with a doorway and a roof andshould be wide and long enough for a person to sleep in, i.e. it should have a length of not less than 2meters and a breadth of at least 1.5 meters and a height of 2 meters. A dwelling room would include livingroom, bedroom, dining room, drawing room, study room, servant’s room and other habitable rooms.Kitchen, bathroom, latrine, store room, passageway and verandah which are not normally usable for livingare not considered as dwelling rooms. A room, used for multipurpose such as sleeping, sitting, dining,storing, cooking, etc., is regarded as a dwelling room. In a situation where a census house is used as a shopor office. etc., and the household also stays in it then the room is not considered as a dwelling room. But ifa garage or servant quarter is used by a servant and if she/ he also lives in it as a separate household thenthis has been considered as a dwelling room available to the servant’s household. Tent or conical shapedhut if used for living by any household is also considered as dwelling room. A dwelling room, which isshared by more than one household, has not been counted for any of them. If two households have adwelling room each but in addition also share a common dwelling room, then the common room has notbeen counted for either of the households.

Census House : A ‘census house’ is a building or part of a building used or recognized as a separateunit because of having a separate main entrance from the road or common courtyard or staircase, etc. Itmay be occupied or vacant. It may be used for residential or non- residential purpose or both. If a buildinghas a number of Flats or Blocks/Wings, which are independent of one another having separate entrancesof their own from the road or a common staircase or a common courtyard leading to a main gate, these areconsidered as a separate Census house.

Village: The basic unit for rural areas is the revenue village, which has definite surveyed boundaries.The revenue village may comprise of one or more hamlets but the entire village is treated as one unit forpresentation of data. In unsurveyed areas, like villages within forest areas, each habitation area withlocally recognized boundaries is treated as one village.

Rural-Urban area: The data in the census are presented separately for rural and urban areas. Theunit of classification in this regard is ‘town’ for urban areas and ‘village’ for rural areas. The urban areacomprises two types of towns viz; statutory towns and Census towns. In the Census of India 2011, thedefinition of urban area adopted is as follows:

(a) Statutory Towns : All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town areacommittee, etc are known as statutory towns.(b) Census Towns: All other places satisfying the following three criteria simultaneously are treated asCensus Towns.

i) A minimum population of 5,000;ii) At least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; andiii) A density of population of at least 400 per sq. km. (1,000 per sq. mile)

For identification of places which would qualify to be classified as ‘urban’ all villages, which, as perthe 2001 Census had a population of 4,000 and above, a population density of 400 persons per sq. km. andhaving at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural activity were considered.To work out the proportion of male working population referred to above against b) (ii), the data relating

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to main workers were taken into account. In addition the above stated towns, urban areas also constitutesof OGs which are the parts of UAs.

Urban Agglomeration : An Urban Agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a townand its adjoining urban outgrowths (OGs) or two or more physically contiguous towns together with orwithout urban outgrowths of such towns. In some cases, railway colonies, university campuses, port areas,military camps etc; may come up near a statutory town outside its statutory limits but within the revenuelimits of a village or villages contiguous to the town. Each such individual area by itself may not satisfy theminimum population limit to qualify it to be treated as an independent urban unit but may qualify to beclubbed with the exiting town as their continuous urban spread (i.e., an Out Growth). Each such towntogether with its outgrowth(s) is treated as an integrated urban area and is designated as an ‘urban agglom-eration’. For the purpose of delineation of Urban Agglomerations during Census of India 2011, followingcriteria has been adopted:

The core town or at least one of the constituent towns of an urban agglomeration should necessarilybe a statutory town; and The total population of an Urban Agglomeration (i.e. all the constituents puttogether) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there weresimilar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic conditionof contiguity.

Out Growth (OG): The outgrowth is a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumerationblock and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location. While determining the outgrowth ofa town, it has been ensured that it possesses the urban features in terms of infrastructure and amenitiessuch as pucca roads, electricity, taps, drainage system for disposal of waste water etc., educationalinstitutions, post offices, medical facilities, banks etc and physically contiguous with the core town of theUA.

City: Towns with population of 100,000 and above are called cities.

Household: A ‘household’ is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take theirmeals from a common kitchen unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so. Personsin a household may be related or unrelated or a mix of both. However, if a group of unrelated persons livein a census house but do not take their meals from the common kitchen, then they are not constituent ofa common household. Each such person was to be treated as a separate household. The important link infinding out whether it was a household or not was a common kitchen/common cooking. There may be onemember households, two member households or multi-member households.

Institutional Household: A group of unrelated persons who live in an institution and take theirmeals from a common kitchen is called an Institutional Household. Examples of Institutional Householdsare boarding houses, messes, hostels, hotels, rescue homes, observation homes, beggars homes, jails,ashrams, old age homes, children homes, orphanages, etc. To make the definition more clearly perceptibleto the enumerators at the Census 2011, it was specifically mentioned that this category or householdswould cover only those households where a group of unrelated persons live in an institution and share acommon kitchen.

Houseless household : Households who do not live in buildings or census houses but live in theopen or roadside, pavements, in hume pipes, under flyovers and staircases, or in the open in places ofworship, mandaps, railway platforms, etc., are treated as Houseless Households.

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe

Article 341 of the Constitution of India provides that the President may, with respect to any State orUnion Territory, specify the Castes, Races or Tribes or parts of or groups within Castes, Races or Tribes which

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shall for the purposes of the Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that State orUnion Territory. Article 342 similarly provides for specification of Tribes or Tribal Communities or parts of orgroups within Tribes or Tribal Communities which are to be deemed for the purposes of the Constitution tobe Scheduled Tribes in relation to the various States and Union Territories. In pursuance of these provisions,the list of Scheduled Castes and / or Scheduled Tribes are notified for each State and Union Territory andare valid only within the jurisdiction of that State or Union Territory and not outside.

It is important to mention here that under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, noperson who professed a religion different from Hinduism was deemed to be a member of a ScheduledCaste in addition to every member of the Ramdasi, Kabirpanthi, Majhabi or Sikligar Caste resident inPunjab or Patiala and East Punjab States Union were in relation to that State whether they professed theHindu or the Sikh religion. Subsequently, in September 1956, by an amendment, the Presidential Order of1950 and in all subsequent Presidential Orders relating to Scheduled Castes, the Hindu and the Sikh Religionswere placed on the same footing with regard to the specification of Scheduled Castes. Later on, as per theamendment made in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1990, the Hindu, the Sikh and the Buddhistwere placed on the same footing with regard to the recognition of the Scheduled Castes. A member ofScheduled Tribe may belong to any religion. However a person will be reckoned as belonging to ScheduledTribe only if the name of the Tribe appears in the list of Scheduled Tribes applicable to the State.

There are no Scheduled Castes in Lakshadweep.

List of notified Scheduled Tribes, Lakshadweep

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists (Modification) Order, 1956 and the Laccadive,Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) (Adaption of Laws) Order, 1974 &

THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) (UNION TERRITORIES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008

No. 2 OF 2009

(7th January, 2009)

Scheduled Tribes

Throughout the Union Territory:-

Inhabitants of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands who, and both of whose parents wereborn in those islands”

The entry is to be read as “Inhabitats of the Lakshadweep who, and both of whose parents, wereborn in the Union Territory”.

‘Provided that the children who are born to inhabitants of Lakshadweep in any other place in themainland of India shall be deemed to be inhabitants born in the Islands if such children settle permanentlyin the Islands’.

Language and Mother tongue

As per the census concept, each language is a group of mother tongues. The census questionnairecollects information on the mother tongue of each person and mother tongue is defined as the languagespoken in childhood by the person’s mother to the person. If the mother died in infancy, the languagemainly spoken in the person’s home in childhood will be the mother tongue. In the case of infants anddeaf mutes, the language usually spoken by the mother is considered as mother tongue. It is not necessarythat the language spoken as mother tongue should have a script. The mother tongues returned by therespondents in census are classified and grouped under appropriate languages according to their linguisticcharacteristics.

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Literate

A person age 7 years and above who can both read and write with understanding in any language istaken as literate. A person who can only read but cannot write is not literate. It is not necessary that to beconsidered as literate, a person should have received any formal education or passed any minimumeducational standard. Literacy could also have been achieved through adult literacy classes or through anynon-formal educational system. People who are blind and can read in Braille are treated as literates.

Literacy rate

Literacy rate of the population is defined as The percentage of literates in the age group sevenyears and above. For different age groups The percentage of literates in that age group gives the literacyrate.

Educational level

The highest level of education a person has completed.

Work

Work is defined as participation in any economically productive activity with or withoutcompensation, wages or profit. Such participation may be physical and/or mental in nature. Work involvesnot only actual work but also includes effective supervision and direction of work. It even includes parttime help or unpaid work on farm, family enterprise or in any other economic activity. All persons engagedin ‘work’ as defined above are workers. Persons who are engaged in cultivation or milk production evensolely for domestic consumption are also treated as workers.

Reference period for determining a person as worker and non-worker is one year preceding thedate of enumeration.

Main worker

A person who has worked for major part of the reference period (i.e. six months or more during thelast one year preceding the date of enumeration) in any economically productive activity is termed as‘Main worker’.

Marginal worker

A person who worked for less than six months of the reference period (i.e. in the last one yearpreceding the date of enumeration) in any economic activity is termed as ‘Marginal worker’.

Non - workerA person who has not worked at all in any economically productive activity during the reference

period (i.e. last one year preceding the date of enumeration) is termed as ‘Non worker’.

CultivatorFor purposes of the Census a person is classified as cultivator if he or she is engaged in cultivation

on land owned or held from government or held from private persons or institutions for payment inmoney, kind or share. Cultivation includes effective supervision or direction in cultivation.

A person who has given out her/his land to another person or persons or institution(s) for cultivationfor money, kind or share of crop and who does not even supervise or direct cultivation in exchange of land,is not treated as cultivator. Similarly, a person working on another person’s land for wages in cash or kind ora combination of both (agricultural labourer) is not treated as cultivator.

Cultivation involves ploughing, sowing, harvesting and production of cereals and millet crops suchas wheat, paddy, jowar, bajra, ragi, etc., and other crops such as sugarcane, tobacco, ground-nuts, tapioca,

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etc., and pulses, raw jute and kindred fiber crop, cotton, cinchona and other medicinal plants, fruit growing,vegetable growing or keeping orchards or groves, etc. Cultivation does not include the following plantationcrops – tea, coffee, rubber, coconut and betelnuts (areca).

Agricultural labourer

A person who works on another person’s land for wages in money or kind or share is regarded as anagricultural labourer. She/he has no risk in the cultivation, but merely works on another person’s land for

wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which she/he works.

Household industry workerHousehold industry is defined as an industry conducted by the head of the household herself/

himself and or by the members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas and only withinthe precincts of the house where the household lives in urban areas.

The larger proportion of workers in household industry should consist of members of the householdincluding the head. The industry should not be run on the scale of a registered factory which would qualifyor has to be registered under the Indian Factories Act and should be engaged in manufacturing, processing,servicing and repairs of goods.

It does not include professions such as a pleader, Doctor, Musician, Dancer, Waterman, Astrologer,Dhobi, Barber, etc. or merely trade or business, even if such professions, trade or services are run at homeby members of the household.

Other workerA person who has been engaged in some economic activity during the reference period but not as

a cultivator or agricultural labourer or in Household Industry is termed as a ‘Other Worker (OW)’. The typeof workers that come under this category of ‘OW’ include all government servants, municipal employees,teachers, factory workers, plantation workers, those engaged in trade, commerce, business, transport,banking, mining, construction, political or social work, priests, entertainment artists, etc. In effect, allthose workers other than cultivators or agricultural labourers or household industry workers, are ‘OtherWorkers’.

Work participation rate

Percentage of workers (main + marginal) to total population

Population density

Population density is the number of persons inhabited per square kilometre of the area.

Age

Age is measured in terms of the completed number of years.

Sex ratio

Number of females per 1000 males in a population.

iii) NON-CENSUS CONCEPTS

Concepts used in VD and TD of DCHB:

1. Educational Amenities:- The type of different educational facilities available in the village is given innumbers. Both Government and private educational facilities / institutions are considered for this-purpose. If there are composite schools like Middle schools with Primary classes, or Secondary schools

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with middle classes, these are included in the number of Primary and Middle schools respectively. Forexample, if in a village there are two Primary schools and one Middle school with primary classes, thenumber of Primary schools in the village are given as three and that of Middle school as one eventhough there may be only three educational institutions. So also in case of Secondary schools. Forbetter understanding, the distinctiveness of different types of schools is depicted hereunder:

1.1 Pre-primary (PP): Now-a-days, the children are sent to schools at a very early stage. Lot of pre-primary schools, private schools in particular, have come up in villages and towns. These may ormay not be recognized by the competent authorities. Even many Secondary schools have classesstarting from preprimary level. Pre-primary classes include Nursery, K.G., Pre-basic, Play school,etc.

1.2 Primary School (P): Schools providing education from Standard 1 and upward up to and inclusiveof Standard V are classified as Primary Schools.

1.3 Middle School (M): Schools providing education from Standard VI and upward up to and inclusiveof Standard VIII are classified as Middle Schools. A School with Class 1 to VIII is treated as twounits, i.e. one Primary School and one Middle School.

1.4 Secondary School (S): Schools providing education from Standard IX and upwards up to andinclusive of Standard X are classified as Secondary Schools. A composite school with 1 to X standardis treated as three separate units and counted separately under the categories of Primary School,Middle School and Secondary School.

1.5 Senior Secondary School (SS): Schools and colleges that provide education for Standards XI andXII and first and second year of the Pre-University Course fall under this category. There areSenior Secondary Schools with Standard I and upwards up to Standard XII.

1.6. Degree College:

(i) Arts/Science/Commerce: These are all educational institutions that provide post-PUC leveleducation leading to University degree/diploma in any subject or combination of subjects andalso post-graduate levels of education. The college offering courses in Arts, Science or Commerceeither separately or in combination are covered under this category.

(ii) Engineering College (E):It is a graduate/post-graduate degree college providing Bachelor ofEngineering (BE) or Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) or post-graduate engineering degrees likeM.Tech.

(iii) Medical Colleges: These are graduate/post-graduate degree colleges providing MBBS orequivalent degree in alternative medicine like Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy etc. or post-graduate medical degrees like M.D or equivalent in the above branches of medicine.

1.7. Management College/ Institute (MI): It offers courses like Diploma in Management, Post-GraduateDiploma in Management, Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and specializations indifferent disciplines of Management like Marketing, Human Resources Development (HRD) etc.

1.8. Polytechnic (Pt): An Institution providing certificate/diploma (not equivalent to degree) in anytechnical subject like engineering, vocational courses like embroidery, fashion designing etc. Itmay be both Government and Private.

1.9. Vocational School/ITI: It is a vocational training institute imparting trainings in specific fieldsacquiring necessary skill, which will make the trainees employable or create them opportunities

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of self-employment. Trainings offered by Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) fall under this category.

1.10. Non-formal Education/Training Centre (NFTC): Non-vocational education centers, established bythe Central and State Governments provide educational facilities to the interested personsirrespective of educational qualification, and age. These education centers are open to all.

1.11. Special School for Disabled: There are Government and Government recognized institutions/organizations engaged for providing education to different groups of disabled persons.

2. Medical Facilities:

2.1 Hospital-Allopathic and Hospital-Alternative medicine: A hospital is an Institution, where sick orinjured are given medical or surgical care. Bed strength differs from hospital to hospital rangingfrom 31 to 500 depending upon whether these are sub-district, sub-divisional or district hospitals.If there is hospitals providing facilities under different systems of medicines such as, Allopathy,Ayuveda, Unani and Homeopathy etc., these details are given separately.

(a) Allopathy: The system of medical practice, which treats disease by the use of remedieswhich produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment.

(b) Ayurveda: Ayurveda means ‘Science of life’. The philosophy of Ayurveda is based on thetheory of Pancha Mahabhootas (Five elements) of which all the objects and living bodies arecomposed of. The combination of these five elements are represented in the form of Tridosha:Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These three ‘doshas’ are physiological entities of living beings. Ayurvedadeveloped into eight distinct specialities, i.e., Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Eye andENT, Surgery, Toxicology, Geriatrics and Science of virility. Two types of treatments, Preventiveand Curative, are given in Ayurveda.

(c) Unani: Treatment of Unani consists of three components, namely, preventive, promotive andcurative. Unani system of medicine has been found to be efficacious in conditions like RheumaticArtharitis. Jaundice, Filarisis, Eczema, Sinusitis and Bronchial Asthma. For the prevention of thedisease and promotion of health, the Unani System emphasizes six essentials: pure air, food andwater, physical movement and rest, psychic movement and rest, sleep and wakefulness andretention of useful materials and evacuation of waste materials from the body.

(d) Homoeopathy: Treatment in Homoeopathy, which is holistic in nature, focuses on anindividual’s response to a specific environment. Homoeopathic medicines are prepared mainlyfrom natural substances such as plant products, minerals and animal sources. Homoeopathicmedicines do not have any toxic, poisonous or side effects.Homoeopathic treatment is economicalas well and has a very broad public acceptance.

2.2 Community Health Centre (CHC): Community Health Centres are designed to provide referralhealth care for cases from PHC and those in need of specialist health care approaching the CHCdirectly. 4 PHCs are included under each CHC thus catering approximately 80,000 populations intribal/hilly areas and 1, 20,000 populations for plain areas. CHC is a 30- bedded hospital providingspecialist care in Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery and Paediatrics.

2.3 Primary Health Centre (PHC): A Primary Health Centre is the first contact point between a villagecommunity and the Government medical officer. A PHC covers a population of 20,000 in hilly,tribal or difficult areas and 30,000 populations in plain areas with 4-6 indoor/observation beds. Itacts as a referral unit for 6 sub-centres. It has a medical officer and para medical staff.

2.4 Primary Health Sub- Centre (PHS): A Primary Health Sub-centre is the first contact point betweenthe primary health care system and the community. As per the population norms, one PHS isestablished for every 5,000 population in plain areas and 3,000 population in hilly/ tribal/ desertareas. Each PHS has a sanctioned strength of one male and one female heath worker.

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2.5 Maternity and Child Welfare Centre (MCW): It provides pre-natal and post-natal services forboth mother and child. The services include regular check-up of pregnant women, giving folictablets, counseling, delivery, immunization of children with check-up etc.

2.6 TB Clinic (TBC): The diagnosis and treatment of TB are functions of the general health servicesand hence it is a part and parcel of Primary Health Care. Specialized units such as the DistrictTuberculosis Centre (DTC) act as referral centres. TB clinics are established by the Government ofIndia under the National Tuberculosis Control Programme and implemented through a networkof DTC. The DTC is the nodal point for TB control activities in the district and it also functions as aspecialized referral centre. The functions of sub-district level Tuberculosis Unit (TU) areimplementation, monitoring and supervision of TB control activities in its designated geographicalareas.

2.7 Health Centre: Clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed. It has no in-patientfacility. A clinic (or an outpatient clinic) is a small private or public health facility that is devotedto the care of outpatients, often in a community, in contrast to larger hospitals, which also treatinpatients.

2.8 Dispensary: Place where patients are treated and medicines provided but with no in-patientfacility.Immunizations, MCH Services and sometimes pathological tests are carried out here. Itmay be of allopathic or any alternative medicine.

2.9 Veterinary Hospital: Mostly run by the State Government or local body for treatment andpreventive measures against diseases of domestic animals like cows, buffaloes etc in rural areas.

2.10 Mobile Health Clinic: These are Mobile vans well equipped with a range of health services tovillages located far away from the CHCs, PHCs or any public health sources. The vans visit villageson designated days to deliver the health care services. The services generally offered are OPD,ante-natal and post-natal, B.P. examination, X-ray, ECG, Immunization, First Aid etc.

2.11 Family Welfare Centre: Check-up and counseling is provided to the pregnant and married womenregarding small family norm and devices for having a small family. Temporary and permanentcontraceptive devices are provided here.

2.12 Nursing Home: A nursing home is a long –term care facility licensed by the state that offers 24-hour room and board and health care services including basic and skilled nursing care,rehabilitation and a full range of other therapies., treatments and programs to old and sickpeople. The difference between a hospital and a nursing home is that a nursing home givesimportance to convalescence from a disease while a hospital gives medical treatment for thedisease.

2.13 Medicine Shop: A shop which sells drugs and medicines of any system of medicine viz. allopathic,homeopathic, ayurvedic or unani medicines, is considered as a medicine shop. Sometimes someshops and Paan shops also keep ordinary medicines, like Crocin, Burnol etc. These shops are nottaken as medicine shops.

3. Drinking water: The following are the main source of drinking water facility (ies) available in thevillage.

3.1 Tap Water-treated: This source of drinking water refers to a source of drinking water which isprovided to the villagers through pipes within their premises or to the villagers through commontaps (public taps/community water points) by the Government departments, local bodies,

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panchayats, public or private estate agencies, etc. after treatment. Such a source is treated as‘Tap water from treated source’.

3.2 Tap Water-un-treated: If the villagers are drawing drinking water through pipes either directlyfrom a well or bore well or after pumping the well or tube well water, or the water is suppliedthrough pipes to the households of the village or through public taps without treatment.Such asource is treated as ‘Tap water from un-treated source’.

3.3 Covered Well (CW): A well that is (1) covered on sides from run-off water (i.e., excess waterfrom rain, snowmelt or other sources flows over the land) through a wall lining or casting that israised above ground level on a platform that diverts spilled water away from the well and (2)covered so that bird droppings and animals cannot fall down the hole. It is considered as coveredwell.

3.4 Un-covered Well (UW): A well which is (1) un-covered on sides from runoff water, (2) un-coveredfrom bird droppings and animals; or (3) both.

3.5 Hand Pump (HP): Hand pump means where ground water is taken out manually by operating ahand pump.

3.6 Tube Well / Borehole (TW): Tube well denotes the ground water source from where groundwater is taken out through electrical or diesel pump. Spring, River/Canal, Tank/Pond/Lark are selfexplanatory.

4. Community Toilet Complex : Community Toilet may be constructed and maintained by Gram Panchayatsor Private NGOs like Sulabh Sauchalaya or likes.

5. Rural Sanitary Mart or Sanitary Hardware Outlet (RSM): It is an outlet dealing with the materials,hardware and designs required for the construction of not only sanitary latrines but other sanitaryfacilities such as compost pit, washing platform and other sanitation and hygiene accessories requiredfor individuals, households and the environment in the rural areas.

6. Community bio-gas or recycle of waste for productive use: Many of the solid wastes having economicvalues but put for disposal can be recycled for reuse. For example, food, cow dung, leaves, vegetable,paper, wood, plastics, old cloth etc. However, some of the wastes are not recyclable. These are carbonpaper, thermo coal etc. When recyclable solid wastes is subjected to decomposition, bio-gas could beproduced under favourable conditions. These systems of recycling may be there at the village levelorganized by Gram Panchayats with technical support from Governments or non-government organi-zations.

7. Communication and transport Facilities:

7.1 Post Office (PO): Self-explanatory.7.2 Sub-Post Office (SPO): Sub-post office includes ExtraDepartmental Post Offices and those providing franchise postal services and also part time servicesin lieu of some honorarium. The limited postal services include sale of stamps, receipt of lettersand money orders and also distribution of letters.

7.3 Post & Telegraph Office (PTO): Telegraph office is set up by the Government to enable people tosend or receive telegrams. If the phonogram facility is available (though the Telegraph officemay not be equipped with Morse Code Transmitters), the village is considered to be havingtelegraph facility.

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7.4 Telephones (landlines): If the village is having the Public Call Office (PCO) either run by the PostOffice or by individuals or by a private shop, then the village is considered to be having telephonefacility.

7.5 Public Call Office (PCO)/Mobile PCO: Self explanatory.

7.6 Mobile Phone Coverage: Mobile phones are now very common particularly in urban areas. Somevillages by virtue of being in close proximity to the urban areas also enjoy the benefits of themobile phone services. Even if a few villagers avail the services of mobile phones, then thevillage is considered to be having access to mobile phone.

7.7 Internet Cafes/Common Service Centres (CSC): If the village is having the facility of Cyber Cafesor shops owned by private individuals providing the facility of surfing of the internet, then thevillage is considered to be having access to internet/cyber cafe facility. Government of Indiaformulated the scheme of CSC with the vision of providing all government services in an integratedmanner at the door step of the citizen at an affordable cost even in the remotest corners of thecountry through a combination of it based as well as non-IT based services.

7.8 National Highway (NH): These are main highways running through the length and breadth ofthe country. Each NH is numbered like NH-1, NH-2 for easy identification.

7.9 State Highway (SH): These are roads of a state linking district headquarters and important citieswithin a State and connecting them with NHs or Highways of the neighboring States.

7.10 Major District Roads (MDR): These are important roads within a district, serving areas ofproduction and markets and connecting these with each other or with the main Highways.

7.11 Other District Roads (ODR): These are roads serving rural areas of production and providingthem with outlet to market centres, taluka headquarters, block development head quarters orother main roads.

7.12 Village Road:The approach to village refers to the state of road etc., leading to the village. Thisis to see whether the village is approachable both in fair and foul weather, and whether it isinaccessible only for some time in the year.

7.13. Black-Topped (Pucca) Road (BTR): A road provided with a bituminous surfacing.

7.14 Gravel (Kuchha) Road (GR): A road constructed using well compacted crushed rock or gravelmaterial (coarse sand, small stones), which is fairly resilient and does not become slippery whenwet.

7.15 Water Bound Macadam (WBM): This is the road layer made of crushed or broken mixture of sandand rock fragments mechanically interlocked by rolling and voids filled with screening and bindingmaterial with the assistance of water.

7.16 Foot Path (FP): A trodden path for the use by pedestrians and in some cases bicycles. The FootPaths are not suitable for vehicular traffic except bicycles in some cases. Most of the interior/forest villages are connected by Foot Paths.

8. Banks and Credit Societies: -Banking facility means a place where a person can operate a bank account.

8.1 Commercial Bank (CB): These may be banks wholly ownedby the Government of India. or byIndian or Foreign Companies.

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8.2 Cooperative Banks (Coop. B): A co-operative bank is a financial entity which belongs to itsmembers, who are at the same time the owners and the customers of their bank. Cooperativebanks are often created by persons belonging to the some local or professional community orsharing a common interest. These banks are registered under the Cooperative Societies Act. Thecooperative banks are regulated by RBI and are covered by the Banking Regulations Act, 1949.

8.3 Agricultural Credit Society (ACS): Major objectives of the ACS are to supply agricultural credit tomeet the requirements of funds for agricultural production, the distribution of essential consumercommodities, the provision of storage and marketing facilities and for light agriculturalimplements and machinery.

8.4 Non-Agricultural Credit Society (NCS): These societies include consumer cooperative societiesand also credit cooperative societies of certain categories of persons like teachers, health workers,etc.

9. Miscellaneous Facilities:

9.1 Self-help Group (SHG): Self-Help Groups are groups of between 10-25 women created by eitherNGOs or under the SGSY (Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana) for the purposes of meeting localcredit needs. They are sometimes called Mahila Mandals in villages.

9. 2. Public Distribution System (PDS) shop: The shops through which some essential commoditiesare sold by the government at subsidized rates. They may also be known as ration shops andcontrol shops.

9.3. Mandis/Regular Market: These are those clusters of shops with or without fixed premises whichare open on at least six days a week and opens at least from morning hours to dusk.

9.4. Weekly Haat: These are those clusters of shops with or without fixed premises which are openonce a week.

9.5. Agricultural Marketing Society: It is a common platform to analyse the issues among all theindividuals and institutions in the field of agricultural marketing.

9.6. Nutrition Centre: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): The Integrated ChildDevelopment Services (ICDS) Scheme set up by the Government of India with the objective ofproviding following package of services to the children under 6 years and pregnant and lactatingmothers in villages such as; Immunization, Health Check-up, Referral Services, Pre-school Non-formal Education and Nutrition & Health Education.

9.7. Anganwadi Centre: Each centre under the ICDS scheme is run by an Anganwadi Worker. OneAnganwadi worker is appointed for specified population of the village. They are basically localwomen. They are assisted by Anganwadi helper. They provide pre-school non-formal educationat the Centre and provide food to the children.

9.8. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA): ASHA is a health activist in the community who willcreate awareness on health and its social determinants and mobilize the community towardslocal health planning and increased utilization and accountability of the existing health services.She would be a promoter of good health practices. She will also provide a minimum package ofcurative care as appropriate and feasible for that level and make timely referrals. She will act asa motivator of different types of health related activities. Unlike ANM, she will not be involved inany clinical activities like immunization.

9.9. Sports Club/Recreation Centre: Indoor and out-door games are arranged by the Club and activitieslike wrestling, Judo Karate etc. are also done there.

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9.10. Cinema/Video Hall (CV): If regular cinema houses licensed by Government is available, then thetown/village is considered to be having the facility of Cinema Hall. Video hall owners screenfilms in their own or hired premises.

9.11. Public Library: Books are kept there which can be accessed by the public on loan basis. These maybe sponsored by Government or Local Body or Panchayat or any influential person. Free serviceor nominal charges are made for using the facility.

9.12. Public Reading Room: Here the public may read newspapers and magazines. These may besponsored by Government or Local Body or Panchayat or any influential person.

9.13. Newspaper Supply: The availability of the Newspaper(s), both in English or vernacular, in thevillage is considered to having the said facility.

10. Availability of Electricity/Power. If power is actually available, whatever may be the form of its use,it is indicated affirmative.If the village is having electricity for domestic purposes and the residentsare using the same for domestic use, then it is considered that domestic power supply is available. Ifthe electricity authority has not given domestic supply to the households on their request and peopleare using unauthorized electricity either by stealthily or misuse the supply meant for agricultural orindustrial purposes, then it is not considered as availability of electricity for domestic purposes.However, if the village goes out of power due to temporary technical problems such as, transformerfailures, theft of electrical equipment, etc., it is considered that electricity is available. Supply ofelectricity is considered available even when there is a temporary ban on new domestic connec-tions. Connections to residential houses, bungalows, clubs, hostels and hospitals run on non-com-mercial basis, charitable, educational and religious institutions are included in the domestic cat-egory.

10.1 Power Supply for domestic use:This category includeselectricityused only for domesticconsumption.

10.2 Power supply for agricultural use: This category includes all electricity connections given to thefarmers for conducting various agricultural activities including irrigation.

10.3 Power supply for commercial use: This category includes electricity connections given forworkshops, industries etc. or for any commercial purposes.

10.4 Power supply for all uses: This category includes electricity connection is available for domesticuse, agricultural use, and for any commercial purposes.

11. Land Use Pattern: The land use area of the villages is given in hectares. The land use pattern in theVillage Directory conform to the pattern of classification of land use as recommended by the Ministryof Agriculture, Government of India. The Ministry has recommended the maintenance of records ofland use pattern under the 9 categories as indicated in the Village Directory.

12. System of drainage : Generally, by drainage system, we mean the network of mains and branches ofunderground conduits for the conveyance of sewerage to the point of disposal. Sewers that carry onlyhousehold and industrial wastage are called separate sewers; those that carry storm water from roofs,streets and other surfaces are known as storm water drains, while those carrying both sewage andstorm water are called combined sewers. However, in towns, which are not provided with such under-ground sewerage system, it is mentioned whether it has open drainage system. There may be possibil-ity of the town having both closed as well as open drainage systems.

13. Type of latrines: The data on various types of latrines both public and private together are collected.The three types of latrines considered here are, Pit Latrine, Flush/Pour Flush Latrine and ServiceLatrine.

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(i) Pit System: The latrines are attached to the pit that is dug into the ground for the reception ofnight soil, are reckoned as pit latrine.

(ii) Flush/pour flush: A flush latrine uses a cistern or holding tank for flushing water and has a waterseal, which is a U-shaped pipe, below the seat or squatting pan that prevents the passage of fliesand odours. A pour flush latrine uses a water seal, but unlike a flush latrine, a pour flush latrineuses water poured by hand for flushing (no cistern is used). (iii) Service: Type of latrine fromwhere night soil is removed manually by scavengers. All other types of latrines are coveredunder “Others” category.

14. Protected Water Supply- Source and capacity of Storage system:There are various sources of watersupply and its storage system in the town.

14.1 Service Reservoir: A servicereservoir is a water storage container that holds clean water after ithas been treated in a water plant, and before it is piped to the end users. These containers arecovered, and are designed to keep the water safe from contamination. Their main purpose is toprovide a buffer within the water supply system so that water supplies can be maintained acrossperiods of varying demand.

14.2 River Infiltration Gallery: Infiltration Galleries are capable of supplying large quantities of water,and are used where wells are unable to supply water needs, i.e. where an impermeable rockbarrier affects well efficiency, or where surface water sources are too shallow for intake screens.Infiltration galleries are one or more horizontal screens placed adjacent to (on-shore), or directlyunderneath (bed-mounted), a surface water source.

14.3 Bore Well Pumping System: A bore well is a well of 6" to 12" in diameter drilled into the earth forretrieving water.  The depth of a bore well can vary from 50 feet to 3000 feet. Water is pumped outto surface through electricity/generator.

14.4 Pressure Tank: Tank that is used to ensure consistent water pressure and for storage of water.Usually located in basement of house but sometimes (in older settings) located in well pit.

15. Road lighting (Points): Road lighting means the number of street lights that are maintained in thetown.

16. Home Orphanage: Orphanageis the name to describe a residential institutiondevoted tothecareoforphans–children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable to care for them. Par-ents, and sometimes grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absenceof these or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state, andorphanages are a way of providing for their care and housing.

17. Working women’s hostel: These may be recognised or non-recognised by any public authority. The dataon number of working women’s hostels available in the town are collected with number of seats.

18. Old Age Home: There are two types of Old Age Homes in India. One is the “Free” type which cares forthe destitute old people who have no one else to care for them. They are given shelter, food, clothingand medical care. The second type is the “Paid” home where care is provided for a fee. Nowadays, such“Retirement” homes have become very popular in India and they are well worth considering.

19. Stadium: A stadium is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concertsor other events, consist-ing of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators tostand or sit and view the event.

20. Auditorium/Community Hall: These are the places wheremeetings, social functions etc. are organised.

Civic status of urban units: Civic Status of a town/city is determined on the basis of Civic AdministrativeAuthority of the town e.g., Municipal Corporation / Corporation, Municipal Committee / Municipal council,Municipality etc.

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Size class of U.A./town : Size-class of U.A./Town is based on the population size of the U.A./City/Town.

U.A.s/Towns with 100,000 and above population are classified as Class I U.A.s/ Towns. Towns with50,000 to 99,999 population are classified as Class II towns, 20,000 to 49,999 population are Class III towns,population with 10,000- 19,999 are Class IV towns, population with 5,000 and 9,999 are Class V towns andtowns with less than 5,000 population are Class VI towns.

Slum area : The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956, which was enacted by theCentral Government defined slums as (a) Areas where buildings are in any respect unfit for human habita-tion; or (b) are by reasons of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement and design of such buildings,narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any combi-nation of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health or morals.

Mega city : The concept of ‘Mega city’ is a recent phenomenon in the Urban Sociology and is definedin term of metropolitan city in the form of large size, problem of management of civic amenities andcapacity to absorb the relatively high growth of population. Indian Census in 1991 treated the populationsize of 5 million and above as the cutoff point to identify a place as the mega city. Whereas, for the purposeof inclusion in Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Infrastructure Development in Mega cities the Ministry ofUrban Affairs and employment, Department of Urban Development adopted the criteria of 4 million andabove population as per 1991 Census for Mega Cities. In 2001 Census, cities with 10 millions and abovepopulation have been treated as Mega cities and the same criteria of population have been adopted in 2011census.

iv) 2011 CENSUS FINDINGS

Distribution of population in Rural – Urban areas.

It is worth mentioning here that there is no city or urban agglomeration in Lakshadweep. Till 1981,the entire area of the UT was treated as rural. In 1981, three of the major islands namely, Amini, Kavarattiand Minicoy were treated as Census Towns for the first time and continued as such in 1991 and 2001.Though Agatti Island was included in the urban frame in 1991, it was declassified as rural in 2001 Census, asit did not satisfy the empirical test.

All the six Census Towns have non-municipal status. Kavaratti, Minicoy and Andrott Census townscomes under the class of IV (population of 10,000 – 19,999), while the other two towns, Amini, Kadmatcomes under the class of V (population of 5,000 -9,999). The town Kalpeni comes under class VI (less than5,000).

The population of Lakshadweep as per 2011 census is 64,473, Of which 14,141 persons live in ruralareas and 50,332 persons in urban areas representing 21.93% and 78.07% respectively of the total populationof the district. In 2001, the proportion of population was more in the rural section (55.5%) than in the urbansection (44.5%). This was only because of the declassification of Agatti Island in the rural frame in 2001.

Six out of ten community development blocks in the district have urban components. Amini,Kadmat and Andrott are entirely urban both in area and population while Kavaratti, Kalpeni and Minicoyhave both rural and urban areas, but have only urban population. In short, the entire population of theseCD blocks is residing in urban areas and there is no rural population. On the other hand, the remaining fourCD blocks are entirely rural and have no urban population.

The rural-urban distribution of population in 2001 and 2011 is diagrammatically depicted as follows.

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Population and its growth

Population of Lakshadweep is 64,473 with a break up of 33,123 males and 31,350 females recording adecennial growth rate of 6.3% over 2001 population. This is the second time after1941, the Lakshadweeppopulation has shown a declining trend in its growth rate. In 2001 Census the decennial growth rate ofLakshadweep was 17.3%. This has come down to 6.3% in 2011 recording a loss of 11% points over 2001growth rate.

In line with the above general trend all the sub-divisions and CD blocks have recorded a low growthrate compared to 2001 census. The highest sub-divisional growth rate is recorded in Kavaratti sub-division(10.89%) and lowest in Kadmatsub-division(1.31%). Among the CD blocks, Kavaratti record the highestgrowth rate (10.89%) followed by Minicoy (10.03%) and Kadmat records the lowest (1.31%)

The following statement gives the growth rate of Lakshadweep district for 2001 and 2011.

Sex ratio

The sex ratio of the district as per 2011 census is 946 females per 1000 males. The sex ratio of thedistrict was always favorable to the females and stood above the equity ratio right from 1901 to 1961except in 1911 and 1931. Thereafter, the ratio demonstrate a declining trend from 1971 to 1991. In 2001 sexratio shows a slight improvement over the 1991 ratio (943)

The 2011 sex ratio shows a slight decrease over 2001 ratio (946). It is worth mentioning that thoughthere were ups and downs, the sex ratio of the district was always the national sex ratio.

The rural sex-ratio of the district is more favourble to females(952) than the sex ratio of totalpopulation (946) but remains the same as was in 1991 census (959). On the other hand the urban sex ratioof the district(945) is above the rural sex ratio.

44.5%55.5%

RURAL URBAN COMPOSITION, 2001

Rural

Urban

13.36%

86.64%

RURAL URBAN COMPOSITION, 2011

Rural

Urban

State /District2001 2011 2001 2011

Lakshadweep 60650 64473 17.3 6.3

Population Percentage Decadal Growth

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Among the sub divisions, Andrott has the highest sex-ratio 1035 females per 1000 males and Kavarattihas lowest ratio 817 females per 1000 males. In the CD block also Andrott bagged the first position in sexratio with 1075 females per 1000 males and Kavaratti the least with 817 females per 1000 males.

The child sex-ratio (0-6 age-group) in the district is 911 against 959 in 2001. This is lower than thetotal sex ratio of the district (946) as well as that of 2001 (959). The rural child sex-ratio has decreasedconsiderable from 999 in 2001 and reached at 911 in 2011, whereas the urban child sex-ratio has increasedfrom 900 in2001 to 911in 2011 census.

The highest sub divisional child ratio is recorded in Chetlat (1184) and the lowest in Kiltan (855). Inthe CD Blocks, Chetlat stand first with 1184 and Kiltan lowest with 855 females per 1000 males.

Density

The density of population of the district as per 2011 Census is 2,149 persons per sq.km as against1895 in 2001. The area of Lakshadweep has decreased to 30 sq.km. from 32.00 sq.kms. in 2001 census andtherefore, the density of population of the district is directly proportional to the increase in population ineach Census.

The rural area of the district includes area of all the rural islands (villages) including uninhabitedislands, while the urban area of the district is limited to the area of the urban islands (census towns) only,Therefore, the urban density (2,293 persons per sq.km.) of the district is higher than the rural density(1,756) persons per sq,km.

The density of population in Amini, Bitra, Chetlat, Kiltan, Kavaratti, Andrott and Minicoy sub-division are higher than that the total density of the district. This is due to the reason that the totalgeographical area of the district (30.00 sq.kms) is used for calculating the district density, whereas the landuse area of the district (28.56 sq.kms.) is used for reckoning sub-divisional and block level density. Thehighest density is recorded in Amini sub-division (2,958 persons per sq.km.) while the lowest is recordedin Kalpeni sub-division (1,584 person per sq.km). Among the CD Blocks, the highest density of 2,958persons per sq.km.is recorded in Amini and the lowest in Kalpeni (1,584 persons per sq.km).

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The following statement shows the density of the district for 2001 and 2011

Literacy

According to 2011 Census, a person who can both read and write with understanding in any languageis treated as a literate. Children in the age group 0-6 are excluded from the total population. Thus, literacyrate is the number of literates per 100 population in the age group 7 and above.

As per 2011 Census, there are 52,553 literates in Lakshadweep. This means 91.85% of the populationin Lakshadweep are literates. Out of the total literates, 28,023 are males and 24,530 are females. As in theprevious census, the male population in the district dominate the female population in literacy in thepresent census also. In 2001, there were 92.5% male literates and 80.5% female literates in the district.

These rates have increased to 95.28% and 90.3% respectively in 2011 census.

Among the sub-divisions, the highest literacy rate is recorded in Bitra (96.97%) and the lowest inAmini (89.12%). In the CD Blocks, the highest rate is registered at Bitra(96.97%) and lowest in Amini(89.12%).

The diagram below portrays the literacy rate of Lakshadweep 2011 census

Work Participation Rate

As per the Census of India 2011, population is broadly classified in to two groups viz. Workers and Non-workers according to their activity. Further, they are again sub-divided in to Main workers and Marginalworkers on the basis of their economic activity. Those persons, who worked for six months and more, aretreated as Main workers and those who worked for less than six months are treated as Marginal workers.The Main workers and Marginal workers are again classified in to Cultivators, Agricultural Labourers,

2001 2011Lakshadweep 1895 2149Amini 2228 2958Kalpeni 1549 1584

Density of PopulationState/ CD Blocks

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Household Industry workers and Other Workers on the basis of the nature of work done by them.

Work Participation Rate (WPR) is the percentage of total workers (main and marginal) to the totalpopulation. As per 2011 census, out of the total population of 64,473 in the district, 18,753 persons i.e.,29.09% of the total population are workers as against 25.32% in 2001.

Of the total 18753 workers in the district, 15,318 are male and only 3,435 are female constituting46.25% and 10.96% of their respective total population. In general, the decade 2001-2011 registers anincrease of 4.06 percent points in the total work participation rate over the previous decade.

In 2011 Census, the work participation rate is high in the urban areas compared to the rural areas ofthe district. This is evident from the fact that 28.01% of the urban populations are workers, whereas in therural areas 32.82% of its population are workers as against 27.3% and 23.8% respectively in 2001 Census.

Among the sub-division, the highest work participation rate is recorded in Bitra(50.55%) and thelowest in Andrott (19.61%), In the same way, Kalpeni sub-division stands at top in the district in the case ofmain workers (28.08) and Bitra incase of marginal(25.83%). The least percentage of main workers andmarginal workers are recorded in Andrott(9.69%) and Kalpeni (8.58%) respectively.

It is interesting to note that the highest work participation rate is recorded in Bitra CD block(50.55%)and the lowest in Andrott CD clock (19.61%). In the case of main workers, Kalpeni CD block ranksfirst with 28.08% again leaving behind Andrott CD block to the last position (19.41%). The highest proportionof marginal workers is registered at Bitra CD block (25.83%) and the lowest in Kalpeni CD block (8.58%).

It is worth mentioning here that in all the above cases, the gap between the highest and the lowestis too wide in CD blocks that it is two to three times more than the lowest rates.

RELIGION

The local inhabitants of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep are all Muslims. According to 2011Census six major religions viz. Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism have beenreturned from Lakshadweep. Of these 96.58% of population are followers of Islam. The following statementgives the distribution of population with percentage in different religious communities in the district.

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The above table reveals that, besides Muslims 2.7% of the population in the district are Hindus and0.49% Christians. Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are negligible in number. There are other religion or persua-sions in the district which are also negligible in number. 64 persons have not stated any religion. Populationother than Muslims constitute only 3.42% of the total population. Hence, the characteristics of generalpopulation largely resemble those of Muslim population in Lakshadweep.

Persons Males Females

All Religions 64473(100.0) 33123(100.0) 31350(100.0)Muslims 62268(96.58) 31166(94.09) 31102(99.21)Hindus 1788(2.77) 1603(4.84) 185(0.59)Christians 317(0.49) 286(0.86) 31(0.09)Sikhs 8(0.0) 6(0.0) 2(0.0)Buddhists 10(0.0) 9(0.0) 1(0.0)Jain 11(0.0) 6(0.0) 5(0.0)Other Religions and persuasions 7(0.0) 6(0.0) 1(0.0)Religion not stated 64(0.0) 41(0.27) 23(0.07)

PopulationReligious Communities

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v) BRIEF ANALYSIS OF PCA DATA BASED ON INSET TABLES 1 TO 35

During 2011 Census the inset tables contained in District Census Hand Book are also generated usingcomputer software as done in 2001 Census.

The total population of Lakshadweep as revealed by the Census, India, 2011 is 64,473 personsconsisting of 33,123 males and 31,350 females. The population of the district, distributing in to four sub-divisions namely Amini, Kavaratti, Androth and Minicoy has increased recording a decennial growth rate of6.30% in decade 2001-2011. As in 2001 Census, Amini sub-division ranks first in population with 31.19%followed by Kavaratti (28.35%) and Androth (24.81%). 50,332 persons in the district out of 64,473 personsrepresenting 78.07% of the total population live in urban and against 44.5% in 2001. The decennial growthrate of rural population during the decade 2001-2011 is -58.02% whereas it is 36.24 for urban. The reason forhigh increase in urban population is due to the classification of Kadmat, Androth and Kalpeni village intocensus towns in 2011 census.

Of the sub-divisions, Androth is entirely urban and the remaining 3 sub divisions have both ruraland urban population.

The rural population of the district is spread out in 6 villages of 4 CD blocks. Agatti CD block has thehighest population, while Chetlat, Bitra CD Block has the least population. Of the total 8 island (villages) 2(ie. 9.76%) islands viz. Kiltan & Chetlat lie in the population size of 2000-4999 and 1 (i.e. 11.74%) island viz.Agatti fall in the range of 5000-9999. The lowest population size of less than 200 (Bangaram, SuheliCheriyakara) and in the range of 200-499 (Bitra). Table 2 below gives the number and percentage andinhabited villages in specified population size ranges with the related population.

1 2 3

1 0002-Bitra 1 271 154 117 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 1 ( 100 %) 154 117

2 0003-Chetlat 1 2,347 1,172 1,175 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

3 0004-Kiltan 1 3,946 2,012 1,934 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

4 0006-Kavarat ti 1 11 11 0 1 ( 100 %) 11 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

5 0007-Agatt i 2 7,566 3,894 3,672 1 ( 50 %) 44 1 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

Total 6 14,141 7,243 6,898 2 ( 33 %) 55 1 1 ( 17 %) 154 117

Table 2: Number and percentage of inhabited villages in specified population size ranges with the related population, 2011 (Rural)

11 1210

Populat ion 200 - 499

7

Population less than 200

8

Males Females

94 5

Persons Males

Total rural populat ion

Females

6

Sl.No. C.D. Block Total number of inhabited villages

Number and percentage of

villages

Number and percentage of

villages

Males Females

1 21 Amini 18914 11561 7353 19629 6564 13065 3.78 -43 .22 77 .68 38.9 77.68 *2 Kavarat ti 17193 7074 10119 18787 7577 11210 9.27 7 .11 10.78 58.9 10.783 Andrott 15048 15048 0 15601 0 15610 3.73 0 3 .73 0 100.0**4 Minicoy 9495 0 9495 10447 0 10447 10.03 0 10.03 100.

010.03

5 Total 60650 33683 26967 64473 14141 50332 6.30 -58 .02 66.43 44.5 86 .64*One village Kadmat Island classified as Census town during 2011 Census*Two inhabited villages in the tehsil are classified as Census town during 2011 Census

Sl.No. Tahsil

Total TotalRural 4

Urban5

2001

Table 1 : Decadal change in population of tahsils by residence, 2001- 2011Population

Total9

Rural 10

Urban11

Percentage decadal variation 2001-2011

6Rural

7Urban

8

2011

3200112

201113

Percentage urban popualtion

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1 2 22 25

1 0002-Bitra 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

2 0003-Chetlat 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

3 0004-Kiltan 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

4 0006-Kavaratt i 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

5 0007-Agatt i 1 ( 50 %) 3,850 3,671 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

Total 1 ( 17 %) 3,850 3,671 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

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Population 10000 and above

Females

27

Sl.No. C.D. Block

Table 2: Number and percentage of inhabited villages in specified population size ranges with the related population, 2011 (Rural) (Contd….)

23

Population 5000 - 9999

Females

24

Number and percentage of

villages

Number and percentage of

villages

Males Males

1 2 19

1 0002-Bitra 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

2 0003-Chetlat 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 1 ( 100 %) 1,172 1,175

3 0004-Kiltan 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 1 ( 100 %) 2,012 1,934

4 0006-Kavaratt i 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

5 0007-Agatt i 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0

Total 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 0 ( 0 %) 0 0 2 ( 33 %) 3,184 3,109

Table 2: Number and percentage of inhabited villages in specified population size ranges with the related population, 2011 (Rural) (Contd….)

20

Males

Population 2000 - 4999

Females

2117

Females

18

Population 1000 - 1999

15

Populat ion 500 - 999

Number and percentage of

villages

16

C.D. Block Number and percentage of

villages

13 14

Males

Sl.No. Number and percentage of

villages

Females Males

No statutory Towns were created during 2011 census in the district. 3 new Census Town werecreated during 2011 census in the district,of the 4 census towns in1991. Table 3 gives particulars about newtowns de-notified, declassified and merged towns in 2011 Census.

Sex-ratio is defined as number of females per 1000 males. Lakshadweep being a single district

(a) New

(i) Statutory town

(ii) Census town :- 3 Nos. viz, Kadmat , Androt t and Kalpeni

(b) Denotified

(i) Statutory town of 2001 census denotified and also did not satisfy the criteria to be treated as census town:-Nil

(ii) Statutory towns of 2001 census de not ified but identified as census town based on demographic and economic criteria .

( iii) Census town of 2001 census are not ified as statutory town in 2011census .

(c) Declassified :- Nil

(d) Wholly merged with other town(s) :-Nil

Table: 3:- New Towns, de-notified, declassified and merged town in 2011 Census

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union territory, the sex-ratio of the UT is the same as for the district. Table 4 shows the sex-ratio of the UTand the district from 1901 to 2011.

According to 2011 Census the total sex-ratio of the district is 966, while it is 952 for rural and 945 forurban. The total sex-ratio of the district was always favourable to the females and stood above the equityratio right form 1901 to 1971, except in 1911 and 1931 and started coming down from 1971 onwards fluctuatingbetween 943 and 978. Till 1981, the entire area of the district was rural, The rural-urban sex-ratio of thedistrict from 1981-2011presented interesting picture that rural sex-ratio was always above the total sex-ratio and the urban sex-ratio was always below the rural sex-ratio.

Table 4 gives the sex-ratio of the district by sub-divisions.

It is clear from the above table that Androth sub-division has the highest sex-ratio of 1035 femalesper 1,000 males. The sex-ratio of Bitra division is lowest (760).

Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1901 1063 1063 - 1063 1063 -

1911 987 987 - 987 987 -

1921 1027 1027 - 1027 1027 -

1931 994 994 - 994 994 -

1941 1018 1018 - 1018 1018 -

1961 1020 1020 - 1020 1020 -

1951 1043 1043 - 1043 1043 -

1971 978 978 - 978 978 -

1981 975 986 963 975 986 963

1991 943 959 930 943 959 930

2001 948 959 935 948 959 935

2011 946 952 945 946 952 945

Table 4: Sex ratio of the state and district, 1901-2011Census Year State District

Note:- Sex rat io has been defined here as the number of females per 1000 males

1 21 05620-Amini 1001 0 10012 05621-Bitra 760 760 0

3 05622-Chet lat 1003 1003 0

4 05623-Kiltan 961 961 0

5 05624-Kadmat 1009 0 1009

6 05625-Kavaratt i 815 0 817

7 05626-Agat ti 943 943 08 05627-Androt t 1035 0 1035

9 05628-Kalpeni 901 0 901

10 05629-Minicoy 947 0 947District : 587-Lakshadweep 946 952 945

3 4 5

Table 5: Sex ratio by Sub-district, 2011Sex ratioSl.No. Name of Sub-district

Total Rural Urban

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Among the CD blocks (rural) Kiltan has the highest sex-ratio of 961 females per 1000 males followedby Agatti (943). CD block Bitra has the lowest sex-ratio of 760 females per 1000 males in the district. It isalso to be noted that the sex-ratio of all the CD blocks (rural), exempting Agatti, Kiltan and Bitra islands isbelow the district ratio. Table 6 gives the sex-ratio of the district by CD blocks.

Of the total 6 inhabited islands(villages) 2 islands viz. Agatti, Kiltan fall under the range of sex-ratio950-999 covering 33.33% of the total villages and 17.28 of the total population of the district. Two islandsnamely, Bangaram and SuheliCheriyakara drop into the range of less than 700 covering 33.33% of the totalisland, but representing only 0.40% of the rural population. The largest island Agatti comes under the sex-ratio range of 900-949 representing 53.39% of the rural population of the district. Table 7 below gives thesex-ratio of rural population.

In Lakshadweep, there is no urban agglomeration or standard urban area. The urban part of thedistrict constitutes only 6 census towns. Among the census towns, the highest sex-ratio (1035) has been

Sr.No. Name of CD block

1 21 0001-Amini 02 0002-Bitra 760

3 0003-Chetlat 1003

4 0004-Kiltan 961

5 0005-Kadmat 0

6 0006-Kavaratt i 0

7 0007-Agatt i 943

8 0008-Androt t 0

9 0009-Kalpeni 0

10 0010-Minicoy 0Total 952

Sex ratio

3

Table 6: Sex ratio by CD Blocks, 2011

2

Less than 700 2 33.33 56 0.40

700 - 749 0 0.00 0 0.00

750 - 799 1 16.67 271 1.92

800 - 849 0 0.00 0 0.00

850 - 899 0 0.00 0 0.00

900 - 949 0 0.00 0 0.00

950 - 999 2 33.33 11467 81.09

1000 - 1099 1 16.67 2347 16.60

1100+ 0 0.00 0 0.00District : Lakshadweep (587) 6 100 14141 100

Sex ratio District (Rural):952

3 4 51

Population 2011 Percentage distribution of population

Table 7: Sex ratio of rural population by ranges, 2011Percentage of

villages in each range

Range of sex ratio for villages Number of inhabited villages

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recorded in Androth and the lowest (817) in Kavaratti. Table 8 gives the sex-ratio of census towns in thedistrict.

Of the total population of the district7,255 persons with 3797 males and 3458 females fall under thecategory of 0-6 age – group. The sex ratio in the 0-6 age-group population of the district is 911 as against 946for total population. Similarly, the sex-ratio of the 0-6 age-group of rural population (911) is same ascompared to the sex-ratio of the total rural population (911). Similarly the sex-ratio of the 0-6 age-group inthe urban population (911) is also same. Table 9 gives the sex-ratio of population in the age-group 0-6 forsub-districts.

1 2 31 05620-Amini Total 859 441 418 948

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 859 441 418 948

2 05621-Bitra Total 40 21 19 905

Rural 40 21 19 905

Urban 0 0 0 0

3 05622-Chet lat Total 308 141 167 1184

Rural 308 141 167 1184

Urban 0 0 0 0

4 05623-Kiltan Total 549 296 253 855

Rural 549 296 253 855

Urban 0 0 0 0

5 05624-Kadmat Total 603 301 302 1003

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 603 301 302 1003

6 05625-Kavaratt i Total 1158 618 540 874

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 1158 618 540 874

7

Table 9: Sex ratio of population in the age group 0-6 for Sub-district, 2011

4 Males

5 Females

6

Total population in 0-6 age groupSl.No. Name of Sub-district Total/ Rural/ Urban

Persons

Sex ratio for 0-6 age group

1 2 3

1 627030-Amini (CT) (CT) 1001

2 627034-Kadmat (CT) (CT) 1009

3 627038-Kavarat ti (CT) (CT) 817

4 627046-Andrott (CT) (CT) 1035

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) (CT) 901

6 627056-Minicoy (CT) (CT) 947

Sex ratio (Urban) dist rict: 945

4

Table 8: Sex ratio of towns, 2011Sl.No. Name of town Urban status of town Sex ratio

52

Among the CD block(rural), the sex-ratio for 0-6 group population is the highest (1,184) in Chetlatfollowed by Bitra (905), whereas the lowest sex-ratio in this age-group is recorded in Kiltan CD blocks with855 females per 1000 males. Table 10 below gives the sex ratio of population in the age group of 0-6 in CDblocks.

Out of 6 total inhabited islands (rural) in the district, 1 island viz. Chetlat Island is in the range ofsex-ratio 1,100 and above. Another one island namely, Bangaram come under the range of 900-949. Table11 below gives the sex-ratio of CD blocks in the age-group 0-6 by ranges.

1 2 37 05626-Agat ti Total 918 492 426 866

Rural 918 492 426 866

Urban 0 0 0 0

8 05627-Androt t Total 1383 736 647 879

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 1383 736 647 879

9 05628-Kalpeni Total 433 218 215 986

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 433 218 215 986

10 05629-Minicoy Total 1004 533 471 884

Rural 0 0 0 0

Urban 1004 533 471 884District: 587-Lakshadweep Total 7255 3797 3458 911

Rural 1815 950 865 911

Urban 5440 2847 2593 911

7

Table 9: Sex ratio of population in the age group 0-6 for Sub-district, 2011

4 Males

5 Females

6

Total population in 0-6 age groupSl.No. Name of Sub-district Total/ Rural/ Urban

Persons

Sex ratio for 0-6 age group

1 21 0001-Amini 0 0 0 02 0002-Bitra 40 21 19 9053 0003-Chet lat 308 141 167 1184

4 0004-Kiltan 549 296 253 8555 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 06 0006-Kavaratt i 0 0 0 07 0007-Agat ti 918 492 426 8668 0008-Androt t 0 0 0 0

9 0009-Kalpeni 0 0 0 010 0010-Minicoy 0 0 0 0

Total 1815 950 865 911

543

Sex ratio for 0-6 age group

Table 10: Sex ratio of population in the age group 0-6 for CD Blocks, 2011

6

Sl.No. Name of CD Block

Persons Males Females

Total population in 0-6 age group

53

The sex ratio for 0-6 population is the highest (1003) in Kadmat census town, while this rate is thelowest (874) in Kavaratti census town. Table 12 gives the sex ratio of population in the age-group 0-6pertaining to census towns

No caste has been scheduled in relation to Lakshadweep and therefore, there is no ScheduledCastes population in Lakshadweep. The inhabitants of Lakshadweep who and both of whose parents wereborn in those islands are treated as Scheduled Tribes. There is only on Tribe in Lakshadweep and it has nospecific name.

According to 2011 census 61,120 persons constituting 94.8% of total population of the district areScheduled Tribes. In rural area, 95.21% of the population are Scheduled Tribes, whereas in the urban areait is 94.69%.

Among the sub-districts, highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes population 100% to total populationis recorded in Bitra. The lowest proportion of 88.72% has been recorded in Kavaratti sub-division. Table 13gives the number and percentage of Scheduled Tribes population in the sub districts.

Range of sex ratio for villages

Number of inhabited villages

1 2Less than 700 2 33.33 0 0.00

700 - 749 0 0.00 0 0.00

750 - 799 0 0.00 0 0.00

800 - 849 0 0.00 0 0.00

850 - 899 2 33.33 1467 80.83

900 - 949 1 16.67 40 2.20

950 - 999 0 0.00 0 0.00

1000 - 1099 0 0.00 0 0.00

1100+ 1 16.67 308 16.97District : Lakshadweep (587) 6 100 1815 100

Sex ratio District (Rural):911

3

Percentage distribution of villages

4

Population 2011 Percentage distribution of population

Table 11: Sex ratio of rural population in the age group 0-6 by ranges, 2011

5

1 2 3

1 627030-Amini (CT) (CT) 859 441 418 948

2 627034-Kadmat (CT) (CT) 603 301 302 1003

3 627038-Kavarat ti (CT) (CT) 1158 618 540 874

4 627046-Andrott (CT) (CT) 1383 736 647 879

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) (CT) 433 218 215 986

6 627056-Minicoy (CT ) (CT) 1004 533 471 884District (Urban): 587-Lakshadweep 5440 2847 2593 911

7

Sex ratio for 0-6 age group

Table 12: Sex ratio of population in the age group 0-6 of towns, 2011

4Males

5Females

6

Total population in 0-6 age groupSl.No. Name of town Urban status of

town Persons

54

Among the rural CD blocks, Bitra has the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes population (100%)in the district followed by Kiltan with 96.98%. The lowest proportion is recorded in Kavaratti CD block with27.27%. In the remaining CD blocks, the proportion of Scheduled Tribes is almost equal ranging between93.5% and 96.98%. Table 14 gives Scheduled Tribes population in the CD blocks.

Sl.No. Name of Sub-District Total/ Rural/ Urban

Total scheduled

castes population

Percentage of scheduled castes

population to total population

1 2 3 5 7

1 05620-Amini Total 7661 0 7541 0 98.43Rural 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 7661 0 7541 0 98.43

2 05621-Bitra Total 271 0 271 0 100

Rural 271 0 271 0 100

Urban 0 0 0 0 0

3 05622-Chet lat Total 2347 0 2195 0 93.52

Rural 2347 0 2195 0 93.52

Urban 0 0 0 0 0

4 05623-Kiltan Total 3946 0 3827 0 96.98

Rural 3946 0 3827 0 96.98

Urban 0 0 0 0 0

5 05624-Kadmat Total 5404 0 5178 0 95.82

Rural 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 5404 0 5178 0 95.82

6 05625-Kavarat ti Total 11221 0 9955 0 88.72

Rural 11 0 3 0 27.27

Urban 11210 0 9952 0 88.78

7 05626-Agat ti Total 7566 0 7167 0 94.73

Rural 7566 0 7167 0 94.73

Urban 0 0 0 0 0

8 05627-Andrott Total 11191 0 10948 0 97.83

Rural 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 11191 0 10948 0 97.83

9 05628-Kalpeni Total 4419 0 4051 0 91.67

Rural 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 4419 0 4051 0 91.67

10 05629-Minicoy Total 10447 0 9987 0 95.6

Rural 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 10447 0 9987 0 95.6

587-Lakshadweep Total 64473 0 61120 0 94.8

Rural 14141 0 13463 0 95.21

Urban 50332 0 47657 0 94.69

Total population

4

Total scheduled

tribes population

6

Table 13: Number and percentage of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes population in Sub-districts, 2011

Percentage of scheduled tribes

population to total population

8

55

As stated earlier, there is no Scheduled Caste population in this district and therefore, in the tablegiven below, all the 6 inhabited islands have been shown NIL range.

The Scheduled Tribe population in the district have been distributed almost evenly in all theinhabited villages (except Suheli Cheriyakara) falling under the percentage range of 76 and above. Table 16below gives the proportion of Scheduled Tribe population to total population in villages.

1 2 4 5NIL 6 100.00 0 0.00Less than 5 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 - 10 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 - 20 0 0.00 0 0.0021 - 30 0 0.00 0 0.0031 - 40 0 0.00 0 0.0041 - 50 0 0.00 0 0.0051 - 75 0 0.00 0 0.0076 and above 0 0.00 0 0.00District : Lakshadweep(587) 6 100.00 0 0.00

3

Table 15: Proportion of scheduled castes population to total population in villages, 2011Percentage range of scheduled castes

population to total populationNumber of

villagesScheduled castes

populationPercentagePercentage

Sl.No. Name of CD Block Total scheduled

castes population

Percentage of scheduled castes

population to total population

1 2 4 61 0001-Amini 0 0 0 0 02 0002-Bitra 271 0 271 0 1003 0003-Chet lat 2347 0 2195 0 93.524 0004-Kiltan 3946 0 3827 0 96.985 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 0 06 0006-Kavaratt i 11 0 3 0 27.277 0007-Agat ti 7566 0 7167 0 94.738 0008-Andrott 0 0 0 0 09 0009-Kalpeni 0 0 0 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 0 0 0 0 0Total 14141 0 13463 0 95.21

3

Total population

Total scheduled tribes population

5

Table 14: Number and percentage of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (rural) population in CD Blocks, 2011Percentage of

scheduled tribes population to total

population7

1 2 3 4 5NIL 0 0.00 0 0.00Less than 5 0 0.00 0 0.00

5 - 10 0 0.00 0 0.00

11 - 20 0 0.00 0 0.0021 - 30 1 16.67 3 0.02

31 - 40 0 0.00 0 0.0041 - 50 0 0.00 0 0.00

51 - 75 0 0.00 0 0.00

76 and above 5 83.33 13460 99.98District : Lakshadweep(587) 6 100.00 13463 100.00

Table 16: Proportion of scheduled tribes population to total population in villages, 2011Percentage range of scheduled tribes population to total population

Number of villages

Percentage Scheduled tribes population

Percentage

56

In the urban part of the district, the population of Scheduled Tribes population is the highest inAmini census town (98.43%) and the lowest in Kavaratti census town(88.78%). Table 17 gives the numberand percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in the census towns.

The sex-ratio for the Scheduled Tribe population is the highest in Chetlat(CD block) (1055) fol-lowed by Agatti (991). The lowest ratio is recorded in Bitra CD block (760) followed by Kiltan (986). Table18 shows the sex-ratio among Scheduled Tribes in CD blocks.

Table 19 gives the sex-ratio among Scheduled Tribe population in census towns. The highest (1056)sex-ratio in the urban part of the district is recorded in Kadmat census town and lowest (928) in Kavaratticensus town.

Sl.No.

Name of town Total Population

Total scheduled

castes population

Total scheduled

tribes population

Percentage of scheduled

castes population to

Percentage of scheduled tribes

population to total population

1 2 3 4 5 6 71 627030-Amini (CT) 7661 0 7541 0 98.432 627034-Kadmat (CT) 5404 0 5178 0 95.82

3 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) 11210 0 9952 0 88.78

4 627046-Androt t (CT) 11191 0 10948 0 97.83

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 4419 0 4051 0 91.67

6 627056-Minicoy (CT) 10447 0 9987 0 95.6District (Urban) : 587-Lakshadweep 50332 0 47657 0 94.69

Table 17: Number and percentage of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes population in towns, 2011

Sl.No. Name of C.D.block Scheduled castes sex ratio Scheduled tribes sex ratio

1 2 3 41 0001-Amini 0 02 0002-Bitra 0 7603 0003-Chet lat 0 10554 0004-Kiltan 0 9865 0005-Kadmat 0 06 0006-Kavarat ti 0 07 0007-Agat ti 0 9918 0008-Andrott 0 09 0009-Kalpeni 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 0 0Total 0 994

Table 18: Sex ratio among scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (rural) in CD Blocks, 2011

Sl.No. Name of town Scheduled castes sex ratio Scheduled tribes sex ratio1 2 3 41 627030-Amini (CT) 0 10202 627034-Kadmat (CT) 0 10563 627038-Kavarat ti (CT) 0 9284 627046-Andrott (CT) 0 1052

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 0 10266 627056-Minicoy (CT) 0 993

District (Urban): 587-Lakshadweep 0 1006

Table 19: Sex ratio among scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in towns, 2011

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The 2011 Census has revealed that 52,553 persons are literates in Lakshadweep. In other words,91.85% of total population of the district can read and write in any language with understanding. As in 2001Census, for calculating the literacy rate, children below the range of 7 years are excluded from the popula-tion. The literacy rate of males in 95.56%, while it is 87.95% for females showing the high literacy rate formale folk in the district.

Among the Sub-district the highest literacy rate has been recorded in Bitra sub-division 96.97% andthe lowest in Amini Sub-division (89.12). Similarly, Bitra Sub-division tops first in the district in the case ofmale and female literacy also. Table 20 gives the population of literates and illiterates and their percentagein the Sub-divisions.

1 2 31 05620-Amini Total 6062 3251 2811 1599 578 1021 89.12 95.96 82.34 13.62

Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Urban 6062 3251 2811 1599 578 1021 89.12 95.96 82.34 13.62

2 05621-Bitra Total 224 131 93 47 23 24 96.97 98.5 94.9 3.6

Rural 224 131 93 47 23 24 96.97 98.5 94.9 3.6

Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 05622-Chetlat Total 1875 978 897 472 194 278 91.96 94.86 88.99 5.87

Rural 1875 978 897 472 194 278 91.96 94.86 88.99 5.87Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 05623-Kiltan Total 3036 1598 1438 910 414 496 89.37 93.12 85.54 7.58

Rural 3036 1598 1438 910 414 496 89.37 93.12 85.54 7.58

Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 05624-Kadmat Total 4563 2321 2242 841 369 472 95.04 97.15 92.95 4.2

Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Urban 4563 2321 2242 841 369 472 95.04 97.15 92.95 4.2

6 05625-Kavaratt i Total 9218 5307 3911 2003 875 1128 91.6 95.38 86.93 8.45

Rural 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 100

Urban 9207 5296 3911 2003 875 1128 91.59 95.37 86.93 8.44

7 05626-Agatti Total 6142 3231 2911 1424 663 761 92.39 94.97 89.68 5.29

Rural 6142 3231 2911 1424 663 761 92.39 94.97 89.68 5.29Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 05627-Andrott Total 8887 4547 4340 2304 953 1351 90.61 95.45 86.04 9.41

Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 8887 4547 4340 2304 953 1351 90.61 95.45 86.04 9.41

9 05628-Kalpeni Total 3778 2054 1724 641 270 371 94.78 97.53 91.7 5.83

Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Urban 3778 2054 1724 641 270 371 94.78 97.53 91.7 5.83

10 05629-Minicoy Total 8768 4605 4163 1679 761 918 92.85 95.28 90.3 4.98

Rural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Urban 8768 4605 4163 1679 761 918 92.85 95.28 90.3 4.98District: Lakshadweep(587)Total 52553 28023 24530 11920 5100 6820 91.85 95.56 87.95 7.61

Rural 11288 5949 5339 2853 1294 1559 91.58 94.53 88.5 6.03Urban 41265 22074 19191 9067 3806 5261 91.92 95.84 87.79 8.05

Table 20: Number of literates and illiterates, literacy rate by sex in sub-districts, 2011

Males FemalesPersons

Sl.No.

Name of Sub-district

Total/ Rural/ Urban

Number of literates

Persons4 12111098

Males Females Person

Gap in male-female literacy

137Females

6Males

5

Number of illiterates

Number of literates and illiterates Literacy rate

58

A wide range of variation is observed between male and female literacy rates in the CD blocks(rural). It varies from 3.6% in Bitra to 7.58% in Kiltan. Among the CD blocks, Kavaratti stands first in literacywith 100.00% followed by Bitra with 96.97%. The lowest rate of 89.37% has been recorded in Kiltan CD block.In the case of female literacy also, Bitra CD block stands first in the district with 94.9%. Table 21 gives theliterate and illiterate population and percentage in CD blocks.

Literacy rate of all the villages is above 89.37%. Therefore, these villages fall in the district underthe literacy range of 81-90, Table 22 shows the distribution of villages by literacy rate in various ranges.

As in district and sub-divisions, the male population dominates the female population in respectof literacy in towns also. The variation of literacy rate between male and female is not so wide in Kadmat

1 2

1 0001-Amini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0002-Bitra 224 131 93 47 23 24 96.97 98.5 94.9 3.6

3 0003-Chetlat 1875 978 897 472 194 278 91.96 94.86 88.99 5.874 0004-Kiltan 3036 1598 1438 910 414 496 89.37 93.12 85.54 7.585 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 0006-Kavaratt i 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 1007 0007-Agatt i 6142 3231 2911 1424 663 761 92.39 94.97 89.68 5.29

8 0008-Andrott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09 0009-Kalpeni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 11288 5949 5339 2853 1294 1559 91.58 94.53 88.5 6.03

9 10 11

Gap in male-

female literacy

rate

12

Table 21: Number of literates and illiterates, literacy rate by sex in CD Blocks (rural), 2011

3 4 5 6 7 8

Literacy rate

Number of illiteratesNumber of literates

Number of literates and illiterates

Persons Males Females Persons Males Females

Sl.No.

Name of CD Block

Persons Males Females

0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 - 10 0 0.00 0 0.00

11 - 20 0 0.00 0 0.0021 - 30 0 0.00 0 0.00

31 - 40 0 0.00 0 0.00

41 - 50 0 0.00 0 0.00

51 - 60 0 0.00 0 0.0061 - 70 0 0.00 0 0.00

71 - 80 0 0.00 0 0.00

81 - 90 1 16.67 3946 27.90

91 - 99 3 50.00 10139 71.70100 2 33.33 56 0.40District: Lakshadweep(587) 6 100.00 14141 100.00

Table 22: Distribution of villages by literacy rate range, 2011Range of literacy rate for villages

1

Literacy rate for District:

Percentage distribution of

population

PopulationPercentage distribution of

villages

Number of inhabited villages

2 3 4 5

59

town, whereas it is glaring in Amini town. The highest literacy rate (95.04%) is recorded in Kadmat fol-lowed by Kalpeni (94.78%). Table 23 gives number and percentage of literates and illiterates by sex intowns.

Table 24, 25 and 26 deal with Scheduled Caste literacy in CD blocks, villages and towns. Since thereis no Scheduled Caste population in Lakshadweep, data in these tables are nil in respect of this district.

Unlike other states and Union territories, the Scheduled Tribes population in the district is almoston par with general population in respect of literacy. Of the total population of 61,120 in the district, 52,553persons are literates. This indicates that 85.98% of Scheduled Tribe population in the district can read andwrite with understanding in any of the languages as against 91.85% for the general population. The literacyrate of males is 94.69%, while it is 88.33% for females. Similarly, the urban Scheduled Tribe literates aremore (91.92%) than the rural Scheduled Tribe literates (91.5%).

Among the CD blocks (rural) the highest literacy rate has been recorded in Bitra CD block (96.97%)closely followed by Agatti (92.43%). The lowest literacy rate is recorded in Kiltan CD block (89.12%).Similarly, in the case of female literacy also, Kadmat CD block top first in the district with (94.9%) followedby Agatti (89.51%). Table 27 gives the number and percentage of Scheduled Tribe literates and illiterates inthe district(Rural)

1 2

1 0001-Amini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0002-Bitra 224 131 93 47 23 24 96.97 98.5 94.9 3.6

3 0003-Chetlat 1756 888 868 439 180 259 91.84 94.97 88.84 6.13

4 0004-Kiltan 2931 1522 1409 896 405 491 89.12 92.86 85.39 7.47

5 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 0006-Kavaratt i 3 3 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 100

7 0007-Agatt i 5803 2980 2823 1364 620 744 92.43 95.39 89.51 5.88

8 0008-Andrott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 0009-Kalpeni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 10717 5524 5193 2746 1228 1518 91.5 94.69 88.33 6.36

9 10 11 12

Gap in male-female literacy

rate

Table 27: Number and percentage of scheduled tribes literates and illiterates by sex in CD Blocks, 2011

3 4 5 6 7 8Persons Males Females

Literacy rateNumber of literates and illiterates

Number of illiteratesPersons Males Females Persons Males Females

Sl.No.

Name of CD Block Number of literates

1 21 627030-Amini (CT) 6062 3251 2811 1599 578 1021 89.1 96 82.34 13.622 627034-Kadmat (CT) 4563 2321 2242 841 369 472 95 97.2 92.95 4.23 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) 9207 5296 3911 2003 875 1128 91.6 95.4 86.93 8.44

4 627046-Androt t (CT) 8887 4547 4340 2304 953 1351 90.6 95.5 86.04 9.415 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 3778 2054 1724 641 270 371 94.8 97.5 91.7 5.836 627056-Minicoy (CT) 8768 4605 4163 1679 761 918 92.9 95.3 90.3 4.98

District (Urban): Lakshadweep(587)

41265 22074 19191 9067 3806 5261 91.9 95.8 87.79 8.05

Name of town Sl. No.

Persons Males11

Females Persons Males Females Persons Males5 6 7 8 9 10

Gap in male-female

literacy rate12

Table 23: Number of literates and illiterates, literacy rate by sex in towns, 2011

Number of literates Number of illiteratesNumber of literates and illiterates Literacy rate

Females3 4

60

Out of the total 6 inhabited rural islands (villages) 3 islands fall under the literacy range of 91-99.Table 28 gives the distribution of villages by literacy rate range of Scheduled Tribes population.

As stated earlier, the literacy rate among Scheduled Tribe is high in urban area (91.75%) comparedto rural area(91.5%). Likewise, the male literates (95.97%) are more than the female literates (88.33%) inthe CD blocks. The gap between male and female literacy rate is higher (8.36% points) in urban areacompared to rural (6.36 points). Table 29 gives the number and percentage of Scheduled Tribe literates andilliterates.

Among census town, the highest literacy rate of 94.86% is recorded in Kadmatt followed by Kalpeni(94.38%) and Minicoy (92.78%). The variation of literacy rate between males and females is very wide inAmini (13.71% points) whereas it is nominal in Kadmat (4.13% points)

Main workers, Marginal workers and Non-workers

According to 2011 census definition, the main workers are those who have worked for more than183 days (major part of the year) and the marginal workers are those who have worked for less than 183days during the year preceding to Enumeration. Those who have not participated in any economically

Range of literacy rate for villages

Number of inhabited villages having Scheduled tribes

1 20 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 - 10 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 - 20 0 0.00 0 0.0021 - 30 0 0.00 0 0.0031 - 40 0 0.00 0 0.0041 - 50 0 0.00 0 0.0051 - 60 0 0.00 0 0.0061 - 70 0 0.00 0 0.0071 - 80 0 0.00 0 0.0081 - 90 1 16.67 3827 28.4391 - 99 3 50.00 9593 71.25100 2 33.33 43 0.32District : Lakshadweep(587) 6 100.00 13463 100.00Literacy rate for Dist rict : 91.50

Table 28: Distribution of villages by literacy rate range for scheduled tribes population (rural), 2011

Scheduled tribes population

Percentage distribution of population

Percentage distribution of

villages3 4 5

1 21 627030-Amini (CT) 5949 3161 2788 1592 572 1020 88.98 95.93 82.22 13.712 627034-Kadmat (CT) 4357 2158 2199 821 361 460 94.86 96.99 92.86 4.133 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) 8082 4381 3701 1870 782 1088 91.3 95.78 86.51 9.274 627046-Androt t (CT) 8693 4413 4280 2255 923 1332 90.66 95.73 85.96 9.775 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 3424 1737 1687 627 263 364 94.38 97.26 91.59 5.676 627056-Minicoy (CT) 8354 4287 4067 1633 725 908 92.78 95.44 90.14 5.3

District (Urban): Lakshadweep(587)

38859 20137 18722 8798 3626 5172 91.75 95.97 87.61 8.36

Name of townSl.No.Table 29: Number and percentage of scheduled tribe literates and illiterates by sex in towns, 2011

Number of Literates and Illiterates

9Persons Males Females Persons Males Females

3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11

Number of literates

12

Gap in male-female

literacy rate

Literacy rateNumber of illiterates

Persons Males Females

61

productive work during or part of the reference period are categorized as non-workers, Table 30 gives thenumber and percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non-workers in Sub-districts.

1 2 3

1 05620-Amini Persons 7661 917 11.97 986 12.87 1903 24.84 5758 75.16

Males 3829 775 20.24 800 20.89 1575 41.13 2254 58.87

Females 3832 142 3.71 186 4.85 328 8.56 3504 91.44

2 05621-Bitra Persons 271 67 24.72 70 25.83 137 50.55 134 49.45

Males 154 56 36.36 43 27.92 99 64.29 55 35.71

Females 117 11 9.40 27 23.08 38 32.48 79 67.52

3 05622-Chetlat Persons 2347 507 21.60 369 15.72 876 37.32 1471 62.68

Males 1172 412 35.15 230 19.62 642 54.78 530 45.22

Females 1175 95 8.09 139 11.83 234 19.91 941 80.09

4 05623-Kiltan Persons 3946 579 14.67 517 13.10 1096 27.77 2850 72.23

Males 2012 496 24.65 410 20.38 906 45.03 1106 54.97

Females 1934 83 4.29 107 5.53 190 9.82 1744 90.18

5 05624-Kadmat Persons 5404 962 17.80 762 14.10 1724 31.90 3680 68.10

Males 2690 808 30.04 542 20.15 1350 50.19 1340 49.81

Females 2714 154 5.67 220 8.11 374 13.78 2340 86.22

6 05625-Kavaratt i Persons 11221 2241 19.97 1290 11.50 3531 31.47 7690 68.53

Males 6182 1848 29.89 1045 16.90 2893 46.80 3289 53.20

Females 5039 393 7.80 245 4.86 638 12.66 4401 87.34

7 05626-Agatt i Persons 7566 1069 14.13 1464 19.35 2533 33.48 5033 66.52

Males 3894 911 23.39 1218 31.28 2129 54.67 1765 45.33

Females 3672 158 4.30 246 6.70 404 11.00 3268 89.00

8 05627-Androt t Persons 11191 1084 9.69 1111 9.93 2195 19.61 8996 80.39

Males 5500 900 16.36 851 15.47 1751 31.84 3749 68.16

Females 5691 184 3.23 260 4.57 444 7.80 5247 92.20

9 05628-Kalpeni Persons 4419 1241 28.08 379 8.58 1620 36.66 2799 63.34

Males 2324 1044 44.92 264 11.36 1308 56.28 1016 43.72

Females 2095 197 9.40 115 5.49 312 14.89 1783 85.11

10 05629-Minicoy Persons 10447 2137 20.46 1001 9.58 3138 30.04 7309 69.96

Males 5366 1887 35.17 778 14.50 2665 49.66 2701 50.34

Females 5081 250 4.92 223 4.39 473 9.31 4608 90.69District : Lakshadweep (587)

Persons 64473 10804 16.76 7949 12.33 18753 29.09 45720 70.91

Males 33123 9137 27.59 6181 18.66 15318 46.25 17805 53.75

Females 31350 1667 5.32 1768 5.64 3435 10.96 27915 89.04

Marginal workers

Number Percentage

Sl.No.

Name of Sub-district

Persons/ Males/ Females

Number

7

Table 30: Number and percentage of main workers, marginal workers, and non-workers by sex in Sub-districts, 2011

Total workers (main and marginal workers)

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

Non workers

Percentage

Main workers

8 9 10 11 12

Total population

4 5 6

62

The above table reveals that above one fourth of the total population of the district are workers,whereas the rest of the three fourth of population are non-workers. The main workers constitute 16.26 ofthe total population, whereas it is only 12.33 for marginal workers. A Significant feature of the workparticipation rate in the district is that the percentage of female main workers to total population is consid-erably lower than the male main workers both in the rural and urban area of the district. The participationrate of females in economically productive activity is very poor in Lakshadweep. Only 5.32% of the totalfemale population of the district is engaged in main work and 5.64% in marginal work.

Among the Sub-districts, Bitra has the highest proportion of (50.55%) workers followed by Chetlat(37.32%). The lowest percentage of total workers (19.61%) as well as total female workers (7.80%) isreported in Andrott Sub-division. In the case of main workers, Kalpeni stands first in the district with28.08% of its total population.

Among the CD blocks (rural) Kavaratti has the highest (27.27%) of workers in the district followedby Bitra with (24.72%). The lowest percentage of work participation is reported at Agatti CD block with(14.13%).

1 2 31 0001-Amini Persons 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

2 0002-Bitra Persons 271 67 24.72 70 25.83 137 50.55 134 49.45

Males 154 56 36.36 43 27.92 99 64.29 55 35.71Females 117 11 9.40 27 23.08 38 32.48 79 67.52

3 0003-Chet lat Persons 2347 507 21.60 369 15.72 876 37.32 1471 62.68Males 1172 412 35.15 230 19.62 642 54.78 530 45.22

Females 1175 95 8.09 139 11.83 234 19.91 941 80.094 0004-Kiltan Persons 3946 579 14.67 517 13.10 1096 27.77 2850 72.23

Males 2012 496 24.65 410 20.38 906 45.03 1106 54.97Females 1934 83 4.29 107 5.53 190 9.82 1744 90.18

5 0005-Kadmat Persons 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Males 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

6 0006-Kavarat ti Persons 11 3 27.27 8 72.73 11 100.00 0 0.00

Males 11 3 27.27 8 72.73 11 100.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

7 0007-Agat ti Persons 7566 1069 14.13 1464 19.35 2533 33.48 5033 66.52Males 3894 911 23.39 1218 31.28 2129 54.67 1765 45.33

Females 3672 158 4.30 246 6.70 404 11.00 3268 89.008 0008-Andrott Persons 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

9 0009-Kalpeni Persons 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Males 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Table 31: Number and percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non-workers by Sex in CD Blocks, 2011

10 11

Number

12

Percentage

Non workers

Number Percentage

Total workers (main and marginal

Total population

4 5 6 7 8

Sl. No.

Name of CD Block

Persons/ Males/ Females

9

Main workers

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

Marginal workers

63

1 2 310 0010-Minicoy Persons 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Total Persons 14141 2225 15.73 2428 17.17 4653 32.90 9488 67.10

Males 7243 1878 25.93 1909 26.36 3787 52.28 3456 47.72Females 6898 347 5.03 519 7.52 866 12.55 6032 87.45

Sl. No.

Name of CD Block

Persons/ Males/ Females

9

Main workers

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

Marginal workers

Total population

4 5 6 7 8

Table 31: Number and percentage of main workers, marginal workers and non-workers by Sex in CD Blocks, 2011

10 11

Number

12

Percentage

Non workers

Number Percentage

Total workers (main and marginal

Of the 6 towns in the district, Kalpeni registers the highest work participation rate for total, maleand female population in the district with 36.66%, 56.28% and 14.89% respectively;similarly, in the case ofmain workers also Kalpeni stands top for its highest percentages to total, male and female population.Table 32 gives the number and percentage of main workers marginal workers and non-workers in towns.

1 2 3 10 121 627030-Amini (CT) Persons 7661 917 11.97 986 12.87 1903 24.84 5758 75.16

Males 3829 775 20.24 800 20.89 1575 41.13 2254 58.87

Females 3832 142 3.71 186 4.85 328 8.56 3504 91.44

2 627034-Kadmat (CT) Persons 5404 962 17.80 762 14.10 1724 31.90 3680 68.10

Males 2690 808 30.04 542 20.15 1350 50.19 1340 49.81

Females 2714 154 5.67 220 8.11 374 13.78 2340 86.22

3 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) Persons 11210 2238 19.96 1282 11.44 3520 31.40 7690 68.60

Males 6171 1845 29.90 1037 16.80 2882 46.70 3289 53.30

Females 5039 393 7.80 245 4.86 638 12.66 4401 87.34

4 627046-Andrott (CT) Persons 11191 1084 9.69 1111 9.93 2195 19.61 8996 80.39

Males 5500 900 16.36 851 15.47 1751 31.84 3749 68.16

Females 5691 184 3.23 260 4.57 444 7.80 5247 92.20

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) Persons 4419 1241 28.08 379 8.58 1620 36.66 2799 63.34

Males 2324 1044 44.92 264 11.36 1308 56.28 1016 43.72

Females 2095 197 9.40 115 5.49 312 14.89 1783 85.11

6 627056-Minicoy (CT) Persons 10447 2137 20.46 1001 9.58 3138 30.04 7309 69.96

Males 5366 1887 35.17 778 14.50 2665 49.66 2701 50.34

Females 5081 250 4.92 223 4.39 473 9.31 4608 90.69District(Urban): Lakshadweep(587)

Persons 50332 8579 17.04 5521 10.97 14100 28.01 36232 71.99

Males 25880 7259 28.05 4272 16.51 11531 44.56 14349 55.44

Females 24452 1320 5.40 1249 5.11 2569 10.51 21883 89.49

Persons/ Males/ Females

Name of townSl. No.

Marginal workers

6

Main workers Total workers (main and

marginal workers)Number Percen

tage

Non workers

Number Percentage

Number

5 9 11

Table 32: Number and percentage of main workers, marginal workers, and non-workers by sex in towns, 2011

Total population

4

Percentage

87

NumberPercentage

64

The peculiar distribution of workers in to industrial category pertaining to Lakshadweep is entirelydifferent from the country as a whole. Lakshadweep is the only one among the states and UTs where thereis nocultivators or Agricultural labourers. Therefore, all the workers in the district are either HouseholdIndustry (HHI) or Other Workers (OW). Table 33 gives the distribution of workers by sex in four industrialcategories of economic activity in districts.

The above table reveals that out of the total 18,753 workers, only 264 are returned as householdindustry workers (HHI), while the rest of 18483 are categorized as other workers (OW). In terms of percent-age, 1.41% of the total workers are engaged in household industry, while the remaining 98.59% are in otherworks. The same trend in observed in the case of male and female workers as well.

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

1 2 3 6 7 8 9

1 05620-Amini Persons 7661 1903 0 0.00 0 0.00 40 2.10 1863 97.90Males 3829 1575 0 0.00 0 0.00 32 2.03 1543 97.97Females 3832 328 0 0.00 0 0.00 8 2.44 320 97.56

2 05621-Bitra Persons 271 137 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.73 136 99.27

Males 154 99 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.01 98 98.99Females 117 38 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 38 100.00

3 05622-Chet lat Persons 2347 876 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 1.71 861 98.29Males 1172 642 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0.62 638 99.38

Females 1175 234 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 4.70 223 95.304 05623-Kiltan Persons 3946 1096 0 0.00 0 0.00 17 1.55 1079 98.45

Males 2012 906 0 0.00 0 0.00 14 1.55 892 98.45

Females 1934 190 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.58 187 98.425 05624-Kadmat Persons 5404 1724 0 0.00 0 0.00 32 1.86 1692 98.14

Males 2690 1350 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.89 1338 99.11Females 2714 374 0 0.00 0 0.00 20 5.35 354 94.65

6 05625-Kavarat ti Persons 11221 3531 0 0.00 0 0.00 26 0.74 3505 99.26Males 6182 2893 0 0.00 0 0.00 24 0.83 2869 99.17Females 5039 638 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.31 636 99.69

7 05626-Agat ti Persons 7566 2533 0 0.00 0 0.00 60 2.37 2473 97.63

Males 3894 2129 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0.33 2122 99.67Females 3672 404 0 0.00 0 0.00 53 13.12 351 86.88

8 05627-Andrott Persons 11191 2195 0 0.00 0 0.00 49 2.23 2146 97.77Males 5500 1751 0 0.00 0 0.00 28 1.60 1723 98.40

Females 5691 444 0 0.00 0 0.00 21 4.73 423 95.279 05628-Kalpeni Persons 4419 1620 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.74 1608 99.26

Males 2324 1308 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0.54 1301 99.46Females 2095 312 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 1.60 307 98.40

10 05629-Minicoy Persons 10447 3138 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.38 3126 99.62Males 5366 2665 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 0.19 2660 99.81Females 5081 473 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 1.48 466 98.52

District : Lakshadweep (587)

Persons 64473 18753 0 0.00 0 0.00 264 1.41 18489 98.59

Males 33123 15318 0 0.00 0 0.00 134 0.87 15184 99.13Females 31350 3435 0 0.00 0 0.00 130 3.78 3305 96.22

Sl. No

Name of Sub-District

Persons/ Males/ Females

Total population

4 5

Total workers (main + marginal workers) Number

10

Cultivators Agricultural labourers

Other workersCategory of workers

Table 33: Distribution of workers by sex in four categories of economic activity in Sub-District, 2011

Household industry workers

Percentage11

Number

12

Percentage13

65

The percentage of household industry workers among females is the highest in Agatti Sub-districts(13.12%), whereas for the males, it is the highest in Amini Sub-divisions (2.03%). The percentage of house-hold industry workers is very low in the Sub-districts varying form 0.38%(Minicoy) to 0.73% (in Bitra). On thecontrary, the percentage of ‘Other workers’ is very high ranging from 99.68% in Minicoy to 99.27% in Bitra.

Among the CD blocks (rural), the highest percentage of HHI workers to total workers has beenrecorded on Agatti CD block (2.37%) and the lowest in Bitra CD block (0.73%). Therefore, the position ofOther Workers is vice-versa ie. the highest percentage of other workers is at Bitra CD block (99.27%) andthe lowest in Agatti (92.63%). Table 34 gives the distribution of workers by sex in four categories ofeconomic activity in CD blocks.

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

1 2 3 6 7 8 9

1 0001-Amini Persons 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

2 0002-Bitra Persons 271 137 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.73 136 99.27Males 154 99 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.01 98 98.99Females 117 38 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 38 100.00

3 0003-Chetlat Persons 2347 876 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 1.71 861 98.29Males 1172 642 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 0.62 638 99.38Females 1175 234 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 4.70 223 95.30

4 0004-Kiltan Persons 3946 1096 0 0.00 0 0.00 17 1.55 1079 98.45

Males 2012 906 0 0.00 0 0.00 14 1.55 892 98.45Females 1934 190 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.58 187 98.42

5 0005-Kadmat Persons 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Males 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

6 0006-Kavarat t i Persons 11 11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 100.00Males 11 11 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 100.00Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

7 0007-Agatt i Persons 7566 2533 0 0.00 0 0.00 60 2.37 2473 97.63Males 3894 2129 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0.33 2122 99.67Females 3672 404 0 0.00 0 0.00 53 13.12 351 86.88

8 0008-Andrott Persons 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Males 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

9 0009-Kalpeni Persons 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

10 0010-Minicoy Persons 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Males 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00

Females 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00Total Persons 14141 4653 0 0.00 0 0.00 93 2.00 4560 98.00

Males 7243 3787 0 0.00 0 0.00 26 0.69 3761 99.31

Females 6898 866 0 0.00 0 0.00 67 7.74 799 92.26

Name of CD Block Cultivators Agricultural

labourersHousehold

industry

Sl. No.

Number

10

Percentage

11

Persons/ Males/ Females

Total population

12

Number Percentage

Other workersCategory of Workers

Table 34: Distribution of workers by sex in four categories of economic activity in CD blocks, 2011

134

Total workers (main + marginal workers)

5

66

The distribution of workers by industrial category in the towns of the district given below revealsthe highest proportion (2.23%) of HHI workers is in Amini town and the lowest(0.38%) in Minicoy town.Obviously, the percentage of other workers to total workers will be the highest (99.62%) in Minicoy townsand the lowest (97.77%) in Andrott town.

On the basis of the data presented in the Village and Town Directory, a few inset tables have beenprepared at the District and CD block level which are briefly analysed below.

Table 36 portrays a consolidated picture of the distribution of islands according to the availabilityof different amenities like education, medical, improved drinking water etc., by community developmentblock level.

Number Percentage

Number Percentage

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91 627030-Amini (CT) Persons 7661 1903 0 0.00 0 0.00 40 2.10 1863 97.90

Males 3829 1575 0 0.00 0 0.00 32 2.03 1543 97.97Females 3832 328 0 0.00 0 0.00 8 2.44 320 97.56

2 627034-Kadmat (CT) Persons 5404 1724 0 0.00 0 0.00 32 1.86 1692 98.14Males 2690 1350 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.89 1338 99.11Females 2714 374 0 0.00 0 0.00 20 5.35 354 94.65

3 627038-Kavaratti (CT) Persons 11210 3520 0 0.00 0 0.00 26 0.74 3494 99.26Males 6171 2882 0 0.00 0 0.00 24 0.83 2858 99.17Females 5039 638 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0.31 636 99.69

4 627046-Androt t (CT) Persons 11191 2195 0 0.00 0 0.00 49 2.23 2146 97.77Males 5500 1751 0 0.00 0 0.00 28 1.60 1723 98.40Females 5691 444 0 0.00 0 0.00 21 4.73 423 95.27

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) Persons 4419 1620 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.74 1608 99.26Males 2324 1308 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 0.54 1301 99.46Females 2095 312 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 1.60 307 98.40

6 627056-Minicoy (CT) Persons 10447 3138 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.38 3126 99.62Males 5366 2665 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 0.19 2660 99.81Females 5081 473 0 0.00 0 0.00 7 1.48 466 98.52

District (Urban): Persons 50332 14100 0 0.00 0 0.00 171 1.21 13929 98.79Males 25880 11531 0 0.00 0 0.00 108 0.94 11423 99.06Females 24452 2569 0 0.00 0 0.00 63 2.45 2506 97.55

Table 35: Distribution of workers by sex in four categories of economic activity in Towns, 2011Category of workers

Other workers

12

Number

13

Percentage

Number

10 11

Percentage

Household industry

Total workers (main + marginal workers)

Sl. No

Name of town Persons/ Males/ Females

Total population Cultivators Agricultural

labourers

1 2 31 0002-Bitra 1 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 1 ( 100)2 0003-Chetlat 1 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1( 100) 1( 100) 0 ( 0) 1 ( 100)3 0004-Kiltan 1 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 1( 100) 1( 100) 0 ( 0) 1 ( 100)4 0006-Kavaratt i 1 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 1 ( 100) 0 ( 0) 1 ( 100) 1 ( 100) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)5 0007-Agatt i 2 1 ( 50) 1 ( 50) 2 ( 100) 1 ( 50) 2 ( 100) 2 ( 100) 1 ( 50) 1( 50) 0 ( 0) 2 ( 100)

Total 6 4 ( 66.67) 4 ( 66.67) 6 ( 100) 4 ( 66.67) 6 ( 100) 6 ( 100) 3 ( 50) 3( 50) 0 ( 0) 5( 83.33)Note:-* Educat ion includes all education facilities.^ Medical includes all medical facilit ies.# Post office includes post office, telegraph office and Post and telegraph office.$ T ransport communication includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways.@ Bank includes Commercial Bank and Cooperative Bank.** Telephone includes Telephone,PCO and Mobile.

Table 36: Distribution of villages according to availability of different amenities, 2011Type of amenity available

12

Power supply

138

Transport communic

ations $

9

Banks@

10 114

Medical^

5

Drinking water

6

Post office #

7

Number of inhabited villages

Name of CD Block

Sl. No Educat

ion* Telephone **

Approach by pucca road

Agricultural

credit societies

67

The above table reveals that facilities like improved drinking water, telephone, transport and com-munications, approach by water-way and power supply are available in all the 6 inhabited villages. In twoislands (Bangaram, Suheli Cheriyakara) education, medical and post & telegraph facilities are not availablewhereas banks and credit societies are not available in 3 islands namely Bitra, Bangaram and SuheliCheriyakara. Population of Bitra, Suheli Cheriyakara and Bangaram is limited and they avail the facilitieswhich are not available there from the neighbouring islands of Chetlat, Agatti and Kavaratti respectively.

As per the above table, which represents the proportion of rural population served by differentamenities, it is clear that cent percent of the district rural population are benefited with the availability ofimproved drinking water, telephone, transport and communication and power supply. 99.8% of the popu-lation are served with education, medical and post and telegraph facilities. The facilities of banks andagricultural credit societies are available to 99.0% of the population.

Less than 5 kilometres 5-10 kilometres 10+ kilometres Total (Col. 2-4)1 2 3 4 5

1. Education:-(a) Primary school 0 1 1 2(b) Middle school 0 1 1 2(c) Degree college 0 0 6 6

2. Medical:-(a) Hospital 0 0 6 6(b) PHC 0 0 4 4

3. Post office- 0 1 1 24. Telephone 0 0 0 05. Bus service 0 0 5 56. Bank:-

(a) Commercial Bank 0 1 2 3(b) Cooprat ive bank 0 0 6 6

7. Agricultural credit societ ies 0 1 2 3Degree college includes Art ,Engineering and MedicineHospital includes Allopathic & Alternative MedicinePost office includes post office, telegraph office and post & telegraph officeT elephone includes Telephone,PCO and mobilesBus includes private and public

Table 38: Distribution of villages not having certain amenities, arranged by distance ranges from the places where these are available, 2011

Village not having the amenity of Distance range of place from the villages where the amenity is available

Education*

Medical^

Drinking water

Post office #

Telephone **

Transport communications $

Banks@ Agricultural credit societies

Approach by pucca road

Power supply

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 131 0002-Bitra 271 271

( 100)271

( 100)271

( 100)271

( 100)271

( 100)271

( 100) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)271

( 100)2 0003-Chetlat 2347 2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100)2347

( 100) 0 ( 0)2347

( 100)3 0004-Kiltan 3946 3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100)3946

( 100) 0 ( 0)3946

( 100)4 0006-Kavarat ti 11

0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)11

( 100) 0 ( 0)11

( 100)11

( 100) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 0)5 0007-Agatt i 7566 7521

( 99.41)7521

( 99.41)7566

( 100)7521

( 99.41)7566

( 100)7566

( 100)7521

( 99.41)7521

( 99.41) 0 ( 0)7566

( 100)Total 14141 14085

( 99.6)14085 ( 99.6)

14141 ( 100)

14085 ( 99.6)

14141 ( 100)

14141 ( 100)

13814 ( 97.69)

13814 ( 97.69) 0 ( 0)

14130 ( 99.92)

Note:-* Educat ion includes all educat ion facilities.^ Medical includes all medical facilities.# Post office includes post office, telegraph office and Post and telegraph office.$ T ransport communication includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways.@ Bank includes Commercial Bank and Cooperat ive Bank.** Telephone includes Telephone,PCO and Mobile.

Table 37: Number and percentage of rural population served by different amenities, 2011Type of amenity availableSl.

NoName of CD Block

3

Total population

of inhabited villages

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The above table reveals that no hospital is available in any of the rural islands in the district but thisfacility is available at Kavaratti town which is lying across the sea in the distance range of 10+ kms. Thefacilities of PHC, banks and agricultural credit societies which are not available in Bitra island, whereasthey are available in Chetlat island lying at a distance of 56 Kms.

The above table reveals the distance from the nearest statutory towns and availability of differentamenities in rural areas 2011.

Approach by Pucca Road

1 2 3 11Less than 5 Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 15 Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16- 50 Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51+ Number 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 0

Percentage 100 100 100 100 100 75 75 0Unspecified Number 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 100 100 0 0 0Total Number 6 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 0

Percentage 66.67 66.67 66.67 100 100 50 50 0Note:-* Educat ion includes all educat ion facilit ies.^ Medical includes all medical facilit ies.# Post office includes post office, telegraph office and Post and telegraph office.$ T ransport communicat ion includes bus service, railway facility and navigable waterways.@ Bank includes Commercial Bank and Cooperat ive Bank.** T elephone includes Telephone,PCO and Mobile.

Table 39: Distribution of villages according to the distance from the nearest statutory town and availability of different amenities, 2011

Type of amenity availableDistance Range from the nearest Statutory Town (In Kilometres)

Number of Inhabited Villages in Each Range

Number\ Percentage Educati

on*Medic

al^

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Agricultural

Credit Societies

Banks @Transport Communic

ations $

Telephone **

Post Office#

Approach by pucca road

1 2 3 121-499 Number 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 2

Percentage 33.33 33.33 100 33.33 100 100 0 0 0 66.67500-999 Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01000 - 1999 Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02000 - 4999 Number 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2

Percentage 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 1005000 - 9999 Number 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

Percentage 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 10010000 + Number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0District Number 6 4 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 0 5

Percentage 66.67 66.67 100 66.67 100 100 50 50 0 83.33Note:-* Educat ion includes all education facilities.^ Medical includes all medical facilit ies.# Post office includes post office, telegraph office and Post and telegraph office.$ T ransport communication includes bus service, railway facility and navigable waterways.@ Bank includes Commercial Bank and Cooperat ive Bank.** Telephone includes Telephone,PCO and Mobile.

Population range

Number\ Percentage Educat

ion* Transport

communications $

Telephone **

Post office #

Drinking

water

5 6 7 8 9

Number of inhabited villages in each range

Medical̂

Table 40: Distribution of villages according to population range and amenities available, 2011Type of amenity available

10 11 13

Power supply

Agricultural

credit societies

Banks@

4

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Table 40 gives the distribution of islands (villages) according to population range and amenitiesavailable in each range. Of the 6 islands in the district 2 islands are in the population range 2000-4999, 3islands each in 1-499 and one island in 5000-9999 and the 50% of the island (ie 3 Nos) under the populationrange of below 500 are having no amenities. The remaining 50% of the islands are having all the amenities.

The above table indicates that out of 634 hectares of land in the inhabited rural island, 60% arecultivable lands. As explained earlier, in the strict sense, there is no irrigation in Lakshadweep. In the datagiven by the administration, the irrigated land has been shown as nil and therefore in the above tableunder column 6 the percentage is zero in all the CD blocks.

The above table reveals the facilities of schools and colleges per 10,000 populations in CTs ofLakshadweep 2011.

Sl.No. Name of CD Block Number of inhabited villages

Percentage of irrigated area to

total cultivable area

1 2 3 61 0002-Bitra 1 9.93 85.60 0.002 0003-Chet lat 1 103.86 0.00 0.003 0004-Kiltan 1 163.37 78.04 0.004 0006-Kavarat ti 1 28.31 0.00 0.005 0007-Agat ti 2 328.35 73.21 0.00

Total 6 633.82 59.39 0.00Note:- Culativable area= irrigated area + unirrigated area

Table 41: Distribution of villages according to land use, 2011 Total area

(in Hectares)

4

Percentage of cultivable area to total area

5

Middle Secondary / matriculation

Senior secondary

College*

1 2 4 5 6 71 627030-Amini (CT) 10 1 1 3 02 627034-Kadmat (CT) 15 4 2 2 03 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) 10 4 3 2 04 627046-Andrott (CT) 4 2 2 1 05 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 9 5 2 2 06 627056-Minicoy (CT) 11 3 2 2 0

District: Lakshadweep (587) 9 3 2 2 0Note- * College includes Arts/ Science/ Commerce College (Degree Level and above)

Table 42: Schools/ colleges per 10,000 population in towns, 2011Type of educational institution (Approx. numbers)Name of the townSl. No.

Primary

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Sl. No. Name of the town Number of beds in medical institutions per 10,000 population (Approx. numbers)

1 2 31 627030-Amini (CT) 132 627034-Kadmat (CT) 563 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) 94 627046-Androt t (CT) 455 627054-Kalpeni (CT) 686 627056-Minicoy (CT) 19

District: Lakshadweep (587) 30

Table 43: Number of beds in medical institutions in towns, 2011

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Table 43 gives the particulars of number of beds in medical institutions in towns Kalpeni has thehighest number of beds in the medical institutions viz. 7 per 1000 population, while Kavaratti has only 4beds per 1000 population.

There is no slum population in any of the towns in Lakshadweep and therefore, the data for table44 are nil.

The most important commodities exported manufactured in the towns are given in Table 45 below

Copra, coir products and Mas are the important commodities manufactured in the urban sector ofthe district. In Amini, Kavaratti, Kadmat, Andrott, and Kalpeni, Copra and coir products are the first andsecond commodities. While Mas (Amini, Kadmat, Kavaratti, and Minicoy) is the third commodity.But in thecase of Minicoy. Coconut Oil and Canned Tuna are the important commodities manufactured there. Coprais the First and the common commodity exported from all the Towns.

SOCIAL AND CULTUTAL CHARACTERISTICS

Population

Lakshadweep, the smallest Union Territory in the Indian Union, has only an area of 30.00Sq.km. anda population of 64,473. The density of population has been ever increasing in each decade proportional tothe increase in total population of the district. The present density of district is 2149 persons per sq.km. Asa deviation from the earlier censuses, the growth of population has shown a declining trend in 2011 censusrecording only 6.3 per cent as against 17.30 per cent in 2001 census

Sex ratio.

The sex-ratio in the district was favorable to females and even above the equity ratio till 1961,except in 1911 and 1931 and thereafter, it started declining till 2011. The present sex-ratio of the district is943.

Marital status.

Early marriage, which was once prevalent in the district as a tradition, is totally absent now. Due tohigh literacy in the society, most of the marriages of girls take place around the age of 20 and that of boysaround the age of 24. Divorce rate has also considerably came down. Joint family system is slowly givingway to single family system. Polygamy, though very rare now, is practiced in all the island except Minicoy.Social evils like prostitution, suicide etc., are also absent in the district, Liquor is strictly prohibited in allthe island except Bangaram which is an international tourist resort.

Language

The language generally spoken the district, is Malayalam except Minicoy. However, thepronunciation and vocabularies varies from island to island. In Minicoy, people speak Mahl/Maldivianwhich has its own script.

Sl. No. Name of the town Name of three most important commodities manufactured1 2 31 627030-Amini (CT) Copra, Masmeen, Coir

2 627034-Kadmat (CT) Copra, Masmeen, Coir

3 627038-Kavaratt i (CT) Copra, Masmeen, Coir Fibre

4 627046-Androt t (CT) Copra, Coir Fibre, Coir Products

5 627054-Kalpeni (CT) Copra, Curled Fibre, Coir Yarn

6 627056-Minicoy (CT) Masmeen, Coconut Oil, Tuna Cans

Table 45: Most important commodity manufactured in towns, 2011

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Religion

The local inhabitants of the district are all Muslims. The Majority of the people belongs to the Shafischool of Sunni sect and acknowledges the holy Quran and the Sunnet as customary law. The Mujahids andthe Ahammadia, who constitute a microscopic minority, are the other sects.

Housing

The housing condition and pattern has completely changed in the district. In the past, most of thehouses were thatched though their walls and floor were made up on stone and lime. Perhaps, this mighthas been done intentionally by the old generation to sustain from the extreme hot during summer. Tiledhouses were rare before 30 years. Now, almost all the houses are either tiled or concreted and built inmodern style in the district. At present, more than 95 percent of the houses in the district are of permanentnature. Thus, the face of the islands has changed consequent up on the modernization of housing.

Economic activity

Coconut cultivation and fishing are the main occupation of the people in the islands. The handicraftwork and household industries like neera tapping jaggery making, mat weaving, etc., flourished in the pastas a source of livelihood and reduced like anything and even vanished from some parts of islands. Now adays, the educated youth hesitate to take up the activities and they are after Government jobs which arelimited in the Union Territory.

Manners and Customs.

The whole district may be divided into two groups in respect of caste and customs viz, (i) Minicoyisland (ii) other islands. The ethnic composition of the Minicoy island is comprised of land owning Manikfans,odam owning Thakurfans, odam plying Thakrus and Raveries, like four distinct castes among the Hindus.However, their caste structure is not so rigid like Hindu caste structure, although there were certainprerogatives and restrictions associated with each group. For instance, Manikfans had the privilege towear gold ornaments, garments made of silk with fixed design so that they could be distinguished.Thakurfans could also wear gold ornaments and silk garments but with a different design as adopted by theManikfans. Thakurs, on the other hand were allowed to use silver ornaments and cotton dresses only,while Raveries were denied almost all the privileges. At present, however, these restrictions are not sostrictly adhered to. In fact, changes in this regard are discernible. The custom among the Minicioyans arepurely matrilocal and matrilineal. The head of the family is usually the eldest woman of the household.Female dominance is unmistakably evident almost in every sphere of Minicoyan’s life. Although Minicoyansare all Muslims, monogamy is however the rule in this part of the district. Marriage usually takes placeafter the courtship were the consent of both the parties are more important than their parents. Marriageusually take place within the same group, however, inter-group marriages are not rare. Usually the childrenof such inter-caste marriage get status of the parent belonging to the higher caste.

As stated earlier, in Minicoy after the marriage, husband shifts to the residence of his wife andbecomes full-fledged member of the wife’s household. Inheritance is through the female line. TheMinicoyans are divided into nine Athiris. Each Athiris has a common village house and a common benefitfund. Men, Women and children of each Athiri have separate association of their own. The assembly ofthe Athiri is called Bomedu consisting of the entire male population belonging to Takru and Raveri classes.The assembly for men is known as PhirihengBomedu and for female as AnghangBomedu. The traditionaldress of women is known as Libus which is long garment made of red cloth with black strips. The under-garment is either blue or green. The head dress consists of black piece of cloth with white or red boarderscommonly known as Phatugan.

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The women of the caste-groups viz.Manikfans, Thakurfans, Thakru and Ravery are known by thename of Manikka, Bifan, Bibi and Kambilu respectively. In Minicoy, women enjoy equal right and statuswith their male counterparts. They have considerable freedom in personal and matrimonial matters. Folkdances and folk songs are quite common among the Minicoyans. The folk dance usually depicts joys andsorrows of the people. The theme usually veers around love, chivalry, sacrifice, prayer, etc. The Lava danceis most popular and usually performed by the male fold and lowest caste namely Raveri. There are specialcostumes and head gears for this purpose. Beru is another form of Lava and is performed by the male folkbelonging to the Thakru caste. Beru dance is usually performed during three days of Id-Ul-Fitre and fourdays during Id-Ul-Zuha. Dancing programme for each day has definite schedule. Children groups performthe first part, followed by the youth and ultimately by the elders. This dance is followed by signing of thefemale folk accompanied by beating of drums. Another dance which deserves mention is Thara.

The social set-up of other islands in the district are more or less similar. Here too, the caste likestructure is prevalent with land owning Koyas at the top followed by the boat plying Malmies andMelacheries. The last group is engaged in coconut plucking and fishing. The people in this group of islandsstill follow certain taboos and restrictions for the purposes of maintaining the class distinction. Amongthese people, the duolocal and matrilineal customs are prevalent. Female freedom is not much evidenthere. Among the autochthones in this group of islands, the husband is only a visiting member to the wife’shouse and does not reside permanently as is evident among the Minicoyans. Polygamy, which was once acommon feature among them, is very rare now.

They have also traditional songs and dances. Most common of these are Kolkali andParichakali. The former is a group dance which men perform to the rhythm of music and beating of stickswhile the latter is performed by male dancers with wooden sword and shield in hand. Both the danceshave similar type of costumes. The songs associated with these dances related to Islamic religion, loveaffair, adventure etc. in the main. Because of the isolated unique location of these islands, the inhabitantsof the whole district have closely knitted entity governed by strict social sanction. The system of commoncontribution in cash or kind for meeting the expenses of marriage and death ceremony is still followedamong the indigenous people of the district. There are still community feasts, community fishing andannual and periodical congregation among these people. However, these practices are more pronouncedamong the Minicoyans.

The staple food of the autochthones of the district is rice. They take three meals a day Coconut oilis prepared in each household and coconut is added in all the preparation. Fish is the main protein supplyingfood in their menu.

In the past, male folk generally wear Lungi – a rectangular piece of cloth, the ends of which arestitched while the female folk wears a rectangular piece of cloth known as Katchi around the waist, butunlike Lungi it is not stitched. This piece of cloth is either black or white in colour. The women cover theirupper part of the body with a jacket like garment. Thattam is the head-gear for the women which cover thehead and the shoulder. Though this is still followed by very old people, the male section in the presentgeneration wear white dhotis, pants and shirts while the female wear pavada, churidar, sari, maxi, etc.Both men and women put a silken thread around their waist. The furniture and interior decoration arerather simple in Laccadive and Aminidivi groups of islands which are, however, quite sophisticated amongthe Minicoyans.

PLACES OF RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE

Andrott

The first masjid in the district built in around AD 664 under the supervision of HazratUbaidullah(RA) who converted the people of Lakshadweep in to Islam and his mausoleum adjacent to the mosquesituate in this island. The ‘kandethikkunnu’, a top of the hill in the central portion of the island where the

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people of Andrott island first saw the saint too, attracts many people. Another important religious place inthe island is the mausoleum of Sayyid Mohammed JalaluddinBukhari (Ippakkayinho) in front of the Ujramosque.

Kavaratti

The Ujra mosque and the tomb of Sayyid Mohammed QuassimValiyyullah adjacent to it are theimportant religious attractions in this island. The mosque and the mausoleum are situated in the centre ofthe island about 1 km. from Katchery jetty on the top of a hill amidst many other hills. The saint SayyidMohammed Quassim from an Arabian family came to Kavaratti from Angole in the South Kanara district oferstwhile. Mysore State and preached Rifai order for the first time in Lakshadweep. He also supervisedthe construction of beautiful Ujra Mosque which is famous for its wooden carvings. RifaiRatheeb isperformed here on every Thursday and Sunday nights after Isha prayer. Ratheeb and Tazias are alsoperformed during important occasions like IdulFitre, IdulAzha, 10th of Muharram, 27th of Rajab, etc.Andunercha (Annual death celebrations) of RifaiShaik and Mohammed QuassimValliyullah are conductedhere every year in great pomp. Devotees from other islands and mainland visit here of Ziyarat. There aremany other mausoleum of religious saints at Kavaratti adjacent to Juma masjid, MarakkarPalli, ShaikianaPalli,PurathPalli and CheriyaPalli where Andunerchas are conducted every year by the people.

Kalpeni

The Maqbaras of KoyakuttyValiyullah built about 500 years back at PuthiyaPalli, Ahmed Valiyullah(Pallikkayinjo) in front of MohiyiddinPalli, KalpeniKayinjo, the sonof Abu Sali, at Ujra mosque and Chan akakoja at PonnemPalli are the important Dargas where people go for ziyarat and offerings. Andunercha isconducted every year to commemorate the saints.

PLACES OF HISOTRICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE.

Light House at Minicoy

Built in 1885 by the Britishers, the light house at Minicoy is one of the important light houses in Asiafor international ship routes. It has a height of 167 feet and 1,68,000 candle power.

Golden Jubilee Museum at Agatti

In addition to the Marine aquarium and Museum at Kavaratti, there is also a “Golden JubileeMuseum” at Agatti. A number of items have been collected from different parts of the district as well asfrom the Lakshadweep Administration and these are under computerization after assessing its approximateage and value. Generally, the objects are classified into archeological, historical, navigational and traditional.So far, 418 objects are computerized by the museum after giving access number, name, category,approximate age and place or person from where these are received. The oldest object in the museum isthe “Royal Gown”-traditional ceremonial dress of Minicoy Noblemen dates back to 18th century.

PLACES OF TOURIST IMPORTANCE

Tourism has immense potential in Lakshadweep. Transport, the prime factor in flourishing tourismin a locality was inadequate here till recently. The induction of two more fully air conditioned small shipsin addition to Tippu Sultan has provided more infrastructure facilities to the tourists. The service of theIndian airlines between mainland and Agatti has paved the way for inflow of international tourists toBangaram even during monsoon period.

At present, Bangaram, Agatti, Kavaratti, Kadmat, Kalpeni and Minicoy are the tourist spots inLakshadweep. Domestic as well as foreign tourists are entertained in Bangaram, Agatti and Kadmat whileonly domestic tourists are entertained on Kavaratti, Kalpeni and Minicoy.

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The silvery sand beaches, the sun rise and sun set, sea bath in crystal clear lagoon waters, lagooncruise in glass bottomed boats and enjoying the marine life, etc., are some of the attractions here. Inaddition to this, water sports activities like wind surfing, kayaking, canoeing, water skiing, yachting, parasailing, scuba diving, etc., are available for the tourists.

MAJOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS

The major social and cultural events in the district are the annual festivals namely, Idul-Fitre, Idul-Azha, Milad-un-Nabi, Independence Day and Republic Day. During Idul-Fitre and Idul-Azha, all the peopleirrespective of age and sex wear new dresses, ornaments and perfumes and participate in Id prayers. Themale members perform their prayer at Mosques or Id Gah while females at their house or places speciallyarranged by them. After the prayer, they visit their dears and nears and exchange Id Greetings. Dikre(Tazias) is also performed during these occasions in mosques and houses (in some islands) with activeparticipation of the people, especially the youth and children. Milad-un-Nabi (the birth day of ProphetMohammed (SA) is also celebrated with great pomp by the people of the district. Moulood (reciting ofverses praising Prophet Mohammed (SA) is performed in almost all the houses from 1st to 12th of RabiulAwwal(Hijra month) and on the last day a public procession and common feast is arranged in the Madrasas. Themale members attend the feast at Madrasas while for the female it is supplied in their houses.

The Independence Day and the Republic Day are also celebrated with great importance. The mainfunction is arranged at the stadium ground with flag hoisting/unfurling, parade and cultural programmesfollowed by procession, competitions in selected items like swimming, boat race, tug of war, folk dance,folk song, etc. In the evening, public meeting and variety entertainments are also conducted.

The social functions like Students Games Federation of India and All India Rural Sports meet (SGFI& AIRS)), Youth Festivals and ‘Atholueid’ (cultural exchange programme) deserve special mention. TheSGFI & AIRS were conducted at Andrott, Minicoy, Kalpeni, Amini, Agatti, Kiltan and Kavaratti and YouthFestival in Andrott. Under cultural Exchange Programme, cultural troups from Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Jammuand Kashmir and Goa visited this district and displayed their cultural programmes.

BRIEF GAZETTEER OF ISLANDS IN THE DISTANCE

Distance between Islands and Islands to Mainland Ports

Bitra (11o -36’ north latitude and 72o – 10’ east longitude)

It is the smallest inhabited island in the territory having a land area of 9.93 hectares and a popula-

CochinMangalore 500

Calicut 246 254Andrott 228 257 293

Amini 107 320 287 407Kadmat 11 119 320 287 407

Bitra 72 80 183 383 333 483Chetat 56 54 65 141 330 269 432

Kiltan 37 89 48 89 102 296 252 394Agatti 111 104 80 72 61 157 383 363 459

Kavaratti 57 115 126 124 76 65 119 346 352 404Suheli 54 81 169 176 167 126 115 165 389 404 446

Kalpeni 141 124 178 176 206 228 159 150 87 263 361 287Minicoy 211 219 252 296 346 378 376 330 311 293 444 537 398

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tion of 271 persons with 570 metres length and 274 metres width at its broadest point. It is situated farthestfrom Kavaratti in the north direction. Sir William Robinson recorded that until about the middle of 19th

century this island was the breeding ground for the sea birds and hunting round for people of other islands.It has very large lagoons which abounds in with turtles and numerous fishes.

Chetlat (11o - 41’ north latitude and 72o – 43‘ east longitude)

Chetlat lies 56 Kilometres north of Amini. Along the eastern side of the island there is a wide beltof coral debris caused by storm, which broadens at the north and covers the whole southern end of theisland. It has an area of 1.0 Sq.km with 2680 metres length and 584 metres width at the broadest point. Thepopulation of the island is 2347. It is the island which suffered most at the hands of Portuguese in the 16th

century. Fishing is the main activity of the male folk. The island had a very interesting custom. The womenfolk gathered on the beach during night and light up fires to help to locate the island by the returningfishing boats or odams (carrying their male folk). The island had a unique handicraft industry in the form ofcap making from the tender coconut leaves, which were of great demand in the district.

Kiltan (11o -29’ north latitude and 73o – 10 ‘ east longitude)

Kiltan is situated 51 Kilometres north-east of Amini on the international trade route betweenPersian Gulf and Srilanka. It has an area of 1.6 Sq.Kms. and a population of 3946 persons. This island is 3,362metres long and 596 metres wide at the broadest point. On the northern and southern ends of the islandthere are high storm beaches. The island is fertile and thickly planted. The island is rich in traditional folksongs and folk dances.

Kadmat (11o -13’ north latitude and 72o – 47‘ east longitude)

It is situated 10 Kilometres north of Amini with and area of 3.1 sq.kms. with 9,064 metres long and550 metres vide at the broadest point. The population of the island is 5404. Besides, a very large lagoon inwestern side. It is also characterized by a narrow lagoon in the eastern side. Kadmat is famous for its stoneused for building purposes. Some gold coins were found in 1948 which belonged to the Roman Emperorsof the first and second century. It appears that the island used to be visited by the foreigners even beforeits colonization. Systematic habitation of the island, however, started in the 19the century

Amini (11o -07’ north latitude and 72o – 44‘ east longitude)

The area of the island is 2.6 sq.km and the population is 7661. The name of the island might havebeen derived from the Arabic word “Amin” means faithful. The island has a length of 2,892 metres fromend to end and width of 1,250 metres at its broadest point. The island is oblong shaped and almost fills theentire ring-reef, leaving only a very shallow and narrow lagoon all around. The climate conditions are thesame as those in the Malabar Coast of Kerala. There are talented craftsmen in this island who can makebeautiful walking sticks with tortoise shells and coconut shells. The island is famous for the stone engraverswho carve beautiful flower patterns on hard coral stones. The people have a rich tradition of folk songs.The first lady (Fisiya) to embrace Islam religion is from this island and after conversion changed her nameas Hameedath.

Bangaram (10o -56’ north latitude and 72o – 17 ‘east longitude)

Bangaram is one of the finest tourist spots in India. This is a newly inhabited island with a populationof 45 lies about 8 kms. North of Agatti. To its east, about 2.5 km away is Tinnakara and further east is Paraliconnected by a sand bank during low tide. The island has a very large and beautiful; lagoon. The lagoon isvery deep here. The island is a favourite fishing ground of the Agatti people. There is a semicircular bay inthe eastern point of the island which serves as a swimming pool.

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Agatti (10o - 51’ north latitude and 72o – 11 ‘east longitude)

Agatti is the western most island in the district. It has an area of 2.7 sq.km. with 7,576 metres lengthand 568 metres breadth. The population of this island is 7,566, Human habitation is more in the northernpart of the island than in the south. The western side of the island is enclosed by a beautiful lagoon, wherevarious types of corals and multicoloured fishes are found in abundance. The only aerodrome inLakshadweep connecting the islands with Kochi is available in this island. The climate of the island is hotas compared to other islands of this group. As in other islands fishing and coconut plantation are the mainsource of livelihood of the people.

Pitti (10o - 47’ north latitude and 72o – 32‘ east longitude)

Pitti (birds’ island) lies 24 Kilometres north-west of Kavaratti. It is a small reef with a tiny sandbank and its southern end without even a blade of grass or any other vegetation. This small island with anarea of 1.20 hectares is the breeding ground of thousands of birds belonging to tern group. The breedingseason is between January to March. Flocks of these birds can be seen chasing tuna shoals as far away as15 to 25 Kilometres. This island is a bird sanctuary now.

Kavaratti (10o – 33’ north latitude and 72o – 38’ east longitude)

Kavaratti, the headquarters of Union Territory lies 404 Kilometres away from Cochin. It has an areaof 3.6 Sq.Kms. with a maximum length of 5,132 metres and breadth of 1,516 metres at the widest point. Thepopulation of this island is 11,221. It has a large lagoon in the western side which is shallow and providesa beautiful pool for swimming. It being the seat of Administration, all the Government offices and most ofthe Government buildings are located in this island. In the earlier days, the portion inhabited by the localpeople was separated by a boundary and no islander was allowed to go south of that wall without a validpass from Bibi’s Administration. The Ujra Mosque with its intricate carvings in wood ( a fine specimen ofcraftsmanship) is located in this island. The Juma Masjid of the island is one of the largest mosques in thedistrict.

Suheli Valiyakara (10o – 08’ north latitude and 72o – 18’ east longitude)

Suheli Cheriyakara (10o – 02’ north latitude and 72o – 15’ east longitude)

Suheli lies 47 Kilometres south-west of Kavaratti. Two uninhabited islands namely, Valiyakara andCheriyakara are enclosed by a single lagoon. Since the lagoon provides an excellent fishing, islanders fromKavaratti frequently and from Agatti occasionally visit this island during fair season.

Andrott (10o – 49’ north latitude and 73o – 41’ east longitude)

Andrott, the nearest island to the mainland, is the largest island with an area of 4.8 Sq.km. and apopulation of 11,191. It has 4,656 metres length and 1,430 metres breadth. Andrott lies east –west and itis 119 kms away from the headquarters island Kavaratti and 293 Kms, away from Cochin. This is the onlyisland which is practically devoid of any lagoon. This island is thickly planted with coconut trees whichyield the finest nuts available in the district. According to the tradition, this is the first island to embraceIslam religion. It is said that St.Ubaidulla who came from Arabia around AD 664 converted the wholepeople of Lakshadweep to Islam and settled in this island. His makbara is also situated here adjacent to theJuma Masjid.

Kalpeni (10o – 05’ north latitude and 73o – 39’ east longitude)

Kalpeni is situated about 76 Kilometres due to south of Andrott. The island along with the satelliteisland of Kodithala, Cheriyam, Tilakkam and Pitti lies in an extensive shallow lagoon.

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It has an area of 2.3 sq.km. and a population of 4,419 persons. It is one of the islands which wascolonized by the foreigners quite early. Mention of this island is found in Arab literatures. The Arabwriters used to call this island as ‘Kolfaini’. A peculiar feature of the island is the presence of huge stormbank of coral debris along the eastern and south-eastern shore. This island is often hit by cyclones.

Minicoy (8o – 17’ north latitude and 73o – 04’ east longitude)

Minicoy is the southernmost island in Lakshadweep. It is second largest in area (4.4 Sq. Kms.) andthird largest in population (10,447 persons) among the islands. This crescent shaped island has a length of10,656 metres from end to end and a width of 944 metres at the broadest point. It has a large and deeplagoon. There is a small uninhabited island south of Minicoy known as Viringili which is also known assmall pox island, since it was used by the people for isolating small pox patients in the early days. A largenumber of inhabitants of male working class are employed as sea men in ocean going vessels all over theworld. The main characteristic of the island is its village system known as Athiris. Each Athiri with a clusterof houses is headed by an elderly mancalled ‘Moopan’. The Moopan is elected by the general body of thevillage known as Bamedu (assembly). Traditionally, he is vested with all the powers to manage the affairsof the village. The houses are arranged on either side of the streets in a linear fashion. Interior of thehouse is kept spick and span. Every house has one or more swing coats made of wood, which are beautifullydecorated and painted in different colours. Boat modeling is the main handicraft seen in the island. Thespoken language in this island is Mahl. Minicoy is the important tuna fishing centre in the district. A tunacanning factory is functioning in this island. There is a lighthouse in the island constructed during the year1885.

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VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY

SECTION I - VILLAGE DIRECTORY

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BRIEF NOTE ON THE VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY FOR THE DCHB, CENSUS OF INDIA,2011

VILLAGE DIRECTORY 2011 CENSUS

The Village Directory is being compiled for both inhabited and un-inhabited villages. In the villagedirectory both private and government facilities/institutions have been given. In case of un-inhabited /depopulated villages, the location code number, name and area of the village is being given universally inVillage Directory and Village PCA. The columns relating to the amenities and land use pattern, etc. beingleft blank and it will be noted against the name of the village that it is un-inhabited/depopulated. TheAppendices to Village Directory and Inset Tables based on village Directory data are also prepared forinhabited villages.

In the Village Directory format for 2011 Census there are 121 columns and the details thereon areas follows:

Columns 1 : Serial Number: - Self explanatory. All the villages within the CD block are presentedserially in the ascending order of their location code number.

Columns 2 : Name of village: - Self explanatory. The name of the villages are shown against thiscolumn. This also includes the forest and uninhabited villages.

Columns 3 : Location Code Number of village: - The location code number of the villages are shownagainst this column.

Columns 4 : Area of the Village: - The area of the villages has been given in hectares.

Column 5 : Total Population: - The total population of the village as per 2011 Census has been givenagainst this column.

Column6 : Number of Households: - The number of households as per 2011 Census have been given inthis column.

Amenities : - The availability of different infrastructural amenities such as education, medical, drinkingwater, post, telegraph, banks, credit societies, recreation and cultural facilities, communication,power, etc. in each village have been given in the Village Directory. Wherever the amenities arenot available in the village, the distance range code viz; ‘a’ for <5 Kms, ‘b’ for 5-10 Kms and ‘c’ for10+ Kms of the nearest where facility is available is given. Column wise details are given below:

Columns No. 7 – 20 Educational Facilities : - All the different educational facilities available in thevillage have been given under these columns. Nursery/LKG//UKG classes are included in Pre-Primary Schools, Classes up to class V included in Primary School; Classes from VI to VIII areincluded in the Middle school. Classes from IX and X included in Secondary School. Classes fromXI and XII are included in Senior Secondary School. In case of composite schools like middleschool with primary school or secondary school with middle school, these are also included inthe number of primary and middle schools, respectively. The information on the entire educationalinstitutes is given under these columns.

Columns No. 21 to 38 - Medical Facilities : - All the different medical facilities available in the villagehave been given under these columns.

Columns No. 39 to 46 -Drinking Water : - The information on availability of various types of the drinkingwater facility within the village has been given under these columns.

Columns No. 47 to 50 – Availability of Toilet and others :- The information on availability of toilet andBio-Gas etc. available in the village has been given under these columns.

Columns No. 51 to 67 Communication (Post & Telegraph and transport) :- The information oncommunication and Post Office, Sub-Post Office, & Telegraph Office, Village PIN Code number,

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Phone-Landlines, Mobile Phone, Private Courier Facility, Internet Café, etc; available in thevillage has been given under these columns. The information on all various transport facilitieswhether public/private transport like Bus, Railway Station, or Navigable waterways, Taxi , Van,Tractors etc. available in the village has also been given under these columns.

Columns No.68 to 79 – Village connected to High ways, Village Roads, Banks and Credit Societies : - Theinformation on all roads connected to village has been given under these columns. These includeNational Highway, State Highway, District Roads and other district roads connected to the village,Pucca roads, Kutchcha Roads, Water Bounded Macadam Roads, Navigable Water Ways and FootPaths has been given under these columns. Further, the information on availability of banks,ATM and Agricultural Credit societies in the village has been given under these columns.

Column No. 80 to 96 Miscellaneous Facilities : - The information on various miscellaneous facilitiesavailable in the village has been given under these columns. These includes Self -Help Group,Public Distribution Shop (PDS), Mandi /Regular Market, Weekly Haat, Agricultural MarketingSociety, Nutrition Centre(ICDS),Anganwadi Centre, ASHA, Community Centre, Sports Fields, SportsClub/Recreation Centre, Cinema/Video Halls, Public Library, Public Reading Room, News PaperSupply, Assembly Polling Station, Birth and Death Registration Office.

Columns No. 97 to 100 – Electricity : - Availability of Power Supply in the village, whatever may be theform of its use has been given in these columns. These include Electricity for Domestic Use,Electricity for Agriculture Use Electricity for Commercial Use, and Electricity for all purposeDomestic Uses.

Column No. 101 and 102 -Nearest Town : - The name of the nearest town along with the distance rangecode has been in these columns.

Land use and Irrigation : - The land use pattern in the Village Directory conform to the pattern ofclassification of land use as recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.The Ministry has recommended the maintenance of records of land use pattern under thefollowing 9 categories.

(i) Column No. 103 -Forests:-This includes all lands classed as forest under any legal enactmentdealing with forests or administered as forests, whether state-owned or private, andwhether wooded or maintained as potential forest land. The area of crops raised in theforest and grazing lands or areas open for grazing within the forests remain included underthe forest area.

(ii) Column No. 104 - Area under non-agricultural use:-This includes all lands occupied bybuildings, roads and railways or under water, e.g. rivers and canals and other lands put touses other than agriculture.

(iii) Columns No. 105 - Barren and un-culturable land:-This includes all barren and unculturableland like mountains, deserts, etc. land which cannot be brought under cultivation exceptat an exorbitant cost should be classed as unculturable whether such land is in isolatedblocks or within cultivated holdings.

(iv) Column No. 106 - Permanent Pastures and other Grazing Lands:-This includes all grazinglands whether they are permanent pastures and meadows or not. Village common grazingland is included under this head.

(v) Column No. 107 - Land under Miscellaneous Tree Crops, etc.:- This includes all cultivableland which is not included in ‘Net area sown’ but is put to some agricultural uses. Landsunder Causing trees, thatching grasses, bamboo bushes and other groves for fuel, etc.which are not included under ‘Orchards’ are classed under this category.

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(vi) Column No. 108- Culturable Waste Land: - This includes lands available for cultivation,whether not taken up for cultivation or taken up for cultivation once but not cultivatedduring the current year and the last five years or more in succession for one reason or other.Such lands may be either fallow or covered with shrubs and jungles which are not put toany use. They may be assessed or unassessed and may lie in isolated blocks or withincultivated holdings. Land once cultivated but not cultivated for five years in succession isalso included in this category at the end of the five years.

(vii) Column No. 109- Fallow Lands other than Current Fallows: - This includes all lands whichwere taken up for cultivation but are temporarily out of cultivation for a period of not lessthan one year and not more than five years.

(viii) Column No. 110- Current Fallows: - This represents cropped area, which is kept fallowduring the current year. For example, if any seeding area is not cropped against the sameyear it may be treated as current fallow.

(ix) Column No. 111- Net Area Sown: - This represents the total area sown with crops andorchards. Area sown more than once; in the same year is counted only once.

Column No. 112- Total Irrigated Land Area: - It includes all land which is cultivable and irrigated by anysource of irrigation. The total irrigated area of the village has been given under this column.

Column No. 113- Total Un-Irrigated land Area: - Un-Irrigated area includes all land which is cultivablebut not irrigated by any source of irrigation. The total un-irrigated land area of the village hasbeen given under this column.

Column No. 114 to 118 Area Irrigated by source: - The area irrigated by various source of irrigation in thevillage have been given under these columns. The different source of irrigation facilities availablein the village are as follows:

(i) Canals(C)-Govt. or Pvt.,

(ii) Wells/Tube-wells (W/TW),

(iii) Tanks/Lake(T/L),

(iv) Waterfall,(WF)

(v) Others(O).

Columns No.119 to 121 -Three most important commodities manufactured :- The names of three mostimportant commodities manufactured in the village are indicated in this column.

Taluk level totals of the Village Directory:-

At the end of entries for the Village Directory of each Taluk, the totals of different columns arebeing given wherever possible. However, in case of some of the columns, it may not be possible to workout the Taluk level totals, in such cases the particular of relevant columns are being left blank against Taluklevel.

Appendices to Village Directory: - The Village Directory also includes the following appendices:

Appendix –I : Summary showing total number of villages having Educational, Medical and otheramenities in villages – CD Block level.

Appendix I A : Villages by number of Primary Schools.

Appendix I B : Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools.

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Appendix I C : Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities available.

Appendix II : Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have one or more amenitiesavailable.

Appendix -III : Land utilization data in respect of Census towns.

Appendix -IV : C.D. Block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity other than drinkingwater facility is available

Appendix -V : Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled Caste population.

Appendix -VI : Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled Tribe population.

Appendix VII A : List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled Castes to the totalpopulation by ranges.

Appendix VII B : List of villages according to the proportion of the Scheduled Tribes to the totalpopulation by ranges.

Appendix -VIII : Number of villages under each Gram Panchayat (CD Block wise).

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LIST OF VILLAGES MERGED IN TOWNS AND OUTGROWTHS AT 2011 CENSUS

No Villages were merged in Towns and Outgrowths at 2011 Census in this District

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Name of Sub-Division : AminiName of the C. D. Block :BitraSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Bitra 627031 31/01/0001/00000100

Name of the C. D. Block : ChetlatSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Chetlat 627032 31/01/0001/00000200

Name of the C. D. Block : KiltanSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Kiltan 627033 31/01/0001/00000300

Name of the C. D. Block : AminiSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES (C.D BLOCK WISE)

No Village in this C.D. Block

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Number of educational amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

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Availability of miscellaneous facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If

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Village connected to highways,village roads, banks & credit societies (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

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ion

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h &

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th R

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tratio

n O

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y fo

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(ED

)

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l Use

(EA

G)

Pow

er S

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mer

cial

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(EC

)

Pow

er S

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y fo

r All

Use

s (EA

)

Nam

e

Dis

tanc

e ra

nge

code

i.e

. a

for <

5 K

ms,

b fo

r 5-1

0 K

ms

and

c f

or 1

0+ k

ms .

Fore

sts

Are

a un

der N

on-a

gric

ultu

ral U

ses

Bar

ren

and

Un-

culti

vabl

e la

nd

Perm

anen

t Pas

ture

s and

Oth

er G

razi

ng L

ands

Land

Und

er M

isce

llane

ous T

ree

Cro

ps e

tc.

1 2 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Name of CD Block:-Bitra Location CodeNo:-0002

1 Bitra c c Yes c Yes Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes KADMAT(CT) c 0 1.4 0 0 8.5

0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 8.5

Name of CD Block:-Chetlat Location CodeNo:-0003

1 Chetlat c Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes KADMAT(CT) c 0 7.2 0 0 97

0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 0 0 97

Name of CD Block:-Kiltan Location CodeNo:-0004

1 Kiltan c Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes KADMAT(CT) c 0 36 0 0 128

0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 36 0 0 128

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Nearest Town Availability of miscellaneous

facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within

the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Availability of electricity (Yes/No)

Area under different types of land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal place)

Land Use

93

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

ultu

rabl

e W

aste

Lan

d

Fallo

w la

nds o

ther

than

cur

rent

fallo

ws

Cur

rent

Fal

low

s

Net

Are

a So

wn

Tota

l Irr

igat

ed L

and

Are

a

Tota

l Un-

irrig

ated

Lan

d A

rea

Can

als (

C )

Wel

ls/T

ube-

wel

ls(W

/TW

)

Tank

s/La

kes(

T/L)

Wat

er F

alls

(WF)

Oth

ers(

O)

Firs

t

Seco

nd

Third

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 2 1Name of CD Block:-Bit ra Location CodeNo:-0002

0 0 0 0 0 8.5 0 0 0 0 0 Mas Meen Dry Fish Bitra 1

0 0 0 0 0 8.5 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Chetlat Location CodeNo:-0003

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coir Masmeen Chetlat 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Kiltan Location CodeNo:-0004

0 0 0 0 0 127.5 0 0 0 0 0 Coir Masmeen Kiltan 1

0 0 0 0 0 127.5 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Area irrigated by source (in hectare).

Land Use Name of three most important commodities manufacturedArea under different types of

land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal

place)

94

95

96

97

Name of Sub-Division : Kavaratti

Name of the C. D. Block : KavarattiSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Pitti (Bird's island) 627035 31/01/0002/000012002 Suheli Valiyakara 627036 31/01/0002/000013003 Suheli Cheriyakara 627037 31/01/0002/00001400

Name of the C. D. Block : AgattiSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Agatti 627044 31/01/0002/000010002 Bangaram 627043 31/01/0002/000009003 Kalpitti 627045 31/01/0002/000011004 Parali(i) 627040 31/01/0002/000006005 Parali(ii) 627041 31/01/0002/000007006 Parali(iii) 627042 31/01/0002/000008007 Tinnakara 627039 31/01/0002/00000500

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES (C.D BLOCK WISE)

98

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587

Pre-

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

P)

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

)

Mid

dle

scho

ol (M

)

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

(S)

Seni

or S

econ

dary

scho

ol (S

S)

Deg

ree

colle

ge o

f arts

sci

ence

& c

omm

erce

(A

SC)

Engi

neer

ing

colle

ge(E

C)

Med

ical

col

lege

(MC

)

Man

agem

ent i

nstit

ute

(MI)

Poly

tech

nic

(Pt)

Voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

scho

ol /I

TI

Non

-for

mal

trai

ning

cen

tre (N

FTC

)

Spec

ial s

choo

l for

dis

able

d (S

SD)

Oth

ers (

spec

ify)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Name of CD Block:-Kavarat ti Locat ion CodeNo:-0006

1 Pitt i (Birds' Island) 627035 1.2 0 0

2 Suheli Valiyakara 627036 29 0 0

3 Suheli Cheriyakara 627037 28.3 11 3 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c

Block T O T A L : 58.5 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Agatt i Locat ion CodeNo:-0007

1 Tinnakara 627039 41.8 0 0

2 Parali (I) 627040 2.2 0 0

3 Parali (II) 627041 1.4 0 0

4 Parali (III) 627042 2.4 0 0

5 Bangaram 627043 57.6 45 17 b b b b b c c c c c c c c b

6 Agat ti 627044 270.7 7521 1311 4 6 2 1 1 c c c c c 1 c c 6

7 Kalpit ti 627045 7.2 0 0

Block T O T A L : 383.3 7566 1328 4 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6

Number of educational amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Seria

l Num

ber

Nam

e vi

llage

Loca

tion

code

no.

Tota

l are

a of

the

villa

ge (

in h

ecta

res r

ound

ed u

p to

one

dec

imal

pla

ce)

Tota

l pop

ulat

ion

( 201

1 ce

nsus

)

Num

ber o

f hou

seho

lds (

2011

cen

sus)

99

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

(CH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th c

entre

(PH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th su

b ce

ntre

(PH

S)M

ater

nity

and

chi

ld w

elfa

re c

entre

(MC

W)

T.B

. clin

ic (

TBC

)H

ospi

tal-a

llopa

thic

(HA

)H

ospi

tal-a

ltern

ativ

e m

edic

ine

(HO

)D

ispe

nsar

y (D

)V

eter

inar

y ho

spita

l (V

H)

Mob

ile h

ealth

clin

ic (M

HC

)Fa

mily

wel

fare

cen

tre (F

WC

)C

harit

able

non

Gov

t. ho

spita

l/Nur

sing

hom

e.M

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith M

BB

S D

egre

eM

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith o

ther

deg

ree

Med

ical

pra

ctiti

oner

with

no

degr

eeTr

aditi

onal

pra

ctiti

oner

and

faith

hea

ler .

Med

icin

e Sh

opO

ther

s Ta

p w

ater

(Tre

ated

/Unt

reat

ed)

Wel

l w

ater

(C

over

ed /

Unc

over

ed w

ell)

Han

d Pu

mp

Tube

wel

ls /

Bor

e w

ell

Sprin

gR

iver

/ C

anal

Tank

/ Po

nd /

Lak

eO

ther

s

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kavaratti Location CodeNo:-0006

Pitti (Birds' Island) 1

Suheli Valiyakara 2

c c c c c c c c c c c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No Yes No No No No No No Suheli Cheriyakara 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Agat ti Location CodeNo:-0007

Tinnakara 1

Parali (I) 2

Parali (II) 3

Parali (III) 4

b c b c c c c c c c c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Bangaram 5

1 c 2 c c c c c c c c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Agat ti 6

Kalpit ti 7

1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Number of Medical Amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Number of Non-Government Medical Amenities available.

Availability of drinking water - Yes / No

100

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity to

ilet i

nclu

ding

bat

h.C

omm

unity

toile

t exc

ludi

ng b

ath.

Rur

al s

anita

ry m

art o

r san

itary

har

dwar

e ou

tlet a

vaila

ble

near

the

villa

ge.

Com

mun

ity b

io- g

as o

r rec

ycle

of w

aste

for p

rodu

ctiv

e us

e.

Post

off

ice(

PO)

Sub

post

off

ice

(SPO

)

Post

& T

eleg

raph

off

ice

(P&

TO)

Vill

age

Pin

Cod

e

Tele

phon

es

(L

and

lines

)

Publ

ic c

all o

ffic

e (P

CO

)

Mob

ile p

hone

cov

erag

e

Inte

rnet

caf

es/ C

omm

on se

rvic

e ce

ntre

(CSC

)

Priv

ate

cour

ier f

acili

ty

Bus

serv

ice

(Pub

lic &

Priv

ate)

Rai

lway

stat

ions

Aut

o/M

odifi

ed A

utos

Taxi

s and

Van

s

Trac

tors

Cyc

le-p

ulle

d ric

ksha

ws(

Man

ual &

Mac

hine

driv

en)

Car

ts d

riven

by

anim

als

Sea

/Riv

er fe

rry

serv

ice

1 2 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

Name of CD Block:-Kavaratt i Location CodeNo:-0006

1 Pitt i (Birds' Island)

2 Suheli Valiyakara

3 Suheli Cheriyakara No No No No c c c c c Yes c c c c c c c c c Yes

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Name of CD Block:-Agatt i Location CodeNo:-0007

1 Tinnakara

2 Parali (I)

3 Parali (II)

4 Parali (III)

5 Bangaram No No No No b b b Yes b Yes c c c c b b b c c Yes

6 Agatt i No No No No c Yes Yes 682553 Yes Yes Yes Yes c Yes c Yes Yes Yes c c Yes

7 Kalpitt i

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2

Census of India 2011- Village Directory

Availability of toilet & others Yes / No

Communication and transport facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given except for Village Pin Code ,If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Amenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

101

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

onne

cted

to n

atio

nal h

ighw

ay(N

H)

Con

nect

ed to

stat

e hi

ghw

ay(S

H)

Con

nect

ed to

maj

or d

istri

ct ro

ad (M

DR

)

Con

nect

ed to

oth

ers d

istri

ct ro

ad

Pucc

a ro

ads

Kut

chch

a ro

ads

Wat

er b

ound

ed m

acad

am(W

BM

) roa

ds

Nav

igab

le w

ater

way

(riv

er/c

anal

)(N

W)

Foot

path

s (FP

)

Com

mer

cial

& C

o-op

erat

ive

Ban

ks

ATM

Agr

icul

tura

l Cre

dit S

ocie

ties

Self-

Hel

p G

roup

(SH

G)

Publ

ic d

istri

butio

n sy

stem

(PD

S) sh

op

Man

dis /

Reg

ular

mar

ket

Wee

kly

Haa

t

Agr

icul

tura

l mar

ketin

g so

ciet

y

Inte

grat

ed C

hild

Dev

elop

men

t Sch

eme

(Nut

ritio

nal

Cen

tres)

Ang

anw

adi C

entre

(Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

Oth

ers (

Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

ASH

A (A

ccre

dite

d So

cial

Hea

lth A

ctiv

ist)

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kavarat ti Locat ion CodeNo:-0006

Pit t i (Birds' Island) 1

Suheli Valiyakara 2

c c c c c c c Yes Yes c c c c c c c c c c c c Suheli Cheriyakara 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Agatt i Locat ion CodeNo:-0007

Tinnakara 1

Parali (I) 2

Parali (II) 3

Parali (III) 4

c c c c c c c Yes Yes b b b b b c c c b b b b Bangaram 5

c c c c c c c Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes c c c Yes Yes Yes Yes Agatt i 6

Kalpitt i 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Availability of miscellaneous facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If

not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Village connected to highways,village roads, banks & credit societies (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

102

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity c

entre

with

/with

out T

V

Spor

ts F

ield

,

Spor

ts C

lub

/ Rec

reat

ion

Cen

tre

Cin

ema

/ Vid

eo H

all

Publ

ic L

ibra

ry

Publ

ic R

eadi

ng R

oom

New

spap

er S

uppl

y

Ass

embl

y Po

lling

stat

ion

Birt

h &

Dea

th R

egis

tratio

n O

ffic

e

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Dom

estic

Use

(ED

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Agr

icul

tura

l Use

(EA

G)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Com

mer

cial

Use

(EC

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r All

Use

s (EA

)

Nam

e

Dis

tanc

e ra

nge

code

i.e

. a

for <

5 K

ms,

b fo

r 5-1

0 K

ms

and

c f

or 1

0+ k

ms .

Fore

sts

Are

a un

der N

on-a

gric

ultu

ral U

ses

Bar

ren

and

Un-

culti

vabl

e la

nd

Perm

anen

t Pas

ture

s and

Oth

er G

razi

ng L

ands

Land

Und

er M

isce

llane

ous T

ree

Cro

ps e

tc.

1 2 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Name of CD Block:-Kavarat ti Location CodeNo:-0006

1 Pitt i (Birds' Island) 0 0 0 0 0

2 Suheli Valiyakara 0 0 0 0 0

3 Suheli Cheriyakarac c c c c c c c c No No No No 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Agatt i Location CodeNo:-0007

1 Tinnakara 0 0 0 0 0

2 Parali (I) 0 0 0 0 0

3 Parali (II) 0 0 0 0 0

4 Parali (III) 0 0 0 0 0

5 Bangaram c b b c b b b c b Yes No Yes Yes 0 0 0 0 0

6 Agatt i c Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes c Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes KAVARATTI(CT) c 0 31 0 0 240

7 Kalpitt i 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 31 0 0 240

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Nearest Town Availability of miscellaneous

facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within

the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Availability of electricity (Yes/No)

Area under different types of land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal place)

Land Use

103

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

ultu

rabl

e W

aste

Lan

d

Fallo

w la

nds o

ther

than

cur

rent

fallo

ws

Cur

rent

Fal

low

s

Net

Are

a So

wn

Tota

l Irr

igat

ed L

and

Are

a

Tota

l Un-

irrig

ated

Lan

d A

rea

Can

als (

C )

Wel

ls/T

ube-

wel

ls(W

/TW

)

Tank

s/La

kes(

T/L)

Wat

er F

alls

(WF)

Oth

ers(

O)

Firs

t

Seco

nd

Third

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kavarat ti Location CodeNo:-0006

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pit t i (Birds' Island) 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suheli Valiyakara 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suheli Cheriyakara 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name of CD Block:-Agatt i Location CodeNo:-0007

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tinnakara 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parali (I) 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parali (II) 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parali (III) 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bangaram 5

0 0 0 0 0 240.4 0 0 0 0 0 Coir Masmeen Agatt i 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kalpit ti 7

0 0 0 0 0 240.4 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Area irrigated by source (in hectare).

Land Use Name of three most important commodities manufacturedArea under different types of

land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal

place)

104

105

106

107

Name of Sub-Division : Kalpeni

Name of the C. D. Block : KalpeniSerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Cheriyam 627047 31/01/0003/000016003 Kodithala 627048 31/01/0003/000017004 Pitti(i) 627052 31/01/0003/000022005 Pitti(ii) 627053 31/01/0003/000023006 Tilakkam(i) 627049 31/01/0003/000019007 Tilakkam(ii) 627050 31/01/0003/000020008 Tilakkam(iii) 627051 31/01/0003/00002100

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES (C.D BLOCK WISE)

108

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587

Pre-

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

P)

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

)

Mid

dle

scho

ol (M

)

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

(S)

Seni

or S

econ

dary

scho

ol (S

S)

Deg

ree

colle

ge o

f arts

sci

ence

& c

omm

erce

(A

SC)

Engi

neer

ing

colle

ge(E

C)

Med

ical

col

lege

(MC

)

Man

agem

ent i

nstit

ute

(MI)

Poly

tech

nic

(Pt)

Voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

scho

ol /I

TI

Non

-for

mal

trai

ning

cen

tre (N

FTC

)

Spec

ial s

choo

l for

dis

able

d (S

SD)

Oth

ers (

spec

ify)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Locat ion CodeNo:-0009

1 Cheriyam 627047 45.4 0 0

2 Kodithala 627048 0.3 0 0

3 Tilakkam (I) 627049 1 0 0

4 Tilakkam (II) 627050 0.6 0 0

5 Tilakkam (III) 627051 0.4 0 0

6 Pitt i (I) 627052 2.8 0 0

7 Pitt i (II) 627053 0.3 0 0

Block T O T A L : 50.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Number of educational amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Seria

l Num

ber

Nam

e vi

llage

Loca

tion

code

no.

Tota

l are

a of

the

villa

ge (

in h

ecta

res r

ound

ed u

p to

one

dec

imal

pla

ce)

Tota

l pop

ulat

ion

( 201

1 ce

nsus

)

Num

ber o

f hou

seho

lds (

2011

cen

sus)

109

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

(CH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th c

entre

(PH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th su

b ce

ntre

(PH

S)M

ater

nity

and

chi

ld w

elfa

re c

entre

(MC

W)

T.B

. clin

ic (

TBC

)H

ospi

tal-a

llopa

thic

(HA

)H

ospi

tal-a

ltern

ativ

e m

edic

ine

(HO

)D

ispe

nsar

y (D

)V

eter

inar

y ho

spita

l (V

H)

Mob

ile h

ealth

clin

ic (M

HC

)Fa

mily

wel

fare

cen

tre (F

WC

)C

harit

able

non

Gov

t. ho

spita

l/Nur

sing

hom

e.M

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith M

BB

S D

egre

eM

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith o

ther

deg

ree

Med

ical

pra

ctiti

oner

with

no

degr

eeTr

aditi

onal

pra

ctiti

oner

and

faith

hea

ler .

Med

icin

e Sh

opO

ther

s Ta

p w

ater

(Tre

ated

/Unt

reat

ed)

Wel

l w

ater

(C

over

ed /

Unc

over

ed w

ell)

Han

d Pu

mp

Tube

wel

ls /

Bor

e w

ell

Sprin

gR

iver

/ C

anal

Tank

/ Po

nd /

Lak

eO

ther

s

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Location CodeNo:-0009

Cheriyam 1

Kodithala 2

Tilakkam (I) 3

Tilakkam (II) 4

Tilakkam (III) 5

Pitti (I) 6

Pitti (II) 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Number of Medical Amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Number of Non-Government Medical Amenities available.

Availability of drinking water - Yes / No

110

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity to

ilet i

nclu

ding

bat

h.C

omm

unity

toile

t exc

ludi

ng b

ath.

Rur

al s

anita

ry m

art o

r san

itary

har

dwar

e ou

tlet a

vaila

ble

near

the

villa

ge.

Com

mun

ity b

io- g

as o

r rec

ycle

of w

aste

for p

rodu

ctiv

e us

e.

Post

off

ice(

PO)

Sub

post

off

ice

(SPO

)

Post

& T

eleg

raph

off

ice

(P&

TO)

Vill

age

Pin

Cod

e

Tele

phon

es

(L

and

lines

)

Publ

ic c

all o

ffic

e (P

CO

)

Mob

ile p

hone

cov

erag

e

Inte

rnet

caf

es/ C

omm

on se

rvic

e ce

ntre

(CSC

)

Priv

ate

cour

ier f

acili

ty

Bus

serv

ice

(Pub

lic &

Priv

ate)

Rai

lway

stat

ions

Aut

o/M

odifi

ed A

utos

Taxi

s and

Van

s

Trac

tors

Cyc

le-p

ulle

d ric

ksha

ws(

Man

ual &

Mac

hine

driv

en)

Car

ts d

riven

by

anim

als

Sea

/Riv

er fe

rry

serv

ice

1 2 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Location CodeNo:-0009

1 Cheriyam

2 Kodithala

3 Tilakkam (I)

4 Tilakkam (II)

5 Tilakkam (III)

6 Pitt i (I)

7 Pitt i (II)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village Directory

Availability of toilet & others Yes / No

Communication and transport facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given except for Village Pin Code ,If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Amenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

111

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

onne

cted

to n

atio

nal h

ighw

ay(N

H)

Con

nect

ed to

stat

e hi

ghw

ay(S

H)

Con

nect

ed to

maj

or d

istri

ct ro

ad (M

DR

)

Con

nect

ed to

oth

ers d

istri

ct ro

ad

Pucc

a ro

ads

Kut

chch

a ro

ads

Wat

er b

ound

ed m

acad

am(W

BM

) roa

ds

Nav

igab

le w

ater

way

(riv

er/c

anal

)(N

W)

Foot

path

s (FP

)

Com

mer

cial

& C

o-op

erat

ive

Ban

ks

ATM

Agr

icul

tura

l Cre

dit S

ocie

ties

Self-

Hel

p G

roup

(SH

G)

Publ

ic d

istri

butio

n sy

stem

(PD

S) sh

op

Man

dis /

Reg

ular

mar

ket

Wee

kly

Haa

t

Agr

icul

tura

l mar

ketin

g so

ciet

y

Inte

grat

ed C

hild

Dev

elop

men

t Sch

eme

(Nut

ritio

nal

Cen

tres)

Ang

anw

adi C

entre

(Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

Oth

ers (

Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

ASH

A (A

ccre

dite

d So

cial

Hea

lth A

ctiv

ist)

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Locat ion CodeNo:-0009

Cheriyam 1

Kodithala 2

Tilakkam (I) 3

Tilakkam (II) 4

Tilakkam (III) 5

Pit t i (I) 6

Pit t i (II) 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Availability of miscellaneous facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If

not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Village connected to highways,village roads, banks & credit societies (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

112

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity c

entre

with

/with

out T

V

Spor

ts F

ield

,

Spor

ts C

lub

/ Rec

reat

ion

Cen

tre

Cin

ema

/ Vid

eo H

all

Publ

ic L

ibra

ry

Publ

ic R

eadi

ng R

oom

New

spap

er S

uppl

y

Ass

embl

y Po

lling

stat

ion

Birt

h &

Dea

th R

egis

tratio

n O

ffic

e

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Dom

estic

Use

(ED

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Agr

icul

tura

l Use

(EA

G)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Com

mer

cial

Use

(EC

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r All

Use

s (EA

)

Nam

e

Dis

tanc

e ra

nge

code

i.e

. a

for <

5 K

ms,

b fo

r 5-1

0 K

ms

and

c f

or 1

0+ k

ms .

Fore

sts

Are

a un

der N

on-a

gric

ultu

ral U

ses

Bar

ren

and

Un-

culti

vabl

e la

nd

Perm

anen

t Pas

ture

s and

Oth

er G

razi

ng L

ands

Land

Und

er M

isce

llane

ous T

ree

Cro

ps e

tc.

1 2 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Location CodeNo:-0009

1 Cheriyam 0 0 0 0 0

2 Kodithala 0 0 0 0 0

3 Tilakkam (I) 0 0 0 0 0

4 Tilakkam (II) 0 0 0 0 0

5 Tilakkam (III) 0 0 0 0 0

6 Pitt i (I) 0 0 0 0 0

7 Pitt i (II) 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Nearest Town Availability of miscellaneous

facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within

the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Availability of electricity (Yes/No)

Area under different types of land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal place)

Land Use

113

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

ultu

rabl

e W

aste

Lan

d

Fallo

w la

nds o

ther

than

cur

rent

fallo

ws

Cur

rent

Fal

low

s

Net

Are

a So

wn

Tota

l Irr

igat

ed L

and

Are

a

Tota

l Un-

irrig

ated

Lan

d A

rea

Can

als (

C )

Wel

ls/T

ube-

wel

ls(W

/TW

)

Tank

s/La

kes(

T/L)

Wat

er F

alls

(WF)

Oth

ers(

O)

Firs

t

Seco

nd

Third

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Kalpeni Location CodeNo:-0009

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheriyam 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kodithala 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tilakkam (I) 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tilakkam (II) 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tilakkam (III) 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pit t i (I) 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pit t i (II) 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Area irrigated by source (in hectare).

Land Use Name of three most important commodities manufacturedArea under different types of

land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal

place)

114

115

116

117

Name of Sub-Division : Minicoy

Name of the C. D. Block : MinicoySerial Number Name of Village 2011 Census location code number 2001 census location code number

1 2 3 4

1 Viringili 627055 31/01/0004/00002400

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES (C.D BLOCK WISE)

118

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587

Pre-

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

P)

Prim

ary

scho

ol (P

)

Mid

dle

scho

ol (M

)

Seco

ndar

y Sc

hool

(S)

Seni

or S

econ

dary

scho

ol (S

S)

Deg

ree

colle

ge o

f arts

sci

ence

& c

omm

erce

(A

SC)

Engi

neer

ing

colle

ge(E

C)

Med

ical

col

lege

(MC

)

Man

agem

ent i

nstit

ute

(MI)

Poly

tech

nic

(Pt)

Voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

scho

ol /I

TI

Non

-for

mal

trai

ning

cen

tre (N

FTC

)

Spec

ial s

choo

l for

dis

able

d (S

SD)

Oth

ers (

spec

ify)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Name of CD Block:-Minicoy Locat ion CodeNo:-0010

1 Viringili 627055 1.5 0 0

Block T O T A L : 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dist rict T O T A L : 771.3 14141 2710 8 17 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19

Number of educational amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Seria

l Num

ber

Nam

e vi

llage

Loca

tion

code

no.

Tota

l are

a of

the

villa

ge (

in h

ecta

res r

ound

ed u

p to

one

dec

imal

pla

ce)

Tota

l pop

ulat

ion

( 201

1 ce

nsus

)

Num

ber o

f hou

seho

lds (

2011

cen

sus)

119

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

(CH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th c

entre

(PH

C)

Prim

ary

heal

th su

b ce

ntre

(PH

S)M

ater

nity

and

chi

ld w

elfa

re c

entre

(MC

W)

T.B

. clin

ic (

TBC

)H

ospi

tal-a

llopa

thic

(HA

)H

ospi

tal-a

ltern

ativ

e m

edic

ine

(HO

)D

ispe

nsar

y (D

)V

eter

inar

y ho

spita

l (V

H)

Mob

ile h

ealth

clin

ic (M

HC

)Fa

mily

wel

fare

cen

tre (F

WC

)C

harit

able

non

Gov

t. ho

spita

l/Nur

sing

hom

e.M

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith M

BB

S D

egre

eM

edic

al p

ract

ition

er w

ith o

ther

deg

ree

Med

ical

pra

ctiti

oner

with

no

degr

eeTr

aditi

onal

pra

ctiti

oner

and

faith

hea

ler .

Med

icin

e Sh

opO

ther

s Ta

p w

ater

(Tre

ated

/Unt

reat

ed)

Wel

l w

ater

(C

over

ed /

Unc

over

ed w

ell)

Han

d Pu

mp

Tube

wel

ls /

Bor

e w

ell

Sprin

gR

iver

/ C

anal

Tank

/ Po

nd /

Lak

eO

ther

s

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Minicoy Location CodeNo:-0010

Viringili 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 4 5

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Number of Medical Amenities available. (If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Number of Non-Government Medical Amenities available.

Availability of drinking water - Yes / No

120

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity to

ilet i

nclu

ding

bat

h.C

omm

unity

toile

t exc

ludi

ng b

ath.

Rur

al s

anita

ry m

art o

r san

itary

har

dwar

e ou

tlet a

vaila

ble

near

the

villa

ge.

Com

mun

ity b

io- g

as o

r rec

ycle

of w

aste

for p

rodu

ctiv

e us

e.

Post

off

ice(

PO)

Sub

post

off

ice

(SPO

)

Post

& T

eleg

raph

off

ice

(P&

TO)

Vill

age

Pin

Cod

e

Tele

phon

es

(L

and

lines

)

Publ

ic c

all o

ffic

e (P

CO

)

Mob

ile p

hone

cov

erag

e

Inte

rnet

caf

es/ C

omm

on se

rvic

e ce

ntre

(CSC

)

Priv

ate

cour

ier f

acili

ty

Bus

serv

ice

(Pub

lic &

Priv

ate)

Rai

lway

stat

ions

Aut

o/M

odifi

ed A

utos

Taxi

s and

Van

s

Trac

tors

Cyc

le-p

ulle

d ric

ksha

ws(

Man

ual &

Mac

hine

driv

en)

Car

ts d

riven

by

anim

als

Sea

/Riv

er fe

rry

serv

ice

1 2 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

Name of CD Block:-Minicoy Location CodeNo:-0010

1 Viringili

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 4 6 3 0 1 0 3 4 3 0 0 6

Census of India 2011- Village Directory

Availability of toilet & others Yes / No

Communication and transport facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given except for Village Pin Code ,If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Amenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

121

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

onne

cted

to n

atio

nal h

ighw

ay(N

H)

Con

nect

ed to

stat

e hi

ghw

ay(S

H)

Con

nect

ed to

maj

or d

istri

ct ro

ad (M

DR

)

Con

nect

ed to

oth

ers d

istri

ct ro

ad

Pucc

a ro

ads

Kut

chch

a ro

ads

Wat

er b

ound

ed m

acad

am(W

BM

) roa

ds

Nav

igab

le w

ater

way

(riv

er/c

anal

)(N

W)

Foot

path

s (FP

)

Com

mer

cial

& C

o-op

erat

ive

Ban

ks

ATM

Agr

icul

tura

l Cre

dit S

ocie

ties

Self-

Hel

p G

roup

(SH

G)

Publ

ic d

istri

butio

n sy

stem

(PD

S) sh

op

Man

dis /

Reg

ular

mar

ket

Wee

kly

Haa

t

Agr

icul

tura

l mar

ketin

g so

ciet

y

Inte

grat

ed C

hild

Dev

elop

men

t Sch

eme

(Nut

ritio

nal

Cen

tres)

Ang

anw

adi C

entre

(Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

Oth

ers (

Nut

ritio

nal C

entre

s)

ASH

A (A

ccre

dite

d So

cial

Hea

lth A

ctiv

ist)

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Seria

l Num

ber

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 2 1

Name of CD Block:-Minicoy Locat ion CodeNo:-0010

Viringili 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 4 4 1 4

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Availability of miscellaneous facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If

not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Village connected to highways,village roads, banks & credit societies (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

122

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587Se

rial N

umbe

r

Nam

e of

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity c

entre

with

/with

out T

V

Spor

ts F

ield

,

Spor

ts C

lub

/ Rec

reat

ion

Cen

tre

Cin

ema

/ Vid

eo H

all

Publ

ic L

ibra

ry

Publ

ic R

eadi

ng R

oom

New

spap

er S

uppl

y

Ass

embl

y Po

lling

stat

ion

Birt

h &

Dea

th R

egis

tratio

n O

ffic

e

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Dom

estic

Use

(ED

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Agr

icul

tura

l Use

(EA

G)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r Com

mer

cial

Use

(EC

)

Pow

er S

uppl

y fo

r All

Use

s (EA

)

Nam

e

Dis

tanc

e ra

nge

code

i.e

. a

for <

5 K

ms,

b fo

r 5-1

0 K

ms

and

c f

or 1

0+ k

ms .

Fore

sts

Are

a un

der N

on-a

gric

ultu

ral U

ses

Bar

ren

and

Un-

culti

vabl

e la

nd

Perm

anen

t Pas

ture

s and

Oth

er G

razi

ng L

ands

Land

Und

er M

isce

llane

ous T

ree

Cro

ps e

tc.

1 2 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108

Name of CD Block:-Minicoy Location CodeNo:-0010

1 Viringili 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 75 0 0 473

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Nearest Town Availability of miscellaneous

facilities (If amenities available code -Yes is given, If not available within

the village , the distance range code viz; a for < 5 Kms, b for 5-10 Kms and c for 10+ kms of nearest place where facility is available is given).

Availability of electricity (Yes/No)

Area under different types of land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal place)

Land Use

123

Name of District:-Lakshadweep Location CodeNo:-587C

ultu

rabl

e W

aste

Lan

d

Fallo

w la

nds o

ther

than

cur

rent

fallo

ws

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Viringili 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 376.4 0 0 0 0

Census of India 2011- Village DirectoryAmenities and Land use ( As in 2009 )

Area irrigated by source (in hectare).

Land Use Name of three most important commodities manufacturedArea under different types of

land use ( in hectares rounded up to one decimal

place)

124

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 121 0002-Bitra 1 271 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 0003-Chet lat 1 2347 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

3 0004-Kiltan 1 3946 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

4 0006-Kavaratt i 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 0007-Agat ti 2 7566 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Total 6 14141 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 0

Villages having educational institutions

Appendix I - village directorySummary showing total number of villages having educational, medical and other amenities - CD Block level

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Pre-primary school

Primary school

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Total number of inhabited villages in the C.D. block

Total population of C.D. block

Middle school

Secondary school

Senior secondary school (SS)

Degree college of arts sceince & commerce

Degree college of engineering

Medical college

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 251 0002-Bitra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

2 0003-Chet lat 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

3 0004-Kiltan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

4 0006-Kavarat ti 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 0007-Agat ti 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

T otal 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 1 2 4 0 0 0

Community health centre

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Villages having educational institutions (contd.) Villages having Medical institutions

No educational facility

Others (specify)

Primary health centre

Primary health sub centre

Maternity and child welfare centre

T.B. clinic

Hospital-allopathic

Management institute

Polytechnic

Vocational training school /ITI

Non-formal training centre

Special school for disabled

1 2 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 351 0002-Bitra 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0003-Chetlat 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0004-Kiltan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 0006-Kavarat ti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

5 0007-Agatt i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Medicine shop

Others No medical facility

Villages having Medical institutions (contd.) …

Hospital-alternative medicine

Veterinary hospital

Mobile health clinic

Medical practioner (with MBBS Degree)

Medical practioner (with other degree)

Family welfare centre

Dispensary

125

1 2 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 601 0002-Bitra 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

2 0003-Chet lat 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

3 0004-Kiltan 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

4 0006-Kavaratt i 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

5 0007-Agat t i 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1

Total 4 6 3 0 1 0 3 4 3 6 3 1

Villages having Post & Telegraph

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Auto/ modified autos

Villages having transport

Public call office

Banks

Mobile phone coverage

Internet cafes/ Common service centre

Village roads-pucca road

Bus service (public/private)

Railway station

Taxi & vans

Tractors

Navigable water ways (river/canal/sea ferry service)

Commercial & co-operative

ATM

Credit societies

1 2 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 711 0002-Bitra 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

2 0003-Chet lat 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

3 0004-Kiltan 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

4 0006-Kavarat t i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

5 0007-Agat ti 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0

Total 3 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 5 1

Miscellaneous Villages having power supply

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Villages having recreation facility

Weekly haat

Agricultural credit societies

Cinema / video halls

Public library

Public reading rooms

Availability of news paper

Asembly polling station

Birth & death registration office

Available Not available

Public distribution system (PDS) shop

1 2 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 481 0002-Bitra 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

2 0003-Chetlat 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

3 0004-Kiltan 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

4 0006-Kavaratt i 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 0007-Agatt i 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2

Total 4 6 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 4 5

Appendix I - village directorySummary showing total number of villages having educational, medical and other amenities - CD Block level

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Villages having Post & Telegraph

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Sl.No

Name of CD block

Villages having drinking water

Tap water (treated/ untreated)

Well water (coverd/ uncovered well)

Hand pump

Tank/ pond/ lake

Post office

Sub post office

Post & telegraph office

Phone (land lines)

No drinking water facility

Tubewell/ borewell

Spring River/ canal

Others

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District: Lakshadweep (587)

None One Two Three Four +

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81 0002-Bitra 1 0 0 1 0 0

2 0003-Chetlat 1 0 0 0 1 0

3 0004-Kiltan 1 0 0 0 0 1

4 0006-Kavarat ti 1 1 0 0 0 0

5 0007-Agatt i 2 1 0 0 0 1

Total 6 2 0 1 1 2

Appendix IA - village directoryVillages by number of primary schools

Sl.No. Name of C.D.Block Total number of inhabited villages

Number of primary schools

District: Lakshadweep (587)

No school At least one primary school and no middle school

At least one primary school and one middle school

At least one middle school and one secondary school

1 2 3 4 5 6 71 0002-Bitra 1 0 0 1 0

2 0003-Chet lat 1 0 0 1 1

3 0004-Kiltan 1 0 0 1 1

4 0006-Kavaratt i 1 1 0 0 0

5 0007-Agat t i 2 1 0 1 1

Total 6 2 0 4 3

Appendix IB - village directoryVillages by primary, middle and secondary schools

Sl.No. Name of CD Block Total number of inhabited villages

Type of educational institutions available

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Only tap (treated/

untreated)

Only well (covered /

uncovered)

Only tubewell /borewell

Only handpump

More than one source only from tap, well,

tubewell,hand pump

1 2 3 4 5 6 71 0002-Bitra 0 1 0 0 0

2 0003-Chetlat 0 0 0 0 1

3 0004-Kiltan 0 0 0 0 1

4 0006-Kavarat t i 0 1 0 0 0

5 0007-Agatti 0 0 0 0 2

Total 0 2 0 0 4

Appendix IC - Village DirectoryVillages with different sources of drinking water facilities available

Sl.No. Name of C.D.Block Number of villages with different sources of drinking water facilities available

127

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Senior secondary

school

College Primary health sub

centre

Tap drinking

water

Bus facility

Approach by pucca

road

Banks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

----------------------------- NIL ----------------------------------

Appendix III- Village DirectoryLand Utilization data in respect of Census Towns

Sl. No.

Name of CD Block

Name of village

Location code number

Population Amenities not available (indicate N.A. where amenity not available)

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Senior secondary

school

College Primary health sub

centre

Tap drinking

water

Bus facility

Approach by pucca

road

Banks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 0007-Agat ti Agatt i 627044 7521 Available N.A. Available Available Available N.A. Available

Appendix II- Village DirectoryVillages with 5000 and above population which do not have one or more amenities available.

Sl. No.

Name of village

Location code number

Name of CD Block

Population Amenities not available (indicate N.A. where amenity not available)

District: Lakshadweep (587)

Senior secondary

school

College Primary health sub

centre

Tap drinking

water

Bus facility

Approach by pucca

road

Banks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

----------------------------- NIL ----------------------------------

Appendix IV- Village DirectoryCD Block wise list of inhabited villages where no amenity other than drinking water facility is available

Sl. No.

Name of CD Block

Name of village

Location code number

Population Amenities not available (indicate N.A. where amenity not available)

128

District: Lakshadweep(587)Sl.No. Name of C.D. Block Total villages Uninhabited villages Inhabited villages Number of inhabited villages

having no scheduled castes population

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 0001-Amini 0 0 0 0

2 0002-Bitra 1 0 1 1

3 0003-Chet lat 1 0 1 1

4 0004-Kiltan 1 0 1 1

5 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 0

6 0006-Kavaratt i 3 2 1 1

7 0007-Agat ti 7 5 2 2

8 0008-Androt t 0 0 0 0

9 0009-Kalpeni 7 7 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 1 1 0 0

Total 21 15 6 6

Appendix V- Village DirectorySummary showing number of villages not having scheduled castes population

District: Lakshadweep(587)Sl.No. Name of C.D. Block Total villages Uninhabited villages Inhabited villages Number of inhabited villages

having no scheduled tribes population

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 0001-Amini 0 0 0 0

2 0002-Bitra 1 0 1 0

3 0003-Chetlat 1 0 1 0

4 0004-Kiltan 1 0 1 0

5 0005-Kadmat 0 0 0 0

6 0006-Kavaratt i 3 2 1 0

7 0007-Agatt i 7 5 2 0

8 0008-Androt t 0 0 0 0

9 0009-Kalpeni 7 7 0 0

10 0010-Minicoy 1 1 0 0

T otal 21 15 6 0

Appendix VI - Village DirectorySummary showing number of villages not having scheduled tribes population

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District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Bitra(0002)

Range of scheduled castes population (Percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

Nil 627031 Bitra

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Chetlat(0003)

Range of scheduled castes population (Percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

Nil 627032 Chetlat

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Kiltan(0004)

Range of scheduled castes population (Percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

Nil 627033 Kiltan

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Kavaratti(0006)

Range of scheduled castes population (Percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

Nil 627037 Suheli Cheriyakara

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Agatti(0007)

Range of scheduled castes population (Percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

Nil 627043 BangaramNil 627044 Agatti

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

A - Scheduled Castes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

List of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by ranges.

A - Scheduled Castes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

A - Scheduled Castes

A - Scheduled Castes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

A - Scheduled Castes

Appendix VII - Village Directory

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District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Bitra(0002)

Range of scheduled tribes population (percentages) Location code number Name of village

1 2 376 and above 627031 Bitra

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Chetlat(0003)

Range of scheduled tribes population (percentages) Location code number Name of village

1 2 376 and above 627032 Chetlat

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Kiltan(0004)

Range of scheduled tribes population (percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

76 and above 627033 Kiltan

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Kavaratti(0006)

Range of scheduled tribes population (percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

21 - 30 627037 Suheli Cheriyakara

District: Lakshadweep(587)CD Block: Agatti(0007)

Range of scheduled tribes population (percentages) Location code number Name of village1 2 3

76 and above 627043 Bangaram76 and above 627044 Agatti

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

B - Scheduled Tribes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

List of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by ranges.

B - Scheduled Tribes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

B - Scheduled Tribes

B - Scheduled Tribes

Appendix VII - Village DirectoryList of villages according to the proportion of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to the total population by

ranges.

B - Scheduled Tribes

Appendix VII - Village Directory

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Number Location Code Number

1 2 3 4 5

1 Bitra 10 1 627031 75 271 0 271

1 Chet lat 104 1 627032 526 2347 0 2195

1 Kiltan 163 1 627033 778 3946 0 3827

1 Kavaratt i 391 1 627035 to 627038 3 11 0 3

1 Agat ti 383 1 627039 to 627045 1328 7566 0 7167

* No Locat ion code number

Appendix-VIII -Village DirectoryNumber of villages under each Gram Panchayat (CD Block wise)

Name of district: LakshadweepSl.No

.

Name of Gram Panchayat and Location Code Number*

Area in hect-ares

No. of households

Total Population

Total Scheduled

Caste Population

Number of villages with Location code numbers

Total Scheduled

Tribe Population

6 7 8 9

There is no village in this CD Block

Amini CD Block

Kalpeni CD Block

Minicoy CD Block

There is no village in this CD Block

Bitra CD Block

Chetlat CD Block

There is no village in this CD Block

There is no village in this CD Block

There is no village in this CD Block

Kiltan CD Block

Kavaratti CD Block

Agatti CD Block

Andrott CD Block

Kadmat CD block

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SECTION II - TOWN DIRECTORY

134

NOTE EXPLAINING THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TOWN DIRECTORY 2011 CENSUS

Statement I :- Status and Growth History:

Column 1 :– Serial Number:- Self explanatory

Column 2 :- Class, Name and civic status of town:- The Class is presented according to population of thetowns in 2011 Census as follows:

The following abbreviations are used to denote the Civic Status of the town.

Column 3 - 25: - These columns are self explanatory

Statement II : - Physical Aspects and Location of town, 2009.

Column 1 - 2 Serial number and Name of town: - Self explanatory

Columns 3 to 5 - Physical Aspects :- In these columns the Rainfall and Maximum and MinimumTemperature of the town is recorded.

Columns 6 to 12 :- Name and road distance of the town (in kms.) from the State headquarters, Districtheadquarters, Sub-divisional/Taluk/Tahsil/ Police station/Development Block/Island HQ., Nearestcity with population of one lakh and more, Nearest city with population of five lakh and more,Railway station and Bus route is recorded in these columns respectively. If the names mentionedin these columns are the same as the referent town itself, the distance is recorded as (0) zero.

Statement III – Civic and other Amenities, 2009:-

Column 1 - 2 Serial number and Name of town : - Self explanatory

Population Class Population Class

1,00,000 & above I 10,000-19,999 IV

50,000-99,999 II 5,000-9,999 V

20,000-49,999 III Below 5000 VI

Civic Status Codes Civic Status Codesi-Municipal Corporation M.Corp. xii – Notified Town Area NTA

ii-Municipal Committee MC xiii – Industrial Notified Area INA

iii-Municipal Council M Cl xiv – Industrial Township ITS

iv-City Municipal Council CMC xv – Township TS

v-Town Municipal Council TMC xvi – Town Panchayat TP

vi- Municipal Board MB xvii – Nagar Panchayat NP

Vii –Municipality M xviii – Town Committee/ Town Area Committee

TC

viii- Cantonment Board/Cantonment

CB xix – Small Town Committee ST

ix- Notified Area NA xx – Estate Office EO

x –Notified Town NT xxi –Gram Panchayat GP

xi - Notified Area Committee/ Notified Area Council

NAC xxii – Census Town CT

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Column 3 – Road length (in km.) :- The information about the road length (in km.) within the limit of thetown is recorded in this column.

Columns 4 to 7- System of drainage : - The system of drainage available in the town is indicated in thesecolumns by the following codes:

System of drainage Codes

Open drains OD

Closed drains CD

Both drains BD

Columns 8 to 11-Number of latrines : - The number of various types of latrines available in the town isindicated in these columns.

Columns No. 12 & 13 – Protected water supply : - The information on source of water supply and systemof water storage with capacity available in the town are given in these columns in the followingcodes:

Column 12 (Source of water supply):-

(i) Tap water T(ii) Tube-well water TW(iii) Tank Water TK(iv) Well water W

Column 13 (System of water storage):-

(i) Over Head Tank OHT(ii) Service Reservoir SR(iii) River Infiltration Gallery RIG(iv) Bore Well Pumping System BWP

(v) Pressure Tank PT

The information on 2 major source of water supply is given in column 12 and the system of waterstorage with capacity against each in kilo-litres (in bracket) is presented in column 13.

Columns 14 Fire Fighting Service : - In case the fire fighting service is available in the referent town,‘yes’ is recorded. If the facility is not available within the town, the name of the nearest placehaving this facility with its distance from the referent town has been recorded.

Columns 15 to 19- Electrification (Number of connections) :- Different types of electric connectionshave been shown in these columns, i.e., Domestic, Industrial, Commercial, Road lighting (points)& others.

Statement IV: Medical Facilities, 2009 :-Columns 1 - 2 Serial number and Name of town : - Self explanatory

Columns 3 to 13 :- The number of various medical institutions such as Hospitals, Dispensaries, HealthCenter, Family Welfare Center, Maternity and Child Welfare Center, Maternity Homes, T.B.Hospital/clinic, Nursing Homes, Charitable Hospital/Nursing Home, Mobile Health Clinic andOthers as available in the town, are indicated in these columns (along with number of beds inbrackets).

If a medical facility is not available in the town, the name of the nearest place and its distance in

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kilometers from the town where the facility is available is mentioned.

Column 14 - Veterinary Hospital :- The Number of Veterinary Hospitals available in the town is given inthis column.

Column 15 - Medicine Shop :- The number of Medicine shops available in the town is given in thiscolumn.

Statement V : Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 2009 :-

Columns 1 - 2 Serial number and Name of town : - Self explanatory

Columns 3 to 15 Educational Facilities :- The information on number of Primary school, Middle school,Secondary school, Senior Secondary school, Arts/Science/ Commerce colleges (of degree leveland above), Medical colleges, Engineering colleges, Management Institute/Colleges,Polytechnics, Recognized Shorthand, Typewriting and vocational training Institutions, Non-formalEducation Center (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Center), Special School for disabled and Others availablein the town, are indicated in these columns.

If an educational facility is not available in the town, the name of the nearest place and its distancein kilometers from the town where the facility is available is mentioned.

Columns 16 to 23 – Number of Social, Recreational and Culture Facilities :- The information on No. ofHome Orphanage, Working women’s hostels (with No. of seats in bracket), No. of Old Age Home,Stadium, Cinema Theatre, Auditorium/Community halls, Public libraries and Reading roomsavailable in the town are given under these column.

Statement VI: Industry and Banking 2009:-

Columns 1 - 2 Serial number and Name of town : - Self explanatory

Columns 3 to 5 - Names of three most important commodities manufactured :- The names of threemost important commodities manufactured in the town are given under these columns.

Columns 6 to 8 - Number of banks : - The number of banks available in the referent town bothCommercial and Co-operative banks are recorded against these columns.

Columns 9 & 10 – Number of Agricultural and Non Agricultural Credit Societies : - The number ofAgricultural and Non Agricultural Credit Societies available in the referent town are given inthese columns.

Statement VII: Civic and other Amenities in Slums, 2009 :-

This statement VII provides information on civic and other amenities in all slums whether notifiedor not and for all towns having statutory bodies, like Municipality, Municipal Corporation, Town areacommittee etc.

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1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981

1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1 V,

Amini (CT),CT

7541 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5367 (0)

2 V,

Kadmat (CT),CT

5178 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

3 IV,

Kavaratt i (CT),CT

9952 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6604 (0)

4 IV,

Androt t (CT),CT

10948 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

5 VI,

Kalpeni (CT),CT

4051 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

6 IV,

Minicoy (CT),CT

9987 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6658 (0)

Scheduled Tribes

Population

STATEMENT - I

Status and Growth History (Contd…)Population and growth rate (in brackets) of the town at the Censuses of Sl.

No.Class, name

and civic status of town

1 2 3 4 5 8 9

1 V,

Amini (CT),CT

3158705620627030AMINI AMINI 2.59 1375 7541

2 V,

Kadmat (CT),CT

3158705624627034KADMAT KADMAT 3.12 1061 5178

3 IV,

Kavarat ti (CT),CT

3158705625627038KAVARATTI KAVARATTI 3.63 2246 9952

4 IV,

Andrott (CT),CT

3158705627627046ANDROT T ANDROTT 4.84 1806 10948

5 VI,

Kalpeni (CT),CT

3158705628627054KALPENI KALPENI 2.79 934 4051

6 IV,

Minicoy (CT),CT

3158705629627056MINICOY MINICOY 4.4 1442 9987

6

Area (sq. Km.)

Number of household

s including houseless

Scheduled Tribes

Population (2011

Census)7

STATEMENT - I

Status and Growth History Sl. No.

Class, name and civic status

of town

Location Code No.

Name of Taluk/ Tahsil/ Police

Station/Islands etc.

Name of CD block

Scheduled Castes

Population (2011 Census)

138

1 2 22

1 V,

Amini (CT),CT

6447 (20.12) 7353 (14.1) 7661 (4.19) 0 969 968 1001

2 V,

Kadmat (CT),CT

0 (0) 0 (0) 5404 (0) 0 0 0 1009

3 IV,

Kavaratt i (CT),CT

8677 (31.3) 10119 (16.6) 11210 (10.78) 0 829 811 817

4 IV,

Androt t (CT),CT

0 (0) 0 (0) 11191 (0) 0 0 0 1035

5 VI,

Kalpeni (CT),CT

0 (0) 0 (0) 4419 (0) 0 0 0 902

6 IV,

Minicoy (CT),CT

8320 (25) 9495 (14.1) 10447 (10.03) 0 1049 1057 947

2001

24

2011

25

STATEMENT - I

Status and Growth History (Contd…)Sex ratio

19

2001

20 21

2011 1991

23

Density (2011 Census)

Population and growth rate (in brackets) of the town at the Censuses of

Sl. No.

Class, name and civic status

of town 1991

1 2 6 7 81 Amini (CT) 1839.1 33.3 26.7 KAVARATTI (65) KAVARATTI (65) AMINI (0)2 Kadmat (CT) 1839.1 33.3 26.7 KAVARATTI (76) KAVARATTI (76) KADMAT (0)3 Kavaratt i (CT) 1061.8 32.39 25.12 KAVARATTI (0) KAVARATTI (0) KAVARATTI (0)4 Androt t (CT) 1680 35 26 KAVARATTI (119) KAVARATTI (119) ANDROTT (0)5 Kalpeni (CT) 1680 35 26 KAVARATTI (124) KAVARATTI (124) KALPENI (0)6 Minicoy (CT) 1404 34.2 20 KAVARATTI (252) KAVARATTI (252) MINICOY (0)

3Maximum Minimum

Temperature (in centigrade)

4 5

District HQ.Sub-Division/ Taluk/

Tahsil / Police station/

Development Block/

Name of and road distance (in kms.) fromPhysical aspectsRainfall (in mm)

STATEMENT-IIPhysical Aspects and Location of Towns, 2009

Sl. No. Name of town

State HQ.

1 2 9 10 11 121 Amini (CT) MANGALORE (287) MANGALORE (287) MANGALORE (287) MANGALORE (287)2 Kadmat (CT) MANGALORE (294) MANGALORE (294) MANGALORE (294) MANGALORE (294)3 Kavaratt i (CT) KOZHIKODE (346) KOZHIKODE (346) KOZHIKODE (346) KOZHIKODE (346)4 Androt t (CT) KOZHIKODE (228) KOZHIKODE (228) KOZHIKODE (228) KOZHIKODE (228)5 Kalpeni (CT) KOZHIKODE (263) KOZHIKODE (263) KOZHIKODE (263) KOZHIKODE (263)6 Minicoy (CT) KOCHI (398) KOCHI (398) KOCHI (398) KOCHI (398)

Nearest city with population of one lakh

and more

Nearest city with population of five lakh and more

Name of and road distance (in kms.) fromSl. No. Name of town Railway station Bus route

STATEMENT-IIPhysical Aspects and Location of Towns, 2009 (Contd…)

139

Open (OD)

Closed (CD)

Both -Open & Closed (BD)

Nil Pit System

1 2 4 5 6 7 81 Amini (CT) 20.07 Nil 0 1300

2 Kadmat (CT) 16.56 Nil 0 1105

3 Kavarat ti (CT) 30.5 Nil 0 2396

4 Andrott (CT) 24.8 Nil 0 1784

5 Kalpeni (CT) 15 Nil 0 895

6 Minicoy (CT) 29.25 Nil 0 1600

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STATEMENT - IIICivic and other Amenities, 2009

Number of latrinesRoad length

(in kms.) Flush/Pour Flush (Water borne)

Sl.No. Name of Town

System of drainage

Service OthersSource of

supply (Codes) @

System of storage with

capacity in kilo litres (along

with Codes) @

Domestic Industrial Commercial Road lighting (points)

1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 181 Amini (CT) 0 0 TU,CW () No,() 2029 34 275 446 0

2 Kadmat (CT) 0 0 UW,TU (),OHT (105) No,() 1417 36 321 501 0

3 Kavarat ti (CT) 0 0 TT, OHT (300) No,() 3236 48 763 902 7

4 Andrott (CT) 0 0 UW,CW () No,() 2877 59 508 564 2

5 Kalpeni (CT) 0 0 ,TK/P/L () No,() 1393 27 387 507 150

6 Minicoy (CT) 0 0 CW,O OHT(10) Yes 2032 39 444 635 135

19

Others

STATEMENT - III

Number of latrines

Civic and other Amenities, 2009 (Contd…)Electrification (Number of connections)

Sl.No.

Name of Town

Protected water supplyFire

fighting service*

@Two major source only

*In case this service is not available in the town, the name of the nearest place and its distance from the town where facility is available has been given

Abbreviation

TT: Tap water from treated source O :Others

TU:Tap water from un-treated source O HT:Over head Tank

CW: Covered well SR:Service Reservoir

UW: Un-covered well RIG:River Infiltrat ion Gallery

HP:Hand pump BWP:Bore Well Pumping system

TW/B:Tubewell /Borehole PT:Pressure Tank

RW:Rainwater N\A,NA,N.A.: Not Avialable

S:Spring

TK/P/L:Tank/Pond/Lake

140

Hospitals (Allopathic & Others)

Dispensaries / Health Center

Family Welfare Center

Maternity and Child Welfare

Center

Maternity Homes

T.B.Hospital/ Clinic

Nursing Homes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91 Amini (CT ) 124 Kms. 1(10) 263 Kms. 263 Kms. 263 Kms. 263 Kms. 263 Kms.

2 Kadmat (CT) 65 Kms. 5(30) 287 Kms. 287 Kms. 287 Kms. 287 Kms. 287 Kms.

3 Kavarat ti (CT ) 76 Kms. 1(10) 294 Kms. 294 Kms. 294 Kms. 294 Kms. 294 Kms.

4 Andrott (CT) 2(50) 2(0) 346 Kms. 346 Kms. 346 Kms. 346 Kms. 346 Kms.

5 Kalpeni (CT) 119 Kms. 2(30) 228 Kms. 228 Kms. 228 Kms. 228 Kms. 228 Kms.

6 Minicoy (CT) 1(20) 3(0) 398 Kms. 398 Kms. 398 Kms. 398 Kms. 398 Kms.

Sl.No. Name of Town

STATEMENT - IV

Medical Facilities, 2009No. of Medical facilities* (with number of beds in brackets)

Veterinary Hospital

Mobile Health Clinic

Others etc.

1 2 10 11 12 13 141 Amini (CT) 124 Kms. 263 Kms. 1(0) 0 0

2 Kadmat (CT) 65 Kms. 287 Kms. 1(0) 0 0

3 Kavaratt i (CT) 76 Kms. 294 Kms. 1(0) 0 0

4 Androt t (CT) 1(0) 346 Kms. 346 Kms. 0 1

5 Kalpeni (CT) 119 Kms. 228 Kms. 1(0) 0 1

6 Minicoy (CT) 252 Kms. 398 Kms. 1(0) 0 0

*If a medical facility is not available in the town,nearest place distance from the town where facility is available has been given

*N.A.:Not Available

No. of Medical facilities* (with number of beds in brackets)

STATEMENT - IV

Medical Facilities, 2009 (Contd…)

Sl.No. Name of TownCharitable

Hospital/Nursing Home (Numbers)

Medicine Shop

(Numbers)

Primary school

Middle school

Secondry school

Senior Secondry

school

Arts/ Science/ Commerce colleges (of

degree level and above)

Medical colleges Engineering colleges

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91 Amini (CT) 8 1 1 2 MANGALORE(287) MANGALORE(287) MANGALORE(287)

2 Kadmat (CT) 8 2 1 1 MANGALORE(294) MANGALORE(294) MANGALORE(294)

3 Kavaratt i (CT) 11 4 3 2 KOZHIKODE(346) KOZHIKODE(346) KOZHIKODE(346)

4 Androt t (CT) 5 2 2 1 KOZHIKODE(228) KOZHIKODE(228) KOZHIKODE(228)

5 Kalpeni (CT) 4 2 1 1 KOZHIKODE(263) KOZHIKODE(263) KOZHIKODE(263)

6 Minicoy (CT) 11 3 2 2 KOCHI(398) KOCHI(398) KOCHI(398)

Statement-V Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 2009

Sl. No.

Name of Town

Number of Educational Facilities*

141

Management Institute/ colleges

Polytechnics Recognised Shorthand, Typewriting

and vocational training

institutions

Non-formal Education Center

(Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Center)

Special School for Disabled

Others

1 2 10 11 12 13 14 151 Amini (CT) MANGALORE(287) MANGALORE(287) KAVARATTI(65) MANGALORE(287) MANGALORE(287) 10

2 Kadmat (CT) MANGALORE(294) MANGALORE(294) 1 MANGALORE(294) MANGALORE(294) 12

3 Kavaratt i (CT) KOZHIKODE(346) KOZHIKODE(346) 6 KOZHIKODE(346) 1 12

4 Androt t (CT) KOZHIKODE(228) KOZHIKODE(228) 2 KOZHIKODE(228) KOZHIKODE(228) 17

5 Kalpeni (CT) KOZHIKODE(263) KOZHIKODE(263) 1 KOZHIKODE(263) KOZHIKODE(263) 5

6 Minicoy (CT ) KOCHI(398) KOCHI(398) 1 1 KOCHI(398) 4

Sl. No.

Name of Town

Number of Educational Facilities*

Statement-V Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 2009 (Contd…)

No. of Orphanage

Home

Working women's hostles

No. of Old Age Home

Stadium Cinema Theatre Auditorium/ Community halls

Public librari

es

Reading

rooms

1 2 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

1 Amini (CT) AGATTI(61)KAVARATTI

(CT)(65) MANGALORE(287) 1 MANGALORE(287) 1 1 1

2 Kadmat (CT) AGATTI(72) KAVARATTI(76) MANGALORE(294) 1 MANGALORE(294)AMINI

(11) 1 2

3Kavaratt i (CT) 1 1 KOZHIKODE(346) 2 KOZHIKODE(346) 3 3 3

4 Androt t (CT) KAVARATTI(119) KAVARATTI(119) KOZHIKODE(228)KALPENI

(87) KOZHIKODE(228) 1 2 1

5 Kalpeni (CT) KAVARATTI(124) KAVARATTI(124) KOZHIKODE(263) 1 KOZHIKODE(263) 1 2 2

6 Minicoy (CT) KAVARATTI(252) KAVARATTI(252) KOCHI(398) 1 KOCHI(398) 1 1 1

*If an educat ional facilit iy is not available in the town, the name of the nearest place and its distance from the town where facility is available has been given

Sl. No.

Name of Town

Number of Social, Recreational and Cultural facilities

Statement-V Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, 2009 (Contd…)

142

1st 2nd 3rd

Nationalised Bank Private

Commercial Bank

Co-oprative

Bank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 Amini (CT) COPRA MASMEEN COIR 1 0 0 1 02 Kadmat (CT) COPRA MASMEEN COIR 1 0 0 1 03 Kavarat ti (CT) COPRA MASMEEN COIR FIBRE 3 0 0 1 04 Andrott (CT) COPRA COIR FIBRE COIR PRODUCTS 1 0 0 1 05 Kalpeni (CT) COPRA CURLED FIBRE COIR YARN 1 0 0 1 06 Minicoy (CT) MASMEEN COCONUT OIL TUNA CANS 2 0 0 1 0

STATEMENT - VI Industry and Banking, 2009

Sl. No.

Name of Town

Names of three most important commodities Number of banksNumber of agricultural

credit societies

Number of non-

agricultural credit

societies

1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11

There is no slum or notified area in this district

5 6 7

Open Closed Both (Open & Closed)

Nil

Paved roads (in kms.)

System of drainage

STATEMENT - VIICivic and other amenities in Slums, 2009

Sl.No

.

Class and name of

town

Name of the slum

Is it notified

No. of households

(approximate)

Population of the Slum

(approximate)

Service

1 2 14 16

There is no slum or notified area in this district

17 18 19 20

Electricity (Number of connections)Number of latrines

Private

12 13 15

Domestic Road lighting (points)

OthersPit

SystemFlush/ Pour

Flush (Water borne)

Others

No. of tap points/ public

hydrants installed for supply of protected

water

Sl.No.

Class and name of

town

Community

STATEMENT - VIICivic and other amenities in Slums, 2009 (Contd…)

143

Sl. No. Name of Town with Location Code Population of Core Town Name of Outgrowth Population of Outgrowth

1 2 3 4 5

`Towns showing their Outgrowth with population

There is no town outgrowth in this UT

ORGI-LAKSHADWEEP English - 2011

Directorate of Census Operations, Lakshadweep UT

Ministry of Home Affairs, UT of Lakshadweep Baithul Haram Building,

Churiyanoda, Near Light House, Kavaratti Island – 682555

Email: dco-lak.rgi@censusindia.gov.in Website:http://www.censusindia.gov.in