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PREFACE
Cartography has been an integral part of Census taking
since 1872. Presently, the Office of the Registrar General and
Census Commissioner, India is the largest producer of Thematic
Maps in the country.
A large variety of maps are prepared by the organization.
Pre-census mapping activity include Maps showing the
administrative boundary of the State, District, Sub-District, Village,
Town and Wards in Towns for proper coverage of the entire
geographical area of the country. The post census mapping
includes the preparation of thematic maps on Census data for
various census publications i.e., Census Atlases and Districts
Census Handbooks (DCHB). During each Census, the
organization produces more than ten thousand administrative and
thematic maps which are made available for the user agencies,
planners, researchers, students and policy makers. Administrative
Atlas of India and Atlas on each State, Language Atlas, Census
Atlas, Historical Atlas, Map Profile of each State, Regional
Divisions of India are some of the prominent decennial
publications.
The present publication, Administrative Atlas of India 2011
contains the present administrative set up in the country as existed
on 31
st
December, 2010. There are 35 States/Union Territories in
the country. No new State or Union Territory has been formed
since 2001. However, there have been significant changes in the
number of Districts since the last Census. 47 new Districts have
been created during this decade taking the total number of Districts
from 593 to 640. A map has been specially added to depict the
newly created Districts during the period from Census 2001 to
2011. A list of newly created Districts and the Districts from where
these Districts have been carved out is also given in the table. An
added feature is that the name of the District and the Sub-District
are written within the District and Sub-District boundary in the
maps for instant view. A separate list is also given in the left side
of the State map for better clarity. Out of the forty seven newly
(Dr. C. Chandramouli)
Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
February, 2011
New Delhi
created Districts in the country, majority of the Districts are
in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (8) followed by Jharkhand (6),
Madhya Pradesh (5), Assam (4), Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh,
Karnataka and Nagaland (3 each). Two Districts each are created
in State of Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. The States
where only one District is created are Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Bihar.
The present Volume also contains fifteen maps showing
the administrative divisions of India as existed from 1872 to 2011.
The first map in the series depicts the administrative boundaries
that existed at the time of the 1872 census. The other maps in
the series portray the boundaries in the respective Censuses.
An attempt has been made to show the changes in the
administrative boundaries during each decade separately
beginning from the Census of 1951. Besides the maps of the
respective decades, the names of administrative units from 1872
to 2011 are also presented.
The task of preparing the Administrative Atlas of India
2011 was entrusted to the Map Division under the guidance
of Shri R.C. Sethi, Additional Registrar General, India, Shri Deepak
Rastogi, Deputy Director General and the overall supervision of
Dr. A.P. Singh, Deputy Registrar General (Map). A list of the
officers and officials associated with this task is given separately.
The following officers actively associated with this project need
special mention – Shri Anil Arora, Joint Director, DP Division
and Ms. Sarita, Research Officer (Map), Shri V.N. Prasad, Map
Analyst, Shri Mohd. Ishaque, Senior Drawing Assistant, Shri V.P.
Singh, Senior Drawing Assistant, Smt. Subhra Talukdar, Senior
Draughtsman, Shri S.K. Verma, Senior Drawing Assistant, Shri
Dinesh, Draughtsman (Photo), and Smt. Inderjeet Kaur, Senior
Drawing Assistant of Map Division. I commend the entire team
for their effort.
I am sure this publication will be a useful addition to the
vast array of Census publications.