II I Census of India, 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK UTTAR PRADESH 11~BAR£ILLY DISTRICT ALLAHABAD SUPERLvrENDENT, PRINTING AND STATIONERY, UTrAR PRADESH, INDIA ID35 I 1---I ~---_,,--.----~---------- --- ~- _,_____ DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 1951 BAREILLY DISTRICT Studiep\ & Relll ....roh ~ FOREWORD Several States, including Uttar Pradesh, have been publishing village statistics by districts at each census. In 1941 they were published in U. P. under the title "District Census Statistics" with a separate volume for each district. In the 1951 census, when the tabulation has been more elaborate than ever in view of the require ... ments of the country, the district... wise volume has been expanded into a "District Census Handbook". which now contains the District Census Tables (furnishing data with break... up for census tracts within the district). the District Index of Non ... agricultural Occupations, agricultural statistics from 1901 ... 02 to 1950"'S I and other miscellaneous statistics in addition to the usual village population statistics. The village population statistics also are given in an elaborate form giving the division of the population among eight livelihood classes and other details. 2. It may be added here that a separate set of district... wise volumes giving only population figures of rural areas by villages and of urban areas by wards and mohallas and entitled "District Population Statistics" has already been published. This separate series was necessitated by the urgent requirements of the U. P. Covernment for elections to local bodies. 3. The number of District Census Handbooks printed so far is fourteen. Special arrangements for speeding up the printing have now been made and it is hoped that the remaining Handbooks will be printed before the end of 19S5. RAJESHWARI PRASAD,I. .A.S., RAMPUR: Superintendent, Census Operations. March 31, 1955. Uttar Pradesh. CONTENTS Pagel> INTRODUCTION- A-The District Hi B-Analysis of the Statistics iii-x C-Explanatory Note on the Statistics x-xii" PART I-DISTRICT CENSUS TABLES A-GBNERAL POPULATION TABLES- A-I Area, Houses and Population 3'" A-II Variation in Population during Fifty Years 3 A-III Towns and Villages Classified by Population 4-5 A-IV Towns Classified by Population with Variations since 1901 6 A-V Towns arranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood Classes 7 E Area and Population of District and Tehsils by Livehhood Classes 8-9 B-EcONOMIC TABLI!S- B-1 Livelihood Classes and Sub-classes 10-13 B-II Secondary Means of Livelihood 14-25 B-III Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub-divisions 26-53 B-IV unemployment by Livelihood Classes 54-55 Index of Non-agricultural Occupations 56-59' C-HOUSBHOLD AND AGE (SAMPLB) TABLBS­ C-I Household (Size and Composition) 60-61 C-I1 Livelihood Classes by Age-groups 62-69 C-III Age and Civil Condition 70-72 C-IV Age and Literacy 74-77 : C-V Single Year Age Returns 78-8$ D-SOOIAL AND CULTURAL TABLBS- D-I Languages (i) Mother Tongue 86-87 (ii) Bilingualism 88-89 D-II Religion 90-91 D-III Scheduled Castes 90-91 D-IV Migrants 92-95 D-V (i) Displaced persons by year of arrival in India 96-97 (ii) Displaced persons by Livelihood Classes 96-97 D-VI Non-Indian Nationals 96-97 D-VII Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 98-104 PART II-VILLAGE, TOWN, PARGANA AND THANA STATISTICS 1 Primary Census Abstract .. 106-177 2 Pargana and Thana-wise Population 171> P1-RT III-MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS 1 Vital Statistics 180-183 2 Agricultural Statistics-(i) Rainfall 184-185 (ii) Area:as classified with aetalls of area under cultivation .. 186-189" (iii) Cropped Area 190-205 - (iv) Irrigated Area 206-209 3 Live-Stock, Agricultural Machinery and Implements 210-213 4 List of Primary Schools 214-216- INril.'ODUCTION A-THE lhsnucT 1. The district of Bareilly is bounded on the north by the Naini Tal district, on the 1:ast by Pilibhit, on the south-east by Shahjahanpur~ on the south and south-west by Budau~ -and on the west by Rampur, The district has a total area of 1,591 square miles which is less "than the average district area of the State, Its IXlpulation in 1951 was about 12'7 lakhs. It aas 5 tehsiIs, 13 parganas and 20 thanas. 2. The district is an open plain, sloping gradually from north to south, 'its level surface Topographp lbeing diversified by the valleys of the numerous rivers and by gentle undulations which be- come more pronounced in the south and especially in the south-east. The slope from north 'to south is remarkably uniforms. Even river valleys are shallow troughs of httle width, so that their waters can readily be utilised for irrigating the rich level country on either bank. "Further south the valleys become deeper and more clearly defined, while in the eastern portion they are separated by high watersheds on which the soil is light and sandy; the level surface is varied by rolling undulations and in places there appear well marked ridges and low sand hiLis, On the whole the district is remarkably fertile, the country is well wooded and water lies aImQst everywhere within a short distance of the surface. The north of the dlstrict is a geographical continuation of the taTai. It has a rich soil, 11 particularly high water-level and an unhealthy climate. There are no longer any forests 'in this district, but forest belt of the tarai in several places advances to within a few miles of the northern border in tehsil Baheri. This tract has an imperfect natural drainage and ex­ ceptionally bad character of the water. South of the Sub-Himalayan belt is the open country comprising the upland hangar and "the low khadar of the river valleys. The bangar which comprises the greater part of the dis­ 'trict consists as a whole of a series of parallel strips between the various rivers, all of which take a more or less southerly course. The soil becomes l_ighter in texture towards the south «Iud south-east, the clays of the north giving place to the loams of the west and centre, which in turn are succeeded -by the light sandy soils of the south-east. The khadar is usually of 'Small extent save in the case of the Ramganga, The valley of this river has an average width -of four or five miles, and within these limits the river has wandered at pleasure in (lifIerent :ages enriching the land with a~ll1vial deposists, The klladilrs of the other rivers are not very important. 3. [n the Ramganga basin, which is typical of the khadar tract, the surface soil varies Soils nom the r¥clM:st aRuvial earth fto mere sand. Successive de;pbsits 6f llHuvia1 silt, known as letIrAP, gradualty raise the level till the I-and be-coIl)es almost or entirely free {rem inundlltio1'l.; and in such places the khadar is extremely prod~ktive, the fertility of the soil remaming a\\'­ impaired till the river changes its course. The hangar soils consist of sand, of clay and of -dttmat or loam. Sandy soil is called bhur and is the poorest of all, being too porous to retain moisture. Clay varies greatly in its composition. In the hot weather the clay dries up and splits into deep cracks, the soil being so hard as to be quite impenetrable to the plough, uhti' I!oftened by ram. It is very retentive of mositure. A greasy, sticky clay is called chiknot and 1he heavy grey clay with traces of iron is called khapat. The latter is a very unproductive vareity, Loam occupies a position mid-way between the two and is by far the most import- ant soil, occupying about T5S per cent, of the tOtal area, as compared with 4'9 per cent, of hhuf', '20'8 ~r cent, of clay and 0'3 per cent. of alluvial soil. It is a moderately firm but porous soil. Loom soils prevail over the larger part of the dish-iet and clay is confined mairuy to portion'S of the Nawabgallj, Baheri and Bareilly tehsils and to the south of Aonla. 4. The figures of chIssification of area during the last fifty years are given in Table 2 of Classificatioa Part III of this volume. The proportion of area under the various categories works out as orare. follows for 1950-51 : Actual ngures Percentage (In acres) Cuitivated area 777,966 77'2 Cultivllble WBSte {excluding cu.m:nt fallow) 81.CffiS g·O Current fallow 42,431 4'2 Forest .Nea.BOt availabioe faor calti'Yatiol'l of whiDh- 106,492 i(1'6 (a) Covered with water 4Z,I45 4'2 (b) Under sites, 700els and Imild,ng. 43,155 4'3 (c) Barren 21,192 2'1 ii The figure in the above table regarding culturable waste taken from the Season and Crop Report is, however, misleading. The State Agriculture Department conducted in 1949~50 a detailed enquiry through the District Officers regarding the nature of this area in each district. The following analysis of the area resulted from this enquiry : Area Particulars (in acres) 'Percentage Total culturable waste (A+B+C) 81,569 100 A-Area under culturable waste land not available for immediate cultivation 20.409 25·0 (i) Forest under any legal enacthtent 278 0'3 (ii) Groves 18.081 22·1 (iii) Forests of timber trees 47 0'1 (iv) Thatching of grasses, shrubs and bushes 1.293 t·t). (v) Land kept for grazing .• 710 0:90 B-Area under culturable waste land available for immediate cultivation but could not be cultivated 4,675 5'1 Of which due to- (i) Kam growth 11 (ii) Threshing floors 537 0'1 (iii) Malaria (iv) FIQods 187 0'2' (v) Lack of drains 5 (vi) Lack of water 634 O.~ (vii) Distance from abadi 440 O'S (viii) Damage fr()ffi wild animals (\:J) Other causes - 2,861 3 ·s C-Area under culturable '\'I3$te lllnd that cm be brought under immediate cul­ tivation after some improvel11ents besides the area given against B 56,485 69'3' From the above it will appear that of the total area recorded as culturable waste, only 69'3 per cent.