CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 MYSORE STATE DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BELLARY DISTRICT OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MYSORE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE DffiECTOR OF PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, BANGALORE 1969 s ~ ..... 0 i .... '-.:.~. I n, ~,\. ....: .. a I~ e i '( ~~1 ~ : .;( r- ! t- ..J .. .~ U ~ ....J i I ,.C! UJ i! m 1 1ft : :,,) I y.l I , . ;:~ ~~~~ ... ~,-...,-.----, .. ~ ".····-",K....­~., CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 VOLUl\iE XI lvIYSORE List of Central Government Publications Part I--A General Report Part I-B Report on Vital Statistics Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables (A Series) Part II-B (i) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-1V-C) Part II-B (ii) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) Part II-C (i) Social and Cultural Tables (C Series) Part II-C (ii) Migration Tables (D Series) Part III HouseholdEconomic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) Part IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments Part IV--B Housing and Establishment Tables (E Series) Part V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribelil (including reprints from old Census Reports) Part VI Village Survey Monographs (51 monographs) Part VII Handicraft Survey Monographs (13 crafts) Part VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration 1 not/or sale Part VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation J -Part IX Census Atlas Volume Part X Special Report on Bangalore Metropolitan Area State Government Publications 19 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS PREFACE CelJSllS in India has all along been a scientific and systematie survey. Gradually through the decades it has also aimed at providing besides a statistical account of the population surveyed, a picture of the Socio-Economic condition of the people. With this ena in. vi~w, the Cens1Js authorities in India have always intrrested themselves, sIde by side with tIle countmg of tile peDple, at makinf,l; several special sttldies relating to the life of the peOl)le. One 01' these speoial features of the Census (Jt India at present is the prpparation and publi­ cation 01 the District Census Handbooks. These were first published in the 1951 Census. Upto 1951, after each Census, only the list of villages along with population was puhlishe~. But for the first time in 1951, general population tables, literacy tahles and social and economIC tahl,"s \vere pllblished in the District Census Hanabook,;;. When preliminary work on the 1961 Census started in 1\)59, the question of enlarging the coverage of subjects included in the District Handbooks was also examined. A broadsheet indicating the items on which information hs,d to be gathered from the variuus Departments wa!:', circulated hy the Registrar General, India, and at the First Conference of Superintendents of Census Operations heJd at Delhi towards the end of 1959, the delegates agreed that it was quite within the bounds of possibility to gather information on all the topics suggested by the Regi~trar General. It was agreed that the contents of the Distaict Census; Handbook, on matters of general information, should not complete with the Distri!;t Gazetteers. The scope of the VilJage Directory included in each District Handbook has been enlarged. In ad(lition to giving the Primary Census Abstract of the village concerned, the Directory givies information about the various amenities available in the village. It is thus !-,ossible to get from the Village Directory not only information about the population and the economic activities of the people but also about the level of development attained by the village in regard to the provision of the various amenities. Many of the Census 'l'albes published in the District Handbuok furnish information down to the level of a 'l'aluk and they may prove useful in drawing up Talnk DeYelopment Plans. Resides the Census Tables and Village Directory, some administrative stutiRtic:s pertaining to the District concerned, have also been furnished. It was also thought that th~ usefullness of these volumes would be enhanced hy inclusion of ~istrict maIlS and taluk maps set in suitable squares to facilit,ate easy locatim) of the villagrs III the taluk maps. In order that the readers may get a bird's eye-view of the cultural heritage of the State, a note on it has also been included, which thollgh not exhaustive, should give a glimpse of our ricn heritage. Th~se handbooks have been compiled l)} the Censlls Organisation under the general mstructlOns of tne Registrar General. They are being printed and pu blishecl by the St~te Government who have also approved the lIst of items to be included and the mode of presentation. In the oourse of the Census operations, I have received assistance and 0o-operation from several i~stitutions and individuals. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to each of the~l, llldividually. However, I wilJ be failing in my duty if I do not express my deep sense of gra~ltu~e t? Sri A. Mitra, I.C.S .. Registrar General, 1 ndia, who has beel} a SOUffle of constant help, InSpIratIOn and guidance an through the Cemm.~ operati·_.ns (If 1961. I am also grateful to the .Government of Mysore and its staff at all levels, for the unstinted co-operation extended to me III this work. Bangalure, K. BALASURRAMANYAM, 24th Sept. 1966. Sup~rintendent of Oensus Operations in Mysore. The members of the Staff connected with preparation of this Volume are :- Sri C. M. Chandawarkar Deputy Superintendent of Census Operations Sri B. S. Narasimha Murthy Tabulation Officers Sri R. Y. Revashetti Sri M. Somasekhar Statistical Assistant Sri A. I. Khan 1.. Investigators Sri M. Krishna Ra 0 J Sri M. N anjundaiah Compilation Clerks Sri M. Venkata Rao }.. Sri l\1. A. Sreenivasan Printing Inspector TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION PAGES History, The people and their social condition, ;}Iedical, Public Health and Animal Husbandry Agriculture and Irrigation, ~8·tural Calamities, Education and Literacy, Occupation, Manufacture and Trade, Communications, Land TonurEs and Land Reforms, Houses and Households, Local Bodit}s, Co· operation, Administration. i to xiii ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS Appendices I. RAINFALL AND TE:\IPERATURE A. Climatological Tables xvi-xxi B. Rainfall and rainy days xxii-xxvii II. VITAL STATISTICS A. Births and Deaths Records 1955-60 xxviii B. Daaths fr lill sel0ctcd causes 1955-60 xxix-xxxi III. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS A. L1.nd Utilisation Statistics 1951-60 xxxii B. Yield rates of principal crops 1951-60 xxxiii-xxxiv O. Area (in acres) under crops (irrigated) 1951-60 xxxv D. Gross area (in acres) irrigated 1951-60 xxxv E. Area (in acres) irrigated during thD yaars 1\\51-60 xxxvi F. P"oJril33 of cul~,ivd.tion during tht} years 1931-60 xxxvi G. Statt}ment of Agricultural wages xxxvii-xl H. Major and Medium Irrigation Projects xli IV. STATISTICS OF LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES AND REGISTERED FACTORIES A. FJ.cto,ies classified by industry with average (\a.ily number of workers in each xlii B. Growth of Factories 1954-60 xliii C. Average number of workers employed in different industries 1954-60 xliii V. STATISTICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ETC. A. Criminal Justice-~umber of Oriminal cases tried xliv B. Persons convicted or bound over in xliv C. (i) Strength of Police xlv (ii) List of Po\ieD Sub-Divisions, Circles, Police Stations and Outposts, etc. xlv D. Jails xlv E. Co-operative Societies xlvi 1<'. Ta.ble showing R }e3ipts un,hl' (i) L'tnd Rwenue, (ii) Excise Revenue, (iii) Sales Tax, (iv) Sale of Stamps, (v) Entertainment Tax, (vi) :1Iotor Spirit Tax 1954-60 . xlvii G. Tablt) shnwing the tm'nl) n' ;\"Hi di<Jc'iption of documents registered and value of property transferred, 1951-60 xlviii VI. PUBLIC HEALTH AND ~1EDICAL STATISTICS A. List of Hospitals and Dispensaries 1960 xlix B. Primary Health Centres xlix ii PART I-(concld.) PAGES Appendices VIl. EDUCATION STATISTICS A. List of High Schools 1961 1 B. Colleges I VIII. STATISTICS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PRESSES AND JOURNALS A. Printing Presses, at work, News papers, and Periodicals published 1959-60. ii B. Cinemas 1950 to 1960 Ii IX. COMMUNICATION STATISTICS A. Statement showing the details of Road Mileage in charge of the Public Works Department as on 31st March 1961 Iii-liii B. Statistics of Important Bridges in Bellary District liv C. List of Places having Telegraph and relephone offices in Bellary District, 1961 liv D. List of Places in Bellary District Having Inspection/Travellor's Bungalows Ivl X. STATISTICS OF LOCAL BODIES A. Statement of'Receipts and Expenditure of District Development Council, Bellary District Iv B. Municipalities Ivi C. Receipt and Expenditure of MuniCipalities Ivi D. Panchayats Ivi XI. STATISTICS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Ivi-Iviii XII. CONSUMERS PRICE INDEX NUMBERS lix XIII. LIVESTOCK POPULATION Ix XIV. CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT EVENTS bilx XV. STATISTICS OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS A. Statement of Important Fairs and Festivals in the Bellary District lxii-Ixiii B. Fairs and Festivals lxiv-lxv C. List of Markets and Shandies in BelJary District lxvi-l:xvii XVI. GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES AND PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST lxviii-Ixxi XVII. LIST OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS hii PART II CENSUS TABLE AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY Census Tables EXPLANATORY NOTE FOR CENSOS TABLES WITH ANNEXURES 1-32 A-I-Area, houses and population with Appendices I, II and III 33-36 A-II-Variation in population during 60 year~ . 37-38 A-Ill-Villages classified by population 39 A-TV-Towns and Town Groups classified by population in 19tH with variation since 1901 40-41 UNION PRIMAR3 CEl!SOS ABSTRA.CT • 42-45 iii PART·II-contd.