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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office of the Superintendent of Census Operations, Bihar) Patna, the 27th. December 1955 SUBJECT: -Corrigenda to Table D-111 published at pages 316-317 of· volume V of Census of India 1951, Part !I-A Tables of Bihar State. , _ No. 493/Cens.-For the figures given in columns (2), (3), (4), (11), (12) and (13) against Bihar, T.irhut Division and Darbhanga district mentioned in column 1, substitute figures as follows:- :.• ~ ; FOR -._;" State, Revenue ~ Division and District Col. 2 Col. 3 clt4' Col. 11 Col. 12 Col. 13 Bihar 5,057,812 2,507,068 2,550,744 24,842,507 12,525,603 12,316,904 T.irhut Division 1,724,473 835,778 888,695 9,305,825 4,539,001 4,766,824 , Darbhanga i05,028 239,538 265,490 • 2.5R7.515 1,259,460 . 1,308,055 SUBSTITUTE State, Revenue Division and District Col. 2 CoL 3 Col. 4 CoL 11 Col. 12 Col. 13 Bihar 5,097,494 24,802,825 T.irhut Division 1,764,155 9,~66,143 Darbhanga 544,710 2,A27,833 . .. =Not available. RANCHOR PRASAD, Superintendent of Census Operations, .Bihar.
GIPD-L-194 Cencus ComissioB-23•2·56-IOOO Gooernment of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Office of the Registrar General, India, No. 6I/5/5J-R.G., dated the 8th March, I956. Errata to Census of India, I95I, Volume V-Bihar-Part nA-Tables: ·.·. (A, E, C and D Series)
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TABLE A-Il
7 Cbamparan ti941-Variation) 3 251,862 251,8b , Darbhanga (19II-Varintion) 3 --,0:1 '. 8 Purulia (1941-Variation) 8 76,go8
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...... ·\ .•• 7_ TABLE A-l'V -;.,: / .. ..1 ~ .- 23 .• 411\. Town, District Shahabad (1901-Pnsom) • • 3 '3.945 , ·- T • ) ~ - ; r . -do- (1911-Males) • • · 6 5,1121 .~ t .,~, \ - ••• .., 29 Bundu Town, District Ranc:hl (1921....:.Persuns) • · 3 ' 6,035 . - .• 31 Rajmabal Town, District S11ntal Pargaii.as (1931-Males) . :6 .... _ •. ,;~~52' ':?. 2,053 ~, ..•___ ... ':'')1•.'i'! l: 1- TABLE A-V
34 Shahabad (Arrah-Persons) 64,205 35 Saran (Revelganj-Males) .534 31 Cbamparan (Bagaha-Males) • . '·:' . •. ~ •. . • \ 12 . : , . , .• , -:S:o3. : • 1 8oS Bhagalpur Division ... (Males) • '.. . '.- ': f2., i r:· ;:p8,32,8,, . -~ 1~3,~28 ., Cbamparan (Motihari-Females) 13 '·'". .. Cbamparan (Shikarpur Bazar-Males) 16 2,554 f 1 ••• , 40 Singhbhum (Chakradliarpur Municipality.-Females) s
TABLE E •
71 Gopalganj Sub-division (Katia-Females) 26 Notclea~ '344 ., r • 78 Sitamarhi Sub-division (Pupri-Females) 16 " 53•528 Sadar Sub-division (BarNgha.-Males) 95 23 1>454 1•554 , 103 Kishanganj Sub-division (Bahadurganj-Males) 'I9 2,266 2,012 -do- (Goalpokhar-Females) » 20 577 557 -do- (Kishanganj-Males) • " 21 3·353 3.S35 ., -do- ( Kishanganj-Females) - ~~~ 3,s3; •" --· '-- ~-- . ' 3>353 Pakw Sub-division (Pakuri-FemauJ) us . .26 693 698 145 4tb line from below Sample Sample 2
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I 3 4 s TABLE C.l I SO Qwnperm (.Rwal-F'-rlu) • • - • - •· -- • ·ss6 sss TABLB C.II -- 184 Bbaplpur (Ag• ~s-J.,_ur6an-Pmons) • . • 2 1,620 181 Santal Parganas (Ag1 SS-64-Total Malu) 7 134 195 Puru1ia
TABLB C.IV
127 Bihar (Ag1 7 S tm4 wer-MalesJ 16 1,()94 ., Chhora Nagpur Plateau (Age 1S tm4 owr--Males) · 16 324 328 136 South Bihar Plain CTottJI-Pemales) s 26,610 26.oiO
TABLB D-IV
327 Kutch (MonghYr-Pemales) • 28 I
• TABLE D-VII 361 Saran District (CWs !"-Total-Males) • 13 361 Champaran District {Total-Males) 6 13.636 11,636 364 Muzaffarpur District (lntermediati-Males) s Not clear 521 366 D~hanp District (lntmntdiat1-Females) 10 2
D. NATARAJAN, . Deputy Registrar General, India • G lPD-S Moao-156 cc-17-3-56-I.OOO CENSUS OF INDIA, 1951
VOLUME V
BIHAR
PART IIA-TABLES (A. E, C and D Series)
RANCHOR PRASAD; I.A.S. Superintendent of Census Operations, Bihar.
Sli'l'ERINTENDENT. GOVERNMENT PRINTIXG, BIHAR, PATNA.
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A.-GENER.•. L POPULATION TABLES : ·~ A-I-Area, Houses and Population 1 A-Il-Variation in Population During Fifty Years 5 A-III-Towns and Villages Classified by.Population 11 A-IV-Towns Classified by Population with Variations since-11!01 17 A-V-Towns Arranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood 33 Classes.
E.-SUMMARY FIGURES BY SuB-DIVISIONS, REVENUE THANAS AND 43 POLICE-STATIONS. .
C.-HOUSEHOLD AND AGE (SAMPLE} TABLES :
C-1-Household (Size and Composition) 147 O-Il-Livelihood Classes by Age Groups .. 155 C-111-Age and Civil Condition :203 C-IV-Aga and Literacy :226 .· C-V -Single Year Age Returns :245
D.-SOCIAL A~D CULTURAL ·TABLES :
D-1-Languages-., (i) Mother-tongue :285 . ( ii) Bilingualism .297 D-II-Religion 309 D-III~chOO:uled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 313 D-IV-Migrants 319 ., D-V-Displaced Persons- , (i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival 337 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes 341 D-VI-Non-lndian Nationals 34;5 D-VII-Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 351
APPENDIX A-AREA AND PoPULATION OF ToWNs UNDER DIFFERENT i REVENUE THANAS. B...:_ERRATA .... PREFACE.
The 1951 Census Report of Bihar which forms Volume V of the Census Report RANCHOR PRASAD. APPENDIX A. AREA AliD POPULATIOll OF TOWliS UliDER DIFFEREliT REVEliUE TBAliAS. DISTRicri' Total Total a.nd Name of Town. Area. in Population. Revenue Thana.. square miles. 1 2 3 4,. PATNA Pa.tna. City} Pa.tna City .• 16·5 283,479 Phulwa.ri Dinapore Dinapore 11•5 42,684 Khagaul 1·0 15,748 Fa.twa. Fatwa 1·0 8,482 Barb Barb 2·9 29,308 Moka.meh Mokameh 2·2 l1,099 Bihar Bihar 7•0 63,12' Ra.jgir 4•0 3,870 GAYA Gaya. Town } • • Gaya City 11·4 133,700 Gaya. Mufaasil Tika.ri Tikari 7·0 6,278 Shergha.ti Sherghati 1•5 7,009 Nawa.da. Nawa.da. 3·7 10,391 Ha.sua 1•6 5,676 W a.rsleyga.nj 3•0 7,773 Ra.jauli Rajauli 5•6 12,673 Ja.ha.na.bad J a.ha.napad .. 0·8 U,«5 Da.udna.ga.r Dandna.gar 5•0 10,«8 Aura.ngabad Aura.ngabad 1·2 10,299 SHAHABAD Arra.b Arra.h 6•0 64,205 Sba.hpur J agdishpur 2•0 11,322 Buxa.r Buxa.r 3•0 18,087 Dumra.on Dumra.on 3•5 16,605 Sa.sa.ra.m Saaanmi 0·5 29,265 Dehri Dehri 3•3 24,496 Nasriga.nj 3•4 8,741 Bhabua. Bhabua 1•5. .7,858 SARAN Cha.pra. Cha.pra. 7•5 Revelganj 64,309 1•1 11,321 Siwau. Siwan 1•0 22,625 Gopa.lganj Mirga.nj 8•0 Gopa.lganj 13,690 6•6 14,213 ii DISTRIC'l' Total Tot.! and Name of Town. Area in Population. Revenue Thana. square miles. l 2 3 CILUIP.ARA...'i ' llotihari ... 1\Iotibari 6'0 2~,489 Luathaha 0•9 1,-&17 Sugauli Bazar 4'5 9,106 Adapur Raxaul Bazar 1'4 6,59~ Pipra ... Chakia Bazar 2·9 5,817 Keearia Kesaria Bazar 2•7 4,307 Bcttiah Bettiah .. 3•5 85,634 Chainpatia Bazar' 2•9 5,100 Shikarpur Shikarpur 2'8 6,576 Bagaha Bagaha .. 4•7 5,820 · MUZA~ARPUR Sitamarhi Sitamarh~ 4·0 13,267 Dumra 2'0 2,078 Muzaft'arpur 1\Iuzaffarpur 7'0 73,594 Lalganj I.alganj 7•5 12,394 Hajipur Hajipur 10·0 25,149 Mahnar Bazar 1·0 9,214 D.ARB~~GA I Khajauli Jainagar 0'6 7,011 Madhubani Madhubani 2•3 23,283 Darbhanga Darbhanga. ... 7•0 84,816 Samutipur Samastipur 1•8 19,366 Rosera Rosera 2·5 12,067 Dalsingsarai 1\:low •• .. 3•8 5,695 D~gsarai 0·8 7,853 MONGHYR Gogri Khagaria 3•6 10,050 Teghra Teghra 1•5 17,255 Phulwaria 2·3 12,446 Begusarai Begusarai 1•6 15,141 l\longhyr .. 1\Ionghyr 6•5 74,348 4•5 44,172 Jamalpnr Jamalpur 5•2 Lakhisarai Lakhisarai 17,329 Barhi 2•0 20,752 • 0•1 7,649 ,Kh818gpur Kharagpur o·8 15,785 Sheikhpu...i. Sheikhpnra Barbigha 1•0 10,230 Jamui 3•9 ll,694 Jamui \ ('hakai. . Jhajha 2'2 10,466 iii Total DISTRICT . ' Total and Name of Town. Area in. Population. Revenue Thana. square miles. 2 3 4 BHAGALPUR ., . ' Bha.galpur - Bhagalpur City 11'1 '114,530 Colgong Col gong 0·8 7,515 PURNEA • Forbesganj .. Forbesganj 3·5 11,551 Kishanganj Kishanganj .• 3·5 15,903 Purnea Purnea 12·5 25,060. Katihar Katihar 1·8 42,365 SANTAL PARGANAS • Deoghar Deoghar 4•0 25,510· MadhupUr Madhupur .. 2·5 17,144 Dumka Dutnka 1•6 13,582 Jamtara l\fihijam 4•2 3,969 Rajmahal Sahibganj 1•8 2Q,669 Rajmahal 1•1 4,876 Pakaur Pakaur 1•7 6,030 HAZARIBAGH Hazaribagh Hazaribagh 7•1. 33,81~ Ramgarh Ramgarh · .; 13•9 14,775 Kodarma Jhumri Tilaiya 8•5 '9,090 Chatra Chatra 3•8 9,91i ~ Girid!h '! Giridih 3·1 29,167 Dumri .. , Kargali'' 1•5 17,644 Baidkaro 1•5 9,807 Bermo 1•5 8,920 RANCHI Lohardaga .. Lohardaga •• 2•0 10,555 Ranchi .. Ranchi City 11•2 106,849 Bundu Bundu .I 1•5 7,641 PURULIA Jhalda. Jhalda. 0•5 8,283 Purulia. Purulia. 5•4 41,461 Ba.lrampur .• 3•7 9,121 Ra.ghunathpur Raghunathpur 5•0 9,028 Adra 1•8 10,577 Chas Chas 4•5 5,873 iv DISTRIC'r Total Total and Name of Town. Area in Populat.ion. BeYeaae Th-. square milee. 1 3 DHANBAD .Jbaria Dbanbad 5•3 34,077 Jbaria o·s 26,480 Sindri 9•0 13,045 PALAKAU Daltongao.j Daltonganj 3•5 19,223 Garbwa Qarbwa 4•4 9,467 • Hasaainabad .. Hussain&bad 5•3 8,317 SINGHBHUK Chakradharpur Cbakradbarpur 1•2 19,948. ltolbaD Chaibassa I·O 16,474 Qua 0·9 4,726 Noamundi •·a 7,227 :Manobarpur Manobarpur 4•2 4,734 Gbataila Mosabani .. 1•0 5,220 !Iaubhandar 0•4 4,211 Jamshedpur City 28•5 218,162 SenikeJa Subdiviaion ... Seraikela .. z·o 4,777 Kbarsawan 8•1 3,438 BGP (Ceuu) 18 (ParU)-Kono-I,OGO-Z8-3·1953-LNL EltB.ATA. Page Column Againn For Read no. 156 10 Age not stated (Rurir.U 761 764 156 10 Age not st.ated (Urban) 1 159 11 North Bihar Plain (Total) 5,002' 5,022 160 & Age 15-24 14,720 14,730 166 5 AgeO (Rurah . 3,981 3,918 173 17 Age25-3! •• 157 159 175 19 Ag" 0 2,482 2,472 176 6 Age 5-J-l 12,750 12,570 180 2 Age 25-34 39,046 39,946 180 3 A.,."6 25-3! . 20,928 20,028, 181 15 Age 45---54 787 783 183 15 Monghyr South (Urban) 1,043 1,943 190 3 Hazaribagh (Rural) 86,096 86,095 219 32 Chotanagpur Plateau (Urban) 4,'174 4,771 '259 2 Age 57 36 623 262 5 A(z.e 19 1,462 1,461 263 6 Age Sol 1,16() 1,060 27% 5 Age 3 2,666 2,686 274 7 Age 53 8 3 288 9 Chotanagpur Division • 666,482 676,482 298 2 Bihar (Hindi Total Speakers) 34,808,914 34,817,133 300 2 Bihar (Bhumij Total Speakers) 1,817 . 1,821 303 .2 Razaribagh (Hindi Total Speakers) 1,690,-l07 1,690,422 30. 2 Ranchi (Hindi Total Speakers) 957,915 964,428 305 2 Purulia (Hindi Total Speakers) •• 50.2,502 502,503 307 2 Singhbhum (Hindi Total Speakers) - 210,979• .. 212,669 308 2 Singhbbuu:i. (Bhumij Total Speakers) 918 922 338 15 Singhbhum 2 338 16 Singhbhum .• 2 U2 6 ;patna Division 36 35 369 11 Literate 9,676 2,676 369 11 Others 11 183