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District Handbook Murshidabad CENSUS 1951 W.EST BENGAL DISTRICT HANDBOOKS MURSHIDABAD A. MITRA of the Indian Civil Service, Superintendent ot Census OPerations and Joint Development Commissioner, West Bengal ~ted by S. N. Guha Ray, at Sree Saraswaty Press Ltd., 32, Upper Circular Road, Calcutta-9 1953 Price-Indian, Rs. 30; English, £2 6s. 6<1. THE CENSUS PUBLICATIONS The Census Publications for West Bengal, Sikkim and tribes by Sudhansu Kumar Ray, an article by and Chandernagore will consist of the following Professor Kshitishprasad Chattopadhyay, an article volumes. All volumes will be of uniform size, demy on Dbarmapuja by Sri Asutosh Bhattacharyya. quarto 8i" x II!,' :- Appendices of Selections from old authorities like Sherring, Dalton,' Risley, Gait and O'Malley. An Part lA-General Report by A. Mitra, containing the Introduction. 410 pages and eighteen plates. first five chapters of the Report in addition to a Preface, an Introduction, and a bibliography. An Account of Land Management in West Bengal, 609 pages. 1872-1952, by A. Mitra, contajning extracts, ac­ counts and statistics over the SO-year period and Part IB-Vital Statistics, West Bengal, 1941-50 by agricultural statistics compiled at the Census of A. Mitra and P. G. Choudhury, containing a Pre­ 1951, with an Introduction. About 250 pages. face, 60 tables, and several appendices. 75 pages. Fairs and Festivals in West Bengal by A. Mitra, con­ Part IC-Gener.al Report by A. Mitra, containing the taining an account of fairs and festivals classified SubSidiary tables of 1951 and the sixth chapter of by villages, unions, thanas and districts. With a the Report and a note on a Fertility Inquiry con­ foreword and extracts from the laws on the regula­ ducted in 1950. Several appendices. A report on tion of fairs and festivals. 45 pages. the natural resources, trades and industries of the State with a bibliography by Chanchal Kumar District Handbooks for each West Bengal District by Chatterjee and Kamal Majumdar. About 450 A. Mitra. Each volume contains an Introductory pages. essay, bringing the old Gazetteer up to date, several important appendices, and about '82 tables, Part II-Union and State Census Tables of West together with a list of ancient monuments in each Bengal, Sikkim and Chandernagore by A. Mitra. district. Contains also a iVillage directory where 540 pages. the J.L. No. of every village, its name, area, total population, number of houses, number of literates Parts III & IV-Report with Census Tables on Calcutta and population classified into eight livelihood City and Calcutta Industrial Area by A. Mitra. classes are tabulated. The whole series is expected About 250 pages. to be complete by 1954. Each volume will contain about 300 pages (14 volumes). Part V-Administrative RelXlrt of the Census Opera­ tions of West Bengal, Sikkim, Chandernagore and A Catalogu~ of the better known Ancient Monuments of Calcutta City: Enumeration: by A. Mitra. West Bengal by A. Mitra. Will contain brief 96 pages. descriptions of extant ancient monuments in each district of the State, dating up to 1800, with exact The Tribes and Castes of West Bengal-edited by location and present state. Translations of all A. Mitra, containing 1951 tables of Scheduled Castes inscriptions found in West Bengal and an account and Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal. A mono­ of all invasions or conquests of Bengal mentioned graph on the Origin of Caste by Sailendranath in inscriptions. With many plates. About 600 Sengupta, a monograph on several artisan castes pages. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For the entire matter of the Introductory essay acknowledgements are due to L.S.S.O'Malley's Gazetteer of the District of Murshidabad (1914), to B. B. Mukharji's Final Report on the Survey and Settlement Operations in the District of Murshidabad (I938), to W. W. Hunter's Statistical Account of Murshidabad (I876), to J. H. T. Walsh's A History of Murshidabad District (I 902) , to P. C. Majumdar's Masnad-i­ Murshidabad, to the .Sair-ul-Mutakharin (Raymond's translation), to the Rayazu-us-Salatin (Abdus Salam's translation) , Journals of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Calcutta Review, the Bengal Records and the periodical reports of ~e various Departments of the Government of West Bengal, the essay itself being a revised abstract of the Gazetteer; for the Series I table to the Census Office of West Bengal; for Series 2 to the Directorate of Health Services, West Bengal; for Series 3 to the Directorate of Agriculture, West Bengal; for Series 4 to the Census Office of West Bengal and to the State Statistical Bureau; for Series 5 to the Commis­ sioner of the Presidency Division and to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Range, "Vest Bengal, the District Magistrate and the. Superintendent of Police of Murshidabad and the State Statistical Bureau; for Series 6 to the Directorate of Education, the Census Office, and the State Statistical Bureau; for Series 8 to the Commissioner of the Presidency Division and to the Public Bodies concerned; for Series 9 to the Postal Department and the District Board, Murshidabad and for Series II to the Census Office, West Bengal. I have acknowledged other debts in the body of the volume. CONTENTS Page Introducing the district i-xli Outline map of the district showing population by police station xlii Appendices-- I. Gazetteer . .. .. xliii-Ix Note 1 The city of Murshidabad by Gulam Husain Salim lxi Note 2 Old places in Murshidabad by H. Beveridge lxii-lxix II. An account of land management, 1871-1950 . lxx-Ixxv Note 1 Agricultural Statistics inquiry in BUlwan thana in 1872 lxxvi Note 2 Classification of land in Barwan Police Circle . lxxvii III. An Account of the Nizamat Fund of the Collectorate of Murshidabad ana distribution of Pensions by Shiva Prasad Lahiri. lxxviii-xcvi IV. Report on Vernacular Education in Murshidabad by W. Adam, 1837. xcvii--ciii V. History of settlement of the Estate Garh Berhampore, pargana Ku Iberia , Tauzt No. 579, Murshidabad District, 1902 . civ--cx VI. History of the mouth of the Bhagirathi River 1871-1925 cxi--cxxvii VII. The Chief Manufactures of Murshidabad District. cxxviii-cxxxv A list of rural and urban tracts in the district of Murshidabad cxxxvi--cxxxvii SERIES I-POPULATION General Population Tables 1·1 Area, Houses and Population 1-2 1·2 Variation in Population during fifty years . 3 1·3 Towns classified by population with variations since 1901 3-4 1·4 Towns and villages classified by population 5-7 1·5 Persons per occupied house, sex and livelihood 'class 'ratios 7 1·6 Approximate population of Unions 8-11 Livelihood Tables 1·7 Towns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes 12 1·8 Summary of livelihood classes and variations in population .. 13-20 1·9 Economic Table I-Livelihood classes and Subclasses (District and Tracts) . 21-23 1·10 Economic Table II-Secondary Means of Livelihood (District and Tracts) . 24-45 1·11 Economic Table Ill-Selfsupporting 'persons classified as Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Subdivisions (District and Tracts) 46-67 1·12 Classifications by Livelihood Divisions, Subdivisions and Groups 68-74 1,13 Livelihood Classes classified by age groups . 75-76 1'14 Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 77-80 Age Tables 1·15 Age and Civil Conditions for Sample and Displaced Population in rural and urban tracts. 81-86 1·16 Age and Literacy for Sample and Displaced Population in rural and urban tracts 87-91 1·17 Single Year Age returns for Sample PopUlation with rural and urban break-up 92-93 Social and Cultural Tables 1-18 Household-Size and Composition (District and Tracts) 94-95 1'19 Mother tongue (District and Tracts) . 96-97 1'20 Bilingualism (District and Tracts) 98-103 1'21 Religion (District and Tracts). , . 104-105 1'22 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (District and Tracts) . , - 106 1·23 Non-Backward Classes and Classes which are neither Scheduled Dor Non-Backward (District and Tracts) 106 1'24 Abstract of Anglo-Indians (District and -Tracts) - 106 1'25 Migrants 107-110 Displaced Persons and Nationality Tables 1 '26 Displaced Persons by district of origin and date of arrival in India 111-118 1'27 Non-Indian Nationals (District and Tracts) 119 SERIES 2-VITAL STATISTICS 2·1 Birth and Death Record, 1941-50 120 2'2 Deaths from selected causes, 1941-50 120-122 SERIES 3-AGRICULTURE 3'1 Persons cultivating own land or employing bargadar with size of land owned and/or given in bhag . 123-125 3'2A Mean density (persons per sq. mile). cultivable and cultivated areas, irrigation, rainfall and distribution of crops, 1949-50. 126 3'2B Agricultural Statistics, 1949-50. 126 3'3 Cultivated Area (excluding orchards and gardens), 1949-50 127 3'4 Progress of cultivation auring three decades . 127 SERIES 3-AGRICULTURE-COncld. Page 3·5 Components of cultivated area during three decades 127 3'6 Length of Government embankments. 127 3·7 Statement of Land Utilisation in the district in 1944-45 . 128 3·8 Abstract of culturable waste land blocks of 100 acres and above 1944-45 129 3·9 Results of crop cutting experiments during the year 1944-45 ., .. 129 3'10 Results obtained by a detailed economic enquiry made in selected villages during the month of October, 1945 . ......... 130-131 3·11 Rainfall and Rainy days, 1941-50 . .. .. 132 3·12 Mean Maximum and Highest; Mean Minimum and Lowest temperatures in headquarters station (1948-50) 133 3'13 Frequency of Floods and Droughts . 134 3·14 Production of food grains during three decades . 135 SERIES 4-INDUSTRY 4·1 Census of Small Scale Industries- (a) Classification of industries by locality 136 (b) Textile establishments.
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