Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch, Part II-A, Vol-IV
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CENSUS OF INDIA, 1951 Volume IV - BOMBAY, SAURASHTRA AND KUTCH > ", • Part II-A General Population Tables, Social and Cultural Tables and Summary Figures by T alukas and Petas • By J. B. BOWMAN 0/ the Indian Civil Service, Superintendent of Censlts OPerations fOT Bomhay, Saurashtra and Kutch BOMBAY PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS Price-Rupees Five 1953 CONTENTS PAGE A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES- t-Area, Houses and Population 1 II-Variation in Population during Fifty Years .. , 7 i III-Towns and Villages classified by Population .. 17 IV-Towns classified by Population with Variations since 1901 23 V-Towns arranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood Classes .. 103 D-SOCIA.L AND CULTURAL TABLES- I-Languages (i) Mother Tongue 133 (ii) Bilingualism 145 II-Religion 187 III-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 191 IV-Migrants 195 V-(i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival 211 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes 217 VI-Non~Indian Nationals 221 VII-Livelihood Classes by Educatio;nal Standards .. 235 E-SUMMARY FIGURES BY TALUKA.S Am) PETAS .. 275 110·... Bk H 90-a A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES 110-1 Bk B 90-1 TABLE A.. I AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION Volume III of the Census of India 1941, dealt with Bombay Province (including States) as constituted at the time of the 1941 Census. The number of units for which figures were given in the tables in the volume was 113. During the decade 1941-51, many territorial changes affecting the boundaries of the various divisions and districts of the former Bombay Province took place. The States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch as at present constituted were formed out of 1ihe following areas :- State Areas included in or exclud~d from Bombay The twenty districts of the former Province of Bombay, the former agencies of the Gujarat States and; Deccan Stat<:B, the Sabarkantha Agency (Banas and' Sadra Divisions) of the former Western India States Agency, the former Indian Statea of Baroda, Idar, Radhanpur, Vijaynagar, Palanpur and Danta, Abu district and Abu Road and Dilwara Teh~is of the former Sirohi State, and the enclave villages of Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Hyderabad transferred to Bombay, less the enclave villages of Bombay transferred to Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Hyderabad. Saurashtra The former Western India Stat as Agency excluding Sabar kantha Agency (Banas and Sadra Divisions) and the former Indian States of Idar, Radhanpur and Vijaynagar and Adhoi Mahal of the former Morvi State, and the enda V'(l villages of Bombay transferred to Saurashtra, less the enclave villages of Saurashtra transferred to Bombay. Kutch The former Indian State of Kutch and Adhoi Mahal of the former Morvi State. 'Within the State of Bombay the combined district of Broach and Panch Mahals was again split into its two component parts, and eight new districts were formed. The boundaries of most of the remaining districts were also enlarged, or otherwise affected because of the merger of the former Indian States and the transfer of enclave and other villages. The result was that at the time of the 1,951 Census, there were twenty-eight districts (treating Greater Bombay, which compri'3es the old Bombay City and the Bombay Suburban District as one district). In the nawly created State of Saurashtra, five districts were formed. Kutch consisted of only one district. Details about the constitution of districts are given at the beginning of the A-II Table. In this and the subsequent tables, figures have been shown for natural divisions and districts in the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. The s.tates of Saurashtra and Kutch constitute separate n.atural di v idio~'.) 1y themselves. Mo·n 13k H 90-1({ 2 Bombay State has been treated for census puxposes as comprising the natural divisions shown below :- Natural division Names of districts included in the natUral division (1) Greater Bombay Greater Bombay. (2) Bombay Guj~rat Division Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Kaira, Panch Mahals. Baroda, Broach, Surat and Amreli. (3) Bombay Deccan Northern West Khandesh. East Khandesh, Dangs, Nasik, Ahmed- Division - nagar, Poona, Satara North, Satara South, Kolhapur and Sholapur. (4) Bombay Deccan Southern Belgaum, Bijapur and Dharivar. Division I (5) Bombay Konkan Division Thana, Kolaba, Ratnagiri and ~ara. The area figures for States, natural divisions and districts shown in this Table are those supplied by the Surveyor General of India. "- The area. figures shown in Table E (Summary Figures by Districts) are however those obtained from Collectors or from local records. There were frequently discrepan(\ies between the Surveyor General's figure and the Collector's figure, with the result that area figures for districts given in this Table differ from 'those given in Table E. The number of villages shown in colUlil,n 3 of this Table is the number of revenue villages, excluding uninhabited villages, and villages which formed part of municipal areas. A hamlet was included in the main revenue village of which it formed a part. The number of towns given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in Table A-V. A town meant a municipal area, cantonment area or a place which had a population of 5,COO or more inhabitants and exhibited urban characteristics. The following areas were treated as urban, although they were non-municipal areas with populations of less than 5,000 as the Collectors reported that they possessed urban oharacteristics :- Name of the district Names of the non.municipal areas having a. population oflesl!I than 5,000 which were treated as urban Kaira Napad Talpad. W'est Khandesh Betawad and Ranala.. Nasik Arai and Brahmangaon. Poon'l. Chinchwad, Hadapsar and BeThe. Belgaum Madhavpur. Thana Borivali, Kandivali and Poisar. Ratnagiri Sagave. Halar Balambha and Raval. Gohilwad Paliad. Sorath Madhavpur. Kutch Adhoi. 3 The following areas were treated as rural, although they had populations of 5,000 or more, as the Collectors reported that they did not possess urban characteristics :- Name of the district Areas having a population of 5,000 or more which were treated as rural Mehsana Langhanaj, Sami and the non-municipal area of Sidhpur. Kaira Daval, Katwntlo, Ohhipadi, Alina, Utt~r-sanda, Kasar, Pandoli and Pali. Panch Mahala Garbada ,and Shivrajpur. Baroda Angadh, Chhani,· Gorwa and Sokhada. Surat Naladhra, .lalalpor, Matwad, Katargam, Khergam, Bigari, Umarsadi, Vapi, Abrama, Malwan and Pardi. West Khandesh .\.. Prakashe, Dhaite, Kapadne, Kusumbhe and Songir. East Khandesh Bhadli Budruk. Nasik Non-municipal area of Manmad. Ahmednagar Rashin, Puntamba, Rahata, Wal'i, Deolali, Parner, .leur, Newasa Khurd, Sonai, Sangamner Budruk, Belapur Budruk, Haregaon and Akola. Pooua Oharholi Budruk, Dehu, Pimpre Waghere, Walhe, Tamini Budruk, Panadare, Ohakan, Kadus, Pabal and the non-municipal area of Talegaon-Dabhade. Sa tara North HoI, Sadashivgad, Khatav, Kumbbargaon, Lonand and non-municipal area of Phaltan. Sabra South Kavalapur, Kupawad, Nandre, Ped, Shirah!., Kasegaon Karagani and Man gale. Kolhapur Gandhinagar. Sholapur Karkamb, Hotagi, Mandrup, Mahalung, Vairag, Angar, Nagansur, .lawle and the non-municipal area of Mangal wedha. Belgaum Chinchali, Akol, Ankli, Bedkihal, Kabbur, Kerur, Kagwad, Kokatnur, MadabhaV'i, Satti and Ugar Khurd. Bijapur Hosur, Badami, Bilgi and Sindgi. Dharwar Hebli, Kurtkoti, Lakkundi, Agadi, Ratihalli and GuttaL Thana Sarwali. Kolaba Ohanaje. Ratnagiri Phonda, Dabhol, Harnai, AraV'li, Parule, Shiroda, Acbare, Kandalgaon, Masura, Pendur, .lamasande, Mithabaon and Guhagar. Halar' Bedi. Zalawad Odll-Agar. Tbe number of occupied bouses given in columns 5,6 and 7 is the number of census houses tha t were occupied at the time of the census. A hOUBe for census purposes meant" a dwelling with a separate main entranoe". Thus more than one household might be found in the same census house. The urban population at the time of the census in the State of Bombay was 11,170,340 and the urban/rural ratio was 5 : 11. The urban population in Saurashtra at the time of the census was J ,393,] 61 and the urban/rural ratio was 1 : 2. In Kutch, the urban population numbered 113,754 and the urban/rural ratio was 1 : 4. TABLE AREA, HOUSES ,---,_ Occupied houses. 1 State, Natural _I Persons. Division and Area in Villages. Towns. District. sq. miles. Total. Rural. Urban. I Total. Rural. l i I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 1- ------------- BOMBAY, SAURA. SHTRA AND KUTCH 149,609 39,533 594 7,248,611 5,056,813 2,191,798 40,661,115 27,983,860 , DOMBAY STATE 111,434 84,227 499 6,351,125 4,452,060 1,899,065 I 35,956,150 24,785,810 Greater B~mbay III 486,867 486,86', 2,839,270 \ Bombay Gujarat Division 33,13B 12,999 147 2,141,393 1,608,879 532,514 11,396,789 -- 8,477,527 Banaskantha 4,395 1,331 5 143,536 132,006 11,530 748,796 691,954 Sabarkantha 2,845 1,644 6 133,664 123,486 10,178 684,017 635,005 Mehsana 4,312 1,238 27 308,897 235,895 73,002 ],471,662 1,148,431 Ahmedabad 3,529 741 21 333,355 136,681 196,674 1,685,630 689,445 Kaira 2,542 946 38 321,086 230,812 90,274 l,uI2,426 1,156,891 Panch Mahals 3,500 1,936 8 212,903 184,472 28,431 1,148,432 1,01l,285 Baroda 2,969 1,700 10 204,810 169,485 35,325 1,194,746 897,528 Broach 2,91l 1,180 7 118,979 100,058 18,921 706,035 577,030 SUrat 4,499 ],938 15 310,974 257,122 53,852 1,827,842 1,439,191 Amreli 1,634 345 10 53,189 38,862 14,327 317,203 230,767 Bombay Deccan Northern Division 45,15.'5 11,218 189 2,10i,645 1,572,564 535,081 12,364.735 / 9,087,382 West Khandesh 5,391 1,501 12 183,187 155,783 27,404 1,146,024 950,553 East Khandesh 4,535 1,424 29 274,957 194,024 80,933 1,471,351 1,003,918 Dangs 658 310 9,395 9,395 47,282 47,282 Nasik /' 6,035 1,653 24 ...