CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES-7 HIMACHAL PRADESH PART-II A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES K. L. NEGI Of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Himachal "Rradesh. CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS A-Central Government Publications I-A Administrative Report-Enumeration 1 >- For Official use only I-B Administrative Report-Tabulation J II-A General Population Tables (Present Volume) Il-B Prim;:try' Census Abstract (Pu b)ished) J _; , _' - c:;..' ' III-A General Economic Tables (B-Series Tables of first priority) III-B General Economic Tables (B-Series Tables of second priority) IV-A Social and Cultural Tables (C-Series Tables of first priority) IV-B Social and Cultural Tables (C-Series Tables of second priority) V-A Migration Tables (D-Series Tables of first priority) V-B Migration Tables (D- Series Tables of second priority) VI-A Fertility Tables (F-Series Tables of first priority) VI-B Fertility Tables (~-~eri~s TabJes of s,econd priority) VII Tables on Houses and Disabled Population (H-Series Tables) (Published) VIII-A Household Tables (except Tables HH-17, HH-17 SC and HH-17 ST) VIII-B Household Tables (Tables HH-17, HH-17 SC and HH-17 ST) VIIl-C Household Tables (Report on Households) IX Special Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes X-A Town Directory (Published) X-B Survey Reports on selected Towns ~ :5, ~ p ~r ,'~. It X-C Survey Reports on selected Villages /' Xl Ethnographic Notes and special studies on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes XII Census Atlas B-Himachal Pradesh State Publications Xll1-A District Census Handbook-Village and Town Directory") l One Volume XIIIB District Census Handbook-Village and Townwise r Primary Census Abstracts J ~ii) 160 77D ~ r--------------~--------------------------lr-.----------------------~7~8~------------------------,79I I I -1·-- HIMACHAL PRADESH ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 1981 80uMorl.. International o 33- SlolO Dlslrlct TohsIl/Sub-Tah.n 1( .. 20 10 0 20 40l<m I z Headquarters Stole ... District· .. .. .• , ... @ TahSil! Sub-TahSil • w!-tE R'E THE NAME Of TA .... ~1i./5lJBT TAHSIl O~FFERS FI=fO .... ~TS t1EAC-CUAR1ER S KA.Me THE FORM(~ HAo'S. BEtH W~lll[N WITHI~ SRACKET I j I o 78~ 76 Eaot 0' Gr~.nwlch ©Go•• rn ... nt 0' Indio Cop~"9ht.198 Based "pan SurHY 0' IndiO map wllh th. p<rm, .. I.,n of tho S"fY.~or Goneral 01 Ind,a CONTENTS PAGES V-VI PREFACE FIGURES AT A GLANCE VIi-viii General Note The 1981 Census Count, Preparatory Measures, Houselist, Enterprise List, Household Schedule,. ~,n-. dividual Slip, Population Record, Degree Holders and, Technical Personnel Schedule, Preparation pf Map,s, Rur.a} and Urban Areas, Standard Urban Areas; Dr,ban Agglomeration, Census Hierarchy, Training, Census Act, Provisional Population Totals, Post Enumeration Check, Computerisation, Tabulation, Village and Town Directories, Tables on Degr~e, Holders and Technical PeI;"sonn~l, Publications', Census Atlas and the Population of States and trnion Territories. 1-18 Table A-I : Area, Houses and Population Fly-Ie~f Table A-I I Appendix 1 to Table A-I Statement-showing 1981 Territorial Units and Changes . during 1971-81 Appendix 2 to Table A-I Number and Popuiation of Villages with Population of 5,000 and over and of towns with Population under 5,000 r J Appendix 3 to Table A-I Houseless and Institutional Population 19-60 Table A-2 : Decadal Variation in Population since 1901 Fly-leaf Table A-2 Appendix to Table A-2 State aI).d b~stricts -at the 1981 Census showing 1971 area and population according to Territorial .Jurisdiction in 1971, change in population of 1971 adjusted to jurisdiction of 1981 61-72 Table A-3 : Villages classified by Population size Fly-leaf Table A-3 73-82 Table A-4 : Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by Population in 1981 with val'iation since 1901 Fly-leaf Table A-4 Appendix .1 to Table A-4 New Towns added in 1981 and TownS in 1971 declassi­ fied in 1981 - Appendix 2 to Table A-4 Places with a Population of under 5,000 classified as Towns for the first time in 1981 Appendix 3 to Table A-4 Places with a Population of under 5,000 in 1971 which were Towns in 1971 but have been declassified ill 1981 Appendix 4 to Table A-4 Changes between 1971 and 1981 in area and Popula~ tion of Towns and reasons for change in area 83-114 (iii) PAGES 'fable A-5 : Standard Urban Areas Fly·leaf Table A·5 115-130 Annexures and Appendices Annexure A ~(;hedule~ 131-144 Annexure B instructions to Enumerators for filling up of the House· hold,Sched'ule" Individual Slip, Population Record, Enumer.ator's Working Sheet and Enumerator's Ab­ stract 145-180 Appendix I Principles of Ho.usenumbering 181-184 Appendix II List of a few typiC'al Industries that can be conducted on a HousehoJd Industry basis 185-186 Appendix III Classified list of occupations Le .. description. of work 187~18~ Appendix IV Classified list of Economic Activities 189-190 Annexure C The Census Act, 1948-Act No. XXXVII of 1948 191-194 Annexure D Notification regarding reference date for the 198r Census 195-196 Annexure E List of Agents 197--:206 Maps And Diagrams Area and popUlation 1981 Fa~jng Page 40 Density of population 1981 " " 40 Decadal variation in population 1901-1981 " " 66 Growth of population 1981 " " 68 Sex Ratio 1981 " " 68 Villages classified by population siLe 1981 " 74 " Growth of urban population 1901-1981 " " 102 Shimla Standard Urban Area " " 116 (iv) PREFACE This report is being published in two parts i.e. Part-II A-General Popula­ tion Tables (the present volume) containing the A series tables, A-I to A-5 and Part-II B-Primary Census Abst,ract giving the population of the state/ districts/tahsils/sub-tahsi1:;; and the towns, number of households, number of - scheduled castes/scheduled tribes, literacy figures and classification of workers and non-workers etc. In the -present volume an attempt has been made .to acquaint the planners, administrators, academicians and other data using agencies with basic charac­ teristics of the population of Himachal Pradesh down to the level of tahsil/sub­ tahsil in the rural areas and town in the urban areas. The village level data has bec!_1 included in the respective District Census Handbooks which are .being published separately. The data in this volume depicts information on a variety of demographic aspects such as area,. houses, households, pOI?ulation, growth and decadal variation, villages classified by population size, changes in the ar.e~s and jurisdictions in districts since 1971 Census and the recast population of the district according to 1981 jurisdictions. The trend of urbanisation in Himachal Pradesh is depicted in table A-4. Table A-5 relates to standard urban areas which depicts the projected growth area of Shimla Town which is the only standard urban area in the state. The data contained in these tables have been manually compiled from the Primary Census Abstract. The analytical note in the beginning of this volume gives a brief account a§. to how the 1981 Census was conducted in the state highlighting its salient features. Each table is supported by a :fly-leaf to familarise the reader with the importance! coverage of data given in the table. The analysis of the data has been supported by plathora of statements and appendices. Shri K. L. Negi, the Director of Census Operations under whose able guidance the entire operations were carried out deserves all credit for the successful completion of the census operations. He had to leave the organisation for taking up another i~portant assignment in the state of Karnataka before this volume could be made ready for the Press'. Therefore, on his behalf, we take this opportunity in expressing our deep gratitute to Shri P. Padmanabha, the Registrar General and the Census Commissioner, Indiw for the inspiration and encouragements that we have derived from him in bringing out this volume. We are also thankful to Shri V. P. Pandey, Joint Registrar General, India, Shri K. K. Chakravorty, Deputy Registrar General (C&T), Dr. N. G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (SS), Dr. B. K. Roy, Deputy Registrar General (Map), Shri N. Rama Rao, Assistant Registrar General (C&T) and Shri S. C. Srivastava, Assistant Central Tabulation Officer for their valuable advice in their specialised field which enabled us to bring out this report successfully. OUf thanks are also to Shri K. C. Pandeya, the Chief Secret~ry to the Government of Himachal Pradesh without whose co-operation this national task of Census Operations could not have at all been possible. The Principal Census Officers (Deputy Commissioners), Sub-Divisional Census Oilicers (S.D.M. 's) and (v) the Charge Officers helped this orgallIsatrbn" in carrying out the time bound F programme ip. _a systematic manner, The report IS also mainly the work of army - of Enumerators' anti' Srtpervisdrs ~lio actually carried oul the m§ssive op-erations in the 'field. In drafting' this- report, -1 was; asSisted by' Slid D,! N. 'Sharma, Assistant Directm,. The- tables were finalized :in th~ Census Sectioh anU scrutinized by Shri P. K. AbroI, Inves_tigator who deserves appreciatiom The maps, diagrams appearing in this _volume were prepared by the maping unit under " r' ,....., - , the guidauge of Shri 'K: S', THakur, Senior Geographer, I am thankful to Sarvshri Piare Lai, Stenographei and Gian Chand~ Junior Stenographer for taking the dictation and -typing work: of this report wh~leheartedly, The proofs were seen in the press by the piititiri'g section under the Su{lervlsion of Shd J, C.