District Census Handbook, Madhya Saurashtra
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GOVERNMENT OF SAURASHTRA MADHYA SAURASHTRA DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK ( Based on the 1951 Census) RAIKOT PRINTED AT THE MUNICIPAL PRINTING PRESS, BO~BAY ble from the Supr·"rttcndetlt, GoQrnment Printing aod Stationery, Rajkot Pricc-Rs, 5-0-0 ]9S3 MADHVA SAURA':Jh I w.A DISTRICT shDw/llf1 7Nluk8 and';'8 boundl.,.i~s' .:u CONTENTS PAG!S Genera) Population Tables A-I Area, Houses and Population 4-5 A-HI Towns and Villages classified by Population 6-9 A-V Towns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes 10-11 B. Economic Tables ,B-I Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes .. 12-21 B~I1 Secondary Means of Livelihood 22-27 B-Ill Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub-Divisions 28 ....... 75 rndex of non..agricultural occupations in the district C. HousellOld lUld Age (Sample) Tables C-I Housebold (Size and Composition) .. 82-85 C-Il Livelihood Classes by Age Groups 86-89 C-IJI Age and Civil condition 90-99 C-IV Age and Literacy .. · .100-109 C-V Single Year Age Returns .110-113 D. Social and Coltural Tables D-I Languages: (i) Mother Tongue · .114----119 (il) Bilingualism .. 120-121 o-n Religion · .122-125 O-IIJ Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes · .126-127 D-V (1) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival · .126-127 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes .. 128-129 D-VI Non-Indian Nationals .. 130-131 D-VU Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards .. 132-135 D-VIII Unemp10yment by Educational Standards .. 136-139 E. Summary Fi~ures by Talukas and p,ta. ..140-142 Primary Census Abstracts .• 143-323 Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments •. 324----329 1'129--1. 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK DISTRICT: MADHYA SAURASHTRA Th~s district comprises Gondal, Morvi. Wankaner, Rajkot, Jetpur and other former Indian States whIch formed part of the Western Kathl8war Agency, The total number of units of the former Indian States and thanas included in this district was 41. Atkot. Paddhari and lam-Kandorna taIllkas of Halar were added to the district after its constitution, and three enclave villages were transferred from this district to Amreli distr~ct of Bombay State. The district had a population (1951 Census) of 1,045,675 and an area of 4,660.2 square miles according to the (lrea figure furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This Handbook contains tables for Madhya Saurashtra district, comviled after the 1951 , Census of India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied io the State Tables published for the States: of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Handbook~ the data are exhibited in greater detail. The numbers given to tables in this publication correspond to those given in the State Census Report. The following tables for the district have, however, not been included in this Handbook :- A-II Variation in population during fifty years. A-IV. Towns classified by population with variations since 1901. D·lV. Migrants. In the E-Summary tabhdn this Handbook, some columns bave been omitted. in the case of the C-series of tables, except C-I, the data were extracted on the basis of a sample count of approxlmately 10 per cent. of the CenS\lS slips, instead of a full count of all the slips. The C-I table was prepared from a four per cent. sa:t1lplc of the households recorded in the N-ational Register of Citizens relating to each town or village. Till tbe 1951 Census tbe basis of classification of the population was a sodal one, namely according to religion, castes and communities. At the 1951 Census the basis was changed from a social to an economic one and the figures for villages given in the Primary Census Abstracts and in tables A-V~ B-1, B-H, C-H and E aTe according to the following eight Livelihood Classes ~- Agricultural Classes l. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their del1endants. U. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly unowned: and their dependants. m. CUltivating labourers; and their dependants. IV. Non-cu1tivatlng owners of land: agricultural rent receivers; and thelr dependants. Non·Agricultuml Classes Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from : V. Production Qther than cultivation. VI. Commerce. VII. Transport. VIII. Other services and miscellaneous SOUfce3. Dependants, whether earning or non-earning, were c1assitled at the ccn~us according to the prindpru means of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts, which contain basic information in respect of every village and town have been arranged according to tuJukas nnd petas, units into which every district is divided ro'r administrative purposes. The taluka was, however, too small a unit to adopt for preparing the main census tables. Therefore, in the B, C and D selies of tables figures have been given for tracts and not for talukas and peta.s. Before sorting the census slips and tabulating the results tracts were formed by combining the rural and urban areas of two or more tallikas or petas. The tracts into which Madhya Saurashtra district was divided for this purpose are shown below:- Rural Tracts (1) Rural areas of Rajkot. Ja,dan and Babr. Talukas and Paddhari and LDdhika Petas (2) Rural areas of Morvi and Wankaner Talukas and MaUya Peta. (3) Rural areas of Gondal and Kunkavav Talukas and Kotda-Sangani Peta. (4) RuraJ areas of Jetpur and Dhoraji Talukas and larn-Kandorna feta, Urban Tracts (I) Urban area of Rajkot City. (2) Urban areas of Jasdan~ Babra, Morvl and \Vankaner Talukas and Puddhari, Lodhika and Maliya Petas. (3) Urban areas of Gondal and Kunkavav Talukas and Kotda·Sangani Peta. (4) Urban areas of Jetpur and Dhoraji TaIukas and Jarn·Kandorna Feta. Urban areas comprise the to"'!1S shown in table A·V. Shortly before the 1951 pO~lUlation Census, a census of Small Industries was taken, and the results of this census are given in the tables called .. Small Scale Industries Census·Employrnent in Establishments" included in this handbook. The intention was to find out some tbing about Cottage and Home Industries and small workshops. The larger establishments, that is, power·using establishments with 10 or more workers and non·power using establishments with 20 or more workers, were excluded from the scope of the enquiry. The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employing other people, except when looms were used. If nen one loom was used a return was required. Otherwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms of associate activity where articles were produced, repaired or otherwiE:e treated fOf sale, use or disposa1. 4 A-GENERAL POPULATION A-I-AREA, HOUSES District: Occupied Houses. Area in Taluka or Peta. sq. miles. Villages, Towns. Total. Rural. Urban. 6 7 District TotaJ 4417.0 968 22 191,999 114,441 77,5$ Babra 142.4 65 8,435 7,336 1,099 2 Dhoraji 478.3 77 4 30,746 14,672 16,074 3 Gondal 379.0 66 17,580 9,216 8,364 4 lam-Ra_ndoma 221.5 46 5,553 4,633 920 5 Jasdan 450.3 89 12,250 9,816 2,434 6 Jetpur 235.3 47 13,339 8,Qll 5,328 Kotda-Sangani 151.3 41 3,959 3,201 758 Kunkavav 366.1 78 15,904 11,624 4,280 9 Lodhik. IOS.7 37 2,816 2,448 368 !O Ma1iya 267;4 46 7,712 6.657 1,055 11 Morvi 609.0 122 23,042 14.926 8,116 12 Paddhari 231.0 60 4,802 4,084 718 13 Rajkot 344.3 93 33,467 9,020 24,447 14 Wankaner 432.4 101 12,394 8,797 3,597 N'ole.-(I) The area figure of the district of Madhya Saurashtra supplied by the Surveyor General of India is 4,660.2 sq. miles. The area figures for talukas and petas shown in column 2 of this table and of the E-Table are those supplied by tbe Collector. In the Primary Census Abstracts area figures for viUages and towns obtained from local records are given. In the case of many talukas the arithmatical totals of the area figures for villages and towns do not agree witb the area figures for talukas and p.tas supplied by the Collector. (2) The number of towns given in column 3 is the number of revenue villages, excluding uninhabited vi1lages and villages which form part of municipal areas. TABLES AND POPULATION Madhya Saurashtra POPULATION. Persons. Male,. Females. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. RuraL Urban. Total. Rural. Urban, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ,1,045,675 636,453 409,222 526,391 322,942 203,449 519,284 313,511 205,773 ~7,447 40,596 6,851 24,106 20,700 3,406 23,341 19,896 3,445 160,527 78,614 81,913 78,772 39,535 39,237 81,755 39,079 42,676 92,963 50,553 42,410 46,846 25,602 21,244 46,117 24,951 21,166 31,382 26,245 5,137 15,96<> 13,314 2,646 15,422 12,931 2,491 72,408 56,838 15,570 37,036 29,140 7,896 35,372 27,698 7,674 74,026 45,582 28,444 37,105 23,173 13,932 36,921 22,409 14,512 24,037 19,818 4,219 12,087 10,073 2,014 11,950 9,745 2,205 9/,406 67,575 23,831 46,009 34,373 1/,636 45,397 33,202 12,195 16,557 14,544 2,013 8,311 7,294 1,017 8,246 7,250 996 40,191 34,581 5,610 20,203 17,445 2,758 19,994 17,142 2,852 124,591 83,875 40,722 62,833 42,447 20,386 61,164 41,428 20,336 27,688 24,024 3,664 13,830 12,063 1,767 13,858 11,961 1,897 181,619 49,550 132,069 92,438 25,208 67,230 89,181 24,342 64,839 60,821 44,052 16,169 30,855 22.575 8,280 29,966 21,471 8,489 en The number of iown~ given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in table A-V.