CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES 22 UTTAR PRADESH Paper-I of 1981 Supplement PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS RAVINDRA GUPTA of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Uttar Pradesh The Cen.us Enume. ,)to,.~·ln which $tote were you born?" "Wcll:'hesHoTcd the biulihlng spinster. Er.•. er nude!' CONTENTS Page No. 1. FOREWORD 1 2. OFFICERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PUBLICATION 2 3. FIGURES AT A GLANCE 3 4. BACKGROUND NOTE 5-28 5. MAPS AND CHARTS 29-51 (i) Rural population, 1981 31 (ii) Urban population, 1981 33 (iii) Growth of rural population, 1971-81 35 (iv) Growth of urban population, 1971-81 37 (v) Growth of cities, 1971-81 39 (vi) Main workers, 1981 41 (vii) Main workers by broad categories, 1981 43 (viii) Chart showing the growth of population, 1901-81 45 (ix) Chart showing the decadal variation of population, 1901-81 47 (x) Chart showing the area and population of districts, 1981 49 (xii) Chart showing the growth of urban population, 1901-81 51 6. ANALYSIS OF DATA 53-73 7. TABLES AND PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACTS 75-220 (i) Table I-Rural and urban composition of population 76-77 (ii) Table 2-Population of towns 78-106 (;;;) Table 3-Distribution of main workers 107-111 \~ . ) Table 4-Distribution of main workers by cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry and other workers 112-119 (v) Union Primary Census Abstract 120-147 (vi) District Primary Census Abstract 148-215 (vii) Table 5-Disabled population by type of disability 216-220 FOREWORD Soon after the 1981 Census enumeration, it was my privilege to present on March 23, 1981, Paper I of 1981 containing the provisional population totals. It contained basic information on popula~ tion by sex, sex-ratio and percentage ofliterates for this State and each district of Uttar Pradesh. Besides, decennial growth rate since 1901, population ofliterates, density of population etc. for the State and its districts as also population figures of towns/urban agglomerations whose population exceeded hundred thousand were also given. It is now my proud privilege to present Supplement to Paper I which contains the following tables : (i) Rural and Urban composition of Population (ii) Population of Towns (iii) Distribution of Main Workers (iv) Distribution of Main Workers by Cultivators, Agricultural Labourers, Household Industry and Other workers. (v) Union Primary Census Abstract. (vi) District Primary Census Abstract. It is hoped that this document will meet most of the needs of different data~users till a year hence when it will be possible to release the more detailed and final figures down to the village/ward level. The information for this Supplement has been compiled from the charge abstracts received from different charges whereas the district level figures presented in Paper I were those received directly from districts. There are minor differences at places in district figures from those given in Paper I, for obvious reasons. These figures are still strictly provisional as they may further change, though marginally, when thorough processing of census records is completed. The whole hearted co-operation afforded by the vast fleet of workers drawn from all nooks and corners of this vast, heterogenous and most populous state of the Country to make the 1981 Census a success deserves individual acknowledgement. My thanks are due to them right from the District Officers and Administrators of Nagarmahapalikas down to the enUIT.erators. Monitoring at the regional level by my Deputy Directors of Census Operations assisted by their subordinate staff did lighten my burden. They deserve my appreciation. lowe a deep gratitude to Shri P. Padmanabha, Registrar General-cum-Census Commissioner} India, for the continuous inspiration and guidance. Grateful thanks are also due to Shri V. P. Pandey, Deputy Registrar General, for ready help in all administrative matters and to Shri K. K. Chakravorty, Dy. Registrar General) in all technical matters, pertaining to this gigantic task. My thanks are also due to Mis. Prem Printing Press, Lucknow for their quality printing of this publication in time. Lastly, I will be failing in my duty if I don't express my appreciation to members of the Plann­ ing and Co-ordination cell of my office who most ungrudgingly and silently worked, most of the days beyond office hours and even over night and on holidays, not only during the hectic days of Census Operations but also in the generation of the large tabulations and drafting of Paper I and this supple­ ment to it. The Map unit also deserves my thanks for the maps and charts and the Printing Section in looking through the printing with utmost expedition and grace. The yeoman's task of typing out the manuscripts with voluminous tables within the shortest possible time by SjShri Ram Dass, Narendra Kumar and Surya Kant Prasad of my office is also acknowledged. RAVINDRA GUPTA Lucknow. Director of Census Operations, U. P. Dated June 6, 1981. Officers Associated With This Publication 1. Shri Lal Krishan Deputy Director 2. Shri M. C. Padalia Deputy Director 3. Shri J. P. Baranwal Assistant Director 4. Shri J. C. Srivastava Senior Geographer 5. Shri K. C. Upadhyaya Investigator 6. Shri P. C. Tewari Investigator 7. Shri Rafiq Uddin Investigator 3. Shri Dashrath Singh Geographer 9. Shri R. K. Saxena Printing Inspector 10. Shri V. K. Jain Artist 11. Shri T. N. Srivastava Senior Draughtsman 12. Shri S. P. Saxena Senior Draughtsman 13. Shri V. K. Srivastava Statistical Assistant 14. Shri M. K. Sharma Statistical Assistant 15. Shri R. A. Gupta Statistical Assistant 16. Shri R. P. Srivastava Statistical Assistant 2 CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 FIGURES AT A GLANCE (PROVISIONAL) A. POPULATION OF Persons Males Females UTTAR PRADESH Total 1l0,885,874 58,793,073 52,092,801 Rural 90,912,651 47,974,536 42,938,115 Urban 19,973,223 10,818,537 9,154,686 B. PROPORTION TO TOTAL Rural 81.99 Percent POPULATION Urban 18.01 Percent C. DECENNIAL POPULATION Total 25.52 Percent GROWTH (1971-81) Rural 19.70 Percent Urban 61.22 Percent D. DENSITY OF POPULATION Total 377 Rural 313 Urban 455 E. SEX RATIO Total 886 Rural 895 Urban 846 F. LITERACY RATE (CRUDE) Persons Males Females (Percentage) Total 27.40 38.90 14.42 Rural 23.34 35.40 9.86 Urban 45.91 54.44 35.82 G. PROPORTION OF MAIN WORKERS Persons Males Females TO TOTAL POPULATION Total 29.13 49.61 6.02 (Percentage) Rural 29.57 50.17 6.54 Urban 27.15 47.10 3.58 H. PROPORTION OF MAIN WORKERS Persons Males Females BY BROAD CATEGORIES Cultivators 58.02 59.26 46.43 Agricultural 16.32 14.42 34.00 Labourers At Household 4.39 4.24 5.86 Industry Other Workers 21.27 22.08 13.77 3 BACKGROUND NOTE BACKGROUND NOTE The State of Uttar Pradesh is divided into 56 administrative districts including two new dis­ tricts- Ghaziabad and Lalitpur, which were created during the decade 1971-81. The old Kanpur dis­ trict has also been bifurcated into Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat districts-effective April 23rd, 1981. The former covers the Kanpur tahsil including Kanpur Nagar Mahapalika and the latter comp­ rises the remaining tahsils ofBilhaur, Derapur, Akbarpur, Bhognipur and Ghatampur. Since this has come about after the completion of Census Operations, separate figures have not been presented. They can, however, be obtained from the tables presented, after allocating relevant figures of the different con­ stituent units of Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar. In addition, some new tahsils were also constituted during the decade as per details given in Appendix. 1. RURAL & URBAN 2. Census data have always been presented for rural and urban areas separately. In fact, this is the practice allover the world. Any clear-cut distinction between rural and urban has yet not been possible anywhere, far less to have a uniform definition for all the countries. However, after giving consi­ derable thought, the following criteria were adopted for treating a place as urban for the 1981 Census:- (a) All statutory towns, i.e., all places with a municipal corporation, municipal board or cantonment board or notified town area. (b) All other places which satisfy the following criteria : (i) A minimum population of 5,000; (ii) 75% of the male working population engaged In non-agricultural (and allied) activity; and (iii) A density of population of at least 400 per sq. km. (or 1,000 per sq. mile). Occupations of fishing, livestock, hunting, logging, plantations and orchards etc. falling in industrial category III were treated as non-agricultural activities while classifying towns for the 1961 and 1971 Censuses. A small but meaningful change was made for the 1981 Census by treating 'fishing, logging etc.' as allied agricultural activities for examination under (b) (ii) above. Places which qualify as urban under (b) above have been termed 'Census Towns' (CT) since they have no local body viz. MC, MB, Cantt., NA, TA. Most ofthe Town Areas do not satisfy the criteria laid under (b) above. However, since (a) and (b) are mutually exclusive, all statutory towns have to be classified as urban. Consequently, in 1981, all Town Areas irrespective of their characteristics were treated as urban. The number of towns in the state has, therefore, gone up from 325 in 1971 to 704 in 1981. A city in census parlance is a town with a population of one hundred thousand and above. URBAN AGGLOMERATION (UA) The concept of urban agglomeration (UA) adopted for the 1971 Census continued for the 1981 Census. The UA defined the continuous urban spread at a place which may cover more than one town, with their urban outgrowths.