Sholapur District Census Handbook
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GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY SHOLAPUR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (Based Qn the 1951 Oensus) BOMBi\Y PIUN'IED AT THE GOVERNMEN'T CENTRAL PRESS. ro'" the Government Publications Sales Depot, Institute of Science Fort, Bombay (for purchasers in Bombay City) ; from the Government ot, Charni Road Gardens, Bombay 4 (for orders from the mofussil) or . he High Commissioner for India, India House, Aldwych, London, W.e.2, ~h any recQ'gnized Bookseller. Pric@-Rs. 2 As. 8 or 4s. 6d. 1952 ·1 III ..... ~ ] t ii ....(/) -)' c- ~ ex ::» l o.~ 0:5~ :I: U).~ ~ <;) ':i CONTE:NTS PAG:!:S .\. !:leneral Population Tables. A-I Area, Homes and Population 4,-5 A-III Towns and Villages c1a8sified by Popul&tion 6-9 A-V Towns arranged territorially with population by liveli- hood classes 10-11 Economic Tables. B-1 J,ivelihood Classes and Sub-Classes 12-17 B-II Secondary Means of Livelihood ... 18-23 B-III Employern, Employees and Independent &Workers in Industries and Services hy DivisioJ1ll [and Sub- Divisions ... '" ... 21-71 Ind.x of Non-Agricultural Occupations in the Distrid. 72-77 :. Household and Age (Sample) Tables. 0-1 Household (Size and Composition) 78-79 C-II Livelihood Classes hy Age Grollpij 80-8C1 C--III Age and Civil Condition 84-89 C-IV Age and Litera.cy 90-93 C-v Single Year Age Returns 9i-97 D. Socia.l and Cultural Tables. D-I Languages- (i) :I.{(lther Tongue 98-IOZ (ii) Bilingualism 103-105 D-II Religion 106-107 D-III Scheduled ('nstes and Scheduled Tribes 106-107 D-V (i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival in India 108-109 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Cl"SSCll 108-1U9 D-VI Non-Indian Nati?nals 110-111 D-VII Liyelihood Glasses by Educatiollill Standards 112-115 D-VIII Unemployment by Educational Standru'ds 116-1.19 E. Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas 120-123 Primary Census Abstracts 125-301 Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establisbmenb 302.....,.307 MO-r i J; Yc 3-1 1951 DISTRlC,T CENSUS HANDBOOK SHOLAPUR DISTRICT. Sholapur district consisted at the time of tne 1951 census of the area of t} forme, Sholapur district of Bombay Province (except for 12 villages transferr' to Hyderabad State) with the addition of other areaR, principally from the forr Indian States. Though 12 villages were transferred from Sholapur Hyrlerabad, 58 villages were transferred from Hyderabad to SholapuT. village from Iudi taluka in Bijapur district was also transferred to Mung a wedha taluka in Sholapur district. The dmtrict gained substantially in area by the addition of the former India Stat.es merged in Bombay State. The areas added to the di"trict in this fashio consisted of 2 villages of the former Jamkhandi State, 21 villages of the form,· Jath State, 13 villages and 2 towns of the former Knrnodwad Junior StaL 13 villages of the former Mira] Senior State, 3 villages of the former M: Junior State, 28 villages and one town of the former Sangli State and 10:> viUalSe and one town of the former Akalkot State. The district had a 1951 populatic. of 1,505,316, and an area of 5681'8 sq. miles, according to the area fignr' furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This handbook contains tables for the district of Sholapur, compiled after the 1951 Census of India. The main results of the 1951 census are embodied in the State Tables published for the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In thig 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 clmisified by population with variations since 1901. D-JV lIfigrants. In the E. Summary table in this handbook, some columns have been omitted In the case of the C-series of tables, except table C-I, the data were extractoc on the basis of a sample count of approximately 10 Fer cent. of the census slip' instead of a full count of all the slips. The C-I table was prepared from a fOill pe, cent. sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizem relating to each town or village. In 1941, the population figures were exhibited according to communitie: in the" Village Handbooks" published by the Government of Bombay. In 1951 the basis of classificatiop. at the Census was changed from a social to al economic one, and the figures for villages given in the Primary Cemms Abstrac" and in tables A-V, B-1, B-II, C-II and E are according to the followir .eight Livelihood Olasses :- Agricultural Classes. I. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their dependants, II. CultiV'atOTs of land, wholly or mainly unowned; and their dependant III. Cultivating labourers; and their dependants. IV. Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers; and t' -dependants. 3 Non-Agricultural Classes. Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from- V. Production other than cultivation. VI. Commerce. VII. Transport. VIII. Other services and miscellaneous sources. Dependants whether earning or non· earning, were classified at the census, according to the principal means of livenlihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts which contain basic information in respect of every village and tow n ba\ e beeu 'arranged according to talnlras and petas, units into which every cbstrict is divided for administrative purposes. The . taluka was. however, too small a unit to adopt for preparing the main ;Jensus tables. Therefore in the D, C and D series of tables. figures have been given for tracts and not for talukas and petas. Before sorting the censuS "lips, and tabulating the results, tracts were formed by combining the rural and urban areas of two or more talukas or pet"". The tracts into which Sholapur District was divided for thia purpose are shown below:- Rural Tracts • • (1) Rural areas of Barai and North Sholapur talukas. (2) Rural areas of Akalkot and South Sholapur talukaJl. (3) Rural areas of Mangalwedha and Pandharpur talukas. (4) Rural areas of Mal.iras and Sangola talukas. (5) Rural areas of Karmala, Madha and Mohol talukas. Urban Trac.!s. (I) Sholapur City. (2) Urban areas of Akalkot, Barsi and North Sholapur talulra.s. (3) Urban areas of MalBiras, Mangalwedha, Pandharpur and Sangola talukas. (4) Urban areas of Karmala, Madha and Mohol talukas. Urban areas comprise the towns sllOwn in Table A-V. Shortly before the 1951 population census, a census of small scale Industries was taken, and the results of this cemus are given in the table called <, Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments ", included in this bandbook. The intention was to find out something ahout Cottage and Home Industries, .rhd small workshops. The larger establisbments, that is, power-using establish !ments with 10 or more workers, and non-power using establishments with twenty or more wOTkers, were excluded from the scope of the enquiry as they now submit returns under the Factory Act. The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employing other people, except when looms Were used, If even one 400m was used a return was required. Otherwise the concept was of an ~nquiry which embraced all fo= of associate acb vity where articles were produced, repaired or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. Jd:O-I Bk Yo 2-1a A-I-Area, House. DISTRICT Occupied h(lu~es. Towns Area iu Villll.ges. s.qua:rt': miles and cit,y. Total. Rural. Urban. a Dirlrict Total .. 5,813'5 Il34 14 2138.Z76 17&,&15 90,461 Akalkot 536·8 115 26,777 ':!O.4()7 6,310 Barsi 627·8 128 34,615 2;i,629 8,986 Kamala 621·3 95 16,414 Ui.333 1,081 5~'5 % 19,431 16,438 2;993 (/87-7 n 22174J 1&,OlD 4.736 Ma.n~lwcdh3 440'5 70 lO,finO 9,~8. IJ16~ Mohol 049,5 87 15,043 13,981 I,06~ N ortb Shola.pur 284<3 42 63,170 8,360 54,810 P a.udha:rpl1l" 497,6 82 23,874 W,915 7,959' So.ngola. 609'8 6S IS,4:l.2 17,06"9 1.363 S{)ut.h Flholapllr 461'5 80 lS,2:!5 15.:!25 Note.-(lt The area ofthe difltrict ofShnlapl1r ~s ('.omDl.nuicatflii hy the Surveyor General of Indi!l. is 5GI31·S. sqU[Lrt] :mile:>. 1'he area fl.gu::-e-s shown in column 2 bavo been obtained from t~eD;';tri.at hspectorof Land Recofrrs.Sholapur, orllOtil localr{':cords. (~) The nunlaer of \"illa,ge~ shown in tollWln 3 is the number ofrevell,ue village!', excluding uninhabited "rillages and villagf's, which form part ofJifuniciral areas. ;3) Th~ Il,un:tber oftOWll"l given in ('ollltr_n 4 is the ~u!D-ber {If eitieR ..md towns .shown in tab~e A. V. In general, 0. town n.eans a lnUUlClp.al area. cantonment area or a place which hag ap.opulatiorl of .5.000 ormoro inhabitants and exhibits urlJan charocteristics. and Population. 5 SaoLAPUR. PopullLtiun. Persons. Ma.les. Fema.les. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urba.n. TotaL Rural. Urban. 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 1,50 16 1,035,098 ~70,JllB 773,809 530,470 248,Ba9 781,507 504,628 226,879 149,647 115,295 U,352 76,B5B 59,245 17,613 72,789 56,050 16,739 186,777 144,928 41,B4!:1 95,\H5 14,317 21,598 90,862 70,611 20,251 100,089 91,883 8,206 51,1)(}2 46,821 4,181 49,087 45,062 4,O!W 122.174 104,567 17,607 62,543 53,432 9,111 59,631 51,135 8,496 12:2,8.30 97,097 25,733 62,734 49,546 13,188 60,096 47,551 12,545 70,008 60,743 9.265 36,Oll 3],398 4,613 33,997 29,345 4,652 102,114 94,206 7,908 52,358 4B,333 4,025 49,756 45,873 3,8B3 326,632 48,545 ~77,087 169,611 25,Q66 144,5'16 156,021 23,479 132,54~ 128,552 88,038 40,514 65,652 45,041 20,611 62,900 42,997 19,903 103,990 96,293 7,697 52,681 48,827 3,854 51,309 47,466 3,843 93,503 93,503 48,4U 4S,4H 45,059 45,059 I (el) Th~~:!:~~a~f:~~U;!~~~~~~S:! r~:e~~~ o~~~U:C~~~8~ and 7 is the n~ber of cenSUS A house for census purposes meant .j a dwelling with a, separate main entrance.