r----"-----------~~~ THE CENTRAL INDIA STATEl CENSUS SERIES 1921 VOLUME XXII NAGOD STATE rEXT AND TABLES L'r -COL. C. E. LUARD, C.LE., .M.A. (OXON.), LA. SUjJe'l"intendt1!t of Gew5US Operations in Cent1'a/ lntiia,. ALLAHABAD THE l'WNEEI{ {'HESS Hl23 I Price Rs. 4 .. I ~----------------------~---------------~- T ABLE OF CONTENTS. l\:T ap of the State ... ... Fron hispiece nep6rt Para. III trod uc tory ... 1 Gelleral ... ... ... ... ... II Area ... ... III Boundaries IV Ohmate and Rainfall V Administra.tive DIVIsions ... ... VI Density ...... ... ... VII Towns and Villages VIII Houses and FamIlies IX Population and VariatIOn X General Conditions ... '" XI MovementJ of Population XII Religion XIIt Age, Sex alld Civil Condition XIV Sex ... ... XV CIvil Uondition ... ... XV! Literacy .,. ... XVlI Language ... XVIII InfinmtIes ... .. , ... XIX Caste, Tn be or Race ... XX Occupations ... ... ... .. .. XXI Tables ;; I.-Area, Irouses and Population ... '" n.- VariatIOn in Population SInce 18~1 .. ib. Ill-Towns and Villages classified by Population .. 6 IV -TO"ltlB classified by Population With variatiotl since tsin ... ib. V.-Towns arranged-territorIallt with PopulhtlOn by ReligIOn ... 7 VI -Parganas ammged territorIally WIth PopulatIOn by Rehgioo ib. Vn.-Age, Sex and CivIl Condition ... ... 8 VlII.-EducatlOn by Rebgion and Age .,. 9 IX.-Education by Selected Castes, Tnbes ot Races 10 X.--LBnguage ... ... ib. XI- Birthplace ... ... 11 XII.-Inflrmities-Distribution by Age ... ib• XII-A.-Infirmities by Selected Castes, Tribes Or Races ... 12 Xn:B.-Infirmitl€s by Birthplace in. XIII. - CaBte, TrIbe, Race or N ationahty '" 13 Appendix to ... .1. .1. ib. XIV,-ClVll CondItion by Age for Selected Castes, 'trIbes or Races 14 XV.-TerritorIal Distrlbu tion of the ChristIan PopulA.bon by Sect and Race 16 XV I.-European and Allied Races and Anglo-lndinns by Race and Age ib. X VIr -Occupation or Means of Livehhood~General Table ." ... J7 XVIII.-Subsidiary OccupatIOns of Agncultuflsts ... 22 XIX.-Certain Mixed Occupations i6~ XX,- VlsmbutlOn by Religion of Workers and Dependants in diff"Crenb Occupations ..., ... XXI.-OccupatlOn by Selected Castes, Tribes or Racea ... ii Page' XXII.-Indl1~triul Statistica-Paru· :h.-Distributron by Districts 28 .. " "III.-Indu~trH,,1 Establishments classified according to the class of Owners and Manage r9 ib. ,. h " IV -Caste or Race and Birthplace oC Skilled Workmen 29 " " " V -Caste or Race a.nd Birthlliace of Unskilled Labourers ib. Alphabetical Liab of Villages in the Nagod State, 1921- 31 '" " , , '~ M1,p OF NAGOO STATE (CENTRAL '"DIll.) jC~LE ,':'4 MILES 201-_1-____ - " .... SUWWAH\ ',.. rJ , \\ ~ ~y' , : s.f--I------------+- -----------+----~------+-t5· REf'EREII CES. FAIR WEATHER ROIlD ... _______ _ METALLED ROAD .... RAILWAV LINE E.. I. R .. HILLS S,",OWN liS ........... ~ TElislL OHANWIlHI .......... _ Dll- UNCHIiHRA .... .. ._.... 01\ NAGOO .. ... ..-. ;4---~-------------------------T----------~------- 'E CENSUS REPORT NAGOD STATE 1921. 1. l'Y1h'oductory,-The Census of 1921 was the fifth enumeration of the population of tbe Nngod State and the third in whlOh the British India Schedule was exactly applied and information whien ~v"S collect::d was included i_n the ImperIal 'rabies, The present Census w.s taken on the nIght of the 18th March 19~1 SlmtJitaneously with all India. The pro­ cedure adopted was similar to that of the prevIOus Census, The general outline is given below, 'l'he first step necessary In connectIOn with the arrangements for the Census is t.h~ preparation of the General Village Register, i,e.! a complet.e list .of all V1llag<ls. and hamlets 10 existence with the numher of houses mhablted and unmhablted In eacb ",1Iage and the names of persons Il.vailable to act as Charge Supermtendents, Supervisors and Enumerators. This reCtlrd was compiled and submitted to the Centlal India Agency as soon as the declsloll of the Government of India was communicated to ..the State that a decennial Cenous would be taken· Munshl Bal" Parshad, Inspector of Schools, who had previous experience was appomted 3S Slate Census Officer and aut.horised to correspond direct with the J,;iovincial Superin­ tendent of CenStls, H~ attended tbe tramIng class at Sehore with two supervisors "nd received practical training III the work of enumeration. On rcturn to ,Nagod he opened SimIlar classes at convenient centres in the State and imparted practical lllstruction to the Oharge Superintendents, Supervisors and Enumerators, The mantmls of instructions to Chnrge Superintendents and Supervisors and mstrnctions 100 Enumerators in English and Vernacular supplied by the Provincial Snperllltendent were freely distributed, read and explatned. The printed instructions were so complete that tbere was no need to supple­ ment them by others. The Ccnsns Officer next divided_ the Btate into Charges; each Oharge il)to Circles and ~ach Circle mto Blocks. There were 10 Charges, 79 C,rcles and 763 Blocke, The Tahsildll.rs were appointed Charge Superintendents, superior subordlllate staff as Supervi­ sors Ilnd clerks, schoolmasters, senior students and shop-keepers as Enumerators. The Code rules and lllstructions for each stage of t'be Census operations were strictly adhered to. The PlOvincial Superintendent of Census visited the State tWICe, In the first Visit he lllspected the general 'arrangements nnd progress.of prehmmary 1V0rk, In the second the knowled!(e of Enumerators was tested and the entries lD,:de b.l' them for Preliminary Enumera-_ twn were exammed. On both occasIOns complete satisfactIOn as to the ethciency of the Census staff, was announced, After th~ Census proper £he provieIOna! totals were coI!ected­ accordmg to the arrangements previously made and wired to tbe Census Commissioner for India, Simla nnd the Provincial. Supeflntendent on the 22nd Marcb. They totalled 68,190 souls (33,69? males and 34,497 females). After the detailed pro­ cesses of abstractlOD nnd tabulation thIS figure was fonnd to dlff~r by only ~ 4 persons less or -'03 per cen t., practically no difference, No difficulty of any kind was felt in. the enumeration, Th.. re was general co-opera­ tion, The Cellslls Ag~ncy worked very satlsfactorJly and I,he publIc made no sortof OppOSI­ tion but answered all qnestlons the enumerators put to them. For subsegnent processes the State deput.ed MUllShl Rasul Bd.khsh to the !JentralOffice At Inriore, who had worloed so well in 191 L The total eXl'enditure incurred by the Slate for enllmeratlOn and fin'al compIlation and report arP,oxlm"tely worked up to Rs. 2,166 "bieh gives 6 pies "s the cost of per head of populat.lOn agalllst ~ pies In IDII. The lllcrease IS d~e to afinotmally hIgh prices and wages "II rounn. I am much obliged to the Dlwan, Rai S~hilrPandit Iqbal. K,shan, for the persoDfrI interest he took III the w(lrk which malnly,contnbuteo Eo the s3tlsfactory results. '1'0 the Oensos Officer Mnnsbi Bala PraslI1f lwould tender my best tbanks for tbe efficient arrange­ ments maoe thl(lt1ghout and the excellent records Hnt to the head office, My thanks are also due to MIInsh, Rasul Bakst. for th", care and intelligence with which be compiled the finnl tables, 2 1[, GeneraJ,-Th""Nagali (Uu"hehra) State is one ~f the Sanj>d Sttttes in the BagheI lha"d Political charge of Dentrat J,.,aia Agen~y. ill. .drea,-It lies bct\V1J'en ~4 1~ and 240 19' N. L. aud 800 28' and 800 53' E, L, and haR an area'of abQnt aDI squ_n;re''intles with ~ population of 68,166, The greater ,?arb af the territory ig?'~ttu"ted in the 'hrgh level plain to the E'\st of Panna J:l.ange, but a small por~ion falls in tne hilly tract, It B01"nd(lrle,~,-Tne St~te is Ollt up into two sections, the isolated ,Pargana of Dhan­ wai IVhlch hes E~st of Malhar, IS seplr"ted from r,he main block and surrounded by the Murw"", T"hsil of Jubb'llpDre Distriet of tbe Centr,,1 Provinces. The other parts are bounded on tbe North by P,.nnll and Soh"wol, on the &st by Rewa, on the South by Aj.ig'uh and Maih"r aad On the Wast by Panua. V, Oltm/Lle and rain/alt,-The State shares the general cOI!ditions of Baghelkhand ex­ periencing greater ex"remes of heat and cold tbau the I:ltates in the west of the Agency. The average r~lnf.. l1 of tile State for the last 10 yeals is 44 S inches, the highest reached wa.s 5~'87 inches ill 1917-18, the lowest 30'6:1 inches \VA." recorded in 1915-14 The h.eavy fall in 1914,1'), lV17·18 and W19·20 was most Injurious to all crops of both Rabl and Kh~rif. VI. A<iministrative Div'Bion.,-For administrative -Pllrposes the State is divided into three Parganas of Nagod, Unchebra and Dhanwai, VII. Dens't,y.-The mean denSIty of population for the whole State gives 136,persons to the square mile agaUlst 149 in 1911. Tbe decrease of 1:3 persons since 1911 IS chiefly due to (1) high mortality epidemic in 1918, 2) aholem which'prevll.iled bhmughout the nec"de except III 1916,1918 and 1919, 3) scarClLy"od a '[liMh of the !"Ising price. offuud8tuif, The densitoy fvr Lbe three earlter a.nsuses being (l8n; \59, (·1891) 168 and (19UI) 131:. Comparison wibh th~ other Stl\tes of the polibiclll cb"rge and contiguous States is given in the lnset, Thus in pOlnt of densltoy the State h"!I."utlered Hewl\ 111:8 l"rgely through the .. bove cltuses. ,"loreover the greater p.,,'t. NallOd 13& Malhllr 161 of the State is covered wtr.h sanrlstone and 1imestone hIlls SOhawal 179 whICh ,.bsorbs "bout. one-balf of the tot,,] area nf the S""te Rothl 119 and compares nnfo,vourahly With the sister States of JlJaihal: Pauna 76 Ajalgurh 106 and Sohawn.l, but very f~irly lYith Panna and Aj"igal h whIch are simtlarly sitnated.