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(1981 Census Publications, Series II in All India Series will be published in the following parts)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATIONS
Part I-A • Administration Report.Enumeration
Part I-B Administration Report -Tabulation
Part II·A General Population Tables
Part JI-B Primary Census Abstract
Part III General Economic Tables
Part IV Social and Cultural Tables
Part V Migration Tables
Part VI .. Fertility Tables
Part VII Tables on Houses and Disabled Population
Part VIII Household Tables
Part IX Special Tables on Scheduled C:J.stes and Scheduled Tribei
Part X-A Town Directory
Part X-B Survey Reports on selected 'fowns
Part X-C Survey Reports on selected Villages
Part XI Ethnographic Notes and special studies on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Part XII Census Atlas
Paper 1 of 1982 Primary Census Abstra'Ct lor Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Trices
Paper 101' 1984 Household Population by Rcligien of Head of Hous~hold
STATE GOVERNtvlENT PUBLlCATIONS
Part XHLA&B District Census Handbook for each of the 45 districts in the ~{ate.
(Village and Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract) CONTENTS
q'ISO ~~T Pages " Foreword i-iv 1 """'"'" 2 smn"'Il J>re.fape -v-vi 3 f~llr IIiT ;mn District Map 4 ~~\I,l "'t~ Important Statistics vii 5 f~"~~1fi fC!'~) Analytical Note ix-xxxiii ql:fT~re'ftfi' fet:q-IJfT, ~2~f~a- ~nf(f ST1'{ Of3" Notes & Explanations; List of Scheduled ~f:q(f ~ (l) fcPHul-2 mwf(lCfl tq~q- ij'tIT ifiliT u l I f~ i3fif1TlIfiil ~ff~J ~r'~ ffl~, ~T, ~ ;;r ar'tt ~~!'I'R ~cri3fl em GI'~-GI'r~ arr~lfij'r ~d"r ~ I 3fPlf Gffif if; ij"N ~ W~ijCJir CfiT ~ f~ i~ ~ qf~«1+r.=r ~~n:r ~cru if; f ~ ~;:rr p~ 1981 'fir f~ IJt"'1"lfOfiff PH ~f::rm31T ~ a-rR if f~-IV if 3T;;m'tffi mfFrlfT 3TT~ 3T;:r~f'tffi Gf~lfT ~ ~aif~a' CfiT~JI' 3T'h: ~. Vif ~f~ ~f 1981 l('~ ~ ~~ ~ 311-0:: ~'fT rn'l if; B-lfCRi 'SflITij' ;;t: ~r, 26 .~"'?!i, ~982 iii FOREWORD The distriCt census handbook (DeH); compiled by the Censu~ Organisation on behalf of the St~te governments, is one of the most valuab!e products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, adminstrators, academicians and researchers. It is. interalia used for delimitatioe of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional prans and as an aid to District admin:stration. The district census handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwise for each city or town. It also providet data on infraSlructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. The district census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and peA for each vWage and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlar;;ed and it contained a descr~ptive account of the di.trictr administrative stati&ticsj census tables and village and town director)" including PCA. The 1971-nCH series waf> p:anned in three parts. Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town peA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative stati&tics. di~trict census. tables and certain analytical tab!es based 011 PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, iTl some states it was confined to district census tabJes and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While d&.>igning the fvrrnat of 198 t DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the formats of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same timer comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. Al1 the amenities e~cept power supply in the village have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the d:stance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be giv.:n. The r~structuring of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on inf~astrUGtllre aspect parti0ul.:!dy in r.:btion to amen;ties and lanu-lse patten is expected to further meet the nec-d of micro levet p!anning for rural areas It is expected to help not only in local area pJanninK but regulating the prov;s:oll of good~ and services as well so as to minimise the r~gional imbalances in the precess of development. A few new items of information have also been introduced t() meet some of the r;;quiremcnts of the Revised l\lin;l11um Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary hea'th sub-centres, and co,umunity healih wor;,ers in the village have been introduced in the v;gage d[re~tory with tr,is obje.chve: in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the v fla;;es in the district which are inaccessible, A new column, "total popiliation. and number of househo!d:>"- has been introduced to txamine the corre:ation of the amenities with 'the populat!oD and numb",r of households they ser,;c:. Addjtion of two more appenc'ces [sting the villagt's where no amcnlt:es are available and acc(lrditl~ to the proportion of scheduled ca,tes and scheduled tribes popUlation to tILe tiJti'.l population lia.~ ai",;] ~ecn :.-ade Wiri lhi~ 'iieW in m;r.d. The format" of the town directory La\ e a'so been modified to meet the rcqu:r<'ments of tho Minimum Needs Programme by providing information on a few 11';W items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums ill c!a5s-! a-,ld Class-II towns {Statement iV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It i:o expected that ihis \vill help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. The column> on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in statement IV rdating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres under cducmional faciLties in statement Yare a.lso added illtW'.liil with this v;ew. Iv A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class, of towns into consideration, The addition of the columns on civic administration status alld population iJ} a few statements also serves th:s purpose. The format of the primary census abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and ,other questions canvassed through the individual slip of 1981 census. In order to avoid delay in publication of 1981 DCH series it has been so designed that Part-A of the volume contains village and town directory and Part-B,the PCA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Tabwi'T7Town levels: At the beginr ing of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on PCA and non census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and tahsil/Police Station! CD Block etc., level maps depicting the hound aries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places, to further enhance the value of the publication. This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and· the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled iQ. the State under the direction of Shri K. C. Dubey, the Director of Cencsus Operations, Madhya Pradesh on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing ..The task of planning, designing and coordination of this publication was carried out by Sl ri N. G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office. Dr. B. K. Roy,. Deputy Registrar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have been scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the head Quarters under the guidance of Shri M. M. Dua, Senior Research Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in the project. P. PADMANABHA REGISTRAR GENERAL, nIDIA New Delhi; the 26th April, 1982. PREFACE One of the most important pubJication of the Census are the District Census -Handbook. This publication was begun in thi's caption since 1951 . Census. But -prior to this, a similar publication was released in the Census earlier than 195 1. That pubJi.catiOB was on the title of Village Statistics and it contains only vil1a~e names and tetaJ popuJatioB therefore. The 1951 Census eQuId, therefore. be said to represent a significant step in tire process of making detailed Census statistics available down upto the vil!age le\-cl. In fact the District Census Handbook is the most important publication at the Census and is also perhaps the most widely used. Also perhaps this is the only publication used at the micro-level down uplo the tahsil and development Block. The form of the District Census Handbook has gone considerable change since 1951. This is basically due to the growing demand for more information. For the purpose of convenience as well as with a view to making the basic statistics available with the data users as early as possible, the District Census Handbooks have been split into 2 parts. Part A contains the Introductory Note. on the district and Town/Village Directory. This volurre will be found useful to get almost aU the non-Census statistics available at one place. Part B contains an introdli'Ctory note and' the Primary Census Abstract. One of the innovation of the present Census has ·been in terms of allotment of Loca tion Code numbers to the villages. In the earlier Censuses the Location Code system was such that the villages of a Patwari Circle were found at different serial numbers. Since the Patwari Circle still remains a important administrative unit. the Location Code numbers have been so given in the present Census that it may be possible to locate all the v.iUages of a particular Patwari Circle at one place one below the other. When the planning for the present Census was started in 1979 the tahsils were still revivable as an important unit of the administration, the whole planning was, there fore, done taking tahsil as the Unit. It was during the course of the Census that some requests were informally received for making blockwise data available. Since the~e requests were received very late and were also received only in an informal manner. it has not been possible to disturb the original planning of villages arranged according to the location code numbers taking tahsil as one unit. However , additional exercise has been done and in addi tion to the tahsil figures blockwise figures have also been indicated. It is hoped that the availability of the~ blockwise data will enhance the utility of this publication. It is hoped that this handbook will provide the basic statistical sunport to cxecuti ve and developmental administration. It is needless to state that the proper implementation of policy depend on the ability of the administration authorities concerned. It may be remembered 'that the villagewise area figures given in the Primary Census Abstract and the ViUage Directory are those based on the village papers wbite the tahsil totals givenin in PCA are obtained from the Land Records department which in many cases exclude forest area. The statistics that are contained in the District Cel!sus Handbook are the result of a massive and marathon exercise in the compilation and tabulation of voluminous statistics. The compilation of the statistics contained in this volume was carried out by 9 Regional Tabulation offices each under a Regional Deputy Director of Census operations. These Regional offices were rlln with the help of purely temporary staff-roughly about 1,500 Tabulators. about 250 Checkers and about 80 Supervisors. I am grateful to my' colleagues the Regional Deputy Directors and those temporary staff/for the speed and accuracy in the editing and basic compilation of more than nearly 522 lakhs slips and nearly 1 lakh of household schedules. The compilation of village Directory was taken up at the Head- , ql_larters and I am equally grateful to the officers and staff who have worked whole hcartedly on the job in a collective and co-operative venture. It is not possible nor fair to name in this. The maps contained in the Handbook have been prepared in the Cartographic Section of my office. However, the analytical note included in this volume has been prepared by Shri M. L. Sharma, Deputy Director of Census Operations. I am tha~fuI to all who have contributed to bring this publication possible. The Census Organisation is also grateful to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for having been 'so kind as to undertake the publication of these handbooks and to the Controller, Printing and Stationery, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal and his staff for the printing arrangement$ made. The inspiration behind this ambitious venture is that of our indefatigable Registrar Gen e~al, Shri P. Padmanabha, to whom we are 'aU deeply grateful. Our thanks are also due to Shri N. G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) for aU the help that we received from him and his .Section. K. C. Dubey Director of Census OperatioBI. Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh. Janmasb~mi 31. AUBUS~, 1983 vii IMPORTANT STATISTICS MADHYA PARDESH Dewas District Populati... Total Persons 52,178,844 795,309 Males 26,886,305 412,302 Females 25,292,539 383,007 Rut"al Persons 41,592.385 646,542 Males 21.266.321 333,892 Females 20,326.064 312,650 Urban Persons 10.586.459 148,767 Males 5,619.984 78,410 Females 4,966.475 70,357 Decennial Population Growth Rate 1'.1,1-81 25.27 33.81 Area (Sq Kms.) 443,446.04 7,020.0 Density of population (Per Sq. Km.) 118 113 Sex-Ratio (Number of Females per 1000 males) 941 929 l.iteracy Rate Persons 27.87 26.6 ) Males 39.49 39.68 . Females 15.53 12.6a Percentage of urba~ population to total Population 20.29 1S.7] Percentage to total population ( i ) Main Workers Persons 38.41 37.11 Males 53.52 52.89 Females 22.35 20.14 (ii ) Marginal Workers Pesrons 4.52 5.91 Males 0.96 1.07 Females 8.3Q H.11 (iii) Non-Workers Persons 57.07 56.5~t, Males 45.52 46.09 Females 69.35 68.74 Break-up of Main Workers: ( perc("nta,e amoag Ulain workers) ( i ) Cultivators Persons 51.96 46.33 Males 53.81 48.f!) Females 47.28 39.33 (ii ) Agricultural Labourers Persons 14.24 29.73 Males 17.81 22.04 Females 40.61 51.48 (iii) Household. Industry Persons 3.52 2.92 Males 3.36 3.11 Females 3.93 2.39 (iv) Other Workers Persons 20.28 21.02 Males 25.02 26.05 Females 8.18 6.80 Percenta&e of Scheduled Castes Persons 14.10 18.18 population to total populatioll Males 14.16 . 18.09 Females 14.04 18.27 Percentage of Schduled Tribes Persons 22.91 13.83 population to total population Males 22.33 13.63 Females 23.66 14.05 Number of occupied residential house5 8,929.190 126,645 Number of villages Total 76.603 J .152 inhabited 71.429* 1,068 Uninhabited 5.174** 84+ Number of Towns 327 8 * Includes 77 inhabited villages v.hicb have been treated wholly as urban outgrowth of nearby Cit)' jTown. '" '" Includes 58 Uninhabited villages of which Abadi Area have been merged in nearby City/To",n_ + Includes 8 Uninhabited villages of which Abadi Area have been merged in nearby City/Town. It' 00' I' " <15' 77' ~' MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT DEWAS 4 I 0 4 .. jMll£S ~ 420 4.. e 12 16 KlLOMETRtS 24' 00 € r ...I REFERENCE BOUNDARY: DISTR~L. .,,' ,_,_,_ J> TAHS~ •• 45' ~ HEADQUARTERS: DISTRICT, " TAHSIL NATIONAL HIGHWAY,., ••• """,...!!!.l.... STATE HIGHWAY", '" • ",_IH_II_ METALLED ROAD UNMETALLED ROAD , , RAILWAY LINE WITH STATION 8ROAD GAUGE "" """,=-0&...: /, (J RIVER l STREAM ,," '''~ 'f VILLAGES HAVING 5,000 AND ",""D , ~lltJ AMVE POPIUTION WITH NAME • ?;' 1:( 'l (_ UR9AN AREA WITH POPULATION f V 3d SIZE CLASS;· 11,111, IV, V &VII",t,. 30' ~~ 1Il5T AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE PIO HOSt' DEGREE COLLEGE"" REST IiOUSE IN DISTRICT KHANDWA 23' 76' 00' 30' 45' ))'00' 15' o GaVl.OfIHOIIWYiIGHTI,.. f?n~OfT~"Cfi fe 'Cqv(1 ANALYTICAL NOTE xi NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS This note gives the meanings and explanation The same criteria is retained at the 1981 Cen- of terms and concepts used in this handbook. This is sus also that comparability with the previous Census necessary because, without a proper grasp of the could be ensured and which would provide basis meanings of such simple concepts as building, for analysing of figures and urbanisation in the house, household, workers etc., it is not possible to country. But it has to be remembered that urban appreciate the data presented in the handbook. criterion of 198 1 various slightly from that ofl96 1 Thus, one who does not know that an unpretentio and 197 1 Censuses in that the males working in us hut in the thick of Bastar forests with unplaste activities such as fishing, logging, etc. were treated red bamb 00 walls and a thatch roof and with as engaged in non-agricultural activity and therefore space hardly enough for two cots is not a bit lessa contributed to the 75% criterion in 1961 and of a buliding than the Indian versions of the sky 197 I Censuses, whereas in the 1981 Census these scrapers in one of the metropolitan cities, or that a activities are treated as on per with cultivation and central jail housing all manners of criminals and shady agricultural labour for the purpose of this criterion. characters is as much household as the house hold Applying the criteria described 'Rbove a !ist of of the most pious and god-fearing citizen in the State, 327 towns was finalised and it is these 327 towns may not be able to appreciate what exactly the figures which are treated as urban areas for the purpose represent. of 198 1 Census. The Additional Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Aff Concepts and Definitions airs sent a letter to the Chief Secretaries of the State Governments as back as 10th May, 1979, Rural/ Urban: requesting them' to ensure that no changes are made in the jur~sdiction and boundaries of municipalities It has been the tradition of the Indian Census and revenue villages, tahsils, sub-divisions and dis to present the Census data for rural and urban tricts during the period frome 1-1-1980 to areas separately. In fact, in all the Censu- - til 30-6-1981. However, subsequent to our finaliza ses thwughout the world this classification of cen- tion of rural and urban frame the State Government sus data in to rural and urban units is generally in the Local Government Department notified areas recognised. However, distinction between rural and and municipalities. Such places have not been tre urban is not yet amenable to a single definition ated as town for the purpose of Census and the which would be applicable to all countries. Secretary to Government in the Local Government Department had agreed to this arrangements. Simi The definition of an urban unit at the 197 1 larly the State Government raised the status of 6 Census was as follows:- municipal cbmmittees to that of municipal corpora tions are also treated as municipal committees. (a) All places with a municipality, corporation, While dealing with the subject of rural and cantonment board or notified town area, urban bre.ak up mention may be made of the area (b) All other places which satisfied the follo under the Special Area Development Authority. wing criteria; The Special Area Development Authority have been (i) A minimum population of 5,000; constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tahta Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam 1973 and they enjoy the (ii) At least 75 per cent of male working popu- power to fUllction as a municipality so far Iation engaged in non-agricultural pursuits as the municipal management of and that area is concerned. The limits of these Special (iii) A density of population of at least 400 Area include large portions of rural areas compri per Sq. Km. (1,000 per Sq. mile). sing number of villages situated around the core xii town or village of such Special area. For example duced in 1971 Census will also be followed for Orchha is a SADA area in Tikamgarh district but the 198 1 Census. The essential requirements for there is no town in this area. Similarly, Malan the constitution of a Standard Urban Area are. jkhand in Balaghat district, Bhedaghat in Jabalpur district, Mandav in Dhar district and similar other (i) It should have a core town of a minimum cases are SADA areas but there are no urban area population of 50,000 (ii) the contiguous areas with in that. The objective of the SADA area per made up of other urban as well as rural admini haps is to control the future development of these strative units should have mutual socio-economic areas in a planned manner and that is all. It was, links with the core town and (iii) in all probability therefore, not consid;)red desirable to treat such this entire area should get fully urbanised in a SADA areas at par with other urban bodies like period of two or three decades. Certain Standard municipal corporations, municipal committees etc. Urban Areas were determined on this basis and oaly that part of it is treated as urban which and some basic data were is really so. As such as in the Korba town SADA presented for 195 I, 1961 and 1971 for such area only Korba town has been treated as urban areas mid their components. Similar data have been and rest of the area remains in the rural frame. presented for the Standard Urban Areas in 1981 also. The idea is to prese~t basic data for these Urban Agglomeration : areas for four to five decades so that the urbanisa tion process in those areas can be studied. Howe Apart from town/city the 1971 concept of ver there has been some minimum changes in the urban agglomeration is also adopted L.r the 198 1 constituent units of the Standard Urban Areas of Census. Very of[~n large railway colo.lies, univer 198 1 Census as compared to those of 197 1, but sity campuses, port areas, military camps, etc. come the list of Standard Urban Areas remains un- up ou tside the statutory limits of the city or town changed. but adjoining it. Such areas may not by themselves qualify to be treated as towns but jf they form Size Class of Towns: a continuous spread with the town, they are ou, growths of the town and deserve to b0 treated as The urban arcas are clas~iricd in to 6 classes urban. Such towns together with their outgrowths referred to as towns of Class I to VI. The c1a~sifi have been treated as one urban unit and called -cation is shown below ;- urban agglomeration. An urban agglomeratio~ 100,000 and above may constitute. Class I Class II 50,000 to 99,999 (a) A city with continous outgrowth, (the pait of outgrowth being outside the statutory limit but Class III 20,000 to 49,999 failing within the boundaries of the adjoining Class IV 10,000 to 19,999 vjllage or villages); Class V 5,000 to 9,999 (b) One town with similar outgrowth or two Class VI Less than 5,000 or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths as in (a); or It is customary to treat a town ha ving a popu- (c) A city and one or more adjoining towns lation of 1 Lac and above as a city. I with their outgrowths all of which form a conti- nuous spread. Census House: Standard Urban Area: A Census House is a building or part of a buil A new concept of Standard Urban Area intro- ding having a separate main enterance from the road xiii or common coartyard or staircase, etc., used or houseless household is that which is normally recongnised as a separate unit. It may be occupied found to be residing on the road side, pavements, or vacant. It may be used for residential non-resi in hume pipes, under staircases', or in open, temple, dential purpose or both. mandaps, platforms and the like. Institutional households have been explained above. Those If a building had a number r..f flats or blocks households which do not fall in the category of which were independent of one another having Institutional household and houseless household separate entrance of their own from the road or a have been categorised as Normal households, The common staircase or common courtyard leading to a enumerator was f~quired to indicate in the House main gate, they have been considered as a separate hold Schedule whether the household belonged census houses. to 'InstitutionI household' or 'Houseless house hold'. For institutional '1' was written against the In some cases, howeve-r, it was difficult to question "Type of h,=,usehold" and '0' was indi apply the definition strictly. For example, in an cated in the case of houseless. household. For normal urban area, a flat has five rooms, each having household, no entry was required to be made. direct entrance to the common staircase or courtyard The enumeration of institutional households which by definition, had to be treated as five Cen was done in the manner the normal households sus houses. If all these five rooms were found were enumerated during the enumeration period occupjed by single household entire flat was trea from 9th February to 28th February, 1981. The ted as one cenSllS house. In such ,cases singleness houseless households were enumerated on the night of use was taken into consideration to avoid un of 28th February, 1981. due proliferation of the number of census houses. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: An occupied residential census house means a census house which is actually used for residen Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are ial purposes, either wholly or partly by one or those found in the Notification of Scheduled more households. Castes/Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976 (108 of 1976),. By this amendment, area Household: restrictions for most of the Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes have been removed. However, The term household in census is defined as a the area restrictions still remains in respect' of group of persons who commonly live together and Dhobi (in Bhopal, RaiSCH and Sehore, districts): would take their meals from a common kitcllen Kotwal and Pardhi (in Bhind, Dhar,Dewas, Guna, unless the exigencies of work prevented anyone Gwulior, Indore, Jhabua, K'hargone,Mandsaur,Morc of them from -doing so. There may be a household na, Rajgarh, Ratlam,Shajapur, Shivpuri, Ujjain, and of persons related by blood or a household of Vidi"ha districts) and Kumhar(in Chhatarpur, Datia, unrelated persons or _having a mix of both. Exam Panna, Rewa, Satna, Shahd,)l, Sid hi, and Tikamgarh ples of unrelated households are boarding houses, districts) Scheduled Castes. Likewise Keer,and Pardhi messess, hostels, residential hotels, rescue homes, Scheduled Tribes are still restricted only ill Bhopal, jails, ashrams etc .. These are called Institutional Raisen and Sehore districts; Mina in Sironj sub households. There may be one member households division of Vidisha districts; Panika in Chhatarpur, 2 member households or multi-member households. Datia, Panna, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, and For census purposes, each one of these types is Tikamgarh districts, Pardhi, Bahelia, Bahellia, regarded as a 'household'. Chita Par Bhainsdehi tahsils of Betul district, (4) BiJaspur and Classification of workers by Industrial Category ~ Katghora tahsils of Bilaspur district, (5) Durg and Balod tahsils of Durg district, (6) Chowki, Manpur At the 198 1 Census, the questions w hicQ were and Mohala Revenue Inspectors Circles of Raj canvassed in the Individual slip to elicit informa.. nandgaon district, (7) Murwara, Patan and Sihora tion on economic characteristics of the population tahsils of Jabalpur district, (8) Hosharigabad and were as follows : Sohagpur tahsils of Hoshangabad district and I Q. 14A Narsingh~pur district, (9) Harsud tahsil of Khand Worked any tim. at all last Year? wa district, (10) Bindra Nawagarh, Dhamtari and Yes Mah~samund tahsiis of Raipur district. Persons', (H{STID/R/B/ljO) No belonging to the castes/tribes mentioned above Q. 14B If yes in 14 A, ·did you work for found in the districts other then those where Sche major part of last year? duled ha,ve not been treated as scheduled castes Yes (1)/No (2) or scheduled tribes as the case may be. It may be II Q.lSA Main activity last year? mentioned here that schedu!ed castes can be belong Yes in 14 B (CjAL/HHI/OW) to the Hindu or Sikh religion only, while the sche- No in 14 B (H/STjD/R/B/I/O) duled tribes belong to any religion. The list of Q. 15 B 14B Yes-Any other work any time Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes relating last year? to ¥adhya Pradesh relevant to 198 1 Census has Yes (CfAL/HHI/OW)No been given immediately after - this .. note an 14 B No-Work done any time last year? Annexure-I. (C/AL/HJ:lIIOW) Literates and Educated Persons III Q.16 If No in 14A or 14B, seeking/avai A person who can both read and write with lable for work? Yes (1) INo (2) understanding in any language is treated as literate. The above questions were formulated after A person who can merely read but cannot write, discussion at the Data User's Conference & technical is not literate. It is not n::cessary that a person groups. At the 1961 and 1971 Census,the economic who is literate shoUld have received any formal questions were based on different approaches, ed ucation or should have pass::d any minimum namely, usual status and current status, were educational standard. adopted with reference period of one year and one week for seasonal and for regular work respect The test for literacy was ne'ces5ary only when ively. Current status approach was thought to be the-enumerator had any doubt about any person irre1event in the context of OUt country where returning as literate. The test for literate was usual status of It worker is considered to be more ability to read any portion of.the Enumerator's. appropriate. Instruction Booklet and to write a simple letter. Ability merely to sign one's name was not consi The above questions are in three parts and dered adequate to qualify a person as being able have been designed in sLlch a way that first of all to write with understanding. If a person claimed it attempts to divide the population into two to be literate in some other language w:th which broad groups viz., (1) those who have worked the enumerator was not familiar, the respondenrs -any time at all during the l~st year, and (2) those word was taken as correct. who have not worked at all. The latter group con sists of the non·workers. This information is All children of the age of 4 years or less were obtained in Q. 14. A. Having classified the popllla treated as illiterate even if they might be going tion into two groups, the next attempt has been to school and had picked lip reading and writing to classify those whQ have worked any time into a few odd words. maill workers a.na marsinal workers on the basill xv of time spent on work as well as secondary work throughout the year or only during certain seasons if any, of the Main workers. If a person had or part of the year, depending on the local circums worked for 6 months or more (1 83 days or tance. In all su~h cases the reference peliod has more) he was treated as Main Worker and if the been the time brp-ad span of the agricultural sea period of work was less than six months he was sons preceeding the enumeratioq. regarded as a Marginal Workers. In Q. 15 B details Main Workers: of secondary work or marginal work are obtained. Finally an attempt has been made'to. determine The main workers are those who have worked for a major part of the year preceding the enume wh$lther ~hose who are non-workers or marginal wrkers ale seeking or are available fOf work. ration. Main activity of a person who was, engaged in more than one activity was reckoned in terms of It will thus be seen that these questions on eco· time disposition. For example, if a person had nomic aspects have been so designed as to inden worked as daily wage I~bourer for 4 months, as an ti fy all workers full time workers or seasonal work agricultural labour for 1 month and as a culti ers or marginal workers and non-workers with vator for 2 months he was treated as a Main worker reference to the activities during the last one year on the basis of total time spent on work and his period prior to the date of enumeration. main activity have been reckoned as Daily Wage Labourer since he spent major part of his time on The various terms and definitions used in collec work in this activity than as cultivator or agricul ting the economic data have been explained briefly tural labourer. in the following paragraphs. Marginal Workers: Definition of work: Marginal workers are those who have worked Work has been defined as participation in any any time at all in the year preceding the enumera economically productive activity. Such participation tion but have not worked for a major part of the may be physical or mental in natlJre. Work involves year. For example, if a person who is mostly not only actual work but also effective supervision doing househeld duti~s, or is mainly a . student, and direction of work. or mainly a dependent or a rentier or a beggar and For person on regular employment or engaged the like who is basically a non·worker had done in regular type of work, temporary absence during some work at some time dur:ng the r~ference period, the reference period on account of illness, holiday, he was treated as a marginal worker . . temporary closure, strike etc., was not a disqual ification for treating them as wQrkcrs. Non-Workers: Non-workers constitute of householders,students Persons under training, such as apprentices, dependents, retired, persons or rentiers, l'leggars with or without stipends or wages were also trea inmates of inst;tutions, unemployed persons etc. They ted as workers. In the case of a person who had are persons who have not worked any timeat alnn been offered work but had not actually joined, the year preceding the enumeration. he was not treated as a worker. Rent receivers, pen· Main activity of workers : sioners etc., were not treated as economically active The main activityof workers has been class unless they also eng;age~ tl].emselves iq' sqme ecpno· fied in to four categories viz., cultivator, agricultu. mic activity. rallabourer, household industry and other work in the peA at the 198 1 Census. A significanced depa- In all these questions, the reference period is the one year; preceeding the \late of enumeration. rture has, therefore, been made this time while Certain types of work such as agriculture, household presenting the data on economic activity which rela industry like gur making etc., are canied on either te to op,ly four broad categories indicated above as xvi as against nine industrial categories of the 1961 and as agricultural labourers. An agricultural labourer the 1 97 1 Censuses. The nine categories of has no risk in the cultivation and he has no right of the 1971 census were (1) Cultivator, lease or contract on land on which he works. (II) Agricultural labourers, (III) Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting & Plantation, Orchards Household Industry : & allied activities; (IV) Mining, (V) Manufacturing Processing and Servicing with sub.categories (a) At Household Industry is defined as an industry Household Industry and (b) other than Household conducted by the head of the household himself Industry (VI) Constrcution, (VlI) Trade and Comm herself and or by the members of the households erce, (VIII) Transport, Storage and Communication at home or within the village in rural areas and and (IX) Other workers. The correspondence bet only with in the precincts of the house where the ween the categories of 198 1 and 19 71 an~ as hOl!sehold lives in urban areas. The larger proportion under :- of workers in a household industry should consist of the members of the household- including the head. 1981 Categories 1971 Categories The industry should not be run on the scale of regis' I 1 ter"ed factorywhich would qualify and has to be regi II l[ stered under the Indian Factories Act. III V (A) IV nT, IV, V (b), VI, VI1, VIH & IX Household industry relates to production, pro cessing, servicing, repairing or making and selling Cultivator : (bllt not merely selling) of goods such as handloom For purposes of Census a person is wor;.;ing weaving, dyeing, carpentry, bidi rolling, pottery as cultivator if he or she is engaged cJther as emp' manufacture, bicycle reparing, black-smihing, tailo loyer, single worker or family worker in cultivation rin~ etc. It does not include professions such as a of land owned or held from Government or Leld pleader or doctor or barber or dhobi even if such from piivate persons or institutions for payment professions are run at home by members of the in money, kind or share. household. Cultivation involves ploughing, sowing and harvesting and production of cereals and millet Other Workers: crops such as wheat, paddy" Jowar, bajra, ragi, etc., and other crops such as sugarcane, ground All workers i. e. those who have been engaged nuts, tapioca etc. and pulses raw jute and kindered in some economic activity during the last one year fibre crops, cotton etc. does not include fruit growi who are not cultivators or agricultural labourers or, ng, vegetable growing or keeping orchards or gro in household industry are 'other workers'. The type ves or working of plantation like tea, coffee, rubber of workers that come under this category include cinchona, opium and other medicianl plantations. factory workers, plantation workers, those in trade AgricuHural Labourer : commerce, business, transport, mining, construction political or social work, all government, servants, Persons working in another persons land for municipal empolyees, teachers, pries~s, entertainment wages in money, kind or share have been treated artists etc. xvii ANNEXURE-I MADHYA PRADESH ( The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amedment) Act, 1976. Dated the 18 th September, 1976) Schedultd Castes 32. Kotwal (in Bhind, Dhar, Dewas, Guna Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Khargone, 1. Audhelia Mandsaur, Morena, Rajgarh, Ratlam. 2. Bagri, Bagdi Shajapur, Shiypuri, Ujjain, and, Vidi 3. Bahna, Bahana sha districts). . 4. Balahi, Balai 5. Banchada 33. Khangar, Kanera, Mirdha 6. Bargunda 34. Kuchbandhia 7. Barahar, Basod 35. Kumhar (in Chhatarpur, Datia, Panna. 8. Basor, Burud, Bansor, Bansodi, Bans- Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, and Tikam phor, Basar garh districts). '9, Bedia 36 Mahar, Mehra, Mehar 10. B;!ldar, Sunkar 37. Mang, Mang Garodi, Mang Garudi, 11. Bhapgi, Mehtar, Balmik, Lalbegi, Dharker Dankhni Mang, Mang Mahasi, Madari, 12. Bhaumati Garudi, Radhe Mang. 13. Chadar 38, Meghwal 14. Chamar Chamari, Bairwa, Bhambi, Ja 39. Moghia tay, Mochi, Regar, Nona, Rohidas, 40' Muskhan Ramnami,Satnami, Surjyabanshi, Surjyara 41. Nat, Kalbelia, Sapera, Naydigar, Kubu mnami, Ahirwar, ChamarMangan, Raidas. tar 15. Chidar 42. Pardhi (in Bhind, Dhar, Dewas, Guna, 16. Chikwa, Chikvi Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Khargone 17. Chitar Mandsaur, Morena, Rajgarh, Ratlam, 18. Dhait, Dahayat, Dahat Shajapur" Shivpuri, Ujjain and Vidisha 19. Dewar d·stricts). 20. Dhanuk 43. Pasi 21. Dhed, Dher 44. Rujjhar 22. Dhobi (in Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore 45. Sansi, Sansia districts) 46. Silawat 23. Dohor 47. Zamral 24. Dom, Dumar, Dome, Domar, Doris Scheduled Tribes 25. Ganda, Gandi 26. Ghasi, Ghasia 1. Agariya 27. Holiya 2. Andh 28. Kanjar 3. Baiga 29. Katia, Patharia 4. Bhaina 30. Khatik 5. Bharia Bhumia, Bhiunhar Bhumia, Bhu 3 1. Koli, Kori miya, Bharia, Paliha, Pando. xviii ,. Bhattra 28. Korwa, Kodaku 7. Bhil, Bhilala, Bareia, Patelia 29. Majhi 8,_ Bhil Mina 30. Majhwar 9. Bhunjia 31. Mawasi 10. Biar, Biyar 32. Mina (in Sironj sub-division of Vidisha 11. Binjhwar district) 12. Birhul, Birhor 33. Munda 13. Damor, Dainaria 34. Nagesia, Nagasia 14. Dhanwar 35. ,Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad IS. Gadaba, Gadba 36. Panika (In Chhatarpuf, Datia, Panna, 16. Gond: Arakh, Arrakh, Agaria, Asuar, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi and Tikam Badi Maria,Bada Maria, Bhatt)ia, Bhimma garh districts) Bhuta, Koilabhuta, Koliabhuti, Bhar, 37. 'Pao Bisonhorn Maria, Chota Maria, Danda 38. Pardhan, Pathari, Saroti mi Maria, Dhuru, Dhurwa, Dhoba, 39. Pardhi (in Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore Dhulia, Darla, Gaiki, Gatta, Gatti, Districts) Gaita, Gond, Gowan, Hill Maria, Kan 40. Pardhi,B~helia,Bahellia Chita Pardhi, Lan dra, Kalanga, Khatola, Koitar, Koya, goIi Pardhi,Phanse Pardhi, Shika~j, Takan Khirwar, Khirwara, Kucha Maria, karTakia in(l) Bastar, Chhindwara, Man Kuchaki Maria, Madia, Maria, Mana, dla , Raigarh, Seoni and Surguja district , Mannewar, Moghya, Mogia, Monghya, (2) Baihar tahsil of Balaghat district, Mudia, Muria, Nagarchi, Nagwanshi, (3) Betul and Bhainsdehi tahsils of Be Ojha, Raj, Sonjhari, Jhareka, Thatia, tul district (4 )BiJaspur & Katghora tahsils Thotya, Wade Maria, Vade Maria, of Bilaspur district, (5) Durg and Ba~od Darol. tahsils of Durg district, (6) Chowki , J 7. Halba, Halbi Manpur and Mohala Revenue Inspector's 18. Kamar Circles of Rajnandgaon district (7) 19. Karku Murwara, Patan and Sihora tahsils of Jabalpur district, (8) Hoshangabad and 20. Kawar, Kanwar, Kaur, Cherwa, Rathia Sohagpur tahsils of Hoshangabad distrkt Tanwar, Chattri and Narsimhapur district, (9) Harsud 21. Keer (in Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore tahsil of Khand wa district, (10) Bindra. districts) Nawagarh, Dhamtari and Mahasamund 22. Khairwar, Kandar tahsils of Raipur district.) 23. Kharia 41. Parja 24. Kondh, Khond, Kandh 42. Saharia, Sahariya, Seharia, Sosia, Sor. 25. Kol 43. Saonta, Saunta 26. Kolam 44. Saur 27. Korku, Bopchi, Mouasi, N ihal, Nahul, 45. Sawar, Sawara Bondhi, Bondyea 46. Sonr xix mst'OR¥ AND SCOPE OF DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK The history of the District 'Census Handl;wok Parts A and B were publis'ted separately in Hindi could be traced from the 'village lists' brought out and English versions. Collection of data for Part for every district in 1901 and 'Village Statisti~s' C was,cumbursome and it took unduly long time for every district in 19 1 1. But this was disconti in its finalisation, and ultimately this publication nued in 1921 and 1931. In 1941 however, had to be abandoned in view of the enormous delay 'Village Statistics' were brdught out 'by the then in its printing. Central Provinces and Berar Govnerment. It was for the first time in 1951 the practice of bringing In 1981 Census, with a view to avoiddelay out a single volume known as the District Census in bringing out the D. C. H. series, the part conta Handbook, giving villagewise statistics and other ining the administrative statistics has been dropped~ Census tables for the district at the cost of the State Thus the present series of District Census Hand Government was initiated and is continuing book consists of two volumes Viz DCHB Part A since then. and Part B. Part A contains the VilJagefTown Directory and Part B contains the Town/Village_ The District Census Handbook, compiled by wise Primary Census Abstract of the concerned the' Census Organisation on behalf of the Stat~ district. Government is one of the most important publi cation of the' Census and is wid~ly used by Part A: planners, administrators, academicians and re Village Directory contains information about -searchers. the name of village: total area of village total popula The Scope of the District Census Handbook has tion and numberof households in the village, amenities like education, medical, drinking water, post and tele gone considerable change since 1951. In 1951, the graphs, market day, 'commun'cations, approach to District Census Handbooks contained only the Primary Census Abstract and the Census tables. In village, distance from the nearest tOWD, power supply, view of the usefulness of this publication, improve staple food, land use, places of religious, historical and archaeological interest etc. ments were made in 1961 by Including non~cel1- sus data like climate, agr;culture, cooperation In addition there are four appendices to the industry, education, health etc., as also an 'Intro village Directory as under: ductory Note' for each district. Unfortunately, the desire to make the District Census Handbook iuore ( 1) Tahsilwise abstract of educational, medica comprehensive delayed its publication. Therefore, and other amenities. in 197 1, it was decided to publish the District (2) Land utilization data in respect of 'Census Census Handbook in three parts ill order to towns' release the maximum data as and when finalised. (3) Tahsilwise list 'of villages where no ameni Part A contained the village Directory which gives ties are available, and villagewise non-census statistics of land use area and amenities available within the village, Part B (4) Tahsilwise list of villages according to the contained the villagewise Primary Census Abstract proportion of Scheduled Castes/Schedules and Part C contained various administrative statis~ Tribes population by ranges. 'tics. Part A and B were however, published in The last two appendices have been included for ona volume since it was economical to do so as the first time in 1981 Census. Appendix-III will data for both the parts ,become available early bhe helpful for planning input in areas/viUages xx 'where basic infrastructure is lacking and appendix has been introduced for the first time in 1981 IV wiil be helpful for planning welfare program Census. mes for schedul~d Castes/Scheduled Tribes at micro level, particularly in relation to area development Part B : oriented programmes. The town/viIlagewise Primary Census Abstract Similarly the Town Directory contains seven gives the basic data like area of the village, occup statements as below : ied r",ddential houses, total number of households, Statement I-Status and growth history. population by sex, as also the sexwise popula Statement n__':_Physical aspects and location of tion of Scheduled Castes and Schedul~d Tribes, towns. literacy and population by sex into four broad Statement III-Municipal Finance. industr'al categories viz., cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry and other workers l Statement IV -Civic and other amenities. marginal workers and non-workers. Statement IVA-Civic and other Amenities in notified Slums. The inclusion of Primary Census Abstract rela. Statement V-Medical, educational; recreational ting to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and cultural facilities. at the tahsil/town level in another important fea Statement VI-Trade, Commerce, Industry and ture of the DCHB series of 198 1 Census. Banking. An additional statement IV-A is meant enly An appendix containing Development Block (or Class-I and Class-II towns giving the civic and wise "Vikas Khandwar" totals of PCA fiiures has other amenities in notified slums. This statement also been included. .ui ANALYTICAL NOTE Dewas district in Ujjain Revenue Division, is tahsil and of 99 villages of Ujjain tahsil of former situated on the Malwa Plateau in the west-central Gwalior State, 99 villages of Nimanpur tahsil of part of Madhya Pradesh and lies between 20".151 former Dhar State, one village of Jawar tahsil of and 23°.201 North latitude and 75°.551 and 77°.081 former Bhopal State, and the then existing tahsils East longitude. The district is bounded by Ujjain of Kannod and Khategaon of former Holkar State. district in the North; Indore district in the west; With the reorganisation of States on linguistic basis West-Nimar district in the south-west; East Nimar on 1st November, 1956, Madhya Bharat, with district in the south; Hosha ngabad district in the other territories got merged to form the New State south-east; Sehore district in the east and Shajapur of Madhya Pradesh and thus Dewas continues to district in the north-east. The tropic of cancer pas be one of the districts in it. ses through the district near Nemawar village,south of Khategaon town. The district is now divided into 5 tahsils viz. Sonkatch, Dewas, Bagli, Kannod and Khategaon. The district gets its name from the district head Dewas tahsil is situated on the north-western part quarters town, Dewas which is said to have been of the district, Sonkatch on the north-eastern part, derived on the basis of two traditions. One is that Bagli on the south, Kannod on the south-central Dewas lies on the foot of a conical hill, known as part and Khategaon on the South-e!lst. All the Chamunda hill (:q.T,!·~T q"~T~) about 300 ft. above tahsil headquarters are connected by all weather the ground level on top of which the shrine of roads. The Headquarters of Dewas tahsil which is Chamunda is located. The image of the goddess is also the district headquarters is situated on the cut in rocky wall of a cave. It is therefore known Bombay-Agra National Highway No. 3 and is as Dev! Vashini or the Goddess's residence. From also connected by broad-gauge railway' line of this, the name Dewas (Dev-Vas) seems to have Western Railway. been derived. The other view of the probable ori gin is from the name of the founder of the village History: Dewasa Bania. The history of Dewas district is primarily the' The present Dewas district broadly corresponds history of the twin treaty States of the Senior and to the twin treaty States in Malwa Political charge Junior Branch and that of the other main compo of the Central India Agency, divided into a Senior nent units viz Kannod and Khategaon tahsils of and a Junior branch of the early twentieth Century former Holkar Stat~. with some adjustments of other territories. There were two distinct chiefships with separate adminis The founder of the Senior Branch of Dewas trations, acting independently in most matters, sha was Tukoji Rao I, a descendent of the old dynasty ring the same capital town of Dewas. Consequent of Paramars. He died in 1753 and was succeeded by upon the merger of princely States and the forma his adopted son Krishnaji Rao who fought the tion of Madhya Bharat State in 1948, there was disastrous battle of Panipat in 1761, and was follo reconstitution of boundaries and thus the pistrict iq wed in 1789 by his adopted son Tukoji Rao II. the present form was constituted. The reconstituted district was, however, formed by merging 242 villa The fortunes of both the branches fell very low at ges of the two tahsils of Dewas of the former this time, owing to the depredations of the Pinda Senior and Junior States l 452 villages of Sonkatch ris, Sindhia and Holkar. Krishnaji Rao II, who su<.:. xxii ceeded Rukmangad Rao in 1860 by adoption, was branches exercised joint jurisdiction till 1886 a bad administrator and plunged the State in debt, when definite boundaries were assigned to each necessitating its being placed under superintendence. branch and a new street was made to form the He was succeeded by Tukoji Rao III, who was dividing line. Dewas is also said to have played al1 adopted from another branch of the family. important role ill the war of independence of 1857. He was educated at Daly College, Indore and Thakur Dowlatsingh of Raghogarh (Dewas) faced, Mayo College, Ajmer. The ruler held the title of the British with superb courage. He was trapped, His Highness and Raja and receivd a salute of 15 arrested and banged in Guna Cantt. Both these guns. States were merged into Madhya Bharat in 194~. As far the Junior Branch is concerned, Jivaji The other important constitutent of the district Rao was its founder who died in 1775 and thus is Nemawar consisting of Kannod and Khategaon the later history of this branch possesses no disti .. tahsils of the former Holkar State. In puranic lite nctive features. rature Nemawar is spoken of as Nabhapur ~ and the hillock nearby now called "Gwal Tekri" is Each of the States (Senior and Junior Branch) mentioned therein as Mani Gir. During Akbar's was administered by its own chief with their head time this tract was included under the' name "Na quarters at Nagda, a village 5 kms away from mawar Panch Mahal" in sarkar Handia of the su Dewas which shows signs of having been a place bah of Malwa and comparised the five parganas of some size by its numerous remains of Jains and of Nemawar, Satwas, Rajor, Kataphor and Haran Hindu Temples lying in the neighbourhood. gaon, the first three being the headqaarters of Mahals. This area passed over to the Peshwas bet~ The two administrations were entirely separate ween 1740-45 divided between Scindhia and HoI· except in regard to educational, medical, octroi, kar, the former acquiring Satwas and the latter and excise matters in which they worked together. Kataphor. Pindaris had also a hold on this territory Neither branch had its own currency. Since 1895 near about 1806. In 1904 Harangaon was merged onward, during their regime, the British rupee had into Nemawar and Satwas with Kataphor. In 1908 been legal tender. British copper coins were used, Nemawar was renamed Khategaon and Raj or surcharged with the word 'Dewas Btate' and S. B. named Kannod. Kataphor was then merged with or J. B. as the case may be. A joint treaty was con Kannod and remained only the seat of Naib Tahsil cluded in 1818 between the British Government dar. Sonl sil and 26 villag~s joined with Sbajapur. Bagli tah on the middle part of this region forms its main sil was formed with the merger of 200 villages of drainage system. This is by far the most fertile Sonkatch Pargana and two villages (Shivpur Man tract of the district. dla and Borkheda Purbya) of Dewas Senior with the Nimanpur- Pargana of the erstwhile Dhar State. ( 3) Vindbyan Range : There was nO change whatsoever in Kannod and This region comprises of the Vindhyan hill Khategaon Tahsils of Nemawar district of former ranges passes through the middle of the district in Holkar State. a east-west direction fromin~ a narrow strip in hig her broken form on the east and broader but lower Physiography: and irregular towards west. This also forms the northern boundary on the lower half of the district. The district can be divided into four broad Spurs of the Vindhyan hill ranges are conspicuous physiographical regions (i) Dewas plateau (2) Kali towards west of Bagli and Hatpiplaya towns. Kshi S~ndh Basin (3) Vindhyan Range and Middle Nar pra, Kali Sindh dvers have originated from the mada Valley. Brief descriptions of these regions are. north of this hill ranges while most of the tributa ries of Narmada have originated from the south of ( I) Dewas pla~eau : Vindhyan hill ranges. Maximum height of this region is 2,372' near Bhatpura village in Bagli :tah- This regian extends over the north-western part sil and the minimum height is 1,495' near village of Son katch tahsil and the western part of Dewas Palasi of the same tahsil. tahsil The hill range which runs north-south from Shajapur tahsil of Shajapur district extends n~rth (4) Middle Narmada Valley: south on the eastern part of this region in the bro ken form. This region is part of Malwa plateau with This region comes under Malwa plateau and higher eI~vation on the north-east plateau land is situated in the south-eastern part of the district in the north. west and plain land topography on its occupying major parts of Kannod and Khategaon south. Lakander, Chhoti Kali-Sindh and Kshipra tahsils and the lower half of Bagli tahsil. Narmada rivers drain this region. Kshipra river flowing in south river, flowing east to west forms most of the sou north clirection forms the western boundary of this thern boundary of this region as well as of the dist region. Dc\vas town is situated on the plateau of this rict. The middle Narmada valley region is thus boun- ded by Vindhyan hill ranges on the north and Narmada region. On the northern part of this region a number / of streams flow in south-north direction. Mallimum river with its tributaries on the other three sides and height of this region is 2,296 towards north 'of lie, alme'st entirely in the catchment of river Nar Dewas town. The conical Chamunda hill having IDlda and its numerOus tributaries sloping tONards south. E te.l ive f Jres.s are s~en in this region, Maxi the shrine of goddess Chamunda on top of it is located in Dewas town of this region. mum height of this r.!gion is 1,378 ft. near village SeraJi in Kannod tahsil and the minimum height is 916 fL near village Kanjipura in Khategaon tahsil. ( 2) Kali Sindh Basin : This region is situated in north eastern, part of Rivers: the district in a vertical column covering major part ( 1) Narmada: of Sonkatch tahsil on the north and the northern part of Bagli tahsil towards south of this r.:gion. This magnificent river, on<;' of the most sa..:red Kali Sindh river, -flowing in south-north direction in India, also regarded as the life line of Madhya xxfv Pradesh is an important river of the district. It Annual rises from the Amarkantak, the highest peak in r----_,_--____ Maikal hills in Pushparajgarh tahsil of Shah" SI. Stations No. of Rainfall dol district, flowing east to west and after passing No, rainy da}'s (in mms) through Mandla, Jabalpur, Narsimhapur and 2 3 4 Hoshangabad districts, forms most of the southern boundary of Dewas district. 1 Dewas (Senior) 46 884.4 2 Kannod 41 885.6 (2) Kali Sindh : 1 Sonkatch 44 917.6 4 '" Kannod (Observatory) 18 434.2 Also known as Greater KaIi Sindh, the river $ Dewas (Medical deptt.) 46 907.1 rises at the village of Barjhari in Bagli tahsil is 6 '" Sonkatch (PHC) 35 686 0 another important river of the district. It is also one 7 Udainagar (PHC) 29 909.4 8 Khategaon of the important river of Malwa Region. The pri 40 1,414.0 ncipal tributary of Kali Sindh is Lakundar. Note-*figures exclude details of certain months ( 3) The Kshipra : &ince not repor~ed. The ancient name of this river is Avantinadi Flora & Fauna: which rises at a place 2,079 above MSL about 19 Flora: kms. north-east of Tilor Khurd 1981 L.C.No. 101 in Indore tahsil. It forms the western boundary of According to forest statistics available for the Dewas district with Indore. year 1980-81 2,504.6 sq km or '35.7 per cent of The ot h er small streams are Jamner, Bagli, the total geographical area of the district is covered Datuni, Chankesher, Khari etc. with forests. The breakup or the reserved and pro tected forests are 1,856.7 sq km and 647.9 sq Climate and Rainfall : km respectively. The forests in this district mostly The district, lying in the Malwa Plateau enjoys occupy the southern slopes of Vindhyan hills and the climate of the region which being moderate. extend up to Narmada river. The forests are Dry Nights even in summer are generally pleasant. Deciduous type with predominance of teak. 1 he During the past few years, due to insufficient rains. following table gives the area under forest composi or perhaps destruction of forests have resulted in don of the district: a slight change in its climatic conditions. Therefore, "'ea under forests, 1980-81 (in sq. km,) of late summers are becoming somewhat unpleasant ~" ______with scorching heat during the peak month @f May Particulars Dewas district when mereury touches 43° C on the hottest day. 2 Broadly, three distinct seasons are noticed. The cold season from November to FebruarY-March is foll 1 Total Geographical Area 7,014.00 owed by summer season from late March to May. :2 Total Forest Area 2,504.60 The district receives south-west monsoon from mid (i) R. F. 1,856.75 dle of June to September. October, however, consti tutes the retreating monsoon period. (ii) P. F. 647.85 S Forest composition The average annual rainfall of the district is aro~ und 1,073 mm.July-August are two peak rainy mon (i) Teak 2,053 78 ths of the year. The rainfall recorded during the year (ii) Sal 1980 in the different rain gauge stations of the district is as under :- (iii) Misc. 450.82 xxv l " 82 per cent of the total forests consists of I : Datia, the smallest district in the State and a - little teak. The species whice are cOI_l1monly met with in less than l/Sth the size of Bastar, the biggest dis the district are" Saja (Legeretromia pariflora), Saj "triet. (Terminalia Tomentosa), Tendu (Diospyros-melon oxyIon), Tinsa (Ongenia dalsargiQides), Bijasal (Pihro caupus Marsupirum), Kari (~accopetalum Tomenta According to 1981 Census 795,309 persons (412; sum), Khair (Acacia catechu), Palas (Butea monos~ 302 males and 383,007 females) have been e:qu - perma), Mokha (Sohrebera Soiterior), Mahuaw merated in the district. '46,542 persons live in _ (Madhuca iatifolia), Mohin (Lamea grandis), Sabi 1,068 inhabited villages of the district and another (Boswellia Serrata) , Kadi (SteruIia ' Ureus), Sirus 148,767 persons live in 8 towns of the district. ( Allazzia-Iehack), Phansi (Dalbergia Panneculator) , Kaim (Mitrogyna Parviflora),_ Aonla (Emblica The average population per village in the district oflicillalis), Kusum (Schliechera Parviflora), Karanj : works out to 60.5 as against the State average of Pongamia Clabra), Anjan (Teminalia Tomrntosa), 582. The percentage of urban population to total" Small tree associates are Ashta (Bauhinia Racemosa), population of the district is 18.7 I which is lowe" Amaltas (Cassiafistula), Chaman aonli " (Cassin than the State average of 20.29 per cent. It follows auricultla) , J amrasi (Eleodendron gliaueum), Kokai that the district is still predoninautly rural in cha (Flacourtia remontchi), Aal (Morinda Uinctoria), racter. Sejna (Morengapte ygsperna),. Doodi (Wrightia Tinctoria), Ghat bore (Ziziphusoeoplia). Table given on the next page shows... the area, population and density of the district. tahsils and Fauna: towns. The d'istrict was once noted for its wild life. Panther, Tiger, Sambhar, Chinkara; Chital, Blue The area figures for the district is according to the Surveyor General of India while those of the bull, peafowl, jungli murgi; Bhat, Titar and Bater tahsils are based on the State Survey 'Department were very common but big animals have become which do not include the forest area as tahsilwise rare now. breakup is not l.!vailable. Urban area figures are as Among the mammals found in the forests are supplied by the local bodies concerned. hare, black buck, porcupjbe~ squirrel, fOl}r horned Antelope, Indian gazaIle, Barking deer, spotted The density, of population 113 perso:qs per sq deer, Pig, Boar, etc. km for the district is close to the State' average of 118 persons per sq kin. Dewas is the densely popu I Distribution of Area and Population lated tahsil in the district. The southern half of the d-istrict containing Bagli and Kannod tahsits are With an area of 7,020 sq km according to the covered with extensive forests and therefore these tahsits are sparsely populated. figures supplied by the Surveyor General of India, De ""as district contains 1.5 per cent of the total geographical area of the State. It occupies - 3 1st Table 1 on page xxvi gives the distribution of rank among the 4 S districts of the State. Dewas villages according to the availability of different district is a little more than 3 times bigger than amenities. xxvi Area, Population and Density of District, Tahsil and Town District/ Total/ Area Population Densit, Tahsill Rural! in (per sq. r------~------~----~ U.A./Town Urban Sq. Km. Person~ Males Females Km.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dewas District T 7,020.0 795.309 412,302 383,007 113 R 6,968.1 646,542 333,892 312,650 93 U 51.9 148,767 78,410 70,357 2,864 1 50nkatch Tahsil T 1,288.7 178,775 92,588 86,]87 139 R 1,284.8 160,628 83,079 77,549 '125 U 3,9 18,147 9,509 8,638 4,583 Sonkatch (M) U • 1.37 10,377 5,485 4.892 7,574 Bhaurasa (M) U 2.59 7,770 4,024 3,746 3,000 2 Dewas Tahsil T 1,004.9 232,741 121,538 III ,203 232 R 987.5 149,276 77,274 72 ,002 151 U 17.4 83,465 44,264 39,201 4,803 Dewas (M) U 17.36 83,465 44,264 39,201 4,803 3 Bagli Tahsil T 1,925.0 162,252 83,843 78,409 U R 1,921.7 145,429 75,09J 70,338 76 U 3.3 16,823 8,752 8,071 5,037 Bagli (M) U 1.] 3 6;828 3,513 3,315 6,042 Hatpiplaya (M) 'U 2.21 9,995 5,239 4,756 4,523 4 Kannod Tahsil T 1,405.1 152,206 64,448 60,758 89 R 1,380.1 105,879 54,386 51,493 77 U 25.0 19,327 10,062 9,265 775 Kannod (M) U 1.94 10,222 5,316 4,906 5,269 Kantaphod (M) U 23.01 9,105 4,746 4,359 396 5 Khategaon Tahsil T 1,099.4 96,335 49,885 . . 46,450 88 R 1,097.1 85,330 1J4,062 4],268 78 U 2.3 11,005 5,823 5,182 4,703 Khategaon (M) U 2.34 11,005 5,823 5,182 4,703 TABLE 1 Distribution of villages according to the availability of different amenities. No. (with percentajile) of villages having one or more of the following amenjtiel r------A..-----:------~ 51. Name of Tahsil No. of Educa- Medical Drinki,ng Post and Market/ Communi Approach Power No. inhabited tion water Telearaph Hat cations by pucca supply villages road 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Sonkatch 236 185 16 236 35 7 19 24 146 (78.39) (6.78) (100.00) (14.83) (2.97) (8.05) ( 10.17) (61.86) 2 Dewas 236 163 10 236 23 6 42 37 206 (69.07) (4.24) (100.00) (9.75) (2.54) (17.8J) (!5.68) (87.B) 3 Bagli 261 127 17 261 17 14 34 50 1 ]4 (48.66) (6.51) (100.00) (6.51) (5.36) (13.03) , (19.16) (43.68) 4 J(annod 169 119 16 169 26 5 32 30 34 (70.41) (9.47) (100.00) CI5.38) (2.96) (18.93) (17.75) (20.12) s , KMtegao~ 166 111 7 166 18 10 10 17 48 (66.87) ,(4.22) (100.00) (10.84) (6.02) (6.02) (10.74) (28.92) Total: District t ,068 765 66 1,068 119 42 137 158 548 (66.01) (6.18) (100.00) (11.14) (3 . 93) (12. 83) (14.79 ) (51. 31 ) xxvii It is a very hFlPPY feature indeed that drinking is not happy. Power supply is one however, available water facility is available in almost all the villages in about 5 1 per cent of the villages. of the district. Kannod tahsil is somewhat better placed in In the field of education there are 705 out of terms of medical and post & telegraph, communi total of 1,068 villages where one or more institu. cations and approach by pucca road but the ami ions mostly of primary level exist. 78.39 per cent nity of power sup-ply is very poo r. Dewas and of the vlllages of Sonkatch tahsil have educational Sonkatch are the other two tahsils where various institutions within the precincts of the villages. amenities are available, though not in good measure, but better than the remaining tahsils. As far availability of other amenities like, me. dical, Post &Telegraph, Market or Hat, Communi. The following table gives the proportion of cations and approach by pucca road, the position rural population served by different amenities. TABLE 2 Proportion of Rural PopUlation Served by D;tIerent Amenities 51. Name of Total Popu- Proportion of rural population served by the amenit)' of No. Tahsil lation of ,------"------_ inhabited Education Medical Drinking Post & Market! Communi- Approach Power villages in water Telegraph Hat cations by pucca Supply the tahsil road 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sonkatch 160,628 151,576 32,905 160,628 56,086 19,633- 31,622 28,158 121,053 (94.36) (2J.49) (100.0J) ( 34.92) ( 12.2!) (19.69 ) (17.53) (75.36) 2 Dewas J49,276 134,582 19,980 149,276 24,285 9,353 59,467 56,139 138,819 (9ll. 16) (13.38) (IOO.OO) (16.27) (6.27) (39.8 n (37.61) (92.99) 3 Bagli 145,429 121,630 40,173 145,429 41,8.53 3.5,039 47,347 60,271 93,156 (~3.64) (27.62) (100.00) (28.78) (24.09) (32.56) (41.44) (64.06) 4 Kannod 105,879 85,077 2~,317 105,879 42,212 11,253 28,684 28,766 36,066 (80.35) (24.86) (l00.00) (39.87) (10.63) (27.0J) (27.17) (34.06) 5 Khategaon 85,330 74,959 14,052 85,330 24,778 21,741 14,025 16,606 35,248 (87.8S) (16:47.) (100.00) (29.0-1) (25.48) (16.4t) (19.46) (41.31) Total: District 646,542 567,824 133,427 646,542 189,214 97,019 181,145 189,940 424,342 (87.82) (2(J .64) ( WI) .flO) (29.2/) (15.01) (28.02) (29.38) (~5. (3) Entire rural population of the district is well villages. Thus barring a small percentage of popula served so far as the amenity of drinking water is tion. this amenity is fairly adequate. concerned. Well is the main source of drinking 20.64 per cent of the popUlation can avail of water. the medical amenity within the villages where they reside.Thus the bull( of the rural popUlation (about EdlJca~ional amenity available in villages cover 87.82 per cent of total rural population . Even the 80 percent) 'has to depend on other nearby villages. majority of non educational amenity villages are Amenity of post & telegraph is easily available situated within a distance range of 5 km from the to about 30 per cent of the rural mass while the xxviii rest have to depend on other nearby villages or half the total number of villages in the district towns from their place of abode. which caters of the need of about 65 per cent of the rural lot. The other amenities like market or Hat, comm!!! unications, approach by pucca road is not adequ The following table gives the distribution of ate. Still more than 70 per cent of the population villages not having cartain amenities arranged by can not avail of them within the easy reach. distance ranges from the places where they are Power supply is, however, available in about available. TABtE 3 Distribution of villages not having certain amenities arranged by distance ranges from the places wbere these are available Sl. Village not having the Number of villages where the amenity is not availaple and available at distance of No. amenity or ,..------....."._------... -5 Kms. 5-10 Kms. 10+ Kms. Total (Col. 3-5) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Education 335 25 3 363 2 Medical 390 487 125 1,002 3 Drinking Water 4 post and Telegraph 558 i24 67 949 5 Market/Hat 390 470 166 1,026 6 Communications 403 348 180 93 So far as educational amenity is concerned distance of 5 km is quite meaningful in the abse majority of the non-educational institution viI1ages nce of proper commullication facilities. . are not far away from where it is available. In res. The following table gives the distribution of pect of the other amenities still quite a large num villages which ace not having one or more ameni ber of villages are situated more than 5 km away ties according to distance range from the nearest where they are available. In a rural set up even a town. xxix .TABLE 4 Distribution of villages according to the distance from the nearest town and availability ()f different amenities Population No. of inhabited No. (with percentage) of villages having the amenity of range villages in r- ...... ,._------~ each range Educa- Medical Drinking Post and Marketl Commu- Approach Power tion water Telegraph Hat nications by pucca road supply 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0-5 138 89 4 138 ,10 1 18 37 99 (64.49) (2.90) (100.00) (7.25) (0.72) (13.04 ) (26.81) (71. 74) 6-15 ,447 318 30 447 61 12 58 65 261 (71.14) (6.71) (100.00) (13.65) (2.68) (12.98) (14.54) (58.39) 16-50 454 286 30 454 47 28 61 54 187. (63.00) (6.61 ) (100,00) (10.35) (6.17) (13.44) (11.89) (41.19) 51+ 29 12 2 29 1 1 2 1 (41.38) (6.90) (100.00) (3.45) (3.45) (6.90) (3.45) Unspecified Total 1,068 70S 66 1,068 119 42 137 158 5 48 (66.01 ) (6.18) (100.00) (11 .14) (3.93) (12.83) (14.79) (51.31) Majority of the villages (42.51 per cent) are away from an urban centre. It is, however, logical situated at a distance more than 15 km away from to say that villages nearer to an urban centre are an urban centre which is an indication of the fact better equipped with amenities like approach by that not many villages in the district are exposed to pucca road and power supply as is the case in this urban influence. The figures do not, howeve, reveal district. that pro:<.imity from an urban centre is enough for any village to acquire all amenities. It is per The following table gives the distribution of haps the size (population) of a village as would be villages according to population range and ameni evident from the other group of villages located ties available. TABLE 5, Distribution of villages according to the distance rang2 from the nearest town and availability of different amenities Distance range No. of inhabited No. (with percentage) of villages having the amenity of from the near- villages in r------:------~-:--__ ---. est town (in each range Education Medical Drinkigg- Post and Marketl Communi- Approach Power kilometres water Telegraph tlat cations by pucca supply ------road 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lebs than 499 611 257 1 6Il 4 2 36 53 270 (42.06) (0.16 ) (100.00) (0.65) (0.33) (5.89) (8.67) (44. 19) 500-1,999 419 411 41 419 84 22 73 75 240 (98.09) (9.79) (99.i6) (20.05) (5.25) (17.42 ) (17.90) (57.28) 2,000-4,999 36 35 22 36 29 16 26 29 36 (97.22) (61.11) (100.00) (80.56) (44.44) (72.22) (80.56) (100.00) 5,000+ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 I 2 (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (50.00) (100.00) Total 1,068 70S 66 1.068 119 42 137 158 548 (66.01) (6.18) (!OO,OO) (11. 14) (3.93) (12.83) (14.79) (51.31) xxx 57.21 per cent of the villages in this district the size of the villages, greater the amenities avail are having a population less than 500. The various able in them. amenities availale in this group of villages are mea gre. The figures given in the above table, however, The following table gives the main staple food reveal that villages beJpnging to the higher popu in majority of the villages in each tahsil of the lation range are better equipped with various ame district. nities. It may therefore be generalised that larger TABLE 6 Main staple food in the majority of villages in each Tahsil SI. No. Name of Tahsil Main staple food 1 2 3 1 Sonkatch Wheat, Jowar 2 Dewas Wheat, Jowar 3 Bagli Wheat, Jowar 4 Kannod Wheat, Jowar 5 Khategaon Wheat. Jowar Iowar is the most important crop grown in the food in this district. In some pockects maize is also district while, wheat is the next important in terms an important staple food. of acreage but wheat forms the priority so far as the staple food of the rural population is conce The following table gives the distribution of rned. Thus both Wheat and Jowar are the staple villages according to land use. TABLE 7 Distribution of Villages According to Land use S1. Name of, Tahsil No. of inhabited Total area Percentage of cultivable Percentage of irrigated No. villages area to total area area !O total Cultivable area 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Sonkatch 236 125,188.77 101,%1.59 6,9-48.11 "- 81. 45 6.81 2 Dewas 236 98,529.25 86,115.21 10.587.63 87.40 12.29 3 Bagli 261 141,072.05 82,767.32 10,386.28 58.67 12.55 4 Kannod 169 131,983.00 78,050.00 5,815.00 59.14 7.45 5 Khategaon 166 109,767.50 81,205.54 1,474.85 73.98 1. 82 Total: District 1,068 606,540.57 430,099.68 3S.2 11. 87 (70.91 ) (8.19) xxxi According to vi1la~ papers 1979~~d~ ,the per .. sil with 81.45 per cent. Bagli tahsil has the le.lt eentag of cultivable area to total geographical area (58.67 per cent) while Kannod is equally clolor comes', to' 70.91 ~hich is much h,gher -as cQm· to it with 59.14 per cent. These two t.hsils ha vo pared to the State average of 42.38 per cent but the constraint because of, their topographical fea the quantum of irrigation is not encouraging ... Har- , ture of hills and forests. dly 8 per cent of the cultivated area is irrigated. Dewas tahsil has·the highest proportion (87~40 per ' The following table gives the cropping. pattena, cent) of cultivable area followed by Sonkatch tah- of the district. Table 7.1 ' Cropping pattern; 1980-81 Crops Area in hectares P ercentase to total cropped area Cereals Rice 2,808 0.73 Jowar 124,720 32.45 Bajra 331 0.09 Maize 9,059 2.36 Wheat 52,687 U.71 Barley 44 0.01 Other millets 61 0.01 Pulses Gram 29. ] 2] 1.51 Tur 17,882 4.65 Others 6,629 l. 72 Oilseeds 47,903 12.46 Sugarcane 6,054 1.57 Fruits & Vegetables 2,665 0.69 Condiments & Spices 1,703 0.44 Fibres 311,929 10.13 Drugs & Narcotics 20 0.01 Chari Crops 43,735 11. 38 Ohers 14 Neg. Total 384,367 100.00 , , Dewas district being in the Jowar-Wheat belt total cropped area. Gram forms the major crop of the State, Jowar is thus the major crop' grown under pulses. which alone accounts for 32.45 per cent of the total cropped area. Wheat is the next important The following t~ble gives the growth density crop which has a share of 13.7 1 per ceilt ~f the and sex-ratio of urban popula~on in the 4\istric;t xxxii TABLE 8 \ Growth, Density and Sex-ratio of Urban Population in the District in relation to the State District State r------....J------~ ~------~-~------Cen- Total Urban % Urban Deca4al Density Sex- Total Urban .%Urban DecadaJ Density Sex- sus Popu- Popu- PopuJa· Percentage (Popu- ratio(No. Popu- Popu- Popula- Percentage (Popula- ratio(No. . year lalion Iation tion variation lation of females lalion lation lion variation tion per feItlalcs in urban per sq. per 1,000 in urban sq_ km.) per 1,000 population km.) males) population males. \ ·1 2 3 4 5 (; 7 8 9. 10 11 12 13 1951 345,306 33,489 9.70 +3.79 6,465 949 26,071,637 3,132,937 12.02 +33.16 2,034 907 19f1l 446,91H 67,380 15.08 +101.20 3,336 907 32,372,408 4,627,234 14.29 +47.70 2,482 856 1971 594,336 94,874 15.96 +40.IW 3,560 908 41,654,119 6,784,767 16.29 +46.63 . 2,378 868 1981 795,309 148,767 18.71 +56.80 2,864 897 52,178,844 10,586,459 20.29 +56.03 2,170 884 Tb8 pace of urbanisation in the district has kher~ not because the habitations in these villages been quite encouraging as the proportion of urban were contiguous to each other but simply because population to. total population of the district has of their revenue boundaries being contiguous to . moved up from 9.70 per cent in 1951 to 18.71 each other.' While computi~g the ar~a'figure of per cent in 198 I. Kantaphod is the only new town this town the. t~ta( revenue area of the three villa~ added in 19S 1. ges have been taken which includes larg~ chunk of agricultural and non-l'es:dential area. Density: Sex-ratio: The den~ity of population per sq km in urban .ar~a has been fluctuating from Census to Census The sex-ratio, i.e. the number of' females per both in the case of the district and_the State as a 1,000 males in urban areas of Dewas district has' whole, though there has been suceessive increase alway been higher than that of the State. In other in the urban population. Thisis due to variation words the district has been less adverse to females in area figures by the addition of now towns corr but in 198 1 the position in the district .has deteri-' taining large chunk of uninhabited 'tracts. It is due orated. The sex-ratio has. gone down from 908 to this fact a decreasing trend in the density fig in 1971 to 897 in 1981 whereby registering fur...: ures is visible right from 1951 onwords The newly ther adversity towards females., The reason for this added town of Kantaphod in 1981 is- a vivid exa is influx of male population in towns of this dis mple 'of this phenomenon. A town generally consi trict. The greatest share of such influx is in Dewas sts of compact tract of continuons habitation tho town because of the fast gro~ing industrial complex ugh sma)~ tract of open land may remain there but around Dewas town. the Notified Area of Kantaphod is an unique example. It nas been formed by combining three The following table gives the diatails. of new revenue villages viz Kantaphod, Loharda a_nd Kot- towns/towns declassified in 1981 Census. xuiii TABLE 9 Kantaphod in Kannod tahsil is the only new New TOWDI/Towns declassified in 1981 Census addition of town in 198 1 Census. There has been no case of declassification of towns Name of Town Population 1981 Census i 2 The following table gives the per capita receipt (a) Added (i) Kantaphod 9,105 and expenditure in townS. (b) Declassified Nil TABLE 10 Per capita receipt and expenditure in towns Class, Name and civic Per capita status of the town ,--..-.-.___------~ Receipt Expenditure r------"-----~ r------A------.Others Total Receipt Receipt Total General Expenditure Public Expen- specify through from all expen- adminis- on public work diture taxes other diture tration health and on public sources convenience institutions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V Bagli (M) 19. J 0 17.00 2.10 19.09 5.68 4.92 1.39 7. ]0 V Bhaurasa (M) 53.15 2.17 50.98 53.15 5.99 8.-61 5.38 .. 33.17 II Dewas (M) 65.75 58.47 7.28 65.74 2.82 -32.33 13.80 0.08 16.71 V Hatpipalya (M) 31.86 27.91 3.95 31.86 8.84 13.22 3.86 0.25 5.69 14.80 IV Kannod (M) 38.18 34.16 4.02 38.18 5.76 15.42 1.84 0.36 5.99 V Kantaphod (N.A.) 12.68 4.14 .8.54 12.68 6.32 O. ]4 0.23 16.72 IV Kha!egaon (M) 61. 79 45.43 16.36 61.79 9.09 18.17 16.36 1.45 16.29 IV Sonkatch (M) 55.32 42.30 . 13.02 55.32 14.22 23.42 0.84 0.55 Total: District 54.51 44.49 10.02 54. 51 5.20 23.75 9.76 o .23 15.57 The per capita expenditure has been well within for the welfare of the people in these towns. SimiIa~ the limits of per capita receipt in all towns of the rIy the expenditure on public works has been good district. Dewas Municipality being the district head again in Dewas and in Khategaon municipalities. quarters located on the Bombay-Agra National It is heartening to note that such a big local body' Highway No. 3 is having the highest total per cap like Dewas had to spend appreciably low amount ita receipt as also highest per capita receipt through on its general administration. The general adtninist. taxes. E~cept for Bhaurasa town where the total ration of Sonkatch town had been a costly affair. revenue receipt is through other sources than tax, On the whole the functioning of the local bodies all the towns of the district have a major share of from the point of view of revenue receipt and expe revenue through taxes. nditure has been good. On the expenditure front. Dewas and Sonkatch The following table gives the number of schools towns have spent an appreciably BOod measure on per 10,0 a0 population ill towns. public health and cOllveniences which i~ directly xxxiv TABLE 11 Schools per tt'n thousand population in tewns No. per ten thousand population Class. Name and civic r------_...._,------. status of the town Higher Secondary/ Junior PrimarY Secondary/ Matriculaiion Secondary/ Inter/PUCj Middle Junior College 2 3 4 5 V BagJi (M) 1.46 2.93 4.39 V Bhaurasa (M) 1.29 2.57 2.57 II Dewas (M) 0.84 2.04 4.07 V . Hatpiplya (M) 2,')0 2.00 2.00 IV Kannod (M) 1.96 2.93 2.93 V Kantaphod (N, A, ) 1.10 2.20 1. 10 IV Khategaon (M) 0.91 ). 82 2.73 IV Sonkatch (M) i .93 2.89 4.82 ,..__------~~----~------~------District total 1,14 2,22 3. S6 In terms of number of institutions per 10,000 TABLE 12 population, Sonkatch town has the highest average of 4.82 in respect of primary level institutions No. of Beds in Medical Institutions in Towns fol1owed by Bagli and Dewas with 4.39 and 4.07, No. of beds in respectively. In terms of middle schools, Bagli and Clas,s, name and civic ~tatus of medical instjtutions Kannod towns lead with 2.93 followed by Son the town per I ,000 population katch with 2.19. Dewas occupies third position 2 from bottom. Again in the case of Higher Secon. V Bagli (M) 1. 17 dary level institution, Dewas town is at the bottom V Bhaurasa (M) with an average of 0.84. The low averages do not rr Dewas (M) 1.92 V Hatpiplaya (M) 0.60 mean to indicate low level of literacy in this town. IV Kannod (M) 2.35 On the contrary Dewas town has the highest V KantaphOd (N. A. ) 0.77 1. 64 literacy rate or 55.92 per cent while Sonkatch and IV Kha tegaon (M) IV Son katch (M) 2.12 Khategaon stand at second and third position with 1.61 literacy rate 52.71 percent and 48.50 per cent res Di .. trict total pectively. It has to be noted that it is not merely the Kannod, a tahsil headquarters town is having number of institutions that counts but the sile of the highest average of 2.35 beds per 1000 popu the in~titutions which matters for the spread of lation followed by Sonkatch and Dewas with 2.12 and 1.92 respectively. Dewas with a District literacy. Hospital is lagging behind. The following table meant for showing the proportion of slum population in towns of class I The following table gives the number of beds and class II categories but Dewas is the only town in medical institutions per 1000 population. coming under the second category. xxxv TABLE 13 Proportion ,f Slum Population in Tont '------..... ------...... ------Class, name and civic and Population Proportion of the slum Population to total Area Density in slums status of the town population of the town (per sq. km.) ------.._,------...... ,_-----,-----,------2 3 4 5 ------II Dewas (M) 83,465 23.900 28.63 5.61 4,260 ------_.. _------Though the proportion of slum population in authorities have to be watchful so that this menace Dewas town is quite high but the congestion in does not grow further. slum areas is not alarming which is 4,260 persons per sq. km. The high proportion of slum popula. The following table' gives the most important tion appears to be due to the fast growing industrial . commodity manufactured, imported and exported complex in and around Dewas town. The civil in towns. TABLE 14 Most imp~rtant commodity m~nufactured, imported and exported in tons. Class. nlme and civic l\.fost important commodity status cf the town* r--..------_....".______- _____~ Manufactured E:~ported Imported 2 3 4 V B:lgli (M) Agricultural tools Jowar lron V Bhaurasa (M) Ghee Vegetable Medicines II Dewas, (M) Leather goods Leather goods Medicines V Hatpiplaya (M) Shoes Jowar Sugar IV Kannoe! (M) Bidi Cotton Sugar V Kan:aphod (N .A. )- Ghee Cotton Cloth IV Khategaon (M) Bidi Cotton Medicines IV Sonkatch (M) Linseed Oil Linseed Medicines ---- Tata Exports is the leading manufacturing concern the rich agricultural tract of the State. Jowar, -in the newly developed industrial complex in Dewas wheat, cotton, linseed are the important crops engaged in the manufacture of high quality leather grown in the district, Most of the towns are enga· goods mainly for exports. Dewas district lies in ged in agriculture based economic activity. 10' 30' 76' IIJ' MADHYA PRADESH TAHSIL SONKATCH DISTRICT DEWAS 23 23' IS' \ , I 0 4 6 MILES ~I ~, I 0 , KILOMETRES 5' s' o REFERENCE BOUNDARY: DISTRICT...... _._ TAHSll ...... , ._,_,_,_ " VillAGE WlfH LOCATION r----l " CODE NUMBER, .... l..!t3_ __ J HEADQUARTERS: TAHSil,. @ VILLAGES WITH POPULATION SIZE: BELOW 200 200.499.500·999,IOOO·4999,5000lABOVE .. ~ • 0: UNINHABITED Vi LLAGES, •. , , , . ••• POSITION OF tAHSIL SONKATCH URBAN AREA WITH LOCATION CODE .. " IN DISTRICT DEWAS '( ~ NATIONAL HIGHWAY .. , .•• , .. ~H I 22 22' SS' 5" It J'I STATE HIGHWAV ...... "" '''''''' .. .==;;;;;;;;;;:;:; ..... ~ POST OFFICE / POST AND TELEGRAPH OfFICE. PO / m A H 5 L HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL ...... BAG L POLICE STATION ... HOT! HOSPITAL, PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE ..... VlllAGElOIAllON IOOENUMBERl1 IINOIIHOiNIN 1HII HAP, DISPENSARy ...... , .. mAGE 100l10N illH IOO[ NUMBER 2" INIIUOEO IN IONKATCHmN. MARHT / HAT , ~ANDIES .• '" .. , . I VIlLA6ElOll110NillH IOO[NUMBfRlIIlillOO[O liBHAURW10iN. 76' 00' 10' 30' 'M'IIJ' i) t,OVT, Of INDIA COPYRIWiT, " .. •~Q • • z}.. •" • : ! v ..._:"'~ " ~ I "i • ' = i : ~ U) t .. 0 a4 WllU ~ "~"ILO""'" ,. .t Iq () I/) z « I- o o ~ o.. REFERENCE BOUNDARY: DISTRICT. .. TAHSIL ... ··-I:.=:::....~ YILLAI!.E WITH LOCATION COOE t«l- ,_!!_j @ HEADQUARTERS: TAHSIL ... VILLAGES WITH POPUL.t.TlOH SIZE BELOW 200, 200-'99, S9IHltt. 1000-4918, SOOO l .t.BOYE .. 0 •••• UNINHABITED VII.LAGES .• , ... I URBAN AREA WITH LOCATION CODE ...... ~ .. STATE HIGHWAY.. __,_,,_,_ METALLED ROAD .. · UNMETALLED .ROAO . .., ... ------~ RIVER AND STREAM...... ,~ POST OFFICE/ POST ANO TELEGRAPH OFFICE.. pol m HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL. POLICE STATION ... HOSPITAL "PRIMAA\' HEALTH CENTRE .. DISPENSARY, .. DISTRIC i MATERNITY AND CHILO WELFARE CENTRE MARMETI HAT, MANOIES . 30' 50' MADHYA PRA DESH 5 E H 0 T1 ~ \ C T 22' 50 TAHSIL KANNOD \ S i o DISTRICT DEWAS ... 'MILE! o ~! : KtLOMETRiS POSITION OF TAHSIL KAtiNOO IN DISTRICT DEWAS :r .f,0' x ~ 14P1tW ....,...,.---,'---'----' U 24 ~ l.\>':llOMETRf~ REFERENCE BOUNOARV, DISTAICT ...... _._._ " TAHSIl...... _._. __ VILLAGE WITH LOCATION I " CODE NUMBER ...... HEA~QUARTERS: TAHSIL .. ( VILLAGES WITH POI'UlATION SIZE:, BELOW 200, 200-we, r.oo_, 1000-4999... 0." UNINHA81TED VIUA6EL ...... UR8AN AREA WITH LOCATION CODE.. ~ STATE HIGHWAV ...... _" SM 22 ~TALLED ROAD ...... UHMETALLED ROAD ...... ====== RIVER AND 6TREAM ...... ~ FOREST AREA...... gff) POST OFFICE / POST AND TElEGRAPH OFFICE 10/ 'TO HIGHER SECONDARV SCHOOL ... s POLICE STATION .. 15 o HOSPITAL, PRIMUV HEALTH CENTRE •.. t.' DISPENSARY ... + I MARKET /HAT,MANOIES. i-o,t. . 22 (' 2 MOTt·' VtLUGElOCATIDN (DOl IiIUM'EI1I]1\ IMCLUB[D III UMMOO TO\rlN. 1. ~ILlUt LOCATION (DOl .U""fU !"_ 1n,IU "'1[IIiCLIJDEOIII u'HfAPHODTO'WN. t 1 fl)UST nus SHOWN AR[ Nor CLASSlfltD. 76 25 @ .OYT OF INDIA COPVRI~HT, 1984 . . . . 77 20 76 50 00 . . 77 MADHYA PRADESH s R \ c TAHSIL KHATEGAO'N DISTRICT DEWAS , I 0 , ,.a; AI.. 6MIlES 1Zrl 6 • I(ILOMETRES J 50' POSITION OF TAHSIL KHATEIlAON IIt'oISTRIC T OEWAS a 24..__.____. 0 ~.. MILES o ,...... --, z 4& 14 Q 4h:lOMETRES z « REFERENCE \ , ~ BOUNDARY: DISTRICT" " TAHSIL. ..J VILLAGE WITH LOCATION " .. ,. Lr-;;;;-:-, _____ J CODE NUMBER ... 1/1 @ J: HEADQUARTERS: TAHSIL « VILLAGES WITH pOPULATiON SIZE I- / BELOW 200, 200-499,500-999,'000-1.999 .... 0 • •• UNINHABITED VILLAGES...... ". I ~ URBAN AREA WITH LOCATION CODE,.. ... ~ STATE HIGHWAY... SH 22 METALLED ROAD .. , UNMETALLED ROAD .. . .. ======f RIVER AND STREAM.. " .. " ... --~ 30" POST OFFICE/POST AND TELEGRAPH OffiCE PO/PTO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL ... POLICE STATION...... " PS HOSPITAtrilISPENSARV. MARKETI HAT, MANDIES .. 77 00' 10' 7 20' @ GOvT.Df I~DIA (OPYRI~HT.l984. 3 ,,'Illlif"f .ql~"',(. '" ------.-___-- .. - ___---r-- 'J!i1l' tITlf 'liT ,"If {'~IT.ir!l 'IiT6" ;f"'ii<: 'J!i1l' lIT+!" 'liT ifT~ ~T;{T!l 'liR "f1'i{<: mr ij'I91l'T ~-- ... ~--~ r--_.....JI-_-~ 1971 1981 1971 1981 ----....-- ______.-L.. __ ------2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ------ 20/1 ~''''CfI'''~ 22 ~~~ 54 54 23 '!i<:T~T if!O' 1'8 158 1 emu 146 146 24 . 'li<:T~ll'T it'!i 11 11 2 STitT: 222 220 25 IFUf~T~ 135 135 3 OC;f\ifT . 53 53 26 ~ri~ 98 98 4 ~"ll'T 96' 96 27 ~"iT 25 2S 5 Sfv