District Census Handbook, Halar
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.,.legIstrar Oeneral, IndiA .. •( • z •0 til ...: .111 .. _..&... .. '" t Ii • CONTENTS PAGES A. -General Population Tables A-I. Area, Houses and Population 4-5 A-lII. Towns and Villages classified by Population 6-7 - A-Y. ToWns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes 8--9 H.-Economic Tables H-I. Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes ..10-19 B-II. Secondary Means of Livelihood .. 20-25 B-lli. Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub-Divisions .. 26--67 Index of non-agricultural occupations in the district .. 68-72 C.-Household and Age (Sample) Tables Col. Household (Size and Composition) .. 73-77 C-II. - Livelihood Classes by Age Groups .• 78-81 C-IIT. Age and Civil condition .. 82-87 C-IY. Age and Literacy .. 88-93 CoY. Single Year Age Returns .. 94-97 D.---Social and Cultural Tables D-l. Languages: (i) Mother Tongue " 98-101 (ii) Bilingualism .. 102-103 D-IT. Religion 104-105 D-Ill. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes .. 104-105 D-V. (i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival .. 106-107 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes .. 106-107 D-VI. Non-Indian Nationals .. 108-109 D-VII. Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards .. 110-113 D-VIII. Unemployment by Educational Standards .. 114-117 E.--Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas .. llS-l20 Primary Census Abstracts •. 121-233 Sntltn-;~le--I.n4Pstries Cell~us-~Employme!lt in Estilblishm_q ', ..;.-. ,',... .. .. .... .• 234-241- _ - P'3S-1 J951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK HALAR DISTRICT The district consists of the former Indian states of Navanagar (excluding Atkol, Paddhari and Kandorna talukas which have been included in Madhya Saurashtra) and Dhrol. Dhrafa thana and part of Jalia DevanL The enclave villages of Amreli district were also added to it. The district had a population (1951 Census) of 574,472 and an area of 3,890.0 square miles according to the area figure furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This Handbook contains tables for Halar district, compiled after the 1951 Census of .India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied in the State Tables published for the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Handbook, the data are exhibited in greater detail. The numbers given to tables in this publication correspond to those given in the State Census Report. The following tables for the district have, however, not been included in this Handbook :- A-II. Variation in population during fifty years. A-IV. Towns classified by population with variations since 1901. D-IV. Migrants~ In the case of the C-series of tables, except C-I, the data were extracted on the basis of a sample count of approximately 10 per cent of the census slips instead of a full count of all the slips. The C-I table was prepared from a four per cent sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizens relating to each town or village. Till the 1951 Census the basis of classification of the population was a social one, namely according to religion, castes and communities. At the 1951 Census the basis was changed from a social to an economic one and the figures for villages given in the Primary CensusAbstracts and in tables A-Y, B-1, B-I1, C-If and E are according to the following eight livelihood classes :- Agricultural Classes l.-Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned ; and their dependants. TI.-Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly unowned ; and their dependants. lII.-Cultivating laoourers ; and their dependants. IV.-Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers; and their dependants. Non-Agricultural Classes Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihOod from Y.-Production other than cultivation. VI.-Commerce. vn.-Transport. VIII.-Other services and miscellaneous sources. Dependants, whether earning or non-earning, were classified at the census according to the principal means of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts, which contain basic information in respect of every village and town, have been arranged according to talukas and petas, units into which every district is divided for administrative purposes. The taluka was, however, too small a unit to adopt for preparing the main census tables. Therefore, in the B, C and D series of tables figures have been given for tracts and not for talukas and petas. Before sorting the census slips and tabulating the results. tracts were formed by combining the rural and urban areas of tWo or more talukas or petas. 3 "[be tracts into which Halar district was divided 'for this purpose are shown below :- Rural Tl'acts : (I) Rural areas of Jamnagar, Dhrol and Kalavad Talukas and Jodia and Lalpur Petas. (2) Rural areas of Khambhalia and Jam-Jodhpur talukas and 'Bhanvad and Kalyanpur petas. Urban TrQcts : (1) Jamnagar City. (2) Urban areas of Dhrol, Kalavad, Khambhalia and Jam-Jodhpur talukas and Jodia, Lalpur, Bhanvad and Kalyanpur petas. Urban areas comprise the towns shown in table A-V. Shortly before the 1951 population census, a censlIs of Small Industries was taken, and the results of this censlls are given in the table called .• Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments," included in this handbook. The intention was to find out something about Cottage and Home Industries and small work shops. The larger establishments, that is, power-using establishments with 10 or more workers and non-power using establishments with 20 or more workers, were excluded from the scope of enquiry as they now submit returns under the Factory Act. The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employing other people, except when looms were used. If even one loom was used a return was required. Otherwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms of associate activity where :lrticles were produced, repaired or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. 4 A-GENERAL POPULATION A-I-AREA, HOUSES District: Occupied Houses. Area in Taluka or Peta. sq. miles. Villages. Towns. Total. Rural. Urban. 2 3 . 4 5 6 7 District Total 3,410.7 644 12 105,230 68,176 37,054 1 Bhanvad 259.1 56 7,789 5,859 1,930 2 Dhrol 157.4 41 5,245 3,458 .1,787 3 Jam-Jodhpur 332.9 72 2 10,045 7,229 2,816 4 Jamnagar 445.5 94 34,782 13,847 20,935 5 Jodia 328.0 51 2 9,383 6,884 2,499 6 Kalavad 440.7 101 10,305 8,653 1,652 7 Kalyanpur 545.6 68 8,840 8,053 787 8 Khambhalia 457.2 80 2 10,599 6,763 3,836 9 Lalpur 444.3 81 8,242 7,430 812 Note.-(l) The area figure of the district of Halar supplied by the Surveyor General of India is 3,890,0 square miles. The area figures for talukas and petas shown in column 2 of thil table and in the E-Table are those supplied by the Collector. In the Primary Census Abstracts area figures for villages and towns obtained from local records are given. In the case of many talukas the arithmetical totals of the area figures for villages and towns do Dot agree with the area figures for talukas and petas supplied by the Collector. (2) The number of villages given in column 3 is the number of revenue villages, excluding uninhabited villages and villages which form part of municipal areas. TABLES 5 AND POPULATl ON Halar POPULATION. Persons. Males. Females. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 574,472 385,324 189,148 288,766 193,975 94,791 285,706 191,349 i 194,357 41,857 33,515 8.342 21,175 17,111 4,064 20.682 16,404 4,278 28.351 20,117 8,234 13,934 10,028 3,906 14,417 10,089 4,328 54,356 40,209 14,147 27,549 20,612 6,937 26,807 19,597 7,210 180,742 76,323 104,419 91,827 38,050 53,777 88,915 38,273 50,642 52,146 39,166 12,980 25,468 19,404 6,064 26,678 19,762 6,916 55,424 48,648 6,776 27,740 24,461 3,279 27,684 24,187 3,497 49,986 45,192 4,794 25,518 23,155 2,363 _ 24,468 22,037 2,43] 64,750 39,563 25,187 32,284 19,932 ]2,352 32,466 ]9,631 12,835 46,860 42,591 4,269 23,271 21,222 2,049 23,589 21,369 2,220 ------------------------------_. (3) The number of towns given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in the table A-V. In general, a town means a municipal area, cantonment area or a place which has a population of 5,000 or more persons and exhibits urban characteristics. (4) The number of occupied houses given in columns 5, 6 and 7 is the number of census houses that were occupied at the time of the census. A house for census purposes meant "a dwelling with a separate main entrance." Thus more than one household might be found in the same census house. 6 A-GENERAL POPULATION A-lll-TOWNS AND VILLAGES District: . ---------- ------ Total No. of Total Less than 500 Taluka or Peln inhabited - lowns and villages. Persons Males . Females No. Males Females 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -_ ._._---_-_-----._-----_._-_._.