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CENSUS OF INDIA 19t>1 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHANDA Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY 1964 Printed in India by the Manager, Government Central Press, Bo~bay. and Published by the Director, Government Printing and StatIOnery Maharashtra State, Bombay-4. (Price-Rs, 8'00] D A " A • .. .. ... .... '" .. .. .. • • .. At .. • %.. I) Q ~ ~ • \ 'I i \. A . • 1!IIImEI l 1IIIIImql..." .,. POONA .1 II lUI!' HI, ." ..... NOSI< 01 Tll~U~' '. ...... ..• ".NIoIU.. _, 1IIIIIIIIWllms ....... _, UlnA "WIU[' .... ' ... -'_'_ ! I'mftllll 111111 tIlClHI .. 1... "0 la. It IilimTtu aUlw.un tWI; • ICIILI! b -; .;1 -k:;---~"':~~ ai' QMu".1 O'!IIHll hlwu n,) I I , !a1~lllhu I ...... tt l-Jn.±... ~' - :II """~u IWnlt mum ....... ___ l"U~( .' lmtl.). ".".,...;...... 1HUU!IIlClL fl CHANDA DISTRICT ,WUIlIllIUllCml., ..... xl 111111111 (""Hltil.",~' I I II II' 111111, •• --H-'"t-il 11!P1IT .. " ... " ...... +j IIHI!. "'" .......~ 1 i lllll ...... ·, ...... ··~i IUII.. 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CI~~~I 1iOIdAl'. l , CENSUS OF INDIA' 1961 Central Government Publications Census Report Volume X-Maharashtra, is published in the following,Parts I-A and B General Report I-C Subsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables II-B (i) General Economic Tables-Industrial Classification U-B (ii) General Economic Tables-Occupational Classification II-C (i) Social and Cultural Tables \ II-C (ii) Migration Tables TIl Household Economic Tables IV Report on Housing and Establishments V-A Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Tables V-B Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Ethnographic Notes VI (1-35) Village Surveys (35 monographs on 35 selec~ed Villages) VII-A Handicrafts in Maharashtra VII-B Fairs and Festivals in Maharashtra VIII-A Administration ~eport-Enumeration (For official use only) VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation (For official use only) IX Census Atlas of Maharashtra X (1-12) Cities of Maharashtra (15 volumes-Four volumes on Greater Bombay and One each on other eleven Cities) State Government Publications 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in English 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphabetical List of Villages in Maharashtra PREFACE On the suggestion of- the Census Commissioner, India, the Government of Maharashtra decided to publish the District Census Handbooks on the basis of the material collected during the 1961 Census for all the districts in Maharashtra. A Committee consisting of the Executive Editor and Secretary of the District Gazetteers (Revision) Editorial Board, the Superintendent of Census Operations, Maharashtra, and the Director" Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Maharashtta, was appointed to determine the contents and review the drafts of each volume. This is one of the twenty-five volumes compiled in the Maharashtra Census Office and published under that scheme. District Handbooks had been published from the 1951 Census data also. As in the past, the present volume contains a set of 1961 Census Tables for the district and also presents basic demographic and economic information for each village separately. The following improvements have, however, been made in the 1961 series :- (i) The addition of a comprehensive note introducing the district ; (ii) The four-coloured map of the district ; (iii) Taluka maps showing the location of each village in the district supplemented by alphabetical lists of villages, ; (iv) Supplementary information showing basic amenities available for each village; and (v) Addition of Part III containing 33 Tables on other official statistics. These new features will make the volume a valuable reference for the Central and State Governments, District Administrators, departments engaged in planning and development work, legislators, private t~ade and bushi'ess. Need for such material is far greater today as the functions of planning and implementation of development schemes have now percolated to district, taluka and village levels. Marathi version of this volume is also being issued separately. - Part I of the volume presents villagewise statistics, Part II contains the 1961 Census Tables prepared for the district and Part m contains official statistics on Climate, Rainfall, Agriculture, Industry, Education, Heal~h and a few other aspects. An explanatory note is added at the beginning of each part to describe the layout of the Tables and the terms or concepts used. Parts I and II are based entirely on the data collected at the 1961 Census. Part IIr is based on the material furnished by the District Statistical Officer and the officers of the departments concerned. Villagewise populations shown ih Part I are valid for Sunrise of 1st March 1961 and are not adjusted for seasonal migration to or from other areas. The introductory note at the beginning of the volume describes the present administrative set-up and some of the socio-economic facets of life in the district. It will illustrate how the statistics presented in the volume could be used for economic accounting or as controls of plan achievements in the district. For this note we have drawn heavily on the District Gazetteers, Survey and Settlement H (jOUh-la lV PREFACE ' Reports, Annual Administration Reports and other Government publications. Some Heads of Departments also supplied the latest available material for the volume. We are indebted to them all. Any views expressed in the introductory note or elsewhere in the volume are personal ana the Government is not responsible for them. In the Census Office, every one has done something for this stupendous task of compilation and collection of statistics, preparation of notes and reading of proofs. I should specially mention Shri N. Y. Gore, Tabulation Officer, for his sincere and thorough work on compilation and proof reading of Part 1, Shri G. S. Gokarn, Tabulation Officer, for his painstaking work on MSS and proofs of Parts II and III, Shri S. K. Deshpande, Shri D. G. Pansare and Shri R. E. Chowdhary for assistance in preparing the introductory note, Shri S. Y. Pradhan and Shri B. M. Nagarkar, Draughts· men, for Maps, Charts and Diagrams. Shri K. H. Shevade of our office looked after the layout of the Tables and printing of the volume. Shri R. G. Phadke and Shri D. V. Rangnekar, Deputy Superintendents of Cens~ Operations, and Shri G. M. Rajadhyaksha, Tabulation Officer, made valuable contributions at all stages and specially in the preparation of notes. Acknowledgments are due to the Manager, Government Central Press, B6mbay and Shri J. D. Gandhi, Manager, Government Photozincographic Press, Poona. In spite of heavy pressure of work on their presse~: ' they did their best to print this volume speedily. I am obliged to Shri Asok Mitra, I.C.S., Census Commissioner, India, for valuable suggestions for improving this volume. I am also indebted to Shri Setu Madhava Rao and Shri M. A. Telang, Members of the District Census Handbook Committee, who not only supplied useful material from their departments but also read through the MSS and encouraged us through this venture. B. A. KULKARNI BOMBAY: The 30'th November 1964 CONTENTS PAGES INTRODUCr~G THE DISTRICT .. (1)-(52) Physical Features (I) ; Administrative Set-up (2) ; Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis (5) ; Village Panchayats (7) ; Population (8) ; Languages (I1); Religions (18) ; Scheduled Castes (I8) ; Scheduled Tribes (20) ; Welfare of Backward Classes (22) ; Education (23) ; Health and Medical Amenities (28) ; Housing (28) ; Agriculture and Irrigation (29); Agrarian Structure and Land Reforms (36); Co-operation (37); Forests (40); Fisheries (42); Mining and Quarrying (42); Industries (44); Power (45) ; Trade and Commerce (45); Communications and Transport (47); Construction (48); Other Services (48); Broad Aspects of Economy (48). PART I-Village Directory 1-125 PART II-Census Tables 127-242 PART III-Other Official Statistics 243-274 (Subjectwise Contents for Parts I, II and III may be seen at pages 2, 129 and 244 respectively) LIST OF MAPS, CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS Chanda District Frontispiece The District in Maharashtra page (1) Percentages by Area and Population ~.~}FaCing Population, 1901-1961 (8) Variation in Population, 1951-1961 (9) Density of Population, 1961 (11) Distribution by Aile-groups, 1961 (13) Sex Ratio, 1901-1961 (14) Marital Status, 1961 (IS) Literacy, 1901--1961 (23) Literacy, 1961 (24) Literacy and Educational Levels, 1961 (27) Land Utilisation (31) Crop Pattern (33) Distribution of Workers, 1961 (50) Brahmapuri Taluka Facing page S Warora Taluka Facing page 21 Gadhchiroli Taluka Facing page 43 Chanda Taluka Facing page 75 Rajura Taluka Facing page 93 Sironcha Taluk;a Facing page 105 Weekly Markets Facing page 272 Fairs FaCing page 274 INTRODUCING THE DISTRICT This /lute describes the admifli!.fralire set-lip (Illd some socio-economic facets of'life ill the district THE DISTRICT IN MAHARASHTRA FIG. ;Z eo' 1'0{ • u'-' I''''t_------ l:. 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