General Population Tables, Part II-A , Vol-XIII, Punjab
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CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME XIII PUNJAB PART II-A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES R. L. ANAND SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS AND ENUMERATION COMMISSIONER, PUNJAB GE~ERAL POPULATION TABLES PUNJAB o 78_,. JAMMU AND PUNJ~B ADMINISTRATIVE 0' 30 STATI OIS"IUG' o 74 E ______ The Census Publications __________________ The 1961-census Reports on Punjab win bear uniformly VOLUME No. XIII, and will be printed in the following parts:- Part I-A G~neral Report. Part V-B Ethnographic notes on Scheduled Part I-B Report on Vital Statistics. Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Part I-C Subsidiary Tables. Part VI Village Survey Monographs: 44 in Part II-A General Population Tables number, each relating to an indi- (the present book). vidual village. Part II-B General Economic Tables Part VII-A Report on Selected Handicrafts. (in two books). Part II-C Cultural and Migration Tables. Part VII-B Report and Tables on Fairs and Festivals. Part III Household Economic Tables. Part IV-A Report on Housing and Establish- Part VIII-A. Aaministration Report I Enumera- ments . tion (Not for sale). Part IV-B Tables on Housing and Establish- Part VIII-B . Administration Report: Tabula- ments. ~ion (Not for sale). Part V-A Special Tables on Scheduled Caste'! and Scheduled Tribes. Part IX Socio-Economic Atlas. BESIDES, THERE WILL BE 19 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS, ONE FOR EACH DISTRICT PREFACE The amount of information collected during the 1961-census was so large and its processing into Tables has been in such detail as to require a number of books to present the results. An idea of the topics on which information was collected may be had by a glance at the three forms reproduced at pages 245, 258 and 259-260. The Tables have been grouped under six series, as explained on page 5. And the books that have been published or wiJI be published, have been listed on the page opposite to this. This book (Part II-A) contains four main Tables belonging to the A series and the Primary Census Abstract. Table A-I gives information in regard to area, number of villages and towns, number of occupied houses, and the 1\)61 population, for rural and urban areas of each District and Tahsil, and for each town. The Table is followed by three appendices. The first appendix shows the territorial changes in Districts, Tahsils and towns that took place during 1951-61. The second appendix shows the number and population of villages having 5,000 or more persons, and of towns having less than 5,000 persons. A list is also given of places with populatiolliess than 5,000 treated as towns for the first time in 1961, and places with population Jess than 5,000 which were treated as towns in 1951, but not so in the 1961-census. Appendix III gives figures fo1:. the houseless and institutional population. Table A-ll shows the population of each District at the time of decennial censuses held since 1901 and tile inter-censual variations. This is followed by a statement showing the 1951 population for each District as composed in 1951 and in 1961. Table A-m shows the distribution of inhabited villages and rural R~pulation according to villages of different population ranges. Towns have been arranged under six classes ac~ording to the 'size of their popula tion in 1961. Table A-IV gives under each class, the population of each town in different census years since 1901, and decade variations. The area components and s~me other particulars about towns are given in the appendice.s following the Table. In the Primary Census Abstract the following information is given in regard to the rural and urban areas of each District and Tahsil and for' each town:- (i) Area; (ii) Residential houses and households; (iii) Population, by sex; (iv) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes persons; (v) Literates and educated persons; (vi) Total workers and their distribution into nine industrial categories; and (vii) Nen-workers. I am deeply indebted to Shri Asok Mitra, I.C.S., Registrar General and ex-ojJido Census Commissioner, India, whose experienced handling of the 1961-census oper~tions made the work ~t the State level less arduous. His affection gave us strength and confidence, and his devotion to work has always been inspiring. I am grateful to Shri D. Natarajan, Deputy Registrar General, India, for his guidance in technical and administrative matters. I am thankful to Shri K. D. Ballal, Central Tabulation Officer and his staff, whQ checked t4e T~ble.c, fQr accurac;y, and ma4e valuable su~~estions for their ~resentat~o~T . VI I have to record my appreciation for the patient labour put in by the big team of Sorters, Compiler Checkers, Supervisors, Tabulation Assistants and Statistical Assistants in the four Tabulation Offices estab lished in the State, under the charge of Shri Hardyal Singh, P.C.S. (at Ambala), Shri Sukhdev Prasad, P.O.S. (at Patiala), Shri C. D. Khanna, P.C.S. (at Jullundur) , and Shri V. P. Capoor, P.C.S. (at Chandigarh). In the final stages heavy work devolved on Shri Pawan Kumar, Tabulation Officer and Shri Goverdhan Dass Singla, StatisticaLAssistant, and mention need also be made of two of their helpers, Shri Dharam Pal Jain, Tabulation Assistant and Shri Sant Ram, Supervisor. Sarvshri Pawan Kumar, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Ish Kumar Bhatia and Raj Kumar helped in seeing the book through the Press. Shri S. R. Sethi, Manager of the Government of India Press, Simla and his staff deserve my thanks for the care in printipg of the book. CHANDIGARH : _R. L. ANAND July 21,1964. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v INTRODUCTION 1 A-I. AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION ~~. b Union Table A-I ~ 18 State Tabl~ A-I 21 Appendix I to Table A-I: Statement showing the 19tH territorial units constituting the present set up of eaQh District and Tahsil of Punjab , and details of'net area. gained or lost in the changed t.erritories during the decade 1951-61 40. Sub-Appendix to Appendix I: Area for 1951 and 1961 of those Municipal Towns which have undergone change in area since 1951-census . " 45 Appendix II to Table A-I: Number of Villages with Population of 5,000 and above and Towns with Population under 5,000 46 List A to Appendix II: Places with PopulatIon under 5,000 trea.ted as Towns for the first time in 1961 48 List B to Appendix II: Places with Population under 5,000 which were treated as towns in 1951 but have been omitted from the list of',rowns in 1961 . 48 Appendix m to Table A-I: Houseless and Institutional Population 49 A-II. VAIUATION IN POPULATION DURING SIXTY YEARS: 1901-61 Fly-leaf . 57 Table A-II 62 Appendix to Table A-II: Sta.tement showing 1951 Population of District!! according to their territoria.l juri~diction in 1951, change!! in Area and Population involved in those changes . (. ~ . 65 A-m. VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION FIy.;.leai . 71 Union Table A-m 80 State Table A-m 82 ,Appendix to T~'I1le A,-IU; Villa~e!! cla!!sifled by f9pulation 88 Vlll PAGE A·IV, TOWNS (AND TOWN GROUPS) CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION IN 1961 WITH VARIATION SINCE 1901 Fly-leaf . 93 Table' A-IV 103 Append~ I to :fable A-IV: New Towns added in 1961 and Towns in 1951 which were declassified in 1961 135 Explanatory Note A to Appendix I: Names of Towns treated as such for the first ti~ne in 1961-census and their constituent Villages ,... 136 Explanatory Note B to Appendix I: Names of 1951-census Towns declassified in 1961-census and the names of their constituent Villages 137 _Appendix II to Table A-IV: Constituent Villages of each Town of 1961-census 138 PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Fly-leaf . Primary Census Abstract ANNEXURES Annexure A: Instructions for Filling up the Houselist 242 Annexure B: Instructions for Enumeration 246 INTRODUCTION A country set on the path of planned social and Two, the staff for census work was appointed in economic development r~quires accurate informa co-operation with the State Government. The State tion on a large number of topics. The consumer Superintendent had already been appointed by demand on the 1961-yensus Organisation was the Ministry of Home Affairs and to work under consequently very heavy', and the Registrar him were required: one District Census Officer General must have been hard put to it for (from P.C.S. cadrfl) for each District; a Charge maintaining balance between this demand, and on Officer for each Tahsil (Tahsildar) and important the supply side the capacity of the enumerato~s, Town (Secretary of the Municipality); a Supervisor the ability of the common man, and the limitation for each census circle; and an Enumerator for imposed by time for completing the enumeration. each census block. Besides, four whole-time Deputy The census questionnaires- which he devised with Superintendents were appointed (from LA.S. or extreme patience, were discussed at length over a P.C.S. cadresrfor giving training to the field staff number of times in meetings and conferences. These and for general supervision of work in the zones questionnaires were then tried 'in selected areas in allotted to them. different parts of the country with a view to examining the appropriateness of the questions Three, each building and census house in it, and adequacy of space provided for recording the whether vacant or occupied, was numbered and replies. The work of pretesting the questionnaires this number was painted on its mai:q.