CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 MYSORE STATE DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT K. BALASUBRAMANYAM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MYSORE PRINTED AT THE MANIPAL POWER PRESS, MANIPAL (SOUTH KANARA) FOR THE DIRECTOR OF PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, BANGALORE 1967 • -P08ITION or CllffRAIWRfJA DISTRICT III .rlOIlE rrll1r T . DISTRICT MAP OF GH ITRADURGA SCALI , t....it:::i... iii:=O.. iliiiiiiiiiiiiiill1' "'IUS ~ 4 5' 45' -~ <e () ~ ". ..1lI C " '"~'J) III "'.s, ~ 0 I 3(1' -- D Hef,rCl!t~ D;3Ir iC't ~.rJ- flWrt, r 7.. 1"" Villages ~I>ot'e 5(100 P"pgl.ti"n other l"'p"I"unt V'"~I •• ,,,0 T" wns. MMiripalily .I!I (., P"sl orli c~ Police , t.li(", RO./i) Post &- Teleg-rilph officI P.T. ... Travel/us bu~ /o .. TI {) ist rict BOfJfl(jll,.y Q- Ta/uk •• Oivisionil l .. ~ lilli/WilY NlJtiCfl,,1 Hig-h wIIY Stall! other r".ds 0 13° RivrrJ & st re~ms 13 Hills :f;: :':"-"::'-~ ' () rilnb ti PREFACE Census in 'India has all along been a scientific and systematic survey. Gradually through the decades it has also aimed at providing besides a statistical account of the population surveyed, a picture of the Socio-Economic condition of the people. With this end in view, the Census authorities in India have always interested themselves, side by side with the counting of the people, at making several special studies relating to the life of the people. One of these special features of the Census of India at present is the preparation and publication of the District Census Handbooks. These were first published in the 1951 Census. Upto 1951, after each Census, only the list of villages along with population was published. But for the first time in 1951, general population tables, literacy tables and social and economic tables were pub­ lished in the District Census Handbooks. When preliminary work on the 1961 Census started in 1959, the question of enlarging the coverage of subjects included in the District Handbooks was also examined. A broadsheet indicating the,items on which information had to be gathered from the various Departments was circulated by the Registrar General, India, and at the First Conference of Superintendents of Census Operations held at Delhi towards the end of 1959 the delegates agreed that it was quite within the bounds of possibility to gather information on all the topics suggested by the Registrar General. It was agreed that the contents of the District Census Handbook, on matters of general information should not compete with the District Gazetteers. The scope of the Village Directory included in each District Handbook has been enlarged. In addition to giving the Primary Census Abstract of the village concerned, the Directory gives information about the various amenities available in the village. It is thus possible to get from the Village Directory not only information about the population and the economic activities of the people but also about the level of development attained by the village in regard to the provision of the various amenities. Many of the Census Tables published in the District Handbook furnish information down to the level of a Taluk and they may prove useful in drawing up Taluk Develop­ ment Plans. Besides the Census Tables and Village Directory some administrative statistics pertaining to the District concerned, have also been furnished. It was also thought that the usefulness of these volumes would be enhanced by inclusion of District maps and Taluk maps set in suitable squares to facilitate easy location of the villages in the Taluk maps. In order that the readers may get a bird's eye-view of the cultural heritage of the State, a note on it has also been inculded, which though not exhaustive, should give a glimpse of our rich heritage. These handbooks have been compiled by the Census Organisation under the general instruc­ tions of the Registrar General. They are being printed and published by the State Government who have also approved the list of items to be included and the mode of presentation. In the course of the Census operations, I have received assistance and co-operation from several institutions and individuals. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to each of them individually However, I will be failing in my duty if I do not express my deep sense of gratitude to Sri A. Mitra, I.e.s., Registrar General, India, who has been a source of constant help, inspiration and guidance all through the Census operations of 1961. I am also grateful to the Government of Mysore and its staff at all levels, for the unstinted co-operation extended to me in this work. BANGALORE K. BALASUBRAMANYAM 24TH SEPT., 1966 Superintendent of Census Operations in Mysore The members of the Staff connected with preparation of this Volume are : - Sri C. M. Chandawarkar Deputy Superintendent of Census Operations Sri B. S. Narasimha Murthy t Tabulation Officers Sri R. Y. Revashetti J Sri M. Somasekhar Statistical Assistant Sri A. I. Khan } Investigators Sri M. Krishna Rao Sri M. Nanjundaiah Compilation Clerks Sri M. Venkata Rao } Sri M. A. Sreenivasan Printing Inspector TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION Pages History, The people and their social condition, Medical, Public Health and Animal Husbandry Agriculture, and Irrigation, Natural Calamities, Education and Literacy, Occupation, Manufacture and Trade, Com­ munications, Land Tenures and Land Reforms, Houses and Households, Local Bodies, Co-operation, Administration. I-XIII ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS Appendices I·-RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE A. Climatogical Tables xv-xx B. Rainfall and rainy ~ays XXI-XXVII n·-VITAL STATISTICS A. Births and Deaths records XXVIII B. Deaths from selected causes XXVIII - XXXI IIl--AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS A. Land utilisation statistics XXXI B. Yield rates of principal crops XXXII - XXXIII C. Gross area (in acres) irrigated XXXIII D. Area under crops XXXIV E. Area irrigated during the years 1950 - 51 to 1959-1960 XXXIV F. Progress of cultivation during the years 1950 - 51 to 1959 - 1960 XXXIV G. Statement showing the Rates of wages paid to the Agricultural Labour xxxv- XLII H. Particulars of Major and Medium projects XLIII IV-STATISTICS OF LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES AND REGISTERED FACTORIDS ll.. Factories classified by illdustry with average daily number of workers in each XLIV B. Growth of Factories XLV C. Average daily number of workers employed XLV D. Number of factories and average number of workers XLV V-STATISTICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, ETC. A. Criminal Justice-No. of Criminal cases tried XLVI B. Persons convicted or bound over . XLVI C. (i) Strength of Police XLVII Oi) List of Police Sub-Divisions, Circles, Police Stations and Outposts, etc. XLVII D. Jails XLVIII E. Co-operative Societies XLVIII F. Table of Receipts under: (i) Land Revenue (ii) Excise Revenue (iii) Sales Tax (iv) Sale of Stamps (v) Entertainment Tax (vi) Motor Spirit Tax XLVIII G. Table Showing the Number and description of documents registered and value of property transferred XLIX VI-PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL STATISTICS A. List of Hospitals and Dispensaries L-LI B. Primary Health Centres LI ii PART I-concld. Appendices-conc/d. Pages VII-EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS A. List of High Schools LI- LII B. List of Colleges LII VIII-STATISTICS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PRESSES AND JOURNALS A. Printing Presses, Newspapers and Periodicals HI B. Cinemas LIII IX-COMMUNICATION STATISTICS A. Statement showing the Details of Road Mileage in charge of the Public Works Department as on 31st March 1961 LIII- LV B. Talukwise village roads maintained by local bodies LVI-L1X C. Statistics of Major Bridges . LIX D. List of Telegraph and Telephone offices LX E. List of places having Inspection/Travellers' Bungalows LX X-STATISTICS OF LOCAL BODIES A. Receipts and Expenditure of District Board LXI B. Local Bodies-Receipt and Expenditure of the District development and Taluk development Board LXI C. Receipts and Expenditure of Municipalities LXII XI-STATISTICS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LXlI- LXIII XII-CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS LXN-LXVII XIII-LIVESTOCK POPULATION LXVIII XIV-CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT EVENTS LXVIII XV-STATISTICS OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS A. Tabular Statement of Important Fairs and Melas LXIX- LXX B. Fairs and Festivals LXXI-LXXII C. List of Markets/Shandies/Sub-Yards LXXIII - LXXIV XVI-GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES LXXV-LXXVI PART II CENSUS TABLES AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY Census Tables Explanatory note for Census Tables with Annexures 1- 32 A-I Area, houses and population with Appendices I, II and III 33- 35 A-II Variation in population during 60 years 36- 37 A-III Villages classified by population . 38 A-IV Towns and Town groups classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1901 39- 41 UNION PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 42- 49 B·I & B-I1 - Workers and Non-workers in Taluks and Towns classified by sex and broad age-groups 50- 63 B·III Industrial Classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels- PART A-Urban Areas only 64- 65 PART B-Rural Areas only 66-- 69 B-IV PART-A-Industrial Classification by Sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry 70- 72 PART B-Industrial Classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in non-household industry, Trade, business, profession or service 73- 78 PART C-Industrial Classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups of persons at work other than cultivation with Appendix . 79- 86 111 PART II-contd. Census Tables-contd. Pages B-V Occupational Classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation with