CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 MYSORE STATE DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK COORG DISTRICT K. BALASUBRAMANY AM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVIOE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MYSORE PRINTI!.D AND PUIILlSHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION f AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, BANGALORE 1967 DISTRICT MAP OF COORG ? (/) . "atl"l3 10 P el'I~'ar o REFERENCES Dist,.;d boundary _ Ta(uk " state Roads Other Hills L SCALE 4 o 4 8 Miles I I I , CENSUS OF ~NDIA, 1961 VOLUME XI MYSORE List of Central Government Publications Part I--A General Report Part J-B Report on Vital Statistics Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables (A Serjes) Part II-B (i) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) Part II-B (ii) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) Part II-C (i) Social and Cultural Tables (C Series) Part II-C (ii) Migration Tables (D Series) Part III Household Economic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) ,­ Part IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments Part IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables (E Series) Part V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (including reprints from old Census Reports) Part VI Village Survey Monographs (51 monographs) Part VII Handicraft Survey Monographs (13 crafts) Part VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration 1 not for sale Part VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation J Part IX Census Atlas Volume Part X Special Report on Bangalore Metropolitan Area State Government Publications 19 DIf?TRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS 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. \Vith 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 publi­ cation of the District Census Handbooks. These were first published in the 1951 Oensus. Upto 1951, after each Oensus, 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 published 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 Oensus Tables publishpQ in the District Handbook furnish information down to the level of a Taluk and they may prove useful in drawing up Taluk Development 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 included, which though not exhaustive, should give a glimpse of our rich heritage. These handbooks have been compiled by the Census Organisation under the general instructions 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 Oensus 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.C.S., Registrar General, India, who has been 11 source of constant help, inspiration and guidance all through the Census operations of 1961. I am also grateful to the Government of lVIysore and its staff at a111evels, for the unstinted co-operation extended to me in this work. Bangalore K. BALASUBRAMANYAM, 24th Sept., 1966 Superintendent oj 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 Tabulation Officers Sri R. Y. Revashetti Sri M. Somasekhar Statistical Assistant Sri A. 1. 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 PAGJIIS History, The people and their social condition, Medical, Public Health and Animal Husbandry i-xii Agrioulture and Irrigation, Natural Calamities, Education and Literacy, Occupation, Manu. factnre and Trade, Communications, Land Tenures and Land Reforms, Houses and Households, Local Bodies, Co.operation, Administration. ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS Appendices I-RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE A. ClimatogicaJ Tables ~iv-xix B. Rainfall and rainy days xx-xxi II-VITAL STATISTICS A. Births and Deaths records xxii B. Deaths from selected causes xxii III-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS A. Land utilisation statistics xxiii B. Estimate of yield rates of principal crops xxiv O. Gross area (in acres) irrigated xxv D. Area under orops xxv Eo Area irrigated during the years 1952·60 xxvi F. Progress of cultivation during the years 1952·60 xxvi G' Major and medium Projects xxvii IV-STATISTIOS OF LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES AND REGISTERED FACTORIES A. Factories classified by industry with average daily number of workers in each. xxviii B. Growth of Factories xxviii C' Average number of workers employed in different industries xxviii D' Average daily number of workers employed in cotton spinning and weaving mills by class xxviii V-STATISTICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE A. .._l'm CO· OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, ETC. A. Criminal Justice-No. of Criminal cases tried. xxix E. Persons convicted or bound over xxx C. (i) Strength of Police xX'Ki (ii) List of Police Sub· Divisions, Circles, Police Stations and Outposts, etc., xxxi D. Jails xxxi E. Co· operative Societies xxxii F. Table Showing the No. and description of documents registered and value of property transferred xxxiii G. Table of Receipts under: (i) Land Revenue (ii) Excise Revenue (iii) Sale. Tax (iv) Sale of Stamps xxxiii (v) EnteMinment Tax (vi) Motor Spirit Tax. VI-PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL STATISTICS A. List of Hospitals and Dispensa'ries xxxiv E. List of Pu~lic Health Centres xxxv 11 PART I-concld. PAGES Appendices - concld. VII-EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS A. List of High Schools xxxv B. List of Colleges xxxv VIII-STATISTICS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PRESSES AND JOURNALS A. Printing Presses, Newspapers and Periodicals Xxxvi B. Cinemas xxxvi IX-COMMUNICATION STATISTICS A- Statement showing the Details of Roa.d Milea.ge in charge of the Public Works Department a.s on 31st March 1961 xxxvii-xxxviii B. Talukwise village roads ma.intained by local bodies xx;dx-:dv X-STATISTICS OF LOCAL BODIES xlvi-xlvii XI-STATISTrcs OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT xlviii XII-CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS I-Ii XIII-TREND OF LIVESTOCK STATISTICS Ii XIV-CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT EVENTS 1951·60 Ii XV-STATSTICS OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS lii-liii XVI-GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES AND PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST !iv-Iv XVII-LIST OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS Iv PARTll (JEJilSUS TABLES AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY Census Tables Explanatory note for Census Tablea with Annexures 1-32 A-I-Area, houses and population with Appendices I, II and III 33-38 A-II-Variation in population during 60 years 39 A-Ill-Villages classified by population 38-39 A-IT-Towns and Town groups cle-ssified by population in 1961 with vltria.tion since }901 40-41 Union Primary Census Abstract 42-45 B-1 & B-II-Workers and Non·workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 46-53 B-III-Industrial Classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels­ PART A-Urban Areas only 54-5& PART 13-Rural Areas only 56--57 B-IV-PART-A-Industrial Classification by Sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry­ 58-59 PART B-Industrial Classification by sex and claSil of worker of persons at work in non.household industry, trade, business, profession or service 60-63 PART C-Industrial Classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups of person~ a.t work other than cultivation iii PART II-(contd) CUI$US Tables-coned. PAGES B-V-Occupational Cla.ssification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation 70-89 B-VI-Occupational divisions of persons at work other than cultivation classified by sex, broad age-groups and edl'cationallevels in urban.