Gazetteer of India
Maharashtra State
RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (SUPPLEMENTARY)
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RATNAGIRI DISTRICT GAZETTEER (SUPPLEMENTARY)
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BOMBAY GAZETTEERS DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA 1978
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PREFACE ...... 10 CHAPTER 1 : GENERAL- ...... 11 Administrative Sub-Divisions of Ratnagiri District (1971) ...... 11 Total Rainfall and Rainy Days in Ratnagiri District ...... 11 SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMINA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 14 MONTHWISE SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMENA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT IN 1974 ..... 15 MEAN WIND SPEED IN KM./HR. IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 16 CHAPTER 2 : HISTORY ...... 18 Calendar Of Important Historical Events In Ratnagiri District ...... 18 CHAPTER 3 : PEOPLE ...... 19 TAHSILWISE POPULATION ACCORDING TO RURAL –URBAN, SEX BREAK-UP DENSITY AND GROWTH IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 19 DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION ACCORDING TO LANGUAGES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, 1971...... 22 POPULATION OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDLED TRIBES IN RATNARIGI DISTRICT ...... 22 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY RELIGION, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 23 POPULATION OF TOWNS, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 23 POPULATION BY AGE AND MARITAL STATUS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1971 CENSUS) ...... 24 VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 25 CHAPTER 4 : AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION ...... 26 LAND UTILIZATION IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 26 AREA AND OUTTURN OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT...... 26 AREA UNDER FOOD CROPS AND NON-FOOD CROPS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 27 CROPWISE AREA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT...... 27 STATISTICS OF LIVE-STOCK IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT...... 28 NUMBER OF KHATEDARS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT AS ON 1ST MARCH 1977 ...... 28 LAND HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS) ...... 29 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF OWNERSHIP HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS) ...... 29 STATEMENT OF LAND HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 29 (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS ...... 29 CO-OPERATIVE FARMING SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 30 AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 30
Contents STATISTICS OF FAMINES SCARCITY, FLOODS AND CYCLONES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 30 OUTPUT AND VALUE OF FOREST PRODUCE IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 31 CHAPTER 5 : INDUSTRIES ...... 32 NO. OF FACTORIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THEM.... 32 CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 32 TRADE UNIONS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 33 CHAPTER 6 : BANKING, TRADE AND COMMERCEINDUSTRIES ...... 34 PLACES HAVING BANKING FACILITIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (COMMERCIAL AND NATIONALISEDBANKSOFFICES) AS ON FEBRUARY 1971 ...... 34 DEPOSITS AND ADVANCES BYSCHEDULED BANKS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT DURING 971 ...... 34 INSURANCE STATISTICS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 34 GROWTHOF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 35 GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 36 GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 38 TagaiLoans Advanced for Agriculture bythe Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad...... 39 Tagai Loans Advanced for Agriculture by Government, Ratnagiri District ...... 39 No. of Money-Lendersand Loans Advanced by Them in Ratnagiri District ...... 40 Collection of Small Saving and PostOffice Saving Banks in Ratnagiri District ...... 40 CHAPTER 7 : COMMUNICATIONS- ...... 41 Statistics of State Transport in Ratnagiri District ...... 41 Road Length According to Classes and Surface Type (Extra Municipal) in Ratnagiri District ...... 41 List of Major Bridges Completed Since 1stFive-Year Plan UP TO 1975 ...... 42 Statistics of Public Private Transport in Thane Region ...... 43 STATISTICS OF SHIPPING REGARDING PASSENGERS EMBARKED AND DISEMBARKED AND CARGO (IMPORT AND EXPORT) HANDLED AT VARIOUS PORTS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT ...... 43 List of Houses in Ratnagiri District ason 31ST December1976 ...... 44 Statistics of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in Ratnagiri District ...... 46 CHAPTER 9 : ECONOMIC TRENDS - ...... 47 Classification of Population According to Livelihood Classes in Ratnagiri District ...... 47 Average Retail Prices of ImportantCommoditiesat the DistrictHead Quarters of Ratnagiri District 48 Average Daily Wages Agriculturaland Skilled Labourers in Ratnagiri District ...... 48 No. of Registration and Placements in Employment Exchange, Ratnagiri District ...... 49 Employment in Tradeand Commerce in Ratnagiri District ...... 49 CHAPTER 11 : REVENUE ADMINISTRATION - ...... 50
Contents Land Revenue Statisticsin Ratnagiri District...... 50 TotalINCOME REALISED From Stamp Dutyin Ratnagiri District ...... 50 Statistics of Sales Tax in Ratnagiri District ...... 50 Revenue from Excise Duty in Ratnagiri District (State Excise) ...... 51 Statistics Regarding Registration and Its Value in Ratnagiri District ...... 51 Revenue from Entertainment Tax and Motor Vehicles Tax in Ratnagiri District ...... 51 Distribution of Government Land to Landless Farmers in Ratnagiri District Up To 1976 ...... 52 Distribution of Surplus Land in Ratnagiri District ...... 52 (Position as on 28TH February 1977) ...... 52 CHAPTER 12 : LAW ORDER AND JUSTICE - ...... 53 Strength of Police, Police Station and Out-Posts in Ratnagiri District ...... 53 Statistics of Jails in Ratnagiri District as on 30TH June 1976 ...... 53 Incidence of Crimes in Ratnagiri District ...... 54 Work Disposed off in Civil and Criminal Courts in Ratnagiri District ...... 54 CHAPTER 14 LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT - ...... 55 Income and Expenditure of Municipalities in Ratnagiri District ...... 55 Income and Expenditure of Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad ...... 55 Income and Expenditure of Village Panchayats in Ratnagiri District ...... 56 CHAPTER 15 : EDUCATION AND CULTURE ...... 58 Statistics of Literacy According to Urban-Rural and Sex Break-Up in Ratnagiri District ...... 58 Statistics Regarding Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education in Ratnagiri District 58 Institutions and Enrolment by Type of Education in Ratnagiri Districtduring 1970-71 and 1972-73 ...... 59 Libraries in Ratnagiri District as on 4TH December 1975 ...... 59 CHAPTER 16 : MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES- ...... 61 Vital Statistics of Births and Deaths Due to Different Disease in Ratnagiri District ...... 61 Medical Facilities in Ratnagiri District ...... 61 Statistics of Family Planning in Ratnagiri District ...... 62 Surveillance Data of Malaria Maintenance Phase Units* in Ratnagiri District ...... 62 Statistics of Small-Pox Eradication Programme in Ratnagiri District ...... 63 CHAPTER 17 : OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES- ...... 64 Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Licences and Permits Issued Under The Various Rules and Income Realised ...... 64 Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Today Scheme) ...... 64 Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Country Spirit Excise Duty) ...... 65 Number of Public Trusts in Ratnagiri District Upto June 1976 ...... 65
Contents CHAPTER : 18 PUBLIC LIFE AND VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS-...... 66 No. of Presses, Newspaper and Periodicals in Ratnagiri District ...... 66 List of Daily News-Papers, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, and Annual Magazines in Ratnagiri District as on 31ST December 1976 ...... 66 Statistics of General and by-Elections in Ratnagiri District ...... 67
Contents PREFACE
By its very nature a supplementry is not something new but rather an adjunct or continuation of the parent volume. Supplements were issued from time to time to the Gazetteer Volumes published in the old series. The object of issuing such supplements to District Gazetteers is to update the statistical data contained in the parent volume.
The second revised edition of the Ratnagiri District Gazetteer was published in 1962 by the Gazetteers Department. The present volume is intended to supplement the information contained in the revised edition by more recent statistice. Every attempt has been made to bring the statistical data as up-to-date as possible.
My thanks are due to Shri K.K. Chaudhari, M.A., Joint Editor; Dr. V.N. Gurav, M.A., PH.D., Deputy Editor; Shri M. H. Rande, B.A., and Shri S.K. Khilare, B.Com., LL.B., Research Officers and Shri K. V. Yohannan, B.A., LL.B., Administrative Officer for their valuable assistance throughout the work. My thanks are also to Shri P. N. Narkhede, M.COM.; Smt. M. S. Modikhane, M.A.; Smt N. S. Alwani, B.A.; Shri N. R. Patil, M.COM. and Shri V. B. Sangrulkar, B.A. (Research Assistants) for their assistance in the publication of this volume.I am also thankful to the other staff members for their association in the preparation of this volume.
I will be failing in my duty if I do not express my thanks to Dr. P. N. Chopra, M.A., PH.D., Editor, Central Gazetteers Unit, Ministry of Education, Social Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi as also the editorial staff of the Unit for their effective role in planning and coordinating the work of preparation of the Supplementaries. The Unit scrutinised the draft of the tables of this Supplementary with great care and made several helpful suggestions. It may also be mentioned here that the Government of India pays a sum of Rs. 10,000 towards the compilation and printing of this volume.
Shri S. A. Sapre, Director Government Printing, Stationary and Publications, Maharashtra State, Bombay and Shri G. D. Dhond, Manager ,Government Central Press, Bombay as also the other technical and managerial staff of the Government Central Press, Bombay deserve my thanks for the fine execution of the printing work of this volume in an expeditious manner.
The information contained in the Supplement was collected with the help and co-operation of various government and semi-government departments especially at the district level. To them all my thanks are due.
BOMBAY : B. G. KUNTE August 1978 Executive Editor and Secretary
Contents CHAPTER 1 : GENERAL-
TABLE I
Administrative Sub-Divisions of Ratnagiri District (1971)
Sub-division Tahsil Area in No. of inhabited No. of Sq. km. villages towns 1 2 3 4 5 (1) Dapoli .. (1) Dapoli .. 846·7 149 3 (2) Mandangad .. 415·2 91 ..
(2) Chiplun .. (1) Khed .. 999·2 146 1 (2) Guhagar .. 627·3 78 .. (3) Chiplun .. 1,125·1 130 4 (4) Sanagameshwar .. 1,292·6 170 ..
(3) Ratnagiri .. (1) Ratnagiri .. 995·9 120 1 (2) Lanja .. 733·0 122 .. (3) Rajapur .. 1,283·8 144 2 (4) Deogad .. 734·8 63 ..
(4) Sawantwadi .. (1) Kankavli .. 774·9 67 .. (2) Malvan .. 663·3 58 1 (3) Kudal .. 819·5 77 .. (4) Vengurla .. 327·9 17 2 (5) Sawantwadi .. 1,336·2 120 1
TABLE II
Total Rainfall and Rainy Days in Ratnagiri District
(Rainfall in mm.) Year Pre-monsoon (April (to May) Monsoon (June to Sept.) Total R.F No. of R. D. Total R.F No. of R. D. 1 2 3 4 5 1960-61 .. 60·4 5 2,879·0 78 1964-65 .. Nil Nil 2,620·5 86 1968-69 .. 13·2 1 1,808·2 69 1972-73 .. 21·0 2 1,731·8 63
Contents Year Post-monsoon Winter Total of the Year (Oct. to Nov.) (Dec. to March) Total R.F No. of R. D. Total R.F No. of R. D. Total R.F No. of R. D. 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 1960-61 .. 93·4 4 Nil Nil 3,072·2 97 1964-65 .. 424·6 4 Nil Nil 3,026·2 90 1968-69 .. 114·2 5 Nil Nil 1,436·8 75 1972-73 .. 82·9 2 Nil Nil 1,835·7 67
R. F.-Rainfall, R. D.-Rainy days(with rainfall 2.5mm. or more)
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Contents TABLE III
SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMINA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT
Mean No. of Centre January February March April May days with Ratnagiri .. Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·4 0·9 Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Fog .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Harnai .. Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·4 1·3 Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Fog .. 0·0 0·0 1·1 0·6 0·1
Deorukh .. Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·3 0·4 3·0 Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Fog .. 0·0 0·1 0·1 0·0 0·0
Venguria .. Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·9 7·0 8·0 Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·2 0·2 Fog .. 0·0 0·5 0·4 0·0 0·0 F.N.- (1) The normals are based on the data from 1931 to 1960 . (2) Mean No. of days 2 and above are given in whole numbers.
TABLE III SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMINA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Cont…… Centre June July August September October November December Annual Ratnagiri .. 1·4 0·0 0·0 1·2 2·0 0·6 0·0 7·1 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Contents 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·1
1·2 0·4 0·1 0·6 1·1 0·4 0·0 5·0 Harnai .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·1 0·4 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 2·0
1·4 0·2 0·2 1·5 3·0 1·3 0·0 11·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Deorukh .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·1 0·3 0·0 0·6
0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 Venguria .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 F.N.- (1) The normals are based on the data from 1931 to 1960 . (2) Mean No. of days 2 and above are given in whole numbers.
TABLE IV
MONTHWISE SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMENA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT IN 1974
Centre Mean No. of days with January February March April May Harnai .. (i)Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (ii)Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (iii)Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (iv)Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (v) Fog .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Ratnagiri .. (i) Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (ii) Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (iii) Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (iv) Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (v) Fog .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Deorukh .. (i) Thunder .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (ii) Hail .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Contents (iii) Dust-storm .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (iv) Squall .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 (v) Fog .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 F.N.- Absolute figures show number of occussions of a particular element during the month.
TABLE IV MONTHWISE SPECIAL WEATHER PHENOMENA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT IN 1974 con…. Centre May June July August September October November December Harnai .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Ratnagiri .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 8·0 7·0 1·0 0·0 9·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0
Deorukh .. 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 2·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 14·0 1·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·6 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 0·0 F.N.- Absolute figures show number of occussions of a particular element during the month.
TABLE V
MEAN WIND SPEED IN KM./HR. IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT
Centre Jan. Feb. March April May June 1. Ratnagiri 7·3 7·5 7·6 9·1 10·2 14·2 2. Harnai .. 13·5 13·8 15·4 17·2 16·5 16·1 3. Deogad .. 12·9 13·8 14·8 16·4 17·6 21·1
Contents Centre July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual 1. Ratnagiri 24·3 20·7 11·7 7·0 7·7 7·5 11·2 2. Harnai .. 22·1 20·5 13·2 10·3 10·6 11·3 15·0 3. Deogad .. 28·8 25·9 14·6 10·9 10·6 11·3 16·6
Contents CHAPTER 2 : HISTORY
TABLE VI
Calendar Of Important Historical Events In Ratnagiri District
1. Early Buddhist Settlement in Ratnagiri (B.C. 200 to A.D. 50). 2. Ratnagiri, a part of the Kingdom of Ashok. 3. Dabhol, a site of a powerful Jain Ruler (12th Centuary). 4. Ratnagiri under the northern Shilaharas. 5. Dabhol, a fort under Bahamanis (14th Centuary). 6. Destruction of the Bahamani Army in 1453. 7. Mahmud Gawan captured Konkan including Ratnagiri (1470). 8. Attack on Dabhol by Portuguese (1508). 9. Mang Sawant established as an independent chief at Hodavada (1554). 10. Shivaji plundered Rajpur (1660 and 1670). 11. Shivaji built the fort of Mandangad (1664). 12. Moghals invaded the District (1663). 13. Khem Sawant entered into a treaty with the Moghals. 14. English and Portuguese attacked on Vijaydurg in 1718. 15. Tulaji Angre defeated the Sawants. 16. The fleet of Angre destroyed by the English and the Peshwa at Vijaydurg (1756). 17. Malvan and Redi captured by the English in 1765. 18. The war between Kolhapur troops and Sawants of Sawantwadi in Ratnagiri District in the first few decades of 19th Century. 19. Durgabai seized the forts of Bharatgad and Narsinggad. 20. Ratnagiri ceded to the British in 1818. 21. Koli outrages in 1820-30, 1839 and 1844-48. 22. Birth of Lokmanya Tilak in Ratnagiri in 1856. 23. Merger of Sawantwadi State with the District in 1947.
Contents CHAPTER 3 : PEOPLE
TABLE VII
TAHSILWISE POPULATION ACCORDING TO RURAL –URBAN, SEX BREAK-UP DENSITY AND GROWTH IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Tahsil Total Density 1961 Rural 1961 1971 Persons Males females Urban 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Ratnagiri .. Total .. 182 204 1,68,390 75,964 92,426 Rural .. 150 165 1,37,299 59,803 77,496 urban .. 2,962 3,580 31,091 16,161 14,930 2. Guhagar .. Total .. 146 160 91,513 37,608 53,905 Rural .. 146 160 91,513 37,608 53,905 urban .. …. …. …. …. … 3. Dapoli .. Total .. 159 175 1,34,709 58,597 76,112 Rural .. 142 155 1,17,922 50,451 67,471 urban .. 875 993 16,787 8,146 8,641 4. Mandangad .. Total .. 125 137 52,056 22,749 29,307 Rural .. 125 137 52,056 22,749 29,307 urban .. …. …. ….. …. … 5. Khed .. Total .. 138 155 1,37,410 61,851 75,559 Rural .. 131 147 1,30,095 58,117 71,978 urban .. 973 1,170 7,315 3,743 3,581 6. Chiplun .. Total .. 152 180 1,70,982 77,645 93,337 Rural .. 138 157 1,48,222 66,078 82,144 urban .. 435 645 22,760 11,567 11,193 7. Sabganesgwar .. Total .. 121 157 1,57,020 69,446 87,574 Rural .. 121 157 1,57,020 69,446 87,574 urban .. …. …. …. …. …. 8. Lanja .. Total .. 112 122 82,247 36,205 46,042 Rural .. 112 122 82,247 36,205 46,042 urban .. …. …. …. …. …. 9. Rajapur .. Total .. 118 126 1,51,916 65,146 85,770 Rural .. 109 116 1,37,365 59,342 78,023 urban .. 622 569 14,551 6,804 7,747 10. Kankavli .. Total .. 144 152 1,11,513 49,770 61,743 Rural .. 144 152 1,11,513 49,770 61,743
Contents urban .. …. …. …. …. …. 11. Kudal .. Total .. 140 152 1,14,389 52,368 62,021 Rural .. 140 152 1,14,389 52,368 62,021 urban .. …. …. …. …. …. 12. Sawantwadi .. Total .. 104 115 1,39,136 65,724 73,412 Rural .. 93 103 1,24,016 58,285 65,731 urban .. 3,745 3,072 15,120 7,439 7,681 13. Vengurla .. Total .. 264 257 86,649 41,751 44,898 Rural .. 212 219 64,243 29,442 34,801 urban .. 903 716 22,406 12,309 10,097 14. Malvan .. Total .. 193 189 1,27,922 56,125 71,797 Rural .. 168 164 1,10,094 47,873 62,221 urban .. 20738 2,704 17,828 8,252 9,576 15. Deogad .. Total .. 138 144 1,01,351 44,855 56,496 Rural .. 138 144 1,01,351 44,855 56,496 urban .. …. …. …. …. …. District Total Total .. 142 153 18,27,203 8,16,804 10,10,098 Rural .. 132 142 16,79,345 7,22,392 9,39,652 urban .. 987 1,082 1,47,858 74,412 73,446
TABLE VII TAHSILWISE POPULATION ACCORDING TO RURAL –URBAN, SEX BREAK-UP DENSITY AND GROWTH IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT CON………………. 1971 Variation Percentage Sex Ratio Persons Males Females since last of decade (No. of Census variation females per 1000 males) 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. Ratnagiri 1,88,626 86,274 1,02,352 +20,236 +12·08 …. 1,51,075 66,842 84,233 +13,776 +10·03 …. 37,551 19,432 18,119 +6,460 +20·78 …. 2. Guhagar 1,00,150 41,274 58,876 +8,637 +9·44 …. 1,00,150 41,274 58,876 +8,673 +9·44 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 3. Dapoli 1,47,778 64,396 83,382 +13,069 +9·70 …. 1,28,654 55,007 73,647 +10,732 +9·70 …. 19,214 9,389 9,735 +2,337 +13·92 ….
Contents 4. Mandangad 57,058 24,556 32,502 +5,002 +9·61 …. 57,058 24,556 32,502 +5,002 +9·61 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 5. Khed 1,54,994 69,267 85,732 +17,589 +12·80 …. 1,46,176 64,879 81,297 +16,071 +12·36 …. 8,823 4,388 4,435 +1,508 +12·62 …. 6. Chiplun 2,02,613 92,797 1,09,816 +31,631 +18·50 …. 1,68,756 75,602 93,154 +20,534 +13·85 …. 33,857 17,195 16,662 +11,097 +48·76 …. 7. Sabganesgwar 1,76,452 78,166 98,286 +19,432 +12·38 …. 1,76,452 78,166 98,286 +19,432 +12·38 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 8. Lanja 89,573 39,010 50,563 +7,326 +8·91 …. 89,573 39,010 50,563 +7,326 +8·91 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 9. Rajapur 1,61,493 69,356 92,137 +9,577 +6·30 …. 1,45,877 62,054 83,823 +8,512 +6·20 …. 15,616 7,302 8,314 +1,065 +7·32 …. 10. Kankavli 1,17,662 52,121 65,541 +6,149 +5·51 …. 1,17,662 52,121 65,541 +6,149 +5·51 …. …. …. …. ….. …. …. 11. Kudal 1,24,668 57,108 67,790 +10,279 +9·16 …. 1,24,668 57,108 67,790 +10,279 +9·16 …. …. …. …. …. …. …. 12. Sawantwadi 1,53,857 71,927 81,930 +14,721 +10·58 …. 1,66,984 63,610 73,374 +12,968 +10·48 …. 16,873 8,317 8,556 +1,753 +11·59 …. 13. Vengurla 84,180 39,305 44,875 -2,469 -2·85 …. 66,420 30,502 35,918 +2,177 +3·89 …. 17,760 8,803 8,957 -4,646 -20·73 …. 14. Malvan 1,25,166 54,710 70,456 -2,756 -2·15 …. 1,07,587 46,519 61,068 -2,507 -2·28 …. 17,579 8,191 9,388 -249 -1·40 …. 15. Deogad 1,06,108 46,728 59,380 +4,757 +4·69 …. 1,06,108 46,728 59,380 +4,757 +4·69 …. …. …. …. …. ….. …. District Total 19,90,583 8,80,995 11,03,588 +1,63,680 +8·84 1,244
Contents 18,23,400 8,03,978 10,19,422 +1,44,053 +8·58 1,268 1,67,181 83,017 84,166 +19,125 +13·07 1,014
TABLE VIII
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION ACCORDING TO LANGUAGES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, 1971 Language Population 1 2 Assamese ...... 2 Bengali ...... 28 Gujrati ...... 1,408 Hindi ...... 2,660 Kannada ...... 4,849 Malyalam ...... 665 Marathi ...... 18,69,415 Oriya ...... 16 Punjabi ...... 29 Sindhi ...... 262 Tamil ...... 412 Telugu ...... 2,721 Urdu ...... 1,01,617
TABLE IX
POPULATION OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDLED TRIBES IN RATNARIGI DISTRICT Particular Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes 1961 1971 1961 1971 1 2 3 4 5 District Total .. 37,939 42,489 3,101 10,066 Rural .. 35,576 39,862 3,015 9,423 Urban .. 2,363 3,124 86 643
Contents TABLE X
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY RELIGION, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Religion Year Population 1 2 3 (1) Buddhists .. … .. 1961 1,00,128 1971 1,10,583 (2) Christians ...... 1961 16,170 1971 16,473 (3) Hindus ...... 1961 15,98,334 1971 17,33,314 (4) Jains ...... 1961 3,023 1971 3,362 (5) Muslims ...... 1961 1,09,271 1971 1,25,944
TABLE XI
POPULATION OF TOWNS, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Towns Population 1 1961 1971 2 3 (1) Ratnagiri ...... 31,091 37,551 (2) Harnai ...... 6,479 7,426 (3) Dabhol ...... 5,369 5,402 (4) Dapoli Camp ...... 5,002 6,296 (5) Khed ...... 7,315 8,823 (6) Chiplun ...... 17,355 20,942 (7) Pophali ...... 5,405 6,374 (8) Shirgaon* ...... …. 3,172 (9) Alore* ...... …. 3,369 (10) Rajapur ...... 8,270 9,017 (11) Nate ...... 6,281 6,599 (12) Sawantwadi ...... 15,120 16,873 (13) Vengurla ...... 12,061 11,805 (14) Redi ...... 10,345 5,955 (15) Malvan ...... 17,828 17,579 *Notified as town for the first time in 1971 Census.
Contents TABLE XII
POPULATION BY AGE AND MARITAL STATUS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1971 CENSUS) (Population in ’00) Age group Marital Status Never married Married Males Females Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 All ages .. .. 5,51,058 5,03,640 3,08,352 4,47,221 0-14 .. .. 4,13,804 4,08,867 450 1,070 15-24 .. .. 1,12,956 90,919 16,736 86,391 25-34 .. .. 18,133 2,579 66,720 1,45,999 35-64 .. .. 5,795 995 1,95,990 2,06,282 65 and above .. .. 295 50 28,383 7,453 Age not stated .. .. 185 230 73 26 TABLE XII POPULATION BY AGE AND MARITAL STATUS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1971 CENSUS) CON…………. (Population in ’00) Age-group Marital Status
Widowed Divorced Unspecified status
Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 6 7 8 9 10 11
All ages .. .. 26,347 1,51,003 1,055 1,585 183 139
0-14 ...... 30 10
15-24 .. .. 50 490 .. 265 25 10
25-34 .. .. 870 6,273 155 540 35 40
35-64 .. .. 15,601 1,03,301 675 745 50 70
65 and above .. .. 99,20 40,939 225 35 30 ..
Age not stated ...... 13 9
Contents TABLE XIII
VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION, RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Particular No. of inhabited Villages Population 1961 1971 1961 1971 2 3 4 5 1 (1) Total Rural Population .. 1,516 1,514 16,79,345 18,23,400 (2) Villages with Population 833 836 4,68,374 4,43,955 up to 999. (3) Villages with Population 586 675 10,87,833 11,31,299 1,000-4,999 (4) Village with Population 17 20 1,12,008 1,26,449 5,000-9,999 *There were two villages having populationn of 20,252 during 1971.
TABLE XIV
IMPORTANT FAIRS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Serial Name of village Name of fair Month and date of the Average No. of No fair persons attending 1. 2 3 4 5 1 Kunkeshwar .. Mahashivratra .. Magh Vad. 14 10,000 (Jan.-Feb.) 2 Do. .. Kunkoba .. 4th March .. .. 10,000 3 Mithbaon .. Mahashivratra .. Magh Vad 14 10,000 (Jan.-Feb.) 4 Munage .. Goddess Bhagwati Paush Shud. 15 10,000 (Dec.-Jan.). 5 Masure .. Anganwadi .. February .. .. 15,000
Contents CHAPTER 4 : AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
TABLE XV
LAND UTILIZATION IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (Area in ’00 hectares) Serial Particular Years No. 1961-62 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Total geographical area .. 12,756·3 12,790·1 12,998 12,788 2 Forest .. .. 190·2 243·2 308 310 3 Barren and cultivated land .. 3,50·9 3,449·6 3,386 3,450 4 Land put to nonagricultural uses 218·9 324·2 175 276 5 Culturable waste .. .. 2,461·7 2,167·9 1,451 3,045 6 Permanent pasture and other grazing 5·3 6·0 56 173 land 7 Land under miscellaneous treecrops 234·6 242·8 289 392 and groves not included in area sown 8 Current fallows .. .. 554·3 544·7 662 617 9 Other fallows .. .. 2,006·9 2,117·4 2,801 1,099 10 Net area sown .. .. 3,574·3 3,601·8 3,660 3,428 11 Area sown more than once .. 108·0 94·7 104 92 12 Total cropped area .. 3,681·5 3,691·2 3,764 3,520
TABLE XVI
AREA AND OUTTURN OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT 1960–61 1964–1965 1968–69 1972–73 CROP AREA OUTTURN AREA OUTTURN AREA OUTTURN AREA OUTTURN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(1) CERCALS .. RICE .. 1,301 1,272 1,365 1,601 1,344 1,618 1,426 1,421 RAGI .. 563 343 535 342 487 184 408 233 .. 2,263 2,024 2,302 2,156 2,211 2,072 2,107 1,769 (2) TOTAL PULSE .. 150 38 146 45 102 48 93 25 (3) TOTAL PULSE .. 2 4* 2 12* 4 35* 4 31* (4) CONDIMENTS AND .. 11 9 14 11 36 14 25 9 SPICES (5) FRUITS ...... N.A. N.A. 149 N.A. 172 N.A. (6) VEGETABLES ...... N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. (7) TOTAL FOOD CROPS .. 2,565 N.A. 2,556 N.A. 2,577 N.A. 2,421 N.A. (8) FIBRES ...... 3 N.A. 2 N.A. (9) EDIBLE OILSEEDS .. 48 10 43 13 128 19 91 6 (10 TOTAL OILSEEDS ...... 730 N.A. 111 N.A. )
F.N.:– AREA IN ’00 HECTARES * IN TERMS OF GUR. OUTTURN IN ’00 TONNES. TABLE XVII
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AREA UNDER FOOD CROPS AND NON-FOOD CROPS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (IN HECTARES) YEARS PARTICULARS 1960–61 1964–65 1968–69 1972–73 CEREAIS AND PULSES .. 2,44,800 2,39,500 2,36,360 2,19,982 SUGAR CROPS .. 200 200 432 355 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES .. 8,200 12,000 15,881 18269 CONDIMENTS AND SPICES .. 2,600 3,200 3,516 2,516 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD .. 800 700 1,512 .... CROPS TOTAL FOOD CROPS .. 2,56,500 2,55,600 2,57,701 2,42,122 OIL SEEDS . 11,600 12,100 13,244 11,134 FIBRE CROPS .. 500 400 299 149 DRUGS AND NARCOTIES ...... 1 1 1 MISC. NON-FOOD CROPS .. 99,700 1,01,100 1,04,995 99,647 TOTAL NON-FOOD CROPS .. 1,11,800 1,13,600 1,18,519 1,10,931
TABLE XVIII
CROPWISE AREA IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT. (Area in ’00 hectares) Year Careals Pulses Sugar- Condi- Vegetables Fruits Total Coconut Total area cane ments (bananas) food under and crops irrigated crops Spices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1960-61 .. 51·9 2·5 1 7 .. .. 87·0 3·3 127·5
1964-65 .. 53·3 3·3 2·7 9·9 .. .. 76·0 50·5 139·6
1968-69 .. 59 11 5 2 6 18 11·9 45 176
1972-73 .. 39 5 4 23 4 3 78 45 123
Contents TABLE XIX
STATISTICS OF LIVE-STOCK IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT. Species of Animals Live- stock Census 1961 1966 1971 1 (2) (3) (4) (1) Cattle ...... 7,26,630 6,92,979 7,07,206 (2) Buffaloes ...... 1,31,083 1,34,633 1,40,987 (3) Sheep ...... 1,570 2,004 1,680 (4) Gpats ...... 85,415 87,588 85,562 (5) Other Kuve-stock ...... 4,505 1,636 2,559 (6) Total Live-stock ...... 9,49,203 9,18,885 9,37,994 (7) Total Poultry ...... 11,86,352 11,20,646 12,32,334
TABLE XX
NUMBER OF KHATEDARS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT AS ON 1ST MARCH 1977 Tahsil Khatedars (1) Mandangad ...... 16,214 (2) Dapoli ...... 39,880 (3) Khed ...... 49,321 (4) Chiplun ...... 46,604 (5) Deorukh ...... 49,277 (6) Guhagar ...... 29,298 (7) Ratnagiri ...... 44,689 (8) Lanja ...... 27,852 (9) Rajapur ...... 42,672 (10) Deogad ...... 27,263 (11) Kankavli ...... 30,415 (12) Malvan ...... 35,625 (13) Kudal ...... 31,322 (14) Vengurla ...... 19,743 (15) Sawantwadi ...... 40,592 District Total . . 5,30,767
Contents TABLE XXI
LAND HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS) (1) Land holdings (in thousand acres) .. .. 2,369 (2) No. Of holders (in hundreds) .. .. 5,153 (3) Holders below 5 acres (in hundreds) .. .. 3,828 (4) Percentages of holders below 5 acres .. .. 74 (5) Average size of holding per holder (acres) .. .. 4.6
TABLE XXII
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF OWNERSHIP HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS) Area Cultivation holdings percentage Less than 1 acre ...... 24·10 1·00 to 4·9 acres ...... 56·83 5·00 to 9·9 acres ...... 11·96 10·00 to 14·9 acres ...... 3·70 15·00 to 29·9 acres ...... 2·64 30·00 to 49·9 acres ...... 0·56 50·00 and over ...... 0·21
TABLE XXIII
STATEMENT OF LAND HOLDINGS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (1961 CULTIVATION HOLDINGS CENSUS Particulars Acres (1) Below 2·5 acres ...... 3,06,598 (2) Above 2·5 acres but below 5 acres .. .. 76,316 (3) Above 5 acres but below 10 acres .. .. 69,289 (4) Above 10 acres but below 20 acres .. .. 42,246 (5) Above 20 acres ...... 20,769
Contents TABLE XXIV
CO-OPERATIVE FARMING SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Years Particulars 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 (1) No. Of societies .. .. 8 7 2 (2) No. Of members .. 579 328 117 (3) Land under cultivation (in hect.) N.A. 125 33 (4) Share capital (Rupees) .. 28,380 15,100 17,230 (5) Reserve and other funds (Rupees) 3,481 12,012 402 (6) Working capital (Rupees) .. 31,866 1,10,000 29,122
TABLE XXV
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Live-Stock Ploughs Improved Carts Oil engines with Electric pumps Persian Tractors Ghanis Census harrows pumps for irrigation for irrigation wheels Wooden Iron Year purposes purposes or rahats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1961 2,25,522 2,024 .. 4,834 146 12 1,887 1 538 1966 2,22,888 612 391 5,092 608 214 1,899 13 413 1972 2,34,983 551 .. 4,523 531 576 421 13 57
TABLE XXVI
STATISTICS OF FAMINES SCARCITY, FLOODS AND CYCLONES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Particulars Floods Cyclones Akin to scarcity 1964-65 1966-67 1972-73 1973-74 1 2 3 4 5 1. No. Of villages affected 50 758 348 348 2. Population affected .. 32,100 66,075 4,09,121 4,09,121 No. of villages to which full suspension in 3. .... 758 348 348 L. R. granted 4. Estimated loss. (i) Failure of crops (Rs.) 85,546 6,00,77,280 N.A. N.A. (ii) Loss of live-stock, property, etc. (Rs.) 86,825 51,87,791 N.A. N.A. 5. No. of relief works undertaken...... 157 226 6. No. of persons employed ...... 7,894 7,121 7. Expenditure incurred (Rs.) 61,529 1,34,017 5,94,043 15,63,448 8. Tagai Loans distributed (Rs.) 32,529 2,23,799 2,77,975 2,47,650
Contents TABLE XXVII
OUTPUT AND VALUE OF FOREST PRODUCE IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Years 1963-64 1967-68 1970-71 1973-74
Quality Value Quality Value Quality Value Quality Value Forest Produce (in Rs.) (in Rs.) (in Rs.) (in Rs.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (1) Timber .. 1·92 1,74,488 2 1,05,073 4 6,11,249 3 3,86,965 (2) Fuel .. 20·1 4,754 6 3,144 46 6,89,390 36 5,59,476 (3) Bamboo .. ·· 3,700 ·· 7,281 ·· 640 ·· 2,200 (4) Grass and ·· 100 ·· 317 ·· 199 ·· grazing (5) Other Produce ·· 9,808 ·· 25,170 ·· 55,860 ·· 2,86,730 *Quality in ‘000 cubic metres.
Contents CHAPTER 5 : INDUSTRIES
TABLE XXVIII
NO. OF FACTORIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THEM Types of factories Years 1961 1965 1968-69 1972-73
F W F W F W F W 1 Manufacture of food products. 6 915 8 974 11 1.067 22 1,832 2 Beverages, tobacco and tobacco 1 54 1 34 1 33 2 57 products. 3 Wood and wood products, furniture 1 10 .. .. 2 26 1 14 and fixtures 4 Paper, paper products, printing, 1 26 1 23 1 18 1 19 publishing and allied. 5 Non-metallic mineral products 10 274 13 419 6 156 23 412 6 Metal products and parts except ...... 1 30 machinery. 7 Machinery, machine tools, etc. .. .. 3 63 3 45 1 8 8 Electrical machinery, apparatus, ...... 1 20 appliances, etc. 9 Electricity 6 203 2 180 2 304 1 140 Total 36 1,779 43 2,152 37 2,068 56 317 Note:- F- Factories: W- Average daily workers.
TABLE XXIX
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (in ‘000 KWH) Year Electricity used for Domestic Commercial Industrial Public Agriculture Other Total consumption light and power lighting purposes small power (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 1960-61 .. 397 433 451 273 N.A. 7 1,566 1965-66 .. 1,022 696 797 471 N.A. 234 3,220 1968-69 2,711 1,330 3,617 828 N.A. 417 8,903 1972-73 .. 5,480 2,127 9,154 388 968 211 18,928
Contents TABLE XXX
TRADE UNIONS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Year No. of registered Trade unions Membership (1) (2) (3) 1960-61* ...... 7 1,735 1964-65* ...... 18 2,328 1969 ...... 18 4,089 1973 ...... 27 5,334 1974 ...... 49 56,927 *Years are from 1st April to 31st March for 1960-61 and 1964-65 and for 1969 onwards from 1st January to 3st December.
Contents CHAPTER 6 : BANKING, TRADE AND COMMERCEINDUSTRIES
TABLE XXXI
PLACES HAVING BANKING FACILITIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (COMMERCIAL AND NATIONALISEDBANKSOFFICES) AS ON FEBRUARY 1971 Name of Bank No. of Name of Centres Branches 1. Bank of Maharashtra 7 Banda, Kudal, Malvan, Phondaghat, Ratnagiri, Sawantwadi and Redi. 2. Union bank of India .. 4 Dabhol, Harnai, Nate and Ratnagiri. 3. State Bank of India .. 12 Chiplun, Daploi, Deogad, Deorukh, Kankavli, khed, Kudal, Malvan, Rajapur, Ratnagiri, Sawantwadi and Vengurla. 4. Central Bank of India 3 Ratnagiri, Sawantwadi and Pophali. 5. Syndicate Bank .. 4 Malvan, Ratnagiri, Shiroda and Vengurla. 6. Belgaum Bank Ltd. .. 8 Chiplun, Deogad, Kankavli, Malvan, Sawantwadi, Shiroda, Vengurla and kaluste. 7. Bank of India .. 1 Lanja. 8. United Western Bank Ltd. 1 Chiplun. *Besides, there were 41 branch offices of different co-operative banks in the district as on 28th February 1971.
TABLE XXXII
DEPOSITS AND ADVANCES BYSCHEDULED BANKS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT DURING 971 Types of Banks Branches Deposits Advances* (Rs.in lakhs) (Rs. In lakhs) 1. Co-operative Banks .. .. 41 400 325 2. Commercial and Nationalised Banks .. 40 750 200 *Estimates
TABLE XXXIII
INSURANCE STATISTICS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Year No. of insurance policies issued Amount insured (Rs.) 1960-61 .. .. 3,323 79,87,950 1964-65 .. .. 4,465 1,17,71,500 1968-69 .. .. 4,495 1,51,30,000 1972-73 .. .. 6,331 3,00,71,000
Contents TABLE XXXIV - A
GROWTHOF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (Rs. In thousand) Types of societies Year No. of Member- Owned Societies ship capital (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (1) Agricultural credit and 1960-61 524 83,318 2,242 multipurpose societies 1964-65 711 1,61,000 3,986 1968-69 707 2,14,000 6,286 1972-73 636 1,85,000 8,772 (2) Non-agricultural credit societies 1960-61 32 21,228 2,184 1964-65 31 26,000 2,770 1968-69 35 34,000 3,885 1972-73 36 40,000 6,463
TABLE XXXIV - A CON………………………. GROWTHOF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT (Rs. In thousand) Deposits Borrowings Working Fresh Recoveries Loans Overdues capital advances outstanding (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) 354 2,186 4,782 2,607 2,037 2,775 778 686 4,995 9,667 4,467 4,405 6,202 2,379 984 6,993 14,263 5,607 5,241 8,951 4,613 852 13,052 24,962 10,862 7,842 13,753 6,176 5,838 2,600 10,623 10,457 9,873 6,386 1,314 10,543 344 13,657 12,932 12,194 8,022 781 16,171 649 20,705 25,525 23,176 14,027 1,399 27,038 35,998 51,948 48,826 24,150 1,651 1,588
Contents TABLE XXXIV – B
GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT
(Rs. In thousand) Particular Co-operative marketing societies Co-operative productive enterprises 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 No. of societies .. 40 21 19 19 131 152 188 227 Membership .. 7,115 5,718 7,565 6,345 10,487 12,226 24,879 28,398 Owned capital .. 518 1,409 2,792 3,257 508 1,498 2,988 7,258 Other borrowings .. 534 2,999 1,704 1,675 603 1,520 5,337 14,608 Working capital .. 1,052 4,387 4,559 10,183 1,111 3,018 8,325 26,567 Fresh advances .. 77 120 71 26 76 560 962 1,815 Recoveries .. 55 29 .. 43 85 208 775 826 Outstanding .. 84 184 135 101 57 388 1,333 3,269 Investments .. 399 275 1,166 1,552 529 663 3,649 13,961 Other assets .. 219 6,366 9,481 7,083 363 1,581 3,164 9,538 Value of goods .. 2,078 18,133 17,161 51,912 2,414 240 1,598 3,864 received Value of goods .. 7,156 15,489 25,857 51,670 2,193 392 5,286 9,984 sold
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TABLE XXXIV-C
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Contents TABLE XXXIV-C
GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Particulars Banks District Central Co-operative Bank 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 No. of banks ...... 16* 21* 25* Members: (a) societies ...... 762 910 1,025 (b) individuals .. .. 136 6,653 18,700 Share capital (Rs.) .. .. 14,14,050 30,55,300 37,13,250 Reserve and other funds (Rs.) .. 1,69,055 7,16,102 16,60,922 Working capital (Rs.) .. .. 2,16,27,402 2,28,46,848 4,98,50,597 Loans advanced (Rs.) .. .. 60,91,340 59,81,210 1,10,31,000 Loans recovered (Rs.) ...... Loans outstanding (Rs.) ...... Loans overdue (Rs.) ...... *Branches.
TABLE XXXIV-C
GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT CON……. Banks Urban Banks District Land Development Bank** 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1964-65 1968-69 1971-72 10* 9* 16* 1 1 1 ...... 1 63 .... 112 19,536 30,881 26,236 40 763 1,821 7,70,744 9,64,101 13,51,000 25,020 1,30,950 4,52,970 10,26,337 11,12,927 23,79,000 250 2,103 18,244 98,87,489 1,50,11,858 2,45,42,000 48,250 8,89,000 4,33,935 97,47,855 76,25,601 1,02,68,000 13,900 4,08,000 12,86,960 92,15,705 ...... 51,97,527 ...... 6,36,634 ...... **This bank stopped its functioning since 1972-73.
Contents TABLE XXXV
TagaiLoans Advanced for Agriculture bythe Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad (Figure in Rs.) Serial Year Community Rural Applied Short- No Development man-power nutrition term loans Programme programme 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1961-62 .. 11,58,401·11 5,000·00 ...... 2 1964-65 .. 5,20,187·45 2,32,625·00 ...... 3 1967-68 .. 4,74,620·00 27,950·00 ...... 4 1970-71 ...... 1,6000·00 9,83,365·79 5 1973-74 ...... 6,44,716·55
TABLE XXXV
TagaiLoans Advanced for Agriculture bythe Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad CON………. Serial Year Horticulture Procurement and Land Irrigation No Development distribution of development wells Scheme improved seeds 1 2 7 8 9 10 1 1961-62 ...... 2 1964-65 .. 6,38,494·00 2,71,000·00 ...... 3 1967-68 .. 22,48,948·00 3,00,000·00 500·00 3,000·00 4 1970-71 .. 13,04,274·50 .... 924·00 .... 5 1973-74 .. 4,64,607·13 1,00,000·00 ......
TABLE XXXVI
Tagai Loans Advanced for Agriculture by Government, Ratnagiri District
(Figure in Rs.) Purpose Years 1959-60 1967-68 1972-73 (1) Wells ...... 34,950 2,000 74,450 (2) Land improvement ...... 23,626 26,000 57,050 (3) Bullocks ...... 20,110 1,55,000 1,91,770 Total .. 78,686 1,83,000 3,23,270
Contents TABLE XXXVII
No. of Money-Lendersand Loans Advanced by Them in Ratnagiri District Particulars Years 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 (1) No. of Money-lenders holding .. 79 70 63 45 valid licences (2) Loans advanced to traders .. 1,49,742 1,13,719 43,835 1,09,127 (3) Loans advanced to non-traders .. 4,67,014 2,56,475 3,39,801 5,67,507
TABLE XXXVIII
Collection of Small Saving and PostOffice Saving Banks in Ratnagiri District Year Net collection Rs. 1960-61 ...... 37,05,887 1964-65 ...... 31,74,862 1968-69 ...... 46,24,790 1972-73 ...... 1,04,11,000
Contents CHAPTER 7 : COMMUNICATIONS-
TABLE XXXIX
Statistics of State Transport in Ratnagiri District Particulars Years 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 5 No. of Routes .. 187 268 369 497 Route distance (in km.) .. 12,619 17,802 33,447 39,608 No. of passengers travelled per day .. 32,851 42,322 75,670 93,684 Vehicles on road per day .. 154 195 297 341 Operating fleet (number) .. N.A. 229 324 436 Average daily earnings (Rs.) .. 31,711 50,786 95,272 1,27,488 Average earnings per vehicle per day (Rs.) 206 260 320 462
TABLE XL
Road Length According to Classes and Surface Type (Extra Municipal) in Ratnagiri District Particulars Years 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 5 1. Types of roads- (1) National Highways ...... 304·60 (2) State Highways .. .. 572·04 621·11 623·32 606·36 (3) Major District roads .. 803·44 931·94 957·84 938·18 (4) Other District roads 718·85 616·49 654·66 1,093·10 (5) Village roads .. .. 607·99 1,201·37 1,223·80 1,133·15 (6) Other .. .. 1,108·94 1,091·90 1,553·76 1,227·45 Total .. 3,811.26 4,462.81 5,013.38 5,302.84 2. Surface classification- (1) Cement concrete .. .. 98·21 206·65 229·95 229·87 (2) Black-topped .. .. 83·70 299·17 698·54 854·90 (3) Water bound macadam .. 1,921·33 1,739·95 1,612·24 1,979·87 (4) Granular material .. 1,325·97 1,858·46 2,136·20 1,958·74 (5) Lower types .. .. 382·05 358·58 336·45 279·46 Total .. 3,811.26 4,462.81 5,013.38 5,302.84
Contents TABLE XLI
List of Major Bridges Completed Since 1stFive-Year Plan UP TO 1975 Serial Name of the Bridge Name of the road on which Estimated Length No. it is constructed Cost (Rs. In lakhs) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Belane .. .. Bombay-Konkan-Goa .. 3·08 91·80Rmt* 2 Bhangsal .. Do. .. 2·16 60·08 ,, 3 Keine .. .. Sawantwadi-Dodamarg 4·33 58·48 ,, road 4 Tilori river .. Do. .. 7·31 91·50 ,, 5 Dhamanpi river .. AnushkuraGhat road .. 1·61 40·26 ,, 6 Tak .. .. Vengurla-Redi road 7·73 54·90 ,, 7 Kajeri .. .. Dabhol-Watul road .. 1·84 64·05 ,, 8 Arjuna river .. Pachal- Talwade road .. 1·36 49·00 ,, 9 Janoli river .. Achara-Kankavli road .. 7·46 61·00 ,, 10 Londha river .. Kankavli-Nardave road .. 2·27 40·00 ,, 11 Terekhol creek .. Sawantwadi-Dodamarg 5·23 422Rft.** road 12 Jagbudi river .. Khed-Ambavali-Birmani 2·24 297 ,, road 13 Tambi river .. Guhagar-Chiplun road .. 1·41 132 ,, 14 Vasishthi river .. Govalkot-Chiplun road .. 2·93 275 ,, 15 Bhoramja river .. Sakhroli-Mandangad .. 1·98 1·80 ,, road 16 Saptalingi river .. Sakharpa- 3·31 133 ,, Sangameshwar road 17 Kolamb creek .. Malvan-Achara road .. 8·64 423 ,, 18 Tak river .. Vengurla- Redi road .. 5·81 180 ,, 19 ...... Kalkavane-Tivare road .. 1·54 161 ,, 20 .... Do. .. 1·88 207 ,, 21 .... Do. .. 1·25 115 ,, *Running metres **Running feet
Contents TABLE XLII
Statistics of Public Private Transport in Thane Region Class of vehicles Years 1961 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 5 Motor cycles,scooters .. .. N.A. 289 1,223 2,995 Motor cars ...... 1,205 1,705 2,227 3,824 Taxi cabs ...... 116 124 140 268 Auto-rickshaws ...... 16 266 Stage-carriages .. .. 51 17 1,317 1,393 Lorries ...... 1,267 2,247 3,728 6,236 Ambulances ...... 4 16 21 32 School buses ...... 4 5 6 7
TABLE XLIII
STATISTICS OF SHIPPING REGARDING PASSENGERS EMBARKED AND DISEMBARKED AND CARGO (IMPORT AND EXPORT) HANDLED AT VARIOUS PORTS IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT Passenger traffic 1970-71 1971-72 Name of Port Embarked Disembarked Total Embarked Disembarked Total 1. Bankot ...... 2. Kelshi ...... 3. Harnai .. 12,073 10,147 22,228 6,595 6,789 13,384 4. Dabhol .. 20,691 18,356 39,047 16,289 15,912 32,201 5. Palshet .. 362 243 559 ...... 6. Boria ...... 7. Jaigad .. 18,858 19,013 37,871 16,466 18,270 37,736 8. Tiwari .. 2,766 2,792 5,558 2,163 1,781 3,944 (Waroda) 9. Ratnagiri 21,716 14,954 36,670 19,937 14,704 34,641 10. Purngad ...... 11. Jaitapur 20,462 20,040 40,502 19,713 17,726 37,439 12. Vijaydurg 16,009 18,312 34,321 14,061 16,317 30,378 13. Devgad .. 19,300 21,152 40,452 18,190 21,605 39,795 14. Achara .. 1,457 1,373 2,830 1,110 1,489 2,599 15. Malvan .. 13,859 11,616 25,475 9,498 9,458 18,956
Contents 16. Niwati ...... 17. Vengurla 9,360 10,123 19,483 6,083 8,878 14,965 18. Redi ...... 19. Kiranpani ......
TABLE XLIII CON……….. Cargo handled* 1970-71 1971-72 Import Export Total Import Export Total 4,865 19 4,883 4,706 27 4,733 408 3,281 3,689 609 3,716 4,325 1,236 1 1,237 1,331 139 1,470 17,908 55 17,963 17,963 52 18,015 703 5 708 413 .. 413 200 67 267 260 41 301 13,417 137 13,554 4,260 63 4,323 214 6 220 200 6 206 19,256 6,363 25,619 15,962 6,106 22,068 1,017 400 1,417 1,138 308 1,446 3,010 934 3,944 4,088 1,135 5,223 4,111 4,306 8,417 4,189 2,889 7,078 5,101 1,300 6,401 5,425 518 5,943 478 27 505 626 86 712 4,962 1,860 6,822 8,564 793 9,357 71 42 113 95 .. 95 6,662 15,964 22,526 5,145 13,171 18,316 153 5,60,845 5,60,998 99 5,04,073 5,04,142 2,242 950 3,192 1,844 540 2,384 *In tonnes
TABLE XLIV
List of Houses in Ratnagiri District ason 31ST December1976 Tahsil Place of bungalow Controlling Authority No. of Suites (1) Mandangad .. Mandangad Public Works & 2 Housing Department. (2) Dapoli .. Dapoli .. Do. .. 2
Contents (3) Khed .. (1) Khed .. Do. .. 2 (2) Kasheli .. Do. .. 2 (3) Khed .. ZillaParishad .. 2 (4) Guhagar .. Guhagar .. Public Works & 2 Housing Department. (5) Chiplun .. (1) Chiplun .. Do. .. 2 .. (2) Chiplun .. ZillaParishad 2 (6) Sangameshwar (1) Sangameshwar .. Public Works & 2 Housing Department. (2) Deorukh .. Do. .. 2 (3) Sakharpa .. Do. .. 2 (4) Ambe .. Do. .. 2 (7) Ratnagiri .. (1) Ratnagiri .. Do. .. 10 (2) Ratnagiri .. Municipality .. 2 (3) Ratnagiri .. Soldiers’ Club .. 4 (4) Ratnagiri .. State Transport .. 2 (5) Jaigad .. Public Works & 1 Housing Department. (6) Ganpatipule .. Do. .. 2 (7) Pali .. Do. .. 2 (8) Rajapur .. Rajapur .. Do. .. 2 (9) Deogad (1) Deogad .. Do. .. 2 (2) Vijaydurg .. Do. .. 2 (10) Kankavli .. (1) Kharepatan .. Do. .. 1 (2) Phonda .. Do. .. 2 (3) Kankavli .. ZillaParishad .. 3 (11) Malvan .. (1) Malvan .. Public Works & 2 Housing Department. (2) Achara .. Do. .. 2 (3) Malvan .. ZillaParishad 3 (12) Kudal .. (1) Kudal .. Public Works & 1 Housing Department. (2) Kasal .. Do. .. 2 (13) Vengurla .. (1) Vengurla .. Do. .. 3 (2) Vengurla (camp) .. Do. .. 1 (14) Sawantwadi .. (1) Sawantwadi .. Do. .. 3 (2)Amboli .. Do. .. 2 (3) Doda-marg .. Do. .. 1
Contents (4) Akeri .. Forest Department .. 2 (5) Danoli .. Do. .. 2 (6) Bhedsi (in Goa) .. Do. .. 2
Tourist Facilities.- There are two holiday camp in Ratnagiri district one each at Amboli in Sawantwadi tehsil and at Ganpatipule in Ratnagiri tahsil. Of them, the construction work of the Amboli holiday camp is completed recently, while the construction work of 12 blocks at the holidaycamp of Ganpatipule is in progress. There are as many as six blocks in the Amboli holiday camp.
TABLE XLVII
Statistics of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in Ratnagiri District Year No. of Post No. of No. of No. of Radio offices Telegraph Telephones licences issued and offices renewed together 1960-61 .. .. 483 50 126 N.A. 1964-65 .. .. 630 66 553 5,975 1968-69 .. .. 636 69 868 14,370 1972-73 .. .. 714 93 1,508 26,324
Contents CHAPTER 9 : ECONOMIC TRENDS -
TABLE XLVI
Classification of Population According to Livelihood Classes in Ratnagiri District Particulars 1961 1971 .. Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total population .. 18,27,203 16,79,345 1,47,858 19,90,583 18,23,400 Total workers .. 8,20,776 7,73,831 46,945 6,79,174 6,52,372 (1) Cultivators .. 6,16,417 6,10,253 6,164 4,84,989 4,78,591 (2) Agricultural .. 49,976 48,929 1,047 76,970 74,736 labourers (3) Live-stock, .. forestry, fishing,
hunting, 22,049 17,756 4,293 plantation,
orchards and 8,264 15,300 allied activities. 23,654 (4) Mining and .. 2,438 1,297 1,341 quarrying (5) Manufacturing, .. processing, servicing and repairs.. (a) Household .. 22,955 20,361 2,594 11,355 9,715 1,610 industry (b) Other than .. 13,222 9,420 3,802 16,571 12,156 4,415 house hold industry. (6) Constructions .. 9,502 7,085 2,417 7,393 5,347 2,046 (7) Trade and .. 20,252 14,454 5,798 22,406 14,652 7,764 Commerce (8) Transport, .. 9,461 5,786 3,675 10,867 6,897 3,970 Storage and Communications. (9) Other services .. 55,337 42,153 13,184 43,136 31,205 11,931 (10) Non-workers .. 10,06,427 4,05,514 1,00,913 112,93,409 11,71,028 1,22,381
Contents TABLE XLVII
Average Retail Prices of ImportantCommoditiesat the DistrictHead Quarters of Ratnagiri District Serial Commodity Unit Average prices for No. November November November 1962 1969 1973 1 Rice-local, polished .. Kg. 0·80 N.A. N.A. 2 Wheet-Sabarmati .. .. Kg. 0·80 1·45 1·51 3 Jowar-Shalu .. .. Kg. 0·65 N.A. 1·50 4 Bajara-Ghati .. .. Kg. N.A. 1·20 N.A. 5 Turdal-Kanpur .. .. Kg. 0·90 1·80 2·70 6 Gramdal-Deshi .. .. Kg. 0·83 1·80 2·10 7 Mugdal-Ghat fair .. Kg. 1·00 2·00 3·10 8 Masurdal-Belgaum .. Kg. 0·90 1·50 2·40 9 Udid dal-Ghati,polished .. Kg. 1·40 1·80 3·40 10 Groundnut oil-Kolhapur .. Kg. 2·20 4·40 5·80 11 Vanaspati-Dalda, loose .. Kg. N.A. 6·08 N.A. 12 Milk-buffalo .. .. Ltr. 1·20 2·40 2·00 13 Mutton-goat fresh .. .. Kg. 3·25 6·00 6·00 14 Sugar-open market .. Kg. 1·15 1·54 3·20 15 Dhoti-Madhusudan Mills .. Pai 17·65 28·40 34·15 16 Saree-powerloom .. .. Single N.A. 12·60 15·10 5.5 mtr. 17 Shirting-cotton mills-Bangalore .. Mtr. 1·75 3·74 3·91
TABLE XLVIII
Average Daily Wages Agriculturaland Skilled Labourers in Ratnagiri District
Particulars Year 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1. Carpenter .. .. 3·20 3·62 5·00 8·00 2. Blacksmith .. .. 2·36 3·12 .. .. 3. Cobbler .. .. 2·06 2·50 .. .. 4. Field labourer .. Male 1·62 2·50 3·00 4·00 Female 1·50 2·00 5. Other agricultural labourer Male 1·60 2·08 3·79 4·00 Female 1·50 2·00 6. Herdsman .. .. 0·87 1·27 .. ..
Contents TABLE XLIX
No. of Registration and Placements in Employment Exchange, Ratnagiri District
Year No. of No. of vacancies No. of registration notified placements 1960-61 .. 3,745 802 511 1964-65 .. 5,627 1,698 1,042 1968-69 .. 9,213 1,829 1,177 1972-73 .. 6,484 870 628
TABLE L
Employment in Tradeand Commerce in Ratnagiri District Census Year Wholesale Retail Miscellaneous Total Trade Trade 1961 .. .. 711 18,153 1,388 20,252 1971 .. .. 875 15,492 4,194* 20,561 *Including hotels and restaurants.
Contents CHAPTER 11 : REVENUE ADMINISTRATION -
TABLE LI
Land Revenue Statisticsin Ratnagiri District. (Rs. in ‘000) Year Current year’s Arrears of Gross, Remissions Actual consolidated land revenue consolidated and collection demand demand suspensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 1960-61 .. 1,490 835 2,325 …. 1,406 1964-65 .. 2,017 25 2,042 N.A. 1,858 1968-69 .. 1,973 59 2,032 N.A. 1,973 1972-73 .. 1,382 …. 1,382 303 1,079
TABLE LII
TotalINCOME REALISED From Stamp Dutyin Ratnagiri District Particulars Years 1964-65 1969-70 1972-73 1975-76 (1) Income realised- (a) Non-judicial stamps 2,82,20700 4,28,803·40 5,19,266·15 6,10,962·95 (b) Judicial stamps .. 1,44,212·33 1,81,687·12 2,29,279·35 2,42,859·71 (2) Discount paid to stamps vendors- (a) Non-judicial stamps .. 3,918·87 6,025·69 6,825·40 8,824·66 (b) Judicial stamps .. 4,144·91 4,953·67 2,750·65 2,976·67
TABLE LIII
Statistics of Sales Tax in Ratnagiri District Particulars Year 1961-62 1965-66 1969-70 1974-75 (1) No. of registered dealers under 613 750 938 1,997 Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959. (2) No. of registered dealers under 215 236 226 490 Central Sales Tax Act. (3) Receipt of Sales Tax under Bombay 5,62,201 7,11,222·69 10,41,322 24,15,00,000 Sales Tax Act, 1959. (inRs.) (4) Collection under Central Sales Tax 1,26,831 6,744·72 10,227 3,00,000 Act. (inRs.)
Contents TABLE LIV
Revenue from Excise Duty in Ratnagiri District (State Excise) Year Excise revenue (in Rs.) 1961-62 ...... 861·00 1964-65 ...... 9,849·00 1971-72 ...... 6,59,598·53 1974-75 ...... 12,41,276·99 1975-76 ...... 13,22,838·22
TABLE LV
Statistics Regarding Registration and Its Value in Ratnagiri District Particulars Year 1961 1965 1968 1972 Registration of : Documents: (1) No. of Documents* 5,209 23,340 24,516 22,922 (2) Value (Rs.) .. 31,59,503 50,49,305 81,30,000 1,07,81,000 *Total of immoveable and moveable properties.
TABLE LVI
Revenue from Entertainment Tax and Motor Vehicles Tax in Ratnagiri District Year Rs. Entertainment 1960-61 ...... 1,34,797·96 1964-65 ...... 1,93,508·61 1973 ...... 7,02,535·18 1974 ...... 7,96,714·78 1975 ...... 7,83,936·32 1976 ...... 9,52,014·81 Motor Vehicles 1971-72 ...... 6,83,267·01 1974-75 ...... 12,69,274·25 1975-76 ...... 17,76,554·65
Contents TABLE LVII
Distribution of Government Land to Landless Farmers in Ratnagiri District Up To 1976 Category No. of Area (in allottees hectares) (1) Ex-Servicemen (Army personnel) .. 10 11·54 (2) Scheduled Castes .. .. 2 1·77 (3) Nav-Buddhists .. .. 2 1·62 (4) Other Backward Classes .. .. 7 9·27 (5) Landless persons other than backward classes. 2 3·82 (6) Others ...... 28 22·62 Total .. 51 50·68
TABLE LVIII
Distribution of Surplus Land in Ratnagiri District (Position as on 28TH February 1977)
(I) Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 (Revised) :-
(a) No. of surplus cases .. .. 499 (b) Total land declared as surplus .. 6,911 hectares (c) Land distributed .. .. 5,581 hectares (d) No. of allottees .. .. 3,691 persons
(II) Distribution of Land ( ‘c’ of the above) to landless farmers ( ‘d’ of the above) :-
Particulars of allottees No. of Land allotted allottees (in hectares) (1) (2) (3) (i) Scheduled Castes .. .. 851 1,560 (ii) Scheduled Tribes .. .. 193 253 (iii) Nomadic Tribes .. .. 49 65 (iv) Navbuddhas .. .. 569 889 (v) Others (O.B.C. and retired Military men) 2,029 2,814 Total .. 3,691 5,581
Contents CHAPTER 12 : LAW ORDER AND JUSTICE -
TABLE LIX
Strength of Police, Police Station and Out-Posts in Ratnagiri District Particulars Total number in 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 (1) Superintendents .. 1 1 1 1 (2) Assistant Superintendents ...... (3) Deputy Superintendents .. 1 1 1 2 (4) Inspectors .. 3 4 4 4 (5) Sub-Inspectors .. 22 30 26 28 (6) Other ranks .. 1,068 1,107 1,121 1,197 (7) No. of Polices Stations .. N.A. N.A. 16 16 (8) No. of Out-Posts .. N.A. N.A. 29 30 (9) No. of Sub-Posts .. N.A. N.A. 6 5 (10) No. of Lock-Ups .. N.A. N.A. 24 16
TABLE LX
Statistics of Jails in Ratnagiri District as on 30TH June 1976 Name of the Jail Sanctioned accommodation of prisoners Males Females Total (1) Special Prison,Ratnagiri .. .. 283 3 286 (2) District Prison, Sawantwadi .. 74 32 106 (3) Sub-Jails- (i)Dapoli .. .. 5 1 6 (ii)Khed .. .. 4 .. 4 (iii) Guhagar .. .. 5 .. 5 (iv)Chiplun .. .. 3 .. 3 (v)Deorukh .. .. 10 .. 10 (vi)Lanja .. .. 4 .. 4 (vii)Rajapur .. .. 8 4 12 (viii)Deogad .. .. 6 .. 6 (ix)Kankavli .. .. 10 5 15 (x)Kudal .. .. 4 3 7 (xi)Vengurla .. .. 10 5 15 (xii)Malvan .. .. 8 4 12
Contents Daily Average of Prisoners (1) Special Prison, Ratnagiri .. .. 181 2 183 (2) District Prison, Sawantwadi .. 63 1 64
TABLE LXI
Incidence of Crimes in Ratnagiri District Year Cognizable Non-cognizable crimes crimes 1960-61 .. .. 654 3,691 1964-65 .. .. 4,008 4,030 1968-69 .. .. 3,198 3,776 1972-73 .. .. 3,372 495
TABLE LXII
Work Disposed off in Civil and Criminal Courts in Ratnagiri District Year Civil Criminal Original Appellate Original Appellate 1964 .. .. 2,237 108 3,308 125 1968 .. .. 1,801 137 5,325 158 1972 .. .. 1,496 162 3,811 175
Contents CHAPTER 14 LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT -
TABLE LXIII
Income and Expenditure of Municipalities in Ratnagiri District Name of the Municipality Years 1960-61 1964-65 Income Expenditure Income Expenditure 1 2 3 4 5 Ratnagiri .. 4,45,307 9,51,499 10,82,519 7,27,975 Chiplun .. 3,58,487 4,12,491 4,68,100 4,40,950 Malvan .. 2,87,248 3,94,609 2,87,733 2,90,052 Vengurla .. 1,96,800 2,74,121 2,88,201 3,00,374 Khed .. 2,76,104 2,67,458 3,87,504 3,92,953 Rajapur .. 1,48,053 2,18,825 2,07,512 1,42,133 Sawantwadi .. 25,68,302 6,50,547 6,72,476 5,66,357
TABLE CON….. Years Name of the Municipality 1968-69 1972-73 Income Expenditure Income Expenditure 1 6 7 8 9 Ratnagiri .. 15,24,000 9,44,000 19,88,000 18,27,000 Chiplun .. 9,25,000 5,58,000 12,53,000 13,88,000 Malvan .. 5,38,000 4,59,000 4,49,000 5,31,000 Vengurla .. 4,12,000 4,03,000 3,82,000 3,49,000 Khed .. 5,31,000 5,30,000 6,88,000 7,12,000 Rajapur .. 3,36,000 2,53,000 3,55,000 3,44,000 Sawantwadi .. 11,22,000 10,53,000 9,67,000 8,11,0000
TABLE LXIV
Income and Expenditure of Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad
(Rs. In ‘000) Particulars Year 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 1 2 3 4 (A) Receipts- (1) Self-raised resources .. 4,099 3,845 5,654
Contents (2) Government grants .. .. 2,70,193 37,725 57,445 (3) Government grants agency schemes .. 854 7,682 2,793 (4) Debt and remittance .. 31,027 39,339 34,004 (5) Total .. .. 67,116 89,448 1,05,293 (B) Expenditure- (1) General administration .. .. 2,757 3,675 4,641 (2) Education ...... 14,857 25,964 37,729 (3) Co-operation ...... 10 27 5 (4) Industries ...... 135 176 128 (5) Agriculture ...... 994 1,862 1,797 (6) Animal husbandry .. .. 190 388 681 (7) Public health ...... 804 791 3,372 (8) Social welfare ...... 315 190 260 (9) Community development .. .. 2,816 1,481 2,476 (10) Buildings and communications .. 6,280 8,891 7,462 (11) Irrigation ...... 279 1,451 1,616 (12) Loans, deposits and advances .. 30,555 38,209 33,325 (13) Total Revenue Expenditure .. .. 31,419 49,091 65,386
TABLE LXV
Income and Expenditure of Village Panchayats in Ratnagiri District Year No. of No. of Population Total Total Village Villages Income Expenditure Panchayats covered (Rs. ‘000) (Rs. ‘000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 1960-61 .. 866 1,522 17,18,205* 1,515 1,232 1964-65 .. 895 1,522 17,18,205* 6,164 5,206 1968-69 .. 980 1,526 17,18,205* 7,614 7,404 1972-73 .. 1,035 1,526 18,23,400* 11,077 11,026 *Accounting to 1961Census: **According to 1971 Census.
TABLE LXVI
NOTE ON TOWN PLANNING AND SLUM CLEARANCE:
The development plans of the seven municipal councils in the Ratnagiri district have already been prepared and sanctioned by the Government under the provisions of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 as mentioned below :-
Contents Name of Municipal Council Date of sanction for development plan 1. Malvan .. .. 15th October 1959 2. Sawantwadi .. .. 5th June 1973 3. Chiplun .. .. 5th June 1973 4. Khed .. .. 11th January 1974 5. Ratnagiri .. .. 12th December 1974 6. Vengurla .. .. 20th May 1976 7. Rajapur .. .. 4th August 1976
The revised Development plan of the Malvan municipal council has been prepared, while the Draft Town Planning Schemes of the Chiplun and Khed municipal councils have been sanctioned by the Government. The work of preparation of Draft Town Planning Scheme of Ratnagiri No. 1 and No. 2 is in progress.
For implementation of the Town Planning Schemes of seven municipal councils in the district, the Government have sanctioned Rs. 2.11 lakhs, Rs. 9.5 lakhs and Rs. 15 lakhs for 1975-76, 1976-77 and 1977-78 respectively.
In addition on the above, Zonal Plan for the Kudal, Pinguli and Nerur villages is also prepared where the industrial area of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation is located. Besides, Zonal Plan of Lanja and its surrounding villages has also prepared. It is proposed to take up the work of preparation of Regional Plan for South-Konkan region (consisting mainly Ratnagiridistrict) during the Sixth Five Year Plan period.
Contents CHAPTER 15 : EDUCATION AND CULTURE
TABLE LXVII
Statistics of Literacy According to Urban-Rural and Sex Break-Up in Ratnagiri District Total Year Literate and educated persons Rural / Urban Persons Males Females 1 2 3 4 5 Total .. .. 1971 .. 7,92,906 4,65,833 3,27,075 1961 .. 5,20,538 3,44,292 1,76,196
Rural .. .. 1971 .. 6,90,300 4,06,968 2,83,332 1963 .. 4,45,920 2,98,750 1,47,170
Urban .. .. 1971 .. 1,01,606 58,863 43,743 1961 .. 74,618 4,542 29,743
TABLE LXVIII
Statistics Regarding Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education in Ratnagiri District Year Type of education 1960-61 1964-65 1968-69 1972-73 Pre-Primary- (i) Institutions .. .. N.A. 7 6 8 (ii) Pupils ...... N.A. 484 352 516 (iii) Teachers .. .. N.A. 23 10 16
Primary- .. .. 2,611 2,685 2,754 2,816 (i) Institutions ...... 2,74,033 3,09,572 3,23,623 3,53,063 (ii) Pupils .. .. 6,771 7,575 8,712 11,174 (iii) Teachers
Secondary- .. .. 101 155 183 243 (i) Institutions ...... 19,667 32,851 42,302 53,715 (ii) Pupils .. .. 858 1,407 1,708 2,819 (iii) Teachers
Higher- .. ..
Contents (i) Institutions ...... 1 3 7 9 (ii) Pupils .. .. 40 1,037 2,811 4,206 (iii) Teachers 32 71 200 230
TABLE LXIX
Institutions and Enrolment by Type of Education in Ratnagiri Districtduring 1970-71 and 1972-73 1970-71 1972-73 Types of Institutions Institutions Pupils Institutions Pupils (1 Teacher’s Training (under graduate level) ) (i) Basic Primary .. 7 673 6 777 (ii) Drawing Teacher’s Certificate .. 1 28 1 29 (2 University ...... 1 .. ) (3 Higher Education-Agriculture .. 1 240 1 289 ) (4 Professional and Special education ) (School level)- (i) Agriculture .. 1 69 1 32 (ii) Government Technical centres .. 2 336 2 314 (iii) Industrial and Technical institutions 2 125 3 155 (iv) Nursing .. 2 73 2 72 (v) Music and dancing .. 2 64 2 84 (vi) Arts and crafts .. 8 230 15 303 (5 Professional and Special Education (under ) graduate level)- (i) Polytechnic .. 1 110 1 46 (ii) Industrial training institutions 1 286 1 369 (iii) Commerce .. 2 35 1 22 (iv) Fine arts .. 1 21 .. ..
TABLE LXX
Libraries in Ratnagiri District as on 4TH December 1975 District libraries Tahsil level and other libraries Name of Tahsil ‘B Class ‘C Class ‘B Class ‘C Class ‘D Class Total Ratnagiri ...... 1 .. 1 Guhagar .. .. 1 ...... 1 Dapoli ...... 1 .. 1 1 3
Contents Mandangad ...... 1 1 Khed .. .. 1 ...... 1 Chiplun .. .. 1 ...... 18 19 Sangameshwar ...... 1 ...... 1 Lanja ...... 1 ...... 1 Rajapur .. .. 1 ...... 1 Kankavli ...... 1 .. .. 1 2 Kudal .. .. 1 ...... 2 3 Sawantwadi .. .. 1 .. 1 2 Vengurla .. .. 1 .. 1 2 2 6 Malvan .. .. 1 .. .. 5 .. 6 Deogad ...... 1 .. 2 .. 3 Total .. 8 5 1 11 26 51
Contents CHAPTER 16 : MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES-
TABLE LXXI
Vital Statistics of Births and Deaths Due to Different Disease in Ratnagiri District Deaths due to Year No. of Cholera Smallpox Fever Diarrhoea Respiratory Births and dysentery disease 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1960 .. NA 6 58 5,920 453 3,091 1964 .. 45,799 11 23 5,142 491 2,795 1968 .. 51,115 39 .. 63 624 1,995 1972 .. 38,605 .. .. 32 351 1,072
TABLE LXXI CON… Year Others Total deaths Birth rate Death rate Infant mortality rate 1 8 9 10 11 12 1960 .. 14,825 21,398 25·5 11·7 …. 1964 .. 12,572 21,064 25·0 12·0 …. 1968 .. 19,131 23,808* 23·0 10·0 1·5 1972 .. 11,840 14,504** 19·9 8·0 …. *This figure includes 7 of malaria, 1, 1382 of T.B., 75 of pneumonia, 149 of cancer 14 ofsuicides and 326 of accidents. ** This figure includes 739 of T.B., 59 of pneumonia, 140 of cancer. 14 of suicides and 257of accidents.
TABLE LXXII
Medical Facilities in Ratnagiri District Particulars Years 1960 1965 1968 1972-73 1 2 3 4 5 Hospitals .. .. 3 5 5 5 Maternity Homes .. .. 7 9 27 30 Dispensaries .. .. 14 19 22 31 Primary Health Centres .. .. 2 26 28 28 Doctors .. .. 43 51 60 101 Vaidyas .. .. N.A. .. N.A. 35 Nurses .. .. 34 134 204 205 Beds .. .. 210 820 943 1,030 Indoor patients treated .. ... 7,868 12,952 14,453 43,742 Outdoor patients treated .. .. 1,70,476 2,36,520 3,91,452 4,62,183
Contents TABLE LXXIII
Statistics of Family Planning in Ratnagiri District Year No. of Family Target of Achievement Percentage of Planning Sterilization achievement Centres 4 5 1 2 3 1960-61 .. .. N.A. No. target 276 …. 1965-66 .. .. N.A. 1,830 1,938 108% 1970-71 .. .. 35 14,458 5,558 38·14% 1972-73 .. .. 31 20,490 6,999 34·16% 1975-76 .. .. 31* 13,146 13,632 103·7% *Out of the 31 Family Planning Centres in the district, 26 were the Rural Family Planning-working centres and the rest were the Urban Family Planning-working centres. Besides these 31 Family Planning Centres, there were as many as 87 Family Planning Sub-centres in the district during 1975-76.
TABLE LXXIV
Surveillance Data of Malaria Maintenance Phase Units* in Ratnagiri District Year No. of blood smears collected and Found positive Remarks examined Active Passive Mass Total V F Mix Total 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1960-61 .. 68,916 166 .. 69,082 7 6 .. 13 All treated 1965-66 .. 1,50,598 44,168 1,22,414 3,17,180 18 108 3 129 All treated 1970-71 .. 2,50,648 59,364 1,13,250 4,23,262 4,103 662 28 4,793 38 not traced 1972-73 .. 2,83,285 60,987 1,46,403 4,90,675 7,775 391 5 8,151 94 not traced 1975-76 .. 3,20,562 59,370 2,14,609 5,94,541 6,280 1,018 24 7,322 117 not traced *There are two Malaria Maintenance Phase Units in the district viz; (1) Ratnagiri and (2) Sawantwadi. The former consists of seven tahsilsviz;Ratnagiri. Sangameshwar, Chiplun, Guhagar, Khed, Dapoli and Mandangad, while the latter consists of eight tahsilsviz;Lanja, Rajapur, Deogad, Kankavli, Malvan, Vengurla, Kudal and Sawantwadi. Note : No case of filarial was traced in Ratnagiri district.
Contents TABLE LXXV
Statistics of Small-Pox Eradication Programme in Ratnagiri District Year Vaccination work done Achievement Primary Regular Primary Regular 1961 .. 47,943 1,47,309 NA. NA. 1965 .. 55,995 3,23,421 58·8% 85·0% 1970 .. 64,574 3,25,740 66·7% 82·7% 1972 .. 66,441 3,33,752 65·8% 84·2% 1975 .. 56,914 2,70,542 54·2% 65·4%
Contents CHAPTER 17 : OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES-
TABLE LXXVI-A
Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Licences and Permits Issued Under The Various Rules and Income Realised Kinds of licences or permits 1973-74 1974-75 No .of Income No .of Income licences/ (inRs.) licences/ (inRs.) permits permits granted granted (1) Dangerous drugs .. 52 328 65 386 (2) Molasses .. 1 25 1 25 (3) Manufacture of potable liquor 1 5,000 1 5,000 (4) Foreign liquor (licences) .. 6,845 21,112·45 1,092 28,957·25 (5) Manufacture of country liquor 3,740 1,18,871 835 1,92,715 (6) Toddy licences .. 255 …. 272 …. (7) Rectified spirit .. 12 24 16 33 (8) Denatured spirit .. 1,315 15,555·50 1,731 1,804·50 (9) Denatured spirituous 21 290 19 270 preparation (10) Spirituous medicinal 54 162 64 192 preparation (sale) (11) Bombay Sacramental Wine 11 …. 11 …. Mfg. Rules (12) Maharashtra Drugs (Control 5 100 4 80 Rules, 1963) (13) Medicinal and Toilet 7 151 7 115 Preparations (Excise Duties) Rules, 1956
TABLE LXXVI-B
Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Today Scheme) Year No. of shops disposed Auction Bid (In. Tree Tax (In Rs.) Rs) 1968-69 .. 221 2,28,464 2,91,170 1969-70 .. 236 517,185 2,53,810 1970-71 .. 208 4,51,000 1,75,9000 1971-72 .. 215 4,81,696 1,70,750 1972-73 .. 255 4,95,895 1,94,890
Contents 1973-74 .. 255 5,38,880 1,80,600 1974-75 .. 272 5,23,756 1,80,460 1975-76 .. 298 5,87,515 2,03,940
TABLE LXXVI-C
Statistics of Prohibition in Ratnagiri District (Country Spirit Excise Duty) Year Revenue Licence fees (Rs.) Miscellaneous collection (Rs.) collections (Rs.) 1972-73 .. …. 7,500 75 1973-74 .. 3,78,026·49 1,09,200 11,703·45 1974-75 .. 2,37,298·24 1,27,900 6,317·40 1975-76 .. 3,85,065·60 1,26,300 7,771·05
TABLE LXXVII
Number of Public Trusts in Ratnagiri District Upto June 1976 Type of Trusts Number 1 2 1. Religious trusts of Hindu Community (Hindu Community 884 includes Jains, Budhhas, Lingayats, Sikhs, etc., 2. Religious trusts of Muslim Community .. .. 221 3. Religious trusts of Christian Community .. .. 3 4. Other voluntary social service trusts .. .. 597 5. Trusts registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 135 and Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. Total .. 1,840
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TABLE LXXVIII
No. of Presses, Newspaper and Periodicals in Ratnagiri District Year No. of printing No. of Newspaper and Periodicals, presses daily
Marathi Hindi English Others Total 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 1968-69 .. 32 1 ...... 1 1972-73 .. 43 2 ...... 2 1976-77 .. N.A. 3 ...... 3
Year No. of Newspaper and Periodicals Weekly Fortnightly and Monthly Marathi Hindi English Others Total Marathi Hindi English Others Total 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1968-69 .. 15 ...... 15 3 ...... 3 1972-73 .. 12 ...... 12 1 ...... 1 1976-77 .. 14 ...... 14 7 ...... 7
TABLE LXXIX
List of Daily News-Papers, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, and Annual Magazines in Ratnagiri District as on 31ST December 1976 Daily News Magazines and brochures papers Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Annual 1 2 3 4 5 (1) Navkonk (1) Anurenu (1) Navshik (1) KarmachariMitr (1) WarnaMahavidya an -shan a lay (Hindi) (2) Ratna- (2) Arasa (2) Ratnagir (2) Preyasi bhumi i (3) Sagar (3) Aaghadi (3) Ratnagiri Zilla Congress Patrika (4) Balvant (4) Ratnasagar (5) Devdurg (5) TumcheBhagya (6) HarHarMaha dev (7) Janyug
Contents (8) Kirat (9) Satya-prakash (10) Satya- shodhak (11) Samanata (12) Vainteya (13) Vyadha (14) Yuvakranti
TABLE LXXX
Statistics of General and by-Elections in Ratnagiri District Particulars General Election Parliamentary Assembly 1971 1972 1 2 3 Number of constituencies ...... 2 13 Number of seats reserved for scheduled castes .. …. …. Number of seats reserved for scheduled tribes .. …. …. Number of General Seats ...... 2 13 Total Number of electorates ...... 8,74,096 9,85,865 Number of electors who voted ...... 5,10,085 5,85,019 Party-wise number of votes polled- (1) Congress (Ruling) ...... 2,63,293 3,37,643 (2) Congress (Old) ...... 13,565 6,608 (3) BhartiyaJansangh ...... 79,502 68,220 (4) Socialist ...... 98,747 80,405 (5) Shivsena ...... 20,729 4,791 (6) Independent ...... 6,999 39,691 (7) Republican ...... …. 3,078 (8) Peasants and Workers ...... …. 13,376 (9) Communist ...... …. 3,862
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