• - I Census of India, 1951 DISTRICT" CENSUS Hj\NDBOOK ·UTTAR PRADESH 17-RAMPUR DISTRICT II ALLAHABAD; _ S~ElUNTENDENT. PRINTING AND STATIONERY, UTTAR PRADE.'lH, INOlA 1955 • DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 1951 RAMPUR DISTRICT FOREWORD Several States, including Uttar Pradesh, have been publishing village statistics by districts at each census. In 1941 they were published in U. P. under the title "District Census Statistics" with a separate volume for each district. In the 1951 census, when the tabulation has been more elaborate than ever in view of the require ... ments of the country, the district... wise volume has been expanded into a "District Census Handbook", which now contains the District Census Tables ('furnishing data with break.... up for census· tracts within the district), the District Index of Non.... agricultural Occupations, agricultural statistics from 190V02 to 195°"'51 and other miscellaneous statistics in addition to the usual village population statistics. The village population statistics also are given in an elaborate form giving the division of the population among eight livelihood classes and other details. 2. It may be added here that a separate set of district ... wise volumes giving only population figures of rural areas by villages and of urban areas by wards and mohallas and entitled "District Population Statistics" has already been published. This separate series was necessitated by the urgent requirements of the U. P. Government for elections to local bodies. 3. The number of District Census Handbooks printed so far is fourteen. Special arrangements for speeding up the printing have now been made and it is hoped that the remaining Handbooks will-be printed before the end of 1955. R AJESHW ARI PRASAD, I.A.S., RAMPUR; SuperintendentJ Census Operations, March 31, 1955. Uttar Pradesh. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION- Pages A-The District i-ii B-Analysis of the Statistics iii-viii C-Explanatory note on the Statistics viii-x PART I-DISTRIGr CENSUS TABLES A-GBNERAL POPULATION TABLES- A-I Area, Houses and Population .• 3 A-II Variation in Population during Fifty Years .... 3 A-III Towns and Villages Classified by Population 4-5 A-IV Towns Classified by Population with Variatbns since 1901 6 A-V Towns arranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood Classes 7 Topography E Area and Population of District and Tehsiis by Livelihood Classes 8-~ B-ECONOMIC TABLES- B-1 Livelihood Classes and Sub·classes 10-13 B-I1 Secondary Means of Livelihood 14-25 B-I1I Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub·divisions 26-53 B-IV Unemployment by Livelihood Classes 54-55 Index of Non-agricultural Occupations 56-59 C-HOUSBHOLD AND AGE (SAMPLE) TABLES- C-I Household (Size and Composition) 60-61 C-II Livelihood Classes by Age groups 62-69 Soils C-III Age and Civil Condition 70-73 C-IV Age and Literacy ..- 74-77 C-V Single Year Age Returns 78-85 Classification of area D-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES- D-I Languages (i) Mother Tongue 86-87 (ii) Bilingualism 88-89 D-II Religion 90-91 D-lII Scheduled Castes 90-91 D·IV Migrants 92-95 D-V (i) Displaced persons by year of arrival in India 96-97 (ii) Displaced persons by Livelihood Clall ~> ... 96-97 D-VI Non-Indian Nationals 96-97 D-VII Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 98-105 PART II-VILLAGE, TOWN, PARGANA AND THANA STATISTICS Primary Census Abstract 108-151 2 Pargana and Thana-wise Population 152 PART III-MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Agricultural Statistics-(i) Rainfall (Not available) (ii) Area as classified with details of area under cultivation 154-155 (iii) Cropped Area 154-157 (iv) Irrigated Area 156-157 2 Live-Stock, Agricultural Machinery and Implements 158-161 3 List of Primary Schools 162-163 INTRODUCTION A-THE DISTRICT. 1. The former princely state of Rampur (which was first taken over on July 1, 1949, by the Government of India for administration as a Chief Commissioner's Province) merged in Uttar Pradesh on :Cecember. 1, 1949, and for purposes of administration it was constituted into a separate district of the same name. Now it forms the northern portion of the Rohilkhand divi­ sion. It is bounded on the north by Naini Tal, on the east by Bareilly, on the south by Budaun and On the west by Moradabad. It has an area of 900 square miles and its population in 1951 was 5'43 Iakhs. It has 6 tehsils, Biiaspur, Huzur, Milak, Sr.ahabad, Suar and Tanda (since merged with Suar). There are 6 parganas and 11 thanas. 2. The district is a level and fertile tract of land, having an abundant supply of water in Topography the north. The general slope of the country is from north to south and south-east, as is indi- cated by the course of the Kosi and Nahal rivers and of other streams. A few miles south of Rampur city the elevation is 546 feet above sea-level, while at Rudarpur on the northern border of the district it is 630 feet. 11il the north of the district are the Bilaspur and Suar tehsils which border the tami forests and jungles of Naini Tal. Large tracts of lands in these tehsils are covered with jungle. The other tehsils are topographically similar to the adjoining parts of Moradabad, Budaun and Bareilly districts. Owing to its position and generally low level of the country the district is constantly liable to damage from floods. This is especially the case along the course of the large rivers, such as the Ramganga and the Kosi. Rivers and streams are numerous in the district and so are the lakes and ponds. The rivers have extensive khadar lands, and their changeable nature and the way in which they vary their COurse constitute a frequent source of distress to the villages 'on their banks. Fortunately most of the rivers, streams and lakes are being utilized for the purpose of irrigation. 3. The principal varieties of soil found in the district are duma!, bhur and maliar. The Soils tehsils of Shahabad and Ruzur contain dumat and matiar, the better qualities of land, while the soil in the Bilaspur and Suar tehsils is of a yellowish colour and being moist is fitted for rice cultivation. Dumat is the best kind of soil for the growth of wheat, cotton and sugarcane. 4. The figures of the classification of area during the last fifty years are not available for Classification of this district. The figures for 1949-50 and 1950-51 are, however, given in Table 2 of Part I II of this area volume. The proportion of area under the various categories works out as follows for 1950-51 : Actual figures Particulars (in acres) Percentao;\e Cultivated area 348,330 60·8 CulturJlble waste (excluding current fallow) 118,268 20·6 Current fallow 32,377 5·7 Forest 11,349 2'0 Area not available for cultivation of which-.. 62,467 10'9 (a) Covered with water 30,112 5·2 (b) Under sites, roads and buildings 22,248 3'9 (c) Barren JO,107 1·8 The figures in the above table regarding culturable waste taken from the Season and Crop Report is, however, misleading. The State Agriculture Department conducted in 1949-50 a detailed enquiry through the district officers regarding the nature of this area in each district. 11 The following analysis of the area resulted from this enquiry: Area Particulars (in acres) Percentage Total culturable waste (A+B+C) 127,417 100 A-Area under culturab1e w<'.ste land not available for immediate cultivation 52,206 40'97 til Forest under any legal enactment 9,809 7'70 (ii) Groves 5,936 4·66 (iii) Forests of timber trees (iv) Thatching grasses, shrubs and bushes 16,172 12'69 (v) Land !ept for grazing 20,289 15'92 B-Area under culturable waste land available for immediate cultivation but which could 9,818 7'71 not be cultivated Of which due to- (i) Kans growth 89 0'07 (ii) Threshing floors I .. 717 0'56 (iii) Malaria 37 0'03 (iv) Floods 135 O'll (v) Lack of drains 41 0'03 (vi) Lack of water 26 0'02 (vii) Distance from abadi 666 0'52 (viii) Damage from wild animals 6,107 4'80 (ix) Other causes 2,000 1·57 C-Area under culturable waste land that can be brought under immediate cultivation 65,393 51·32 after some improvement; be~ides the area given against 'B' From the above it will appear that of the total area recorded as culturable waste, only 51' 32 per cent. was really capable of being brought under immediate cultivation after some improvements. ' Thus the land area cultivated and cultival'1le including current fallow per capita works out to 91·8 cents of which 70,1* cents have already been brought under cultivation and 12'0 cents can further be brought under the plough after some improvements. Climate and 5. By reason of its proximity to the hills the district enjoys a comparatively cool climate rainfall as against that of the adjoining districts of Moraaabad and Bareilly. The cold weather lasts longer, and the temperature in summer, though necessarily high, does not reach the high levels obtained in the southern portions of Rohilkhancl. In the wint~r, on the other hand, the climate is distinctly cold. Frosts are of frequent occurrence. The climate, hov,ever, is very moist and unpleasant, the natural result of the general level of the country being low and of the proximity ·of the tami. The northern portion of the district, where it adjoins the tarai, shares the characteristics of that tract.