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GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SARAN RANCHOH PHASAD. M A:. I A ~ .... u/J(·ri"tcndcl1f oj C"" '"' ("Jel atlo,,', IN/ltlf . PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT SECRETARIAT PRESS, BIHAR. PA'rNA 1956 [ Price - Rs. 5] EREFACE Thls Handbook contains maiply statistical data !l'94 is not intended to replace the District ,Gazetteer which gives a comprehensive account of .the district in narrative form. Most of the statistical tables included in thelvolume $tre p,ased on ~terials colleQt6lG ..in ... th.e.l9,51 census, but some nJll-c;msUs statistics ha'V~,also'*'b-eeh mCioItded al\d;a brief illt\'.Qatlcti~lt to. the- district has been furnished in order to enab1:e·readers to follow the s~a,tistical table,rwlthout ftluch djffroulty. 2. Before this, District Handboolts contain1l1g .,iniportant Gefl~lS tables .and .otheI: st::1t:i.stics were published in 1£105 and 1916 in the forlh ofst~istie3,1 supplements to Dlstnct Gazett~ers. These Handbooks did not contain any statistics relating to indiv~llal villages. Madras ancf,' certa~n other provinces and' Indian States published village statistics of .§orrie districts at the 1921, 19B1 and 1947 censuses. In Bihar also, there were proposals in 1921 and 1931 for publishing similar statistics, but they did not materialise. The idea of publishing Handbooks like' this containing both district tables and statistics of area, population, literacy and livelihood pattern for each village besides other useful statistics relating to the district owes its inception to Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, I C. s., Census Commissioner of India in 195i who made a recommendation to this effect ~J a1l St.ate Govarnment.s in March, 1951. This recommendation was raadily accepted b J the Government of Bihar who have sanctioned the publication of the Handbooks at their .own cost. 3. As already indicated, detailed statistics for villages were not compiled for any district in Bihar before this. The task was formid''Lble, and the compilation and editing had to be .dom~ within a limited time simultaneously with the preparation of the State census tables and repJrt. Ev.;ry effort has be·:m made to ensure correctness and accuracy of the data and, though there are shori;coffitng", it can be fairly claimed that this Handbook removes a long-felt want for a book of raf,m;.'1Jc containing the basic statistical information for the district and small units down to the mauza. 4. The tabulation of the Census Statistics included in this vQlume was done in the Tirhut Regional Tabulation Office at Muzaffarpur under the able guidan~e of Shri Kirit Prasad Sinha, Deputy :NIagistrate and Deputy Collector. I desire to 1. Shri Ram Vilas Singh, Te.:!;llic~l acknowledge my obligation to him and the staff named in the Assist,ant. margin for the care and interest taken by them ·in the work. .2. Shri Ram:LVatar pr.1s~d Sinha, Tabuh. tion Clerk . My thanks are also due to Shti Rameshwar Nath, Deputy .3. Shl'i Shr<le Krishan, Tabulation Clerk. Magistrate and Deputy Collector who has helped in the 4. Shri Samrendr.1 Mohan Sen Sharm~, T-lbu'ation Cltll."k. editing of th~ non-census statistics and supervised the proof reading. IJastly, but very far from the least, my thanks 8,re due to Shri S. N. Chatterji, Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar and his staff for the .care and interest shown in the preparation and publication of this Handbook. RANCHOR PRASAD --- -- -: ~j-- ~ \\ \ ~ '1 ) ':.'/-. '"~l p... ~ § 'V ~ ll. E-< 0 ~\ ~o f-I ~ 'V g:: E-< W P-I f-I H 0 Q ,; : i -~ 1i!: , I "I .,... \ '".d I ~ P : TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Preface Population Map 1. Scheme of Tables-Census Tracts tV 2. A-GENERAL POPULATION TABL"ES- I-Area, Houses and Population 2 Il-Variation in Population during fifty years 3 Ill-Towns and Villages classified by Population 4 IV-Towns classified by Population with variation Hirwe 1001 (} V-Towns arranged territorially with Population by Liveli~ood ClaRses 7 3. B-EuONO:M:IC TABLES- I-Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes 10 II-Secondary means of Livelihood 18 III-]1jmployers, Employees and Independent Workers .. 53 4. U-HOlTSEHOLD AND AGE (SAMPLE) 'fABLES -- I--Household (Size and Composition) 92 II-Livelihood Classes hy Age-groupR 94 III-Age and Civil Conditions 97 IV-Age and Litency 101 V-Single Year Age Returns 104 !i D-SOUIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES- I-Languagcs-(i) Mother-tongue 108 (ii) Bilingualism l09 II-Religion IlO III-Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward and Non-backward 112 Classes IV-Migrants 118 VII-Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 121 (i. E-SUMMARY FIGURES BY SUBDIVISIONS, REVENUE THANAS AND POLICE STATlONS 130 '1. ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT CENSUS DATA- (1) Area and Population, Actual and Percentage by Revenue Thana Density 144 (2) Variation and Density of General PopUlation ) 44.- (3) Mean Dee&nnial Growth Rates during three deoades 146 ii ( 4) Immigration ' i (5) Distribution of Population betweo11 Villages (6) Number per 1,000 of the Population and each Livelihood Class who live in Towns. (7) Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of General l)opulation, number in each Class and Sub-Class of 10,000 persons of all Agricultural Classes (8) Non-Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of General Population, number in each Class and Sub.(Jlass of 10,000 persons of all Non Agricultural Classes and number of Employers, Employees and Independent Workers per 10,000 Self-rHlpporting persons of all Non· Agricultural ClasseH, (9) Persons per 1,000 houses and houses pt'r 100 square miles " (10) Distribution by flize of 1,000 sample hOIlAeholds of Rural and Urban Population. (11) Family composition of 1,000 hOllseholds of General Population (12) Females per 1,000 males (Genoral, Rural and Urban) and comparhmll with previous censuseR. (13) ~-'emales per 1,000 males in Agricultural Classos and Hub-ClaKHf'H (14) :FomaJes per 1,000 males ill NOll-AgrjeulturaJ CJa,,",scs and l-'ub-CJaHHl'A 8. VITAL t-;TATlS'l'ICS O. STATISTICS HELA'rING TO RAINFALl, AN J) AORICULTUR}~- ( 1) Rainfuill (2) Cultivation- (a) Classification of land (0) Progrl'SA of ('ultivation during three decades (c) Land area per capita (1951) and trend of cultivation pCI' capita during three decades. (d) Area under principal crops (e) Distribution of 1,000 Agricultural Holdings by size of holdings .. 10, SUMMARY FIGURES OF LIVESTOCK CENSUS, 1951- (a) Distribution of Livestock and Poultry (b) Distribution of certain important categories of Livestock and Poultry per 1,000 of popUlation. (c) Variation in the number of main classes of Livestock (including Poultry) during the yeara 1920 to 1951. 11. FIGURES RELATING TO INDUSTRIES- (1) Small-scale Industries- (a) Distribution, of Small-scale Industrial Esta.blishments (b) Employment, in Textile Establishments . (c) Employment in Non~Te:x:tile Establishments, (2) Industries registered· under the Faotories Act;o • f .. ' .. 12. RULING WHOLBSALE PRIOES DURING TH:aJIIlll DECADES iii PART 11 13. VILLAGE STATISTICS- POUOE STATIONS- 1. Revelganj 168 2. Chapra Muf~sf.lil 170 3. Baniapur lRO 4. Garkha IS() , D. Manjhi 190 6. Ekma 100 7. Parsa 200 h. MarhauI'<\ 212 O. Mashrak 10. Honepul' 234 II. Digh \Hll'H 240 12. HI1HltlltPlll' 242 1:" Mahara,igltl1j !!54 14. SiWillt 2H2 ] 5. Mai 1'\\ n,. 274 ] 6. Barhl1ria 2RO 1 i. l>arulIli 2S0 1 R. Out hall i 294 ] n. Ra,ghunathplll' 298 20. Sil-lWall 302 21. Mirg!l,nj 306 22. Dhore', :HS, 23. Katia 330 24. Kochaikot 340 25. Gop algall j 350 26. BarauH 358 27. Baikunthpur 3HZ iT SCHID or TABLES 'The following tables in this hand-book are bued on the 19tH Census l A-General Population Tablu- I. Area, Houses and Population II. Variation in population during fifty years III. Towns and villages classified by population IV. Towns classified by population with the v!)'riation since 1901 V. Towns arranged territorially with population by Livelihood CI8.8BeB B-Economic Tables- I. Livelihood G'1asses and Sub-cl88ses II. Secondary means of Livelihood III. Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Subdivisions C-H0'U8ehold and Age (Sample) '11a')1RA I. Household (size and composition) n. Livelihood Classes by age groups III. Age and Civil Condition IV. Age and I .. iteracy V. Single year age returns. D-Social and Cultural Tables I. Language II. lteligion III. Soheduled Castes and Soheduled Tribes IV. Migrants V. Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards. E-Summary figures for Subdivi8ions, Revenue Thanas and Polic('-Stotions 2. The A, 13, D and E series of tables are all based on total count; the C series tables havo been prepared from a 10% random sample of the Census SUps. 3. OeMU8 Tracf8.-Reference to Census Tracts will be found in a. large number of tables. Census Tra.ots were formed mainly for the oOllvenience of distribution of work among sorting and compila.tion teams. In most oases, they correspond to Revenue Tha.nas. A list of C,ensus 'I'racts is given below with names of Revenue Thanas and Police-Stations included in each;- Number and Name of Traot N arne of the corresponding N I1mE! of the Police· Station Revenue Thana included in the Tract 1 2 3 '6. Retvelga.nj a.nd Chap:r&. Muf_il Poboe·StatiolUl (excluding Chapra • . 1. Revelganj. Cnapra and Revelganj «>wna) 2. Chapra Mufaaail • .,. Baniapur and Garkha Police. Stations , . Ditto • . 1. Baniapur. 2. Oarkha. Manjhi 1. Manjh1. 2. Ekma. '9. P_ Pollee· Station •• Parea _ 1. Paraa. ~O. Marhauta Police. Station .. Do. 1. lfarbaura. &1. Muhrak :ae.... ue Thana Mubrak 1. llaehrak. v Number and Name of Tract N.me of the (1orreeponding Name uC thll Polil'le.8taticm Revenue ThalU\ included in the Tract .