Some Results of the Census of 1941 with Tables and Subsidiary Tables
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Census of India, 1941 VOLUME XVII BARODA SOME RESULTS OF THE CENSUS OF 1941 WITH TABLES AND SUBSIDIARY TABLES BY SATYA VRATA MUKERJEA Baroda State Press 1941 price Rs, 6-0-0, ~ I t \ I I 1 , I ! I tD 01 - III -l ~ ;;, 0 0 c0 0 ;1 0 0 ;;, 0 ~ 0 0 0 "0 ::E :;'1 0 0 0 ;z c (1' .. 0 :u 0 ... Ul . (:) 0 ... IT! 0 i» ~I 0 ""Il < 0 0 III Z 0 "0. ITl ~ 0 0 '" 0 III :u 0 '0 0 l> i 0 0 0 < m Q 0 II> :I1 ;: ? ;> 0 Z . ~ 0 0 .., l> m ~ Ul r/) -l "' l> :; ~ 0 [> [1 rn II> • 0 '" TABLE OF CONTENTS - NAME OF SEcTION AND PARA PAGB FOREWORD xi-xii I-Introductory 1 Past censuses ... ... ... .,. ... ••• ... I 2 Disturbing factors ... ••• ... I 3 ltJudages and melas ... ' 2 .. The process of censUS taking: How it "is done ... ... 2 5 The enumeration stage - Billets Individuels system 3 6 The 1941 book of slips: Baroda and general Indian slips compared ... 3 7 Information compiled in 1931 and 1941 ... ... 3 8 The Questionnaires of 1931 and 1941 ... ... 3 9 Economy in cost, personnel and time I ••• ... ... .. 10 . Elimination of humour .. 11 Actual enumeration: Final and Preliminary counts .. 12 House-list estimates, provisional and final results ... S 13 The cost of the operations, 6 14- The arrangelDeat- ofJbe report and tables ... ... 6 15 Natural Divisions ••• ... ... ... ... 6 16 Details of talum included in Natural Divisions ". ... ... 7 II-Area. Bouset aad Population 17 Refereace to statistics ... ••• ... ... ... .. g 18 Summary table ... ••• .., ... g 19 Area of tbe State ... ... ... g 20 Area and density of fl1e natural sub-divisions ... IG 21 Densities on total ~ cultivable areas compared ... ttl 22 Comparison with other parts of Gujarat 11 23 Wat.-supply and crops ... ... .,. 11 24- Subsidiary Table ii ... ... ... ,.. 11 25 Subsidiary Table iii ... ... , .. 12 26 The Sex-Ratio: SubsidialY Table iv ... ••• 12 27 State Table I ••• ... ... 12 III-Variation in Popalation Duriq Filt, Yean 28 Reference to Statistics ... .,. ••• 18 29 VariatiODS before 1891 ... 18 30 Variations-1891-19~1 ... ... .. 18 31 Variation since 1931 .... ... ••• ... ... 19 32 Subsidiary Table i ... ... ... 19 3.3 How far agriculture affected population increase ... 20 34- Agricultural couditions in the decade ... ... 20 Public bealtb conditions in the decade .., ... ... 22 35 ... 36 Births in the decade ... ... ..... ... 22 , 37 Causes of real imprOvODleilt in birth rate .,. ,., "'t ... .. 23 IV NAME OF SEC'tIOH AND PARA PAGE 38 Constituents of the census increase 24 39 State efForts in aid-Land Revenue Relief and Loans ••• 24 4-0 Other efforts at ame1ioration-special measures for permanent improvement 24- +1 The Uplift Trust Funds 25 42 Programme of uplift and protection ... 2S 43 Improvement in road and railway mileage 25 44 Possibilities of expansion 26 45 Population in the intercensal years and forecast for the Dext ten yoars ... 21 IV-Townl .~d vii .... a.llified b, Population 46 Reference to statistics 34 47 General results-"Village," "Hamlet," "Town" 34- 48 "Town" de1ined ••• 34 49 Villages and Hamlets 3S 50 Variations ill number of towns and villages siDce 1931 ,.. 3S 51 "Unclassed population" defined 36 52 Figures of UDcJassed population in 1941 36 53 Estimate of marriage migrants 31 54 Villages and towns by their size 37 S5 Subsidiary Table i 37 S6 Rural/Urban Ratio for all-India purposes ... 38 57 Measure of tbe accuracy of the enumeration 38 V-The Cit,. and. La..., Towal with Variatioal liaGe 1891 58 Reference to statistics 41 S9 VariatioDS since 1891 iD the City and large towns ... 41 60 Baroda City and Cantonment ... 41 61 Subsidiary Table ii- chief figures for tbe City 42 62 Patan, Navsari and other toWDS ... 42 63 Subsidiary Table i ••• ... 43 VI-Towal b,. Divi.ionl aad Commaitiel 64 Reference to statistics 47 65 "Community" ••• ••• 47 66 "Otbers" ••• 47 67 Subsidiary Table i ••• 48 68 Subsidiary Table ii ••• 48 69 Variations in the town papulation-Subsidiary Table v 49 70 Changes in the tOWDS treated as continuously urban since 1891-Subsidiary Table iii 49 71 Coagestion in villages and to"ns-Subsidiary~ Table iv ••• • .. +9 12 TowD planning developmeDt ••• ••• • •• 50 73 Development iD Okhamandal-Port Okba and Suraj Karaeli 50 14 Relief of congestion iD villages 50 VII-commuait,. 1S Reference to statistics 60 16 "CommuDity" ... 60 77 "Community" priDciple borrowed from Burma ... 60 18 Value of a relicious census 61 79 MaiD figures of community distribution 61 80 Details of "Others" ... 62 81 "Scbeduled Castes" ... 62 82 "Primitive Tribes" ... ... ... ... '" ... 62 v NAME OF SEcTION AND P.iRA PAGE 83 Hindu Primitive Tribes ••• .., 63 84 Tests of HiDCluisation not now applicable ... ... 63 85 Variatioas amongst Primitive Tribes 64- 86 Muslim population: distribution and variations 64- 87 JaiDS ••• ... 64- 88 Par_ 65 gg Chriatians: Subsidiary Table iii ... ... 65 VIIJ-V.riation in the Population of Tribes 90 Refereace to statistics 74 91 Stanclatd list of eighteen tribes ... 74 92 tfDbank.", ICRaniparaj" 75 93 MaiD divisions amongst the Raniparaj ... 7S 9+ Main variations ... ... ... 75 IX-Chief C•• tea 95 Refenoce to statistics ... ... ... ... ... 78 96 Chief groups ••• ... ... 78 97 . Advanced, Intermediate and Backward .78 98 Trend of population deduced from above ... 80 99 Variation amongst castes by their traditional or distinctive occupations 80 100 Six classes of population ••• 80 101 Muslim groups 81 10l Accuracy of the return 81 103 Attitude towards return of Caste, 'fribe or Race ... ... 82 X-Literacy 104 Reference to statistics 88 105 Difference between Imperial Table XI and State Table IV 88 106 General results ... 88 107 Variation in English Literacy ••• 89 108 Proportionate increase since 1931 calculated On total population ••• 89 109 Comparison with other States and provi~ces . 89 110 Briti$h Gujarat. Bombay Presidency. Gujarat States aad Western India States 90 111 Expected and actual literacy... 91 112 Literacy by Natural Sub-divisions-State Table II ... ~ .. 91 113 Subsidiary Table i- Literacy by Age, Sex and Community ... 92 114 Subsidiary Table ii- Literacy by Age. Sex and Locality 93 115 . Subsidiary Table iii- Literacy by Community, Sex and Locality ... 94- 116 Subsidiary Table iv-Literacy in English ... 94 117 Progress in Literacy since 1901-Subsidiary T-able v 94 118 Literacy amongst chief castes-Subsidiary Table vi 95 119 Literacy in urban areas: State Table IV-D ... 96 120 State educational efforts: Subsidiary Table vii 97 121 Subsidiary Table viii-Number of Institutions with their Strength since 1911 ... 98 122 Adult Literacy Drive 99 123 . Results of University examinations in the decade ~ ... 99 124 Conclusion ... 99 XI-The TepeJDent Cenlul 125 Kipd of enquiry ...- 115 126 Part A-Classification of Structures 115 127 Part B-Classification of buildings by floors ... ... 116 vi NAME OF SEcTION ~ PARA . PACE 128 Part C-Number of families in buildings 116 129 Part D-Classmcation of buildings by number of occupants 116 130 Part E-:Classification of rooms and distribution of families by rooms 117 XII-:-VUlqe Bouaq Stati.tica 131 Reference to statistics 121 132 Part A - Classification of Homesteads by kind with estimate of normal population 121 133 Shops and Stores: tiled roofs or thatched '" ••• .,. •,.. • •• 121 13+ Part B - Classification of boinesteads by rooms and distribution of population by rooms ". 1.~1 US Vadavli, the type of large village 122 XIII-Random Sample. General 136 Scope of.the various parts of State Tables VII-A-C .,. 12S 137 The principle of the Random Sample ", 125 138 Communal distribution of the Sample compared with the general community return 126 139 SaJllPle use and test ".. .., 127 A-Age and CivU Condition 140 General age distribution .. , 127 1+1 Centenarians 128 1+2 Inaccuracy of the age return: social attitude towards record of age 129 1+3 Smoothing process described .. , 130 144 Reference to statistics ... 131 1+5 The age constitution of the Sample by broad age groups 132 1+6 Crude and Sample returns of 194-1 .compared with 1931 132 1+7 Reference to past year .. , 133 1+8 Variations in the Natural Divisions , .. 133 1+9 Community variation in the age constitution: Subsidiary Table ii 13+ 150 Mean Age: how calculated 135 15L Mean ages by community, sex and division-Subsidiary Tables i and ii 136 152 Subsidiary Table iii , .. 136 153 Subsidiary Tables iv ILnd v .. , 137 15+ Civil Condition .. ~ .. , 137 155 Child Marriages ... .,. 138 156 Effect of Infant Marriage Regulation .,. ... 138 157 Widowhood ... 139 158 Subsidiary Table viii ... 139 B-The Size and Ses Constitution of FamUiet 159 Reference to statistics 15+ 160 Importance of Fertility studies .. , 15+ 161 Meaning of net reproductive rate 155 162 Accuracy of the data received ... , .. 155 163 Size of State family 155 16+ Size of family by Dumber of children born ... 156 165 Sex constitutjon of families ... 1.57 166 The sex of the first born 157 167 Part 3-0ccupational fertility ... ... 158 .168 'Age return in the fertility enquiry 158 169 Age at birth of first child and mIl 159 170 ..Part 5 ... ... 159 171 Part 6 ... ... 159 172 Parts 7 and 8 160 UST OF IMPERIAL, STATE AND SUBSIDIARY TABLES TITLE IMPERIAL TABLES 1 Area. Houses and Population ••• ... ••• 13 Subsidiary Table i-Density, Water Supply and Crops ••• 14 '" "ii-Area and Population (000 omitted), actual and percentage. by Talua 15. Density II ,. iii-Persons per 1.000 Houses and Houses per 100 square miles 16 " "iv-Proportion of Sexes by Natural Divisions and Districts 16 II Variation in Population duriog fifty years ••• 28 Subsidiary Table i-Variation and Density .,. 29 " ,. ii-Population variation according to } Census-406,727 Vital Statistics-291,098 29 III Towns and Villages classified by Population 39 Subsidiary Table i-Distribution of PopUlation between Towns aud Villages ... 40 IV Baroda City and large Towns classified by Population with Variation since 1891 45 Subsidiary Table i-Towns classified by Population ..