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BIHAR 1961 Census o o 86 IS' se 30' 87 0' 87 30 ' o 26 ~s ' DENSI TY MAP OF DISTR ICT SA HA RSA '. 5 10 Miles 1 I 1 r I 1 ! I L I L1 I '_ I 1 Kms . 5 0 10 o 26 ]0' o o c 26 26 15' IS' 10 m. o o 26 26 0' 0' z ' . m : o \ 25 4S ' /~ o 1',0 . G' o o (hilUM ,0.. -. 25 25 3a' 30' R.EFERENCES SOllndary:- Inu rn>tion.1 with Pinars . _.-._._. do Sta te or District . ' do Subdivision. Revenue Than. ------ do Police St ' tion. Ane h.l . .- ... - ~ ..... .... " N.ltional H i lh"'~l N at ion~1 Highway State Highway State Hi&hway Roads:- Metall ed. Unmeulled. AS.-- - -- o aailway line Broad G.uge with Shtion . 25 ..· 5 . do Metre or N,,,ow Glug. with Stotlon . o • •• I I , ,'F ', , 15' RIYer or Stream . ' _ . _ . ~ .• • ()'is t."buh.t ., C.n~ Canl l with d istrib lltary and lock . .. ''tt;.--- 1--- R. EFEREN CES H •• dquarters:- Di strict Su bdivi sion. " ev. Thana . _ . • Density (Nu mber of persons per square mile) do Police Station, .... nch. l . 0 6. Campi ng Ground. Circuit House . • . e.G. .c .H. Above 1,00 0 . Bung.low,,- D ~k ,Inspectio n. Canal. O. B. I.B . CS. Between 7S I & 1,000 . lIest I-\Oll S• . Hospital, D isp~ ns .,y fI. .H. Has. D'os . Between 50 1 & 750 I"' Post office, Post & Telegraph offi ce P.O. P.T.O. o o 0 0 o 0 IS' 86 IS' f . 01 GREENWICH. 86 30' 86 45' 87 0' 87 87 30' NEO OFfSET AllAHABAD CENSUS 1961 BIHAR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 10 SAHARSA s. D. PRASAD OP THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUfJerintenJent of Census Operation.r, Bihtl1 1961 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS, BIHAR (All the Census Publications of this State will bear Vol. No. IV) Central Government Publications PART I-A General Report PART I-B Report on Vital Statistics of Bihar, 1951-60 PART I-C Subsidiary Tables of 1961 * PART II-A General Population Tables· PART II-B(i) Economic Tables (B-1 to B-IV and B-VII)* PART II-B(ii) Economic Tables (B-V, B-VI, B-VIII and B-IX). PART II-C Social and Cultural Tables· PART I1-D Migration Tables* PART III(i) Household Economic Tables (B-X to B-XIV) * PART III(ii) Household Economic Tables (B-XV to B-XVII)* PART IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments* PART IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables* PART V-A Special Tables for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. PART V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PART VI Village SurveysU (Monographs on 37 selected villages) PART VII-A Selected Crafts of Bihar PART VII-B Fairs and Festivals of Bihar PART VIII-A Adminigtration Report on Enumeration*} (Not for sale) PART VIII-B Administration Report on Tabulation PART IX Censuq A tlas of Bihar State Government Publications 17 volumes of District Census Handbookst -Already printed •• Nos. 1-4 of the series already printed t The Handbooks of Patna, Gaya, Shahabad, Saran, Champaran, Muzaffarpur, MonghYl'. Bhagalpur, SaharSa (present volume), Santal Parganas, Palamau and Dhanbad already printed and those of Darbhanga, Hazaribagh and Singhbhum under print. CONTENTS PART I-CENSUS TABLES, OFFICIAL STATISTICS AND VILLAGE -DIRECT~~ PAGE PREFACE INTRODUCING THE DISTRICT Census Tablel Note 3 A-SERIES-GENERAL POPULATION T ABI.ES Explanatory Note 5 Table A-I-Area, Houses and Population 7 Appendix I to Table A-I .. 9 Annexure I to Appendix I to Table A-I 10 Appendix II to Table A-I 11 Table A-IV-Towns (and Town-groups) classified by Population 11 in 1961 with variation since 1941. Appendix to Table A-IV 12 Explanatory Note A to Appendix to Table A-IV 12 Special Appendix to Table A-IV- Part A 13 Part B 13 B_SERIES-GENERAL AND HOUSEllOl,D ECONOMIC TABLES- Explanatory Note 14 Table B-I-Workers and Non-workers classified by Sex and Broad 18 Age-groups Table B-III Part A-Industrial Classification of Workers and Non- 18 workers by Educational Levels in Urban Areas only. Table B-lII Part B-Industrial Classification of Workers and Non-workers 20 by Educational Levels in Rural Areas only. Table B-VIIl Part A-Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by Sex 26 Broad Age-groups and Educational Levels in Urban Areas only. Table B-VIII Part B-Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by Sex 27 and Educational Levels in Rural Areas only. Table B-IX-Persons not at work classified by Sex, Broad Age-groups 28 and Type of Activity. Table B-X-Sample Households (i) Engaged neither in Cultivation nor in Household Industry, (ii) Engaged either in Cultivation or Household 34 Industry but not in both and (iii) Engaged both in .Cultivation and Household Industry for All Areas. Table B-XI-Sample Households engaged in Cultivation classified by 35 interest in land and size of land cultivated in Rural and Urban Areas separately. Table B-XVn-Sample Households classified by (i) Number of male and 38 female members by size of Households and (ii) Engagement (a) neither in Cultivation nor in Industry, (b) in Household Industry only and .' (e) in Cultivation sub-classified by size of land cultivated. ii C-SERIES-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL T ABLEs PAOE Explanatory Note 39 Table C-I-Composition of Sample Households by relationship to Head 41 of family classified by size of land cultivated. Table ColI-Age and Marital Status 42 Table C-III ,Part B-Age, Sex and Education in Urban Areas only 46 Table C-III Part C-Age, Sex and Education in Rural Areas only 47 Table C-V-Mother~tongue 48 Table C-VII-Religion 52 Table C-VIII Part A-Classification by Literacy and Industrial 54 Category of Workers and Non-workers among Scheduled Castes. Table C-VIII Part B-Classification by Literacy and Industrial Category 56 of Workers and Non-workers among Scheduled Tribes. SOT-SBRlES-SPECIAL TABLES FOR SCHEDULED OASTES AND SOHEDULED TR!BEI Explanatory Note 58 Table SCT-I Part A-Industrial Classification of Persons at Work and 60 N on-workers by Sex for SchedUled Castes. Table Sar-I Part B-Industrial Classification of Persons at Work and 62 Non-workers by Sex for Scheduled Tribes. Appendix to Table SaT-1 64 Table SC-I-Persons not at Work classified by Sex, Type of Activity 65 and Educational Levels for Scheduled Castes. Table ST-I-Mother-tongue and Bilingualism for Scheduled Tribes 68 Table ST-II-Persons not at Work classified by Sex and Type of 70 Activity for Scheduled Tribes. TABLES BASED ON DATA OBTAINED FROM THE HOUSELlST Explanatory Note 72 Annexure-Standard Industrial Classification 73 Classification of Rural Population living in villages of various sizes 74 ViUagewise Industrial Data 75 Official Statistics Explanatory Note 81 VrrAL STA1'ISTICS- Table VS-I-Registered Births and Deaths with mid-year rates 85 Table VS-II-Deaths and Death rates due to selected causes 86 Supplement to Table VS-II-Deaths and Death rates due to suicide, 87 wounds or accidents, snake bite and wild animals and rabies. AORICULTURAL STATISTICS- Table AS-I-Rainfall 88 Taf)le AS-Ill-Land Utilisation and Area under different crops 90 Table AS-lV-Gross Area irrigated by crops 90 Table AS-V-Gross Area irrigated by sources 91 Table AS-VI-Yield rates of principal crops 91 Table AS-VII -Statistics of skilled and unskilled Agricultural labourers 92 Table AS-VIn -Monthly ruling wholesale prices of staple foodgrains .. 93 iii PAGE Table AS·I1I.1-Land Utilisation 94 Table AS-I1L2-Progress of Cultivation during the last three decades .. 94 Table AS-I1L3-Components of Land Area, Cultivable and Cultivated 95 Area per hundred persons during the last three decades. Table AS-III.4-Cropping Pattern 95 Table AS-IlLS-Density of Total/Rural Population per hundred acres 96 of Area under fondgrains and net Area sown. Table AS-IIL6-Density of Cultivators and Agricultural labourers per 96 hundred acres of net Area sown in 1951 and 1961. Table AS-III.7-Rainfall, Area sown and irrigated, Density, etc. 97 LIVESTOCK- Table LVT·I-Government Veterinary Facilities 98 Table LVT-II-Livestock and Poultry 99 INDUSTRIES- Table IND-I-Employment in Textile and Non-textile Industries 100 Table IND-II-Name of Industry with number of Households and 101 persons employed in Rural Areas only. Supplement to Table IND·II 104 ADUINISTRATION- Table ADM-I-General results of trial of Criminal Cases 104 Table ADM·II-Punishments inflicted in Criminal Cases 105 Table ADM-III-Strength ()f Police 105 Table ADM-IV-Places of confinement and distribution of convicts 106 by Age-groups and Literacy. Table ADM-V-Co-operative Societies 107 Table ADM-VI-Receipts of Excise, Revenue, Sales Tax, Entertainment 108 Tax, Motor·Spirit Tax, Stamps, etc. Table ADM-VII-Land Revenue/Rent 1GB Table ADM-VIII-Number of registered documents and value of 109 properties transferred Table ADM-IX-Sale and discharge under Small Savings Scheme 109 Table ADM-X-List of Banks 110 Table ADM.XI-Progress ()f Life Insurance 110 Table ADM-XII-Number of Motor Vohicles 110 EDUCATION- Table EDN·I -Educational Institutions and Pupils III Table EON-II-List of Educational Institutions 112 Table EDN·III-Press and Journals 113 Table EDN-IV-List of Cinema Houses 113 PUBLIC HEALTH- Table PH-I-Medical Facilities 113 COMUUNICATIONS- Table CMN-I-MiJeage of extra municipal roads maintained by 114 Public Authorities.