DffiTruCT CENSUS HANDBOOK 1951 SULT ANPUR DISTRICT FOREWORD Several States, including Uttar Pradesh, have been publishing village statistic. by districts at each census. In 1941 they were published in U. P. under the title ffDistrict 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 I90V0.2 to 1950"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 UDistrict Population Statistics" has already been published. This separate series was necessitated by the urgent requirements of the U. p.r Government for elections to local bodies. 3. The number of Distnct Census Handbooks printed so far is fifty 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. RAJESHW AR.I PRASAD, loA.S., R.A.MPUR ~ Super;ntendetft, Censur Operation.s, Deumber 1.7. 19S5- Uttar Pradesh CONTENTS IlftRODUCTION- PagM A-The District i-ii B-AnnJysis of tho Statistics ii-viii ix-xi PAR.T I-DT::lTRTCT CF.NSUS TABLlTIS A-I AJ'<'fl, R 0 IH'''S A.nd Popul'ltion .• 3 A·H Va,l'iation i.n Poplllat,ion 'lllrin~Fiftyyl)nl'S 3 A·ITT Towns nnd Villn'(("" CI"",,ifip,ll.v T'o)j111li1tion 4-5 A·IV Towns Ch'lRifipc] hv E'opIlI"t,j()fi wi t h V"rinJ,ion", ~in(>o 1901 4-5 A·Y Towns [tl'I"nng;Arl T<>rritorilllly with Populflt,ion by Livrlihood Classes 4-5 'E At'Rft rtlld Popllla.tion of Di>;trict atid T,)h'lil" by Livelihood Cl:J,s'Ies 6-7 B-Ef10NOMIC TABLF.~- ~ll B·n SCleond:lry 1Imci1R of Livplihood 12-19 B·IlI Emplovf'l'R. Emplov<ws and f'l'hp:mflont" -VVorkNR in Industries and Services by Divisions 'Ind Snb·divi'li()nq 20,....,.47 48-49 Inrlex of Non.agricultural Oc()upationf'l 50-53 C-HOUSE)l:OLD AND AGE (SAIIIl'LE) TABf,ES- C-I Hou'lohold (size "-nd composition) 54-55 C.II Livelihood CIAMes by Age-groups. 56-61 C-III Age and Civil Condi1jion 62-65 C-IV A~" and Literacy 66-69 C.V SinQ;lc YOllr r\g0 Returns .70--77 D-SOCIAL AND CULTUTt,U, T.I;BI,I:S- D·l Languages (i) ]Hoi11f)1' Tongl1(' .• 78 (ii) Eilinguftlism 79 I)-II Religion 80-81 D-IH Sch<'duled CustflS 80-81 D.IV l'lhrrants 82-85 D·V (i) Didpbct'd perilOUS by year of arriv~l in Indill 86-87 (ii) Displaeerl persoT's by Livolihood Classes 86-87 D·YI Non·lndi,l-n Nationals 86-87 p.vn Livilliho~d ClitssC!s hy E ltlc'1tional St'tnd"lrd~ 88-91 PART II-VILLA.GE, TOWN, PARGANA AND THA.NA STATISTICS I Primary CAnsus Abstract 93-161 2 Parganlt and Thana·wise population 162 PART ItI-:'IISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Yit 1.1 st l,tistics 164-167 2 Agricultur,.l Statistics-:i) R"Iinfall 168-169 (ii) Area 't~ cLtQ3ifi,d with details of araa under oultivation 170-173 (iii) Cropped Area 174-189 (iv) Irrigated Are). 190-193 3 Live·Stcnk, A'~ricl'lltur,l }I: ~c;linf)ry and ImplemflOts 194-197 4 Li~t of Primary S')hools 198-200 INTRODUCTION A-THE DISTRICT 1. The district of Sultan pur is bounded on the north by Faizabad and on the south by l'ratapgarh. To the north-west lies Bara Banki and to the west Rae Bareli, while on the .. -east are the Jaunpur and Azamgarh districts. 1I;s area. is returned as 1,699 square miles, and its population in 1951 was 12'82 lakhs. It contains 4 tehsils, which are divided into 10 par• . ganas. There are 13 thanas in the district. 2. With the exception of a very gradual and scarcely perceptible slope from north-west Topopaph,.­ to south-east, the surface of the district is generally level, being broken only by the valley of the Gomti and the ravines by which its drainage is effcted. Almost the whole of itJies in the watershed of the Gomti, only the southern portion draining towards the Sai. The former -divides the district into two unequal tracts the larger of which lies in the south. Each of these tracts has the same three natural zones running parallel to the river. They are the, the Gomti valley with its light soil, alluvium and la,ines; a higher lying belt of adequately drained medium loam; and a low lying tract of rice land containing vast usar plains and innumerable depressions. The Gomti valley is composed of a light and sa.ndy or gritty and reddish soil (tikar) which lends itself easily to erosion. The numerous water courses which carry down the surplus ra-in water from the uplands, have led to the formation of deep ravines, especially in the lower reaches where there are bare brown tracts, cut up into ugly ridges and re,ieved only by patches of unprofitable jungle. There are some stretches of rich. alluvium whi.ch grow good rabi crops without irrigation. The tract is liable to flooding The loam tracts are a level country, highly cultivated and well-wooded. The soil is fertile medium to light loam fully irrigated and adequately drained. There are some patches of land which suffer either from excessive drainage or from usar. The rest of the district, which is exaotly half the total area consists of usarous rice landIS . -interspersed with large arid plains and swampy jhils and marshes_ Drainage is poor. 'rhe son is predominantly clay and stubborn to the plough. Much of the ground is sterile or infeoted with reh. 3. The predominant soil of the di.3trict is loam or dumat, its percentage in the distriot Sails being 70'3. Clay js known by the usual :r1ame of m2tiar and it forms 16'7 per cent. of the area. The other soils are bhur and tarai and the artificial soils .;:l~rzhian2 and goind. Bkur is a sandy soil while tarai is rich alluvium. Kachhiana and goind are the heavily manured lands. 4. The figures of classification of area during the last 'fifty years are given in table Classificatio:s. 2 of Part III of this Volume. The proporbion of area unJer the various categories works of area <out as follows for 1950-51 ~ Actual figures Particulars (in acres) Percentage Cultivated area 686,077 62'6 Culturable waste (excluding current fallow) 175,974 16-1 -Current fallow 19,642 1'8 -Forest 1,446 0'1 ,Area not available for cultivation of which 212,709 19'4 Cal Covered with wate, 64,168 S'B ,( b) Under sites, roads and buildings 42.420 3'~ 'Cc) Barren ..., The figure in the above table regarding culturable waste t'l.ken from the Season and Crop Report is, however, misleading. Ths State Agriculture Deparb;nent conjuclied in 1949-5~ a. ii deta.iled enquiry through the District Officers regarding the nature of this area in each district. The follo",ing analysis ot the area resulted from this enquiry : Area Particulars (in acres) Percentago Total c:u1turable waste (A·: B+C) 176,537 100 A -Area under culturable waste land not availa~le for immediate cultivation .', 104,164 59'00 (i) Forest under any legal enactment 429 0':'::4 (ii) Groves ' ... 66,917 37'91 (iii) Forests of timber trees 6,465 3'6& (iv) Thatching grasses, shrubs and bushes 10,364 .5'217 ('» Land kept for grazing 19,989 11'32 B-Ar'ca under culturable waste land available for imwediate cultivl!tion but 40,130 23'07 which could not be cultivated Of weich due to- (i) Kans gro,," til 101 0'06- (ii) Thresning floors 3,016 1'71 (iii) Malaria ... (iv) Floods' 97 0'05- (v) Lack. of drains 357 O'2(} (VI) Lack of water 15,545 8'81 (vii) Distance from abadi 1,1l7 0'63 (viii) Damage from wild animals (iJI.) Other causes 20,491 1\'61 C-Area under culturable waste land that can be brought under· immediate culti­ 31,643 17'93 vation after some improvements besides the area given against ' B ' .--~--- From the a1:;o\ e it ,Iill appeuf that of ~he total area rec?rded ,as cult~rable waste only 17'93 per cent. "hI:' really capable of bemg brought under ImmedIate cultIvation after some improvements. ~ - Thus the land area cultivated and cultivable including current fallow per capita works' out to 68'8 cents of which 55'0* cents have already been brought under cultivation and only about 2-5 cents Gan be further brought under the pLough after some improvements. Climate aad '5. 'The climate is mild, temperate and healthy. ~rom October to June westerly winds. .ainfall . JiIevaii. 'lhe rainy feaEOn commences about the mIddle of June and continues till the end of 8eptembel' ; the ",ir..d during this period hardly ever leaves the east.