CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SAGAR DISTRICT G. IJ!.qATH?ATfU OF THE IND!AN ADMINIS,RATIVE SERVICE SIJPEFRINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPlt'?AT10NS, MADHYA PRAOF5H FUBl,ISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH 1964 I96I CENSUS PUBLICATIONS, MADHYA PRADESH (All the Census Publications of this State will bear Volume No. VIII) PART I General Report including Subsidiary TableS'. (in Sub-Parts) PART II·A ... General Population Tables PART II-B Economic Tables (in Sub-parts) PART II-C ... Cultural and Migration Tables (in Sub-Parts) PART III Household Economic Tables PART IV Housing and Establishment Tables (in­ (in Sub.parts) cluding Subsidiary Tables) and Report PART V Special Tables for Scheduled Castes and (in Sub-parts) Scheduled Tribes PART VI Village Survey MonogratJhs (A Separate Sub­ part for each Village Surveyed) PART VII Survey of Handicrafts of the State (A Separate Sub-part for each Handicraft Surveyed) PART VIII-A Administration Report - Enumeration PART VIII.B Administration Report-Tabulation l'ART IX Maps STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOKS District Census Handibooks for each of the 43 Districts in Madhya Pradesh PREFACE The publication of District Census Hand-books, which was begun in the 1951 Census, represents a significant step in the process of making census statistics available for the smaller territorial units basic to executive and developmental administration. Apart from the fact that the proper implementation of policy depends on the ability of the administrative authorities concerned to quantify accurately the variables involved, it is at these levels that policies get really thoroughly tested; also, policies can fail-and probably have failed-because their statistical basis was weak. It is undoubtedly necessary that gaps in statistics at lower levels be filled as rapidly as possible. It was not possible at this Census to base all census statistics on the development block as the unit mainly because in 1961 there were many areas not till then covered by blocks. The coverage had become complete by about the middle of 1963 and it is not unlikely that the 1971 Census will recognise the b:ock as the basic field unit as much for purposes of presentation as for operational purpos.es. 2. What we have tried to do in the 1961 Census Hand-books is to make them more informative by the inclusion of as many categories of non-census stati'tics as possible; some of these are climate, agriculture, co-operation, industry, L mk­ ing, education, hea~th etc. There is also an introductory note to each Hand:" book high-lighting the more striking features. It has not been possible for the Census Organisation to check the accuracy of the figures supplied by various authorities; it is to be hoped that some other organisation, better equipped for the purpose, will take up this task. 3. For the seventeen districts of Mahakoshal (Part of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh) and for Panna and Tikamgarh districts of erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh, which are part of the present State of Madhya Pradesh, the area figures for districts and tahsils furnished by the Director of Land Records and presented in Table A·I are internally inconsistent in the sense that the tahsii areas do not add up to the district area. This inconsistency arose from the fact that, in the case of these districts, the district area includes, but the tahsil areas exclude, 'forest' area for which the tahsilwise breakup was not then available. Later on, while this Hand-book was in the press, the Director of Land Records brought out revised area figures for the year 1962-63 for tahsils and districts which among other improvements, do not suffer from the defect of internal 2 inconsistency even in case of these nineteen districts. Revision of Table A-I on the basis of these area figures was not feasible at this late stage; the only alternative was to print these revised area figures also in this Hand-book. 4. One unfortunate fact about these Hand-books is that they became avail­ able to the users rather late in the decade. This is partly due to the considerable time requ~:'ed for the collection of information from various authorities and partly to difficulties in printing. Owing to the fact that State presses, with a heavy back­ log of printing weighing down on them, would find it impossible to print all the District Census Hand-books them~elves, arrangements have been made for printing them in private presses. If these Hand-books are to have a useful life of mOre than four or five years of inte --censal decennium, more expeditious methods for the cpllection of non-census statistics, for the preparation and checking of the manuscripts and for printing will have to be devised. 5. The Census Organisation is grateful to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for having been so kind a'> to undertake the pub:ication of these Hand­ books and to the Superintendent, Government Printing and his organisation­ particularly the Assistant Superintendent, Printing, Government Regional Press, Indore and his staff-for the printing arrangements made. The inspiration behind this ambitious venture is that of our indefatigable Registrar General, Shri Asok Nlitra, to 'whom we are all deeply grateful. Our thanks are also due to the various authorities who 8upplied us w~th all the necessary statistics. G. JAGATHPATHI CONTENTS Notes and Explanations J-Vll viii-xvi Appendix I Sta ndard Ind ustrial CI assification xvii-xxiii Appendix II National ClassIfication of Occupations Selected Statistics Selected Statistics of India, Madhya Pradesh, Districts and Important Towns of Madhya Pradesh x:xiV-.:lXxiii Revised ":.l'ca and Density Figures xxxiv a, b & c Introducing the District xxxv-xlv PART I A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES 3-6 Table A.l Area, Houses and Population ... 3 Appendix-l Statement showing 1951 territorial units consituting the present set up 3 Appendix-II Number of villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 4 Appendix-Ill Houseless and Institutional Population 4 Table A-II Variation in Population during sixty years 4 Appendix: Districts and Tahsils showing 1951 Population according to their territorial Jurisdiction in 1951 changes in area and population involved in those changes 5 Table A-III Villages classified by population 5 Table A-IV Towns G1assified hy population in 1961 with variation since 1901 6 B-ECONOMIC TABLES 7-97 (1) General Economic Tables 8-69 Primary Census Abstract 8-9 Table B-1 Workers and Non-workers Classified by SeX and broad age-groups 10-11 Table B-III Part A Industrial Classification of Workers and Non·workers by educational levels in urban areas only 12-13 ii Tabel B-I11 Part B Industrial Ch;ssification of Workers and Non-worker~ by eduacational levels in rural areas only 12-13 Table B-IV Part A Industrial C1as,iflcation by sex and class of workers of persons at work at Household Industry 14-15 Table B-IV Part B Industrial Classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in Non-Household Industry Trade, Business, Profession or Service 16-18 Table B-IV Part C Ind ustrial Classification by sex and Divisions, Major Grl)Up~ and Minor Groups of person~ at work other than culitvation in tural areas only District/Tahsils 19-27 Table B-V Occupational Classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation in District/Tahsil~ (rura! areas only)(City 211-53 Table B-VI Occupational Divisions of persons at work other than cultivation classified by sex, broad age-groups and educational levels in 1Irban areas only 54-57 Table B-VII Part A Persons workir g principally (i) as cui tiva tors (ii) as agricultural labourers or (iii) at household industry classified by sex and by secondary work, (i) at Household industry (ii) as cultivators or (jii) as agricultural labourers 58-59 Table B-Vn Part B Industri,,! classification by sex of persons working, in non-household industry, trade, business, professi.ons or service who are also engaged in househQld industry 60-65 Table B-VIH Part A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age-groups and educational levels in urban areas only 66-67 Table B-VUI Part B Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex and educational levels in rural areas only 66-67 Table B-IX Persons not at werk classified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity 68-69 (ii) Household Economic Tables 71-97 Table B.X Sample Households (i) engaged neither in cultivation nor in Household Industry (ii) engaged either in cultivation or Household Industry, but not in both and (iii) engaged both is cultivation and Household Industry for all areas 71 Table B-XI Sample Households engaged in cultivation classified by intrest in land and size of land cultivated in rural and urban areas separately 71 Table B-XH Sample Households engaged in CUltivation only classi­ fied by size ot land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in rural and urban areas separately 72-75 111 Table B-XIII Sample Households engag~d both in cultivation and Hou.'eholti Industry showmg sIze of land cultivated classified by principal H'lUsehold Industry in rural and urban arcas ,Icpamtely 76-77 Table B-XIV Sample HOU'ie)lOlds engaged only in Household [ndu,try classified by principal household ind J.Jst ry in all areas Part A Households classified by majol groups of prir)Cipdl household inuustry and number of per~olls engaged 78-79 Part B Households classified by minor groups of principal 11Omehold industry ... 80-81 Table B-XV Sample households engaged both in cultivatioll and H!lu,ehold InduSllY clas~lfied