CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 Dr. M. VI.JAVANUNNI 0' the Ind;an AdlT1;n;sirat;ve Serv;ce Registrar General & Can.sus Commissioner, India Registrar General of India (In charge of the census of India and vital statistics) Office Address: 2A Mansingh Road New Delhi 110011,,. India Telephone: (91-11 )338 3761 Fax: ,(91-11 )338 3145 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.censusindia.net Registrar General of India's publications can be purchased from the following: • The Sales f>epot (Phone:338 6583) Office of the Registrar General of India 2-A Mansingh Road New Delhi 110011. 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India Telephone: (91 -11 )698 1558 0 Fax; {91-11 )698 0295 E maU: [email protected] © Registrar General of India The contents of this publication may be quoted citing the source" clearly PREFACE "To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour" Such as described in the above verse would be the graphic outcome of the effort to consolidate the district-level data relating to all the districts of a state or the union territories into a single tome as is this volume. This publication is part of the State and District Profile series of the 1991 census and is brought out in continuation of the State Profile 1991 India volume, to serve as a handy reference compendium of the district­ lev~1 data from the 1991 census. The data in this volume comprises 41 tables arranged in 12 sections and preceded by a map showing the cqnstituent districts. The 12 sections are: General Data, Population Structure, Nuptiality, Fertility and Child Mortality. Literacy and Education, Work PartiCipation, Migration, Religion, Language, Housing and Household Amenities, Urban Agglomerations, Cities and Towns and an overall Population Scenario of the Past and Present. The first section .presents the basic administrative data like area, number of districts, tahsil's, development blocks, towns and villages, population, number of households, density, per cent decadal variation, sex ratio, per cent of urban population an_d inhabited villages classified population size. The second section on population structure gives the distribution of population by age' and sex, the ratio of children to women and the dependency ratio of young people of age 0 to 14 years as well as ord people of age 60 plus to those in the working age group 15 to 59 years. The third section on nuptiality presents certain selected indicators on female nuptiality, proportion of married females and the proportions of married, widowed and divorced or separated among the aged. The fourth section on fertility and child mortality presents data on the number of children per woman at the completion of t~e reproductive period, the crude birth rate, total fertility rate and child mortality rate. The fifth section on literacy and educatjon gives selected indicators on literacy and education, literacy rates for selected age groups by sex, distribution of literates by educational level, distribution of females in the reproductive age group by educational level and the percentages of child workers attending school. The sixth section on work partiCipation contains tables on the main workers and marginal workers in selected age groups and the percentage distribution of main workers by educationai level, by industrjal category, by industrial and occl~pational classifications and of non-workers by main activity. The seventh section on migration presents the district-level data available on migration viz. in-migrants by place of birth and place of last residence. The eighth section on religion gives the data on the six numerically biggest religions in each district. The ninth section on language contains data on the distribution of population by language as well as the speaker-strengths of the numerically largest languages and mother tongues arranged in descending order. This win give a graphic picture of the language profile of the district which is not easily available anywhere else. The tenth section on housing and household amenities presents the data on the distribution Qf households by type of house occupied and the availability of electricity, drinking water and toilet facilities to households. The eleventh section gives the details of urban aggJomerations, cities and towns like their population, sex ratio, literacy rate and work participation rates. The twelfth selection tops off the tables giving the population scenario at the district level based on the censuses after independence starting with the 1951 census till 1991. Since the population projections for the future are not available at the district­ ievel. the future population scenario, though availabfe at the national and state fevels, could not be given at the district level. This section gives the district-level data for 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1981 as recast as per the 1991 jurisdiction of the districts. The tables present the data on population, per cent decadal .variation in population, annual exponential growth rate, sex ratio and the urban population for the period 1951-91 which will come in extremely handy for- convenient reference at one place. The District Profile series of which this volume is a part is the fruitful outcome of over two years of intensive and sustained work to cull out and put together all the available district-level data feasible_of presentation here. It is hoped that this will serve as a handy reference source to a wide spectrum of data users like policy planners, administrators; scholars and researchers. December 1998 Dr. M4 Vijayanunni New Delhi Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India iv CONTENTS Page Preface iii Concepts and detin itions vii Map of West Bengal xi LIST OF TABLES General Data - State and Districts 1. Area, Number of Tahsils, C. D. Blocks, Towns and Villages, 1991 2 2. Population and Number of households, 1991 4 3. Density, Per cent decadal variation, Sex ratio and Percentage of urban 6 population, 1991 4. Distr!cts ranked according to Area, Population and Density, 1991 7 5. Number of inhabited viUages classified by population size, 1991 8 POl?ulation Structure 6. Distribution of Population by Age and Sex, 1991 15 7. Child-woman ratios. 1991 19 8. Dependency ratios, 1991 20 Nuptiality 9-. Selected indicafors on Female NuptiaJity, 1991 23 1 D. Proportion of Married females in ~elected age groups, 1991 25 11. Proportions of Married, Widowed and Divorced/Separated among the 26 aged by sex, 1 991 Fertility and Child Mortality 12. Number of children ever born and Number of children surviving 31 per ever married woman in the age group 45-49 years, 1991 13. Crude Birth Rate and Total Fertility Rate, 1991 32 14. Child Mortality Indicators, 1991 33 Literacy and Education 15. Selected indicators on Literacy and Education, 1991 36 16. Literacy rates for selected agy groups by Sex, 1991 40 17. Distribution of literates by Educational level, 1991 44 18. Distribution of females in the age group 15-44 years by Educational 48 level,1991 19. Number of children in the age group 10-14 years and the proportion 50 among them attending school, 1991 v Work Participation 20. Population and Proportion of Main workers and Marginal workers in 54 selected age groups, 1991 21. Distributfon (in per cent) of main workers by Educational Level, 1991 65 22. Distribution (in per cent) of main workers by Industrial category, 1991 70 23. Distribution (in per cent) of main workers by National Industrial 74 Crassification. 1991 24. Distribution (in per cent) of main workers by Occupational 76 Classification. 1991 25. Distribution (in per cent) of non workers by main activity, 1991 78 Migration 26. In-migrants by Place of Birth, 1991 82 27. In-migrants by Place of Last residence with duration of residence 0-9 84 years, 1991 Religion 28. Six numerically biggest religions arranged in descending order of the 89 number of followers, 1991 Langua~e 29. Distribution of population by Scheduled Languages, 1991 94 30. Numerically biggest Languages arranged in descending order of the 96 number of speakers, 1991 31. Numerically biggest Mother Tongues arranged in descending order of 106 the number of speakers. 1991 Housing and Household Amenities 32. Distribution of households by Type of House occupied, 1991 119 33. Availability of Electricity, Safe drinking water and Toilet facilities to 121 Households, 1991 Urban Agglornerations, Cities and Towns 34. Urban agglomerations, Cities and Towns and their population, 1991 125 35. Number of Urban agglomerations. Cities and Towns classified by 136 population size, 1991 36. Sex ratio. literacy rates and work partiCipation rates in Urban 140 Agglomerations, Cities and Towns, 1991 37.-Distribution (in per cent) of main workers in Urban Agglomerations, 152 Cities and Towns by industrial category, 1991 Population Scenario - Past and Present 38. Population, 1951-91 179 39. Per cent decadal variation in population and average annual 180 exponential growth rate, 1951-91 40. Sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males), 1951-1991 181 41. Urban population and its proportion to total population, 1951-1991 182 vi CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS General Data Village The basic unit for rural areas is the revenue village which has definite surveyed boundaries. The revenue village may comprise several hamlets but the entire village is treated as one unit for presentation of data.