Handbook .Of Basic Statistics Maharashtra State
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GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY HANDBOOK .OF BASIC STATISTICS . OF MAHARASHTRA STATE ' I , . 1960 . Pum.J:·.;tt.ED BY BUREAU OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS GOVERNMENT OF.. BOMBAY . BOMBAY 1960 PREFACE The main object of this Publication is to prEf('t•t the b:\~ic infom.ation r<'!at inf: t<.> th~ "'riou• economic and socinl aspects of ~laJ.arastra, conecqu<'nt upon t.l.e bilurmtioll of the H<•rnlmy :'!lit<·. Tho 't"t i" tics given in this publication hllse mootly bc~n oLtainc<i from the various D~!~HtmeHts a~o•l ofiiccs of tho State Govenuuent and in a few c:.ses compikd irom 'he rclc\11l•t All-kdin l'uL\imtioic'. In FOn1c m•cs the st.'\tistics inclucled here have not yet Lcen pubii,hcd by the authorities coLccn:nl. 'Jh•·sc ftgurcs nmy therefore, be treated as provisional. 'Ihe sources from "·J.ieh the >tat i,tics l~•vc \•<'<'H tab-u art· iialimt•·•l at the appropriate place iu eaeh staterne~<t. A "hort note is inchu~c<l in tLc rub\icllti<•H .:ivi11.: the H>cio cconomic conditions of the Sb1te. A map of the new t:'tate is a\,o "l'l"'Hdcd. The duta ••xcopt in the cl\.'!0 of statements on Area and Population, relate to the unadjW!tcd bouudarics of Thana nnd W<·st Khnndo·sh districts. I have to thank the various officers of the State Government ~oncemed for ~\\'illg "Ul'plie<lat ,,hnrt notice the figures, that have made this publication poS>ible. 1\I. A. Th"'LA~G, Director, Bureau of Economics and StaticticR, Bombay. p 'J ::J tl p, HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS ,.' CONTENTS PAGlll I. ll!TRODUC'rlOlf, ... 1 ll· STATISTICAL TA.BL!IS- 1, Summary StatementB- 2. Area and Population- 2' 1 Area and Population 20 2· 2 Population of Town• 22 2· 3 Number of Towns and Villages classified according to Population 36 2 • 4 Population classified according to Livelihood Classea 38 2' 5 Economically Active Population 42 2· 6 Distribution of Self-supporting PersoWI by InclustriesfOccupationa 43 2· 7 Percentage of Literate Persons 48 2· 8 Population of, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 49 3, Climate- 3· 1 Number of Rainy Days and Total Rainfall at Different Stationa 50 -4. Agriculture- 4• 1 Classification of Area 52 4•2 Areaunder!lrajorGroup ofCrops 54 4· 3 Area and Out· turn of Principal Crops 56 .,. 4•4 Area Irrigated by Sources 60 4•5 Area Irrigated under dillerent 6ops 62 4• 6 Agricultura!Implementl 64 -li, Live#oelr- 5 ·1 Livestock Statistioa 66 ~- Fore81&- 70 "7, oo.operalicm- 7· 1 Working of Central Banks and Banking Unions 71 I 7• 2 Working of Agricultural Societies (Credit and Non-oredit) 72 7·3 Working of Non-Agricultural Societies (Credit and Non-oredit) ... 73 7· 4 Working of Primary Land Mortgage .Banks 74. ·s. Bank- S·l Various types of Banking Oflicea 75 • ·D. Joinl Sloclc Oompaniu- 9·1 Classification of Joint Stock Companies 76 -10. Medical- 10·1 Number of Hospitals, Dispensaries, Beds and Patients so 11. Education- 11•1 Number of Recognised Institutions and Pupils attending them 81 11· 2 Teachers in Primary, Secondary and Higher Institutions 82 ii CONTENTS P.a.GB. 12. Electricily- 12•1 .:;ruts of El~oLrical energy Generated, Pnrcba<:ed an.l Con~umed 83 12• 2 J,ist of Towns and Villages Electrified 84 · ·13. Tra718pl!rtand Oommunicalio718- 13• i Number of Motor Vehiole• in Operation 89 13• 2 Mileage of Metalled and Non-Mei.alled Roads .90 13· 3 Railway Mileage 91 13•4 Statistioq relating to the Nationalisod Road Tranoport 93 14. lndU8trie8 and Mining- a• 1 Statistics ~Iatillg to Solect.ld Industries 94 - 14• 2 Number of Factories and Wo,·kers 9S 14• 3 Industrial Disputes, Number of Workers involved and Man-dayslOb-t 99 14•4 Mineral Production 100 15. Emplo&m~lll- 15•1 Employmen.t Es.ohange Statistillll 101 16. Local Bo!liea- 16•1 Working of Village Panchayats 10. 16•2 Number of Municipalities and tboirPopnlation 1oa 17. Oommuni4y DeveZop~m Programme- 17•1 Progress of Community Developmen~ Programm~ •••. lOT 18. secondFi11e YeM Plan- 18·1 Plan Outlay , ... 10s 19. MiBreUanecw- 19•1 'Targets and Net Collections of Small Suing& .... 10& :20, .Ind..~~ Nu~ero- 20·1 Consumer Prioe Index Numbers ,.. 20· 2 Index Number ofWbolct!ale Prices 1. Physical Setting r ·1. 0 : Maharashtra "is situated on the west eo1111t of India bot ween 22 ·1 degrees and HI· 4 degrees north latitude and 72 · 6 degrees and 80 · 9 degrees east longitude. The State is bounded by the Arabian sea on the west, Gujarat in the north-west, Madhya Pradesh in tho north, Andhra Pradesh in the South-east and Mysore and Goa in the south. The region is drained by a number of rivers, big and small, most of them forming tributaries of Tapi, Godavari, Bhima, K.ris}ma, Wardhn r.nd Waig~nt,a. The relief of the land shows high plateaus with plains on the Weitern Coast and along the river basins. 2. Area and Population : 2.0 : The total area of the State is 1,18,459 square miles which is about 10 · 07 per cent of the area of the Indian Union. Administratively, the State is divided into 26 districts, viz. West Khandesh, Nasik, Thana, Greater Bombay, Kolaba, Ratnagiri, Ahmednagar, Poona, Satara North, Satara South, Kolhapur, Sholapur, East Khandesh, Aurangabad, Parbhani, Bhir, Osmanabad, Nanded, Bddhana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Chanda and Bhandara. 2 .1 : The population of the State according to the 1951 Census is 3,20,03,086 or approximately 3 · 20 crores which is roughly two-thirds of the population in bilingual Bombay State or 9 · 05 per cent of the population in the Indian Union. This population lives in 373 town groups and 35,526 villages; spread over 232 talukas of the State. 28·82 per cent of the population lives in urban areas while the corresponding figures for bilingual Bombay State and Indian Union are 28·28 aud 17·34 i'esectively. If Greater Bombay is excluded, the urban "population of the State would be 19·54 per cent. The State is the third largest State in the Indian Union, both in respect of r.rea and fopulation. 2. 2 : The density of population in the State is 270 per square mile,-whereas it is 253 in bilingua Bombay and 303 in the Indian Union. The density in Greater Bombay is 16,109 per square mile, while, in the remaining areas of Bombay Division, it is 285. The density per square mile in Poona, Aurangabad and Nagpur Divisions is 291, 228 and 206 respectively. The density of population is lowest in Chanda district being only 106 per square mile. The sex ratio in the State is 941 females per 1,000 males while in the Indian Union, the ratio is 947 to 1,000 males. The number of females per 1,000 males is greatest in Ratnagiri district, being !,224 whereas, it is lowest in Greater Bombay, being 603. 2. 3 : According to the. Census of 1951; there are Iii;. cities, viz, Greatm: Bombay, A.hmednagat, Poona, Kolhapur, ·sholapur and Nagpur having a population of one lakh and above. There are 15 toWlls with a population be1ween 50,000 and 1lakh. 20,028 villages or 55·76 per cent of the places have a popula tion less than 500 as against a percentage of 67 · 73 in the lndill.n Union. 2. 4: Livelihood claases.-The following table gives the percentage distribution of population accord" ing to livelihood classes :- 'l'.A.BLE 1. · Percentage distribUtion of population according to litlelihooil classes. -·---~--------------------.-,._..,_._ _.._._,__ ---....... __Percentage distribution of -------------population in :Maharashtra. Bilingual Indian Bombay, Unior, .2 8 -------------------------~....,._ ........ ._.__._... ________ _ - L Cultivatiore of land wholly or mainly owned and their dependents , . 39·1!8 89·49 46·91 n. Cultivators ofland wholly or mainly unowned and taoir d~pendent• 7·1!9 8· 211 8·8'1' m. Cultivating lAbourers and their dependenh •• H·711 12·111 1.2•66 IV. Non-8llltlvat1Di G>WD.&rl .. .2•02 li•Ol 1•49 lTotal.Agrloultural Classu . 6S· 97 --·-----61·90 69•83 (o.o.r,) K0-4 ll 4879-J 2 .· 'J'.A.Dl.l 1--t~. '. Preeentage diltribution of population in :W:ail,arat)ltra. Bilingual Jndiau • Bom.bay. i. Uaioa. 1 a -.... -----~-----'1-~,_ ..... __________ ~-----_.,__:.._._,_......., ___ _ v. Produo~illu (other ~han eul~iv .. ~iou) 13·10 13•76 10·i6 VI. eommeroe 6·99 7•48 8·118 VII. Transport .. .. , 2•21i 2•U 1•51 ynr. O~il,er 11orviea1 13·68 14·72 lll•Oi Tot&! Non-agrivultur&l v!&s1e1 36·03 ---- ..------------------ 38·10 30•17 Qrand Total .. 100· 00 ' 100• 00 100•011 ~Ui : The percentage of cultivating labourers and their dependents is high b9ing 14· 79 whereas, it ill only llJ·M in the Indian Union. The percentage of population dependent on agriculture is 63·98 in the State against a figure of 69 · 83 in the Indian Union. It is interesting to note that the percentage of owner eultivators and. their dependents is much smaller in the State than in the Indian Union. On the other hand. a larger proportion of the population is dependeD,t on non-~icultural pursuits in this State ae compared w that in the Indian Union. · · · 2.6: Literacy.-The following table givos the peroentaies of literaoy in tho State and.:bilillillal :&mbay State aooordiJii to.l9lH Cen.&UI :- · T.ABLE 2.