CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK- DAMOH DISTRICT G. JAGATHPA'l'HI OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPBRATIONS. MADHYA PRADESH PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MAJ)BYA PRADESH 1964 Ig6.1 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 Genera] 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 Establislunent 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 Monographs (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 PART IX Maps STA~ PUBLICATIONS DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOKS District Census Hand.books 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 block as the basic field unit as much for purposes of presentation as for operational purposes. 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 statistics as possible; some of these are climate, agriculture, co-operation, industry, bank­ ing, education, health etc. There is also an introductory note to each Hand­ book high-lighting the more striking fea ures. 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 f~rnished by the Director of Land Records and presented in Table A-I are internally inconsistent in the sense that the tahsil 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 usen rather late in the decade. This is partly due to the considerable time required 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 impqssible to print all the District Census Hand-books themselves, 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 inter-censal decennium, more expeditious methods for the collection 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 as to undertake the publication of these Hand­ books and to the Superintendent, 90vernment 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 Mitra, to whom we are all deeply grateful. Our thanks are also due to the various authorities who supplied us with all the necessary statistics. G. JAGATHPATHI CONTENTS Pagel Notes and Explanations i-vii Appendix I Standard Industrial Classification .. viii-xvi Appendix II National Classification of Occupations xvii-xxiii Selected Statistics •• Selected Statistics of India, Madhya Pradesh, Divisions, Districts and Important Towns of Madhya Pradesh xxiv-xxxiii Revised Area and Density Figures xxxiv-xxxvi Introducing the District xxxvii-lxxix PART I A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES 3-7 Table A-I Area, Houses and Population 3 Appendix I Statement showing 1951 territorial units constituting the present set up 3 Appendix II Number of vii/ages with a population of 5.000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 4 Appendix III Houseless and Institutional population 4 Table A-n Variation in population during sixty years S Appendix District and Tahsils showing 1951, population according to their territorial jurisdiction in 1951 changes in area and population involved in those changes S TableA-m Villages classified by population .. 6 Table A-IV Towns (and Town Groups) classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1901 7 B-ECONOMIC TABLES 8-79 (i) General Economic Tables 8-53 Primary Census Abstract 8·9 Table B-1 Workers and non-workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 10-11 TableB-m Part A Industrial classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels in urban areas only 12-13 Part B Industrial classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels in rural areas only 12-13. Table B-IV Put A Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry 14-15 ! Table B-IV Pages PartB Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work ill Non~Household Industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service 16-18 Part C Industrial classification by Sex and Divisions, Major Groups 19-25 and Minor Groups of persons at work other than Cultivation Table B-V Occupational classification by Sex of persons at work other than cultivation 26-39 Table B-VI Occupational Divisions of persons at work other than cultivation classified by Sex, Broad Age-groups and Educational levels in urban areas only 40-43 Table B-Vn Part A Persons working principally (i) As Cultivators, (ii) As Agri­ cultural Labourers or (iii) At Household Industry classi­ fied by Sex and by Secondary work (i) At Household Industry, (ii) As Cultivator or (iii) As Agricultural Labourer 44-45 PartB Industrial classification by Sex of persons working in Non­ Household Industry, Trade, Business, Profession or Service who are also engaged in Household Industry ., 46-49 Table B-VDl Part A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by Sex, Broad Age­ groups and Educational levels in urban areas only SO-51 Part B Persons unemployed aged IS and above by Sex: and Educa­ tional levels in rural areas only SO-51 Table B-IX Persons not at work classified by Sex, Broad Age-groups and type of activity 52-53 (ii) Household Economic Tables 54-79 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 in Cultivation and Household Industry for all areas 54 Table B-XI Sample Households engaged in cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultivated in rural and urban areas separately 55 Table B-XII Sample Households engaged in cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in rural and urban areas separately 56-59 Table B-XIn Sample Households engaged both in cultivation and household industry showing size of land cultivated classified by principal household industry in rural and urban areaR separately 60-61 3 Pages Table B-XIV Sample households engaged only in household industry classified by principal household industry in all areas 62-65 Part A Households classified by major groups of principal house­ hold industry and number. of persons engaged 62-63 Part B Households classified by minor groups of principal household industry Table B-XV Sample households engaged both in cultivation and house­ hold industry classified by size of land in rural and urban areas separately 66-69 TableB-XVI Sample principal household industry classified by