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PRG. 119-C. I (N)(OnII1IIIJSI) 1415 CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME X MAHAltASHTRA PART D-C (i) SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES B. A. KULKARNI of the Indian Admlnlstratlw Service Superintendent of Census Operations, Maharashtra 1965 ~E!) IN :rNDU BY THE MANAGER, GOVEBNMENT CENTRAL PRE8S, BOlI.OAy AND PUBLISID!'.D BY THE MANAGER OF PUm.ICATIONS, ma..m:-8 Price-Rs. 5·25 or 12sh. 3d. or $ 1·89 . ~ o w ~ .• 0 J J W I~ II j i I- ~ en .....- « ==- 0::: .... I- ..... :r: ..a:: (/) ..... « -= 0::: :IE « "'" :r: - « D ~ o I s N 0 ~ t- Il .. .. io \ ·• 0 \ ·..w • 2 • 0 ::! ::! ~ x IJJ I-« I- 0 (f) . ....-... '=' « 0 0:: ...> • I- l- ...a::: I: .... 0 U) CO « -= · ~ 0:: ::E ~ c · « · J I: - ·U• « · ~ o ,so- s N CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 Central Govemment Publications Census Report, Volume X-Maharashtra, is published in the following Parts I-A and B General Report I-e Subsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables II-B (i) General Economic Tables-Industrial Classification II-B (ii) General Economic Tables-Occupational Classification II-C (j) Social and Cultural Tables [the present volume] II-C (ii) Migration Tables III Household Economic Tables IV Report on Housing and Establishments Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Tables V-B Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Ethno graphic Notes VI (1-35) Village Surveys (35 monog.raphs on 35 selected villages) VII-A Handicrafts in Maharashtra Fairs and Festivals in Maharashtra VlII-A Administration Report-Enumeration (For official use only) VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation (For official use only) IX Census Atlas of Maharashtra X (1-12) Cities of Maharashtra (15 volumes-Four volumes on Greater Bombay and One each on other eleven Cities) State GoverDDlent Publications 2S Volumes of District Census Handbooks in English 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphabetical List of Villages in Maharashtra ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lhe inset tables on classification of mother-tongues (pages 121-128) have been prepared by Shri R. C. Nigam, Linguist of the Census Commis sioner's Office. The eight Special Tables on Scientific and Technical Personnel (pages 296 to 316) have been prepared by Shri S. C. Sharma, Mechanical Tabulation Officer in the Census Commissioner's Office. We are grateful to both of them. In the Maharashtra Census Office, Shri D. V. Rangnekar, Deputy Superintendent of Census Operations, rendered valuable assistance in compila tion of tables and notes. I should also mention Sarvashri V. M. Deole, Head Assistant, G. S. Gokam, A. W. Mahatme and J. G. Deshmukh, Tabulation Officers, R. N. Pongurlekar, J. S. Natekar, Vyas Rao, and S. D. Bhatwadekar, Statistical Assistants, for their painstaking efforts and valuable assistance in compilation of this volume. Sarvashri K. H. Shevade, V. G. Surve and C. M. Kane have looked after its printing. We ~re grateful to Shri S. A. Sapre, Manager, Government Central Press, Bombay, and his staff for the excellent printing. BOMBAY: B. A. KULKARNI 27th March 1965 CONTENTS }lAQR INTRODUCTION 1 TABLE 0-1 EXPLANATORY NOTE 5 TABLE C-I-Composition of Sample Households ,by relationship to head 8f family classified by size of land cultivated 7 TABLE C~I1 EXPLANATORY NOTE 19 TABU C-I1-Age and Marital Status 21 TABLE C-I1I EXPLANATORY NOTE 55 TABLE C-~II-PART A-Age, Sex and Education in all areas 56 , TABLE C.In-PART B-Age, Sex and Education in Urban areas only .. (;2 TABLE Colli-PART C-Age, S~X and Education in Rural areas only._ 74 TABLE C-IV EXPLANATORY NOTE 83 TABLE C-IYt-Single year age returns 85 TABLE C-Y EXPLANATORY NOTE 11' FLy-LJWf TO TAJlLI! C-V 121 TABLE C-V-Mother- TonJUe ,129 ApPBNDIX I-Abstract of Classified and Unclassified Languages 161. ApPENDIX II-Linguistic Survey of India-Classified List 164 TABLBCVI EXPLANATORY NOTE T AaLB C VI-Bilingualism TABLE C-Vll EXPLANATOR.Y NOTE 269 TABLB Q..VII-Rcligion 270 SUPPLEMENT TO TABLE C-VII 274 TABLE e-VIn EXPLANATORY NOTE 278 TABLE e-VIn-PART A-Classification by Literacy and Industrial Category of workers and non-workers among Scheduled Castes .. 282 TABLE C.VIII-PAllT B-Classification by LiteracY and Industrial Cate&OfY of workers and non-workors among Scheduled Tribes .. 286 SPECIAL TABLES ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSQNNEL EXPLANATOR.Y NOT! .. 293 SPBClAL TABLE I-Classification by each branch and sub-branch of Science or Technoloj)'. 296 SPECIAL TABLE II-Type of activity and Marital Status of persons in each branch of St:i.~ or TechnoloaY 29~ ii SPECIAL TABLES ON SCIDNTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL-contd. SPECIAL TABLE In-Year of obtaining post-graduate degrees in Physical Scie:nces and graduates and doctorates in Engineering, Technology and selected branches of Medicine 100 SPEC1'AL TABLE IV-Persons holding degrees in Engineering and Technolo&y and also hold.ing degrees in selected branches of Physical Sciences 102 SPECIAL TABLE V-Nature and Sector of Employment of persons in each branch of Science or Technology ]03 SPECIAL TABLE VI-Total monthly income of persons employed in each branch of Science or Technology classified by Sector of Employment 307 SPECIAL TABLE VII-Tenure and Sector of Employment of persons in each bmnch of Scietl(» or Technology ., JIG ! SPECIAL TABLE VIII-Age and Period of Unemployment of unemployed person$ qualified in each branch of Science or Technology / .• 312 MAPS ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS OF MAHARASlfTRA INTRODUCTION HIS PART of the 1961 Census Report presents eight The Scheme of PreseDtatiOD T Social and Cultural Tables. The first Table C-I 5. A note is added at the beginning or each table shows the distribution of househo1d population by to explain its layout, method of presentation, concetlts, relationship to head of household. The next seven definitions and limitations of the material presented. Tables present the distribution of population by Those notes are not, however, intended to present an marital status, literacy and educational levels, single analysis or review of the material presented, for which vear ages, mother-tongues, bilingualism, religions and Part I-A of the Maharashtra Census Report is exclu Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. siveJy reserved. The 1961 Census 6. All the tables present the Census material for 2. The 1961 Census was conducted between 10th 31 units, i.e. the State, its four administrative divisions and 28th February, 1961. The enumerators called and 26 districts. For purposes of the 1961 Census, 011 each household in their assigned areas and nlled the districts had been given a serial (code) number in the Census Forms (Individual Slips and Household running from north-west to south-east. The order of Schedules) by interviewing one or more responsible presentation uniformly followed in the tabJes is based members of the household. They revisited all the on those code numbers and is shown below :- households between 1st and 5th March, and corrected BOMBA Y DIVISION AURANGABAD DIVISION I their forms for changes occurring between their first visit and the Census reference date, viz., sunrise of 1st (l) Greater Bombay (14) Aurangabad l'vhl,rch, 1961. These corrections were, however, res (2) Thana (15) Parbhani tr;cted to changes due to deaths or new births. No corrections were made for the change of any person's (3) Kolaba (16) Bhir economic activity during the intervening period. The (4) Ratnagiri (17) Nanded material presented here is th,us relevant for 1st March, (5) Nasik (18) Osmanabad 1961. (6) Dhulia NAGPUR DIVISION 3. The two forms used in the Census and the ins tructions issued to the enumerators for filling them (7) Jalgaon (19) Buldhana have been reproduced at pages 11 to 26 in Part II-A POONA DIVISION (20) Akola of the Maharashtra Census Report. Table C-I alone has been prepared from the information collected in (8) Ahmadnagar (21) Amravati the Household Schedule and on a 20 per cent sample (9) Poona (22) Yeotmal of households. All the other Tables included in this (10) Satara (23) Wardha Part are prepared on the basis of a full count from the information collected in the Census Individual Slip. (11) Sangli (24) Nagpur Urban Areas (12) Sholapur (25) Bhandara 4. Urban areas or towns are places which either (13) Kolhapur (26) Chanda. have a municipality or cantonment or have been 7. Each table starts with entries for the State. Then treated as towns because they have- follow entries for Bombay Division and its districts ; (a) a population of 5,000 or more ; and then Poona Division and its districts ; and so on. (b) 7S per cent or more of male workers engaged in non-agricultural pursuits. 8, None of the tables presented in this volume gives break-up below the district level. Talukawise An additional criterion of urban density not being tables have been prepared in some cases and are less than 1,000 per square mile applied in some of presented in the District Census Handbook volumes the States was not applied in Maharashtra. concerned. TABLE C-I Composition of Sample Households by . Relationship to Head of Family Classified by Size of Land Cultivated EXPLANATORY NOTE This Table presents the distribution of household 7. "Household " is thus slightly different from population by relationships to heads of households. " family" in that it includes unrelated persons also. The distribution is shown separately for three types of A domestic servant residing and eating at the employer's households classified by economic activity, i.e., partici house is according to the above definition a member of pation or otherwis~ in. cultivation and/or househol~s the household. Similarly, a friend or a guest (related industry. The cultlvatmg households are further classI or unrelated) residing and eating with the household fied according to the size of land cultivated by them.