CENSUS 1971 PART X-C-U (with oft' Print. of Part X-C-J) ANALYTICAL REPORT ON CENSUS AND RELATED STATISTICS SERIES-S SOCIO-ECONOMIC GUJARAT & CULTURAL TABLES (RURAL AREAS) AND HOUSING TABLES DISTRICT PANCH MAHALS CENSUS DISTRICT HANDBOOK c. C. DOCTOR of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operatlona Gujarat CENSUS OF INDIA, 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Census of India 1971-Serics-S-Gujarat is being published in the following·Patte:: Central GolemmeDt Publicationa Subject covered I-A General R~port .I..;.{J Detailed EADalysis of the Demographic, Social, Cultural and Migration Patterns I-C SUbsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables (, A' Series) II-B Economic Tables ('B' Series) Il-C(i) Distribution of Population, Mother Tongue and Religion, SCheduled GMtes:4c Scheduled Tribes II-C (Ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household CvIL- . position, Single 'Year A'ge, Marital Status, Educational Levels, Scheduled Castes '& Scheduted !!'tlbes, etc., Bilingualism. III Establishments Report and Tables (fE' Series) IV-A' Housing Report and Housing Subsidiary Tables IV-B, HousiQg Tables, . V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes VI-A Town Directory VI-B Special Survey Report on Selected Towns VI-C Survey Report on Selected Villages VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel VlII-A Administration Report-Enumeration } For ffic·a) s onl VIII-B AdmInIstratIon·· . Report- T a bu I·abon 0 1 ue y IX Census Atlas State Government PublicatioDs DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A T.own and Village Directory X-B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract X-C-I Departmental Statistics and Full Count Census Tables X-O-U Analytical Report on Census and Related Statistics, Socio Economic and Cultural Tables (Rural Areas) and Housing Tables X..!C-II (Supplement) {Jrban _Sample Tables CONTENTS PAGES , 'AEFACB i-ii I ANALYTICAL REPORT ON"CENSUS A-ND'RELATED, -stATISTICS A. INTRODUCTION 3-10 (I) History of District Census Handbook, (2) Scope of District' Census -Handl>ook, (3) DetlnitienHtOO' Concepts B. LOCATION AND PHYSICAL FEATURES 11-12 (I) Location, (2) Physiography, (3) Soils, (4) Forests, (5) Minerals, (6) Rivers, (7) Lakes, (8) Climate, Temperaturo and Rainfall C. ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP 12-19 (I) Admini.trative Divisions, (2) Revenue, (3) Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies and Elections, _(-4) Judiciary (5) Police, (6) Jails, (7) Local Self Government D. 'TIRRITOIUAL -ANI)-,OTHBR ,(l:HANGES '20-21 (I) Territorial changes, (2) opening of new areas for Settlement of Population, (3) Growth or Decay of Urban _~tres, (+) Cbarla.. /jD the Functi~' CatcIO,,y of Tawns E. MAJOR EVENTC; -(1) Famino a1ld 'Scarcity F. ECONOMIC AND OTHER ACTlVI_TIES DURING THE DECADE 21-39 (I) Agricultural, (2) Irrigation, (3) Agricultural Produce Markets, (4) Co-operati,oQ. (5) Warohouse~ (6) Livestock, and Animal Husbandry, (7) Fisheries, (8) Industry, (9) Trade and Commerce, (10) Electricity and Powee, (ll) Transport and Communications, (12) Prices, (13) Joint Stock"companies, (f4) Banking, (15) Insurance, (t6) Education., (17) Medical,ud P:Ublic Health, (la) AJmrian IidQ,DIIjS MId !i.l!rUian Developmants O. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING THE DECADE 39-59 (1) GenOlal, m Doosity ,aad-Jl)OcWaI' chan,oin Population, O)'Sn Raaio, (f) HousehoklSi2e, (5)' Urban Population, (6) Houstlleas ecundation, (7)- Uwtitutional-gopujation, ~a) Gro.wtb' JOf Popalatioh, (9) ,Average !'ize of Villase, (10) P4pulatien by t\Ie,aDd Sdx. (lH Literacy, (U)'Mother,ToC.lI'lC, (11): R.eliaiou, (14) W.otkers.and 'Nono-workcrs, (15) SC;heduled Castes, (16) Scheduled Tribes, (17) Bstablisb~, (18). Housing 1 H. SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY (including tables) 59-19 (l) Rural Areas, (2) Urban Areas H.l Dlstnbution of villages with reference to area in hectares 64-65 H.2 Distribution of inhabited Villages by selected amenities, infrastructural aDd land use data With reference to 6~9 distance from nearest town 'H. 3 Distribution of inhabited villages by selected demographic characteristics and distance from nearest town 70-73 HA Average size of villages by distance range from nearest town lily s'ze crass 74 H.S Distribution of inhabited villages by size class of population having select..:d servicing institutions and 74-76 demographic characteristics H.6 Medical and Postal facihties per 100 km\l of rural area at taluka level 77 H.7 Distribution of villages by density per km\l. and average distance from nearest town 77-78 H.-8 Distribution of inhabited Villages by proportIOn of scheduled caste amI scheduled tnbe population and density 79 of population H 9 Rank1Dg of Villages of different SIZe classes by ameDity scores 80 H.IO Selected demographiC characteristics ID towns by Sile class of population ,81 H 11 Selected demographic characteristics by density of populatIOn of towns 81 H.12 Dlstributloll of towns by size class of populatIOn and functional category 82 H.13 Fllnctional category and growth rate of towns 82 H.14 Female workers as percentage of total female population 10 towns by siLe class of population 82 H.15 Per capita Receipt and Expenditure of local bodies in towns by size class of PQPulatlOft 33 H 16 Per capita Receipt and Expenditure of local bodies in old new _towns 83 H.17 Per capita Receipt and Expendllure of local bodies in old and new towns 83 H.18 Per eaIJita -R'CCCipt and' Expenditure of local bomes in towns by functional category 84 H.19 Educational and Medical- facdities 'per 1,000 populati()n in towns '-by size "Cililss'm popUlation 84 - H20 MedIcal facihties in towns by funC'tJOnal category "14 PAGES II TABLES SECTION-I DEPARTMENTAL STATISTICS , I-SO (Detaile~ coq.tents are given on pages iii and iv in Pal't-I1 Tables) SECTION-II CENSUS TABLES BASED ON PULL ~OUNT 51-156 (Detailed contents are~given on pages v and vi in Part-II Tables) SECTION-III SOc)O :eCONOMIC AND CULTURAL TABLES 157-204 (RURAL AREAS) AND HOUSING TABLES Explanatory Note to SalllPle Census Tables 159 B-Economic Tables Note 160-161 Table B-III Part-B Classification of Workers and non-woders according to main activity by educational levels in 162-163 rural areas only Table B-IV Part-A-Industrial classification of persons at work otlwr than at cultivation as main activity by sex 164-166 and diVisions, Major groups and minor groups (Rural) Appendix-DIstribution of workers in manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs by household'indu.try J67-J68 and non-household industry (Rural) Table B-VI Part-B (i) Occupational classification of persons at work according to main activity other than cultivation 169-177 by sex and a,c groups in rural areas only ANNEXURE':National Classification of OccupatIons 178-179 Table B-VI Part-B (ii) Ocoupational classification of persons at work according to main activity other than 180-183 , ) cultivation classified by sex and educational levels in rural areas only Table B-VII Secondary work i.e, Persons havins main activity (i) cultivators, (ii) agricultural labourers. (iii) Household 184 industry. (IV) non-houehold industry and (v) non-workers, classified by sex and by secondary work (i) houebotd ' mdustry, (Ii) cultlVator, (iii) agricultural labourer or (iv) Don-household industry, trade, business or service {RUral) Table B-VIll PeuoDS classified as Don-workers according to main activity cross-classified by sex, age groups and type 184 of activity (Rural) C-Social and Cultural Tables Note 185 Table C-II Age and Marital Status 186-187 Table C-III Part-A-Age, Sex and Education In rural areas 186-187 D-Migration Tables Note 189 Table D-l Population classified by place of birth (Rural) 196-191 Appendix-! Persons born in other districts of the State and enumerated in this district 192 Appendix-II Persons born ill this district but enumerated in other districts of the State 193 Table D-VI Migrants classified by place of last residence. age group. duration of residence and marital status (Rural) 194-199 H-HoDsing Tables Note 201 Table H-I Cenus Houses and the uses to which the, are put 202 Table H-II Distribution of Census Houses by predominant material of wall and predominant material of roof 202 Appendix-Distribution of residential Census Houses by material of wall cross classified by material of roof 203 Table H-JII Census Households classified by number of members and by number of rooDll occup.ed 204 Table B-IV Households classified by size and tenure status 204 iv PREFACE The District Census Hand Book Volumes of 1971 The analYSIS of whatever data was aVaIlable to us, were divided into three parts. Part A contained the was completed at the tlme I was about to leave the town and village directorIes and B contained the Urban Census OrganisatIOn in March 1974. But the task was Block and vIllagewise PrImary Census abstracts. These Incomplete. It had to be supplemented by additional two parts were brought out within a record time of analysis of further data as and when it became avaIlable one year after the taking of the Census. Part C-I after the sample tables were compiled. The Census containing the departmental statistics and the full count OrganisatIOn was also being slowly wound up at this Census tables was also publIshed within six months of stage, and It was pOSIng a very senous problem in my the first publIcatIOns named above. mmd as to how the work already done could be well rounded and properly supplemented after I had left The sample tables took a little longer time, as the and the organIsation shrunk to the intercensal level. mechamcal data processing for urban areas, which was Shn P. B. Buch, Director of the Bureau of Economics first to be done at the natlonal level could not be and Statlstlcs came to my rescue at thIS stage and completed untill the tables for all the States were recei­ promIsed to take over the loose threads and weave them ved, checked and cleared by the Registrar General, Into a strong and fine yam from the moment the want­ India.