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'b~ CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 VOLUME XI-MYSORE LIST OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Part I-A General Report Part I-B Report on Vital Statistics Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables (A Series) Part II-B (i) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) Part II-B (ii) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) Part II-C (i) Social and Cultural Tables (C Series) Part II-C (ii) Migration Tables (0 Series) Part III Household Economic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) Part IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments Part IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables (E Series) Part V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (including reprints from old Census Reports) Part VI Village Survey Monographs (51 monographs) Part VII Handicraft Survey Monographs (13 crafts) Part VIII-A Administration Report-EnUmeration} not for sale Part VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation . Part IX Census Atlas Volume Part X Special Report on Bangalore Metropolitan Area STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 19 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS PREFACE Census in India has all along been a scientific and systematic survey. Gradually through the decades it has also aimed at providing besides a ~tatistical account of the population surveyed, a picture of the Socio-Economic condition of the people. With this end in view, the Cemus authorities in India have always interested themselves, side by side with the counting of the people, at making several ~pecial studies relating to the iife of the people. One of these special features of the Census of India at present is the preparation and publication of the District Census Handbooks. These were first published in the 1951 Census. Upto 1951, after each Census, only the Ii"t of villages along with population was published. But for the first time in 1951, general population tables, literacy tables and social and eCOrlomic tables were published in the District Censu<; Handbooks. When preliminary work on the 1961 Census started in 1959, the question of enlarging the coverage of subjects included in the District Handbooks was also examined. A broadsheet indicating the items on which information had to be gathered from the various Departments was circulated by the Registrar General, India, and at the First Conference of Superintendents of Census Operations held at Delhi towards the end of 1959 the delegates agreed that it was quite within the bounds of possibility to gather information on all the topics suggested by the Registrar General. It was agreed that the contents of the District Census Hand­ book, on matters of general information should not compete with the District Gazetteers. The scope of the Village Directory included in each District Handbook has been enlarged. In addition to giving the Primary Census Abstract of the village concerned, the Directory gives information about the various amenities avaIlable in the village. It is thus possible to get from the Village Directory not only information about the population and the economic activities of the people but also about the level of development attained by the village in regard to the provision of the various amenities. Many of the Census Tables published in the District Handbook furnish information down to the level of a Taluk and they may prove useful in drawing up Taluk Development Plans. Besides the Census Tables and Village Directory, some administrative statistics pertaining to the District concerned, have also been furnished. It was also thought that the usefulness of these volumes would be enhanced by inclusion of District maps and Taluk maps set in suitable squares to facilitate easy location of the villages in the Tctluk maps. In order that the readers may get a bird's eyc-view of the culturnl heritage of the State, a note on it has also been included, which though not exhaustive, should give a glimpse of our rich heritage. These handbooks have been compiled by the Census Organisation under the general instruc­ tions of the Registrar General. They are being printed and published by the State Government who have also approved the list of items to be included and the mode of presentation. In the course of the Census operations, I have received assistance and co-operation from several institutions and individuals. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to each of them individually. However, I will be failing in my duty if I do not express my deep sense of gratitude to Sri A. Mitra, I.e.s., Registrar General, India, who has been a source of com-tant help, inspiration and guidance all through the Census operations of 1961. I am also grateful to the Government of Mysore and its staff at all levels, for the unstinted co-operation extended to me in this work. BAN GALORE K. BALASUBRAMANYAM, 24th Sept., 1966 Superintendent of Census Operafions in Mysore THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF CONNECTED WITH PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME Sri C. Cbandawarkar Deputy Superintendent of Census Operations Sri B. S. Narasimha MurthY} Tabulation Officers Sri R. Y. Revashetti Sri M. Somasekbar Statistical Assistant Sri A. I. Khan } Investigators Sri M. Krisbna Rao Sri M. Nanjundaiab} Compilation Clerks Sri M. Venkata Rao Sri M. A. Sreenivasan Printing Inspector . TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION PAGES History, The people and their social condition, Medical, Public Health and Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Irrigation, Natural Calamities, Education and Literacy, Occupation, Manufacture and Trade, Communications, Lana Tenures and Land Reforms, Houses and Households, Local Bodies, Co-operation, Administration i-xiii ADMINISTRA TIVE STATISTICS Appendices I-RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE A. Climatogical Tables xvi B. Rainfall and rainy days xvii-xxi II-VITAL STATISTICS A. Births and Deaths xxii B. Deaths from selected causes xxii-xxiv !II-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS A. Land utilisation statistics .. xxv B. Estimate of yield rates of principal crops xxvi-xxviii C. Gross area (in acres) irrigated xxix D. Area (in acres) under crops xxix-xxx E. Area irrigated during the years 1950-51 to 1959-60 xxx F. Progress of cultivation during the years 1950-51 to 1959-60 ,.xx G. Particulars of Major and Medium Projects xxxi H. Statement showing the rate of wages paid to the Agricultural Labour xxxii-xxxiv IV-STATISTICS OF LARGE SCALE INDU~TRIES ANp REGISTERED FACTORIES A. Factories classified by industry with average daily number of workers in each xxxv B. Growth of Factories xxxv C. Average daily number of workers employed in different industries xxxvi V-STATISTICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, ETC. A. Criminal Justice-Number of Criminal cases tried xxxvi B. Criminal Justice-Persons convicted or bound over in xxxvii C. (i) Strength of Police xxxvii Ui) List showing the Sub-Divisions, Cirdes, Police Stations and Outposts, xxxviii D. Jails xxxviii E. Table Showing Receipts xxxix F. Table Showing the Number and description of documents registeled and value of property transferred in the years 1951-1961 xxxix VI-PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL STATISTICS A. List of Hospital~ and pbpensaries xl B. Public Health xli VJI-EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS A. List of High Schools as on 31-12-61 xlii B. Colleges xliii ii PART I-contd. PAGES Appendices-colleld. VIII-STATISTICS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PRESSES AND JOURNALS A. Printing Presses at work, Newspapers and Periodicals Published in 1950-60 xliii B. Cinemas 1950-60 xliii IX-COMMUNICATION STATISTICS A. Statement showing the details of Road Mileage in charge of the Public Works Department as on 31st March 1961 xliv-xlvi B. Village roads .. xlvii-Ii C. Rivers Iii D. Statement showing the details of Major Bridges having a linear waterway of more than 100 ft. .. liii E. List showing Telephone and Telegraph Offices liv F. List of Inspection/Travellers' Bungalows liv X-STATISTICS OF LOCAL BODIES A. Receipts and Expenditure of District Development Council and Taluk Development Boards Iiv B. Local Bodies .. Iiv C. Receipts and Expenditure of Municipalities Iv D. Panchayats Iv E. Co-operative Societies lvi XI-STATISTICS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Ivii-Iviii XII-CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS !ix XIII-LIVESTOCK POPULA nON Ix XIV-CALENDAR bF IMPORTANT EVENTS 1951-60 Ix XV-STATISTICS OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS A. Tabular statement showing the important Fairs and Melas lxi-Ixii B. NOle on important Fairs and Festivals IXlii C. Statement showing the list of Markets/Shandies Sub-yards lxiv-lxv XVI-GAZETTEER Ixvi-Ixx XVII-LIST OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS IJ{x PART II CENSUS TABLES AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY Censw; Tables Explanatory note for Census Tables with Annextures 1-32 A-I -Area, houses and population with Appendices I, II and III .. 33-35 A-II -Variation in population during 60 years 36-37 A-III -Villages classified by population 38 A-IV -Towns and Town groups classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1901 39-41 UNION PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 42-47 B-1 & B-II-Workers and Non-workers in Taluks, Town-Groups and Towns classified by sex and broad age-groups 48-71 B-III -Industrial Classification of workers and non-workers by educational It:vels- .