KAIRA DISTRICT 10 lLO /'flUS G p"&._p_poo,",-"U CONTEN~ PAGDS. A. General Population Tables. A-I Area, Houses and Population 4-5 A-III Towns and Villages classified by Population 6-9 A-V Towns arranged territorially witb population by livelibood cbsses. 10-._ S. Economic Tables. B-1 I,ivelihood Classes and Bub-Classes ... 14-'31 B-II Secondary Means 01 Livelihood 22-29 B-III Empl0yers, Employees Bnd Independent workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and 8ub-Divisions. 30-79 Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations in the District 80-85 C. Household and Age (Sample) Tables. C-I Household (Size and Composition) ... bO-8\) C-II Livelihood Classes by Age Groups ... 90-93 C-III Age and Civil Condition ... ... 94.-103 C-IV Age and Literacy ...104-111 C-V Single Year Age Returns ... 112-115 D. Socia! and Cultural Tables. D-I Language.s.- (tl Mothor Tongue ... 116-122 (ii) Bilingualism ... 123-125 D-II Religion ... 126-127 D-III Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ... 126-1'37 D-V (i) Displaced Persons by Y~ar of Arrival ... 128-131 (i.) Displaced Persons by Livelibood Clas.,_cB ... 132-133 D-VI Non-Indian Nationa), ... ...134-137 D-vn Livelihocd Classes hy Educational Standards '... ...138-143 D-VIII Unemployment by Educational Stand.rds ... 144-147 E. Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas ... ...148-151 ,Prilllary Census Abstracts ... 153-347 :Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments, 3~8-361 s 2330-.. 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK DISTRICT KAIRA Kairl> district con~i!ted, at the lime of the 1951 Census, of the area of the former Kaira district of Bombay Province (e"cept for 1 village translerred to Sabarkantha district and 2 villages transferred to Ahroedahad district), with the addition of the former States of Camboy, Balasinor, Pun.dr., Rhadal and Ghodasar, Bhadran Mahal and Petlad Talulra lind 38 villages of Attarsumb:l Pela of the former Barod .. State, the non-jurisdictional estates of Zer anQ., Nirm~li and six villages of AhlDedabad district transferred to this district. , The district haa a 1951 popula.tion of 1,612,421) and an area of 2,541.7 square miles, . according to the area tigu~es furnished by the SUL'Veyor General of IndI~. '. This Handbook contains tables for Raira Di~trict. compiled .fier the 195 Census of India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied in tl. State Tables, published for the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kute In this Handbook the data are exhibited in greater detail. The numbers giVl_ \0 tables in this puhlication correspond to those given in the State Census R~rort. The following tables for the district have, however. not heen include~ in this HandiJook:- A-II Vari~tion in population during fifty years. :A-IV Towns classified by popul~tion with variations since 1901. D-IV Migrants. In the E summary table, some columns have been omitted. In tha ca8e of the C-series of tables, except C-I, Ihe data were extracted on the basis of 'I s.mple counl of approximately 10% of the census slip~ instead of a full count of .11 the slips. The 0-1 table was prepared fron. a four per cent sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizens teJaling to each town Or village. In 1941, the population figures were exhibited according to communitiec' in the • Village Handbooks' published by the Government of Bombay. In 1~5], the basis of classification at the Oen.ns was changed from a social to an economic one, and the figures for villages given in the Primary Oeusus Ahstracts and in tables A-V, B-1, B-U, O-II and E are according to ~ following eight Livelihood Classes:- • Agricultural Classes 1.. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their dependants. JI.. Cultivators of land. wholly or lllainly unowned; and Ihe dependants. III. Cultivating labourers; and their dependants. IV. Non-CUltivating owners of land; agricultural rent receiver.; ., their dependants. NOll-Agricultural Classes 3 Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from :- V. Production other than cultivation. VI. Commerce. V II. Transport. VIII. Other services and miscellaneous sonrces. Dependants, wheth~r earning or no~-ea~ning, were classified at the census 'IIccording to the prInCIpal means of hvehhood of the persons on whom they ,were dependent. I The Primary Census Abstracts, which contain basic information in respect Jof every yjllag~ and town, ha~e heen arranged according to .talukas and pet.s, units into wblCb every dlslnct IS dIVIded for admInIstratIve purposes. The ~~;uk. was, however, too small" unit to adopt for preparing the main census .citbles. Therefore, in the E, C and D series of tables, figures have been given $Dr tracts and not for talukas and petRs. Before sorting the census slips and. 'J.bulating the results, tracls were formed by combining the rural and urban .lre"S of two or more talukas or petas. The tracts into which Kaira district was divided for this purpose are hhown below :- Rural tracts (1) Rural areas of N adiad and Malar lalukas. (2) Rnral areas of K'p.dwanj and Mehmedabad tslukas. (3) Rural areas of Anand, B.lasinor and Thasra t.lukas. (4) Rural areGS of Petlad and Cambay talukas. (5) Rnral area of BOlsad taluk •. Urban tracts (1) Urban areas of Nadiad, Kapadwanj, Matar and Mehmedabad talukas. (2) Urban areas of Balasinor, Anand and ThaBta talukas. (3) Urban areas of Camb~y, Petlad and Borsad talukas. Urban areas comprise the towns shown in tahle A-V. Shortly before the 1951 Census, a Census of Small IndustrIes was takan, ,..nd Ihe results of this Census are given in Ihe table called "Small scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments ", included in this Handbook. • The intention was to find out sometbing about Cottage and Home Industries ~nd small worksbops. The larger establishments, that is, power-using estabhshments with 10 or more workers, aud non-power using establishments WIth 20 or. more workers, were excluded from the ocope of the enquiry as they now submIt return. under the Factory Act. The enquiry did not concern itself .Iso with workers functioning on their Own and not employing other people, e>ccept when looms were used. If even ODe loo~ was used II return was required. Otherwise the concepl was of .pr- eDq]1lry which emhraced all forms of ~ssociale activity where articles were produced, repaireJ or otberwise treated for sale, use or dislJOsal. 4 A-I-Area, Houses DISTRJOT Oocupied Houses. Area in Ta.lnks. or Pota,. squa.re Villages. Towns. miles. Total. Rura.l. Urban. DIstrIct total ".2,564·2 946 38 321,086 230,812 90,274 I. Ana.nd 260·0 66 13 49,399 25,220 24,179 2. Ba.Iasicor 201.2 99 14,974 1I,2l0 8,78{ , II. Borsad 232.4 93 40,983 35,007 5,976 4. Camby 398·6 103 29,587 18,361 10,226 5. Kapadwanj 879.8 163 82,403 27,535 4,868 6. Matar 222·7 81 16,189 ,15,014 1,175 7. Mehmedabad 193.4 75 23,215 19,698 3,517 t. Nadiad 241·0 95 60,957 30,166 20,7nl 9. PctlB.d 183·2 78 8n,9M 27,942 12,012 10. Thasra. 251·9 94 24,425 20,629 3,796 Note.-(l) In the Prima.ry Census Abstr~ch tbe arell. figure of each villa-ge is given. Tho o.:rithme. tical total~ of these areus, however, do not add up ~o the area. figures supplied by the Collector for talua.as nnd petaB, ]n column 2 of this tlbio Bud column 2 of the E-Summal'y Table the urea figures of talukas and petas supplied by the Collector from tbe anuualland revenue return Uistrict Form No.1 have been utilised. On tbe basis of these figures the toto.l area of the district comes to ~564·2 squa.re miles. This is only 22·:; square miles more thaD the areo. figure of 25U· 7 square miles supplied by the Surveyor General of Io.dia. The Taluka. area figures supplied by the Collectot runy be assumed to be more accurate than the arithmetioal totals of VIllage !l.reas shown in the frima.ry Census Abstra.ot as there is B difference of BS mueh 6S 233 square miles betwccn the Surveyor Genera.l's area. figure for the district and the area figure atrived a~ for the district by totalling the area figure for towns II:nd villages given in the I'rim!lory Oensus Abstro-ets. and Population 5 KAIRA Populo.tion. _-----------------------------.- _---------------------------_._-Persons. Males. Female,s. Total. Rura.l. Urban. Tott:lol. Rural. UrbD.D. Total. Rural. Urban. _---------------------------_._-10 11 12 13 H 15 16 1,fj,12,426 1,156,891 455,535 843,250 604,860 238,890 . 769,176 552,531 216,645 ~51,~65 127,340 12!,025 133,2g0 66,9S5 66,305 l1B,07~ 60,355 57,720 79,666 62,599 17,067 U,097 32,305 8,792 38,569 30,29~ 8,275 219,934 164,510 35,424 114,679 96,424 18,100 100,305 68,066 17,269 131,316 S9,U5 41,B71 69,831 46,795 23,036 64,~B5 42,650 21,835 177,428 145,899 31,529 91,601 75,358 16,443 65,627 70,541 15,096 77,592 72,309 5,283 40,639 37,871 2,766 36,953 B4,~38 2,515 109,g53 92,H7 17,206 56,626 47,797 9,829 53,327 U,950 8,377 246,470 146,958 99,612 129,552 77,050 52,502 116,918 69,908 47,110 193,833 130Nl 53,142 101,643 68,455 33,18a 92,190 61,636 30,50i 121,869 105,093 16,776 64,192 55,320 8,872 57,677 49,773 ,,904 (2) The number 01 villa.ges shown in oolumn 3 is'the number of Revenue villages, excluding UllinhSrbited villages a.nd villages which !Ol'Dl pa.rt of municipal areaa.