Governmen~ of Bombay BIJAPUR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (Based on the 1951 Census) !".t.,jIIM~UTI ROAD, NOWl'ADA, THAl>A. 315.4792 1951 BIJ DCH lnstitute of Science Building, vernment Book Depot, Ohl1l'Bi U'hrough the High OommiasiolleY ,-OUl!b any recogni2ed BookseDer. 1952 BIJAPUR DISTRICT Showin;; la/uka dnd Pefa hO{Jndal9ics CONTENTS. PAGES. 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 with population by livelihood ~lasses. 10-11 B. Economic Tables. B-1 Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes 12-19 B-II Secondary Means of Livelihood ••• 20-25 B-UI Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and -Sub-Divisions. 26-65 Index of non-agricultural occupations in the district, 66-71 C. Household and Age (Sample) Tables. C-I Household (Size and Composition) 72~75 C-II Livelihood classes by Age Groups 76-79 C-III Age and Civil condition "', 80-89 C-IV Age and Literacy .j. 90-97 C-V Single Year Age Returns ... - 98-102 D. Social and Cultural Tables. D-I Languages: (i) Mothe.- Tongue ... .. 103-108 (ii) Bilingualism 109-111 D-JI Religion 112-113 D-III Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ••• 112-113 D-V (i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival in India 114-115 (it) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes ... 116-117 D-VI Non-Indian Nationals ... 116-117 D-VII Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards ... 118-12~ D-VIII Unemployment by Educational Standards 122-125 E. Summary Figures by Talukas and P~tas. 126--131 Primary Census Abstracts 132-351 Small SeBIe Industries Census - Employm ent in . Establishments. 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK DISTRICT BIJAPUR Bijapur district consisted at the time of the 1951 census of the area of the former Bijapnr district of Bombay Province, ( except for 28 villagE's transferred from Badami talnka to Belgaum district. 3 villages transferred from Bijapur taluka to Jath taluka of Satara South district, 1 village ·transferred from Indi taJuka to Mangalwi'dhe taluka of Sholapur distJict, and 2 villages transferred from Sindgi taluka to Hyderahad State) with the addition of other areas, principally from the former Indian States. and ! villages from Athni talnka of Belgaum district. After the merger of the Indian states with the state of Bombay the areas added to Bijapur district consisted of 17 villages of tbe former AundbState, 52 villages aT d 4 toW) s of the former Jamkballdi State, 9 villages of the former Kurandwad Senior State, 77 villages & 2 towns of the former MUdhol State, 13 villages of· the former SangH State and 1 village of the former Ramdurg State. The district bad a 1951 populution of 1,396,185 and an area of 6;600.7 square miles, according to the area figure furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This Handbook c,llltains tables for Bijapur district, compiled after the 1951 Census of India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied in thA Stale Tables published for the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Bandhook, the data are exhibited in greater detail. The numbers given to tables in this publication correspond to those given in the State Census Report. The followin~ tahles for the district have, however, not been included in this Handbook. :- A-Il Variation in population during fifty years. A-IV Towns classified by population with variations since 1901. D-IV Migrants. In the E. Summary table, in this Handbook, some columns have been omitted. In the case of the C - series of tables, except C-I, the nata were extracted on the basis of a sample count of approximately 10% of the census slips instead of a full connt of all the slips. C-I. table was prepar~d from a four percent sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizens relating to each town or village. In 1941, the population figures were exhibited according t.o communities in the "Village Handbooks" published by I,he Govel'llment of Bombay. In 1951, the basis of classification at the Census was changed from a social to au economic one, and the figures for villages given in the Primary Censns Abstracts and in tallIes A-V, B-1, B-II, C-II' and E, al'e according to the following eight Livelibdod Cl!lsses:- ~gricultural Classes I Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their dependants II Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly unowned; and their dependants. III Cultivating labourers; and their dependants. IV Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers; and their dependant~. N on-Agricultural Classes Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of liveli­ hood from:- V Production other than c,ultivation. VI Commerce. VII Transport. VII I Other services and miscellaneous sources. , Dependants, whether earning or non-earning, were classified at the census according to the principal means of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts,. which contain basi'c information in respect of every village and town, have been arranged according to talukas and peta~, units into which every district is divided for administrative purposes. The taluka was, however, too small a unit to adopt for preparing the main census tables. Therefore, in the B, C and D series of tables, figures, have been given for tract3 and not for taluKas and petas. Before sorting the ,census slips and tabulating the results, tracts were formed by combining the rural and urban areas of two or more talukas or petas. The tracts into which BUapur district was divided for this purpose are shown below:- Rural Tracts (1) Rural areas of Bijapur and Indl talukas. (2) Rural areas of Sindgi and Bagewadi taluk~s. (3) Rural areas of Badami, Bagalkot, Hungund and l\Iuddebihal talukas. (4) Rural areas of Bilgi peta, Jamkhandi and Mudhol talultas. Urban Trlacts - (1) Urban areas ofBijapur, Bagewadi and Indi talukas (2) Urban areas of Badami, Bagalkot, Hungund and l\juddebihal talukas. (3) Urban areas of Jamkhan~i arid Mudhol talukas Urban areas comprise the towns shown in table A-V. Shortly before the 1951 population census, a census of Small Industries was taken, and the results of this census are given in the ,table called "Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments", inCluded· in this Handbook. The intention was to find out something about Cottage and HOple Industries and small workshops. The larger establishments, that is, power-using establishments with 10 or more workers and non-power using establishments with 20 or more workers, were excluded from the scope of the enquiry as they now' submit returns under the Factory Act. The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employing other people, except when looms were used. I f even one loom was used a return was required. ' Otherwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms of associate activity where Ilrticles were produced, repaired or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. ' ' 4 A-I-Area, Houses DISTRICT Occupied Houses Area in Taluka or Peta square Villages Towns miles rolal Rural Urban 2 3 4 S 6 7 Total 6563.8 1,229 25 241,894 191.047 58,847 1 Badami 527.0 144 2 25,227 19,881 5,346 2 Bagalkot 351.5 88 3 16,865 10,882 5,983 3 Bagewadi 764.3 117 2 24,982 22,064 2,918 4 Bijapur 1027.8 105 4 36,809 22,358 14,451 5 Bilgi 327.4 65 ll,072 ll,072 6 Hungund 512.0 155 4 24,646 17,478 7,168 7 Indi 854.3 122 1 25,247 23,923 1,324 8 Jamkhandi 450.1 65 4 21,651 14,759 6,892 9 Muddebihal 570.4 149 3 18,977 15,129 3,848 10 Mudhol 3~9.1 75 2 14,508 11,591 2,917 11 Sindgi 829.9 144 21,910 21,910 Netes:- 1. 'the area of the district of Bijapur supplied by the Surveyor General of India is 6600.7 sq. miles. The are!!' figures shown in column two were obtained from the District Inspector of Land Records or from Local records. 2. The number of villages shown in column 3 is the number of revenue villages excluding uninhabited villages and villages which form part of municipal areas. 3: The number of '!;Owns given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in table A-V. In general, a town means a municipal area, cantonment area or a place which has a population of 5,000 or more persons and exhibits urban charac· teristics. ano Population. S BIJAPUR Population --------l:----- .---~-- Persons M~les Females ------~-- ---------~~----. Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1,396,185 1,074,731 32l,454 705,526 543,072 162,454 690,659 531,659 159,000 136,396 107,110 29,286 67,696 53,091 14,605 68,700 54,019 14,681 103,501 59,085 44,416 52,034 29,516 22,5HI 51,467 29,569 21,898 137.029 121,100 15,929 69,017 61,094 7,923 68,012 60,006 8,006 209,283 126,362 82,921 107,624 64,880 42,744 101,659 tll,482 40,177 59,187 59,187 29,484 29,484 29,703 29,703 135,526 88,494 47,032 67,507 43,888 23,619 68,019 44,606 23,413 141,279 133,110 8,16lJ 72,971 68,785 4,186 68,308 64,325 3,983 143,274 91,335 51,939 72,853 46,789 26,064 70,421 44,546 25,S75 112,419 89,921 22,498 55,905 44,735 11,170 56,514 45,186 11,328 83,268 64,004 19,264 41,5:14 31,909 9,625 41,734 32,095 9.639 135,023 135,023 68,901 68,901 66,122 66,122 ..