CENSUS OF INDIA 1971 SERIES 4 BIHAR PART II-C(i) SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES (TABLES C-VII AND c-vun B. L. DAS OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRA TIVB SERVICE /)irector Of Census Operations. Bihar 11 1971 CENSUS PUBUCATIONS, BlHAR (All the Census Publications oftJii8 State will bear Series 4) PART I·A General Report (Report on data yielded from P.C.A. and T'ables on Wother­ tongue and Religion) PART I·B General R~port (Detailed analysis of the Demognphic, Social, Cultural and Migration pattern) PARTI·C Subsidiary Tables PART II-A General Population Tables (A-I, A-II, A-Ill and A-IV and P.C.A.)· PART II-A-SuPPLE- MENT General Population Tables (Standard Urban Areas) PORTRA.IT OF POPULATION PART II·B(i) General Ec;;onomic Tables (B-1 Part A and B-II)· PART II-B(ii) General Economic Tdbles (B-1 Part B, B-IIJ, B-IV and B-VII to B-JX)t PART II-B(iii) General Economic Tables (B-V and B-Vl)t PART II-C(i) Social and Cultural Tables fC-VII and C-VIIIH PART II-CO'i) Social and C.ultural Tables (C-I to C-VI and Pertility Tables) PART II-D Migration Tables PART IU-A Report on Establishments and Subsidiary-Tables on Establishment Tableat PART IIT-B Establishment Tables. PART IV Housing R0port and T<tbles· PART V-A Special tables for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PART VI-A Town Directory· PART VI-B Special Survey Reports on selected towns PART VI-C Survey Reports on sele<!ted villages PART VlII-A Administration Report on Enumeration· } For official use onW' PART VIlI-B Administration Report on 'Tabulation PART IX Census Atlas PART IX-A(i) Administrative Atlas relating to Patna and Tirhut Divisionst PART IX-A(ii) Administrative Atlas relating to Bhagalpur and Chotanagpur Divisionst PART X-A District Census Handbook (Town and Village Directory)$ PART X-B District Census Handbook (Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract)! PAllT X-C District Censu~ Handbook (Analytical Report and Administrative Statistics and District Census Tab!es) --------------------------• Already printed. tIn press. :;:Present volume. SDistrict Census Handbooks for all 17 districts of Patna, Gaya, Shahabad, Saran, Champaran, Muzaft'arpur, Darbhanga, Monghyr, Bhagalpur, Saharsa, purnea, Santal paru:anal, PaIamau, Hazaribagh, bnchi, Oh.a.nbad and Singhbhum already printecL CONTENTS PREFAOI! v TABU! C-VII-RELIGlON- Plyleaf 2 Table C-VII 4 Annexure I to Table C-VII 62 Annexure II to Table C-VII 64 Appendix to Table C-VII 65 TABL:! C1VHJ-SCHBDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES Flyleaf 74 Part A-Classification by literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non- workers according to main activity among Scheduled Castes 78 Annexure to Table C· VIII Part A 134 Appendix to Table c-vnr Part A 138 Part B -Cla5sifioation by literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non-work· en according to main activity among Scheduled Tribes 140 Annexure to Table c· VIII Part B 196 Appcndi~ to Table C-VIII Part B 200 PREFACE Social and Cultural Tables are published in two volumes, namely, Part II~C(i) and Part-II-C(ii). It was envisaged earlier, that al1 the C-Series Tables based on full count would be included in Part lI-C(i). This volume was to contain Distribution of population by Mother tongue and Religion, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Tables C-V, C-VII and C-VIU. Table C-V, however, could not be finalised in time and as such it was left to be included in the volume Part II-C(ii). The present volume includes Tables C-VII (Religion) and C-vln (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes). Each table is preceded by a flyleaf which explains concept and definition on the basis of which these tables have been prepared. The types of data presente,d in these tables and the layout and method of presentation have also been described in the flyleaves. The data presented in this volume were first processed in the different Regional TabuJation Offices and were later finalised in the Central Tabulation Unit attached to the Head Office at Patna under the able guidance of Shri U.P. Shrivastava, Deputy Director of Census Operations and Shri H.K. Sinha his successor in office. They did commendable work in bringing out this volume. Shri R.B. Singh, Assistant Director, Shri M. Abbas, Senior Geographer, Shri P.N. Sinha, Tabulation Officer and Shri Sheo Prasad, Printing Inspector and their teams also did valuable work and I am grateful to all of them. ,wish to express my gratitude to Shri A. Chandra Sekhar, Ex-Registrar General and Ex-Officio Censu~ Commissioner of India for his valuable guidance and instructions. I am also grateful to Shd R.B. Chari, the present Registrar General, India, Shri K.K. Chakravorty, Assistant Registrar General, Incharge Data Processing Umt, who took keen interef't in fina!isation of Social and Cultural Tables and the publication of this volume. 'I would also like to express my sincere thanks to the Manager, Government of India Press, Coimbatore who made untiring efforts to get this publication printed in time. NEW DELHI: B.L. DAS August 3, 1977 Director of Census Operations, Bihar, Patna. TABLE c-vn RELIGION TABLE C-VII__:_RELIGION FLYLEAF I This 1able has been prepared on full count and Certain criteria were prescribed for treating corresponds to Table C-VII of 1961 Census. other places as towns as was done in 1961 Census. It gives. the distribJtion ofpop:thtion by religion. Places were to be treated as to wns if-(a) they had Separate figures sexwise have been given for the a population of 5,000 or n~!"'.:', (0) density ofpopu­ followers of six main religions, viz., Budd.hists, lation was not less than 400 persons per sq. kilo­ Christians, Hindus, Jains, Muslims and Sikhs metre and (c) atleast three-fourths of the male arranged in alphabetical order. Figures for those working population was engaged in non-agri­ not stating any religion have been shown under cultural livelihood. By and large these criteria a separate heading "Religion not stated". Fi­ were followed except in only a very few cases on gures of followers of other religions h::wc been account of lheir tourist interest or administrative combined. and shown under the heading "Other significance or their having urban characteristics. religions and persuasions". The break up of the figures grouped under this he3.ding has been given City-A 'city' is a town with population one in. the Appendix to this table. Religions merged lakh and above. wIth the main rcligions are shown in Annexure II. Figures have been presented sep;J.mtely for total, Urban Agglomeration-An 'urban agglo­ r':lral ~nd urb:1.U areas of the State, its divlSlOns, meration' has been defined as "a continuous urban dlstricts, subdivisions, develop:nent blocks, urbJ.'l spread constituted of a town and its adjoining agglomerations and towns as existing at the time urban outgrowths or two or more physical conti­ of 1971 Census. guous towns together with continuous well recog­ nised urban outgrowth, if any, of such towns". Mode of presentation In the table districts have been presented in Instructions to Enumerators ascending order of their location code number. The distribution of population by religion The serial number of the district represents its shown in this table is based on the answer recorded 10c3.tion code numb0r. Within each district the ag'l.inst Q~1Cstion 10 of the Individual Slip. The Development Blocks have been shown in the as­ instructions to Enumerators for filling up cending order of their location code numbers. 'Question 10' of the Individual Slip are reproduced The serial number of a Development Block represents its locJ.tion code number within its below: district. Urban agglomerations/towns situated wholly within a Development Block are shown "In answering this question use the following immediately following the entries fgr the total, abbreviations: rural and urban areas of the Development Block. Where a town falls in more than one Development H: Hinduism Block it has been shown in one Development Block only with suitable footnote. In case of Patna I : Islam Municipal Corporal ion, however, falling in 3 Development Blocks namely, Patna J(a), Patna l(b) C: Christianity and Phulwari the figures have been shown in P.ltna 1(a) and I (b) and not in Plmlwari De\<elopment S : Sikhism Block. The figures for urban agglomerations falling in: more than one Development liJlock B: 1}6ddhism have been shown in Annexure I along with the : constituent units and the constituents of such ) Jainism urban agglomerations have been marked with asterisk(*) on their right in the table. For others record the actual religion as re­ turned fully." Concepts and definitions Summary of figures Town--For Census purp.:>ses Municipalities, Notified i. reas, Civil Lines and -Cantonments are The statement on the overleaf gives the treated as towns irrespective of their popUlation l'roportion of followers of main religions in the size, density of popUlation or livelihood pattern. total population' of the State and the districts. 3 Percentages of followers of the roain religions to the total population of the State and the districts, 1971 State/District Total Buddhists Christians Hindus Jains Muslims Sikhs Other Reli:;ion popula- Religions nol stated tion and Per- suasions 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BIHAR 100,00 0'01 1 17 83'46 0'04 13'48 0'11 1'73 N Patna 100'00 0'04 0'15 92,34 0'03 7,31 0'13 N 0 Gaya 100'00 0'01 o 03 89'84 0'03 10'07 0'02 N N Shahabad 100'00 N 0,07 92,38 0'03 7'46 0'06 N 0 Saran 100'00 N 0,04 86'75 0'01 13 '18 0'01 0'01 N Champaran 100'00 N 0'15 81'65 N 18 '18 0'02 N 0 Muzaffarpur 100'00 N 0'04 86'21 0,01 13'67 0'02 0'05 0 Darbhanga 100'00 N 0'02 85'23 0'01 14'70 0'01 0'03 N Monghyr 100'00 0'01 0'14 90'66 N 9'10 0'02 0'07 N Bhagalpur 100'00 0'01 0'21 86'40 0'03 13'30 0'01 0'04 N Saharsa 100.00 0,01 0.07 87.70 0.04 12,17 0.01 N 0 Purnea 100,00 N 0,22 59'92 0,11 39 62 0,05 0.08 N Santa! Parganas 100,00 0,01 1.