Government of BOJjlbay THANA lSTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (Bas~! on the 1951 Cet>~r) i BOMBAY til AT SADBHAKTI PltAKASH' PTG. PRESS, LTD., 12, HOMJI ST.. Fo~T, BoMBAY. tram the Government Publica.tions Sales Depot, Institute of Science Building, bay, (for purchasets in Bombay City), from the qovernment :Book Depot, Cbami GBrde.ns, Bombsy-4 (:tor orOOrs trom tlle mafu56il) ,or lihraugll tb.e Higll Co1lJJlJjIJS/.aner India. House, Ald.wych, London, W.O. 2;- or thraugl;l. any recogni3e4 Bookseller. ~rice: Rs. 2-8-0 or 4sh. 6u. 1:953, THANA DISTRICT sbowins Taluka and I'eta bounda,.ies N s , , , o jO eo Mlt~S o rtf CONTENTS PAGES General Population Tahles: A-I Area, Houses and Population 4-5 A-Ill T owns and Villages classified by Population 6-9 A-V Towns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes 10-13 Economic Tables: B.l Livelihood Classes and Sub.Classes 14-23 B-II Secondary Means of Livelihood 24-31 B-IIl Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub-Divisions 32-77 Index of non-agricultural occupations in the District 78-85 Household and Age (Sample) Tables: C-l Household (Size and Compo·sition) 86-89 C.II Livelihood Classes by Age Groups 90-93 C-1II Age and Civil Condition .•. 94-103 C.IV Age and Literacy ... 104-113 C-V Single Year Age Returns ... 114-117 Social and Cultural Tables: 0.1 Languages: (i) Mother Tongue 118-124 (ii) Bilingualism 125-129 0-11 Religion 130-131 D-III Scheduled Castes ar:d Scheduled Tribes 132-133 D-V (i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival 134-137 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes 138-139 D-VI Non-Irrdian Nationals 140-143 D-VII Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 144-147 D-VIII Unemployment by Educational Standards ••• 148-151 Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas ... 152-158 Primary Census Ahstracts ... 159-453 Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establisf.mentl 454-461 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS' HANDBOOK DISTRICT THANA Thana district consisted, at the time of the 1951 Census, of the area of Thana district of Bombay Province. as constituted in 1941, with the addition of 33 villages of the former Bombay Suburban district transferred to it during the decade. and the former Indian State of lawhar which was merged in the district in 1948. The district had a 1951 population of 1,518,050 and an area of 3,894.8 square miles, according to the area figures furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This Handbook contains tables for Thana district, compiled after the 1951 Census of India. The main results of the 195 1 Census are embod ed in the State Tables, published for the States of Bombay. Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Handbook the data are exhibited in greater det3.il. The numbers given to tables in this publicltion correspond to those given in the State Census Report. The 101IowiJlg tables for the district have. however, not been included in this Handbook :- A·II Variation in population during fifty years. A.IV Towns classified by pOFulation with variations sin~e 190 I. Q.IV Migrants. In the E-summary table, some columns have been omitted. In the case of the C.series of tables, except C-I, the data were extracted on the basis of a sample count of approximately 10% of the census slips instead of a full count of all the slips. The C-I table was prepared from a four percent sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizens. relating to each lown or village. In ) 94 ). the population figures were exhibited according to communities In the ''Village Handbooks" published by the Government of Bombay. In 1951, the basis of classification at the Census was changed from a social to an economic one, and the figures for villages given in the Primary Census Abstracts and in tables A. V, B-1. B.Il, C-II and E are according to the following eight Livelihood Classes:- fillricuilurai Cla33es: I. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their dependants. n. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly unowned; Rnd their dependants. Ill. Cultivating labourers, and their dependants. IV. Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers, and their dependants. iA{_on-Agricullural Classes: Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from:- V. Production other than cultivation. VI. Commerce VII. Transport VIII. Other services & miscellaneous sources, Dependants, whether earning or non·earning were cldssified at the censlJs according tf' the principal meaU3 of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts, which contain basic information in respect of every village and town, have been arranged according to T alukas and Petas, 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 tracts 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 pet as. The tracts into which Thana district ...fas divided for this purpose are shown below:­ Rural Tracts: ( I ) Rural areas of Thana and Borivali talukas. (2) Rural areas of Kalyan, Shahapur and Murbad talukas. (3} Rural areas of Dahanu, Umbargaon and Jawhar talukas, and Mokhada Peta. (4) Rural areas of Bassein and Bhivandi talukas. (5) Rural areas of Palghar and Wada talukas. Urban Tracts: (I) Urban areas of Thana, Borivali and Kalyan talukas. (2) Urban areas of Dahanu, Umbargaon and Jawhar talukas. (3) Urban areas of Bassein, Bhivandi, Palghar and Wada 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 Home Industries and small workshops. The larger establishments that is, power-using establishments with 10 or more .vorkers, and non-power using establi~hments with 20 or more workers, were excluded from le 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. Otherwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms of associate activity where articles were produced, repaired or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. 4 A-General PopulatiOi A_I-AREA. HOUSES Distriel : Occupied Houses , Taluka or Area Peta In Villages Towns sq. miles Total Rural Urban 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Di~trict Total 3756.4 1,665 34 274,537 173,409 101,128 1. Bassein 203.2 84 3 21,854 14.333 7,521 2. Bhivandi 263.7 195 20.768 15.817 4.95' 3. Borivali 84.2 29 9 26,515 7,540 18,971 4. Dahanu 372.1 . 126 3 22,497 18,689 3,808 5. Jawhar 310.7 111 11,669 10,801 868 6. Kalyan 278.9 222 4 53,890 17.889 36,001 7. Mokhada 242.2 69 7.659 7,659 8. Murbad 346.9 169 12.810 12.810 9. Palghar 421.9 184 4 27,699 21,544 6,155 10. Shahapur 635.3 198 17,682 17,682 11. Thana 84.2 41 5 23,978 5,632 18.,46 12. Umbargaon ... 228.8 74 3 19,120 15,495 3,625 13. Wad a 284.3 163 8,396 7.518 878 Noles :-(1) The area figure of the district of Thana supplied by the Surveyor General of India is 3.894.8 sq. miles. The area figures shown in column 2 have been obtained from the District Inspector of Land Records, Thana or from local records. (2) The number of villages shown in column 3 is the number of revenue villages, excludirg uninhabited villages and village. whicli form pari of Municipal areas. dl'ables 5 AND POPULATION Thana POPULATION Persons Males Females ~ .---._---- ----------------_-_--_ Totol Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 1,518,050 993,216524,834 796.007 509,125 286.882 722,043 484,091 237,952 133,523 92,393 41,130 69.259 47,587 21,672 64,264 44,806 19,458 113,632 87,868 25,764 58,857 44,518 14,339 54,775 43,350 11,425 145,213 38,402 106,811 83,371 21,603 61,768 61,842 16,799 45,043 131,287 108,033 23,2,)4 66,955 5'), \12 11,843 64,332 52,921 11,411 67,400 62,688 4,712 34,507 32,097 2,410 32,893 30,591 2,302 273,261 103,896 169,365 145,083 53,681 91,402 128,178 50,215 77,963 39,140 39,140 20,092 20,092 19,048 19,048 69,563 69,563 35,528 35,528 34,035 34,035 148,j04 119,988 28,516 76,402 61,538 14,864 72,102 58,450 13,652 99,019 99,019 51,538 51,538 47,481 47,481 128,862 27,404 101,458 70,677 14,034 56,643 58,185 13,370 44,815 113,462 94,760 18,702 55,310 46,052 9.258 58,152 48,708 9,444 55,184 50,062 5,122 28,428 25,745 2,683 26,756 24,317 2,439' (3) The number of towns 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 01 5,000 or more inhabitants and exbibits urban characteristics.