I CENSUS OF INDIA 197·1 SERIES 8-JAMMU & KASHMIR Part I-A GENERAL REPORT &.JAMMU &. KASHMIR 1971 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATIONS Series 8-Jammu &: Kashmir Part I-A General Report Present valu",. Part I·B General Report Part I-C Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables Published Part I1-B Economic Tables In Press Part II-C(i) Distribution of Population by R~3fP & ~~uled Castes Published & Part V-A Part II-C(ii) . Other Social & Cultural Tables & Fertility Tables Part II-D Migration Tables . In Press Part III Establishments Report & Tables . Published Part IV Housing Report & Tables Published Part VI-A Town Directory Published Part VI-B Special Survey Reports on Selected Towns Part VI-C Survey Reports on Selected Villages Part VIII-A Adnrlnistration Report on Enumeration (Not for sale) Published Part VIII-B Administration Report on Tabulation (Not for sale) Part IX Census Atlas Part IX-A Administrative Atlas Published Miscellaneous (i) Study of Gujars & Bakerwals (ii) Srinagar City A Portrait of Population Published Parts A & B District Census Handbooks (Anantnag, Srinagar, Baramula, Ladakh, Doda, - Udhampur, Jammu, Kathua, Rajauri, Punch) Published CONTENTS (Figures within brackets indicate the number of paragraphs in the chapter) Page Preface ix Chapter I: Introductory: Physical features, jurisdiction and climate (1.1-1.14) ; Histo~i~al and cultural aspects (1.15-'1.47); Census prelimi­ naries and operations· (1.48-1.80); Jurisdictional changes 0:81-1.83); Scope of parts I-A & I-B of General report (1.84-1.92) ; Conclusion (1.93-1.99) 1-18 Chapter II : Size, distribu­ Section-I; Size' and '. distribution of population; Inter-state tion and den­ comparison of population and area (2.1-2.5); Size of districts by sity of popu­ area and population (2.6-2.14); Average population of districts lation: in states (2.15-2.20); Distribution of tehsils by population size ranges (2.21-2.33); Section-II; Density of population ; comparison of density by districts (2.34-2.41); Section-III; Houses and households; Distribution and average size of houses (2.42-2.46) ; Distribution of households (2.47-2.51); Distribution of houses and households in tehsils (2.52-2.54); Houseless and institutional population (2.55-2.68) ; Housing shortage and congestion (2.69-2.88) 19-37 /' Chapter III: Growth rate Inter-state comparison of growth rate, 1961-71 (3.1-3.3) Decadal of popula- growth rate of population in the state, 1901-1971 (3.4-3.12); tion: Natural growth rate of population (3.13); District-wise decennial growth rates of population 1901-71 (3.14-3.49); classification of districts according to growth rate ranges, 1901-11 to 1961-71 (3.50-3.60) ; classifi~ation of tehsils according to growth rate ranges, 1961-71 (3.61-3.64); Density and growth rate (3.65-3.69) 38-50 Chapter IV: Rural and General (4.1); Definition of village (4.2-4.3); Definition of town , urban popu- (4.4-4.13); Rural and urban compOSItIOn (4.14-4.21); lation: Districts and tehsiis showing the highest and lowest ranges of urbanisation (4.22-4.24); Pattern of rural habitations (4.25); Average size of a village (4.26-4.28) ; Population accoimted for by differ,ent size classes of villages (4.29-4.39); Rural density of population (4.40-4.44) ; Concept of urban agglomeration (4.45) ; Degree of urbanisation (4.46-4.49) ; classification of towns according to population size, 1901-71 (4.50-4.55); Growth rate of towns by size classes (4.56-4.68); classification of towns by functional characteristics (4.69-4.71); Standard urban area (4.72-4.87) 51-78 Chapter V : Sex ratio and Section-I, ~ex ratio; General (5.1); Comparison of sex ratio of age structure: the state with other states in India (5.2-5.8) ; sex ratio in the state and districts (5.9-5.22); Rural and urban differentials (5.23-5.33); sex ratio in different classes of towns (5.34-5.52); sex ratio by broad age groups in cities and large towns (5.53-5.62) ; Trends in sex ratio, 1901-71 (5.63-5.70); Sex ratio by broad age groups (5.71-5.77); Section-II; Age structure; Inaccuracies of age returns (5.78); Ascertaining of age returns (5.79-5.83).; Age ii Page pyramid (5.84-5.94); District-wise age composItIOn (5.95-5.101); Potentiality of future growth of population and dependency ratios (5.102-5.108) 79-94 Chapter VI : Literacy and Definition and instructions (6.1); Inter-state comparison of education: literacy rates (6.2-6.5); Inter-district comparison of literacy rates (6.6-6.11) ; Distribution of tehsils according to highest and lowest ranges of literacy rates (6.12-6.23) ; Literacy rates by age groups and sex in the state (6.24-6.26); District-wise literacy rates by age groups and sex (6.27-6.29); Sexwise literacy rates in rural and urban areas (6.30-6.32); Literacy rates in towns by sex (6.33-6.38); District-wise increase in literacy rates, 1961·71 (6.39.6.44); Progress of literacy in the state since 1901 (6.45) ; Literacy by educational level (6.46-6.47) 95-107 Chapter VII: Scheduled Definition (7.1-7.3) ; Difficulties of enumeration (7.4-7.9); Growth caste and rate of scheduled caste population (7.10-7.12); Distribution scheduled pattern of scheduled caste population (7.13-7.31); Distribution of tribe popu­ individual castes (7.32-7.43) ; Literacy rates among scheduled castes lation: -(7.44.7.55); Distribution of workers by industrial categories and non-workers among scheduled castes (7.56-7.58); comparison of scheduled caste workers with that of general population (7.59-' 7.71); Social and economic progress among scheduled castes (7.72-7.73). 108-119 Chapter VIII: Distribution General (8.1); Definition of worker (8.2-8.3); The worker of popula­ through decades (8.4-8.6); Economic questions from 1901 to 1971 tion by (8.7.8.8) ; Classification of workers into industrial categories main (8.9-8.10) ; The statistical data (8.11-8.12); Work participation activity: rates (8.13-8.16); Distribution of workers by industrial categories (8.17-8.38) ; Distribution ofwork~s by industrial categories in rural and urban areas (8.39-8.50); Distribution of working force in industrial categories, 1901-71 (8.51-8.56); Age distribution of workers (8.57-8.61) ; Distribution of workers in industrial categories by age groups (8.62.8.73); Non-workers (8.74-8.75); Distribution of non·workers by their main activity (8.76-8.85) ; Distribution of non-workers by age groups (8.86-8.98) • 120-151 Chapter IX: Migration: Introductory (9.1-9.3); Questions and instructions (9.4.9.5); Reference to statistics (9.6-9.8); Volume and rate of growth of general and immobile population (9.9.9.11); District-wise contribution of persons born in the place of enumeration (9.12-9.14); Magnitude of general and migrant population by ~x in rural and urban areas, 1961 & 1971 (9.15.9.20); Decadal growth rate of general, migrant and immobile population by sex in rural and urban areas (9.21.9.25); Intra-district and inter-district migrants, 1961 and 1971 (9.26-9.35); Migrants classified by types of movement 1961 & 1971 (9.36.9.41) ; Intra·district, inter-district and inter-state migrants by type of movement, 1961 & 1971 (9.42-9.49); Distribution of intra~district, inter-district and inter-state migrants within each type of movement (9.50-9.52) ; Distribution of persons by place of birth and area of enumeration (9.53-9.57); Persons born in the district of origin and enumerated in other districts of the state (9.58-9.67) ; Concluding remarks (9.68.9.72) 152-170 iii Page Chapter X : Summing up : 171-173 Appendix I : Census calendar (accessible areas) 176_:'177, Appendix II: Census calendar (snow-bound areas) 178-179 Appendix ' III: 'Code numbers of ·districts, tehsiis and towns . , 180-181 Appendix IV : Houselist schedu Ie 182:_183 Appendix V: Establishment schedule 184 Appendix VI: Individual slip 185 Appendix VII: Population record 186 Appendix VIII : Instructions to ('numerators for filling up the houselist and establishment schedule 187-200 Appendix IX: Instructions to enumerators for filling up the individual slip 201-237 Appendix X : Messages from Shri Bhagwan Sahay, ex-Governor and late Shri G. M. Sadiq, ex-Chief Minister 238-239 Appendix XI: Tabulation Programme. 1971 . 240-243 GRAPHS AND CHARTS I. Comparative population size of states and union territories of India, 1971 Facing page 20 2. Distribution of population by districts, 1971 Facing page 22 3. Growth of popUlation, 1901-71 (District-wise) • Facing page 40 4. Changes in sex ratio of districts, 1901-71 Facing page 86 5. Age pyramid: Jammu & Kashmir State (Total) Facing page 90 6. Age pyra:riJ.i.d: Jammu & Kashmir State (Rural and Urban) Facing page 91' 7. Effective literacy rates, 1971 Facing page 96 8. Percentage of workers and non-workers to total population, 1971 Facing page 124 9. Workers classified by industrial categories, 1971 Facing page 125 10. Migration: Jammu & Kashmir' (Rural) 1971 Facing page 158 11. Migration: Jammu & Kashmir (Urban) 1971 Facing page 159 STATEMENTS 11.1 States/union territories by population and area, 1971 . 19-20 11.2 Percentage of area and population of states and union territories to total area and population of India, ranking of various states/union territories by population in 1961 and 1971 .