CENSUS 1961 GUJARAT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 7 KUTCH DISTRICT R. K. TRIVEDI Superinttndem oj Census Operations, Gujaraf PRICE Rs, 9.60 nP. DISTRICT: KUTCH , I- ~ !i; ts 0:: '( <.!> '( «2: ~ 2: UJ '":::> "' li ,_ I IJ IX I- J 15 i! l- i:! '-' ! iii tii i5 CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBUCATIONS Census of India. 1961 Volume V-Gujarat is being published in the following parts: I-A General Report I-B Report on Vital Statistics and Fertility Survey I-C Subsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables II-B(l) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) I1-B(2) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) U-C Cultural and Migration Tables 111 Household Economic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and S~heduled Tribes (including reprints) VI Village Survey Monographs {25 Monogra~hsf i " VII-A Selected Crafts of Gujarat VII-B Fairs and Festivals VIII-A Admi nistra tion Report-EnumerationI Not for Sale VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation IX A tlas Volume X Special Report on Cities STATE GOVERNMENT PUBUCATIONS 17 District Census Handbooks in English 17 District Census Handbooks in Gujarati CONTENTS Pages PREFACE vii-xi ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xxii PART I (i) Introductory Essay . 1-37 (1) Location and Physical Features, (2) Administrative Set-up, (3) Local Self Government, (4) Population, (5) Housing, (6) Agriculture, (7) Livestock, (8) Irrigation, (9) Co-operation, (10) Economic Activity, (11) Industries and Power, (12) Transport and Communications, (13) Medical and Public Health, (14) Labour and Social Welfare, (15) Price Trends, (16) Community Development. (17) Five Year Plans, (18) Important Place Names (ii) Gazetteer of Place Names 38-53 PART II (i) Census Tables A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES Note l-S Table A-I Area, Houses and Population 6 Appendix I 1951 Territorial units constituting the present set-up of district and each taluka/mahal 7 Sub-Appendix I to Appendix I Area for 1951 and 1961 for those municipal towns which have undergone changes in area since 1951 Census 8 Sub-Appendix 2 to Appendix I District/Taluka/Mahal showing 1951 population according to territorial jurisdiction in 1951, changes in area and the populations involved in those changes • 8 Appendix II Number of Villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 9 List Places with a population of under 5,00) in 1951 which were treated as towns in 1951 but have been omitted from the jist of towns in 1961 9 Appendix III Houseless and Institutional Population 9 Table A-Ill Villages classified by population 10-11 Table A-IV Towns and Town-groups classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1941 12 Appendix I New Towns added in 1961 and Towns in 1951 declassified in 1961 13 Note-A Particulars of new towns added in 1961. 13 Note-B Particulars of 1951 Census towns declassified in 1961 13 Special Appendix Towns with their area and jurisdiction 11 B (i)-GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES Note 15-21 Table B-1 Workers and Non·workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 22 Table B-III Part A Industrial classification of Workers and Non-workers by educational levels in Urban areas only 23 Part B Industrial classification of Workers and Non-workers by educational levels in Rural areas only 24-27 Table B-IV Part A Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry 28-30 Part B Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in non-household industry. trade, business, profession or service 31-35 Part C Industrial classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups of persons at work: other than cultivation 36--44 Appendix 4S-46 pages Table B-V Occupational classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation 47-71 Appendix 72-73 Annexure Appropriate Industrial Categories of Occupational Families 73 Table B-VII Part A Persons working principally (i) as Cultivators (ii) as Agricultural labourers or (iii) at HousehOld Industry classified by sex and by Secondary work (i) at Household Industry Oi) as Cultivator or (iii) as Agricultural labourer. 74-76 Appendix 76 Table B-VII Part B Industrial classification by sex of persons working in non-household industry, trade, business, profession or service who are also engaged in household industry 77-83 Table B-VIII Part A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age-groups and educational levels in Urban areas only 84-85 Part B Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex and educational levels in Rural areas only 84-85 Table B-IX Persons Dot at work classified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity 86-89 B (ii)-HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC TABLES Table B-X Sample Households (i) engaged neither in cultivation nor household industry, (ii) engaged either in cultivation or household industry but not in both and (iii) engaged both in cultivation and household industry for all areas • 90 Table B-XI Sample Households engaged in cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultivated in Rural and Urban areas separately 90-91 Table B-XII Sample Households engaged in cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in Rural and Urban areas separately • 92-99 Table B-XVI Sample Principal household industry classified by period of working and total number of workers engaged in household industry in all areas 100-103 Appendix 104 Table B-XVII Sample Households classified by (i) number of male and female members by size of households and (ii) engagement (a) neither in cultivation nor in industry (b) in household industry only and (c) in cultivation sub-classified by size of land cultivated 105 C-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES Note 107-108 Table C-I Composition of Sample Households by relationship to head of family Classified by size of land cultivated 109 Table C-1I Age and Marital Status 110-114 Table c-m Part A Age, Sex and Education in all areas 1I4 Part B Age, Sex and Education in Urban areas only 115 Table C-IV Single Year Age Returns 116 Table C-V Mother Tongue (Alphabetical order) • 117-119 Table C-VJI Religion 120 Table C-VIII Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part A Classification by Literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non-workers among Scheduled Castes 121 Part B Classification by Literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non-workers among Scheduled Tribes 122 iv Pages E-ROUSING TABLS Note 123-125 Table E-I Census Houses and the uses to which they are put 126 Table E-II Tenure Status of Sample Census households living in census houses used wholly or partly as dwelling 127-128 Table E-IV Distribution of Silmple households living in census houses used wholly or partly as dwelling by predominant material of wall and predominant material of roof 129 Table E-V Sample households classified by number of members and by number of rooms occupied 130 SCT-SPECIAL TABLES FOR SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES Note 131 Table SCT-I . Part A Industrial classification of persons at work and non-workers by se,;. for Scheduled Castes 132-133 Part B Industrial classification of persons at work and non-workers by sex for Scheduled Tribes 134-135 STATEMENT A-POPULATION OF SCHEDULED CASTES 136 STATEMENT B-POPULATION OF SCHEDULED TRIBES 136 VILLAGE-WISE LIST OF INDUSTRIAL esTABLISHMENTS 137-141 ANNEXURE-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 142-144 LIST OF RURAL CRAFTS AND NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN PRODUCfION 145-159 (ii) Official Statistics 161-19S (A detailed Jist of tables on Official Statistics is given at page 162) PART III Village Directory Note 3 Bhuj Taluka 5-17 Nakhtrana Taluka 19-27 Lakhpat Taluka 29-33 Abdasa Taluka 35-43 Mandvi Taluka 45-53 Mundra Taluka 55-61 Anjar Taluka 63-73 Bhachau Taluka 75-79 Rapar Taluka 81-86 Khadir Mahal 87-88 Khavda Mabal 89-91 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Fairs Facing Page 193 Taluka Bhuj " 5 Taluka Nakhtrana .. 19 Taluka Lakhpat " 29 Taluka Abdasa " .. 35 Taluka Mandvi .. 45 Taluka Mundra .. 5S Taluka Anjar .. 63 Taluka Bbachau " " 75 Taluka Rapar .. 81 Mahal Khadir 87 Mahal Khavda 89 PREFACE Before 1951, only the figures of population advisable to incorporate as many of the census of revenue villages were given in what were then tables as possible to enhance its usefulness. The called 'Village Handbooks'. But the decision to result has been that the District Census Hand­ bring out the District Census Handbooks giving book of 1961 differs widely in the matter of extracts from all the important census tables for content and coverage from that published after every district of the State was taken for the first the Census of 1951 and contains a number of time in 1951. In addition to the census tables, new features, examined, below. the minimum information given in the Primary The District Census Handbook has been Census Abstract related to the area of the village, sub-divided into three parts, viz., :- number of houses and households, total popula­ tion, houseless and institutional population, PART I-THE DlSTRICf literates, and agricultural and non-agricultural (i) Introductory Essay classes distributed under 8 main livelihood classes. Census statistics given in the Primary Census (ii) Brief Gazetteer of Place Names Abstract were further supplemented by the addi­ PART II-STATISTICS tion of useful administrative information on such items as post offices, railway stations, distance of (i) Census Tables bazzar from village, primary schools, village pan­ (ii) Villagewise List of Industrial Esta­ chayats, co-operative society, etc.