GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR DISTRICT CENSUS .HANDBOOK SINGHBHUM By RANCHOR PRASAD, M.A., I.A.S. Superintendent 0/ Ce11sus Operations, Bihar. PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDEKT SECRETARIAT PRESS, BIHAR, PATNA 1956 [ Price- ·Rs. 5 J PREFACE This Handbook contains mainly statistical data and is not intended tQ_ l'filpkroe trhe Distl'wt Gazetteer which gives a comprehensive account of the district in narrative- fOr11l. Most of the statistical tables included in the volume are based on materials collected in the 1951 cC?nsus, but some non-census statistics have also been included and a brief introductioo to the:- .di~t#ct ·h~s. been furnished in order to enable readers to follow the statistical tables witht91fir,J;nuch difficllity. 2. Before this, District Handbooks containing important census tables and e-ther statistics were, published in 1905 and 1916 in the form of statistical supplements to District Gaoot~eers. Th@se Handbooks did not contain any statistics relating to indiyidual villages. Madras and certain other provinces and Indian States published village statistics of some districts at the 1921, 1931 and 1911 censuses. In Bihar also, there were proposals in 1921 and 1931 for publishing similar statistics, but they did ncit materialise. The idea of publishing Handbooks like this containing both district tables and statistics of area, popUlation, literacy and livelihood pattern for each . village besides other useful statistics relating -to the district owes its inception to Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, I. c. s., Census Commissioner of India in 1951. This recommendation was readily accepted by the Government of Bihar who have sanctioned the publication of the Handbooks at. their own cost. 3. As already indicated, detailed statistics. for villages were not compiled for any district. in Bihar before this. The task was formidable, and the compilation and editing had to be done within a limited time simultaneously with the preparation of the State census tables and report. Every effort has been made to ensure correctness and accuracy of the data and, though there are shortcomings, it can be fairly claimed that this Handbook removes a long-felt want. for a book of reference containing the basic statistical information for the district and smalL units down to the mauza. 4. The compilation of the c~nsus. stwtistics included in this volume was done in the Chotanagpur­ Tabulation Office at Haz,aribagh under the able guidance of Shri Rameshwar Nath, Joint Superintendent of Census Operations, Bihar who hase 1. Shri Ram Bahadur Singh, Technical Assistant. also supervised the work of printing and publication of 2. Shri Mahendra Shanker Sahay, this volume. I desire to acknowledge my obligation to Supervisor. him and the staff who helped in the work and particularly 3. Shri Shree Narain Prasad, Tabulation Clerk. to the persons named in the margin for the care and interest 4. Shri Chai~anya'Charan Naik, Tabula. taken by them in the work of compilation and checking' tion Clerk. of statistical material. Thstly, but very far from the least,. my thanks are due to Shri S. N. Chatterji, Superintendent,. Secretariat Press, Bihar and his staff for the care and interest shown in the printing and publication of this Handbook. RANCHOR PRASAD TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES Preface Population Map 1. Scheme of Tables-Census Tracts lV PART I 2. A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES- I-Area, Houses and, Population 2' II-Variation in PopUlation during 'fifty years 3 III-Towns and Villages classifi~d by Population .,. 4- IV-Towns classified by Population with variation since 1901 6- V-Towns arranged territorially with Population by Livel~hood Classes S. 3. B-EcONOMIC TABLES- I-Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes .., , l0- II-Secondary means of Livelihood IS III-Employers, Employees and IndepeI\dent Wor~ers .. 43 4. C-HOUSEHOLD AND AGE (SAMPLE) TABLES- I-Household (Size and Composition) 7S II-Livelihood Classes by Age-groups 80 III-Age and Civil Conditions 82 IV-Age and Literacy 87 V -Single Year Age Returns 90 5. D-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES- 1-Languages-(i) Mother-t-ongue • • IJ~ 94 (fi) Bilingualism 100 II-Religion ..... ' 107 III-Scheduled Castes, Scheduled TribeS, ~ackwa;rd and Non-backward 110 u Classes. ~ ~ 't • ~, "',, IV-Migrants 112 VII-Livelihood Classes tly.. Educational Standards 115 6. E-SUMMARY FIGURES BY SUBDIVI-SIONS; REVENUE THAIUS AND POLICE ,STATIONS 136- 7. ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT CENSUS 'DATA- (1) Area and Population, Actual and Percentage by Revenue Thana Density 14(} (2) Variation and Density of General Population 140 (3) Mean Decennial Growth Rates during three decades 14:L ii PAGES (4) Immigration 142 (5) Distribution of Population between Villages 142 (6) Number per 1,000 of the Population and each Livelihood Class who 143 live in Towns. (7) Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of General Population number in 143 each Class and Sub-Class of 10,000 persons of all Agricultural Classes. (8) Non-Agricultural Classes per 1,000 persons of General Population, 143 number in each Class and Sub-Class of 10,000 persons of all Non­ Agricultural Classes and number of Employers, Employees and Inde- pendent Workers per 10,000 Self-supporting persons of all Non­ Agricultural Classes. (9) Persons per 1,000 houses and houses per 100 square miles " 144 (10) Distribution by size of 1,000 sample households of Rural and Urban 144 Population. (11) Family composition ()fl,OOO households of General Population 144 (12) Female!:! per 1~000 males (General, Rural and Urban) and comparison 146 with ·previous censuses. (13) Females per 1,000 male;:! in Agricultural Classes and Sub-Classes 145 (14) Females per 1,000 males in Non-Agricultural Classes and Sub-Classes 145- :8. STATISTICS REL4-TING TO RAINFALL AND AGRICULTURE- (1) Rainfall 146- (2) Cultivation- (a) Classification of land 146 (b) Progress of Cultivation during three decades 146- (0) Land area per capita (1951) ; and trend of cultivation per capita 147 during three decades. (d) Area under principal crops 147 (e) Distribution of 1,000 Agricultural Holdings by size of holdings •. 147 9. SUMMAR}: FIGURES OF LIVESTOCK CENSUSf 1951- (a) Distribution of Livestock and Poultry 148- (b) Distribution of certain important categories of Livestock and Poultry 152 per 1,000 of population. (0) Variation in the number of }]lain classes of Livestock (including Poultry 15Z during the years 1920 ~.(r 1.151. ],0. FIGURES RELATING TO INDUSTRIllEt- (I) 'Small-scale Industries- (a) Distribution of Small-scale IndustrilLl ~fsMshments 154 (b) Employment in Textile Establishments 155 (0) Employment in Non-Textile Establishments 15t). (2) Industries registered under the Factories Act 15S 11. VITAL STATISTICS 159 1.2-. RULING WHOLE-SALE PRICES WITH INDEX NUMBERS DURING THE DECADE . , 160 iii PART II PAGES ::ri3. VILLAGE STATISTICS- POLICE STATIONS- 1. Chakardharpur 166 2. Chaibassa 192 3. Manjhari 202 4. Jhinkpani 208 5. Majhgaon 214 6. Jamda 222 7. Manoharpur 230 8. Golmuri 242 9. J ugselai 246 10. Potka 248 11. Ghatsila 260 12. Chakulia 280 13. Baharagora 292 14. Kharsawan \. 310 15. Seraikella 31.8 16. Kandra 330 37. Go bindpur 336 lV SCHEME OF TABLES r. The following tables in this Handbook are based on the HHH Census:­ A-General Population Table8- 1. Area, Hous~B and Population II. Variation in population during fifty years III. Towns and villages classified by population IV. Towns classified by population with variation since 1901 V. Towns arranged territorially with population by Livelihood Classes B-Economic Tables- I. Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes II. Secondary Means of Livelihood III. Employers, Employees and Independent Workers in Industries and Services by Divisions. and Subdivisions O~Household and Age (Sample) Tables- : r. Household (size and composition) II. Livelihood Classes by Age Groups III. Age and Civil condition IV. Age and Literacy V. Single Year Age Returns D-Social and Oultural Table8- r. Language II. Religion III. Scheduled Castes and Tribes IV. Migrants VII. Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards E-Summary figures for Subdirisions, Revenue Thanas and Police-Stations 2. The A, B, D and E series of tables are all based on total count; the C series tables­ have .been prepared from a iO% random sample of the Census Slips. 3. Cen8us Tracts-Reference to Census Tracts will be found in a large number of tables. Census Tracts were formed mainly for the convenience of distribution of work among sorting and compilation teams. In most cases, they correspond to Revenu6 Thanas. A list of Census. Tracts is given below with names of Revenue Thanas and Police-Stations included in each. v Number and Name of Tract Name of the Corresponding Name of the Police· Station Revenue Thana incl1}ded in the Tract 1 2 3 210. Chaibassa-Manjharri (excluding Kolho.n (Part) (1) Chaiba8sa ChaibassA town) (2) Manjhari 211. Jhinkpani.Majhgaon Kolhan (Part) (1) Jhinkpani (2) Majhgaon '2i2. Manoharpur.Kolhan (e x c Iud ing Manoharpur and Kolhan (Par') (1) . Manoharpur Manoharpur. Gua and N oamundi (2) Jamda towns) 213. Chakradharpur (excluding Chakradharpur .. (1) Chakradharpur Chakradharpur town) 214. Seraikela·Kharsawan (excluding Seraikela Subdivision ( I) Seraikela Seraikela and Kharsawan towns) (2) Kharsawan (3) Kandra (4) Gobindpur 215. Ghatsila (excluding Jamshedpur Ghatsila (Part) " (1) Golmuri City) (2) Jugsalai (3) Potka 216. Ghatsila (excluding Musabani and Ghatsila. (Part) .. (I) Ghatsila Maubhandar towns) (2) ChakuJitlo (3) Baharo.gora 217. Singhbhum District Non·City ( 1) Chaibass!l. (Urban) ('2) Chakradharpur (3) Manoharpur (4) Gua (5) Noamundi (6) Seraikela (7) Kharsawan (8) Musabani (9) Maubhandar 218. Jamshedpur City Ghatsila (Part) .. (1) Jamshedpur N. A. Committee (2) Jugsalai Notified Area Committee (3) Tatanagar B. N. Rly. Colony 4. Rural Statistics-These are also based on Census data. 5. Other Statistics-Other statistical tables are based on materials obtained from different departments. Every possible effort has been made to ensure correctness of the data.