CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 MYSORE STATE DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK NORTH KANARA DISTRICT K. BALASUBRAMANYAM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MYSORE 1968 PRINTED AT PRINTERSALL PRIVATE LIMITED, 4, STATION ROAD, B.u.rGALORE-l AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS IN tdYSORB BANGALORE - Q From PBtyjim ;:;!~;:~~iIa..u..fIII - o;,trirt 8()1/ndlfY aiyisional ., Ta/ulr " "~or ROMII OWr » Rirers &: $tr~a"" ; ~iI_ Oin,.irt Htld-QlArler T.'llk .. (8 Hi'" ~ PD4t &. TtkgTIph offict PT PArt offiu~ Red o NOllTB KANA1IA 8CALE CENSUS OF INDIA, 1961 VOLUME - XI MYSORE List of Central Government Publications Part I-A General Report Part I-B Report on Vital Statistics Part I-e Subsidiary Tables Part II-A General Population Tables (A Sedes). Part JI-B (i) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) pO)_f- ..L ...... _LL II~B (ii) General Economic Tables (B-V to B-IX) Part JI-C (i) Social and Cultural Tables (C Series) " PMt II-C (ii) Migration Tables (D Series) Part III Household Economic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) Part IV~A Report on Housing and Establishments Part IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables (E Series) Part V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (including reprints from old CensuS Rerorts) Part VI Village Survey Monographs (51 monographs) . Part VII Handicraft Survey Monographs (13 crafts) Part VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration not for sale Part VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation } Part IX Census Atlas Volume Part X Special Report on Bangalore Metropolitan Area State Government Publications 19 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS PREFACE Census in India has all along been a scientific and systematic survey. Gradually through the decades it has also aimed at providing besides a statistical account of the population surveyed, a picture of the Socio­ Economic condition of the people. With this end in view, the Census authorities in India have always interested themselves, side by side with the counting of the people, at making several special studies relating to the life of the people. One of these special features of the Census of India at present is the preparation and publication of the District Census Handbooks. These were first published in the 1951 Census. Upto 1951, after each Census, only Jist of yjllages along with population was published. But for ,the first time in 1951, general population tables, literacy tables and social and economic tables were published in the District Census Handbooks. When preliminary work on the 1961 Census started in 1959, the question of enlarging the coverage of subjects included in the District Handbooks was also examined. A broadsheet indicating the items on which information had to be gathered from the various Departments was circulated by the Registrar~General, India, and at the First Conference of Superintendents of Census Operations held at Delhi towards the end of 1959, the delegates agreed that it \yas quite within the bounds of possibility to gather information on all the topics suggested by the Registrar-General. It was agreed that the contents of the District Census Handbook, on matters of general information should not compete with the District Gazetteers. The scope of the Village Directory included in each District Handbook has been enlarged. In addition te. giving the Primary Census Abstract of the village concerned, the Directory gives information about the various amenities available in the village. It is thus possible to get from the Village Directory not only information about the population and the economic activities of the people but also about the level of development attained by the village in rcgard to the provision of the various amenities. Many of the Census Tables published in the District Handbook furnish information down to the level of a Ta1uk and they may prove useful in drawing up Taluk Development Plans. Besides the Census Tables a~d Village Directory, some administrative statistics pertaining to the District concerned, have also been furnished. It was also thought that the usefulness of these volumes would be enhanced by inclusion of District maps and Taluk maps set in suitable squares to facilitate easy location of the villages in the Taluk maps. In order that the readers may get a bird's eye~view of the cultural heritage of the State, a note on it has also been included, which though not exhaustive, should give a glimpse of our rich heritage. These handbooks have been compiled by the Census Organisation under the general instructions of the Registrar General. They are being printed and published by the State Government who have also approved the list of items to be included and the mode of presentation. In the course of the Census operations, 1 have received assistance and co-operation from several institutions and individuals. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude to each of them individually. However, I will . be failing in my duty if I do not express my deep sense of gratitude to Sri A. Mitra, I.C.S., Registrar-General, India, who has been a source of constant help, inspiration and guidance all through the Census operations of 1961. I am also grateful to the Government of Mysore and its staff at all levels, for the unstinted co-operation extended to me in this work. Bangalore, K. BALASUBRAMANYAM, 24th September 1966 Superintendent of Census Operations in Mysore Tbe members of tbe Staff connected with preparation of this Volume are :- Sri C. M. Chandawarkar Deputy Superintendent of Census Operations Sri B. S. Narasimha Murthy Tabulation Officers Sri R. Y. Revashetti } Sri M. Somasekhar Statistical A~sistant Sri A. I. Khan' } InvesHgators Sri M. Krishna Rao Sri M. Nanjundaiah } Compilation Clerks Sri M. Venkata Rao Sri M. A. Sreenivasan Printing Inspector TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION PAGES History, The people and their social condition, Medical, Public Health and Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Irrigation, Natural Calamities, Education and Literacy, Occupation, Manu­ facture and Trape, Communications, Land Tenures and Land Reforms, Houses and Households, Local Bodies, Co-operation, Administration. i-xiv ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS Appendices I-RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE A. Climatological Tables xvi-xviii B. Rainfall and rainy days xix-xxvii II-VITAL STATISTICS A. Births and Deaths records xxviii B. Deaths from selected causes xxviii-xxx III-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS A. Land ujilisation statistics xxx B. Estimate of yield rates of principal crops xxxi C. Gross area (in acres) irrigated xxxii D. Area under crops xxxii E. Area irrigated during the years 1954-55 to 1959-60 xxxiii F. Progress of cultivation during the years 1952-60 xxxiii IV-STATISTICS OF LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES AND REGISTERED FACTORIES A. Factories classified by industry with average daily number of workers in each ~xxiv B. Growth of Factories xxxv C. Average number of workers employed in different industries xxxv D. Average daily number of workers employed in cotton spinning and weaving mills by class xxxv V-STATISTICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, ETC. A. Criminal Justice-No. of Criminal cases tried xxxvi B. Persons convicted or bound over in xxxvii C. 0) Strength of Police xxxvii (ii) List of Police Sub-Divisions, Circles, Police Stations, Out-posts and other units xxxviii D. Jails xxxviii E. Co-operative Societies xxxix F. Table of Receipts under- (i) Land Revenue (Ii) Excise Revenue (iii) Sales Tax (iv) Sale of Stamps (v) Entertainment Tax (vi) Motor Spirit Tax xl G. Table showing the number and description of documents registered and value of property transferred xli VI-PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL STATISTICS A. List of Hospitals, Dispensaries and Clinics xlii B. List of Primary Health Centres xliii VII-EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS A. List of High Schools xliv-xlv B. Education xlvi C. Public Institutions and pupils xlvi D. Colleges xlvii II PART I-coneld. Appendices-concld. PAGES VIII-STATISTICS OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PRESSES AND JOURNALS A. Printing Presses, Newspapers and Periodicals xilvii B. Cinemas xlviii IX-COMMUNICATION STATISTICS A. Statement showing the Details of Road Mileage in charge of the Public Works Department as on 31st March 1961. xlviii-xlix B. Village roads maintained by District Board ' I-lvii C. (i) List of Rivers (including waterways) lviii (ii) Major and Medium projects lviii D. Important Bridges lix-Ix E. List of Telegraph and Telephone Offices lxi F. List of places in North Kanara District having Inspection/Travellers' Bungalows lxii X-STATISTICS OF LOCAL BODIES A. Local Bodies lxiii B. Municipalities Ixiv C. Receipts and Expenditure of Municipalities lxiv D. Panchayats lxv XI-STATISTICS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT lxv-Ixvii XII-LIVESTOCK STATISTICS lxvii XIII-CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT EVENTS Ixviii XIV-STATISTICS OF FAIRS AND FESTIVALS A. Tabular Statement of Important Fairs and Melas in the District lxix-lxx B. Fairs and Festivals lxxi C. List of Markets/Shandies/Sub-yards lxxii XV-GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES AND PLACES OF TOURIST INTEREST lxxiii-lxxvi XVI-LIST OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS lxxvii PART II CENSUS TABLES AND VILLAGE DIRECTORY ·Census Tables Explanatory note for Census Tables with Annexures. 1-32 A-I-Area, houses and population with Appendices I, II and III 33-35 A-II-Variation in population during 60 years 36-37 A-III-Villages classified by population 38-39 A-IV-Towns and Town groups classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1901 40-41 UNION PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 42-49 B-1 & B-II-Workers and Non-workers in Taluks and Towns classified by sex and broad age-groups. 50-65 B-Ill-Imlustrial Classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels- PART A-Urban Areas only 66-67 PART B-Rural Areas only 68-73 B-IV-PART A-Industrial Classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry 74-77 PART B-Industrial Classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in non-household industry, trade, business, profession of service 78-85 iii PART II-contd.