PRO. 97. A. (~) ;!,OOO CENSUS OI~ INDIA 1961 VOLUME XI MYSORE PART II-A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES K. BALASUBRAMANYAM OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Superintendent of Census Operations, Mysore 1964 PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE DmECTOR, GOVERN1.-IENT CENTRAL PRESS, BANGALORE AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-8 Price: Rs. 6.25 nP. or 14sh. 7d. or $ 2.25 PART II-A GENERAL POPULATION TABLES ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF MYSORE 8CAJ,.E ;zI a MILC:1 TO "IN INCH 32 I. o I V') oLU a::« Q_ '4" SEA Distn'cl .Jleaol QU&ttte"J _ TQ.luk Head 8..uartil'S o Sea. Sta.t~ bDU nao.''.!1 CONTENTS PAGES PAGES INTRODUCTION i-viii TABLE A-I AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION 1-62 FLY LEAF 3-16 UNION TABLE A-I 17-18 STATE TABLE A-I 19-35 FLY LEAF TO ApPENDIX I TO TABLE A-I 37 ApPENDIX I Statement showing 1951 territorial units constituting the present set-up of Mysore 38-42 SUB-ApPENDIX TO ApPENDIX I Statement showing area for 1951 and 1961 of those Municipal Towns which have undergone changes in area since 1951 census 43 FLY LEAF TO ApPENDIX II 45 ApPENDIX II Number of villages with a population of 5,000 and over and Towns with a population under 5,000 46-49 LIST A TO ApPENDIX II Places with a population of under 5,000 treated as Towns for the first time in 1961 49 LIST B TO ApPENDIX II Places with a population of under 5,000 in 1951 which were treated as Towns in 1951 but have been omitted from the list of Towns in 1961 50 FLY LEAF TO ApPENDIX III 51 ApPENDIX III Houseless and Institutional Population 52-62 TABLE A-II VARIATION IN POPULATION DURING SIXTY YEARS 63-74 FLY LEAF 65-69 TABLE A-II 70-72 ApPENDIX State and Districts showing 1951 population according to their territorial jurisdiction in 1961, changes III area and population involved in those changes 73-74 TABLE A-III VILLAGES CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION 75-96 FLY LEAF 77-81 UNION TABLE A-III 82-83 STATE TABLE A-III 84-95 ApPENDIX Sub-Totals of Broader Population Size Groups 96 PAGES PAGES TABLE A-IV TOWNS AND TOWN-GROUPS CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION IN 1961 WITH VARIATION SINCE 1901 97-152 FLY LEAF 99-114 TABLE A-IV .. 115-145 ApPENDIX New Towns added in 1961 and Towns of 1951 declassified in 1961 146-148 EXPLANATORY NOTE A TO APPENDIX Constituents of New Towns added in 1961 Census 149-150 EXPLANATORY NOTE B TO ApPENDIX Town of 1951 which has been declassified in 1961 showing the name, area and population of the village into which it has relapsed in the 1961 Census 151-152 UNION PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 153-278 FLY LEAF 155-171 UNION PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 172-271 ANNEXURES 279-304 ANNEXURE I Houselist and Instructions for filling up the Houselists 280-284 ANNEXURE II Household Schedule and Instructions for filling up the Household Schedules 285-289 ANNEXURE III Individual Slip and Instructions for Enumerating Individual Members of Households . 290--300 ANNEXURE IV Calendar of Census events 301 ANNEXURE V Census Publications relating to Mysore State 302-304 DIAGRAMS AREA AND POPULATION IN 1961 viii LITERATES 272 CATEGORY OF WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS 273-278 INTRODUCTION THE WORD' CENSUS' is commonly understood to mean the counting of Heads. But the Census Operation:, now-a-days are really not so simple as one is apt to imagine from the term" Counting of Heads". Almost from their very inception Censuses in India have, in addition to counting heads, collected and published valuable information covering the economic, social and cultural aspects of the population. Census has assumed an added importance after the advent of independence and the establishment of a Welfare State. For the fulfilment by the State of the wide and varied responsibilities under the Constitution for the well-being of the citizens, possession of a rich supply of fairly reliable statistical data becomes necessary. The present day Censuses therefore do much more than merely count the number of persons inhabiting a particular area. The Census questionnaires actually have a wide coverage of details relating to social, economic, cultural and demographic characteristics of the community. The 1961 Census questionnaire has been framed in this background. The aim of the 1961 Census was to present the population data as on 1st March, 1961. The actual enumeration was conducted between the 10th February, 1961 and 28th February, 1961, and in the final round between the 1st March, 1961 and 5th March, 1961 the Enumerators brought the records up to date by making corrections, wherever necessary, to the Household Schedules and Enumeration Slips already filled up, so as to make the entries conform to the situation at sun rise on 1st March, 1961. Though the enumeration lasted for a comparatively short period of less than a month much spade work had to be done well ahead of actual enumeration. In Mysore as in other parts of India, the activities relating to the 1961 Census began early in 1959 when the first pretesting of the draft questionnaire was taken up. The first pretest was conducted in January-February, 1959 by the State Statistics Department in a limited number of twelve urban and twelve rural blocks specially selected for the purpose. The draft questionnaire was revised in the light of the first pretest and this revised draft was subjected to a second pretest in August, 1959. The second pretest was conducted under the supervision of the Superintendent of Census Operations in a wider field, consisting of fifteen City blocks, eight Non-city urban blocks and 39 rural blocks. The field staff employed during this Second Pretest was mostly drawn from the categories providing the bulk of the enumeration personnel. The 1961 Census is the first Census in India in which the draft questionnaire was tested in the field before it was finalised. Schedules used in the Census The schedules to be used during the Census enumeration were finalised at the First Conference of State Superintendents of Census Operations held in September-October, 1959 after completion of pretesting. The instruc­ tions for filling up the schedules were also finalised at the same conference. The forms of the three schedules used during the enumeration stage and the instructions for filling them will be found in Annexures I, II and III. The first of these schedules, is called the" Houselist". Houselists were prepared during the previous Censuses also but as the contents of the houselist were decided by the State Superintendents there was no uniformity in the contents. One of the special features of 1961 Census is that the houselists have been prepared using a common form all over India. Also the houselists prepared during 1961 Census contain more information in that the purpose to which the house is used, the tenure status, viz., whether it is owned or rented and the nature of the roof and wall are entered in respect of every house. If the house is a factory or workshop either exclusively or in addition to being used as a dwelling, the type of manufacture, processing or servicing done, a brief description of the products, the nature of power, if any, used and the number of persons working in the unit are also recorded. Against houses used solely or partly as dwellings; the number of rooms occupied by each household and the number of members in each household have been recorded. The preparation of the Houselists was completed by September 1960, (some months ahead of the enumeration) in this State and these houselists provided data for a rational delimi­ tation of the jurisdiction of Enumerators and Supervisors and furnished a provisional estimate of population which was used to assess the quantity of forms to be kept ready for use during enumeration. The houselists were also the source from which the Block list given to each Enumerator to enable him to cover all houses in his Block systematically was prepared. The Socia-economic data about the materials used for construction, tenure status, utilization and pressure on accommodation in dwelling houses, and the particulars of Industrial Establishments have been tabulated separately and they are being published as Part VI of this series. ii The other schedules used are (a) the Household Schedule and (b) the Individual Slip. Both these were used during the actual enumeration, the household schedule being filled up for each household and the individuai slip for every individual. The households schedule furnishes information regarding cultivation by the household and also about the Household Industry, if any. The different tenures under which land is held, and the extent held under each tenure is recorded in the part devoted to cultivation, while the name of the industry and the number of months in the year during which conducted is recorded in the part devoted to household industry. Number of workers engaged in HO'lsehold Cultivation only or Household Industry only, or both in Household Cultivation and Household Industry is rec0rded in a separate part, figures being given separately for the members of the family working and for hired workers. On the reverse of the Household Schedule is the Census Population Record containing the name, sex, relation to the head of the household, age, marital status and nature of work of each person in the household compiled from the Individual Slips relating to the household. This" Census Population Record" has replaced the National Register of Citizens prepared after 1951 enumeration. The third schedule used during enumeration is the Individual Slip.