CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 MADHYA PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK INDORE DISTRICT G. JAGATHPA'l'HI OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, MADH I'A pRADESH FUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRY A PRADESH 1964 1961 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS, MADHYA PRADESH (All the Celzsu8 Publications of this State will bear Volume No. VIII) PART I General Report including Subsidiary Tables (in Sub-Parts) PART II-A General Population Tables PART II-B Economic Tables (in Sub-parts)'. PART II-a Cultural and Migration Tables (in Sub-Parts) PART III Household Economic Tables PART IV Housing and Establishment Tables (in­ (in Sub-parts) cluding Subsidiary Tables) and Report PART V Special Tables for Scheduled Castes and (in Sub-parts) Scheduled Tribes PART ,VI Village Survey Monographs (A Separate Sub­ part for each Village Surveyed) PART VII Survey of Handicrafts of the State (A Separate Sub-part for each Handicraft Surveyed) PART VIII-A Administration Report - Enumeration 'PART VIII-B Administration Report Tabulation PART IX Maps STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOKS District CenslIs Har.d books for each of the 43 Districts in M adhya Prade~h PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT REGIONAL PRESS, INDORE PREFACE The publication of District Census Hand-books, which was begun in the 1951 Census, represents a significant step in the process of making Census statistics available for the smaller territorial units basic to executive and developmental administration. Apart from the fact that the proper implementation of policy depends on the ability of the administrative authorities concerned to quantify accurately the variables involved, it is at these levels that policies get really thoroughly tested; also, policies can fail-and probably have failed-because their statistical basis was weak. It is undoubtedly necessary that gaps in statistics at lower levels be filled as rapidly as possible. It was not possible at this Census to base all census statistics on the development block as the unit mainly because in 1961 there were many areas not till then covered by blocks. The coverage had become complete by about the middle of 1963 and it is not unlikely that the 1971 Census will recognise the block as the basic field unit as much for purposes of presentation as for operational purposes. 2. What we had tried to do in the 1961 Census Hand-books is to make them more informative by the inclusion of as many categories of non-census statistics as possible; some of these are :-climate, agriculture, co-operation, industry, banking, education, health etc. There is also an introductory note to each Hand-book high­ lighting the more striking features. I t has not been possible for the Census Organisa­ tion to check the accuracy of the figures supplied by various authorities; it is to be hoped that some other organisation, better equipped for the purpose, will take up this task. 3. One unfortunate fact about these Hand-books is that they bacame avail­ able to the users rather late in the decade. This is partly due to the considerable time required for the collection of information from various authorities but the main difficulty is in printing. Printing capacity in the State presses is inadequate and the procedural formalities to be observed in dealing with private presses also take a lot of time. This bottle-neck must be got over if at least at the 1971 Census these Hand-books are to have a useful active life of more than 4 or 5 years of the inter-censal decennium. 4. The Census organisation is grateful to the Government of Madhya Pradesh for having been so kind as to undertake the publication of these Hand­ books and to the Superintendent, Government Printing and his organisa­ tion-particularly the Assistant Superintendent, Printing, Government Regional Press, Indore and his staff-for the printing arrangements made. The inspiration behind this ambitious venture is that of our indefatigable Registrar General, Shri Asok Mitra, to whom we are all deeply grateful. Our thanks are also due to the various authorities who supplied us with all the necessary statistics. G. JAGATHPATHI. CONTENTS Page.~ Notes and E"p~tio.. s I-vii APPENDIX-I Standard I nd ustrial Classiflcation viii-xvi APPENDIX-II National Classification of Occupations xvii-xxiii Selected Sta tistics Selected statistics of India, Madhya Pradesh, Divisio..ns, Districts and Important Towns of Madhya Pradesh xxiv-xxxiii Introducing the District (i) Location, (ii) Physical Features, (iii) Flora and Fauna, (iv) River System, (v) Climate - Rain­ fall, (vi) Temperature, (vii) Humidity, (viii) History of the district, (ix;) The People, (x) Age and Sex Composition, (xi) Changes in Age distribution since 1951, (xii) Sex distribution by age, (xiii) Population Density, (xiv) Working Force, (xv) Religion, (xvi) Mother tongue, (xvii) Scheduled Castes and Tribes, (xviii), Education, (xix) Literacy, (xx) Medical Services & Public H;e~lth, (xxi) Agriculture, (xxii) Panchayats, (xxiii) Community Development, t:lPCiv) Co-operation, (xxv) Industry, (xxvi) Administration, (xxvii) Communications. (~xviii) Electrification, (xxix) Summing up ... - 1.18 PART I A-General Populatiaa Tables 21-24- TABLE A-I Area, Houses ~nd Population - 21 APPENDIX-I Statement Showing 1951 Territorial units Constituting the present set up 21 ANNEXURE TO APPENDIX-I 22- APPENDIX-II Number of villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 ... 22 APPENDIX-III Houseless and Institutional population _. 22 TABLE A-II Variation in population during sixty years 23 APPENDIX District and Tahsils showing 1951 populaticn according to their territorial jurisdiction in 1951, changes in area, and population involved in those changes 23 TABLE A-III Villages classified by population 23-24 TABLE A-IV Towns classified by population ill 1961 with variation since 1901 24 B-EconoDlic Tables 25-117 (i) GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES 25-95 PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 26-27 TABLE B-1 Workers and non-workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 28-29 TABLE B-IlI PART A Industrial classification of workers and non­ workers by Educational levels in urban areas only 30-31 PART B I ndustrial Classification of workers and non­ workers by Educational levels In rural areas only 30-31 ii Pages TABLE B-IV 32-47 PART A Industrial classification by sex and class of workers of Persons at work at Household Industry 32-33 PART. B I ndustrial classification by sex and class 'of worker of Persons at work in Non·Household Industry, Trade, Business, Proffession or service 34-37 PART C Industrial classification by sex and Divisions Maj or groups and Minor groups of Persons at work other than Cultivation-District 38-46 Tahsils (Rural areaS only) 47 TABLE B-V Occupational Classification by sex of Persons at work other than Cultivation-Indore District 48-65 Tahsils (Rural areas only) 66-68 Indore City 69-81 TABLE B-VI Occupational Divisions of Persons at work other than Cultivation classified by sex, Broad age-groups and Educational levels In Urban areas only 82-85 TABLE B-VII 86-91 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 (ii) As Cultivators or (iii) As Agricultural Labourer 86-87 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 88-91 TABLE B-VIII 92-93 PART .A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age-groups and Educational levels in Urban areas only 92-93 PART 'B' Persons unemployed aged IS and above by sex and Educational Levels ih Rural areas only 92-93 , 'TABLE B!IX Persons not at work classified by 'se.x, broad age-groups and type of activity 94-95 (ii) HOGSHEOJ"D ECONOMIC 97-117 TABLES .,. TABLE B:'X Sample Households (i) Engaged neither III cultivation nor in 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 .. , 97 TABLE B-XI Sample Households engaged in cultivation classified by interest in Land and size of land cultivated in Rural and urban areas Separately 97 TABLE B-XII Sample Households engaged in Cultivation only classified bv Size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in. Rural and U'rban areas separately 98-101 Pages TABLE B-Xlii Sample households engaged both in culti­ vation and household industry showing size of land cultivated classified by principal household industry in rural and urban areas separately 102 TABLE B-XIV Sample households engaged only in house­ hold industry classified by principal house­ hold industry in all areas 103-105 PART A Households classified by major groups of principal household indu5try and number of persons engaged 103 PAR~ B Households classified by, minor groups of principal household industry 104-105 TABLE B-XV Sample households engaged both in cultivation and household industry classified by size of land in rural and urban areas separately 106-109 TABLE B-XVI Sample principal households industry classified by duration of work in a year and total number of workers engaged in household industry in all areas 110-117 TABLE B-XVII Sample households classified by size and participation in household cultivation or industry 116-117 'C-Social and Cultural Tables and D- Migration Tables 119-131 TABLE C-I Family composition of sample households 119 TABLE C-II Age and marita1 status 120-122 TABLE