CENSUS OF INDIA~ 1 95 1 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER VOLUME X OISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BHARATPUR Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA B.A., LL.B .• Superintendent. of Census Opera"tions, Rajasthan and Ajmer. BIKANER' PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, 1954. DISTRICT CENSUS HAND BOOK. DISTRICT BHARATPUR. CONTEnTS S.Na. ::::' AR~ICULARS PAGES In troduct:L.on. :1.-.x:f.x. 2. D:i..strict index of non-ag.r:L.cul tu.ra1. Oc.cup 9..ti. one. 1-14- 3. Rev:L.e.w of ,?opulat:lon fieures. 1-7 4. SchEl1I1e. of census Table.s. 8 5. Defi ni. tiona & key to S:''T:1.bols. 9-10 • 6. District census data at a glance. 11-14- 7. A:- Gen eraJ.. l? ok ulat.i 041. tabl e s. 15 8_ A-I.. Ares., houses & .!:"opiiiati...on .. 1~ 9. A-II. Var~ations in po~ulat~on cl.uring fi.fty years. 15 10. A-III. Towns and villa.e,es classified by 1-'0 .. ulati.on. 16-17- 1'1. A:-IV. Towns classified by population with Yar~ations sL~ce 1901. 1&-20. 12. li-V. To.wnd arranged... terri toria11y with Fopulati..on by l~ve:Lihoo~ cld.sse:::.. 21. 13. Econom~e Tabl&s. 22-25. 14. B-I. Livelihood ~as.:3e s & sub-classes. 26-29_ 15. B-II. secondary means of li.ve.l::i.hooa... 30-43- 16. B-IIr. Empl.oye,ra. Emp~o.}'-ee.s &.io.dependen t ~,t:orke.rs in :l.ndust.r:l.es &. se.rv:i..ce.s u'j- .J..:1.visi..ons & sub-~vi.si.ons. 44-68. 17. c- liousehold.. &... A2..e Ta.bles .. 69. 18. C-I. Househol size &. COlTlJ:?osi. tion)_ 69. 1.9. C-II. Li..vel:i.hooll. classes by ~e &roups. 70-74. 20. G-Ill .. A,£e an.d c:i..vj_l c-ondi ti ons. 75-77. 21. C--IV. Abe.3;O.d l.i teracy. 78-80. 22. c-v. S:l.ng~e year a.g_e returns .. 81-()~. 23. Il-I- (i.) ... MO~.r tongue. 90. 24. (ii.) • ::3i..lin.€. uali sm. 91. 25. D-II­ Relision. S1. 26. D-III­ S che.d.ulad.. ca.sts 6_ ached...uled. tri.. bQs91. 27- n-IV- ::..it6r9l'l te_ 92. 28. D-V- C:i.i)- :::U.i..s-:'Jlaced. parsons by l.ivelihood cl.:l.sses. 93. 29. ::iJ-VI .. non-Indian nationo.J..s. 93. 30. D-VII. Educational. standa..rda. 94-95. 31. E.- Sumcery fL~ures by ~dniniatratLve ~~ts. 96-99. 32 .. CCfi )- Local In£irm:i. ties. 100-101. *R.:tc.S.* -12. :tv. CONTENTS. P .A.RTIOULAIlB. PA.GES. 1. Introduction •..• ••• ... 2. Review of Population :figures (if any) • •• 3. Ta.ble No. a.na (name of table) .... 4. -. 5. ,,. and so on ... 1fIIJl:llAT:!'Ult :ti:isnICT. IN'rRClDUOTIbN. !.-Phymcal AB'p'ect*. 1. Bharatpu:t District has been formed bl two covenanting States 01 Bhalatpur (M., PoSitiOn Area Srnd Dholpur. &:ltd Boandary. 'l.'llere nas been some territorial change as a result of transfer of the ioiiowinlJ villages to and from the Ullit :- Seritd Population Tra.ilsferred. a.m A of 'V'illage No. N 1U41 From. To 1 Naglfa. Bohru 368 Tehsil Bharatpur •... u. P. sj J.Cr agH ..•• 263 II' 3 Umri •. 0. 968 " " SRomarpur Kalan 581 " .... ".1 1 Bad 863 " .J .... ,. I> BllenSR. .•.• -- 1,129 "," if .Dharampllra. 538 " .. 8 Karari 267 " " ... " 9 Kaec}a J a.t .0. 342 Tehsil" Rupbas" ... " It; Kho"bri .•• 46 Tahsil Kam.an Surgaon" (Punjab). 11 Neein Kbera. 85'i ,. ., 12 Sa.rndiB:a ~33 Gurgaon (Punjab) Tehsil" Kaman." .... » 13 iratehpur 602 " II 14 o:tuitinika. 556 " ,." 15 Gajuka 402 " " 'I' lit " 16 PhulwarA. 446 u. p. ... ... Tehsil Bhara'pur• i7 Ma.i 154 " " This distnot is the ea.stern portion of the Raja.sthan State. It lies between 26° 22' and 27° 50' Nort;h latitude~ and 76° 53' and 78° 17' Ea.st longitudes. Its a.tea. is 3,132·6 squa}"e miles as supplied by the Surveyor General of India. :It is bouuded on the north by Gp,rga.OIl' District of--the Funjab, on the ea.st by GurgtLon (Punjab) a.s well 80S by Agra. and Mathur", ])istricta of Uttar Prad-flsh, on tjh~ south by Gwalior (M&dhya Bha.rat) and Sawai Madhopu'f Distriots a.nd OD the wesb by the Alwa:t a.nd Sawai Ma.dhopur Districts. ~. B'hBrStpnr and N~dba.i 'Feh'SiTs are l-evel, Kama.n Tehsil a.nd Pa.ha.ri Sub-tehsil a.t~ tio saIne HJttent level. Ba'yan8i and Bopbas TeWsils are cODsi- (b) Con:8.guration. derably diversified by hills. The generaU a.spect is ttllat of immense alluvial plain, fairly well wooded and cllitivated, with detached hills in north, a. hilly snld broken distriot (called the Dang) in the soutH\ and loW narrow range. on parts of thp w('c::fern and north-ea.stern frontiers. Tll'e liigheit hill in the drst-riot is in the 'West Dear Alipllr, 1,357 feet above the sea. A raiitge of- sandstone hills runs from nea.r the Dh61put' Ci'ty in a Bouth-we~terly direction attaining' a.' one place an altitude of 1,117 feet a.bove the sea.; these hills a.1ii well as those :further to the west are ::mostly bare of vegeta.tion and rocky. 3. 'The only perennial river flowing- in the district is the Chambal. It :8o~s frpIq south-weRt to north-east along the southern and eastern bor"~J.ls of (c) Rivers. the di!-.trict. The oth~r rivers gre the 13anganga or Utangan, ~the Gambhir, the Kalmn, the Rupa ReI and the Parvalii. T1l'~'t uS'Un.lIy cease to flow about two months after the rainy season is over. ~' The Bn.nganga en ten. th~ dic:;trif't on the wostE"rn border of Wf"ir r.l'ehqil and :flows a.l:fd~ gfS miles due' east to the AgrR. bOl dpr. It fee<1R n}flDY lmportf.nt W01 lei'> of i-rri17q,tioDt:! the Illost welJ-known of which- are the Uchdin and :Pa,llh'ena CanHts which eveutiehqil fall [ ii ] in Ajan Band in the Bha.ratpnr Tehsil. ThEl Ga.mbhir enters the district a.t the south­ western corner and flows for about 35 miles first ea.st and next north-east to Kurksa where it; joins tbe Banganga. The KAtka.n wa.s formerly the chief affiuent of the Gambhir but it wa.s 1110st effectively da.mmed by the Bareta Band. The Rupa. ReI comes from the Thana. Ghazi hills in the Alwar District a.nd on entering this distrlct near Gapa.lgarh is held up by the Sikri Band. The Parvati rises in Karauli close to the western border. a.nd after a. sinuous north-easterly course of about. 60 miles fa.lls into the Bangu.nga.. 4. There a.re four lakes in the district, (1) Moti Jheel e:ituated about 2 miles west; of Bha.ratpur City and is used for irrigAttion purposeR,(ii) Keola. Deo (d) Lakes. Jheel situated a.bout 4 mile.:; south-east of Bharatpur City; it is famous for duck shoot, (iii) Madal Jheei situated on the northern border is filled by Rupa ReI river; it is used for irrigation purposes, and (iv) Jheel-ka-Bara, situated about 5 miles north of Bayana town under the hill. 5. The form.a.tion of Bho.ratpur District is almost entirely of the sedimentary class. The exposed rocks in the district ma.y be divided into three classes (e) Geology. (i) Rollbvial, (ii)VindhYRD, and (iii) quartzite, as mentioned below:- Alluvial. -Bhara.tpur forrns pa.rt of the alluvial ba.sin of the Ga.nga. and the Jamuna.. .consequently the grea.t majority of the exposed rocks are alluvial oonsisting of modern alluvial deposit with -blown sand. whioh the wind carries froID. the desert of Rajastha.n, and oocasionally forms into mounds on tihe leeward of some natural inequality in tae surface. Portions cf the Dholpur and Raja.skhera Tehsils are oovered by the alluvmm of the Chambal wbio-h ha.s exoava.ted a broad vAtlley and extensive plateau form.ed of nea.rly horizontal upper Vindhya sa.ndstones. (ii) Vindhyan-Vindhyan occurs in the range which runs from Fatehpur Sikri towa.rds Hindn.un. The range bolongs to the upper Vindhyan Division and two of its snb-divisions-the Bhander and Rowa.-are represented, the former extensivelyv The main ra.nge is found of upper Bha.nder, consisting a.lmost entirely of lIandstone of various texture and colour, varying from a very nne rock to a.lmost conglomerate. r_[lhe prevailing colour is brick red with white spots or streaks, sometimes green and ye!lowish white, occuring sometimes in alterna.tive beds of considerable thickness. 'l.'he ridge which runs pa.rallel with a.nti to the west of, the above ra.nge in para.gana Rudawa.l i. proba.bly forrned of Rewa: this appea.rs likely both from the cha.racter of the stone and lihe dip of the stra.ta-the general characteristics of the Rewa. being coa.rse greyish whitey while those of Hhander a.re fine redy spiokred and strea.ked with white. In some places these differenoes a.re well ma.rked, in others they merge into each other. The ridge consists of sand­ stone in mR.ssive strata and false - bedded flags. Usually hard and compact oCCRosionally vitrified and reddish and yellowish in colour.