GOVERNt..lENT OF BOMBAY SABARKANTHA [STRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (B'ased on the 1951 Census) BOMBAY PRINTED AT THE MUNICIPAL PRINTING PRESS 'rom the Government Publications Sales Depot, Institute of Stience Building, ,ombay (for purchasers in Bombay City), from the Government Book Depot, Road Gardens, Bombay 4 (for ore. ~" from the mofussil) or through the C:ommissioner for India, India House, Aldwych, London, W. C. 2~ ~r any recognized Bookseller. Price-Rs, 2 As. 8 or 4s. 6d. 1952 SABAnKANTI-lA DISTiller .howi'n9 TaJuka and Pe/a boundilJ-les N s o 10 20 HILI:S IDAR 8.PZ.P.POON.... 52. CONTENTS PAGES -General Population Tables- A-I.-Area, Houses and Population. 4-5 A-I1I.-Towns and Villaftl'es classified by Population. 6-7 A-V.-Towns arranged territoriall.y with population by livelihood classes. 8-9 -Economic Tables- B-I.-Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes. 10-19 B-II.-Secondary Means of Livelihood. 20-27 B-III.-Employers, Employees and Independent workers in Industries and Services by Divisions and Sub-Divisions. 28-63 Index of non-agricultural occupations in the district. 64-69 C.-Household and Age (Sample) Tables­ C-I.-Household (Size and Composition). 70-73 C-IJ.-Livelihood Classes by Age Groups. 74-77 C-III.-Age and Civil Condition. 78-83 C-IV.-Age and Literacy. 84-89 C-V.-Single Year Age Returns. 90-93 D.-Social and Cultural Tables­ D-I.-Languages- (i) Mother Tongue. 94-97 (ii) Bilingualism. 98-99 D-II.-Religion. 100-101 D-III.-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. 100--101 D-V.-(i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival. 102-103 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes. 102-103 D-VL-Non-Indian Nationals. 104-105 D-VII.-Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards. 106-109 D-VIII.-Unemployment by Educational Standards. 110--113 -Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas. 114-116 Primary Census Abstracts. 117-383 Small Scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments. 384-389 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SABARKANTHA DISTRICT Sabarkantha is a new district, which was formed out of the former Indian States of Vijayn, Idar, Ambliara and other States of the Sadra Divi~ion of the former Western India States Ag< and Gadhwada Thana. Modasa Peta and Prantij Taluka of Ahmedabad districl and some villages from Kaira, P Mahals and Mehsana districts were added to it. M05t of the villages of the former Gadhwada - and five viUages of the former Indian State ofIdar were subsequently transferred [rom SabaT' to Mehsana district before the 1951 Census took place. The population of the district according to the 1951 Census was 684,017 and jis area acc,­ to the area figure furnished by the Surveyor General, India, was 2,845.5 square miles. This Handbook contains tables for Sabarkantha district, compiled after the 195J Censlls India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied in the State Tables pubiished for' Stutes of Bom15ay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Handbook, the data are exhibited in great detail. The numbers given to tables in this publication correspond to those given in the St,,' Census Report. The fo1lowing tables for the district have, however, not been included in Handbook :- A-II.-Variation in population during fifty years. A-IV.-Towns classified by population with variations since 1901. D-IV.-Migrants. In the E-Sllmmary table, in this Handbook, some columns have been omitted. In the CiJ of the C-Series of tables, except C-I, the data were extracted on the basis of a sample coun~r .. approximately 10 per cent. of the census slips instead of a full count of all the slips. The (i, table was prepared from a 4 per cent. sample of the households recorded in the National Regi~' of Citizens relating to each town or village. '1 In 1941, the population figures were exhibited according to communities in the 'Vill"", Handbooks' published by the Government of Bombay. In 1951, the basis of classiflcation atl. census was changed from a social to an economic one, and the figures for villages given in Prima.ry Census Abstracts and in tables A-Y, B-1, B-n, CoIl and' E, are according to the followl eight Livelihood Classes ;- Agricultural Classes I.-Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly owned; and their dependants. 1 I.-Cultivators. of land, wholly or mainly unowned ; and their dependants. I1I.-Cultivating labourers.; and their dependants. IV.-Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent receivers; and their dependant Non-Agricultural Classes_ Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from­ V.-Production other than cultivation. VJ.-Commerce. VII.-Transport. VIII.-Other services and miscellaneous sources. 3 ~pendants whether earning or non-earning, were classified at the census according to the ..:ipal means of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts which contain basic information in respect of every village and :\ have been arranged according to talukas and petas, units into which every district is divided Jadministrative purposes. The taluka was, however, too small a unit to adopt for preparing main census tables. Therefore in the B, C and D series of tables figures have been given for ~ts and not for talukas and petas. Before sorting the census slips and tabulating the results, 1<; were formed by combining the rllral and urban areas of two or more talukas or petas. The ... into which Sabarkantha district was divided for this purpose are shown below :- h Tracts: (1) Rural areas of Himatnagar and Bhiloda Talukas and Vijaynagar Peta. (2) Rural areas of Khedbrahma and Idar Talukas. (3) Rl.lral areas of Modasa and Meghraj Talukas and Malpur Peta. (4) Rural areas of Bayad and Prantij Talukas. rbal1 Tracts: 0) Urban areas of Idar and Himatnagar Talukas. (2) Urban areas of Modasa and Prantij Talukas. Urban areas comprise the towns shown in Table A-Y. Shortly before the 1951 population census, a census of Small Scale Jndustries was taken and l: results of this census are given in the table called' Small Scale lndustries Census-Employment , Establishments' included in this Handbook. The intention was to find out something about Cottage and Home Industries, and small work­ ops. The larger establishments, that is, power-using establishments with 10 or more workers 'ld non-power using establishments with twenty or more workers, were excluded from the scop~ '. the enquiry as they now submit returns under the Factory Act. I The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employ­ Tlg other people, except when looms were used. If even one loom was used a return was required. ·)therwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms of associate activity where 'rticles were produced, repaired or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. 4 A-GENERAL POPULATlON A-I-AREA, HOUSES District: Occupied Houses. Area in Taluka or Peta. sq. miles. Villages. Towns. Total. Rural. Urban. I 2 3 4 .5 6 7 District Total 2441.0 1,644 6 133,664 123,486 10,178 Bayad 263.6 212 15,248 15,248 Bhiloda 186.8 188 11,917 11,917 Himatnagar 298.4 146 15,364 13,612 1,752 Idar 422.1 237 2 26,370 23,102 3,268 Khedbrahma 142.6 164 9,719 9,719 Malpur 132.0 116 5,285 5,285 Meghraj 138.1 162 6,180 6,180 Modasa 409.9 191 1 17,885 15,644 2,241 Prantij 301.0 135 2 22,117 19,200 2,917 Vijaynagar 152.5 93 3,579 3,579 Nllte.-(l) The area figure of the district of Sabarkantha supplied by the Surveyor General, India is 2845.5 square miles. The area figures shown in column 2 were obtained from the District Inspector of Land Records or from local records. (2) The number of villages shown in column 3 is the number of revenue villages, excluding uninhabited villages and villages which form part of Municipal areas. S TABLI!:S AND POPULATION Sabarkantha. POPULATION. Persons. Males. Females. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 684,017 635,005 49,012 346,774 321,247 25,527 337,243 313,758 23,485 83,383 83,383 43,199 43,199 40,184 40,184 61,696 61,696 30,634 30,634 31,062 31,062 80,142 70,545 9,597 40,987 35,597 5,390 39,155 34,948 4,207 119,138 105,348 13,790 58,426 51,530 6,896 60,712 53,818 6,894 52,166 52,166 26,441 26,441 25,725 25,725 28,129 28,129 14,627 14,627 13,502 13,502 35,718 35,718 18,426 18,426 17,292 17,292 89,924 78,994 10,930 46,346 40,789 5,557 43,578 38,205 5,373 112,345 97,650 14,695 57,198 49,514 7,684 55,147 48,136 7,011 21,376 21,376 10,490 10,490 10,886 10,886 (3) The number of towns given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in Table A-V. In general, a town means a municipal area, cantonment area or place which has a population of 5,000 or more persons and exhibits urban characteristics. (4) The number of occupied houses given in columns 5, 6 and 7 is the number of census houses that were occupied at the time of the census. A hQuse for census purposes meant" a dwelling with a separate main entrance ".