CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BULDHANA Compiled by THE MAHARASHTRA CENSUS OFFICE BOMBAY 1966 Pr.inted in India by the Manager. Government central press. Bom.,ay aad Published by thl: Director. Govl:mment Printing and Stationery. Maharashtra State. Bomb~Y-4. [Price-Rs. Eight] BULDHANA DISTRICT , '!> p~ ~ 01<18 "'(IS",,,,, "II. ~ <:> 4. .; ~ I \ .1. I / '7 ,.. .// ..., I .... Q: I P Jr) Co 'TOWA 5 HIM N ! p I] o . • ", i II H A H SCALE t::::i- t--±:d-----d MILE!! MAH ARASMTRI. C ENSUS. aOMBAY . CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 Central Government Publications Census Report, Volume X-Mahafashtra, is published in the following Parts I~A and B General Report l~C Subsidiary Tables ll-A General Population Tables II-B (i) General Economic Tables-Industrial ClassificatioJ;l II-B (ii) General Economic Tables-Occupational Classification ll-C (i) Social and Cultural Table~ II-C (ii) Migration Tables III Household Economic Tables IV Report on Housing and Estabiishments V-A Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra -Tables V-B Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Maharashtra-Ethnographic Notes VI (1-35) Village Surveys (35 monographs on 35 selected villages) VTI-A Handicrafts in Maharashtra_ vn-B Fairs and Festivals in Maharashtra Vill-A Administration Report-Enumeration (For official use only) VIIJ-B Administration Report-Tabulation (For official use only) IX Census Atlas of Maharashtra X (1-12) Cities of Maharashtra (15 volumes-Four volumes on Greater Bombay and One each on other eleven Cities) State Government Publications 25 Voh.lmes of District Census Handbooks III English 25 Volumes of District Census Handbooks in Marathi Alphabetical List of Villages in Maharashtra PREFACE On the suggestion of the Census Commissioner, India. the Government of 'l\4aha,rnshtra decided to publish the District Census Handbooks on the basis of the material collected· (lilring, the 1961 Census for all the districts in M?harashtra. A Committee consisting of the ExecutlV'e' Editor and Secretary of the District Gazetteers (Revision) Editorial Board, the Superintendent of Census .Opertions, Maharashtra, and the pirector, Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Maharashtra, was appointed to determine the .,contents and review the drafts of each volume. This is one of the twenty-five volumes compiled in the Maharashtra Censulil Office and published under that scheme. District Handbooks had been published from the 1951 Census data also. As in the past, the present volume contains a set Cif 1961 Census Table, for the district and also presents basic demo­ graphic and economic information for each village separately. The following improvements have, however, been made in the 1961 series :- V) The addition of a comprehensive note introducing the district ; (ii) The four-coloured map of the district; (iii) Taluka maps showing the location of each village in the district supplemented by t.lphabetical lists of villages; (tv) Supplementary information showing basic amenities available for each viIlge; and (v) Addition of Part III containing 33 Tables on other official statistics. These new' features will make the volume a valuable reference for the Central and State Governments, District Administrators, departments engaged in planning and development work, legislators, private trade> and business. Need for such material is far greater today as the functions of planning and implementation of deVelopment schemes have now percolated to district, taluka and village levels. Marathi version of this volume is also being issued I>eparately. Part I of the volume presents villagewise statistics, Part II contains the 1961 Census Tables prepared for the district and Part HI contains official statistics on Climate, Rainfall, Agriculture, Industry, Education. Health and a few other aspects. An explanatory note is added at the beginning of each part to describe the layout of the Tables and the terms or concepts used. Parts I and 11 are based entirely on the data collected at the 1961 Census. Part III is based on the material furnished by the District Statistical Officer and the offi~rs of the departments concerned. Villagewise populations shown in Part I are valid for Sunrise of 1st March 1961 and are not adjusted for seasonal migration to or from other areas. The introductory note at the beginning of the volume describes the present administrative set-up ~nd some of the socio-economic facets of life in the district. It wi]] illustrate how the statistics presented in the volume could _be used for economic accounting or as controls of plan achievem.ents in the district. For this note we have drawn heavily on the District Gazetteers, Survey and Settlement H 4686 taULDHANA)-la iv PREFACE Reports, Annual Administration Reports and other Government publications. Some Heads of Departments also supplied the latest available material for the volume. We are indebted to them alI. Any views expressed in the introductory note or elsewhere in the volume are personal and the Government is not responsible for them. In the Census Office, every one has done something for this stupendous task of compilation and collation of statistics, preparation of notes and reading of proofs. 1 should, specially mention Shri N. Y. Gore, TabulatIon Officer, for his sincere and thorough work on compilation and proof reading of Part 1, Shri G. S. Gokarn, Tabulation Officer, for his painstaking work on MSS and proofs of Parts II and Ill, Shri S. K. Deshpande, Shri D. G. Pansare and Shri R. E. Chowdhary for assistance in preparing the introductory note, Shri S. Y. Pradhan and Shri B. M. Nagarkar, draughtsm,_n, for Maps, Charts and Diagrams. Shri K. H. Shevade of our office looked af,er the layout of the Tables and printing of the volume. Shri R. G. Phadk.e and Sh~i D. V. Rangnekar, Deputy Superintendents of Census Operations, and Shri G. M. Rajadhyaksha" Tabulation Officer, made valuable contributions at all stages and specially in thc preparation of notes. Acknowledge­ ments arc due to Shri S. A. Sapre, M~,n8ger, Governmc.nt Central ~ress, Bombay, and Shri 1. D. Gandhi, Manager Government PhotozincographicPrcss, Poona. Ifl spitc ofheav~ pressure of work on their presses they did their best to print this volume speedily. I am obliged to Shri Asok Mitra, LC.S., Census Comm.i5sioner, India., for valuable sugge~tions for improving this volume. I am also indebted to Shri Setu Madhava Rao and Shri M. A. Telang, Members of the District Census Handbook Committee, who not only suppli~d usefu1' matrial from their departments but also ro&d through the MSS and encouraged us through this venture. POONA: The 27th December 1965. B. A. KULKARNI CONTENTS PAGE!I INTRODUCING THE DISTRICT (l)-(48~ Physical Features (1); Administrative Set-up (2); Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis (5) ; Vtllage Panchayats (8); Population (8); Languages (17); Religions (18) ; Scheduled Castes (18); Welfare of Backward Classes (20); Education (21) ; Health and Medical Amen.ties (26) ; Housing (27) ; Agriculture and Irrigation (27) ; Agrarian Structure and Land Reforms (35) ; Co-operation (36) ; Forests (39); Fisheries (39) ; Mining and Quarrying (40) ; Industries (40); power (41) ; Trade and Commerce (42) ; Communications and Transport (43) ; ConstructIOn (44) ; Other Services (44); Broad Aspects of Economy (45). PART I-Village Directory 1-65 PART II-Gensus Tables 67-172 PART Ill-Other Official StatistiC5 173-201 (Subjectwi!.e Contents for Parts I, II and III may be seen at pages 2, 67 and 174, respectively) LIST OF MAPS, CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS Buldbana DIStrict Flonlispiect! The District in Maharashtra .'1- Facing page (1) I Percentages by Area and PopulAtion .• . ''/ Population, 1901-1961 (.9) Variation in Population, 1951-1961 (9) Density of Population, 1961 (10) Distribution by Age-gronps, 1961 (12) Sex Ratio, 1901-1961 (13) Marital Status, 1961 (15) Literacy. 1901-1961 {21) Literacy, 1961 (22) Literacy and Edllcational Levels, 1961 (2.5) Land Utilisation (29) C["op Pattecn .• (31) Distribution of Workers, 1961 (47) Jalgaon Tahsil Facing page 5 Malkapur Tahsil Facing page IS Khamgaon Tahsil Facing page 29 Chikhli TahsH Facing page 39 Mehkar Tahsil Fac/nll page 53 Weekly Market. Facing page 200 Fairs Facing page 201 INTRODUCING THE DISTRICT ThJJ nole describes the ,CU;h'il"''''lltlfil-e set-lip {Ultl some socio-economic fac(!'{s til life //I the diM/ iC! THE DISTRICT IN MAHARASHTRA P'IG.2 72 ' 7.' 80' A D PI 0 • It " JAODALPUIt N ~ of , ,. <) " RUERuel ,. DIITRICT HQ, , ,0 z DI.TItICT BOUNDARY. , MAJOR ROADS •••••• , .-- ., J(ILOMIITItIl' 7.' 7" .0' "IG.3 PERCENTAGES BY PERCENTAGES BY AREA POPULATION INl RODUCING THE DISTRICT PHYSICAL FEATURES The district lies partly in the Tapi ba5in and partly The Puma rises in the lower slopes of the GawiJgad in the Godavari basin. The nOlthern half broadly hills in the Amravati district and runs westward until it called Payanghat is drained by the Purna which is leaves the district at the n()rthernmost corner of Malka­ a tributary of the Tapi. The southern half generally pur tahsil. Its principal tributaries within the district known as the Balaghat is drained by Penganga and Kate are Nalganga, Vishwaganga and Gyanganga from the Purna rivers which are tributaries of the Godavari. south, and Banganga from the north. The Nalganga The district lies between 19°j51' and 21° 17' N. latitude rising in the hills near Deulghat runs due north and and 75° 57' and 76° 49' E. longitude. It is bounded on the joins Purna near Narve!' An irrigation project is under­ north by the Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh, on,the taken during the Third Plan on this river. The Vishwa­ east by Akola district, on the south by Parbhani district ganga ~ises rot Buldhana itself. It is not a perennial and on the west by Aurangabad and Jalgaon districts. stream. The Gyanganga rises in the table-lands nortli of the hlley of the Penganga and runs past Nandura The area of the district is 3,766 sq.