CENSUS OF INDIA, 1951 Volume IV BOMBAY, SAURASHTRA AND KUTCH Part II-A General Population Tables, Social and Cultural Tables and Summary Figures by T alukas and Petas By J. B. BOWMAN 0/ the Indian Civil Service, Superintendent of Census OPerations fOT Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch BOMBAY PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS Price-Rupees Five 1953 CONtENTS PAGE A-GENERAL POPULA.TION TABLES- I-Area, Houses ap,d Population 1 II-Variation in Population during Fifty Years 7 III-Towns and Villages classified by Population .. 17 IV-Towns classified by Population with Variations since 1901 23 V-Towns arranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood Classes .. 103 D-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES- I-Languages (i) Mother Tongue 133 (ii) Bili;ugualism 145 II-Religion 187 III-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 191 IV-Migrants 195 V-(i) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival 211 (ii) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes .. 217 VI-Non-Indian Nationals 221 VII-Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards 235 E-SUMMARY FIGURES BY TALUKAS AND PE~AS .. 275 '!.la-A. Bk H 90-a A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES • MO.t Bk II 90-1 CORRIGENDUM ta Volume IV, Part ll-A-Tables of the Census Report of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch states On page 193 of Volume IV, Part II-A Tables of the Census Report of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch states, in the place of the figures given in columns 2, 3 and 4 against the entries relating to Saurashtra state in column I, the following figures shall be substituted :- Pi!fsons Males Females Saurashtra State 2.73,489 137,071 136;4:18 Halar 36 ,091 18,o:u 18,069 Madhya Saurashtra 63,138 31,552 3 I ,586 Zalawad 50,450 25,397 25.0~3 Gohilwad 53>408 21),909 26499 Sorath 70 ,4Cl2 35,191 35·,2 II NEW DELHI: RAJESHWARI PRAsAD~ 27th October, 1953 Deputy Registrar Genera1~ India TABLE A.. I AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION Vol1!me III of the Census of India 1941, dealt with Bombay Province (including States) as constituted at the time of the 1941 Census. The number of units for which figures were given in the tables in the volume was 113. During the decade 1941-51, many territorial changes affecting the boundaries of the various divisions and districts of the former Bombay Province took place. The States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch as at present constituted were formed out of the following areas :- Sta.te Area.s included in or excluded from Bombay The twenty districts of the former Province of Bombay, the form.er agencies of tbe Gujarat States and Deccan Statile. the Sabarkantha Agency (Banas and Sadra Divisions) of the former Western India States Ageucy, the former Indian States of Baroda, Idar, Radhanpur, Vijaynagar, Palanpur and Danta, Abu district and Abu Road and Dilwara Tehsils of the former Sirohi State, and the enclave villages of Rajasthan, . Saurashtra and Hyderabad transferred to Bombay, less the enclave villages of Bombay transferred to Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Hyderabad. • Saurashtra The former Western India Jjtates Agency excluding Sabar- kantha Agency (Banas and Sadra Divisions) and the former Indian States of Idar, Radhanpur and Vijaynagar and Adhoi Mahal of the former Morvi State, and the enclave villages of Bombay transferred to Saurashtra, less the enclave villages of Saurashtra trans1'erred to Bombay. Kutch The former Indian State of Kutch and Adhoi Mahal of the former Morvi State. Within the State of Bombay the combined district of Broach and Panch Mahalg was again split into its two component parts, and eight new districts were formed. The boundaries of most of the remaining districts were also enlarged, or otherwise affected because of the merger of the former Indian States and the transfer of enclave and other villages. The result was that at the time of the ].951 Census, there were twenty-eight districts (treatmg Greater Bombay, which compri,>es the old Bombay City and the Bombay Suburban District as one district). In the newly created State of Saurashtra, five districts were formed. Kutch consisted of only one district. Details about the constitution of districts are given at the beginn,ing of the A-II Table. In this an~ the subsequent tables, figures have been shown for natural divisioll;S and distriots ill the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. The States of SalL.""aShtra. an,d Kutch o04Stitute separate ll,atLiIal qi"iBioD,S Ly themselves. ~Q.n :Jjk H 90-1~ 2 , Bombay State ha\ been treated for census purposes as comprising the na,+,ural divisions shown below :_ n Natural division Names of districts included'in the natUral divisioll (1) Greater Bombay Greater Bombay. (2) Bombay Gujarat Division Banaslmntha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Ahmedabad. Kaira, Panch Mahals, Baroda, Broach. Surat and Amreli. (3) Bombay Decca.n Northern West Khandesh, East Khandesh, Danga, Nasik, Ahmed­ Division nagar, Poona, Satara North, Satara South, Kolhapur and Sholapur, (4) Bombay Deccan Southern Belgaum, Bijapur and Dharwar. Division (5) Bombay Konkan Division Thana, Kolaba, Ratnagiri and Kanara. The area figures for States, natural divisioll.f! and districts shown in this Table are those supplied by the Surveyor General of India. The area figures shown in Table E (Summary Figures by Districts) are however those obtained from Collectors or from local records. There were frequently discrepancies between the Surveyor General's figure and the Collector's figure, with the result that area figures for districts given in this Table differ from those given in Table E. The number of villages show:a in column 3 of this Table is the number of reVenue Villages, excluding uninhabited viUages, and villages which formed part of municipal areas. A ha.mlet was included in the main revenue village of which it fo~ed a part. The number of towns given in column 4 is the number of towns shown in Table A-V. A town meant a municipal area, cantonment area or a place which had a population of 5,000 or more inhabitants and exhibited urban characteristics. The following areas were treated as urban, although they were non-municipal areas with populations of less tha.n 5,000 as the Colleotors reported that they possessed urban characteristics :- Name of the district Names of the non.municipal a.reas having a. popula.tion of less than 5.000 which were treated as urban Kaira Napad Talpad. West Khandesh Betawad and Ranala. Nasik Arai and Brahmangaon. Poona. Chinchwad, H~dapsar and Belhe. Belgaum Madhavpur. Tha.na Borivali, Kanruvali and Poisar. Ratnagiri Sagave. Halar Balambha and Ra.val. Gohilwad Paliad. Sorath Madhavpur. Kutch Adhoi. 3 The foll~wing areas were treated 80S rural, although they had populations of 5,000 Cl' mote, as the Collectors reported that they did not possess urban characteristics ;- Na.me of the district Areas ha.ving a population of 5,000 or more which were trea.ted as rural Mehsan8 Langhanaj, Sami and the non-municipal area of Sidhpur. Kaira Daval, Kathan\\, Chhipadi, Alina, Uttar-sanda, Kasar, Pandoli a.nd Pali. Panch Mahala Garbada and Shivrajpur. Baroda Angadh, Chhani, Gorwa and Sokhada. Surat Nahdhra, Jalalpor, Matwad, Katargam, Khergam, Bigari, Umarsadi, Vapi, Abrama, Malwa.n and Pardi. West Khandesp. Prakashe, Dhaite, Kapadne, Kusumbhe and Songir. East Khandesh Bhadli Budruk. Nasik N on-ill unicipal area of Manmad. Ahmednagar Rashin, Puntamba, Rahata, Wari, Deolali, Parner. Jeur, Newasa Khurd, Sonai, Sangamner Budruk, Belapur Budruk, Haregaon and Akola. Pooua Charholi Budruk, Dehu, Pimpre Waghere, Walhe, Tamini Budruk, Panad9.re, Chakan, Kadus, Pabal and the non-municipal area of Talegaon-Dabhade. Satara North HoI, Sadashivgad, Khatav, Kumbhargaon, Lonand and non-municipal area of J>haltan. Satara South Kavalapur,. Kupawad, ·Nandre, Ped, Shirala, Kasegaon Karagani and Man gale. Kolhapur Gandhinagar. Sholapur Karkamb, Hotagi, Mandrup, Mahalung, Vairag, Angar. ~agansur, Jawle and the non-municipal area of Mangal. wedba. Belgaum Chinchali, AkoI, Ankli, Bedkihal, Kabbur, Kerur, Kagwad. Kokatnur, Madabhavi, Satti an.d Ugar Khurd. Bijapur Hosur, Badami, Bilgi and Sindgi. Dharwa-r Hebli, Kurtkoti, Lakkundi, Agadi, Ratihalli and Gutta]. Thana Sarwali. Kolaha Chanaje. Ratnagiri Phonda, Dabhol, Rarnai, Aravli, Parule, Shiroda, Achare. Kandalgaon, Masura, Pendur, Jamasa.nde, Mithabaon and Guhagar. HaIar Bedi. Zalawad Odu-Agar. 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 house for oensus purposes meant" 9 dwelling with a separate main entrance". Thus more than one household might be found in the same census house. The urban population at the time of the census in the State of Bombay was 11,170,340 and the urbau/ry.ral ratio was 5 : 11. The urban population in Saurashtra at the time of the census was J ,393,161 and the urban/rural ratio was 1 ; 2. In Kutoh, the urban popula.tion numbered 113,754 and the urban/rural ratio was 1 ; 4. TA:i3i~ AREA, HOUSES '- I Occupied houses. State, Natural Persons. Division and Area in Villages. Towns. Distriot. sq. miles. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - BOMBAY, SAURA-. SHIRA AND KUTCH 149,609 39,533 594 7,348,611 5,056,813 2,191,798 40,661,115 27,983,360 DOMBAY STATE 111,434 34,227 499 6,351,125 4,452,060 1,899,065 35,956,150 24,785,810 Greater Bom.bay 111 1 486,867 486,867 2,839,270 Eombay Gujarat Division 33,1313 12,{)99 147 2,141,393 1,608,879 532,514 11,396,789 8,477,527 Banaskantha 4,395 1,331 5 143,536 132,008 1),530 748,796 691,954 Sabarkantha 2,845 1,644 6 133,664 123,486 10,178 684,017 635,005 Mehsana 4,312 1,238 27 308,897 235,895 73,002 ],471,662 1,148,431 Ahmedabad.