PRG. 32A(N) Ordy. 700 CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME V GUJARAT PAR T X-A (i) SPECIAL REPORT ON AHMEDABAD CITY R. K. TRIVEDI Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat PRICE Rs. 9.75 P. or 22 Sh. 9 d. or $ U.S. 3.51 CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Census of India, 1961 Volume V-Gujarat is being published in the following parts: * I-A(i) General Report * I-A(ii)a " * I-A(ii)b " * I-A(iii) General Report-Economic Trends and Projections :\< I-B Report on Vital Statistics and Fertility Survey .\< I-C Subsidiary Tables -'" II-A General Population Tables * II-B(l) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) * II-B(2) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) * II-C Cultural and Migration Tables :l< III Household Economic Tables (Tables B-X to B-XVII) * IV-A Report on Housing and Establishments * IV-B Housing and Establishment Tables :\< V-A Tables on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes V-B Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (including reprints) ** VI Village Survey Monographs (25 Monographs) VII-A Selected Crafts of Gujarat * VII-B Fairs and Festivals * VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration " ~ N ~r£br Sale - :,:. _ _/ * VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation ) :\' IX Atlas Volume X-A Special Report on Cities * X-B Special Tables on Cities and Block Directory '" X-C Special Migrant Tables for Ahmedabad City STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS * 17 District Census Handbooks in English * 17 District Census Handbooks in Gl~arati " Published ** Village Survey Monographs for SC\-Cu villages, Pachhatardi, Magdalla, Bhirandiara, Bamanbore, Tavadia, Isanpur and Ghclllvi published ~ Monographs on Agate Industry of Cam bay, Wood-carving of Gujarat, Patara Making at Bhavnagar, Ivory work of i\1ahllva, Padlock .i\Iaking at Sarva, Seellc l\hking of S,v,,,-kundb, Perfumery at Palanpur and Crochet work of Jamnagar published - ------------------- -_-- PRINTED BY JIVANJI D. DESAI AT NAVAJIVAN PRESS, AHMEDABAD-14. PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI 1967. CONTENTS (Figures within brackets indicate the number of jJaragrajills in the CliaJder) PAGES PREFACE xv CHAPTER I-INTRODUCING THE CITY PART A-GENERAL Section I-Area and Population (1-3) PART B -THE CITY Section 2-Historical Background-Hindu Period (4); AshapaJli (5); Karnavati (6-·9); Ahmedabad the Capital of Sultans of Gujarat (10- II); Gateways, Baz:aars, Streets, etc. (12); Suburbs (13); Reservoirs and Gardens (14-17); Mogul Period (18-20); Maratha Periad (21-24); British Period (25) 2--6 PART C-ECONOMIC Section 3-Trade, Commerce and Industry (26-27); Industrial Development (28-31); Textile Industry (32-40); Atira (41-46); Industrial Estates (47); (i) Narnda (48); (ii) Oc!hav (49); (iii) Vatva (50); Chamber of Commerce (51-52); Aims and Objects (53); Membership (54); Government Recognition (55); Affiliation (56-57); Work of the Chamber (58); Publicity (59); Industrial Information Centre (60); Other Activities (61-62); Industrial Estate (63); Study Group (64); Flood Relief Fund (65); Textile Labour Association of Ahmedabad 166-68); Gandhiji Leads a Strike (69-70); Trade Union Movement in Ahmedabad (71); Banking (72) 7-17 Section 4-Electricity-The Ahmedabad Electricity Company Ltd.-History (73-76) 17-18 Section 5-Transport and Communications-Roads (77-80); Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (81-82); Timing Schedules (83); Concession and Relief (84); Development of Tourism, Tourist Coaches-Deluxe Station Wagons (85); Welfare Activities (86); Railway Communications (87-88); Air Traffic (89); All India Radio, Ahmedabad (90-94); Telephones (95). 18-22 PART D-CULTURAL Section 6-Architecture and Sculpture (96-97); Architecture and Sculpture of Ahmedabad (98-101); Wood Carving (102-103) 23-25 Section 7-Literary Activities (104-106); Gujarat Sahitya Parish ad (107); Centres of Art and Culture 25-27 (108-110); Social (111) Section 8-Fairs and Festivals (112) 27-28 PART E-POLITICAL Section 9-Political Condition (113-115); Historic Dandi March (1l6-118); Post-Independence (119) . 29-30 ANN EXURES 31-32 ANNEXURE A-Ancient Monuments ANNEXURE B-Extracts on two fairs, (1) Rath-Yatra and (2) Shah Alam Urs 32-37 CHAPTER II-GROWTH AND MOVEMENT OF POPULATION Section I-Introductory (1-2); Urban Statistics (3-4) 38-39 Section 2-Urban Population-Definitions (.1); Town (6); City (7); Town-group (8-9); Class of Towns and Population 00-11); Population of Ahmedabad City-Past Estimates (12); 1872-1961 (13-14); Population of Cities (15); Class I Citics (I Lakh and over) (16); Growlh Rate of Population in Ahmedabad City (17); Cities of India (18) 39-45 PAGES Section 3-Vital Statistics-Their Importance (19); Demographic and Social Use (20); Registration System in Ahmedabad City (21); Reporter (registrant) and Period of Reporting (22); Institutional Events (23-24); Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (25); Penalties-Power of Prosecution (26); Improvement and Supervision of Existing System (27); Registered Vital Rates-Population Growth (28-32); Computed Birth Rate in Ahmedabad City (33-34); Live Births, Deaths and Infant Deaths (35-37); Infant Mortality (38-40); Registered Vital Rates by Year from 1951 to 1960 (41); Birth and Death Rates (42); Infant and Maternal Mortality (43); Deaths by Age-groups (44-45); Infant Deaths by Age-groups under 1 Year (46-47); Deaths by Cause (48-50); Deaths by Notifiable Diseases-Small-pox, Cholera and Plague (51); Small-pox (52); Cholera (53); Plague (54); Birth Order Statistics (55-60); Live Births by Mother's Age (61-62); Maternity and Fertility (63-64); Age at Marriage (65); Age-specific Fertility (66-68) . 46-52 Section 4-Growth of City Area (69-76); Distribution of Population by Ward (77); Density (78-80) 53-57 ANNEXURES ANNEXURE A-Special Tables for Cities 58-59 ANNEXURE B-Notifications Extending Municipal Limits 60-83 CHAPTER III-HOUSING Section I-Introductory (1); Definitions-Dwellings-Building, House, Household (2); Non-dwellings (3) 84-85 Section 2-Census Houses (4); Census Houses Classified by Their Uses (5-6); Vacant Houses (7); Tenure Status (8-10); Tenure Status in Ahmedabad City (11-13); Distribution of Houses by Uses in Wards of Ahmedabad City (14-15) 86-94 Section 3-Material of Wall and Roof-Wall Material (16--18); Material of Roof (19-21) 95-97 Section 4-Sociological Aspect of Housing-Rich and Poor Households in Urban Areas according to Building Material (22-26) 97-100 Section 5-Household Population-Number of Rooms per Household (27-29); Comparison with Other Cities of India (30); Persons per Household (31-32); Persons per Household and Room by Ward in Ahmedabad City (33) 101-104 Section 6-S1um Areas of Ahmedabad City-til What is Slum? (34); (ii) Persons per Room (35-36); (iii) Persons per Household (37-38) 105-106 Section 7-S1um Clearance Scheme (39-42); Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (43-44); Housing Board (45-47) 106-110 Section 8-Settlement Pattern of Cities (48) 111 ANNEXURES ANNEXURE A-Number of Households According to Number of Persons and Rooms, 1961 112-113 ANNEXURE B-Settlement Pattern of Cities in Gujarat 114-123 CHAPTER IV-MIGRATION Section I-Introductory-Preliminary Remarks (1-2); Enlarged Scope of Migration Data (3); Reference to Statistics (4-5); Definitions (6-7); Difficulties in Estimating True Extent of Migration (8) 124-126 Section 2-Nature and Extent of Migration-The State (9-10); Ahmedabad City 01-12); Non-Indian Nationals (13); Migrants to Six Cities (14); Strength of Migrants to Cities (15\; Migrants by Sex (16-18); Rural Vs Urban Migrants (19); Migrants by Duration of Residence-Ahmedabad City (20); Six Cities-Cal Temporary or Permanent Residence (21); (b) Duration (22); Migrants by Regional Groups (23); Immigrants (24-26)' 126-135 Section 3-Migration by Age and Sex-Sex Ratio-(i) Ahmedabad City (27); (ii) Six Cities (28); Migrants by Age and Sex (29-30) 136-139 Section 4-Migrants by Marital Status-Ahmedabad City (31-34) 140-142 _Section 5-Migrants by Literacy and Educational Level-(i) Ahmedabad City-(a) Literacy (35); (b) Educational Levels (36-37); (ii) Six Cities-(a) Literacy (38-39); (b) Educational Levels (40-41) 143-154 Section 6-Migrants by Religion (42) 154 Section 7-Economic Activities of Migrants-Workers and Non-workers (43); Distribution by Industrial Categories of Workers (44-45); Non-workers (46); Distribution of Migrants by Workers and Non-workers (47); Distribution by Industry in Six Cities (48); Migrants by Class of Workers at Household and Non-household Industry (49-51); Occupational Distribution (52); Ahmedabad City (53); Six Cities (54); General Summary (55-58) 154-164 iv CHAPTER V-AGE, SEX AND MARITAL STATUS P~RT A-AGE PAGES Introductory (I); Quality of Age Returns (2-3); Heaping of Age Returns (4); Census Grouping of Age Returns (5); Age Composition (6-9); Comparison Between 1951 and 1961 (10-11); Sundburg Theory of Age Distribution (12-15) . 165-167 PART B-SEX RATIO Sex Ratio, 1901-61 (18-19); Sex Ratio by Ward (20-22); Cities (23-24) 168-169 PART C-MARITAL STATUS General (25); Distribution of Population by Marital Status (26-29); Distribution of Marital Status by Sex and Age-Ahmedabad City (30-31); Six Cities (32-33); Divorced and Separated (34); Ratio of Wives to Husbands (35); Summary (36) . • . • . 170-173 CHAPTER VI-LITERACY AND EDUCATION PART A-LITERACY Definitions and Concepts (1-3); Tabulation Plan (4-5); Literacy in the State (6-8); Ahmedabad City (9); Literacy by Age (10-11); Educational Levels (12); Males (13); Distribution of Literacy by Ward-Literates (14); Female Literacy (15); Six Cities (16-17); Literacy in Cities with Population One Million and Over (18-19) 174-181 PART B-EDUCATION (1) Primary Education (20); Municipal Primary Education (21-28); Compulsory Primary Education (29); (2) Secondary Education (30-31); (3) Higher Education (32); (4) Technical Education (33); R.