CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES-13 MADHYA PRADESH SUPPLEMENT TO PAPER·1 OF 1991 PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS RURAL-URBAN DISTRIBUTION WORKERS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION DILIPMEHRA DIRECfOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS MADHYA PRADESH BHOPAL · Preface Soon after the count of the 1991 Census was over on 5th March, 1991, the Provisional Population Totals were released through Paper I of 1991, which gave a snapshot picture of the Population of Madhya Pradesh as at the Sunrise of 1st March, 1991. In Paper I, figures relating to total population with sex-wise break up, growth-rate, sex-ratio, density of population, and, absolute figures of literates with sex-wise break up, have been presented down to the district level. The present Paper, which is in continuation of Paper I of 1991 , is being brought out as Supplement to Paper I of 1991. It covers important characteristics relating broadly to urbanization, literacy, sex-ratio and work participation rates etc. for rural and urban areas, based on the provisional population figures, as revealed by the 1991 Census. The main tables provide data upto district and town level, while similar information upto the tahsil level for rural areas only, is also given in the three Appendices. It is for the first time in 1991 Census that an attempt has been made to make available to the data users, information on the aspect of distribution of population and literates by sex, total workers, main workers, marginal workers and their percentage to total population; distribution of main workers by broad categories of cultivators, agricultural labourers, workers in household industry and other wor~ers, down to the tahsil level on the basis of the provisional population totals. Normally the above-mentioned details, down to the tahsil level are only available after the final PCA is ready, which normally takes about a year and a half after the release of the provisional population figures. It would not be out of place to mention here that, the value of absolute data has been further enhanced, by depicting them on maps and charts. I nformation of such nature being presented for the first time, along with the provisional population figures, has been specifically indicated with an asterisk, followed by a footnote. Unlike other States, where the above mentioned information is being brought out in two separate volumes as Paper II and Paper III of 1991, Madhya Pradesh has decided to publish the information in one volume; as a Supplement to Paper 1. The voluminous records are currently under manual tabulation in ten Regional Tabulation Offices located at four Zonal Centres viz. Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Bilaspur. Unlike in the past Censuses, when the villagewise Primary Census Abstract was presented tahsilwise, the 1991 Census will be a land­ mark in providing information CD Blockwise, for the first time, at the behest of the Director of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh. Apart from the Primary Census Abstract, a large number of tables are being generated through computor processing. These will be published in different volumes as indicated in the 'Publication Plan' appended to Chapter I of this Supplement to Paper I. lowe a deep sense of gratitude to Shri A.R.Nanda, Registrar General and Census Commis­ sioner of India without whose unstinted support and guidance, the task would have been, virtually, impossible to accomplish. In the preparation of this Paper, I am particularlythanktul to Shri L.S.UJ~B. Singh, former Director of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh and, Shri M.L.Sharma, former Deputy Director Census Operations, Directorate of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh who were unsparing in giving me the benefit of their time and experience. Bhopal Dilip Mehra th 27 Dec., 1991. Director of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. (i) CONTENTS Page No. 1. FIGURES AT A GLANCE 1-3 2. MAP Showing Administrative Divisions of Madhya Pradesh 5 3. CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY NOTE 7-23 Contents of Paper I of 1991-Contents of Supplement to paper I of 1991; Variation in Provisional Population Totals of India; Concepts and Definitions: Rural- Urban, Definition of Urban Area, Special Area Development Authority (SADA), Urban Agglomeration, Literacy; Literacy rate; Economic Activity-change in the concepts and definitions since 1872; Dichotomous classification of Workers and Non-Workers of 1961 and 1971 Cen­ suses; Trichotomous classification of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-Workers of 1981 and 1991 Censuses; Definition of Work, 1991 Census; Main Activity (Ninefold industrical categories); Four broad categories of Main Workers; National Industrial Classification, 1987 (NIC 1987); Economic Census; Novel features of the 1991 Census Economic Data; Publication Plan of 1991 Census Data. Annexure 1: Comparative chart 01 Economic Questions At the Indian Census, 1901-1981 24-25 4. MAPS: 1. Proportion of Urban and Rural population, 1991 27 2. Proportion of Urban population to Total population, 1991 28 3. Percentage of Urban population to Total population, 1981 & 1991 29 4. Change in Urban population 1981-91 30 5. Change n Rural population 1981-91 31 6. Class I & II Cities/Urban Agglomerations, 1991 32 7. Towns by size-class (class III to VI), 1991 33 8. Class I Urban Agglomerations/Cities growth-rate 1981-91 34 9. Workers and Non-Workers, 1991 35 10. Proportion of Total Workers, Main Workers and Marginal Workers, 1991 36 11. Percentage of Male Workers to Total Male Population, 1991 37 12. Percentage of Female Workers to Total Female Population, 1991 38 13. Distribution of Main Workers as Cultivators, Agricultural labourers, Workers 39 in household industry and Other Workers, 1991. 14. Sex-ratio in rural areas, 1991 40 15. Male- Female differential in literacy (Rural), 1991 41 (iii) 5. CHAPTER 2: POPULATION AND LITERATES BY RESIDENCE AND SEX, 1991-COMPARATIVE POSITION OF MADHYA PRADESH VIS-A-VIS INDIA, STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES 43-56 General; Consequential changes; Rural-Urban distribution of population; Rural-Urban growth-rates 1981-1991; Level and trend of Urbanization; Sex-composition; Distribution of Total Workers. Main Workers and Marginal Workers. 6. CHAPTER 3: POPULATION PROFILE BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE - MADHYA PRADESH 57-62 General; Rural-Urban proportion of population in the districts; Decennial growth-rate of rural and urban population 1981-91 - Level and Trend of Urbanization; Distribution of population at tahsil level. 7. CHARTS: 1. Growth of Urban popUlation, 1901-91 63 2. Growth of Urban population, 1971-91 64 3. Growth of Population in cities and towns, 1901-91 65 4. Sex-Ratio (Rural-Urban break-up), 1901-1991 66 8. CHAPTER 4: DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF URBAN CENTRES IN MADHYA PRADESH 67-74 Classification of towns by size-class of population; Number of towns/urban agglomera­ tions by size-class of population; Trend of Urbanization in Madhya Pradesh; Growth-rate in towns. 9. CHAPTER 5: SEX-COMPOSITION OF POPULATION, MADHY~ PRADESH 75-87 Definition of sex-ratio; Trend of sex-ratio in Madhya Pradesh since 1901; Rural - Urban differential; Sex-ratio in rural and urban areas in State and Districts since 1901; Sex-ratio in Tahsils (Rural areas only); Sex-ratio in Urban centres. 10. CHAPTER 6: LITERACY 89-102 Literacy rate of Total Population in Madhya Pradesh; Literacy in rural and urban areas­ Districts; Female-Male rates of literates- Districts; Literacy in Tahsils (Rural areas only). 11. CHAPTER 7: PROFILE OF WORKING POPULATION 103-107 Definition of Participation Rate -Initiative by UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) Project, and Research Centre for Women Studies, SNDT; Participation rates in Districts- Rural and Urban areas; Sectoral distribution of Main Workers; Working population in Tahsils (Rural areas only). 12. STATEMENTS AND TABLES: STATEMENTS 109-129 1 . Statement 1: Population and Literates by Residence and sex, 1991 110-111 I nd ia, States and Union Territories, 1991 2. Statement 2: Proportion of Total Workers, Main Workers and Marginal 113-120 Workers to Total population in States and Union Territories by Residence and Sex, 1981-91 (iv) 3. Statement 3: Percentage distribution of Main Workers by Cultivators, 121-129 Agricultural labourers, Household Industry Workers and Other Workers in States and Union Territories by Residence and Sex, 1981-91 SUPPLEMENT TABLES: 131-277 4. Table 1: Population and Literates by Residence and Sex, 1991 - District 133-157 and Town level 5. Table 2: Percentage of Urban Population to Total Population, 161-162 Decennial Growth-rate, and Sex-Ratio by residence, 1991 - District level 6. Table 3: Population of URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, CITIES AND 165-189 TOWNS, 1991 . 7. Table 4: Growth of Urban Population in M. P. (1971-91) - URBAN 193 AGGLOMERATIONS AND TOWNS BY SIZE CLASS 8. Table 5: Total Workers, Main Workers, Marginal Workers and their 197-233 Percentage to Total Population, 1991 - District level and Class I Cities/Urban Agglomerations. 9. Table 6: Distribution of Main Workers as Cultivators, Agricultural 236-277 Labourers, Workers in Household industry and Other Workers - District level and Class I Cities/Urban Agglomerations. 13. Appendices 279-412 1. Appendix 1: Provisional Population and Literates by Residence and 281-292 Sex, 1991 - District and Tahsilwise (Rural) 2. Appendix 2: Total Workers, Main Workers, Marginal Workers and their 295-335 Percentage to Total Population, 1991 - District and Tahsilwise (Rural) 3. Appendix 3: Distribution of Main Workers as Cultivators, Agricultural 339-412 Labourers, Workers in Household Industry and Other Workers