CEN"SDS 1961 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK UTTAR PRADESH 18-.M:EERUT DISTRICT L UCKNO'W": ~t:endent:~ Ptint:ing and St:a1:ionet.·y~ U. P. (India 1965 PREFACE Districtwise village statistics have been pubilshed at most of the Censuses. A list showing the population of villages in each district was published after the 1891 Census. No such list was brought out in 1901. In 1911 Village Directories were prepared for all districts, but could be published only for 13 <on account of the outbreak of the First World War. At the 1921 Census .they were published for all districts in the form of District Census Statistics. - - " ·I.n 1931 they were compiled for all districts, but were not p.1,lblishect"' o:wing to .financial stringency, leading to loss of valuable data. At t}a.~_,:1941_ Census even . -though restricted tabulation was undertaken on account d(tlip sec<:n:d World· War, yet the utility of District Census Statistics was recognized. Clnd they were pub­ .1ished. At the Census of 1951 two volumes were brought out fol" ~ach c;listrict-the "District Census Handbook and the District Popula.tion Statistics. "qovernment .have decided to continue the publication of District Census Handbooks:· -The 1961 District Cenius Handbooks contain more data than ever published before. Village Directories, besides giving the population of village by industrial ..categories, also contain useful information about schools, hospitals} post offices, ~etc. As revised District Gazetteers are going to be published, introductory JIlatter in the District Census Handhooks has been given in brief to avoid -duplication. Information for the District Census Handbooks was collected mainly from \ three sources, viz~, State Tabulation Office, District Officers, Heads of Depart- TIlents and their district level officers. In all cases confirmation has been obtah:ed -from Heads of Departments concerned. I am extremely grateful to District -{)fficers and the various Heads of Departments for their whole hearted co- -operation in furnishing the desired information. It is hoped that the District Census Handbook will prove useful to the ~arious Government departments and scholars. The printing of the Handbooks commenced from August, 1963. P. P. BHATNAGAR Superintendent of Oensus Operations, Ultar Pradesh. Lucknow: Dated: September 2, 1969. 0 '" c: -CJ) l:'" " -I '" "\ ,_ ::lJ () 0 0 ~ " -I > ~ '" \! > ~ 0 z "TJ 0 fTI fTI 0 :::0 in ;::0 C ;= <I' -I 0'" '" "'S- ." "'S- '" z INTRODUCTION 1. The District Lawar, Phalauda, Parichhatgarh, Dauralar Tatii'i, Kharkhauda, Aminagar Sarai, Abdullah­ pur, Dasna, B.lksar Khera and Babugarh of The district of Meerut is situated in the upper 1951 have not been treated so in 1961 for non­ 'Ganga-Yamuna doab. The Gan'ga forms its eas­ ful filment of urban conditions. tern boundary separating it from Bijnor and 3. The district is well served by rail and Moradabad districts while the Yamuna forms its roads. The Northern Railway has a total length western boundary separating it from the Union of about 55 miles serving the district and the Territory of Delhi and district Karnal of Punjab S. S. Light Railway, a metre gauge, has a length State. On the north it is bounded by the dis­ of about 38 miles. On the former there are 30 trict of Muzaffarnagar and on the south by the railway stations and on the latter. 0 with in the district of Bulandshahr. precin~ts of the district.' The main line running from Delhi to Saharan pur passes via Meerut The area of the district is 6014 sq. km. Second line connects Meerut with Khtirja via (2,322. sq. miles). Hapur and Bulandshahr. The third connects Ghaziabad with Hapur and runs from Delhi to 2. The district comprises six tahsils-Baghpat, Moradabad. The S. S. Ljght Railway starting Ghaziabad, Sardhana, Meerut, Ma wana and Jrom Shahdara passes through Nauli, Khekra Hapur. The largest tahsil in area is Ghaziabad and Baghpat Road and leads to Saharanpur. 1155.6 sq. km. (446.2 sq. miles) and the smallest Apart from t!J.ese a private line of Delhi Cloth Meerut 714.8 sq. km. (276.0 sq. miles). The re­ and General Mills connects Daurala with maining tahsils in descending order of area are Mawana catering to the needs of the Sugar mills Mawana 1123.8 sq. km. (433.9 sq. miles), Hapur at the two places. Pukka roads connect all the 1092.2 sq. km. (421.7 sq. miles), Baghpat 1044.6 tahsil headquarters with the district headquarters. ~q. km. (403.3 sq. miles) and Sardhana 885.3 There are about 300 miles of pukka roads in the sq. km. (341.8 sq. miles). The number of towns district. The important roads with approximate are 15-Baraut M. B. and Baghpat N. A. in tahsil mileage within the boundaries of the district are 'Baghpat; Ghaziabad M.B. and Railway Colony, the Grand Trunk Road (9 miles), Ghaziabad­ Modinagar T. A., Pilkhuwa M. B., Muradnagar Hapur read (22 miles), Hapur-Garhmukteshwar T.A. and Faridnagar T.A. in tahsil Ghaziabad, road (19 miles), Delhi-Mussourie road (44 miles), Sardhana N. A. in tahsil Sardhana, Meerut M.B. Meerut-Bareilly road (30 miles), Meerut·Buland­ and Malyana, Meerut Cantt., ~ Kankar Khera shahr .r:oad (27 miles), Meerut-Mawana road (15 T. A. in Meerut tahsil, Mawana M,B. and Shah­ miles) Meerut-Baghpat road ( 29 miles) and jahanpur in Mawana tahsil; and Hapur M. B. Baghpat-Saharanpur road (23 miles). and Garhmukteshwar ·T. At in Hapur tahsil. 4. On the whole the district js a level plain Fourteen towns Khekra, Chhaprauli, Kithore, gradually sloping to north to south. It can be II -divided into four well defined physical tracts-the its easy accessibility for constructional purposes North-Western Tract, The Central Depressions all around. Tract, Eastern uplands and low Khadar land of the Ganga. The north-western tract comprising 7. The district is famous for the healthiest the entire Baghpat tahsil, greater part of. Sar­ climate in the whole State. The weather is dhana tahsil and some parts of Meerut and pleasantly cool in November and March and 'Ghaziabad tahsils has rich and fertile soil except fairly cold in the intervening period. Westerly the Khadar and low-Iyi~g land between Hindan and northerly winds prevail throughout the year. and Yamuna. The Central Depressions Tract Hot westerly winds blow during April to June. lies to the east of Hindan running from north to The average rainfall during the last decennium south including part of Sardhana tahsil, central (195}·60) W;tS 80.4 em (31.7 inches) which is portion of ~1eerut tahsil, eastern part of pargana higher than the normal raifall 72.0 cm (28.4 Jalalabad and a greater part of pargana Dasna inches) . .of tahsil Ghaziabad. The distinguishing feature of this tract is the lack of drainage responsible for water logging during heavy rains. The 8. Forest ar~a is meagre in this cultivation Eastern U pLmds be5in from the central low pred?minant district of the Ganga-Yamuna doab. lying tract an:! extends upto the ravines above They are mostly in the tarat of the river Ganga, -Ganga Khadar, and comprises of portions of on the banks of the Kali, near some villages and tahsils Mawana and Hapur. The low Khadar in small pockets here and there. The impor­ land of Ganga is the eastern most part extending tant trees are Shishaml mango, Jamu" and along the Ganga in tahsil Mawana and Hapur. Babool. Large scale reclamation in pargana Hastnapur llas been done now for colonisation, 9. Wild animals are rare in the district, only the common ones such as jackals, hyaena, wild pigs are found. The common birds are pea­ 5. The Ganga and the Yamuna are the two cocks, ducks, partridges and snipe. important rivers of the district, forming its -eastern and western boundaries. The other small rivers are the Burhi Ganga, the Kali, the 10. The percentage of cultivated area during _Krishna and the Hindan.. 1960-61 was 77.8 as against 78.3 for 1950-51. The ?'obi and the khartj are the main harvests, the 'rabi being more important for the district 6. The geology ofthe district does not reveal as a whole. The principal ra.bi crop is wheat, anything striking. Kankar and Reh are only followed by gram. The chief kharif crops are -found of which the latter in little amount. Sand bajra and iuar, Sugarcane and potato are the :is another material which needs mention due to main cash crops. 2. StaUs tics ~i1e), Sardhana 408 persons per sq. km (1,056 per sq. mile), Hapur 392 persons per sq. km. A-General Population (1,015 per sq. mile) and the last Mawana 285 persons p:r s~. km. ( 738 per sq. mite). The rural.densIty IS !61 persous per sq. km. (950 per The district occupies the 18th position in sq. nllle) and the urban 3,224 persons per sq. -::area and the 1st position in population in the km. (10,162 per sq. mile). The highest rural 'whole state, The area of the district is 6,016.3 de~si~ is 444 persons per sq. km. (1,150 per sq• .;Sq. km (2,322.9 sq. miles). There has been mlle) In tahsil Baghpat and the highest urban -decrease of about 3 sq. km (about 1 sq. mile) density is in tahsil Sardhana 49, J 92 persons :since })51 due to revised calculation of area p~r sq. km. (127,408 per sq. mile). ·.by the Board of H evenue. The Table giving variation in population since 1901 shows that 3. The district has 1,660 villages of which ;there has been an increase in population since 1,480 are inhabited and 180 uninhabited.