CENSUS 1961 GUJARAT '\ DIST)RICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 8 BANASKANTHA DISTRICT R. K. TRIVEDI S¥tptrinlendenl of Census Oper.ations. GUjaraf PRICE Rs. 9.20 nt. 5ABARKANTHA DISTRICT Z -<'""'> .. .. o f '. '. f ...... ..... J: " ...' ......... ,' .•; .....: .... \ , i,..: ...... ... ila.: . ~ ...@ .: t; -a: tn -o CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 L1ST OF PUBLICATIONS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Census of India, 1961 Volume V-Gujarat is being published in the following parts: I.,..A General Report I-B Report on Vital Statistics and Fertility Survey J-C Subsidiary Tables II-A General Population Tables II-B(l) General Economic Tables (Tables B-1 to B-IV-C) II-B(~) General Economic Tables (Tables B-V to B-IX) Il-C Cultural and Migration Tables 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-Enumera tioDl ' Not for Site' VIII~B Administration Report-Tabulation IX Atlas Volume X Special Report on Cities STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS l'l District Census Handbooks in English 17 District Census HandbQoks in Gujarati CONTENTS Pages PREFACE vii-xi ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VILLAGES xiii-xxvi PART I (i) Introductory Essay • 1-32 (I) Location and Physical Features, (2) Administrative Set-up, 1(3) Local Self Government, (4) Population, (5) Housing, (6) Agriculture, (7) Livestock, (8) Irrigation, (9) Co-operation, (10) Economic Activity, (1 J) Industries, Power and Mining (12) Transport and Communications, (13) Medical and Public Health, (14) Labour and Social Welfare, OS} Price Trends, (l6) Community Development, (17) Five Year Plans, (18) Important Place Names (ii) Gazetteer of Place Names • 33-38 PART II (i) Census Tables A-GENERAL POPULATION TABLES Note 3-5 Table A-I Area, Houses and Population 6 Appendix I 1951 Territorial units constituting the present set-up of district and each taluka/mahal 7 ~NEXURE TO APPENDIX I Villages transferred from and to Banaskantha District. 7 Sub-Appendix I to Appendix I Area for 1951 and 1961 for those municipal towns which have undergone changes in area since 1951 Census 7 Sub-Appendix 2 to Appendix I District/Taluka/Mahal showing 1951 population according to territorial jurisdiction in 1951, changes in area and the populations involved in those changes • 8 Appendix II Number of Villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 9 Appendix III Houseless and Institutional Population 9 Table A-III Villages classified by population 10-11 Table A-IV Towns and Town-groups classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1941 12 Special Appendix Towns with their area and jurisdiction 12 B (i)-GENERAL ECONOMIC TABLES Note 13-19 Table B-1 Workers and Non-workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 20 Table B-III Part A industrial classification of Workers and Non-workers by educational levels in Urban areas only 21 Part B Industrial classification of Workers and Non-workers by educational levels in Rural areas only 22-25 Table B-IV Part A Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at Household Industry 26-28 Part B Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in non-household industry, trade, business, profession or service 29-33 ~art C Industrial classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups of persons at work other than cultivation . 34-41 Appendix to Table B-IV Put C 42 Table B-V I Occupational classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation 43-64 Appendix 65-66 Annexure Appropriate Industrial Categories of Occupational Families 66 Pages Ta.ble 8-VII Part A Persons working principally (i) as Cultivators (ii) as Agricultural labourers or (iii) at Household Industry classified by sex and by Secondary work (i) at Household Industry (ii) as Cultivator or (iii) as Agricultural labourer . 67-68 Appendix 69 : Table 8-Vn Part B Industria] classification by sex of persons working in non-household industry, trade, business. profession or service who are also engaged in household industry 69-73 Table 8-VIII Part A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age-groups and educational levels in Urban areas only 74-75 Part B Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex and eduCational levels in Rural areas only 74-75 Table B-IX Persons not at work classified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity 76-79 B (ii)-HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC TABLES Table B-X Sample Households (i) engaged neither in culthfation nor household industry, (ii) engaged either in cultivation or household industry but not in both and (iii) engaged both in cultivation and household industry for all areas 80 Table B-XI Sample Households engaged in cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultiv~ted in _Rural and Urban areas separately 80-81 Table B-XII Sample Households engaged in cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in Rural and Urban areas separately • 82-91 Table B-XVI Sample Principal household industry classified by period of working and total number of workers engaged in household industry in all areas 90-94 Appendix 95 Table B-XVn Sample Households classified by (i) number of male and female members by size of households and (ii) engagement (a) neither in cultivation nor in industry (b) in household industry only and (c) in cultivation sub-classified by size of land cultivated • 96 C-SoCIAL AND CUlcTURAL TABLES Note 97-98 Table C-I Composition of Sample Households by relationship to head of family Classified by size of land cultivated 99 Table C-I1 Age and Marital Status • 100-104 Table C-IIl Part A Age, Sex and Education in all areas 104 Part B Age, Sex and Education in Urban areas only 105 Table C-IV Single Year Age Returns 106 Table C-V Mother Tongue (Alphabetical order) • 107-110 Table C-VII Religion 111 1 Table C-VIII Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Part A Classification by Literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non-workers .among Scheduled Castes 112 Part B Gassification by literacy and Industrial Category of Workers and Non-worlcers among Scheduled Tribes . \ 113 Pa,el E·HOUSING TABLS Note 115-117 Table E-J Census Houses and the uses to which they are put 118 Table E-II Tenure Status of Sample Census households living in census houses used wholly or partly as ,dwelling fIg Table E·JV Distribution of Sample households living in census houses used wholly or partly all dwelling by predominant material of wall and predominant material of roof 120 Table E-V Sample households classified by number of members and by number of rooms occupied 121 SCT-SPECIAL TABLES FOR SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES Note 123 Table SeT-J Part A 'Industrial classification of per~ons at work and non·workers by sex for Scheduled Castes • 124-125 Part B Industrial classification of persons at work and non-workers by sex for Scheduled Tribes • 126-121 STATEMENT A-POPULATION OF SCHEDULED CASTES 128 STATEMENT B-POPULATION OF SCHEDULED TRIBES 128 VILLAGE-WISE LIST OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS • 129-1-32 ANNEXURE-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION • 133-135 LIST OF RURAL CRAFTS AND NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN PRODUCTION • 137-147 • (ii) Official Statistics . • 149-179 (A detailed list of tables on Official Statistics is given at page ISO) , PART III Village Directory Note ~ Palanpur Taluka 5-t7 Danta Taluka 19-27 Vadgam Mahal 29-35 Dhanera Taluka 37-43 Deesa Taluka 45-55 Kankrej Taluka 57-63 Vav Taluka 65-71 Tharad Taluka 73-81 Deodar Taluka 83-89 Radhanpur Taluka 91-97 Santalpur Taluka 99-103 MAPS District Map Frontispiece Fairs Facing Page 177 Taluka Palanpur .. 5 Taluka Danta " " .. 1'9 Mahal Vadgam .. .. 29 Taluka Dhanera .. .. 37 Taluka Deesa •• .. 4S Taluka Kankrej •• ,. 57 Taluka Vav •• 65 Taluka Tharad " " 73 Taluka Deodar .. .. 83 Taluka Radhanpur .. .. 91 Taluka Santalpur • .. " 99 v PREFACE Before 1951, only the figures of population advisable to incorporate as many of the cens'll' of revenue villages were given in what were then tables as possible to enhance its usefulness. The called 'Village Handbooks'. But the decision to result has been that the District Census Hand­ bring out the District Census Handbooks giving book of 1961 differs widely in the matter of extracts from all the important census tables for content and coverage from that published after every district of the State was taken for the first the 'Census of 1951 and contains a number of time in 1951. In addition to the census tables, new 'features, examined. below. the minimum information given in the Primary The District Census Handbook has been Census Abstract related to the area of the village, sub.,cJivided into three parts, viz., :- number of houses and households, total popu).a­ tion, houseless and institutional population. PART I-THE DISTRICT literates, and agricultural and non-agricultural (i) Introductory~ Essay classes distributed under 8 main livelihood classes. Census statistics given in the Ptimary Census (ii) Brief Gazetteer of Place Names Abstract were further supplemented by the addi­ PART II-STATISTICS tion of useful administrative information on such items as post offices, railway stations, distance of (i) Census Tables bazzar from village, primary schools, village pan­ (ii) Villagewise List of Industrial Esta. chayats, co-operative soci~y, etc. This was a unique blishments achievement of the Indian Census giving as it (iii) Handicrafts Tables did the basic demographic and economic informa­ tion for the smallest administrative unit, namely, (iv) Departmental or Official Statistics the village, and in some States, even for each hamlet and also for wards in towns and cities.