KAIRA DISTRICT CAHBAY s ,= I: : ~ 0, 10 .900 H/1.£5 G.PZ. P. PClONA,52. CONTENTS PAGBS. A. General Population Tables. A-I Area, Houses and Population 4-5 A-III Towns and Villages classified by Population 6-9 A-V Towns arranged territorially with popula.tion by livelihood classes. 10-.1._ B. Economic Tables. B-1 IJivelihood Classes and Sub-Classes ... 14-21 B-Il Secondary Means of Livelihood 22-29 B-III Empll)yers, Employees and Independent workers in Iudustries and Services by Divisions and Hub-Divisions. 30-7~ Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations in the District ... 80-85 C. Household and Age (Sample) Tables. C-I Household (Size and Composition) . .• 86-89 C-II Livelihood Classes by Age Groups ... 90-93 C-III Age a.nd Civil Condition ... ... 94-103 C-IV Age and Literacy . .. 104-111 C-V Single Year Age Returns ... 112-115 D. Socia! and Cultural Tables. D-I Languages.- ('I.) Mother Tongue ... 116-122 (ii) Bilingualism ... 123-125 D-II Religion. .. 126-127 D-III Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ... 126-127 D-V (~) Displaced Persons by Year of Arrival ... 1:28-131 (i~) Displaced Persons by Livelihood Classes ... 132-133 D-VI Non-Indian Nationals .,. .. 134-137 D-VlI Livelihood Classes by Educational Standards ... .. 138-143 D-V1II Unemployment by Educational Standa~ds ... 144-147 E. Summary Figures by Talukas and Petas ••. •.. 148-151 Primary Census Abstracts ... 153-347 Small Scale Industries Census-Employm'ept.jn Establishments. 348-361 s 2330-11< 1951 DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK DISTRICT KAIRA Kaira district consisted, at the time of the 1951 Census, of the area of the former Kaira district of Bombay Province (except for 1 village transferred to Sabarkantha district and 2 villages transferred to Ahmedabad district), with the addition of the former States of Camhay, Balasinor, Punadra, Khadal and Ghodasar, Bhadran Mahal and Petlad Taluka and 38 villages of Attarsumba Peta of. the former Baroda State, the non-jurisdictional estates of Zer and Nirmali and six villages of Ahmedabad district transfer reO. to this district. The district had a 1951 popUlation of 1,612,42G and an area of ~,541.7 square miles, ·according to the area figures furnished by the Surveyor General of India. This Handbook contains tables for Kaira District, compiled after the 1951 Census of India. The main results of the 1951 Census are embodied in the State Tables, published for the States of Bombay, Saurashtra and Kutch. In this Handbook the data are exhibited in greater detail. The numbers given to tables in this publication correspond to those given in the State Census H<:lFort. The following tables for the district have, however, not been included in this Handbook :- A-II V arif~tion in popUlation during fifty years. A-IV Towns classified by populi>tion with variations since IDOl. D-IV Migrants. In the E summary table, some columns have been omitted. In the case of the C - series of tables, except C-I, the data were extracted on the basis of a sample count of apprOxllllately 10% of the census slips instead of a full count of all the slips. 'l'he C-l table was prepared from a. four per cent sample of the households recorded in the National Register of Citizens relating to each town or village. In 1941, the population figures were exhibited acccrding to communities in the • Village Handbooks' published by the Government of Bombay. In 1951, the basis of classifica.tion at the Cemus was changed from a. social to an economic one, and the figures for villages given in the Primary Census Abstracts and in tables A-V, B-1, B-II, C-II and E are according to the following eight Livelihood Classes:- Agricultural Classes 1. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly -owned; and their dependants. II. Cultivators of land, wholly or mainly unowned; and their dependants. III. Cultivating labourers; and their dependants. IV. Non-cultivating owners of land; agricultural rent l'eceivera; and their dependants. Non-Agricultural Classes 3 Persons (including dependants) who derive their principal means of livelihood from :- V. Production other tha.n cultivation. VI. Commerce. V U. Transport. VIII. Other services and miscellaneons sources. Dependants, whether earning or non-earning, were classified at the census according to the principal means of livelihood of the persons on whom they were dependent. The Primary Census Abstracts, which contain basic information in respect of every village and town, have been arranged according to talukas and petas, units into which every district is divided for administrative purposes. The taJuka was, however, too small a. unit to adopt for preparing the main ce~sus tables. Therefore, in the B, C and D series of tables, figures have been gIven for tracts and not for talukas and petas. Before sorting the census slips and tabulating the results, tracts were formed by combining the rural and urban areaS of two or more talukas or petas. The tracts into which Kaira district was divided for this purpose are shown below :- Rural tracts (1) Rural areas of N adiad and Matar talukas. (2) Rural areas of Kapadwanj and Mebmedabad talukas. (3) Rural areas of Anand, Balasinor and Thasra talukas. (4) Rural areas of Petlad and Cambay talukas. (5) Rural area of Borsad taluka. Urban tracts (1) Urban areas of Nadiad, Kapadwanj, Matar and Mehmedabad talukas. (2) Urban areas of Balasinor, Anand and Thasra talukas. (3) Urban areas of Camb3Y, Petlad and Borsad talukas. Urban areas comprise the towns shown in table A-V. Hhortly before the 1951 Census, a Census of Small Industries was takdn, and the results of this Census are given in the table calJed "Small scale Industries Census-Employment in Establishments ", included in this Handbook. The intention was to find out something about Cottage and Home Industries and small workshops. 'l'he larger establishments, that is, power-nsing establishments with 10 or more workers, and non-power using establishments with 20 or more workers, were excluded from the ccope of the enquiry as they now sublllit returns under the Factory Act. The enquiry did not concern itself also with workers functioning on their own and not employing other people, e:Kcept when loolDs were used. If even One loom was used a return was required. Otherwise the concept was of an enquiry which embraced all forms-of associate activity where articles were produced, repaire,l or otherwise treated for sale, use or disposal. 4 A-I-Area, Houses DISTRICT Occupied Houses. Area in Taluka or Peta. square Villages. Towns. miles. Total. Rural. Urban. ------_.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 District total ... 2,564·2 946 38 321,086 230,812 90,274 1. Anand 260·0 66 13 49,399 25,~20 24,179 2. Balasinor 201·2 98 2 14,974 11,240 3,'734 3. Borsad 232.4 93 3 40,983 35,007 5,976 4. Cambay 398·6 103 2 28,587 18,361 10,226 5. Kapadwanj 879.8 163 3 32,403 27,535 4,868 6. JI.1atar 222·7 81 1 16,189 15,014 1,175 7. I1Iehmedabad 193·4 75 2 23,215 19,698 3,517 t. Nadiad 241·0 95 5 50,957 30,166 20,791 9. Petlad 183·2 78 5 39,954 27,942 12,012 10. Thasra 251·9 94 2 24,425 20,629 3,796 Note.-(I) In the Primary Oensus Abstracts the area figure of each villnge is given. The arithme­ tical totals of these areas, however, do not add up to the area figures supplied by the uollector for tal uk as and petas. In column 2 of this table and column 2 of the E-Summary Table the area figures of talukas and petas supplied by the Oollector from the annual land revenue return District Form No.1 have been utilised. On the basis of these figures the total arIOn. of the district comes to 2564. 2 square miles. This is only 22." square miles more than the area figure of 2541.7 square miles supplied by the Surveyor General of India. The Taluka area figures supplied by the Oollector may be assumed to be more accurate than the arithmetical totals of village areas shown in the Frimary Oensus Abstract as there is a difference of as much as 233 square miles between the Surveyor General's area figure for the district and tbe area figure arrived at for the district by totalling the area figure for towns and villages given in the Primary Census Abstracts. and Population 5 :KAIRA _--- -------------,-_._------- Population. _--- Persons. Males. Females. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. Total. Rural. Urban. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1,612,426 1,156,891 455,535 843,250 604,360 238,890' 769,176 552,531 216,645 251,365 127,340 124,025 133,290 66,985 66,305 118,075 60,355 57,720 79,666 62,599 17,067 41,097 32,305 8,792 38,569 30,294 8,275 219,934 184,510 35,424 114,579 96,424 18,155 105,355 88,086 17,269 134,316 89,44.5 44,871 69,831 46,795 23,036 64,485 42,650 21,885 177,428 145,899 31,529 91,801 75,358 16,443 85,627 70,541 15,086 77,592 72,309 5,283 40,639 37,871 2,768 36,953 34,438 2,515 109,953 92,747 17,206 56,626 47,797 8,829 53,327 44,950 8,377 246,470 146,858 99,612 129,552 77,050 52,502 116,918 69,808 47,110 193,833 130,091 63,742 101,643 68,455 33,18a 92,190 61,636 30,554 121,869 105,093 16,776 64,192 55,320 8,872 57,677 49,773 7,904 (2) The number of villages shown in column 3 is the number of Revenue villages, excluding uninhabited villages and villages which form part of municipal areas.