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Census of India 1951: Digest of the 1951 Census Report for Bombay Saurashtra & Kutch

1953

Within the State of Bombay in 1951 the density of Gujarat was 344 of the Konkan 298 of the Deccan Northern Division 274 and of the Deccan Southern Division 270. [...] 80.0 per cent of the population of Kutch 68.9 per cent of the population of Bombay and 66.3 per cent of the population of Saurashtra lived in rural areas. [...] Livelihood class II Kanara Kolaba and Thana districts in the Konkan were the only districts where the percentage of the rural population dependent on the cultivation of unowned land (livelihood class II) exceeded the percentage in livelihood class I. Next to the Konkan where 85.3 per cent of the rural population belonged to livelihood class II came the Deccan Southern Division with 12.6 per cent [...] The percentage of the population of the Deccan Southern Division and of Gujarat who were urban on the census definition was roughly equal but the difference in the character of the urbanisation is clearly brought out by the livelhood patterns. [...] The Agricultural Labour Enquiry conducted in sample villages by the Government of India corroborated that cultivation of owned land outclassed other agricultural classes and also corroborated the outstanding importance of livelihood class I in the districts of the Deccan Northern Division and the great importance of livelihood class II in the districts of the Konkan.
government politics public policy
Pages
45
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100010
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv J.B Bowman view
Chapter I.General Population
1-6 unknown view
Chapter II.Rural Population
7-11 unknown view
Chapter III.Urban Population
12-17 unknown view
Chapter IV.Agricultural Classes
18-25 unknown view
Chapter V.Non-Agricultural Classes
26-30 unknown view
Chapter VI.Families Sexes and Principal Age Groups
31-34 unknown view
Chapter VII.Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
35-36 unknown view
Chapter VIII.Displaced Persons
37-37 unknown view
Chapter IX.Literacy
38-38 unknown view
Chapter X.Language
39-39 unknown view
Chapter X.Religion
40-40 unknown view