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CENSUS OF INDIA 2001


GENERAL, POPULATION

TABLES

(Table A-4)

PART-II



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PEOPLE ORIENTED


OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL &
CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
2-A, Mansingh Road, New Delhi



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PREFACE


T he Census of India, 2001 has been the 14 th continuous and uninterrupted Indian Census since 1872.

It has also been the first Census of the third millennium and 21 s ' century. The final population data
and its basic characteristics presented in this publication are based on the processing, editing and tabulation
of actual data captured through scanning of the Household Schedule at the population enumeration phase
of Census of India 2001. The first part of General Population Tables containing Tables A-1, A-2 and
A-3 has already been published. The present volume is the second part of General Population Tables i.e.
Table A-4 giving data pertaining to Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by population size class
in 2001 with variations since 1901.

2. Table A-4 give all the towns including urban agglomerations and their population by sex since
1901. its decadal variation, status and area figures from 196] censuses. The towns/cities/urban
agglomerations have been arranged in the order of population size and class of towns.

3. 1 take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all the Directors of Census Operations and

their team of dedicated officers and staff, who have got the Table A-4 and its appendices compiled and
sent them to the office of the Registrar General India for further scrutiny and consolidation.

4. The arduous task of scrutiny and compilation of table and appendices and preparation of
general note for India has been carried out by Census Division. I shall like to acknowledge my sincere
appreciation for the efforts put in by Shri R.C. Sethi, Additional Registrar General, India, Shri D. Roy
Choudhury, Deputy Registrar General (C&T), Shri Anand Kumar, Joint Director and Shri Jagan Lai,
Deputy Director who prepared the draft manuscript of this Volume. They deserve my special thanks.

5. The names of the other members of the staff of this office closely associated with bringing out
this publication arc acknowledged separately. I am thankful to all of them. 1 hope this publication will
prove useful to the administrators, planners, demographers and other data users.


D,K. Sikri

New Delhi Additional Secretary and Registrar General

28th Dec. 2007 & Census Commissioner, India




ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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DIRECTORS OF CENSUS OPERATIONS


States/Union Territories

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

Punjab

Chandigarh

Uttaranchal

Haryana

Delhi

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Nagaland

Manipur

Mizoram

Tripura

Meghalaya

Assam

West Bengal

Jharkhand

Orissa

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Daman & Diu

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Maharashtra

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Goa

Lakshadweep
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Pondicherry
Andaman & Nicobar


Mr. Feroze Ahmed

Mr. R.L. Bisotra

Mr. Indeijit Singh

Mr. Shamlal Goyal

Dr. Ranbir Singh

Mr. Sunil Gulati

Mrs. Bimla Jindgar

Mr. Jayanti Lai Modi

Dr. Ranbir Singh

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Rakesh

Mr. P.G Tenzing

Mr. N.K. Laskar

Mr. P.G Tenzing

Mr. Kh. Dinamani Singh

Mr. P.K. Bhattacharjee

Mr. Krishnadhan Nath

Mr. N.K. Laskar

Mr. Pradeep Hazarika

Mr. Vikram Sen

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Rakesh

Mr. Manoranjan Saran

Mr. Prabhakar Bansod

Mr. Prabhakar Bansod

Mr. Jay ant Parimal

Mr. Jay ant Parimal

Mr. Jay ant Parimal

Mr. Samir Kumar Biswas

Mr. V.S. Bhaskar

Mr. H. Shashidhar

Mr. Samir Kumar Biswas

Mr. R.K. Verma

Mrs. Sheela Thomas

Dr. C. Chandramouli

Mr. S. Hemachandran

Dr. V. Candavelou


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OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA


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CENSUS

Shri B.R. Pall
Shri Jagdish Rai
Shri S.P. Singh
Shri K.K. Aggarwal
Smt. Kusuma Rao
Shri S.K. Ganguli
Smt. Gauri Ganguly
Smt. Gulshan Mahndiratta
Smt. Janko Devi
Shri H.K. Arya
Shri Bhupal Singh


DIVISION

Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. II
Statistical Investigator Gr. Ill
Data Entry Operator Gr. B
Assistant Compiler


PRINTING DIVISION

Smt. Suman Prashar
Shri N.K. Jain


Joint Director
Printing Inspector


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CONTENTS




Page

Preface

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Acknowledgements

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General Note

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1-14

Annexure

Specimen of Houselist Schedule and Household Schedule Form

15-18

Fly Leaf

A-4 : Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by population
size class in 2001 with variations since 1901

19-20

STATEMENTS

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21-69

Statement-1

Growth in the number of Cities and Towns and their Population in

India 1901-2001 .

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Statement-2

Growth in the number of Cities and Towns and their Population
expressed in Indices with 1901 as base (1901 = 100)

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Statement—3

Percentage of towns in each class to total No. of towns and percentage
of population in each class to total urban population 1901-1991

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Statement-4

Percentage of Area of Towns in each class to Total urban area of

India and Density of population per sq. km. in each class ...

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Statement-5

Number and Population of Cities and Towns of 1991 and 2001 Census
arranged in Six Classes 1 to VI

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Statement-6

Proportion of population in each class of town to total urban population
in 2001-1991 .

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Statement-7

Movement of cities and towns from one class to another during 1991-2001

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Statement-8

Name of towns which have not changed their class between 1911 and 2001

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Statement-9

Number and Population of places not treated as Town in 1991 but treated
as such in 2001 arranged by State/Union Territory and size class ...

4647

Statement-10 :

Percentage Variation of Population 1991-2001 of places which were not
treated as Towns in 1991 but treated as such in 2001 classified by State/
Union Territory and Size Class

48-50

Statement-11 :

Percentage Variation of Population 1991-2001 of places treated as Towns in
1991, but removed from the list of towns in 2001 classified by State/Union
Territory and Size Class

50-53

Statement-12 :

Number of towns of each class during 1901-2001 ...

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Statement-13 : Percentage of Towns in each class to Total no. of Towns and Percentage

of population in each class to total urban population ... ... 60-69

Alphabetical list of Towns ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 71-168

Alphabetical list of Urban Agglomerations ... ... ... ... ... ... 169-176

Thble A-4 : Towns and Urban Agglomerations classified by population size class

in 2001 with Variations since 1901 ... ... ... ... ... 177-856

Appendix-1 : New Towns added in 2001 and towns of 1991 declassified in 2001... 857-880

Appendix-2 : Changes between 1991 and 2001 in area and population of towns and

reasons for change in area ... ... ... ... ... ... 881-900


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GENERAL NOTE


T he first census of the third millennium and twenty
first century conducted in 2001 has been the 14
continuous and uninterrupted Indian Census since 1872.
Thus, 2001 Census while providing data on population
and its characteristics, will also made a transition from
one century and millennium to another. This data will
form the benchmark for framing of the welfare and
development policies for billion plus human beings living
in this country.

Till 1931, census was a one night affair which mainly
aimed at presenting a snapshot of the country’s
population. But since 1941 and up to 1991 Census, count
was staggered and enumeration was being done on
Individual Slips. However, in 2001 enumeration has been
done on Household Schedules. The questionnaire has
thus gone on changing according to the changing needs
and requirements of the society and the country.

As a general rule, every person has to be
enumerated at his normal place of residence, except
those who are away from their normal places of residence
through out the period of count. These persons have
been enumerated at the place where they were first
found by an enumerator during the enumeration period
or during his revisional round. Houseless persons have
been to be enumerated at the places they were found
on the night of 28^ February, 2001.

The Census Act, 1948, forms the legal basis for
conduct of population censuses in independent India. As
in the past, the Census of India, 2001 has been conducted
in two phases. During the first phase, the Houselisting
Operation was conducted between April to September,
2000 in different states and union territories as a prelude
to the exercise of undertaking the decennial population
Census. The second phase of census i.e. Population
Enumeration, was undertaken between February, 9 to

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28 February (both days inclusive) with a revisional round

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from 1 to 5 March, 2001. The Census moment was
00.00 hours of 1* March, 2001, the referral time at
which the snapshot of the population of the country was
taken. This was a departure from the earlier census
tradition, as until the 1991 Census (except 1971), the


sunrise of l** March of the relevant Census year was
the census moment. The enumeration of houseless
population was carried out on the night of February 28,
2001.

This gigantic operation, (considered by many to be
the single largest and complex peace time administrative
exercise in the world) was made possible due to the
door to door universal canvassing of the Household
Schedule by about 2 million enumerators and supervisors
covering 593 districts, 5,464 sub-districts, 5,161 towns
and 638,588 villages. The comprehensive Household
Schedule which replaced the individual slip had three
parts and two sides A and B. Part 1 contained the
Location Particulars; Part II related to the Individual
Particulars and Part III contained questions for
Household engaged in Cultivation/Plantation (Annexure-
1). The Part 11 of the Household Schedule had 39
columns and 23 questions all of which were universally
canvassed and no sampling was resorted to during
enumeration. To facilitate quick tabulation for bringing
out Provisional Population Totals, provision for page
totaling was made in the schedule itself for a few items
namely population, males, females, population aged
0-6 years by sex, literates and workers and their
categories by sex. The provisional population totals were
put in the public domain on 26 March, 2001 i.e. within
three weeks of the completion of the enumeration.
Provisional Population Paper-1 of 2001 and Supplement
to Provisional Population-I of 2001 provided the basic
statistics of the population, literates upto district level
classified by sex. The Directorates of Census Operations
also released provisional data at the district, sub-district
and town levels for their respective States/UTs through
the publication of Paper I, II and III of Provisional
Population Totals. Subsequently, the distribution of
population by rural and urban areas and economic activity
characteristics of the population by rural and urban areas
at district/sub-district/town level were also released in
electronic format at the national level and print form at
the state level. All the provisional population totals
released so far are also available on census website ;
http:llwww.censusindia.gov.in


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In certain inaccessible and snow bound areas of the
country, population enumeration was preponed for
administrative and technical convenience and carried out
non-synchronously. Thus in Jammu & Kashmir and
certain snow bound areas of Himachal Pradesh and
Uttaranchal the population enumeration was conducted
during 11 -30 September, 2000 with the revisional
round from l" to 5 October, 2000. In Kinnaur district
of Himachal Pradesh, the population enumeration had
to be deferred due to flash floods in August 2000 and

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was conducted from 12 to 31 May, 2001 with reference

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date as 1 June, 2001. In Jammu and Kashmir, due to
certain constraints, the enumeration period was extended
from 1 st October, 2000 to 15' h November, 2000 with the
reference date of 16 November, 2000 in the six districts
viz., Srinagar, Badgam, Anantnag, Baramulla, Kupwara
and Pulwama of Kashmir Valley and four blocks namely,
Banihal, Ramso, Marwa and Wardhwan of Doda district
in Jammu Division. It was further extended in Srinagar
town and Pulwama districts until 15 December, 2000
with reference date being 16 December, 2000.

Further, due to the devastating earthquake in Gujarat
on 26 January, 2001 just two weeks prior to the
commencement of the nation wide population
enumeration, the canvassing of the schedule in the
affected areas of Gujarat had to be postponed. The
affected areas included the entire district of Kachchh,
the taluk of Morvi, Maliya-Miana and Wankaner in
Rajkot district and Jodiya taluka in Jamnagar district.
The population enumeration in these areas was
undertaken during 9 th - 28 h February, 2002.

In addition to the provisional population totals, the
final results of the Houselisting Operations were released
in April, 2003 which provided valuable information on
the housing stock, amenities and assets available to the
household which is available in the publication ‘Tables
on Houses, Household Amenities and Assets by India
and States’. Similar publications are also available for
the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe households
separately. This data is also available in printed form
and electronic format for India and all the states/union
territories at district, sub-district and town level. The
Houselisting data can be immensely useful to the policy
makers, planners and administrators to improve the
quality of life for countrymen as well to the corporate
sector for formulating marketing strategies in reaching
the rural masses.


A quantum leap has been made in the technology
front while processing the census 2001 data both for
Houselisting and population Enumeration. The Schedules
for both the phases were scanned through high speed
scanners in fifteen data centres across the country and
hand-written data from the schedules were converted
into digitized form through Intelligent Character Reading
(ICR) software for creation of ASCII records for further
processing. The designing and formatting of the
Household Schedule had to be done very carefully using
specialized software so as to ensure uniformity, which,
was an essential prerequisite for scanning. The selection
of appropriate state-of-art technology in data processing
has made it possible to produce all the Houselisting as
well as population Enumeration tables on full count basis
for the first time in the history of Census. For Census
2001, about 202 million schedules consisting of about
1028 million records were scanned and processed within
a span of only 10 months starting October, 2002.

After the data is processed, it is essential on the
part of the data producing agency to satisfy itself about
its quality before putting the same in public domain. This
has to be done mainly through the process of internal
consistency, comparison with similar data in the past and
also through validation with likewise data if available,
from external sources. Quite often, the local knowledge
and perception has to be brought into play to understand
both the existing and the new emerging trends of
population distribution and characteristics. The other very
important aspect of the data quality is to ensure complete
coverage of all geographical areas specially for the
population enumeration phase where the data is
disseminated right up to the village level in the rural areas
and the ward level in the urban areas. Thus, ensuring
the complete coverage and correct geographical linkage
of each enumeration block has always been one of the
major planks of the quality control, especially for small
area population statistic.

A very comprehensive check and edit mechanism
was put in place to objectively examine the preliminary
Census 2001 population Enumeration results and finally
clear them for use. The responsibility for the final
clearance of data was with the Task Force on Quality
Assurance (TFQA), headed by the Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, India. The other members
of the TFQA were the Heads and senior officers of the
Census Division, Data Processing Division, Map


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Division, Demography Division and Social Studies
Division. The Directors of Census Operations were co¬
opted as members whenever the TFQA discussed the
data for their states/union territories. The Directors and
their senior officers were required to make detailed
presentations of data for their own state both in respect
to the quality and coverage and only after the full possible
satisfaction of the TFQA, the population data has been
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