STATES AND MINORITIES

STATES AND MINORITIES

APPENDICES

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Appendices Continued___

Appendix IV  :  Statistics of population

Third Series
Relative Voting Strength of Caste Hindus and Scheduled Castes

I.MADRAS

Constituency	Total Number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
1	2	3	4
1. 1. Madras City, south-Central Central	26,922	4,082	1: 6.6
2. Chicacole	90,496	8,070	1 :11.2
3. Amalapuram	95,954	28,282	1: 3.4
4. Cocanada	86,932	17,616	1: 4.9
5. Ellore	88,249	16,835	1: 5.24
6. Ongole	1,10,152	11,233	1: 9.8
7. Gudur	52,415	10,263	1: 5.1
8. Cuddapah	92,572	10,842	1: 8.5
9. Penukonda	74,952	11,896	1: 6.3
10. Bellary	85,928	10,146	1: 8.5
11. Kurnool	72,753	11,679	1: 6.2
12. Tirutanni	77,337	15,243	1: 5.07
13. Chingleput	73,554	22.182	1: 3.3
14. Tiruvallur	81,814	21,287	1: 3.8
15. Ranipet	24,403	11,271	1: 2.1
16. Tiruvannamalai	97,259	15,536	1: 6.2
17. Tindivanam	85,514	19,221	1: 4.4
18. Chidambaram	96,086	16,762	1: 5.7
19. Tirukoyilur	1,02,482	21,733	1: 4.7
20. Tanjore	99,496	13,198	1: 7.5
21. Manaargudi	69,579	11,547	1: 5.8
22. Ariyalur	1,13,630	16,772	1: 6.7
23. Palani	92,655	13,521	1: 6.8
24. Sattur	84,169	8,033	1:10.5
25. Koilpatti	1,00,521	20,907	1: 4.8
26. Pollachi	63,821	12,808	1: 4.9
27. Namakkal	51,860	11,407	1: 4.5
28. Coondapur	46,032	8,030	1: 5.7
29. Malapuram	70,346	10,808	1: 6.5

II. BOMBAY

Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
1	2	3	4
General Urban
1. Bombay City North and Bombay Suburban District	1,67,002	34,266	1: 4.8
2. Bombay City—Byculla and Parel	1,52,991	28,520	1: 5.3
General Rural
3. Kaira District	1,39,508	7,318	1: 19.06
4. Surat District	85,670	4,765	1: 18.8
5. Thana, South	67,749	4,668	1: 14.5
6. Ahmednagar, South	73,162	7,382	1: 9.9
7. East Khandesh, East	91,377	10,109	1: 9.35
8. Nasik, West	99,274	12,698	1:7.7
9. Poona, West	73,551	13,055	1: 5.6
10. Satara, North	95,459	11,152	1: 8.5
11. Sholapur, North-East	64,583	9,713	1: 6.6
12. Belgaum, North	79,422	18,303	1: 4.3
13. Bijapur, North	60,655	8,993	1: 6.7
14. Kolaba District	1,03,828	5,001	1: 20.7
15. Ratnagiri, North	32,606	3,529	1: 9.2

III. BENGAL

Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
1	2	3	4
General Rural
1. Burdwan, Central	74,306	24,610	1: 3.01
2. Burdwan, North-West	80,035	16,830	1: 4.8
3. Birbhum	1,03,231	37,637	1: 2.7
4. Bankura, West . .	84,128	25,487	1: 3.3
5.Midnapore, Central	99,961	20,167	1: 4.95
6. Jhargam-Cum-Ghatal	64,031	13,091	1: 4.85
7. Hooghly, North-East.	67,697	20,318	1: 3.33.
8. Howrah	1,03,346	22.990	1: 4.5
9. 24 Parganas, South-	82,366	47,378	1: 1.7

	Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency
10.	24 Parganas, North-East.	85,477	30,607
11.	Nadia	90,092	25,605
12.	Murshidabad	81,083	17,176
13.	Jessore	1,21,760	55,052
14.	Khulna	1,45,335	76,848
15.	Malda	73,664	29,010
16.	Dinajpur	1,48,804	1,18,454
17.	Jalpaiguri-cum-Siliguri	78,552	65,679
18.	Rangpur	29,437	65,679
19.	Bogra-cwn-Pabna	87,704	33,873
20.	Dacca, East	94,858	40,238
21.	Mymensingh, West	98,795	38,046
22.	Mymensingh, East	68,360	29,588
23.	Faridpur	1,72,683	96,319
24.	Bakarganj, South-West.	78,796	49,014
25.	Tippera	1,27,097	34,813

IV. UNITED PROVINCES

	Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
	1	2	3	4
	General Urban
1.	Lucknow City	89,412	9,079	1: 9.8
2.	Cawnpore City	1,31,599	22,515	1: 5.8
3.	Agra City	47,505	10,105	1: 4.7
4.	Allahabad City	55,379	6,854	1: 8.07
	General Rural
5.	Charanpur District, South-East.	47,773	7,256	1: 6.5
6.	Bulandshah District, South-East.	49,699	7,506	1: 6.6
7.	Agra District, North-East.	61,515	8,290	1: 7.4
8.	Manipuri District North-East.	51,406	5,878	1: 8.7
9. Budaun District, East		46,966	7,087	1: 6.6
10. Jalaun District . .		68,815	14,611	1: 4.7
11. Mirzapur District, North.		43,648	4,045	1: 10.7
12. Gorakhpur District, North.		43,441	5,626	1: 7.7
13. Basti District, South		37,084	4,194	1: 8.8
14. Azamgarh District, West.		51,194	8,127	1: 6.2
15. Almora District . .		1,39,217	20,671	1: 6.7
16. Rai Bareilli District, North-East.		48,697	10,488	1: 4.6
17. Sitapur District, North-East.		76,682	22,913	1: 3.3
18. Fyzabad District, East.		57,154	9,988	1: 5.7
19. Gonda District, North-East.		64,225	8,274	1: 7.7
20. Bara Banki District, North.		68,285	16,303	1:4.18

 V. CENTRAL PROVINCES

		Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency		Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency
		1	2		3
		General Urban
1	Nagpur City			72,329	14,388
	General Rural
2	Nagpur-Umrer			29,267	6,037
3	Hinghanghat-Wardha			35,201	4,011
4	Chanda-Brahmapuri			30,132	5,229
5	Chindwara-Sausar			37,942	3,914
6	Jubulpure-Patan			20,587	1,186
7	Saugor-Khurai			30,660	5,224
8	Damoh-Hatta			33,284	3,608
9	Narsinghpur-Gadarwara.			35,781	2,019
10	Raipur			33,053	11,041
11.	Baloda Bazar			46,943	15,636
12.	Bilaspur			33,260	10,547
13.	Mungeli			28,028	10,067
14.	Janjgir			42,763	13,558
15.	Drug			34,883	8,942
16.	Bhandara-Sakoli			47,047	10,399
17.	Ellichpur-Dartapur-Nelghat			30,094	2,885
18.	Akola-Belapur			25,912	3,233
19.	Yeotmal-Darwha			20,327	2,020
20.	Chikhli-Mehkar			37,936	3,468

VI. BIHAR

	Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency
	1	2	3
1.	East Bihar	35,631	4,618
2.	South Gaya	49,363	10,360
3.	Nawada	41,432	7,684
4.	East Central Shahabad	41,707	5,984
5.	West Gopalganj	33,395	3,415
6.	North Bettiah	25,760	2,831
7.	East Muzaffarpur- Sadr.	27,271	3,133
8.	Darbhanga Sadr	26,864	2,116
9.	South-East Samastipur	37,291	2,672
10.	South Sadr-Monghyr	54,229	6,465
11. 12.	Madhipura South-West Purnea	26,523 44,232	1,284 2,938
13.	Giridih-cum-Ghatra	55,246	4,667
14,	North-East Palamnu	23,072	4,237
15.	Central Manbhum	39,626	5,617

VII. ASSAM

	Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
	1	2	3	4
1.	Nowgong, North-East	26,618	3,569	1: 7.2
2.	Kamrup Sadr, South	33,234	2,117	1: 15.6
3.	Silchar	38,647	4,201	1: 9.2
4.	Karimganj, East	25,701	10,132	1: 2.5
5.	Jorhat, North	26,733	1,360	1 : 19.6
6.	Jonamganj	39,045	11,603	1: 3.3
7.	Habibganj, North	31,511	9,996	1: 3.1

VIII. PUNJAB

	Constituency	Total number of voters in the Constituency	Total number of Scheduled Caste voters in the Constituency	Relative proportion of columns 2 and 3
	1	2	3	4
1.	South-East Gurgaon	37,815	6,049	1 : 6.2
2.	Karnal, North	31,967	5,120	1: 6.2
3.	Ambala and Simla	47,403	17,507	1: 3.27
4.	Hoshiarpur, West	51,084	7,281	1: 7.0
5.	Jullundur	36,570	20,521	1: 1.8
6.	Ludhiana and Ferozepur	52,009	27,354	1: 1.8
7.	Amritsar and Sialkot	38,046	10,328	1: 3.68
8.	Lyallpur and Jhang	32,703	7,602	1: 4.2

Fourth Series
Comparison of Primary Election and Final Election
1. Madras

Constituency	Scheduled Caste candidate who was successful in Final election		Number of votes secured	His rank among candidates who fought the election	His position in the Primary election treating the Constituency as a single member Constituency	Votes What his success in obtained Primary election in the due to bare or Primary absolute majority election or split vote
	His name	His party affiliation
1	2	3	4	5	6	7           8
1. Amalapuram	Pandu Lakshmanaswami	Congress	48,524	1st among 3	3rd (failed)	2,683
2. Cocanada	B. S. Murthy	Congress	28,544	2nd among 4 (beating 2 Hindus)	4th (failed)	1,411
3. Bandar	Vernula Kurmayya	Congress	70,931	1st among 6 (beating 4 Hindus)	2nd (failed)	4,914
4. Cuddapah	Swarna Nagayya	Congress			1st	3,482 Absolute majority.
5. Penukonda	D. Kadrippa	Congress	18,125	1st among 4 (beating 1 Hindu and 2 Sch. Casts)	1st	2,564 Bare majority.
6. Tiruvannamali	R. Thangavelu	Congress	32,132	1st among 5 (beating 1 Hindu and 2 Sch. Casts)	1st	1,960 Bare majority.
7. Tindivanam	K. Kulashekhardas	Congress	25,442	2nd among 4 (beating 2 Hindus)	1st	2,785 Split vote.
8. Mannargudi	Thiagoo Voikarar	Congress	30,116	1st among 5 (beating 5 Hindus)	1st	2,895 Split vote.
9. Pollachi	C. Krishna Kudumban	Congress			1st	2,430 Absolute majority.
10. Namakkal	M. P. Periyaswami	Congress	15,085	2nd among 5 (beating 2 Hindus and 1 Sch. Caste).	1st	2,355 Bare majority.

Constituency 1	Scheduled Caste candidate who was successful in Final election			His rank among candidates who fought the general election 5	His position in the Primary election treating the Constituency as a single member Constituency 6	Votes obtained in the Primary election 7	Was his success in Primary election due to bare or absolute majority or split vote 8
	His name  2	His party affiliation  3	Number of votes secured 4
1. Bombay City, North	Savlaram Gundaji Songaoker.	Congress	59,646	1st among 3 (standing above 2 Hindus)	2nd (failed)	2,038
2. Bombay City, Byculla and Parel	N. S. Kajrolkar	Congress	43,251	1st among 3 standing above 2 (general candidates	2nd (failed)	2,098
3. East Khandesh, East.	Hiralal Kalyani	Congress	36,136	2nd among 4 (beating 2)	2nd (failed)	1,147

III. CENTRAL PROVINCES

Scheduled Caste candidate who was successful in Final election					His rank among candidates who fought the general election 5	His position in the Primary election treating the Constituency as a single member Constituency 6	Votes obtained in the Primary election 7	Was his success in Primary election due to bare or absolute majority or split vote 8
	Constituency 1	His name 2	His party affiliation 3	Number of votes secured 4
1. 2. 3.	Agra City Allahabad City Almora	Ram Chand Masuria Din Khushi Ram	Congress Congress Congress	16,343 10,308 20,605	2nd 2nd 2nd	1st 1st 2nd (failed)	836 1,701 937	Bare majority and split vote. Bare majority and split vote.

V.PUNJAB

Scheduled Caste candidate who was successful in Final election					His rank among candidates who fought the general election 5	His position in the Primary election treating the Constituency as a single member Constituency 6	Votes obtained in the Primary election 7	Was his success in Primary election due to bare or absolute majority or split vote 8
	Constituency 1	His name 2	His party affiliation 3	Number of votes secured 4
	South-East Gur-gaon. Kamal, North Ambala-Simla Hoshiarpur, West Jullundhur Ludhyana-Ferozpur. Lyallpur and Jhang	Prem Singh Sunder Prithiv Singh Azad Mehr Chand Gurbanta Singh Matu Ram Harbhaj Ram	Unionist Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress	7,706 3,136 10,503 16,307 21,476 24,352 8,312	2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd	1st 1st 3rd (failed) 3rd (failed) 1st 4th (failed) 2nd (failed)	1,353 519 1,392 641 812 1,166	Split vote Bare majority

Appendix IV

STATISTICS OF POPULATION

The population of the Scheduled Caste in 1941 is estimated at 48,793,180. Can this figure be accepted as accurate ?

In coming to a definite conclusion on this issue the following points must be borne in mind :—

(i) The population of the Scheduled Castes in 1941 as compared with

their population in 1932 shows a decline.

(ii) The population of all other communities during the same period shows an increase of 15 per cent.

The question is whether there is any special reason why the population of the Scheduled Castes should have declined.

Was the basis for computation of the population of the Scheduled Castes in 1931 the same as in 1941? The answer is in the affirmative. The figures given for 1931 are the result of recasting of the Census of 1931 in the light of the definition of " Untouchables " given by the Lothian Committee. The same basis was adopted in 1941. It cannot therefore be said that the decline in the population of the Scheduled Castes In 1941 was due to an overestimate made in 1931.

It is true that the Census for. 1941 does not give any figures for the Scheduled Castes for Ajmer-Merwara and Gwalior State. But even adding to the total for 1941 the figures for these two areas as they stood in 1931 the population comes to only 49,538,145 which still shows a comparative decline.

The want of any proper explanation for the decline of the Scheduled Caste population and an increase in the population of all other communities during the same decade only reinforces the impression which every honest student of Indian census has formed namely that the Census of India has over a number of decades ceased to be an operation in demography. It has become a political affair. Every community seems to be attempting to artificially augment its numbers at the cost of some other community for the sake of capturing greater and greater degree of political power in its own hands. The Scheduled Castes seem to have been made a common victim for the satisfaction of the combined greed of the other communities who through their propagandists or enumerators are able to control the operation and the results of the Census.

In the light of these circumstances it is fair to demand that an accurate figure for the population of the Scheduler Castes would be the Census figure as corrected by the inclusion of the population for Ajmer-Merwara and Gwalior State plus an increase of 15 per cent to give them the benefit of the general rise in the population.

POPULATION OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1941 OF 1941
	Hindus	Scheduled Castes	Muslims	Sikhs	Indian Christians	Anglo-Indians	Parsis
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Provinces	150,890,146	39,920.807	79,398,503	4,165.097	3,245,706	1,13,936	1,01,968
Ajmer-Merwara	376,481		89,899479	867	3.895	1,005
Assam*	3,586,932	676,	3,442,291	3,464	37,750	634	2
Baluchistan	39,521	5,102	438,930	11,918	2,633	263	75
Bengal	17,680,054	7,378,970	33,005,434	16,281	110,923	31,619	86,270
Bihar	2.2.173,890	4,340,379,	4716,314	13,213	24,693	5,963	547
Orissa	5,594,535	1,238.171	146,301	232	26.584	789	13
Bombay	14,700,242	1,855,148	1.920,368	6,044	338,812	14.034	43,457
Sind	1,038,292	191,634	3,208,325	31,011	13,232	2,731	1,936
Central Provinces and Berar	9,880,583	3,051,413	783,697	3,051,413 783,697	48,260	4,538	2,014
Coorg	105,013	25,740	14,730	Nil	3,309	SO	12
Delhi	444,532	122,693	304,971	16,157	10,494	3,408	284
Madras	34,731,330	8,068,492	8,896,452	418	2,001,082	28,661	369
N.W.F.P.	180,321	?	2,788,797	57,939	5.426	837	24
Punjab	6.301,737	1,248,635	16.217.242	3,757,401	486,038	5,891	4,327
United States	34,094,511	11,717,158	8,416,308	232,445	131,32?	13383	1,375
States and Agencies	55,227,180	8.892,373	12,659,593 48,813.180 92.058,096	1,526,350	2,794.959	26,468	12,922
INDIA	206,117,326	8.892,373	12,659,593 48,813.180 92.058,096	5.691,447	6,040,665	140,422	114,490
* Tribes 6,484,996.

Appendix IV

POPULATION FIGURES
Table 1

							Decrease (—)
	Provinces	States and agencies	Total India	Provinces	States and agencies	Total India	Total percentage
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Hindus	139,319,979	50,335,391	189,654,370	150,890,146	55,227,180	206,117,326	+ 26,462,956
Scheduled Castes	38,409,009	11,131,761	49,540,770	39,920,807	8,892,373 48,793,180	48,793,180	—747,590
Muslims	67,020,443	10,657,102	77,677,545	79,398,503	12,659,598	92,058,096	+14,381,551
Sikhs	3,220,997	1,114,774	4,335,771	4,165,097	1,526.350	5,691,447	+ 1,355,676
Christians	3,866,660	2,430,103	6,296,763	3,471,430	2,834,119	6,316,119	+19,786
Parsis	96,549	13,203	109,752	101,968	12,922	114,890	- 5,138

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