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CREATING LONG PANELS USING CENSUS DATA: 1961-2001

Hemanshu Kumar Email: [email protected]

Department of Economics Delhi School of Economics

Rohini Somanathan Email: [email protected] Department of Economics

Delhi School of Economics

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Creating Long Panels using Census Data: 1961-2001

Hemanshu Kumar Rohini Somanathan∗

November 2016

Abstract

Indian data are mostly published at the state or district level. Multi-year anal-yses of these data are made difficult by the many changes in state and districtboundaries that have occurred since the first comprehensive census of independentIndia in 1961. Between 1961 and 2001, the number of states and union territoriesin India increased from 26 to 35, and the number of districts increased from 339 to593. There were several changes in both names and boundaries. We document thesechanges and use them to construct regions of amalgamated districts with constantboundaries. There are 232 such regions for the entire period 1961-2001. These canbe used to construct panel data sets that cover this forty-year period.

∗Contact information: Both authors are at the Delhi School of Economics ([email protected],[email protected]). We are very grateful to Kritika Goel and Mahima Vasishth for research assis-tance.

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1 Introduction

Official data in India are mostly published at two levels: the state, and below it, thedistrict. Multi-year analyses of these data are made difficult by the many changes instate and district boundaries that have occurred since the first comprehensive census ofindependent India in 1961. Between 1961 and 2001, the number of states and union ter-ritories in India increased from 26 to 35, and the number of districts increased from 339to 593. There were changes in both names and boundaries. We document these changesand use them to construct regions of amalgamated districts with constant boundaries.There are 232 such regions for the entire period 1961-2001. These can form the basis ofmulti-year panels of Indian district data.

The Indian federal structure consists of states, which have elected governments, andcentrally administered union territories. Early changes in state boundaries after Inde-pendence aimed at creating coherent linguistic and cultural units within a federal struc-ture. More recent changes have resulted from a combination of identity-based massmovements within existing states and political responses to them at strategic stagesduring electoral cycles. District changes occurred initially to absorb the many princelystates and later as a means to expand government as populations grew. Many excel-lent accounts of these changes are available (Tillin, 2013; Chandra, 2007). We restrictourselves here to their practical implications for users of Indian data.

In previous work published in Kumar and Somanathan (2009), we documented district-level boundary changes between 1971 and 2001. Here we build upon this work in threeways: we extend the ambit of analysis back by another decade. Second, we includechanges in state names and boundaries since many of these took place during 1961-71.Finally, we create collections of amalgamated districts which can be used for panel dataanalysis over the forty year period and display these on a map.

As before, we use information from the volumes on the General Population Tables (PartII-A), published in the Census of India rounds from 1961 through 2001. In particular,Appendix 1 to Table A-1 and the Appendix to Table A-2 in the General PopulationTables contain information on the area and population of each state and district asper its current boundaries, as well as the population in the previous census adjusted tocurrent boundaries. The footnotes to the Appendix to Table A-2 specify the individualtransfers between affected states and districts, along with details of the governmentnotification that effected the transfer.

The next section details changes in state names and boundaries. The following sectionfocuses on the districts, which we divide into three sets: those with unchanged bound-aries, clean partitions of existing districts, and all the rest. We end with a map of the232 regions that can be used to create panels of data that have been published at thedistrict level.

2 The States

At the end of colonial rue in 1947, India inherited a map of administrative divisions thathad been “shaped by the military, political or administrative exigencies or conveniences

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of the moment... with small regard to the natural affinities or wishes of the people.”(Government of India, 1918, p. 28, para 39)

When the Constitution was adopted in 1950, the roughly 560 former princely states hadbeen integrated with the rest of the country and all states were arranged in one of fourcategories, A through D with varying degrees of autonomy from the federal government.1

The States Reorganization Act of 1956 altered state boundaries for greater linguisticcoherence and created the state map that was in place at the time of the 1961 census.The four-fold division of states was replaced by a two-fold classification of states andunion territories.

Three types of changes affected state boundaries after 1961. First, new states werecreated from the partitioning of existing states. This occurred mainly in the first andlast of the four decades we consider. Second, some union territories received state statusand some states changed names. Finally, there were small territorial transfers acrossexisting states.

Several states and union territories witnessed no such changes between 1961 and 2001:Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat,Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, and WestBengal. We discuss the rest below and summarize the changes in Table 1.

2.1 New states

In the sixties and early seventies, new states were created in north and north-eastIndia. This was part of the move to reorganize states into a new federal structureafter Independence.

The Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966 led to the creation of the state of Haryana anda union territory of Chandigarh. A part of Punjab was also merged with the unionterritory of Himachal Pradesh to form the state of Himachal Pradesh.2

Meghalaya was created from portions of Assam in 1969.3 The North-Eastern Areas(Reorganization) Act of 1971 modified the boundaries of Meghalaya and also createdthe union territory of Mizoram on 21 January 1972 out of the Mizo hills area of Assam.4

In our tables, we follow the census convention of treating Mizoram as a separate entityonly from the Census of 1981, while Meghalaya is treated as a state starting with theCensus of 1971.

In the eighties, the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in western India was parti-tioned into the state of Goa and the union territory of Daman and Diu.5

There were major changes in 2000, when three new states were created. Chhattisgarhwas carved out of Madhya Pradesh in November 2000,6 the hill districts of Uttar Pradeshbecame Uttaranchal,7 and southern Bihar became Jharkhand.8

2.2 Changes in nomenclature and status

Once the southern states had been reorganised along linguistic lines, their names werechanged to reflect their linguistic identity. The state of Madras was renamed TamilNadu in 1968 and Mysore was renamed Karnataka in 1973.9

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The union territory of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands was changed to Lak-shadweep, also in 1973.10

At the time of the Census of 1961, the North East Frontier Agency was administereddirectly by the President of India through the Governor of Assam. The North-EasternAreas (Reorganization) Act, 1971 this region became the union territory of ArunachalPradesh in 1972. It is listed as such in the Census 1971 volumes. Arunachal Pradesh aswell as Mizoram acquired statehood in February 1987.11

Several other changes of status also occurred in the 1960s and early 1970s in the north-eastern parts of the country. The former princely states of Manipur and Tripura hadbecome union territories under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, and acquired fullstatehood in January 1972.12 They are treated as states starting from the census of1971. Nagaland became a state in December 1963.13 It was treated as a union territoryin the census of 1961, and as a state from 1971 onwards.

Sikkim became a full state of the Indian union according to the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975. Its census however was being conducted by India inprevious waves as well. It is counted as a union territory in the census of 1961, and asa state thereafter. (Government of India, 1975, pp. 40–41)

The union territory of Delhi was renamed as the National Capital Territory of Delhiby the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991. Unlike other union territorieshowever, it has a legislative assembly and therefore an intermediate status. It continuesto be listed as a union territory in Census documents.

2.3 Small inter-state territorial transfers

There are a few instances of minor alterations to state boundaries, usually made tocorrect for geographical anomalies.

In two cases, boundaries that earlier fluctuated with changes in the course of rivers, weresought to be made permanent. The Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries)Act 1968 fixed boundaries affected by changes in the flow of the Ganga and Ghagrarivers.14 Similarly, the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979fixed state boundaries affected by changes in the course of the river Yamuna.15 Boththese boundary adjustments affected tiny fractions of the state populations.

A third instance involved a small uninhabited area measuring just 0.03 sq. km. thatwas transfered from Mysore state to Andhra Pradesh in 1968.16 This area had beenoverlooked earlier, when enclaves of the erstwhile native states were merged into theirneighboring provinces by the Provinces and States (Absorption of Enclaves) Order of1950.

3 District boundaries

Tables 2 through 4 summarize the way district jurisdictions were altered between 1961and 2001. We focus our discussion on changes in the 1961-71 decade since later yearshave been covered in our earlier paper.

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In contrast to the many changes in state boundaries described above, few district bound-aries were altered between 1961 and 1971. As Table 2 shows, India consisted of 339districts at the time of Census 1961,17 a number that increased by just 5 per cent to 356in 1971. The boundaries of over three-quarters of the 1961 districts remained unchangedover this decade (Table 3). Madhya Pradesh was the only large state that had no dis-trict boundary changes. Most of the changes in district boundaries were concentratedin areas that were affected by the reorganization of states.

As discussed in Kumar and Somanathan (2009), we create units for a panel data set byamalgamating districts into composite regions with no inter-regional transfers. These aregenerated by placing each parent district in the same region as all its child districts. Thisis very straightforward in cases where new districts have been created by partitioningexisting ones. For instance, Dharmapuri district was created in 1965 from four taluks ofthe Salem district of Tamil Nadu (then called Madras state). In this case, the boundariesof Salem district in 1961 represent a region wth consistent boundaries between 1961 and1971.

A more complex case is that of Ramanathapuram district, also in Tamil Nadu. Twovillages of this district were transfered to Madurai district in July 1961. To create ageographical unit with consistent boundaries, for use in a panel from 1961 to 1971, wecombine the districts of Ramanathapuram and Madurai into a single region.

Table 5 summarizes the number of consistent regions obtained in this manner, betweena given census year and 2001. For the 1961-2001 period, there are a total of 232 suchregions that span the entire country. We list these regions in Table 6 and depict them ona map in Figure 1, along with the boundaries of the component districts as per Census2001.

When constructing these regions, we account for all inter-district transfers that involveinhabited regions, however small. Some of these transfers, such as the one betweenRamanathapuram and Madurai above, are easily overlooked when using coarser methodssuch as the examination of administrative maps. This approach results in some regionsthat are much larger than those derived from these visual methods. For example, thelargest region with consistent boundaries between 1961 and 2001 is an amalgamation of52 Census 2001 districts. These cut across the boundaries of Punjab, Haryana, HimachalPradesh, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh. If we ignore transfers that involved less than5 per cent of the population of the parent district, this same geographical area wouldinstead be divided into 10 regions with consistent boundaries between 1961 and 2001,and the number of such regions for the whole country would rise to 290.

4 Conclusion

In this paper, we built upon previous work in Kumar and Somanathan (2009) to trackdistrict and state-level boundary changes from the Census of 1961 till 2001. Our findingsare encouraging for those interested in constructing long panels of district-level data. Inparticular, while there were a large number of changes in the boundaries of the Indianstates in the 1960s and early 1970s, the administrative boundaries of districts wererelatively undisturbed in this period.

Our analysis uses detailed information on inter-district population transfers available

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in census documents. We use a strict definition for boundary changes: a district’sjurisdiction is considered to be unchanged if there was no transfer of any inhabited areaacross its boundaries. The underlying data permits a more flexible approach: we maywish to ignore boundary changes involving small transfers.

To enable researchers to construct regions as per their requirements, we provide detailedinformation on district changes in Tables 7 - 9. Table 7 lists districts that remainedunchanged over the entire forty year period. Table 8 lists districts that were partitionedover this period, including the population fraction of the parent district that went toeach child. Table 9a - 9d provide details on the remaining districts. For each intercensaldecade, we provide the population of the parent district, the population share of theparent district that went to each child, and the population share of each parent in achild district.

At the time of writing, the General Population Tables on which our analysis relies, havenot been published for the Census of 2011. We hope to incorporate these changes oncethese are available.

Notes

1. The former British provinces became Part A states under the new constitution. Part Bstates were a result of integration of princely states, and had a Raj Pramukh who wasthe former ruler of a princely state. The ten Part C states were often erstwhile ChiefCommissioner’s provinces, and were administered centrally. The Andaman and NicobarIslands were the sole area under Part D. (Sharma, 1995, p. 68)

2. This was done following the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970.

3. The Assam Reorganization (Meghalaya) Act 1969.

4. See Government of India (1975, pp. 39–40).

5. By the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganization Act, 1987.

6. By the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000.

7. This was under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act of November 2000. The nameof the state was subsequently changed to Uttarakhand by the Uttaranchal (Alterationof Name) Act, 2006 (No. 52 of 2006). Census 2001 documents refer to the state asUttaranchal, so we follow this convention.

8. By the Bihar Reorganization Act, 2000. (Government of India, 2005, pp. 148, 151 &161)

9. By the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 and the Mysore State (Alterationof Name) Act, 1973 respectively.

10. By the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 (Gov-ernment of India, 1975, p. 41).

11. By the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986 (No. 69 of 1986) and the State of MizoramAct, 1986 (No. 34 of 1986), respectively.

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12. By the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) Act, 1971.

13. As notified by the Nagaland (Transitional Provision) Regulation, 1961.

14. The Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 led to the transferof 99 villages from the district of Shahabad in Bihar to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, while44 villages were transferred from Ballia to the districts of Shahabad and Saran in Bihar.The net change involved a population transfer of 8,153 persons from Bihar to UttarPradesh, which comprised less than 0.02% of either state’s population. (Government ofIndia, 1975, p. 136).

15. In 1983, vide Government Notification No. GSR-702E, there was a transfer involving18 villages with a population of 490 persons and an area of 27.19 sq. km, from Farid-abad district of Haryana to Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr districts of Uttar Pradesh.(Government of India, 1994, p. 157)

16. This area was transfered from Kolar district of Mysore state to Anantapur district ofAndhra Pradesh, as a result of the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory)Act, 1968.

17. This count excludes Sikkim, which became a part of the country only in 1975.

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Tab

le1:

Chan

gesin

statebou

ndaries,

nom

enclature

andstatus

Cen

sus1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

Assam

Assam

Assam

Mizoram

Meg

halaya

Bihar

Bihara

Bihar

Jharkhand

Delhi

NCT

ofDelhib

Goa

,DamanandDiu

Goa

DamanandDiu

Laccadive,

MinicoyandAmindiviIslands

Lakshadweep

MadhyaPradesh

MadhyaPradesh

Chhattisgarh

Madras

TamilNadu

Manipur

Manipur

Mysore

Karn

ataka

Naga

land

Nagaland

NorthEast

Frontier

Agency

cAru

nach

alPradesh

Aru

nach

alPradesh

Him

ach

alPradesh

Him

ach

alPradesh

Punjab

Punjab

Haryana

Haryanad

Chandigarh

Sikkim

eSikkim

Tripura

Tripura

UttarPradesh

UttarPradesha

UttarPradeshd

UttarPradesh

Uttaranch

al

Union

territoriesare

initalics.

aSeenote

14.

bTheNationalCapitalTerritory

(NCT)ofDelh

iis

endowed

with

alegislativeassembly,butdoesnothaveth

estatu

sofa

full

state

.cTheNorth

East

Fro

ntierAgency

wasadmin

iste

red

directly

by

thePre

sidentofIn

dia

thro

ugh

theGovern

orofAssam.

dSeenote

15.

eW

hileth

ecensu

sofSikkim

wasconducte

dby

India

in1961

and

1971,it

becamea

full

state

ofth

eIn

dian

union

only

by

theCensu

sof1981.

Table 2: Number of districts in each census year

Number of districts

Census 2001 State/UT 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001

Andaman & Nicobar Is. 1 1 2 2 2Andhra Pradesh 20 21 23 23 23Arunachal Pradesh 5 5 9 11 13Assama 11 10 10 23 23Bihar 17 17 31 42 37Chandigarh 1 1 1 1Chhattisgarh 16Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 1 1 1Daman & Diu 2 2Delhi 1 1 1 1 9Goa 3 3 3 2 2Gujarat 17 19 19 19 25Haryana 7 12 16 19Himachal Pradesh 6 10 12 12 12Jammu & Kashmira 9 10 14 14 14Jharkhand 18Karnataka 19 19 19 20 27Kerala 9 10 12 14 14Lakshadweep 1 1 1 1 1Madhya Pradesh 43 43 45 45 45Maharashtra 26 26 26 30 35Manipur 1 5 6 8 9Meghalaya 2 5 5 7Mizoram 3 3 8Nagaland 3 3 7 7 8Orissa 13 13 13 13 30Pondicherry 4 4 4 4 4Punjab 19 11 12 12 17Rajasthan 26 26 26 27 32Sikkimb 1 4 4 4 4Tamil Nadu 13 14 16 21 30Tripura 1 3 3 3 4Uttar Pradesh 54 54 56 63 70Uttaranchal 13West Bengal 16 16 16 17 18

Indiab 339 356 412 466 593a The Census did not cover Assam in 1981 and Jammu and Kashmir in 1991 due topolitical unrest.b Sikkim was added to the Union of India in 1975. Census documents allow us to trackboundary changes in Sikkim till 1961. However, the India totals for districts excludeSikkim in 1961 and 1971.

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Tab

le3:

Summaryof

intercen

salbou

ndarychan

ges

This

table

liststh

enumber

ofdistricts

thatremained

unch

anged

orwereclea

npartitionsofdistricts

covered

inth

epreviouscensu

syea

r.Theresidualca

tegory

is“Oth

er”.

1961-71

1971-81

1981-91

State/UT

Unch

anged

Partitions

Oth

erUnch

anged

Partitions

Oth

erUnch

anged

Partitions

Oth

er

Andaman&

NicobarIs.

10

00

20

20

0Andhra

Pradesh

10

011

16

25

19

04

Aru

nach

alPradesh

30

21

44

54

2Assam

82

08

20

27

14

Bihar

11

06

724

024

18

0Chandigarh

00

11

00

10

0Dadra

&NagarHaveli

10

01

00

10

0Daman&

Diu

20

0Delhi

10

01

00

10

0Goa

30

03

00

02

0Gujarat

13

24

19

00

19

00

Haryana

30

41

29

10

15

Him

ach

alPradesh

60

45

34

10

02

Jammu&

Kash

mir

22

63

47

14

00

Karn

ataka

17

02

19

00

16

22

Kerala

20

84

08

62

6Laksh

adweep

10

01

00

10

0MadhyaPradesh

43

00

40

23

45

00

Maharashtra

24

02

26

00

16

212

Manipur

05

02

04

30

5Meg

halaya

20

00

50

50

0Mizoram

03

03

00

Nagaland

30

00

70

10

6Orissa

80

513

00

13

00

Pondicherry

40

04

00

40

0Punjab

10

10

40

87

05

Rajasthan

24

02

18

08

21

24

Sikkim

04

02

02

40

0TamilNadu

82

49

25

12

90

Tripura

03

01

02

10

2UttarPradesh

43

011

49

25

41

814

WestBen

gal

13

03

14

02

14

03

India

255

20

85

272

64

76

314

56

96

Note:

1.Forea

chintercen

saldecade,

districts

are

listed

asper

thejurisd

ictionsin

theen

dingyea

r.2.Thesu

mmary

ofintercen

salboundary

changes

between1991and2001ca

nbeobtained

from

Table

4.

10

Tab

le4:

Summaryof

bou

ndarychan

gesbetweenvariou

scensusyears

and20

01

1961

1971

1981

1991

Cen

sus2001State/UT

Unch

anged

Partitions

Oth

erUnch

anged

Partitions

Oth

erUnch

anged

Partitions

Oth

erUnch

anged

Partitions

Oth

er

Total2001

districts

Andaman&

NicobarIs.

02

00

20

20

02

00

2Andhra

Pradesh

80

15

14

09

19

04

21

02

23

Aru

nach

alPradesh

07

60

76

46

39

40

13

Assam

09

14

27

14

27

14

21

02

23

Bihar

019

18

029

815

16

622

10

537

Chandigarh

00

11

00

10

01

00

1Chhattisgarh

010

60

10

61

10

51

10

516

Dadra

&NagarHaveli

10

01

00

10

01

00

1Daman&

Diu

20

02

00

20

02

00

2Delhi

09

00

90

09

00

90

9Goa

02

00

20

02

02

00

2Gujarat

55

15

74

14

74

14

74

14

25

Haryana

00

19

00

19

10

18

42

13

19

Him

ach

alPradesh

30

94

35

10

02

12

00

12

Jammu&

Kash

mir

04

10

34

714

00

14

00

14

Jharkhand

012

60

12

60

15

38

73

18

Karn

ataka

88

11

813

68

13

612

11

427

Kerala

10

13

10

13

62

612

02

14

Laksh

adweep

10

01

00

10

01

00

1MadhyaPradesh

27

12

627

12

629

14

229

14

245

Maharashtra

11

816

12

10

13

12

10

13

25

10

035

Manipur

00

91

08

30

67

20

9Meg

halaya

03

40

34

22

32

23

7Mizoram

08

00

80

17

01

70

8Nagaland

00

80

08

10

76

20

8Orissa

312

15

327

03

27

03

27

030

Pondicherry

40

04

00

40

04

00

4Punjab

10

16

10

16

12

14

12

14

17

Rajasthan

14

414

14

414

18

68

22

64

32

Sikkim

00

42

02

40

04

00

4TamilNadu

211

17

313

14

720

313

15

230

Tripura

00

40

04

10

31

03

4UttarPradesh

14

18

38

15

25

30

17

25

28

28

21

21

70

Uttaranch

al

20

11

20

11

22

93

28

13

WestBen

gal

92

711

25

13

23

16

20

18

India

116

165

312

139

206

248

212

201

180

317

169

107

593

Figure 1: Regions with consistent boundaries between 1961 and 2001

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Table 5: The number of consistent regions between each Census Year and 2001

For each state, this table counts the number of regions with unchanged

boundaries that can be used for panels between 2001 and each earlier

census year.

Number of Regions

Census 2001 State/UT 1961 1971 1981 1991

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 1 2 2Andhra Pradesh 12 18 21 22Arunachal Pradesh 4 4 8 11Assam 5 6 7 22Biharc 8 10 23 28Chandigarhb 1 1 1 1Chhattisgarh 5 5 6 6Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 1 1Daman & Diu 2 2 2 2Delhi 1 1 1 1Goa 1 1 1 2Gujarat 10 12 12 12Haryanabe 1 1 3 6Himachal Pradeshb 4 7 11 12Jammu & Kashmir 4 7 14 14Jharkhand 5 5 6 12Karnataka 15 16 16 18Kerala 2 4 8 13Lakshadweep 1 1 1 1Madhya Pradesh 35 35 37 37Maharashtra 19 20 20 30Manipur 1 2 4 8Meghalaya 2 2 4 4Mizoram 1 1 3 3Nagaland 2 2 4 7Orissa 10 13 13 13Pondicherry 4 4 4 4Punjabb 2 2 3 3Rajasthan 20 20 23 26Sikkim 1 3 4 4Tamil Nadu 10 12 16 20Tripura 1 1 2 2Uttar Pradeshabcd 31 35 37 45Uttaranchala 4 4 5 5West Bengal 12 14 15 17

India 232 271 336 414

a In 1961, 1971, and 1981 one composite region cuts across Uttaranchaland Uttar Pradesh.b In 1961, one composite region cuts across Chandigarh, Haryana, Hi-machal Pradesh, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh.c In 1961, one composite region cuts across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.d In 1971 and 1981, one composite region cuts across the state bound-aries of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

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Table 6: Consistent Regions

Census 1961State/UT

1961 region 1971 region 1981 region 1991 region 2001 district Census 2001State/UT

Andhra Pradesh Srikakulam Srikakulam Srikakulam Srikakulam Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram Vizianagaram Vizianagaram

Vishakhapatanam Visakhapatanam Visakhapatnam

East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari East Godavari

West Godavari West Godavari West Godavari West Godavari West Godavari

Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna

Chittoor Guntur Guntur Guntur Guntur

Guntur Ongole(Prakasam)

Prakasam Prakasam Prakasam

Kurnool Chittoor Nellore Nellore Nellore

Nalgonda Nellore Chittoor Chittoor Chittoor

Nellore Kurnool Kurnool Kurnool Kurnool

Nalgonda Nalgonda Nalgonda Nalgonda

Anantapur Anantapur Anantapuram Anantapur CuddapahCuddapah Cuddapah Cuddapah Cuddapah Anantapur

Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar

Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad Rangareddi Rangareddi

Medak Rangareddy Hyderabad Hyderabad

Nizamabad Medak Medak Medak Medak

Nizamabad Nizamabad Nizamabad Nizamabad

Adilabad Adilabad Adilabad Adilabad Adilabad

Karimnagar Karimnagar Karimnagar Karimnagar Karimnagar

Warangal Warangal Warangal Warangal Warangal

Khammam Khammam Khammam Khammam Khammam

North EastFrontier Agency

Kameng Kameng West Kameng Tawang Tawang ArunachalPradesh

West Kameng West Kameng

East Kameng East Kameng East Kameng

Siang Siang Lower Subansiri Lower Subansiri Papum PareSubansiri Subansiri Lower Subansiri

Upper Subansiri Upper Subansiri Upper Subansiri

East Siang West Siang West Siang

West Siang East Siang East SiangUpper Siang

Lohit Lohit Dibang Valley Dibang Valley Dibang Valley

Lohit Lohit Lohit

Tirap Tirap Tirap Changlang Changlang

Tirap Tirap

Assam Goalpara Goalpara Goalpara Dhubri Kokrajhar AssamKamrup Kamrup Kamrup Kokrajhar Dhubri

Nowgong Nowgong Nowgong Bongaigaon Bongaigaon

Goalpara Goalpara

Barpeta Barpeta

Nalbari Nalbari

Kamrup Kamrup

Marigaon Marigaon

Nagaon Nagaon

Darrang Darrang Darrang Darrang Darrang

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Sibsagar Sibsagar Sibsagar Sonitpur Sonitpur

Golaghat Golaghat

Jorhat Jorhat

Sibsagar Sibsagar

Lakhimpur Lakhimpur Lakhimpur Lakhimpur Lakhimpur

Dhemaji Dhemaji

Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Dibrugarh

Tinsukia Tinsukia

Cachar Cachar Cachar Karimganj Karimganj

Hailakandi Hailakandi

Cachar Cachar

Garo Hills Garo Hills East Garo Hills East Garo Hills East Garo Hills Meghalaya

West Garo Hills West Garo Hills West Garo HillsSouth Garo Hills

United Khasi &Jaintia Hills


Jaintia Hills Jaintia Hills Jaintia Hills

East Khasi Hills East Khasi Hills West Khasi HillsWest Khasi Hills West Khasi Hills Ri Bhoi

East Khasi Hills

United Mikir &North Cachar Hill

Mikir Hills Mikir Hills Karbi Anglong Karbi Anglong Assam

North Cachar Hills North Cachar Hills North Cachar Hills North Cachar Hills

Mizo Hills Mizo Aizawl Aizawl Mamit MizoramKolasibAizawlChamphaiSerchhip

Lunglei Lunglei Lunglei

Chhimtuipui Chhimtuipui LawngtlaiSaiha

Bihar Monghyr Monghyr Patna Patna Patna Bihar

Patna Patna Munger Munger MungerSaharsa Nalanda Nalanda Lakhisarai

SheikhpuraNalandaJamui

Khagaria Khagaria

Begusarai Begusarai Begusarai

Saharsa Saharsa Saharsa SupaulSaharsa

Madhepura Madhepura

Gaya Gaya Nawada Nawada Nawada

Gaya Jehanabad Jehanabad

Gaya Gaya

Aurangabad Aurangabad Aurangabad

Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh Shahabad Rohtas Rohtas Kaimur (Bhabua)Ballia Rohtas

Bara Banki Bhojpur Bhojpur BhojpurBasti Buxar

Faizabad Saran Saran Saran Saran

Saran Siwan Siwan Siwan

Shahabad Gopalganj Gopalganj Gopalganj

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Azamgarh Azamgarh Azamgarh Barabanki Uttar PradeshBallia Ballia Barabanki FaizabadBara Banki Bara Banki Faizabad Ambedkar NagarFaizabad Faizabad Azamgarh

Mau Mau

Ballia Ballia

Basti Basti Basti SiddharthnagarSiddharth Nagar Basti

Sant Kabir Nagar

Bihar Champaran Champaran PaschimChamparan

PashchimChamparan

PashchimChamparan

Bihar

Purba Champaran Purba Champaran Purba Champaran

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur Sitamarhi Sitamarhi SheoharSitamarhi

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur

Vaishali Vaishali Vaishali

Darbhanga Darbhanga Samastipur Samastipur Samastipur

Darbhanga Darbhanga Darbhanga

Madhubani Madhubani Madhubani

Bhagalpur Bhagalpur Bhagalpur Bhagalpur BhagalpurBanka

Purnea Purnea Purnia Purnia Purnia

Araria Araria

Kishanganj Kishanganj

Katihar Katihar Katihar

Santal Parganas Santal Parganas Santhal Pargana Godda Godda Jharkhand

Sahibganj SahibganjPakaur

Dumka Dumka

Deoghar Deoghar

Palamau Palamau Palamu Palamu GarhwaPalamu

Dhanbad Dhanbad Dhanbad Dhanbad GiridihHazaribagh Hazaribagh Giridih Giridih Dhanbad

Bokaro

Hazaribagh Hazaribag ChatraHazaribaghKodarma

Ranchi Ranchi Ranchi Lohardaga Lohardaga

Gumla Gumla

Ranchi Ranchi

Singhbhum Singhbhum Singhbhum Purbi Singhbhum Purbi Singhbhum

PashchimiSinghbhum

PashchimiSinghbhum

Goa, Daman &Diu

Goa Goa Goa North Goa North Goa Goa

South Goa South Goa

Daman Daman Daman Daman Daman Daman & Diu

Diu Diu Diu Diu Diu

Gujarat Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar Jamnagar Gujarat

Rajkot Rajkot Rajkot Rajkot Rajkot

Ahmedabad Surendranagar Surendranagar Surendranagar Surendranagar

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Banaskantha Ahmadabad Ahmadabad Ahmadabad Banas KanthaKaira Banas Kantha Banas Kantha Banas Kantha PatanMehsana Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Gandhinagar MahesanaSurendranagar Kheda (Kaira) Kheda Kheda Gandhinagar

Mehsana Mahesana Mahasana AhmadabadAnandKheda

Amreli Amreli Amreli Amreli PorbandarBhavnagar Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Bhavnagar JunagadhJunagadh Junagadh Junagadh Junagadh Amreli

Bhavnagar

Kutch Kutch Kachh Kachchh Kachchh

Sabarkantha Sabar Kantha Sabar Kantha Sabar Kantha Sabar Kantha

Panchmahals Panch Mahals Panch Mahals Panch Mahals Panch MahalsDohad

Baroda Bharuch (Broach) Bharuch Bharuch VadodaraBroach Vadodara

(Baroda)Vadodara Vadodara Narmada

Bharuch

Surat Surat Surat Surat Surat

Valsad (Bulsar) Valsad Valsad NavsariValsad

Dangs The Dangs(Dangs)

The Dangs The Dangs The Dangs

HimachalPradesh, Punjab,Uttar Pradesh

Ambala Ambala Ambala Ambala Panchkula Haryana

Amritsar Bulandshahr Bhiwani Ambala

Bhatinda Gurgaon Hisar Bhiwani YamunanagarBulandshahr Hisar Jind Hisar KurukshetraChamba Jind Karnal Jind KaithalFerozepur Karnal Kurukshetra Kaithal KarnalGurdaspur Mahendragarh Mahendragarh Karnal PanipatGurgaon Meerut Rohtak Kurukshetra SonipatHissar Rohtak Sonipat Panipat JindHoshiarpur Rewari FatehabadJullundur Rohtak HisarKangra Sonipat BhiwaniKarnal Yamunanagar RohtakLahaul & Spiti JhajjarLudhiana Rewari

Mahasu Mahendragarh Mahendragarh

Mahendragarh Bulandshahr Faridabad Faridabad

Meerut Faridabad Gurgaon Gurgaon

Moradabad Ghaziabad Bulandshahr Ghaziabad Uttar PradeshPatiala Gurgaon Ghaziabad Gautam Buddha

NagarRohtak Bulandshahar

Sangrur Sirsa Sirsa Sirsa Haryana

Simla Meerut Meerut Meerut Uttar PradeshSirmaur Baghpat

Chamba Chamba Chamba Chamba HimachalPradesh

Lahul & Spiti Lahul & Spiti Lahul & Spiti Lahul & Spiti

Kangra Kangra Kangra Kangra

Hamirpur Hamirpur Hamirpur

Una Una Una

Kulu Kullu Kullu Kullu

Mahasu Shimla Shimla Shimla

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Simla Sirmaur Solan Solan

Sirmaur Solan Sirmaur Sirmaur

Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar Gurdaspur PunjabBhatinda Faridkot Faridkot AmritsarFirozpur Firozpur Firozpur JalandharGurdaspur Gurdaspur Gurdaspur HoshiarpurHoshiarpur Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur NawanshahrJullundur Jalandhar Jalandhar RupnagarLudhiana Ludhiana Ludhiana Fatehgarh SahibPatiala Patiala Patiala LudhianaRopar Rupnagar Rupnagar MogaSangrur Sangrur Sangrur Firozpur

MuktsarFaridkotSangrurPatiala

Bathinda Bathinda BathindaMansa

Moradabad Moradabad Moradabad Moradabad Uttar PradeshJyotiba PhuleNagar

Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh

HimachalPradesh

Mandi Mandi Mandi Mandi Mandi HimachalPradesh

Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur

Kinnaur Kinnaur Kinnaur Kinnaur Kinnaur

Jammu &Kashmir

Anantnag Anantnag Anantnag(Kashmir South)

Anantnag Anantnag Jammu &Kashmir

Baramulla Pulwama Pulwama Pulwama

Srinagar Baramula Srinagar Srinagar Srinagar

Srinagar Badgam Badgam Badgam

Baramula(Kashmir North)

Baramula Baramula

Kupwara Kupwara Kupwara

Ladakh Ladakh Kargil Kargil Kargil

Ladakh (Leh) Leh (Ladakh) Leh (Ladakh)

Doda Doda Doda Doda Doda

Jammu Jammu Udhampur Udhampur Udhampur

Kathua Kathua Kathua Kathua Kathua

Udhampur Udhampur Jammu Jammu Jammu

Poonch Rajauri Rajauri Rajauri Rajauri

Punch Punch Punch Punch

Mysore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore Karnataka

Bangalore Rural Bangalore Rural

Tumkur Tumkur Tumkur Tumkur Tumkur

Bellary Bellary Bellary Bellary BellaryChitradurga Chitradurga Chitradurga Chitradurga ChitradurgaShimoga Shimoga Shimoga Shimoga Davanagere

Shimoga

Kolar Kolar Kolar Kolar Kolar

Mysore Mysore Mysore Mysore MysoreChamarajanagar

South Kanara South Kanara Dakshin Kannad Dakshin Kannad UdupiDakshina Kannada

Coorg Coorg Kodagu Kodagu Kodagu

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Hassan Hassan Hassan Hassan Hassan

Chikmagalur Chikmagalur Chikmagalur Chikmagalur Chikmagalur

Mandya Mandya Mandya Mandya Mandya

Balgaum Belgaum Belgaum Belgaum Belgaum

North Kanara North Kanara Uttar Kannad Uttar Kannad Uttara Kannada

Bijapur Bijapur Bijapur Bijapur BagalkotBijapur

Dharwar Dharwar Dharwad Dharwad GadagRaichur Dharwad

Haveri

Raichur Raichur Raichur RaichurKoppal

Gulbarga Gulbarga Gulbarga Gulbarga Gulbarga

Bidar Bidar Bidar Bidar Bidar

Kerala Alleppey Cannanore Cannanore Kasaragod Kasaragod Kerala

Cannanore Kozhikode Kannur Kannur

Ernakulam Wayanad Wayanad Wayanad

Kottayam Kozhikode Kozhikode Kozhikode

Kozhikode Mallapuram Malappuram Malappuram Malappuram

Palghat Palghat Palghat Palakkad Palakkad

Quilon Alleppey Alleppey Thrissur Thrissur

Trichur Ernakulam Ernakulam Ernakulam ErnakulamKottayam Idukki Idukki Idukki

Quilon Quilon Alappuzha Alappuzha

Trichur Trichur Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta

Kollam Kollam

Kottayam Kottayam Kottayam

Trivandrum Trivandrum Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh Morena Morena Morena Morena Sheopur Madhya PradeshMorena

Bhind Bhind Bhind Bhind Bhind

Datia Datia Datia Datia GwaliorGwalior Gwalior Gwalior Gwalior Datia

Shivpuri Shivpuri Shivpuri Shivpuri Shivpuri

Guna Guna Guna Guna Guna

Tikamgarh Tikamgarh Tikamgarh Tikamgarh Tikamgarh

Chhatarpur Chhatarpur Chhatarpur Chhatarpur Chhatarpur

Panna Panna Panna Panna Panna

Satna Satna Satna Satna Satna

Rewa Rewa Rewa Rewa Rewa

Shahdol Shahdol Shahdol Shahdol UmariaShahdol

Sidhi Sidhi Sidhi Sidhi Sidhi

Mandsaur Mandsaur Mandsaur Mandsaur NeemuchMandsaur

Ratlam Ratlam Ratlam Ratlam Ratlam

Ujjain Ujjain Ujjain Ujjain Ujjain

Jhabua Jhabua Jhabua Jhabua Jhabua

Dhar Dhar Dhar Dhar Dhar

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Indore Indore Indore Indore Indore

Dewas Dewas Dewas Dewas Dewas

West Nimar Khargone (WestNimar)

West Nimar West Nimar West Nimar

Barwani

East Nimar Khandwa (EastNimar)

East Nimar East Nimar East Nimar

Shajapur Shajapur Shajapur Shajapur Shajapur

Rajgarh Rajgarh Rajgarh Rajgarh Rajgarh

Vidisha Vidisha Vidisha Vidisha Vidisha

Hoshangabad Hoshangabad Bhopal Bhopal Bhopal

Sehore Sehore Sehore Sehore Sehore

Hoshangabad Hoshangabad HardaHoshangabad

Raisen Raisen Raisen Raisen Raisen

Betul Betul Betul Betul Betul

Sagar Sagar Sagar Sagar Sagar

Damoh Damoh Damoh Damoh Damoh

Jabalpur Jabalpur Jabalpur Jabalpur KatniJabalpur

Narsimhapur Narsimhapur Narsimhapur Narsimhapur Narsimhapur

Mandla Mandla Mandla Mandla DindoriMandla

Chhindwara Chhindwara Chhindwara Chhindwara Chhindwara

Seoni Seoni Seoni Seoni Seoni

Balaghat Balaghat Balaghat Balaghat Balaghat

Surguja Surguja Surguja Sarguja Koriya ChhattisgarhSurguja

Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur Bilaspur KorbaDurg Durg Raj Nandgaon Rajnandgaon Janjgir - Champa

BilaspurKawardhaRajnandgaon

Durg Durg Durg

Raigarh Raigarh Raigarh Raigarh JashpurRaigarh

Raipur Raipur Raipur Raipur RaipurMahasamundDhamtari

Bastar Bastar Bastar Bastar KankerBastarDantewada

Maharashtra Greater Bombay Greater Bombay Greater Bombay Greater Bombay Mumbai(Suburban)

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Thana Thana Thane Thane Thane

Kolaba Kolaba Raigarh Raigarh Raigarh

Kolhapur Kolhapur Kolhapur Ratnagiri Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri Ratnagiri Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Sindhudurg

Kolhapur Kolhapur

Nasik Nasik Nashik Nashik Nashik

Dhulia Dhulia Dhule Dhule NandurbarDhule

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Jalgaon Jalgaon Jalgaon Jalgaon Jalgaon

Ahmadnagar Ahmednagar Ahmadnagar Ahmednagar Ahmadnagar

Aurangabad Aurangabad Aurangabad Aurangabad Aurangabad

Parbhani Parbhani Parbhani Jalna Jalna

Parbhani HingoliParbhani

Poona Poona Pune Pune Pune

Satara Satara Satara Satara Satara

Bhir Bhir Bid Sangli Sangli

Osmanabad Osmanabad Osmanabad Solapur Solapur

Sangli Sangli Sangli Bid Bid

Sholapur Sholapur Solapur Osmanabad Osmanabad

Latur Latur

Nanded Nanded Nanded Nanded Nanded

Buldhana Buldhana Buldana Buldana Buldana

Akola Akola Akola Akola AkolaWashim

Amravati Amravati Amravati Amravati Amravati

Yeotmal Yeotmal Yavatmal Yavatmal Yavatmal

Wardha Wardha Wardha Wardha Wardha

Bhandara Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur Nagpur

Nagpur Bhandara Bhandara Bhandara BhandaraGondiya

Chanda Chandrapur Chandrapur Chandrapur Chandrapur

Gadchiroli Gadchiroli

Manipur Manipur Manipur Central Manipur Central Senapati Senapati Manipur

Manipur North Manipur North Churachandpur Churachandpur

Manipur South Manipur South Thoubal Thoubal

Manipur West Bishnupur Bishnupur

Imphal Imphal WestImphal East

Manipur West Tamenglong Tamenglong

Tengnoupal Chandel Chandel

Manipur East Manipur East Ukhrul Ukhrul

Nagaland Kohima Kohima Kohima Kohima Dimapur NagalandMokokchung Mokokchung Zunheboto Kohima

Zunheboto Zunheboto

Phek Phek Phek

Mokokchung Wokha Wokha

Wokha Mokokchung Mokokchung

Tuensang Tuensang Mon Tuensang Tuensang

Tuensang Mon Mon

Orissa Kalahandi Kalahandi Kalahandi Kalahandi Nuapada OrissaKoraput Kalahandi

Koraput Koraput Koraput RayagadaNabarangapurKoraputMalkangiri

Sambalpur Sambalpur Sambalpur Sambalpur BargarhJharsuguda

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SambalpurDebagarh

Bolangir Bolangir Balangir Balangir SonapurBalangir

Baudh-Khondmals Baudh Khondmals Phulabani Phulbani KandhamalBaudh

Ganjam Ganjam Ganjam Ganjam GanjamGajapati

Sundargarh Sundargarh Sundargarh Sundargarh Sundargarh

Cuttack Cuttack Cuttack Cuttack KendraparaDhenkanal JagatsinghapurPuri Cuttack

Jajapur

Dhenkanal Dhenkanal Dhenkanal DhenkanalAnugul

Puri Puri Puri NayagarhKhordhaPuri

Keonjhar Keonjhar Kendujhar Kendujhar Kendujhar

Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj

Balasore Balasore Baleshwar Baleshwar BaleshwarBhadrak

Punjab Kapurthala Kapurthala Kapurthala Kapurthala Kapurthala Punjab

Rajasthan Ganganagar Ganganagar Ganganagar Ganganagar Ganganagar RajasthanHanumangarh

Bikaner Bikaner Bikaner Bikaner Bikaner

Churu Churu Churu Churu Churu

Jhunjhunu Jhunjhunu Jhunjhunun Jhunjhunu Jhunjhunun

Alwar Alwar Alwar Alwar Alwar

Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur KarauliSawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur

DausaJaipur

Bharatpur Bharatpur Bharatpur Bharatpur Bharatpur

Dholpur Dhaulpur

Sikar Sikar Sikar Sikar Sikar

Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer Ajmer

Tonk Tonk Tonk Tonk Tonk

Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Jaisalmer

Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur

Nagaur Nagaur Nagaur Nagaur Nagaur

Pali Pali Pali Pali Pali

Barmer Barmer Barmer Barmer Barmer

Jalor Jalor Jalor Jalaur Jalor

Sirohi Sirohi Sirohi Sirohi Sirohi

Bhilwara Bhilwara Bhilwara Bhilwara Bhilwara

Chitorgarh Chittaurgarh Udaipur Udaipur RajsamandUdaipur Udaipur Udaipur

Chittaurgarh Chittorgarh Chittaurgarh

Dungarpur Dungarpur Dungarpur Dungarpur Dungarpur

Banswara Banswara Banswara Banswara Banswara

Bundi Bundi Bundi Bundi Bundi

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Jhalawar Jhalawar Kota Kota KotaKota Kota Baran

Jhalawar Jhalawar Jhalawar

Sikkim Sikkim Mangan North North North Sikkim

Gangtok East East East

Gyalshing South South South

Namchi West West West

Madras Chingleput Chingleput Madras Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu

Madras Madras Chengalpattu Chengalpattu-MGR

Thiruvallur

Kancheepuram

North Arcot North Arcot North Arcot NorthArcot-Ambedkar

Vellore

Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvara.

Tiruvannamalai

South Arcot South Arcot South Arcot South Arcot ViluppuramCuddalore

Salem Dharmapuri Dharmapuri Dharmapuri Dharmapuri

Salem Salem Salem SalemNamakkal

Coimbatore Coimbatore Periyar Periyar Erode

Coimbatore Coimbatore Coimbatore

Nilgiri Nilgiris Nilgiri Nilgiri The Nilgiris

Madurai Madurai Madurai Dindigul Anna Dindigul

Ramanathapuram Madurai MaduraiTheni

Ramanathapuram Ramanathapuram Pasumpon M.Thevar

Sivaganga

Ramanathapuram Ramanathapuram

Kamarajar Virudhunagar

Thanjavur Thanjavur Tiruchchirappalli Tiruchirapalli KarurTiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirappalli

PerambalurAriyalur

Thanjavur Thanjavur NagapattinamThiruvarurThanjavur

Pudukkottai Puddukkottai Pudukkottai

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli Tirunelveli Chidambaranar Thoothukkudi

Tirunelveli-Kattabomman

Tirunelveli

Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari Kanniyakumari Kanniyakumari

Tripura Tripura North Tripura West Tripura West Tripura West Tripura Tripura

South Tripura North Tripura North Tripura South TripuraWest Tripura South Tripura South Tripura Dhalai

North Tripura

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Kashi Uttar Kashi Uttar Kashi Uttarkashi Uttarkashi Uttaranchal

Almora Almora Chamoli Chamoli ChamoliChamoli Chamoli Garhwal Garhwal RudraprayagGarhwal Garhwal Naini Tal Nainital Tehri GarhwalNaini Tal Naini Tal Pithoragarh Pithoragarh GarhwalPithoragarh Pithoragarh Tehri Garhwal Tehri Garhwal PithoragarhTehri Garhwal Tehri Garhwal Champawat

NainitalUdham SinghNagar

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Almora Almora BageshwarAlmora

Bijnor Bijnor Bijnor Bijnor Bijnor Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar Saharanpur Saharanpur

Saharanpur Saharanpur Saharanpur Hardwar Hardwar Uttaranchal

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh

Budaun Budaun Budaun Budaun Budaun

Rampur Rampur Rampur Rampur Rampur

Bareilly Bareilly Bareilly Bareilly Bareilly

Pilibhit Pilibhit Pilibhit Pilibhit Pilibhit

Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur Shahjehanpur Shahjahanpur

Dehra Dun Dehra Dun Dehra Dun Dehradun Dehradun Uttaranchal

Aligarh Aligarh Aligarh Aligarh Aligarh Uttar PradeshMathura Mathura Mathura Mathura Hathras

Mathura

Agra Agra Agra Agra Agra

Etawah Etawah Etawah Firozabad Firozabad

Mainpuri Mainpuri Mainpuri Etawah MainpuriMainpuri Etawah

Auraiya

Etah Etah Etah Etah Etah

Farrukhabad Farrukhabad Farrukhabad Farrukhabad FarrukhabadKannauj

Kanpur Kanpur Kanpur Kanpur Dehat Kanpur DehatUnnao Kanpur Nagar Kanpur Nagar

Unnao Unnao Unnao Unnao

Fatehpur Fatehpur Fatehpur Fatehpur Rae BareliRae Bareli Rae Bareli Rae Bareli Rae Bareli FatehpurSultanpur Sultanpur Sultanpur Sultanpur Sultanpur

Allahabad Allahabad Allahabad Allahabad KaushambiAllahabad

Jhansi Jhansi Jhansi Jhansi Jhansi

Lalitpur Lalitpur Lalitpur

Jalaun Jalaun Jalaun Jalaun Jalaun

Hamirpur Hamirpur Hamirpur Hamirpur HamirpurMahoba

Banda Banda Banda Banda BandaChitrakoot

Kheri Kheri Kheri Kheri Kheri

Sitapur Sitapur Sitapur Sitapur Sitapur

Hardoi Hardoi Hardoi Hardoi Hardoi

Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow

Bahraich Bahraich Bahraich Bahraich BahraichShrawasti

Gonda Gonda Gonda Gonda BalrampurGonda

Pratapgarh Pratapgarh Pratapgarh Pratapgarh Pratapgarh

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Maharajganj Mahrajganj

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur

Deoria Deoria Deoria Deoria KushinagarDeoria

Jaunpur Jaunpur Jaunpur Jaunpur Jaunpur

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Ghazipur Ghazipur Ghazipur Ghazipur Ghazipur

Mirzapur Varanasi Varanasi Varanasi ChandauliVaranasi Varanasi

Sant RavidasNagar Bhadohi

Mirzapur Mirzapur Mirzapur Mirzapur

Sonbhadra Sonbhadra

West Bengal Darjeeling Darjeeling Darjiling Darjiling Darjiling West Bengal

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri

Cooch Behar Cooch Behar Koch Bihar Koch Bihar Koch Bihar

West Dinajpur West Dinajpur West Dinajpur West Dinajpur Uttar DinajpurDakshin Dinajpur

Malda Malda Maldah Maldah Maldah

Burdwan Murshidabad Murshidabad Murshidabad Murshidabad

Hooghly Nadia Nadia Nadia Nadia

Murshidabad Hooghly Hugli Hugli Hugli

Nadia Burdwan Barddhaman Barddhaman Barddhaman

24-Parganas Calcutta Calcutta North 24Paraganas

North TwentyFour Parganas

Calcutta Twenty FourParganas

Twenty FourParganas

South 24Paraganas

South TwentyFour Parganas

Calcutta Kolkata

Howrah Howrah Haora Howrah Haora

Birbhum Birbhum Birbhum Birbhum Birbhum

Bankura Bankura Bankura Bankura Bankura

Midnapore Midnapore Medinipur Medinipur Medinipur

Purulia Purulia Puruliya Puruliya Puruliya

Andaman &Nicobar Islands



Andaman Andamans Andamans Andaman &Nicobar Islands

Nicobar Nicobars Nicobars

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Dadra & NagarHaveli

Delhi Delhi Delhi Delhi Delhi North West DelhiNorthNorth EastEastNew DelhiCentralWestSouth WestSouth

Laccadive,Minicoy &Amindivi Islands

Laccadive Laccadive Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Lakshadweep

Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry Pondicherry

Karaikal Karaikal Karaikal Karaikal Karaikal

Mahe Mahe Mahe Mane Mahe

Yanam Yanam Yanam Yanam Yanam

... Concluded

25

Table 7: Districts with boundaries unchanged between 1961 and 2001

State District

Andhra Pradesh Adilabad, East Godavari, Karimnagar, Khammam, Krishna, Mah-bubnagar, Warangal, West Godavari

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & Diu Daman, DiuGujarat Jamnagar, Kachchh, Rajkot, Sabar Kantha, The DangsHimachal Pradesh Bilaspur, Kinnaur, MandiKarnataka Bidar, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya,

TumkurKerala ThiruvananthapuramLakshadweep LakshadweepMadhya Pradesh Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Dewas,

Dhar, East Nimar, Guna, Indore, Jhabua, Narsimhapur, Panna,Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Seoni, Shajapur,Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha

Maharashtra Amravati, Buldana, Jalgaon, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigarh, Sa-tara, Thane, Wardha, Yavatmal

Orissa Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, SundargarhPondicherry Karaikal, Mahe, Pondicherry, YanamPunjab KapurthalaRajasthan Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Churu, Dungarpur,

Jalor, Jhunjhunun, Nagaur, Pali, Sikar, Sirohi, TonkTamil Nadu Kanniyakumari, The NilgirisUttar Pradesh Bareilly, Budaun, Etah, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Kheri,

Lucknow, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, SitapurUttaranchal Dehraduna, UttarkashiWest Bengal Bankura, Birbhum, Darjiling, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Mal-

dah, Medinipur, Puruliya

Note: Districts are listed according to the state they were part of in 2001.a One village with an area of 1 sq. km. and unknown population was transferred from Tehri Garhwal district toDehradun district between 1971 and 1981.

26

Tab

le8:

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Andaman&

NicobarIs.

Andaman&

NicobarIs.

63,548

Andaman&

NicobarIs.

100.00

Andaman

81.18

Andamans

100.00

Andamans

100.00

Nicobar

18.82

Nicobars

100.00

Nicobars

100.00

Aru

nach

al

Pradesh

Kamen

g69,913

Kamen

g100.00

East

Kamen

g41.56

East

Kamen

g100.00

East

Kamen

g100.00

WestKamen

g58.44

Tawang

34.34

Tawang

100.00

WestKamen

g65.66

WestKamen

g100.00

Lohit

36,050

Lohit

100.00

DibangValley

24.23

DibangValley

100.00

DibangValley

100.00

Lohit

75.77

Lohit

100.00

Lohit

100.00

Tirap

59,591

Tirap

100.00

Tirap

100.00

Changlang

48.36

Changlang

100.00

Tirap

51.64

Tirap

100.00

Assam

Cach

ar

1,378,476

Cach

ar

100.00

Cach

ar

100.00

Cach

ar

48.07

Cach

ar

100.00

Hailakandi

17.96

Hailakandi

100.00

Karimganj

33.98

Karimganj

100.00

Lakhim

pur

1,563,842

Lakhim

pur

100.00

Dibru

garh

0.33

Dibru

garh

53.62

Dibru

garh

100.00

Tinsu

kia

46.38

Tinsu

kia

100.00

Lakhim

pur

99.67

Dhem

aji

32.43

Dhem

aji

100.00

Lakhim

pur

67.57

Lakhim

pur

100.00

United

Mikir

AndNorth

Cach

arHill

279,726

Mikir

Hills

80.58

Mikir

Hills

100.00

Karb

iAnglong

100.00

Karb

iAnglong

100.00

North

Cach

ar

Hills

19.42

North

Cach

ar

Hills

100.00

North

Cach

ar

Hills

100.00

North

Cach

ar

Hills

100.00

Bihar

Bhagalpur

1,711,136

Bhagalpur

100.00

Bhagalpur

100.00

Bhagalpur

100.00

Banka

40.36

Bhagalpur

59.64

Champaran

3,006,211

Champaran

100.00

Paschim

Champaran

44.79

Pash

chim

Champaran

100.00

Pash

chim

Champaran

100.00

Continued

...

27

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Purb

aCham-

paran

55.21

Purb

aCham-

paran

100.00

Purb

aCham-

paran

100.00

Darb

hanga

4,413,027

Darb

hanga

100.00

Darb

hanga

31.01

Darb

hanga

100.00

Darb

hanga

100.00

Madhubani

36.15

Madhubani

100.00

Madhubani

100.00

Samastipur

32.84

Samastipur

100.00

Samastipur

100.00

Gaya

3,647,892

Gaya

100.00

Aurangabad

22.80

Aurangabad

100.00

Aurangabad

100.00

Gaya

57.15

Gaya

68.61

Gaya

100.00

Jeh

anabad

31.39

Jeh

anabad

100.00

Nawada

20.05

Nawada

100.00

Nawada

100.00

Muza

ffarp

ur

4,118,398

Muza

ffarp

ur

100.00

Muza

ffarp

ur

39.44

Muza

ffarp

ur

100.00

Muza

ffarp

ur

100.00

Sitamarh

i32.69

Sitamarh

i100.00

Sheo

har

15.79

Sitamarh

i84.21

Vaishali

27.87

Vaishali

100.00

Vaishali

100.00

Purn

ea3,089,128

Purn

ea100.00

Katihar

28.84

Katihar

100.00

Katihar

100.00

Purn

ia71.16

Araria

35.38

Araria

100.00

Kishanganj

22.40

Kishanganj

100.00

Purn

ia42.22

Purn

ia100.00

Chhattisgarh

Bastar

1,167,501

Bastar

100.00

Bastar

100.00

Bastar

100.00

Bastar

48.46

Dantewada

27.40

Kanker

24.15

Raigarh

1,041,226

Raigarh

100.00

Raigarh

100.00

Raigarh

100.00

Jash

pur

38.11

Raigarh

61.89

Raipur

2,002,004

Raipur

100.00

Raipur

100.00

Raipur

100.00

Dhamtari

15.04

Mahasamund

20.25

Continued

...

28

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Raipur

64.72

Surguja

1,036,738

Surguja

100.00

Surguja

100.00

Sarguja

100.00

Koriya

24.04

Surguja

75.96

Delhi

Delhi

2,658,612

Delhi

100.00

Delhi

100.00

Delhi

100.00

Cen

tral

6.97

East

10.86

New

Delhi

1.79

North

7.29

NorthEast

11.52

NorthW

est

18.87

South

15.94

South

West

11.54

West

15.21

Goa

Goa

589,997

Goa

100.00

Goa

100.00

NorthGoa

56.37

NorthGoa

100.00

South

Goa

43.63

South

Goa

100.00

Gujarat

Panch

mahals

1,468,946

Panch

Mahals

100.00

Panch

Mahals

100.00

Panch

Mahals

100.00

Dohad

43.10

Panch

Mahals

56.90

Surat

2,451,624

Surat

53.59

Surat

100.00

Surat

100.00

Surat

100.00

Valsad

(Bulsar)

46.41

Valsad

100.00

Valsad

100.00

Navsari

49.95

Valsad

50.05

Jammu&

Kash

mir

Ladakh

88,651

Ladakh

100.00

Kargil

50.72

Kargil

100.00

Kargil

100.00

Ladakh(L

eh)

49.28

Leh

(Ladakh)

100.00

Leh

(Ladakh)

100.00

Poonch

326,061

Punch

47.39

Punch

100.00

Punch

100.00

Punch

100.00

Rajauri

52.61

Rajauri

100.00

Rajauri

100.00

Rajauri

100.00

Continued

...

29

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Jharkhand

Palamau

1,187,789

Palamau

100.00

Palamu

100.00

Palamu

100.00

Garhwa

32.69

Palamu

67.31

Ranch

i2,138,565

Ranch

i100.00

Ranch

i100.00

Gumla

33.13

Gumla

100.00

Lohard

aga

7.48

Lohard

aga

100.00

Ranch

i59.39

Ranch

i100.00

Santal

Parganas

2,675,203

Santal

Parganas

100.00

Santh

al

Pargana

100.00

Deo

ghar

19.07

Deo

ghar

100.00

Dumka

32.70

Dumka

100.00

Godda

19.19

Godda

100.00

Sahibganj

29.04

Pakaur

43.37

Sahibganj

56.63

Singhbhum

2,049,911

Singhbhum

100.00

Singhbhum

100.00

Pash

chim

iSinghbhum

51.82

Pash

chim

iSinghbhum

100.00

Purb

iSinghb-

hum

48.18

Purb

iSinghb-

hum

100.00

Karn

ataka

Bangalore

2,504,462

Bangalore

100.00

Bangalore

100.00

Bangalore

70.65

Bangalore

100.00

Bangalore

Ru-

ral

29.35

Bangalore

Ru-

ral

100.00

Bijapur

1,660,178

Bijapur

100.00

Bijapur

100.00

Bijapur

100.00

Bagalkot

47.48

Bijapur

52.52

Mysore

1,671,399

Mysore

100.00

Mysore

100.00

Mysore

100.00

Chamara

janagar

27.91

Mysore

72.09

South

Kanara

1,563,837

South

Kanara

100.00

Daksh

inKannad

100.00

Daksh

inKannad

100.00

Daksh

ina

Kan-

nada

61.47

Udupi

38.53

Madhya

Pradesh

Jabalpur

1,273,825

Jabalpur

100.00

Jabalpur

100.00

Jabalpur

100.00

Jabalpur

66.72

Continued

...

30

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Katn

i33.28

Mandla

684,503

Mandla

100.00

Mandla

100.00

Mandla

100.00

Dindori

39.64

Mandla

60.36

Mandsaur

752,085

Mandsaur

100.00

Mandsaur

100.00

Mandsaur

100.00

Mandsaur

61.53

Neemuch

38.47

Morena

783,348

Morena

100.00

Morena

100.00

Morena

100.00

Morena

74.78

Sheo

pur

25.22

Shahdol

829,649

Shahdol

100.00

Shahdol

100.00

Shahdol

100.00

Shahdol

75.87

Umaria

24.13

WestNim

ar

990,464

Khargone

(WestNim

ar)

100.00

WestNim

ar

100.00

WestNim

ar

100.00

Barw

ani

41.04

WestNim

ar

58.96

Maharashtra

Akola

1,189,354

Akola

100.00

Akola

100.00

Akola

100.00

Akola

61.06

Wash

im38.94

Chanda

1,238,070

Chandrapur

100.00

Chandrapur

100.00

Chandrapur

69.00

Chandrapur

100.00

Gadch

iroli

31.00

Gadch

iroli

100.00

Dhulia

1,351,236

Dhulia

100.00

Dhule

100.00

Dhule

100.00

Dhule

58.10

Nandurb

ar

41.90

Greater

Bombay

4,152,056

Greater

Bombay

100.00

Greater

Bombay

100.00

Greater

Bombay

100.00

Mumbai

31.99

Mumbai

(Sub-

urb

an)

68.01

Meg

halaya

Garo

Hills

307,228

Garo

Hills

100.00

East

Garo

Hills

25.26

East

Garo

Hills

100.00

East

Garo

Hills

100.00

WestGaro

Hills

74.74

WestGaro

Hills

100.00

South

Garo

Hills

16.05

Continued

...

31

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

West

Garo

Hills

83.95

Mizoram

MizoHills

266,063

Mizo

100.00

Aizawl

68.93

Aizawl

100.00

Aizawl

49.30

Champhai

17.44

Kolasib

10.19

Mamit

13.50

Serch

hip

9.57

Chhim

tuipui

12.38

Chhim

tuipui

100.00

Lawngtlai

54.27

Saiha

45.73

Lunglei

18.69

Lunglei

100.00

Lunglei

100.00

Orissa

Balasore

1,415,923

Balasore

100.00

Baleshwar

100.00

Baleshwar

100.00

Baleshwar

60.54

Bhadrak

39.46

Baudh-

Khondmals

514,427

Baudh

Khondmals

100.00

Phulabani

100.00

Phulbani

100.00

Baudh

36.77

Kandhamal

63.23

Bolangir

1,068,686

Bolangir

100.00

Balangir

100.00

Balangir

100.00

Balangir

72.08

Sonapur

27.92

Ganjam

1,872,530

Ganjam

100.00

Ganjam

100.00

Ganjam

100.00

Gajapati

14.40

Ganjam

85.60

Sambalpur

1,508,686

Sambalpur

100.00

Sambalpur

100.00

Sambalpur

100.00

Bargarh

44.76

Deb

agarh

8.68

Jharsuguda

16.39

Sambalpur

30.16

Rajasthan

Bharatp

ur

1,149,883

Bharatp

ur

100.00

Bharatp

ur

100.00

Bharatp

ur

68.95

Bharatp

ur

100.00

Dholpur

31.05

Dhaulpur

100.00

Continued

...

32

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Ganganagar

1,037,423

Ganganagar

100.00

Ganganagar

100.00

Ganganagar

100.00

Ganganagar

53.47

Hanumangarh

46.53

TamilNadu

Coim

batore

3,557,471

Coim

batore

100.00

Coim

batore

58.91

Coim

batore

100.00

Coim

batore

100.00

Periyar

41.09

Periyar

100.00

Erode

100.00

NorthArcot

3,146,326

NorthArcot

100.00

NorthArcot

100.00

North

Arcot-

Ambed

kar

59.55

Vellore

100.00

Tiruvannamalai-

Sambuvara.

40.45

Tiruvannamalai

100.00

Salem

3,804,108

Dharm

apuri

35.02

Dharm

apuri

100.00

Dharm

apuri

100.00

Dharm

apuri

100.00

Salem

64.98

Salem

100.00

Salem

100.00

Namakkal

33.95

Salem

66.05

South

Arcot

3,047,973

South

Arcot

100.00

South

Arcot

100.00

South

Arcot

100.00

Cuddalore

43.51

Viluppuram

56.49

Tirunelveli

2,730,279

Tirunelveli

100.00

Tirunelveli

100.00

Chidambaranar

37.79

Thoothukkudi

100.00

Tirunelveli-

Kattabomman

62.21

Tirunelveli

100.00

UttarPradesh

Allahabad

2,438,376

Allahabad

100.00

Allahabad

100.00

Allahabad

100.00

Allahabad

79.22

Kaush

ambi

20.78

Bahraich

1,499,929

Bahraich

100.00

Bahraich

100.00

Bahraich

100.00

Bahraich

66.59

Shrawasti

33.41

Banda

953,731

Banda

100.00

Banda

100.00

Banda

100.00

Banda

67.99

Chitrakoot

32.01

Deo

ria

2,375,075

Deo

ria

100.00

Deo

ria

100.00

Deo

ria

100.00

Deo

ria

49.18

Kush

inagar

50.82

Continued

...

33

Tab

le8:

(Con

td.)

Cen

sus20

01districts

that

arepartition

sof

1961

districts

Share

of

1961

district

Share

of

1971

district

Share

of

1981

district

Share

of

1991

district

State/UT

1961district

Population

in1961

1971district

1981district

1991district

2001district

Farrukhabad

1,295,071

Farrukhabad

100.00

Farrukhabad

100.00

Farrukhabad

100.00

Farrukhabad

52.63

Kannauj

47.37

Gonda

2,073,237

Gonda

100.00

Gonda

100.00

Gonda

100.00

Balrampur

38.30

Gonda

61.70

Gorakhpur

2,565,182

Gorakhpur

100.00

Gorakhpur

100.00

Gorakhpur

64.83

Gorakhpur

100.00

Mahara

jganj

35.17

Mahra

jganj

100.00

Hamirpur

794,449

Hamirpur

100.00

Hamirpur

100.00

Hamirpur

100.00

Hamirpur

60.31

Mahoba

39.69

Jhansi

1,087,479

Jhansi

100.00

Jhansi

66.57

Jhansi

100.00

Jhansi

100.00

Lalitp

ur

33.43

Lalitp

ur

100.00

Lalitp

ur

100.00

WestBen

gal

WestDinajpur

1,323,797

WestDinajpur

100.00

WestDinajpur

100.00

WestDinajpur

100.00

Daksh

inDina-

jpur

39.35

UttarDinajpur

60.65

...Concluded

34

Table 9a: Boundary Changes in “Other” Districts, 1961 – 1971

Populationin 1961

Share of 1971district in1961 district

Share of 1961district in1971 districtState/UT 1961 district 1971 district

Andhra Pradesh Anantapur 1,767,464 Anantapur 100.00 100.00

Chittoor 1,914,639 Chittoor 99.98 99.94Nellore 0.02 0.03

Cuddapah 1,342,015 Cuddapah 100.00 100.00

Guntur 3,009,900 Guntur 76.75 99.26Ongole (Prakasam) 23.25 41.86

Hyderabad 2,062,995 Hyderabad 99.95 100.00Medak 0.05 0.09

Kurnool 1,908,740 Kurnool 82.30 100.00Ongole (Prakasam) 17.70 20.21

Medak 1,227,361 Medak 100.00 99.58

Nalgonda 1,574,946 Guntur 1.09 0.74Nalgonda 98.91 100.00

Nellore 2,033,679 Chittoor 0.05 0.06Nellore 68.77 99.97Ongole (Prakasam) 31.18 37.93

Nizamabad 1,022,013 Medak 0.39 0.33Nizamabad 99.61 100.00

Srikakulam 2,340,878 Srikakulam 97.21 100.00Visakhapatnam 2.79 2.78

Visakhapatnam 2,290,759 Visakhapatnam 100.00 97.22

Assam Darrang 1,289,670 Darrang 100.00 100.00

Goalpara 1,543,892 Goalpara 100.00 100.00

Kamrup 2,062,572 Kamrup 100.00 100.00

Nowgong 1,210,761 Nowgong 100.00 100.00

Sibsagar 1,508,390 Sibsagar 100.00 100.00


462,152 United Khasi &Jaintia Hills

100.00 100.00

Bihar Dhanbad 1,158,610 Dhanbad 100.00 97.95

Hazaribagh 2,396,411 Dhanbad 1.01 2.05Hazaribagh 98.99 100.00

Monghyr 3,387,082 Monghyr 95.15 100.00Saharsa 4.85 8.70

Patna 2,949,746 Patna 100.00 100.00

Saharsa 1,723,566 Saharsa 100.00 91.30

Saran 3,584,918 Saran 100.00 99.93

Shahabad 3,218,017 Ballia 0.47 1.12Shahabad 99.53 99.86

Gujarat Ahmedabad 2,210,199 Ahmadabad 96.38 99.99Gandhinagar 3.62 58.43

Amreli 667,823 Amreli 100.00 100.00

Banaskantha 996,144 Banas Kantha 100.00 100.00

Baroda 1,527,326 Vadodara (Bar-oda)

100.00 100.00

Bhavnagar 1,119,435 Bhavnagar 100.00 100.00

Broach 891,969 Bharuch (Broach) 100.00 100.00

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Table 9a: (Contd.) Boundary Changes in “Other” Districts, 1961 – 1971

Populationin 1961



Junagadh 1,245,643 Junagadh 100.00 100.00

Kaira 1,977,540 Kheda (Kaira) 100.00 100.00

Mehsana 1,689,963 Gandhinagar 3.37 41.57Mehsana 96.63 100.00

Surendranagar 663,206 Ahmadabad 0.02 0.01Surendranagar 99.98 100.00

Himachal Pradesh Chamba 210,579 Chamba 100.00 96.09

Mahasu 358,969 Mahasu 100.00 100.00

Sirmaur 197,551 Sirmaur 100.00 100.00

Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag 654,368 Anantnag 99.20 100.00Srinagar 0.80 0.81

Baramulla 604,659 Baramula 99.45 100.00Srinagar 0.55 0.51

Doda 268,403 Doda 97.79 100.00Udhampur 2.21 2.31

Jammu 516,932 Jammu 100.00 99.27

Kathua 207,430 Kathua 100.00 100.00

Srinagar 640,411 Srinagar 100.00 98.68

Udhampur 254,061 Jammu 1.51 0.73Udhampur 98.49 97.69

Kerala Alleppey 1,811,252 Alleppey 99.68 100.00Quilon 0.32 0.29

Cannanore 1,780,294 Cannanore 100.00 100.00

Ernakulam 1,859,913 Ernakulam 100.00 99.65

Kottayam 1,732,880 Ernakulam 0.38 0.35Kottayam 99.62 100.00

Kozhikode 2,617,189 Kozhikode 60.69 100.00Mallapuram 38.85 73.30Palghat 0.45 0.86

Palghat 1,776,566 Mallapuram 20.85 26.70Palghat 76.42 99.14Trichur 2.72 2.87

Quilon 1,941,228 Quilon 100.00 99.71

Trichur 1,639,862 Trichur 100.00 97.13

Madhya Pradesh Bilaspur 2,021,793 Bilaspur 100.00 100.00

Datia 200,467 Datia 100.00 100.00

Durg 1,885,236 Durg 100.00 100.00

Gwalior 657,876 Gwalior 100.00 100.00

Hoshangabad 618,293 Hoshangabad 100.00 100.00

Sehore 754,684 Sehore 100.00 100.00

Madras Chingleput 2,196,412 Chingleput 100.00 100.00

Madras 1,729,141 Madras 100.00 100.00

Madurai 3,211,227 Madurai 100.00 99.99

Ramanathapuram 2,421,788 Madurai 0.01 0.01Ramanathapuram 99.99 100.00

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Populationin 1961



Thanjavur 3,245,927 Thanjavur 100.00 100.00Tiruchirapalli 0.00 0.00

Tiruchirapalli 3,190,078 Tiruchirapalli 100.00 100.00

Maharashtra Ahmadnagar 1,775,969 Ahmednagar 100.00 100.00

Aurangabad 1,532,341 Aurangabad 100.00 100.00

Bhandara 1,268,286 Bhandara 100.00 99.66

Bhir 1,001,466 Bhir 100.00 100.00

Kolhapur 1,596,493 Kolhapur 100.00 100.00

Nagpur 1,512,807 Bhandara 0.29 0.34Nagpur 99.71 100.00

Osmanabad 1,477,656 Osmanabad 100.00 100.00

Parbhani 1,206,236 Parbhani 100.00 100.00

Ratnagiri 1,827,203 Ratnagiri 100.00 100.00

Sangli 1,230,716 Sangli 100.00 100.00

Sholapur 1,860,119 Sholapur 100.00 100.00

Manipur Manipur 780,037 Manipur Central 71.51 100.00Manipur East 6.23 100.00Manipur North 9.24 100.00Manipur South 8.35 100.00Manipur West 4.68 100.00

Mysore Balgaum 1,983,811 Belgaum 100.00 100.00

Bellary 915,261 Bellary 100.00 100.00

Chitradurga 1,094,284 Chitradurga 100.00 100.00

Dharwar 1,950,362 Dharwar 100.00 99.94

North Kanara 689,549 North Kanara 100.00 100.00

Raichur 1,100,895 Dharwar 0.11 0.06Raichur 99.89 100.00

Shimoga 1,017,368 Shimoga 100.00 100.00

Nagaland Kohima 108,924 Kohima 100.00 100.00

Mokokchung 126,001 Mokokchung 100.00 100.00

Tuensang 134,275 Tuensang 100.00 100.00

North EastFrontier Agency

Siang 108,914 Siang 87.69 100.00Subansiri 12.31 17.76

Subansiri 62,090 Subansiri 100.00 82.24

Orissa Cuttack 3,060,320 Cuttack 99.27 99.19Puri 0.73 1.19

Dhenkanal 1,028,935 Cuttack 0.23 0.08Dhenkanal 99.77 100.00

Kalahandi 1,009,654 Kalahandi 93.78 100.00Koraput 6.22 4.02

Koraput 1,498,271 Koraput 100.00 95.98

Puri 1,865,439 Cuttack 1.21 0.74Puri 98.79 98.81

Punjab Ambala 1,373,477 Ambala 64.49 100.00Chandigarh 8.73 100.00

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Populationin 1961



Ropar 22.23 64.75Simla 4.55 35.66

Amritsar 1,534,916 Amritsar 99.95 100.00Firozpur 0.05 0.05

Bhatinda 1,055,177 Bhatinda 100.00 98.35

Ferozepur 1,619,116 Bhatinda 0.43 0.65Firozpur 99.55 99.93Jullundur 0.02 0.02

Gurdaspur 987,994 Chamba 0.87 3.91Gurdaspur 99.13 99.85

Gurgaon 1,240,706 Gurgaon 100.00 100.00

Hissar 1,540,508 Hisar 100.00 99.72

Hoshiarpur 1,233,493 Gurdaspur 0.12 0.15Hoshiarpur 70.62 100.00Kangra 15.78 17.63Ropar 13.48 35.25

Jullundur 1,227,367 Firozpur 0.03 0.02Jullundur 99.88 99.98Ludhiana 0.08 0.09

Kangra 1,062,518 Kangra 85.61 82.37Kulu 14.39 100.00

Karnal 1,490,430 Karnal 100.00 100.00

Lahaul & Spiti 20,453 Lahul & Spiti 100.00 100.00

Ludhiana 1,022,519 Ludhiana 100.00 92.37

Mahendragarh 547,850 Hisar 0.80 0.28Mahendragarh 99.20 100.00

Patiala 1,048,778 Ludhiana 7.95 7.54Patiala 91.55 100.00Sangrur 0.50 0.55

Rohtak 1,420,391 Rohtak 100.00 100.00

Sangrur 1,424,688 Bhatinda 0.75 1.00Jind 32.63 100.00Sangrur 66.62 99.45

Simla 112,653 Simla 100.00 64.34

Rajasthan Alwar 1,090,026 Alwar 100.00 100.00

Bundi 338,010 Bundi 100.00 100.00

Chitorgarh 710,132 Chittaurgarh 100.00 94.99

Jaipur 1,901,756 Jaipur 100.00 100.00

Jaisalmer 140,338 Jaisalmer 100.00 100.00

Jhalawar 490,609 Jhalawar 100.00 100.00

Jodhpur 885,663 Jodhpur 100.00 100.00

Kota 848,389 Kota 100.00 100.00

Sawai Madhopur 943,574 Sawai Madhopur 100.00 100.00

Udaipur 1,464,276 Chittaurgarh 2.56 5.01Udaipur 97.44 100.00

Sikkim Sikkim 162,189 Gangtok 85.32 100.00Gyalshing

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Populationin 1961



Mangan 14.68 100.00Namchi

Tripura Tripura 1,142,005 North Tripura 25.69 100.00South Tripura 24.05 100.00West Tripura 50.26 100.00

Uttar Pradesh Agra 1,862,142 Agra 100.00 100.00

Aligarh 1,765,275 Aligarh 100.00 100.00

Almora 633,407 Almora 100.00 100.00

Azamgarh 2,408,052 Azamgarh 100.00 100.00

Ballia 1,335,863 Ballia 99.49 98.88Saran 0.18 0.07Shahabad 0.34 0.14

Bara Banki 1,414,547 Bara Banki 100.00 100.00

Basti 2,627,061 Basti 99.95 100.00Faizabad 0.05 0.08

Bijnor 1,190,987 Bijnor 100.00 100.00

Bulandshahr 1,737,397 Bulandshahr 100.00 100.00

Chamoli 253,137 Chamoli 100.00 100.00

Etawah 1,182,202 Etawah 100.00 100.00

Faizabad 1,633,359 Faizabad 100.00 99.92

Fatehpur 1,072,940 Fatehpur 99.33 100.00Rae Bareli 0.67 0.54

Garhwal 482,327 Garhwal 100.00 100.00

Kanpur 2,381,353 Kanpur 100.00 99.99Unnao 0.00 0.00

Mainpuri 1,180,894 Mainpuri 100.00 100.00

Mathura 1,071,279 Mathura 100.00 100.00

Meerut 2,712,960 Meerut 99.99 100.00Moradabad 0.01 0.01

Mirzapur 1,249,653 Mirzapur 99.78 100.00Varanasi 0.22 0.11

Moradabad 1,973,530 Moradabad 100.00 99.99

Muzaffarnagar 1,444,921 Muzaffarnagar 100.00 100.00

Naini Tal 574,320 Naini Tal 100.00 100.00

Pithoragarh 263,579 Pithoragarh 100.00 100.00

Rae Bareli 1,314,949 Rae Bareli 100.00 99.46

Saharanpur 1,615,478 Saharanpur 100.00 100.00

Sultanpur 1,412,984 Sultanpur 100.00 100.00

Tehri Garhwal 347,736 Tehri Garhwal 100.00 100.00

Unnao 1,226,923 Kanpur 0.01 0.01Unnao 99.99 100.00

Varanasi 2,362,179 Varanasi 100.00 99.89

West Bengal 24-Parganas 6,280,915 Twenty Four Par-ganas

100.00 100.00

Burdwan 3,082,846 Burdwan 99.99 100.00

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Populationin 1961



Hooghly 0.01 0.01

Calcutta 2,927,289 Calcutta 100.00 100.00

Hooghly 2,231,418 Hooghly 99.66 99.66Nadia 0.34 0.45

Murshidabad 2,290,010 Murshidabad 100.00 100.00

Nadia 1,713,324 Hooghly 0.42 0.33Nadia 99.58 99.55

... Concluded

Note:1. One uninhabited portion with an area of 0.03 sq km of a village was transferred from Kolar district of Mysorestate to Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh in 1968.2. 26 uninhabited villages were transferred to Shahbad district in Bihar from Uttar Pradesh and 59 uninhabitedvillages were transferred from Shahbad to Uttar Pradesh according to the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh (Alteration ofBoundaries Act), 1968.3. 35 uninhabited villages were transferred from Saran district in Bihar to Uttar Pradesh and 13 uninhabitedvillages were transferred to Saran district from Uttar Pradesh according to the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh (Alterationof Boundaries Act), 1968.

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Table 9b: Boundary Changes in “Other” Districts, 1971 – 1981

Populationin 1971



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