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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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ADMINISTRATION.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONS of the district are engaged in several branches of public administration. These include persons working as police and village watchmen, in offices of
Government, in municipalities and other local bodies, as village officials and servants.
The 1881 census records a total number of 14,592 persons under the head "Persons engaged in the General and Local Government of the country". This head is divided into three sub-heads, which with the number engaged in each are shown below:-
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(1) Officers of the then Government of the princely state of Kolhapur. |
Males. |
Females. |
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198 |
-- |
(2) Officers of municipal, local and village Governments. |
149 |
-- |
(3) Officers of foreign or independent Governments or States including the then Provincial and Central Governments and other princely states in India. |
14,245 |
-- |
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Total |
14,592 |
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The Census report, however notes that the figures against (1) and (2) might include a large number of village officials who were not full-time servants of Government and whose main occupation was agriculture.
The figures of the 1911, 1931 and 1951 Censuses, which follow more or less similar classification under public administration are shown below [ These tables are compiled from Census
Reports of 1911,1931 and 1951.] for comparison: -
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Service. |
1911. |
1931. |
1951. |
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Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
Males. |
Females. |
1. Police |
803 |
-- |
201 |
-- |
1,603 |
16 |
2. Service of the Princly State of Kolhapur. |
8 |
-- |
3,620 |
24 |
2,367(a)
178(b) |
31(a)
5(b) | 3. Service of foreign States and other Governments. |
5,288 |
75 |
1 |
-- |
1,286 |
204 |
4. Municipal and other local (not village bodies). |
136 |
28 |
1 |
-- |
1,315 |
13 |
5. Village officials, servants including village watchmen. |
3,919 |
652 |
71 |
3 |
6,741 |
249 |
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