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LENGTH:	WEIGHT:
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres	1 tola = 11.66 grams
1 foot = 30.48 centimetres	1 chhatak = 58.32 grams
1 yard = 91.44 centimetres	1 seer = 933.10 grams
1 mile =1.61 kilometres	1 maund = 37.32 kilograms
1 nautical mile (U. K.) = 1853.18 metres	1 palam = 34.99 grams
1 nautical mile (International) =1852 metres	1 seer (24 tolas) = 279.93 grams
	1 viss = 1.40 kilograms
AREA:	1 maund (Madras) = 11.20 kilograms
1 square foot = 0.093 square metre	1 candy = 223.94 kilograms
1 square yard = 0. 836 square metre	1 ounce = 28.35 grams
1 acre = 0.405 hectare	1 pound = 453.59 grams
VOLUME:	1 hundredweight = 50.80 kilograms
1 cubic foot = 0.023 cubic metre	1 ton = 1016.05 kilograms
CAPACITY:
1 gallon (Imperial) = 4.55 litres
1 seer (80 tolas) = 0.937 litre	TEMPERATURE:
1 Madras measure = 1.77 litres	T� Fahrenheit = 9/5 (T� Centigrade) + 32

METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

LENGTH:	VOLUME:
10 millimetres = 1 centimetre	1,000,000 cubic centimetres = 1 cubic metre
100 centimetres = 1 metre
1000 metres = 1 kilometre	CAPACITY:
1852 metres = 1 nautical mile (International)	1000 millilitres = 1 litre
	1000 litres = 1 kilolitre
AREA:
100 square millimetres = 1 square centimetre
10,000 square centimetres= 1 square metre	WEIGHT:
or centiare	1000 milligrams = 1 gram
100 square metres = 1 are	1000 grams = 1 kilogram
100 ares = 1 hectare	100 kilograms = 1 quintal
100 hectares or 1,000,000 square metres =	1000 kilograms = 1 tonne
1 square kilometre	200 milligrams = 1 carat

ABBREVIATIONS FOR METRIC UNITS

(1) DECIMAL MULTIPLES AND SUB-MULTIPLES:

Prefix	Value in terms of Unit	Abbrevia-tion
kilo	1000	k
centi	001 (10^-2)	c
milli	0.001 (10^-3)	m
micro	0000001 (10^-6)	u

(2) Weight:

Denomination	Value	Abbrevia-tion
tonne	1000 kg	t
quintal	100 kg	q
kilogram	1 kg	kg
gram	1 g	g
milligram	1 mg	mg
carat	200 mg	c
(3) Capacity:
kilolitre	1000 l	kl
litre	1 l	1
millilitre	1 ml	ml

Denomination	Value	Abbrevia-tion
(4) Volume:
cubic centimetre	cm³	cm³
cubic millimetre	mm³	mm³
(5) Length:
kilometre	1000 m	km
metre	1 m	m
centimetre	1 cm	cm
millimetre	1 mm	mm
micron	1/1000 mm or 10^-2 mm	um
(6) Area:
square kilometres	1,000,000 m²	km²
square metre	1 m²	m²
square centimetre	1 cm²	cm²
square millimetre	1 mm²	mm²
(7) Land Measure:
are	100 m²	a
hectare	100 a	ha
centiare	m²	ca

APPENDIX II

A KEY TO DIACRITICAL MARKS

�-आ; �-ई; �-ऊ; ṛ-ऋ; c-च् ; ch-छ् ṭ-ट्; ṭh-ठ्; ḍ-ड्; ḍh-ढ् ; n-न्; ń-ङ; �-ञ; ņ-ण्; s-स्; ś-श्; ş-ष्; ḷ-ळ्

Current spelling	Diacritical spelling	Current spelling	Diacritical spelling
A		G
Adan	Adan	Gadhi	Gadhi
Ahmad Shah Bahamani	Ahmad Sah Bahamani	Ganesha Chaturthi	Ganesa Caturthi
Akola	Akola	Gavilgad	Gavilgad
Ambadevi	Ambadevi	Ghatanji	Ghatanji
Anji	Anji	Gond	Gond
Arnavati	Arnavati	Gopalkrishna	Gopalkrsna
Arni	Arni	H
Ashadhi Ekadashi	Asadhi Ekadasi	Hiranya Kashyap	Hiranya Kasyap
B		J
Babhulgaon	Babhulganv	Jahangir	Jahangir
Bahamani	Bahamani	Jodmoha	Jodmoha
Balaghat	Balaghat	K
Banjaras	Banjaras	Kalamb	Kalamb
Bhadrapada	Bhadrapada	Kalgaon	Kalganv
Bham	Bham	Kamaleshvara	Kamalesvara
Bhambraja	Bhambraja	Kanhoji Bhosle	Kanhoji Bhosle
Bittargaon	Bittarganv	Kap	Kap
Bori	Bori	Kedareshvara	Kedaresvara
C		Kelapur	Kelapur
Chamundadevi	Camundadevi	Khan Jahan	Khan Jahan
Chanda	Canda	L
Chand Bibi	Cand Bibi	Ladkhed	Ladkhed
Chhatrapati Shahu	Chatrapati Sahu	Lakh Khind	Lakh Khind
Chikhali	Cikhali	Lingti	Lingti
D		Lohara	Lohara
Daksheshvara Mahadeva.	Daksesvara Mahadeva	Loni	Loni
Darvha	Darvha	M
Dattapur	Dattapur	Mahagaon Kasha	Mahaganv Kasba
Dhamangaon	Dhamanganv	Maregaon	Mareganv
Dhavanda	Dhavanda	Mukutban	Mukutban
Dhulapur	Dhulapur	Murtaza Nizam Shah	Murtaza Nizam Sah
Dvarapala	Dvarapala

N
Nababpur	Narnala	Nababpur	Narnala
Nanded	Niranjan Mahur	Nanded	Niranjan Mahur

APPENDIX II—contd.

Current spelling	Diacritical spelling	Current spelling	Diacritical spelling
P		S—cont.
Pahur	Pahur	Savargaon	Savarganv
Pandharkavada	Pandharkavada	Shankara	Sankara
Pandharpur	Pandharpur	Shikhar	Sikhar
Parasoji Bhosle	Parasoji Bhosle	Shivaji	Sivaji
Patan Bori	Patan Bori	Shivratra	Sivratra
Pavnar	Pavnar	T
Payanghat	Payanghat	Tapeshvara	Tapesvara
Penganga	Penganga	U
Peshva Bajirav Pisgaon	Pesva Bajirav Pisganv	Umarkhed	Umarkhed
R		V
Raghuji Bhosle	Raghuji Bhosle	Vaishakha	Vaisakha
Rajur	Rajur	Vakataka	Vakataka
Ralegaon	Raleganv	Vishnu	Visnu
Ramgaon	Ramganv	W
Riddhapur	Riddhapur	Wardha	Wardha
S		Y
Sabaji Bhosle	Sabaji Bhosle	Yeotmal	Yavatmal
Sabhamandap	Sabhamandap	Yelabara	Yelabara
Satefal	Satefal	Yot-Lohara	Yot-Lohara

APPENDIX III

TABLE No. 1

TAHSIL-WISE AREA AND POPULATION, YEOTMAI. DISTRICT, 1971

Tahsil	Total Rural Urban*	No. of villages		Area in Sq. km.	Population			Population per Sq. km.
Tahsil	Total Rural Urban*	Inhabited	Un-inhabited	Area in Sq. km.	Persons	Males	Females	Population per Sq. km.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Yeotmal Dist.	Total	1,647	284	13,925.0	14,23,677	7,26,072	6,97,605	102
	Rural	1,647	284	13,833.2	12,29,728	6,24,423	6,05,305	89
	Urban	--	--	91.8	1,93,949	1,01,649	92,300	2,112
(1) Yeotmal	Total	320	63	2,351.7	2,72,829	1,40,019	1,32,810	116
	Rural	320	63	2,343.3	2,07,993	1,05,925	1,02,068	89
	Urban	--	--	8.4	64,336	34,094	30,742	7,746
(2) Kelapur	Total	341	60	2,812.7	2,50,053	1,26,407	1,23,646	89
	Rural	341	60	2,792.3	2,27,278	1,14,584	1,12,694	81
	Urban	--	--	20.4	22,775	11,823	10,952	1,116
(3) Wani	Total	322	69	2,232.6	2,13,548	1,08,795	1,04,753	96
	Rural	322	69	2,219.1	1,89,093	95,867	93,226	85
	Urban	--	--	13.5	24,455	12,928	11,527	1,816
(4) Pusad	Total	324	41	3,328.2	3,53,022	1,80,236	1,72,786	106
	Rural	324	41	3,295.4	3,07,358	1,56,220	1,51,138	93
	Urban	--	--	32.8	45,664	24,016	21,648	1,390
(5) Darwha	Total	340	51	2,792.0	3,34,225	1,70,615	1,63,610	120
	Rural	340	51	2,775.3	2,98,006	1,51,827	1,46,179	107
	Urban	--	--	16.7	36,219	18,788	17,431	2,165

* There were 8 towns in the district.

TABLE No. 2

POPULATION OF URBAN AREA, 1971 CENSUS

Town	Area in Sq. km.	Population			Scheduled Castes	Scheduled Tribes	No. of Households
Town	Area in Sq. km.	Males	Females	Total	Scheduled Castes	Scheduled Tribes	No. of Households
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Yeotmal	8.37	34,094	30,742	64,836	3,441	3,365	12,366
Pandhar-kaoda	10.02	7,023	6,578	13,601	887	1,052	2,535
Ghatanji	10.39	4,800	4,374	9,174	476	698	1,721
Wani	13.47	12,928	11,527	24,455	1,452	1,258	5,034
Pusad	5.34	14,815	13,145	27,960	1,699	--	5,407
Umarkhed	27.50	9,201	8,503	17,704	921	--	3,252
Digras	14.30	10,852	10,122	20,974	816	--	3,857
Darwha	2.43	7,936	7,309	15,245	690	--	2,698

TABLE No. 3

STATISTICS OF POPULATION, 1971 CENSUS

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Scheduled Castes	55,894	45,512	10,382
Scheduled Tribes	1,97,977	1,91,604	6,373
Households	2,76,774	2,39,904	36,870
Sex ratio of population	961	969	908
Percentage of rural and urban population to total population.	100	86.38	13.62

Percentage of population living in villages of various population sizes with reference to total rural population.

Less than	200	200—499	500—999	1,000—1,999	2,000—4,999	5,000—9,999	10,000 and above
Less than	1.98	14.54	28.39	35.72	15.60	2.94	0.83

TABLE No. 4

AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AS PER 1971 CENSUS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT

(1)	Cultivators		Agricultural Labourers
	Males	Females	Males	Females
	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
District Total	1.33,301	29,465	1,76,660	1,71,542
Rural	1,29,466	29,191	1.70,269	1,66,279
Urban	3,835	274	6,391	5,263

TABLE No. 5

RAINFALL RETURNS AT SELECTED CENTRES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT DURING 1971

(in mm.)

Station	Normal rainfall	No. of rainy days	Rainfall
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Darwha	918.6	42	777.1
Yeotmal	1,096.1	75	838.9
Pusad	929.2	50	697.8
Pandharkawada	1,122.2	64	688.5
Wani	1,118.2	42	871.8

TABLE No. 6

LAND UTILISATION IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1970-71

(Area in hectares)

Total geographical area	Area under forests	Land put to non. agricultural use	Barren and uncultivable land	Culturable waste	Permanent pastures and other grazing lands
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
13,52,997	2,56,194	32,124	50,881	31,862	79,216

TABLE No. 6- continued

Land under miscellaneous tree crops etc., not included in area sown	Current fallows	Other fallows	Net area sown	Area sown more than once	Gross cropped area
(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
14,810	28,206	43,300	8,16,404	10,116	8,26,520

TABLE No. 7

DISTRIBUTION OF FOREST AREA IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1970-71

(Area in hectares)

Department	Type of forests
Department	Reserved	Protected	Unclassified and leased	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Forest	286,216	18,866	--	305,082
Revenue	--	--	76,716	76,716
Total	286,216	18,866	76,716	381,798

TABLE No. 8

MAJOR AND MINOR FOREST PRODUCTS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT DURING 1971-72

Timber		Fuel		Sandal wood		Minor forest products (value)			Total value in Rs.
Quantity in '000' M³	Value in Rs.	Quantity in '000' M³	Value in Rs.	Quantity in '000'	Value in Rs.	Bamboo in Rs.	Grass and grazing in Rs.	Other products in Rs.	Total value in Rs.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
31	60,35,961	97	7,37,788	Nil.	Nil.	37,903	1,47,883	38,03,235	10,789,770

TABLE No. 9

CO-OPERATIVE FARMING SOCIETIES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1970-71

No. of societies	No. of members		Share capital	Working capital	Reserve and other funds	Area cultivated by farming societies
	Societies	Individuals
(1)	(2)	(3)	(in Rs.)	(in Rs.)	(in Rs.)	(in hectares)
			(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
200	--	3,687	1,27,150	22,52,246	--	18,642

TABLE No. 10

CROPPED AREA, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1970-71

(Area in hectares)

Tahsil	Food crops	Non-food crops
(1)	(2)	(3)
Darwha	87,495	104,813
Yeotmal	67,870	76,105
Pusad	99,891	83,932
Kelapur	83,660	80,178
Wani	78,968	63,608
District Total	417,884	408,636

TABLE No. 11

AREA, YIELD AND OUT-TURN OF CROPS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Crops	Area (in hectares)	Yield rate per hectare (in kg.)	Out-turn (in metric tons)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Cereals—
Rice	12,367	400	6,200
Wheat	16,294	528	8,600
Jowar	2,66,669	314	83,700
Bajri	13,795	217	3,000
Other cereals	697	167	100
Total Cereals	3,09,822	328	1,01,600
Pulses—
Gram	7,494	267	2,000
Tur	45,440	733	33,300
Other pulses	47,363	132	900
Total Pulses	1,00,297	416	41,600
Sugarcane	508	6,800*	3,400
Condiments and spices	4,498	--	--
Fruits and Vegetables	2,759	--	--
Fibres—	--
Cotton	3,55,313	0.33**	65,900
Other fibres	4,666	--	--
Total Fibres	3,59,979	--	--
Oil-seeds—
Groundnut	34,157	510	17,400
Other Oil-seeds	14,459	--	--
Total Oil-seeds	48,616	--	--
Drugs and Narcotics—	--
Tobacco	4	--	--
Other drugs and narcotics	1	--	--
Total Drugs and Narcotics	5	--	--

* Sugarcane yield in terms of gul.

** Out-turn of cotton is in terms of bales of 180 kg. (figures in '00')

TABLE No. 12

AREA IRRIGATED BY DIFFERENT SOURCES AND NUMBER OF IRRIGATION WELLS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT IN 1970-71

Source	Area irrigated (in hectares)	Irrigation wells
Government canals	506	Total No. of irrigation wells	26,988
Private canals	--	No. of irrigation wells in use	8,730
Tanks	109	No. of irrigation wells not in use	4,074
Wells	6,359	No. of other wells	14,184
Other sources	359
Total net area irrigated	7,325
Total gross area irrigated	8,728

TABLE No. 13

LIVE-STOCK* IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT AS PER 1966 LIVE-STOCK CENSUS

Classification	Cattle	Buffaloes
(1)	(2)	(3)
(1) Males over three years—	2,70,439	3,528
(a) Used for breeding only	4,005	1,343
(b) Used for breeding and work	9,461	639
(c) Used for working only	2,55,214	1,389
(d) Others	1,759	157
(2) Females over three years—	2,39,595	49,663
(a) In milk	78,365	18,110
(b) Dry and not calved even once	1,58,566	30,467
(c) Working	1,783	592
(d) Others	890	494
(3) Young stock	1,64,036	29,312
Total	6,74,070	82,503
* Total No. of Sheep	5,659
Total No. of Goats	2,02,066
Total No. of Other Live-stock	11,139
Poultry	2,28,225

TABLE No. 14

ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1966

Industry	Number of registered factories	Productive capital (Rs. '000)	Employment (No.)	Gross output (Rs. '000)	Value Added (Rs. '000)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Manufacture of grain mill products	7	1,182	335	9,229	877
Manufacture of miscellaneous food preparations
Vegetables and animal oils and fats (except edible oils)
Manufacture of textiles not elsewhere classified	42	5,788	3,151	31,392	3,841
Manufacture of cork and wood products not elsewhere classified	10	960	156	1,822	294
Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified	18	1,881	416	3,113	1,100
Printing, publishing and allied industries..	3	119	74	728	211
Manufacture of machinery (except electrical machinery)
Repairs of motor vehicles
District Total	80	9,930	4,132	46,284	6,323

Notes—(1) The figures are provisional.

(2) The figures are based on actuals of the reporting census sector factories and estimates of sample sector factories.

(3) The number of registered factories shown in col. No. (2) are those factories registered with Chief Inspector of Factories, Bombay,

(4) The information pertaining to less than 3 factories in any industry is clubbed with other industry group.

TABLE No. 15

AVERAGE DAILY EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS IN REGISTERED FACTORIES, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971

Category	No. of regis-tered factories	No. of closed factories	No. of working factories submit-ting returns	Total workers in (4)			Total No. of man days worked	No. of working factories not submit-ting returns	No. of workers in (7)
Category	No. of regis-tered factories	No. of closed factories	No. of working factories submit-ting returns	Total	Males	Females	Total No. of man days worked	No. of working factories not submit-ting returns	No. of workers in (7)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5a)	(5b)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Gins and Presses	52	4	38	3,683	2,178	1,505	4,15,984	10	449
Manufacture of grain mill products	2	--	2	23	16	7	5,859	--	--
Manufacture of miscellaneous food preparations	3	--	3	68	64	4	16,392	--	--
Tobacco manufacture	3	1	--	--	--	--	--	2	101
Manufacture of wood and cork except manufacture of furniture.	4	--	3	27	27	--	7,491	1	4
Printing, book-binding, etc.	1	--	1	15	15	--	4,380	--	--
Manufacture of structural clay products	1	--	1	56	54	2	17,024	--	--
Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified.	15	5	8	138	52	86	37,923	2	19
Repairs of motor vehicles and bicycles	2	--	1	65	65	--	23,725	1	37
Gas manufacture and distribution	1	--	1	30	30	--	9,180	--	--
Total	84	10	58	4,105	2,501	1,604	5,37,958	16	610

TABLE No. 16

STATISTICS OF WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS, YEOTMAL DISTRICT AS PER 1971 CENSUS

Particulars	Total			Rural			Urban
Particulars	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Total Workers	6,03,034	3,93,019	2,10,015	5,46,416	3,46,202	2,00,214	56,618	46,817	9,801
Cultivators	1,62,766	1,33,301	29,465	1,58,657	1,29,466	29,191	4,109	3,835	274
Agricultural labourers	3,48,202	1,76,660	1,71,542	3,36,548	1,70,269	1,66,279	11,654	6,391	5,263
Live-stock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards and allied activities.	7,810	7,150	660	6,257	5,704	553	1,553	1,446	107
Mining and quarrying	662	457	205	566	390	176	96	67	29
Manufacturing, processing, servicing, and repairs—
(a) Household industry	11,947	10,769	1,178	10,378	9,477	901	1,569	1,292	277
(b) Other than household industry	11,668	10,255	1,413	5,302	4,687	615	6,366	5,568	798
Construction	4,467	4,062	605	2,839	2,401	438	1,828	1,661	167
Trade and Commerce	19,676	18,695	981	7,944	7,525	419	11,732	11,170	562
Transport, storage and communica-tions	5,498	5,230	268	1,236	1,168	68	4,262	4,062	200
Other Services	30,138	26,440	3,698	16,689	15,115	1,574	13,449	11,325	2,124
Non-workers	8,20,643	3,33,053	4,87,590	6,83,312	2,78,221	4,05,091	1,37,331	54,832	82,499

TABLE No. 17

NUMBER OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED AND POPULATION SERVED BY THE MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, YEOTMAL DISTRICT

Year ending	Total in the District		Villages Electrified		Towns Electrified		Total
Year ending	Villages	Towns	Number	Population	Number	Population	Number	Population
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
31-3-1961	1,924	8	47	82,313	8	138,525	55	220,838
31-3-1966	1,924	8	189	222,078	8	138,525	197	360,603
31-3-1971	1,924	8	501	431,839	8	138,525	509	570,364
31-3-1972	1,931	8	590	490,913*	8	138,525	598	629,438*

*Population as per 1961 Census

TABLE No. 18

NUMBER OF REGISTERED MONEY-LENDERS AND LOANS ADVANCES BY THEM, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

	No. of moneylenders	Loans advanced to traders (Rs.)	Loans advanced to non. traders (Rs.)	Total (Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
District Total	308	7,58,728	19,51,702	27,10,430
Darwha Tahsil	38	1,08,516	2,06,220	3,14,736
Yeotmal Tahsil	130	3,25,640	6,12,222	9,37,862
Pusad Tahsil	36	1,06,380	3,11,126	4,17,506
Kelapur Tahsil	66	1,01,650	4,08,016	5,09,666
Wani Tahsil	38	1,16,542	4,14,118	5,30,660

TABLE No. 19

STATISTICS OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Type of Societies	No. of Societies	Number of members		Share Capital (Rs.)	Reserve and Other Funds (Rs.)	Working Capital (Rs.)
Type of Societies	No. of Societies	Societies	Individuals	Share Capital (Rs.)	Reserve and Other Funds (Rs.)	Working Capital (Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Agricultural Credit Societies*.	604	--	1,13,114	58,28,178	5,33,713	3,02,59,256
Agricultural Non-Credit Societies.	303	1,884	31,368	1,13,70,675	31,85,036	4,82,64,785
Non-Agricultural Credit Societies.	69	--	8,719	6,98,182	84,361	32,65,221
Non-Agricultural Non- Credit Societies.	268	951	33,952	1,20,96,622	73,97,924	5,53,11,330

* Loans of Agricultural Credit Societies during the same year are as follows:—

	Rs.
Advanced	2,86,27,178
Recovered	3,42,96,383
Outstanding	4,67,09,363
Overdue	1,16,92,314
Percentage Recovered	49.6

TABLE No. 20

OPERATIONS OF CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING SOCIETIES, YEOTMAL DISRTICT, 1971-72

(Rs. in '000).

Particulars	Total of all Taluka Sale and Purchase Unions
(1)	(2)
Number of Societies	14
Number of members	800
Value of purchase—
(i) Agricultural produce	11,09
(ii) Agricultural requisites	49,25
(iii) Consumer goods	49,95
Value of sale—	--
(i) As owner	1,75,25
(ii) As agents	1,72,00
Total	34,725
Sale of Agricultural Produce as Owner and as Agents—
(i) Paddy	--
(ii) Jowar	--
(iii) Other Food grains	18,48
(iv) Oil-seeds	9,06
(v) Others	1,99,75
Total	2,27,29
Agricultural requisites sold as Owners and as Agents—
(i) Fertilisers	35,95
(ii) Seeds	12,14
(iii) Agricultural Implements	3,01
(iv) Others	9,50

TABLE No. 21

NUMBER OF BANKING OFFICES IN THE BEGINNING OF 1971

Particulars	Number
(1)	(2)
Number of towns and villages having banking offices	25
Population covered as per 1971 Census	2,67,858
Scheduled banks	17
Co.operative banks	27
Total	44

TABLE No. 22

STATISTICS RELATING TO CO-OPERATIVE BANKS, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Particulars	District Central Co-operative Bank	District Land Development Bank	Urban Co-operative Bank
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Number of branches	26	15	1
Number of members—
(i) Societies	897	--	--
(ii) Individuals	1,406	2.1,094	426
Share capital (Rs.)	1,29,33,255	67,69,651	86,200
Reserve and other funds (Rs.)	52,74,739	4,66,000	19,039
Working capital (Rs.)	9,04,16,000	6,24,88,404	7,65,256
Loans advanced (Rs.)—
(i) Short term	4,62,78,000	--	6,74,963
(ii) Medium term	2,23,68,000	--	--
(iii) Long term	--	78,10,925	--

TABLE No. 23

No. OF INSURANCE POLICES ISSUED AND AMOUNT INSURED 1970-71 AND 1971-72

	1970-71	1971-72
(1)	(2)	(3)
No. of insurance policies issued	3,092	3,450
Amount insured (Rs. in '000)	2,15,33	2,47,72

TABLE No. 24

COLLECTION OF SMALL SAVINGS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

(Rs. '000)

Description	Target	Gross Collection	Withdrawlas	Net Collection
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
National defence certificates	34 lakhs	--	--	--
Ten years defence certificates		--	--	--
Fifteen years annuity certificates		--	--	--
Post office savings banks		5,24	11	5,13
Cumulative time deposits		15,54	9,01	6,53
Others		--	--	--
National savings certificates (II, III and IV).		60,78	1	60,77
Other postal certificates		--	6,57	(—) 6,57
Post-office time deposits (1, 3 and 5 years).		1,07,57	1,05,10	2,47
Recurring deposits		10,67	12,05	8,62
Fixed deposits		7	5	2
Public Provident Fund		11	--	11
Total	34 lakhs	1,99,98	1,22,90	77,08

TABLE No. 25

NO. OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, AS ON 31ST MARCH 1971

Particulars	Number*
(1)	(2)
Companies Limited by shares—	--
(i) Public	1
(ii) Private	4
Companies Limited by Guarantees and associations not for profit—
(i) Public	2
(ii) Private	--
Total	7

* Figures are provisionl.

TABLE No. 26

OPERATIONS OF REGULATED MARKETS, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Commodity		Darwha	Digras	Bori-Arab	Yeotmal	Pusad	Umarkhed	Pandhar-kawada	Ghatanji	Wani
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
Wheat	Q*	--	16.0	--	40.0	623.1	25.3	--	38.9	298.2
Wheat	V**	--	15	--	40.0	5,87	34	--	49	3,01
Jowar	Q	--	67.8	--	--	2.8	12.2	72.8	10.3	681.6
Jowar	V	--	71	--	--	3	63	41	6	3,82
Rice	Q	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	47.8	--
Rice	V	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	55	--
Bajara	Q	17.0	129.5	--	181.6	298.3	--	14.8	2.5	6.7
Bajara	V	13	1,13	--	1,45	2,09	--	11	2	4
Tur	Q	444.2	546.1	--	2,634.0	1,244.3	455.8	1,433.4	970.6	2,768.2
Tur	V	4,98	6,55	--	32,93	14,96	5,03	17,27	11,17	30,54
Gram	Q	--	0.7	--	79.2	33.5	32.3	21.7	8.3	46.7
Gram	V	--	0.6	--	71	31	28	21	8	43
Udid and Mug	Q	150.4	439.7	--	703.0	942.4	55.8	83.0	91.5	738.2
Udid and Mug	V	2,51	7,27	--	10,55	9,30	84	1,15	117	9,60
Groundnut	Q	950	1,556.6	--	3,997.2	2,556.1	71.1	351.2	23.8	34.0
Groundnut	V	15,68	23,35	--	55,96	36,96	12	4,18	32	40
Cotton	Q	2,484.2	17,502.1	948.5	33,816.0	8,776.7	4,392.4	9,860.4	9,852.2	19,091.1
Cotton	V	21,22	3,73,52	2,266	7,89,62	2,19,43	10,83	2,28,39	2,32,72	4,72,91
Other oil seeds	Q	10.9	168.2	--	179.8	36.6	40.0	79.3	4.1	956.2
Other oil seeds	V	25	3,10	--	3,57	35	52	1,69	8	10,12

* Q—Quantity in metric tonnes;

**V—Value in '000 Rs.

TABLE No. 27

OPERATION OF MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION
DURING 1971-72

Serial No.	Items	As on 31st March 1972
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	No. of routes	336
2	Route distance (km.)	20,996.3
3	Average route distance (km.)	62.48
4	Daily average kilometres operated	81,760
5	Average No. of buses held	383.25
6	Average No. of buses on road per day	338.29
7	Average vehicle utilisation (km.)	245.11
8	Percentage load factor	80.25
9	No. of passengers travelled per day	95,464
10	Average distance travelled per passenger (km.)	0.85
11	Total traffic receipts during the year ('000 Rs.)	32,999
12	Average earnings per passenger (in paise)	1,21,71,111.39

TABLE No. 28

ROAD LENGTH ACCORDING TO CATEGORY AND SURFACE CLASSIFICATION IN DISTRICT YEOTMAL AS ON 31ST MARCH 1972

(Length in km.)

Sr. No.	Particulars	Extra-Municipal			Municipal
Sr. No.	Particulars	B.and C. Department	Zilla Parishad	Grand Total	Municipal
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	I. Category.
1	National Highways	64.46	Nil	64.46	—
2	State Highways	558.18	Nil	558.18	—
3	Major District Roads	Nil	893.74	893.74	—
4	Other District Roads	Nil	619.00	619.00	—
5	Village Roads	Nil	805.00	805.00	—
6	Others	Nil	Nil	Nil	145.92.
	Total	622.64	2,317.74	2,940.38	145.92
	II. Surface Classification.
1	Cement concrete	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2	Black—topped	516.61	150.43	667.04	45.46
3	Water bound macadam	99.19	1,037.52	1,136.71	50.86
4	Granular material	Nil	11.20	11.20	Nil
5	Lower types	6.84	1,118.59	1,125.13	49.60
	Total	622.64	2,317.74	2,940.38	145.92

TABLE No. 29

POSTS, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Serial No.	Particulars	Number
(1)	(2)	(3)
1	No. of post-offices	286
2	No. of telegraph offices	17
3	No. of letter-boxes	473
4	No. of postmen	70
5	No. of telephones	1,327
6	No. of radio licences issued and renewed	18,271

TABLE No. 30

RURAL BROADCASTING STATISTICS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT AS ON 31 ST MARCH 1972

Sr. No.	Taluka	No. of villages having receiving sets	Population of villages having receiving sets (1971 Census)	Total number of Radio farm forums
Sr. No.	Taluka	31st March 1972	31st March 1972	31st March 1972
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
	District Total	1,447	9,68,199	141
	Taluka
1	Darwha	336	2,53,873	15
2	Yeotmal	287	1,71,675	20
3	Pusad	321	2,32,906	40
4	Kelapur	260	1,69,926	31
5	Wani	243	1,39,819	35

TABLE No. 31

TRENDS IN SELECTED INDICATORS, YEOTMAL DISTRICT

Sr. No	Items	Unit	Years
Sr. No	Items	Unit	1950-51	1960-61	1966-67	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
I. Area and Population. (1951,1961 and 1971)
1	Area	Sq. km.	13,517	13,517	--	--	13,925	--
1	Area	Sq. km.	(1951)	(1961)	--	--	(1971)	--
2	Total population	No.	9,32,982	10,98,420	--	--	14,23,677	--
3	Density of population	Per sq. km	69	79	--	--	102	--
4	Percentage of workers engaged in agriculture to total workers..	--	82.84	85.30	--	--	4.73	--
II. Agriculture and Irrigation.
1	Area under forests	Hect.	3,08,890	3,10,035	2,67,083	2,56,197	2,56,194	N. A.
2	Cultivable area	Do.	9,39,167	8,89,173	9,00,713	9,34,044	9,34,582	N. A.
3	Cultivable area per agricultural worker (for 1 951, 1961 and 1971)	Do.	5.04	4.37	--	--	5.74	N. A.
4	Gross cropped area	Do.	6,90,783	7,41,393	7,84,740	8,18,463	8,26,520	N. A.
5	Net cropped area	Do.	6,68,100	7,36,060	7,77,907	8,11,474	8,16,404	N. A.
	(a) Area under food-grains	Do.	3,97,217	4,00,002	4,07,916	4,11,983	4,10,119	N. A.
	(b) Area under sugarcane	Do.	536	312	454	556	508	N. A.
	(c) Area under groundnut	Do.	38,740	21,521	21,680	32,091	34,157	N. A.
	(d) Area under cotton	Do.	2,26,188	2,93,800	3,29,189	3,49,520	3,55,313	N. A.

TABLE No. 31—contd.

Sr. No.	Items	Unit	Years
Sr. No.	Items	Unit	1950-51	1960-61	1966-67	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
II. Agriculture and Irrigation—contd.
6	Net area sown per agricultural worker (1951, 1961 and 1971)	Hect.	1.56	1.45	--	--	1.60	N. A.
7	Percentage of area sown more than once to net area sown	Per cent	0.39	0.72	0.88	0.86	1.24	N. A.
8	Gross irrigated area	Hect.	3,184	3,000	7,381	7,748	8,728	N. A.
9	Percentage of gross irrigated area to gross cropped area	Per cent	0.46	0.40	0.94	0.95	1.06	N. A.
10	Net irrigated area	Hect.	3,184	2,945	6,416	6,773	7,325	N. A.
11	Area irrigated by canals	Do.	132	7	404	502	506	N. A.
12	Area irrigated by wells	Do.	2,942	2,828	5,597	5,962	6,359	N. A.
13	Area irrigated by other sources	Do.	110	39	215	210	351	N. A.
14	Area irrigated under—	--
	(a) Food-grains	Do.	162	348	2,243	2,848	3,451	N. A.
	(b) Sugarcane	Do.	536	312	454	583	508	N.A.
	(c) Groundnut	Do.	--	--	--	--	8	N. A.
	(d) Cotton	Do.	--	283	1,440	1,048	891	N.A.
III. Soil Conservation Works.
1	Area bunded	Do.	--	10,711	25,930	32,102	25,314	25,272
2	Area reclaimed	Do.	--	--	--	--	16	29
IV. Agricultural Implements. (For the years 1956, 1961 and 1966)			(1956)	(1961)	(1966)
1	Ploughs—
	(i) Wooden	No.	75,273	74,527	80,080	--	--	--
	(ii) Iron	No.	12,213	14,142	15,870	--	--	--
2	Oil engines with pumps (for irrigation purposes)	No.	172	413	939	--	--	--
3	Electric pumps (for irrigation purposes)	No.	12	232	1,471	--	--	--
4	Sugarcane crushers—
	(i) Power operated	No.	47	36	82	--	--	--
	(ii) Bullock driven	No.	75	56	60	--	--	--
V. Live-stock (For theyears 1956, 1961 and 1966)
1	Total live-stock	No.	9,97,527	10,00,742	9,75,436	--	--	--
2	Net cropped area per pair of bullocks (male cattle over 3 years)	Hect.	5.52	5.40	5.70	--	--	--
3	Poultry	No.	2,80,710	4,46,034	2,28,225	--	--	--
VI. Factory Employment
1	Working factories	No.	N. A.	58	79	71	73	74
2	Average daily employment	No.	N. A.	4,472	7,649	5,584	5,237	4,715
3	Number of workers employed in registered factories per lakh of population.	No.	N. A.	407	697	508	477	331
VII. Electricity
1	Electricity generated	Million KWH	Nil	0.18	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
2	Electricity consumed	Do.	Nil	6.24	11.16	18.34	19.86	25.12
3	Towns electrified	No.	Nil	6	8	8	8	8
4	Villages electrified	No.	Nil	41*	236	403	501	590

*Revised

TABLE No. 31—contd.

Sr. No.	Items	Unit	Years
Sr. No.	Items	Unit	1950-51	1960-61	1966-67	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
VIII. Co-operation
1	Societies—
	(a) Agricultural credit	No.	598	616	613	613	608	610
	(b) Other agricultural	No.		102	219	288	289	299
	(c) Non-agricultural	No.		209	273	315	319	337
2	Members—
	(a) Agricultural credit	No.	27,694	59,571	1,05,901	1,11,932	1,29,368	1,37,392
	(b) Other agricultural	No.		2,010	28,220	32,481	36,632	32,571
	(c) Non-agricultural	No.		17,800	31,050	39,085	43,015	13,622
3	Working capital—
	(a) Agricultural credit	Rs. '000	66,15	1,40,09	8,09,92	6,50,71	24,61,63	18,32,38
	(b) Other agricultural	Do.	N.A.	5,95	97,53	1,73,78	1,47,35	4,81,85
	(c) Non-agricultural	Do.	N.A.	2,43,21	1,26,10	2,89,34	4,55,54	5,85,77
4	Loans advanced—
	(a) Agricultural credit	Rs. '000	N.A.	1,07,87	5,25,17	2,97,50	13,24,32	10,50,81
	(b) Other agricultural	Do.	N.A.	--	--	--	--	--
	(c) Non-agricultural	Do.	N.A.	--	--	--	13,67	22,75
IX. Education
1	Primary—
	(a) Institutions	No.	464	1,168	1,629	1,663	1,681	N. A.
	(b) Students	No.	35,270	82,939	1,35,445	1,30,204	1,36,353	N. A.
	(c) Teachers	No.	1,188	3,009	4,743	5,079	5,120	N. A.
2	Secondary—
	(a) Institutions	No.	27	59	111	144	155	N. A.
	(b) Students	No.	6,914	17,748	36,137	36,375	37,394	N. A.
	(c) Teachers	No.	289	827	1,417	1,651	1,801	N. A.
3	Higher—
	(a) Institutions	No.	--	4	8	9	11	N. A.
	(b) Students	No.	--	805	4,131	5,545	5,776	N. A.
	(c) Teachers	No.	--	N. A.	136	N. A.	200	N.A.
4	Percentage of literate population, 1961 and 1971 —
	(a) Men	Per cent	--	35.34	--	--	42.87	--
	(b) Women	Per cent	--	11.27	--	--	19.88	--
	Total	Per cent	--	23.48	--	--	31.60	--
X. Medical and Public Health
1	Dispensaries	No.	8	33	53	57	57	58
2	Hospitals	No.	12	11	9	11	11	11
3	Primary Health Centres	No.	--	7	14	14	14	14
4	Beds	No.	109	283	383	455	456	465
5	Beds per lakh of population	No.	12	26	35	46	46	33

TABLE No. 31— contd.

Sr. No.	Items	Unit	Years
Sr. No.	Items	Unit	1950-51	1960-61	1966-67	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
X. Medical and Public Health—cont.
6	Patients treated—
	(a) Outdoor	No.	2,64,007	5,86,755	5,50,940	7,76,457	7,49,047	4,37,874
	(b) Indoor	No.	3,638	11,904	15,937	20,026	24,221	25,546
7	Birth rate	Per'000	37.13	42.77	46.10	32.53	28.47	25.38
8	Death rate	Do.	29.64	24.73	22.20	12.96	11.01	7.62
XI. Transport and Communications.
1	Road length (Extra-municipal)	km	490	1,279	1,488	2,180	2,294	2,940
2	Length of roads—
	(a) per 1,000 sq. km	km	36.25	94.62	106.29	161.28	169.71	213.04
	(b) per lakh of population	km	52.58	116.43	135.27	198.54	208.93	206.46
3	Total railway length	km	82	82	82	82	82	82
4	Post Offices	No.	95	216	268	276	284	286
5	Telegraph Offices	No.	7	8	14	17	17	17
6	Radio licences issued—
	(a) New	No.	N.A.	2,852	11,080	14,709	13,343	18,271
	(b) Renewed	No.	N.A.	2,852	11,080	14,709	13,343	18,271
XII. Community Development
1	C. P. A. pattern blocks	No.	Nil	9	15	15	15	15
2	Villages covered	No.	Nil	1,3,13	1,924	1,924	1,924	1,931
3	Population covered	No.	Nil	6,91,000	9,59,945	9,59,945	9,59,945	12,29,728
XIII. Local-Self Government
1	Village Panchayats	No.	184	872	1,085	1,096	1,111	1,114
2	Municipalities	No.	8	8	8	8	8	8
XIV. Miscellaneous
1	Banking Offices	No.	14	16	30	34	36	44

SOURCE: Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Govt, of Maharashtra.

TABLE No. 32

LAND REVENUE COLLECTION IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Particulars	Amount
(1)	(2)
	(Rs.)
Current years' consolidated demand of land revenue excluding collections of last year and previous years.	14,82,662
Arrears of consolidated land revenue (authorised and unauthorised).	4,02,822
Gross consolidated demand of land revenue	18,85,484
Remissions	--
Suspensions	41,350
Collections due	18,44,134
Actual collections	16,95,238

TABLE No. 33

STRENGTH OF POLICE FORCE IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Number of—
Superintendent	1
Deputy Superintendents	2
Inspectors	4
Sub-Inspectors	46
Head Constables	213
Constables	779
Total	1,045
Number of—
Police Station	23
Out-posts	8
Lock-ups	46

TABLE No. 34

CASES DISPOSED OF IN COURTS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971

Civil Courts—
Original	Regular	2,029
Original	Miscellaneous	281
Appellate	Regular	46
Appellate	Miscellaneous	24
Criminal Courts—
Original	Regular	15,368
Original	Miscellaneous	254
Appellate	Regular	252
Appellate	Miscellaneous	53

TABLE No. 35

VETERINARY STATISTICS, YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Number of—
Hospital	1
Dispensaries	16
Aid-centres	58
Doctors	16
Stockmen	63
Animals treated in—
Hospital	4,885
Dispensaries	43,260
Aid-Centres	80,422
Total	1,28,567
No. of artificial insemination centres	10
No. of animals inseminated	2,077

TABLE No. 36

STATISTICS RELATING TO FORESTS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

(I) Type of Forests—	Area (in hectares)
Reserved	2,86,216
Protected	18,866
Unclassed	76,716
Total	3,81,798
(2) Forest Produce—	Amount (Rs.)
Timber	60,35,961
Fuel	7,37,788
Bamboo	37,903
Grass and Grazing	1,47,883
Other Products	38,03,235
Total value	1,10,62,770

TABLE No. 37

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF LOCAL BODIES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

(Figures of Rs. in '000)

Particulars	Income	Expenditure
(1)	(2)	(3)
Village Panchayats (1,114)	53,93	56,12
Zilla Parishad	6,73,74	6,78
Municipal Councils (8)	1,06,36	1,02,84

TABLE No. 38

LITERACY IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT (1971 CENSUS)

Number of literates—
Males	311,246
Females	138,683
Total	449,929
Percentage of literates—
Males	42.87
Females	19.88
Total	31.60

TABLE No. 39

MEDICAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC AND PUBLIC -AIDED BODIES IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971

(1) Number of—
Hospitals	11
Dispensaries	58
Maternity Home	1
Primary Health Centres	14
Doctors	89
Vaidyas	27
Nurses	146
(2) Number of Beds—
Males	181
Females	275
Children	9
(3) Number of indoor patients treated—
Males	4,538
Females	13,220
Children	7,788
(4) Number of outdoor patients treated—
Males	160,458
Females	147,293
Children	130,123

TABLE No. 40

BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971

(1) Number of births registered	36,128
(2) Number of deaths registered	10,855
(3) Number of infant deaths registered	2,848
(4) Number of deaths due to—
Malaria	25
Tuberculosis	407
Pneumonia	166
Dysentery	541
Typhoid	96
Cancer	98
Respiratory diseases	723
Suicide	23
Accidents	270
Other causes	8,506
Total	10,855

TABLE No. 41

STATISTICS RELATING TO FAMILY PLANNING IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT, 1971-72

Number of centres	21
Number of sterilisation operations done—
Vasectomy	7,111
Tubectomy	2,371
Total	9,482
Number of IUCD insertions performed	42

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