The Gazetteers Department

Language	Percentage to total population			Percentage of each language in
Language	Total	Rural	Urban	Rural areas	Urban areas
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1. Banjari	9.40	10.72	0.30	99.60	0.40
2. Gondi	4.37	4.89	0.78	97.74	2.26
3. Gujarati	0.61	0.25	3.13	35.60	64.40
4. Hindi	2.82	1.64	10.95	51.00	49.00
5. Kolami	3.09	3.54	0.04	99.84	0.16
6. Marathi	70.53	71.60	67.07	88.72	11.28
7. Sindhi	0.16	0.01	1.23	3.14	96.86
8. Telugu	3.06	3.07	2.97	87.75	12.25
9. Urdu	5.60	3.98	16.78	62.19	37.81
10. Others	0.36	0.30	0.75	73.54	26.46
All languages	100.00	100.00	100.00	87.39	12.61

Marathi is the principal language and is the mother-tongue of nearly 70.5 per cent of the population. In rural areas Marathi speakers account for 71.6 per cent of the population. They make 63.1 per cent of the population in urban areas. Banjari has the second largest number of speakers. Its speakers account for 9.4 per cent of the total population of the district. It is spoken more in rural areas where its speakers are as much as 10.7 per cent against only 0.3 per cent in urban areas. The proportions of Gondi and Kolami speakers are higher in rural areas while the proportions of Gujarati, Hindi, Sindhi and Urdu speakers are higher in urban areas. Telugu speakers are fairly distributed over rural and urban areas.

The comparative position of the languages in 1901, 1951 and 1961 is as follows:—

Language	Percentage to total population
Language	1901	1951	1961
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
(1) Banjari	7.72	9.56	9.40
(2) Gondi	11.89	5.46	4.37
(3) Gujarati	0.23	0.54	0.61
(4) Hindi	1.71	2.88	2.82
(5) Kolami	--	3.39	3.09
(6) Marathi	68.94	69.35	70.53
(7) Sindhi	--	0.12	0.16
(8) Telugu	4.93	3.04	3.06
(9) Urdu	4.50	5.09	5.60
(10) Others	0.08	0.57	0.36
All languages	100.00	100.00	100.00

The proportion of Marathi speakers has increased slightly. The proportion of Banjari speakers increased from 7.72 per cent in 1901 to 9.56 per cent in 1951, but declined slightly to 9.40 per cent in 1961. Gondi speakers showed a decrease in the last sixty years. Gujarati, Hindi and Telugu speakers have more or less retained their respective proportions during the last decade. Proportion of Urdu speakers has increased during the last sixty years. The comparison with the 1901 proportions should, however, be made cautiously because the 1901 language proportions are pertaining to the Yavatmal district (then called Wun district) as it existed in 1901. The addition of Pusad in 1905 obviously improved the proportions of all languages except Gondi.

The following table gives the population by nine major languages for each taluka and town separately in Yeotmal district.

TABLE No. 4

POPULATION BY NINE MAJOR LANGUAGES FOR EACH TALUK A AND TOWN SEPARATELY IN YEOTMAL DISTRICT IN 1961.

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Total			Banjari		Gondi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
DISTRICT	TOTAL	1,098,470	557,010	541,460	53,131	50,187	23,651	24,371
	RURAL	959,945	484,676	475,269	52,839	50,065	23,100	23,837
	URBAN	138,525	72,334	66,191	292	122	551	534
Darvha Taluka	Total	255,132	129,976	125,156	19,738	18,383	2,066	2,032
	Rural	228,067	115,960	112,107	19,678	18,373	1,908	1,881
	Urban	27,065	14,016	13,049	60	10	158	151
Yavatmal Taluka	Total	207,366	105,936	101,430	2,417	2,057	3,169	3,006
	Rural	161,779	81,891	79,888	2,391	2,051	3,086	2,944
	Urban	45,587	24,045	21,542	26	6	83	62

TABLE No. 4 continued..

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Total			Gujarati		Hindi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)
DISTRICT	TOTAL	1,098,470	557,010	541,460	3,536	3,198	16,409	14,541
	RURAL	959,945	484,676	475,269	1,217	1,180	8,373	7,410
	URBAN	138,525	72,334	66,191	2,319	2,018	8,036	7,131
Darvha Taluka	Total	255,132	129,976	125,156	771	757	3,739	3,240
	Rural	228,067	115,960	112,107	365	378	2,555	2,224
	Urban	27,065	14,016	13,049	406	379	1,184	1,016
Yavatmal Taluka	Total	207,366	105,936	101,430	1,317	1,178	5,629	5,184
	Rural	161,779	81,891	79,888	206	215	2,178	2,055
	Urban	45,587	24,045	21,542	1,111	963	3,451	3,129

TABLE No. 4—contd.

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Kolami		Marathi		Sindhi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)
DISTRICT	TOTAL	16,914	17,080	392,562	382,153	909	845
	RURAL	16,871	17,068	347,046	340,297	43	12
	URBAN	43	12	45,516	41,856	866	833
Darvha Taluka	Total	1,056	976	89,631	87,537	67	41
	Rural	1,056	976	81,882	80,186	20	3
	Urban	--	--	7,749	7,351	47	38
Yavatmal Taluka	Total	5,735	5,738	80,919	77,981	579	596
	Rural	5,716	5,738	65,101	63,724	8	--
	Urban	19	--	15,818	14,257	571	596

TABLE No. 4 continued..

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Telugu		Urdu		Others
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(24)	(25)
DISTRICT	TOTAL	16,429	17,148	31,416	30,065	2,053	1,872
	RURAL	14,322	15,142	19,366	18,871	1,499	1,387
	URBAN	2,107	2,006	12,050	11,194	554	485
Darvha Taluka	Total	936	880	11,416	10,773	556	537
	Rural	775	710	7,298	6,980	423	396
	Urban	161	170	4,118	3,793	133	141
Yavatmal Taluka	Total	425	338	5,416	5,099	330	253
	Rural	263	253	2,800	2,777	142	131
	Urban	162	85	2,616	2,322	188	122

TABLE No. 4.—contd.

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Total			Banjari		Gondi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Pusad Taluka	Total	265,033	134,277	130,756	25,153	24,210	121	129
	Rural	234,384	118,360	116,024	24,960	24,104	86	79
	Urban	30,649	15,917	14,732	193	106	35	50
Kelapur Taluka	Total	197,270	98,879	98,391	5,718	5,425	13,602	14,124
	Rural	180,222	89,982	90,240	5,707	5,425	13,420	13,954
	Urban	17,048	8,897	8,151	11	--	182	170
Wani Taluka	Total	173,669	87,942	85,727	105	112	4,693	5,080
	Rural	155,493	78,483	77,010	103	112	4,600	4,979
	Urban	18,176	9,459	8,717	2	--	93	101

TABLE No. 4 continued..

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Total			Gujarati		Hindi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)
Pusad Taluka	Total	265,033	134,277	130,756	363	310	2,971	2,521
	Rural	234,384	118,360	116,024	103	99	1,520	1,320
	Urban	30,649	15,917	14,732	260	211	1,451	1,201
Kelapur Taluka	Total	197,270	98,879	98,391	798	756	2,338	2,050
	Rural	180,222	89,982	90,240	413	386	1,336	1,163
	Urban	17,048	8,897	8,151	385	370	1,002	887
Wani Taluka	Total	173,669	87,942	85,727	287	197	1,732	1,546
	Rural	155,493	78,483	77,010	130	102	784	648
	Urban	18,176	9,459	8,717	157	95	948	898

TABLE No. 4—contd.

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Kolami		Marathi		Sindhi
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)
Pusad Taluka	Total	72	73	92,961	91,186	52	33
	Rural	72	73	83,054	81,949	2	--
	Urban	--	--	9,907	9,237	50	33
Kelapur Taluka	Total	5,720	5,910	59,224	58,057	53	41
	Rural	5,696	5,898	53,920	53,236	9	6
	Urban	24	12	5,304	4,821	44	35
Wani Taluka	Total	4,331	4,383	69,827	67,392	158	134
	Rural	4,331	4,383	63,089	61,202	4	3
	Urban	--	--	6,738	6,190	154	131

TABLE No. 4 continued..

District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Telugu		Urdu		Others
District/Taluka	Total Rural Urban	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(24)	(25)
Pusad Taluka	Total	1,768	1,636	10,230	10,101	586	557
	Rural	1,507	1,382	6,535	6,509	521	509
	Urban	261	254	3,695	3,592	65	48
Kelapur Taluka	Total	8,382	9,206	2,690	2,494	354	328
	Rural	7,483	8,302	1,686	1,589	312	281
	Urban	899	904	1,004	905	42	47
Wani Taluka	Total	4,918	5,088	1,664	1,598	227	197
	Rural	4,294	4,495	1,047	1,016	101	70
	Urban	624	593	617	582	126	127

TABLE No. 4—contd.

TOWNS

Municipal Towns	Total			Banjari		Gondi
Municipal Towns	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Darvha	11,540	6,035	5,505	5	--	34	3
Digras	15,525	7,981	7,544	55	10	124	148
Yavatmal	45,587	24,045	21,542	26	6	83	62
Pusad	18,002	9,364	8,638	82	7	27	43
Umarkhed	12,647	6,553	6,094	111	99	8	7
Ghatanji	6,443	3,355	3,088	7	--	51	58
Pandharkavda	10,605	5,542	5,063	4	--	131	112
Wani	18,176	9,459	8,717	2	--	93	101

TABLE No. 4 TOWNS continued..

Municipal Towns	Total			Gujrati		Hindi
Municipal Towns	Persons	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
Darvha	11,540	6,035	5,505	192	172	476	390
Digras	15,525	7,981	7,544	214	207	708	626
Yavatmal	45,587	24,045	21,542	1,111	963	3,451	3,129
Pusad	18,002	9,364	8,638	226	197	951	827
Umarkhed	12,647	6,553	6,094	34	14	500	374
Ghatanji	6,443	3,355	3,088	184	192	255	224
Pandharkavda	10,605	5,542	5,063	201	178	747	663
Wani	18,176	9,459	8,717	157	95	948	898

TABLE No. 4—contd.

TOWNS—contd.

Municipal Towns	Kolami		Marathi		Sindhi
Municipal Towns	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
Darvha	--	--	3,547	3,349	4	1
Digras	--	--	4,202	4,002	43	37
Yavatmal	19	--	15,818	14,257	571	596
Pusad	--	--	6,052	5,585	43	30
Umarkhed	--	--	3,855	3,652	7	3
Ghatanji	--	--	2,484	2,278	5	--
Pandharkavda	24	12	2,820	2,543	39	35
Wani	--	--	6,738	6,190	154	131

TABLE No. 4 TOWNS continued..

Municipal Towns	Telugu		Urdu		Others
Municipal Towns	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
(1)	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(14)
Darvha	16	8	1,720	1,544	41	38
Digras	145	162	2,398	2,249	92	103
Yavatmal	162	85	2,616	2,322	188	122
Pusad	63	85	1,868	1,831	52	33
Umarkhed	198	169	1,827	1,761	13	15
Ghatanji	125	112	232	216	12	8
Pandharkavda	774	792	772	689	30	39
Wani	624	593	617	582	126	127

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