Census Of India 1911 Vol Xiv Punjab Part - I

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111

21.

3DKNSITY.

4[Panjab, 1911.

5Ifind5 growing sugnrcano nnd the comparatively favourable rates obtained for cot-

6ton have i*csuUod in cotton replacing sugarcane in many places, and rice has had

7to bo given tip v'horo extension of cultivation is mab'ng the water supply

8insufficient for its growth. The area under wheat fluctuates more or less with

9successive yeai*s of high or low prices and with timely rainfall. The varia-

10tions of soil* nnd ininfall are so groat from one part of the Province to another,

11that it is not possible for tbo same crops to be raised eveiywhere with equd

12facility, but in similarly circumstanced tracts, a large percentage of high crops

13sucb as sugarcane and wheat, points to bigb density. For instance, comparing Jul-

14lundur and Ludhiana, tbo former has 8‘G per cent, of sugarcane and 32-1 percent,

15of wheat, while the latter has not more than 1*3 of the former and 26*7 of the

16latter. Similarly the Amritsar District has 2*9 per cent, of sugarcane and 35*4 per

17cent, of wheat against *S nnd 85*8 per cent, of the two crops, respectively, in the

18adjoining district of Lahore.

19But this is not all. The Jullundur District with the highest density

20has 8, and Gurdaspur 10 commercial

21Disrcicrs.

22U

23o t

24‘=•1

25rEBcrsTAOc or nt-

26sinnNTi) IK YittiAocs

27on. TOWNS wiin

28. rorcLATiox,

29O o

30.

31ii= o

32Tfrs to

33fi

34tn ?

35c c*

36O ft

37Under

38500.

39500 to I

402fl00.

41Above

422,000,

43e e >

442,25

45SS

46Jullundur ...

47SCO

48**2

49SO

502S

51M7

52noshhrpur ...

53409

54ac

55CO

5614

57111

58Ambala ...

59373

60-14

6132

6224

631-11

64but its villages are stronger.

65towns. Tbo density is naturally higher

66where the number of towns is large and

67the stronger the village homestead

68smaller the mean distance from

69lage to village, the greater will be

70number of persons per square mile,

71way of example figures for three districts

72are given in the margin. The distance

73from rillage to village is larger in Jul-

74lundur than in the other two districts,

75Ambala with a large number of small villages

76and

77vil-

78the

79By

80Jallnodur

81AmiiUar

82Delhi

83Sislhot

84Gordespor

85noshiupnr

86Ambala

87Lahore

88Gojrat

89Ludhiana

9010

9123

9251

93G

947

951

9611

9787

984

9914

100shows a smaller density.

101The number of factories (with not less than 20 workers)

102in eaoli of the districts* with a density of over 350 is noted in

103the margin. It is obvious that the Industrial development

104has so far bad very little effect on the density. The factories

105being confined mainly to cities or towns, their small numbers

106cannot be expected to affect the strength of population in the

107district as a whole, which varies with so many other causes..

108The effect of iiTigation from canals on density is shown in the marginal table.

109The abnoimal mortality

110of the past decade which

111will be discussed in the

112next chapter, has, by caus-

113ing an actual decrease in

114the population of tbePro-

115vince, considerably mar-

116red the effect of canal irri-

117gation on density, during

118the pasttonyears. Never-

119theless, the sudden rise

120of the incidence of popula-

121tion on total area, in what

122now constitutes theLyall-

123pur District, from 7 per-

124sons per square mile in

1251891 to 187 only a year

126or two after the comple-

127tion of the Chenab Canal,

128at the Census of 1901,

129and a further leap to 272

130Names of Canals,

131Dates of

132completion.

133Districts and

134States irrigated.

135Dcr,$i(y per sgiiarc mile in

1361861.

1371891.

1381001,

1391911.

140•

141Delhi

142499

143405

144634

145610

146ISSG

147Itohtak ...

148808

149829

150861

151301

152Sirsa

153Narnal

154271

155278

156280

157264

158\7cstcm Janma

159Branch -

160Ambala

161449

162467

163441

164873

165Canal,

1661896

167Hissar

168129

169149

170160

171164

172L

173Jind State ...

174108

175226

176224

177216

178Ludhiana ...

17942G

180447

181464

182866

183Forozeporo

184174

185207

186228

187224

188Patiala Stato,,,

189271

190293

191295

192260

193Sirmnd

194^^alsui fy •««

195403

196409

197409

198883

199282

200806

201821

202268

203Faridkot „

204161

205179

206196

207203

208Amritsar

209668

210620

211639

212660

213Upper Bari Doah

2141878.70.!

215Gurdaspur ...

216486

217600

218498

219443

2201

221Lahoro ...

222285

223834

224870

225867

226Guiranwala ...

227181

228202

229247

230226

231Chenab

2321899.19004

233Lyallpur

2347

2357

2361B7

237272

238Jhane

239116

240120

241127

242163

243Jliclniu •••

244In progress

245Sliabpur

24683

247103

248104

249185

250during the past decade, furnishes a striking illustration of the revolution of eco-

251nomic conditions, which irrigation from a perennial canal can bring about. As is well

252. * The Simla District with a density of 889 per square mile has no factory.