Vol. 1 · pages 201–205
Castes in India, Annihilation of Caste, Linguistic States and other essays
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APPENDIX 2— contd.
Name of State Area
sq. miles
Population
Est. 1944
1 23
34. Oklahoma .. .. .. 69,919 2,064,679
35. Oregon .. .. .. 96,981 1,214,226
36. Pennsylvania .. .. 45,332 9,247,088
37. Rhode-Island .. .. .. 1,214 778,972
38. South Carolina .. .. 31,055 1,923,354
39. South Dakota .. .. 77,047 558,629
40. Tennessee .. .. .. 42,246 2,870,158
41. Texas .. .. .. 267,339 6,876,248
42. Utah .. .. .. 84,916 606,994
43. Vermont .. .. .. 9,609 310,941
44. Virginia .. .. .. 40,815 3,119,115
45. Washington .. .. .. 68,192 2,055,378
46. West Virginia .. .. 24,181 1,715,984
47. Wisconsin .. .. .. 56,154 2,975,910
48. Wyoming .. .. .. 97,914 257,108
APPENDIX 3
The population of the Bombay City according to the Communities
given in the Census of 1941 is as follows:
Hindu .. .. .. .. .. 8,99,398
Scheduled Castes .. .. .. .. 1,21,352
Muslims .. .. .. .. .. 2,51,518
Indian Christians .. .. .. .. 1,22,683
Anglo-Indians .. .. .. .. 8,787
Parsees .. .. .. .. .. 58,813
Sikhs .. .. .. .. .. 2,418
Jains .. .. .. .. .. 33,281
Buddhists .. .. .. .. .. 912
Tribes .. .. .. .. .. 4,606
Others .. .. .. .. .. 29,847
Total .. 1,489,883
The area of the Bombay City according to the Census of 1941 was 30 sq. miles.
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APPENDIX 3A
Inter-Provincial Immigration And Emigration In India
Variation As Compared With 1921 In The Volume Of Migration Within India
Net gain +
or loss –
1931 Net gain +
or loss –
1921 Variation 1921-31
Province or State Immigrants Emigrants Immigrants Emigrants Immigrants Emigrants
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Provinces or
States which
gain
Assam .. + 1,241,011 1,314,047 73,036 + 1,140,752 1,216,661 75,909 + 97,386 – 2,873
Bengal .. + 771,936 1,726,370 954,434 1,132,192 1,817,775 685,581 – 91,405 + 268,853
Burma .. + 593,324 617,521 24,197 + 553,471 572,530 19,059 + 44,991 + 5,138
Bombay .. + 596,707 1,188,901 592,194 + 472,023* 1,039,622 567,599* + 256,074 +
318,280*
Central Provinces
and Berar.
+ 27,003 649,064 422,061 + 197,323 603.924 406,601 + 45,140 + 15,460
Mysore .. + 215,462 340,700 125,238 + 210,064 309,850 99,786 + 30,850 + 25,452
Delhi .. + 189,736 259,163 69,427 + 113,158 182,485 69,327 + 76,678 + 100
Baroda .. + 127,907 333,077 105,176 + 10,674 231,880 221,206 + 101,197 – 16,030
Central India
Agency
+ 115,566 598,102 482,536 + 58,056 544,688 486,632 + 53,414 – 4,096
Travancore .. + 83,919 133,852 49,933 + 49,732 71,973 22,241 + 61,879 + 27,692
Ajmer-Merwara .. + 44,029 104,938 60,909 + 66,033 108,452 42,419 – 3,514 + 18,490
Cochin .. + 41,424 87,214 45,790 + 15,792 39,689 23,897 + 47,525 + 21,893
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APPENDIX 3A —contd.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Coorg .. + 35,388 38,619 3,231 + 30,988 33,838 2,850 + 4,781 + 381
Baluchistan .. + 23,779 66,542 42,763 + 5,924 66,166 60,242 + 376 – 17,479
North West Frontier + 21,187 111,868 90,681 + 50,835 118,395 67,560 – 6,527 + 23,121
Province.
Andamans and
Nicobars.
+ 13,703 14,255 582 + 14,080 14,396 316 – 141 + 236
Provinces or
States which Lose
Sikkim .. – 4,782 2,403 7,212 – 2,297 1,836 4,133 + 594 + 3,079
Gwalior .. – 14,471 281,350 296,821 + 632 289,657 289,025 – 8,307 + 7,796
Jammu and Kashmir – 33,266 61,189 94,445 – 22,685 61,561 84,246 – 372 + 10,029
Punjab .. – 67,792 635,025 702,817 + 60,940 591,885 530,942 + 43,140 + 171,875
Hyderabad .. – 19,788 312,814 332,602 – 166,326 197,127 363,453 + 115,687 – 30,851
Western India States
Agency.
– 186,890 106,795 293,685 Included against Bombay
Rajputana .. – 516,898 329,913 864,811 – 625,650 242,234 8,67,893 + 87,670 – 21,082
Madras .. – 888,339 246,892 1,135,231 – 718,183 196,609 914,792 + 50,283 + 220,439
United Provinces .. – 1,063,143 494,308 1,557,451 – 974,642 425,152 1,399,794 + 69,156 + 157,657
Bihar and Orisa .. – 1,291,567 466,563 1,758,130 – 1,567,968 387,068 1,955,036 + 79,495 – 196,906
*Includes Western India Agency. Includes Punjab States Agency
Note—The figures for provinces include those for the States attached to them except in the case of Madras, where
they exclude Cochin and Travancore. Migration figures to and from countries outside British India are excluded.
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APPENDIX 4
Provincial/State Revenue
Yield (Crores of Rupees) Share in total revenue (per cent)
1921-22 1936-37 1938-39 1944-45 1953-54
(R. E.)
1921-22 1936-37 1938-39 1944-45 1953-54
(R. E.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total Revenue .. .. 58.48 74.86 76.78 193.87 462.04 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Land Revenue .. .. 29.08 25.96 25.40 30.21 69.20 49.7 34.7 33.1 15.6 15.0
State excise .. .. 15.67 13.63 13.08 43.42 44.81 26.8 18.2 17.0 22.4 9.7
Stamps .. .. 10.14 10.80 9.53 15.20 23.50 17.3 14.4 12.4 7.8 5.1
Registration .. .. 1.07 1.11 1.09 2.39 3.91 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9
General Sales Tax .. .... .... .... 7.91 57.25 .... .... .... 4.1 12.4
Forests (net) .. .. 0.66 0.71 0.63 4.58 10.82 1.1 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.3
Irrigation works for which
capital accounts are kept
(net).
5.55 7.53 7.57 10.14 8.09 9.5 10.0 9.9 5.2 1.8
Devolution of revenue and
grants from the Centre.
(—)
9.02 2.67 6.45 36.89 117.92 .... 3.6 8.4 19.1 25.6
Share of income-tax assigned
to States.
3.09 0.04 1.47 25.75 56.90 5.3 0.1 1.9 13.3 12.3
Share of jute duty assigned
to States.
.... 2.13 2.51 1.48 .... .... 2.8 3.3 0.8 ....
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APPENDIX 4— contd.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Share of Central excise
duties assigned to State.
.... .... .... .... 15.94 .... .... .... .... 3.5
Grants in aid, etc., from the
Centre.
12.11 0.50 2.47 9.66 45.08 .. 0.7 3.2 5.0 9.8
Figures for 1921-22 exclude those for Burma but include Sind as part of Bombay. Figures for 1936-37 exclude those
for Burma, Sind and N.W.F.P. Figures for 1938-39 and 1944-45 are for nine Provinces excluding Sind and N.W.F.P..
Figures for 1953-54 relate to all Part A, Part B and Six Part C States.
Transfers from funds are excluded, receipts under forests are taken net after deducting entire expenditure from
gross receipts, for other public utilities and State undertaking net receipts (after deducting working expenses) are
included.
APPENDIX 5
Budgetary Position of the States on Revenue Account
PART ‘A’ STATES
1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54*
(R.E.)
1954-55
(B.E.)
Revenue .. .. .. .. 214.37 315.60 229.32 357.49 367.17
Expenditure .. .. .. .. 293.08 309.10 329.37 371.64 400.89
Surplus (+) or deficit (–) .. .. .. (+) 1.29 (+) 6.50 (–) 0.15 (–) 14.15 (–) 33.72
Surplus (+) or deficit (–) (excluding transfers from
and to Revenue Reserve Funds).
(–) 3.15 (–) 2.25 (–) 12.01 (–) 20.82 (–) 39.86