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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:-
|
(1) Officers of the then
Government of the princely state of Kolhapur. |
Males. |
Females. |
|
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 |
-- |
|
Total |
14,592 |
-- |
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: -
|
Service. |
1911. |
1931. |
1951. |
|
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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