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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS |
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LEARNED PROFESSIONS
PERSONS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP of "arts, letters, and
science" belong to various smaller groups which are distinct from
one another. There are authors, journalists, sculptors, architects,
photographers, musicians actors, dancers, etc. The previous census
classification included engineers and surveyors also in this
category. In 1931, the largest number of persons under this group
was artists, sculptors etc., who were 793 in number. Closely
following them were musicians, actors and doctors who numbered 584
of whom 36 were women. Details are given below:-
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Category. |
Men. |
Women. |
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1.
Artists, Sculptors |
765 |
28 |
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2.
Musicians, Actors and Dancers |
548 |
36 |
|
3.
Authors, Editors, Journalists and Photographers |
23 |
-- |
|
4.
Horoscope writers, Fortune tellers, etc. |
8 |
-- |
|
5.
Conjurors, Acrobats, etc. |
5 |
-- |
|
6.
Managers, Employees of public entertainment |
2 |
-- |
|
7.
Scribes and Stenographers |
-- |
-- |
|
8.
Architects, Surveyors, Engineers |
-- |
-- |
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Total |
1,351 |
64 |
The Census of 1951 recorded 112 persons as engaged
in "art, letters and journalism". They included 35 artists,
sculptors and image-makers, 10 journalists, authors and editors and
67 photographers.
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