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THE ECONOMIC WEEKLY November 10, 1956
New Polit ical Map of IndiaAfter States' Reorganisation
A F T E R the reorgani sat ion effected
on the first of this month, the
Indian Union is composed of 14States and six centrally administered
terr itor ies; 98 per cent of the total
population are covered by the States
and about two per cent by the terr i
tor ies, Ja mm u ad Ka sh mi r is one
of the 14 States,
Of the former Part A States.
Assa m, Orissa and Ut ta r Pt ades h
remain unaffected,
Of the seven Part B States.
Hyderabad has disappeared from the
map; Telengana has gone to Andhra.
the Marathi and Canarese speaking
districts of the State have gone toBomb ay and Mysor e respectively. So
has Madhya. Bharat whi ch has
been, integrated with Madhya Pra
desh, Saurashtra which has gone to
Bombay and PEPSU which is now
one with Pun jab . The rem ain ing
Bart B States, Mysore, Rajas than
and Kerala ( form er Travan core-
Coc hin ) are no w f ull fledged S tate s
equal in status with the other
States.
Of the Part C States, four viz
Delhi . Himachal Pradesh, Manipur
and Tr ipura are now centra l ly adminis tered terr i tor ies, a long wi th
Andama n-N icobar and Lacead ive-
Arnin div i group of Is lands. Bhopal
and Vindhya Pradesh have been
jo ined w i t h Madhy a Pradesh . Kuteh
has been merged with Bombay, Coorg
wit h Mysore and Ajm er wi th Raja s-
tha n .
The area and population (accord
ing to the 1951 Census) of the re
organised States are as fol lows:
(1) Andhra
Language: Telugu, which has thelargest number of speakers in India
afte r Hin di . Popu lat i on: Increased
fr om 25.5 mn to 31.3 m n . Ar ea has
increased by 42,355 sq miles from
63,608 sq miles to 105,963 sq miles.
It is the fi ft h largest State in area
and ranks fourth in respect of popu
lat ion . The enti re increase in area
is due to the addition of the Telen-
gana districts (42,355 sq mites) of
Hyderabad,
(2) Assam
Predominant language; Assamese,
though the percentage of populationspeaking the dominant language is
lowest in Assam compared to any
other State . Ass am has not been
affected by reorganisation.
Po pu la ti on : 9 mn . Ar ea : 85,012
sq miles! Ranks seventh in area and
13th in population.(3) Bihar
Language: H ind i . Wi th the t rans
fer to West Bengal of 3,030 sq miles
of Purnea distr ict and Purulia sub
division, the State's population and
area have declined from 40.2 mn
to 38.82 mn and 70,330 sq miles to
67,300 sq mi les resp ecti vely . In area
it ranks ninth while in population it
comes third,
(4) BombayThe major bil ingual State in the
Ind ian Union (P unja b is anot her) ,
the two main language groups beingMarathi (26 mn speakers) and Guja-
ra ti (10 mn speakers) . The popula
tion of the State has doubled, from
24.8 mn to 48 mn . Sim ult ane ous ly
it s are a has in crea sed by 79,480
sq miles from 111,434 sq miles
to 190,919 sq mil es. Bef ore
reorganisation, the State had 32 dis
t.ricts of which Bombay Deccan
(South ern) comp risi ng of three dis
tricts with an area of 15,978 sq
mi les and another d is t r ic t (Ka nar a;
area 4.000 sq miles) were transfer
red to Mys ore . Th e ga in in size isaccounted for by the incorporation
of Vidarbha (area: 36,678 sq miles)
of Madhya Pradesh and of the
Marathawada dis tr ic ts (area: 25,511
sq miles) of the Hyderabad State
and the States of Saurashtra and
Kutch (area: 21.451 and 16.724 sq
miles respectively).
In area, Bombay is the largest
State in the Indian Union and in
population it is second only to Uttar
Pradesh.
(5) KeralaLangu age: Mal aya lam . The popu
lat ion of th is State form er Tr av an -
core-Cochin) has almost doubled
from 7.8 mn before reorganisation
to 13.55 m n. The re has als o been
a corresponding increase in its area
which is now 15.035 sq mites as
against 8,846 sq miles before Nov
emb er 1. Despite" th e incr ease in
its area by 6,189 sq miles Kerala
is the smallest of the fourteen re
const i tuted States. I t ran ks tw el f th
in populat ion.
The State is composed of the former State of Travancore-Cochin
(minus four ta luks of Tr ivandrum
distr icts and a part of the Shen-
co t tah Ta luk in the Qu i lon D is t r ic t ) ,
Ma labar dis tr ic t (wi thout Laeeadive-
Minicoy Islands which are now a
centra l ly adminis tered ter r i t ory ) andthe Kesargod Taluk of South Kanara
distr ict.
(6) Madhya Tradesh
Like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh is also a Hindi
speaking State. A fte r reorganisa
tion, the Stair has a population Of
26.1 mn (of which nearly 4 mn are
tribals) as compared with 18.4 mn
in the past. Its area has increased
by 41.021 sq mi les to 170 902 sq
miles . Wi th its present area, it is
second only to Bombay while in
popul atio n, i t ranks seventh. It haslost 36,708 sq miles of Vidarbha to
Bombay State but has gained in
area by the integration of Bhopal
(area : 6878 sq miles). Ma dh ya
Bh ara t far ea: 10/178 sq miles) and
Vindhya Pradesh (area: 23,003 sq
miles ).
(7) MadrasLanguag e; Tam il . Populat ion has
declined from 35.7 mn to 30.0 mn and
area has declined by 10.252 sq miles
from 60,362 sq miles to 50,110 sq
miles, Kolle gal Tal uk has gone to
Mysore, Kesargod ta luk to Keral awhi le f ive ta luks from Travancore-
Cochin have been added to it after
reorgani sat ion. Bank; f i f th accord
ing to population and eleventh in
area,
(8) Mysore
Langua ge: Kannada. Both the
population and area of Mysore have
more than doubled, from 0.8 mn and
33,309 sq miles to 19.4 mn and 74,093
.sq miles respectively . Th ou gh -th e
old name is retained, Mysore is vir
tually a new State, Karnataka ofthe Ka nn ada speaki ng people. It.
has gained in area by 40.784 sq
miles by the incorporation of Bel-
gaum (minus Chandgad Taluk)
Bi jap ur. and Dhar wa r dist r ict s (area,
roughly 17,430 so miles) and Kanara
district (area 3.971 sq miles) of
Bombay; GuIbarga, Raichur and
Bi da r dist r ict s (ar ea: roug hly 18,000
sq miles) of Hydera bad. It ran ks
eighth both in area and in popula
t ion.
(9) Orissa
Lang uage ; Oriya . Orissa has notbeen affected by States re-organisa
tio n. Popul ation 14.6 mn. Are a:
60,136 sq mi les . Ra nk : ten th in
area and eleventh in population.
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(10) PunjabLanguage: Punjabi and Hindi .
Population has increased from 12.6
mn t o .16,0 m n . It has grained 10,078
sq miles in area from 37,378 sq
miles to 47,456 sq miles at presentwholly from the merger of PEPSU.
Ranks twel f th in area and ninth in
population.
(II) Rajasthan
Language: Ra jas tha ni. Populat ion
has increased to 16 mn from 15.3 mn
while area has increased by 1,871 sq
miles from 130,207 sq miles to 132,078
sq miles. Raja stha n has lost Siro nj
subdivision of Kotah distr ict to Mad-
hya Pradesh but gained Ajmer
(area: 2417 sq miles) and Abu Road
taluk of Banaskantha dis tr ic t of
Bombay and Sunel Tappa of Bhan-pura tehsii of Maodsaur distr ict, of
Madhya Bharat.
Ranks third in area, tenth in
populat ion.
(12) Uttar Pradesh
Language : Hin di . Unaffected by
re-organ isation . Popu lat ion: 63 run.
Area: 113,400 sq miles. Ranks fourth
in area and first, in population.
(13) West Bengal
Language: Bengali. Population has
increased from 25 mn to 26.2 mn and
area by 3.030 sq miles from 30,775
sq miles to 33,805 sq miles by the
addition of the Purulia subdivision
of Manbhum distr ict (minus Chas
thana. Chandil thana and Patarnda
Police station of Barabhum thana)
and of the Kishanganj subdivision of
Purnea district which lies to the
cast of Mahanand ci river, Tho por
tion of Gopalpur thana of Purnea
district which lies to the north of theNational highway in the said thana,
including the highway has also been
transferred to West Bengal from the
State of Bihar , R an ks 13th i n area
and sixth in population.
(14) Jammu and Kashmir
Lang uage: Urdu . Unaffecte d by
States reorgan isati on. Populat ion
4.4 mn , ra nk : fourt eenth . Area ;
92.780 sq miles . Ra nk : sixth.
Centra l ly Adminis tered Terr i tor ies
1 ) Delhi A re a: 578 sq mil es. Po pu
lation: 1.7 mn.
2) Him ach al Prad esh. Ar ea ; 10.909
sq miles. Popu lati on: 1.1 mn ,
3) Manipur. Are a: 8.662 sq milesPopulation: 6 lakhs.
4) Tr ip ur a. Are a: 4.032 sq mile s.
Populat ion: 6 lakhs.
5) Andamans and Nicobar Area:
3.215 sq miles. Population:
31,000.6) Laccadive. Minicoy & Am ind iv i -
Isla nds. A rea : 384 sq miles,
Population 21,000.
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