CENSUS, 1 95 1 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK JODHPUR PART I-GENERAL DESCRIPTION ANC CENSUS TABLES. pt, YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajl11er. BIl(A.Ngn: PnlN'.L'ED AT THB GOVHHNMENT l'nE5s 1954. LIsrr OF CONTENrrS B.No. Particulars Paqes. 1. Introduction l-Xl\ :2.. Revicw of popubtion figures 1-7 3. Sulzenw of consns tnbJes 4. Definitions and key to symbols U-lU 5. lJistriGt cenSllS data at a glance 11-1:3 6. A-General Population Tables- A- 1. Arcit, Houses and Populi1tiOl1 J{) A - II. Variation in populntion during fifty years 15 ,\ ... Ill. Town::: ,111d villages classified by population H:i-17 A-IV. rrOWl)S classified by popUlation with varia,tion .ince 1901 • 1t)-'20 A- V. TO\nls :Lrrrmged. territorially with popula,tion by livelihood classes. '21 7. B-Economlc Tables- B- r. I.Jivelihood classes and sub-classes 2G-2U B·- II. Se<.:oudary means (Jf li velihooc1 :)0-4:5 B· III. Elllpluycl's, elllployees :1nd indep~ndent workers in industries and 41-6U scr\' ice:-o by divisions and sub-divisions. t-\. C-HousehQld and Age (Sample) Tables.- ~-"~ . ---.- _---. u- 1. Honsehold (8i7.0 :111d composition'. 70 c- n. Li\'{;lilJOod c[,"LSSOS by nge groups • 71 -7.) C--lII. ;\ge :LIld civil conditioll 7ti-78 O-IV. Age and litera,c:y. 7D-tH (~~- F.~·V oll1g 1e 'year ;l,ge re t urns /./-' D. ])_Soclal and Cultural Tables- Dl (ii) Bilillgllalislll DJ 1)- II. HeJigion . D-llI. Schetlllled C;LStcs 11,n(1 scheclulocl tribes D-IV. :\Iigrants • 9:3 D- V-(ii) Displ~l,ce<1 persons by livelihood classcs D-- VI. Non-Indian Nlttion8,ls D-VII. ]~(1 ncational Standards D6-97 10. E--Bullllllary figures by [1cllllinistrative units \)8-99 11. Loon] (<f.) Infirnlitios .J00-101 J 2. Di&tl'iut Index of t< on•. \gricultul'al Occupations .103-] 23 PREFACE. The Census Reports in olden times were printed Olle for the whole Province of Rajputana a.nd another for Ajmer Mel'wara. Some of the Principal States now merged in Rn,j!Lsthan published their own reports. This time the State Oensus Reports have been published in the following volumes ;- 1. Part I-A Report. 2. Part I-B Subsidiary Tables and DiRtrict Index of Non-Agricultural Occupation s. 8. Part I-C: Appondices. 4. Pm·t II-A. GeneraJ Population Tables, Household f1ml Age (Sample) rrabteR, Social and Oultural 'rabies, Tab!e E Summary Figllres by Aclminlstmtive Units, and local 'RA' infirmities. 5. Part II-B Economic Tables. rrhey contain stfttistictl tlown to the district level. The iden, of preparing the District Oensus Hn,ndbook separately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, 1. O. S., Registrar General, India, and ex-Officio Oensus Commissioner of India, as part of a plan intended to secnre an effective method of preserving the census records prepared for are:1S below the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census abstmcts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in n, single manuscript volume, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the State Governments that the handbook (with or without the addition of other useful inform:1tion relating to the district) should be printed nnd published, at their own cost, in the same manner as the village statistics in the past. In accepting this suggestion, the Government of Hajasthan decided to print and publish the more impol't::tnt portion of statistical dn,ta rolating to the diRtrict and to preserve the rest of the records in a manuscript yolumo for any future use, to which tbey may be put. 'J.1bis Handbook contains fi ve Gellel'~tl Population TAlbles of A Series, three Economic rrables of B Series, five Household and Age rrables of C Series, seven Soci:11 alld Cultnl':11 T\Lbles of D Series, one table E giving summn,ry for the uistl'ict and tehRils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups and an Index of Non-agricultnml Occupations. Each table contains an explanfttory note necessary for the proper understanding of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Hanc1book COl'j'('\sponc1 to thoso givpn in State Cemms Reports. Village Directories \yore published for the first time in 1$)31 by :t, few Statrs of Hajputana. rrhe example was followed by all the States in 1 D4l. They contained for each village the population figure8 by religion and also some other useful iuformn,tioll. rrhey were bound in a volume one for each Stitte. 'J.1his time the Village Directoriefl are n,lso incorporated in this Handbook nnder the name of" Primary Oensus Abstract an(l Village Directory" which show the basic population figures separately for each village or towll-vmrd classified by livclihoou classes instead of religion and :11so some information of general nature. Opportunity has been taken to put ill a short introductory note detailing the salient pOl~ts eonnected with the district, snch as the physical features, Clilll:1to, rainfn,ll, irri­ gatlOn and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, n,gricllltUl'e, education, ~ndustries and other matters of general interest. The info1'll1rttion contained in the lIltl'oductory note is based on the material furnished by Collectors of districts and Depart­ ments of Government. In addition to the abo\·e, some figures of general iuterest a,lld a reviC'w of population figures havo also been incorporated. 11 The scheduled date for the publicfltion of the Handbo()ks ns prescribed by the Registmr General, India, was," Not Intel' than .March, bJ52" but praetical experience showed its publica.tion by that time an impracticnbility. Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that time. ffhen came the queation of printing which proved to be a huge task. rfhere are 25 districts jn Rftjasthan and 1 ill Ajtner. ffho totalllnmber of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9000. The Go~ernrnent Presses were already over burdoned with the printing work of other depart-. ments and in the printing of cep-sus publications priority was given to Central Govern­ ment Publications i.e the State Oenslls lteports. 'rhe result WitS that till March, 1954, for 14 out of '26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed specially bec9,use the press h~tcl no stock of slllall type which was essential for their printing. It was, therefore, decided to publish the handbooks in two volumes. Part I, consists of introduction, a brief review of population figmes and, (1) Gelleral population rrables ( A-I to A-V. ) (2) Economic r_rables ( B·I to B-llI ) (3) Household and Age ( Snmple ) rrables ( (J·l to C-V ) (/1) Socia'! and Cnltnml rrablCf; (, D-I to DMVII ) (G) E-Summary fignres by Adlllinistmti \'0 11 nib" (0) Local Table' K.A ' infirmities, and (7) District Index of Non·Agricultund Occupa.tions. Part II conta.ins only Primary Census Abstracts aHd Villngc DircctoJ'Y. The Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sil'ohi and Jha)a\V3,l' Districts are, however, being published in one volume because thoy have heen completod by tbis time. vVbile every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and village names, certn.in mistakes might have erept in. I Rhn,ll h8 grn.tdul if they are brougbt to my notine. Y. L. DASHORA. JODHPUR DISTRICT. Nol'B :-Tbis h&nd-book gives an account of Jodbpur District as it existed on Mal'ch I, 1951. BiJloI .. then Jaisa.lmer Distriot haa been abolished and made a Sub-Diviaioll of Jodbpur Distrl". The. hand-books of Jodhpur and Jaisa.lmer Diatricts should therefore be read to·gether lor obtaiDin, complete information about Jodhpur District as composed in March 1961. INTRODuc'rION. I-Physical aspect•. The distriot of Jodhpur is situated in the western corner of Rajasthan and Ii.. between 25"45' and 27~30' north latitudes and 71°30' and '18°0/ <8> Position, Area east longitudes. Its area is 9,434'4 square miles as supplied by .nd Boundary: the Surveyor General of India. It is bounded on the north bl .. J aisalmer and Bikaner Districts, on the south by Barmer and Palt D~triots, on the east by Pali and .Nagaur Districts and on the west by the Jaisa.lmer l)istriot. 2. The greater part of this distriot is sterile and sandy. There are hills a.t Cha.n­ deluo, Nodsar, Chokari, Parasa.la, Rawanyana, tiowania.. Godsuniya, (b) Configuration: etc. in 'rehsil Bilara. A small range of small hills composed of. Sand rock runs across the Shergarh Tehsil. c. 3. The Jojari and the Luni rivers pass through Jodhpur and Bilara. Tf'hsila and (c:) Rivers' the water level of the wells situated on their banks is not deep. rrhere are no rivers in the Shergarb and Phalodi Tehsils. 4. There a.re 5 tanks viz. Kailana, Takhatsagar, Umed St,tgar, BaJsA.ma·nd and Supura Band in the Jodhpur 'rehsil, the water is mainly used for (4) Lakes: drinking purposes, and also percolateH into the wells which irrigate a. large area in the neighbouring villages. 6. The trees found in the district are Khejra (Prosopis spioigera), BambuI (Aca.oi, (e) Botany: arabica), Hohera (Teooma undulata) and Nim (Melia. Azadiracht80). 6. The only wild animals found are the Jaoka.ls a.nd deer. (f) Faun:'!: '1. The olimate is dry and healthy. The maximum temperature durtng Bummer (g) Climate, Tem- rises up to HO°F, the lowest temperature during winter is 32°F.