District Census Handbook, Udaipur, Rajasthan and Ajmer
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CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK UDAIPuR PART I - GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES. Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajnlcr. BJKANER. PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT rnESE 1954. LIST OF CONTENTS. S. No. Particulars ['"yes . 1. Introduction .1-XXXll S. Review of population figures 1-7 .. ' 3. Schm1l8 of eens us tables ~ 4. Definitions and key to SYlllbols 0-10 5 Di::;trict census data at a glance 11-13 6. A-General Population tables - A- I A}'eft, Honses and Population 15 A - II v~ al:iation in population during fifty yeat'8 A- III Towns and villages classified by population • IG-17 A- IV Towns ehLs8ified by population with variation SInce IDOl H.,-20 A- V '1:'own::; ~trrauged territorially with populn,tion by livelihood classes. 21 7. B _Ecc."omic Tables- B- I Livelihood classes and sub-classes 26-29 B I I Secondary lueans of Ii velihood 30-5i B- III EUlployers, employees and independent worker::; in industries and services by divisions and sub-divisions 5:3-t:;O 8. C _Household and Age (sample) Tables- C- r Household ':si:z.e R,uc1 coulPosition) . t)1 c- II J__'1 \"81ihood classes by age groups C- III Age n,nc1 civil condition . 90-9:3 C-- IV Age and literacy 93-95 c- V S:i ngle year age returns . • 96-10'1 H. Social and Cultural Tab/es-- D- I (i) ::\luthcr longue 10,:; (ii) Bi li llgnfl,1islU IOU J_)- II Religion lOG D- III Schetlnled c[\'stes and scheduled tribes 1U6 D- IV I\Iigrants 107 })- V (ii) Disphtced pel"flOllS by livelihood classes 108 D- VI N on-India.n N [\,tiona,l s • • 109 D-- VII Educational St::tndards .110-111 10. E-Sulllluary figures by adUlinistrative units .11~-115 11. Looal (if;) Infirmities .116-117 12· District Indez oJ. Non-Agricultural Oocupations. .119-145 PREFACE. The Census Reports in olden tinles were printed one for the whole PI'ovinco of Rn.jputana a.nd another for AjIDer Merwara. Some of the Principal States no"\v nlerged in Rftj~sthan published their own reports. This time the St-ate Census Reports have been publi8bed in the following vol nrnes ~- 1. Part I-A Repol't. '2, Pa.,.t I-B Subsidiary Tables n.nd District Index of N on-Agricnl tUl'al Occupations. 3. Pa'rt I-e Appendices. 4. Part II-A General Population rrableR, l-Iousehold and Age (~anl pIe) Tn.,bIeR, Social and Cultural rl'ables, Tab!e E Summary Figures by A.dnlinistrfttivc Units, and locn,l 'KA' infirmities. 0. Pat·t II-B ECOn0111ic rrn.bleR. They contain statistics down to the diRtrict level. The idea of preparing the .District Census Handbook separately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. (j'opalaswami, I. C. S., Registrar General, India, and ex-Officio Census Commissioner of India, a.s part of a plan intended to secure an. effective method of preserving the census records prepared for areas below the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single manuscript voluIne, ca.lled the District Census Handbook, and suggested to .the State Governments that the handbook (with or without the addition of other useful information relating to the t1istrict) should be printed R.nd published, a.t their own cost, in the same manner aR the village statistics in the past. In ftcc.cpting t.his suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relfttjng to the district and to preserve the rest of the records in a manuscript yolurne fOt, any future URe, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five General PopUlation TH.bles of A Series, three Econolnic 7'ables of B Series, five Household and Age 'l'ables of C Series, seven Social and Cultilll'n,l Tables of D Series, one tn.ble E giving ~ummftry for the district and teh~ils7 a local ta,ble 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups and an Index of Non-agricnltur::t.l OccUp::t.tiOIlS. Each table contains an expla.natory note necessary for the proper understanding of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook correspond to thoso giyen ill Htate CenRus Reports. Village ])irectories ~Tere published for the first tirne In 1931 by a few RtatC's of Rajputn,na. The example was followed by all the States in 194 t. They contn.innc1 for each villa.ge the population figures by religion and also some other useful information. The'y were bound in a voluTne one for each State. 'rhis time the Village DirectorieR arc also incorporated in this Handbook under the name of "Primary Census Abstract and Village Directory" which show the basic population figures separately for eRtch village or town-ward classified by li velihood classes insteftd of religion and also 80111e inforrnRttion of general nature. Opportunity hfts been tn,ken to put in a short introductory note detn,iling the Rn,lient poi~ts connected with the district, such as the physical features, clilnate, rn,inin,ll, irri gatIon and dl'ainage facilities, roads and other communications, agricultnre, education, ~ndustries and other matters of general interest. The information contained in the lntroductory note is based on the material furnished by Collectors of districts n.nd ])epfbl't ments of Government. In addition to the above, SOlue figures of general iutereRt and ft reviow of population figures ha,ve o,lRo been incorporated. i i rrhe scheduled dat.e for the publica.tion of the IIftndbooks f1R pl'oscri bod h,Y the Registrar Genera.l, India, was," Not In.tcl' than l\farch, 1952" but practical experience showed its publica.tion by that time an impracticability. Even the cOlllpilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that tilue. Then CaHle the qnestion of printing which proved to be a huge task. There are 25 distl'iets in Rnjasthan ftnd 1 in Ajmer. The total number of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9000. r.I'he Government Presses were already over burdoned with the printing work of other depart ments and in the printing of census publications priority was given to Central Govern ment Publications i.e. the State Census Heports. '1.'he result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 diF,trictR the P. C~ A. and Village Directory could not be printed Rpecially bec~use the press had no stock of snutll type whioh was essential for their printing. It was, therefore, decided to publish the handbooks in two volumes. Part I, consi!'lts of introduction, a brief l'eview of popnhttioll figures ann, (1) GOl)erfLl populfLtion 'rn.uleR ( A-I to A-V. ) (2) Economic Tables ( B-1 to B-III ) (3) Household and Age ( Sn,uJple ) Tables ( 0-1 to C-V ) (1) Social and CulturnJ r:rables ( 1)-1 to D-YJI ) (5) E-8ulunu'try figureR by AchuiuistratiyE' lJnits. (0) J....IocaJ Table' lCA ' infirmities, and (7) District Index of Non-AgricultunLl Occnpations. Pa.rt II contains only Primary Census Abstracts and Villa,go ]::>irectory. The Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sirohi and Jhalawar DiRtricts al'e, however~ b0ing publisbed in one volume because they have heen completed by this tinJe. 'Vhiie every c&re has been taken. to ensure the correctness of fignres and yjl1:l.ge names, certn.in mistakes might have crept in. I Rhall be grateful if they ::\.1"e brought to 111Y notice'. Y. L. I)ARfIOHA. U1)Atptttt b:tSTltICT. IN'T~ODUCTION t. Physical Aspeots. The U de.ipur District is forme~ of a little less thaon ha!f th:e territories belonlling to the covenan'lng Mewar. State. it IS sItuated between 73 0' and (a) :Position, Area 74°35' east longitudes ",ad gg0401' n.t1d 25°30' north l~titudes. It. and Boundary. a.rea is 6,087 sq. miles according to the Surveyor General at India.. 111 is hounded on .he north by the State of Ajlner, on the east by :l3h~lwa.ra. a.nd Chittorga~h Districts, on t~e south by Dungarpur and Banswara. Di8t~i~ and. on the west by Pali a.nd Sirohi Districts of Jodhpur DiviAion a.nd by the State of Bombay. 2. The northern position of the disbriot oonsists generally of eleva.ted plateau, e8iSterfi portioil consists of fert.ile plft.inBJ the southern portion i~ (b) Oenftjuration. mostly covered with rocks, hills:j a.nd fa.irly denile jungles while tb~ western portion is eomposed of the Ara.valli hills and is bettier known as the Hilly Tracts of MeW-at'. The rartge of the AravaHi enters Bhim Tehsil ftom the Ajmsr State at a height of 2,::383 feet above sea. level and continues south;"w6sfiernl), where it attains the height of 3,568 feet at Kumbhafgarh and 4,315 feef; at .J atga near &ira~ from where it decreases in height extending to the valley of the Som rivet on tlie border of the Durigarpur Distriot ahd of tho Mahi river on the border of the Ban-s'vVara. Distric.t. There are paBses in tbe Ara.v~llis viJt. Desuri Nal and Sadri pass whien Isacl '0 Jodhpur Division. 'rhe slopes are covered with forest;, stones and jungle affordinw shelter to tigers, bears and panl!ihers and the scenery is picturesque.