CENSUS, 195 1 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CERUS' ,HANDBOOK CHURU PART .-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES By Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Censl1s Operations, Rajasthan and Aimer. JODHPUR: P.RINTED AT THE GOVE]1};llENT PRESS 1956 1f.R:EFAcE, .... ,:, . - , 'The "CensuA Reports' ill' .qlq.en -·times :were printed one for the whole Province. of Ra.j­ putana and.another for A-jIl1:er-:Merwara._"Soin~ of the Principal 8tates now merged in Rajasthan published 'their own reports. This time the -State Census H eports have been published in the following volumes:- 1. Part I A .. Report. 2. Part 1--B .. ~ubsidiary Tables and District Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations. 3. Part I -C .. Appendices. 4. Part U-A .. r::eneral Population Tables, Household and Age Sample Tables, Social and Cultural Tables, Table E Summary Figures by Administrative Units, and Local 'KA' Infirmities. 5. Part II-B .. Economic Tables. They contain statistics down to the district level The idea of preparing the District Census Handbook separately for each district was put forward .by' Shri R. A. GopaJaswami. I. C. R., Registrar General. India, and ex-officio Census' Commissioner of' India, as part of a plan intended to secu~e an effective, method of preserving the census records prepared for areas below the qistrict level. 'He proposed that all the district, census tables and census abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and cOinpilatiori should be bound together in a 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 information relating to the district) should be printed and pub­ lished at their own cost in the same manner as the village statistics in the past. In accept­ ing. this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve the rest. of the records in a manuscript volume for any future use, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five General Population Tables of A Series, three ECOllomic Tables of B Series fi e Household and Age TableR of (~ Series, seven Social and Cultural Tables of D ~eries, one table l~ !.'iving summary for the district and tehsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by a e groups and- an In4e:i of '{on-agricultural Occupations. Each table contains an explanatory note necessary for the' ·proper understanding of the figures. The numbers given to thf' table~ in this aan(ll)()o corr~.B_pond ..to·, t'hose given in State Census ReportR . •~ ...._ • ~ : f I_" , • Village'irectories were published-for the-~Hrst time in In31 by a few States of Raj-' ])utana. The t'xample was followed by all the States in '941. They contained. for each village the population figures by religion and also ,ome other useful information. 1'hey were bound in a volume one for each :-Itatc. This time the Village Directories are also incorporeted in this Handbook under the name of "Primary Census Abstract and Village Directory" which show the basic population figures separately for each ymal.5e or town-ward classified by livelihood classes instead of religion and also some information of general nature. Opportunity has been takrll to put in a short introductory note detailing the salient points connected with the district, such as the physical features, climate, rainfall, irrigation and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, agriculture education, industries and other matters of general interest. The information contained in the introductory note if'{ based on the material furnished by (1011ectors of districts and Departments of Government. In addition to the above, some figures of general interest and arreview of population figure~ have also been it1corporateo. The scheduled date for the publication of the Handbooks as prescribed by the Regis­ trar General, India was, "Not later than March 1952" but practical experience showed its publication by that time an impracticability. Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that time. Then came the question of printing 'which proved to be a huge task. There 25 districts in Rajasthan and 1 in Ajmer. The total number of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9,000. 'The Government Presses were 2 already oVeI'·bl,U"dened with the printing work of other departments and in the printing of Census Publica.tions priority was ~n ,,~ l'GIrttral Government Publications i. e. the State Census Reports. 1'he result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 districts the p.le.~ .. sn:l.~ .~~ 6lARld;Ql)t; ..he pJi»ted.,.pecially beea~ .the p;c_~.h1\d iUO stock o£:14Dl8I1l :type .. ~ ~ fItaetltiaJ. ,for ~t'heir tprint~. It~, ~~fpr-e .. decided ~o pJJhUab ._ B~ lin:t1LwO ~UIDftJ IP-art ,1, ;:eQlIts.illts '.of ,lnt~twJl. h:~ J'e.Ue.w (Q,f ~lllatiQU figures and; 1. General Population Tables (A-I to A- V). 2. '~CQnomi(l mable$ ·(Ii-I to lB-!;([)" 3. Household and Age (Sample) Tables (0-1 to O-V), 4. ~Sqcialtand GuUillral-Tables (~-rI to 'j;)-:Vll). 5. E-Summary figures by AdministatiVte !Uniti. 6. Local Table 'KA' Infirmities, and 7. District Index of Non·Agri®.\ti\J.IM Qec\\Jl&tioos. 'Par.t ,bI :oon:taill8 anlY'iTimary ,Genaus ·Abstmot..-and iViUage ,:CJJiectory . '1h~boolu of rtIhe AjUler. Sit'ahi and, JhaaWAr dJWricta.are 'ho:w~er ~g .pu~d in ·'ORe 'vulUllle,' because they' h1l.ve (been \oo~ed jby this time.' . 'While '~ _re ,has ibeen taken ~~ itmQUlle the ·(101i1lect~S8' of fjg.w;ea and l\'.i~ge fl8Jl'tleS, oenain imi8takes ·.might .lhav.e crept ,m. I shall be ~Meful if they are brol~ght ,to my Jl'Utioo. f'. L. Daf!!hQr~ LIST OF CONTEN1'S S. No. Particulars Pagu I. 'Introduction I-XII ':' 2. Review of Population lfigures 1-7 :). Scheme of Census Ta.bles .. 8 t. Definitions and Key to SytIlbols 9-10 .). District Census Da.ta. at a Glance, 1951 11-11 13. A-Gtneral Population Tables- A- r. Area, Houses and Population Ii A- II. Varia.tion in Population during Fifty Years 11 A--:III. Towns and Villages Classified by Population 16-l'f A-IV. Towns Classified by Population with varillotion ~ince 1901 .. 18-20 A- V. Towns arranged TerritoIiaHy 'with Population by Livelihood Classes .. 21 i. B-Economic Tables- Explanatory Notes 22-25 B- r. Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes 28-27 B- II. Secolldary means of Livelihood 28-37 B-IIJ. Emp'oye:s, Empbyecs andJn~ep:mdt'llt Workers in Indnstries and Service:,; by Divisions and Sub-divisions ~. C-·Household and Age (Sample) Tables- C- T. Household (Size'and Composition) 57 C- II. Livelihood Classes by Age Groups .. 68-59 C-III. Age ar.d Civil Cond:tion 60-6) C-IV. Age and Literacy 82-83 C-- V. Single Year Age Returns 9. O-Social and OuTtural Tables- D- I. (i) Mother Tongue el .(ii ) Bi lingualism 60 D- II. R9ligion 70 D -III. Soheduled Castes a.nd Scheduled Tl'il 88 70 1) - IV. Migrants 1l D- V. (ii) Dia?la.ced parsons by Livolihood Classes .. 72 D-VI. Non-Indian Nationals .. 71 D-VU. Educational Stand:uds .. 74-75 l~. B--Summ iry Figures by Administra.tive uni's 78-78 II. Local (Ii) Infirmitiel 79-81 II. District Index or Non·Agrioultural Oocupations 83-93 CHYRU DI$1R~CT IN~ROf)UQ'fION I-Physical ASlJeets - , , ~ 1. Churu district is included in the Divir;ion of Bikaner. It lies to the east of Hikaner city b:avi?1! ar ~rea of 6,~12 sq. ~iles, accordi!1-g to th~ Surveyor 'eaition, Area Geneval f,)f India, betwf?en the pa.ral1eIs of ~7.o251 and 2S~2' nO!'th ,4J Beunda;y! latitude and i"4Qi!8! and 7&QSI - ~ast leng1pude. It -is': i)eBu.a~d. _on the Borth by Oan~anagaF distpjct, 00 ~hf:: sout~ by Jhunjl1ul1 u C a.nd Sikar di~tI:icts,. on the ~ast by IIi8sal' d!st,rict ef the Punja~ Bnd 0Ii the weflt ~y Bika;per distr.ict. 2. ,The whole of tha distri(;~ is a sandy t:ra,et. The finly roe~y hills-, d€se!'~ng - the name, are in the south, <3108e to the borders of Jedhpm. ~nd eon figuration j;ln~ Bill Jaip~~ divi&ions and the highest of them., near GopalfRli?-, is but system. 1,651 feet above the sea level or about six or seven hundrEd feet , above the level of the surrollnding plail1. Ther.e is ~ sm~n hilrin village Biramsar ()f tahsil R~tanga.rh about three hundred- feet above the lev~l of the surroundi.ng plfl,in. 3. TheFe are up peFennial rivers 011 streams. Ti}e KantH or KatH rifles i~ t.he 1tiU~" near Khf!.ndela (m Jaipul' diviRion) PJI}d after a northerly COUr$6, _ivers. of some 60 miles thl~cugh ShekhPiwati, general!y l03efj itself ~f) tD~- sano just within the border of Oburp tlisrict; in yea~s of goog. IaiBfaIJ, however, it flows for from 10 to 16 mites ( aecoroing to the nature cf th.e flood) in lobe south of Rajga¥h'tehsil and benefits fl few \oTilIages, increa~ing the fert ility of tho Boil to some extent. It gef,s dl'Y wjrhin a short tim~. - - 4. The whole of the district is covered with SPol1d. dune~. At ~('m~ Pl8PE)"! ~ building . ' at-oBa -cBlled dhandrfl; stone, js fe-uud a8 alRo clay fl'r making bricks Qealagy.