Rewa State Census, Volume-1
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1931 Volume I REPORT BY PANDIT PHAWANI DATT' JOSHI, B. A Advocate Genpra t1 ·",a State, (SAGHELKH I-l N D) C. I. I n-charge Compilation of Census Report. 1934. 1;'RINTED AT THE STANDAt..) PRESS, ALLAHABAD- TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I.-REPORT. P.AGE. Introduction 1 Chapter I. Distribution and Movement of the Population 1-14 II. Population of City, Towns and Villages " 15-~2 ., III. Birth'place and Migration i'3-!J0 IV. Age 31-42 V. Sex 43-49 VI. Civil Condition 50-61 VII. Infirmities 62-68 VIII. Occupation 09-91 IX. Literacy 92-](10 " X. Language 101-109 XI. Religion 110-112 1 XII. Caste " ]]3-118 LIST OF MAPS & DIAGRAMS. 1. l\Iap of the State FRONTISPIECE. 1 2. Diagram showing the growth of the population of Bhopal State 188.1-1931 12 3. Diagram showing the density of population in Bhopal State and in ot her districts and States. 13 4. Diagram showing the increase or decrease per cent in the population of the ~izamats and the Tahsils of Bhopal State during the inter-censal period 1921-1931. 14 o. Diagram showing percentage variation in urban and rural population 21 6. The urban popUlation per 1,000 22 1. The rural population per 1,OUO 22 I:l. Diagram showing the distribution by quinquennial age-periods of 10,000 of each sex, Bhopal State, 1931. 4 I 9. Age distribution of 10,000 of each sel( in Bhopal State 42 10. Diagrams showing the numbers of females per 1,000 males by main age-periods, 1931... 45 II. Diagram showing the proportion per mille who are unmarried, married and widowed at each age-period. 53 12. Distribution of 1,000 of each sex in each main religion by Civil Condition 54 13. Distribution of 1,OUO of each sex'in certain selected castes, ] 931 55 "Pt:--Diagram showing tbe number of Insane per 10U,000 of each age· period 64 15. Diagram showing the number of Deaf-mutes per 100,000 of each age-period 64 16. Diagram sholVing tbe number of Blind per 100,000 of each age-period 65 11. Diagram sbowing the number of Leper per 100,000 of each age-period 65 18. Diagram showing the distribution of the working population, 1931, by occupation 80 19. Diagram showing the number of penons in 1,000 in the Administrative Divisions who are literate. 96 20. Diagram showing the number of literates per mille in each main religion 96 Sl. Distribution of the whole population of the Bhopa.l StJ.te, 19'3l, by castes 112 l INTRODUCTION. 1. The Census of 19B 1 was the sixth enumeration of the population Previous Censuses of the Bhopal State. The dates on which these censuses were taken and the Schedule. ~881 17th Feb::ary. -! are noted in the margin. I n the first two censuses 1891 26th" i a modified schedule was used, but sinee 11:)01 the 191)1 1st March. British India Schedule has been fully adopted. The 1~11 10th :.v.rarch. 1921 18th March. schedule prescribed for this Census contained 18 1931 B6th Fehruary. columns instead of 1f) columns in the previous ct'nsuses. The two additional columns were meant for the entry of organised industry and bi-lingualism. 2. The arrangements for taking the Census generally followed Preparatory the lines adopted in 192 L, and the detaIled procedure is described in arrangements. the Provincial Census Code. Munshi ~luh~mmad Mumtaz All Kh!'ln who had previously worked as Census Officer was again appointed to that post and Munshi Mahmud Ali Khan as his Assistant. The first step taken in connection with the Census was the pleparation of the General VIllage Register contallling a complete list of villages and hamlets in the State with the approximate number of houses and persons available for Census work in each place. The preparation of thIS important document was rather delayed on this occasion, as the services of Patwaris could not be made available in the beginnmg. It ~hould be undert::1ken as early as possible, in the next Census. The State Census Officer with selected Charge Superintendents attended the Census Training class at lndore, III the first week of July 1930. After receIving practical training III Census work he returned to the State and organised the trainin,ll of the remaining Census staff of the State. The whole State WHS for Census purposes dIvided into 40 Charges, 808 Circles and 6,893 Blocks. The Block which was the smallest Census UOlt consisted of a group of 40 -50 houses and was placed in the charge of an EnunJerator. 10 to 15 Blocks madt' up a Circle under a Supervisor and each Tahsil constituted a Census Charge under the Charge Superintendent who was generally the Tahsildar or hii' Assistant. The Railway areas were censusen under the direction of the State Census Officer, the RailwllY authorities suprlying the required staff. The small area occupied bv the A gmcy Headquarters was in the direct charge of the Head Clerk of the Agency Ottice who supplied the provisional totals to the State Cemus Officer. The first step directly ii connected with the Census was House.numbering which cOrJsisted in painting the Census numbers of Houses, Blocks and Circles on each houst'. The numbers ran in a continuous series througbout the village including its hamlets, if any. Concurrently with House-numbering' the House-Lists giving the description of the house and the name of the head member of the famIly living in it were written up. Extracts from these lists relating to each Block formed the Block Lists of the Enumerators. This stage of the work was started about the middle of October and completed about the middle of November 1930. Preliminary 3. After the House.. numbering had been completed and checked Enumeration. and the enumeration staff fully trained and their knowledge tested, the preliminary enumeration was started in rural areas in the beginning of January 1931, and III urban places a few dflYs later. It was finished every",here by the \st of Febrllary. During the period that this preliminary record was being prepared and thereafter till the date of the Final Census, it was completely checked by the Supervisors and tested by the different Census Officials. The Final Census. 4, The finltl Enumeration or the Census proper consisted in revising the record of the Preliminary Enumfration so as to be in accordance with the conditions existing between the hours of sunset and midnight on the 26th of February 1931. All entries for the persons who had gone away or died were scored out while fresh entries were made for any new arrivals or new- born children. The final Census was started at 7 p. Ill. and completed at midnight. No part of the State was treated as non- synchronous for Census purposes nor were there any fairs to require special ~fl'ange:rnents. All Hats or weekly mar kets that fell on the Census day had been postponed by order of the Bhopal Governmerrt;.. The enumeration of the passengers in running trains was taken early in the morning following the Census night. For this purpose trains were stoppeq at the following Itailway Stations within the territory of the State ;~ Barkhera, M.isrod and Ohaidullagflnj, Previsional Totals. 5. A reguh~r scheme had been prevjously qrawn up for the collection and expeditious transmission of the Provincial totals in the different parts of the State. On the morning of the 27th February 1931 the Enumerators of t4e various Blocks met their I'espective Supervisors with their Euumeratiop. Books at a previously appointed place and prepared the nrst totals of occupieq houses, persons, males and females for their Blocks in the rnam1er prescribed in the Code. The Supervisors checked these and combined the Blook totals into Circle totals and forwarded them through the quickest route to their respective Charge Superintendents, who in their turn after checking the Circle Summaries compiled Charge totals and communjcated them to the Census Officer at the Headquarters. From the Charge totals the Census Officer compiled the total for the St'lte as a whole and telegraph~d it to the Census Commissioner for India at Delhi. tind the Superiutt'l1dent of Census Operations in Central Jndia at lnqore. These first totals were rec~ived at Indore at 14'4 on the 2nd March 1931 and showed the population of the Strate to b~ 7S'~,104- After the detailed processe~ of abstraction al}d tabulation the final figures arriveq at were 7':29,$:l55 which showed a difference of -2, t49 or nearly '3 per cent which is insignificant for the State as a whole and the entire S.tate a~ency del!e~'ves t,o be gongratuJatecl on the SUQcess of t4e oper~- tlOns. - Abstraction and 6. It was proposed by the Bhopal Government to carry out the Cpmpilatlon. Abstraction work in Bhopal, but. on further consideration they agreed ~o the work being done in ~he Central Office at lndoff! at least this y~ar as on pr,evious occasions. A staff of one Chief Supervisor, four Supervi sors, sixteen Checkers and forty Slip- wrjters was deputed to Indore in charge of the Assistant Census Officer, Mr. ]\f ahmud A Ii Khan. The staff ftrrjv~d. early in April] 931 an$i after completin~ t}1e various st.ag,e~ pf thtl To HIS HIGHNESS SRIMAN BANDHAVESH MAHARAJA DHIRAJ BAHADUR, G. C. 1. E., K.-C S. I., OF REWA STATE, BAGHELKHAND, C. 1. YOUR HIGHNESS, I have the honour to submit the report on the Census of 1931 printed in three volumes- (1) Volume I is the text of the Report which under orders of Your .