CENSlJS, 1951 RAJASTHAl'l AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SIKAR PART I-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES By Pt. YAMUNA -,t.AL DASHORA, B.A.., LL.B., Superinten~nt of Census Operations, Raja~(than and Ajrne". JODHPUR: PBlN'TlIID A.'S! !l'H1II GOVlilRN.M:lIINT PRESS 1966 PRICE Rs. PREFACE The Census Reports in olden times were printed one for the whole Province of Raj­ putana and another for Ajmer-Merwara. Some of the Principal States now merged in Rajasthan published their own reports. This time the State Census Reports have been published in the following volumes:- 1. Part I A .. Report. 2. Part I -- B .. Ru bsidiary Tables and District Tndex of N on-Agricultural Occupations. ~. Part I -C " Appendices. 4. Part U-A .. neneral 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. Gopalaswami, I. C. S., Registrar General, India, and ex-officio Census Commissioner of India, as 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 censns abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation 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 stati:,,;tics in the past. Tn accept­ ing, this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the more important purtion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve the rest of the recordH in a manuscript volume for any future lIRe, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five General Population Tab~s of A Series, three Economic Tables of B Series fi e Household and Age Tables of C Series, seven Social and Cultural TableR of D ~erjes, one table r~ ;living summary for the district and tehsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by a e groups and an 1ndex of Son-agricultural Occupations. Each table contain!:! an explanatory note necessary for the proper understanding of the figures. The numbers gi ven to the table.s in this Handboo correspond to those given in t::;tate Census Reports. Village ; 'irectories were published for the first time in ] 031 by a few States of Raj­ l'utana. The example was followed by all the States in '941. They contailwd fOT each village the population figures by religion and also ,. ome other useful information. They were bound in a volume one for each :--;tak. This t,inw the Village Directories are also incorporeted in this Handbook under the name of "Primary Census Ab§tract and Village Directory" whinh show the basic popnlation figurE'S s('parately for each yjlJage or town-ward classified by Ii vf\lihood cla~ses instead of religion and also some infOl'mation of general nature. Opportunity has Leen taken to put in a short introductory note detailing the salient points connect,ed with the distrid, such as the physical features, climate, rainfall, irrigation and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, agriculture education, industries find other matters of general interest. The information contained in the introductory note is based on the material furnished by ('ollectors of districts and Departments of Government. Tn addition to the above some figures of general interest and arreview of population figure i have also been ineorporated. 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 numher of printed pages t,urned ont to be nearly 9,000. The Government Presses were 2 already over-burdened with the printing work of other departments and in the printing of Census .Publications priority was given to Central Government Publications i. e. the State Census Reports. The result was that till March, 1954, for]4 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed especially because the press had no stock of small type which was essential for their printing. It was, therefore. decided to publish the Handbooks in two volumes Part r, consists of Jntroduction, I:t brief review of population figures and; J. General Population Tables (A-1 to A-- V). 2. Economic Tables (B-1 to B-1Il), 3. Household and Age (Sample) Tables (C~I to C-V), 4. Social and Cultural Tables (D-I to n-VII). 5. E-Summary figures hy Administrative Cnits. 6. Local Table 'KA' Infirmities, and 7. District 1ndex of Non-Agricultural Occupations. Part II contains only Priwary Census Abstract and Village Lirectory. The Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sirohi and Jhalawar Districts are however being published in one volume, because they have been completed hy this time. While every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and yillage names, certain mistakes might have crept in. I shall be grateful jf they are bTO' ght to my notice. Y. 1.. Dashora LIST OF CONTEi\TS s. So. Particulars Pagt,~ 1. Introduction I-XXI .J Heview of Population .Figure" 1-~ :3. Seheme of Cen~us Tahles 4. Definitions and Key to Symbols 10-11 .). I>istri(·t Cen"tls Data at a. Glance 12-14 t). A --Oelll'ral Pop?llation Tables-- A--- r. Area, HOn>les and POPtilation 15 ~-\-- If. Vari ttion in Population during Fifty YBars 15 A--III. Towni'i and Villages Classified by Population 16-17 A--I V. Towns Classified by Population with variation I'in('e 1901 .. 18-20 A - V. Town" arranged TprJ'itoriaHy with PopUlation by Liyelihood Clas~es .. 21 7. R--Econmnic Tablc8- Expl.ll1atcry Note 22-2;') B - 1. Livelihood Classes and Sub-Classes 26-27 B- II. Secondary means of LiYeliho;)d 28-37 J3--III. Employers, Employee;;; and Indep 'ndent 'VOl'kpJ'~ in Indl1i'itries and Seni('ei'i by 38-5[, Divisions and Sub-DivisioI1R. ... C---Hou8('1101d and Agf' (Samplf) l'((bltS--- c- I. HOllsehold (Si;,r,e and Composition) c- II. Livelihuod Clasi'ies b~' Age Groups .. 58-59 ( '-Ill. Age and Civil Condition HO-6J <'-IV. Age and Literacy c -- V. Single Year Age Rf·turns 64-67 n. D-Social and Oultural Tabf,'8- D- I (i) Mother Tonglle (ii) Bilingualism 69 D- II. Religion D -III. Scheduled Cast('s ane! Scheduled Tribe~ 70 D -IV. Migrants 71 D-V- (ii) Displ:wcd persons by Lin·lihood Clat'8Ps D-Vr. Non-Indian Xat.ionals D-VII. Educational Standards 10. E -SU'll'llIll'Y Figures by Arhninistratiye lllliti'i 76--7fl It. Local (Ofi) Infirmities 7!)-8~ 12. District Index of Non-Agricultuml Occupations SIKAR DISTRICT INTRODUCTIOX I. Physical Aspects 1. Sikar Distriet is included in J aipur I>i vision of Rajasthan Sta k. I t was formed on October 15, 194-9. It consists of the former Jurisdictional (a) Position. area and Thikana of tlikar, 11 villageH of Thikalla ~hyamgarh and the TehHils boundary Danta Ramgarh (excluding 48 villages transferred to Tehsil Phu]f'ra), and N'eem-ka-Thana of the former Jaipur State. It is hounded on the north hy the Churn District, (Bikaller Division) and a portiPll of ,Jhuujhul1n District, on the south by Phulera Tclu;il of .r aipur District, on the east b~' .J aipur District and on the west bv Bikaner and .Todhpur Districts. It lit·s betwef'll ~7"-21' and 28"-12' north latitudes and 74°-44' and 75"-25' east longitude:.; and measures 2,941.n squnre mi1ef' in arf'a as supplied by tbe Slll'Yeyor Gpneral of India. 2. The grea,ter part of this district is an undulating sandy tract, excepting Recngus and a portion of Neem-ka-Thana, where the soil is loamy and fertile. (i) Co.figuration and hill A range of the Aravali Hills runs through this Di~trict from south system to north, cutting it into almost t,,·o halvt'H forming a natural boundarv between tho sandy desert tract of Shekhawati to the north and the fertile plains of J~Lipul' proper to the s'outh and bouth-east. The highest peak in Jaipur Division is in this District, viz., Raghullathgarh is (3,450 feet) above sea level. The average height of the tract from the sea level is 1418 feet. 3. There is no perennial river or stream, hut there' ar(~ seasonal streams, notable among which are Kantli, Paota and Knnwat Streams in Neem-ka- (C) Rivers Thana Sub-division, on the banks of which villages Gohala, Buchara and MamaI' are situated. These strealllH flow from east to west and are of no use for irrigation purposes. Th('y only serve for fe('ding the wellil nearhy by per­ colation. 4-. There is no lake of an~- importance in this District exeept a small one at Pitham­ puri in Ne'em-ka-Thawt Sub-diyisioll. (d) Lakes n.