District Census Handbook, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan and Ajmer
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CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHITTORGARH PART 1- GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES. Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajmer. BIKANER: PmNTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS 1954. tIs'r OF CONrrENTS. S. No. Particulars Pages 1. Introduction 2. Heview of ];lopubtion figmoB 1-7 3. Bellemo of census tables 4. Definitions and key to symbols 0-10 . , () District uensus datR at a glance .- ,~ It-l3 6. A -General Population tables- A- I A rea, Houses and Popuhttion If5 A- II VLtl'iation in population during fifty yeu,rs ]5 .\- III Towns anG villc1ges classified by population • 16-17 A- IV frowns elassificd by population \yitil varia,tion since 1001 18-:20 A- Y 'fowns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes. 21 7. B-Ecc,nomia Tables_ B- I Livelihood classes and sub-classes :36-29 B- II Secondary means of livelihood 30-45 B- III Elllployers, employees and indepcnuent workers in industrios and services by divisions ft,lld sub-divisions -16-71 B. C-Household and Age (sample) Tab/es- c- I Household (size n,ncl composition) . C- II Jji velihood classes by age groups . 73-71':) C- III Age n.nd civil condition . 79-P,1 c-- I V Age anclliteracy • • 82-84 c- V Single year age returns 8.5-03 V. Social and Cultural Tables-- D- I (i) l\Iother tongne 94 (ii) Bi Ii llgna,liHUl 95 D- II Heligioll 9,1i D- III Behed uled castes and seheclulecl. ti'ibes • 05 D- IV Migrants 96 1)- V (ii) Displa.cod persons by livelihood classes 97 D- VI Non-Indian Nationals 97 D- VII Educf1tional Stanclards . • 98-99 10. E-::mUlll1ary figures by administrative units .100-103 11. Local (q;) Infirmities .104-105 l i'...,. lJi~tJiot Iudex of Non-Agricultural Occupations. .107-125 PIUJFAOE. The Oensus Reports in olden times were printed one for the whole Province of Rajputana and another for Ajmer Merwara. Some of the Principal States now merged in Rajasthan published their own reports. This time the State CensuR Reports have been published in the following volumes;- 1. Part I-A Report. 2. Part I-E Subsidiary l':1G]08 alJd ])iRtrict Inarx of Non-Agricultural Occupations. B. Pari I-e Appcmc1icPR. 4. Part II-A Generftj Poplljftti(1l1 Tables, Household and Age (Saw pIe) rr::tbles, Social and Cultuml 'J\1blr8, 'rah!e E Summary FigureR by Administrative Units, and local 'KA' intinuitirs. 5. Pa'l't II-E Econc,mic 'rabIe'S. 'rhey contl1in statistics down to tbe district level. The idea of preparing the District Census Handbook sepl1rately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. GOl_)alaswa,mi, I. O. S., Hegistrar General, India, and ex-Officio Census Oommissioner of Illdi:t, as part of a plan intended to secure an effective method of preserving the censns records prepared for areas b810w the district level. He proposed that ~ll the district ceUf'lUS ta,bloR a,ud census abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single ll1:1unscript volume, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the State Governments that the handbook (with 01) without the addition of other useful information 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 accopting this suggestion, the Government of R~jasthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve the rest of tho records in a manuscript yolurne for any future use, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five Genen~l Population 'rabIes of A Series, throe Economic Tables of B Series, five Household am1 Age rrables of 0 Series, seven Social and Oultural 'rabIes of D Series, one table E giving summary for the district and tehRils, a loea1 table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups [tnd [tn Index of Non-agricultnml Occupations. Each table contains an explanatory note necessary for the proper ulldel'stftnding of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook cow'\spond to tlloHe given in ~tate Oensus Reports. Village Directories were published for tbe first time in 1931 by a few fitatl's of Rn,jpnta,na. The examplo \Yas f01l0"vod hy nil tho States in 1 Dell. They cont:1;ined for eacll village the population figureB by religion and n,180 some other useful information. They were bound in a volume Olle for en,ch Stato. 'fbis time the Village Directories are also incorporated in this Handbook umlor the n:tll18 of" Primn,ry Census Abstract and Village Directory" which show the baRic 110pnhtion fip;uros sepamtely for each village or town-ward classified by Ii voJibood classes illstr>ad of religion and n,lso s01l1e information of general nature. Opportnnity has been taken to put in a short introductory note dotailing the salient points connected with the district, snell ftS the phy~cal fel1tures, clilllate, rainfa,l), irri gation and drainage facilities, roftds ftud other comn!unications, agricnltul'c, education, ~ndustl'ies and other ml1ttel'f'; of general interest. rrhe inforuw,tion contailwd in the llltroductory note is based on the material furnished by Uollectol'R of Jistl'icts l1ud Depart- l1lPnts of Goyernment. In addition to the above, some Dgnrl''' of gtmend iuterest and a reviC'w of popula.tion figures have also been incorporatetl. Il 'rho scheduled th,te for the publication of the Handbooks as p1'8sr,ribed by the Registrar Geneml, India, was," Not .lat8l' than March, 1952" but practical experience showed its publication by that time an impracticability. Even the compilation of the tables together with its .finaltouch could not be completed by that ti~e. Then c,ame the qnestion of printing which proved to be a huge task. 'fhere are 25 districts in RfI,jasthan and 1 in Ajmer. The total number of printed pages turned out to nearly 9000. The , ~ oe, , .. Gm'emment Presses were already over burdoned with the printI~g wo~k of other dep¥,t- mcntR and in the printing of census publications priority was given to Central Govern ment Publications i.e the State Census .iteports. 'rhe result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed specially bec'tuse the press had no stock of small type which was essential fql' their printing. It was, therefore, decided to publish the handbooks in two volumes. Part I, consists of introduction, a brief review of population figures and, (1) General population Tables ( A·I to A- Y. ) (~) Economic Tn.bles ( B-l to B-TlI ) (3) Household and Age ( Sample) Tn.blcs ( o-r to C-V ) (1) ~ocin.1 n.no Cultural Tnbles ( D-T to D-YII ) (G) J~-8ummn.ry fignres by Aaministmtin~ UnitR. (G) T.Jo(·al Table' KA ' infirmities, and (7) District Index of Non-Agricultuml OccnpationR. P:1ol't 11 contains only Primary Census Abstracts n,nd Vilh~,ge Directory. ffhe Handbooks of the Ajmei', Sirohi and .Thn.ln.war DiRtricts a~, however, being published in nne YOlllrne beeause they have heen completed hy this time, \Vhile every care has b'een taken to ensure the correctness of flgUl'es and vili~ge names, certain mistakes might have crept in. I Rhltll be gl'fl.teful if they nre brought to my notice. yO' L. DASHOR4. CHITTORGARH DISTRICT. INTRODUCTION. I Physical Aspects, 1. This district is situated within the btitudes 23' 75' and 25° '2' north and longi 0 tudes 74 5' and 74" 75' eRst 011 the bordets of Madhya Bharat. It (a) Area, Position has an angular form baving its vrrtex nenr Chittorgarh town. In « tloundary. the north, Routh and west it is a phin country. 'l'here are hills between Cbhoti Sadri, Badi Sadri and Partabgarh ']_'ehsils and also on the borders of Udaipur and Ba.nswam l)i~tncts. Bhamsrorgn,rh Tehsil is practical1y hilly, having only smn'!l arrns of lev!'l pln.ins borderillg Chrclmt Rub-division of Rotah District. Begun aIld Kanera 'l'ehsilR and the llcrth-western portion of Bhainsrorgarh Tehsil are plntealls. ']_'he total area of this district lS 3,'231:3 sq. miles according to the record of tbe Surveyor-Gelleral, lndia and 3,COO sq. mileR acccrdiIlg to tbe distnct record, comp ri~iug 890 sq. miles of the former Partabgalb btatr, {jeo sq. wiles of the former Tonk State, 10 sq. miles of the former Jhalawn,r Statf', 150 sq. miles of arE'[\' trnnsfelTPd from Madhya Bharat State and 1,450 f':q. miles of the former Mewar Stnte. This di"trict is surrounded by Madhya Bbarat in the east, Banswara District in the south-weHt, Udaipur District m the west, BLilwn,ra and Bundi Districts in the north and Kotah District in the east and south-east. 2. Tne average height of thiH diRtrict is 1,600 feet above the sen, level. The hills ftnci mountains VI hich run througb thiR distlict are portions of the (b) Configuration. Amvalli range. Ullittorgitl'h, BhaiDF~rorgnrh and Deogarh ( in Partabgitrh 'I ehRil ) are three important bill-forts of wbich Chittor garb is the most famous from the hiRtorical point of view. 3. The roam riven:; flowtng thro11gh this district :tre the Charnha~; the Banas, the Gambhiri, the GUlljali, tIle Bamni, the Benwh, the Bflgan, as well (c) Rivers. as the Jakharn, the Shiv, the Aerno, the Retam a.nd the Karmoi.