( ·~ " POPULATION CENSUS OF PAKISTAN 1961 ~ DISTRICT CENSUS REPORT -RAWALPINDI PART-V rV lllAGE STATISJ.ics· 'COMPIL~D BY i<i-iA ·~ BASHIR AHMED KAAN 'ASSJSTANT DIRECTOR OF cENSUS Ri\WALPINoi ~ lt ~':"",.a;ll!;. mn=-rr:n INTRODUCTION The village is the ba sic unit of revenue The Village Statistics contained in this administration and the need for basic statis­ part have been compiled from Block-wise tics for villages is quite obvious as au plan­ fi gures contained in the Summaries prepared ning depends on such statistics. They are a lso by the Census Supervisors and Charge indispensable fo r carrying out sample surveys Superintendents. Except for data on houses over limited areas and form the basis of contin­ and houseJ10lds they are based on the results uous collection ofs tatistics on different aspects of the "Circle Sort"' which was carried out in of rural life and economy. The village was ta ken the Hand Sorting Centres after the physical as the basic unit of enumeration if its popula­ counting of the individual enumeration tion was 600 or it was a continuous collection schedules. The literacy figures, however, have of about 150 houses on an average. Where been lifted from the Summaries prepared by the village approximated to this size, it was the Supervisors and Charge Superintendents. constituted into a Block. A large nu mber of villages ha d to be split up into a number of The plan of presentati on is that for each Blocks, but the boundaries of Census Block village, the Hadbast number, its name in did not go beyond the limits of a revenue English and Urdu a nd a rea in acres, the estate. All statistics pertaining to a village total population by males and females, and concerning land administration are given by the number of literates in each vi llage has "Mauza" or revenue estate and the impor­ been recorded. tance of this territorial unit in our adminis­ The last two columns pertain to number trative set-up is unique. A " M a uza" may be of houses, and households. T his infor­ defined a s a parcel or parcels of land having mation is based on the Housing Census a separate na me in the revenue records nnd which was carried out in September, known limits. The unit of revenue admi­ 1960. The data was collected in the first nistration is the revenue estate or "deh" which instance from the Summaries prepared after is usually identical with the vi llage . or "ma­ the Housing Census by the Charge Superin­ uza " . A revenue estate is a unit of area- tendents. These fi gures have been checked with the result s of the Machine tabulation in (a) for which a separate record-of-rights bas been made, or the case of urba n localities, but since only JO per cent sample was taken for the villages, (b) whic h has been separately assessed the data of vi llages has been ext racted directly to land revenue or would have been from the Household Summaries. The num­ so assessed, if the land revenue had ber of houses refers only to the "occupied" not been leased, compounded for, or houses, while the number of ho useholds redeemed, or refers to the commensal unit the me mbers of which live together and eat from a common (c) which the Local Government may by kitchen. The definitions of "ho uses" and general rule or special order decla re it to be an estate. "households'' a re given in the Expla natory Note. V-1 ~-- 7~ 4 C ___ .,""':!2 ~ - V-2 The "Hadbast'' numbers are the num­ by Patwar Circles. The name of the Field bers assigned to a revenue estate at the time Qanungo Ci rcle has been separated from the of rht: scL LiemenL operuiions. They are al­ text hy d0uble lines and the vill age in which lotted serially within the tehsil at the time of the Patwari's headquarter is located is shown settlement. Hence the arrangement of in bold print. villages in each tehsil does not follow the serial o rder of Hadbast numbers, but within The Village Statistics for this district each Patwar Circle they have been arranged were compiled in the Hand Sorting serially. Where no survey and settlement Centre, Rawalpindi under the supervision of operations have been carried out, this column Mr. Bashir Ahmad Kh'.' n Assistant Director is left blank. Tbe area figures have been of Census, incharge of Hand Sorting Centre, supplied by the Deputy Commissioners and Rawalpindi. After compilation, the lists were are based on revenue records. Local details sent by the Officer-in-Charge, Hand Sorting regarding Schools, Colleges, Post Offices, Centre, to the Deputy Commissioner concern­ Telegraph Offices, Railway Stations, Police ed for verification and completion of figures Stations, Rest Houses, Union Council Offices, rel ating to"Haclbast" numbers, area and local H ospitals, Dispensaries, Electricity, Tube­ details. After this verification, the Village wells, etc., have been indicated by appropriate Statistics were sent to my office, where symbols. against each vill age. A list of these they were further checked, adjusted and symbols is appended. These details. have consoli dated before publication. been obtained from Deputy Commissioners A su mmary giving the total population and from the concerned Departments. The of the district and distribution by sexes to data bas been presented by tehsils within the nearest thousand has been given in the each district. In each tehsil, the villages beginning. Similar summaries by tehsils and have been grouped by Field Qanungo by Field Qanungo Circles within each tehsil Circles and within each Field Qanungo Circle have also been added. ASLAM ABDULLAH KHAN, C.S.P . Director of Census, West Pakistan. "'---------------7-'""-="""' %& ~ ' ....._!_;,:_;_~et31 .. ..~rn-=,. ":"""~~t'7"?':n~"':,y+~2f:J-::;;;j-. ":'~~ EXPLANATORY NOTE 1. Population in the Village Statistics 5. H ouse is a structurally separate set includes persons who claimed nationality of living premises, with an entrance from out other than Pakistani. side the building or from a common half way or courtyard or staircase. 2. Tehsil figures include those of urban a reas within its jurisdiction. 6. Number of literate figures have been taken from Charge Superintendents Abs­ 3. Figures for Municipal and Town tracts (Provisional results of Census published Committees as well as other urban localities in February 1961). These may not tally are given separately under respective Tehsils with the final figures published in Part within which they are located. IV of District Census Report. 7. Urban Localities are grouped se­ 4. Household is a collection of persons parately at the top of the Village Statistics living and eating in one mess with their depe~dents, relatives, servants and lodgers of each Tehsil. The areas of Urban localities who normally reside together. and their Hadbast numbers, being not avail­ able, have not been shown separately. The symbols to denote local details are: - (1) College or University ,.}-J~ iy_ l~ ~!) (2) Primary School ~ J_,>::.. <.SrJ 1r, fi (3) Middle School J_,.S:::.. J..L (4) High School /.. J~J !.i. (5) Post Office /. .\.i~I ! (6) Telegraph Office El ~Ju f (7) Dispensary . <.S..r~···,S S? (8) Hospital . Jl~ 0 (9) Dak/Inspection Bungalow or Circuit House ~ ._s-u ~ (10) Union Council or Committee •- < u I ;< . ~ - r...r-'Y ~>.! @1f (I 1) Police out-post or Tbana •1 .·: Li ' . ' .\J 'it-'_ - L;S~ ~~ rr (12) Railway Station • A • I .l. v-::-- ~~) ~ (13) Historical Monuments or site "-"":!J.i JlJT ~ (14) Tube Well J.i_, y.,J (1 5) Electricity d ~ / V-3 ~.... ....,.. .... :t -. •:0..-:.... ............ ~ c ..... V-5 VILLAGE STATISTICS - RAWALPINDI DISTRICT Summary Table by Tehsils Population 1961 (OOOs) Number of /' 1 1 ' - --·----. Page Tehsil 1 Both I M I IF I 1Qanungo Patwari v·11 I No. sexes a es I ema es I Halqas Circles / 1 a ge ~ ' - - --- - --------1 ·-------- - -- Rawalpindi District .. 11 39 593 546 12 225 1217 I I I Rawalpindi Tehsil .. I 642 354 288 4 83 453 V-7 I I ! Murree .. 11 8 57 " 61 2 24 146 V-27 I Kahuta ,. I I 146 69 I 77 2 44 .. I I 239 V-34 Gujar Khan ,. I 233 1I 3 120 4 74 379 V-45 I I ,.,.... I I I ~~~~m~;~~,w~;1;g.. .,r:1''tfii1·?Vi.l 1"c ~l~~.':":i ,} ··· • . ,r:-v. 0JJ..• .- ?i:'!i':. ,-. -. z.~-;:r.. ; ;-·--- .. ·4 . -~~....!Z.7.'°--- -- ---· ~ ~~ =:yq~ r-g...,.,.. Y-6 VILLAGE STATISTICS - RAWALPI:\:DI DISTRICT Summary Table by Qanungo Halqas and Urban Localities Population 1961 (000s) Number of Q:rnungo Halqa --- --- - Page and Both No. J\fa!es Patwari · Urban Locality sexes Females Circles Villages --- - - ---------- RAWALPINDI TEHSI L 642 354 288 83 453 V-7 Urban localities .. 379 21 8 161 V-7 Taxi la .. 95 50 -15 22 132 Y-7 Rawalpindi . 75 ..w 35 25 126 V-13 Korri .. 4 1 21 :w 14 57 V-18 Rew:it .. 52 25 27 22 13 8 V-21 MURREE TEHSIL I 18 57 61 24 146 V-27 Urban localities . 14 6 8 . .. Y-27 Kot Ii .. 41 20 21 13 61 V-27 ~ ., Murree .. 63 31 .)_ 11 85 V-29 KAH UTA TEHS!L 146 69 77 -l4 239 V-34 Urban localities . ..i 2 2 ' . .. V-34 I Kahuta .. 62 29 33 13 123 V-34 Nara .. 80 38 .f2 21 116 V-39 GUJAR KHAN TEHSCL 233 I 13 120 74 379 V-45 Urban localities . 12 6 6 . V-45 Qazi an .. 55 26 29 19 98 V-45 Gujar Khan .. .. 56 27 29 17 86 V-49 Y1andr:i.