District Census Handbook, Ganganagar, Rajasthan and Ajmer
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CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER. DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK GANGANAGAR PART 1- GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES. Pt, YAMUNA LAL DASH ORA, B.A.! LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajmer. BIl{ANER, PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT I'BESS 1954. LIST OF CONTENTS 8. No. Pal'ticu lars Pa,r;es. 1. Introduotion I-XIV 2. Review of population figures 1-7 3. S0heme of census tables 8 , t, 4. Definitions and key to symbols '~"g-lO. : .' 5 District census dn,ta at a glanoe · '11-13 6. A-General Population Tables_ A- 1. Arell" Houses and Population ]/5 A-II, Va,riation in population during fifty ym1rs 11) A- lII. rrowns and villages classified by population 16-17 A- IV. rrowns classified by population with variation since 1901 • 18-20 A- V. 'rowns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classes. 21 7. B_Economic Tables- B~ I. Livelihood olasses and sub-classes • 26-29 B- II. Secondary means of livelihood 30-45 B-III. Employers, employees and independent workers in indm;trilis and 46-69 services by divisions and sub-divisions. tl •. C-Household and Age (Sample) Tables.- ... - -- --- --"___---" C- I. Household (size and oomposition). 70 U- II. Livelihood classes by age groups 71-76 C-III. Age and civil condition 77-79 C IV. Age and literacy. 80-82 c- V. Single year age returns • 83-91 (J. D_~al and Cultural Tables_ D- 1. (i) .!\lother tongue D2 ( ii ) Bilingualism D- II. Religion . H3 D-IlI. Scheduled castes and soheduled tribes D3 D-IV. Migrants . 94 D- V - ( ii) Displaced persons by livelihood classes . 9·5 D- VI. Non-Indian Nationals 95 D-VII. Educational Standards 96-97 10. E-·Summary figures by administrative units . 98-101 11. Local (Iii) Infirmi ties .• 102-103 32. District Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations .105-121 PHEFACE. The Census Reports in olden times were printed one for the whole Province of RfLjpntana and another for Ajmer l\Ienvara. f-;OITl8 of the Principal Stater; now merged in Raj'l.stiIan published their o,wn reports. rrhis time the State Oensus Reports have been publi~hcd in the following vol urnes ;- 1. Part I·A. Report. 2. Part I~B Subsidiary Tables and District Iudex of ·Nou-Agriculbmal Occupations. 3. Pad I~C ApPClldief\s. 4. Part II-A General Population rr'ables, HOllsehold and Age (Sample) Tables, Social and Cultuml rl\tbles, Table E Summary Figures by Administrative U nits, and local 'RA' infirmities. 5. Pa1't 11-B Economic Tables. 1 '1 h8,Y contain statistic~ down to thp, district level. The idea. of preparing the District Census Ha.ndbook sepftrately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, 1. 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 b910w the district level. He proposed that all the distriot census tables and census abstracts prepared du.ring the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single manuscript volume, called. tbe Distriot Census Handbook, and suggested to the State' Governments that the handbook (with or without the a.ddition of other useful information relating to the district) should be printed nnd published, at their own cost, in the same ms,nner as the village statistics in the past. In Mc(;pting this suggestion, the Government of Raja,sthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve the rest of the records ill a manuscript volume for any future URe, to which tbey may be put. This Handbook contains five General Population Ta,bles of A Series, three Econol11io Tables of B Series, five Household and Age 'l'a.bles of C Series, Reven Social and Cultural rrables of D Series, one table E giving summitry for the distl'iot and tehsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups and an Index: of Non-agriculturn.l Ocoupations. Each tltble contains an explanatory note neoessary for the propel' understanding .of. the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook correspond to those glynn in State Census Reports. Village Directories were published for the first time in 1931 by a few Sta.t(-\~> of najputana. The example \vas followed by all the Stn,tes in 1941. They oontained! for each village tho population figures by religion and also some other useful informat'iott,. They were bound in a volume one tor each Stn,te. 'fhis time the Village Directories are' , also incorporated in this H:tndbook under the name of" Primary Census Abstraot and Village Directory" which show the basic popUlation figures sepR.rately for each village or town~ward classified by livelihood cll\sses instead of religion and also SOUle information of general nature. Opportunity has been taken to put in ~t short introductory note detailing the sn.lient pomts connected with the district, such ItS the physical featnres, climate, rainfall, irri~ gation and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, agriculture, eduoation, industries and other matters of general interest. The information contained in the introduotory note is based on the material furnished by Collectors of distriots and Depf1rt~ ments of Government. In addition to the above, some figures of general interest and 0. review of population figures have also been incorporated. II The scheduled date for the publication of the Handboolis as prescribed by the Registrar General, India., was," Not later than March, 1952" but practical experience showed its publica.tion by that time an impracticability. Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touoh could not be completed by that time. Then came the question of printing which proved to be a huge task. There are 25 districts in Rajasthan and 1 in Ajmer. The total number of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9000. The Government Presses were already over burdoned with the printing work of other depart ments and in the printing of census publications priority was given to Central Govern ment Publications i.e. the Sta.te Censlls .H.eports. The result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 distriots the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed specially because the press had no stock of small type whioh was essential for 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 popula.tion Tables ( A-I to A-V. ) ('2) Economic Tables ( B·I to B-llI ) (3) HOUflebold and Age ( Sample) rr'able8 ( C-I to C-V ) (1) Social and Clllturnl TableR ( D-l to D-VII ) (5) E-Rummary figures by Administrati\,fl Units. (6) I_.ocal Table' K.A ' infirmities, and (7) District Index of Non-Agriculturu.l OccupationR. Pltl't II contains only Primary Census Abstracts and Village Directory. rrhe Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sil'ohi and Jhalawar Districts are, howevor, b8ing published in one volume because they have heen completed by this time. ,\Vhile every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and village names, certain mistakes might have crept in. I shall be gl'ateful if they are brought to my notice. Y. L. DASHORA. GANGANAGAB. DISTRICT. INTRODUCTION. I.-Physical Aspects. 1. District Ganganagar forms a part of the vast Indo-Gangetic phtin. It is situated between 28° 40' and 30° 6' north lRtitudes and 72° 30' and 75° 30' (a) Position, area east longitudes. The area of r,he district is 8,225 square miles, and boundary. as supplied by the Surveyor General of India. It contains the famous Gang Canal Colony spreadin~ over an area of 1482 sql1are miles, of whioh 1,209 squn.re miles are cultivn.ted. Of the cultivated area J, t 03 square miles are irrigated a.nd 106 square mileR un-irrigated. 'fhe remaining 273 square miles ~re uncultivated (178 square miles being banjer and 95 Rqnare miles are uncultivable) This district is bounded on the north and west by Ba,hawalpur State (Pakistan), on the east by Ferozepore District of Punja.b (India) State and on the south by the Districts of Bikaner and Churu of Rajasthan. 2. The Gang Canal Colony is situated at an arern.ge elevation of 550 feet above sea b) C fl t' . level. rrhe remaining area is somewhat higher as it is interspersed ( on gura Ion. by sa.nd dunes. 'rhere are no mountains or hills in this district. 3. There is no river or stream in this district excep(j the Ghaggar Nali wHich flows through the depression of the old bed of the Ghaggn.r river, (c) Rivers and which is now practically extinct in this district. In times of .treams. abunda.nt rain-fall in the Simla HillFl, water is borne down to the bed inundating a portion of the Sadulgarh 'rehsil of this District. However, the irrig!\tion in the Ga.ng Canal Colony Area of this district namely Ganganagar Karanpur, Ra.isinghnagar, Padampur and Anupgarh Tehsils is done by the Gang Canal. It lia.kes off from the left bank of the Sutlej at Husaaniwa.la near Ferozepore. It passes through the Ferosepore -Distriot of the Punjab and the Farid kot District of Pepsu, for the first 73'7 miles of its length before it enters this district. Excepting the first 5 miles at the HeRd, the ma.in Oanaol down to Shivpur Ro distance of 80 miles has been lined both on bed and the sides with concrete in order to save a.b~orpti()n baseR, and to prevent water logging.