CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 RAJASTHAN DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SIROHI DISTRIcr C. S. GUPTA OF THE INDIAN ADMINlSTRATlVE SERVICE Superintendent of Census Operations" Rajasthan Printed by MafatlaJ Z. Gandhi, at Nayan Printing Press. Ahmedabad-I. FOREWORD The Census data has always been considered as indispensable for day to day administration. It is increasingly being considered now as the foundation stone of all regional planning. The publication of this series of District Census Handbooks wherein census statistics is made available for smaller territorial units is, therefore, a significant occasion for it fills many existing gaps in statistics at the lower levels. Many interesting details have been revealed by the Census 1961 and I hope persons engaged in the administration of the State and public in general will appreciate the value and the effort that has gone into the production of such a standard book of reference. I congratulate the Superintendent of Census 0perations, Rajasthan, Shri C. S. Qupta I. A. S. and his colleagues who have done a good job with skill and perseverence. B. MEHTA JAIPUR. Chief Secretary 1st Marcil, 1966. to the Government of Rajasthan. iii PREFACE The District Census Handbooks, to which series the present volume belongs, are the gifts of the Census of. India and were first introduced in 1951. The 1961 series of District Census Handbooks are more elaborate than their counter-part in 1951 and present all important census data alongwith such other basic information as is very relevant for an understanding of the district. A wide variety of information which the Census 1961 collected has already been released in several parts as mentioned elsewhere in this book. The information contained in the present volume will be found useful by the Government, the district administration, persons engaged in regional planning, social workers and scholars in the field of humanities. Unfortunately these Handbooks became available to the users rather late in the decade. This was due to difficulties in printing. The Government Press Jodhpur, to whom this work was assigned by the State Government, had a heavy back­ log of printing and found it impos&ible to print all the books in the series itself. Arrangements had therefore to be made to get these printed through a private press. I trust a more expeditious method for printing of such valuable matter in time will be devised in future. I am grateful to Shri Asok Mitra, Registrar General, India for his guidance in this work from time to time. I am greatly beholden to the State Government for their kindly agreeing, as they also did in 1951, to get this series published at their cost. Dr. U. B. Mathur, Dy. Superintendent Census Operations, Rajasthan assisted me in editing this series. Tabulation Officer Shri S. R. Luhadia assiduously worked for compilation of the information presented in the book and has seen it through the press. Many of the facts and figures incorporated in the book were built up after- scrutiny of a lot of raw material and by personal contacts. This task was admirably done by Shri Ram Autar Gupta, Statistical Assistant. Without their sincere cooperation and the assistance rendered by various members of the staff, mentioned overleaf, who were associated with this work, it would have been hardly possible to present the information which is the subject matter of this book. I thank them all. C. S. GUPTA ]AIPUR, Superintendent. 15th August, 1966. Census Operations, Rajasthan. y OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK! Shri Wali Haider Computor Shri R. N. Verma Computor Shri T. C. Patni Compiler Shri B. B. Dave Compiler Shri D. L. Badiwal Compiler Shri M. L. Kumawat Draftsman Shri D. L. Verma Asstt. Draftsman Shri M. M. Goyal Proof Reader 'Shri O. P. Avasthy Proof Reader CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD iii PREFA€E v SECTION I (i) INTRODUCTION (iii) SECTION U 1 PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 3 (i) DISTRICT PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 8 (ij) RURAL PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 12 Sheoganj Tehsil 12 Sirohi Tehsil 14 Pindwara Tehsil 18 Abu Road Tehsil 22 Reodhar Tehsil 24 (iii) URBAN PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 32 OTHER CENSUS TABLES 37 A-SERIES-GEN ERAL POPULA nON TABLES NOTE 39 TABLE A-I Area, Houses and Population 41 APPENDIX-I. Statement showing 1951 territorial units constituting the present set-up of the district 42 ANNEXURE TO ApPENDIX-I: List of villages affected in the transfers 43 APPENDIX-II Villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 43 ANNEXURE TO APPENDIX·II: Places with a population under 5,000 treated as towns in 1951 but declassified in 1961 43 APPENDIX· III Houseless and Institutional Population 44 vii TABLE A-II Variation in population during sixty years (1901-1961) 44 APPENDIX Statement showing 1951 population according to their territorial jurisdiction in 1951, changes in area and the population involved in those changes 45 TABLE A-III Villages classified by population 46 TABLE A-IV Towns classified by population in 1961 with variation since 1901 ••• 48 APPENDIX Towns in 1951 declassified in 1961 49 B-SERIES-ECONOMIC TABLES NOTE 51 APPENDIX Standard Industrial Classification 55 TABLE B-1 Workers and non-workers classified by sex and broad age-groups 64 TABLE B-III­ PART A Industrial classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels in urban areas only 68 PART B Industrial classification of workers and non-workers by educational levels in rural areas only 70 TABLE B-IV­ PART A Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work at household industry 72 PART B Industrial classification by sex and class of worker of persons at work in non-household industry, trade, business, profession or service 74 PART C Industrial classification by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups of persons at work other than cultivation 76 ApPENDIX TO TABLE B-IV PART C 80 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE TO TABLE B-IV PART C : Tehsilwise industrial classification by sex and divisions of persons at work other than cultivation in rural areas only 81 TABLE B-V Occupational classification by sex of persons at work other than cultivation 82 APPENDIX 106 FLY LEAF 107 TABLE B-VI Occupational divisions of persons at work other than cultivation classified by sex. broad age-groups and educational levels in urban areas only ••• 108 viii TABLE B-VII­ PART A Persons working principally (i) As cultivators (ij) As agricultural labourers or (iii) At household industry classified by sex and by secondary work (i) At household industry (ij) As cultiva~or or (iii) As agricultural labourer 112 PART B Industrial classification by sex of persons working in non­ household industry, trade, business, profession or service who are also engaged in household industry 114 TABLE B~VIII­ PART A Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, broad age­ groups and educational levels in urban areas only 115 PART B Persons unemployed aged 15 and above by sex, and educational levels in rural areas only Il? TABLE B-IX Persons not at work cla~sified by sex, broad age-groups and type of activity 118 TABLE B-X Sample households (i) engaged neither in cultivation nor house­ hold industry (ii) engaged either in cultivation or household in­ dustry but not in both and (iii) engaged both in culth'ation and household industry for all areas 120 TABLE B-XI Sample households engaged in cultivation classified by interest in land and size of land cultivated in rural and urban areas separately 121 TABLE B-XII Sample households engaged in cultivation only classified by size of land cultivated and number of family workers and hired workers in rural and urban areas separately 122 TABLE B-XIII Sample households engaged both in cultivation and household industry showing size of land cultivated classified by principal household industry in rural and urban areas separately 128 TABLE B-XIV- Sample households engaged only in household industry classified by principal household industry in all areas 129 PART A Households classified by major groups of principal household industry and number of persons engaged 129 PART B Households classified by minor groups of principal household industry 131 TABLE B-XV Sample households engaged both in cultivation and household industry classified by size of land in rural and urban areas sepa­ rately 132 TABLE B-XVI Sample principal household industry classified by period of working and total number of workers engaged in household industry in all areas 134 APPENDIX 139 TABLE B-XVII Sample households classified by (i) number of male and female members by size of households and (ii) engagement (a) neither in cultivation nor in industry (b) in household industry only and (c) in cultivation sub-classified by size of land cultivated 140 Sirohi. IX C-SERIES-SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TABLES NOTE 143 TABLE C-I Composition of sample households by relationship to bead of family classified by size of land cultivated 145 TABLE C-II Age and Marital Status 146 TABLE C-III­ PART A Age. Sex and Education in all areas 149 PART B Age, Sex and Education in urban areas only 150 PART C Age, Sex and Education in rural areas only 151 TABLE elV Single year Age reLUrns 153 TABLE c-V Mother Tongue 154 TABLE C-VII Religion 156 TABLE C-VIlI Classification by literacy and industrial category of workers anj non-workers PART A (Among Scheduled Castes) 157 PART B (Among Sclieduled Tribes) 158 E-SERIES-HOUSING TABLES NOTE 159 TABLE E-I Census houses and the uses to which they are put 161 TABLE E-II Tenure status of sample census households living in census houses used as dwellings 163