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For official use only CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME VII KERALA PART VIII A ADMINISTRATION REPORT ENUMERATION M. K. DEVASSY, B. A., B. L. OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Superintendent of Census Operations, Kerala and the Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands 1964 PRINTED AT THE CITY PRESS, TRIVANDRUM-l PREFACE The pattern prescribed for the Administration Report of the 1961 Census is that the report should be published in two parts, the first part dealing with the census operations up to and including enumeration and the second part dealing with tabula tion. In accordance with this, the first part of the report is being released now. lowe the order of presentation of the topics dealt with in this report to the Registrar General of India, Shri A. Mitra who had circulated a list of topics to all the Superintendents of Census Operations. The valuable and exhaustive notes prepared by my Head Assistant, Shri K. V. Joseph in consultation with the different sections of my office have been of immense use to me in writing this report. The City Press, Trivandrum has spared no pai:ps in executing the printing of this book neatly and well. M. K. DEVASSY ii CONTENTS CHAPTER I-GENERAL Page 1. The Census legislation 1 2. Early appointment of the Superintendent of Census Operations 1 3. The first communication from the Registrar General 2 4. First letter of the State Government to all Departmental Heads in troducing Census and the Superintendent of Census Operations 2 5. Organisation of Office (a) Appointment of Office Staff 2 (b) Appointment of Officers 3 (c) Terms of deputation 3 (d) Accommodation 4 (e) Furniture 6 (f) Stationery 6 (g) Equipment (i) Typewriters 7 (ii) Duplicators 7 (iii) Calculating machines 7 (iv) Table fans 7 (h) Despatch and receipt of letters 7 6. The first round of Conferences 8 7. The Pre-test operations 8 8. The first Conference of the Superintendents of Census Operation" 9 9. Census Schedules and their printing 10 10. The house list 10 11. The household schedule 10 12. The individual slip 11 13. Centralisation of instfllctions 12 14. Translation of schedules and instructions 12 15. Supply of printing paper 13 16. Preparation of the blocks and printing 13 17. Estimate of the number of copies 14 18. The printing of schedules 15 19. Difficulties in local printing 16 20. Distribution of Schedules (a) Principle of distribution 17 (b) A mishap 11 (c) Expenditure for distribution by the Charge Officers 18 21. Preparation of maps 18 iii CONTENTS Page 22. Contribution of census mapping to the archives of the State Government and the Directorate of Survey and Land Records 19 23. Rural-Urban classification 19 24. Organisation of census in urban areas 19 25. Tours by the Superintendent of Census Operations 20 26. The first tour of the Registrar General in the State 21 27. Touring of other officers connected with the Census Operations 21 28. Administrative difficulties 22 (a) Non-observance of the orders freezing the transfers 22 (b) Unhelpful attitude of responsible officers 22 (c) Delay in sanctioning deputation 22 (d) Expenditure on the staff of District and Charge Officers 23 (e) Need for a skeleton census office during the inter-census period 23 (f) Dependence on State Government Officers 23 29. Publication by the State Government of the census questionnaire etc. in the State Government gazette 24 30. Accounts (a) Budget 24 (b) Account rules 25 (c) Method of keeping accounts 25 (d) Periodical statements of expenditure 25 (e) Financial powers 26 (f) Permanent advance 26 31. Miscellaneous (a) The reference date, a holiday 26 (b) Concessions to the enumeration staff 26 32. Census publicity 27 (a) Messages 27 (b) Posters 27 (c) Press conferences 28 (d) Conferences by the Registrar General 28 (e) The census film 28 (f) Pamphleteering 28 (g) Lantern slides 28 . (h) Census advertisements 28 (i) The All India Radio programmes 28 CHAPTER II-ENUMERATION 33. Introduction 29 34. The cenSUS programme 29 35. Preparation of registers (a) The Census Village Register 30 (b) Census Charge Register 31 36. Formation of census divisions 31 37. The Ce.nsus Location Code 31 38. Verification of the local jurisdiction with reference to maps and gazette notifications 32 iv CONTENTS Page 39. Appointment of District ~ensus Officers and Charge Officers 32 40. Circulation of census instrut:tions 33 41. Instructions about Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes-synonyms and generic names of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 34 42. Appointment of enumeration agency for house numbering operations 35 43. Letters of appointment 36 44. Training for house numbering and houselisting operations 36 45. The house numbering operations (a) Fresh house numbering on a State-wide basis 36 (b) Period of house numbering 36 (c) Inauguration of house numbering operations 36 (d) Progress of house numbering 36 (e) House numbering in special areas 37 (f) Territorial units and mode of house numbering 37 46. Difficul ties (a) Failure to follow instructions 37 (b) Certain discrepancies in the instructions 38 (c) Deviation from instructions by a Tahsildar 38 (d) Jamabandy in the way 38 (e) Renumbering in two charges 39 47. Deficiencies and their rectification 39 48. Where, how and when the house numbering operations went wrong or failed to be satisfactory 39 49. Formation of blocks and circles 40 50. Avoidance of conflict of jurisdiction between Revenue and Forest authorities 40 51. A precaution 41 52. Formation of special blocks 41 53. Preparation of the Block and Circle Registers 41 54. Appointment of enumeration agency for the count 41 55. Qualifications of the enumeration agency 42 56. Appointment letters 42 57. Ratio of Charge Officers, Circle Supervisors and Enumerators 42 58. Help received from State Government 42 59. Training of District Census Officers and Charge Officers 43 60. Training of Supervisors 43 61. Training of Enumerators 43 62. Critical examination of the training course held and suggestions for improvement 43 63. Training reserves 43 64. Facilities for enumeration staff regarding attendance 43 65. Distribution of schedules and maintenance of reserve 44 66. Enumeration (a) General 44 (b) Arrangement for special areas 44 (c) Census of houseless and mobile popUlation 44 (d) Shifting population in the Kuttanad area 46 (e) Enumeration of technically qualified personnel 46 v CONTENTS Page <>7. Preliminary assessment of the quality of enumeration (a) Coverage 46 (b) Response 46 (c) Care in filling up demographic questions 46 (d) Care in filling up economic questions 46 (e) Care in filling up household schedules 46 .()8. Confusion over concepts and definitions (a) Household Schedule 46 (b) Individual slips 47 {J9. Arrangement for filling up last minute deflections 47 70. Relay of provisional totals 47 71. Variation between the provisional totals and the final figures 48 72. Booklet on Provisional Totals 48 73. The Final Census Register 48 74. Post-enumeration check 48 75. Special features of the post-enumeration check 49 76. Clerical assistance to District Census Officers and Charge Officers 50 77. Honorarium to enumeration staff 51 78. Honorarium for post-enumeration check 52 79. Recognition of the services of the enumeration staff 52 SO. Special studies 53 (a) Village survey 53 (b) Rural and tribal craft survey 54 (c) Survey of fairs and festivals 54 (d) Survey of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 54 (e) Survey of births and deaths 54 (f) Fertility survey 54 (g) Survey of consanguineous marriages 55 '81. Arrangements for taking photographs 55 82. Cost of enumeration 55 83. Conclusion 55. APPENDICES I. Statement of staff of the office of the Superintendent of Census Operations up to 30--6-1961 other than houselist tabulation staff 56 II. Centres selected for the second pre-test 59 III. Houselist ,60 IV. Household Schedule 61 V. Individual Slip 63 VI. Estimate of the number of census schedules with the basis of calculation 64 VII. List of places recognized as towns for the Census of 1961 65 VIII. List of places which were towns in 1951 Census but have not been recognized as towns in 1961 Census . 70 IX. Notifications issued by the Government of Kerala under the Census Act (Central Act XXXVII of 1948) 71 vi CONTENTS X. Appointment Letter forms issued under the Census Act (Central Act XXXVII of 1948) 75 XI. Circular Letter No. I dated 4th December 1959 on general features of 1961 Census and outlines of the plan of operations 78 XII. Circular Letter No. IV dated 30th December 1959 on house numbering and preparation of houselists 87 XIll. Circular Letter No. XVII dated 25th July 1960 on the follow-up action on house numbering operations, formation of blocks and circles and appointment of Circle supervisors and enumerators for enumeration 94 XIV. Circular Letter No. XX dated 15th September 1960 on the distribution of forms, training and enumeration 98 XV. Circular Letter No. XLVI dated 21st February 1961 on the coverage of blocks 110 XVI. Instructions issued for the enumeration of the crew and passengers of ships or other vessels 1. D. O. letter No. C3-386j60 dated 25th December, 1960 to the Officer in charge of the Census Operations of the Naval Base 110 2. D. O. letter No. C3-386J60 dated 26th December 1960 to the Officer in charge of the Census Operations of the Port of Cochin 110 3. Letter No. C2-499J60 dated 29th December 1960 to the Officer in charge of ports except the Port of Cochin III XVII. Minutes of the discussion held with the Tahsildar, Kuttanad regarding the enumeration of shifting population in Kuttanad Taluk 111 XVIII. Synonyms or generic names of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes accepted in 1961 Census 112 XIX.

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