CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES 18 RAJASTHAN PARTS XIIl-A & B DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK (Village & Town Directory Vi1Jage and Townwise Primary Census Abstract) SIKAR DISTRIC"C 1. C. SRIVASTAVA of the Indian Administrative Service lJica:toc of Census Openltions, Rajasthull FOREWORD Population Census provides data-base for economic and social planning to planners and administrators at a11 levels. The village and town-wise Census data compiled and processed by the Directorate of Census Operations are being published in the form of District Census Handbook for each district. Wl1ich, I am sure, will be found quite useful, informative and interesting by planners, administrators as well as academicians and research scholars. Each District Census Handbook comprises two parts Part-A containing information on the amenities available in each village/town and Part - B population totals and other demographic data. Some additional information regarding amenities added, in the past ten years, in each villagel town has also been provided in these volumes. Shri I. C. Srivastava. Director of Census Operations, Rajasthan a:nd his colleagues who have endeavoured for several months to complete these comprehensive and useful volumes deserve to be congratulated for accuracy and their timely completion. M. M. K. WALL JAIPUR Chief Secretary January 26, 1983 Government of Rajasthan PREFACE The District Census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State Government, is one of the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners. administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of constituencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to district administration. The District Census Handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data up to village level for the rural areas and ward wise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villagcs and towns etc. The District Census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a Village and Town Directory, including PCA. The 197 I DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A relatcd to Village and Town Directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and ccrtain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. However, in some States it was confined to district census tables and in a I\:w cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing the format of 198 I DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the formats of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability wilh the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have been brought together in the village directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is noi available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may he given. The restiUcturing of the format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infrastructure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of development. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the req uirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary healt sub-centres, and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the Village Directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the district which arc inaccessible. A n~w column, "total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where no amenities arc available and according to the proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total populalion has also been made wilh this view in mind. The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requiremellls of the Minimulll Needs Programme by providing information 011 a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class-land Class -II towns (Statement IV-A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvcment of slums. The columns on Sehedulcd Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in Statement IV relating to civic and other tlmenities and adult literacy classes/centres under educational facilities in statement V are also added inter alia with this view. A signific~nt addition is class of town in aU the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenities in urban areas of the country can be best amdysed by taking the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. The format of the Primary Census Abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the Individual Slip of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in publication of 1981 DCH series it has been so designed that Part-A of the volume contains Village and Town Directory and Part-B, the peA of villages and towns including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes PCA upto Tehsil!Town levels. At the beginning of the DCH a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on PCA and non-census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and tehsil/police station/C D Block etc., level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at appropriate places, to further enhance the value of the publication. This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The data have been collected and compiled in the State under the direction of Shri I. C. Srivastava the Director of Census Operations Rajasthan on behalf of the State Government which has horne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and coordination of this publication was carried out by Shri N. G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office, Dr. B. K. Roy. Deputy Registrar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have been scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the headquarters under the guidance of Shri M. M. Dua.• Senior Research officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. P. PADMANABHA Registrar General, India NEW DELHI January 26, 1983. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are deeply indebted to the State Government for their prompt help to us at all stages of Census Operations. We are beholden to Shri M. M. K. Wali, Chief Secretary, Rajasthan for his unstinted support and continued enc.;ouragement to us at all stages of work as also for having consented to write the Foreword for the series. Th.e former Chief Secretary, Shri G. K. Bhanot who inaugurated the two State-level census conferences had infused a. sen!>e of urgency and seriousness in the minds of Collectors and other officers engaged in Census work at the district-level, which went a long way in gearing up the entire administrative machinery a.nd we are extremely grateful to him .. Several departments of the State Government among which General Administration, Education. Community Development, Economics & Statistics, Public Relations, Printing and the Department of Personnel deserve special mention, extended utmost cooperation and help in both the phases of Census Opera­ tions. The District Collectors ·played a pivotal role in successfully conducting and supervising census operations despite their multifarious responsibilities. They were well assisted by ADMs/SDOs, Tehsilda.rs and Municipal Officers and other Charge Officers. The Supervisors and Enumerators, the basic census functionaries worked ceaselessly in the entire period of field-work to make) 98 I Census Operations smooth and successful. We are deeply grateful to Shri P. Padmanabha, Registrar General & Census Commissioner India for his sustained support and spontaneous, unfailing guidance throughout our endeavours. Our grateful thanks are due to Shri V. P. Pandey, Shri N. G. Nag, Shri K. K. Chakravorty and Dr. B. K. Roy, the four Deputy Registrar Generals and their ..:olleagues at the headquarters for their ever willing, helping hand and thoughtful suggestions for putting together and shaping the volumes in their present form. Shrimati Meenakshi Hooja and Shri S. C. Varma, the two Deputy Directors incharge of District Handbooks who were ably assisted by Shri Shamsher Singh, Assistant Director and Shri Wali Haider and tlleir team of workers deserve all praise for their perseverance and dedication to work. Shri Shamsher Singh, Assistant Directors has taken pains in drafting the analytical notes for Sikar District Census Handbook. The Primary Census Abstract, the population profile for all administrative units was first prepared in Regional Tabulation Offices headed by Regional Deputy Directors, the officers of RAS cadre, who put in so to say, their 'labour of love' to ensure its timely preparation.