Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes)

PAPEI. 2 OF 1982 CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES·1S RAJASTHAN SPECIAL PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) I. c. SRIVASTAVA Of The India .A.dministratiYe Seryfce /)Iredor Of Census OperatiOl'lS. Rajasthan PREFACE The concern for development and welfare of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people of the country has been growing' over the years and rightly so. Contributing about 7 per cent to the total population of India. they also constitute the bulk of the backward section of our society. Therefore. this volume containing data based on the total population of Scheduled Castes and Sche tiuled Tribes at State, district, tebsil and town levels has been specially prepared to meet the inflow of demands of various government departments, autonomous bodies, universities and research institutions. The basic demographic and economic data relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which were abstracted during the course of manual tabulation of the entire census data have been compiled in the form of what is called, 'The Special Primary Census Abstract'. However, it is relevant to mention that this. information will also be included in Census Volumes-Part II B (primary Census Abstract for the State) and in Part XIII B (District Census Handbook of all the districts). It will also be our endeavour to bring out the basic characteristics of the people belonging to each ofthe Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as have been notified under the Presidential order, "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Modification) Order, 1956" in a separate volume. As this volume will be published at a much later stage, hopefully, the present paper would serve the imme diate needs of planners, government departments and other data users and will be generally found useful by all those concerned in the welfare ofthe Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. We are deeply grateful to Shri P. Padmanabha, Registrar General, India Shri V. P. Pandey, Dy. Registrar General, India and Shri K. K. Chakravorty, Dy. Registrar General (Census and Tabu lation) for their helpful guidance and constant support from time to time. My colleagues in the Directorate associated with this volume, who have worked under the guid dance of Sarvashri S. R. Luhadia. Dy. Director and R. C. Bhargava. Assistant Director deserve special thanks for doing an excellent job and for completing the work in time for publication. The members of the staff associated with this volume are mentioned overleaf. I. C. SRIVASTAVA Director, JAIPUR Census Operadons. Rajasthan. September 23, 1982. (ill) STAFF ASSOCIATED \,,, ITH TH[S PVBLlCATION Shri M. M. Goyal I 11\ c~tigator Shri R. I'll. Verma ] nvc,tlgatol Shn N.K. Baj 111YC~llgator Shri T. C. Basandani J IlYcstigator Shri K. B. Sharma Statl~til:al A~~islant Shn D. :\I. Parcek Statt~tLcal A!>~l~tant Shn M. L. Sindhi Statist h.:a I I\!>sishmt Shn \ . D. Chandwalll Stallsllcal Assl~tanl Shri Gop Raja Statlstll.:';J ! AssIstant Smt. Charu Mathur Statlstlca I Assistant Shn l-Iao;sLLn Mohd PnntlOg J nspcctol Shri O. P. Badaya Computol Shn S. C. Saini' Computor Shn Hemcndra Tambi Operator Shn S. K. Ajmera Assistant CompIler (~l --606 DCO (Raj)/82 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE - - - (iii) An Introductory Note - - - ... - (ix) List of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - - - .. (xi) Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes - - - ]-81 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes - 83-161 (vu) AN llfrRODUCTORY NOTE the Constitution of India provides certain safe district Ganganagar. Districts of Jaipur, :Bharatpur, guards for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Alwar, Sawai Ml!dhopur, Nagaur, Kota and Ajmer of India under Articles 341 and 342. At the time of are among others which contribut e substantially. census-count, each enumerator was given a list of Indeed these eight districts together contribute more Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes relating to than half of the total population of the Scheduled each State, as drawn up under the Scheduled Castes Castes in the State. Tribal districts of Dungarpur and Scheduled Tribes Orders, (Amendment) Act and Banswara together with the western district of 1976 (No. 108 of 1976). He was instructed Jodhpur have less than one percent share of the total to record a person as belonging to a particular Scheduled Caste population of the State. Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe if the name of the caste as returned by the person figared in the Among the Scheduled Tribes, the highest con prescribed list. If the person returns his/her caste centration is noticed in Banswara and Dungarpur or tribe by any synonym or generic name of caste districts where their proportion to total population or tribe not mentioned in the list, he/she was not of the districts comes to 72 ·63 percent and 64·44 per eligible to be entered as a Scheduled Caste or _Tribe. cent respectively. Other districts with higher pro portions are Udaipur (34 ·33 percent), Sirohi (23 ·11 The Scheduled Castes are recognised only among percent), Sawai Madhopur (22 ·67 percent), Bundi Hindus and Sikhs while the members of Scheduled (20 ·11 percent), Chittaurgarh (18 ·16 percent) and Tribes may profess any faith/religion. The Sche Kota (14 '83 percent). duled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as listed in the 1956 order for the State of Rajasthan are given as Looking at the dispersal of tribal population of an annexure. the State in various districts in terms of absolute population, one observes the highest proportion of There are about 58.4 lakh members of Scheduled 19 ·34 percent of the total tribal population residing Castes and about 41.8 lakh members of Scheduled in Udaipur district followed by 15 ·42 percent in Tribes in Rajasthan. Thus over 17 percent of the Banswara, 10 '52 percent in Dungarpur, 9 ·09 percent population of Rajasthan are members of Scheduled in Iaipur and 8 ·32 percent in Sawai Madhopur Castes. While 17·71 percent of the population in districts. As a matter of fact these five districts to the rural areas of the State form the bulk of this cate gether contribute more than sixty percent of the gory, in urban areas their proportion to total popu State tribal population. Other districts have very lation is only 14 '54 percent. The population of the low proportions the lowest being 0 '04 percent in Scheduled Tribes is, however, smaller, and thus Bikaner district. Other districts which have less than a total of 12 ·21 percent of the state's people consti one percent of the State's total tribal popUlation are tute tribal communities. The proportion of the Ganganagar, Churu, Jhunjhunun, Sikar, Ajmer. tribal population in rural areas of the State is 14.89 Iaisalmer, Iodhpur and Nagaur. percent while it is only 2 ·16 percent in urban areas. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes taken At the district level, the percentage strength of together constitute 29 ·25 percent of the total popu the Scheduled Castes is the highest (29 ·05 percent) lation of the State. While 32 ·60 percent of the in Ganganagar district. Thirteen more districts people living in the rural areas of the State belong namely, Bikaner, Churu, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sawai to this combined category of Scheduled Castes and Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Nagaur, Pali, Sirohi, Scheduled Tribes, only 16 ·70 percent of the urban Bundi, Kota and Jhalawar have higher proportionate population fall in this category. strength of Scheduled Castes than the State average of 17 ·04 percent. Twelve districts have lower pro At the district level, the proportion of the popu portionate strength ranging from as low as 4 ·51 per lation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes cent in Dungarpur and 4 ·72 percent in Bal1swara to to the total population is highest in Banswara district 17001 percent in Jalor and Bhilwara districts. In (77 ·35 percent) followed by Dungarpur (68 '9S terms of absolute population of the Scheduled Castes percent). This is true in case of rural areas also where in Rajasthan, tho maximum share to the total popu Banswara district has the highest proportion (81 '34 lation of the Scheduled Castes in Rajasthan goes to percent) followed by Dungarpur (72 -04 pereont). (ix) However. Sibr district has recorded the lowest Very low, rather alarmingly low titeracy rates proportion (16·40 percent) of the two combined ,bave been returned in case of Scheduled Tribes, the categories while in rural areas Ihunjhunun district a.verage being about 10 ·27 percent only. Literacy ranks last with its proportionate strength of 17 ·19 level among Scheduled Tribe males comes to about percent. In the combined strength of the urban J8 ·8S percent while it is only about 1 ,20 percent areas of the State, Sirohi district has the highest in case of female tribals. proportion of 2S '91 percent while the lowest pro portion is recorded in Bikaner district (11 ·24 per It is distressing to find that about 62 percent of ,he Schedule4 Caste population kave returned them.. cent). 9clves as non-workers. This proportion comes to Liwre,cy rate among Scheduled Caste population ~bout 56 per cent ~n case of Scheduled Tribes. The ip Rajasthan works out to about 14·04 percent as lI1ain workets constitute a little more than 32 per apinst general literacy rate of 24 ·38 percent re "nt in case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled vealed duriq 1981 Census. While 24·40 percent of Tribes while ther.e is marked difference in case of tho male Sehedllled Caste population belong to the marginal workers, because only about 6 percent stream of literate population, only 2 ·69 percent of the total Sclteduled Caste population have re amonS the female population could qualify to be turned themselves as marginal workers as against 12 considered literate.

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