CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK SAWAIMADHOPUR PART I-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES. Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Aj mer. BIKANER: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS 1954, LIST OF CONTENTS. S. tVo. Partioulars Pages 1. Introduction i-x 2. Review of population figures 1-7 3. Scheme of census tables 8 4. Definitions and key to symbols 9-10 6. District census data at a glance · It';'13 6. A-fleneral Population tables_ A- I Area, Houses and Population 15 A- II V ~riation in population during fifty y~ars 15 A-Ill Towns and villages classified by population • · 16-17 A - IV rl'owns classified by population with variation since 1901 · 18-20 A- V Towns arranged territorially with population by livelihood classei. 21 7. B_£c('nomic Tabfes- B- I Livelihood classes and sub-classes • 26-29 B . II Secomlftry means of livelihood , 30-43 B- III Employers, employees and independent workers in industries and services by divisions and sub-divisions . 44-68 1:>. a_Household and Age (samp/e) T::!!.!:!._ c- I Household (size and composition) . 69 C- II Livelihood classes by age groups 70-74 C- III Age a,nd civil condition . · 75-77 C-- IV Age and literacy • • 78-80 C- V Single year age returns . , 81-89 P. Social and Cultural Tables-- D- I (i) Mother tongue ~o (ii) Bilillgnn,lism 91 D- II Religion 91 D- III Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes 91 D- IV Migrants 92 D- V (ti) Disphwcd persons by livelihood classes 93 D- VI Non-Indian Nationals 93 D- VII Educational Standards . · 94-95 10. E-Summary figures by administrative units . 96-99 11. Local (~) Infirmities .100-101 1'2. District Index of NOlkAgricult~ral Occupations. • .103-120 PREFACE. The Census Reports in olden times were printed one for the whole Province of Rajputana and another for Ajmer Menvara. Some of the Pl'incipaI Stn,tes no,y merged .in Rajasthan published their own reports. This time the State Census Reports have been published in the following vol II mes ;- 1. Part I~A Report. 2. Pari I-B Subsidiary Tables and District Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations. 0. Pari I-e Appendices. 'i. Pa'rt II-A General Population rl'ables, Househoh1 and Age (Sn,mpJe) 'llabIeB, Social and Cultuml 'rabIes, Tab!e E Summary Figuros by Administrative Units, and local 'RA' infirmities. 5. PaTt Il-B Economic Tables. rrhey contain statistics down to thc district level. The idea of preparing the District Oensus Handbook separately for oach 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 a,n effective method of preserving the census records prepared for areas balow the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census A,bstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single manuscript volume, called the District Census HA,nclbook, and suggested to the State Governments that the handbook (with or without the addition of other useful information relating to the district) should be printed ftnd publishea, at their own cost, in the same manner as the village statistics in the past. In accepting this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relating to the diRtrict and to preserve the rest of the records in a manuscript volume for any future URC, to which they may be put. rrhis Handbook contains five General Population Tables of A SerieR, three Economic rrables of B Series, five Household and Age Tables of 0 Series, Roven Social [tlld Cultural rrables of D Series, one table E giving snmmary for the diBtrict [tnd tehRils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups amI an Index of Non-agricultnnd Occupations. Each table contains an explanatory note necessary for the proper unc1er8t~,ndiDg of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook cOl'l'espoDrl to those given in Strtte Census Reports. Village Directories were publiRhecl for the first time in 1931 by a few Stat08 of Rajputn,na. The exftmple was followed by [\,U the States in 1941. They cont:l,ined for each village the population figures by religion and n,180 somo other nseful information. 'l'lJey were bound in a volume one for each Stil,te. This time the Village Directories are also incorporated in this Handbook under the name of" Primary Census Abstract and Village Dirertory" which show the basic population figures separately for each village or town-ward classified by livelihood cla,sRes instead of religion f1ud also some information of general nature. Opportnnity hfts been taken to put in a short introductory note dotn,iling the salient points connected with the district, such a,s the physica,l features, climate, rftinfall, irri­ gation and drainage facilities, roads and other commnnications, agriculture, education, ~ndustries and other matters of general interest. The information contained in the llltrodllctory note is based on the mt'tteriaJ furnished by Collectors of districts ftnd Depart­ ments of Government. In addition to tho above, some figures of general int0rcst and a revirw of population figurOR have also been incorporated. " 11 The scheduled dn,te for the publie::ttioll of the Ihndboob; ftR prescrihed by the Registrar General, India, \Vi1S," Not lator thn,l1 March, li:J52" but practical experience showed its publioation by that time an impracticability, Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touoh could not be completed by that time. rrhen came the qnestion of printing which proved to be a huge task. 'rhere are '25 districts in Rajasthan and 1 in Ajruet. 'rhe 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 State Oenslls Heports. 'rbe result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 28 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed specially bec~use the press hall no Rtock of small type whioh was essential for their printing. It was, therefore, decided to publish the lmndbooks in two voinmes. Part I, consi:;;ts of introduction, a brief review of popnlfttion figures and, (1) General population 'rnblef> ( A·I to A· V. ) (2) Economic rrnbles ( B·l to D-IH ) (3) Household and Age ( S[tmple ) 'rabIes ( (J. I to C· V ) (4) SociaJ [tnd Cnltnml 'llables ( D-l to D-VII ) (G) 1'j.8urmna,1'j' figlU'E's by AdUlinistmtl\'e UnitR. (G) LOCH,] Table' KA ' infirmities, ancl (7) District Index of Non-Agricultural Occupations. Part II contains only Primary Oens11s Abstracts and Village Directory. rr'he Handbooks of the Ajmer, Rirohi and Jhalawar Districts are, howevel', being publiRhed in one volnme bem);l1se they hayo heeIl completed by this time. While every care hM been taken to ensUt'8 the COfl'ectnesr:; of figures and ,'Wage names, (jel't~in mistltkeR might hillve erept in. I slutll he gn],trful if they aI's brought to my notice. Y. 1. DASHORA. SA WAIMADHOPUR DISTRICT. INTRODUCTION I. Physical Aspects. 1. District Sawaimadhopur is included in the J aipur Division and is situated in the eastp,rn part of the State of HajR,sthan. It lief, between 25°4.5' r.) Position, area and and 27°15' north latitudes and 76°0' and 77°2-:1' east longitudes. h01l1ldary. Its area is 4203-8 square miles, as Impplied by the Surveyor General at India, while the Land Record Officer, Rajasthnn, has worked ii ont M; 4,05i squan~ miles, It is bounded on the north by the Alwar distriQt, on the ea8~ by the Bharatpur Distriot, on the south by the Kotah District and the Chamba,l river, which forms the natural boundary, sepamting tlle district from the Gwalior District, (Madhya Bharat), and on the west and north-west by the Tonk and J aipur Districts respecti vely. 2. Ranges of the Arawali hills which divide Rajasthan into two parts, are mostly . found in the no.r~i·lljWe~tern and southern parts of the district, (b) Configuration. i e., in the Rub-Divisions of Bindaun, Rarauli and Sawaimadhopur. T~ nIOS~ biUy B>reas in th.fJ -ili~ript.a,t) ~un4 in Saw~im~dbopur ~d Karauli Sub-Division.s. Karauli Sub-Division, mostly consisting of hills and ravines, it! 1lJcally uaHed "Dang", a name given to the rugged mgion iunnedintely above the narrow v~Hey of the Ri yer Chambal. The highest peaks in the south are "Bhairon" and "Utgir" ~{lg 156~ and 1479 feet respectively above the sea level. 'fhe whole of Sawaimadhopur ~"b-Division being almost a mountainous tract there are ranges for miles and miles around, and &Jl~ll:iWjbole, one of the most renowned historical forts of Iudia, stands amidts these hills, in this Sub-Division. Tamangarh, 1309 feet above the sea, the seat of J adon ~(Jf~(;!Pf.~~LY. ~~e~? is ODe of the em!ne~ces. of th~ sort in Ramuli Sub~~i~isi~n.. Almost ~ wliola.,ollhe ~rll part of the dIstnct (m WhICh Gangapur Sub-DIvIsIOn IS lDcluded) :is a pla.i~, with only a 'few hills here and there. The height from sea level in the district vAl'it\$ from 1500 to 2000 feet. .- 3. The Chambal and the Banas are the only perennial streams in the district.