District Census Handbook, Nagaur, Part Rajasthan and Ajmer
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CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK NAGAUR PART I·-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES By Pt. YAMUNA LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajmer. JODHPUR: 1955 PRIOE Rs. PREFACE The Census Reports in olden times were printed OIlt' for .uie \Vhol~ Pl'oviw..·(: of Haj putana and another for Ajmer Merwara. Some of the Principal States now m~l'ged in Rajasthan publi~hed their own reports. This time the State C('nsus Rf':ports have heen pllhlisherl in the following volumes;- 1. Part I-A Report. 2. Part I-B Subsidiar,V Tablcl-\ and Distrid Index of Non-Agricultural Oecnpations. 3. Part I-C Appenrlices. 4. Part II-A General Population Tables, How-,ehold and Age Sarnple Tables, Social and Cultural Tables, Table Ei. Summary FigureR by Administl'ativ(' Units, and local 'KA' infirmiti0H. fi. Pa,rt U-B l~~conomic Tables. '('hcy contain stat,istics down to t}w distl'i(·t lcvel. The idea of preparing the District Census Handbook separately for each district \V<iH put forward by Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, I. C, S., Registrar General, India, and ex-officio Census Commissioner of India, as part of a plan intended to secure an ~ffective method of preserving the census records prepared for areas below the district level. lie proposed that all the district census tables and census abstracts prepared during the proeess of sorting and compi1~tion should be bound together in a sinl!le manuscript volume, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the State Governments that the Handbook (with or without the addition of other useful information relating to the district) should l)e prinkd and pub lished at their own cost, in the bame manner aR the village statistics in the past. In acecpt. ing, this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan dedded to print and publi~h the more important portion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve thp l'CE.t of th£' recordR in a manuscript volume for any future URe, to whic·h they may b{~ put. This Handbook contains five General Popnla!tioll Tabh's of A S<'ri(.'s, thr('(~ Economic Tables of B Series, five Household and Age Tables d' C Serim;, seven Social and Cultural Tables of D Series, one table E giving summary for the district and t0hsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities hy age groups and an Index of Non-agricultural Occupations. (";~a('h bble contains an explanatory note necessary for the proper underRtanding of the figm"ps. l'ho numherR given to the tables in this Handbook ('orr('spond to thORO giyen in Stnt{'\ CCllS118 Reports. Village Directories were publish cd for U1(:' first time in 1n:31 hy a few Stil.tes of Raj putttlla. The (\xample W1LS followed hy all the Sta tos in 19 .. n. They eontained f()r paeh viUagp the• popUlation figures by relicrion0 and also some other useful informatioll. They were bound III a volume one for each State. This time the Village Directories are also incorporated in this Handbook under the n:tme of "Primary Census Abstract and Village Directory" which show the basic POlJUhttion figures sepal'ately for each village or town-ward daiil'{ified hy livelihood ('lasses illf.;tf~ad of r<:'ligion and also some information of gener:tl natlll'(\. Opportunity has heen taken to put in a short llltl'o(luctory note detailing the salient points connected with the district, such as the physic-al features, climate, rainfall, irrigation and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, agriculture, education, industries and other mattrl's of general interest. The information contained in the introduetol'Y note is 1ll1sed on the material furnished by Collectors of cliRtl'iets and Depnrtments of Government~ III addition to the ahove, some figures of general int8L'est and a review of pop Illation figures have also been incorporated. 'rhe scheduled date for the publieation of the Handbooks as prescribed hy the Regis trar General, India, was, "Not later than March 1952" but practical expcril;'!nce showed its publication by that time an impracticability, Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that time. Then came the qnestion of printing which proved to be a huge task. There are 25 districts in Rajasthan and 1 in Ajrner. The total number of printed pages turned out to he nearly 9000. The Government PrcRRes Were ( 2 already over. burdened with the printing work of other departnwnl8 and in the printinfr of Census Publications priority Was given to Central Government Publications i. e. th~ States Census Reports. The result was that till March 1954, for 14 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not he printE'd specially h('('ause the press had 110 stock of small type which was essential for their printing. It was, therefore, decided to publish the Handbooks in two volumes. Part J, consists of Introdtl('tion~ a hrief review of population figurcs ttnd; 1. General population Tahles (A-I to A-V) 2. Economic TableR (B-I to B--ITI) 3. Household and age (Sample) Tahles «'- I to ('-V) 4. Social and Cultural Ta1k" (D-I to n-VII) 5. E-Summary figures hy Administrative Fnits. 6. Loeal Tahle 'KA' Infirmitif's, and 7. Distriet Index of ::\'on-Agrieultural O(·ctlpatioDs. Part If contains only Primary Census Ahstracts and Village Directory. The Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sirohi and Jhahtwar DistrictR are howev(:'l' h~ing puhlishpd in one volume, because they have been completed hy this timf'. While every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and villa-ge names, certain mistakes might have crept in. I shall he gr:1tefnl if they are brought t.o mv , Tl·~ti('e. Y. L. ])n.shora. LIST OF CONTENTS .No. Particulars Pages ~ •. Introduction .. I-VIII r; R3view of population figures 1-7 ~. Scheme of censUs tables . ~ 8 .f. Definitions and key to symbols 9-10 ii. District census da.ta at a glan('c 11-13 ... .l.-Gerzeral Population Tables- A- r. _\rea., Rouse:-; and Population 15 A-- If. Varhtion in population dflring fifty yean; 15 A-III. Towns and vilhges classified hy Iopulatioll 16-17 A-IV. Towns classified by population with variation since 1901 18-19 A - V. Town~ arranged territi)li'l.Hy wit,h popUlation hy Ih'elihood (l~sses 20 7. B-Economiic Table8-- B- 1. Livelihovd classes and sub-classe,~ 24-25 B- n. Secolldary means of livelihood 26-39 B-III. Employers, employees and indep3ndent wurlwrs in indll"tries ilnd servjees by 40-62 divi'lions and sub-divisions. 8. O-Househ()lrl and, A.ge (Sample) Tables- c- r. Household (size lind composition) C-.IL Livelihood elasscs by age groups 64-61 C--III. Age and civil conllition 68-69 C--IY. ~-\ge and literaey iO-71 c- V. Single year age return:i 72-'7(j H. D-8Q~ial a I'd (}uitu'fal Tabll's- D- I (i) Mot.her tongue 7fl (ii) Bilingualism D- II. Religion D -lIT. Scheduled ca.st€" and scheduled tribes l>-IV. Migrants '{9 D-V (ii) Displaced persons by livelihood classes 8<) D-vr. Non-Indian Nationals ~t. D-vn. Educational Standards 82-83 O. E -Summary figures by administrative units 84:-8& l. I.. ocal (~) rnfirmitie!l 87-89 2. District Index: of Non-Agricultural'Occupations 91-N~ NAG AUR DISTRICT. INTRODUCTION. I. Physical Aspects. 1. Nagaur is one of the biggest districts in Rajasthan in respect of a,rea which Position area and boun- is ~,899 sq~Iare miles according to the Surveyor General for India. d' It IS 76 mIles from east to west and 131 miles from north to ary south. It comprises of 1,188 villages, and 8 towns according to Oensus of 1951. It is divided into 5 Tehsils of Nagaur, Didwana, Merta, Parbatsar and Nawa. It is bounded on the north by Bikaner and Churn Districts, on the sonth by Pali District and Ajmer State, on the east it touches Jaipur and Sikar Districts and on the west Jodhpur District. It lies between the parallels of 24° 37' and 26° north latitudes and 73° 5' and 75° 22' east longitudes. 2. The northern part of the district comprising of Nag<1lu' and Didwana Tehsils C f'g raron is sterile, sandy and inhospitable, whereas the southern part on 1 u 1 comprising of Merta, Parbatsar and Nawa Tehsils is fertile and hospitable. As the soil in the north is rich in salt, it affords ample pasture for grazing and space for cattle breeding. 3- There are no mountains or hills except in tehsil Parbatsar where the hill ranges Hills and Rivers on the southern side are the offshoots of Aravalli Hills. There are some hillocks in Nawa Tehsil which extend upto Ajmer-Merwara. 4. The only river Luni which starts from Pushkar in Ajmer-Merwara passes thl'ough Tehsil Merta near villages, Alaniawas, Lungia, Roisa, Roisi, Jasnagar and Surpura. In Tehsil Parbatsar a few streams flow in rainy season which however are not useful for irrigation purposes. In Nawa tehsil there are some small rivers which fall in the Sambhar Lake. 5. There is a big salt lake at Didwana which is under the direct control of the Excise and Salt Department of the Central Government. Here the Lakes estimated annual production of salt is reported to be 35-40 thousand tons approximately. A part of the well known Sambhar Lake is situated in Nawa Tehsil of this district.