CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK KOTAH PART I-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES. Pt. YAMUNA LAL ))ASHORA, B.A" LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajmer. 13IKANEH, PmN'l'IW AT THB GOVERNMENT PnESS 1954. LIST OF CONTENTS B.No. Particulars Paqe,s, 1. Introduction 2. Review o,f population figurefl _!, 1-7 S. Scheme of COllSUS t~~bles 4. Definitions and key to symbols :D-l() - . 5. District census data ftt a glance _'" 6. A-General Population Tables- A- 1. AreH,) Houses and Population Ji) A- IT. Variation in population during fifty yoan; 16 ,\._- Ill. '1' 0 \\,m; and villages classified by population J() --17 A-IV. frOWnS classified by population wit,h variation since 1901 • 10-20 A - V. frOWnS arranged territorially with population by liV8lihood classes. 21 7. B_Economic Tables-- B- 1. Livelihood classes and oub-classes • 2G--2D B- II. Seconrlary means of Ii velihood · SO-if) B -IlL Employers, umployeeo a,nd independent workers in industries and 50-7() services by divisions and sub-divisions. o C-Hou!~_,!!!~ Age (8_.ample) Tabl_es.- C- I. Household (size and composition), 71 c- IT. Livelihood classes by age groups II c-III. Age fmd ci vii condition • e5-1)7 C I V. Age (l,ncl literacy. 88-90 c- V. Single year age returns !J. lJ_Social and Cultural Tables- U - 1. (i) ::\luther tongue ICi) (ii) Bilingualism 11) 1 1J- II. Heligion . 101 D-III. Scheduled Ci1otos a,nd ochoduied tribes 101 D-IV. Migrants . 10:2 D- V - ( it) Disphtced persons by Ii velihood classes . 103 D-- VI. Non-Indian Nn,tionals 103 D-VII. 1~c1 ucationa,l Standards .10,1-106 10. E--SuInruary figures by administrative units . .106-100 J 1. Loca,l (q;) Infirmitios .110-111 12. District _1u<;tex of .N on-_\ gricult ural Oocupations .113-J36 PREFACE. The Census Reports in olden times were printe.d one for the. whole Province of Rajputana and another for Ajmer Merwara. Some of the Principal StateR now merged in Rajasthan published their own reports. 'rhis time the State. Census Reports have been published in the following volumes;- 1. Pari I-A Report. 2. Part I-B Subsidiary Tables and District Index of Non~Agl'icultural Occupations. :3. Part I-G Appeudices. 4. Pari lI-A General Population Tables, Household a,nd Age (Snmple) Ta,bloR, Social and CulturnJ 'rabIes, 'llab!e E Summa,ry Figures by Administrative Units, and local 'KA' infirmities. 5. Part fl-B Economic ~eables. 'riwy contain sta,tisticf) down to the di;:;trict level. The idea of preparing the District Census Handbook separately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, 1. C. S., Registrar Geneml, India, and ex-Officio Census Commissioner of India, as part of a plan intended to secure an effective method of preserving the census records prepared for areas balow the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single manhscript volume, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the State Governments that the handbook (with or without the addition of other useful information rolating to the district) should be printed R.nd published, at their own cost, in the same manner as the village statistics in the past. In acc(:'pting this suggestion, the 0-overnment of Ra.jasthan decided to print and _publish the more important portion of statistical d~ta relating to the district and to preserve the rest of the records in a manuscript volume for any future use, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five Generu,l Populittion 'rabIes of A SerieR, three Economic 'rabies of B Series, five Household n,nd Age '11ables of C Series, seven Social and Cultural '11ables of D Series, one table E giving slllllmary for the district and tehsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups awl ::tn rndex oJ Non-agricultural Occupations. Each table contains an expln,natory note necessary for the proper understanding of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook correspond to those given in State Census Reports. ViUage Directories were published for the first time in 1931 by a few States of Hajputn,na. The exn,mple was followed by n,ll the States in .1\)41. They contained for each village the population figures by religion and also some other useful information. They were bound in a volume one for each State. 'fhis time the Village Directories are also incorporated in thi8 Handbook under the name of" Primary Census Abstract and Village Directory" which show the basic population figures separately for each village or town-ward classified by livelihood chsses instead of religion lmd :tlso sOllie information of general nature. Opportnnity has been taken to put in n, short introductory note detailing the s:tlient points connected with the district, snell [LS the physical features, climate, rainfall, irri~ gat ion and drainage hcilitie::;, roads and othor communicl1tions, agriCUlture, education, ~ndustl'ies and other matters of general interest. '11he infonn:1tion ,containeu in the mtroductory note is based on the materi111 furnished by Collectors of districts and Depn.l't­ ments of Government. In addition to the above, SOllln figures of general interost 1111d a revio'w of population figures have also been incorpomtcu.. II The scheduled date for the publication of the Handbooks aR prescri bed by the Registrar General, India, was," Not later than March, 1952" but practical experience showed its publication by that time an impracticability. Even the compilation of the tables together wibh its final touch could not be completed by that time. Then came the question of printing which' ptov6tl tb be a huge taslL There are 26 districts in Ritjasth:m and 1 in Ajni~r. '.' The .1I6tal' lilitnber of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9000. The Government Press~s "tere 8l1!61uly oyer 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 Census j{eports. rrhe result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory coula not be printed specially because the press had no stock of small type which was essential for their printing. It was, therefo'ie, decided to puhlish the handbooks in two volumes. Part I, consists of introduction, a brief review of population figures and, (1) Geneml population Tables ( A-I to A-V. ) (2) E'conomic 'fables ( E-I to B-III ) (3) Hom~ehold and Age ( Sample ) 1'ab1es ( C- I to C-V ) (4) Social and Cultural Tablei' ( D~ T to D-VII ) (5) 'Fj-Sumrnary figures by Administrati v(y Units. (6) Local Table' K.A ' infirmities, and (7) District Index of Non·Agricultural Occupations. Part II contains only Primary Census Abstracts and Vil1age Directory. ffhe Handbooks of the Ajmer, Sirohi and Jhalawar District9 are, hOWf>\7Cr, being published in one volume because they have heen completed by this time. • 'While avery care haA been taken to ensure the correctneSH of figun~s and village ll:1tnCS, certain mistakes might htwe crept in. I shall be gratefuilf the~7 are brought to my notie(\ Y. L. DASHORA, KOTAH DISTRICT. INTRODUUTIO~. Physical Aspects. 1. Kotah District is comprised of two parts. One part which consists of Sub­ Divisions Kotah, Cheohat, Baran and Chhabra lies between 24 0 27' (a) Position, area ani 25 0 51' north latitudes and 75' 37' and 77" 26' east longitudes. and Boundary: It is bounded on the north and north-west by the Chambal river which separates it from :-\awltimadboplil', Tonk a.nd Bundi Districts, on the efts~ by Madhya Bharat, on the south by Jhalawar I >istrict ftnd Madhya, Bharat, and On the west by Bhilwara and Chittorgarh Districts. The other pa,rt which is formed of Sub-Division Sironj IS about 250 miles away from Kotah and surrounded on all sides by Madhya Bharat. 2. The area of the district as supplied by the District Officer iR 5707 squa.re miles while the Surveyor General of lridilt has worked it out at 4781'6 squnre miles. 3, In shape Kotah District, leaving n.side tllf' isbtnd of Sil'onj, is Rornething like a cross. The country slopes W'lltlv north-wH.l'ds from the high table land of Malwa and is drained by the Cham bal and its tributaries, all (b) Configuration: flowing in n. northerly directiorl. rI'he Mllkandara r t,nge of hills (1400 to 1600 feet above sea level) running aeross the southern portion from north-west to south-east is n.n important feature in the landscape. It ha.s a. curious double formation of two separate ridges pamllel at a dist~,nc8 sometimes of more than a mile, the interval being filled with derule jungle or in some parts with cultivated lands. There are hills (over 1500 feet above sea level) near Indargarh in the north and also in the eastern portion of the district where is found the highest point (1800 feet) 4. The principal rivers are the Chambal, the Kali Sindh and the Parbl\ti. The ChA,mbal enters Kotah on the west. At Kotah it is at alJ seasons (c) Rivers: a deep Itnd wide stream which is crossed by a bridge. 'rhe Kali Sindh which enters in the south, forms for about 35 miles the boundary with the Madhya Bharn.t and Jhalawar District, a.nd joins the Clutmbal near PipR.lda.