Series 32 : Poadic:b.erry (For Official use only]
CENSUS OF INDIA 1981
PART I.. A&B
ADMINISTRATION REPORT (Enumeration & Tabulation)
P. L. SAMY OF THE INDIAN ADMfNISTRATIVE SERV[CE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS PONDICHERRY
ERRATA UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY ERRATA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT (ENUMERATION & TABULATION)
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PREFACE The Union Territory of Pondicherry had Census 1981 conducted as oer the Indian Census Act, 1948 (Act No. XXXVII of 1948) and on 'the guidelines issued by the Registrar General, India. This is the third census after the merger of the Union Territory with the Indian Union. The Houselisting operations in this Union Territory were con ducted during 21st July-10th August, 1980 and the Individual count during 9th February-sunrise of 1st March, 1981. It is customary to have an administration report prepared for every census, so as to serve as a guidance for the performance of pre paratory works and conduct of the next decadal census. Accordingly, the 1981 Census Administration Report is prepared in a single volum'e but with two sections viz. Part I-A-Administration Report (Enumeration) detailing the activities in the directorate right from the sett'ing up of the office down to the completion of enumeration operations and Part I-B-Administration Report (Tabulation) devol ving on tabulation activities. The second section is a small one since this directorate was expected to process the schedules and slips only upto the Primary Census Abstract stage and to transmit them to the Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil N adu for further manage ment. Shri P.L. Samy of the Indian Administrative Service, a Secretary to the Government of Pondicherry Administration, became the ex officio Director of Census Operations for the Union Territory with effect from 28th June, 1979. He initiated steps to build up the organi sation for the 1981 Census which was a challenging task since there was no inter-censal office in Ponclicherry. He ably guided the entire Census Operations and hence he deserves all credit for the success of the endeavour. He demitted the Office of the Director of Census Operations on 16th June, 1983 on leave preparatory to retirement and hence this report has been prepared by me. . .
Our grateful thanks are due to the Registrar Genera 1. India. Shri P. Padmanabha of the Indian Administrative Service and Officers of the Office of the RegistraI:" General, India for having pro vided an opportunity to serve in the Census Organisation this time also and to be associated with the release of various publications. S / Shri N. Clement Eswar. Office Superintendent. Philomen Alnbrose. S. Venkatesh, V. Ravikumar, Computors had been helpful in locating the files and furnishing particulars for the formulation of report whenever required. Shri J. Sounder, Draughtsman managed the map-works of this directorate single-handed and he deserves all appreciation. Shri S. Gnanavadivelu. Junior Grade Stenographer and on his repatriation to the Pondicherry Administration, Selvi V. Vasantha, Junior Grade Stenographer and SmL T. Saraswathy, Lower Division
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Clerk typed this report and also the analytical reports and state ments relating to Part II·A -& B-'GeneraJ Population Tables', Part VII-'Tables On Houses and Disabled Population' and Part-XIII-A & B-'District Census Hand Book'. The brunt of comparison of these materials had been shared by Computors Selvi G. Revathy, S! Shri N. Sellakrishnan. V.C. Vinayaram. M. Antoine .and K. Tamilselvam . The printing job of this volume as also the first two Census publications referred to in the previous paragraph viz. Part-II-A&B and Part-VII was entrusted to the Government of India Press, Coim batore and I record my appreciation for their efforts to bring out the publications in time. .
PONDICHERRY D. SANTHANAM, B.Sc., A ssistant Director of CenSllS Operations. PART I-A ADMINISTRATION REPORT (ENUMERATION)
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Locationa! details of the union territory supervise and take census. The Act authorises the cen sus-takers to ask the prescribed census questions and The Union Territory of Pondicher,y coml'rises of enjoins upon all persons to answer the questions truth- . the former French establishments of Pondicherry, fuUy. The law lays down that the information collected Karaikal; Mahe ,and Yanam which Iil: scattered in at census will be used for statistical purposes and that South India-Pondicherry imbedded in the South the information about individuals will be kept confi Areot district of Tamil Nadu State, Karaikal in Than dential and cannot be used as an evidence even in a javur district of rami! Nadu State, Yanam' in the '~ourt of law. East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and Mahe in Malabar district of Kerala. While the former 3 po'ckets lie on the east coast of India, the 4th one Census tradition lies on the west coast. Chandernagore, a small area Pondicherry had no census tradition. A pe_riodical in West Bengal near ,,calcutta was 'l1so part of the count was however conducted by the erstwhile French French establishments,', but it merged de facto with Administration from time to time. the last one having Indian Union in 1948 '~fter a referendum conducted' been conducted in 1948. Files had been removed to in October that year and merged de jUJ'e wiL'1 India France and 110 publication was available for reference. with the status of a district within the state of West Bengal in 1952. Conduct of 1961 C~DSUS On 1st November, 1954, the French Government transferred the 4 enclaves to the Indian Union lmder For the conduct of 1961 Census, a separate Office of the de·facro ,treaty but the ratification of the Treaty the Superintendent of Census Operations (Subsequen of Cession was delayed and ultimately the territory was tly re.ctesignated with effect from 1st October. 1969 merged with the Indian Union on 16th August, 1962. as Director of Census Operations) was set up on 15th Ev~n during the de facto period. the representative September, 1959 with Shri K.S. Seshan. Deputy Secre institutions established by the French Gove.rnment tary to Government in the General Administration continued to function in this territory. Elections on Department of the Pondicherry Administration as adult-franchise-basis were held in 1955 aUd 1959 Superintendent. On his retirement on 28th February, under the State of Pondicherry (Representation of the 1962, Shri Jules Ambou who worked as Assistant people) Order, 1955. This order prescribed the rules Superintendent of Census Operations was posted as and regulations for the conduct of elections more or Superintendent of Census Operations. However, on 1st less on the pattern in the Indian Union. Since sover July, 1963 Shri P.K. Nambiar, lA.S., Superintendent eignty still vested with the French Government. both of Census Operations of Tamil Nadu was appointed citizens of India and citizens of France were entitled as ex-officio Superintendent of Census Operations of to vote. The· erstwhile French establishments in India Pondicherry also and ultimately this office got merged were constituted into Union Territory of Pondicherry with the Tamil Nadu Census Operations. under the Constitution (14th amendment) Act, 1962. For the proper administration of the Territory, the Conduct of 1971 Census Parliament ena'eted the Pondicherry (Administration) For the conduct of 1971 Census, initially it was Act, 1962. The people aspired for a popular govern thought to set up an Office of the Superintendent of ment and accordingly the Parliament enacted the Census Operations in Pondicherry. Actually a post of Government of Uuion Territories Act, 1963 and it Superintendent of Census Operations was sanctioned came into force on 1st July, 1963. This taritory was by the Ministry but it was later decided that the affairs given a popular government with elected legislature of the Pondlcherry Census could be managed from and responsible government through the council of Madras. Accordingly, the Superintendent of Census Ministers. In short. the pattern of government pre Operations, Tamil Nadu was designated as Superin vailing in the rest of India was introduced in this terri tendent of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu and Pon tory subject to certain limitations. dicherry abolishing the post of Superintendent of Census Operations, created for Pondjcherry. Shri Census Act, 1948 K. Chockalingam, LA.S., joined the C:nsus Organi sation as Superintendent of Census Operations, Tamil The Census is taken in India under the prOVIsIons Nadu and Pondicherry on 31st March. 1969. I was of the Indian Census Act. 1948 (XXXVII of 1948). a POAdicherry Civil Service Officer when I was selec Section 3 of the A'Ct vests the Central Government with ted and appointed as Assistant Superintendent of Cen power to take Census and section 4(1) authorises it to sus Operations with effect from 1st August 1969 and appoint a Census Commissioner for India and Dir the office was set up in Pondicherry with a small ect?rs of Census Operations for States/Union Terri· complement of staff. This office however was wound tOf1e~. The Act also empowers the AdminIstration to up in 1973 and the records and furniture were traRS' appomt Census Officers at various levels to aid in, ferred to Madras office. 3 4
Conduct of 1981 Census Pondicherry Administration. As such. immediately on my appointment .as ex-offi~io Director of Census Oper The Registrar General, India and Census Commis attons, I have directed him to go over to the Tamil sioner consulted the Pondicherry Administration and Nadu Directorate of Census Operations to collect im appointed me as the ex-officio Director of Census portant files, books etc. relating to 1971 Census of the Operations for the union territory. I assumed charge Union Territory of Pondicherry so that they may accordingly on 28th June, 1979 and the reference rela serve as guidance for setting up thiS office. Had a ting to the assumption of ch~rge had been circulated to skel.eton office been in existence in Pondicherry at least all concerned. The building at 67, Rangapi1lai Street. dunng t~e 1971-81 inter-censal period. this problem Pondicherry was hired for location of Census Director and teethmg trouble for setting up this organisation for ate with effect from 25th September. 1979. The details a massive work would 'not haVe arisen. Anyway, I about this building are dealt with in the latter {:hapwr. managed to get the reqUisite materials from Madras for the purpose to start with. Gradually, furniture. stationery items, service postage stamps etc. were arranged by the Census Organisation . The backlog of 1971 Census was left to be under the before which our temporary requirements \1,ere met by continued care of Tamil Nadu Directorate of Census the Pondicherry Union Territory Administration. OP.erati?ns and no responsibility was transferred to us m thiS regard. : A list of items of furniture etc. procured from time to time from the inception of the office may be seen Need for inter-censal office in Annexure-I. The respective Directors of Census Operations Shri M. I\aga ppan joined as Assistant Direc during 1961 and 1971 Censuses had pointed out in tor of Census Operations on 25th September, 1979 on their Admini~tration ~eports that the new set up of transfer from Madras. He was promoted as Deputy census work m Pondlcherry n~eded some re-thinking. Director of Census Operations with effect from 31st It ':Vas recommended to set up an inter-censal office March, 1980. However. since I thought that Shri dUfln~ ~961. 71 Census, but upfortunately it did not D. Santhanam who worked in 1961 and 1971 Cen matenaltse and records were transferred to Tamil Nadu suses would be more useful for the Census Organi Directorate in July, 1963. There were practical pro sation, I prevailed upon the Registrar General, India blems again for making preliminary arrangements for to his appointment in this Directorate as Assistant 1971 Census and in view of the same it \\as recom Director of Census Operations. After protracted corres .mended that at least during 1971-81 Census a skeleton pondence, this materialised and Shri D. Santhanam o~ce should come into being. Unfortunately again who was working as Accounts Officer of the Health thIS also did not materialise and records were trans Department of Pondicherry Administration in Karaikal ferred. to Tamil N~du Director~te in. Nove~ber. 1973 has joined this directorate as Assistant Director of ~s pomted out earher. I had difficulties agam in mak Census Operations on 19th June, 1980. Shri mg preparatory arrangements on my appointment in M. Nagappan was transferred back to Tamil Nadu Pondicherry for the conduct of' 1981 Census. I im· Census Directorate at Madras on 1st September, 1980 pressed this difficulty on the Registrar General India who very kindly agreed to keep a skeleton 'census forenoon. office in Pondicherry at least this time and it is happy tha~ ~ffice j~ Ba~ckJog o·f 1971 CeoSIUs to note an is now position accordingly. Although difficulties were expenenced during the con Shri D. Santhanam was at my service even before du~t of 1961 and 1971 Censuses in "iew of the nOI1- he was inducted in the Census Organisation, in as eXistence of a skeleton office, T am sure that such a much as he was Accounts Officer of the Health De· difficulty will not be experiended by the Director of partment i1" lCaraikal which was under my adminis Census Operations for the conduct of 1991 Census as trative-control, aso I was Health Secretary also in an office has already been set 'up here. CHAPTER II
PREP ARATORY STEPS
The Office of the Registrar General, India issued Cir Pre-test for 1981 Census cular No. 2 dated the 19th June, 1979 indicating the The first pre-test in connection with 1981 Census was organisation of Census of India 1981 and issuing gene condu~ted in September-October 1978 throughout the ral instructions therefor (Annexure-2). In the absence country except in the Union Territories of Dadra and of an Office of the Director of Census Operations in Nagar Reveli. Lakshadweep, Mizoram and Pondicherry Hence. we had no experience of the first pre-test. How Pondicherry then, the circulars till the setting up of ever, the second pre-test was conducted during June. the office were received by the Revenue Department of 1979. The Directorate of Census Operations. Tamil the Government of Pondicherry who were d~aling Nadu were concerned with the conduct of the second with the subject 'CenSus' at the union territory level. pre-test in this union territory. Five rural blocks and Hence, the Pondicherry Administration was seized of five urban blo::ks in the Union Territory of Pondicherry had ceen selected for the same. The details of blocks the position of the conduct of 1981 Census. selected for the purpose are as indicated here below:-
District/ (Area) Taluk/ (Commune) Town Village/Ward 1971 Census location Popula- code No. of tion Block selected (1971 for pre-test Census)
2 3 4 5 6
L.C. No. E.B. No.
I. Pondichcrry Ozhukarai Mulakulam It) 29 711 Ariankupparn Andiarpalayam 17 32 532 2. " Villianur Ariyapalayam 14 18 544 Pondichcrry Pondicherry (M) 100 551 t " 5. Pondicherry Mudaliarpet (1v1) III 45 596
). Karaibl Karaikal Puduthurai 730
~ I. Karaikal Karaikal Karaikal (M) 34 536 B. Tirunallar Poomulayalmanga 31 38 545 lam 9. :Mahe Mahe Mahe (!\1) I 22 588 10. Yallam Yallam Yanam (M) 3 549
'M' denotes Municipality
The reference date for the second pre-test ~as the The houselisting and enumeration were done by the sunrise of 16th June, 1979 with calendar of operation teachers of the Government schools of this union terri as follows:- tory appointed for the purpose and the field operations were supervised by the staff of the Directorate of Cen 2nd and 3rdJune, 1919 Training of Enmerators sus Operations, Tamil Nadu. As a. mark of appreciation of the census work, the Enumerators were paid a hono 4th to 7th JUlle, 1979 Preparation of notional rarium of Rs. 25/- besides eligible T.A. and D.A. The maps and houselisting field operations were conducted very smoothly and the Enumerators did not find much difficulty in fulfilling lith to 1:Jlh J nile, 1979 Enumeration (Canvass their task. ing of individual slip) TIle following suggestions were made for consider 15th June, 1979 (night) Enumeration of house ation then:- less population (i) The positioning of question in serial number 16th June, 1979 Revisional round 15A (i) to (iii) and 15 B(i) to (iii) may be altered
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so as to ensure easy understanding and flow of (b) Q. 16 should be restricted to persons of ages correct information against the proper item. The change 5 and above as in the case of literacy. , suggested is thal the question under (ii) and (iii) s~lOuld interchange their places. The positioning of question (c) In sample slips, if pla';;e of birth is other than suggested was adopted in 1961 and 1971 Censuses and PL but within the same district. 'X' may be no field problem was confronted. Hence, we may adopt put against question He) instead of putting CD). the format of 1971. The first pre-test schedules viz .• Individual slip (uni versal) and lndividual slip (sample) as also the second (ii) A very imporlant aspect observed during enu pre-,te.st sche~ules viz .. Individual slip (universal) and meration is that in several cases where the enumerated (ndlVtduaI slIp (sample) are reproduced as Annexures 3, is. a Cultivator, Agricultural Labour or engaged in 4, 5 and 6. Household Industry (C, AL or HHI), the Enuemerator did not take any pain in ascertaining the secondary Notilfialtion.of appointment work. The Enumerator should have a strong ,iew that e:}ch case of C, AL or HHI should be having the secon My appointment as ex-otficio Director of Census dary work and in the case of non-workers, marginal Operations with effect from 28th June 1979 in the work has to be enquired into and indicated. This aspect, Union T~rritory of Pondicherry had be~n notified by perhaps has to be highlighted in course of the training the Registrar General.,' India vide Notification No. programme. 1l/80/79-Ad. 1, dated the 16th July, 1979. However, as soon as my appointment was communicated by the (iii) Unda Q. 16. the term 'seeking work' is condi Registrar General, lndia, the Revenue Department has tional by which a person is said to be seeking work pro circulated the assumption of charges to the Heads of vided he has made some attempts to secure sume sort Departments / Offices in the Union Territory Adminis of work. But on the other hand, the term 'available for tration for their information. A$ Secretary to Govern work' conveys purely unconditional position of a person ment an~ Collector incharge of: the Revenue Depart i.e .• he need not necessarily make any attempt to secure ment. ~hleh .looks after 'Census' jn C,e Uniun Territory job so long as he is willing to work. So 'available for AdmmlstratlOn. I arranged for the issue of a G.O. Ms. work' is a broad category in which 'seeking work' is No. 78/80/Rev. dated the 18th July, 1980 from the included whereas seeking work is a narrow category Reycnuc Departme11t stressing on th~ importan\.·c of re by itself from which those who are available for worl: qUirement of manpower and vehicles and s.!eking the but not made. any attempt to secure work is eliminati ~ssistance of the various Heads of Departments/011iccs ed. These two words arc not synonyms. Besides, our III sparing/releasing them in time (Annexure 7). The aim is to ge~ the unemployed labour h_1rce available Education Department vide their Memo No. G1-1I/ A3 for work. Again WI! do not intend to classify them as ~5557/80/Edn. dated the 21st July, 1980 issued instruc those seeking work and those who are available for tlOns to the various Educationai institutions for the work but not made any attempt to secure work. The grant .of. permi~5ion of three hours daily during the present fashioning of the question seeking or available nousehstmg perIod to. the enumeration staff who are for work seems to create a good deal of confusion in teachers (Annexure S). Myself and Shri D. Santhanam the minds of the Enumerators. For the sake of sIm being officers of the Union Territory Administration' plicity and clarity, it seems desirable to have the word had the co-operation and assistance of the various de: 'available' only and to drop word 'seeking', . partmental heads and hence no problem arose for the smooth conduct of 1981 Census. (iv) Housenumbering in almost all the blocks are found to be unsatisfa:.:torily done. A number of houses The Chief Secretary to the Government of Pondi constructed anew have not been given block numbers. cherry has, on request, issued G.O. Ms. No. 7 dated The numbers run in zig-zag manner. It is suggested that 3rd February, 1981 granting permission for three work the Registrar General. India may take up the matter ing hours daily from 1st to 28th February. 1981 and with the State Governments so that numbering of houses exemption from duty in full from 1st to 8th March is done well in time. 1981 to all the Supervisors and Enumerators so as t; facilitate the enumerQ.tion operations without difficulty (v) Other s'lggestions though minor are:-· (Annexure 9). It was also seen that large scale transfers of officers and others, particularly teachers. involved in (a) Proy,ision may be made to indicate house num census work were not resorted to by the Union Territory ber in individual slip. Administration till April 1981. CHAPTER III
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENSUS
First Conference of t.. Directors of Cens1ls Operations (h) A brief review of the results of second pre-test relating to enumeration. The first conference of the Directors of Census Operations was called for during 24th·29th August. (il A brief review of: 1979 in Delhi and I participated in the same. The (I) Tabulation plan: conference was inaugurated by Shri Dhanik Lal MandaI. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home (2) Publication programme; Affairs. after a welcome speech by the Registrar Gene ral. India. (3) Special studies: and (4) Village and town directory. The following were the agenda items discussed:- (j) Administrative and organisational matters. Ca) General outline of Census Operations. (I) Hierarchy & notification of census officers; The Registrar General has expressed the following views during the said conference:- (2) Reference clate; (3) Enumeration method/period; 0) Regarding urban list. each case for declassifi cation may be looked into taking into account (4) Non-synchronous areas; all aspe~ts and proposals sent to him for consideration. He added that he would issue (5) Rural/urban areas: and clarification on the question of classification as (6) Preparation of notional maps. towns of places like laluk headquarters, pro ject areas. tea gardens etc. which did not specify the criteria. (b) A review of the main phases of Census Operations viz. houselisting. enumeration and revisional round. (ii) On the location code side the Registrar Gene ral. India wanted certain order to be followed. (c) (1) Preparation of lists of villages/urban areas/ He desired that houselisting blocks should military and defence areas; not be too small in view of the need for eco (2) Location code; nomy. (3) Delineation of houselisting blocks: (iii) On the notional maps and lay-out !>kekhes, (4) Preparation of charge/circle registers: the Registrar General made it clear that fringe areas should be properly taken care of. (5) Selection/appointment of Enumerators and Supervisors: The Director of Central Statistical Organisation ex plained the salient features of Enterprise list and the (6) Training: Assistant Registrar General, India (Shri K. K. Chakra (7) Printing: and vorty) about the various aspects connected with census schedules. (8) System of supervision of operations. The matters relating to the preparation of village (d) A brief review on Economic Census to be canvas and town directory were also discussed. sed through the Enterprise slip alongwith house listing operations. . The Registrar General. India said that letters were being issued to Army. Navy and Air-force authorities (e) Setting up of Regional offices. seeking their co-operation in the conduct of Census. (f) Enumeration-Preparatory and Organisational With these items of instructions and clarifications, I steps: was all set for the census operations though volu minous. (1) Sample areas-sampling in the census;
(2) Post Enumeration check: and Census Ca~nd=tr
(3) Censlls Evaluation study. The cenSllS calendar for the Union Territory of Pondicherry as finalised and finally communicated to (g) Houselisting operations and a general review of the the Registrar General. India in November, J 979 is as HOllse list Instructions. follows:- - 7 3
Union Territory of Pondicherry
Census Calendar
Houselist Period 6, Scrutiny of records by Charge Officers 21st August to 31st and handing over at Processing Centres. August, 1980 1. Preparation of up-to-clatf' taluk/district maps. November. 1979 Ellumeration Period
I. Finalisation of delineati()n of Enumera I 2. Finalisation of li~t I)f villages tor's blocks and Supervisors' eirel,·, on the basis of 1980 houselisting. t 3. Listing of towns, i.e., If'cognition of new 2. Selection of Census Enumerators and I September to towns, declassification of existing towns Supervisors and issue of fresh appoint- I October, 1980 where necessary. ment ordt'rs including reserves. jl 3. Publicity mea:sures. I. Formulation of general village and town registers. December, 1979 1. Finalisation of training programme for I, census staff at all levels. 2. Delineation of Standard Urban Area in 2. Training materials to reach District Cen- \ terms of rural and urban units. sus Officers, City Census OfficelS and ~ Nm'ember, 1980 Charge Officers. . , j I. Constitution of Enumeration blocks and Supervisory circles for house numbering 3. Training of District Census Officers/City and houslisting operations. January, 1980 Census Offlcers and Charge Officers.
1. Issue of instructions for house-numbering and houselisting operations. 1. Commencement and completion of traia December, 1980 ing of Enumerators and Supervisors h 2. Finalisation of training progr,tmme for I . cluding practical exercises on training District Census Officers, City Census LFebruary-March. .chedules. Officers/Charge Officers for houselisting (1980 and operations. J 1. Copying down of abstraots of the home hold for each enumeration block. 1. Training of District Census Officers/City \ Cens1lS Officers and Charge Officers in 2. Revisional round of training to E'mmer,, r=,"'Y,1981 house numbering, houselisting and Eco \ tors and Supervisors. nomic Census Schedules. 3. Issue of schedules to the Enuffit'fators ))y 2. Appointment of Enumerators and Super- \ Charge Officers . visors for housenumbering and house- ~ April-May, 1980 listing operations including reserves. I CENSUS ENUMERATION 10th Februarv to 3. Finalisation of training programme for \ 28th February '1981 Enumerators/Supervisors for house1isting I operations. j Enumeration of Hormless PoPIl[?tion 28th February, 1981 (Night)
I. Training of Enumel'ators and Super- 1st June to 20th Rcvisiollal Round I st March to 3rd visors in housenumbering and house- July, 1980 March. 1931 listing operations.
I. Commencement and cumpletion of house R.porting of provisional total numbering and preparation of notional maps. 1 12lst July to 10th 1. By Enumerators to Charge Officers 2. Commencement of houselisting and can r1\ugust, 1980 vassing of Economic Census Schedules. \ 4th March, 1981 2. By Charge Officers to District Census 3. Completion of house listing and Economic Officers/City Census Officers ) Census Schedules. J By District Census Officers/City Census 5th March, 1981 Officers to Director of Census Opt'rations, (Before 1O.0() A.M.) 4. Preparation of Enumerators houselist Pondicherry. abstract and Abri(!ged houselists. 11th August to 15th August, 1980. Dt'livery of Enumeratioll records to the 13th ~{arch, 1981 Directorate of CeilSUS Operations, Pu.ldi cherry alonr, with report on the op"ra 5. Scrutiny of records by Supervisors antI 16th August to 20th tions by Charge Officers and District handing over to Charge Officers. August, 1980 Census Officers/Ci ty Census Officers. 9
Every aspect of the calendar has been watched in ment. Initially the Teachers' Association had lepre close detail so that no major deviation from the provi sen ted that they may be excempted from census duties sions of the calendar was warranted/noticed. but this was not acceded to as census is a national endeavour. Representations were. also received from Notificatioilion the conduct of Census unemployed youth for appointment as Enumerators and Supervisors but, due to administrative difficulty The conduct of Census in the Union Territory of this request was also not complied with. Pondicherry was notified under G.O. Ms. No. 111 dated the 25th July, 1979 in the Government of Pondi Appointment of Enumelrators and' Supervisors cherry gazette No. 100 dated the 28th July, 1979 (Annexure-lO). The Union Territory of Pondicherry had 162 Super visors with 122 for Pondicherry, 30 for Karaikal, 7 for Mahe and 3 for Yanam. The corresponding figures of Appointment of District Census Office'IS'/City Census Enumerators were 784, 580. 147. 36 and 21 respecti Officers vely. These figures included five female Enumerators Two City Census Officers and four District Census in Pondicherry and one in Yanam. These personnel Officers had been appointed for the conduct of 1981 were appointed by the concerned Charge Officers and Census-both houSelisting and individual count {Jpera the specimens of appointment orders may be seen at tions-under the autpority of the Lieutenant Governor of annexures-14 & 15. It may be noted that the ap Pondicherry vide Revenue Department Notification pointment orders carried with it an extract of Census No. 8213/79-J, dated the 31st October. 1979. They Act, 1948 which gives the penalty clauses for census were also given po",ers to appoint Census Charge staff as also respondents. The appointment order-cum Officers, Supervisors 'and Enumerators within the local identity card was in yellow colour for Enumerator and limits of their respedive jurisdiction vide Revenue De light blue colour for Supervisor. There were 110 i:e partment notification No. 8213 /79-J. dated the 31st serve personnel. October. 1979. These notifications were caused to be published in the Gazette of Pondicherry No. 47 dated The Enumerators and Supervisors were basically the 20th November. 1979 (Annexures·llA & B). The part-time honarary workers (though a small hono areas of operations in, respect of District Census Offi rarium was paid to them to meet the day-to-day expen ce~s and City Census Officers had been clearly laid ses). who undertook the census work out of a sense down in Revenue Department Notifi'cation No. 8213/79- of duty for fulfilment of an important national task J, dated the 12th July, 1980 under the Authority of the Lieutenant Governor (Annexure-12). INDIVIDUAL COUNT OPF~RA TIONS
HouseJWing Operations Appointment of Charge Officers During the individual count. there' were twelve A ppomltment of Additional District Censusl Officers to Charge Officers as against eleven during the house supervise canvassing of Enterprise, list listing operations, the break-up being five in Pondi cherry. four in Karaikal, two in Mahe and one in For supervision of the canvassing of Enterprise list. Yanam. The appointment of one Charge Officer by three officers of the Statistics Department of the Pondi the City Census Officer, Pondicherry due to re-assess cherry Administration-one each for Pondicherry and ment of work involved accounted for the excess. As Karaikal and one for Mahe and Yanam had been ap for houselisting operations. each charge was sub-divi pointed under the authority of the Lieutenant Governor ded into Supervisors' Circles and each Supervisor's ride Revenue Department Notification No. 8213/80J Circle consisted generally of five enumeration blocks. dated 22nd August. t 980 (Annexure-13). This With this criterion in view, there were 1.028 enumera was published in the Gazette of Pondicherry No. 38 tion blocks in the union territo~y-·--510 in rural and dated 16th September, 1980. 518 in urban. Again the Supervisors and Enumera tors were largely teachers with a handful from the Ap'pointment {)f Charge Officers ReVenue Department.
For houselisting operations. the District Census Appointment of l<:numeratorSI andl SUpervisOA Officers/City Census Officers had appointed 11 Charge Officers with 4 each in Pondicherry and Karaikal dis The Union Territory of Pondichcrry had 172 Super tricts, two for Mahe and one for Yanam. No stan visors with 130 for Pondicherry, 32 for KaraikaI, seven dard form of appointment order was prescribed for for Mahe and three for Yanam. The corresponding this purpose but orders were issued invoking powers figures of Enumerators were 953, 706. 182. 40 and 25 granted to them in the above said notification of respectively which included five female Enumerators ~evenue Department. Each charge was sub-divided in Pondicherry district and one in Yanam district as mto Supervisors' circles and each Supervisor's cir