CENSUS OF IN DIA~ 1951 LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SANTAL PARGANAS DISTRICT By RANCHOR PRASAD, LA.S., Superintendent of Census Operations, Biftar Price Rs. 2 As. 8 or 3 sh. 9 d. INTRODUCTORY NOTE AT the 1951 Census, the data relating to languages, religion, special groups etc., were not sorted and tabulated by villages and towns but by larger units called tracts which generally corresponded to revenue thanas in Bihar. In January, 1955 the Government of India decided with the concurrence of the State Govern­ ment to obtain villagewise language data for the following 34 revenue thanas in the five eastern bor­ der districts of Bihar by means of a special sorting of the 1951 Census slips:- Purnea Dhanbad 1 Kishanganj 9 Godda 17 Purulia 26 Gobindpur 2 Islampur 10 Godda Damin 18 Baghmundi 27 Jharia 3 GopaJpur 11 Jamtara " 19 Chandil 28 Topchanchi 4 Kadwa 12 Rajmahal 20 Barabhum 29 Nirsa 13 Rajrnahal Damin 21 Manbazar 30 Tundi San tal Parganas 14 Pakaur 22 Raghunathpur 15 Pakaur Damin 23 Kashipur Singhbhum 5 Deoghar 24 Para 6 Madhupur Manbhum Sadar is Chas 31 Ghatshila 7 Dumka 32 Kharsawan 8 DumkaDamin 16 Jhalda 33 Seraikela 34 Gobindpur Shri Kirit Prasad Sinha, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector, who had worked previously as Deputy Superintendent of the Regional Tabulation Office at Muzaffarpur in 1951-52 was appointed as Deputy Superintendent incharge of this operation and he joined at Patna in February, 1955. It was decided subsequently to include also the following nine revenue thanas in this operation:- Purnea Singhbhum Ranchi Singhbhum 1 Katihar 2 Kolhan 4 Simdega 8 Ch;kradharpur 3 Manoharpur 5 Bano 9 Karaikela 6 Kolebira 7 Kurdeg Villagewise language data has thus been extracted in respect of 43 revenue thanas lying in six dis­ tricts involving a total population of 7,277,074 with the number of main languages varying from 3 to 6. After the 1951 Census Sorting Operations, the Census slips of the districts of the Chotanagpur Division were kept in boxes and gunny bags and stored districtwise in a building at Hazaribagh. The Census slips of the remaining districts which fall under the Bhagalpur Division were stored in one of the empty barracks of the Bhagalpur Camp Jail. The transference of Census slips from other buildings to the place of storage by unskilled hands has resulted in the mixing up of the slips of different tracts in many cases. Considerable time and labour had to be spent in rearranging the slips by tracts and vil­ lages. This difficulty was enhanced due to the fact that the location code numbers were not noted on slips in many cases, which made the task of their identification very difficult. Some slips had also been eaten up or destroyed by white ants and other insects. These difficulties were sought to be overcome by reference to the National Registers of Citizens, which were prepared by the enumerators simultaneously with the filling up of enumeration slips at the 1951 Census in Bihar. In case of some villages where a large number of slips were either missing or unidentifiable for want of code numbers the sorting of language has been done mainly from the National Registers of Citizens. Villages and towns in which language data have thus been abstracted mainly from the National Registers have been marked with aster­ isks in the table (except in Santal Parganas). Comparison of linguistic data obtained separately from slips and from National Registers show that they are substantially the same. The staff employed on the viUagewise sorting consisted of 75 Sorters, 12 Compiler Checkers and 2 Administrative Assistants who worked for a period of about 9 months. The operation was conducted in three stages. At the first stage, the slips were sorted out police stationwise or for individual towns with reference to the second code number (indicating the police station or town) at the top of each slip. At the second stage, the slips were sorted out for individual villages or wards of a town with reference to the 11 third code number, corresponding to the revenue thana number, on the slips. The number of slips thus obtained in respect of each village or ward was compared with the Primary Census Abstract prepared in 1951 to ascertain whether all the slips of the village or ward had been traced. At the third stage, the slips or National Registers where sufficient slips were not available, were sorted by language. There are however some cases in which neither all the slips nor the complete N.R.C. could be available. In such cases totals were struck on the basis of whichever record (slips or N. R.) was more complete. There are also a few cases in which a majority of the slips were missing and the N .R.C. was also not available. The language data in such cases have been sorted from the available number of slips. Language data have not been furnished in the tables in respect of villages where the number of available slips (or N .R. C. entries) was found to be less than 20% of the total population figure appearing in the Primary Census Abstract. The sorted figures were checked by the Compiler Checkers, Adminis­ trative Assistants and the Deputy Superintendent at all the stages, and every possible effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Before I close, I should like to express my gratitude to Shri Rajeshwari Prasad, LA.S., Deputy Registrar General, India, who visited Patna and inspected the work in progress, and whose sound ad­ vice and guidance was always available throughout the course of the linguistic sorting operation. I must also thank Shri K. P. Sinha of the Bihar Civil Service and the staff under him for the zeal and devotion with which they have performed their arduous and often monotonous duties. My thanks are also due to S'qri G. P. Sharma, Census Inspector, who was in charge of the entire printing work at Allahabad. PATNA: RANCHOR PRASAD, June 25th., 1956. Supe1'intendent of Census Operations, Bihar. SANTAL PARGANAS DISTRICT 2 Distribution of Population by Mother Tongue SUB-D IVISION-DEOGHAR REVENUE THANA-DEOGHAR ACTUALS PERCENTAGES ci a Total a<U N.R. <U 1951 entries . ..<:: E-< Name of the Village Population available' Hindi Bengali Santali Others Hindi Bengali Santali Others 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Police Station -Deoghar (including Jasidih and Mohanpur) 1 Bhalsumia 30 30 3 27 10'0 90'0 2 Behroki 100 N. R. C. not available 3 Magnasar 44 N. R. C. not available 4 Bishunpur 207 N. R. C. not available 5 Tulsitanr 84 84 62 22 73°8 26°2 6 Garjora 374 374 374 100'0 7 Kenankathi 522 522 522 100'0 8 Badiya 290 290 256 34 88'3 t l' 7 9 Ghatiyari 135 135 135 100°0 10 Khajuriya 83 83 83 100'0 11 Barhnia 103 103 to3 100'0 12 Palmarua 16 15 15 100'0 13 Gundlitanr 66 66 66 100'0 14 Chhatakurum 15 15 15 100'0 15 Banka 385 382 382 100'0 16 Kusmatila Bechiragi 17 Hulaspur 52 52 52 100'0 18 Barbaia 214 214 214 100'0 19 Chhabelbedika 44 44 44 100'0 20 Nilaiya 62 62 62 100'0 21 Jetutanr 29 29 29 100'0 22 Sikdardih 352 352 352 100'0 23 Madhopur 282 282 282 100'0 24 Pachuakurha Bechiragi 25 Manikpur 594 594 594 100'0 26 Mushardi 17 17 17 100'0 27 Kutabandh 10 N. R. C. not available 28 Korhadih 50 N. R. C. not available 29 Andrigadar 238 238 238 100'0 30 Ranga 255 255 251 4 98'4 1'6 31 Katiyodih Bechiragi 32 Khori Pan dan 348 348 100'0 33 Khod Panan .. J 348 34 N ansukwakola Bechiragi 35 Baniasar Bechiragi 36 Gamariatanr 18 18 18 100'0 37 Jhiluachandih 362 362 362 100'0 38 Rajabandha 31 31 31 100'0 39 Hansuadih 13 13 1.3 100'0 40 Bhitia 65 65 65 100'0 41 Katuwatanr Bechiragi 42 Ukhria 154 154 154 100'0 43 Harkata 80 80 80 100'0 44 Majhilatanr Bechiragi 45 Ladhna Marha Bechiragi 46 Gortuta Bechiragi 47 Bansgohra 12 12 12 100'0 48 Nawadih 35 35 35 100'0 49 Jormo 256 256 256 100'0 50 Naridumri 31 31 31 100'0 51 Pahridih 62 62 62 100'0 52 Nayadih Bahinga 27 27 27 100'0 53 Chihumarni 50 SO SO 100'0 54 Asta 294 294 294 100'0 55 Ramsahia 95 95 95 100'0 56 Kusaiya 77 77 77 100'0 57 Talodih Bechiragi 58 Patharghata 213 213 213 100'0 59 Sarhodih 134 134 134 100'0 60 Bara Khairwa 15 15 15 100'0 61 Basakola 184 184 184 100'0 62 Bhagwanpur 126 126 126 100'0 63 Postamara Bechiragi 64 Joruadih 98 98 98 100'0 65 Dulidih Bechiragi 3 Distribution of Population by Mother Tongue-( cont d. ) SUB·D rVISION-DEOGHAR REVENUE THANA-DEOGHAR ACTUAL8 PERCENTAGES 0 s::: Total os N.R. a 1951 entries ~ Name of the Village Population available Hindi Bengali 8antali Others Hindi Bengali Santali Others 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Police Station-Deoghar (including Jasidih and Mohanpur)-(contd.) 66 Patharia 68 68 68 100'0 67 Punasi 433 433 433 100'0 68 Tetariya 135 135 134 1 99'3 0'7 69 Parabtua Bechiragi 70 Pipra 63 63 14 49 22'2 77'8 71 Purnadih 73 73 73 100'0 72 Kurabahiar 2 2 2 100'0 73 Liludi Bechiragi 74 Chhot Khairwa Bechiragi 75 Nawadih Bechiragi 76 Lachhandih Bechiragi 77 Baghmari 329 329 247 82 75'1 24'9 78 Sawtalbadiya 281 281 19 .; 262 6'8 93'2 79 Goalbadiya 339 339 324 15 95'6 4'4 80 Jagmaniya 182 182 182 100'0 81 Dharampur 60 57 57 100'0 82 Dumarjor 27 27 23 4 85'2 14'8 83 Gumdidih 46 46 46 100'0 84 Khamardih 44 44 .