PRG. 46 A eN) Oedy. 925 CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 VOLUME III ASSAM PART V-A SCHEDULED TRIBES AND SCHEDULED CASTES Reprints from old Ce1!lq.JI~~orts and Special Tables E. H. P AKYNTEIN of the Indian Administrative Service Superintendent of Census Operations ASSAM PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE MANAGER, GOVT. OF INDIA PRESS, FARlDABAD AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAG~R OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHr, 1964 Price : Rs. 6'50 or 15 Sh. 2 d. or $ 2'34 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mCl:ess of the 1961 Census depends upon 1 am greatly indeb'l ' to Shri Asok Mitra ICS, L1sands of people w"!1o worked very hard Registrar General, whose guidance and experienced t}1e operations and in the compilation of it~ handling of the 1961 Ccnsu~ Operations made our :suIts. A great share of the credit goes to the task much easier. Shri D. Natarajan, Deputy leputy Commissioners and Subdivisional Officers Registrar General, wa~ always hdpful in administra­ , tht'ir capacities as Dh.trict Censu& Officers tiYe and technical matters; while Shri K. D. Ballal .)divisional Censtls Ofilcers, had been largely greatly helped us by checking the accuracy of our fesponsib'e for the smooth taking of the Census in tables. spite of the many di!:1iculties that we encountered. 'T1.o Deputy District Census Oillcer~ (who were aU My tabulation Officers, Sarva~hn J. C. Bhuyan jonal Deputy Commlsbioners t"xcept jn three and K. S. Dey, have been with me from the very districts), the Principa: Census Officers (who were beginning and greatly helped me during all phases either Extra Assi~tant CO":'!l1is~iollerr-, or Election of the Census Operations by imparting training to ( ..:rs) and a whole host of guz{'t~cd und non· the field staff. During the tabulation and compila­ g ... zetted officers in every district aed ~ubdivision tion of the results, they have been mainly responsible fave thrown in theIr whole weight to bring the for all the tables. They also helped me in the final Census Operations to a successful close. But the analysis of the Census data, and I seldom could greatest share of ~he credit goe~ to t!ce en~:merators dictate my write-ups without their assistance in who had to go flOm dour tn door w beg of the supplying me with the necessary materials. All my informations r~quired by the C~lhU,) Cjtlc,>lionnaire. office staff have also worked round the clock to The Supervisor~ and (_ 'ha:-re I;)uperintt'ndents did en:.:hie me to carry out the arduous task of the their best to instruct and inspire the cnuml:rators to operatian1'l and the compilatio:1s. My two Steno­ carry out the:r duties faithfully. graphers, Sarvashri G. Raghuram and J. Ramsden, have greatly helped me to complete the publications My sincere ob!igatiuns are due tl) Shri S. K. Datta hecause I found it rather diF.kult to write in my own , ~S, Chief Secretary to the Government of As~am. hand, whereas by dictation, I could do three to four for who<;e wpport the Cemus could not have times the work which 1 could have done had the ,~n taken so smoothly. The Chief Secretary, the whole thing been written in my own hand. then Inspector General of Poi ice ( S11ri Haidar .s&ain IPS) and the District Magi~trat\!<; rendered most va:uable help in the !!:aintenance of law and r I~r before .md during the opera!ions. R. H. PAKYNTEIN CENSUS OF INDIA 1961 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, ASSAM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (All the Publications of the State will bear Vol. No. III) PART I-A General Report PART I-B Report on Vital Statistics PART I-C Subsidiary Tables PART II-A General Population Tables PART II-B General Economic Tables PART II-C Cultural & Migration Tables PART III Household Economic Tables PART IV Report on Housing and Establishments PART V-A Scheduled Caste/Tribe Tables and Reprints PART V-B Tribes and Castes of Assam PART VI Village Survey Monographs PART VII-A Survey of Handicrafts PART VII-B Fairs & Festivals PART VIII-A Administration Report (Enumeration) 1 Not for sale PART VIII-B Administration Report (Tabulation) J PART IX Maps STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ? DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOKS Depending on the size, there may be sub-parts to some of the parts. In addition, Village Survey Monographs will be published separately for each village. 3 Assam in descending order of numerical strength as ble to make a comparative statement of the p;rowth recorded in the 1961 Census. From this statement, of each particular caste: it is evident that the tribal people of Assam have be- come more aware of the fact that unity is strength STATEMENT and so the emphasis has changed from sub-tribes into SI. Name of Scheduled Castes Persons M..tle., Fcmal. main tribes : No. - -- - -- 8,179 4,479 3,700 STATEMENT Bansphor .. 2 Bhuinmali or Mali 26,396 14,266 12 130 3 Brittial-Bania or Bapia 30,627' 16,527 14,.00 Name of Scheduled Tribes Persons Males Female. 4 Dhupi or Dhobi ;. 19,589' 11,188 8,401 5 Dugla or Dholi .. 3,590 1,897 1,693 Kbasi & laintia 356,155 175,000 181,155 6 Hira' 25,856 ' 13,140 12:'16 Borokachari 345,983 176,918 169,065 7 lalkeot 2,280 1,350 930 S Jhalo, Malo or Ihalo-Malo. 15,503 ' 8,125 7,378 Garo 258,122 130,636 127,486 9 Kaibartta or Jaliya 199,590 102,973 96,6,7 Kachari including Sonwal 236,936 124,342 112,594 10 Lalbegi 35 17 ,8 214,721 AnY Mizo (Lushai) Tribes 105,933 108,788 11 Mahara ~81 33.) 246 Miri 163,453 86,795 76,658 12 Mehtar or Bhangj 4,198 2,630 1,568 Mikir 121,082 62,827 58,255 13 Muehl or R1Shi .. 62,564 35,197 [136'1 Rabha 108,029 57,000 51,029 14 Namasudra 221,714 ' 119,463 102,251 15 Patni 85,587 43,575 42,012 Dima~a .. 68,718 36,575 32,143 16 Sutradhar 26,467 14.109 12.358 Lalung .. 61,315 31,697 29,618 Hajong 22,652 11,875 10,777 TOTAL 732,756 389,271 343,485 Chakma 19,338 9,967 9,371 Any Kuki Tribes 19,03 7 9,830 9,207 seT-I: Industrial classification of persons at work Deon 13,876 7,482 6,394 and non-workers by sex for Scheduled Castes Barman~ III Cachar 13,114 6,743 6,371 and Scheduled Tribes. Any Naga Tribes 9,309 5,306 4,003 All the special tables for Scheduled Castes and Lakher 8.791 4,150 4,641 Scheduled Tribes are divided into two parts. Part A of the tables relates to Scheduled Castes while part Hmar 8,741 4,492 4,249 B of the tables deals with Scheduled Tribes. Mech 6,987 3,585 3,402 ThIS table gives the population of each Scheduled Pawi 4,587 2,156 2,431 Caste and Scheduled Tribe separately for rural and Hojai 3,617 1,986 1,631 urban and also shows in which sectors of Industry Man (Tai-Speaking) 253 136 117 members of each Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe are working. In case of Scheduled Castes, data --- on the unwholesome occupations in which the mem­ TOTAL 2,064,816 1,055,431 1,009,385 bers are working are also furnished. seT-II: Age and marital status for Scheduled Caste~ The following is another statement showing the and Scheduled Tribes. number of Scheduled Castes-Caste-wise and Sex­ ThIS is an important demographic table correspon­ wise-in Assam according to the 1961 Census. The ding to table C-I1, but it gives data for the total popu­ total number of Scheduled Castes in Assam is now lation only. The age-groups are restricted to 0-14 732,756 against 423,940 in 1951 showing an increase 15-44, 45+ and Age not stated. In previous Cen­ of 72.8 per cent. This abnormal i."lcrease may be suses, such demographic data are not at all available ascribed partly to immigration from East Pakistan in respect of these communities. ThIS table thus ful­ and partly to non-enumeration in the 1951 Census. fils a very useful role. The Age and Marital Status The table shows that the biggest number of Sche­ data in the case of Tribes give an indication whether duled Castes are Namasudras who are mostly of the Tribal population is decreasing, stable or increas­ Bengali origin. There is no Caste-wise elmmeration of ing. In the case of Assam, all the Tribes are on the the Scheduled Castes in 1951 and so it is not possi- increase. 4 SCT·UI I Education; SPECIAL TABLE FOR SCHEDULED CAS'lES O~LY This table gives the literacy and educational start­ SC·I: Persons not at work classified by sex, type of dards for each Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. activity and educational levels for Scheduled In the case of Urban Areas, data are given for educa­ Castes only. tional standards of different levels such as primary or junior basic, matriculation or higher secondary, tech­ nical diploma not equal to degree, university degrees This table deals with the total non-working Sche­ etc., but in the case of Rural Areas, data are given only duled Castes population. It gives data for students for mere literate, primary or junior basic and matri­ and unemployed persons in the non-working popula­ culation and above.