CENSUS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJMER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK JALORE PART I - GENERAL DESCRIP.TION AND CENSUS 1 ABLES. Pt. YAMUNA_LAL DASHORA, B.A., LL.B., Superintendent of Censlls Operations, Rajasthan .and Ajme ... PHINTEI) AT TllE G()\EH"t-{ME};'l' IHEbS LIST OF CONTEt'rrS. S. Nv. Particulars 1. In~roduction , i - \~i -I 2. Heview of popuIc~tion figures '1-/ 3, Schellle of CCll"US t(~blcs ,)c' 4, Definitions and key to sywbols \)-lU 5 District cenSUtl d(Lt~t at a glance 11-)3 G A_General Population tables_ A - I A rC'a" Houses alld Population A - If Y:ui:ttioll in population dming tifty yC<Lr~ .1;1 j_ - fll Town:::; aml villages classified by populatil)n ]f) -17 A- IV TOWll:) clasdifieu by poputttion with variation since 1\)01 1h A- V Towlls tHmngoc1 tCl'l'itl)l'ially \vith populrl,tion by livelihood classes. 1D 7. B_EcGnomic Tables-- B- I Livelihood cIa:::ses and :mo-chLf:ises Q-l '27 13 II bcconuM,Y melLQS of Ii vdihood 13- HI Elllployers, employees and independent workers in industries ,Lwl services by divisions ,Lud sub-divisions . 3b-00 H, C-Household and Age (samp/e) Tables- C- I Hmlsebold (size and COllI position' . (j 1 U 1 r Li\elihoud classes hy age groups c- III Age H-m1 civil ('ollc1itilJD , C-- I Y Ag3 and literacy , (N 71 (j- V Single 'ye~tr age returns II, Social alld Cultural Tab/es~ })- I (i) :\[uthcr tongue (ii) Bili llgllaIi~llJ hI 1)- II Religiun D- III Dcheduled C~ltitcS [lIlel tidwdulcc1 triboti '--'_I D-- IV Migrants (~ -I D- \' (ii) Disl) lrtGed pel'HOllS by Ii vel ilwod chssos L") D- VI Non-Indiall Nn,tionals n,) D - VII Educational Standards 10, E- SUllllllary figures by administrative units • 8(H:l7 11. Local ('-Ii) Infirmities • 88---Hf) District Iudex of Nou-Agricultund Occupations. 91-10'-' PREFAOE. The Census Reports in olden times were printed one f0r the. whole Province of Rn.jputana and another for Ajmer Merwara·. Some of the Principal. States now merged in RH.jl1sthan published their own repOl·ts. This time the' State· Census Reports h~Wf~ been pnbli8hed in the following volumes;- I. Part I-A Report. 2. Part I-B Subsidiary Tf\;bles and District Ind8x of Non-Agricultural Occnpations. B. Part I-C Appendices. 4. Pari II-A General Popullttion rrableR, Household .and Age (Sample) T:1.bl(;:-i, Social and Cultural '1\.bI88, Tab~e E Summary Figures by Adrninistra.tivc' Units, and local 'KA' infirmities. I). Part II-B Economic Tables. rrhey oonta.in sta.tistic;s down to the district level. The idea, of preparing the District Oensus Handbook separately for each district was put forward by Shri R. A. Gopalaswami, I. C. S., Registrar General, India, a,nd ex-Officio Census Commissioner of India, as part of a plan intended to secure an ef'fccti va method of preserving the census records prepared for areas below the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census abstracts pr~pared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a single manuscript volume, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the State Governments that tlw handbook (with or without the addition of other useful information relating to tile district) should be printed !tnd published, at their own cost, in the same manner as tbe village statistics in the past. In acc6pting this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the more important portion of statistical data relating ,to the district and to preserve the rest of the records in a manuscript volume for any futUl"e use, to which they may he put. ~ebis Handbook contains five General Population TIl,bles of A SerieR, three Economic 'rabies of B Series, five Household aml Age 'rabIes of C Series, seven Social and Cnltuml Tables of D Series, one table E giving summary for the district Ilond tehllils, a IO(,rtl table 'KA' showing infirmities by age groups and a.n Index of Non-agricultuml Occupations. Each table contains an explanatory note necessary for the proper unden;tanding of the figures. The numbers given to the tables in this Handbook correspond to those gin'n . ill State Census Reports. Vi ll:.tge Directories ,vere published fol' the first time in U)31 by a fow Rta.t08 of Hnjpntn.on.. 'rho example \yitS follovi'ed by all the States in 1941. They contf1ill(;(l fOf eacll village the population figures by religion and also Rome other useful ill(Ort~lfl,tioll. They were bound in H, volume one for each 8tH,te. 'fhii time the Village Dil'f~ctol'J08 rtre also incorporated in thiH Ha,ndbook under the name of" Primary Census Abstract ;md Village Dirertory" which show the basic population figures separately for each villll'2;cl or town-ward classified by livelihood cbsses instead of religion and also sOllie informatio!l of general nature. Opportunity has been taken to put in a short introductory note detailing the s::),jient points connected with the district, such as the physical features, climate, minfall, irl'i­ gf\;tion and drainage facilities, roads and other communications, agricnltnre, odnca,tioo, industries and other matters of general interest. The informH.tion contained iu tlw introductory note is b!1sed on the material furnished by Collectors of districts and DE'pa.l't­ ments of Go\'ernmel1t. In addition to the above, some figures of general interest and a reviow of POpuhltiC>ll figureR baye alRo bren incorporated. 11 The scheduled date for the publlcfttion of the Handbooks as prescribed by the Registrar General, India, \Vas," Not latel'than March, HJ52" but practieal experience showed its publica.tion by that time an impracticability. Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that tinle. rrhen came the question of printing which proved to be a huge ta.slc There are 25 districts in Rn,jastluw and 1 in Ajrner. The tota,l number of printed pages turned out to be nearly 9000. 'l'he Government Presses were already over 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 Sbate Census Heports. The result was that till March, 1954, for 14 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directof,r could not be printed specially becf\,u~e the press h}l.d no gtock of small type which was essential for their printing. It was, thr.refoJ'c, decided to publish the handbooks in two VOiUffi[\S. Part I, conBiRtfl of intrr)(luction, a brief review of population figures and, (t) Gener::tl population 1;a.hler-; ( A·I to A·Y. ) (2) Economic Tahles ( B-r to B-TH ) (3) Household and Age ( SfLmple ) 'l'abIos ( C-I to C· V ) (4) Socia,] and Cnltuml Tablef; r~ D-I to fl- r II ) (6) E-Sumruary .ogureR by A(]winistl'n.ti \'(.' Unit~ (G) TJoca.l Table' KA ' iniirmitie.s, and (7) District Index of Non-Agricultural OccupatioIlR. Part U mmtains only Primrtry Cfmsus Abstracts and Yillr1ge Directory. The Handbooks of the Ajrner, Sil'Ohi and .Thn,lawar Districts ar8, however, being publisbed in one volume beca,use they have heen completed by this time. ,Vhile every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and vi l1age Jl:tmes, certn,in mistakes IJlight have crept in. I shaJJ he grltteful if they nre brought to my not,irp. Y. L. DARlTOHA. JILORE DISTRICT. INTRODUC'rIO~. I - Pby sical Aspects, 1. The District lies in the ex.treme south-west of Rajasthan, compmnng of the three 'rehsils of J aiore, J aswantpura and Sauchore. It is situated (I) Position, area and between 24"'30' and 25°'45' north :Latitudes and '10%4" and 73°·6' boundary. east Longitudes. It is bounded on t.he east by Sirohi and Pali districts, on the south by Bombay State on the weRt by Thar Parkar. district of Sind (P11kistan) and on the north by Barrllar distriot. Its area is 4,923'6 sq. miles as supplied by the Surveyor-General of India. 2. The Aravalli Range forms the eH.stern boundary of the district, the eminent peak being that of SUll(la Hills of J aswantpma, 3,'253 ft, above sea. (b) Configuration and level. rrhere are a number of detachments of the range lying hills. within'rehsil Jaswantpum which serve as water rmpply Bouwes for the low-lying conn try. Another group of Hills liflS in the nentre of Jalore known as Songiri Hills (2,408 ft. above sea level). There are still other minor clusters of hills near BorGa and Led!;Lrm~~re to the north of Bhinmal. 3. Besides the hills a.nd rocky out-crops, rivers pla,y an important part in this trs.ct. ~rhe Lllni River enters at the northern border of rrehsil Sanchore (0) Riters. and flows l:Iouthwards to drain its water into the Bunn of Outcb~ While thus flowing thtougb. 'rehsil Sancbore, it floods some' areas oli its banks in villages Guda Hema, Keria, Uhita.l wana etc. 'rho flooded area, known aq N aid (Rei) is one of the best alluvial lands which produce excellent wheat crop. An()~her ri ver viz ,Ja.wai flowing through J alora joins the Luni Hi ver. 'nle fore .. t-olad hills of Jaswantpnm are the sOllrce oi s8veml other strerHn-lets and one of those rising from the Sunda Hills, viz.