CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SERIES 21 RAJASTHAN PART IV-B(ii) RELIGION (Table C-9) DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. RAJASTHAN CONTENTS Pages PREFACE (v) INTRODUCTORY NOTE TABLE C-9 RELIGION Note on ~e"gion Table 27 Table C-9 : Religion 28 APPENDICES : APPENDIX A Details of religions shown under "Other religions & persuasions" havIng population of tOO or more at State level In main religion table. 79 APPENDIX B Details of "Other religions and persuasions" the strength of which Is less than 100 at State level In main religion table. 82 ANNEXURE Details of sects/beliefs/religions clubbed with another religion which Is shown at the head of the table In block letters. 84 (lli) PREFACE This volume contains the 1991 Census religion data on the basis of Information on religion for each and every individual in the household. The data provide distribution of population by religion and sex for total, rural and urban areas separately for the State; its districts, tehsllsJ UAs, cities and towns. Information relating to six major religions;· namely, Hindus, Muslims, Christians), Sikhs), Buddhists, Jalns and 'Other religions and persuasions' and {Religion not stated' is furnished in the religion table prEsented in this volume. In 1981, the data presented in religion table were based on the religion of the head of the household except institutional households for which the religion returned by each and every Inmate of the institutions in the individual slip was taken into account. The reader should, thereforeJ bear this In mind while making a comparison of 1991 religion data with that of 1981. We are grateful to Shri A.R. Nanda, ex-Registrar General & Census Commissioner for India and Dr. M. Vijayanunni, the present Registrar General & Census Commissioner for India, for their valuable guidance In the presentation of this volume. We are also thankful to Shri S.P. SharmaJ Dy. Registrar General and Shri A.K. Singh; Dy. Director for scrutiny of the data and its uniform presentation. The initial work of scrutiny of the names of the religions was done under the supervision of Dr. M.K. Jain, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) assisted by Shri C. Chakravol'tyJ Dy. Director of Census Operations and Smt. R. SabbarwalJ Assistant Director of Census Operationsj we are thankful to all of them. Dr. V.S. SisodiaJ ex-Director of Census Operations under whose able guidance the entire operations were carried out in the State, deserves all credit for the success of the operations. He had to however, leave the organisation for taking up other important assignment in the State government before this volume could be made ready for the press. In the directorate, Sarva Shri M.M. Goyal and R.N. VermaJ Investigators and their team of dedicated workers have laboured hard in accomplishing the arduous task of checking the figuresJ compilation of the tables and the preparation of notes for this volume. Shrl M.M. Goyal, Investigator spared no pains to see the volume through the press and to ensure its timely release. I hope this publication will be useful to the anthropologists, sociologists; demographers, administrators; planners, research scholars and other data users. R.P. TOMAR JAIPUR Joint Director July I, 1995 Census OperationsJ Rajasthan (v) INTRODUCTORY NOTE INTRODUCTORY.NOTE Religion is onp. of the basic cultural characteristics of Editing of the returns obtained through question 8 of the population. In a secular state like India, several religions the Individual Slip and editing and matching of the entry have thrived and every decennial Census has attempted to in column 9 of the Household Schedule was done In the provide an interesting picture of the religious persuasions 8 Regional Tabulation Offices established all over the State of the people of the country. The data on religion yielded to manually process and compile the census data. The editing by the Census are of great interest to the anthropologists, and matching instructions for question 8 of Individual Slip sociologists, demographers, administrators, planners and also (Religion) are reproduced below: to laymen. {{Question 8. Religion In the 1991 Census, in question number 8 of the Individual Slip, the religion of the person enumerated was Match the entry In column 9 of the Household Schedule recorded as returned. The Instructions to the enumerators for each member of the household with the corresponding for filling up question 8 on religion are given below: entry against question 8 of the Individual Slip. Please note that this check will be made for all types of households Illn answering this question, use the following abbreviations: whether normal or Institutional or house less. If these are not the same for any member of the household, correct H for Hindus the entry In Column 9 of the Household Schedule on the basis of entry In question 8 of the Individual Slip. If the entry In either the Individual Slip or the Household Schedule M for Muslims is missing for any member of the household copy the entry from the schedule in which it has been written into the C for Christians schedule In which It has been missed. If by chance the entry Is blank In both the Individual Slip and the Household S for Sikhs Schedule for any member of the household, look Into the entries of religion In respect of other related members of the household and write the religion Indicated therein In B for Buddhists both the schedules". for Jains The religion-wise data was compiled from household schedules in Regional Tabulation Offices. For others, record the actual religion as returned fully. The following are the main religious communities In the If the person says that he has no religion the answer may state as a whole. These are arranged In order of their be recorded accordingly. Do not mistake religion for caste numerical strength at state level: which will not be recorded here. You should also not try to establish any relationship between religion and mother tongue. Do not write anything in the dotted boxes, but Religious Sex Ratio write on the line". Comm- (Females per unities Persons Males females 1000 males) The enumerators were also Instructed to copy the Hindu 39,201,099 20,543,219 18,657,880 908 returns regarding religion of an Individual from question 8 of Individual Slip to column 9 of Household Schedule. The Muslim 3,525,339 1,835,622 1,689,717 921 instructions in this regard were as follows: Sikh 649,t74 343,997 305,177 887 Jain 562,806 284,148 278,658 981 IIFor the person entered In column 2 of the Household Schedule, check if H, M, C, S, Band J or actual religion Christian 47,989 24,308 23,681 974 returned by the person has been recorded In question 8 Buddhist 4,467 2,587 1,880 727 of the Individual Slip. If so, copy the same In column 9 of the Household Schedule", 2 3 The percentage of the population accounted for by each For the convenience of the readers two statements giving of the six major religious communities, namely, Hindus,. religion data at various levels are also given in the following Muslims, Sikhs, ]ains, Christians and Buddhists at the 1991 pages. While Statement-I shows distribution of population Census are given below at state level: by religion at 1981 and 1991 censuses at State/District level, Statement-2 gives total population and population for each of the six major religious communities viz; Hindus, Religious Percentage to Percentage Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Budd~ists and ]ains and the Communities Total population Decadal Growth combined figures for fOther religions and persuasions' and Rate 1981-91 'Religion not stated' for India and Its states and union territories. The data presented in this statement include all 89.08 Hindu +28.09 population those living in normal and institutional households Muslim 8.01 +41.46 and the house less population. The religions in this statement have been arranged in order of their numerical strength at Sikh 1.48 +31.73 the country level. Jain 1.28 -9.85 In the State of Rajasthan, some of the districts have Christian 0.11 +21.28 undergone jurisdictional changes during 198 1-91. For such Buddhist 0.01 +0.90 of the administrative units which have undergone jurisdictional changes during 1981-91, re-adjustment in 1981 figures has been made as per the jurisdictional areas of 1991. The The pattern of distribution of the population of the methodology for compilation of districtwise 1981 data of six major religious communities between rural and urban religion as per the Jurisdictional areas of 1991 Census is areas is as follows: being explained below: Percentage Percentage (i) In cases where some villages as a whole have Religious to total to total been transferred from one district to another, their total population and religionwise population Comm- Rural rural Urban urban, as per 1991 census have been taken and their unities Population population Population population proportions worked out. Hindu 31,358,285 92.40 7,842,814 77.90 (Ii) Applied the proportion observed in (I) above Muslim 1,789,947 5.27 1,735,392 17.24 to the 1981 populat!oil of these villages t"ken as a whole to estimate the religious composition Sikh 541,739 1.59 107,435 1.06 as of 1981. ThereaftEr their growth i"dte~ Jain 220,718 0.65 342,088 3.40 (1981-91) have been calculated. Christian 16,012 0.05 31,977 0.32 The administrative units for which re-adjustments have been made are explained through a foot.-note in the Buddhist 2,676 0.01 1,791 0.02 statements enclosed herewith.