CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901. RAJPUrrANA. PART IV. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. BY CAPTAIN A· D. BANNERMAN, I· S. C·, SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS OPERATIONS. LUCKNOW: NEWAL KISHORE PRESS. 1902. SLIPS USED !N THE ABSTRACTION OF THE CENSUS SCHEDULES (I/tde IntrodLlct;'on P II/. ) Musa/mO' I?S Ja/ns AllIm ;:S·ts. Chrisftal7s andOtlt~ Marrt'ed o D D Unmarrted o o D D J Fpmales Unmarned () WIdowed " r a W!1 fI it'/h/), Guv! f'bofOZf n co. Off/ce, f>oona 1902. TABLE OP CONTENTS· CHA1?Tl;TI~ I· PRELIMINARY REMARKS. PARA, :fAGE. 1. Preliminary remarks ... 1 2. 1'be enumeration scheaule 1 3. Household scbedule 1 4. Privltte sched ule ... 1 5. Vernacular translations of enumeration book 1 6. Visit of the Census Oommissioner 2 7. Manual of instructions 3 8. Procedure for the census of military cantonments and ra,Uway Jlremis~f!. ... 3 9, Censlls of detached districts ' ..• ... 3 10. Appointment of Censu!) Superintendent, fo,1;' Rajl,lutana 4 PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS. 11-12. Preliminary arrangements 4 13. Administrative units which formed charges and classes from which tbe enumerating staff was drawn 5-9 14. House.numbering 9 15. House lists 9 16. Block lists 9 17. Circle lists 10 18. En umeration books 10 19. Instruction of enumerators ... 10 PRINTING AND SUPJ;>:YY OF SCn.EDULES. 20. Printing and supply of schedules ... 10-11 CHAPTE~ ~~. THE ENUMERATION. 21. The enumeration 12 22. Preliminary record 12 23. Final census 12 24. Accuracy of the census 13 25. Demeanour of the people .••• 13 26. Provisional totals ... 13-1.4 27. .Ll.ccuracy of the Provisional totals l,4 28. Remarks on enumeration ... ...14-~5 CHAPTER III· ABSTRACTION, TABULATION AND COMPILATION. 29. Abstraction offices 16 30. Tables prescribed .. , ... 16 ABSTRACTION. 31. Old system of abstraction 17 32. New slip system of abstraction 17 33. Supply of slips 17 34:. Process of abstraction 18 35. Use-ofrubber stamp 18 36. Abbreviations 18 37. Pigeon holes 19 38. Pay of abstractors 19 39. Progress reports 19 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABULATION. PARA. PAGF.. 40. Order in which the tables were dealt with 19 41. Unit of tabulation 19 42. Slips of towns 20 43. Process of sorting .;. 20 44. Sorting for tables XI, X, X III and XV 20-21 45. Translations of rules 21 46. Pay of sorters 21 COMPILATION. 47. Compilatiou 21-22 48. Period taken in preparing the Imperial Ta.bles 22 49. Provincial Tables .. , ... 22-23 THE COST OF CENSUS. 5('. Two sets of accounts 23 51. Cost to the native states 23 52. Total cost . ., .. 23-24 53-57. Ooncluding.remarks 24-25 APPENDICES. ApPENDIX. PAGE. A. Census Oommissioner's notes 27-36 B. Mannal for supervisors 37·64 O. Superintendent's circulars 65-89 D. Instrnctions issued by the B. B. and O. I. Ry. authorities 90-96 E. Statement showing the particulars of Oensus Divisions and Officers g7 F. Statement showing the number and cost of printing schedules, covers, hlock lists, etc., for Rajputana 98-99 G. Census Commissioner's note on abstraction and tabulation 100-115 H. Statement ahowing the number and cost of census slips 116 I. Hules for slip-copying ". 117..,126 J. E;\pecimen forms of progress reports 127 K. Statement showing time occupied III abstraction and tabulation 1U Rajputana ... 128 J_J. Rules for tabulation .,. 129~145 M. Occupation J ndex 146·194 N. Rules for compilation 195-197 O. Test statement , .. 198-205 P. Statement showing census expenditure of all kinds between 1st April 1898 and 31st August] 902 ... ... ... .. 206-209 Q. Statement show jug t,he total Expendi ture incurred by the native 5ltates of Haj putana '" 210-213 . --,..---t ADMINISTRATION OF THE,. CENSUS. CHAPTER I· PRELiMiNARY REMA.RKS. 1. As soon as it was decided by the Government of India that the Preliminary remarks. Census should be taken on the night of the 1st March 1901, kharitas were addressed by the Hon'ble the Agent to the Governor-General to the different Chiefs, ·inviting their co-operation. Cordial replies were received to the effect that all necessary arrangemencs would be made in the States for the taking of the CensLls on the date appointed. 2. In 1891, a special form of schedule was used by the Native States The vuumeration sche­ dule. of Rajputana, but on the present occasion the schedule and instructions prescrib­ ed for :Uritish India were adopted in full. U ndet' the orders contained in Resolution No. 30-32, dated the 2nd April 1900, of the Government of India in the Home Department, Christian sects had to be recorded in the column showing religion, but it was left to the Local Governments to determine whether they would collect particulars of any of the sects of other religions. After careful consideration it was decided that, as it would be difficult to obtain an accurate record of the enormous number of Hindu sects, and as the information, if obtained, would be of no administrative utility, it was advisable not to attempt to record them. The three sects of Musalmans :­ Sunni, Shiah and Wahabi or Ahl-i-hadis, and the three main sects of the Jains, namely, Swetambara, Digambara and Dhundia were however to be shown, while persons returning themselves as Aryas or Brahmos were to be entered as such and not as Hind us. By adopting the schedule used in British India, statistics were collected for the first time of the civil condition of the people, of the languages used, and of the number of the English-knowing and literate persons in Rajputana. A specimen of the form of schedule prescribed, containing entries to show the manner in which it had to be filled in, will be found at page 62. 3. There was also a household schedule intended for the use of Euro- Household schedule. pean and Eurasian householders only, which consisted of a single sheet of paper containing descriptive particulars, a schedule, instructions and a speci- men schedule. 4. In some parts of British India vernacular editions of the "house­ Private schedule. hold schedule" known as "pri Vrtte schedules" were issued for use by native gentlemen of position. ~~te individuals, however, as a. rule, do not fill in the schedule entries so accurately as the regular enumerating staff, and there is the additional t.rouble of taking the schedules round to the household- ers and collecting them ag:tin on the morning after the Census. It was there- fore decided, afterconsllltation with the Census Superintendents of the States, not tQ issue any .2E~~a~9.e.ili!~. The decision was, I consider, wise and there seems~ to be no advantage to be gn,ined in modifying it on the next occasion. 5. Translations in Hindi and Urdu oE the enumeration book were pre­ Vernacular translatioM pared in the Agency office at Abu and forwarded in May 1900 to the differ­ of the enumeration book. ent States, ~hrotlgh the Political Officers, together with instructions regarding 2 the formation of Censlls nnits, the supply and printin\! of the schedules, and other points which the Censns Commissionet' advised should be dealt with as early as possible, Copies of the Chapters of the Draft Code of Census Pro­ cedure, as received from time to time from the Census Commissioner, were also forwarded to the States for information a nel guidance. The famine opera­ tions, howevel', absorbed all the energies of the Admini..,trative Sta,ff in the States, and practically little Ct'nsns work was undertaken, beyond the looking up of the records of the previous Censlls and rhe t;n'mation of charges, until the mon~oon l1ad se t in and t.he relief wlJrks had bet'l1 closed. Visit of tbe OensUB 6._jn the middle of August ¥r. Risley, the Cel~sus Commissioner, Commissioner. visited Abu and discussed the Census arrangemellts with the First Assistant to tbe Agrnt to t-he Governor-Genera] und with the Census Superintendents of the States who had been summoned to meet him. Mr. Bramley, the Census Super·intendent of the British district of Ajmer-Merwara, also attended the Meeting. The work which had been done up to date, by each State which had sent a. representative to the meeting, was carefully gone through, and varions matters relating to the taking of the Census which ,vere brought forward by the Census Superintendents were disposed of. The most important matter perhaps was that relating to the enumeration of the Bhils. In a circular letter which had been addressed to the Durbars it had been suggested that it was very desirable that some advance should be made on the primitive method employed in 1891 for estimating the Bhil population. From the information received previous to the issue of this letter, there seem­ ed to be good grounds for believing that, although there might be difficulty in counting the Bhils, the generous relief which had been granted to them during the famine and their contact with other classes on the relief works had made them less sensitive to the counting of their houses. It was therefore proposed, at first, to make ~ _c~re!~ :'llu~n_era:io~ of._ their J!..uts ,and n~_t..t.0 count th~~ -individ,ua-llT'"- At the Meeting, however, the Census Superinten­ d~~~' -~f the Sta~s which pos~essed a large Hhil population represent­ ed that the further enquiries which had been made had convinced them that, althouuh the famine had rubbed off a great deal of the shyness of the ~ . Bbils, they were still very touchy about sr~~ngera commg neal' t?eir hom~: steads.