CENS1.JS, 1951 RAJASTHAN AND AJ~ER DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK BANSWAHA PART I-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CENSUS TABLES By Pt. YAMUNA LAl... I)ASHORA, B.A.., LL.B., Superintendent of Census Operations, Rajasthan and Ajmer. JODHPUR: 18•• The Censua J-leports in olden times we1'e printed one for 'the whole Province of aa.j­ putans. and &Ilother for AjIner-MerwaTa. Sorm.e of the Prinoipal 8t&tes now m.~d In Baija.stha.n. publiabed their own reports. This time the Sta.te Census "R eportB ha.ve been published in the following vo]umes:- 1. Part I A .. Report. 2. Part I--B Hubsidiary Tables and District Index: of N ()n-A~ricultnra.l Occupations. 3. Part I-O Appendices. 4. Part Il-A .. Ceneral Population Tables, Household and Age Sample Tables, Social and Cultural Tables, Table E Sum.mary Figures by Administrative Units, and Local 'KA' Infirmities. 5. Part 11-13 .. Fconomic Tables. They contain statistics down to the distriot level The idea of preparing the District Census Handbook separately for each cttistrict was put forward by Shri R. A. Gopa.laswami. I. O. S., Registrar General, India, a.nd ex-officio Census ('ommissioner of India, as part of a. plan intended to seoure an. effectiTe method of preserving the census records prepared for areas below the district level. He proposed that all the district census tables and census abstracts prepared during the process of sorting and compilation should be bound together in a Bingle manuscript volu:me, called the District Census Handbook, and suggested to the ~tate Governments th&t the Handbook (wi1Ih or wi'bhout the addition of other useful information relating to the district) should be printed and pub­ lished at their own cost in the same manner as the village statistics in the past. In accept­ ing, this suggestion, the Government of Rajasthan decided to print and publish the m.ore important portion of statistical data relating to the district and to preserve the rest of the records in a lJ.lanu~cript volumE" for any future use, to which they may be put. This Handbook contains five General Population Tables of A Series, three Economic Tables of B Series fi e Household and Age Tables of C Series, seven Socia.l and Cultural Tables of D ~eries, one table I'~ l,!iving summary for the district and tehsils, a local table 'KA' showing infirmities by a e groups and an Index of ~on-agricultural Occupations. Each table contains an exp]anatory note necessary for the proper understanding of the figures. ,]~he numbers given to thE' tables in this Handboo corrE'spond to those given in State ('ensuB Reports. \?dlage J il'(>ctories were published for the first time in IP31 by a few Sta.tes of Raj­ ]Jutana. The example was followC"o by all the States in . 941. They containE'd for each villagC" the population. figures by religion and also 'ome other useful information. They were bound in a volume one for each ~tate. This time the Village Directories are also incorporeted in this Handbook under the nanle of "Primary ("ensus Abstract and Village Directory" which show the basic population figures sC"parately for C"ach village or tOWIl-ward classified by lh?elihood classes instead of religion and also some information of general nature. Opportunity has beE'n taken to put in a short introductory note detaiJing the salient points connected with the district, such as the physical features~ climate, rainfall.. irrigation and drainagE' facilities, roads and other communications, agriculture education, induRtries and other matters of general interest. The information contained in the introductory note j.;; basE'd on the material furnished by ("ollectors of districts and Departments of Government. In addition to the a.bove some figures of general interest and arreview of population figllrp .... huyC" a1<:;0 been ipc>oJ'poratC"rl. The scheduled date for the pUblication of the Handbooks as prescribed by the Regis­ trar Oeneral. India was "Not later than March 1952" but practical experience showed its publication by that time an impracticabi1ity. Even the compilation of the tables together with its final touch could not be completed by that tiIne. Then ca.me the question of printing which proved to be a huge task. There 25 districts in Rajasthan and 1 in Ajmer. The total numhpr of print,f"d pageq tnrnf"d out to hE' nearly 9,000. The Government Presses were aJrea.dy over-burdened with the prin'bing work of other departwents and in the p~intinl.T of Census Publications priority was given to Central Government Publications i. e. th~ State Census Reports. 'The rebult was that till March, 1954, for ] 4 out of 26 districts the P. C. A. and Village Directory could not be printed especially because the press had no stock of small type which was essential for their printIng. It was, therefore. decided to publish tht' Handbooks m two volumes Part J, consists of .introduction, ltr brief review of population figures and; I. General PopuJation Tables (A-I.to A- V)~ 2. Eoonomio Tables (B-1 to B-III), 3. Household and Age (Sample) Tables (0--1 to O-V), 4. Social and Cult1lt"a.1 Tables (D-I to n-VII) , 5. E-Summary figures by Administrative enits, 6. Local Table °KA' Infirmities, and 7. District Index of Non-Agricultura.l Occupa.tions. Part II . contains only Prirr.ary Census Abstract and Village Lirectory. The Handbooks of the AjJ11er. Sirohi and Jhalawar Disnricts are however being published in one volume, because they have been com.pleted by this time. While every care has been taken to ensure the correctness of figures and ,"illa.ge names, certa.in. mista ...es n.ight have crept in. I shall be grateful if they· are bro' ght to my notice. Y. L. Dashora LIST OF CONTENTS Page" S. No. I-X 1. Introduction 1-8 2. Review of PopUlation Figures 9 3. Scheme of CensUS Tabl..O's 10-11 4. Definitions a.nd Key to Symbols 12-1( 5. District Census Data a.t a Glance, 1951 G. A-Gen,e7'al population Pables-- Ili A- 10 Area, Houses and Popula.tion 15 A- no Varia.tion in Poplllation during Fifty Yea.rs 16-17 A-III. Towns and Villages Olassified by Population 18 A-IV. Towns Cla&sifkd by Population wit.h variation since 1 gO} 0 • 19 A _ V. Towns a.rranged Territorially with Population by Livelihood Classes . 0 70 B-Economio Tables- 20-23 Explanatory Note 24-25 B- I. Livelihood Classes and Sub-Cla.sses 26-35 B- II. Seoondary means of Livelihood B-Ill. Employers, Employees a.nd Independent Workers in Industries and Services by 36-58 DivisioDs a.nd Sub-divisions 8, C-Household and Age (SampZ,,> Table8 - 59 C- I. Household (Size and Oomposition) 60-61 c- II. Livelihood Classes by Age Groups., 62-63 0-111. Age aud Civil Condition 64-65 C-IV. Age a.ud Litere.ey .. 66-69 C-V. Single Yea.r Age Returns t 9. D-Bocial and Gultural Table8- 70 D- I. (i) Mother Tongue 71 (ii) Bilingualism 72 D- II. Religion 72 D -III. Scheduled Ca.stes and Scheduled Tribes 73 D - IV. Migrants 74 D- V. (ii) D~placed persoDs by Livelihood Cla.sses 76 D-Vl. Non-Indian NationaiR '16-77 D-VII. Education.a.l Standards 10. E-Su.t11mary Figul'8s by AdmiDistrative units 81-83 11. Local (II) Infirmities 85-95 12. Distrioi5 Index of Non-Agrioul1lural Oocupations BANSWARA DISTRICT INTRODUCTION I. Physical aspects 1. Banswara District is included in the Udaipur Division of Rajasthan. It lies between the north latitudes 23° 3' and 23" 55' and east longitu~s PositioD, area and 730 58' and 740 47'. It is bounded 011 the- north by the Partabgarh boundary_ 8ub-Divisit)Il: of the Chittorgarh Distdct and Lasadia Tehsil of Udaipur District, on the east by the R atlam Sub-Division of the Madhya Bharat Union. on the west by Sagwara Tehsil of Dungarpur District and on tbt" south by the Panch Mahal Dis.trict of the Bombay State and portions of Madhya Bharat Union. The district has a length of about 50 miles, east to West and breadth of 5R miles; north to sout-h. Its total area is 1,946 sq. miles ac('ording to District records land. 1,953'8 sq. miles ac('ording to thp Surveyor General for India. 2. Phvsicflllv the district ('ollsiRtS mostl V of-ro('ky hills al_d jl!llgles ,vith well ~'ul- . tl\~ated plains in the central and westbrn portions. The open Configuration. country in the ('entre iR about 700 ff"et aboy€:, thp Rea leve-l. and the ground slopes gradually towards the Mahi River in the 'vest. The t"<\stern half of the distri('t is traversed by rangeR of Aravalli hills rUllninf!: generally north to south, rising to an average height of 1,400 feet above the sea level, with 2 or 3 peaks as high as 1,700 and 1,988 feet, one of which is about six Iniles north of KU8halgarh. The district })as been described as the m.ost beautiful portioll of the Division. It looks at itR best and present.s a lnost pleal:~dllg pktul e during and after the rains. The prineipal hills are Babadeo, JagJuair, Madariya and Kasumalji I{.a Doongar. 3. The- principal rivers of the district are th€" Mahi, Anas, Airb-v, Chap and Haran. The Mahi rises from Amjara pargall8l jn the Dbar District of the Rivers.