CENSUS OF INDIA, 1931 NOR'fll-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE A DMINISTRATION REPORT BI A. D. F. DUNDAS, I. C. S., Superintendent of Census Operations. 7llnl'l'lID BT T8B IIftlf"'! BIl, G'IVllll."(I1RH ~·H.1'IO:r1!iBY AII'D PlI.UU!Il'IG, BOOI[ DBP,)! A.lI'D l'OlMS 81'01111, 1I0RTH·WBS-r JRON'rl•• 'PBovtNOll 1938 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I-Enumeration Paragraph Subject Page Object of the Administration Report I 2 Opening remarks and Establishment 1 3 The record of 192 I CensU6 I 4- Permanent Advance X 5 Drafting and translation of forms and instructions 'oo I 6 Printing 2 7 Date of the Census 2 8 Draft Census Calendar and Progress Report 3 9 Formation of Census Divisions , .. 4 10 House numbering 4 I I The Preliminary Records ... 4 12 Inspection of Enumeration Records 4 13 Use of household schedules 4 14 Special arrangements 4 IS N on-Synchronous areas 5 16 Provisional totals ... 5 17 Their accuracy 5 18 Industrial Census 6 19 Attitude of the public towards Cerlsus operations 6 20 District Census Expenditure 6 CHAPTER II-Slip Copying Organisation .oo 10 Sta.ff and accommodation ... 10 Material required before the receipt of the books from districts 10 Instructions to staff 10 Calculation of rewards and hnes II Supervision II Village tables II Sorting. Making up of boxes Sorting staff Procedure in sorting ... Lessons learned in the course of sorting Compilation and Tabulation Staff .. ' 13 Method of Compilation, Tabulation and Checking ... 13 Preparation of final tables ... 13 Special difficulty of certai~ tables ... 13 Special statistical material for the Report 14 CHAPTER III The cost of the Census 16 Appendices A List of Census pa pers and files preserved ... ... B Statement of Census Establishment employed in cODl~ection with the Census) 193 I ••• ... ... v C Castes or Tribes returned ... oo. x AD~{INIS'l'RATION l~EPORT ON THE OENSlTS OP}1~RATIONS, N( RTH-'VE8T ~'HONTIER PROrISCE! 1931 CHAPTER I E~UMERATJON I. This part of the Census Report is published mainly for tl'e g!li~anc(' Object of tho Administration of thf' Provinc:al Superinte:11ent at the next Census. Report. 2. Captain \':aJ:arl took over charge of his dLlt:es as Sllperintendent, Census Opening remarks Operc:tions, :\ I ,rlh ~T est F[,:ntifr Province, un the J s.t ~f AlJri: 19.3° and i~s:.J~? and Establish· .his first Circular of mstruC:I0I;S to all Deputy Corr.mlsslUners on the 12th AprIl. menta In tLe 1'1idd!e of Mav ow:ng to political di5tJrbances r.e was deputed as Assistant COTl1missiunl"r Char5.1.rJ.Lla, ir: a2dition to his duties. He remained there t:ntil 6th Septe'O'ber ard GL: ing ~'~c period of deputation could hardly find anv time to devotE' to tre Cens::s work. IIe was again dteputed as Special ~!agistrate a~ Dera Ismail Kral1 fror:1 tht' 17th Sep~ember to 9th .1\overnber I ::31 I a:1d as Additiona: Di~'r:ct Mag:.:;t:-ate, P('shawa~, in January 1932. On the 8th Apnl 193:', he was appo:nted to KabuL From the 8th April to 27th July K. Subtll Muhamrrad Kran was:n charge o~ opera:ions. en the 28th July Mr. A. n F. Dundas. I. C. 5., was appOI:1:crl to complt'te Ule writing d ~;;c report T11 t he beginning the office staff cOllsistec of aHead Clerk deputed from the Revenue Co~ r::iss:o:1cr's OSlce, oce Jamadar and 011r Orderly. The Ilead Clerk was chrirg t e :~st yea paid at th~ -ate (·f Rs. !O3 per rr.enscm wFd: w:.s raisted :n •he fo;jowing year to H s. 126 per rr.ersem. One typist was e11lployed on R s. 50 Ft': ;;'e'1sem ,,,,it h ~f"cct from tl'e 151 of June 1930 aI'd was discharged on the 11 st May 193 1. The above establishment was the 0111) staff entertained for tre ·O:F.ce Of the Sererintet'dent during the whu: opt'r~tions. 3. Most of t!1e files acd papers relating to Accounts ar:d IY:16'1g of the The record of Cen5Ls Rrport, e~c., ?feSt'f\'e1 at tl~e 19:::! I CenSL:s were not found and the 1921 Census. Supe:-in' er:d"'1t in Cl ns· qut'nce suf+ererl considerable inrOT'W:liencc a!1d lin· necessary labom. In '1lOst of the districts the CensLs R.('~)sters ;:nd Maps of J9~I had '-wen ~It'st'rrl'd Slhe s;:t(sbctt...ri:Y, but in the Pl'C;]oawar District in sp:tr of ~('rcatt'rJ rteql!(~sts i:-om the CensllS office must of the va!uab:e records had beel' dcstruycd. Owing to ths th' worK of prrpa;oing Cer'sas ~1aps in each ~l!b Divis:on, tb> lorl11atior. (~ Cersus Divisiur:s etc) tOl)k 'llLd: longer than w('u!d have bc;e:l t; e ca!::c h·.d the rccords of the previolls Ccns..:s been avail' able. 4- In t ht' Cirst ins:ance a per'l1aneI1t advance of Rs. 75 was sanct:oncc: h Permanent the GOVFrn;'lent ot ~Ild a but in Dt'cem ber 1930 tl]is was enb.r.cf'd to Rs 2('d Advance. subiect to the e0'1 1;tion tLat the ('nhanced limi: wo~:d be reduced wi~h the di'"'1inution of :lctivit:es. 5. The nrst thipg to be done in connectior. with the Cpnslls was the draft. Drafting and ing of the Provinc:al C('ns~s Cor:e 0'1 the Encs spedlcd in the I'11periat CC'11SllS translation of forms and Code. It was preferred to :5S: e Part I of the Provinria: Coce complcte irs:ead instructions. of by Chapters and it naturally tock a longer tirre than It would bve taken if issued by Chapters. In order to carryon the wo;k a Circular Letter was issued in the beginning of April dea!ir.g with all surts (if preli:ninary stages of the oper;:J. tions ~ c.omp:t'te Code in Eng:is.h was issued in ~he end of Septerrber J930 , and COplfS In vernacular were suppbed to the officers cO'lcerred in the seceJlld "elk of November J930. A separate Manual containing instructions for cba.rge Superintendents, Supervisors and Enumerators in English and Urdu was also­ issued. In addition to these printed publications a large number of impor:ant Circulars were sent to all Deputy ,Commissioners, Politica.l Agents and District Census 0fti<lerp. The correspondence of the North-West Frontier Province Census Office being small in the initial stages, the Head ,Clerk \'UlS employed as Translator in ac:dition to his clerical work. Most of the translations w.ere read over to the Superintendent who insisted on the language med being as simple as possible, the words. being those in common use. A doubtful translation, it was found, can be tested .better by referring it to a few Patwar;s than to linguistic experts. The only sugge::.tions, to be ~~ -for the improvement of the forms are­ noted below :- (a) All forms should be seri.ally numbered. (b) Miscellaneous forms,.have hither.to been pr;nted on papets of varyiJ;lg si7e, but the fOrlTS .coDsti1utiRg the enurr.eratiorrbooks are on paper of prescribed quality and dimensions which has to be obtained specially for the Census unde.r the ,Census Commissioner's orders). It will sa.ve a great deal of trouble if every miscellaneous form is also abridged or spaced out so as ~o occupy an .exact fraotion of a sheet of the Rapers Plescr\bed for the General S~chedules. ~,(),den1(inds-for vernacular forms in any language oth~r than Urdu WeJ:e ~ceiv..e.d from any quarter. Printing. 6. In 1931 the printing 0'£ all lithographed forms and instructions was entrusted to the Lakshmi Art Steal!l Press, Peshawar City, whilst the.Circulars, lnstructions and Report in English were printed oy the Manager, Govemrnemt Printing & Stationery Office, ;\' orth-W-est Frontier Prov.ince, Peshawar. Apart from any cj,angts which may occur in the Province, the nex-t Superintendent will probably be well advised to place his forms and Codes (Urdu) with the- Laks.hmi Art Steam Press, Peshawar, and all other work in 1;:ngJish with the Government Press. The contract which s.hould -be made with the pr'yare press must include special rates for all forms according to si+t-and these rates should vary according as one or both sides are lithograHl'ed. S,ome provision should be made for rates fOf'miscellaneous printing such as that requirt:d for the Codes, Manua1s and correction slips and these should certainly not be based on a Government contract with another firm, nor should they, he. r~es which can only be calculated by ox.perts. The contract should ,be for such work as -the Superintendent places ·with t-he firm and not for all his f.orms. He should be able at any time to transfer his work to another firm or to ..expedite its execution by allotting'portions "of;:;it.to other firms. The contraclt should stat~ that rates for any special work Icag..;l:>e-fixed-by agreement atJess than the r,ates which would apply under·th~ ongtRal cOfltract. The printers should agree to keep all stones needed for forms Iset-:up' until they receive an order from t1; e Supel intendent allowing them to ,deface or distribute them; they should also agree to set apart adequate and suitable storage room for blank paper and prepared forms in bulk.