Census Of India 1921 Vol.5 Punjab And Delhi Pt.1 (report)

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1FUNJAS CENSUS KEFOBT, 1921.

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3are compared with those finally tabulated below, and show a high standard of

4accuracy for so hurried an operation.

5Occupied

6Persons.

7Males. !

8Females.

10houses.

111

12i

13PUNJAB.

14Provisional Total

15Final Totals

16DELHI.

175,523,073

185,532, 305j

191

2025,093,7941

211 25,101,060;

221

2313,726,146

2413,732,048

2511,367,648

2611,369,012

27Provisional Totals

28112,835

29486,741]

30280,709

31206,032

32Final Totals , . . . .

33!

34114,683

351

36488,1881

37281,633

38206,555

39Slip copy-

40iDg.

41Sorting.

4214. The next stage in the operations was to copy the entries concerning

43each person enumerated on to a separate shp. These slips were issued in five

44different colours, one for each of the main rehgions and one for all other religions ;

45a distinctive symbol was printed on each to distinguish between males and

46females, and between unmarried, married and widowed persons ; there vere thus

47five different colours and six different symbols giving a total of thirty easily dis

48tinguished slips ; in addition special slips were issued for the recording of infirmi-

49ties ; the other particulars recorded about each person were recorded by hand on

50the slips, a previously arranged sy.stem of abbreviations being adopted.

51This work was done as in 1911 by the super\’isors w'ho were collected at

52tahsil headquarters for the work immediately after the census ; as the period

53available was very short owing to the majority of supervisors being patw aris who

54were required in their circles for crop-inspection, an option was given to local

55authorities to have slips prepared from the preliminary record before the final

56census. The intention of this option was that slips should be prepared according

57to the provisional entries in the enumeration books so that the only copying work

58to be done after the census wmuld be to destroy slips for cancelled entries and

59prepare new ones for the entries made on the actual census night. 21 districts

60and 10 states adopted the option and prepared slips beforehand, in only a few of

61these was the experiment justifiedby the result; slip-copying after the census was

62carried on by a staff collected together and constantly under supervision, that

63done before the census was done by supervisors in their circles and' was only the

64subject of supervision by charge superintendents when they \dsited the circles ;

65it was very generally found that the sbps prepared before the census had to be

66corrected or prepared afresh after the census and the experiment did not result in

67the saving of time and led to a considerable additional wastage of slips. Although

68very careful estimates of the numbers of slips required in each tahsil had been

69made beforehand and a supply sent allowing a liberal excess for w^astage, vet in

70many centres slips of particiilar varieties ran short and a break-dowm in printing

71arrangements occurring at the critical time much delay resulted ; in many districts

72it was found impossible lo complete the copying before letting the patwaris return

73to their urgent revenue duties and in such districts the cop}dng had to be finished

74after the crop-inspection was over. It was hoped to complete the slip-copying

75by the 27th March and this could have been done in most centres had not the

76supply of slips broken dowm ; actually the shps came in very slowly and a consider-

77able number of units had not sent in slips by the middle of May whilst the last

78to be received arrived at the beginning of July.

7915. Central sorting offices were opened at Karnal, Ludhiana, Lahore and

80Lyallpur ; and the completed slips were sent to these offices where large staffs

81sorted them according to the various heads required for each table of the report.

82I'he maximum staff employed and the dates of commencing and completing

83the work in each of

84these offices is shown

85in the margin. The

86Phulkian " States,

87Patiala, Jind and

88Nabha, carried out

89their own sorting

90and tabulation, but

91with this exception

92Office.

93SOTAFT.

94Inspec-

95tors.

96Supervi'

97sors.

98Sorters.

99Commence-

100ment.

101Completion.

102Kamal

1033

104186

1057t 1 April 1921.

10621st August 1921.

107Ludhiana

1084

10923

110224

1111st April 1921.

11222nd August 1921.

113Lahore

1145

11522

116266

1171st April 1921.

11818th July 1921.

119Lyallpur

1204

12122

122211

1236th April 1921.

12417th July 1921.

125all the sorting was carried out at the four central sorting offices.