| What assumption does the method make about the distribution of ages in a sorter's group? | there are as many persons actually aged less than as over the central point | The method assumes that in any particular sorter's group there are as many persons actually aged less than as over the central point and this is clearly not an absolutely accurate assumption, but the error introduced by it is negligi"Qle compared with the increased accuracy in the total figures 0 btained by correcting them for the tendency to return ages at nearest birthday and for such minor mis-statements of age as were deduced from the returns of the previous years. In comparing the figures given on the present occasion with those of previous years it is- consequently necessary to bear in mil)d that the actual composition of corresponding groups in 1921 and 1911 actually includes poisons who on the average are at least six months younger than on the present occasion. | 57 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | The method assumes that in any particular sorter's group there are as many persons actually aged less than as over the central point and this is clearly not an absolutely accurate assumption, but the error introduced by it is negligi"Qle compared with the increased accuracy in the total figures 0 btained by correcting them for the tendency to return ages at nearest birthday and for such minor mis-statements of age as were deduced from the returns of the previous years. | 30 | page=30,block=4 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does Imperial Table XVII include for Muslims? | the social group of Muslims | IMPERIAL TABLE XVII.-Oaste, tribe or Muslim social group, race and nationality. This table corresponds to imperial table XIII of 1921. Tt iR primarily intended to show the caste of Hindus and the tribe of primitive peoples, but shows also the social group of Muslims and the race or nationality or both so far as they were returned by others than these three classes of the population. It is divided into two parts. Part A is confined to Asiatics and shows for Indians the caste, tribal or similar group and for others the available details of race, etc. It gives also details of the locality of origin of Indians. for whom a caste return was replaced by a geographical description (e. g., "Bilaspuri") and who belong to no primitive tribe. | 239 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | Tt iR primarily intended to show the caste of Hindus and the tribe of primitive peoples, but shows also the social group of Muslims and the race or nationality or both so far as they were returned by others than these three classes of the population. | 184 | page=184,block=0 |
| What does the census aim to document for the areas it covers? | a record 0:£ all persons actually resident in the areas concerned in the report either permanently or tempo:Farily on the night of the 26-27th February. | For the purposes of the census the Port of Calcutta has been taken to consist of (1) the waters of the river Hooghly from the Cossipore Ghat on the north to the Sandheads on ,the south and (2) on the left bank of the Hooghly the property of the Port Commissioners between the Cossipore Ghat on the north and the Calcutta Electric Supply Company, Metiabruz, on the south. Where comparison is made with the figures of other census counts, unless otherwise stated, the details given all refer to the areas as now constituted. 2. Date of census and population enumerated.-The census was taken on the evening of the 26th February 1931 and it professes to be a record 0:£ all persons actually resident in the areas concerned in the report either permanently or tempo:Farily on the night of the 26-27th February. In certain parts of the city it proved impossible to conduct the final check District. | 653 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | Date of census and population enumerated.-The census was taken on the evening of the 26th February 1931 and it professes to be a record 0:£ all persons actually resident in the areas concerned in the report either permanently or tempo:Farily on the night of the 26-27th February. In certain parts of the city it proved impossible to conduct the final check District. |
| What was the definition of a house in 1901? | the dwelling-place of one or more families having a separate mdependent entrance from the common way | In 1891 the definition was "each collection of houses in a single compound." In 1901. the unit was "the dwelling-place of one or more families having a separate mdependent entrance from the common way". In 1911 "each premises separately numbered for municipal assessment" was treated as a separate house. In 1921 a definition similar to that of 1901 was adopted. On the present occasion an attempt was made to make the maximum possible use of the municipal premises' numbers and to distinguish rooms in occupation of commensal families using the same common entrance, but separate numbers were not given to every room in clubs, hotels, boarding houses or brothels. It is, therefore, useless to endeavour to compare the figures for the number of persons in each house from year to year or to draw any deduction from them as to the relative incidence of overcrowding. | 100 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | the unit was "the dwelling-place of one or more families having a separate mdependent entrance from the common way". | 16 |
| What was the definition of a house in 1911? | each premises separately numbered for municipal assessment | In 1891 the definition was "each collection of houses in a single compound." In 1901. the unit was "the dwelling-place of one or more families having a separate mdependent entrance from the common way". In 1911 "each premises separately numbered for municipal assessment" was treated as a separate house. In 1921 a definition similar to that of 1901 was adopted. On the present occasion an attempt was made to make the maximum possible use of the municipal premises' numbers and to distinguish rooms in occupation of commensal families using the same common entrance, but separate numbers were not given to every room in clubs, hotels, boarding houses or brothels. It is, therefore, useless to endeavour to compare the figures for the number of persons in each house from year to year or to draw any deduction from them as to the relative incidence of overcrowding. | 212 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | In 1911 "each premises separately numbered for municipal assessment" was treated as a separate house. | 16 | page=16,block=1 |
| What is the reason for the high proportion of lepers in Tengra? | the existence in that ward of the Albert Victor Gobra Leper Asylum | No figures proportionate to these are to be found in any other ward and in Ekbalpur where the proportion is next highest the total numbers afflicted are only one-third of thoEe in Tengra and the proportion in each 100,000 of the same Eex is 143 for males and 152 for females. The high proportion of lepers in Tengra is of course due to the existence in that ward of the Albert Victor Gobra Leper Asylum. In Howrah blindness and deaf-mutism are the infirmities most prevalent. | 336 | relationship | 0.970 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | The high proportion of lepers in Tengra is of course due to the existence in that ward of the Albert Victor Gobra Leper Asylum. | 55 | page=55,block=0 | 0.800 | valid |
| What was the reason for the omission of certain areas in ward 6 and ward 4? | undetected defaults of the charge superintendent | In a minority of cases it transpired that uncertainty as to the j uri~diction of a particular area or as to a premises being occupied had led td omission but, with the exception of ward 6 and ward 4, in general such omissions in each case were ~ubsequently rectified with reference to the position on the night of the 2J>th February. In ward 6 and ward 4 certain areas were omitted owing to undetected defaults of the charge superintendent. Other omissions such as occurred in wards 5 and 7 where Marwaris form a considerable portion of the population were due to the intransigeance of the Marwari community and Guzrati traders who are not native to Bengal but reside here for purposes of trade and paid the city from which as immigrants they extract their material prosperity the delicate compliment of declining to be enumerated amongst its population. | 391 | relationship | 0.970 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | In ward 6 and ward 4 certain areas were omitted owing to undetected defaults of the charge superintendent. | 11 | page=11,block=0 |
| Why are Figures for the individual wards of Howrah city not given in imperial table I? | no figures were forthcoming for the area of each ward, but they will be found in imperial table XVI | Baman Bustee with 2,679 and Park Street adjacent to it with 5,438 are the smallest wards. Figures for the individual wards of Howrah city are not given in imperial table I because no figures were forthcoming for the area of each ward, but they will be found in imperial table XVI. There are three wards in Howrah with more than 30 thousand inhabitants, viz., No.8 (37,497), No.6 (33,790) and No.4 (31,882) and the ward with the smallest population is No.2 with 6,514. | 180 | relationship | 0.970 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | Figures for the individual wards of Howrah city are not given in imperial table I because no figures were forthcoming for the area of each ward, but they will be found in imperial table XVI. | 12 | page=12,block=0 | 0.800 | valid |
| Why is Amongst persons following unproductive occupations in both cities in both years there an actual preponderance of females? | the fact that prostitutes contribute a very considerable proportion of the occupations grouped in this category | Industry, specifically and sufficiently described, now accounts for a smaller proportion of the population than insufficiently described occupations and the proportion employed in public service is now greater either than those employed in pasture and agriculture or, 'those following unproductive occupations. Amongst persons following unproductive occupations in both cities in both years there is an actual preponderance of females owing to the fact that prostitutes contribute a very considerable proportion of the occupations grouped in this category. In both cities in each year those employed in domestic service or living on their income as well as those occupied in sub-class XII already mentioned include a proportion of females which is considerably higher than in other categories. | 444 | relationship | 0.970 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | Amongst persons following unproductive occupations in both cities in both years there is an actual preponderance of females owing to the fact that prostitutes contribute a very considerable proportion of the occupations grouped in this category. |
| Why is The difference in the sex proportions partly? | the fact that industries importing labour provide greater facilities for their labourers to settle down in Howrah than in Calcutta | Immi.- grants from Bombay are an exception to this general statement for there are only 337 females for every 1,000 males in Howrah city. The difference in the sex proportions is partly due to the fact that industries importing labour provide greater facilities for their labourers to settle down in Howrah than in Calcutta. Industrial produc- tion has increasingly moved further out of Calcutta itself and the number of railway employe(,8 and of mill workers for whonl their employers providc | 193 | relationship | 0.970 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31323/download/34504/20782_1931_CAL.pdf | The difference in the sex proportions is partly due to the fact that industries importing labour provide greater facilities for their labourers to settle down in Howrah than in Calcutta. | 23 | page=23,block=0 | 0.800 | valid |