| What does the item of Rs. 24,578 for Office establishment represent? | the salaries of the men employed in the various district Offices | Four·fifths of the sum spent in Calcutta under this head is debitable to the cost of packing and deBpatching the census schedules, and was incurred by the Superintendent of Stationery on behalf of the Census Office. 42. The item of Rs. 24,578 for Office establishment needs no explanation. It represents the salaries of the men employed in the various district Offices in | 304 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | It represents the salaries of the men employed in the various district Offices in | 21 | page=21,block=3 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the geographical feature formed by the Sundarbuns? | the seaface of great part of the delta of the Ganges and of the Brahmaputra | 51. 'rhe area of the British territories which constitute the Lieutenant- Area of Bengo Governorship of Bengal is 150,588 square miles, exclusive of the area of large rivers and of the Sundarbuns, a large tract of unsurveyed and half-submerged forest, which forms the seaface of great part of the delta of the Ganges and of the Brahmaputra. 1'his tract is estimated to be 5,976 square miles in extent, and, II it is included in the area of the province, the total reaches 156,5G4 square miles. But in addition to the districts which are directly under British rule, there are other territories governed by independent chiefs, which are under the general supervision of, and in political dependence upon, the Government of Bengal. | 264 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | 'rhe area of the British territories which constitute the Lieutenant- Area of Bengo Governorship of Bengal is 150,588 square miles, exclusive of the area of large rivers and of the Sundarbuns, a large tract of unsurveyed and half-submerged forest, which forms the seaface of great part of the delta of the Ganges and of the Brahmaputra. |
| What is the role of the Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit in the administrative divisions of Bengal? | almost entirely administrative, with tho addition in some cases of judicial powers | Behar stands next, with an area of 44,139 square miles, or nearly: one-fourthoft~lO whole n:rea; Chota Na~ore has 26,966 square miles, and Onssa 9,053; whlIe the varIOUS Feudatory States aggregate 36 634 square miles, the greater part of which is mere forest and mountain. , 53. These great provinces are again divided into nine administrative DiviSIOns, Divisions, each under the control of a British officer styled its CommIssioner of Revenue and Circuit, whose duties are almost entirely administrative, with tho addition in some cases of judicial powers. Of these nine Divisions, five, namely the Presidency I?ivision ~nd th?se. of Burdwan, Rajshahye, Dacca, and Chittagong, are contallled wIthlll the hmIts of Bengal proper; two, those of Patna and Bhaugulpore, compose the province of Behar, and the other provinces, viz. Orissa and Chota Nagpore, are conterminous each with the jurisdiction of | 475 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | These great provinces are again divided into nine administrative DiviSIOns, Divisions, each under the control of a British officer styled its CommIssioner of Revenue and Circuit, whose duties are almost entirely administrative, with tho addition in some cases of judicial powers. |
| What population size is used to define urban areas in Bengal? | places containmg 5,()00 inhabitants or more | 69. In the next place the correct appreciation of the relative density of the population in different districts is liable to be complicated by the ratw wInch the urban bears to the aggregate population of each. In no part of the world perhaps has this consideration less force than in these provlDces, for few countries with so dense a population are so entirely rural as Bengal, yet a glance at Table No. I will show that in nearly every district there is a town population. and that it sometimes amounts to a considerable part of the whole. To aVOId confusion, therefore, and to arrive at some definite idea of the density of the population over by far the greater portion of the area of Bengal, It will be necessary to doal first with the density of the population in villages, excludmrr under the title of urban population all that which dwells in places containmg 5,()00 inhabitants or more. | 852 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | To aVOId confusion, therefore, and to arrive at some definite idea of the density of the population over by far the greater portion of the area of Bengal, It will be necessary to doal first with the density of the population in villages, excludmrr under the title of urban population all that which dwells in places containmg 5,()00 inhabitants or more. |
| What was the definition of a 'house' provided in Bengal for the census? | thl' 8f1Wlll builtlll1(J8 or I'oomg 1r111l'!t (f0 to mflkp up tll~ homestead, w/zffhrr inTwbited by on~ or more frlmilie8 | In Bengal the following instructions were issued on the subject;- " Thr Govprnment or India have decided that the dofinition ot it 'house' in the instruc- twns to ennmerators to be issued with the vel'llacular schedules shull be u, I building to whieh It Ilumbrr has :previously lleen att(1ehed;' and it is thereIore essentially necess(1ry that YOll should now bkr steps to make> your supervisors and sub-su}1f1rvisors, amI through them your ('numerators, unclerst::md what they should oonsirler to be a hou8e, amI that you slLOulu also arrange for having every hous(' separately amI clearly marked. " '1'he accopted definition of a house in Bengal is as follows, VIZ. (thl' 8f1Wlll builtlll1(J8 or I'oomg 1r111l'!t (f0 to mflkp up tll~ homestead, w/zffhrr inTwbited by on~ or more frlmilie8,' and thiS definition must be kept steadily m view, or groat oonfusion must rnsue. | 670 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | (thl' 8f1Wlll builtlll1(J8 or I'oomg 1r111l'!t (f0 to mflkp up tll~ homestead, w/zffhrr inTwbited by on~ or more frlmilie8,' and thiS definition must be kept steadily m view, or groat oonfusion must rnsue. |
| What are Boundary Commissioner's lists? | based on fiscal considerations, and deal with the units of the Land Revenue administration | The Deputy Superintendent speaks in the highest terms of the value of the comparison thus instituted. The Boundary Commissioner's lists are based on fiscal considerations, and deal with the units of the Land Revenue administration. They are not, and are not intended to be, a record of inhabited villages at the present time. | 140 | definition | 0.980 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | The Boundary Commissioner's lists are based on fiscal considerations, and deal with the units of the Land Revenue administration. | 300 | page=300,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What are General descriptions? | the delight of the native and the curse of the statistician | the" Instructjons to Enumerators" with regard to the recording of occupations; and though it is beheved that the result hus been somewhat more succesRful than in ]:., 72, yet it IS still far from the truth. General descriptions are the delight of the native and the curse of the statistician. Tho enormous number or entries. | 232 | definition | 0.980 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | General descriptions are the delight of the native and the curse of the statistician. | 180 | page=180,block=5 | 0.850 | valid |
| What are Special enquiries? | made in the district of Rungpore in the year 1870 by Dr | nence the great sensitiveness which every respectable native feels in speaking of the female members of his fiJmil y is aggravated by a sentiment of shame in tbe admission that any of them are suffering from a loathsome disease. Special enquiries were made in the district of Rungpore in the year 1870 by Dr. Ghose, Civil Surgeon of the district, and his conclusion was that there was great concealment of female lepers, His estimate was so low as one female for every two male lepers; but there is no reason why their numb~rs should not be taken as equal. | 252 | definition | 0.980 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | Special enquiries were made in the district of Rungpore in the year 1870 by Dr. | 225 | page=225,block=15 | 0.850 | valid |
| What are Tho townsfolk? | not so overwhelmingly numerous in any one profession, and are more evenly distributed among several | 'YG~tving ana ot leI' opera lOns Au, OCCUPATIONS 11lU 100 100 connected with the preparation of textile fabrics and dress employ 2'64 pOl' CGnt of the village males; but all other trades and callings are dwarfed and thrown into the shade by tho vast prepunderance of the agricultural interest. Tho townsfolk are not so overwhelmingly numerous in any one profession, and are more evenly distributed among several. So universal, however, is the pursuit of agricultural operations that even in tho urban p .. | 312 | definition | 0.980 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | Tho townsfolk are not so overwhelmingly numerous in any one profession, and are more evenly distributed among several. | 190 | page=190,block=50 | 0.850 | valid |
| What are percentages? | calculated on the whole male population or each religion 10 yoars old and upwards | This gives not for only each Order, but for each Sub-order abo, the numbers of Hindus, Mahomedans, and Others in every 100 persons who have been classed in it. The percentages are calculated on the whole male population or each religion 10 yoars old and upwards. | 180 | definition | 0.980 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31865/download/35046/20090_1881_REP.pdf | The percentages are calculated on the whole male population or each religion 10 yoars old and upwards. | 192 | page=192,block=3 | 0.850 | valid |