| What is the geographical characteristic of the district? | a plain which slopes from north-east to south and south west | The rainfall during 1979-80 was 41.8 centimetres against 63.2 centimetres during 1977-78 and 90.6 centimetres during 1978-79. The district is a plain which slopes from north-east to south and south west. The plain is a flat and within it, there is a narrow low lying flood-plain known as khadar of Yamuna river. | 142 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | The district is a plain which slopes from north-east to south and south west. | 24 | page=24,block=7 | 0.850 | valid |
| What publication provides Primary Census Abstract data down to the village level for rural areas and ward-wise for cities or towns? | the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwiso for each city or town | It is inter alia used for delimitation of constitucmcies, fioI'.JlUliatioa of loea I level and regionalplans and as an aid to District administration. The district census handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwiso for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns, etc. | 183 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | The district census handbook is the only publication which provides Primary Census Abstract (PCA) data upto village level for the rural areas and wardwiso for each city or town. | 6 | page=6,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| How is a worker described in the 1981 Census? | a worker in 1981 Census is a person whose main activity is participation in any econo- mically productive work by physical or mental activity. | ACCQrdi.,g(y, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes arc listed under a Presidential Order for each S~t~ 'I\d Union Terr\tory. In tlle Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956, as. tm!m~ ~p,o ~ate. ,as many as 37 castes are listed as Scheduled Castes in the State of Haryana. Thct'c is, hQw.VI;t', no S"Jteduled Tribe, listed as such. in Haryana State. Who is literate A person who can both read and write with understanding in any language is to be taken as literate. A person who can merely read but cannot write is not literate. It is not necessary that a person who is literate should have received any formal education or should have passed iny mimm~m c;ducat~WlI s~Ddard. Worker defined Like 1971 Census. a worker in 1981 Census is a person whose main activity is participation in any econo- mically productive work by physical or mental activity. | 744 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | Worker defined Like 1971 Census. a worker in 1981 Census is a person whose main activity is participation in any econo- mically productive work by physical or mental activity. |
| What are urban outgrowths that do not qualify as individual towns treated as? | urban appendages of the units to which they are con.tisuous. | Such areas deseJ.'ve to. be reckoned along with the town and the continuous spread including such urban outgrowths would deserve to be tl'eated as an integl'ated urban area. Each such agglomeration may be made up of nNfe than one statlJtory town adjoining anothct such as a municipality and the adjoining cantonment and also otMr adjoiwng urban jrowths such as a railway colony, university caQlPus. etc. Such outgrowths which do not qualify to be treate.d as individual towns in their own right are to be treated as urban appendages of the units to which they are con.tisuous. In 1971 Census no place was recognised as a continuous urban spread d~serving to be treated as an urban agglomeration in Haryana. the following four urban qgl~J;ReratiONJ we been m:lineated at the time of 1981 Census:- | 516 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | Such outgrowths which do not qualify to be treate.d as individual towns in their own right are to be treated as urban appendages of the units to which they are con.tisuous. In 1971 Census no place was recognised as a continuous urban spread d~serving to be treated as an urban agglomeration in Haryana. |
| What does a Revenue Estate signify in the context of land revenue? | an 'Estate' (a specific and demarcated area ofland) marked as such for the purposes oflevy/realisation of the land revenue. | From this point of view, a village is better called a Revenue Estate. meaning thereby an 'Estate' (a specific and demarcated area ofland) marked as such for the purposes oflevy/realisation of the land revenue. As the land revenue is to be realilied from the land holdel':>, it wa'l necessary for the Government to prepare and maintain a separate record ofrigbts of the holders of land for each village. The Revenue Estate or 'Mauza' the name given to the viltlage in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, has accordingly been defined "as an area of which a separate record of rights is maintaind or which has been separately assessed to land revenue or would have been so assessed if the land revenue had not been realised or compounded or redeemed or which the State Government has otherwise declared as an Estate". | 86 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | meaning thereby an 'Estate' (a specific and demarcated area ofland) marked as such for the purposes oflevy/realisation of the land revenue. As the land revenue is to be realilied from the land holdel':>, it wa'l necessary for the Government to prepare and maintain a separate record ofrigbts of the holders of land for each village. |
| What does cultivation include according to the Census? | supervision or direction of cultivation | For purposes of the Census a person is working as Cultivator if he or she is engaged either as employer. single worker or family worll;ct' in cultivation oflaod owncd.or b.el~U~qm Oove(.I,l,~ent or held fro~ private persons or institution for payment in money, kind or share. C~iv~#Qn j~c~udes supervision or direction of cultivation. Who is AgricultuJ;al Labcnu:4;J; A person who works in another persoo'sJand {9r ~~s *n t))oney. kin.d or share is regarded as an asd- cuIturallaboul'er. He or she has no risk in the cultivation but he/she merely works in another person's land for wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which he/she works. Meaning of Household Industry How;(;hold industry is defined as an indu!!try . | 294 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | C~iv~#Qn j~c~udes supervision or direction of cultivation. | 19 | page=19,block=15 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'village' include for Census purposes? | the entire land coming within a fixed boundary | This definition of village has been adopted for the purposes of the Census ever-since the year 1901. The village, therefore, is not merely the inhabited area (abadi deh) of a village but refers to the entire land coming within a fixed boundary. Tn certain cases, in fact, a village may be uninhabited, Urban area defined After considerable thought, the following definition of an urban unit adopted at the 1961 and 1971 Censuses has been retained with a minor variation for the 1981 Census: (a) All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or a notified area committee etc. (b) All other places which satisfied the following criteria: (i) A minimum population of 5,000 ; (ii) At least 75 per cent of the male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits: and (iii) A density of popUlation of at least 400 per square kilometre (1000 per square mile). | 197 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | The village, therefore, is not merely the inhabited area (abadi deh) of a village but refers to the entire land coming within a fixed boundary. | 18 |
| What information is included in the District Census Handbook? | Viltage and Town Directories and Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract (PCA) | Since the last Census of 1971, there have been many changes in the boundaries of some of the existing districts and some new districts have also been formed. The new districts are Kurukshetra, Soni1'at, Faridabad, Bhiwani and Sirsa. Thus increased the number of districts to 12 in 1981 a'> against 7 in 1971. The figures pre- sented in this volume adhere to the boundaries of administrative units as on 31st December, 1979. They cov~r 39 tah5ils and 81 cities/towns including the four Census towns in the State. District Census Handbook. Among the traditional documentations of the Census is the fairlY comprehensive and uniform District Cen- sus Handbook (DCH) consisting ofViltage and Town Directories and Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract (PCA). Prior to 1951. District level Census data formed part of general reports and tablM. | 675 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | Among the traditional documentations of the Census is the fairlY comprehensive and uniform District Cen- sus Handbook (DCH) consisting ofViltage and Town Directories and Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract (PCA). |
| What is Amin traditionally associated with in the context of the Mahabharata? | the traditional site of Chakra-Vyuha | Places of interest Amin (Tahsil Karnal) Twenty-nine kilometres from Kamal in the north, Amin village is situated half-way between Taraori and Kurukshetra about 2 kilometres west of the Grand Trunk Road (N.H. 1). Amin is said to be the traditional site of Chakra-Vyuha, a strategic arrangement of the army of the Kaurvas, planned by Guru Dronacharya to trap the forces of the Pandavas led by Arjuna's warriord son, Abhimanyu, during the famous battle of Mahabharta. Amin is alt.o known as' Abhimanyu Khera (Ksetra)' of the field of Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu was killed by Jaya- dratha inside the Chakra-Vyuha. It was at Amin that two inscribed red-stone rectangular pillars were discovered and these are lying in the shrine of Thakurji on the west bank of the Suraj Kund. These pillars are carved on all the four sides and have no sockets for cross bars. | 231 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | Amin is said to be the traditional site of Chakra-Vyuha, a strategic arrangement of the army of the Kaurvas, planned by Guru Dronacharya to trap the forces of the Pandavas led by Arjuna's warriord son, Abhimanyu, during the famous battle of Mahabharta. |
| What is the definition of a literate person? | A person who can both read and write with understanding in any language is to be taken as literate. | ACCQrdi.,g(y, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes arc listed under a Presidential Order for each S~t~ 'I\d Union Terr\tory. In tlle Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956, as. tm!m~ ~p,o ~ate. ,as many as 37 castes are listed as Scheduled Castes in the State of Haryana. Thct'c is, hQw.VI;t', no S"Jteduled Tribe, listed as such. in Haryana State. Who is literate A person who can both read and write with understanding in any language is to be taken as literate. A person who can merely read but cannot write is not literate. It is not necessary that a person who is literate should have received any formal education or should have passed iny mimm~m c;ducat~WlI s~Ddard. Worker defined Like 1971 Census. a worker in 1981 Census is a person whose main activity is participation in any econo- mically productive work by physical or mental activity. | 402 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32473/download/35654/27031_1981_KAR.pdf | Who is literate A person who can both read and write with understanding in any language is to be taken as literate. A person who can merely read but cannot write is not literate. |