| What evidence is lacking to support the theories about the city's name? | no historical records corroborating above theories | Some of the scholars are of the opinion that the city was named after a milk man (Ahir) named Lakhana, who became rich as a result of the spiritual blessing of a Muslim saint. There are no historical records corroborating above theories. It is one of the oldest city of India. | 186 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | There are no historical records corroborating above theories. | 28 | page=28,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| How is age determined in the context provided? | in terms of the completed number of years | The type of workers that come under this category include all government servants, municipal employees, teachers, factory workers, plantation workers, those engaged in trade, commerce, business, transport, banking, mining, construction, political or social work, priests, entertainment artists, etc. Infact, all those workers other than cultivators or agricultural labourers or household industry workers are ‘Other Workers’. Work participation rate: Percentage of Workers (Main + Marginal) to total population. Population density: Population density is the number of persons inhabited per square kilometer of the area. Age: Age is measured in terms of the completed number of years. Sex Ratio: Number of females per 1,000 males in a population. Non-Census Concepts Civic status of urban units: Civic Status of a town/city is determined on the basis of Civic Administrative Authority of the town e.g. | 641 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Age: Age is measured in terms of the completed number of years. | 11 | page=11,block=0 |
| What are the alternative names for Gond in specific districts? | Gond(Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Raj Gond as its synonyms) | Gond(Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Raj Gond as its synonyms)(in district of Maharajganj, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Gorakhpur Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi,Mirzapur and Sonbhadra) 58 Parahiya (excluding Sonbhadra district) 7 Kharwar, Khairwar (in district of Deoria, Balia, Ghazipur, Varanasi and Sonbhadra) 59 Pasi, Tarmali 8 Saharya (in the district Lalitpur ) 60 Patari (excluding Sonbhadra district) 9 Parahiya (in district of Sonbhadra) 61 Rawat 10 Baiga (in district of Sonbhadra) 62 Saharya (excluding Lalitpur district) 11 Pankha, Panika (in the district of Sonbhadra and Mirzapur) 63 Sanaurhiya 12 Agariya (in district of Sonbhadra) 64 Sansiya 13 Patari (in district of Sonbhadra) 65 Shilpkar 14 Chero (in the district of Sonbhadra and Varanasi) 66 Turaiha 15 Bhuiya, Bhuinya(in the district of Sonbhadra) Language and Mother tongue: As per the census concept, each language is a group of mother tongues. | 0 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Gond(Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari, and Raj Gond as its synonyms)(in district of Maharajganj, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Gorakhpur Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi,Mirzapur and Sonbhadra) 58 Parahiya (excluding Sonbhadra district) 7 Kharwar, Khairwar (in district of Deoria, Balia, Ghazipur, Varanasi and Sonbhadra) 59 Pasi, Tarmali 8 Saharya (in the district Lalitpur ) 60 Patari (excluding Sonbhadra district) 9 Parahiya (in district of Sonbhadra) 61 Rawat 10 Baiga (in district of Sonbhadra) 62 Saharya (excluding Lalitpur district) 11 Pankha, Panika (in the district of |
| What criteria determine whether a place is classified as a statutory town? | All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc | In unsurveyed areas, like villages within forest areas, each habitation area with locally recognized boundaries is treated as one village. Rural-Urban area: The data in the census are presented separately for rural and urban areas. The unit of classification in this regard is ‘town’ for urban areas and ‘village’ for rural areas. The urban area comprises two types of towns viz; Statutory towns and Census towns. In the Census of India 2011, the definition of urban area adopted is as follows: (a) Statutory Towns: All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc are known as statutory towns. | 516 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | In the Census of India 2011, the definition of urban area adopted is as follows: (a) Statutory Towns: All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc are known as statutory towns. | 6 | page=6,block=0 |
| What determines a person's mother tongue if their mother passed away during infancy? | the language mainly spoken in the person’s home in childhood | The census questionnaire collects information on the mother tongue of each person. Mother tongue is the language spoken in childhood by the person’s mother to the person. If the mother died in infancy, the language mainly spoken in the person’s home in childhood will be the mother tongue. In the case of infants and deaf mutes, the language usually spoken by the mother is considered as mother tongue. It is not necessary that the language spoken as mother tongue should have a script. The mother v | 202 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | If the mother died in infancy, the language mainly spoken in the person’s home in childhood will be the mother tongue. | 9 | page=9,block=6 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 define as areas unfit for human habitation? | Areas where buildings are in any respect unfit for human habitation | Slum area: The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance)Act, 1956, which was enacted by the Central Government defined slums as (a) Areas where buildings are in any respect unfit for human habitation; or (b) are by reasons of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement and design of such buildings, narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health or morals. | 129 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Slum area: The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance)Act, 1956, which was enacted by the Central Government defined slums as (a) Areas where buildings are in any respect unfit for human habitation; or (b) are by reasons of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement and design of such buildings, narrowness or faulty arrangement of streets, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health or morals. |
| What feature distinguishes a census house as an independent unit? | having a separate main entrance from the road or common courtyard or staircase, etc. | Census House: A ‘census house’ is a building or part of a building used or recognized as a separate unit because of having a separate main entrance from the road or common courtyard or staircase, etc. It may be occupied or vacant. It may be used for residential or non- residential purpose or both. If a building has a number of Flats or Blocks/Wings, which are independent of one another having separate entrances of their own from the road or a common staircase or a common courtyard leading to a main gate, these are considered as a separate Census house. Village: The basic unit for rural areas is the revenue village, which has definite surveyed boundaries. The revenue village may comprise of one or more hamlets but the entire village is treated as one unit for presentation of data. | 116 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Census House: A ‘census house’ is a building or part of a building used or recognized as a separate unit because of having a separate main entrance from the road or common courtyard or staircase, etc. It may be occupied or vacant. |
| What is a household industry as defined in rural areas? | an industry conducted by one or more members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas | nuts(areca). The workers engaged in Plantation crops are recorded under “other workers”. Agricultural labourer: A person who works on another person’s land for wages in cash or kind or share is regarded as an agricultural labourer. She/he has no risk in the cultivation, but merely works on another person’s land for wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which she/he works. Household industry worker: Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas and only within the precincts of the house where the household lives in urban areas. The larger proportion of workers in household industry should consist of members of the household. | 474 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Household industry worker: Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas and only within the precincts of the house where the household lives in urban areas. |
| What is an outgrowth in the context of urban agglomerations? | a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumeration block and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location | agglomeration’. For the purpose of delineation of Urban Agglomerations during Census of India 2011, following criteria has been adopted: (a) The core town or at least one of the constituent towns of an urban agglomeration should necessarily be a statutory town; and (b) The total population of an Urban Agglomeration (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census.In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity. Out Growth (OG): The outgrowth is a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumeration block and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location. | 607 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | Out Growth (OG): The outgrowth is a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumeration block and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location. | 7 |
| What is the alternative name for a Development Block in rural districts? | Vikas Khand (also known as Office of Kshetra Panchayats). | Project Director is also deployed to assist D.M and C.D.O. in formations & supervision of different development programmes in the district. For development of rural area, district is further divided into Development Block well known as Vikas Khand (also known as Office of Kshetra Panchayats). Block Development Officers (B.D.O) look after development works at Blocks level. For his assistance Assistant Development Officer and at village level Village Development Officers have been deployed. Under the police set-up Senior Superintendent of Police (S.S.P) and Superintendent of Police (S.P) are In-charge of their respective district. Additional Superintendent of Police (A.S.P) is also deployed to assist S.S.P/S.P in their respective area. Deputy Superintendent of Police (D.S.P)/ Circle Officer (C.O) look-after the law and order of the area allotted to them. | 236 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1251/download/4018/DH_2011_0926_PART_B_DCHB_LUCKNOW.pdf | For development of rural area, district is further divided into Development Block well known as Vikas Khand (also known as Office of Kshetra Panchayats). Block Development Officers (B.D.O) look after development works at Blocks level. |