552 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from General Population Tables, Part II-A, Series-3, Assam, published by censusindia.gov.in. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. 358 of the 552 pairs (64.9%) are explanatory questions and 194 restate a figure. 99.09% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What does the term town group refer to? | made up of individual urban units not necessarily can· tiguous to one another, but to some extent inter·dependent | In the 1961 Census the concept of town group was in vogue. The town group was made up of individual urban units not necessarily can· tiguous to one another, but to some extent inter·dependent. This concept has been abandoned in 1971 Census and replaced by those of urban agglomeration and standard urban area. | 78 | definition | 1.000 | The town group was made up of individual urban units not necessarily can· tiguous to one another, but to some extent inter·dependent. | 42 | page=42,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the time frame used to determine regular work activity? | one week prior to the date of enumeration in the case of regular work | 29. The reference period is one week prior to the date of enumeration in the case of regular work. If a person had p"rticipated in any regular work on anyone of the days during this rderence p~riod and this has been returned as his main activity the person will be categorised accordingly_ A person who nornlllly works but had been absent from his regular work during the reference period on account of illness, travel, strike, etc., is regar- ded as engaged in regular work in which he would otherwise have been employed but for his tem- pory absence Persons under training such as apprentices with or without stipends or wages are considered as economicolly active and recorded as working. | 28 | definition | 1.000 | The reference period is one week prior to the date of enumeration in the case of regular work. | 167 | page=167,block=9 | 0.850 | valid |
| How is a person's main activity determined in the 1971 Census? | according as he spends his time basically as a worker producing goods and services or as a non- worker | collect data on current fertility, (ii) migrational particulars with reference to the place of last residence are collected which are expected to yield valuable and realistic data on internal migration and (iii) considerable departure is made in respect of the economic questions. The main activity of a person is ascertained according as he spends his time basically as a worker producing goods and services or as a non- worker. For regular work in Industry, Trade or S~rvice the reference period is the week prior to the enumeration and fOf seasonal work SllCh as agriculture the last one year. A person is categorised according to the main activity returned by an individual. The secondary work, if any, of a worker is also recorded in question 17. | 326 | definition | 1.000 | The main activity of a person is ascertained according as he spends his time basically as a worker producing goods and services or as a non- worker. | 28 | page=28,block=10 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'household' refer to in the context of census enumeration? | the group of persons living in a house and taking their food from a common kitchen | Before census enumeration it is the accep- ted practice to list all the houses and households and provide them with some distinguishing marks so as to facilitate complete coverage in census enumeration. First, in every village. and town all the houses, residential as well as non- residential, are numbered according to a systematic scheme of housenumbering alld the number allot- ted to each house is marked fairly prominently on the door of each house. A notional map of every block'within rural and urban areas is prepared showing the location of each house with the housenumber. The household, i.e. the group of persons living in a house and taking their food from a common kitchen will bear that house number in case of residenti,al houses. Then all the houses and households are listed in an uniform schedule i.e. the houselist. .The schedule | 603 | definition | 1.000 | The household, i.e. the group of persons living in a house and taking their food from a common kitchen will bear that house number in case of residenti,al houses. | 31 | page=31,block=0 | 0.700 | |
| What did the term Assam exclude in the 1971 Census? | the State of Assam as on April 1, 1971, the reference date for 1971 Census, excluding Meghalaya which was then an autonomous state within Assam. | Area Censused 4. The term Assam for the purpose of tbis vo- lume and all other publications of 1971 Census refers to the State of Assam as on April 1, 1971, the reference date for 1971 Census, excluding Meghalaya which was then an autonomous state within Assam. The autonomous state of Megha- laya was then composed of Garo Hills district and United Kbasi and Iaintia Hills district except three wards of Shillong town and the Shillong Canton- ment. Though these three wards of Shillong town and the Shillong Cantonment covering an area of 13 Sq. Krns. were administratively in Assam as on 1.4.71 they have been excluded from Assam and shown under Meghalaya for statistical pur- poses. The present union territory of Mizoram which was then a district of Assam has been treated here as a part of Assam. | 117 | definition | 1.000 | The term Assam for the purpose of tbis vo- lume and all other publications of 1971 Census refers to the State of Assam as on April 1, 1971, the reference date for 1971 Census, excluding Meghalaya which was then an autonomous state within Assam. The autonomous state of Megha- laya was then composed of Garo Hills district and United Kbasi and Iaintia Hills district except three wards of Shillong town and the Shillong Canton- ment. | ||||
| What type of population characterizes trade and commerce centers in Pakistan? | a population substantially non-agricultural or having a non- agricultural labour concentration | Pakistan: (I) All areas having Town Com- mittees under the Basic Democracies Order were treated as urban. (2) Concentration of popula- tion in continuous collection of houses possessing one or more of the following characters :- (a) Those where the community sense is well developed and the community maintains public utilities such as roads, streets, lighting, water supply, sanitary arrangements, etc. (b) Cen- tres of trade and commerce with a population substantially non-agricultural or having a non- agricultural labour concentration. (C) Those possessing a markedly high literacy rate or which are civil stations. Classes of Towns 16. The towns are classified into six categories as in the last census, namely:- Class I .. With a population of 100,000 and over (generally referred to as cities) Class II .. With a population of 50,000 to 99,999 Class III .. | 445 | definition | 1.000 | (b) Cen- tres of trade and commerce with a population substantially non-agricultural or having a non- agricultural labour concentration. | 39 | page=39,block=0 | 0.700 | |
| What is considered a village in the hill districts? | a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers | In the hill districts a village has been taken to be a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers. The tea gardens with their housing colonies of the staff and workers are treated as villages. Settlements made by the forest department within the forest reserves which are commonly known as forest villages are also included in the list of villages. Definition of Village in the Past Censuses 26. The definition adopted in 1971 census is rooted in tradition. It has been the practice in the past censuses to adopt the cadastral village in the surveyed areas of the plains and the customa- rily recognised village in the unsurveyed hill areas as the unit of census. | 53 | definition | 1.000 | In the hill districts a village has been taken to be a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers. | 42 | page=42,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the definition of the sex ratio? | the number of females per one thousand males in the population | The third aspect which the foregoing state- ment presents relates to the sex ratio, i.e., the number of females per one thousand males in the population. The most interesting feature about sex ratio figures of the state in this censlls is the fact that it has shown a substantial rise for the first. time since the beginning of the century. The sex ratio has increased from 872 in 196] to 897 in ]97] 40. The Mizo district continues to have the highest sex ratio among all the districts although it has lost the past distinction of having more females than males. North Cachar Hills district has recorded the lowest sex ratio of 841. All the plains districts have registered an appreciable increase in the proportion of females while in two out of the three hills districts the sex ratio has declined during the decade. | 90 | definition | 1.000 | The third aspect which the foregoing state- ment presents relates to the sex ratio, i.e., the number of females per one thousand males in the population. | 46 | page=46,block=8 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'rural population' mean in the context of the census? | the population enume- rated in the areas other than those treated as urban according to the census definition | Column 11 and 12 in the Istat~mellt 6 __ show the percentages of rural and urban population to the total population district-wise_ Rural population relates to the population enume- rated in the areas other than those treated as urban according to the census definition. 45. 91.13 per cent population of this state live in the rural parts and only 8.87 per cent live in the urban areas, which shows that Assam's popu- lation is predominently rural. The corresponding figures of 92.84 per cent and 7.16 percent in 1961 reveal that Assam has made little progress in urbanisation, The lack of urbanisation is further accentuated by the fact that many of our towns are little more than over-grown villages. | 159 | definition | 1.000 | Column 11 and 12 in the Istat~mellt 6 __ show the percentages of rural and urban population to the total population district-wise_ Rural population relates to the population enume- rated in the areas other than those treated as urban according to the census definition. | 47 | page=47,block=20 | 0.700 | |
| What is one requirement for a place to qualify as a town for census purposes? | it should normally have a population of 5,000 or over | Explanatory Note One of the criteria for a place to be treated as town for thc purpose of census is that it should normally have a population of 5,000 or over. There are a few places with a population of 5,000 and over which could not \;Ie declared as urhan because they failed to fulll I the other conditions laid down for categorisation of an area as urban. On the other hand a few places with a population under 5,000 had to be treated as urban as they were declared as towns by the state government under the municipal laws or had marked mban characteristics otherwise. This Appendix gives the number of su<.:h places viz., villages with a population of 5,000 and over and towns with a population under 5,000 for the statc, districts and police stations separately. | 105 | definition | 1.000 | Explanatory Note One of the criteria for a place to be treated as town for thc purpose of census is that it should normally have a population of 5,000 or over. | 82 | page=82,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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