Thursday, December 20, 2007

Tables generated in Census

The following tables generated after completion of enumeration work:
A-Series General Population Tables
B-Series General Economic Tables
C-Series Social and Cultural Tables
D-Series Migration Tables
F-Series Fertility Tables
H-Series Tables on Houses and Household Amenities
SC-Series Special Tables for Scheduled Castes
ST-Series Special Tables for Scheduled Tribes
Special Table on Ex-servicemen
Village & Town Directories
Information contained in different series are given below.

1. PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (PCA):
The PCA gives the data on number of houses and households, total population, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, population in the age group 0-6 years, number of literates, number of main workers classified by nine fold industrial categories, marginal workers and non workers. These data are available down to village level for rural areas and ward level for cities and towns.
2. GENERAL POPULATION TABLES (A SERIES):
These are general population tables having population data.

3. ECONOMIC TABLES (B-SERIES) :
The data on main workers, marginal workers, non workers and non workers seeking work are presented in this series of tables. Data on classification of main and marginal workers by industrial classification of work, occupation, age and educational level, non workers by main activity, age and educational level, and those seeking work by age, educational level and whether they have worked before are available. This data was processed in two stages i.e. Ist phase and IInd phase. In I st t phase 10% samples was taken and the tables were prepared on this 10% sample data. Later on more tables were added in IInd phase which was processed on 100% data.
4. SOCIO-CULTURAL TABLES (C-SERIES) :
This series of tables give the data on age, marital status, educational level, school attendance, mother tongue, bilingualism, trilingualism and religion. Data on marital status, educational level and school attendance are available cross classified by age groups while data on school attendance in the age group 5-19 years has also been classified by work participation..
5. MIGRATION TABLES (D-SERIES) :
Data on migration characteristics like place of birth, place of last residence, reason for migration and duration of residence at the place of enumeration are available through these tables. Data on educational level, economic activity and age distribution of the migrants are also available in these tables. This data was processed in two stages i.e. Ist phase and IInd phase. In Ist phase 10% samples was taken and the tables were prepared on this 10% sample data. Later on more tables pertaining to migrant workers were added in IInd phase which was processed on 100% data.
6. FERTILITY TABLES (F-SERIES) :
This series of tables provide data on female age at marriage, number of children ever born and number of children surviving to ever married women and birth to currently married women during the last year. Data on age at marriage have been classified by duration of marriage while all other data are classified by age of the woman. At state level data are also available by religion, educational level and work status of the woman.
7. HOUSING TABLES (H-SERIES) :
These tables give information on housing and household amenities viz the type of material used for construction; tenure status, number of rooms and household size; availability of electricity, drinking water supply (by source) and toilet facilities to the household and type of fuel used for cooking.

8. SPECIAL TABLES ON SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES :
These tables give caste/tribe wise characteristics of SC/ST population by various characteristics such as age, sex, education and marital status. Main and Marginal workers of SC/ST are also tabulated separately caste/tribe wise for characteristics like age, sex, education, industrial category and occupations. Non workers are classified by age, sex, education caste/tribe wise. Fertility tables provide information at State/District levels based on Fertility characteristics like age at marriage, duration, births, last year births, children ever born and children surviving. Besides these there are three additional tables for ST population relating to Religion, Mother tongue and Bilingualism at State/District level.
Village Directory and Town Directory :
The Village Directory gives the lists of villages, their area, population, amenities such as schools, drinking water, etc. available to them and land use. The Town Directory gives for each town the area, population in 1991 and in the past censuses, growth rates, density, sex ratio, physical aspects of town, communication, municipal finances, civic, medical, educational and other amenities and trade, commerce, industry and banking facilities. The formats used in the 1981 Census have been adopted by and large in the 1991 Census.