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26. A separate questionnaire was used for · each number of enumerators and _ supervisors _ who
1/!Iarmer and livestock holder. The questionnaire was worked at various levels i~"indicated below :- .
:Jin Urdu except for Hyderabad and Khairpur Divi-
-;gions where it was in- Sindhi. A distinctive feature Enumerator: -Patwaris/Tapedars 5,808:
,-0f this questionnaire was that in its Part 'A' there were
-Tows for the sake of recording information separately Supervisors : ( 1) Kanwigos /Supervising
:: for each of the Khasra/ Survey numbers operated by - _ Tapedars ·
-ihe farmer. This part of questionnaire was .. to be "':.j
~filled in by extraction of information from the Revenue (2) Tehsildars/Mukhtiarkart 238.
t,
Tecords. Part 'B' of the questionnaire was printed )
-on the reverse of Part 'A' and was to be filled in by direct (3) District Census Officers . ,.
-interviews with the respondel):ts. From the point -(Revenue Officers/ Assistant ,-
• - of view of coverage the brief questionnaire yielded Political Agents) · 67
::a great deal of information, which is being presented
in 47 tables. A complete list of items contained in the
,_~uestionn:aire-is reproduced in Ap12endix A. Enumeration

27. The terms and concepts involved in the Census . 31. Before the starting of the Census and µ'udng
,-questionnaire were f uIJy explained in the "Manual of the- course of training, each enumerator had -"to pre- ·
U nstructions for the Enumerators" in order to ensure pare a list of cultivators from the_ Khcisra Girdawrf
-ihat they understood precisely the object of each item Register. Thus when the -training was complete he
· in the questionnaire. Being regular employees of proceeded to the village assigned to him and startecl
"the Revenue Department they were · already familiar his work with the help of the aforesaid list .. - As a
-with most of the concepts involved and, therefore, did first step he drew up an outline map of the village
-very, well. However, in a few cases the enumerators showing important landmarks and the village boundarie~.
~left out some information and also made mistakes in Then he gathered together the village headman and
-totals. The khasra-wise details made it possible to edit other important persons in the village and in con-
•out these mistakes at tlie time of the prncessing of data. sultation with them prepared a list of the livestock
holders. . He then checked the residence of every culti-
:Field Organization and Training vator and the livestock holder and prepared a final
list of the respondents who would be counted. Having
28. The Patwaris/Tapedars of the Revenue Depart- done that he proceeded to fill in part B of the Census
:1J1ent were designated as the Census enumerators. The questionnaire by interviewing the _farmers ,and - the
"main reasons for the selection of this cadre lay in the livestock holders who resided in the sainple village,,,
-use of the Revenue records for obtaining information omitting those who did not actually live in the village.
•on various items of the questionnaire. Since major During the course · of intervi€WS he also ascertained
part of the questionnaire was to be filled in by extraction whether the farmer operated land in the adjoining
:;from the Revenµe records, the . Patwaris/Tapedars village. If so that was noted in the relev1J,nt column
-were undoubtedly most suited for that work as they of the list. After completing Part B of the question-
:maintained those records. Even for the sake of direct naire for farmers residing in- the sample village he-.-
interview with the farmers they were most suitable returned to the TehsU/fl'aluka headquarters where he
. lJ.S they were in a position to enlist the cooperation of the was to extract information from the Revenue records,
' farmers. They _had to be relieved of their routine to be incorporated in Part A of the questionnaire. At
-,duties for the sake of exclusive attention to the Census this stage his work was closely supervised. by his superior
·work during the enumeration period and their transfers Officers the Kanungos/Supervising Tapedars. ·
~-and leave orders were also kept in abeyance until
"the completion of the enumeration work. To provide 32. The enumeration oeriod extended over six
incentive for good work each enumerator was paid an weeks out of which the first two weeks were devoted to
:OoQorarium of Rs. 50/- in addition to his salary. interviews and the remaining weeks to the extraction
of information from Records. Puring the _ course
_ 29. The enumerators were given intensive training of enumeration every enumerator sent a progress
' in Census work which includ·ed class-room lectures report card twice a week. These progre~s reports
-'in addition to practical training in the field. Before were analysed at the Census Office with a view to
tstarting for enumeration duties, every enumerator was ascertaining whether the Cen~us was- progressing ac-
:supplied with a kit bii,g containing an instruction_manual cording to schedule. Necessary instructions for expedi-
.and an adequate number of Census forms such q.S t:t!,e tious disposal of work were despatched to such place&
r .. questionnaire, the listing sheets, call-back sheets and where disposal was slow and also additional help was
:progress report forms. provided if' required. . The enumerators also entered
t_p.eir daily work report in a- prescribed diary. The
30. The Work of the enumerators was -supervised. Officers incharge of the-Census operations carried out
-1:,y their respective superiors. At the Tehsil level the spot checks and entered their remarks in the diary of
7ehsildar was incharge of the Census operations. the enumerators. The officers of the Census Organitza-
.At the district level the District Revenue Officer' was tion also 'toured extensively in order to watch the pro-
:made responsible for the Census work under the over- gress of the -Census and give on-the.::spot guidance anct
.;all supervision of the Deputy C0mmissioner. The help to the local officials incharge of the Census work.