The
Census and After :
.....After about a year and a half of the census operations
of 1991, it was brought to the notice of 'Manoyoga' through
our sister-organisation and other local people of Sitapur
district of U.P. that in the name of enquiry, the officers
of the Census department along with their counterparts of
the state government in the district are harassing people,
whose names are in the list of S.M.B-s in census
records.
.....During census operation 2001 it was brought to the
notice of Manoyoga that verbal instruction have been given
to Enumerates and Supervisors not to record Sanskrit as
mother-tongue. The fact was confirmed during the field
visits of the office bearers of Manoyoga. When verbal
request did not prove effective, formal complaint was lodged
on 10.02.2001 to Director General census New Delhi for
immediate remedial measures.
S.M.B
Districts For The First Time :
.....The
existence and care of 2561 S.M.B-s of these 85 districts of
country will be anxiously awaited till next census report of
2001.
Hybernation And After :
.....While summing up; it is to be remembered that through
the total number of districts with S.M.B-s (82) and their
number in S.M.B-s (2946) were lowest of 1981 during the
four census under review, but in that very year the 39
district with S.M.B-s in all the four census had 2057 S.M.B-s
which is comparatively much higher. In this context the coming
out of hybernation of 2136 S.M.B-s in 139 district may be
said to be hopeful but is not at all satisfactory.
Districts with S.M.B-s in Four Census :
.....A bird’s eye-view of the data of these four census of
the “Thirty- nine districts” may give an impression of
increase in the number of S.M.B-s but considering the
analysis presented above, decrease is self-evident
Districts without S.M.B-s in :
.....The
above data indicate least coverage in bordering east, south
and north-west parts of
the
country.
The
Drop-Out S.M.B-s Districts :
.....Thus, 47 districts
of one census year (12 of 1961, 20 of 1971, and 15 of
1981) with (62+262+ 118=)442 S.M.B-s and 13 (11 +2)
districts of
two census [(1961- 1971, 199-39) and (1961-1981,
4-15)] having maximum [(199+39)1961-1981 of 1981) and (4+
15) of 1971 and 1981=] 257 S.M.B-s and five districts of
consecutively of
three census with [(total 30-28-31=)] 89 S.M.B-s, all
totaling to 788 S.M.B-s of 65 districts dropped-out in 1991
census.
Still
efforts can be made to trace and save these S.M.B.s
Sex
ratio of S.M.B-s :
.....The number of districts with more female, equal male/female
and only Male in urban areas has increased from 2 to 5, 3 to
4, and
1 to 3, respectively in urban areas, whereas the
number of districts with more male has decreased
from 12 to 11 and the number of districts with no
urban S.M.B-s from 10 to 5.
In
rural areas the number of districts with more female
S.M.B-s decreased from three
to
two, with equal male /female from 6 to 5 and the number of
districts with no rural S.M.B. from 9 to 4.But the number of
districts with only male S.M.B-s has increased from 1 to 5
,and districts with more
male S.M.B-s from
9 to 12. In context of the above statewise details of four
census about the number of districts
with only or more male or female S.M.B-s
and the f/m S.M.B-s
in
‘Thirty-nine’ core S.M.B. districts ,as well as their
percentage in the country as a whole, show increasing female
urban trend.
Rural-Urban
S.M.B-s :
.....Conclusively, it can
fairly be said that the continuous decrease in three
census in the number and in all the four census in the
percentage of the urban S.M.B-s in the country on the one
hand, the increase
in number of urban S.M.B-s in most of the states in
1991 as compared
to 1981; and out of the thirteen states of the
“Thirty-nine core districts”, three states with 17 S.M.B.
districts with more urban S.M.B-s and out of these very
“Thiry-nine districts” in twenty-five districts, the
higher number of urban S.M.B-s on the other, show two
different currents and self-contradiction. But at the same
time, though the decrease in the total number of districts
with only rural or only urban S.M.B-s, indicates the
discontinuity or lop sided development,
the decrease or extinction of S.M.B-s in rural areas
vis-a-vis, increase in urban-areas or revival in other new
districts seems to be an endeavor for self preservation.
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