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MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONSFOR

LAND RECORD STATES

1.0 Introduction

1.1 The Government of India have decided to conductthe next Agricultural Census with 1990-91 as the referenceperiod. This would be the fifth comprehensive AgriculturalCensus in the countsy,

1.2 Schedules for the conduct of the AgriculturalCensus 1990-91 have been drawn up. Brief guidelines arebeing issued herewith for filling in these schedules. Theseguidelines may,if need be.xuitably be elaborated/modifiedby the State Governments, keeping in view the localconditions before translating into the regional languages.

2.0 Methodology

2.1 In States where comprehensive land records exist,the data on the number and area of operational holdingsaccording to different size-classes and social groups, wouldbe collected and compiled on complete enumeration basisthrough retabulation of information available in the VillageLand Records. This would imply covering all the surveynumbers within each village and preparing a list of'Operational Holdings'therefrom. The operational holdingis the basic unit of enumeration. The holding of the actualcu Itivator and not the owner is the unit for collection of data.Some holdings may not be complete within the village andthey may be spread over to other villages. For preparationof a Iist of operational holdings, necessary matching of thepart-holdings has to be done. A holding may cut across theboundary of a village/patwari circle/Revenue InspectorCircle/TehsillDistrictiState. As in the previous Censuses,the tehsil will be the outer limit for pooling of all the parcelsof an operational holding. If a holding is spread over morethan one tehsil, that part ofthe holding which is lying outsidethe tehsil will be treated as a separate operational holding.

2.2 For the purpose of pooling of part holdings, thecriterion that has to be adopted is the residence of theoperational holder, but this will be applicable only to thosewho are residing within the tehsi!. Ifthe operator is residingoutside the tehsil, then for the purpose of the Census he willbe considered as resident opearator and his holding in thevillage will be treated as a separate operational ho!dJl1g.

2.3 For Collection of other data viz., (I) distributionof holdings according to the tenancy status; ii) area underdifferent land uses; iii) distribution of holdings according toirrigation status; (iv) area irrigated sourcewise and (v) areaunder principal crops, 20 percent of the villages selected

randomly would constitute the base. In these 20 percentvillages, information relating to the above characteristicswould be compiled from the relevant Khatauni and Khasrain respect of all the resident cultivators and not by enquiry.Resident cultivators of urban areas will also be covered.

2.4 Part-holdings are to be pooled in the village ofresidence of the operational holders ..For preparation of TableI, necessary pooling of the part holdings has to be done'.Once Table I is prepared, part holdings would have beenfully accounted for and the list of operational holdings of avillage will be those belonging to the resident cultivators.

2.5 In the 20 percent of the sample villages also, thelist of operational holdings as obtained after preparation ofTable I would be in respect of resident cultivators. The listof operationai holdings would give the survey numbersoperated by these holders. Some survey numbers of a holdingmight be in some other villages as part-holdings would havebeen matched on the criteria of residence.

2.6 For items like land utilisation, irrigation, croppingpattern and tenancy particulars, survey number-wise detailswill have to be collected. On the basis of the data obtainedfrom 20% of the villages, tables would be generated at theTalukiDistricts/State levels.

3.0 Hem Coverage:

3.1 Data on the following five principal characteristicswould be collected during this Agricultural Census wit4 t11eAgricultural year 1990-91 (July 1990 to JUne 1991) as the(~ferel)c,eyear:

i) Number and Area of Operational Holdingsaccording to prescribed size classes and theirdispersal.

ii) Tenancy.iii) Land Utilisation.iv) Cropping pattern.v) Cropwise and Sourcewise area irrigated.

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3.2 All the data will be compiled separately for theoperational holdings of the three groups, viz., ScheduledCastes, Scheduled Tribes and others and also the total of ~1Isocial groups.4. Size of the Sample and Identification of Villages

4.1 For collecting information relating to tables otherthan 'Fable I, the sample size is 20 percent of'the vill~es. In

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States where Timely Reporting Scheme (T.R.S) is inoperation, the same set of villages as for TRS Scheme willbe covered under the Agricultural Census. These villagesare to be identified and intimated to the district and tehsilauthorities. In States where T.R.S. is not in operation, tilevillages may be selected immediately and intimated to thed istrictltehsil authorities who in turn should allot the villagesto the Patwaris.

5. Field work, Training and Supervision

5.1 The primary field work which would consist ofretabu lating the operational holdingwise informationcontained in the basic village records would be done by theVillage Accountant known in different states by differentnames, viz., Patwari, Karnam, etc. His work would besupervised by the Revenue Inspectors. The RevenueInspectors would also do the work. relating to pooling ofinformation pertaining to part holdings. Since all the villagesare being covered for preparation of Table-I, it is necessarythat the land records are completed in all respects by theend of the agricultural year 1990-91. For the villages coveredunder 20 percent sample, the Patwaris are required to domore detailed work in canvassing the holding schedule (H-I) also. In the case of the other villages, the Patwaris haveto compile information required for Table I only.

5.2 It is necessary to impart thorough training, both tothe primary workers and the supervisory officers before thefield work is undertaken. The training of the primary andsupervisory staff could be arranged at 3 or 4 levels dependingupon the conditions in each State. District Officers, in chargeof the Agricultural Census operations, could be initiallytrained either at the State Headquarters or at the DivisionalHeadquarters. They in turn, would impart training to theofficers at TehsillTaluka level. The tehsil officers shouldconduct the training classes for the Revenue Inspectors andthe Patwaris. The programme prepared for the training maybe intimated in advance to the Government of India so thatan officer of the Central Agricultural Census Division maybe deputed to clarify any problems/points raised in thetraining.

5.3 Points to be covered under the training

(i) Preparation of the list of Operational Holdings:The most important part of the Census is the preparation ofthe list of operational holdings. In preparing the list ofoperational holdings in the village, one has to go through all

<the survey numbers in the basic 'record village form, viz.,'Khasra' and/or any other equivalent local name has to seewhether they form part of any operational holding. One couldtake the Khasra register as the base and classify all the surveynumbers/sub-survey numbers by operational holdings. Theother way is to prepare an alphabetical list of names foundin the khasra register and against each name put all the surveynumbers operated by him. In preparing the list of operational

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holdings, other village records, viz., 'Khatauni' or ownershipholdings register could be made use of. The Khatauni givesthe list of cultivators, although this register essentially relatesto ownership holdings. Therefore, khatauni alone would notbe able to help in the preparation of a list of operationalholdings. Where khatauni is taken as the base, the khasraregister has to be invariably consulted. The procedure forpreparing the list of operational holdings has to be explainedin detail in the training classes.

(ii) Coverage of all survey numbers in the village: Itis necessary to cover all the survey numbers in the villagewhich form part of the operational holdings. Every surveyor sub-survey number found in the khasra register has to beseen and one has to ascertain from the details given whetherit forms part of an operational holding. This aspect needs tobe stressed in the training classes.

(iii) Area tally at the village level: All the surveyorsub-survey numbers forming part of an operational holdingin the village are covered. Only such surveyor sub-surveynumbers which do not form part of an operational holdingare left out. This would imply that the cropped area in thevillage is covered. Thus the cropped area of the completeand part-holdings in the village has to tally with the croppedarea given in the basic village land records. Before finalisingthe list of operational holdings, the patwari may be instructedto check this aspect so as to ensure that there are no omissions.Similarly, area under important crops as given in the completeand part-holdings should tally with the figures given in thecrop abstracts (Jinswars). This check may be prescribed inrespect of the important crops in the village.

(iv) Institutional holdings: Institutional holdings arealso to be covered in the Agricultural Census. Holdings likeGovernment farms, farms of sugarcane factories, tea gardens!plantations, cooperative farms, temple lands managed by aTrust through hired labour are to be treated as institutionalholdings. Those lands which are leased out to individualshave, however, to be considered as individual holdings. Theplantations/tea gardens, etc. operated by individuals are alsoto be treated as individual holdings. In the training classes,the concept of an institutional holding may be explained indetail.

(v) Criteria for pooling of part holdings: Where-aholding spreads over to more than one village, the questionarises as to where the area is to be accounted for. As alreadyindicated, the residence of the operational holder should bethe criteria for accounting of area of part-holdings. The entirearea operated would be pooled and shown in the village ofhis residence. Detailed instructions regarding consolidationof part-holdings are given in the subsequent paragraphs.The patwaries should be given intensive training regardingthe consolidation of the holdings.

(vi) Concepts: The concept of operational holdingand other concepts used in the present census, should be made

. clear to the Patwaris and supervisory officers. These concepts. are explained in Annexure I.

(vii) Forms to be' filled in: Forms to be filled in bythe field staff should be discussed thoroughly giving specificinstructions in respect of various columns. Detailedinstructions for filling up of forms are given in subsequentparagraphs.

5.4 Supervision:

Effective supervision has to be organised at differentlevels to ensure that the-various phases of Census work arecarried out according to the prescribed time schedule andalso according to instructions. Supervision plays an effectivepart in improving the quality of data. The extent ofsupervision would vary from State to State depending uponthe administrative set up. The work ofretabulation done bythe patwaries should be supervised by two categories ofstaff, viz., (i) Administrative and (ii) Statistical. Theadm inistative supervision could be done by RevenueInspectors, DeputylNaib Tehsildars and SDOs. RevenueInspectors should inspect the work of tabulation done by thepatwaries in as many villages as possible in each patwaricircle. Officers above the level of Revenue Inspectors shouldinspect the work in respect of some fixed percent of thevillages. State Governments should prescribe suitbleproforma for the purpose. The inspection should indicatethe following aspects:-

i) Whether all the survey numbers in the villageforming part of an operational holding have beenaccounted for?

ii) Inspection of holdings which get completedwithin the village. Some checking may be doneto ensure whether all the survey numbersoperated by an operational holder have beencovered or any omissions have been noticed.

iii) Whether the area figures given in respect ofcertain survey numbers forming part of theoperational holdings have been correctly copieddown from the basic village form?

iv) Whether any transfer and correction errors havebeen noticed?

v) Coverage of institutional holdings.

vi) Whether retabulation of entries in respect of landutilisation, cropping pattern, irrigation, etc. havebeen correctly done?

vii) The cropped area of the complete and part-holdings in the village should normally tally withthe cropped area given in the village land records.Similar checks should be conducted in respectof area under irrigation and under principal crops.

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Besides this, it must be ensured that the net areasown is equal to or less than the gross croppedarea. Similarly the net irrigated area should beequal to or less than the gross irrigated area.

viii) Any other points which the inspection officerwants to mention on the quality of data collectedor any other problems faced.

A list of check points is enclosed as appendix-Il.

5.5 The statistical checks should be done by poolingthe statistical personnel of the Departments of Agriculture,and Economics & Statistics of the the State Governments.The State Governments may take into account the existingresources and devise a procedure for statistical check of theretabulation work done by patwaries.

5.6 The quantum of inspection should be laid down atvarious supervisory levels. Cent per cent checking shouldbe ensured at the Revenue Inspector level, 25 percentchecking at the tehsil level and 10 per cent at the districtlevel.

5.7 The quantum of statistical supervision should befixed at various supervisory levels taking into account themanpower in the States.

6. Flow of Schedules:

6.1 Clear cut instructions should be issued regarding-the flow of schedules from the village level to the tabulationcentre. The filled in schedules should be scrutinisedthoroughly at each level before they are passed on to thenext higher level so as to avoid unnecessary correspondenceand delay at the tabulation stage on account of thediscrepancies which would be noticed subsequently.

6.2 The Patwari should prepare table T-I for the villageand send it to the blockltehsil headquarters for consolidation.

7.0 Time Calender:

7.1 Following would be the time calender for theconduct of the Agricultural Census and the presentation ofthe results:-

Item of work Period

i) Issue of Schedules & Instructions December, 1990for Agricultural Census, 1990-91 byGovt. of India

ii) Completion of printing of Schedules April, 1991and Instructions by States andtheir distribution.

iii) Training of primary and May-June, 1991supervisory staff forAgricultural Census.

iv) Field work of the Agricultural July-November, 1991Census and supervision.

v) Submission of Table I by State December, 1991

vi) Submission of Table 2-7 by States June, 1992

vii) Submission of State Reports. December, 1992

7.2. The State Government should issue instructionsto all concerned for updating of the land records. The year1990-91 should be declared 'Land Records Year' and specialdrives should be made to complete all the village recordsand bring them uptodate. All the mutations should be takeninto account immediately and special checks should be madeto ascertain whether the records are complete.As the qualityof the data of Agricultural Census depends on the quality ofthe data in the land records, it should be ensured that all thedata are recorded properly in the records for 1990-91.

7.3 Constitution of State Coordination Committee:Since different Departments would be involved in this work,it would be necessary to have a Coordination Committee atthe State level to review the progress from time to time. Arepresentative of the Central Government may be invited tothe meetings of the State Coordination Committee. At thedistrict level also, the work relating to Agricultural Censusshould be reviewed by the Deputy Commissioners once in amonth in a meeting of all the concerned officers.

7.4 The basic work relating to Agricultural Census isdone by the Revenue Departments. It is, therefore, necessarythat the Collectors should be fully involved in this work.The State Governments should convene Collectors'Conference with the intention of gearing up the entire revenuemachinery to the task of carrying out the Agricultural Census.

7.5 Publicity: The importance of publicity for theAgricultural Census cannot be over-emphasised, Experienceshows that adequate publicity among the persons concernedwould help in conducting and completing properly on time.The State Governments should take adequate steps to givedue publicity to this work through the mass media andthrough village Panchayats and create necessary climate forthe successful completion of this gigantic task.

8.0 Number of Schedules:

8.1 There are three listing schedules which arecommon for the village and one household schedule whichwould be filled in for each operational holding. The listingschedules will be as under:

Schedule L-J: List of resident operational holders operatingin the village.

ScheduleL-2: List of non-resident operational holdersoperating in the village.

Schedule L-3: Village Summary.

8.2 These Schedules are similar to those prescribedfor Agri. Census 1985-86. Slight modifications have beendone wherever necessary.

8.3 Survey numberwise geographical area operatedby the resident cultivators would be recorded in ListingSchedule L-I. Similar details would be recorded in ListingSchedule L-2 for non-resident operational holders. i.e., thosewho are resideng outside the village but operating some land

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in the village. The details of survey numbers not operatedby resident/non-resident operational holders would becovered separately in Listing Schedule L-3.

8.4 It has been the experience in the earlier AgriculturalCensus that Table-I, which was to be prepared on prioritybasis on the basis of Listing Schedules, was prepared alongwith other tables on the basis of the Holding Schedule bysome States thus delaying its submission. This table T-I onthe number and area of operational holdings by size classesshould be prepared immediately on priority basis afterpreparing and consolidating listing schedules L-I & L-2without waiting for the Holding Schedules to be completed.Table I for each village should be completed by theconcerned primary worker/patwari and passed on to the R.I.1Tehsildar immediatedly after the field work is over who mayforward the same to the State Headquarters Unit who, afterchecking, should consolidate. Table I should be submittedto the Government ofIndia by the State within one month ofcompletion ofthe field work for listing schedules in the State.

9. Concepts & Definitions:

9.1 Concepts and definitions to be used in datacollection of the Agricultural Census are explained separatelyin Annexure-I.

9.2 In all the Listing Schedules L-I & L-2, the primaryunit of enumeration is the' Operational Holding' which isdefined as 'All land which is used wholly or partly foragricultural production and is operated as one technical unitby one person alone or with others, without regard to thetitle, legal form, size or location'.

9.3 The primary workers should ensure, before listingany operational holder, whether he has actually put his land,wholly or partly, to agricultural production during theagricultural year 1990-91. In case the holder has put hisentire land to non-agricultural use during the year and/orhas kept it fallow for more than one year, such holder willnot be listed. If the entire area is kept as current fallow, sucharea will be treated as operated. An operational holdingwould include both the cultivated and uncultivated land.

Listing Schedule: L-I

In schedule L-I only those operational holders will belisted, who are residing in the village and are also operatingsome land in that village. It is, however, suggested that allthe resident holders of the village, even if their land in thatvillage is uncultivated and seems to be part of non-operationalholding may,in the first instance, be listed out in ScheduleL-1. Ifit remains a non-operational holding even after addingthe parcels in other villages, then only, it should be deletedfrom the list.

Separate sheets would be used for listing Individual!Joint! Institutional holdings. The appropriate term would beticked and the other two terms which are not applicable wouldbe struck out.

Theoretically, the location of the land being operatedis not a constraint. In other terms, the land could be locatedin different villages not necessarily within a tehsil or districtor even the State, provided it is operated by the same technicalunit, i.e. by the same management with the same means ofproduction such as labour force, machinery and animals.However, since the information on the land operated by aholder is to be retabulated from the village records,accounting of such land lying outside the tehsil would involveoperational difficulties. Moreover, the number of such casesmay be small. It has, therefore, been decided that for thepurpose of Agricultural Census, the operational holdingwould not include land, if any, located outside the tehsil.

As a corollary to this restriction, it is necessary to treatthose holders who are residing outside the tehsil (butoperating land in the village) as if they are residents of thevillage. The details of the survey number operated by theseholders and their geographical area would be recorded inSchedule L-I only after details of the resident holders havebeen recorded. If such non-resident is an individual holder,his details would be recorded in Schedule L-I under the'Individual' heading. In case of Joint! Institutional holding,the details would be entered under the respective headings.The area operated by these holders has to be accountedseparately in Listing Schedule L-3.

Column ISerial No.

All the resident operational holders operating in thevillage would be listed before taking up the listing of theoperational holders who are residing outside the tehsil andwho are considered for the purpose of Agricultural Censusas if they are residents of the village. Running serial numberswould be given to the operational holders.

Column 2 Name of the Operational Holder

It is necessary to give the full name of the operationalholder With the name of his father/her husband for easyidenti fication.

Column 3 SC/ST/Others:

The social group to which the operational holderbelongs, viz., Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Others willbe indicated here. This information may not be available inthe village land record. The Village Accountant should fillthis by his own knowledge or after making necessary localenquiries. In the case of a joint holding where the jointholders belong to different social groups, the group of thedominant holder who holds the maximum area or who isdom inating in taking decisions about the operational holdingmay be recorded here.

Columns 4 & 5 Survey/Sub-survey Nos. and geographicalarea:

While listing the survey/sub-survey numbers, it isnecessary to list them in an ascending order. Forthis purpose,

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the primary worker can make use of the basic village landrecords such as KhataunilPatta RegisterlB.I FormNilIageForm 8 A and also Crop Register, i.e., Khasra Register/Khasra Girdawar/Adangal/Village Form VII-XIIIPahaniPatrak, etc. Khatauni is a register which gives the list ofthose who own land arid the area owned. In AgriculturalCensus, the basic unit is Operational Holding; i.e., whoactually operates the land and not the owner, would be takeninto consideration while preparing the list. In case the ownerhas leased out his land to another cultivator, these surveynumbers and their area would have to be shown against thetenant who has taken the land on lease and who is actuallyoperating the land.

As mentioned earlier, it is not necessary that the entirearea of the operational holder should be under cultivation.Some area might be kept fallow or may be put to non-agricultural uses or it may be culturable waste. In Co1.5, thegeographical area of each survey/sub-survey number and notthe cultivated area, should be recorded.

After listing all the survey/sub-survey numbers actuallyoperated by one operational holder during the agriculturalyear 1990-91, the primary worker would strike totals bothof the survey/sub-survey numbers and the geographical areaof such numbers before taking up listing of anotheroperational holder.

After listing all the Individual resident operationalholders, the primary worker will record the total survey/sub-survey numbers covered and their geographical area beforehe takes up listing of those non-resident operational holderswho are actually residing outside the tehsil but,for the purposeof Agricultural census, are considered as if they are theresidents of the village. After listing such non-residentoperational holders, the primary worker would also recordtotal survey/sub-survey numbers and their geographical areaoperated by these non-resident operational holders.

It was observed during the previous censuses that therewas difficulty in proper understanding of the definition ofjoint holding by the primary workers. It is, therefore,necessary to explain clearly the difference between individualand joint holdings. An individual holding may be operatedby one person alone or jointly by a group of persons but thebasic condition is that these persons must belong to the samehousehold, i.e., they must be residing together and takingtheir food from common kitchen. If two or more personsbelonging to different households are operating some landjointly as partners, then alone such holding would beconsidered as joint holding. If two brothers are stayingtogether and taking food from common kitchen but each isoperating some land independent ofthe other, these will beconsidered as two Individual Holdings. Sometimes the landis shown in the Land Records as Joint Khata even thoughinformal partition has taken place and the brothers are stayingseparately and cultivating their shares independently. Thiswill not be treated as Joint Holding but will be treated as

individual holdings.

The area operated could be land owned and selfoperated/land leased in and operated or land otherwiseoperated and/or combination of one or more of these threecategories. Land owned and operated would include suchlands which are held under owner like possession also. Landmight have been leased in on different terms such as for afixed amount of money, fixed quantity of produce, share ofproduce, etc. In addition to these two categories, a newcategory was introduced in 1976-77 Census, i.e. 'areaotherwise operated'. This includes land which is neitherowned nor leased in but is operated by the operational holder.Such land may include encroachment,forcible occupation,unauthorised occupation, land under dispute,etc. It isapparent from the results of previous Censuses that in someStates, lands otherwise operated were either overlooked orwere not properly reported or were included wrongly asleased in land. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure thatallsuch lands, which are otherwise operated, are included inthe operational holding, and are correctly reported.

Column 6: Area operated in Other villages within thesame tehsil

This is the area operated by an operational holderwhich is located in another village. The relevant entry onsurvey and/sub-survey numbers may be entered at Col.4 andthe area operated may be indicated at CoI.6.·The informationshould be collected from the respective villages in L-2 andtransferred appropriately here.

Column 7: Total area operated

This is the sum of CoIs. 5 and 6.

Column 8: Remarks

Villagewise records of area operated in villages otherthan that of residence may be noted in this column.

The Schedule L-J will provide complete list of holdingsfor the village.

Listing Schedule L-2.

List of non-resident operational holders operating in thevillage:

In this Schedule only those holders would be listedwho are not residing in the village but are residing withinthe boundaries of the tehsil. It is also necessary that theymust be operating some land in the village. The idea inpreparing a separate list of non-resident operational holdersis that it can be used as a reference for transmission ofinformation in Schedule H-I for such operational holders tothe primary worker. concerned for consolidating theoperational holdings.

It will be seen that the identification particulars ofthisSchedule are divided into two parts, viz., particulars of theviIlagewhere land is operated and particulars of village where

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holder is resident.

Village of residence:

Separate L-2 schedule will be filled in for each villagewhere one or more of the non-resident holders are residing.The name of the village in which these non-residentoperational holders are residing would be indicated against'Village of residence' in Part 'B' after recording theidentification particulars of the village fOr which the primaryworker is recording survey numberwise areas, viz., Part 'A'.Besides, the name of the village of residence, the PatwariCircle, and the R.l Circle in which this village is situated,would also be recorded for easy reference in Part 'B'. Thiswould facilitate the decision as to whom these details are tobe forwarded for consolidating the holdings.

Column 1 Serial No.

Running serial numbers should be given to tireoperational holders listed in Column 2.

Column 2: Full name of the operational holder along withthe name of the fatherlhusband should be indicated in thiscolumn.Column 3: The social group to which the operational holderbelongs, viz., Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Others,should be recorded here. In the case of ajoint holding wherethe joint holders belong to different social groups, the groupof the dominant holder who holds the maximum area or whois dominant in taking decisions about the operational holding,may be recorded here.

Column 4: Status

As the number of the non-resident operational holdersto be listed against one village would be comparatively small,it is not considered necessary to fill in separate listingschedule according to the status of the operational holders,i.e., whether it is an individual or joint or institutional holdingas is to be done in listing the resident operational holders inSchedule L-l. However, it should be ensured that all theindividual operational holders residing in a particular villageare listed first before taking up the listing of joint holders.Institutional holders would be listed at the end. As clarifiedearlier, those non-resident operational holders who areresiding outside the tehsil would be included in listingSchedule L-l and not in Schedule L-2.

-Columns 5 & 6:

Survey/Sub-survey Nos. and Geographical Area:

It is possible that the non-resident operational holders. might operate land in more than one village. However, theprimary worker has to record in this schedule only such areawhich the non-resident operational holder is operating in thisvillage. As in the case of Schedule L-I , the survey numberswould be listed in an ascending order and the geographicalarea of each survey/sub- survey number would be recordedirrespective of the fact whether the entire area has been

cultivated or not. After listing all the survey/sub-surveynumbers and their geographical area operated by oneoperational holder, totals of the survey/sub survey numbersand the geographical area would be recorded before takingup the listing of survey/sub-survey numbers of another non-resident operational holder. After the listing of the non-resident operational holders in a particular village iscompleted, the primary worker would record the total survey/sub-survey numbers accounted by such non-residentoperators (residing in that particular village) and theirgeographical area. Though some demarcation has beenindicated in the draft schedules, it is not necessary to allocateany fixed space in the printed schedules for each holding.The space required would vary from holder to holder,depending on the total survey/ sub survey numbers he maybe operating.

Listing Schedule L-3.

Village Summary:

This schedule contains part of the information readilyavailable in village abstract. This Schedule ensures that allthe survey numbers in the village and their geographical areais accounted for and that no survey number or its area is leftout. In the light of the experience gained during pastCensuses it was felt that it would be advantageous tointroduce a separate form for recording details of those surveynumbers not covered by operational holdings. The totalsurvey numbers and geographical area in the villageaccording to different categories would be shown under itemI to 5 of Schedule L-3. Details of such numbers and theirareas which are not included in the operational holding areto be recorded under item (6) of Schedule L-3.

Total Survey/Sub-survey Numbers and GeograhicalArea:

Th is accounts for the total survey/sub survey numbersin the village and their geographical area. This informationhas to be copied partly from Schedules L-l and L-2.

There are 4 categories namely, individual, joint,institutional and those residing outside the tehsil. Asexplained earl ier, separate sheets of Schedule L-l are to beused for Individual/Joint/Institutional holders. It was alsoexplained that after recording all the operational holdersaccording to the status, the primary worker would recordthe total number of survey numbers and total geographicalarea covered by each category. The total survey/sub-surveynumbers and their geographical area as recorded by theprimary worker in L-l would be transfered to the respectivecategory in this Schedule. Item 7 pertains to the grand totalof items 4,5 and 6. The primary worker must ensure that thetotal survey/sub survey numbers under these categories andtheir geographical area tally with the total survey/sub-surveynumbers and their geographical area as per the villagerecords. If the two sets of figures do not tally, this wouldmean that either some area has been left out or there is

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something wrong in totalling. The primary worker-shouldgo through the Listing Schedules carefully to locate thedifference and correct the entries before he proceeds to theHolding Schedule H.I. The primary worker may 'consultthe check list at annexure-II.

Survey/Sub-survey Numbers and GeographicalArea not covered by operational holding

The categories under which survey numbers, notcovered by the operational holders,may fall are indicatedunder item (6). Normaily these are similar to categoriesprescribed in the Land Revenue Manual and the geographicalarea against these is readily available in the Village Registers.This categorisation is only indicative and the StateGovernments can adopt their own classification, if necessary.The basic idea is to collect details of those village areaswhich are not covered by the operational holding. It wouldsuffice if the total survey/sub-survey numbers are coveredby each category and indicated in column 2. Surveynumberwise areas are not required. It should however beensured that no area is left out. Item 6 refers to area of non-operational holdings. As per the definition of the operationalholding, if the entire area of the holding is under old fallow,it will not be considered as an operational holding. Sucharea would, however, not be included under other categoriessuch as forest, pastures, grazing lands etc (Item 6). It is,therefore, considered necessary to provide a separate categoryfor recording such areas. This would indicate the extent ofthe area, which would normally be operated but was notoperated during the reference year for certain reasons.

Schedule H-l:

Schedule H-I is to be fil\ed in for al\ resident cultivatorsof the 20% sample villages only. The details of principalcharacteristics of holdings, viz., tenancy, land utilisation,irrigation and crops grown would be collected from therecords for each khasra number operated by the particularoperational holder. After covering all the Khasra numbersof one operational holding, the Patwari would strike totalsof all the columns. If the resident operator is operating someland outside the sample vil\age, details of such lands for al\the characteristics would have to be obtained by the Patwarifrom the concerned Patwari in Schedule H-I and these shouldalso be added to the Khasra numbers of that operationalholding in the vil\age where the operational holder resides.Extent of land operated by the resident cultivator outside thevillage would be available from schedules L-2 received forcompiling Table I. Separate schedule H-\ would be filledin for each operational holder in the sample village.

There may be some non-resident operational holderswho are operating some land in the sample village, butresiding outside the tehsil. As explained earlier such non-resident operational holders would be treated as if they areresiding in the village and their holdings would be pooled inthe village.

This Schedule has been divided into eight blocks asindicated below:

A: Identification block.B: Dispersal of operated area.C: Details of area operated by the opeartional holder

and tenancy status.D: Land utilisationE: Number of wells & tubewellsF: Net area irrigated by sourceG: Cropwise area

A. Identification Block:In this Block, the Patwari would record the name of

the State, district, tehsil, sample village, etc.Operational Holder

The Patwari has to record full name of the concernedoperational holder with the name of the fatherlhusband. Inview of the increasing demand for detailed information onthe Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes operationalholders, provision has been made to indicate whether theholder belongs to SC/ST or other Social groups. Thoughthe schedule H-I has to be filled in by retabulation of theinformation available in the land records, still the Patwarishould be able to know the name of the caste or the tribe ofthe operational holder from his own knowledge and recordthe same in the H-I schedule. A cultivator who is ScheduledCaste must belong to Hinduism or Sikhism and he cannotbelong to any other religion. A member of Scheduled Tribemay however belong to any religion.

Certain important items such as size class, areaoperated, type of holding, irrigation, etc. have also been listedto facilitate the sorting of the H-l Schedules at the time oftabulation. Instructions for filling the same are given below.

It is important to note that the information in ScheduleH- J should be filled for the operator - Once as a whole forthe entire operated area (including area outside the village)Size Class

There would be 11 size classes as indicated below forpresentation of data. The Patwari would record the correctcode number as applicable.

Size Class(ha) Code No.

below 0.020.02 - 0.500.50 - 1.001.00 - 2.002.00 - 3.003.00 - 4.004.00 - 5.005.00 - 7.507.50 - 10.0010.00 - 20.0020.00 and above

0102030405060708091011

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Types of Holding:-

Type of Holding Code No.

Entire operated area locatedin the sample village.Entire operated area outsidethe sample village but withinthe same R.l Circle.

Operated area partly in thesample village, partly inother village (s) withinthe same Revenue Circle.Entire operated area outsidethe sample village and alsooutside the R.I.Circle butwithin the same tehsil.Operated area partly in thesample village and partly inother R.I. Circles of thesame tehsil.

Operated area partly in thesample village, partly outsidesample village of the same R.I.circle and partly outside theRevenue Circle of the same tehsil.Operated area in the villageand operator residing outsidethe tehsil.Otherwise located

01

02

03

05

06

07

08

The Patwari should indicate the correct code numberwhich is applicable against 'type of holding'.

Area operated:

The Patwari would record the area operated by theoperational holder in the sample village (during the referenceperiod 1990-91) against item' i' and the area operated outsidethe village against item 'ii'.Status of HoldingIndividual/Joint/Institutional:

The Difference between Individual, Joint andInstitutional holdings has been explained earlier and also inAnnexure-I. The Patwari should record the correct codenumber as applicable to the holder:

Status Code No.

Individual 01Joint 02Institutional ·03

Tenancy Status:

The area operated by the holder may be entirely ownedby him, or it may be partly owned and partly leased in or it

may be entirely leased in. There is also a category namely,'area otherwise operated'. Area which is occupied andoperated by the operational holder by encroachment or isforcibly occupied would be accounted as 'otherwiseoperated'. The land operated mayor may not be exclusivelyotherwise operated. The Patwari would record the correctcode number according to the tenancy status. Attemptsshould be made to collect the details about the exact positionof tenancy including 'oral Tenancy'. This should be donediscretely by the patwari by questioning the head of thehousehold/operator of holding in a suitable manner. Whileeliciting this information it may be made clear to theinformant that this information would be treated ascompletely confidential and ~ill be utilised for statisticalpurposes only. It may also be made clear to him that hisname will not be divulged to anybody. The enumerator alsoshould note that tenancy particulars should be collected withutmost accuracy as it is a very vital information.

Tenancy Status Code No.

Wholly owned and self operatedPartly owned and partly leased inWholly leased inWholly otherwise operatedPartly owned and partly otherwiseoperatedPartly leased in and partly otherwiseoperatedPartly owned, partly leased in andpartly otherwise operated

01

02030405

06

07

Irrigation Status:

The village Accountant should indicate the irrigationstatus ofthe holding by writing the appropriate code numberas given below»

Irrigation Status: Code No.

Wholly irrigatedPartly irrigatedWholly unirrigated

010203

Survey numberwise details

There are six other blocks of Schedule H-I namelyDispersal of operated area, Operated area by tenan~y status:land utilisation, number of wells & tubewells, Sourcewiseirrigation and Cropwise area. The Patwari would record thisinformation separately for each survey/sub-survey numberoperated by the concerned holder in the sample village. Ifthe operational holder is operating some land in more thanone village, he would obtain similar details from theconcerned Patwari for the area operated by him in othervillages. He is not required to rewrite this informationobtained from other Patwaris. He should only pool the

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information for a particular holder.

Columns 1and 2In column I, the serial number of all the survey/sub-

survey numbers constituting the operational holding are tobe indicated and the corresponding Survey/sub-surveynumbers are to be recorded in column 2.

B: Dispersal of operated area

This is intended to obtain information on the extent ofdispersal ofthe area of operational holding which is requiredfor management planning.

Columns 3 to 5

The area of each Survey/sub-survey number of theoperational holding may be located in the village of residenceor in another village in the same Patwari Circle or in a VIllageoutside the Patwari Circle but within the same revenueInspector's Circle, etc. The Village Accountant will recordthe area under the appropriate column. The totaLof all surveynumbers of the operational holding will show the extent ofdispersal of various parcels of the operational holding.

Columns 6 to 14

C. Operated area by Tenancy Status

The area operated may be owned and self operated!leased in/otherwise operated and!or combination of thesethree types. The concepts of ownership, tenancy andotherwise operated area are explained in Annexure-I. Theterms on which the land has been leased in would vary fromholder to holder. The land might have been leased in forfixed money, fixed produce, share of produce, usufructuarymortgage, etc. The Patwari would record the area under oneor more of these terms as applicable. The total area operatedby the holder would be recorded in column 14 which wouldbe the sum of area recorded in columns 6,12 and 13 andshould tally with the geographical area as recorded in column

Columns 15 to 23

D. Land Utilisation:

The Patwari is well conversant with the nine-fold landuse classification adopted by the State Governments. For thepurpose of agriucltural census, six fold classification has beensuggested. 'Permanent pastures and other grazing lands' andland under miscellaneous tree crops etc. have been clubbedtogether and are to be recorded against "uncultivated areaother than fallow land". Similarly, 'Not available forcultivation' would include forests, area under non-agricultural uses and barren and uncultivable land. It wouldbe thus clear that there is practically no difference betweenthe standard nine-fold classification of the land use adoptedby the State Goverments and the six fold classificationproposed here for the Agricultural Census.

For ready reference, a comparative picture is indicatedbelow:

Ninefold classification Six fold classification1. Net Area sown 1. Net Area sown2. Current Fallow 2, Current Fallow3. Fallow land other 3. Fallow land other than

current fallow than current fallow4. Permanent pastures and

other grazing land 4. Uncultivated land5. Land under miscellaneous other than fallow

tree crops and groves notincluded in net area sown.

6. Forests 5. Not available for7. Area put to Non-agricul- cultivation

tural uses8. Barren and uncultivable

land9. Culturable waste 6. Culturable waste

Columns 24 to 29:E. Number of Wells & Tubewells:

The Primary worker would indicate the number ofwells in use in columns 24 to 29. In col.24, he would indicatethe number of wells with electric pumpsets while in col.25,the number of wells with diesel pumpsets are indicated. Inco1.26,he would indicate the number of wells without pump-sets. In col.27, the number of wells not in use will berecorded. Similarly he would record the number of tubewellsrun on electricity/diesel in columns 28 and 29 respectively.It is necessary to clarify that, while recording the number ofwells/tubewel ls, the Primary worker would take intoconsideration the survey number in which the well/tubewellis located and not the survey numbers irrigated by thesesources. In other terms, the basic consideration is the locationof the source and not the area irrigated. It is also clarifiedthat the wells and tubewells indicated will be those used forirrigation purposes only.

Columns 30 -35F.Net Area Irrigated by source:

Provision has been made to record separately areairrigated by four sources of irrigation. Area operated by oneholder would not be normally irrigated by more than foursources. In exceptional cases, however, where the numbermay exceed four, the Patwari can record the area under

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'others' column specifying the source of irrigation.

In columns 30 to 34; the area irrigated by the'corresponding source will be recorded. The area irrigatedwould be net area irrigated by each source. In case somearea is irrigated during the year by more than one source ofirrigation such area would be recorded only against thatsource which is the major source of irrigation. The net areairrigated by one or more sources of irrigation, as recorded incolumns 30 to 34 would be added up and shown in column35.

The Patwari has to indicate whether the holding iswholly irrigated or partly irrigated or wholly un irrigated bywriting in identification block. Ifthe entire net area sown isequal to net area irrigated, such holding would be consideredas wholly irrigated holding. In case part of the sown area isirrigated, it will be partly irrigated and if the entire sownarea has not received any irrigation during the year, suchholding would be wholly un irrigated.

Columns 36-47G. Cropwise Area:

Provision has been made to record separately areairrigated and unirrigated under five crops. It is normallyexpected that one operational holder may not have taken morethan five crops during the agricultural year. However, incase the operator has grown more than five crops, the Patwarishould use additional sheet for recording details of thosecrops in excess of five crops. The name of the crop wouldbe indicated in the blank space provided for "crop". The.Patwari must ensure that he will not record the area beforewriting the name of the particular crops.

Total irrigated area in column 46 would be the total ofcolumns 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Similarly, the total unirrigatedarea indicated in column 47 would be the sum total ofcolumns 37,39, 41,43 and 45.

Provision has been made for recording code numbersfor the crops as also for the' irrigated', 'unirrigated', and'total' parts of each crops. The code numbers for variouscrops have been given in the 'List of crops' given below.The States/UTs are advised to follow the same system ofcode numbers as given here for uniformity.

List of CropsFood Crops:- include Foodgrains, Sugarcane, Spices &Condiments, Fruits, Vegetables and other Food crops.Food Crops- include cereals and pulses.

Code 0199: A. Cereals:

0101 : Rice 0102: Jowar 0103: Bajra

0104: Maize 0105: Ragi 0106: Wheat

0107: Barley 0108: Small Millets 0188: Others (please specify)

Code 0299:

0201:0204 :

B. Pulses:

GramMoong

0202:0205:

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Tur (Arahar)Masur

0399: C. Total Food Grains = A + B040 I: D. Sugarcane

0599: E I. Spices & Condiments:

0501 :0504:0507:0588:

Pepper Black 0502:Turmeric 0505:Garlic 0508:Others (please specify)

0699: E.2 Fruits:

0601:0604:0607:0610:

MangoesGrapesGuavasAlmond

0602:0605:0608:0611:

0799: F. Vegetabls:

0701:0704:0706:0788:

Potatoes 0702:Onions 0705:Tomato 0707:Others(please specify)

0899: G. Other Food Crops:

080 I:0803:

Crop(please specify)Crop (please specify)

0999: H. Total Food Crops:

i.e. Total ofC+D+E+F+G.

ChilliesCardamomCoriander

Citrus FruitsPome FruitsAppleWalnut

TapiocaCarrotSpinach

0802:

0203:0288:

UradOthers(pleasespecify)

0503:0506:

GingerBetelnuts(Arecanut)

0603: Banana0606: Papaya0609: Cashew0688: Others

(pleasespecify)

0703: SweetPotatoes

0708: Brinjal

Crop (pleasespecify

Non-Food Crops: - include oilseeds, fibres, dyes and tanning materials, drugs & narcotics, plantation crops, fodder crops,green manure crops and other non-food crops.

1099: I. Oil Seeds:

1001:1004:

1088:

GroundNutRapeseed& MustardOthers (please specify)

1002:1005:

I 199: 1. Fibres:

1101:1104:

CottonSun-hemp

1102:1188:

CastorSeedLinseed

JuteOthers (please specify)

1003:1006:

Sesamum(Til)Coconut

/

1103: Mesta

1299:1201:1399:1301:1304:

K. Dyes & Tannin~ materials:Indigo 1288:L. Dru~s & Narcotics:Opium 1302:Coffee 1305:

TobaccoRubber

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Others (please specify)

1499:1401:1404:

M. Fodder & Green Manures:Guar 1402:Green Manures 1488:

OatsOthers(pleasespecify)

1599:1501:

N. Other Non Food CrQPs:Crop (please 1502:specify)O. Total Non Food Crops:i.e. Total ofl+J+K+L+M+NP. Total GroSs Cropped Area:i.e. Total of H+O

Crop (pleasespecify)

1699:

9999:

1303: Tea1306: Others (suchas Chinchona, India Hemp, etc.)

1403: Other FooderCrops(pleasespecify)

Pooling of different parcels of Holding:Where a holding spreads over more than one village,

the question arises as to where the area is to be accountedfor. As in the last Census, residence of the operational holdersshould be criterion for accounting of area of part holdings.If a cultivator is operating lands in two villages, namely, Aand 8, and if he is residing in village A, the area that he isoperating in village 8 should be added to the area of thevillage A. The entire area operated by the cultivator in villageA and 8 would be accounted for in village A. The ultimateunit for pooling of part holdings would be tehsilltaluk as inthe case of the last Census. Where the holding is spreadover more than one tehsil, that part of the area which is lyingoutside the tehsil in which the operator is residing would betreated as a separate operational holding.

In case where a cultivator is operating lands in morethan one tehsi I, the question of locating the area on the basisof the residence of the cultivator creates a problem. Acultivator may be operating lands in Tehsil A and also inTehsil 8. Since the ultimate unit for pooling is tehsil, thesewill be treated as two operational holdings in this particularcase. Ifthe cultivator is residing in Tehsil A and not in Tehsil8, in such cases against the area operated in Tehsil 8 thename of the cultivator who is residing in tehsil A would berepeated under the assumption that he is residing in Tehsil8. If such an operator has lands in two or more villages inthe tehsil, the land in each village will be treated as a separateoperational holding.

In case of institutional holdings also, the area may bespread over more than one village. In such cases the questionof consol idation of area spread over more than one village/patwari circle /RI circle poses certain problems. Since tehsilhas been decided as the ultimate unit for consolidation ofpart holdings, if the area of an institutional holding spreadsover more than one village but if its entire area is within the

Tehsil, it will be treated as one institutional holding. Ifhowever, its area is spread over more than one tehsil thearea falling outside the Tehsil would be treated as a separateoperational holding. As regards the allocation of the area,this may be done on the basis of the location of the office ofthe Institutional holding. For example, if the area of aninstitutional holding say a Government Farm is spread overtwo villages A and B and the office ofthe Government Farmi.e. Farm Manager is located in village A, the' area of-theGovernment Farm in village B be allocated to village A.

As explained earlier, the patwari is required to copythe survey numberwise details in Schedule H-I for the areawithin the sample village. For operated area outside thesample village, he would obtain complete details from theconcerned patwarils and add up.

If the entire area operated by the resident operator islocated within the same village (complete holding), oneSchedule H-I will be filled in and the vertical totals wouldgive the consolidated position. If the operated area is lyingoutside the village, the patwari has to fill in Schdule H-Iafter obtaining all the relevant information from all thepatwaries concerned.

The patwari should ensure that pooling of part-holdingsis done properly. This is very essential as otherwise someareas may be left out unaccounted and this may result inunder-enumeration of operated area. The Tehsil StatisticalAssistant should be assigned the overall responsibility ofsupervising this aspect for the Tehsil as a whole, while theRevenue Inspector should ensure this in the R.1. Circle.

Holdings of Residents of Urban areas:

As far as operational holdings of residents of urbanareas are concerned, the procedure adopted in the previousCensus will be followed.

I. Schedule L-I

2. Schedule L-2

3. Schedule L-3

4. Schedule H-I

5. TableT-I

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 1990-91 '-

List of Schedules for Land Records States

List of resident operational holders and area operated in other villages( operating in the village)

List of Non-resident operational holders (operating in the village)

Village Summary

Particulars of operational holding

Number of operational holdings and area operated by size classes, 1990-91

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List of resident operational holders and area operated in other villages

Individual/Joint/Institutional *

I. State/UT........................................................................ 5. R.I. Cirlce .

2. District........................................................................... 6. Patwari circle .

3. Tehsi1............................................................................. 7. Village , .

4. Block............................................................................. 8. Name ofPatwari .(in capitals)

Area Totaloperated in areaother villa- operatedges within the (hectares)same tehsil

Geographical Area operatedarea (hectares)(hectares)

Areaoperated

in the villageRemarks

S1. Full name ofNo. operational

holder withname offather/husband.

SC-lST-2Others-3

Survey/Sub-Survey no.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1.

Sub-total

2.

Sub-total

3.

Sub-total

4.

Sub-total

* Strike out whichever is not applicable.I. Fill in separate L-l for Individual/Joint/Institutional holdlers.2. In the remarks column, the village-wise details of area operated outside the village of residence within the same tehsil may

be indicated.

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SCHEDULE L-2

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS, 1990-91

List of Non-resident Operational Holders(Operating in the village)

A. Particulars of village where land is operated

I. State/U.T..................................................................... 5. R.I. Circle .

2. District........................................................................ 6. Patwari Circle .

3. Tehsil.......................................................................... 7. Village .

4. Block........................................................................... 8. Name ofPatwari.. .

B. Particulars of village where holdler is resident.

9. Village ofresidence*.................................................. 10. R.I. Circle .

I I. Patwari Circle .

S.Nc. Full name ofoperational holder .with name offather/husband

sc/ST/Others

Status:Individual!Joint!Institutional **

Area operated in the village:

Survey/Sub-Survey No.

GeographicalArea (hectares).

2 3 4 5 6

I.

Sub-Total:

2.

Sub-Total:

3.

Sub-Total:

4.

Sub-Total:

* Separate L-2 will be filled in for each village where the residence of operator are located.** All Individual Holders will be listed first, followed by Joint and then Institutional Holders.

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SCHEDULE L-3

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 1990-91.

VILLAGE SUMMARY

I. StatelU.T .2. District. .3. Tehsil. .4. Block .5. R.I.Circle .

6. Patwari Circle .7. Village .8. Name ofPatwari .9. Total Survey/Sub-survey .

No. in the village

10. Total geographical area .in the village

Break-Up of Geographical area in the village.

Category Total Survey/Sub-survey Nos. Geographical area (in ha.)

2 3

As per Sch. L-I(Res. Op. HoldersCo!. 5 Total)1. Individual2. Joint3. Institutional4. Total (I to 3)5. As per Sch. L-2

(Non-res. op.holders)

6. Area under otheruses not accountedin operationalholdings.

I. Forestsii. Area not avai-

lable forcultivation

Ill. Barren and un-culturable landlike mountains,deserts, etc.

iv. Other uncultivatedland, i.e.,permanent pastures;grazing lands, misc.tree crops and grovesnot included in netsown area and cultu-rable waste.

v. Fallows other thancurrent fallowsSub-total (i) to (v)

7. GRAND TOTAL (4+5+6)

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Schedule H

Particulars of Operational Holding

A. Identification Block:

I. State\u. T.2. District3. Tehsil4. Block5. R.1. Circle6. Patwari Circle7. Village8. Full name of the operational holder9. S.No. as per L-l

10. Social Group: sc D ST D Others DII. Size-Class :

12. Status: Individual Joint D Institutional D13. Area Operated(in ha)

i) In the villageii) Outside the village:

iii) .Total (i+ii)

14. Tenancy status D15. Irrigation status D

B. Dispersal Operated Area (in ha) C.Area operated by tenancy status (in ha)

SI. Survey Area in Area Area in Area leased in forNo. Sub- the outside village

Survey village the and ope- Owned Fixed Fixed Share Usufru- Other Total Other- TotalNo. of village rational and money produce of ctuary terms leased wise opera-

resi- of resi- holder self pro- mortgage in opera- teddence dence resi- opera- duce Area ted (Cols.

but ding ted (Cols. 6+12+13)within outside area 7 to II)the same theTehsil tehsil

(areabeingtreatedas sepe-rate ope-rationalholding)

2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14

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D. Land Utilisation (in ha)

Net Current Net Fallow Uncultivated Culturable Total area Area not Total operatedArea fallow cultivated other area other waste not cultivated available area (CoLI 7+sown area than than fallow (Col 18 to 20) for cultivation 21+22)

(CoLI 5+16) current (Land under:fallow (i) Forest

(ii) Non-Agri,(iii) Barren)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

E. Number of Wells and Tubewells F.Net area irrigated by source(in ha.)

Number of Wells No. of Canals Wells Tubewells Tanks Others TotalTubewells (Cols

in use Not in 30use Electrical Diesel to

With Without 34)Pumpsets Pumpsets

Electric Diesel

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

G.Cropwise arearin ha.)

TotalCropped

Crop -I Crop - II Crop - III Crop - IV Crop-V Area Remarks,

if anylrri- Unirri- lrri- Unirri- Irri- Unirri- Irri- Unirri- Irri- Unirri- Irri- Unirri-gated gated gated gated gated gated gated gated gated gated gated gated

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

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Table T-I - Provisional Number of operational Holdings and area operated by size class.

I. State/U.T2. District3. Tehsil4. Block5. R.l. Circle6. Patwari Circle7. Village8. Name ofPatwari

T-I Provisional Number of operational holdings and area operated by size class, 1990-91

SI. Size of holding (ha)No.

No.of operational holdings Area operated (in ha)

Indivi-dual

Joint Institu-tional

Total Indivi-dual

Joint Institu-tional

Total

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I. Below 0.022.0.02 - 0.53.0.5 - 1.0

Marginal(I+2+3)

4. 1.0. - 2.0

Small (4)

5.2.0 - 3.06.3.0 - 4.0

Semi-medium (5+6)

7.4.0 - 5.08. 5.0 - 7.59.7.5-10.0

Medium (7+8+9)

10.10.0 - 20.0I 1.20 ha and above

Large (10+11)

All sizes

Note: This summary should be prepared separately for each social group, viz., Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, others and Total for each village

Checked by:Name:Designation:

(Signature of Primary worker)Date

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AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 1990-91

MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

NON-LAND RECORDS STATES

1.0 Introduction

I. I The Government ofIndia have decided to conductthe next Agricultural Census with 1990-91 as the referenceperiod. This would be the fifth comprehensive AgriculturalCensus in the country.

1.2 Schedules for the conduct of the AgriculturalCensus 1990-91 have been drawn up. Brief guidelines arebeing issued herewith for filling in these schedules. Theseguidelines may,ifneed be, suitably modified and elaboratedby the State Governments keeping in view the localconditions, before translating into the regional languages.

2.0 Methodology

2.1 The data of the Agricultural Census would becollected through field enquiries from the selected operationalholders ofthe sampled villages. The basic unit for collectingdata in Agricultural Census is the operational holding. Theholding of the actual cultivator who need not be the owner isthe unit for collection of data. The data for the entire landoperated by the cultivator will be collected and there is noouter limit for pooling of all the parcels of an operationalholding. As there are no comprehensive land records in thenon-land record States, the required data would be collectedthrough sample surveys by adopting enquiry method.

3.0 Sampling Design

3.1 A stratified two stage sampling design isrecommended for Agricultural Census in the non-land recordStates. The stratum may be tehsil or block. The first stagewithin that will be the village and the second stage will bethe operational holding. In view of the increasing demandfor Agricultural Census data at Block level, it is suggestedthat the community Development Block should be thestratum. From each stratum at least 20% of the villages areto be selected by simple random sampling method. In eachse leeted vi llage all the operational holders are to be listed inthe five categories, viz., those operating (i) below I ha., (ii)1-2 ha .. (iii) 2-4 ha., (iv) 4-10 ha., (v) 10 ha. & above and2:,\°1) of the operational holders are to be selected from eachof the first four categories on the basis of circular systematicsampling method and all the holdings from the last category.!\ 1\ the institutional holdings should be covered for thedatailed information in addition to these sampled operationalholders. This sample size is necessary to provide reliable

estimates at district level.

3.2 In smaller States and Union Territories wherecomprehensive land records are not available it isrecommended that they should collect information in all thevillages covering 100% of holdings in each village throughenquiry method. If this is not possible the percentage ofvillages selected should be much higher than the 20%recommended for other States.

3.3 The sampling of operational holdings is to be doneseparately for scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes/otherscategories of operational holders and estimates should beworked out separately.

4.0 Item coverage

4.1 Data on the following five principal characteristicswould be collected, during this Agricultural Census, withthe agricultural year 1990-91 (July, 1990 to June 1991) asthe reference period.

i) Number and Area of Operational Holdingsaccording to 10 size classes and their dispersal.

ii) Land utilisation

iii) Cropping pattern

iv) Cropwise and sourcewise area irrigated

v) Tenancy.

4.2 All the data will be estimated separately for theoperational holdings of the three groups, viz, ScheduledCastes, Scheduled Tribes and Others and also for the totalholdings.

5.0 Field work, Training and Supervision

5.1 The primary field work which would consist ofcanvassing information in respect of selected residentcultivators in the sampled villages would be done by thestatistical staff of the State Governments. The supervisionwill be done by the senior Statistical staff.

5.2 The above would call for a conscientious effort inpreparing complete list of resident cultivators and also inidentifying the location of their holdings either within thevillage or outside. For this purpose a complete list of residentcultivators in the selected village by house to house enquiryhas to be prepared. The first step in this regard is to prepare

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the list of resident cultivators irrespective of the tact whetherthey are cultivating land within the village or outside. Theexisting land records alone may not be of much help inpreparing this list of residednt cultivators. The list has,therefore, to be prepared and canvassed in respect of eachhousehold. In a household, there could be more than onecultivator independently operating a certain number ofparcels of land. Members of two households might also bejointly operating a holding. The list of resident cultivatorsshould take into account all these cases. Non-residentcultivators will not be covered.

5.3 A seperate list non-household (institutional)holdings will also have to be prepared for each sampledvillage.

5.4 In some of the non-land record States the listingwork was entrusted to the revenue staff in AgriculturalCensus \980-8\ and it was found that this staff mainly usedthe record of rights available with them for preparation oflist of resident operational holders in the selected villages:They did not make house-to-house enquiry with the resultthat there were many omissions in the list of operationalholders prepared by them. This faulty frame led to manyerrors in the estimates prepared and consequent delay inbridging out the results. As preparation of a correct frame isthe first pre-requisite for an efficient sample survey, the Statesshould make all efforts to motivate the primary staff toprepare complete and accurate lists of residential operatorsby actually visiting each household in the sampled villages.

5.5 It is necessary to impart thorough training, both tothe primary workers and supervisory officers before the fieldwork is undertaken. The training of the primary andsupervisory staff could be arranged at 3 or4levels dependingupon the conditions in each State. District Officers in chargeof census operations, could be initially trained either at thestate headquarters or at the Divisional headquarters. They,ill turn, would impart training to the officers at the tensillevel. The tehsil officers should conduct the training classesfor the primary field staff. The programme prepared for thetraining may be intimated in advance to the Government ofIndia so that an officer of the Central(Agricultural CensusDivision)may be deputed to clarify any problems/pointsraised in the training.

5.6 Points to be covered under the training

(i) Preparation of list of operational holdings in thesampled villages: The most important part of thesample survey would be the preparation of thelist of operational holdings. The primary fieldworker should be given proper training forpreparing this list. The list may be comparedwith the list of households prepared during thepopulation census and the electroate list so thatno ommissions should be there. House-to-houseenquiry should be made without fail. Some

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order, for instance, starting from the north-western comer of the village going by all therows of houses towards the south-eastern comer,should be followed while listing thehouseholdsioperational holdings of the village.The procedure for preparing the . list ofoperational holdings has to be explained in detailin the training classes.

(ii) Selection of villa~es and operational holdin~sThe selection of villages as well as theoperational holdings from each selected villageis to be done by the statistical staff. They mustbe trained thoroughly in the usage of randomnumber tabJes and other procedures of selection.

(iii) Institutional hoJdin~s : Institutional holdings arealso to be covered in the Agricultural census.Holdings like Government farms, farms ofsugarcane factories, tea gardens\plantations,cooperative farms, temple land managed by aTrust through hired labour are to be treated asinstitutional holdings. Temple lands, plantationsetc which are leased out to individuals are,however, to be considered as individual holdings;In the training classes, the concept of aninstitutional holding may be explained in detail.

5.7 Supervision: Effective supervision has to beorganised to ensure that the various phases of census workare carried out according to the prescribed time scheduleand also according to the instructions. Supervision plays aneffective part in improving the quality of data. The extent ofsupervision would vary from State to State depending uponthe administrative set up. Senior statistical staff shouldinspect the work of primary staff. State Government shouldprescribe suitable proformae for the purpose. With a viewto ensure that the list of resident cultivators is preparedproperly, a cent per cent check of the entries in the listingschedule will have to be made in a sample village. Theinspection should also indicate the following aspects:-

i) Whether the selection of the sample ofoperational holdings has been done accordingto instructions?

ii) Whether all the parcels forming part of anoperational holding within and outside the village

.have been covered or not.iii) Coverage of institutional holdings.iv) Whether entries regarding land utilisation,

cropping pattern, irrigation, etc. have beencorrectly made?

v) It must be ensured that the net area sown is equalto or less than the gross cropped area. Similarly,the net irrigated area should be equal to or lessthan the gross irrigated area.

vi) Any other points which. the inspecting officerwants to mention on the quality of data collectedor any other problem faced.

5.8 The quantum of inspection should be laid down atvarious supervisory levels. Cent per cent checking shouldbe ensured to check up the schedules filled up by theenumerator. 25% checking at the block level and 10% at thedistrict level should be done.

6.0 Flow of Schedules

6.1 Clear cut instructions should be issued regardingthe flow of schedules from the village level to the tabulationcentre. The filled in schedules should be scrutinisedthoroughly at each level before they are passed on to thenext higher level so as to avoid unnecessary correspondenceand delay at the tabulation stage.

6.2 After preparing schedules L-l and L-2 for thesampled villages, the enumerator should pass on a copy eachof these schedules pertaining to the operational holdings inthe village and send it to the block headquarters forestimating the operational holdings of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/others and also the total seperately for thestratum on the basis of the listing schedule.

7.0 Time Calender

7.1 Following would be the time calender for theconduct of the Agricultural Census and the presentation ofthe results:

Item of work Period

i) Issue of schedules and instructions December 1990for Agricultural Census 1990-91 byGovernment of India

ii) Completion of printing of April 1991Schedules and Instructionsby States and their distribution

iii) Training of primary and supervisory May-June 1991staff for Agricultural Census.

iv) Field work of the Agricultural July-Nov. 1991Census and supervision.

v) Submission of Table 1 by State. December 1991

vi) Submission of Tables 2-7 byStates.

June 1992

vii) Submission of State Reports. December 1992

7.2 While there could be some flexibility dependingon the actual conditions in different StateslUnion Territories,the time targets at 5 to 7 above should be adhered to strictlyto enable consolidation of data & drafting of all-India report.

7.3 Constitution of a State CoordinationCommittee: Since different Departments would be involved

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in this work, it would be necessary to have CoordinationCommittee at the State level to review the progress fromtime to time. A representative of the Central Government'may be invited to the meetings ·of the State CoordinationCommittee. At the district level also, the work relating toAgricultural Census should be reviewed by the DeputyCommissioners once in a month in a meeting of all theconcerned officers.

7.4 Where the basic work relating to AgriculturalCensus is done by the Revenue Departments, the DistrictCollectors should be fully involved in this work. The StateGovernments should convene Collectors' Conferences withan intention to gear up the revenue machinery to the task ofcarrying out Agricultural Census.

7.5 Publicity: The importance of publicity for theAgricultural Census cannot be over emphasized. Experienceshows that adequate publicity among the persons concernedwould help in completing the Agricultural Census properly.The State Governments should take special efforts to givedue publicity to this work and create necessary climate forthe successful completion of this gigantic task at all levels.

8.0 Schedules:

8.1 There are three listing schedules common for thesample village and one household schedule which will becanvassed for each selected operational holder.

8.2 The listing schedules are:

Schedule L-l - List of Households and operationalholdings in the sample village.

Schedule L-2 - List ofInstitutional Holdings iri the samplevillage

Schedule L-3 - List of Operational holdings in the samplevillage and sample selection of holdings.

8.3 Concepts and definitions to be adopted for theAgricultural Census are explained in Annexure-I.

8.4 Detailed Instructions for canvassing the schedulesare given in the following paragraphs.

9_0 Schedule Ll : List of Households and operationalholdings in the sample village

9.1 The primary worker has to prepare a complete listof all the housholds residing in the sample village. Thesehouseholds would not necessarily be operating any land inthe sample village or elsewhere. In other terms, all thehouseholds will be listed, irrespective of their economicactivity.

9.2 The main purpose of the schedule is, however, toprepare a sampling frame, ie., complete list of operationalholdings for selection of sample holdings for the detailedenquiry.

9.3 The primary worker would have to visit each andevery household within the limits of the sample village. Asit preliminary to the 1991 popuiation census, housenumbering and house listing operations are conducted. Forthis purpose, notional maps and layout sketches wereprepared for each village/urban block. These house lists areupdated later to take care of changes which might have takenplace in the intervening period. If the house numbers givenduring the census operations are still available, these can beused. Alternatively he may use voters list or any other listreadily available. In any case, the Primary Worker has toupdate the list available by visiting each house, and recordingadditions, deletions and any other structural changes, whichmight have taken place since the house numbering was done.This is most essential in order to ensure that no building orhouse is missed or left uncovered.

9 4 In case no such house numbering is readilyavailable the primary worker would be required to do thehouse nunberipg by us in!! (Yf'rt.I or chalk. Concepts ofBuilding, Hous end hOU5 ~:,~., as adopted for 1991 censusmay I e foll wed,

Col. I Serial number

9.5 Serial number in Col. I refers to the houses. Thiswill be a continuous running: number and the last serialnumber would indicate the total houses listed,

CM2:Hol/sC number

9.6 As explained above, the primary worker can usethe house-r..umbering adopted for 1991 census or for anyother purpose. If a new house has come up which is notnumbered it should be given the same number as of thepreceeding house with G'J) recorded in bracket to indicatethat this is a new house. Similarly in case a house isdemolished or does nut exist at the time of filling scheduleL- I. the serial number given in 1991 census may be repeatedbut (D) may be recorded' Co!.2 to indicate that it is desertedor demolished. This would ensure one to one correspondenceWit! the reference iist.

Col. J. Household Number

9,7 A household is a group of persons who commonlyreside together and would take their meals from a commonkitchen, unless the exigencies of work prevented any ofthemfrom doina so, The household may comprise of personsrelated by blood or of unrelated persons or combination ofboth.

9.8 The irn;-'\l! tt'1J/ t,'.• "" - .:" ""~iI!" '" "••nether there is"l J,.i0L~~'~·~..,),...! "'....r ..•... ~ ~..:-~"...•..; :.,,,,;.-;~ t c -: :p"oup of persons1.,/" :- . I..">:~ I•••• L, •• __"I, •.. 1...:_ .~;~1~.fr m a commonI'lt."' "K'j ':l~(;:f" c; \'Il~'"'' ...••...,•.\.•~·i~j.:~..,I:C1~t~::.old. A cook or".c[vh livi,...:[ in tbl.! hot S', of the employer and taking hisfrJdd from the same kitchen would be considered as a memberof that household.

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9.9 Normally one household would be living in onehouse, However, it is possible that there may be some casesof more than one household living in the same house. Theprimary worker must ascertain the correct position so thatno household is left out in listing, If there are two or morehouseholds in one house, each will be given a separate serialnumber in coL3. It is not necessary that serial number incoL2 should correspond with serial number in col.J,

Col.4: Name of the Head of the Household

9.10 Head of the household would normally be theperson on whom falls the responsibility for the maintenanceof the household. He need not necessarily be the eldestmember. The primary worker should record the full nameof the person (with the name of his father\husband) who isactually acknowledged as Head of the household.

Col.5: Name of the informant with relationship to the headof the household

9.11 The name of the person whom the enumeratorcould contact in the household for eliciting the informationof the schedule, and his relationship with the head of thehousehold should be entered here, However, the informationshould be collected from the head of the household as far aspossible.

Col.6: Household size

9.12 All persons, irrspective of sex and age, whoare normal residents of the household and mayor may notbe present at the time of listing, would be taken into accountfor arriving at the size of the household.

Co!. 7: Land Owned

9.13 The primary worker should enquire from the headwhether the household owns any land. The land may beowned by all or some members of the household.

9,14 Land owned by the household need not benecessarily within the same sample village. It may be inadjoining village/s or even at far off places, The land ownedcould be partly/wholly in the sample village, and/or partly/wholly outside the sample village. It is the extent of landowned and not its location which is to be ascertained andrecorded in this column,

9.15 If the head reports that he does not own any land,'No' will be entered in this colmumn. If the headreportsthat he owns land, a specific question should be put to himas to whether the household owns the land in the village oroutside. In the latter case, the names of villages and the areaowned in each village should. be ascertained so as to ensurethat no owned area is left out.

Co!.8: Operated Area

9.16 It is necessary to understand clearly the differencebetween the ownership holding and the operational holding.

9.171n the case of ownership holding, the owner shouldhave the right of permanent heritable possission over theland. Land held under owner-like possession is alsoconsidered as owned. This would include land held fromthe Government or others under a grant, lease or assignmentwith right of permanent heritable possession with or withoutthe right of transfer and land operated under perpectuallease.

9.18 'Operational Holding' is defined as "All landwhich is used wholly or partly for agricultural productionand is operated as one technical unit by one person alone orwith others without regard to the title, legal form, size orlocation" The 'technical unit' has been defined as "thatunit which is under the same management and has the samemeans of production such as labour force, machinery andanimals."

9.19 Thus in operational holding, the basicconsideration is whether the land is put to agriculturalproduction and who operates it. Such land may be ownedand self operated, partly or wholly leased-in and/or otherwiseoperated. In ownership holding, the land owned might beleased out to a tenant for cultivation.

9.20 The land operated may not necessarily be locatedwithin the sample village. It is expected that the area in caseof part-holdings would normally be located in adjoiningvillage/s as the same technical unit has to operate the land.It is possible that such village/s may be located within thesame Tehsil/District/State. In rare cases, it may be locatedeven outside the State. For the purpose of AgriculturalCensus the entire land operated would be taken into account,without consideration of its location.

9.21 If the Head of the Household or the informantreports that some land is operated, the Primary Workershould enquire about the number of operational holdings inthe household who operate such lands. Normally there wouldbe only one operational holding in one household. However,there may be a few cases where the members are stayingtogether and sharing the common kitchen, i.e., they aremembers of the same household, but they may be operatingsome land independent of each other. In such cases, theyform two or more operational holdings. If two or morepersons belonging to two different households operate jointlysome land, these will not be considered as individualoperational holdings. It will be treated as Joint Holding.The number of operational holdings in the household wouldbe recorded in Co1.8.

Co/.9 Serial Number of Operational Holder

9.22 Each Operational Holder would be given aseperate running serial number.

Co/. 10: Name of the Operational Holder

9.23 Full name of the operational holder alongwiththe name of his father/her husband should be indicated.

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Co!. 11: Individual/Joint Operational Holder

9.24 While listing the operational holders, care shouldbe taken to list both individual and joint holdings. For ajoint holding, '(Jt)' may be written after the name of theholder. If an operational holder has one holding operatedby him alone and another operated jointly with others,separate serial numbers should be given for such jointholdings in Col.9 and the serial numbers and the name(s) ofperson(s) with whom he is operating jointly should beindicated within brackets. If there are more than one jointholding for a person, all these joint holdings should beseperatly numbered in Col.9 and all the serial numbers andthe names ofthe other holders ofthe respective joint holdingsshould be mentioned within brackets in Column 10 to identifyvarious joint holdings. Care should also be taken to ensurethat the joint holdings, if selected in the sample, are canvassedonly once to avoid duplication.

Co!.12: SC/ST/Others9.25 In view of the increasing demand for detailed

information on the operational holders who belong toScheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, it has been decidedto collect this information at the listing stage.

9.26 Every primary worker be supplied with a list ofScheduled Castes(SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). ThePrimary Worker should ascertain from the head of thehousehold whether he is a member of any Scheduled Casteor Scheduled Tribe. If the head ofthe household reports thathe belongs to Scheduled Caste, the Primary Worker shouldenquire his religion. A member of the Scheduled Caste mustbelong either to Hinduism or Sikhism and to no other religion.However, a member of the Scheduled Tribe may belong toany religion.

9.27 If the joint holders of the operational holdingbelong to different social groups, the group of the personswho holds major part of land or who is dominant in takingdecisions may be entered in this column.

Co!.13: Main Occupation

9.28 The purpose of this item is to ascertain whetherthe operational holder is fully dependent on agrticulture orwhether he has any other occupation to support himself andhis family. The main occupation of a worker can be definedeither by the time devoted or by the income earned. For thepurpose of population Census, the main activity or occupationof a person, who is engaged in more than one occupation,was decided by time disposition i.e. the occupation in whichhe had spent more time was considered as the main activity.The other criterion for deciding the main and subsequentoccupation would be the income accrued to the person fromeach occupation. For the purpose of Agricultural Census, itis decided that the criterion ofthe income would be adopted.The Primary Worker has first to ascertain from theoperational holder whether he has any other occupation than

agriculture. Such occupation could be agricultural labour,household industry and/or any other work. He may beengaged in such activities partly or wholly during theagricultural year. In case the operational holder reports thathe is engaged in more than one activity, the primary workerwould have to put probing questions to ascertain the incomeaccrued from each such activity. If the income of theoperational holder from agriculture is more than the incomeaccrued from the other occupation, the main occupation forsuch holder would be agriculture. In case the holder reportsto have earned more income from wages/from householdindustry/business or any other activity, such activity wouldbe considered as the main occupation. A list of occupationswi IIbe supplied to the Primary Workers who have to recordonly the code applicable in a particular case.

Co/so 14 to 22: Area Operated

9.29 As explained earlier, the land operated may bewholly owned or partly owned and/or partly leased-in orwholly leased-in and/or otherwise operated. The area sooperated might be located partly/wholly in the sample village.While recording the area under Cols. 14 to 17 the primaryworker has to take into consideration the entire operated areairrespective of its location. Its further break-up will beindicated in cols. 19 to 22.

Co/. /4: Owned & Self operated

9.30 A person is considered to own a piece ofland ifhe has the right of permanent heritable possession over it.Land held under owner like possession is also considered asowned.

9.31 Self-operated and owned include land cultivatedby self, land being cultivated through members of the familyand land cultivated with the help of hired labour but wouldexclude land leased out to others. The self-operated landwould include cultivated as well as uncultivated land.

(·o/. /5 Leased-in

9.32 Area leased-in is defined as land taken on leasefrom others without any permanent right of possession forthe lessee. Land may be leased in for different terms andconditions such as (a) fixed amount of money; (b) fixedquantity of produce; (c) share of produce; (d) usufructuarymortgage and (e) other terms.

9.33 Tenancy is a sensitive subject and the primaryworker has to be very tactful in obtaining the correct positionabout the land leased-in, and the terms on which it has beenleased-in. Informant may not be awareof the termsmentioned above but he may be familiar with their equivalentill local language. Primary worker should be conversant withthe local terms in use. Under the usufructuary mortgage, theownership of property is with the mortgager but thepossession is with the mortgagee, i.e., person to whom themortgage is made or given. Income from the property accrues

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to the mortgagee and the mortgage is terminated as soon asthe full amount is realised. States may, if necessary, use thelocal terms and conditions which are more prevalent tofacilitate the collection of correct information. Uniformityshould be maintained while adopting such local names.Ultimately the final tables would have to be in accordancewith the terms indicated above. In case the land has beenleased-in for combination of two or more terms such casesmay be treated as land leased-in for 'others' terms. 'Others'would include areas for which lessee has been paid in cashand partly on credit on the conditions of rendering serviceeither to the village community or the Government and/orheld free of lease etc. It would also include cases wherelabourers are given some land for cultivation withoutpermanent right.

Co!. 16: Area otherwise operated

9.34 In 1970-71 Census, area operated comprised ofonly two categories namely area owned and area leased-in.A third category of area otherwise operated was introducedduring 1976-77 Census to account for such areas which werenot covered under the two prevalent categories. SometimesGovernment or village community land is encroached uponand cultivated. Sometimes the land is illegally held or isforcibly occupied. In certain cases, the land operated maybe in dispute and as such cannot be treated as owned orleased-in. In all such categories, the land operated is neitherowned nor leased-in. These areas would, therefore, beclassified as 'otherwise operated' and these will be recordedunder Co!. 16.

Co!. 17: Total area operated

9.35 This will be the total of areas recorded in Cols.14,15 and 16.

Co!. 18: Location Code:

9.36 It has already been explained that the areaoperated by the operational holder may be located entirelyor partly in the sample village and wholly or partly outsidethe sample village. The primary worker has to ascertain thelocation of all the lands operated by the same operationalholder. According to the location of the land operated, hewill give the appropriate code to the operational holding inCo1.18.

The location codes are given below:

Code No. ITEM

01 Entire operated area located in the samplevillage.

02 Entire operated area outside the sample villagebut within the same R.I. circle.

03 Operated area partly in the sample village, partlyin other village(s) within the same RevenueCircle.

Entire operated area outside the sample villageand also outside the R.I. Circle but within thesame tehsil.

05 Operated area partly in the sample village andpartly in other R.I. Circles of the same tehsil.

06 Operated area partly in the sample village, partlyoutside sample village of same R.I. circle andpartly outside the Revenue Circle of the sametehsil.

07 Otherwise located.Tl-e primary worker should indicate the correct code

number which is applicable against 'type of holding' . In casethere is no Revenue Circle in the State, the Block should betaken in place of Revenue Circle.

04

Cols. 19 to 22: Area operated outside the sample village:9.37 In case the location code in Col. IS is 01, there

would be entry in Col.19 only but no entry in Cols. 20 to 22.In other cases, the primary worker has to record the areaoperated by the concerned holder villagewise. He wouldwrite the name of the village in Col. 21 and the area operatedin that village in Col. 20. The name of the blockltehsil inwhich the villages in Col.21 are located will be indicated inCo1.22. It would be necessary to ensure that the sum total ofarea recorded in Cols. 19 and 20 tallies with the total arearecorded in Col. 17.

Col.23 is for remarks, if any.

10.0: Schedule L-2

10.1 The Primary Worker has to prepare a separateIist of the Institutional Holdings of the sample village.Institutional holding would include Government farms, farmsof sugarcane factories', cooperative farms, temple landsmanaged by Trust through hired labour, tea gardens/plantations etc. If, however, the temple lands,plantationsetc are leased out to individuals for cultivation, then thesewill be considered as Individual Holdings.

10.2 Only such Institutional Holdings would beIisted in Schedu IeL-2 for the sample village which are locatedin that sample village. For this purpose, the headquarters ofthe Institution or its location/office should be the decidingfactor. In case there is no such office, the place where themanager or the person incharge of a particular InstitutionalHolding is residing, would be the basis for deciding wherethe holding is to be list d.

Col. 2: Idem ification particulars

10.3 Full particulars including ull name f theInstitution and the office/Manager should be recorded in thiscolumn.

Co}. 3. Type a/Holding

10.4 In this column indicate whether the InstitutionalHolding is a Government farm or cooperative farm or farms

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of sugarcane factory or trust or a temple land etc.

Cols. 4 to 7: Area operated

10.5 The concepts of area owned and self operatedleased in and otherwise operated have been explained in detailfor the purpose of Schedule L-l. These concepts would beequally applicable for the Institutional Holdings. InstitutionalHoldings may have its own land which it may be cultivatingthrough hired labour. It may also take on lease certain areasfrom others. There is a little possibility of the Institutionalholdings operating land which has been classified asotherwise operated but this column has been provided witha view to ensure that no operated area is left out. The sum ofCols. 4, 5 and 6 would be recorded in Col. 7.

Col. 8: Location Code

10.6 It is possible that the area of the InstitutionalHoldings may be spread over in more than one village.Instructions for recording location code have been given forcoLIS of Schedule L·I. These instructions are equallyapplicable for Institutional Holdings.

10.7 The primary worker should record the codenumber applicable in each case.

Col.9: Area operated in the sample village

1O.S If the location code recorded in Col.S is 0 I,the area recorded in Col.9 should tally with the area recordedin Co1.7. Where entire area is lying outside the samplevillage, there would be no entry in Co1.9. In other cases, theprimary worker would record in this column only such areawhich is located within the sample village.

Col. J 0 to J 2: Area operated outside the sample village

10.9 This would be applicable only in such caseswhere part ofthe holding is lying outside the sample village.Primary worker should ascertain the name/s of the village/sin which the Institutional Holding might be operating someland and record the same alongwith the area in each village.The total of area operated in the sample village (Co\.9) andin other villages (CoLli) must tally with the total areaoperated as in Co1.7. The Block/Tehsil in which the villagesin CoLI I are located may be indicated in Co1.12.

Co1.13: is for remarks, if any.

10.10: Schedule L-I and Schedule L-2 should beprepared in duplicate. As soon as the listing work andS' :t(oo. ~"e over, one copy each of these schedules shouldI.~ ',--' .,,-,' -ck ITehsil headquarters for estimating the" •.,mb.,: '/e'~' r-» "7 ot",·-ntional holdings and preparing tableT-l em a P~i(;,';;" :..~ ..

Il.l The purpose of Scbedule l -:; is to prepare to 2

sampling frame for the selection of the required number ofholdings for collecting detailed information. The primary

worl.cr would have to classify the holdings listed in Col.9onward of Schedule L·I according to following five broadsize classes.

Size class Category

Below! haBetween ! to 2 haBetween 2 to 4 haBetween 4 to 10 ha!0 ha and above

MarginalSmallSemi-mediumMediumLarge

Note: While holdings below 0.02 ha would haveh 'en enumerated for L-lIL-2 schedules, it is notn,..cessary to fill H-I Schedule for these holdings. Thiswould mean that while holdings below 0.02 ha wouldbe taken into account for Table-t, these would not beincluded for the remaining tabulation.

11.2 The list should be prepared in this Schedule as.: ..•u-ed above separately for the holdings of Scheduled

v<\:;le:., Scheduled Tribes and others, i.e., for each socialf!.I QUI), one list is to be prepared in Schedule L·3 for each, .npl; village. In each size class, the operational holders;11" to be arranged in ascending order and 25% of holders in;I)\: first four size classes and all holders in the size class 10ha. and above are to be selected circular systematically aftera :undorn start. The procedure is to be followed for each of(he first four categories of each of the three social groupswhile all the holdings of the fifth category stand selected.

Col. I Serial Number

11.3 This would be a continuous running number andthe last serial number would indicate the total number ofoperational holdings. This should tally with the total numberof operational holdings as per Col.9 of Schdule L-I.

Col.Z Serial Number a/Operational Holder

11.4 This number is to be copied from Co\.9 ofSchedule L-I.

Co!s.3, 5,7.9 and II: Serial Number

I 1.5 Serial Numbers are to be given to the operationalholdings in each of the categories, viz., Marginal, Small,Semi-medium, Medium and Large. For this, in each of theColumns 3,5,7,9,and II at the first instance only a tickC))markwillbe put corresponding to the serial number given incolumn 2 and also enter the area as in Col.17 of L-! .Then,ill each of these columns, a fresh serial number should begiven after arranging the holdings according to ascendingorder of size of holding.

Cots..J,6.8,10 and 12: Order a/Selection:

I 1.6 In general 25% of the holding in the first 4 sizeclasses are to be selected but 1.. t:, ".LI: •••• ,.: _., .:.:P. rl?.$S

all t' ~Hf!..:I~~gsare~(1!. L..~ ., ~~ ",.~~. 1. •••.••.•..• 1.1 •••. ,

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if necessary, increase the sample. See also paras 3.1 add3.2. The primary worker would select the required numberof holdings from each size class as per instructions' to beissued by the State Government. He would encircle' the.selected serialnumbers in Col.9 of Schedule L·I. Order ofselection would be recorded in Cols.4,6,8,1 0 and 12.

11.7 While issuing the instructions to the PrimaryWorkers, it would be necessary to indicate, in clear terms, asto the procedure to be adopted for selection ofthe holdings.It would also be necessary to clarify the procedure in thosecases where the total number of holdings for a particularsize class would be less than the number to be selected. Itshould be ensured that the sampling from Schedule L-J andthe selection of sample holdings (L-3) is thoroughly checkedby supervisory staff before the primary worker is allowed tocanvass Schedule H-I for the selected holdings.

12.0 Schedule n-i.12.1 A seperate Schedule H·I is to be canvassed for

each selected operational holding from the sample villageand for each of the Instistutional Holding listed in ScheduleL-2. The Primary Worker would prepare two copies ofSchedule H-I for every selected holding. One copy wouldbe forwarded to the higher authorities for the purpose oftabulation. The other copy would be retained as office copyfor the use of back references, inspection by supervisoryofficers etc.

12.2 This Schedule has been divided into eightblocks as indicated below:

A: Identification block.

B: Dispersal of operated area.

C: Details of area operated by the operational holder-tenancy status

D: Land utilisation

E: Number of wells & tubewells

F: Net area irrigated by source

G: Cropwise area

A. Identification Block:

12.3 Before the primary worker records surveynumberwise details of the land use, tenancy, crops etc. hehas to fill in the identification particulars of Block A. Againstvillage, the name of the sample village would be recorded.Name of the State, District and Tehsil in which the samplevillage is located would be indicated against respective items.Full name of the operational holder would include the nameof the father/husband and in case of Institutional Holdings,the name of person incharge (Manager) and the office addressmay also be indicated.

Instructions regarding the r".~!o "f the oper tiona!

H-I. In this' case. the primary worker has to ascertain andI~cord whether the operational holder belongs to ScheduledC\ste/Schedule Tribe or not. It is to be remembered that amember of a Scheduled Caste cannot belong to a religionother than Hinduism or Sikhism. It is, therefore, necessaryto ascertain for those who report to be members of ScheduledCastes, whether they belong to Hinduism or Sikhism. Amember of the Scheduled Tribe can belong to any religion.

•12.4 Serial No: The Serial Number in Schedule

L I(Col. 9) in case of individual/joint operational holding andserial number in Column I of Schedule L2, in caseInstitutional Holding would be recorded. It is necessary torecord the correct serial number so as to facilitate crosschecking of Schedule H I with Schedule L IIL2.

12.5 It is important to note that the information inSchedule H-I should be filled for the operator - Once as awhole for the entire operated area including area outside thevillage(in the case of resident holder)

Size Class

12.6 There would be 11 size classes as indicated belowfor presentation of data. The Primary workerwould recordthe correct code number as applicable.

Code No.Size Class(ha)

below 0.020.02 - 0.500.50 - 1.001.00 - 2.002.00 - 3.003.00 - 4.004.00 - 5.005.00 - 7.507.50-\0.0010.00 - 20.0020.00 and above

Types of Holding:-

12.7 Type of Holding would indicate whether theoperated area is lying within the selected village and/oroutside the village. For this purpose, the following locationcodes may be followed.

0102

03040506

07080910II

Type of Holding

Entire operated area locatedin the villageof residence

Entire operated area outsidethe village of residence butwithin the same tehsil

Code No.

01

02

Operated area in the villageand operator residing outsidethe teh it.

03

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The Patwari should indicate the correct code numberwhich is applicable against 'type of holding'.

Area operated:

12.8 The total area operated by the selected holderwould be recorded adding item (i) & (ii), the area operatedwithin the sample village against item (i) and outside thevillage at item (ii) .

Area operated would include both cultivated anduncultivated area, provided part of this was put to agriculturlproduction during the reference period. It would also coverthe land occupied by the farm buildings, including the houseof the holder, provided such' buildings are within thecultivated area. If the farm buildings are located outside thecultivated area and are covered under abadi area, suchbuildings would not be included.

Status of Holding:

(Individual/Joint/Institutional)

12.9 If the holding is being operated either by oneperson alone or group of persons, who are the members ofthe same household, it will be considered as Individualholding. If two or more persons belonging to differenthouseholds share jointly as partners the economic andtechnical responsibility of operation of an agriculturalholding, such holding would be considered as Joint Holding.It was observed that the primary worker faced some difficultyin proper understanding of the definition of a Joint Holding.The basic difference between the Individual and JointHolding is that in case of an Individual Holding, the personswho operate the land jointly necessarily belong to the samehousehold i.e. they stay together and take the food from thecommon kitchen. In case of Joint Holding, the persons whooperate the land jointly must belong to diferent households.It is possible that two brothers may be staying together andtaking the food from the common kitchen but they may beoperating some land independant of each other. In such cases,there would be two individual operational holdings. Thesewould not be considered as joint holdings.

The enumerator would record the correct code numberas applicable to the holder.

Code No.Status

Individual

joint

InstitutionalTenancy Status

12.10 The land operated might be owned and selfoperated/leased-in/otherwise operated and or combination'of one or more ofthese three. Seven codes are suggested forindicating the tenancy status of the selected holding. These

01

02

03

are:

Wholly owned and self operatedPartly owned and partly leased-inWholly leased-inWholly otherwise operatedPartly owned and partly otherwise operatedPartly leased-in and partly otherwise operatedPartly owned, partly leased-in andpartly otherwise operated

Irrigation Status:

12.11 The Primary worker should indicate theirrigation status of the holding by writing the appropriatecode number as given below:-

010203040506

07

Irrigation Status:Wholly irrigatedPartly irrigatedWholly un irrigated

Survey numberwise details

12.12 There are six other blocks of Schedule H-l,namely, Dispersal of operated area, Operated area by tenancystatus, Land utilisation, Number of wells & tubewells,Sourcewise irrigation and Cropwise area. The enumaratorwould record these information separately for each survey/sub-survey number operated by the concerned holder in thesample village as well as those outside the sample village.

Code No.010203

Columns I and 2

12.13 In column 1, the serial number of all the survey/sub-survey numbers constituting the operational holding areto be indicated and the corresponding Survey/sub-surveynumbers are to be recorded in column 2.

B: Dispersal of operated area

This is intended to obtain information on the extent ofdispersal of the area of operational holding which is requiredfor management planning.

Columns 3 to 5

The area of each Survey/sub-survey number of theoperational holding may be located in the village of residenceor in another village but within the same tehsil. When thearea is in the village and operational holder is residing outsidethe tehsil, the area will be treated as a separate operationalholding.The Primary worker will record the area under theappropriate column. The total operated area will show theextent of dispersal of various parcels of the operationalholding.

Columns 6 to 14

C. Operated area by Tenancy Status

The area operated may be owned and self operated!leased in/otherwise operated and!or combination of thesethree types. The concepts of ownership, tenancy and

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otherwise operated area are explained in Annexure-I, Theterms on which the land has been leased-in would vary fromholder to holder. The land might have been leased-in forfixed money, fixed produce, share of produce, usufructuarymortgage, etc. The Primary worker would record the areaunder one or more of these terms as applicable. The totalarea operated by the holder would be recorded in column 14which would be the sum of area recorded in columns 6,12and 13.

Columns 15 to 23

D. Land Use

The Primary worker should be well conversant withthenine-fold land use classification adopted by the StateGovernments. For the purpose of agriucltural census, six foldclassification has been suggested. 'Permanent pastures andother grazing lands' and land under miscellaneous tree cropsetc. have been clubbed together and are to be recorded against"uncultivated area other than fallow land". Similarly, 'Notavailable for cultivation' would include forests, area undernon-agricultural uses and barren and uncultivable land. Itwould be thus clear that there is practically no differencebetween the standard nine-fold classification of the land useadopted by the State Goverments and the six foldclassification proposed here for the Agricultural Census.

For ready reference, a comparative picture is indicatedbelow:

Ninefold classification Six fold classification

1. Net Area sown 1. Net Area sown2. Current Fallow 2. Current Fallow3. Fallow land other 3. Fallow land other

than current fallow than current fallow4. Permanent pastures and

other grazing land 4. Uncultivated land5. Land under miscellaneous other than fallow

tree crops and groves notincluded in net area sown.

6. Forests 5. Not available for7. Area put to Non-agricul- cultivation

tural uses8. Barren and uncultivable land9. Culturable waste 6. Culturable wasteColumn 15

The primary worker would first ascertain whether theentire area or part ofthe survey/sub-survey number was undercultivation during the agricultural year 1990-91. If so, areasown would be indicated in Co1.l5. If two or more cropswere taken in the same area during the agricultural year, thearea sown more than once in the same year would be countedonly once. In other terms, the primary worker has to recordthe net area sown and not gross cropped area.

Columns 16-/7

Area which is normally cropped but was kept fallowduring the entire agricultural year 1990-91 would be treatedas current fallow and such area would be recorded againstCo 1.16. The total of Cols.l S and 16 would be net cultivatedarea and it would be indicated against Co1.17.

Column 18

Fallow· lands other than current fallow would includeall such lands which are taken up for cultivation but aretemporarily out of cultivation for a period of not less thanone year and not more than five years. Such area would berecorded in Col.18.

Column 19

Uncultivated land other than fallow land would includepermanent pastures and other grazing lands provided theseare part of the operational holding. Village common grazinglands would not, therefore, be included. This would alsoinclude land under miscellaneous tree crops, i.e., cultivableland which is not included in the net area sown but is put tosome agricultural use such as grasses, bamboo bushes, grovesetc.

Column 20Culturable Waste:

Cultural waste would include all land available forcultivation, whether or not taken up for cultivation once butcultivated during the current year and the last five years ormore in succession for one reason or the other. Such landsmay be either wholly or partly covered with shrubs or jungleswhich are not put to any use. Land once cultivated but notcultivated for five years in succession would also be included.

Column 21

Area not cultivated

The sum total of Columns 18 to 20 would be shownagainst Col.21.

Co1.22: Not available for cultivation

This would include Forest and areas under non-agricultural use, barren and cultivable land.

(i) Forest

The primary worker would include only such forestareas which are included in the operated area of the selectedoperational holding. The reserved and protected forest underthe control of Forest Department would not, therefore, beincluded.

(ii) Area under Non-Agricultural Use

This will include all such land/occupied by buildingsand other rands put to uses other than ag: ;~.ni".i,e, provided

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(iii) Barren and cultivable fund

This would include land which .:, h}(} inferior to bebrought under plough i.c. hard rock, nullah, old quary,provided such land forms pillt of the operational holding.

Column 23

The sum of the net culti ated are recorded in column17 and area not cultivated in column 21 and area not availabiefor cultivation in coh.mn 22 would be recorded in column23. The operated area 50 recorded in ist tally with theoperated area of the survey/sub-survey «urn ers as recordedin column 14.

Columns 24-29

E. Number ofWeH '- '\.., cwd;;.

The Prirnarv W(lr~er would in,,;, ·,:0 ,he nun. er ofwells in use in column, L4 te,26. m COLL4, he would indicatethe number of wells with electric pu.nosets while HI (:01.25,the number of wells wrth diesel pumpsets would be recorded.In co1.26, he would indk ·ne the number f wells withoutpump-sets. In co1.27, the" .•mber of wells not in use will berecorded. Similarly he wouid record the number of tubewellsrun on electricity/diesel m columns 28 and 29 respectively.It is necessary to clarify that, while recording the number ofwells/tubewells, the Primary worker would take intoconsideration the survey number in which the well/tubeweilis located and not the survey numbers irrigated by thesesources. In other terms, the basic consideration is the locationof the source and not the area irrigated. It is also clarifiedthat the wells and tubewells indicated will be those used forirrigation purposes only.

Columns 30-35:F. Net Area Irrigated by source:

Provision has been made to record separately areairrigated by four sources of irrigation. Area operated by oneholder would not be normally irrigated by more than foursources. In exceptional cases, however, where the numbermay exceed four, the Patwari can record the area under'others' column specifying the source of irrigation.

In columns 30 to 34, the area irrigated by thecorresponding source will be recorded. The area irrigatedwould be net area irrigated by each source. In case somearea is irrigated during the year by more than one source ofirrigation such area would be recorded only against thatsource which is the major source of irrigation. The net areairrigated by one or more sources of irrigation, as recorded incolumns 30 to 34 would be added up and shown in column35.

The Patwari has to indicate whether the holding iswholly irrigated or partly irrigated or wholly unirrigated bywriting in identification block. Iflr." '.. .cire n-.. :,u" >'-'\,1, 1,.

equa! to net r.rea irrigaieI, sn- 1:.ll1'i:: vou., L. conside. ~

as wholly irrigated holding. In case part of the sown area isirrigated, it will be partly irrigated and if the entire sownarea has not received any irrigation during the year, suchholding would be wholly unirrigated.

Columns 36-47.

G. Cropwise Area:

Provision has been made to record separately areairrigated and un irrigated under five crops. It is normallyexpected that one operational holder may not have taken morethan five crops during the agricultural year. However, incase the operator has grown more than five crops, the Patw arishould use additional sheet for recording details of thosecrops in excess of five crops. The name of the crop wouldbe indicated in the blank space provided for "crop". ThePatwari must ensure that he will not record the area before

Food Crops- include cereals and pulses.

0101:0104:0107:

0201:0204:

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writing the name c tuc particular crops.

Total irrigated area would be the total of columns36,38,40, 42,and 44. Similarly.total unirrigated IDea wouldbe the sum total of columns 37,39,41,43 and 45.

Provision has been mode for recording code numbersfor the crops as also for the .irrigated' , 'unirrigated', and'total' parts of each crops. The code numbers for variouscrops have been given in the 'List of crops' given below.The StateslUTs are advised to follow the same system ofcode numbers a" given nere for uniformity,

List of Crops

Food Cropse- in .lude Foodgrains, Sugarcane, Spices& Condiments, Fruits, Vegetables and other Food crops.

Code 0199: A. Cereals:

Rice 0102: Jowar 01.03: BajraMaize 0105: Ragi 0106: WheatBarley 0108: Small 0188: Others

Millets (specify)Code 0299: B. Pulses:

Gram 0202: Tur(Arahar) 0203: UradMoong 0205: sMasur 0288: Others

(specify)

0399: C. Total Food Grains = A + B

040 I : D. Sugarcane

0599: EI. Spices & Condiments:

0501 :0504:0507:0588:

Pepper (Black) 0502:Turmeric 0505:Garlic 0508:Others(please specify)

0699: E.2 Fruits:

0601:0604:0607:0610:

MangoesGrapesGuavasAlmond

0602:0605:0608:0611:

0799: F. Vegetabls:

0701 :0704:0706:!)7R~:

PotatoesOnionsTomato0t~:,ro (o-~"ify)

0702:0705:0707:

Chi11iesCardamomCoriander

Citrus FruitsPome FruitsAppleWalnut

TapiocaCarrotSpinach

0503:0506:

GingerBetelnuts(Arecanut)

0603: Banana0606: Papaya0609: Cashew0688: Others

(specify)

0703: SweetPotatoes

0708: BrinjaJ

0899: G. Other Food Crops:

0801:0803:

Crop (please specify)Crop (please specify)

0999: fl. Total Food Crops:

i.e. Total of C+D+E+F+G

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0802: Crop (specify)

Non-Food Crops: - include oilseeds, fibres, dyes and tanning materials, drugs & narcotics, plantation crops, foddercrops, green manure crops and other non-food crops.

1099: I. Oil Seeds:

1001:1004:

1088:

Ground NutRapeseed& MustardOthers (specify)

1199: J. Fibres:

1101:1104:

CottonSun-hemp

1002:1005:

1102:1188:

CastorSeedLinseed

1003:1006:

Sesamum(Til)Coconut

JuteOthers (specify)

1103: Mesta

1201:

1299: K. Dyes & Tanning materials:

Others (specify)Indigo 1288:

1399: L. Drugs & Narcotics:

1301:1304:

OpiumCoffee

1302: Tobacco1305: Rubber

1303: Tea1306: Others (suchas Chinchona, India Hemp, etc.)

,1499: M. Fodder & Green Manures:

1401:1404:

GuarGreen Manures

1402:1488:

1501:

1599: N. Other Non Food Crops:

1502:Crop (pleasespecify)

169,9: O. Total Non Food Crops:

OatsOthers(specify)

1403: 0 ther FooderCropsrspecify)

Crop(pleasespecify)

i.e. Total ofI+J+K+L+M+N 1699

i.e. Total ofH+O 9999

9999: P. Total Gross Cropped Area:

I. Schedule L-l :

2. Schedule L-2 :

3. Schedule L-3 :

4. Schedule H-l :

AGRICULTURAL CENSUS, 1990-91

List of Schedules for non-land Record States

List of Households and Operational Holdings in the sample village.

List ofInstitutional Holdings in the Sample Village.

List of Operational Holdings in the sample village and sample selection

Particulars of Operational Holdings

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SCHEDULE - L-I

List of households atl Operational Holdings in the Sample village

, Statet •

2. District3. Tehsil4. Block

~. R.I. Circle6. Patwari Circle7. Village8. Name of Enumerator

Sl. House House- Name of Name of Hous Whether Whether SI.No.of Name ofNo. No. hold head of informant hold owns any operated opera- opera-

household with size land. If any land? tional tionalrelation yes, If yes, holder holderto head extent of No.of

land operationalowned(ha.) holdings in

the house-hold

---_._-_.- ._--2 3 4 5 (, 7 8 9 10

----- -- ._._- - - ~.---~-

Area operated(in ha.) Area operated outsidethe sample village

SI.No. lndivi- SC/ST/ Mair. Owned Leased Other- Total Loca- Area Area Name of Block/ Remarksdual! ( ithcrs occu- and in wise area tion opera- (in ha.) village Tehsil inJoint pation self opera- oper- code ted in which

oper- led ated village locatedated (in ha)

(I) (II) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (\7) (\8) (\9) (20) (2\) (22) (23)

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Schedule -L-2

List of Institutional Holdings in the Sample village

I.2.3.4.

StateDistrictTehsilBlock

5.6.7.8.

R.I. CirclePatwari CircleVillageName of Enumerator

S. ldenti- "ype of Area operated (ill ha.) Loca- Area Area operated out- RemarksNo. fication Holding tion opera- side sample village

parti- Owned u~'l:cl Other- Total ted inculars and ~~i!l wise Area Code sample Area ViII- Block!

self operated village (in age Tehsil inoperated (in ha.) ha.) which located

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13--.-------------------~-~..~•.....-.~~..-..~-.~-..-.---- ---.--- ..---.,--~--<--.-.--

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Schedule - L-3

List oflJperational Holdings in the Sample village and Sample Selection

I. State 5. R.I. Circle2. District 6. Patwari Circle3. Tehsil 7. Village4. Block 8. Name of Enumerator

-------_. ------_._._-._. __ ._- -_ ..._---_ .._- .-s. S.No. Area Operated (ill ha.)

No. of Op.Holder below I ha I to 2 ha 2 to 4 ha 4 to 10 ha 10 ha & above

as perCol.9 S. Order of S. Order of S. Order of S. Order of S. Order ofofL-1 No. selection No. selection No. selection No. selection No. selection

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ii 12

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Schedule H-I

Particulan of Operational Holding

A. Identification Block;1. State\U.T.

2. District

3. Tehsil

4. Block

5. R.1. Circle

6. Patwari Circle

7. Village

8. Full name of the operational holder

9. S.No. as per L-I

10. Social Group: SC ST Others

II. Size-Class :

12. Status : Individual Joint Institutional

13. Area Operated (in ha)i) In the villageii) Outside the village:iii) Total (i+ii)

14. Tenancy status

15. Irrigation status

B. Dispersal Operated Area (in ha) C.Area operated by tenancy status (in ha)

SI. Surveyl Area in Area Area in Area leased in forNo. Sub- the outside village

Survey village the and ope- Owned Fixed Fixed Share Usufru- Other Total Other- TotalNo. of village rational and money produce of ctuary terms leased wise opera-

resi- of resi- holder self pro- mortgage in opera- teddence dence resi- opera- duce Area ted (Cols.

but ding ted (Cols. 6+12+13)within outside area 7 to II)the same theTehsil tehsil

(areabeingtreatedas sepe-rate ope-rationalholding)

2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14

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D. Land Utilisation (in ha)

Net Current Net Fallow Uncultivated Culturable Total area Area not Total operatedArea fallow cultivated other area other was~ not cultivated available area (CoI.17+sown area than than fallow (Col 18 to 20) for cultivation 21+22)

(CoI.1S+16) current (Land under:fallow (i) Forest

(ii) Non-Agri,(iii) Barren)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

E. Number of Wells and Tubewells F.Net area irrigated by source(in ha.)

Number of Wells No. of Canals Wells Tubewells Tanks Others Total ITubewells (Cols

in use Not in 30use Electrical Diesel to

With Without 34)Pumpsets Pumpsets

Electric Diesel

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

G.Cropwise area (in ha.)

Crop - I Crop-II Crop - III Crop - IV Crop-V

TotalCropped

Area Remarks,ifany

[-------' ___ -'I IL--__ ----'

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

Irri-gated

Unirri-gated

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

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I. StatelU .T.2. District3. Tehsil4. Block5. R.1. Circle6. Patwari Circle7. Village8. Name ofPatwari

T-I Provisional Number of oFntiun'; holdings and area operated by size class, 1990-91

SI. Size of holding (ha) No ('1'IJprp:jetal holdings Area operated (in ha)No.

Indi v l

dualInstitu-tional

Indiv i-dual

JointTotal Institu-tional

Total

2 6 7 IS 10------------ --

5

I. Below 0.02

2. 0.02 - 0.5

3. 0.5 - 1.0

Marginal (1+2+3)

4. 1.0. - 2.0

Small (4)

5. 2.0 - 3.0

6. 3.0 - 4.0

Semi-medium (5+6)

7. 4.0 - 5.0

8. 5.0 - 7.5

9. 7.5 - 10.0

Medium (7+8+9)

iO 10.0-20.0

I I 20 ha and above

Large (10+11).-._-------------- .---------------------_.

All sizes

Note: This summary should be prepared separately for each social group, viz., Scheduled Caste,

Scheduled Tribe, others lllld Total for each village

Checked by:

1>-:_;)D:.~..

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