Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland, Kohima

Write Name of the Religion in full and give the code from the following list Hindu – 1 Sikh – 4 Muslim – 2 Buddhist - 5 Christian – 3 Jain - 6 Question No. 7 : RELIGION for other religion, write name of the religion in full but do not give any code number. Box at the left of this column to be left blank.

Question No. 7 You should not presume that the religion of the head or the respondent is necessarily the religion of every member being enumerated in the household. You have to record the religion of each member of the household as returned by the respondent in reply to this question. Enquiry should be made for each member of the household independently. If a person says that she/he has no religion, record ‘no religion’ Do not give any code number & leave box at the left of this column blank.

Question No. 7 You should not mistake religion for caste names and also not try to establish any relationship between religion and mother tongue. You should not try to establish relation between Name / Surname & Caste

Question No. 7 In any area due to any organised movement, if the religion is not being truthfully returned, you should record them as actually returned by the respondent. Matter to be reported to the Supervisor by the enumerator for verification.

Question No. 8 : Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) 8(a) : Is this person SC/ST? If ‘YES’ give code in box: SC-1, ST-2. If ‘NO’ put ‘3’ in box. (1) Each State / UT has its own list of SCs / STs Important to remember :- (2) List of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes is to be furnished by the DCO to all Charges.

Question No. 8 : (3) While canvassing, it has to be ascertained whether respondent is SC / ST or Not and appropriate code to be entered in the column 8(a), Scheduled Caste – 1 Scheduled Tribe - 2 No - 3 (4) In addition to the code, the name of the SC / ST to be written in 8 (b)

Question No. 8 : (5) To ensure that the name of the SC/ST returned by the respondent appears in the list of SC/ST pertaining to each State.

Question No. 8 : Name of the religion along with relevant code should be properly entered under question 7 in respect of those persons who furnish Code “1” i.e. Scheduled Caste can only be among Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.

Question No. 8 (b) : If SC or ST write name of the SC or ST from the list supplied (1)For a person recorded as “Code 1” i.e. Scheduled Caste, write the name of the Scheduled Caste in full. (2)For a person recorded as “Code 2” i.e. Scheduled Tribe write the name of the Scheduled Tribe in full. (3)For a person who has been recorded as “Code 3” i.e. neither SC/ST, put a dash in this column.

Question No. 8 : (1)If a respondent returns his/her Caste / Tribe by a synonym or generic name, it can be accepted only if the name is mentioned in the list furnished to the Census functionaries. (2) If due to any organised movement in the area, the response to this Question is not being furnished truthfully, responses to be recorded as furnished and enumerator to be directed to report the matter to the supervisor for verification. Important to remember :-

Question No. 8 : (3) This question to be asked in respect of all members of the household as members may not always belong to the same Caste / Tribe.

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: Write name of the Mother tongue in full. Important to remember :- (1)Mother tongue is the language spoken in Childhood by the person’s mother to the person. (2)If mother has died in infancy, the language mainly spoken in the person’s home in childhood will be the mother tongue.

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: (3) In case of infants and deaf mute, the language spoken by the mother should be recorded. (4)In case of doubt, the language mainly spoken in the household may be recorded. (5)It is not necessary that the language returned as mother tongue should have a script

Chapter 6… Filling up of the Household Schedule Definition- Mother Tongue… Mother tongue need not have a script –Bhili/ Bhilodi, Gondi (MP) –Monpa, Adi, Galong (Arunachal Pradesh) –Paite, Zou (Manipur) –Zemi (Nagaland)

Chapter 6… Filling up of the Household Schedule Definition- Mother Tongue… Mother tongue may have script of another language: –Liangmei (Nagaland), Lusai / Mizo (Mizoram): Roman script –Santali, Mundari, Ho, Kharia West Bengal: Bengali script Bihar/ Jharkhand – Hindi script Odisha – Oriya script –Tulu (Karnataka): Kannada script –Badaga (Tamil Nadu): Kannada script

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: (6) Record the name of the language returned by the respondent as mother tongue in full.

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: (i) If you have reasons to suspect that in any area due to any organised movement, the mother tongue is not being truthfully returned, you should record the mother tongue as actually returned by the respondent and make a report to your supervisory officers for verification. Important to note :-

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: (ii) You are not expected to determine if the language returned by a person is a dialect of another language. (iii) You should not try to establish any relationship between religion and mother tongue.

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: (iv) You are bound to record the language as returned for each person as her / his mother tongue and you should not enter into any argument. Do not try to record any language other than what is returned by the respondent

Question No. 10: Mother Tongue: The mother tongue of each member of a household need not necessarily be the same - these may be different for different members (related / unrelated) in the household. It is absolutely necessary to ask of every person about her / his mother tongue.