How to Use the 1961 Census Working Force Data

No one need have been surprised when the 1961 Census, in which very great pains were taken to count the contribution to the national effort of each and every worker throughout the Indian Union, produced a higher proportion of economically active persons than the 1951 Census, in which emphasis had been laid on the pernicious concept of "means of livelihood."* Nor should there be any great difficulty in interpreting or utilising the 1961 Census working force data.