ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 

Many people helped us prepare this report. In compiling the basic data, we had assistance from Sarvashri D.N. Dixit, Ganesh Dass, Virendra Kumar and Smt. Rajni Verma, staff members of the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. At the Program on Population (formerly Population Institute) of the East-West Center, we had valuable research assistance from Kumari Jean Zhou. We are grateful to all of them. Without their help, completion of this study in such a short period would have been impossible.

The final drawings of maps were prepared by the Map Division of the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, under the able guidance of Dr. (Mrs.) Minati Ghosh, Deputy Registrar General (Map), to whom we owe thanks. We are also grateful to Shri I.S. Thakur, Deputy Director, In-charge Printing Cell and his colleagues in the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, for the speedy printing of this publication.

We would also like to express our appreciation to Shri A.R. Nanda, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, and Dr. Andrew Mason, Director of the East-West Center's Program on Population, for their valuable guidance and encouragement.

Support for this study was obtained from the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, and the United States Agency for International Development. We thank these organizations for their support.

        Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.                     O. P. Sharma
        
        January 29, 1993                             Robert D. Retherford