Census Act, 1948
17.Grant of statistical abstracts:-
The Census Commissioner or any Superintendent
of Census Operations or such person as the State Government may authorizes in
this behalf may, if he so thinks fit, at the request and cost (to be determined
by him) of any local authority or person, cause abstracts to be prepared and
supplied containing any such statistical information as can be derived from the
census returns for India or any State, as the case may be, being information
which is not contained in any published report and which in his opinion it is
reasonable for that authority or person to require.