law: 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.