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BENGAL
567

District. Area square miles. Population. Hindus. Muliammadaris. Christians. Others. Population per square mile. 1 Land Revenue. BENGAL PROPER 1. Bard wan, 3,523 1,346 1,344 5,082 1,424 2,788 8 3,421 3,658 2,578 4,126 1,813 2,234 3,476 1,501 1,966 1,234 2,906 1,307 2,897 1,496 4,935 6,293 5,383 2,498 1,557 2,655 6,882 3,867 2,034,745 526,772 695,921 2,540,963 1,488,556 2,210,047 447,601 1,812,795 2,075,021 1,353,626 1,501,924 676,426 1,310,729 2,149,972 689,467 1,211,594 94,712 418,665 532,565 1,852,993 1,012,589 2,377,433 2,349,917 1,719,539 1,127,402 713,934 1,533,931 69,607 35,262 1,679,363 487,786 576,908 2,285,568 1,186,435 1,307,087 291,194 821,032 915,413 733,056 702,235 356,298 286,870 857,298 130,644 361,314 69,831 182,375 793,789 420,988 827,393 817,963 859,234 301,138 180,253 540,156 598 348,024 13,500 111,795 157,047 299,025 887,853 133,131 984,106 1,151,936 603,564 793,215 310,890 1,017,979 1,291,465 556,620 847,227 6,248 144,980 Details not a 1,050,131 588,299 1,540,965 1,519,635 854,131 795,013 533,053 993,554 1,378 Details not a 1 890 70 249 613 2,583 13,767 21,356 5,977 1,142 537 270 43 103 73 22 98 556 36 vailable. 7,844 463 4,852 124 159 1,084 552 146 31 Bailable. 6,468 25,416 6,969 97,735 513 1,340 1,920 1,680 6,530 16,469 6,203 9,195 5,777 1,136 2,181 2,955 18,077 594 1,229 2,839 4,223 12,195 6,015 30,169 76 65 67,600 578 391 518 500 1,045 793 55,950 530 567 525 364 373 587 619 459 616 77 144 407 640 677 482 373 319 451 459 578 10 9 306,454 45,065 73,223 203,409 144,848 2,440 170,287 105,080 103,184 135,883 175,566 32,414 102,681 96,662 44,160 24,066 6,376 26,547 48, 996 32,764 151,128 84,955 48,311 76,089 56,161 100,322 2. Bankura, 3. Birbhum, 4. Midnapur 5. Hiigli with Ht-wrah, 6. 24 Parganas, 7. Calcutta, 8. Nadiya, 9. Jessor, 10 Murshidabad, 11. Dinajpur, 12. Maldah, 13 Itajshahi, 14. Kangpur, 15. Bo<n a, 16. Pabna, , 17. Darjiliug, 18. Jalpaigmi,[1] 19. Kucli Behar, [2] 20. Dacca, 21. Faridpur, 22. Bakai f anj, . . . . 23. Maimaiisinh, 24. Silliet, 25. Chittagon" 1 , 26. Noakhali, 27. Tipperah, 28. Chittagong Hill Tracts, ... Hill Tipperah State, Total, 84,198 36,564,708 17,972,219 17,534,774 63,641 335,567 438 2, 13, 002 BEIIAK. 29. Patiui, 2,101 4,718 4,385 6,343 2,654 3,531 3,913 4,327 4,957 5,488 1,559,638 1,949,750 1,723,974 4,384,706 2,063,860 1,440,815 1,812,986 1,826,290 1,714,795 1,259,287 1,363,291 1,729,899 1,590,643 3,854,991 1,822,048 1,240,264 1,613,546 1,639,949 1,022,009 650,210 192,988 219,332 132,671 528,605 241,590 199,237 182,269 169,426 690,149 ,79,786 2,700 203 461 716 207 1,307 1,142 532 403 f 392 659 316 199 394 16 7 16,029 16,383 2,234 528,899 742 413 393 691 778 408 463 422 346 229 145,050 136,261 174,591 176,702 211,936 51,578 81,015 67,925 127,693 12,154 30. Gaya, 31. Shahabad, 32. Tirlmt, 33. Saran, 34. Champaran, 35. Monghir, 36. Bhagalpur, 37. Purniah, 38. Santal Pai-f-anas, Total, 42,417 19,736,101 16,526,850 2,636,053 8,003 565,135 465 1,184,905 ORISSA. 39. Cattack, 3,178 2,473 2,066 16,184 1,494,784 769,674 770,232 1,283,309 1,430,040 739,636 738,396 879,655 40,013 11,586 18,878 3,995 2,314 576 530 303 22,417 17,876 12,428 399,356 470 311 373 79 83,416 45,862 40,424 40. Puri, 41. Balasor, 42. Tributary States, Total, 23,901 4,317,999 3,787,727 74,472 3,723 452,077 180 169,702 CHIIOTA NAGPUR. 43. Hazaribah, 7,021 12,044 4,503 4,914 15,419 771.875 1,237,123 415,023 995,570 405,980 647,991 741,952 209,632 827,936 139,781 72,338 58,211 2,487 33,622 2,348 1,573 12,781 852 592 49,973 424,179 202,052 133,420 263,851 no 103 92 203 26 7,041 9,732 5,934 6,562 44. Loharda^a 45. Singhbhum, 46. Ma.nbhu.in, . . 47. Tributary States Total, 43,901 3,825,571 2,567,292 169,006 15,798 1,073,475 87 29,279 Grand Total, 194,417[3] 61,444,379 40,854,058 20,414,305 91,225 2,426,254 331

3,796,888

  1. The census of the Duars of Jalpaiguri was taken in 1869-70, at the time of the land settlement, and the details of the population, according to religion, were not ascertained for this part of the district. The details, therefore, do not -agree with the total population.
  2. Census taken at the time of settlement. Details not ascertained.
  3. This area is exclusive of 5341 square miles of unsurveyed Sundarbans, and one or two minor tracts; total area of all Bengal, 203,473 square miles.