A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of the District, Or Zila, of Dinajpur/Book 2/Chapter 4
CHAPTER IV.
RELIGIONS AND SECTS.
Introduction.
According to the opinion of the principal native officer of revenue, three-fourths of the whole people of this district are Muhammedan; but my native assistant estimates the Muhammedans at !9 of the population. In each division, I consulted the most intelligent persons on this subject, and have placed the result of their opinions, concerning the proportion of Hindús and Muhammedans, in the general statistical table. If the extent of occupied land in each Thana be divided in these proportions, and the whole sums of each be added, to enable us to form an estimate of the population, the result will be, that the Moslems are to the Hindús in the proportion nearly of 70 to 30, somewhat more than the estimate of my assistant, and considerably less than that of the officer of revenue. Both are Brahmins. In the statistical table, No. 3, will be found an estimate of the numbers belonging to each class, into which I have divided the population.