BENGAL 211 Gottingen on 26th June 1881. A collection of his was 74,643,366, and in 1901 it was 78,448,735. The various writings was published in 1890, prefaced by a capital is Calcutta, which is also the capital of the Indian memoir by his son. (r. g.) empire. The word “ Bengal ” is sometimes used in a Bengal, a province of British India, under the narrower sense for the geographical area of Bengal proper, administration of a lieutenant-governor, situated in the excluding Behar and Orissa. This use has its justification north-east of the peninsula, occupying the lower valley in the fact that here alone is the Bengali language spoken. following table gives the area and population of the Ganges. The total area (including native states) of Population.—The the several districts and native states of Bengal, according to comprises 187,377 square miles. In 1891 the population the census of 1891 Area and Population of Bengal (1891). Divisions. Presidency
Population, Census of 1S91.
24 Parganas Calcutta and Suburbs ,
2,108 20
5,765 1
989,278 446,746
902,755 234,814
1,892,033 681,560
Density of Population to Square Mile. 898 37.057
Nadiya Jessore Khulna Murshidabad
2,128 2,794 2,925 2,077 2,144
5,766 2,982 4,851 3,209 3,627
1,436,024 802,147 941,334 617,981 605,665
1,137,569 841,961 947,493 559,671 645,281
2,573,593 1,644,108 1,888,827 1,177,652 1,250,946
1,209 588 646 567 583
12,068
20,435
4,403,151
4,131,975
8,535,126
707
2,797 2,267 3,649 6,332
6,813 4,403 4,708 7,959
1,200,583 893,091 1,104,443 1,788,616
1,220,073 904,229 1,049,522 1,683,570
2,420,656 1,797,320 2,153,965 3,472,186
865 792 590 548
15,045
23,883
4,986,733
4,857,394
9,844,127
654
2,563 1,645 2,491 5,419
1,234 2,625 6,318 1,029
615,868 508,727 911,799 59,566
674,299 500,966 871,136 47,720
503 614 716 20
12,118
11,206
2,095,960
1,290,167 1,009,693 1,782,935 107,286 2,094,121 | 4,190,081
345
4,118 2,330 3,486 1,452 1,839 1,164 2,962
7,676 5,219 3,537 4,223 3,892 1,319 3,331
812,047 654,338 1,061,812 418,916 677,911 123,046 364,659
743,788 658,998 1,003,652 398,578 684,481 100,268 316,693
1,555,835 1,313,336 2,065,464 817,494 1,362,392 223,314 681,352
378 564 592 563 741 192 230
17,351
29,197
4,112,729
3,906,458
8,019,187
456
3,921 4,226 4,993 1,902 5,469
3,867 5,067 5,994 3,248 11,266
987,072 1,004,865 993,496 399,917 870,567
1,048,949 1,027,831 951,162 415,002 883,629
2,036,021 2,032,696 1,944,658 814,919 1,754,196
519 481 389 428 321
20,511
29,442
4,255,917
4,326,573
8,582,490
418
2,076 4,712 4,365 3,003 3,335 2,653 3,531
4,663 10,095 4,883 4,104 3,890 4,296 5,117
865,732 1,045,011 990,799 1,305,374 1,370,985 1,133,926 936,135
903,272 1,093,320 1,072,538 1,406,071 1,430,970 1,333,551 923,330
1,769,004 2,138,331 2,063,337 2,711,445 2,801,955 2,467,477 1,859,465
852 454 473 903 840 930 527
23,675
37,048
7,647,962
8,163,052
15,811,014
667
2,697 2,621 1,753 5,186 1,223 476
3,560 5,497 3,193 14,934 2,582 1,335
682,872 525,941 389,639 1,308,100 529,139 364,890
709,008 543,727 408,194 1,323,416 547,571 356,321
1,391,880 1,069,668 797,833 2,631,516 1,076,710 721,211
516 408 455 507 880 1,515
13,956
31,101
3,800,581
3,888,237
7,688,818
550
7,021 7,140 3,753 4,147 4,905
8,087 3,578 2,877 8,317 3,901
597,357 577,012 274,071 600,129 302,450
1,164,321 1,128,885 545,488 1,193,328 596,770
166 155 145 288 122
26,966
26,760
566,964 551,873 271,417 593,199 294,320 2,277,773
2,351,019 i 4,628,792
172
Districts.
Dacca .
Dacca . Faridpur Backergunje Maimansingh
Chittagong
Chittagong . Noakhali Tippera Hill ^Tracts .
Kajshahi
Dinajpur Rajshahi Rangpur Bogra . Pabna. Darjiling Jalpaiguri
Bhagalpur
Monghyr Bhagalpur . Purnea Malda. Sonthal Parganas
Patna .
Patna . Gaya . Shahabad . Muzaffarpur Darbhanga . Saran . Champaran.
Burdwan
Burdwan Bankura Birbhum Midnapur Hooghly Howrah
Chota Nagpur Hazaribagh. Lohardaga . Singbhum . Manbhum . Palamau
Area in Square Miles.
Number of Towns and Villages.
Males.
Females.
Total.
