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Population Returns of 1834.

POPULATION RETURNS OF 1834.

Men. Women. Children.
Thanas. Families. Hindus. Musalmans. Hindus. Musalmans. Hindus. Musalmans. Total of Inhabitants.
Bhawanigunge . . . 22,935 12,892 38,691 11,666 37,279 86,076 33,110 219,7145
Nattore . . . 27,504 21,080 42,046 21,573 42,522 20,226 38,012 185,409
Hariyal . . . 21,715 17,417 29,962 17,764 29,680 14,589 29,205 138,617
Bauleah . . . 15,776 10,750 20,438 11,309 24,228 15,058 17,938 99,721
Bilmariya . . . 9,707 12,364 20,459 11,603 19,081 8,474 16,548 88,529
Tannore . . . 12,674 4,843 18,481 5,447 20,484 3,867 16,748 69,870
Chaugaon . . . 11,797 8,151 15,371 8,540 14,721 4,921 10,357 62,061
Manda . . . 9,336 7,314 11,690 7,355 11,644 4,227 8,001 50,231
Puthiya . . . 6,978 3,856 11,035 3,833 11,054 3,510 11,381 44,669
Sarda . . . 4,075 3,725 7,940 3,782 8,096 2,923 8,033 34,499
Dubalhati . . . 5,112 3,122 7,572 3,345 8,163 2,380 7,933 32,515
Mirgunge . . . 3,769 2,640 4,423 2,922 4,650 1,845 4,408 20,888
Godagari . . . 4,076 3,269 3,148 3,212 3,592 2,452 2,560 18,233

Although it is not expressly stated in the returns, yet it seems to have been generally understood that all who had entered on their sixteenth year were reckoned as men and women, and all who had not completed their fifteenth year were reckoned as children. The following is an abstract of the results thus obtained:—

1.—The total population of the district is 1,064,956 persons of both sexes and all ages.

2.—The total number of families is 155,454.

3.—The average number of persons in a family is thus 6,721, or rather more than 61/2. It should be noted here that the term translated family or house is often employed to describe an aggregate of families, as when two or more married brothers live in a collection of huts or buildings having one enclosure, one entrance, and one court.

4.—The number of males above 15 years of age is 342,629.

5.—The number of females above 15 years of age is 347,545.

6.—The number of children below 16 years of age is 374,782.

7.—The number of Hindus is 394,272.

8.—The number of Musalmans is 670,684.