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 AREA. AND POPULATION

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II. Population according to Language, &c

The following table shows, for all India in 1911, th« chief linguistic families and sub-families with the population (in millions) assigned hereto i —

i. Vernaculars of India : Austro- Asiatic family —

Mon-Khmer

Munda Tibeto-Chinese family—

Tibtto-Barman.

Siamese-Chinese

Dravidian family. 68*74 Indo-European family —

0-56 • Aryan I 288-82

S&5 Unclassed languages 0*03

B. Vernaculars of other Asiatic

10-93 countries and Africa Ml

2-04 C. European languages. 32

The following are the languages more prevalent than English, with the population in 19U (in millions and two decimals) who speak them: —

Languages

Pop.

Hindi.

88-00

Bengali

48-37

Telugu

38-54

Marithi


 * 19-81

Tamil.

1S-13

Punjihi

R liasthani.

1407

Western Hindi

14-04

Gujarat i

10*68

Kanarsse

1053

Oriya.

10-16

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Malayalam. Western Panjabi Bindhl

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Western Pahari Kashmiri

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Pop.

Karen.

1-6T

Shan.

0-90

Knrukh or Orion

•-80

Mundari

0-60

Tulu.

0*66

Khand or Kni

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Baloch

0-30

Ho.

•-42

Bihari

0-40

Arakanese.

0-39

Manipuri.

0-31

The English langcags comes next in ordtr with 303,515.

The British-born population was in 1S91 100,551, in 1901 9e*,653, in 1911 122.919. In 1911, the total number of persons not horn in India, including the Prench and Portuguese possessions, was '650,502. Of these, 391.316 were from countries eoutUuous to India; 112,79*1, other countries in Asia; 122,919, the United Kingdom; 13,076, European, American, or Australasian countries ; 10,394 born in Africa, Ac, or at sea.

III. Occupations or the Population.

Distribution of ths total population of India according to the occupations by which they were supported in 1911 : —

-

Thous.

-

i Thous.

Pasture and agriculture.

224,696

Trade. ...

17,839

Fishing and hunting

1,855

Including —

Mines, quarries, salt, Ae.

530

Hotels, cafes. Ac., and

Industry

55,323

, 10,198

1,277

Including—

Trad a in textiles ■

Textiles ....

8.307

Banks, exchange, insur-

Dress and toilet

7.T51

ance. Ac.

1,220

Wood

3.800

Army and Nary

6T0

Food industries.

3.712

Police.

1.729

Ceramics ....

2,240

' Public administration

5,648 a. 82".

Building indnstries

2,062

i Professions and liberal arts

Metals ....

1,861

Including : Religion.

juta

Chemicals, Ac. .

1.242

Instruction

674

Hides, skins, Ac

M

Medicine.

627

Transport (including postal,

> Domestic service

4,599

telegraph, and telephone

Ail others ....

13,227

services)

5,029

Tots!

313,470