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JCZAFFARGARII 52 the town of Khángarh, u miles south of Muzaffargarh, was selected as head-quarters of a District. Before the close of the year, however, the chosen site was carried away by a flood upon the Chenab; and as Khángarh was also situated at an inconvenient distance from the main road between Múltán and Dera Ghazi Khán, the head-quarters were fixed at Muzaffargarh. Subsequent transfers of territory to and from Leiah and Jhang brought the District into its present shape in 1861 ; and the name was then changed from Khángarh to Muzaffargarh. Population. — The Census of 1855 returned the total number of inhabitants in Khángarh District, as then composed, at 211,920, or in the area comprising the present Muzaffargarh District, at 251,104. The next Census in 1868 gave the population of the present District at 298,180, showing an increase of 47,076, or 18.1 per cent., since 1855. At the last cnumeration in 1881, Montgomery District contained a population of 338,605. Supposing the Census for the earlier years to have been as accurate as that of 1881, these figures show an increase of population of 87,501, or 34'9 per cent., in the 26 years since 1855, of which 40,425, or 13'6 per cent., represents the increase in the second period of 13 years between 1868 and 1881. One of the principal causes of increase is thus stated in the Census Report: Muzaffargarh has developed of late years more rapidly than almost any other District the Province; the soil is naturally fertile, canal irrigation has been cnormously extended, and it is not surprising that the immigrants are nearly three times as numerous as the eniigrants. ... The high percentage of males seems to show that the small emigration has been chiefly temporary, while the ininigration appears to have been in a great measure permanent.' The results of the Census of 1881 may be briefly summarized as follows:- Area of District, 3139 square miles, with 9 towns and 685 villages, or rather groups of houses and hamlets; number of houses, 62,215; number of families, 72,798. Total population, 338,605, namely, males 184,510, and females 154,095; proportion of males, 54'5 per cent. Average density of the population, 108 persons per square mile; number of villages per square mile, oʻ22 ; population per town or village, 488 ; houses per square mile, 33 ; inmates per house, 5.4. Classified according to sex and age, there were in 1881—under 15 years of age, boys 76,781, and girls 64,038; total children, 140,819, or 416 per cent of the population : 15 years and upwards, niales 107,729, and females 90,057; total adults, 197,786, or 58:4 per cent. Religious Divisions.-Classified according to religion, the Muhammadans form the great bulk of the population, numbering 292,476, or 86°4 per cent of the District population. Hindus numbered 43,297, or 12-8 per cent.; and Sikhs, 2788, or 0.8 per cent.; Jains, 11; and