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equally divided between Siva and Vishnu worshippers, the small remainder

being returned as the

‘

Lingayats and others.’

Hindu population was

Classified according to caste,

—

Brahmans, 15,375, or 2-3 per cent.; Kshattriyas, 2622, or 0-4 per cent.; Shetties (traders), 11,260, or

17

distributed as follows:

per cent.; Vallalars (agriculturists), 99,893, or 15-1 per 97,955, or 14-8 per cent.; Kammalars

Idaiyars (shepherds),

cent.;

(artisans), 22,559, or 3-4 per cent.; Kaikalars (weavers), 28,668, or 4-3

per cent.; Vanniyans (labourers), 2789, or 0-4 per cent.; Kushavans (potters), 6191, or 0-9 per cent.; Satanis (mixed castes), 46,891, or 7-1 per cent.; Shembadavans (fishermen), 124,906, or 18 '8 per cent.;

Shanans (toddy-drawers), 6290, or 0-9 per cent.; Ambattan

(barbers),

6189, or o’9 per cent.; ''^annans (washermen), 13,838, or 2T per cent.; Pariahs, 84,530, or 127 per cent.; ‘others,’ 91,634, or i3'8 per cent. The Muhammadans are almost entirely Sunnis. Classified according to occupations, 10,795 were returned as belonging to Class I., or professional, of whom 612 were females; 4106 to Class II., or domestic, of

whom

1407 were females; 10,543 to Class III., or commercial, of whom 1923 were females; 301,351 to Class IV., or agricultural, of whom 118,152 were females; 94,055 to Class V., or industrial, of -whom 45,124 were females ; and 315,957 to Class VI., or indefinite and nonproductive, of whom 195,641 were females. About 58'9 per cent, are

whom the remaining 41 u per cent, of Among the males, 69'8 per cent., and among

returned as workers, on

population depend. females,

notice

477

is

per cent., were workers.

vagrant

the

Korachavandlu

They speak

of the District.

from

all

from water-grass

the

only caste calling for special

— the

distinctive criminal class

a gipsy dialect of their own, and their

features bespeak a Tartar origin. radically

The

the

In manners and customs they

their neighbours.

differ

Their houses are of mats woven

they eat three times a day, and rats and mice find a



They revere neither temples nor Brahmans, and bury their unmarried dead. Early marriages are unknown among them, and a man can have only one lawful wife. The proportion of educated persons to the total population of each religion was Hindus, males i2‘6 per cent., females o’4 ; Muhammadans, regular place in their dietary.

—

males ii‘i per females

The

cent., females

07;

Christians, males 57'9 per cent,

2 7 '6.

chief

among

the 10 towns returned in the Census report of i88i

as being in the present District of Bellary are

Bellary, the head-

quarters of the District, with a population (including the garrison) of

53,460; Adoni, 22,441; Hospet, 10,219; Kampti, 9828; Raidrug, 8766 Yemig.anur, 6963 ; and Harpanhalli, 6536.

Kanarese and Telugu are the languages spoken, the former language prevailing in the western, and both being used in the eastern taluks.