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 BAMSARU.

42

From him Deva, who

ten successions are is

Population

.

deduced

to the present chief,

Sudhat

now (1883) thirty-four years of age, and has a son. The Census of 1872 returned the population

—

State at 53,613, which in 1881

of the

had increased to 81,286, or by 5i'6i

per cent, over the same area (1988 square miles in both years). This increase, however, is more apparent than real, being due to a great extent to imperfect enumeration in 1872. The male population in

1881 numbered 41,761, and the female 39,525. Number of villages, number of houses, 14,828 average persons per square mile, 40-9; houses per square mile, 7‘46; inmates per house, 5'48. Population classified according to sex males, 41,761 ; females, 39,525;

632

—

according to age, the male children under 14 years numbered 3024; the female children under 14 years, 2410. Hindus numbered 50,592



Muhammadans, 68; of the aborigines

The most numerous

aboriginal tribes, 30,626.

are

the

Kols, the Gonds, the Kandhs, and the

Bhuiyas.

—

Division into Toum and Country In 1881, only i town exceeded a population of 1000, and 14 numbered from 500 to 1000 inhabitants; townships from 200 to 500 inhabitants, in ; villages of less than 200 inhabitants, 506. Of the total area of 1988 square miles, only 600 are .

under

cultivation,

cane, and

deserves

and of the portion lying waste, 580 are returned as

The one important crop

cultivable.

cotton are

The

mention.

developed.

is

artisans,

rice; but pulses, oil-seeds, sugar-

Of

cultivated.

internal

trade

Besides agriculture, the

Of

weaving.

also

the jungle

of

produce, lac

Bamra has been

little

only industry of importance

blacksmiths form the most numerous

is

class.

Commercial progress, however, cannot be expected until the country is opened up by means of communication. An old road to Calcutta, now fallen into disuse, runs through from west to east. With this exception, there

is

not a single

facilities for

water

made road

traffic.

It

in the State.

Nor

would be possible

are there greater

to float timber

down

the Brahmanf (the only important river in the State) to the coast, and so to turn to account the magnificent sal forests of Bamra, but for certain

rocky obstructions, which

certain parts of

its

course.

render

navigation

impossible

at

With improved means of transit, the wealth iron ore may some day become available.

Bamra in timber and in Bamra pays a tribute of ;^35, out

of

of an estimated gross revenue of Education is still very no military force is maintained. backward, and what exists has been created by the efforts of the last

pCi6oo;

few years.

Bamsani.

— Pass

in

Garhwal

State,

North-Western Provinces, over

the Jamnotri range, which separates the valleys of the Ganges and the

Jumna (Jamuna).

Lat.

the sea, 15,447 feet;

30° 56' N., long. 78° 36'

summit reaches the

E.



elevation above

limit of perpetual snow.