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BANGALORE

62

DISTRICT.

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A khana suman, or house enumeration of the people, 1853-54 returned a population of 618,506 souls. The regular Census of 1871 showed the numbers to be 828,354, giving an increase Population

.

in

of nearly 40 per cent, in the interval of 18 years, if the earlier figures can be trusted. The Census of 1881 returned a population of 669,139

number nearly one-fourth less than the figures of 1871, and nearly equal to the enumeration of 1853-54, giving an average of 231 This enormous decrease was caused by the persons per square mile.

souls, a

mortality caused

by the

famine which desolated Southern India

terrible

Classified according to sex, there are 330,820 males

in 1876-78.

and

338,319 females. As regards occupation, 204,014 persons are returned as connected with agriculture, and 465,125 with manufacture and arts.

The

division of the people shows

religious

Jains, 593,612, or

cent.



887

Christians, 19,917, or 2^9 per cent.

The Hindus

— Hindus,

including 490

Muhammadans,

per cent.;



55,591, or 8'3 per Parsis ; and 8 Buddhists.

1 1

are further sub-divided, according to the two great sects, into

The Brahmans number

worshippers of Vishnu, and worshippers of Siva.

26,309, chiefly belonging to the Smarta sect ; the claimants to the rank of Kshattriyas are returned at 10,817, among whom the Marathas

number 8497

the Satam's



the Nagarthas 5412.

Of who

number 3059,

Komati's

the

5094,

most numerous

inferior castes, the

is

and the

are agricultural labourers; the Lingayats Wokliga (157,122), been very influential in this part of the country have always (32,894) the Banajiga, the Kuruba caste of shepherds numbers 32,467 the Tiglars, market gardeners, 24,463. In Bangalore traders, 26,252







town, 14 persons, including 3 women, entered themselves as adherents of the Brahma Samaj, but the real number is believed to be greater.

The Musalmans, taluk

of

as

Bangalore.

Muhammadans, and

might be anticipated, muster strongest

The

great

majority

in

Out of the

there are only 126 Wahabis.

the

Deccani

returned as

are

total

of 19,917 Christians, 15,294 are found in the town of Bangalore, where, apart from the strength of the garrison, there are many

The Europeans altogether number European pensioned soldiers. leaving the Eurasians and 12,648 for the native converts. 2546, 4723, Of the total Christians, 4922 belong to the Church of England; 13,186 other persuasions. to the Romish Church 11,809 The District contains 5504 towns and villages, with 108,466 As compared with the area and population, these inhabited houses.

figures yield the following averages

houses per square mile, 37 ‘3 per

house,

6'2o.





—Villages

persons per

per square mile, i'9

village,

The town and cantonments

i2i'5





persons

of Bangalore, which

are fully described in the following article, cover an

area of nearly 14 square miles, and contain a total population of 155,857 souls. od-ball.pur, 'I'he following are the five other principal towns

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