PAKISTAN OR THE PARTITION OF INDIA
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Contents
APPENDICES
Appendix I : Population
of India by Communities
Appendix II : Communal distribution of population by Minorities in the Provinces
of British India
Appendix III : Communal distribution of population by Minorities in
the States
Appendix IV : Communal distribution of population in
the Punjab by Districts
Appendix
V : Communal distribution of population in
Bengal by Districts
Appendix VI : Communal distribution of
population in Assam by Districts
Appendix VII : Proportion of Muslim population in N.-W. F. Province by
Districts
POPULATION OF INDIA BY
COMMUNITIES
Communities |
British India |
Indian States and Agencies |
Total |
1. Hindus |
150,890,146 |
55,227,180 |
206,117,326 |
2. Muslims |
79,398,503 |
12,659,593 |
92.058.096 |
39,920,807 |
8.892,373 |
48,813,180 |
|
4. Tribal |
16,713,256 |
8.728,233 |
25,441,489 |
5. Sikhs |
4,165,097 |
1,526,350 |
5,691,447 |
6. Christians |
|
|
|
(i) Indian Christians |
1,655,982 |
1,413,808 |
3,069,790 |
(ii) Anglo-Indians |
113,936 |
26,486 |
140,422 |
(iii) Others |
75,751 |
7,708 |
83,459 |
7. Jains |
578,372 |
870,914 |
1.449.286 |
8. Buddhists |
167,413 |
64,590 |
232,003 |
9. Parsees |
101,968 |
12,922 |
114,890 |
10. Jews |
19.327 |
3,153 |
22,480 |
11. Others |
371,403 |
38,474 |
409,877 |
Total |
294,171,961 |
89,471,784 |
383,643,745 |
NOTE.—The figures for the Scheduled Castes
both for British India and Indian States do not give the correct totals. The figures for
Ajmer-Merwara in British India and for Gwalior State are not included in the totals. The
Census Reports for 1940 fail to give these figures.
COMMUNAL DISTRIBUTION
OF POPULATION BY MINORITIES
IN THE PROVINCES OF BRITISH INDIA
|
Total |
Muslims |
Scheduled
Castes |
Indian
Christians |
Sikhs |
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Provinces |
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Population |
Population |
% |
Population |
% |
Population |
% |
Population |
% |
1.
Ajmere-Merwara |
583,693 |
89,899 |
15.4 |
Nil
|
|
3,895 |
.8 |
867 |
.15 |
2.
Andaman Nicobar |
33,768 |
8,005 |
23.7 |
Nil |
|
779 |
2.3 |
744 |
2.2 |
3.
Assam |
10,204,733 |
3,442,479 |
33.7 |
676,291 |
6.6 |
37,750 |
.4 |
3,464 |
.03 |
4.
British Baluchistan |
501,631 |
438,930 |
87.5 |
5,102 |
1.0 |
2,633 |
.5 |
11,918 |
2.3 |
5.
Bengal |
60,306,525 |
33,005,434 |
54.7 |
7,878,970 |
13.0 |
110,923 |
.2 |
16,281 |
.03 |
6.
Bihar* |
36,340,151 |
4,716,314 |
12.9 |
4,840,379 |
13.3 |
24,693 |
.07 |
13,213 |
.04 |
7.
Bombay |
20,849,840 |
1,920,368 |
9.2 |
1,855,148 |
8.9 |
338,812 |
1.6 |
8,011 |
.04 |
8.
Central Provinces & Berar* |
16,813,584 |
783,697 |
4.7 |
3,051,413 |
18.1 |
48,260 |
.3 |
14,996 |
.09 |
9.
Coorg |
168,726 |
14,780 |
8.8 |
25,740 |
15.3 |
3,309 |
2.0 |
Nil |
|
10.
Delhi |
917,939 |
304,971 |
33.2 |
121,693 |
13.3 |
10,494 |
1.1 |
16,157 |
1.8 |
11.
Madras |
49,341,810 |
3,896,452 |
7.9 |
8,068,492 |
16.4 |
2,001,082 |
4.06 |
418 |
.001 |
12.
N.-W.F.P. |
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