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POPULATION OF INDIA.
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The Thirteen Groups of Native States forming Feudatory India (1891).
States or Groups of States. Area in square miles. Total Population, 1891. Number of persons per square mile.
1. Rájputána[1] 130,268 12,016,102 92
2. Haidarábád (Nizám's Dominions) 82,698 11,537,040 139
3. Central India Agency and Bundelkhand 77,808 10,318,812 132
4. Baroda 8,226 2,415,396 293
5. Mysore 28,082 4,943,604 176
6. Kashmír 80,900 2,543,952 31
7. Native States under Bombay Government 69,045 8,059,298 116
8. Native States under Madras Government 9,609 3,700,622 385
9. Native States under Bengal Government 35,834 3,296,379 91
10. Native States under Punjab Government 38,299 4,263,280 111
11. Native States under North-Western Provinces 5,109 792,491 155
12. Native States under Central Provinces 29,435 2,160,511 73
13. Shan States[2] (outposts, &c.) 2,992
Total for Feudatory India[3] 595,313 66,050,479 110

If to the figures in the foregoing tables of the population actually counted by the Census Officers for British and Feudatory India, we add the French and Portuguese possessions, we obtain the total for all continental India, exclusive of Aden and the Andaman Islands. Thus—

All India, including Burma
Area in square miles. Population. Number of persons per square mile.
British India (1891) 961,994 221,113,264 229
Feudatory India (1891) 595,313 66,050,479 110
Portuguese Settlements (1881) 1,086 481,467 Chiefly in Towns or Suburban
French Settlements (1891) 178 282,923
Total for all India, including Burma 1,558,571 287,928,133 184
  1. Add Bhíls, &c., approximately, not enumerated, 204,241.
  2. Shan States approximately, not enumerated, 372,969.
  3. The returns for Manipur were destroyed during the recent disturbances; the population of Sikkim is approximately 30,458.


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