The area given here is said to be exclusive of 3471 square miles of Sundarbans, but it apparently includes some portion of the 24 Parganás Sundarbans, as it is greater than the area as returned by the Surveyor-General, which is altogether exclusive of the Sundarban tracts.
Population, classified according to Sex, Religion, and Age. —The total population, exclusive of Calcutta town, but including the suburbs, amounts to 1,155,759 males and 1,054,288 females— total, 2,210,047, proportion of males to total population being 52•3 per cent., and the average density of the population, with the exception of the city of Calcutta, 793 to the square mile. Classified according to age, the Census gives the following results:—Hindus— under twelve years of age, males 215,753, females 174,412; above twelve years of age, males 464,255, females 452,667. Muhammadans—under twelve years of age, males 159,981, females 129,039; above twelve years, males 307,136, females 291,697. Buddhists— under twelve years, males 11, females 10; above twelve years, males 78, females 44. Christians—under twelve years of age, males 2167, females 2107; above twelve years, males 5679, females 3814. Other denominations not classified separately—under twelve years of age, males 168, females 141; above twelve years, males 531, females 357. Total of all classes—under twelve years of age, males 378,080, females 305,706; above twelve years of age, males 777,679, females 748,582; grand total of all ages, 2,210,047. The number of insanes in the District, still excepting Calcutta, is returned at 848, or .0384 of the total population; idiots at 154, or .0070 per cent. of the total population; deaf and dumb, 898, or .0406 per cent. of the total population; blind, 1574, or •0712 per cent. of the total population; and lepers, 890, or .0403 per cent. of the total population. I take these averages without verification from the Census Report of 1872.
The population of the town of Calcutta, included within the limits of the Calcutta municipality, covering an area of eight square miles, was returned in 1872 at 299,857 males, and 147,744 females; total, 447,601. The proportion of males to the total population would thus be 67 per cent., and the average density of the population 55,950 to the square mile. But, as already stated, the Census of Calcutta has been condemned as inaccurate. Including, therefore, the city of Calcutta, the District contains a total population of 2,657,648 souls—males 1,455,616, females 1,202,032; proportion of
