BAMSARU.
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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.
