D
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
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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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