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Ahmednuggur) 16553 | The census of 1822, in the 
ON THE STATISTICS OF DUKHUN. 267 
habitants to a house falls short of the other collectorates, 
being only 3:96 persons. In Dharwar the number is 4°48 to 
a house, for the whole collectorate; but the towns exhibit 
other figures ; namely, Belgaon 5:24, Chabee 5°78, and Gun- 
ness Pait 5°77 inhabitants to a house; England and Wales 
has 5°60. ‘The average inhabitants to the square mile, in the 
different collectorates, has been noticed under the head of 
civil divisions; and the fewness will disappoint European ex- 
pectations; but there is plainly a great mistake in the common 
estimation of the denseness of the Indian population. Bengal 
proper is said to have 203 inhabitants to a square mile, and 
Orissa, in the cultivated parts, agreeably to Mr. Stirling, the 
commissioner, has 185; but, for the whole area of Orissa, the 
average is only 143 inhabitants to the square mile; England 
has 192. 
Southern Jagheerdars.—The Southern Jagheerdars have 
917 villages, with an estimated population of 263,236 souls. 
Rajah of Sattarah’s territories.—The Rajah of Sattarah, in 
his territories, has 1703 towns and villages, with an estimated 
population of 488,846 inhabitants. 
With the data in my possession I am enabled to give an es- 
timate of the population of the late Peshwa’s territories in 
Dukhun; it affords a closer approximation to the truth than 
has hitherto been obtained. 
3 ae ie Total inha- 
‘owns an . umber of| bitants in 
Villages, Explanations! inhabitants. |eachCollect- 
orate. 
Collectorate. 
Ahmednuggur Collectorate, in 
16553 towns and villages, exclu- 
sive of the city of Ahmednugegur, 
each village averaging 263-47 in- 
habitants, gave .....sseessee vededers 453,098 
, 228 228 British villages of Talooks, 
Kurmulleh, and Korteh, from 
which population returns were 
not received, averaging 263-47 
MOUS) GIVE spas qnctusesseansensedscase 58,753 
5863 | 586% alienated towns and vil- 
lages, from which returns were 
not received, averaging 267-47 
souls, will give ...... bevtitcvcvacess 154,525 | 666,376 
23 |Depopulated villages 
2488 |Total villages in the Ahmed- 
‘nuggur Collectorate. 
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