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If these villages be assigned to tlieir proper nads, the result CHAP. III. 

 stands thus :— Pop^ion. 



Mekandd 5,048 



Todanad (including Segiir Villages) ... 8,102 



Peranganad ... 9,305 



Kundandd 908 



Total 



23,364 



The people are classed thus under religions, the hill tribes Eeligion. 

 being included under Hindus : — 



Hindus 42,451 



Mahamedans ... ... ... ... 1,936 



Christians 5,070 



Others 44 



Among the Hindus Sivaism prevails, 37,264 being Sivaites, 

 3,504 only Vishnaites. There are 1,467 Lingaites, a sect of 

 Sivaites. The Badagas are mostly Sivaites. The Mussulmans, 

 who have more than doubled their number in the 25 years 

 preceding 1871, are chiefly Soonees, 1,589 out of the 1,936 

 belonging to this sect, or 81 '0 percent. They are distributed 

 amono- the following nationalities and tribes : — 



Labbes 



Sheiks 



Syuds 



Pattans 



Moguls 



Other Mahamedans 



273 

 4 



853 

 156 



178 



8 



464 



Total 



1,936 



Of this total number 787 only are females. 

 The Christians are classified thus : — 



Total 



2,774 



2,296 5,070 



It is not to be forgotten that these numbers include the 

 Wellington Depot and the Lawrence Asylum. Among the 



These Labbes are half-breds sprung from Arab fathers and native mothers. 



