MANUAL OF THE NILAQIRI DISTRICT. 



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CHAP. III. 



PoPULATfON. 



Occupations. 



Those employed in Government service are mostly Europeans, 

 Vellalas and Pareiyas. The learned professions occupy 35 

 Europeans and Eurasians, 10 Pareiyas and 6 Mahamedans. As 

 might be supposed, the personal servants are chiefly Pareiyas. Of 

 the traders nearly 30 per cent, are Mussalmans, the rest Chetties, 

 Vellalas and Pareiyas. The conveyors are chiefly Vellalas and 

 Pareiyas. The cultivators are mainly Hill-men, Vellalas, 

 Vannias and Pareiyas. To these classes also mainly belong the 

 laborers. 



The state of education on the Hills is very backward, especially Education. 

 among the hill-men. The following table exhibits the condition 

 of the population in this respect : — 



The foregoing statistics represent the numbers and conditions General 

 of the population, permanent and temporary, found on the Hills remarks. 

 at the close of 1871. There can, however, be little doubt that as 

 already stated, it has considerably increased since then, especially 

 as regards the immigrant populations, Canarese and Tamil ; this 

 increase being due to the extension of coffee, tea, and cinchona 



