102 HAPPY INDIA 



TABLE II. 



Extracted from "Agricultural Statistics of India, 1919-20" (No. 1531), 

 and " Statistical Abstract," 1918-19. 



INDIA. 



Total area, including provinces under direct British control, 

 States and agencies, 1,802,657 square miles, or about 1,152,168,000 

 acres. 



The ttrtal population by census of 1921 is 319,000,000, or about 

 17? persons to the square mile on the average. 



(This compares \vith the United Kingdom area, about 121,000 

 sq-jare miles, with a population of about 47,000,000, or about 

 388 persons to the square mile.) 



Area of included States and agencies, about 709,600 square miles, 

 or 452,000,000 acres, with a population of about 72,000,000, or 

 about 100 persons to the square mile. 



Area of provinces, 1,093,000 square miles, or about 700,000,000 

 acres, with a population of about 247,000,000 persons, or about 

 220 persons per square mile. 



The above area of the provinces contains about 116,000 square 

 miles, or about 75,000,000 acres more than is dealt with in agri- 

 cultural statistics, from which Baluchistan, the Andamans and 

 some other territories are omitted. A population of, say, half 

 a million is in the omitted areas. The remaining area is about 

 977,000 square miles and the population about 246,500,000, or, 

 say, 250 per square mile. 



Area of provinces of which agricultural statistics are given : 



Acres. 

 Area according to survey is .. .. .. 625,149,442 



Area according to village papers .. .. .. 622,468,276 



The above area is divided approximately as follows : 



Forest 88,323,000 



Not available for cultivation (includes towns, roads, 



mountains, water, deserts, etc.) . . . . . . 145,770,000 



Culturable waste other than fallow .. .. .. 113,415,000 



Current fallows .. .. .. .. .. .. 52,135,000 



Net area actually sown 222,825,000 



(It is interesting to note that the area sown is only 

 a little over one-third of the total area, wtrle in the 

 United Kingdom the area cultivated is 59 per cent., 

 or nearly two-thirds of the total area.) 



