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CENSUS OF THE POPULATION 



I have, however, appended a table of several, obtained from the Custom 

 House, which may prove useful in making comparisons with other Towns. 

 I am indebted to Mr. R. N. Hamilton, Magistrate of Benares, also, 

 for a further table of the price of different varieties of grain for a period of 

 twenty-one years inclusive. 



One of the chief utilities of a correct Census is, that it introduces a 

 right understanding as to what should be the produce of any tax levied 

 upon the food, the houses, or the inhabitants of a Town. I remember once 

 hearing a public functionary upbraided for laxity of diligence, because 

 the consumption of gin in the City of Benares fell so far short of what 

 might have been expected upon a population of six hundred thousand souls ! 



The following is a Summary of the results furnished by the present 

 Census : 



30205 



In the City. 

 Number of Inhabitants, 181482 



Number of Houses or Chouks, 



Mehalas as divided in the Census, .... 

 Paka Houses (of Brick and Stone), .... 



Kacha Houses (of Mud), 



Kacha-Paha Houses (mixed), 



Houses of One Story in height, 



Two Stories ditto, 



Three ditto, 



Four ditto, 



Five ditto, 



Six ditto, , 



Seven ditto, ........ 



Ruins of Houses, or spaces marked out ^ 



for building, « . . S 



Gardens, Tdlaos, &c 



Sivalas, or Hindoo Temples, . 



Mesjlds, or Muselman Mosques, ...... 



Proportion of original census to re- ^ rq^o to 



examination, S 



Proportion of Proprietors to Lodgers in ) 4310 to 

 seventeen Mehalas, and in the Suburbs, ) 

 Proportion of Males and Females. 



Men, 



Women, . . 



Boys, 



Girls, 



Proportion of Adults to Children. 



Adults, .... 



Children, . . 



Average ratio of Inhabitants in each > 



Chouk as above, S 



Ditto for the Paha Houses, 



Ditto for the Kacha Houses, 



In Secrole and the vicinity. 



C 11876 in Native Houses. 



< „„q„ C in European ditto, 



C , l I including Cantonments. 



f 2754 Native Houses. 



I 114 English Estates, &c. 



369 



21 



11325 



73 



16552 



2639 



2328 



88 



12590 



2444 



11838 



282 



2998 



2 



1019 







200 







7 







1 







1498 



72 



174 





1000 



7 



333 



5 



8814 





4504 



7753 to 1684 



3424 



3354 



3564 



3151 



1085 



1698 



741 



1234 



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