OF THE CITY OF BENARES. 



497 



HINDUS. 



Brahmans, Bengali, 



Gangaputr, 



Twenty-seven less important sects, 



Kshetris, 



Rajputs, 

 Bhuihar, 

 Khetri, 



Baesyas, or Bunyas, 



Sudras, including sixty-nine professions, 

 Hindu Fakirs, 



MUSELMANS. 



Gentry, or Eais, 



Forty-four professions and trades, 



Fakirs and Chandals, 



Hindu population, 



Muselman ditto, ...... 



Add for children not estimated by the Chaudris, and for visit- } 

 ors and unavoidable omissions, ...... 5 



Population of the City, as by the Mehala Census, 



1 denomination. 



1 ditto, 



2 ditto, 



1 ditto, 



6 ditto, 



22 ditto, 



11 ditto, 



Number, 



,'3000 

 1000 

 3026 



6200 

 5000 

 3092 



8300 



60302 



7171 



10000 



20048 



1200 



32381 



14292 



75773 



122365 

 30248 



26387 



180000 



TABLE IV. 



Annual consumption of several Articles of Food, upon which Town duties are levied in the City 

 of Benares, extracted from the Custom-house returns. 







1824. 



1825-6. 



1826-7. 



Average. 





ARTICLES. 















Maunds. 



Maunds. 



Maunds. 



Maunds. 



Ghi, 





16500 



17400 



13100 



15700 



Tobacco, 





. • 



. • • 





13900 



12600 



15100 



13800 



Beetlenut, 





. • • 







1500 



1200 



2500 



1700 



Turmeric, 







• . • 





1900 



2200 



2400 



2200 



Sugar, dry, 





. - • • 



• * . 





4700 



5000 



3300 



4300 



Sugar, wet, 











3600 



2200 



3300 



3000 



•Tagri, 











12300 



2400 



9400 



8000 



Molasses, 











12800 



6700 



16400 



11900 



Oil, 











1900 



1100 



1800 



1600 



Oil Seeds, 





• • 







15400 



8700 



4400 



9500 



Salt, Lahori, 











33 



349 



229 



200 



Samer, 







• • 





10736 



9738 



13336 



12270 



Balamba 







• • 





5266 



5636 



7354 



6080 



Salamba 











1980 



915 



1312 



1400 



Soehar, 







■ • 





115 



195 



134 



150 



Bobcha, 











6 



12 



25 



15 



Khari, 





• • . . 







2 



147 



4 



50 



Total of Salt, 











18000 



17000 



22500 



19200 







Rupees. 



Rupees. 



Rs. farmed. 





Gross amount 

 ducting the 



of 1 



exp< 



fuwn duties c 

 Mice of eolice 



ollectcd, de- 

 lion, 



5 



52000 



53000 



70000 





G 4 



