1839] 



On the Statiiilics of DukJiun. 



41-76*, and in Khandesh 44-808 cultivators, being a per ceiitage of 

 53' 16 occupied in agriculture. It is to be understood these proportions 

 have reference to tlie population of British villages only, and not to the 

 whole population of each collectorate. Moreover, as these proportions 

 are derived fr#m the registered farmers only, and as they are in the habit 

 of sub-letting their lands, I have no hesitation in expressing my opinion 

 that exact returns would prove that three-fourths of the population are 

 directly engaged in agriculture. In the Poona CoUectorat.e, families 

 were not enumerated, excepting in the return from the city of Poona, 

 and here families average 4*82 persons | each house in Poona averaged 

 6i persons ; but, for the whole collectorate 4*79 persons to a house ; so 

 that it is probable the returns of the number of houses would give the 

 number of families. In Khandesh the proportion of inhabitants to a 

 house falls short of the other coUectorates, being only 3'96 persons. In 

 Dharwar the number is 4 '48 to a house, for the whole collectorate ; but 

 the towns exhibit other figures ; namely, Belgaon 5*24, Chabee 5-78, and 

 Gunness Pait 577 inhabitants to a house ; England and Wales has 5-60. 

 The average inhabitants to the square mile, in the different coUectorates, 

 has been noticed under the head of civil divisions ; and the fewness will 

 disappoint European expectations ; but there is plainly a great mistake 

 in the common estimation of the denseness of the Indian population, 

 Bengal proper is said to have 203 inhabitants to a square mile, and 

 Orissa, in the cultivated parts, agreeably to Mr. Stirling, the commissi- 

 oner, has 135; but, for the whole area of Orissa, the average is only 

 14i inhabitants to the square mile ; England has 192. 



Southern Jagheerdars.~The Southern Jagheerdars have 917 villa geSj 

 with an estimated population of 263,236 souls. 



Rajah of Sattarah^s territories. — The Rajah of Sattarah, in his terri- 

 tories, has 1703 towns and villages, with an estimated population of 

 488,846 inhabitants. 



With the data in my possession I am enabled to give an estimate of 

 the population of the late Peshwa's territories in Dukhun ; it affords a 

 closer approximation to the truth than has hitherto been obtained. 



■» Including some retur.us of alienated villages, an estimate makes it 48 per cent. 



