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Statistics of the Sircar Yelgunthul. 



[No. 39, 



shares from families becoming extinct seldom happen, when such 

 occurs, selection is made from the Kooshbash Brahmins by the 

 Somiajooloo. The fees received at the Temples amount to more 

 than its expenses, the surplus being portioned out to those chosen 

 to officiate in them ; annually a certain number depart in search of 

 charity, returning after some months and adding a portion of the 

 proceeds to the general stock. The Brahmins do not live unmo- 

 lested, the zemindar has contrived to fix (notwithstanding the royal 

 instrument of the Dewan) an annual fee of 700 rupees as roosum, 

 an acknowledgment of his hereditary right of proprietorship. The 

 Naibs also are constantly at work with exactions of some kind or 

 other. The temples are small and without ornament and are fall- 

 ing to decay. To the Appendix has been added a statement of re- 

 ceipts and disbursements for the temple for one year exclusive of 

 the revenue derived from land, 2,397 beegahs of which belong to 

 the Jaghere. 



The Agrarums of Thurumpoory, Polass and Thurmarrum are 

 maintained in a similar manner to that of Yamulwadda. 



The total of population is ], 75,267, the General 

 Table exhibits the number and description of both 

 sexes, in each Purgunnah, together with their several employ- 

 ments. It is necessary to mention here as connected with the fol- 

 lowing Tables that of the 2755*4 square miles the area of Sircar ; 

 1936.5 miles are incapable of cultivation. 



Table showing the number of square miles in the Sircar, the popu- 

 lation, the number of inhabited houses, the population per square 

 mile, with the number of persons to each house. 





Population. 



bited. 



2 cJ 



ersons 

 ing to 



Square Mile 



Males. 



Females. 



Children un- 

 der 10 years. 



Total. 



Houses inha 



Population j 

 square mil 



Number of pi 

 correspond 

 each house 



2755-4 58,842 



61,375 



55,050 



1,75,267 



37,297 



63.61 



4.69 



