1851.] Statistics of the Sircar Yelgunthul. 41 



Table showing the number of each description of Population. 











Children 





Description oi People. 



TT 



Houses. 



Hf T 



Males. 



b emales. 



under 10 



1 otal. 











years. 





Cultivators, - - - 



11,566 



18,845 



19,483 



17,093 



55,421 



Shopkeepers, - - 



5,680 



9,540 



9,984 



8,893 



28,417 



Weavers, - - - - 



4,776 



7,250 



7,647 



7,572 



22,469 



Meerasdars, - - - 



10,198 



15,991 



16,489 



15,432 



47,912 



Bearers, Peons and ) 

 1 Religious Beggars, ) 



5,077 



7,216 



7,772 



6,060 



21,048 



The cultivators may be divided into three classes, viz., those who 

 possess land but do not labour, and those who rent land and labour 

 upon it, and again those who neither possess nor rent land, but 

 who live solely by labour. Of these we have of both sexes belong- 

 ing to the first 976, to the second 32,213, and to the third 5,139. 



Meerasdars comprise all those employed under the village sys- 

 tem who, generally, in addition to their claim upon the ryots, have 

 a small patrimony near the villages in which they reside. 



The following Table shows the number of People in each division of 

 the Population as recognized by the Government. 



Description of People. 



Houses. 



Males. 



Females. 



Children 

 under 10 

 years. 



Total. 



Meerasdars, - - - 



Moturpha, - - - 

 Kooshbash, - - - - 



10,198 

 9,807 



10,456 

 6,836 



15,991 

 16,343 

 16,790 

 9,718 



16,489 

 16,846 

 17,631 

 10,409 



15,432 

 14,727 

 16,465 

 8,426 



47,912 

 47,916 

 50,886 

 28,553 



The Moturpha (Shopkeepers and Weavers) are the only class 

 who pay house tax. 



Table showing the proportion of Hindoos and Mahomedans. 



Description of People. 



Houses. 



Males. 



Females. 



Children 

 under 10 

 years. 



Total. 



Hindoos, - - - - 

 Mahomedans, - - - 



36,250 

 1,047 



57,227 

 1,615 



59,600 

 1,775 



54,056 

 994 



1,70,883 

 4,384 



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