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== APPENDIX II ==

Communal distribution of population by Minorities in the Provinces of British India

Total

Muslims

Scheduled Castes

Indian Christians

Sikhs

Provinces

Population

Population

%

Population

%

Population

%

Population

%

1. Ajmere-Merwara

583,693

89,899

15.4

Nil

3,895

.8

867

.15

2. Andaman Nicobar

33,768

8,005

23.7

Nil

779

2.3

744

2.2

3. Assam

10,204,733

3,442,479

33.7

676,291

6.6

37,750

.4

3,464

.03

4. British Baluchistan

501,631

438,930

87.5

5,102

1.0

2,633

.5

11,918

2.3

5. Bengal

60,306,525

33,005,434

54.7

7,878,970

13.0

110,923

.2

16,281

.03

6. Bihar *

36,340,151

4,716,314

12.9

4,840,379

13.3

24,693

.07

13,213

.04

7. Bombay

20,849,840

1,920,368

9.2

1,855,148

8.9

338,812

1.6

8,011

.04

8. Central Provinces & Berar +

16,813,584

783,697

4.7

3,051,413

18.1

48,260

.3

14,996

.09

9. Coorg

168,726

14,780

8.8

25,740

15.3

3,309

2.0

Nil

10. Delhi

917,939

304,971

33.2

121,693

13.3

10,494

1.1

16,157

1.8

11. Madras

49,341,810

3,896,452

7.9

8,068,492

16.4

2,001,082

4.06

418

.001

12. N.-W.F.P.

3,038,067

2,788,797

91.8

Nil

5,426

.2

57,989

1.9

13. Orissa

8,728,544

146,301

1.7

1,238,171

14.2

26,584

.3

232

.003

14. Punjab

28,418,819

16,217,242

57

1,248,635

4.4

486,038

1.7

3,757,401

13.2

15. Panth Piploda

5,267

251

4.8

918

17.4

216

4.1

Nil

16. Sind

4,229,221

3,054,635

72.2

191,634

4.5

13,232

.3

31,011

.7

17. United Provinces @

55,020,617

8,416,308

15.3

11,717,158

21.3

131,327

.2

232,445

.4

Total

295,502.935

79,344,863

26.9

40,919,744

13.9

3,245,453

1.0

4,155,147

1.0

* Bihar

28,823,802

4,168,470

14.4

3,919,619

13.6

12,651

.04

3,204

.01

Chota Nagpur

7,516,349

547,844

7.3

420,760

5.6

12,042

.2

10,009

.1

+ C.P.

13,208,718

448,528

3.4

2,359,836

17.9

42,135

.3

12,766

.1

Berar

3.604,866

335,169

93

691.577

19.2

6,125

.2

2,230

.05

@ Agra

40,903,147

6,231,062

15-2

8,018,803

19.6

120,549

.3

226,096

.5

Oudh

14,114,470

2,185,246

15.5

3,698,355

26.2

10,778

.08

6,349

.05


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