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B an er je e & Co., Calcutta. Messrs. D. C. A n a n d & S o n s, Peshawar.* N.3.—[Those marked with an asterisk (*) are agents for sale of Legislative Department publications only.] CENSUS OF INDIA.* 1911 VOLUME IV BALUCHISTAN Part I—REPORT Part II—TABLES BY DENYS BRAY, I.C.S. CALCUTTA SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNMENT PRINTING, INDIA 1913 P A R T I. CONTENTS. P a &b . I ntroduction — § § 1 — 2 0 1 — 7 C H APTER I. P o p u l a t io n — § § 21 — 5 9 9 - 3 2 CHAPTER II. V a r ia t io n — § § 6 0 — 6 7 . 3 3 - 4 0 CHAPTER III. M ig r a t io n — § § 6 8 — 84- 41— 54 CHAPTER IV. R e l ig io n — §§85—125 . 5 5 — 72 CH APTER V. A g e— § § 1 2 6 — 1 3 6 • • 73— 80 CHAPTER VI. S e x — §§137— 164. 8 1 — 9 8 CHAPTER VII. M a r r i a g e — § §165— 196 . 9 9 - 1 1 8 CHAPTER VIII. E d u c a t io n — § § 1 9 7 — 2 0 8 . 119— 126 CHAPTER IX. L a n g u a g e — § § 2 0 9 — 2 4 2 • • . 127— 146 C H A P T E R X. I n f ir m it ie s — §§243— 2 4 8 . 147— 152 CHAPTER XI. C a ste, T r ib e a n d R a c e — §§249— 313 1 5 3 — 1 8 7 CHAPTER XII. O c c u p a t io n — § § 3 1 4 — 3 2 6 . 189— 200 IN D E X ...................................................................... MAPS. Race . • • • Frontispiece. Administrative Divisions . Opposite page 17 Density . 24 Language 129 SUBSIDIARY TABLES. Page* 1. Distribution of the Population Classified by Density . 29 2. Racial distribution in the Regular and Tribal Areas 30 3. Urban and Rural Distribution ..... • 31 4. House-population among the Indigenous Population 32 5. Variation in Relation to Density ..... 39 6. Racial Variation ........ 39 7. Racial Variation by Districts and States 40 8. Fecundity of Marriage • . .» . 40 9. Nomadism among Selected Tribes .... 51— 52 10. Brahuls Censused in Sind ...... 53 11. Loss and Gain between Baluchistan and India by Birthplace 54 12. Distribution of the Population by Religion 72. 13. Variation in Christianity 72 14. Puberal Distribution by Race 79 15. Puberal Distribution by Locality 80 16. Sex Variation by Locality . 97 17. Sex Variation by Race 98 18. Sex Variation by Nomadism 98 19. Civil Condition among the Indigenous Population 118 20. Civil Condition among Brahuis Censused in Sind 118 21. Literacy among Musalmans by Locality 125 22. Literacy among Indigenous Musalmans by Race 126 23. Four Chief Languages among Indigenous Musalmans 143 24. Languages among Indigenous Musalmans 144 25. Indigenous Musalmans by Languages , 145 26. Abandonment of the Racial Language by Indigenous Musalmans 146 27. Incidence of Infirmities . 151 28. Incidence of Infirmities among Females 152 29. Occupational Variation, 1901-11 . 198 30. Occupational Distribution per 1,000 Actual Workers among Selectee Tribes ...... 199 31. Agricultural Implements, Live-stock, etc. 200 x NOTE. This Report is unfortunately belated owing to the necessity of making special type for the transliteration of several vernacular words. BALUCHISTAN SHEWING RACIAL DISTRIBUTION. ( N.B.—The racial boundaries are very approximate only. ) Reg. No. 3 7 7 3 E. 11.H - 7 5 0 INTRODUCTION 1. So ends another census of Baluchistan—nominally the third in the a regular series, yet the first to come home to every family in the length and breadth of BnsUB the country. Not that Baluchistan is even now qualified to take its place among the ordered ranks of censused provinces of India.