- ---------------_-----_ ---- -:- , ------- fq~~ ~G(R ~ ~l~ 'revio"'u~ References Later Referei:lces I-AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION This table,borresponds to Imperial Table I of 1931 and shows for divisions, dIstricts and states the t.Tea, the num}{er of houses and inhabited rural mauzas, and the distribution of occupied houses and popula­ tion between Jural and urban areas. Similar-details for subdivisions ?>nd police-stations are shown in Pro- vincial TablE} L . 2. ThejGtl'e,as given differ in some cases from those given is the corresponding tab~ of· Hl31. "They are based on tl,1e figures supplied by the Government of Bengal. The province gained duriVg the decade an area of 18114' sq miles as a net result of transfers between Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and A$arn, th-e- details of which #e 'given below :- Area gained by transfer Area lost by transfer Districts of Bengal ...A.... __~-, ,--- --...A....--__----. Net gain to Frain .Area in To Area in Bengal sq miles sq miles 1 2 3 4 5 6 All Districts Bihar 18·92 Bihar, Orissa & Assam 0,713 +18·14 Midnapore Mayurbhanj (Orissa) 0·25 -0·25 Murshidabad ., Santhal Parganas (Bihar) 0·13 -0·13 Rangpur Goalpara (Assam) 0·40 -0·40 lV!alda .. ., Santhal Parganas +16·72 (Bihar) Dinajpur .. Purnea (Bihar) 2·20 +2·20 Details of the population. at each census in the areas affected by tbese inter-provincial transfers are given in the title page to Imperial Table II. 3. Detailed particulars of the areas treated as towns and of the variation in their numbers since 1931 .are given in Imperial Tftble V and Provincial Table I. • 4. The total urban population for all Bengal is 5,954,4=06. This popuiation is 9· 69 % of the total population. • For every 100 persons living in urban areas there are 932 persons living in rural' areas. In the foregoing statistics the urban population is the total population of those towns cited in Imperial Tll.hle-\1', ~~'tuwns-wbJ.GbJia'ye...a..p..QP111atiQ...n of less than 5,000. The population of these excluded towns has been included in the rural population. 2 I-AREA, HOUSES Occupied houses District or State Area in Towns Villages r- square miles Total In town'S In villages 1 2 3 4 5 6 '1 BENGAL 82,876 156 90,000 11,35~,854 1,117,938 10,237,916 British Territory 77,442 149 84,213 11,141,080 1,110,088 10,030,992 Burdwan Division . .. ~4.. 135 40 21,883 2,076,622 ,261,332" 1,815,290 Burdwan 2,105. 10 2,703 387,3.2t. il7,,.5S/} 339,7}8 Birbhum 1,743 I) 2,211 221,984' ~J,37~ 21(),608 BanKura, 2,646 4 3,522 2'55,746 15,928 239,818 Midnapore 5,274 9 10,711 626,640 39,31'9', 587,261 Hooghly , 1,206 10 1,908 300,437 71,'412 229,025 Howrah 561 2 828 284,491' 75,6~,J 208,820 Presidency Division 16,402 53 13,835 2.444,982 629,038' 1,815,944 24-Pargarnts ~< 28 3,670 755,699- 184,360 571,339 Calcutta: ~4 1 376,158 - 376,158 Nadia, . 2,879 9 2,376 341,318 .. 28,122 313,1i1ti Murshidabad .' 2,063 7 1,897 325,026 22~061 ~l)2,965 ·Jessore 2,925 4 3,600 339,344 7,079 332,265 Khulna . 4,805 4 2,292 307,437 11,258 296,179 Rajshahi Division 19,642 27 22,348 '2,247,233 78;031 2,169,202 Rajsha'hl 2,526 3 4,308 327,327 10,501 316,826 Dinajpur 3,953 3 -5,756 363,169 7,863 355,306 Jalpaiguri 3,050 1 1,317 244,564 4,203 240,361 Darjeeling 1,192 6 578 82,138 16,318 65,820 Rangpur 3,606 7: 3,630. 502,101 14,954 487,1'41' Bo~ 1,475 2· 2,432 .. 2ifl~49i' 4,107 , 214,391 Pabna 1,836 2 2,383 ~ 297,912 11,543 286,369 Malda~ 2,004 3· 1,9~4 211,524 8,542 202,982 Dacca Division • 15,498 22 1~,030' ~,~77,2?.9 104,562 2,772,677 Dacca 2,738 3 4,114 746,442 49,056 697,38'6 Mymensingh .. 6,156 10 7,946 977,585 28,999 948,586 Faridpur 2,821 3 ,3,338 495,908 9,848 486,060 Bakargap.j .. ·377'83 6 3,032 657,304 16,659 640,645 Chit'tagoilg Division 11\165 :'t 'i-;rr1 '1';495,004 37,125 1.~1,8?'9 Tippera 2,531 '3 4,007 660,471 16,912 643,559 Noakhali 1,658 2 1,738 378,579 5,379 373,200 Chittagong 2,569 2 996 417,446 14,834 402,612 Chittagong Hill Tracts- 5,007 376 38,508 38,508 Bengal States 5,434 7 5,787 214,774 7,850 206,924 Cooch Behar ' .. 1,318 6 1,400 125,353 5,180 120,173 Tripura .. 4,116 1 4,387 89.~21 2,p70 86,'(51 .!. SIKKIM 2,818 99 23&64 23,264 3 AND POPULATION Population . Persons ¥ales Females ..A """"':\ ..A.. ' TGtl.l Urbart- Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban - Rural 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 61,460,377 5,983,290 55,477,087 '32,360,401 3,791,545 28,538,856 29,099,976 2,191,745 26,908,231 60,306,525 5,938,776 54,367,749, 31,747,395 3,764,776 27,982,619 28,559,130 2,174,000 26,385,130 1),337,33) _ 1,21G,112 9,1)11,237 5,373,!B3 771,S3) 4,13)1,1))3 4.. 9;)3,431 501,232 4,407,249 1,890,732' 223,154 1,667,578 '993,825 133,007 865,818 891,907 90,147 801,76fJ 1,018,317 60,344 987,973 52.1.517 32,433' 492,034 523',800 27,f]11 ' 495,889 1,289,610 91,976 1,197,664 601,881 48,298 603,583 637,759 43,678 594,081 3,190,647 188,047 3,002,600 l,631,673 104,592 i,J·,527,Q81 1,558,974 83,455 1,475,519 1,377,729 232,902 1,094,827 '>738,561, 175,37~ 563,183 639,168 107,524 . 531,644 1,490,304 429,639 1,050,~J5 ~:13,43l .281.. 172 ,fj5~;269- "656,873 148,1i).7 508,356 12;811',037 3,333,9l~ 9,~'78,135 7,105,911 2,195,524 4,910,387 5, 'ill-,176 1,143,428 4,587,748 3,536;386 863,071 2,6731315 1,943,365 546,007 1,397,358 1,5)3,021 317,064 1,275,95'1 2,lQ8,891 2,108,89~ " . 1,452,362 '1,~5~,362 .. 656,529 656,529- 1,759,846 143,438 1,61"6,408 909,!33 74,072 835,061 850,713 69,36p 781,347 1,640,530- 120,449 1,52),081 . 824,483 62,777 761;706 816,047 57,672 758,375 "1,828,216 37,603 1,790,613 957,876 21.,599 936,277' 870,340 16,001: 854,336 '1;943,'218 65,5?q 1,877,718 1,018,692 33,707 979,935 92!,528 '28,793- 897,733 12.. 1)l),43} 431,333 ,11,6)3,143, 6,233,33J 251.311 6,031,931 5,731,123 182,~18 5,574.148 <i,571,750 61,476 1,510,274 821,1l3 34,729 786,384 750,637 26,747 723,890 "-;926,833 41,663 1,885,170 1,018,509 25,602 992,907 908,324 16,081 892,263 1,089,513 27,766 1,061,747 591,294 17,420 .573,874 498,2,9 10,346 487,873 376,369- .58,1M, 318,205 199,891 33,495 165,396 173,473 24,669 ' 151,809 1,877,847 93,712 2,784,135 1,509,437 57,302, 1,452,135 1,368,410 36,410 1,332,000 1,260,463 26,826 1,233,637 648,299 15,458 632,841 612,16~ 11,36~ 600,796 1,705,072 74,374- J;630,698 875,524 4),739 834,785 829,548 33,635 795,913 1.. 2_3~,618 50,342 1,182,276 619,272 26,600 592,672 613,346 23,742 589,604 . r,i6,633,714 612,331 16,011,351) 8,611,852 383,4SS 8,228,33S 8,071,88.2 258.8i6 7,812,986 4,222,143 ~~6,411 3;945,732 2,161,718 183',052 1993,658 2,030,425 113,349 1,947,076 6,023,758 2 OlJJ8.:. 5,823,720 3,137,571 116',482 3,021,089 2,886,187 83,556 2t..802~6ql 2,888,803 61,343 2,,827,460 1,481,081 36,297 1,444;784 1,407,722 25,046 1,382,676 3,549,010 104,572 "3;444,438 1,831,482 67,647 1,763;835 1,717,528 36.925 1,680,603 8,477,830 247,025 8,230,865 'USi,4!)5 159,539 4.207,866 4,110,485 87,486 4,022,999 3,860,139 124,783 3,735,.156 1,999,447 78,801 1,920,646 1,860,692 45,982 ,1,814,710 2,217,402 23,996 2,193,406 1,143,174 "1:fY,81._2 1 JP,362 1,074,228 8,184 1,066,044 2,153,296 98,246 2,055,050 ~,693,962 61,926 r,029,d36 1,059,334 33,320 1,026,014 247,053 ,247,053 130,822 130,822 116,231 116,231 1,153,852- 44,514 1,109,338 613,006 26,769 586,237 540,846 17,745 523,101 640,8~.