CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901. VOLUME XIIA, URMA. Part II. IMPERIAL TABLES. BY C. C. LOWIS, OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE," SUPERINTENDENT, CENSUS OPERATIONS. RANGOON: OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BUPMA. 1902. - S'lic^, ^. 4-0-0 = ^>. nil V. \Zl\ fyxmll HmvMitg ftt«g BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF 1891 ,4,/A.^^S.f u.r./3./j.cf. 5474 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 924 071 135 861 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924071135861 CENSUS OF INDIA, 1901. VOLUME XHA. BURMA. Part 1 1. IMPERIAL TABLES. BY C. C. LOWIS, OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, SUPERINTENDENT, CENSUS OPERATIONS. RANGOON: OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA. 1902. ^xAcz, ^>. 4-0-0 = Qy. CONTENTS. Page. Imperial Table No, I.—Area, houses and population ... ... ... ... i Imperial Table No. II.—Variation in population since 1872 ... ... ... ... 5 Imperial Table No. III.—Towns and villages classified by population ... ... ... 9 Imperial Tablp, No. IV.—Towns classified by popiilation, with variation since 1872 ... ... 13 Imperial Table No. V.—Towns arranged territorially with population by religion ... ... 19 Imperial Table No. VI.— Religion ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 Imperial Table No. VII.—Age, sex and civil condition by religions ... ... ... 29 Imperial Table No. VIII.— Education by age, sex and religion ... •.. ... 77 Imperial Table No. IX. — Education of indigenous races ... ... ... ... 161 Imperial Table No. X. —Languages ... ... ... ... ... 165 Imperial Table No. XI.— Birthplace ... ... ... ... ... ... 181 Imperial Tables N OS. XII AND XII-A.— Infirmities ... ... ... ... 219 Imperial Table No. XIII.— Caste, tribe, race or nationality ... ... ... ... 227 Imperial Table No. XIV.— Civil condition, by age, of 50,000 of each sex of the principal indige- nous races of the province ... ... ... ... ... ... 269 Imperial Table No. XV.— Occupations. Parti. Provincial totals ... ... ... 273 Occupations, Part II. Distribution by districts ... ... 295 Imperial Table No. XVII.—Territorial distribution of the Christian population by denomina- tion and race ... .M .., ... ... ... ,., 417 Imperial Table No. XVIII.— Europeans, Armenians, and Eurasians by race and age ... 427 IMPERIAL TABLE No. I. Area, Houses and Population. The figures contained in this table are for the whole of Burma exclusive of the Trans- Salween Northern Shan States and the State of West Mang Lon, which were omitted from the operations. They include the returns for Synchronous and non-Synchronous areas and for the estimated areas in the Northern Shan States, the Pakokku Chin Hills, and the Upper Chind- win, Bhamo and Myitkyina districts. The table also comprises the estimated figures for Karennv, the component parts of which are hardly "States" in the ordinary acceptation of the term. — CENSUS. Imperial Table No. I. Area CENSUS. Houses an IMPERIAL TABLE No. II. Variation in Population since 1872. No census was taken in Uppeir Burma prior to 1891. After the annexation of Upper Purma the townships of Minhla, Taingda and Sinbaungwe were added to the Thayetmyo district froni the newly annexed territory, hence the large increase in Thayetmyo between been amalgamated with the 188 1 and 1891 in the Thayetmyo district. Taingda has since Minhla township. The population given for the years 1891, 1881 and 1872 for all other districts has been adjusted as closely as the available information will aillow to represent the increase ar decrease within the district areas as constituted on the ist March 1901. CENSUS. Imperial Table No. \L—-Variation CENSUS. in Population since iS'j2. Net variation in period 1872 to igoi. Increase (+) or decrease (— ). IMPERIAL TABLE No. III. Towns and Villages classified by population. Each of the " villages" referred to in Column 2 is a " hamlet," i.e., the smallest collec- tion of buildings known by a separate name, not the charge of any separate rural official. This wider definition, combined with the extension of the Census area, accounts for the large increase of villages (28,719 to 60,395) during the ten years 1891 — 1901. lO CENSUS. Imperial Table No. \U.—Towns 1 CENSUS. 1 4md villages classified by population. 2,000—5,000. 5,000— 10,000. Popula- Popula- Number. Number. tion. tion. 12 2,148 3.U5 2.845 8,138 14,005 I9,3>4 6,524 IS 39^843 I 4,711 6 16,056 3 9,034 10 29,801 I 2,345 3 7,745 6 16,475 26,565 I 3 S I 10 3 4 58 59 IMPERIAL TABLE No. IV. Towns classified by Population, with variation since 1872. H CENSUS. Imperial Table No, -lY.—Towns classified by CENSUS. IS Population^ mth variation since 18^2. Variation Increase {+^ — i6 CENSUS. Imperial Table No. IV. Towns classified hy Population. Town, Municipality, Town. District. Port, or Cantonment. 1901. 1891. 1881. 1872. 40 Mandalay Mandalay Municipality 166,154. 168,287 Cantonment 16,095 , 18,744 Shore 1,567 1,784 Amarapura do 41 Town 9, 103 1 1,004 42 Maymyo do Cantonment 1,259 228 43 Bhamo Bhamo Municipality 9,134 6,864 Cantonment 1,600 1,184 Tdtal, Mandalay Division. 204,912 208,095 Shwebo Shwebo 44 Municipality 7,875 9,368 Cantonment 1,751 Sag^aing SSgaing Municipality 45 9,643 9.934 M6nywa LCwer Chindwin 46 do 7,869 6,316 Total, Sagaing Division ., 27.138 25,618 Kyaukse KyauksfeKy, 47 Municipality 5,420 7,201 48 Meiktila Meeiktila Town 6,192 3,469 Cantonment 1,011 686 Yamfethin Yamfethin Municipality 49 8,680 6,584 50 Pyinmatia do do 14,388 13,926 SI Myingyan Alyingyan do 16,139 19,790 52 Pagan do . do 6,254 7,397 Total, Meiktila Division... 58,084 58,053 Total, Burma 989,938 912,384 CENSUS. 17 Population, with variation since i8'j2 —concluded. Variation increase (+) or decrease (— ). — IMPERIAL TABLE No. V. Towns arranged territorially with population by religion. The following statement shows the details included under " Other Religions ": Religion. Males. , Jew- Jain Agnostic ... Freethinker Total ... 430 270 — 20 CENSUS. Imperial Table No. V. Towns arranged Population. Buddhist. Animist. Town, Municipality, Port or District. Cantonment. B Hi U4 Akyab Akyab iMunicipality 31-687 23.593 8,094 5,856 Akyab Port ... 3.993 3,988 5 493 Kyaukpyu Kyaukpyu Municipality 3,145 1,770 1.375 1,126 Sandoway Sandoway Municipality 2,845 1,462 1.383 798 Total, Arakan Division 41,(570 30,813 10,857 8,273 Rangoon Town Rangoon Municipality . 210,519 14.6,057 64,462 40,416 Rangoon Cantonment i3>72i 9,095 4,626 1,82s Rangoon Port... 10,641 10,393 248 1,952 Pegu 5 Pegu Municipality 14,132 8,375 5,757 .';,o84 6 Letpadan Municipality . 8,772 4,705 4,067 3,986 Tharrawaddy 7 Gyobingauk Municipality., 65030 3.208 2,822 2,519 8 Th6nzfe Municipality 6,578 3.402 3,176 2,581 Prome 9 Prome Municipality 27,375 14,037 13,338 11,875 10 Paungdfe Municipality 11,105 5.623 5,482 4.978 II Siiwedaung Town 10,787 4,892 5.895 4.550 Total, Pegu Division 319,660 209,787 109,873 79,766 Bassein 12 Bassein Municipality 31,372 19,946 11,426 Bassein Port ... 492 13 Ngathainggyaung-Daung- 7,182 3,968 gyi Municipality. Myaungmya 14 Myaungmya Municipality 4,711 2,922 15 Pantanaw Town 5,010 2,581 i6 Ma-ubin Municipality 6,623 4,304 Th6ngwa 17 Yandoon Municipality 12,779 7,028 Henzada l8 Henzada Municipality .. 24,756 13,257 19 Zaiun Municipality 6,642 3,406 20 Okpo Town ... 3,762 1.859 21 Lemyethna Town 5.813 2,846 22 Kyangin Municipality 7,183 3.379 23 Myanaung Municipality ... 6,351 3.118 Total, Irrawaddy Division 122,676 69,090 Toungoo 24 Toungoo Municipality 15.837 8,676 25 Shwegyin Municipality ... 7,616 4.029 26 Kyaikto Municipality 6,637 3.734 That6n Municipality That6n 27 14.342 8,31s Amherst 28 Moulmein Municipality ... 56,194 34,442 Moulmein Port 2,252 2,248 29 Kawkareik Town 3.919 2,134 Tavoy 30 Tavoy Municipality 22,371 10,904 Mergui 31 Mergui Municipality 11,987 6,169 Total, Tenasserim Division 141,155 80,651 Thayetmyo 32 Thayetmyo Municipality ... 13,215 7,181 Thayetmyo Cantonment ... 2,609 1,920 33 Allanmyo-Ywataung Muni- 10,207 4,816 cipality. Pak6kku 34 Pak6kku Municipality 19,456 9,123 Minbu 35 Minbu Municipality 5,780 2,977 36 Salin Municipality 7.957 3,641 Magwe 37 Magwe Town... 6,232 3.305 38 Yenangyaung Town 3,246 1.736 39 Taungdwingyi Municipality 5,941 2,883 Total, Minbu Division 74,643 37.582 CENSUS. HI territorially with 22 CENSUS. Imperial Table No. V.—towns arranged District. CENSUS. 23 tenitorially -with population by religion—conclndieA. MUSALMAN. IMPERIAL TABLE No. VI. Religion. The differences between the total population as shjOwn on the one hand in columns 2, 3, aijd 4 of this statement and on the other in columns 8, 11, and 14 of Imperial Table No. I are djie to particulars rgg^rding rejigjon not; being available for the estipiated areas in the — Diiaiiiu uisirici ... Myitkyina district 26 CENSUS. Imperial Table District or State. — CENSUS. 27 No, VI. Religion. MUSALMAN. •: TC-^r^s^j^^ .-^L.- i %';: IMPERIAL TABLE No. VII. Age, Sex and Givil Condition by Religions. Details regarding the Age, Sex and Civil Condition of the Population of the estimated areas of Upper Burma, the Shan States and the Chin Hills are not given in this table. 30 CENSUS. Imperial Table No. VU.—Age, Sex PROVINCIAL Population'; Unmarried. Age. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. I CENSUS. 31 and Civil condition by Religions. TOTAL. 32 CENSUS.