315.455 1941 Tab NOTE The census enumeration was carried out in full according to plan but the Government of India decided to restrict the tabulation for British India. Consequently the tables in this volume covel less than half the contemplated range and offer in effect only the distribution of the population by iJommunity and by province or state, district, tehsil and town. In many areas however village tables will also be produced by provincial governments. 'Opportunity has been taken however ~o sort wherever possible the 1/50 random sample takeu In every area. ·2. The slips in which the remaining unsorted information is to be found are stored in Qaea province against a possible reopening of tabulation ih happier circumstances. CONTENTS IMPERIAL TABLES PAG.t: I-Area, houses, and population ·. 1 II-Variation in population since 1891 7 III-Towns and villages classified by population 19 ·'- .. ·. ·. IV--Cities classified by population with variation since 1891 00 25 V-Towns arranged 'territorially with popula~ion by communities 29 I XIII-Community .. ·. ·. 41 .... PROVINCIAL TABLEs--! /I-Area and population o"Itehsils ·. ·. ·. 51 II-Population of districts and tehsils by communities ·. 57 SAMPLE TABLES VII-Age, sex and civil condition (by religion) ·. .. o • 66 XI-Literacy by religion and age aa 68 ·. .-. •• • a XIII-Major communities •• .. • • ·. .. • • •• o. 69 I-AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION The areas in column 2 are those of the latest determination of the Survey Department. The area of the Biloch trans-frontier tract is included in that of Dera Ghazi Khan district. The differences between some of the areas shown in this table and those given in the corresponding tables of 1931 are due to territorial transfers and recalculations of areas by the Survey department. The province has gained a total area of 1· 74 sq miles during the inter-censal period as a result of inter­ provincial transfers as under:- Gain or loss District or State Transfer from or to r- ----~~-------- affected Area Population (sq miles) (1931) 1. Gurgaon District Bullandsharu (U.P.) +1·89 +12 2. Karnal District . '. Muzaffargarh and Meerut Districts (U.P.) -1·15 3. Sirmoor State Debra Dun (U.P.) +1'00 Net Gain +1·74 +12 The inter-district transfers that have occurred since the last census are given below:- Transfer of .A.. ( ~ . From To Area Population (sq miles) (1931) 1. Multan district Lyallpur district 151'00 15,351 2. Jhang district Do ll'OO Nil 3. Sheikhupura Amritsar 0·91 365 2. A" house" was defined at this census as a dwelling place of a commensal family. "Occupied house ~'means a census house. 3. "Towns" include municipalities, civil lines not included in municipal limits, cantonments ~nd other places of usually not less than 5.000 inhabitants and .possessing distinct urban characteristics. 'Cantonments" have been treated as forming part of the towns in which they are situated. " Village ,,. means a revenue village. " Urban" and" rural" refer to persons Ii ving in tOWlli! or villages as above defined. • . NOTE I.-A few villages of the Shahdara tehsil in'the Sheikhupura district with a population of 16,368 have been included within the­ lnmts of Lahore municipality, but they still remain part of the Shahdara tehsil for revenue and other administrative purposes. In this table,. theref<lre, the population of these villages has been included in the urban population of the Sheikhupura district. NOTE 2.-The population details for tehsils are given in Provincial Tables I and II. 4. The urban/rural ratio when towns with a population of 5,000 or over are taken as urban is· 1.65: 1,000, i.e., for every 1,000 of the rural population there are 165 persons living in towns with a popula­ tlOn of 5,000 or over. 2 I-AREA, HOUSES Ocoupied houses Area in District or State sq miles Towns Villages Total In towns In village.! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PUNJAB 138,105 283 52,047' 6,549,349 891,551 5,657,798 British Terriiory 99,089 -202 35,256, 5,397,858 753,056 4,644,802 Ambala Division 14,750 45- 6,301' 900,056 130,481 769,575 Hissar' 1i,213 7 961 190,027 26,248 163,779 Rohtak 2,246' 7 750 170,089 20059 150,030 Gurgaon 2,234 9 1,342 167,170 18,535 148,635 Kamal 3,126 6 1,367 185,987 23,728 162,259 Ambala 1,851 11 1,679 '176,583 35,209 141,374 Simla " 80 5 202 10,200 6,702 3,498 J'ullunduf Division 18,992 304 6,515 1,069,088 128,267 94,0,821 Kangra 9,979 1 845 186,085 1,318 184,767 Hoshiarpur 2,195 7 2,092 24!l,028 18,697 227,331 Jullundur 1,334 R 1,209 210,889 87,527 173,362 Ludhiana •• 1,399 4- 860 156,319 29,940 126,379 Ferozepore 4,085 10 1,509 269,767 40,785 228,982 Lahore Division 12,203 45. 8,777 1,273,468 260,787 1,012,681 ~. Lahore • • It 2,595 7 1,150 280,371. 96,620 183,751 Amritsar ;;r ~ >. 1,572 7- 1,043 254,299 78,497 17,5,802 (}_urdaspur ~- 1,846 9- 2,229 212,328 17,922 191,406 SiaTIi:ot .• 1,576 6 2,070 206,852 25,177 181,67"5 -Gujranwala 2.:m 11 1,219 169,519 32,283 137,236 ! Sheikhupura. 2,303 5 1,066 150,099 10,288 139,811 Rawalpiudi Divisic_ 21.381 41 5,439 980,182 112,971 867,211 Guirat 2,266 7 1,436 219,899 18,257 201,642 Shahpur •• 4,770 15 973 198,395 29,145 169,250 Jhelum 2,774 4 876 143,723 12,22ii 1.31,498 Rawalpindi 2,022 2 1,166 160,706 30,470 130,236 Attock 4,148 8 628 153,275 13,205 140,07() Miahwali •• 5,401 5 410 104,18,1 9,669 94,51:j Multan Division 31,763 41 8,174 1,175,064 120,550 1,054,514 • Montgomery 4,20l 5 2,058 217,092 17,360 229,732 Lyallpur .. 3,52:! 7 1,336 234,947 24,912 210,035 Jhang 3,415 () 974- 151,323 17,503 133,820 Multan 5,65:3 9 2,135 281,190 39,480 241,710 11uzalfargarh 5,605 6 888 148,299 8,549 139,7.')0 Dcra Ghazi Khan 9,364 9 774 1I2,213 12,746 99,467 Bilocli. trans·frontier tract 9 ..Punjab State&-- r 39,016 81 " 16,791 1,151,491 138,495 1,012,996 -tDujana V'f' 91 1 32 6,018 8.')1 5,167 .;..,pataudl.;l _ 53 1 40 4,061 805 3,256 -l{alsia' 188 2', 177 15,217 2,257 12,960 .. Loharu 226 1 72, 4,738, 730 4,008 ;1Sirmool 1,091 2 965 33,248 1,857 31,391 ~Bilaspur . 453 1 949 22,939 656 22,283 ~landi 1,189 2 3,625 45,680 2,6.39 43,141 ~uket 393 l' 80 13,575 445 13,130 .~lIrthala 64,5 3 606 75,331 11,222 64,109 "')1alerkotla 165 ,3 - 110 17,725 6,606 11,129 • Faridkot 637 2 174 38,'289 7,728 30,561 ....chamba 3,127 1 52 33,489 1,338 32,151 ~tiala 5,942 17 3,488 372,656 49,576 323,080 • ihd "'" . , 1,299 4 443 67,846 9,.39.1 68,553 • Nabha~ _ 947 6 493 66,759 12,379 54,380 , Bahawalpur 17,494 31 2,443 25),854 28,496 232,358 ' Punjab Hill States 5,127 3 3,042 73,053 1,717 71,339 'Bashahr '" 3,u5[ I 20[1 111,425 297 18,128 Bashahr Proper 3,!J22 1 154 17,010 297 17,313 . rKha'f/~ti 21 25 5,;,3 553 Feudatone..... Delat" 8 29 262 262 Nalagarh \Y • 270 1 675 12,445 775 11,670 Keonthal .If 295 457 12,224. 12,224 K eanthal Proper 186 218 6,729 6,729 Koti .• 44 10 2,481 2,481 Theog, .• 31 167 1,580 1,.580 Feudatories Jil!adhan, .• 23 34 899 899 GhU71d. •• 9 16 401 401 lRati"h. .. 2 12 134- 134 Bagbal ,(:l 120 433 6,241 . 6,241 Jubbal k 297 281 5,57~ -5,578 Jubbal Proper 274 268 5,340 5,340 . {RaU'ain 16 -12 194 194 Feudaton~~ Dhadi 7 1 44 44 "'Baghat # .. 33 132 3,214- 645 2,569 ,,' Kumharsain r 84 41 2,590 2,590 ",' Bhaiii ;! 94 200 3,831 3,8.1] , Mal-.log ~ 49 179 1,998 1,9!J8 <lFalslm" 57 26 1,440 1.440 '_ Dhami .. 23 109 1,127 1~127 , Kuthar 21 99 1,080 1,080 , Kunihar 7 17 500 0500 :.Mangal 14 17 310 3.W Riia - i' 5 45 26';' 267 . 'Darlwti :> 14 221 221 , Tharoch ? ·~O lOti 823 823 Io-Sangri -, 21 3 742 742 AND POPULATION 3 Population Persons Males Females Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ~4,309,831 1:,040,771 29,269,090 18,581,336 2,913,785 15,667,551 15,728,525 2,126,986 13,601,539 8,418,819 l,359,964 24,059,855 15,383,656 2,532,195 12,851,461 13,035,163 1,826.769 11,208,394 -4';695;4~ 664,596 4,030,866 2,529,025 314,242 2,154,78~ 2,166,437 290,354 1,876,083 1,006,709' 136,816 869,893 536,691 75,301 461.390 470,018 61,5].5 408,.50,1 958,399.