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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1874.
Prom the year 1874 to 1876 inclusive, the prevalence of cholera among
the civil population of this province is illustrated by the deaths registered
from that disease in the selected areas—urban and rural—in each district of
the province. The population, area in square miles, and population, per
square mile of each class of these selected areas in the several districts are
shown in the subjoined tabular statement:—
DISTRICTS.
Burdwan
...
Bankura
Birbhum
Midnapur
Hugli and Seram-
pur.
Howrab
24-Pergunnahs ...
Nuddea
Jaisur
Mursbidabad
...
Dinngepur
Malda
Rajshahi
Rangpur
Bograb
Pabna
Darjeeling
Julpaigori
Dhakka
...
Faridpur
Bakirganj
Mymensingh
Chattagong
...
Noakhalj
Tipperah
Patna
Gya
Shababad
Tirhut
Saran
Chrmparan
Monghyr
Bhagulpore
Purnia
Santhal
Kattak
Puri
Balasur
Hnzaribagh
Lohardagga
Singhbhum
Manbhum
TOTAL
POPULATION.
Urban.
Males.
16,290
18,918
4,617
16,110
31,791
54,098
14,348
12,871
4,639
2,600
7,700
9,000
4,939
9,885
3,343
7,851
2,103
3,837
60,246
6,808
10,117
24,062
14,499
5,777
6,992
44,218
39,206
6,706
62,671
28,408
16,015
12,670
15,383
12,071
9,502
36,262
12,077
9,029
10,599
6,860
2,534
3,026
599,270
Females.
16,031
18,731
4,388
15,381
31,799
43,686
12,915
13,879
6,318
2,832
5,342
9,121
4,735
4,960
2,529
7,879
1,049
2,444
41,419
4,735
4,107
20,155
10,761
4,286
4,949
47,081
40,253
6,842
57,959
28,978
11,959
13,604
14,815
9,500
9,781
86,051
10,618
9,234
9,269
6,226
2,289
2,670
611,013
Rural.
Males.
51,646
7,640
33,669
72,199
19,742
12,544
9,336
10,484
6,771
2,212
7,064
5,726
10,930
4,325
6,472
9,390
6,403
24,468
19,563
5,907
7,004
13,365
13,707
6,490
6,328
15,593
152,252
9,514
25,249
19,651
2,183
10,081
6,565
10,167
11,232
7,159
5,248
5,674
3,887
9,352
11,537
27,563
701,034
Females.
50,359
7,692
36,499
73,065
21,567
13,071
8,766
10,190
5,806
2,439
5,579
6,832
11,100
3,954
6,664
9,886
4,854
23,717
21,750
6,664
6,648
13,176
16,411
5,038
6,036
16,825
153,327
5,033
23,749
20,516
2,245
10,345
3,853
9,677
11,181
7,675
5,081
6,716
3,569
9,588
11,848
25,097
1,303,837
Total.
134,326
52,981
79,169
176,755
104,899
123,399
45,365
47,424
19,729
9,554
25,685
30,679
31,754
23,124
19,008
35,006
14,414
64,466
132,981
24,114
27,876
70,758
55,378
20,591
25,312
123,717
385,033
28,095
169,628
97,553
82,402
46,700
89,566
41,945
41,699
87,147
33,024
29,653
27,324
31,026
28,208
68,956
2,683,429
AREA IN
SQUARE MILES.
Urban.
6
83
5
6
11
12
7
7
4.78
0.88
415
3.91
3.0
5.13
1.33
2
1.97
6
18..09
6.73
10 84
1672
9.75
3
4.63
3.609
13.29
8
14
11
10.91
1.66
2.93
20.53
49
28.55
2.87
6.5
4.52
3.60
1
3
876.300
Rural.
194
28
235
437
47
4
18
33
6
4.13
13.16
6.75
35.82
19.19
26.50
10
62.71
161
20.42
7.45
22.68
26.2
62.0
24
P
26.757
636.14
25.76
12.30
45.50
2.56
23.0
13.84
147.0
113.5
17.53
23.06
27.1
23.14
80.5
231
260.13
3,045.827
Total.
200
61
240
443
68
16
25
40
10.78
5.01
17.31
10.66
38.82
24.32
27.83
12
64.68
170
38.51
14.18
33.16
42.92
71.75
27
4.63
30.366
649.43
33.75
26.30
66.50
13.47
24.66
1677
167.53
162.5
46.08
25 93
33.6
37.66
84.10
232
263.13
3,400.236
POPULATION PER
SQUARE MILE.
Urban.
5,386
1,141
1,800
5,079
6,359
8,148
3,845
3,821
1,705
5,541
3,142
4,634
8,221
2,893
4,415
7,865
1,602
1,046
5,067
1,715
1,355
2,643
2,690
8,354
2,796
25,361
6,978
1,694
8,616
6,218
2,504
15,827
10,289
1,081
893
2,532
7,905
2,809
4,896
3,357
4,823
1,898
195,708
Rural.
525
547
293
832
860
6,403
1,011
626
1,929
1,131
961
1,860
616
431
495
1,927
779
293
2,023
1,687
601
1,013
486
438
P
1,212
596
664
3,983
882
1,729
888
680
124
197
846
417
420
225
235
101
204
37,603
671
869
329
398
1,808
7,712
1,816
1,185
1,830
1,906
1,484
2,878
817
950
683
2,917
222
320
3,453
1,701
840
1,610
771
762
?
4,070
701
832
6,449
1,726
2,405
1,894
2,339
250
256
1,891
1,273
882
723
368
120
221
798