General report on the Census of India 1891 & Memorandum on the census of 1871-72
Subtitle: a snapshot of Imperial India
Contributors: La Trobe University; Australian Research Council; Internationalising South Asian Scholarly Data (Project)
Publisher: La Trobe University
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Victoria, Australia
Language: eng
Subjects: Census, 1891; Census, 1871-1872; Population; Statistics
Other titles: 1891 census of India, home page; Snapshot of Imperial India; Memorandum on the census of British India of 1871-72. 1875.
Description: The General Report on the Census of India for 1891 is an account of India at the height of British power in South Asia. It contains data on Indian; geography, politics, population, occupations, ethnography, language, race, caste, tribe, literacy, infirmities and sex and age distribution. The Memorandum on the Census of British India of 1871-72 is a short document, around 40 pages of text, which summarises the findings of the first attempt at a census of India made during the British Raj.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on August 6, 2002).

"The General Report on the 1891 census was written by Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines  (1847-1925) and originally published as the General report on the Census of India, 1891. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1893".

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This work was carried out under an Australian Research Council funded project entitled: 'Internationalising South Asian Scholarly Data'.

Mode of access: Internet.