126 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

States

U.P. States Rampuv Tehri (Garhwal)

Punjab States : Patiala Bahawalpur Jind . Nabha Kapurthala Mandi

Sirmur (Nalian) Chamba

Area in square miles

893 4,200

5,412

15,000

1,259

928

630

1,200

1,198

3,216

Population 1911

531,217 300,819

Estimated

Gross

Revenue

Rx.

1.

407,659 780,641 271,728 248,887 268,133 181,110 138,520 135,873

3,60,000 65,794

7,31,489

2,73,623

1,30,000

1,54,290

2,50,000

58, -200

85,989

51,171

Ruling Family

Pathan(Shiah.3/.) Ksliatriya (Hindu)

Sidliii Jat (Sikh) Daudputra, M. Sidhu Jat (Sikh) SidhnJat (do.) Ahluwalia (Sikh) Rajput (Hindu) Rajput (do.) Rajput (Hindu)

The following table, in millions, applies to India, British territory and Native States in 1911 : —

Unmarried.

Married.

Widowed.

Total.

Males .... Females

78-3 52-5

72-9 73-7

8-8 26-4

160-0 152-6

Total Population classilied by age and civil condition . . 312-6 II. Population according to Language.

The following table shows, for laOl, the chief linguistic families and sub-families with the population {in millions) assigned thereto:—

A. Vernaculars of India :

Indo-European family — Aryan.

221-16

Indo-Chinese family—

Semitic familv ....

0-04

M on- Khmer ....

0-43 1

Unclassed language .

0-35

Tibeto-Burmau

9-56 i

B. Vernaculars of other Asiatic

Siamese-Chinese .

1-72

countries ....

0-08

Dravido-Munda family —

C. European languages .

0-27

Munda

3-18

Language unrecognisable

0-10

Dravidian ....

56-51

,, not recorded

0-95

The following are the languages more prevalent than English, with the population (in millions and two decimals) who speak them: —

Languages

Pop. 1

\

8714

Languages

Pop.

Languages Central Pahari .

Pop.

Hindi .

Gujarati

0-93 1

1-27

Bengali

44-02

Uriyd .

0-69 :

Pushtu

1-22

Telugu

20-70

Burmese

7-47

Gondi .

1-12

Mahrathi .

18-24

Malayiilam .

03

Karen .

0-89

Punjabi

17-07

Sindhi

rOl

Onion .

0-59

Tamil .

16-53 1

Santali

1-79 '

Tulu ,

0-54

Rp,jasthani .

10-92 \

W. Pabiiri .

]-71

Khand

0-49

Kiinarese .

10-37

Assamese .

1-35

Gypsy

i 0-3

The English language conies next in order with 252,388.