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Census of India 1941. Sind. Tables

1942

The steady growth of prosperity in Khairpur State which passed during these fifty years from a copletely feudal organization under His Highness Mir Ali Murad the contemporary of the late rulers of Sind who like them kept much of the best land in the State under his shooting preserves to the well administered and prosperous conditions of the present-day is reflected in the increase of nearly [...] The average revenue village in the Deccan is roughly about the same size as the " deh " in Sind : but almost all the people who till its fields actually live in houses in the " gaothan " which in nine cases out of ten is the only residential place in the revenue village limits. [...] (v) The decade opened in the depth of the world-wide trade depression : but the eutrepot trade on which the prosperity of Karachi was founded has benefited considerably from the develoment of the Barrage Area and from extension of irrigation in the Punjab and Bahawapur. [...] The decreases in Hyderabad and Sukkur are mainly due to changes in the composition of the garrison at the former place and the completion of the Barrage works at the latter. [...] They are in the proportion of over five to one Hindus : the percentages of the two years are as follows :— Muslims Hindus Khairpur State.. 1931 82% 17% 1941 83°/0 16% In connection with the subsidiary table 2 showing the distribution of the main communities it may be mentioned that in the census of 1891 Muslims and Hindus were in the proportions of nearly four to one in that of 1881 they had a
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Pages
115
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100010
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv H.T. Lambrick view
Imperial Tables
1-40 H.T. Lambrick view
Provincial Tables
41-58 H.T. Lambrick view
Sample Tables VI VII VIII XI and XII
59-111 H.T. Lambrick view