The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

Landholding etc.			Traders			Artizans and menials			Impure Castes
Tribe	Panjáb p.c.	N.W.F.P. p.c.	Tribe	Panjáb p.c.	N.W.F.P. p.c.	Tribe	Panjáb p.c.	N.W.F.P. p.c.	Tribe	Panjáb p.c.	N.W.F.P. p.c.
Jats	20.5	3.9	Aroras	2.8	3.1	Lohárs and Tarkháns [2]	4.0	3.3	Chúhra [8]	5.1
Rajputs	6.8	.7	Khatrís	1.8	1.2				Chamár [9]	4.7
Arains and Kambohs	4.8	—	Banias	1.7	—	Juláhas [3]	2.6	1.7
Brahmans	4.2	.6				Jhínwar and Máchhi [4]	2.6	—
Gújars	2.5	5.2				Kumhár [5]	2.3	1.0
Biloch	2.2	1.2				Nai [6]	1.4	1.1
Awán	1.8	12.6				Telí [7]	1.2	.3
Shekhs inc. Kureshí	1.7	—
Kanet	1.7	—
Sainís, Málís, Malliárs	1.3	1.8
Patháns	1.2	38.3
Saiyyíds	1.0	4.4

[1]Only tribes amounting in number to 1 p.c. of total population shown.

[2]Blacksmiths and Carpenters.

[3]Weavers.

[4]Water carriers.

[5]Potter.

[6]Barber.

[7]Oilman.

[8]Scavenger.

[9]Leather-worker.

Table II. Rainfall, Cultivation, Population, and Land Revenue.

Zone	District	Rainfall in Inches	No. of Masonary Wells	Cultivated Area Acres 1922-1912	Classes of Cultivation, p.c.							Population 1911	Land Revenue in 1911-1912 in hundreds of rupees
Zone	District	Rainfall in Inches	No. of Masonary Wells	Cultivated Area Acres 1922-1912	Well	Canal	Abí	Total Irrd.	Moist	Dry	Total Unirrd.	Population 1911	Land Revenue in 1911-1912 in hundreds of rupees
Mountain and Submontane	Kánga	125	5	587,826	—	—	20	20	—	80	80	770,386	9,267
	Simla	68	—	9,984	—	—	7	7	—	90	94	39,320	175
	Ambála	35	2,154	750,515	4	—	2	6	4	90	94	689,970	11,477
	Hoshyárpur	36	6,841	722,122	5	2	1	8	—	92	92	918,569	14,225
	Total British dts. Panjáb	—	9,000	2,070,447	3	1	6½	10½	1½	88	89½	2,418,245	35,144 (1.10.0)[1]
	Hazára (N.W.F.P.)	46	353	430,872	—	—	10	10	—	90	90	603,028	5,129 (1.3.1)
	Kashmír and Jammu	35 [3]	—	1,750,056	—	—	—	32	—	—	68	2,893,066	—
	Indus Valley [2]	5 [4]	—	121,952	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	210,315 [5]	—
	Total Kashmír	—	—	1,872,008	—	—	—	30	—	—	70	3,103,381	—
North Central Panjáb Plain (British Districts)	Gujrát	28	10,221	845,023	26	—	—	26	6	68	74	784,011	8,445
	Siálkot	35	23,010	941,558	54	1	3	58	9	33	42	979,553	14,847
	Gurdáspur	35	6,439	844,403	16	11	—	27	14	59	73	836,771	15,410
	Amritsar	24	12,386	787,229	31	31	—	62	4	34	38	880,728	12,746
	Jalandhar	28	28,289	695,571	44	—	—	44	5	51	56	801,920	14,871
	Ludhiána	28	9,991	754,373	19	7	—	26	4	70	74	517,192	11,103
	Total	—	90,336	4,868,157	32	8	1	41	7	52	59	4,800,175	77,422 (1.9.5)
North-West Area	Ráwalpíndí	33	947	598,371	½	—	½	1	—	99	99	547,827	6,754
	Jhelam	26	4,103	754,585	4	—	—	4	4	92	96	511,175	7,576
	Attock	19	6,850	1,031,962	2½	—	1	3½	1	96	97	519,273	6,741
	Mianwáli	12	7,128	748,255	17	2	—	19	38½	42½	81	341,377	4,866
	Total Panjáb	—	19,028	3,133,173	6	½	½	7	10	83	93	1,919,652	25,937 (0.13.3)
	Pesháwar	13	6,597	894,803	5	33	½	38½	2	59½	61½	865,009	11,375
	Kohát	18	467	327,949	½	—	12	12½	½	87	87½	222,690	2,755
	Bannu	13	11	523,688	—	24	—	24	—	76	76	256,086	3,040
	Total N.W.F.P.	—	7,075	1,746,440	3	24½	2½	30	1	69	70	1,343,785	17,170 (0.15.8)
South-Western Plains	Gujránwála	24	10,926	1,179,348	37	40	—	77	4	19	23	923,419	10,497
	Lahore	21	13,828	1,462,108	31	43½	1	75½	5	19½	24½	1,036,158	11,301
	Sháhpur	14	6,403	1,267,566	14	55	—	69	6	25	31	648,989	8,701
	Jhang	10	11,588	723,733	36	46	—	82	16	2	18	515,526	6,429
	Lyallpur	9	121	1,373,892	—	99	—	99	1	—	1	857,711	12,736
	Lyallpur	10	10,472	815,355	27	28	1	56	25	19	44	555,219	6,225
	Multán	7	20,132	1,081,030	58½	26	1	85½	13½	1	14½	814,871	15,865
	Muzaffargarh	6	14,053	553,643	36	33	4	73	27	—	27	569,461	7,316
	Dera Ghází Khán	6	9,564	1,035,011	25½	16	2½	42	53½	2½	56	499,860	5,752
	Total Panjáb districts	—	97,087	9,491,686	28	46	1	75	14½	10½	25	6,420,814	84,822 (0.14.4)
	D.I. Khán N.W.F.P.	8	795	544,746	1	17	8	26	11	63	74	256,120	3,062 (0.9.0)
South-Eastern Plains (British Districts)	Karnál	30	7,827	1,148,876	13	21	—	37	6	57	63	799,787	10,833
	Delhi [6]	—	7,133	555,057	19	18	—	37	6	57	63	657,604	8,563
	Gurgaon	26	6,594	988,613	13	10	1	24	3½	72½	76	643,177	12,182
	Gurgaon	21	2,450	974,200	4½	30	—	34½	—	65½	65½	541,489	9,660
	Rohtak	21	2,450	974,200	4½	30	—	34½	—	65½	65½	541,489	9,660
	Hissár	16	720	2,691,478	—	11¼	—	11¼	2¼	86½	88¾	804,809	8,582
	Ferozepore	21	7,940	2,248,322	7	40½	—	47½	2	50½	52½	959,657	12,066
	Total Panjáb districts	—	32,664	8,606,546	7	22½	—	29½	3½	67	70½	4,306,523	61,886 (0.11.6)

[1]Rate per cultivated acre in rupees (Rupee 1 = 16 pence).

[2]= Ladákh, Baltistán, Astor, and Gilgit.

[3]At Jammu.

[4]At Gilgit. Leh 3, Skardo 5.

[5]Including Frontier Iláka 264,750.

[6]The Delhi district has been broken up, and, with the exception of the area now administered by the Government of India, has been divided between Rohtak and Gurgaon.

Table III. Diagrams relating to Cultivation.

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[1] Only tribes amounting in number to 1 p.c. of total population shown.

TABLE IV. Percentages of Principal Crops[1].

Zone	District	Wheat	Barley	Rape Toria and Tara Mira	Pulses		Fodder (both harvests)	Maize	Millets		Rice	Cotton	Cane	Other crops (both harvests)
Zone	District	Wheat	Barley	Rape Toria and Tara Mira	Gram	Other Pulses (both harvests)	Fodder (both harvests)	Maize	Bájra	Jowár	Rice	Cotton	Cane	Other crops (both harvests)
Mountain and Submontane Zone	Kángra	32	7	1	4	4	—	21	—	—	15	½	1	14½
	Simla	31	15	—	—	3	—	13	—	—	6	—	—	32
	Ambála	26	2	1	17	9	11	10½	1½	1	7	6	2	6
	Hoshyárpur	33	1½	1	17	5	7	17½	½	1	4	2	3	7½
	Total Panjáb districts	30	3	1	13	6	6	16	½	½	8	3	2	11
	Hazára N.W.F.P.	26	10	1	—	1	—	10	1½	43	1½	1	—	2
	Kashmír and Jammu	21	4	—	7		—	38	—	—	9	—	—	21
	Indus Valley	29	4	—	12		—	7	—	—	1	—	—	47
	Total Kashmír	23	4	—	8		—	35½	—	—	8	—	—	12½
North Central Panjáb Plain (British Districts)	Gujrát	42	4	1	8	7	8	2½	15	6	1	1½	1	1
	Siálkot	43	6	1	3	5	15	8	1½	1½	6½	2	4	3½
	Gurdáspur	36	4	1	7	13	11	8	½	½	6½	1	7	4½
	Amritsar	36	2	3	16	3	20	5	—	—	4½	4	3	3½
	Jalandhar	33	1	—	15	7	23	10	—	—	—	3½	3½	4
	Ludhiána	28	2	2	3	8	11	7	½	3	—	2	2	12
	Total	37	3	1	11	18	14	7	3	2	3	2½	3½	4½
North-West Area	Ráwalpindí	41	2	1	1	19	2½	8	17	4	—	1	—	3½
	Jhelam	47	2	2	3	10	5	1	21	2	—	1	—	5
	Attock	50	2	2	9	7½	2½	2½	19	2½	—	1	—	3½
	Mianwálí	34	4	3	19	10	2	—	19	4	—	½	—	4½
	Total Panjáb Districts	43	2	2	7	11	3½	3	19	3	—	1½	—	5
	Pesháwar	36½	16	1	1	3	7	18½	1	4½	1½	4	3	3
	Kohát	43	2½	1	5	4	2	8	27½	2	1	1	—	3
	Bannu	49	4	—	24	½	4	8	3	1¼	½	½	1¼	4
	Total N.W.F.P.	41	10	1	8½	2½	5	13½	6	3	1	2½	2	4
South-Western Plains	Gujránwála	40	3	4	15½	3	12	2½	2½	3	5	5	2½	2
	Lahore	37	1	6	16	1	15	4½	1	1	2½	9	1	5
	Shahpur	44	1	7	7	3	10	2	10	3½	1	8	½	3
	Jhang	47	1	2	4½	4	10	2	2	8	½	5½	—	13½
	Lyallpur	42½	½	13	8	2½	5	4½	½	1	—	9	2½	11
	Montgomery	41	1½	2	13	4½	17	3	1	2	3	5	—	7
	Multán	41	1	2	4	6	13	½	4	8	3	9	—	8½
	Muzaffargarh	44½	3	2	8	10	7	—	3	2	7	6	1	6½
	Dera Ghází Khán	27	1	10	3½	5½	5	—	9	23	8	6	—	2
	Dera Ghází Khán	27	1	10	3½	5½	5	—	9	23	8	6	—	2
	Total Panjáb	40½	1½	6	9	4	10	2	3½	4	3	7	1	8½
	D.I. Khán N.W.F.P.	31	2	13	8	3	½	—	22	9	—	2	—	9½
South-Eastern Plains (British Districts)	Ráwalpindí	41	2	1	1	19	2½	8	17	4	—	1	—	3½
	Karnál	21	2	5	26½	4½	6½	5½	5	11½	4	6	2	½
	Rohtak	8	2½	1	34½	7	2	—	21	14	—	6½	2	1½
	Gurgáon	8	13	1½	20	12	4	—	25	5	—	8	½	3
	Hissar	4	7	4	28	8	4	—	26	6½	—	3	—	9½
	Ferozepore	28	7	4	31½	4	8	2½	3	6	—	—	—	6
	Total Panjáb districts	14	6	3	28½	7	5	1½	15	8	½	3½	½	7½
	Grand total Panjáb	31	3½	4	16	6½	8½	4	9	5	2½	4½	1½	4
	Grand total N.W.F.P.	36	8½	3	7	3½	3½	16½	8	4	1	2	1	6

[1]In case of Panjáb districts figures relate to Kharif 1910 and Rabi 1911.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

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Table II. Rainfall, Cultivation, Population, and Land Revenue.

Table III. Diagrams relating to Cultivation.

TABLE IV. Percentages of Principal Crops[1].

Table V Revenue and Expenditure, 1911-12.