1891 Census of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
This was the breakdown by caste, religion and community of the population of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, now the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, by the 1891 Census of India.
Class |
Caste or Tribe |
Population |
Military and Dominant |
||
Bhumihar |
221,031 |
|
Jat |
707,854 |
|
Jat Sikh |
6,058 |
|
Rajput |
3,251,418 |
|
Taga |
99,409 |
|
Priests |
||
Brahmin |
4,725,061 |
|
Joshi |
35,069 |
|
Mahabrahmin |
19,829 |
|
Sayyid |
242,811 |
|
Faqir |
623,506 |
|
Genealogists |
||
Bhat |
161,144 |
|
Traders |
||
Bania |
1,369,052 |
|
Bhatia |
265 |
|
Palliwal or Bohra |
1,131 |
|
Dhusar Bhargava |
12,279 |
|
Kalwar |
348,790 |
|
Khatri |
46,250 |
|
Pedlars |
||
Bisati |
959 |
|
Ramaiya |
4,095 |
|
Writers |
||
Kayastha Hindu |
514,327 |
|
Kayastha Muslim |
1,313 |
|
Hindu Cultivators |
||
Barai |
153,421 |
|
Bhar |
417,745 |
|
Bhurtiya |
423 |
|
Dangi |
2,363 |
|
Golapurab |
9,723 |
|
Kachhi |
703,368 |
|
Kamboh Hindu |
6,222 |
|
Khagi |
43,435 |
|
Kirar |
18,363 |
|
Kisan |
364,455 |
|
Koeri |
540,245 |
|
Kurmi |
2,005,802 |
|
Lodha |
1,029,225 |
|
Mali |
245,945 |
|
Murao |
664,916 |
|
Rawa |
25,451 |
|
Ror |
4,459 |
|
Saini |
99,245 |
|
Muslim Landholders and Cultivators |
||
Baloch |
13,672 |
|
Dogar |
340 |
|
Gara |
51,088 |
|
Jat Muslim |
14,190 |
|
26,847 |
||
Kamboh Muslim |
2,322 |
|
Kunjra, including Kabaria |
85,529 |
|
Meo |
70,974 |
|
Mughal |
76,673 |
|
Nau-Muslim |
87,171 |
|
Pankhiya |
913 |
|
Pathan |
700,393 |
|
Rajput Muslim |
375,893 |
|
Rayeen |
15,243 |
|
Shaikh |
1,333,566 |
|
Taga Muslim |
28,113 |
|
Turk |
4,994 |
|
Cattle breeders and graziers |
||
Ahar |
244,167 |
|
Ahir |
3,917,100 |
|
Gaddi |
51,970 |
|
Ghosi |
27,760 |
|
Gujar Hindu |
280,113 |
|
Gujar Muslim |
64,424 |
|
Rebari |
896 |
|
Sheep breeders |
||
Gaderia |
929,423 |
|
Forest and Hill Tribes |
||
Agariya |
938 |
|
Ahiwasi |
9,502 |
|
Baiswar |
1,898 |
|
Bhil |
190 |
|
Bhoksa |
1,208 |
|
Bhuiya |
849 |
|
Bind |
76,986 |
|
Chero |
4,883 |
|
Dhangar |
783 |
|
Goli |
21 |
|
Gond |
8,861 |
|
Kharwar |
176 |
|
Kol |
68,566 |
|
Korwa |
33 |
|
Kotwar |
97 |
|
Mahra |
699 |
|
Majhwar |
16,263 |
|
Manjhi |
6,122 |
|
Musahar |
40,622 |
|
Soiri |
17,822 |
|
Tharu |
25,492 |
|
Hindu Artisan Castes |
||
Banjara |
39,875 |
|
Bansphor |
17,227 |
|
Bargah |
218 |
|
Bargi |
1,076 |
|
Bari |
69,708 |
|
Barhai |
498,995 |
|
Barwar |
5,082 |
|
Basor |
25,447 |
|
Beldar |
37,299 |
|
Belwar |
6,194 |
|
Bharbhuja |
21,996 |
|
Biyar |
18,821 |
|
Chain |
28,610 |
|
Chhipi |
23,249 |
|
Dastgar |
46 |
|
Dharkar |
29,639 |
|
Dhobi |
579,784 |
|
Dom |
270,560 |
|
Dorha |
68 |
|
Dusadh |
82,913 |
|
Ghasyara |
198 |
|
Gorchha |
963 |
|
Halwai |
64,702 |
|
Kadhera |
51,743 |
|
Kahar |
1,184,455 |
|
Kasera |
7,273 |
|
Kewat |
315,882 |
|
Kharadi |
806 |
|
Kharot |
5,641 |
|
Khatik |
189,630 |
|
Kori |
919,549 |
|
Kumhar |
702,805 |
|
Kuta |
4,029 |
|
Lakhera |
3,678 |
|
Lohar |
525,910 |
|
Lonia |
412,817 |
|
Lorha |
2,662 |
|
Mallaah |
365,739 |
|
Nai |
668,087 |
|
Naik |
2,563 |
|
Niariya |
258 |
|
Panika |
6,502 |
|
Patwa |
30,812 |
|
Potgar |
12 |
|
Raj |
3,165 |
|
Rangdhar |
185 |
|
Sadh |
1,870 |
|
Saun |
257 |
|
Saqailgar |
704 |
|
Sejwari |
386 |
|
Sonar |
255,008 |
|
Sonkar |
1,396 |
|
Tamboli |
73,641 |
|
Tarkihar |
2,747 |
|
Teli |
790.047 |
|
Thathera |
20,823 |
|
Muslim Artisan Castes |
||
Atishbaz |
534 |
|
Baidguar |
424 |
|
Banjara |
26,953 |
|
Bansphor |
112 |
|
Barhai |
59,889 |
|
Bharbhunja |
9.009 |
|
30,658 |
||
Bhishti |
80,147 |
|
Chhipi |
11,871 |
|
Chik |
9,430 |
|
Churihar |
763 |
|
Darzi |
8,640 |
|
Dhobi Musalman |
78,946 |
|
Dhuna |
401,987 |
|
Dom |
28,363 |
|
Gandhi |
838 |
|
Halwai Musalman |
31,544 |
|
Iraqi |
11,677 |
|
Julaha |
780,231 |
|
Kahar |
6,923 |
|
Kasgar |
1,670 |
|
Kharadi |
398 |
|
Khateek |
290 |
|
Khumra |
5,198 |
|
Kumhar |
10,189 |
|
Lohar Musalman |
66,204 |
|
Mallaah |
3,629 |
|
Manihar |
65,630 |
|
Muker |
6,245 |
|
Nai Muslim |
193,937 |
|
Nanbai |
2,177 |
|
Nalband |
429 |
|
Patwa |
165 |
|
Qalaigar |
89 |
|
Qassab |
148,516 |
|
Raj |
3,468 |
|
Rangrez |
35,135 |
|
Saiqalgar |
3,446 |
|
Sonar |
320 |
|
Tamboli |
270 |
|
Teli Musalman |
143,984 |
|
Thathera |
522 |
|
Village Watchmen |
||
Balahar |
2,359 |
|
Boriya |
26,909 |
|
Dhanuk |
146,190 |
|
Dharhi |
12,972 |
|
Khangar |
32,929 |
|
Parahiya |
495 |
|
Pasi |
1,219,311 |
|
Dancers and Singers |
||
Barwa |
1,631 |
|
Beriya |
15,313 |
|
Bhagat |
485 |
|
Gandharv |
664 |
|
Hurkiya |
801 |
|
Kathak |
2,034 |
|
Paturiya |
4,714 |
|
Radha |
4,354 |
|
Tawaif |
22,969 |
|
Musicians Muslim |
||
Dafali |
42,075 |
|
Dharhi |
1,322 |
|
Mirasi |
28,362 |
|
Panwariya |
512 |
|
Leather Workers Hindu |
||
Chamar |
5,816,487 |
|
Dabgar |
1,353 |
|
Dhalgar |
8,019 |
|
Mochi |
11,038 |
|
Leather Workers Muslims |
||
Chamar |
295 |
|
Dabgar |
129 |
|
Mochi |
3,672 |
|
Scavengers Hindu |
||
Bhangi |
414,946 |
|
Domar |
16,067 |
|
Scavengers Muslim |
||
Bhangi |
17,335 |
|
Nomads and Vagrants |
||
Aheria |
19,768 |
|
Badhik |
126 |
|
Baheliya |
33,755 |
|
Bandi |
110 |
|
Bangali |
1,353 |
|
Barwar |
2,703 |
|
Bawariya |
2,729 |
|
Bhantu |
372 |
|
Dalera |
2,223 |
|
Gandhila |
134 |
|
Gidiya |
17 |
|
Habura |
2,596 |
|
Harjala |
275 |
|
Hijra |
1,125 |
|
Kanjar |
17,873 |
|
Nat |
63,584 |
|
Sansiya |
4,290 |
|
Castes Foreign to the Province |
||
Bhotiya |
7,467 |
|
Maratha |
732 |
|
Pindari |
37 |
|
Sadgop |
177 |
|
Sood |
147 |
|
Non-Asiatic Races |
||
Armenians |
54 |
|
Europeans |
27,941 |
|
Eurasians |
7,040 |
|
Indian Christians |
22,489 |
|
Others |
||
Habshi |
194 |
|
Religion |
||
Hindu |
40,380,168 |
|
Muslim |
6,346,667 |
|
Jain |
84,602 |
|
Christian |
58,441 |
|
Arya |
22,053 |
|
Sikh |
11,343 |
|
Budhist |
1,387 |
|
Parsi |
342 |
|
Jews |
60 |
|
Other |
39 |
|
Total Population |
46,905,102 |
|
See also
- 1891 Census of India
- 1901 Census of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
- Demographics of Uttar Pradesh