1891 Census of the United Provinces
This was the breakdown by caste and community of the population of the United Provinces, now the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, by the 1891 Census of India.
Class |
Caste or Tribe |
Population |
Military and Dominant |
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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 |
|
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 |
88,444 |
|
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 |
|
Gorcha |
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 |
|
See Also
- 1891 Census of India
- Demographics of Uttar Pradesh