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Punjab.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROVINCIAL GAZETTEERS OE INDIA PUNJAB VOLUME II. V LAHORE DIVISION Lahore Division.—The central Division of the Punjab, stretching roughly from the Chenab to the Sutlej. It lies between 29° 58' and 32° 51' N. and 72° 27' and 75° 56' E. The Commissioner’s head-quarters are at Lahore and Dalhousie. The total population of the Division increased from 4,696,636 in 1881 to 5,321,535 in 1891, and 5,598,463 in 1901. The total area is 17,154 square miles, and the density of population is 326 persons per square mile, compared with 209 for British territory in the Province as a whole. In 1901 Muhammadans numbered 3,332,175, or 60 per cent, of the total; while other religions included Hindus, 1,567,402; Sikhs, 661,320; Jains, 5,507; Buddhists, 6; Parsis, 228; and Christians, 31,815, of whom 25,248 were natives. The Division contains six Districts, as shown below :— District. Area in square miles. Population (1901). Land revenue and cesses (1903-4), in thousands of rupees. Montgomery 4,771 497,706 6,90 Lahore 3,704 1,162,109 12,55 Amritsar 1,601 1,023,828 14,54 Gurdaspur . 1,889 940,334 17,72 Sialkot . ^ 1,991 1,083,909 17,27 Gujranwala 3,198 890,577 12,89 Total 17,154 5,598,463 81,87 Gurdaspur includes a few square miles of mountainous country, enclosing the hill station of Dalhousie (highest point 7,687 feet), but otherwise the Division is flat. It contains 9,869 villages and 41 towns, of which the largest are Lahore (202,964, including cantonment), Amritsar (162,429), Sialkot (57,956), Gujranwala (29,224), Batala (27,365), and Kasur PUN. II. B
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