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BENGAL PROVINCE, 1874.
From the year 1874 to 1876 inclusive, the prevalence of cholera among
the civil population of this province is illustrated by the deaths registered
from that disease in the selected areas-urban and rural-in each district of
the province. The population, area in square miles, and population, per
square mile of each class of these selected areas in the several districts are
shown in the subjoined tabular statement:-

DISTRICTS.
POPULATION.
AREA IN
SQUARE MILES.
POPULATION PER
SQUARE MILE.

Urban.
Rural.
Total.



Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.

Urban.
Rural.
Total.
Urban.
Rural.
Total. 
Burdwan 
16,290
16,031
51,646
50,359
134,326
6
194
200
5,386
525
671
Bankura
18,918
18,731
7,640
7,692
52,981
33
28
61
1,141
547
869
Birbhum
4,617
4,388
33,669
36,499
79,169
5
235
240
1,800
293
329
Midnapur
16,110
15,381
72,199
73,065
176,755
6
437
443
5,079
332
398
Hugli and Serampur
31,791
31,799
19,742
21,567
104,899
11
47
58
6,359
860
1,808
Howrab
54,098
43,686
12,544
13,071
123,399
12
4
16
8,148
6,403
7,712
24-Pergunnahs 
14,348
12,915
9,336
8,766
45,365
7
18
25
3,845
1,011
1,815
Nuddea
12,871
13,879
10,484
10,190
47,424
7
33
40
3,821
626
1,185
Jaisur
4,639
5,313
5,771
5,806
19,729
4.78
6
10.78
1,705
1,929
1,830
Mursbidabad ...
2,600
2,332
2,212
2,439
9,554
0.88
4.13
5.01
5,544
1,134
1,906
Dinngepur
7,700
5,342
7,064
5,579
25,685
415
13.16
17.31
3,142
961
1,484
Malda
9,000
9,121
5,726
6,832
30,679
3.91
6.75
10.66
4,634
1,860
2,878
Rajshahi
4,939
4,735
10,980
11,100
31,754
3.0
35.82
38.82
3,224
616
817
Rangpur
9,885
4,960
4,325
3,954
23,124
5.13
19.19
24.32
2,893
431
950
Bograb
3,343
2,529
6,472
6,664
19,008
1.33
26.50
27.83
4,415
495
683
Pabna
7,851
7,879
9,390
9,886
35,006
2
10
12
7,865
1,927
2,917
Darjeeling
2,108
1,049
6,403
4,854
14,414
1.97
62.71
64.68
1,602
779
222
Julpaigori
3,837
2,444
24,468
23,717
54,466
6
164
170
1,046
293
320
Dhakka ...
50,246
41,419
19,563
21,750
132,981
18.09
20.42
38.51
5,067
2,023
3,453
Faridpur
6,808
4,735
5,907
6,664
24,114
6.73
7.45
14.18
1,715
1,687
1,701
Bakirganj
10,117
4,107
7,004
6,648
27,876
10.84
22.68
33.16
1,355
601
840
Mymensingh
24,062
20,155
13,365
13,176
70,758
16.72
26.2
42.92
2,643
1,013
1,640
Chattagong ...
14,499
10,761
13,707
16,411
55,378
9.75
62.0
71.75
2,590
485
771
Noakhalj
5,777
4,286
5,490
5,038
20,591
3
24
27
3,354
438
762
Tipperah
6,992
4,949
6,328
6,036
25,312
4.63
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4.63
2,796
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Patna
44,218
47,081
15,593
16,825
123,717
3.609
26.757
30.366
25,361
1,212
4,070
Gya
39,206
40,253
152,252
153,327
385,038
13.29
536.14
549.43
5,978
596
701
Shababad
6,706
6,842
9,514
5,033
28,095
8
25.76
33.75
1,694
564
832
Tirhut
62,671
57,959
25,249
23,749
169,628
14
12.30
26.30
8,616
3,983
6,449
Saran
28,408
28,978
19,651
20,516
97,553
11
45.50
56.50
5,218
882
1,726
Chrmparan
16,015
11,959
2,183
2,245
32,402
10.91
2.56
13.47
2,564
1,729
2,405
Monghyr
12,670
13,604
10,081
10,345
46,700
1.66
23.0
24.66
15,827
888
1,894
Bhagulpore
15,333
14,815
5,565
3,853
39,566
2.93
13.84
16.77
10,289
680
2,339
Purnia
12,071
9,500
10,167
9,577
41,945
20.53
147.0
167.53
1,081
124
250
Santhal
9,502
9,781
11,232
11,184
41,699
49
113.5
162.5
393
197
256
Kattak
36,262
36,051
7,159
7,675
87,147
28.55
17.53
46.08
2,532
846
1,891
Puri
12,077
10,618
5,248
5,081
33,024
2.87
23.06
25.93
7,905
417
1,273
Balasur
9,029
9,234
5,674
5,716
29,653
6.5
27.1
33.6
2,809
420
882
Hazaribagh
10,599
9,269
3,887
3,569
27,324
4.52
23.14
37.66
4,396
225
723
Lohardagga
6,860
5,226
9,352
9,588
31,026
3.60
80.5
84.10
3,357
235
368
Singhbhum
2,534
2,289
11,537
11,848
28,208
1
231
232
4,823
101
120
Manbhum
3,026
2,670
27,563
25,097
58,956
3
260.13
263.13
1,898
204
224
TOTAL
599,270
611,013
701,034
1,303,837
2,683,429
376.306
3,045.827
3,400.236
195,708
37,602
798