Report on Condition of the Lower Classes of Population in BengalBengal Secretariat Press, 1888 - Bengal (India) |
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acre adult Aghani agricultural labourers amount annas a day annual artizans average number beggars Behar Bengal Bhadoi Bhagulpore bigah bighas of land brass utensils brinjal bullocks Burdwan burga cattle cent Chamar charity Chittagong Chittagong Division cloth Collector Commissioner condition coolies cost of cultivation crops daily dated debt Dhanuk dhuti Diamond Harbour district Ditto Ditto Division earn enquiries estimated expenses females Gope grain Hansooa harvest hire homestead household houses income Jute Khurpi Koeri less live Lota lower classes mahajan Mahton males Mandar marriage maunds per bigha meals a day Midnapore month mouzah Musahur Naihati Number of families number of persons ordinary Orissa ornaments outturn Paharpore Patna Division pergunnah pice plough poorer classes population produce profit prosperous quantity Rabi raiyats rice rupee ryots season seers sell Settlement Officer Shahabad Singh statement straw Sub-divisional Officer subsistence sufficient Thali Tipperah tracts vegetables village wages weavers women