The area and population of the native states are given in connection with the presidencies to which those states are geographically and politically related, and present the following numbers:
| Area. | Population. | |
|---|---|---|
| Square Miles. | ||
| In Bengal Presidency, | 515,583 | 38,702,206 |
| In Madras Presidency, | 61,802 | 5,213,071 |
| In Bombay Presidency, | 60,575 | 4,460,370 |
| ——————— | —————————— | |
| 627,910 | 48,376,247 |
The enumeration of these native states is minute and intricate; and it may suffice to shew the complexity arising out of the existence of so many baby-princedoms, that one of the native states of Bundelcund, Kampta by name, figures in the table as occupying an area of one square mile, and as having three hundred inhabitants!
Including the British states, the native states, the few settlements held by the French and Portuguese, and the recent acquisitions on the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal, the grand totals come out in the following numbers:
| 1,466,576 | Square miles, |
| 180,884,297 | Inhabitants, |
or 124 dwellers per square mile. Of these inhabitants, it is believed—though the returns are not complete in this particular—that there are fifteen Hindoos to one Mohammedan: if so, then India must contain more than a hundred and sixty million worshippers of Hindoo deities—even after allowance is made for Buddhists, Parsees, and a few savage tribes almost without religion.
[3]. A young native princess was sent to England from this district to be educated as a Christian lady; and Queen Victoria became a sponsor for her at a baptismal ceremony.
[4]. Our Anglo-Indian Army.
[5]. Leitch Ritchie. British World in the East.