Gazetteer Amritsar 1893

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1{ Punjab Gazetteer,

2CHAP. IIlL—THE PEOPLE. ;

3Chapter III, A. pa Pig A on the pen of a old to exaggerate their years, >

4aoe ages of marri 6 girls are commonly misrepresent-

5Statistical. og. As regards the relation of age to religion the sconclusion

6=: »4 sex, andcivil drawn was that the Musalmdns are not only cone eeny ieee

7ific, but also more long-lived, than the Hindis, while the

8ikhs though only fairly prolific are peculiarly long-lived, more

9so even than the Musalmins. The whole subject will be found

10discussed in Chapter V of the Census Report of 1891. It will

11be sufficient here to note that the age statistics must be taken

12subject to various limitations, and that their value rapidly dimin-

13ishes as the numbers dealt with become smaller. It is unneces-

14sary here to give any actual figures or any statistics for tahsils.

15The following figures show the distribution by age of every

1610,000 of the population according to the census figures :—

17Female .. ...

18These figures differ largely from those compiled in the same

19way from the census returns of 1881. The reasons for this

20iileines are given at pages 203 and 204 of the Census Report.

21A different system of classification was adopted in 1891 in

22order to bring the results into harmony with those obtained at

23the time of abstraction in other provinces. It is always found

24that the figure 10 and the multiples of 10 are excessively popular

25with uneducated people when stating their ages, and after them

26come the uneven multiples of five. Forty, for instance, is more

27commonly given as an age than either 35 or 45 ; and according

28as those returning their age as 40 are placed in the column for . 4

29the age period 35 to 39 or in that for the age period 40 to 44, a

30difference results.

31The number of males among every 10,000 of both sexes is

32shown below, The decrease at each successive enumeration “i

33is almost certainly due to greater accuracy of enumeration.

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