Gazetteer Ludhiana 1888

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1cuAR, THE PEOPLE. 65

2Chay a

3Tea] tion of, every 10,000 of the =

4met. rote | pfittle| population “by roligions is Relislons Tio!

5Bibwa in tho margin. ‘The lie Gopal gai

6titationssubject to which theso “™ Tigiowy,

7figures ust be Uakeo, ad

8especially the rule. followed in

9fh classlication of Hindas, are

10fully dinqused in Part I, Chapter IV of the Census Report,

11Tha distribution of every 1,000 of the Musalmén population by scot ia

12shown inthe margin. Tho sents of the Chratan population aro

13iret in. Table THA. of the Consus Report; but the figures are,

14for reasons explained in Part VAT, Chapter IV of the Report, 90

15ety dinperact tha it i not orth wie to eproduc thm, hi:

16‘Tablo No, IX shows the religion of the major castes and tribes

17of the districtand therefore the distribution by caste of the great

18Majority of the followers of cach religion, A brief dessription of

19the great religions of the Punjab and of thoir principal eet will

20he found in Chapter IV of the Consus Report. The religious prac-

21tee and beliof of tho district present uo special poculiarities ; and it

22would be out of placeto enter here into any disquisition on the

23general question.

24‘Tho general distribation of religions by tahsils can bo gathered

25from the figures of Table No, VIL; and rogarding the population, ss

26whole, no more detailed information as to locality is availablo.

27But, as already stated, the agricultural population of the eastern

28fof the uplands is strong ia the Hindu and weak in the Sikh

29Element. elon. fllows very closely the main division of the fate

30‘which is sketched in Seotion D (page 82), and Sikhism has laid hold

31bn those of tho western parte and, of the Jangaf, whilo to the

32feast. tho people aro mostly Hinds. ‘The following details will show

33that this is the case -—

34™

35Hy

36at

37‘tata, | emrata (otniinn.

38winte =, | muse | imate

39inks war | oss | war

40‘The Hindu population of the Jagraon tahsil is made up of tho

41mercantile, trading aud. mizcollauoous classes inhabiting tha towns

42and following their occupations in the villages ; and it may bo said

43that the Jat population is entirely Sikb, the total of the Jat popula

44Hion in ie tail eng abuut w quarter of that in the whole district

45(220,000). On the other hand, the proportion of Sikhs is very

46Small in Samrila; and in the Ludhiéns tahsil, to the east of the Maler

47Kotla road, most of the Jats aro Hindiis, while to the west of it and

48towards the Jaxgat they are all Sikhs. From what is said

49D (paige 82) of the two types of Jat it will be scen that the, adoption

50of oue religion or the other depends in some dogrea on tho mental

51fualities of the people, which again aro’ the result of locality ; bub

528 real eause of the

53iad of the Sikh religion in the western parts

54‘ig that this tract. was beyond the power of the Muharmadan

55Emperors, while in the ‘round Sirhind it was easy to check it.

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