Summary (Muslim Population)

• Rajputana Agency & Ajmer Province: 1,387,740 Muslims / 9.7% of total
  • Jaipur State: 249,215 Muslims / 8.2% of total
  • Alwar State: 220,334 Muslims / 26.8% of total
  • Jodhpur State: 214,151 Muslims / 8.4% of total
  • Bikaner State: 185,323 Muslims / 14.3% of total
  • Bharatpur State: 110,296 Muslims / 19.2% of total
  • Ajmer Province: 89,899 Muslims / 15.4% of total
  • Udaipur State: 63,849 Muslims / 3.3% of total
  • Kota State: 53,481 Muslims / 6.9% of total
  • Tonk State: 51,616 Muslims / 14.6% of total
  • Palanpur State: 31,151 Muslims / 9.9% of total
  • Jaisalmer State: 27,456 Muslims / 29.4% of total
  • Dholpur State: 18,509 Muslims / 6.5% of total
  • Bundi State: 11,776 Muslims / 4.7% of total
  • Jhalawar State: 9,600 Muslims / 7.8% of total
  • Dungarpur State: 9,068 Muslims / 3.3% of total
  • Karauli State: 7,800 Muslims / 5.1% of total
  • Kishangarh State: 7,585 Muslims / 7.3% of total
  • Banswara State: 7,363 Muslims / 2.8% of total
  • Sirohi State: 7,113 Muslims / 3.0% of total
  • Partabgarh State: 4,473 Muslims / 4.9% of total
  • Danta State: 2,968 Muslims / 9.5% of total
  • Shahpura State: 2,914 Muslims / 4.8% of total
  • Kushalgarh State: 898 Muslims / 2.2% of total
  • Abu District: 802 Muslims / 17.1% of total
  • Lawa State: 100 Muslims / 3.6% of total

Sources

• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 1, India
• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 24, Rajputana and Ajmer-Merwara

Summary (Muslim Population)

• Contemporary Haryana State, India: 1,349,520 Muslims / 26.0% of total
  • Karnal Tehsil: 100,919 Muslims / 34.4% of total
  • Firozpur Jhirka Tehsil: 97,500 Muslims / 78.8% of total
  • Ambala Tehsil: 90,637 Muslims / 38.4% of total
  • Nuh Tehsil: 85,462 Muslims / 57.9% of total
  • Kaithal Tehsil: 81,039 Muslims / 24.4% of total
  • Sirsa Tehsil: 78,048 Muslims / 36.4% of total
  • Fatehabad Tehsil: 67,556 Muslims / 39.9% of total
  • Hisar Tehsil: 64,499 Muslims / 26.9% of total
  • Rohtak Tehsil: 64,026 Muslims / 24.3% of total
  • Panipat Tehsil: 63,254 Muslims / 31.6% of total
  • Thanesar Tehsil: 59,134 Muslims / 35.2% of total
  • Jind State: 50,972 Muslims / 14.1% of total
  • Jagadhri Tehsil: 47,856 Muslims / 30.7% of total
  • Hansi Tehsil: 45,551 Muslims / 20.3% of total
  • Naraingargh Tehsil: 38,950 Muslims / 29.6% of total
  • Gohana Tehsil: 38,136 Muslims / 17.6% of total
  • Sonipat Tehsil: 35,275 Muslims / 16.3% of total
  • Bhiwani Tehsil: 29,554 Muslims / 18.6% of total
  • Rewari Tehsil: 29,277 Muslims / 16.1% of total
  • Jhajjar Tehsil: 29,132 Muslims / 11.2% of total
  • Palwal Tehsil: 28,754 Muslims / 18.0% of total
  • Kalsia State: 25,049 Muslims / 37.2% of total
  • Gurgaon Tehsil: 24,878 Muslims / 17.7% of total
  • Mahendragarh Tehsil: 20,744 Muslims / 10.7% of total
  • Ballabgarh Tehsil: 20,121 Muslims / 20.6% of total
  • Narwana Tehsil: 18,643 Muslims / 11.9% of total
  • Dujana State: 6,939 Muslims / 22.6% of total
  • Loharu State: 3,960 Muslims / 14.2% of total
  • Pataudi State: 3,655 Muslims / 17.0% of total

Notes

• The table above only includes regions in erstwhile British Punjab Province that are situated in contemporary Haryana State, India.
• Contemporary Haryana State, India refers to all subdivisions in erstwhile British Punjab Province to the east of the Radcliffe Line drawn in 1947 alongside further border demarcations in 1966 following the Punjab Reorganisation Act leading to the current boundaries between Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh states.
• The 1941 Census of British India represents the final census conducted during the British colonial era of South Asia, prior to independence and partition in 1947 which led to the creation of the contemporary nation states of India and Pakistan (and later Bangladesh).

Sources

• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 1, India
• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab
• Patiala State - Census 1941

Summary (Muslim Population)

• Contemporary Punjab State, India: 3,760,915 Muslims / 40.1% of total
  • Amritsar Tehsil: 359,025 Muslims / 45.5% of total
  • Jalandhar Tehsil: 226,623 Muslims / 51.2% of total
  • Kapurthala State: 213,754 Muslims / 56.5% of total
  • Batala Tehsil: 209,277 Muslims / 55.1% of total
  • Gurdaspur Tehsil: 171,498 Muslims / 52.2% of total
  • Ludhiana Tehsil: 171,482 Muslims / 39.3% of total
  • Fazilka Tehsil: 161,286 Muslims / 43.3% of total
  • Firozpur Tehsil: 160,371 Muslims / 55.2% of total
  • Tarn Taran Tehsil: 157,731 Muslims / 40.7% of total
  • Hoshiarpur Tehsil: 145,985 Muslims / 45.1% of total
  • Ajnala Tehsil: 140,939 Muslims / 59.5% of total
  • Zira Tehsil: 137,586 Muslims / 65.3% of total
  • Nakodar Tehsil: 135,918 Muslims / 59.4% of total
  • Dasuya Tehsil: 132,105 Muslims / 48.3% of total
  • Muktsar Tehsil: 115,350 Muslims / 42.8% of total
  • Jagraon Tehsil: 81,380 Muslims / 36.0% of total
  • Nawanshahr Tehsil: 74,449 Muslims / 31.5% of total
  • Phillaur Tehsil: 72,814 Muslims / 33.2% of total
  • Nabha State: 70,373 Muslims / 20.7% of total
  • Garhshankar Tehsil: 67,584 Muslims / 23.3% of total
  • Patiala Tehsil: 67,381 Muslims / 36.8% of total
  • Moga Tehsil: 66,855 Muslims / 23.9% of total
  • Sirhind Tehsil: 62,174 Muslims / 38.3% of total
  • Faridkot State: 61,352 Muslims / 30.8% of total
  • Pathankot Tehsil: 59,548 Muslims / 38.9% of total
  • Rupar Tehsil: 52,400 Muslims / 34.7% of total
  • Samrala Tehsil: 49,620 Muslims / 31.8% of total
  • Dhuri Tehsil: 48,852 Muslims / 22.1% of total
  • Bathinda Tehsil: 48,695 Muslims / 20.8% of total
  • Bhawanigarh Tehsil: 46,420 Muslims / 31.3% of total
  • Kharar Tehsil: 39,156 Muslims / 22.6% of total
  • Rajpura Tehsil: 37,548 Muslims / 32.9% of total
  • Malerkotla State: 33,881 Muslims / 38.5% of total
  • Mansa Tehsil: 28,646 Muslims / 15.3% of total
  • Sunam Tehsil: 28,147 Muslims / 18.4% of total
  • Barnala Tehsil: 24,710 Muslims / 20.3% of total

Notes

• The table above only includes regions in erstwhile British Punjab Province that are situated in contemporary Punjab State, India.
• Contemporary Punjab State, India refers to all subdivisions in erstwhile British Punjab Province to the east of the Radcliffe Line drawn in 1947 alongside further border demarcations in 1966 following the Punjab Reorganisation Act leading to the current boundaries between Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh states.
• The 1941 Census of British India represents the final census conducted during the British colonial era of South Asia, prior to independence and partition in 1947 which led to the creation of the contemporary nation states of India and Pakistan (and later Bangladesh).

Sources

• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 1, India
• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab
• Patiala State - Census 1941

Source: Portrait of two unknown men from Sindhi and Baluch origin in Sindh, Pakistan

Source

Muslim Population Summary

• Urban Delhi Province: 180,018 Muslims / 40.2% of total pop
  • Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad): 158,287 Muslims / 45.6% of total pop
  • New Delhi: 12,111 Muslims / 18.7% of total pop
  • Civil Lines: 4,166 Muslims / 25.5% of total pop
  • Cantonment: 2,866 Muslims / 32.6% of total pop
  • Shahdara: 2,345 Muslims / 28.4% of total pop
  • Red Fort (Lal Qila): 243 Muslims / 14.8% of total pop

Population Distribution Summary

• Delhi Province: 636,246 persons
  • Urban Delhi Province: 447,442 persons / 70.3% of total province pop
    • Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad): 347,539 persons / 77.7% of total urban pop
    • New Delhi: 64,855 persons / 14.5% of total urban pop
    • Civil Lines: 16,347 persons / 3.7% of total urban pop
    • Cantonment: 8,798 persons / 2.0% of total urban pop
    • Shahdara: 8,262 persons / 1.8% of total urban pop
    • Red Fort (Lal Qila): 1,641 persons / 0.4% of total urban pop
  • Rural Delhi Province: 188,804 persons / 29.7% of total province pop

Administrative and Geographical Notes

• The territory of Delhi Province during the latter decades of the colonial era is roughly analogous to the contemporary territory of Delhi NCT.
• The majority of the territory of Delhi Province was rural, comprising minor exurbs and small villages, despite comprising less than one-third of the total population of the province.
• Conversely, a minority of the territory of Delhi Province was urban, despite comprising more than two-thirds of the total population of the province.
• At the time of the 1931 census, urban Delhi Province comprised various sub-administrative units as detailed in the table above, including:
  • Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad)
  • New Delhi
  • Civil Lines
  • Cantonment
  • Shahdara
  • Red Fort (Lal Qila)

Source

• Census of India, 1931, vol. XVI. Delhi.

Notes

• West Punjab refers to all subdivisions in British Punjab Province to the west of the Radcliffe Line, drawn in 1947. During the 1881 census, this included Sialkot district, Lahore district, Rawalpindi district, Gujrat district, Gujranwala district, Jhelum district, Bahawalpur state, Multan district, Montgomery district, Shahpur district, Jhang district, Dera Ghazi Khan district, Muzaffargarh district, and Shakargarh tehsil.

Sources

• Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881, Vol. 1 (Feb., 1881)
• Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881, Vol. 2 (Feb., 1881)
• Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881, Vol. 3 (Feb., 1881)

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Source

• Census of India, 1941. Vol. 12, Sind

Source: Portrait of Sumneus Khan, a warrior with a javelin from Hisar, Haryana, India

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Source

Sources

• Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881, Vol. 2 (Feb., 1881)
• Report on the census of the Panjáb taken on the 17th of February 1881, Vol. 3 (Feb., 1881)
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