Census of India 1901 Vol. XII

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BURMA

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Table of contents: Introduction, the initial stages, preliminary discussion with the local government, the general village register, areas not dealt with synchronously, a three fold classification, treatment of the Shan States and the Chin hills, non-synchronous arrangements for the districts of Burma, preparatory erasures, code of census procedure, definitions, circle lists, training census officers, experimental enumeration, forms and stationery, the preliminary enumeration, testing the preliminary record, census holidays, the final enumeration, preparation of the provisional totals, the work of abstraction, the work of abstraction, cost of operation, Chapter (1) the distribution of the population, selection of natural divisions, district densities, provincial density, urban and rural population, imperial table no.1, of little value for purposes of comparison of urban population, numerical distinction between towns and villages, average number of inhabitants per village and of residents per house, overcrowding in Rangoon, average number of residents per house in the scheduled area, registered buildings, no return of boat population, Chapter (2) The movement of the population, factors regulating the movement of the population, the natural factors, unreliability of birth and death statistics, the social factor, increases and decreases b districts, variations in urban population, lower Burma, variations in urban population, Upper Burma, extent of foreign immigration in the various districts, movement from rural to urban areas, persons born in Burma but censused in India, Chapter (3) The religion of the people, Buddhism, Burmese Buddhism, Burmese Buddhist Sects, Power of the priesthood in Burma, Latent Animism, Animism, Animism and ancestor worship, Nat worship in Burma, Animism and head hunting, spirit worship of the Karens, Muhammadanism, Hinduism, Christianity, Christian Denominations, Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, Other denominations, Sikhism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Chapter (4) Age, Sex and Civil condition, age returns to be first considered, the ages returned, want of accuracy in age returns, unadjusted age return, the mean age of the population, proportionate increase or decrease in age periods since 1891, proportion of the two sexs, district proportion, Lower Burma, district proportion, Upper Burma, civil condition, marriage in Burma, percentage of married, to total population, civil condition by sex and age periods, distribution my age for indigenous races, Chapter (5) Education, improved system of education classification, contrast of figures with figures of previous censuses, alteration of age periods, treatment of those only able to sign their names, actual increase in literacy obscured by increase of census area Education by Age periods, district proportion of literacy, female education, education by religion, literacy by religion, literacy by race, literacy by languages know, no comparison of census with departmental figure, Chapter (6) The languages of the province, tones in the languages of the provinces, pitch and stress tones, origin of tones, the morphological order, grouping of provincial languages, the Burmese language, Arakanese, Travoyan, Yaw, Chaungtha, Yabein, Intha, Taungyo, Kadu, Szi, Lashi and Maru, Hpon, Maingth, the Lisaw sub-group, the Chingpaw language group, the Chin language group, Kuki Chin sub-groups, Northern Chin Languages, central Chin languages, Old Kuki languages, Southern Chin Languages, Southern Chin forms in Lower Burma, the Siamese Chinese sub-family, the Tai language group, Southern Tai sub-group, Norther Tai sub-group, Northern Burmese Shan, Southern Burmese Shan, Chinese Shan, connection of Shan with Chinese, the Karen languages, Southern Karen sub-group, Northern Karen sub-group, the Non annam sub-family, group of the Mon Annam sub-family, North Cambodian group, Dunnu or Danaw, Synopsis of Indo-Chinese languages, Selon, other....Chapter (7) Infirmities, definition of infirmities, high upper Burma figures in 1891, general decrease in infirmities in 1901, insanity, insanity by age periods, deaf mutism, deaf mutism by age periods, Blindness, Blindness by age periods, leprosy, leprosy by age periods, Chapter (8) Caste, Triee and race, caste in Burma, Difficulty of recording caste in the province, Misleading answers and errors in transliteration, No real castes in Burma, Indian castes, paraiyan, Mal, Kapu or Reddi, Palli, other castes, Susalman Tribes, methods of studying the people,Methods of studying the people, Application of the scientific methods The Burmans Dr. Macnamara's theory Burmese characteristics The Arakanese, Tavoyans, &c. TheTalaings,The Chingpaw or Kachins, Connected tribes, The Maingtha, TheShans, The Karens, Bghai and cognate tribes The Chins The Northern Chins The Central and Southern Chins The Taungthus, Taungyos and Danaws, The Palaungs , The Was, TheKadus, The Taws, The Tamans, The Lisaws The Lahus, The Akhas, The Hka Muks , The Yin, The Hpons, The Panthays, The Chinese The Sellings, The Manipuris, Europeans, Exogamy and Endogamy, Tctemism , Chapter (9) Occupation, Subsidiary occupations Subsidiary Occupations of those whose main occupation was agricultural. Difficulties experienced in compilations ... Classification of Occupations... Contents of Imperial Table XV Comparison with 1891 totals ... Class A.—Government ... Class B.—Pasture and Agriculture Landholders, Tenants, &c. ... Growers of special products ... Partially Agriculturists Class C.—Personal Services ... Class D.—Preparation and Supply of Material substances Order VIII.—Lighting, Firing and Forage Order IX.—Buildings Order X.—Vehicles and Vessels Order XI.—Supplementary Requirements Order XII.—Textile Fabrics and Dress... Order XIII.—Metals and Precious Stones Order XIV.—Glass, Earthen and Stoneware Order XV.—Wood, canes and leaves ... Order XVI.—Drugs, gums and dyes Order XVII.—Leather Class E.—Commerce, Transport and Storage Order XVIII.—Commerce ... Order XIX.—Transport and Storage ... ... ... ,, Class F. —Professions ... ... „. Learned professions Midwives ... ... ... ... ,„ Artistic professions ... ... ... .,, , Tattooers Class G.—Unskilled Labour not Agricultural ... ... - Class H.—Means of subsistence independent of occupation Subsidiary Tables Nos. IXA. and IXB..."

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C. C. Lowis

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Kham Koo Website

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1902-00-00

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2020-01-12

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Myanmar

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Myanmar

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