Occupying nearby Village Land and Population

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -185

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

      Most of the places in British Garhwal, people built temporary huts at nearby village land too. With the help of Kamin and Thokdar or Padhan, villagers got occupancy rights on that land (lagga gaon). Before British entered,  and in British time too, villagers used to build temporary huts (Chhani) in nearby village forest land for keeping domestic animals there in winter or rainy season. Villagers made Pakki Jhopdi and showed that land as occupied land (Dakhila). Even people started living there permanently.

   In 1822, Trail took step for counting number of villages and houses. The details are as under –

                    Shrinagar Tehsil

 Pargana --------------- Nos Villages -----------Houses numbers

Barasyun--------------------624-------------------3306

Devalgarh-------------------204 ------------------1654

Chaundkot------------------342-----------------------1841

Nagpur-----------------------579------------------4007

Gangasalan------------------452---------------------1881

Painkhnda---------------------46-----------------------474

Sub Total---------------------------2247---------------------13167

           Chandpur Tehsil

Pargana --------------- Nos Villages -----------Houses numbers

Chandpur-------------------352-------------------------2007

Badhan---------------------280-------------------------1347

Tallasalan----------------284--------------------1124

Mallasalan-----------------197------------------1009

Dashauli--------------------- 96--------------------649

Sub Total---------------------1210---------------6136

Grand Total Garhwal---------3457--------------19302

Trail calculated population for 125000 of British Garhwal by estimating 6.5 per house.  

  Atkinson stated that the estimate was on very higher side.

Batten took census through patwaris in 1841-42. The population was recorded as follows-

Male-42968

Male children—28836

Females –60382

Total –1,31916

The demographic population was s follows-

Shilpkar (Dome)- 22098

Muslims-----------396

Hindu----------109452

Brahmins----- 29122

Rajput-------------44470

Khasiya----------------34502

Gulam-(Das)----------------1358

The comparative population chart is interesting-

Year--------Mature Males---Male Child------Females ----------Total

1822------------------------------------------------------------Estimated 125000

1841------------42698------------28836-----------60382--------------131916

1853-------------67311-------------51968----------116509-----------235788

1858-----------66170----------------53857---------------113299----------233326

1865-----------------------------------------------------------------------------248742

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References  

1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page- 343-77 from Vishnu Singh Gorla Rawat collection

2-Joshi, Khas Family law

3- Paw- Garhwal Settlement page 44

4-Batton , Garhwal resettlement report – 521-529

5-Becket, Garhwal Settlement Report page 35

6- Atkinson, Himalyan districts page 266

7-Trail, Sketch of Kumaonvol 16, page 228

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India,bjkukreti@gmail.com 65/8/201710History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -1018

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*** History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

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(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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