Census of India, 1911 .. . Itote.—The Afrom this map. reiicios ami Tribal areas have been omitted Paniab, 115. The two earlier censuses of 1855 and 1868 did not include the whole-of the Punjab; nor were they very reliable. Between 1881 and 1901the population grew steadily, the increase in the first of the two decades being Map of the Punjab showing variations in the population since 1901. J- Ij anci m tUe .J second 64 j^er cent. Since 1901 the crops-have, on the whole,been satisfactory. There has been a largeexteneion of irriga-tion, chiefly in thecanal colonies; 520miles have been addedto the
Census of India, 1911 .. . Itote.—The Afrom this map. reiicios ami Tribal areas have been omitted Paniab, 115. The two earlier censuses of 1855 and 1868 did not include the whole-of the Punjab; nor were they very reliable. Between 1881 and 1901the population grew steadily, the increase in the first of the two decades being Map of the Punjab showing variations in the population since 1901. J- Ij anci m tUe .J second 64 j^er cent. Since 1901 the crops-have, on the whole,been satisfactory. There has been a largeexteneion of irriga-tion, chiefly in thecanal colonies; 520miles have been addedto the total length ofcanals and distribu-taries, and the gros&area irrigated fromthem has risen by 32per cent. Both hereand in the dry west-ern districts there hasbeen a marked in-crease in the areavmder prices of foodgrains, oil-seeds and. ii^/i~ * ^-^^9). Knimrthala (-14-7), Dujana (+B4). and Kalsia(-16 8). have been omitted from this nap ns their ia small. Biloch Traiis-!• rentier (-hly?) has biea included in Dcra Ghazi Khan. PUNJAB. cotton have risen. Tliei*e has been a great improvement in railway communi-cations, more than a thousand miles of new having been constructed ;and this has been accompanied by a remarkable development in the rail, and to asmaller extent in the river-borne, trade. In 1899-19U0 the imports and exportsaggregated 12 million maiinds, valued at over 21 crores. Ten years later thiiyhad risen to 8G million maunds, valued at 50 crores. The number of factorieswith more than twenty operatives has risen from 132 to 143. There hasbeen an extraordinary rise in the wages of agricultural and other material conditions were thus all in favour of a rapid growth of thepopulation. Unfortunately, except in the western districts, the state of thepublic health has been deplorable.
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