HL Deb 03 March 1936 vol 99 cc863-4WA
LORD STRABOLGI

asked His Majesty's Government what is the total approxi mate area and population of the excluded and partially excluded areas respectively, cited in the Government of India (Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas) Order, 1936.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (THE MARQUESS OF ZETLAND)

I regret that I have not sufficient detailed information to enable me to give fully the totals for which the noble Lord asks. But I am able to supply him with certain figures, which will, I hope, serve his purpose. He will understand that where no mileage is shown against any particular area, or where an area mentioned in the Order does not appear in the statement, the inference to be drawn is that I have not the necessary particulars.

Area square miles. Population.
The Excluded Areas in Madras 10 16,000
The Excluded Areas in Bengal 5,000 213,000
The Excluded Areas in the Punjab 4,695 11,700
The Excluded Areas in Assam 18,429 388,923

Partially Excluded Areas.
Madras:
East Godavari. 240,529
Bengal:
Darjeeling 1,164 319,600
Mymensingh 98,000
United Provinces:
Jaunsar-Bawar Pargana 483 56,000
Mirzapur District (portion south of Kaimur Range) 1,767 146,000
Bihar:
Chota Nagpur 6,645,934
Santal Parganas 2,051,472
Central Provinces:
Areas in the Chanda District 4,013 210,540
Areas in the Chhindwara District 1,600 77,500
The Mandla District 445,766
Areas in the Bilaspur District 3,549 300,000
The Baihar Tahsil of the Balaghat District 99,092
The Melghat taluk of the Amraoti District 47,847
Assam:
Aggregate of partially excluded areas 9,984 434,053
Orissa:
Sambalpur 880,945
Angul 222,736

House adjourned at twenty minutes past four o'clock.