The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

published - extracts on Nagas from 'Assam Administration Report'

caption: Naga Hills
caption: Relations with Tributary State and Frontier Affairs.
caption: population
medium: reports
person: McCabe/ Mr
production:
date: 1882
production:
date: 1883
text: 35. Mr McCabe has made some further calculations as to the population of the district which was roughly estimated in the Census at 93,000. By counting 1,639 houses in 5 Angami villages, he found that the average number of persons in each house is only 3.2. This seems unduly low, and requires further examination before such an average can be accepted. His estimate of the entire population is as follows:-
text: _________________Angamis_...___...___...___...35,000
________________Kutcha_Nagas__...___...___..._6,000
________________Lhotas__...___...___...___...35,140
_(Wokha_side)___Rengmas_...___...___...___..._8,430
________________Semas___...___...___...___..._6,610
_(Rengma_Hills)_Rengmas_...___...___...___..._2,480
________________Mikirs__...___...___...___..._8,500
________________Kukis___...___...___...___..._2,600
________________Kacharis...___...___...___..._1,200
________________Assamese...___...___...___..._1,000
________________Civil_and_Military,_Kohima_.._1,500
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______________________________________Total...108,460
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text: It is not stated how he calculates the figure for the Angamis; for Lhotas, Eastern Rengmas and Semas, he reckons 5 per house, for Western Rengmas and for Mikirs 10 per house.
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