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APPENDIX 9 —contd.

Caste Strength Where chiefly found

Mallah, Goriya, Gonrhi .. 894,951 Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, U.P., N.W. Frontier, C.I., Gwalior, Rajputana,

Mang, Megh, Meghwal, Madgi, 2,556,765 Most Provinces. Madiga.

Mapilla .. .. 139,621 Travancore, Cochin, Coorg, Burma.

Maratha .. .. 6,113,061 Bombay, C.P. and Berar, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Baroda, Mysore, C.I.

Meithei .. .. 330,545 Assam, Burma.

Mina, Meo .. .. 1,110,479 Most Provinces.

Mirasi .. .. 283,637 Punjab, N.W. Frontier, Raj- putana, Ajmer-Merwara, Jammu and Kashmir, C.I., Gwalior.

Mochi, Jingar, Dabgar .. 1,026,405 Most Provinces.

Momin .. .. 3,122,100 Most Provinces.

Munda, Mawasi, Ho, Kol, 2,315,276 Bihar and Orissa, Bengal, Kharwar, Kharia, Bhogia, C.P. and Berar, C.I., U.P., Bhumji, Kora. Rajputana.

Naga .. .. 272,529 Assam, Burma, Gwalior.

Namasudra .. .. 2,265,476 Assam, Bengal.

Nayar .. .. 1,550,641 Madras, Travancore, Cochin.

Nepali .. .. 371,906 Most Provinces.

Nuniya, Od, Beldar, Bind, 561,926 Most Provinces. Rehgar.

Oraon .. .. 1,021,334 Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, C.P. and Berar.

Pallan .. .. 825,224 Madras.

Pan, Panka, Ganda, Paidi, 1,241,322 Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Baraik. C.P. and Berar, Madras, C.I.

Paraiyan, Turi .. .. 1,277,365 Madras, Bombay, Baroda, Cochin, W.I. States, Coorg.