ABSTRACT
This Hindustání tribe is found in all parts of Bengal, living apart in villages of their own, everywhere following the same customs, and prosecuting the same trade. The north-west provinces is the home of the Chámár, and in 1865 they numbered 35,80,385 individuals. In Bihár, again, according to the census of 1872, there were 7,11,721, while in Bengal proper, Chámárs and `Rishís only numbered 3,93,490. In the nine eastern districts 47,053 were returned, of whom 24,063, or 50.6 per cent, belonged to Dacca.
