APPENDIX D

CENSUS, ANDAMAN ISLANDS, 1901

Andamanese

Name of Tribe.	Adults.		Children.		Total.	Remarks.
Name of Tribe.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Total.	Remarks.
Total	844	717	192	129	1882
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Châriâr	16	15	6	2	39
Kôrâ	31	32	14	19	96	Lately discovered.
Tâbô	15	16	7	10	48	Hitherto unknown.
Yére	98	80	26	14	218
Kede	24	30	3	2	59
Jūwai	21	19	7	1	48
Kôl	6	2	3	...	11
Bojig-yáb	31	14	2	3	50
Balawa	5	10	3	1	19
Bēa	14	16	3	4	37
Jarawa	280	210	55	40	585	Estimated.
Öngé	303	273	63	33	672	Do.

The number of children among the Andamanese is probably understated. The census operations have brought to light a new tribe, the Tâbô of North Andaman, and have proved the recently discovered Kôrâ tribe to be comparatively numerous. In explanation of the small numbers of the newly discovered Tâbô tribe, the census party were informed that when a contagious disease was recently introduced among the Tâbôs by the Châriâr or Kôrâ tribes of the coast, they proceeded to kill off all those attacked until very few of the tribe were left.—Supp., And. and Nic. Gazette, March 2, 1901.

The foreign residents number 16,106 (viz., 4102 free and 12,004 convict), who are all located at or near Port Blair; but as the amount is arrived at by deducting the Andamanese and the natives of the Nicobars from the total population of the two groups, allowance must be made for inaccuracy due to estimation only of the Jarawas, Öngés, and Shom Peṅ.

Average height of men	4 ft. 10¾ ins.	Average height of women.	4 ft. 7¼ ins.
Average weight "	98⅛ lbs.	Average weight "	93¼ lbs.
Men.		Women.
Maximum	5 ft. 4¼ ins.	Maximum	4 ft. 11½ ins.
Minimum	4 " 5¾ "	Minimum	4 " 4 "

—E. H. Man, Andaman Islanders.