The Census Superintendent made certain remarks also with regard to the Patni community in that page of that Report. He said “the Census figures give 9,000 only in the District of Cachar and the correct figures are at least 40,000. In Sylhet the figure for the Patni community is given as 43,000 only and there are at least 70,000. The total population for the depressed classes for the whole Province is 6,57,000.”
