Madras Presidency Table
This table is an attachment to a report by J Dent, Secretary, Fort St George, 21/2/1825.
Number of Native Schools/Colleges in Madras Presidency &Number of Scholars. Number of Schools 574 Colleges 0, Population 4,54,754, includes male & female.
|
Name of Collectorate
|
No of Schools
|
Bramin
|
Vysea
|
Soodra
|
Other Caste
|
Muslims
|
Total Scholars
|
|
1. Ganjam.
|
255
|
808
|
243
|
1003
|
896
|
27
|
2977
|
|
2. Vizag.
|
914
|
4547
|
983
|
2072
|
2016
|
97
|
9715
|
|
3.Rajamundry
|
570
|
2356
|
653
|
472
|
579
|
52
|
4112
|
|
4.Masulipatnam
|
533
|
1891
|
1108
|
1507
|
499
|
277
|
5282
|
|
5.Guntoor
|
574
|
3094
|
1578
|
1960
|
832
|
260
|
7724
|
|
6. Nellore
|
804
|
2466
|
1641
|
2462
|
432
|
620
|
7621
|
|
7. Bellary.
|
533
|
1187
|
982
|
3024
|
1205
|
243
|
6641
|
|
8. Cuddapah.
|
494
|
1416
|
1713
|
1843
|
686
|
342
|
6000
|
|
9.Chingleput.
|
559
|
1259
|
424
|
4888
|
486
|
186
|
7243
|
|
10.ND.Arcot.
|
699
|
1117
|
630
|
4888
|
546
|
563
|
7744
|
|
11.S.D.Arcot.
|
875
|
997
|
370
|
8032
|
872
|
252
|
10523
|
|
12.Salem.
|
388
|
783
|
324
|
1674
|
1410
|
459
|
4650
|
|
13.Tanjore
|
993
|
3955
|
222
|
10786
|
2485
|
933
|
18381
|
|
14.Trichinopoly
|
799
|
1329
|
229
|
7811
|
347
|
746
|
10462
|
|
15. Madura.
|
844
|
1186
|
1119
|
7312
|
3017
|
1147
|
13781
|
|
16.Tinnelvelly.
|
607
|
2016
|
0
|
2889
|
3674
|
798
|
9377
|
|
17.Coimbatore.
|
936
|
1642
|
289
|
6461
|
226
|
312
|
8930
|
|
18.Canara.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
19.Malabar.
|
760
|
2310
|
97
|
4404
|
3099
|
4318
|
14228
|
|
20.Seringapatnam.
|
41
|
48
|
23
|
312
|
158
|
86
|
627
|
|
21.Madras.
|
305
|
359
|
798
|
3619
|
317
|
143
|
5236
|
|
22. Charity.
|
17
|
52
|
48
|
172
|
181
|
10
|
463
|
|
23.Tutitons Home
|
0
|
7684
|
6195
|
7809
|
3585
|
1690
|
26963
|
Total
|
12500
|
42502
|
19669
|
85400
|
27548
|
13561
|
188680
|
% of total
|
|
23
|
10
|
45
|
15
|
7
|
100
|
Students are male + female i.e. male 184100 balance is female.
Analysis –
• Sudras made up 45% of the scholars as compared to Brahmins 23%, today is probably the reverse.
• High number of Muslim scholars in Malabar 4318.
• Only 7 % of the total number of scholars were Muslims. Meaning then & today it the Muslims continue to pay less attention to education. Be it England or India does not matter.
• 12500 schools & colleges. The British first killed these institutions, then brought in Anglicized education into India through the missionaries.