The following table shows the number of people supported by each of the principal occupations named: 

  Agriculture 191,691,731
  Earth work and general labor (not agriculture) 17,953,261
  Producing food, drink and stimulants 16,758,726
  Producing textile fabrics 11,214,158
  Personal, household and sanitary 10,717,500
  Rent payers (tenants) 106,873,575
  Rent receivers (landlords) 45,810,673
  Field laborers 29,325,985
  General laborers 16,941,026
  Cotton weavers 5,460,515
  Farm servants 4,196,697
  Beggars (non-religious) 4,222,241
  Priests and others engaged in religion 2,728,812
  Workers and dealers in wood, bamboo, etc. 2,499,531
  Barbers and shampooers 2,331,598
  Grain and pulse dealers 2,264,481
  Herdsmen (cattle, sheep and goats) 2,215,791
  Indoor servants 2,078,018
  Washermen 2,011,624
  Workers and dealers in earthen and stone ware 2,125,225
  Shoe, boot and sandal makers 1,957,291
  Shopkeepers 1,839,958
  Workers and dealers in gold and silver 1,768,597
  Cart and pack animal owners 1,605,529
  Iron and steel workers 1,475,883
  Watchmen and other village servants 1,605,118
  Grocery dealers 1,587,225
  Sweepers and scavengers 1,518,482
  Fishermen and fish curers 1,280,358
  Fish dealers 1,269,435
  Workers in cane and matting 1,290,961
  Bankers, money lenders, etc. 1,200,998
  Tailors, milliners and dressmakers 1,142,153
  Officers of the civil service 1,043,872
  Water carriers 1,089,574
  Oil pressers 1,055,933
  Dairy men, milk and butter dealers 1,013,000

The enormous number of 1,563,000, which is equal to the population of half our states, are engaged in what the census terms “disreputable” occupations.  There are about eighty other classes, but none of them embraces more than a million members.

Among the curiosities of the census we find that 603,741 people are engaged in making and selling sweetmeats, and 550,241 in selling cardamon seeds and betel leaves, and 548,829 in manufacturing and selling bangles, necklaces, beads and sacred threads.  There are 497,509 teachers and professors, 562,055 actors, singers and dancers, 520,044 doctors and 279,646 lawyers.