East Indian Railway: 1861 Bengal Division: Workpeople Employed

Note: This is a sub-section of the East Indian Railway

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Extract from 'Autobiography of George Turnbull' Published 1893. Pages 102-103

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY. BENGAL DIVISION.

Statement of daily average of number of workpeople employed on the construction of the several divisions of the line of railway for the 12 months, from 31st May 1859, to 31st May, 186):-

Names of Divisions or Districts	Excavators per day	Brickmakers per day	Bricklayers per day	Labourers per day	Carpenters per day	Sawyers per day	Blacksmiths per day	Total per day
South Beerbhoom	755	376	312	9,070	417	69	498	11,497
North Beerbhoom	3,185	452	306	4,460	118	69	14	8,603
South Rajmahal	4,773	153	65	5,275	94	25	22	10,407
Central Rajmahal	8,387	-	260	4,508	327	101	89	13,672
North Rajmihal	4,853	286	483	6,903	334	18	81	12,958
Peerpointee	3,67o	655	180	5,201	115	47	30	9,898
Bhaugulpore	482	262	190	5,941	70	15	24	4,984
Ichangeerah	2,121	403	177	2,014	26	17	13	4,771
Monghyr	1.322	485	311	4,964	285	60	324	7,751
Keeul	663	266	106	2,763	142	39	60	4,039
Hulluhur	2,122	903	276	4,336	137	92	84	7,950
Beech	2,144	920	235	3,672	122	53	13	7,159
Patna	905	103	125	3,045	122	15	26	4,341
Soave District	2,862	874	548	4,336	84	35	33	8,772
Soave Bridge	72	69	1,494	254	38	81	32	4,990
Total	38,316	6,207	5,068	64,692	2,431	734	1,343	118,791

GEO. TURNBULL, 24th October, 1860.

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