YEAR                       RURAL POPULATION                               URBAN POPULATION

                                                                            Percentage of the total population
 

1851                                      85.1                                                                14.9

1861                                      83.4                                                                16.6

1871                                      80.1                                                                19.9

1881                                      76.2                                                                23.6

1891                                      71.4                                                                28.6

1901                                      63.9                                                                36.1