POPULATION OF THE PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENTS IN INDIA

Written by Marco Ramerini
Diu: (20°43'N - 71°00'E)
Damao Grande or Praça de Damao (Damao, Moti Daman or Daman): (20°25'N - 72°50'E)
1634: 400 "almas entre Portugueses e nativos cristaos". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
1662: 100 "casais Portugueses". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
Bassein or Baçaim (Vasai): (19°20'N - 72°49'E)
1634: 400 "casados brancos", 200 "pretos cristaos" and 1.800 slaves in the town, "fora dos muros" there were 250/300 "casados brancos" and 2.000 "nativos". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
1662: 5.000 "homens de armas". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
1720: the Province of Baçaim numbered 890 "europeus", 58.131 "cristaos". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
Tana:
1634: 80 "casas de brancos" and 100 "casas de pretos". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
Bombaim:
1634: 12 "casados Portugueses" and 50 "pretos". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India"
Chaul:
1634: 200 "casados Portugueses" and 50 "prestos cristao". Source: Leao "A Provincia do Norte do Estado da India".
1666: 21 "chefes da familia Portugues". Source: Boxer "O Imperio colonial Portugues 1415-1825"



Goa:
1550: 2.000 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
1630: 800 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
16th - 17th centuries between 1.000/2.000 and 4.000/5.000 "soldados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
1871: 2.500 "descendentes" or "mestiços". Source: Boxer "Relaçoes raciais no Imperio colonial Portugues"
1956: 1.100 "descendentes" or "mestiços". Source: Boxer "Relaçoes raciais no Imperio colonial Portugues"
1666: 320 "chefes da familia Portugues". Source: Boxer "O Imperio colonial Portugues 1415-1825"
1866: 2.240 "descendentes" or "mestiços". Source: Boxer "O Imperio colonial Portugues 1415-1825"
Onor (Honawar): (14°17'N - 74°26'E)
1634: 30 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Barcelor or Braçalor (Basrur): (13°38'N - 74°44'E)
1634: 30 "casados" and 35 "soldados casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Mangalore (Mangalor): (12°54'N - 74°50'E)
1634: 35 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Cannanore: (11°51'N - 75°22'E)
1630s.: 40 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Cranganore (Kodungallor): (10°13'N - 76°13'E)
1630s.: 40 "casados" and 100 "soldados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz: (09°57'N - 76°15'E)
1630s.: 500 "casados" (of whom 300 Portuguese and 200 Indians Christians). Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Coulao (Quilon): (08°53'N - 76°35'E)
1630s.: 60 "casados". Source: Disney "Twilight of the pepper Empire"
Tuticorin or Tutucorim: (08°48'N - 78°09'E)
1640: pequena povoaçao de "casados". Source: Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito - A presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
Nagapatao or Negapatao (Negapatam or Nagapattinam): (10°47'N - 79°50'E)
1533: 30 "fogos", 1540: 100 "fogos", 1630: 500 "fogos". Source: Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito - A presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
1577: 60 "casados", 200 "eurasiaticos", 3000 Indians Christians. Source: Diffie-Winius "Foundation of the Portuguese Empire 1415-1580"
Porto Novo (Parangi-Pettai): (11°29'N - 79°46'E)
Sao Tomé de Meliapor: (13°00'N - 80°15'E)
1530: 40 "casados", 1545: 100 "familias". Source: Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito - A presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
1600: 600 "casados", from 1610s. in decline. Source: Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito - A presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
1537: 50 "casados". Source: Diffie-Winius "Foundation of the Portuguese Empire 1415-1580"
Paliacate or Paleacate (Pulicat): (13°24'N - 80°19'E)
1520: 200 - 300 "habitantes", 1545: 600-700 "familias", from 1565 in decline. Source: Subrahmanyam "Improvising Empire - Portuguese trade and settlements in the Bay of Bengal 1500 - 1700" or ""Comercio e conflito - A presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala 1500 - 1700"
Masulipatam or Masulipatao: (16°11'N - 81°08'E)
Balasore or Balasor: (21°29'N - 86°57'E)
Pipli: circa (21°37'N - 87°20'E)
Tambolim (Tamluk or Tumlook): (22°18'N - 87°55'E)
Angelim (Hidgelee or Hijili): circa (22°14'N - 88°03'E)
Porto Pequeno, Sategão, Satigão, Sateguam or Satigam (Satgaon): (22°57'N - 88°24'E)
Ugolim, Golim or Dogolim (Hugli or Hooghly): (22°54'N - 88°24'E) 1603: 5.000 "portugues". Source: Diffie-Winius "Foundation of the Portuguese Empire 1415-1580"
Notes:
Fogos and Familias: Families.
Casados: Portuguese soldiers retired after marriage.
Descendentes: Euro - Asiatic or Mestizo (Mestiços) also Luso - Indians.
Pretos: Blacks (in this case Indians or African slaves brought to India and liberated after serving in the military forces with valour).
At that time every family was composed of about 5-6 persons. So the number of Casados, Familias, Fogos must be multiplied X 5 or 6.

LUSO - INDIANS and EURASIANS STATISTICS in BENGAL:
Calcutta Census:
1837: 3.181 Luso - Indians, 4.746 Eurasians.
1876: 5 Portuguese, 707 Luso - Indians, 10.566 Eurasians.
1881: 19 Portuguese, 36 Goans, (261 speaking the Portuguese language), 9.410 Luso - Indians and Eurasians.
1911: 10 Portuguese, (254 speaking the Portuguese language), 644 Goans.
Hoogly Census:
1912: 94 Eurasians.
Geonkhali (Midnapore district):
1911: 129 Luso - Indians.
Chittagong:
1859: 1.025 Feringhis or Luso - Indians.
1860: 985 Feringhis or Luso - Indians.
1866: 865 Feringhis or Luso - Indians.
Noakhali:
1901: 490 Feringhis or Luso - Indians.
Bakarganj:
1876: 800 Feringhis or Luso - Indians.
1918: 841 Feringhs or Luso - Indians.
In 1919, in the Eastern Bengal the number of the Luso - Indians or Feringhis was of about 10.000: Dacca District: 6.000 Chittagong: 1.000 Bakarganj District: 1.000 Noakhali: 800 Assam, Tippera... 1.200



Population of the Portuguese Settlements in India