The cabinet Mission examined the percentage of Muslim Majority provinces,
N-w area................................Muslim......................Non-Muslim
Punjab...........................16,217,242........................12,201,571
NWFP.........................2,788,797.............................249,270
Sindh...........................3,208,325...........................1,326,683
Baluchistan...............438,930..................................62,701
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**************22,653,294***************13,840,231
...............................62.07 %...................................37.93 %
N-E area
Bengal.....................33,005,434.......................21,301,091
Assam.....................3,442,479............................6,762,254
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*************36,447,913**************34,063,345
...............................51.69 %..........................41.39 %
Muslim minorities in the remainde of British India number some 20 million dispersed amongst a total of 188 million.
For the purpose of Constituent Assembly the Commission also finalised the number of represetatives in each provinces as follows,
Table of Representation
Section-A
Province.............General.............Muslim...........Total
Madras...............45.......................4......................49
Bombay..............19......................2.......................21
UP......................47......................8........................55
Bihar.................31......................5..........................36
CP.....................16......................1...........................17
Orissa................9.........................0........................9
total...............167.......................20......................187
Section-B
Province......General.........Muslim.........Sikh.........Total
Punjab...........8..................16..................4.................28
NWFP...........0..................3...................0.....................3
Sindh...........1.....................3...................0...................4
total...........9......................22................4....................35
Section-C
Province...............General...............Muslim.............total
Bengal......................27.......................33...................60
Assam.....................7..........................3.....................10
total......................34........................36......................70
Total for British India........................................292
Maximum for Indian State...............................93
Total...................................................................385
