The number of males below five is 3,595, and of females of the same age 3,482, giving a proportion of 100 males to 96·8 females below five.
⟨The number of persons, male and female, above fourteen years of age is 30,410, and the number of persons, male and female, below five years of age, is 7,077, amounting together to 37,487; the number of persons, male and female, between fourteen and five years of age, is 8,929; and the proportion of the population above fourteen and below five to the population between fourteen and five is as 100 to 23·8.⟩
District of Burdwan.
⟨Of the thirteen thanas of this district the one selected for special investigation was the Culna thana, which was found to contain 288 towns and villages.⟩
⟨The number of families is 28,346, averaging 81·06 families to each town or village. The number of Hindu families is 19,047, of Musalman families 4,287, and of Native Christian families 12.⟩
⟨The number of persons is 116,425, of whom 93,923 are Hindus, 22,459 are Musalmans, and 43 are Native Christians, averaging 4·986 persons to each of the total number of families, 4·935 to each Hindu family, 5·238 to each Musalman family, and 3·583 to each aggregate of Musalmans and Native Christians is as 100 to 23·9.⟩
⟨The number of males of all ages is 59,844, and of females of all ages 56,581, giving a proportion of 100 males to 94·5 females.⟩
⟨The number of males above fourteen years of age is 38,974, and of females of the same age 42,071, giving a proportion of 100 males to 107·9 females above fourteen.⟩
The number of males between 14 and 5 years of age is 11,334, and of females of the same age, 6,842, giving a proportion of 100 males to 60·3 females between 14 and 5.
The number of males below five years of age is 9,536, and of females of the same age 7,668, giving a proportion of 100 males to 80·4 females below five.
The number of persons, male and female, above 14 years of age, is 81,045, and the number of persons, male and female, below 5 is 17,204, amounting together to 98,249; the number of persons, male and female between 14 and 5 is 18,176; and the proportion of the population above 14 and below 5 to the population between 14 and 5 is as 100 to 18·4.
