District of South Behar.
⟨Of the nine thanas of this district the one selected for special investigation was the Jehanabad thana which was found to contain 803 towns and villages.⟩
⟨The number of families is 14,953, averaging 18·6 families to each town or village. The number of Hindu families is 12,549, and of Musalman families 2,404.⟩
⟨The number of persons is 81,480, of whom 69,515 are Hindus, and 11,965 are Musalmans, averaging 5·462 persons to each of the total number of families, 5·539 to each Hindu family, and 4·977 to each Musalman family. The proportion of Hindus to Musalmans is as 100 to 17·2.⟩
⟨The number of males of all ages is 44,386, and of females of all ages 37094, giving a proportion of 100 males to 83·5 females.⟩
⟨The number of males above 14 years of age is 29,936, and of females of the same age 27,637, giving a proportion of 100 males to 92·3 females above 14.⟩
⟨The number of males between 14 and 5 years of age is 9,781 and of females of the same age 5,814, giving a proportion of 100 males to 59·4 females between 14 and 5.⟩
⟨The number of males below five years of age is 4,669, and of females of the same age 3,643, giving a proportion of 100 males to 78·02 females below five.⟩
⟨The number of persons, male and female, above 14 years of age, is 57,573, and the number of persons, male and female, below five, is 8,312, amounting together to 65,885; the number of persons, male and female, between 14 and 5 years of age, is 15,595; and the proportion of the population above 14 and below 5 to the population between 14 and 5 is as 100 to 23·6.⟩
District of Tirhoot.
Of the 16 thanas of this district the one selected for special investigation was the Bhawara thana, which was found to contain 402 villages.
The number of families is 13,143, averaging 32·6 families to each village. The number of Hindu families is 11,946, and of Musalman families 1,197.
The number of persons is 65,812, of whom 59,836 are Hindus, and 5,976 are Musalmans, averaging 5·007 persons to each of the total number of families, 5·008 to each Hindu family, and 4·992 to each Musalman family. The proportion of Hindus to Musalmans is as 100 to 9·9.
