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Rh The number of persons is 124,804, of whom 84,050 are Hindus, 40,709 are Musalmans, and 45 are Native Christians; averaging 3.591 persons to each of the total number of families, 3.488 to each Hindu family, 3.823 to each Musalman family, and 3.461 to each Native Christian family. The proportion of Hindus to Musalmans and Christians is as 100 to 48.4. In the enumeration both of families and persons, the native soldiers cantoned at Berhampore, and Europeans, whether public functionaries civil and military or private individuals, have been omitted.

The number of males of all ages is 62,519, and of females of all ages 62,285, giving a proportion of 100 males to 99.6 females. In the enumeration of males, sixty-three eunuchs, stated to be of Abyssinian birth and belonging to the household of the Nawab of Moorshedabad, have been included.

The number of males above fourteen years of age is 46,670, and of females of the same age 51,148, giving a proportion of 100 males to 109.5 females above fourteen years.

The number of males between fourteen and five years of age is 9,539, and of females of the same age 5,553, giving a proportion of 100 males to 58.2 females between fourteen and five.

The number of males below five years of age is 6,310, and of females of the same age 5,584, giving a proportion of 100 males to 88.4 females below five.

The number of persons, male and female, above fourteen years of age, is 97,818, and the number of persons, male and female, below five, is 11,894, amounting together to 109,712; the number of persons, male and female, between fourteen and five years of age, is 15,092; and the proportion of the population above fourteen and below five to the population between fourteen and five is as 100 to 13.7.

Of the eighteen Mofussil thanas of this district the one selected for investigation was the Daulatbazar thana which was found to contain 183 towns and villages.

The number of families is 12,832, averaging 70.1 families to each town or village. The number of Hindu families is 7,058, and of Musalman families 5,774.

The number of persons is 62,037, of whom 33,199 are Hindus, and 28,838 are Musalmans, averaging 4.834 persons to each of the total number of families, 4.703 to each Hindu family, and 4.994 to each Musalman family. The proportion of Hindus to Musalmans is as 100 to 86.8.