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222 The number of males of all ages is 31,560, and of females of all ages 30,477, giving a proportion of 100 males to 96.5 females.

The number of males above fourteen years of age is 20,222, and of females of the same age 22,615, giving a proportion of 100 males to 111.3 females above fourteen years.

The number of males between fourteen and five years of age is 6,801, and of females of the same age 3,627, giving a proportion of 100 males to 53.3 females between fourteen and five.

The number of males below five years of age is 4,537, and of females of the same age 4,235, giving a proportion of 100 males to 93.3 females below five.

The number of persons, male and female, above fourteen years of age, 42,837, and the number of persons, male and female, belowfive is 8,772, amounting together to 51,609; the number of persons, male and female, between fourteen and five years of age, is 10,428; and the proportion of the population above fourteen and below five to the population between fourteen and five is as 100 to 20.2.

Of the seventeen thanas of this district the one selected for special investigation was the Nanglia thana which was found to contain 267 villages.

The number of families is 9,117, averaging 37.1 families to each village. The number of Hindu families is 7,597, of Musalman families 612, of Santhal families 786, and of Dhangar families 122.

The number of persons is 46,416, of whom 38,489 are Hindus. 2,977 are Musalmans, 4,261 are Santhals, and 689 are Dhangars, averaging 5.091 persons to each of the total number of families, 5.066 to each Hindu family, 4.864 to each Musalman family, 5.421 to each Santhal family, and 5.647 to each Dhangar family. The proportion of Hindus to the aggregate of Musalmans, Santhals, and Dhangars is as 100 to 20.5.

The number of males of all ages is 23,496, and of females of all ages 22,920, giving a proportion of 100 males to 97.5 females.

The number of males above fourteen years of age is 14,414, and of females of the same age 15,996, giving a proportion of 100 males to 110.9 females above fourteen.

The number of males between fourteen and five years of age is 5,487, and of females of the same age 3,442, giving a proportion of 100 males to 62.7 females between fourteen and five.