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Bengali Report - Bengalee Association Bihar

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Districts<br />

Table 2 : Demographic Profile of <strong>Bengali</strong> Population<br />

Average<br />

Househo<br />

ld Size<br />

All Ages<br />

Sex Ratio Percentage<br />

of<br />

0-6<br />

Years<br />

7<br />

population<br />

above 60<br />

years<br />

Literacy Rate<br />

Male Female Person<br />

Purnea 5.0 920 951 6.3 78.1 68.3 73.5<br />

Katihar 4.0 932 940 5.9 91.3 76.8 79.5<br />

West Champaran 4.9 918 947 5.4 65.2 47.6 56.9<br />

East Champaran 4.6 949 945 5.4 65.7 44.4 55.9<br />

Bhagalpur 5.1 971 975 9.2 93.9 93.7 93.8<br />

All Districts 4.8 938 948 5.8 78.8 66.2 71.9<br />

<strong>Bihar</strong> 5.5 916 933 6.8 73.4 53.3 63.8<br />

The demographic profile of the <strong>Bengali</strong> population in <strong>Bihar</strong> also appears to be better<br />

than that of its general population in terms of yet another characteristics — sex ratio<br />

(Table 2). In contrast to a sex ratio of 916 females per 1000 males (for all ages) for<br />

the general population, it is a little higher at 938 females for the <strong>Bengali</strong> population.<br />

One also observes considerable inter-district variations here, Purnea recording the<br />

lowest sex ratio of 920 and Bhagalpur recording the highest sex ratio at 971. When<br />

one moves to the sex-ratio for the children in the age-group 0-6 years, it registers<br />

an improvement, both for the <strong>Bengali</strong> population (938 to 948) and the general<br />

population (916 to 933). This obviously indicates that the unfortunate<br />

social practice of gender discrimination is diminishing in <strong>Bihar</strong>, across all sections of<br />

the society.<br />

In the absence of any detailed information on the health status of the population,<br />

the present survey has found out the 'percentage of population above 60 years' as<br />

a broad indicator of its health condition (Table 2). A higher percentage figure<br />

obviously indicates higher longevity of the population and, thereby, implies relatively<br />

better health conditions for them.

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