Bengali Report - Bengalee Association Bihar

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Districts Table 2 : Demographic Profile of Bengali Population Average Househo ld Size All Ages Sex Ratio Percentage of 0-6 Years 7 population above 60 years Literacy Rate Male Female Person Purnea 5.0 920 951 6.3 78.1 68.3 73.5 Katihar 4.0 932 940 5.9 91.3 76.8 79.5 West Champaran 4.9 918 947 5.4 65.2 47.6 56.9 East Champaran 4.6 949 945 5.4 65.7 44.4 55.9 Bhagalpur 5.1 971 975 9.2 93.9 93.7 93.8 All Districts 4.8 938 948 5.8 78.8 66.2 71.9 Bihar 5.5 916 933 6.8 73.4 53.3 63.8 The demographic profile of the Bengali population in Bihar also appears to be better than that of its general population in terms of yet another characteristics — sex ratio (Table 2). In contrast to a sex ratio of 916 females per 1000 males (for all ages) for the general population, it is a little higher at 938 females for the Bengali population. One also observes considerable inter-district variations here, Purnea recording the lowest sex ratio of 920 and Bhagalpur recording the highest sex ratio at 971. When one moves to the sex-ratio for the children in the age-group 0-6 years, it registers an improvement, both for the Bengali population (938 to 948) and the general population (916 to 933). This obviously indicates that the unfortunate social practice of gender discrimination is diminishing in Bihar, across all sections of the society. In the absence of any detailed information on the health status of the population, the present survey has found out the 'percentage of population above 60 years' as a broad indicator of its health condition (Table 2). A higher percentage figure obviously indicates higher longevity of the population and, thereby, implies relatively better health conditions for them.
According to the present survey, only 5.8 percent of the total Bengali population were above 60 years of age, the comparable figure for the general population being slightly higher at 6.8 percent, as per the 2001 census. In other words, the average 8
Page 2 and 3: CONTENTS ii Page No. List of Tables
Page 4 and 5: SECTION I INTRODUCTION The history
Page 6 and 7: programmes, it is now often necessa
Page 8 and 9: SECTION II SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION
Page 12 and 13: health status of the Bengali popula
Page 14 and 15: level of education of any of its me
Page 16 and 17: the adult population, and occupatio
Page 18 and 19: Bengalis was found to be the highes
Page 20 and 21: than 3 percent) and so is their ten
Page 22 and 23: The most substantive welfare progra
Page 24 and 25: Table 12 : Percentage of Bengali Ho
Page 26 and 27: As regards type of roof material, a
Page 28 and 29: most areas of Bihar, including some
Page 30 and 31: SECTION III BENGALI REFUGEES FROM E
Page 32 and 33: continued for some years after 1960
Page 34 and 35: overall sample, it is observed that
Page 36 and 37: Finally, the present survey had tri
Page 38 and 39: This official report, at one hand,
Page 40 and 41: same, viz., creation of an informat
Page 42: y the local officials. More than 90

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