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It is observe~ that 8.1 o/~ (1459) of the population are children below 6 years of age, 22.3 %.(4(i)2(31)are adolescent girls of age group 7-15 years, 22.0% (3962) are of the age group 16-25 years, 21.9%(3952) are of the age group 26-35 years, 15.7% (2841) are women of age group 36-45 years and theremaining 10.0% (1801) are women of age above 45 years.The most dominant age group observed in the present study is adolescent g,iris of age etwi en 7 and15 years, followed ,by women of age 16 - 25 y.ears indicating the p resence of more youth