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The following is the classification we have adopted:
1 	to   7 	«=male children. 	
1 	to   6 	« female children. 	
7
6
15 	to 15
to 15
to 55 	^boys.
— girls.
«=male adults. 	
15 	to 50 	« female adults. 	
 	55 	— old men, 	
 	50 	= old wontxen. 	
All male and female children under 1 = infants.
All male children from
All female     „         „
,, males	„
„  females	„
„  males	„
,,  females	,,
,,  males
above
females
It is necessary to note that the average age at which
a boy or a girl in this village is expected to shoulder the
responsibilities of a family or household is 15, and hence
we have adopted it as the mark of distinction between
adults and non-adults. Distributed according to this
classification, the Kaliparaj, the Ujaliparaj, and the total
population for the village as a whole form themselves into
erent groups as under :
Kaliparaj       Ujaliparaj	Total

Male infants    .... 	20 	10 	30 	
Female infants     .    .    . 	33 	16 	49 	
Male children .... 	189 	73 	262 	
Female children   .    .    - 	138 	48 	186 	
Boys 	 	200 	79 	279 	
Girls 	 	164* 	67 	231 	
Male adults     .... 	456 	255 	711 	
Female adults .... 	400 	253 	653 	
Olid men     	 	37 	33 	70 	
Old women 	 	53 	36 	89 	
Active workers     .    .    . 	456 	255 	711 	
Dependents     .... 	1234 	615 	1849 	
Infants and children are certainly an addition to the
number of mouths to be fed, and they cannot be expected