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450 families comprising 2213 consumption-units^1
our detailed investigations embrace.

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Income :

Amount in
Rupees.

Percentage of each
on the total income
of the village

Income from land | 80201 | 52-2
_3)         „    animals | 12776 | s-3
„    labour | 40215 | 26-2
„         „    external sources | 16021 | .    10-4
„         „    other sources | 4589 | 2-9
Total | 153S02 | 100

Expenditure :

Rs.

Percentage of each
on the total income
of the village

Cost of living
Expenses   on   repairs   of  imple-
ments
Land Revenue
Interest charges
Total

127898
6213
7221
9251

84-8
4-2
4-8
6-2

15008S | 100
The total indebtedness for the village as a whole
amounts to Rs. 94758.
It is obvious from the above figures of income and ex-
penditure that, the economy of this village as a whole
leaves, a surplus at the end of the year. The surplus,
however, gives a misleading idea. The following figures
give a correct view of the situation :

i.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

The average size of a family is	
The average income per family is about   .    .
The average expenditure per family is about
The average indebtedness per family is about
Per capita income is about	
,,       ,,    expenditure is about	
,,       „    indebtedness is about     ....

4-9
Rs. 542
„ 334
„ 211
„ 70
„ 68
„ 43

1 Our readers will remember that in the last chapter we mentioned
that children of either sex under five are ignored in the case of all
families while calculating their cost of living. Hence the number
of consumption-units is less than that of the actual number of persons
these 450 families consist of.