230

450 families comprising 2213 consumption-units1
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 implements 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.