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Humans and domestic animals in 14.94 square kilometers of rural West Bengal were intensively studied between 1967 and 1970. In 1977, 3.81 square kilometers (25.5%) of the same area was resurveyed and all humans and cattle enumerated. The human population has increased 10% from 1969 to 1977, but the total number of children in the younger age groups has actually diminished. The cattle population has decreased 3.7% since the 1969 census, but in 1977 there were 19% fewer working bullocks present. Other significant observations relative to the primary productivity and economics of the area are noted.
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This research was supported by a 1977–1978 Indo-American Fellowship Award from the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Education and Culture.
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Odend'hal, S. Human and cattle population changes in deltaic West Bengal, India between 1967 and 1977. Hum Ecol 8, 1–7 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531465
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