Marriage and Widowhood in rural areas of West Bengal districts : 1981-1991
Districts
never-married
ever-married
currently-married women
Widows/widowers in the
women
(20-24 yrs)
women
(15-19 yrs)
with
age at marriage below
18
years who married
age-group
60-69 yrs (%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
during
1986-1991 (%)
1991
1981
1991
1986-91
1991
1991
Women
Men
Koch
Behar
9.0
57.5
44.0
56.5
68
11
Jalpaiguri
18.3
38.4
31.3
41.9
59
14
Darjeeling
34.2
26.7
24.4
38.6
44
14
West
Dinajpur
10.8
46.3
39.4
51.2
61
10
Malda
11.5
45.4
47.6
59.5
59
11
Murshidabad
8.5
57.6
51.5
61.2
51
7
Nadia
11.8
44.4
42.3
57.9
61
7
24
Parganas
_
46.7
_
_
_
_
24 Parganas (N)
12.4
_
43.5
59.7
55
7
24
Parganas (S)
11.7
_
37.4
56.8
74
13
Howrah
1.9
31.3
23.4
43.1
56
6
Hooghly
16.6
32.8
29.5
43.4
59
7
Medinipur
12.1
47.5
39.4
55.7
61
9
Bankura
14.4
45
36.7
53.0
68
12
Puruliya
8.5
55.6
51.2
65.6
64
15
Bardhaman
11.8
41.5
38.3
50.9
61
9
Birbhum
10.1
49.5
45.2
55.1
66
14
Kolkata
(Urban)
46.1
15.3
13.4
21.6
48
5
W.
Bengal (Rural)
12.7
44.9
39.6
54.3
_
_
W.
Bengal (Urban)
36.9
22.9
19.3
30.3
_
_
W.
Bengal (Total)
19.5
37.5
33.0
48.3
59
9
Source:-
COI 1991, Social and Cultural Tables ; West
Bengal District Profiles.