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Population Dynamics Among the Totos of West Bengal: A Positive Response to Culture Contact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Debasish Sinha  and
Bikas Chandra Pal
Debasish Sinha
Affiliation:
Ecology, Behaviour and Wildlife Unit, Centre for Life Sciences, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India
Bikas Chandra Pal
Affiliation:
Ecology, Behaviour and Wildlife Unit, Centre for Life Sciences, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India
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Summary

The population structure of the Toto tribe at Totopara, a small village in West Bengal, District Jalpaiguri, was studied, for since 1951 the Totos have been coming more and more in contact with the outside world and undergoing a process of cultural and developmental change. Demographic data presented include the age-sex structure, marital status, fertility, birth rate, death rate and population growth trends in the pre-contact and contact era. At present the population shows a trend towards increase.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 237 - 245
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Copyright © 1983, Cambridge University Press

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