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that mouza Dhononjoypara at that time had only five households occupy-
ing a total of nine acres for homesteads. The amount of cultivable land in
Dhononjoypara was 190 acres and the remaining 6 acres were waste and
uncultivated. On the other hand, Gopalhati had 14 households having 25
acres for homesteads; the amount of cultivable land was 368 acres.
TABLE 2: Land-use pattern for villages Dhononjoypara and Gopalhati villages since 1850
(in acres)
Dhononjoypara
Gopalhati
Census
Year
Land
Used for
Settlement
Land
Used for
Cultivation
Waste and
Uncultivable
Land
Total
Land
Used for
Settlement
Land
Used for
Cultivation
Total
1850
9
190
6
205
25
369
393
1968
58
152
--
210
99
293
392
1974
No
information
No
information
No
information
210
No
information
No
information
399
The Census Reports of 1951 and 1961 provided information on popula-
tion, household and literacy but did not give any information on settlement
pattern, thereby making it impossible to analyze in detail the changes over
time. However, the Revisional Settlement Survey of 1968 which came out
in 1978 fi lled the vacuum in this regard, and the Census Report of 1974
provided gross data on the total amount of land available in each village.
According to the Revisional Settlement Survey (1968), mouza Dhonon-
joypara had 210 acres of total land of which 152 acres were cultivated. In
Gopalhati, there were 392 acres of total land, of which 99 acres had been
used as settlement and the remaining 293 acres were agricultural land. It
may be inferred from the Revisional Settlement data that there has been
a tremendous increase of land for settlement in both villages since 1850.
The reason is obviously the increase in population.
In addition to natural growth of the local population, in-migration to
this low density populated area from the high density districts of east-
ern Bangladesh further augmented the population growth. Khan's (1977)
study of migration in Puthia villages can be cited as an example to support
this statement. The Census Report of 1974 estimated 210 acres of total
 
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