Preliminary Remarks, Location and arca, changes in area and jurisdiction, administrative, Divisions, natural, Divisions, Comparbility with statistics, relating, General distribution and Density, Size and denisty of population in Bihar, Growth of population, Early estimates of population the first census, slow, population, Movement, Reference to statistics, Types of migration, Circumstances affecting affecing the census statistics of migration, Births, Deaths and Natural Increase, Livelihood Pattern, Summary and Concuding Remarks, Rural population, Perliminary Remarks, Reference to statistics, Distinction between rural and urban area-whar is meant by village, Average size fo mauzas or villages in different parts, of the state-Inhabited village, comparative figures.