Bengali Men : A competetive analysis

For some days, I was wondering how I was faring against the world in global competitive markets with other bengali men. I started  to do a bit of research in bengali matrimony site, once again, this time focusing on men.
I searched with the following criteria: Male, 25 yrs to 35 yrs, Height 5Ft 0in to 6Ft 6in , Unmarried, Religion: Hindu, Caste: Any, Physical Status: Doesn't matter, Country: Any, Resident status: Any, Education: Any, Occupation: Any, Annual income: Rs.12 Lakh to Rs.1 Crore, Horoscope: Any, Eating habits: All, Drinking habits: All, Smoking habits: All.

The search showed me 901 results (surprisingly not so small after all)

A deeper analysis revealed the following interesting trends.

Caste wise break-up: Kayastha (482), Brahmin(19), Baidya (64), Kshatriyas (120), Mahisya(87) and other castes(Caste no bar) (129).

Locationwise break up: India ( 40 only )  United States of America (327), United Kingdom (47), Europe (126), Australia(220), others (133). Almost 95% (if not more) of the population in US was made up of IT professionals at client location. Almost similar results were available for those in Australia, but the population pursuing higher education was slightly higher.

Profession wise break up: Bachelors in Engineering (254), MS/MTech(120), MBAs(190), Bachelors (120).
Amongst the engineers, there were mostly Information Technology professionals working abroad at a Client Side stint and thus earning in Dollars. Amongst the bachelors, more than 90% were professionals managing their family businesses. Management professionals were mostly from the top 20 B-Schools and maximum had an age profile of over 28-35. Engineers with MS or MTech degrees were mostly working at the client site (82%) and the rest (18%) were pursuing higher education. There were a total of 32 students pursuing PhDs and out of that 5 were in Management , 14 were in engineering, 13 being in general streams. Only 27 men had resident status in USA, UK and Australia put together. Interesting to note was that there were only 4 doctors in this income category, despite being such a revered profession.
An issue to deliberate a bit may be the fact that at least 95% of the IT engineers and professionals enjoying a stint abroad are more likely to return to India, once their projects were completed abroad, and have a very different earning potential and life-style than they are enjoying currently, since most of them are in the IT services industry and not in IT products industry.
An earning equivalent to above Rs. 12 Lakh in foreign currency (say 50,000 USD) did not account for the Purchasing Power Parity of the country and evidently raw economic conversion was done in Indian Rupees in most cases. Now, a decent engineer in the USA earns close to 50,000 USD (pretax) annually. 50,000 USD was calculated as 22.5 Lakhs INR where as in real monetary terms, it was equivalent to 5 Lakhs INR, after accounting for Purchasing Power Parity. So when these men returned from abroad after completion of their onsite projects, their actual income in India dipped back to 5-6 Lakh INR. While clearly job profile and salary was a crucial determinant of selection of grooms, this issue surely should draw more attention than is actually doing.

Lifestyle / Habits:
Non Vegetarian (839), Vegetarian (26), Not Specified (26)
Non-smoker (603), Light / Social smoker (170), Regular smoker (114).
Non-drinker (485), Light / Social drinker (376), Not Specified (22)


Interesting trends. I leave it to your judgement to do further analysis and grasp meaning out of this data.