If a Binjhwar girl is seduced and rendered pregnant by a man of the
tribe, the people exact a feast and compel them to join their hands
in an informal manner before the caste committee, the tie thus formed
being considered as indissoluble as a formal marriage. Polygamy is
permitted; a Binjhwar zamindar marries a new wife, who is known as
Pat Rani, to celebrate his accession to his estates, even though he
may have five or six already.
Divorce is recognised but is not very common, and a married woman
having an intrigue with another Binjhwar is often simply made over
to him and they live as husband and wife. If this man does not wish
to take her she can live with any other, conjugal morality being very
loose in Sambalpur. In Bodasamar a fine of from one to ten rupees is
payable to the zamindar in the case of each divorce, and a feast must
also be given to the caste-fellows.