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Schools in the City and district of Moorshedabad.

Section IV.

Number and distribution of schools in the city and district of Moorshedabad; and in the districts of Beerbhoom, Burdwan, South Behar, and Tirhoot.

The following tables show at one view the different classes of institutions found to exist in each locality I have visited, the total number of each class in each district, and the distribution of that number in the different thanas or police divisions

City and district of Moorshedabad.

Thanas.
Bengali.
Hindi.
Sanscrit.
Persian.
Arabic.
English.
Girls.
1. Pul Hasanullah Khan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Rajabazar.
3. Shahnagar . . . 1 . . . 1 1
4. Gunditala.
5. Mahajantoli.
6. Nengta khali . . . 1 . . . . . . 2
7. Manullah Bazar . . . 2 . . . 3 1
8. Mahimapur . . . 2 2 . . . 4
9. Asanpura . . . 1 1 3
10. Rajbari . . . 3
11. Kalikapur . . . 6 . . . 6 1 1
12. Kasimbazar . . . . . . . . . 1 1
13. Raniswar . . . 1
14. Berhampore.
15. Garh Berhampore . . . 2 2
16. Akhra Ram Sahai . . . 6
17. Sujagunge . . . 11 . . . 10 4 . . . 2 1
18. Jan Mohammadpur . . . 2
19. Mura Gaonwar . . . 1
20. Daulatbazar . . . 23 . . . . . . 2
Total . . . 62 5 24 17 2 2 1

The city and district of Moorshedahad contain in all thirty-seven thanas, of which nineteen belong to the city jurisdiction and eighteen to the district. I have already mentioned that, when I first visited the district, I limited my attention to one thana, that of Daulatbazar, or No. 20 of the above table; and it was on the occasion of my second visit that I extended my inquiries