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HAR 38 11 4 . 15,511 40 15. 14 . Sándi ... Pihani... . IP I. BET +01 three towns which it passes-Hardoi, Sandíla, and Shahabad. The princi- pal towns and their population are :- Shahabad 18,254 Sandila Bilgram 11,534 Mallányán 11,670 11,123 7,882 Hardoi 6,415 Gopalgau 5,949 Pali 5,122 Of these the first seven have been subjected to local taxation for the maintenance of police, but in Hardoi alone has a municipal committee been appointed under Act XV. of 1867; its revenue from taxation in 1871 was Rs. 15,675, almost entirely from octroi ; its expenditure was Rs. 16,657. The following are the Chhattri clans which possess most property iv the district Name of clan. Number of villages. Parganas in which situated. Sambansi Nikumbh Katiár Gaur 178 214 212 282 ve PL .. Bais Sa karwar Panmar Chandel Gahilwar Ahban Janvác Chauhan Raikwár Kachhwáka Ráthor Bapteli Ragbubapsi Gautam Ratebria Bách hiu Bhadwaria Babaphar 94 73 66 51 46 39 38 30 28 13 Rawan 68, Sándi 17, Pali 52, Saromannagar 20. Sandita 6, Ảlamng 22, Pihapi 19, Malla ayan 14. Sándi 35, Katiari 61. Sara 63, Barwan 42, Shahabad 14, Gopamou 28, Saroman- nagar 15, Bangar 36. Gundwa 81, Kalyánmal 68. Mallán wáal 64. Gopamau 26, Kachhandad 16. Gopamau 24, Baugar 19. Gopamau 33. Sandila 13. Gopamau 11. Mallan wan 18, Gálamai 8. I. 14 7 7 9} . 1 24 No other district in Oudh can present such a distribution of property twenty-four clans instead of the five or six which are found in Rae Bareli or Partabgarh. This is to be accounted for partly by the proximity of the district to Kanauj, the king of which place would naturally settle his re- tainers indiscriminately over the country, and would not allow any clan to acquire exclusive authority over a large tract; partly it was due to the fact that Hardoi was a sort of border land between the Ahbans to the north-east, the Gaurs to the south-west, the Bais to the south and east, the Sombansi to the west, 5