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502 Моң. but to the south of the river the pargana is more cultivated and fertile. The total amount of barren is 26 per cent, which is high. The cultur- able is only 21 per cent., which is low, and 6,600 acres or 13 per cent of this is under groves. Except round large villages, the pargana is not generally well wooded. Irrigation is fair armounting to 48 per. cent., but three-fourths of this is from jhíls and rivers. Water lies no more than 13 feet from the surface. The Nagwa stream divides the pargana for a short distance from Kákori. It dries up during the hot weather ; its banks are high and precipitous, and the land on either side is uncul. turable. The cultivated land of the pargana is up to the usual average being 52-5 per cent., and the average holdings of the cultivators are from 3 to 4 acres. The pargana is well provided with roads; a road connects the two prin- cipal towns of Mohan and Aurás; and the latter is again connected with the large town of Miánganj by a road which crosses the Sai to the south of Aurás by a handsome bridge built by the British Government. Other roads lead from Mohan (1) to Malihabad to the north, (2) to Lucknow lying east, (3) to Bani bridge (built by Rae Daulat Ráe of Lucknow) on the Lacknow and Cawopore road, crossing the Cawn pore Railway at Harauni, and (4) to Rasúlabad and Nawabganj to the west in this district. The revenue rate falls at Rs. 2-1-0 on the cultivated area, Re. 1-8-0 on the cultivated and culturable, and Re. 1-1-0 throughout. The population is 96,525, and falls at the rate of 502 per square mile on the whole area, and 937 per square mile of cultivated area. The following figures will show how the population is divided :- Musalmans Hindus Agriculturists Non-Agriculturists The largest towns are—Mohan (4,627); Neotni (3,809) ; Ajgain (3,481); Mahrajganj cum Newalganj (3,728). All of these are separately noticed. The tahsil, post-office, and police station have been fixed at Mohán, and government schools have been established at Mohán and other large towns of the pargana. For a long time the pargana seems to have been inhabited by Hindus. The only Muhammadan centres were at Mohán and Neotni, and no extensive colonies took place. Originally only some 25 out of 205 villages belonged to Musalmans, though of late years the Muhammadan taluqdars bave acquired some 27. The remaining villages are held by independent zamin. dars, chiefly Chhattris and Brahmans. The former held 77} villages, the latter 34. These with 38 taluqdarı villages, and 26 belonging to Musal- mans almost divide the villages of the pargana. A tappa of 22 villages to the north of Mohan called Pachwára, sometimes Pachisi, was colonized by Janwárs, and another of 52 villages in the centre of the pargana was held by Raikwárs, Later the northern half of the pargana was formed into the new pargana of Aurás, and was ruled from Sandíla, while Mohán was in chakla Safipur, MOHANGANJ Pargana-Tahsil DIGBIJAIGANJ---- District RAE BARELI. This pargana is bounded on the north by pargana Simrauta of this dis- 9 7.2 per cent. 928 89.5 9 40 5 95 . 13