NAW 11 31.2 27 13 1> 1 21 39 3) 3 3) 14 12 on the west by parganas Digsar and Mahadewa, and on the east by the district of Basti. The former area was 90,040 acres; but since settlement the pargana has received an addition, raising its present area to 91,080 acres or 143 square miles, divided into 128 demarcated mauzas or town. ships. The area of the pargana is divided as follows :- Uuculturable waste 19,979 acres or 21'8 per cent. Culturable ditto 28,94 Cultivated 41,274 4503 Groves 1,343 91,080 6,039 acres are irrigated from wells, 4,469 acres from tanks, and 30,766 acres are left to natural irrigation. In other words, 28 per cent of the actual cultivation is irrigated, and 72 per cent. is left unirrigated. The Gogra borders the pargana on the south. The smaller streams are the Tirhi, the Jamni, and the Sujoi. These rivers are of no use for irriga- tion purposes, and occasionally do mischief by overflowing their banks during the rains. There are about 12 villages of pargana which border the Gogra, and about 15 which lie near the Tirhi. The Jamni skirts 12 villages, and the Sujoi 2. All these are liable to injury from floods. Water is met with at from 14 to 21 feet below the surface. There is no disease peculiar to the pargana. The villages near the jungle suffer much from fever during the cold weather. The revenue demand amounts to Rs. 68,307-5-0, land revenue Rs. 66,530, and cesses Rs. 1,777-5-0. The varieties of tenure are : Taluqdarl Zamindari
- Demarcated mauzes
Pattidari Copercenary muháls Total 272* Total 4+1 116 76 80 4. 128 .. 41 272 .. The tribal distribution of property is as follows:-- Brahman Chhattri Musalman Kayath Bairagi Eurupeaus Nának sbábi Otbers 120 82 27 426 17 7 1 Total 272 u. The taluqdari villages are mostly held by Pánde Krishan Datt Rám, of Singha Chanda, and the Basantpur and Birwa taluqdars. The population of the pargana is given in the census at 57,439. These reside in 10,345 houses, of which 35 are masonry. The number of the prevailing castes is as follows :- Brahman 10,079 Ahír Kahár Chhattri Banian Muráo 1,902 448 9,011 4,478 4,193 144 2,079 40 05
