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RAW_RUD 273 RAWATPUR--Pargana DAUNDIA KHERA--- Tahsil Purwa— District UNAO.—Lies 16 miles south of the tahsil, and 28 miles south-east from the civil station of Unao. It was founded by Rawat Singh, Bais, about 400 years ago. This Rawat Singh was a distinct individual from the ancestor of Babu Rám Bakbsh. It takes its name from its founder. The soil is loam and clay. It pre- sents a pleasing prospect. The water is fresh. Site on level ground. Climate healthy. Nojungle. Groves here and there, but rather more scanty than usual. Goldsmiths, carpenters, and potters work in the village. The population is composed of 1,352 Hindus and only of 17 Moslems. Total 1,369. There are 352 mud-built houses and two temples, both dedicated to Debi. The amount of sales at the bazar annually is about Rs. 2,000. ROKHA JÁIS.-See Jáis Rokha. RONAHI—Pargana MANGALSI— Tahsil FYZABAD—District FYZABAD. – This place was founded by the Bhars close to the bauk of the river Gogra, here a broad and deep river. The road and railway from Fyzabad, which is ten miles distant, pass through it. Ráe Gobardhan Dás, Káyath, received it from the Bhars on service tenure. The Bais and Bisen after- wards acquired it. An ancient government fort is still here. It was a station for troops under the former government. The population amounts to 5,193--Hindus being 3,664 and Musalmans 1,529. There are five temples, of which three are Thakurdwaras, eleven mosques, and three Jain temples. There is a masonry saráe and a Gov. ernment school. RUDAULI Pargana-Tahsil Rám SANEHI GĦAT--District BARA BANKI. - This pargana is bounded on the north by the Gogra, on the east by the Mangalsi pargana, of the Fyzabad district, on the west by Basorhi and Daryabad, and on the south by Mawai Maholára. It is 17 miles from east to west, and 16 from north to south. Its area is 173 square miles or 111,102 acres, divided into 196 villages. The cultivated land amounts to 73,316 and the uncultivated to 32,786 acres. The irrigated area is 21,252 acres. The soil is for the most part loam. The river Sarju or Gogra flows along the north, separating Gonda from Bara Banki; it takes an easterly course skirting only three villages which are often damaged by its floods and are left uninhabited. In the interior of the pargana there is a river (the Janori) which contains much water during the rains, but is in other seasons almost empty. There are aix villages on the border of this river; it is neither useful nor injurious. The average rainfall for the last three years 1281-1283 fasli (A.D. 1874-76)- amounted to 40 inches. Wells are generally 10 feet deep. Sillor Ghát in Fyzabad is 14 miles from Rudauli, and Kaithi Ghiit on the Gogra is 8 miles; by these routes grain is exported to the Gonda district or Simaria in times of scarcity. The bazars are at Shujáganj, Lokipur, Chára, Bárind- pur, Aliabad Barai, Jakhauli (Sultanganj and Akbargauj in the town of Rudauli). The population of the pargana is 134,050; the houses number 35