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 4 HAI The area is 66,017 acres, and the Government revenue is Rs. 1,88,194-8-0, the rate per acre being Rs. 2-13-6. The population consists of almost all classes of Hindus and Muhammadans; the former belong for the most part to the Shaivi, and the latter to the Sunni sects. Ametbia Chhattris are the principal high caste Hindus in the pargana. The law of primogeniture prevails with them. The population amounts to 65,765,* of which there are 61,573 Hindus and 4,192 Muhammadang. The river Gumti waters the western part of this pargana and flows east- ward into the Sultanpur district. The villages through which this river passes are Jaurás, Bhilwal, Dhaurabra, Ehaseri, Jaskápur, and Robi. This river is of no service to the pargana, but on the contrary docs much damage to the crops when it overflows its banks during the rainy season. There are four rivulets, viz., Loni, Siunam, Kori, and Kalenda Pachbim- pur. The last three join the first, and fall into the Gumti at a spot near village Akhiápur. The climate is tolerably healthy. The soil is generally of two kinds, loam and clay; sandy soil is found in a smaller proportion in the villages of this pargana than in those adjoining the banks of the river Gumti, The irrigation is mostly carried on from tanks, and the principal products are -- Kharif (autumn)-rice, cotton, hemp, millet, vetch, moth, makra, and másh; maize, bájra, and kákun are not much seen, excepting in villages which lie immediately near the river. The rabi (spring) crops are, wheat, barley, gram, linseed, peas, sugar, tobacco, and poppy. The pargana pro- duces the best kind of paddy. Grain grown in this pargana is exported to Lucknow, Sultanpur, Daryabad, and Cawnpore; it amounts in all to about 27,550 maunds annually. The principal articles imported into this pargana from the Cawnpore district are cotton and salt. There are seven markets, viz., Haidargarh, Nára, Tirbedíganj, Mahona, Bhilwal, Kara Aswanpur, and Láhi. Of these the market of Haidargarh is the principal one, in which the largest sales are effected; corn, cloth, and salt are the chief articles of sale. In the market of Láhi cattle are also sold. But one fair is held ; in the village of Robi, on the bank of the Gumti, in bonour of Ausáneswar Mahúdeo; it takes place every Monday, but the most noted occasion is on the day of Shiurátri, in the month of Phágun (February March), when the gathering of people amounts to 10,000. It lasts only for onc day. In eight villages of this pargana on the border of the river Gumti are quarries of kankar, which is used in constructing and repairing the imperial roads. In the time of the kings salt was manufactured in eleven villages to the value of Rs. 600, but since annexation this has been pro- hibited. Saltpetre is manufactured in four villages to the amount of
 * 71,858 according to census of 1869.