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 KHERI DISTRICT ARTICLE ABSTRACT OF CHAPTERS. III. I. -PAYSICAL FEATURES. II. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. THE PEOPLE. IV.--ADMINISTRATION. V.--HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES. CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL FEATURES. General description.- Area-Rivers-Lakes-Inondations-Foresta, trees and plants-Climate -Meteorology-Health-Mortuary returne-Cattle diseases-Fauna, Tse district of Kheri, the largest in Oudh, lies at the extreme north- west of the province. It is bounded on the north by the river Mobán, separating it from Naipál, on the east by the Kauriala, on the south by the district of Sitapur, on the west by the river Sukheta, and an artificial boundary dividing it from Shahjahanpur. It lies beween 28°39' and 27°41' north latitude, and between 80°4' and 81°18' east longitude. It is ninety- one miles long from Mallápur to the western extremity of pargana Palia, and seventy-one miles broad along the western side, diminishing to a point at Mallápur. In fact, it is an irrregular triangle, two of whose sides are detailed above; the third, the southern, extends eighty-two miles along the north border of the Sitapur and Hardoi districts; the base is on the Shahjahanpur district, the terminal angle at Mallápur, where the Kauriala and Chauka rivers unite. Its total area is 2,987* square miles, of which 650 are covered with forest, 1,047 grassy savannahs or bush judgle, and only 1,290 cultivated. The population amounts to 746,350. The general slope is from north-west to south-east, the highest elevation being in the forest south of the Mohán, 600 feet above the sea, and the lowest on the Kauriála, opposite Mallápur, an altitude of only 375 feet. A useful list of elevations is given in tabular formn :- List of places with their elevation above the sea in the Kheri and neigh! bouring districts. Towns. Elevation. 1. 10. +6 Dudbu Ghát in Kheri Mailáni Gola Gokarannáth Mitaul Aurangabad Kaimahra Lakhimpur 585 555 503 487 485 494 483 10 +.
 * The Settlement Officer makes it 3,000,