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 MAN 457 the culturable waste to 4,057 acres, and cultivated to 34,839 acres. Groves cover 2,148 acres. Thus the cultivated land is 43 per cent, the culturable waste 49 per cent., groves 3 per cent., and unculturable 5 per cent. Of the cultivated land 25 per cent is 1st class soil, 33 per cent. 2nd class, and 42 per cent. 3rd class." The irrigated area covers 17,399 acres, and the unirrigated 17,440 acres; 10,407 acres are watered from wells. The following streamas traverse this pargana from west to east :- The Bisúhi, the Chainwai, and the Manwar. These are neither used for navigation nor for irrigation ; they do not do any mischief to the crops by overflowing their banks. There are 9 villages bordering on the Bisúhi, and 11 villages lie on the bank of the Chainwai. The Manwar skirts 19. villages. Water is met with at a depth of 14 to 19 feet from the surface. Except in villages situated in the vicinity of jungles, the climate of the pargana is on the whole good. The Government revenue amounts to Rs. 52,959-14-0, the land revenue being Rs. 51,475, and the cesses Rs. 1,484-14-0. Ráni Saltanat Kunwar of Maníkapur is the principal landholder of the pargana ; she lives in Ashrafpur. The villages are thus held :- Taluqdari Zamindari Pattidari 171 20 5 204 TOE Total 196 mau249, H The tribal distribution of property is as follows Chhattri Brahman Musalman Europeana Káyatha Вопійо Othera 00 161 OD 143 23 12 3 2 1 13 010 Pod PRO PO Total 196 wauzas. But ht 06 Náo Teli PP 725 ... The population of the pargana amounts to Rs. 41,656, The prevailing cases are Brahman 9.547 Barwar 1,033 Ahír 4,411 Barbi... 949 Kormi 4,943 Kiyath 857 Kori 4,136 751 Chhattri 9,024 Champár 1,186 Lonia 612 Kahár Pási ... 603 Marko 8,134 Kumhár 600 The number of houses is 1787. The pargana has, singularly to say, no masonry house. The grain purchased at Tulsipur is taken to Nawabganj market by the road from Utraula to the town of Nawabganj, which passes through this pargana. There are no other channel communication, 1,150 ond de OM