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 MUH 523 . . . 1.895 POD 自在 Males Females 10 2.0 PO 112,215 estimated at about Rs. 12,000, and of silk at Rs. 4,000. There are 14 sugar manufactories and one Government manufactory of country liquor. Muhamdi was the sadr station of the district, now known by the name of Kheri, in 1855-56, and the said district was then and until lately called the Muhamdi district. There is now a tahsil station, a thána, an anglo- vernacular school, and a charitable dispensary here. There are no brick-built houses owing to a superstition of the inhabitants; the town therefore is meanly built, although the vicinity is healthy and picturesque. Population 4,729:- Hindus Males 1,919 9,814 Ferales Mosalmang... 1,103 MUHAMMADPUR Pargana—Tahsil FATEHPUR-District BARA BANKI. -This pargana is bounded on the east by the Chauka, on the west by pargana Fatehpur, and some villages of district Sitapur; on the south by Rámnagar, and the north by the Sitapur district. Its area is 62 square miles, or 39,568 acres divided into 83 villages. The cultivated land is 27,634, and the uncultivated 11,934 acres; only 4,092 acres of the former are irrigated. The soil is mostly loam. The river Chauka flows on the east, and there is a little stream (the Sinnli) near the centre; both these take a south ward course, and do great damage to the bordering villages which are about 13 in Pumber. The land revenue amounts to Rs. 40,702, the tenure is as follows:- Taluqdari 46 villages. 7amindari Pattidari 34 ene 200 8 ET 10 17 Total 83 The population is 32,629; the number of the higher castes is 7,000. There is a registry office at the chief town (Muhammadpur). During the Nawabi Muhammadpur formed the centre of a district of the same name, but now it merely gives its name to a pargana. The taluqdari villages are held as follows - Raja Sarabjit Singh 32 villages. Ditto of Kapurthala Thakur Gumán Singh Rája Farzand All Kbez Dán Bahadur Singh Rája Amír Hasan Khan ... Kázim Hyben Khan 0 PU 71 to 5 3 2 2 1 3+ PO 31 10 BO 13 O. .60 Total 46 11 MUHAMMADPUR-Pargana MUHAMMADPUR—Tahsil FATEHPUR-Dis. trict BARA BANKI-Lies 23 miles north of the sadr, and 14 miles south- west of Bahramghat. It was founded by one Madan Singh about 400