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 4 NAN The eastern portion lies high, and forms a part of that table-laud which acts as the watershed of the two river systems of the Rápti and the Gogra. The western half of the pargana is a portion of the basin of the latter river and its affluent the Sarju, which joins the main river just below Khairighát, and has been chanpelled in all directions by these streams in their wanderings over the country. This section is peculiarly fertile, having a rich yet light alluvial soil which requires no irrigation, and but little labour to induce it to yield very fine crops. The pargana is not so well wooded as its neighbours to the south ; only 171 per cent. being grove. land. The proximity of the jungle tracts, however, in some degree com- pensates it for this drawback. There is an immense area of culturable waste land, there being 213 square miles of it to 257 square miles of culti- vation out of a total area of 523 square miles. Irrigation there is none, except in the higher lying villages to the east. Here, as in the Bahraich pargana, there is every facility for irrigation, the water being near the surface. The following shows the areas of land under the main staples of the pargana > Acres. Acres. Wheat Indian-corn 10,408 Barley - 19,044 kice 18,777 Wheat and barley mixed 5,761 Rape seed 5,970 Sugarcane ... 69 Other grains Arlar and lalira ... 79,464 2,444 .. 40 OP 1. 1. vo 11 PEE The revenue demand is distributed as follows: Incidence of Government demand per acre. Clabe of village. Number of villages. Area in square miles. Government demand. On cultivation. On total assess- able area. On total area Rs. 2, p. Rs. a. p. RB, 2. p. Rs. El p. 2,280 0 0 0 8 al 0 6.90 5 6 8 20 Perpetual settle- ment. 30 years ditto, Talngdari (10 years ditto, 290 8 439 1,90,920 0 27 3,970 0 0 4 ] 031 mil o 10 11 O O 11 5 0.6 6 0 3 10 Total 306 476 1,97, 170 00 I 9 5 0 11 7 0 10 4 Independent villages Revenue-free for hifetime only, 32 31 21 1,569 2 6 1 6 2 0 14 5 0 13 3 1. GRAND TOTAL ... 331 480 1,98,7392 6). 1 3 6 0 21 7 0 10 5
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