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 error. melhár 118 PAR belonged to. Of the detailed percentage, it appears that the Sombansi is the most numcrous; then the Bachgoti, the Bais, the Kanhpuria, and the Bisen ; but the absence of detail in the whole, of course, renders any calculation based on the above fractional data very liable to considerable The Bais of this district are not the Tilokchandi Bais of Baiswara, but come of an inferior stock, and go by the name of Kath bais. They are of course not recognized by the former. At the same time I entirely concur in Mr. Carnegy's argument, that the Bais have but little to boast of in comparison with other Rajput tribes, as regards either antiquity or purity of religion and descent. There is another Bais family in Itaura in the Salon Pargana who call themselves Bais chaudbris.* Chhattri landed proprietors.—I append a statement showing the distri- bution of zamindarí rights in mauzas and hamlets, t- as vested at present in the different Rajput clans of the district:- Taluqdari vil- Zamindari vil- Clan, Villages held in lages. lages. sub-settlement. Bachgoti ... 683 Sombansi 360 Bisen 632 Kanhpuria 120 Dirgbaysi... 16 Bilkharia 4 21 Gautam 6 7 Gharwar Khágal Kosik Paribas Múngarha Total 1,722 10 35 154 20 128 14 86 54 41 9 47 2 Bais (Kuth Bair) Bais Chaudhri) Raikwár Chandel ... Bach . . .. 387 262 The most extensive proprietors are the Bachgotis, next come the Bisens, then the Somhansis, and lastly thc Kanbpurias. After these, the holdings of the remaining Rajput tribes are comparatively insignificant, and call for no special remarks. Vaishyas. - The Vaishyas represent the Banián or chief trading class of the district. The Agarwala is rarely met with; the Baranwala more frequently. Another subdivision, the Sarawak, also professing the Jain religion (but not alluded to by Mr. Williams in his census report), exists in small numbers. The most common sects are perhaps the Agrahri and Ajodhya-bashi in tahsils Partabgarb and families of tbe Bais.
 * I have, I am sorry to say, been unable to discover the origin and history of these two
 * 1) In the old district.