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 164 PIR with Piháni; since then Piháni was selected as the headquarters of the ziladar, and consequently Piháni was converted into a pargana. Some 100 years ago a combat took place at village Zamúr between the Sayyads of Pihani and the Gaurs. The zamindars of Pihani are of various castes- Rajputs, Brahmans, Káyaths, and Muhammadans. PIRNAGAR Pargana*-Tahsil SITAPUR--District SITAPUR.--- Pargana Pírnagar is bounded on the north and north-east by pargana Biswán, on the north-west by pargana Khairabad, on the west by pargana Machh- rehta, on the east by pargana Bári, and on the south by pargana Gund- lamau. It is separated from Machhrehta and Gundlamau by the river Saráyan and from Khairabad by the Gon, which flows into the Sarayan at the town of Pírnagar, the Saráyan flowing into the Gumti at Hindaura Ghát. The Saráyan is a very winding river, and the lands on either side of it are high and barren and cut up by ravines. The jungle here is consider- able; there is a deal of usár land; water is found, where found at all, at a great depth, 49 feet from the surface; wells cannot be dug at all in the neighbourhood of the ravines. But in the centre of the district the character of the soil is quite different; there wells are dug with ease. The productive powers of the soil are good; the land is level. There are no hills or forests. The pargana is a small one being only 44 square miles in extent, of which 28 are cultivated. The detail is as follows: Acres 17,770 cultivated. 4,224 culturablo. 21,994 asacased. 15 reut-free. 5,947 barren, 5,962 Total 27,956 The population numbers 15,295, and is distributed thus :- Hindus agricultural Musalmans agricultural non-agricultural 5,379 non-agricultural ... 14,220 1,075 These live in 2,935 houses, each of which thus is occupied by 5.2 indivi- duals. The Musalmans are 7 per cent of the whole population ; and to each head of tho entire agricultural population there are 1-9 acres of cul-. tivatod land, and 24 of málguzári. This proportion agrees with what obtains in parganas Khairabad and Sitapur. The incidence of the revised jama is as follows: Ou cultivated area 1 3 8 per acre. On nálguzari 14 73 3) > 17 8,841 370 705 » TO 0 15 4 29 13 On total area 16
 * By Mr. M. L. Ferrar, B.A., C.Si, Assistant Commissiobcr.