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 204 RAE CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. The people, their castes – Table of area and population--Religion-Fairs-Urban population-Condition of the people-Tepures—List of Caluqdars-Table exhibiting tribal distribution of property-Extracts from the settlemeot report regarding proprietary possessions. The people : their castes.--Rae Bareli is essentially a rural and a Hindu district. The population is mainly agricultural; there are hardly any manufactures except a little glass at Dalmau, coarse cloth at Jais, and such matters. The culture of the earth is the main stay of the people. The Brahmans are the most numerous caste; they number 128,575. Then come the Abírs 115,534, the Chamárs 81,853, the Chhattris 73,320. Compared to the average of Oudh districts the proportion of high caste is larger than usual. Nor is this unaccountable. Rae Bareli has been for centuries the seat of a Hindu authority, but little controlled by the Musalman Lord Paramount. The peculiarities of its land tenure thence arising will be afterwards considered, here it may only be remarked that Chhattris and Brahmans naturally crowded to a country practically governed by their co-religionists. The following table shows the population and area of the district in detail District Rae Bareli, Area and Population. Area in square British Population. Pargana. miles. statute No. of mauzas or each square mile. Tahsil. LALGANJ. Dalmau Sareni Khiron ... 292 253 121 138,757 ... 169 114 61 64,021 123 toal 56 56,866 6,381 1,208 1,918 72,185 82,027 29,091 72,968 145,088 578 33,202 66,229 572 29,193 68,284 571 440 Cultivat- Elle eller townships, la Total. Total 084 469 298 269,144 9,457 189,263 135,848 268,601 672 RAE BABELT. Rae Bareli 19,969 106,117 106,416! 212,638 574 Total 140 363 371) 201 199,564 12,969 106,117 106,416 912,588 549 Bed DIGBIJAIGARS, L-D Inlaupa Bachbráwán Kumhrávani Hardoi Simrauta Mohanganj 77 100! 58! 94 58 70 23 24 97 75 80 82 11 44 391 48,841 48,090) 38,474 14,968) 56,841 42,950 8,678 28,282 2,777 25,507 859 19,998 748 7,808 1,990 29,671 4,381 23,478) 29,237 25,360 19,840 7,898 29,260 23,806 57,619 575 50,967 541 39,838 562 15,706 664 58,770 60G 47,281 591 012 Total M. 364 465 219 260,159 29,318) 134,576 134,901 269,477 679
 * 363 371 200 199,564