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 262 RAM The population of 8,791 is thus distributed -- B. 1 Hindus, agricultural non-agricultural 5,068 3,832 1) 109 8,602 TH ter 10 Musalmans, agricultoral non-agricultural 88 163 99 vod 191 against 104 of an acre of cultivated land per head of agricultural population there are 2.1 acres of culturable land. The pargana is, indeed, in a very backward condition; its present pro- prietors, Janwar Rajputs, having done nothing for it since annexation, and in this they contrast very unfavourably with their predecessor Hardeo Bakhsh (see town Rámkot), who did so much for the property. The pre- sent proprietors are his sons, Kalka Bakhsh and Ganga Bakhsh, and they own the entire pargana (Rámkot), which consists of 12 demarcated villages. With the exception of the very fine tanks in Rámkot itself, there is no structure in the whole pargana deserving of notice. The Hindus are distributed thus : Brahmans 1,367, Rajputs 361, Baniáns 337, Ahirs 899, Pásis 665, Chamárs 1,157, and the whole population lives in 1,343 houses, each of which thus contains on average 54 individuals.. There are 439 to the square mile. The Musalmans are only 2.2 per cent. of the entire population, and are all of a humble rank in life, Juláhas principally. The incidence of the revised reveuue falls as follows 40. On oacultivated area On assessed area On total Rs. 8. P. 1 10 9 0 0 16 7 12 The history as given by the oldest inhabitants is as follows :—When Rám Chandar was on his pilgrimage, he sojourned on the spot where now stands Rámkot. Here he founded a fort, the remains of which are extant in the form of a díh (mound) to the present day. But Rám went on in his pilgrimage, and the place decayed. Subsequently a tribe of Kachberas, acquired the district, and held it down to 1707 A.D., when they were dispossessed by the ancestor of the present taluqdars, and his descendants have held it ever since. The history of the pargana is the history of the town, to which the reader is referred. Hardeo Bakhsh abovementioned did a good deal for the pargana. He made roads, planted avenues, dug wells, and caused the increase of culti- vation. On his death in 1842 Ă.D. his widow succeeded him, and she managed the estate for her two infant sons, Kálka Bakhsh and Ganga Bakbsh, with prudence and success down to her death in 1853. After that