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 306 SAR The main products are wheat and barley which occupied at survey nearly half the cultivated area, more than a fifth was cropped with bájra and juár, the rest was chiefly covered with cotton, sugarcane, gram, arhar, paddy, másh, and moth. Tho areas returned as under cotton, cane, tobacco, poppy, and indigo were respectively 1,783, 1,686, 2,518, and 8 acres. The climate is not exceptionally bad, but with so many marshes the pargana cannot be salubrious. Kankar is found in Kursoli, Basoha, Bári, and Kutla Saráe. The eighty-five villages are thus distributed :- Gaurs Janwar's Sombangis ... Ráthors Brahmans ... Muhammadans 6 Káyaths Ahírs Government 39 1 120 1 104 14 Only one of these villages is taluqdari ; 40 are zamindari ; 43 imperfect pattidari; one is bhayyachára. The Government demand excluding cesses is Rs. 60,132, a rise of 31:30 per cent. over the summary assessment. It falls at Rc. 1-15-5 on the culti- vated acre, Re. 1-0-8 per acre of total area, Rs. 14-1-2 per plough, Rs. 2-6-0 per head of agricultural, and Re. 1-11-6 per bead of total population. Population is 389 to the square mile, or a total of 34,972 ; Hindus to Muhammadans are 33,375 to 1,597; males to females 19,052 to 15,920; agriculturists to non-agriculturists 25,069 to 9,903 ; Chamárs are a sixth of the whole; Pásis a seventh ; Brahmans an eighth; Chhattris only an eleventh; Ahírs, Vaishyas, and Garerias predominate among the remainder. There are village schools at Hariáon, Baholia, Ant, Amrauli, Dhanwar, Todarpur, and Saádatnagar, There ar no religious fairs; the pargana is thus mentioned in the Ajn-i- Akbari. . . 139 Pargana Sara, Dastár Pali, Sarkár Khairabad, zamindars Chauhans. Area 68,832 bighas. Garrison 500 Infantry : 60 Suwárs. Revenue, mál... 20,91,988 dáns, Siác 8,666 Jâms. I am indebted to Mr. McMinu for the following historical notes :- " The pargana was formerly occupied by Thatheras, who may or may not be identical with the Bhars of Sultanpur, who afterwards spread to the Chanbal and the Ganges. Then Chamar Gaurs came in from about ton miles north of Bijnaur in Jai Chand's time. They came in under two chiefs, bringing with thom Dichhit Brahmans, who up to date are their