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 396 SIT numerous groves. There are many wells ; water being found at a depth of from 20 to 28 feet from the surface of the ground. Beside the bazars in the town of Sitapur there are others at Artia, Sar- di, Khamolia, and Kania. There are no places of special historical interest in the pargana, and the only sacred buildings deserving notice are the Qázi's Imámbára, the Shiwála of Shámnáth, Mahadeo, and a temple in honour of the mythical Sita-all in the town of Sitapur. The population as estimated at the census of 1869 is as follows :- Hindus, agricultural 21,790 Musalman, agricultural 1,050 non-agricoltural 20,035 non-agricultural 7,021 Total Hindus 41,825 Total Musalmans 8,071 The total population of the pargana being 49,896, or 434 to the square milo. " 39 The Musalmans form about 16 per cent of the entire population, and the principal castes of the Hindus are Brahmans 6,036, Rajputs 3,918. Káyaths 1,117, Ahirs 2,657, Pasis 4,092, Chamárs 6,725, Kahárs 1,596, Lodhs 1,085, Murkos 1,766, Kurmis 1,196. The amount of cultivated land per head of agricultural population is 1-90 of an acre, and of assessed land 24. There are no mines or quanies in the pargana with the exception of some inconsiderable kankar diggings, lime being manufactured from the kankar. The manufacture of sugar is also carried on to some extent, and with these exceptions the productions of the district under notice are of the ordinary description. The present assessment amounts to Rs. 66,079, being an increase of Rs. 9,868, or 171 per cent on the summary settlement, and giving the following incidence : On cultivated land 13 6 per acre., 299egsed 1 3 2 total area 0 15 11 >> The pargana contains 9,697 houses, which gives an average of 5:1 individuals to each house. Of 159 villages only five are owned by taluqdars, and of the remaining 154 so many as 115 are held by Gaur Chhattris, and only nine by the Nandwani Chauhaus who proceded them in the dominion of the district. The climate is good, the productive powers of the soil a good average, and the state of agriculture fair. The reats are almost entirely paid in kind. The history of the pargana is traditional only and is as follows:-Rám Chandar and his consort Sita are said to have sojourned in the place 404 . 5) &G 14? IPO