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 58 PAN abundance. The climate good, water sweet, but some wells are brackish. There is one temple of Sagreshwar Mabadeo here. There is now a school here numbering 45 pupils, of whom 71 are Hindus and four Muhammadans. There are two markets weekly, but no fair, Total population, 3,852. Hindus 3,792, composed as follows :- Brahmans 1,975 Chhattris Mil. Kayáths... Pásí Ahírs Other caates 1,361 Muhammadans 60; temples 7, Shiwálas 4; platforms dedicated to Mahadeo 3. 71 120 265 31. .64 769 . 18 4 10. 44. I.. 7,769 228 . The annual sale of goods in the bazar amounts to Rs. 9,060;- Houses Mud-built 749 Masonry PANHAN Pargana* - Tahsil PURWA-District UNAO.-- Pargana Pan- ban, in tahsil Purwa, district Unao, is bounded on the west and north by pargana Purwa, on the east by pargana Mauránwán and the district of Rae Bareli , and on the south by the river Lon. Its greatest width is three miles and greatest length four miles, and the total area is 12,168 acres ; and population, according to census of 1869 A.D., 7,997 souls. Hindas Muhammadans The cultivated area bears but a small proportion to the total area, being only 5,281 acres ; but is well irrigated; the irrigated area being 4,227 acres and the unirrigated area 1,054 acres. The land devoted to cultivation of rabi crops is about double of that devoted to kbaríf. The pargana com- prises 23 mauzas (townships), of which 9 are taluqdari and 14 mufrad. Of the taluqdari mauzas (villages) none are held by under-proprietors. The nikási khám (gross rental) is at present Rs. 27,629, and of this Government takes Rs. 16,809. The surface of the pargana presents no striking features, and is a level plain except at the extreme south, where there is a slight inclination to the bed of the river Lon. There are no jungles, and but few groves through- out the pargana, but, babúl trees grow plentifully along the line of villages near the Lon on a tract of land where formerly salt was extensively manufactured. This trade has, however, disappeared as a private enterprise under British rule. The Lon indicates by its name that the land through which it passes is highly impregnated with salt. It flows from west to east passing the villages of Kákori, Baijuamau, Mírwan, Parsanda, Dainta, Bhagwantpur, and Biyáspur. The stream scarcely deserves the name of river. The flow of water is but scant when greatest, and the bed of the stream is completely dry in many places in the hot weather. On the Rae
 * By Mr, W. Hoey. C.S., Assistant Commissioner,