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300 NIGOHAN TOIVV-VIHTOR. to the south and near the town of Nigohán, but to the north-west it is bare, and covered by wide barren plains. The soil along the Sai is light and sandy, and also along the banks of the Bank stream, which crosses the paryaná obliquely from the north, and joins the Sai to the south of Nigolán. This sandy land amounts to 20 per cent. of the cultivated area, and injuriously affects the general fertility. Except round the large villages, and in the south-west of the pargani, the cultivation is not so high as in the rest of the District. Area, 72 square miles, of which 39 are under cultivation. Population (1881) 32,331, namely, inales 10,487, and females 15,844. Government land revenue, £4754, equal to an incidence of 35. 9d. per acre on the cultivated area, 25. 4 d. per acre on the assessed area, or 2s. per acre on the total area - a lower rate than in any other pargani of Lucknow. The tenure is principally tálukdári; out of 77 villages comprising the parganá, 38 belong to tálukdárs, forming three estates. The only town with a population exceeding 2000 is SISSAINDI, but 7 others contain over 1000 inhabitants. Schools are maintained in five villages. The parganá is traversed by three roads-one running from Rái Bareli to Lucknow, another from Sissáindi to Mohanlalganj, while a third connects Nigohan and Sissáindi with Lucknow through Bijnaur (Bijnor) on one side, and with Lucknow and Sultánpur through Nagram on the other. Nigohán.—Town in Lucknow District, Oudh, and head-quarters of Nigohán parganá; situated 23 niles from Lucknow city, on the road to Rái Bareli. Population (1881) 1968, inhabiting 365 houses. Bráhmans are numerous, their principal means of subsistence being the large groves surrounding the village, which they have always held rent free. Market, and Government vernacular school. Nigriting.-Village in Sibságar District, Assam ; on the left or south bank of the Brahmaputra, about 16 miles north of the Sub-divisional town of Golághát. Nigriting is the principal garden of the Brahmaputra Tea Company. It is also the port for Golághát, and a stoppingplace for steamers plying on the Brahmaputra, which here disembark coolies and stores for the tea-gardens, and take return cargoes of tea. Nihálgarh Chak Jangla. — Town in Sultánpur District, Oudh; 36 miles west of Sultanpur town, on the road to Lucknow. Population (1881) 2016, namely, Hindus 1093, and Muhammadans 923. Three Hindu temples; police station; Government school. Nihtor.—Town in Dhámpur tahsil, Bijnaur (Bijnor) District, NorthWestern Provinces; situated in lat. 29° 19' 30" N., and long. 78° 25' 35" E., on the banks of the Gangan, upon the Dhampur road, 16 miles from Bijnaur town. Population (1881) 9686, namely, Muhammadans, 7001; Hindus, 2438; Jains, 242; and Christians, 8. The town con