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Pall-BLY-PALVA. 529 ing to a member of the Chaube family. The lands belonging to the family were partitioned in 1812. The area of Palra is 10 square miles, containing in villages. Population (1881) 4016. Hindus number 3892; Muhammadans, 72; and non-Hirdu aborigines, 52. Estimated revenue, £1300. The present chief is named Chaube Radha Charan. He received formal charge of the jigir in 1881. Pahra Khás, the capital of the State, contained in 1881 a population of 1184 persons. Pai-bin. — Creek in Bassein District, Irawadi Division, Lower Burma. It unites the DA-GA and BASSEIN rivers, and can be navigated in all seasons for about 18 miles, as far as the village of Re-dwin-gun. IDuring the dry weather this channel is tidal for about 30 miles from the Bassein mouth, and the water is then brackish ; in the rains it is sweet. Pai-gú. — Division, township, town, and river in Lower Burna.-See PEGU. Páila.-— Parçani in Kheri District, Oudh. This pargani formerly contained an area of 51 square miles, but has recently been enlarged by the inclusion of the neighbouring par nú of Karanpur. Present area, 103 square miles, of which 58 are cultivated. Population (according to the Census of 1881) 38,005, namely; 33,719 Hindus and 4286 Muhammadans. Number of villages, 117. Land revenue, 1967. Pailáni. - Tahsil or Sub-division of Banda District, North-1Vestern Provinces, lying along the south bank of the Jumna river, and intersected by its tributary, the Ken. It consists of a level plain, much broken up by ravines in the neighbourhood of the rivers. Area, 3615 square miles, of which 197 square miles are cultivated. Population (1869) 91,176; (1881) 83,033, namely, males 42,147, and feinales 40,886, showing a decrease in population in 13 years of 8143, or 8.9 per cent. Hindus number 77,600; Muhammadans, 5429 ; and others,' 4. Gorernment land revenue (1883), £17,867, or including local rates and cesses, £21,841. Rental paid by cultivators, £33,352. The tahsil contains i criminal court, with 3 police stations (thinús); strength of regular police, 55 men, besides 205 village watchmen (chaukidárs). Pailáni.–Village in Banda District, North-Western Provinces, and head-quarters of Pailani tahsil, situated on the Ken river, 21 miles north of Banda town. Of no importance, except as the head-quarters of the tahsil, for which it is inconveniently situated. The population, which is insignificant, consists for the most part of Gaur Thákurs. Market held twice a week. The village contains a mosque in good preservation, built in 1702 by Himmat Bahadur Kásim, the governor towards the close of Aurangzeb's reign. Páina (Pnia).--Town in Deoria tahsil, Gorakhpur District, NorthWestern Provinces ; situated on the unmetalled Barhaj and Lárh road, VOL. X. 2 L