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PAKIUR-PH/KTAL. 531 Paithan by Klirishna Bhat, the spiritual adviser of a Rájá who ruled at Paithan about the middle of the 14th century A.D.—See article RITPUR for an account of this sect. Pákaur. — Sul) - division of the District of the Santál Parganas, Bengal. With Rajmahal, it used to form one of the Sub-Districts of the Santál l'arganís, up till 1873, when it was constituted a magisterial outpost of Dumki. In 1881 it was made a distinct Sub-division of the Santál Parganas District. Trea, 683 square niles, with 1251 villages and 25,794 houses. Total population (1881) 201,919, namely, males 101,505, and fenuales 103,414. Density of population, 300 persons per square mile; villages per square mile, 1.83; persons per village, 164; houses per square nule, 3S S; persons per house, 7'). The great bulk of the population is composed of aboriginal tribes, the non - Hindus nunibering 120,586, or 58:9 per cent., of whom Santáls numbered 102,499; Kols, 321 ; and other aboriginal tribes, 17,766. The Hindus (also including a number of Santáls returned as Hindus by religion) numbered 58,212, or 28.5 per cent. ; Muhammadans, 25,712, or 126 per cent.; and Christians, 379. In 1883, the Sub-division contained 2 civil and 2 criminal courts; a regular police force of 41 men, and a rural or village police of 448 chaukurs. Pak-chan.-River in Mergui District, 'Tenasserim Division, Lower Burma. Rising in the main watershed of the Province, in lat. 10° 48' 14" X., and long. 98° 55' 10" E., it is for the first 15 miles of its course a mountain torrent, with a rocky bed. Lower down, it is joined by several affluents, and widens to about 100 feet, being navigable up to this portion of its course by small boats from July to December. For about 30 miles, as far as the Siamese village of Kra, tlie general direction of the river is south-west ; after this it becomes exceedingly tortuous. The other principal tributaries are the Vía-li-won, the Kya-un, and the Maynan-naw-ey. The Pak-chan falls into the Bay of Bengal at Victoria Point; its total length is 78 miles. The territory on the right bank is called Ma-li-won, and belongs to the British. On the left are the Siamese Provinces of Kra and Re-naung, which are considered valuable for their lead and tin mines. At Kra the stream is 250 feet broad; it gradually increases in width towards its mouth, where the distance from shore to shore is 21 miles. Tidal influence is felt in the dry season for 10 miles above Kra, at which place the rise at spring-tides is 8 feet. Immediately opposite the village an island has been formed, which is acknowledged as British territory. Colonel Fytche, in the rainy season of 1864, succeeded in reaching Kra in the ship Nemesis, to meet the Siamese chiefs, and settle the southern boundary of British Burma. Pakhal. – Large lake or tank in Haidarábád State (Nizam's Dominions), Southern India; situated close to Pakhal village, in lat. 179 57' 30" N., and long. 79° 59' 30" E. Pakhal lake is about 12 square