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66 MUZAFFARKHANA-MUZAFFARNAGAR. a quarter of a mile north of the town, at the intersection of the Dera Gháại Khán and Alípur roads. Muzaffarkhana (Musafirkhána). -- Tahsil or Sub-division of Sultánpur District, Qudh ; bounded north by Rám Sanehi Ghát and Bíkánpur tahsils, east by Sultánpur, south by Raipur, and west by Salon and Maharajganj. Muzaffarkhána comprises the 3 parganás of Isauli, Jagdispur, and Gaura Jamún. Area, 396 square miles, of which 224 are cultivated. Population (1869) 247,726; (1881) 22 1,229, namely, males 106,984, and females 114,245, showing a decrease since 1869 of 26,497, or of 10'7 per cent in twelve years. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881-Hindus, 186,552, and Msuhammadans, 34,677. Average density of population, 556 persons per square mile. Of the 433 towns and villages comprising the parganá, 272 contain less than five hundred inhabitants. Land revenue, £28,083. In 1884, Muzaffarkhána tahsil contained i civil and i criminal court, with 4 police circles (thánás), a regular police force of 52 men, and a village watch or rural police of 926 chaukidárs. Muzaffarnagar. - District in the Lieutenant-Governorship of the North-Western Provinces, lying between 29° 11' 30" and 29° 45' 15" N. lat., and between 77° 3' 45" and 78° 10' 45" e. long. Area, 1656 square miles. Population (1881) 758,444 persons. Muzaffarnagar is a District of the Meerut (Merath) Division. It is bounded on the north by Saháranpur District; on the east by the river Ganges, separating it from Bijnaur District; on the south by Meerut (Merath) District; and on the west by the Jumna (Jamuná) river, separating it from the Punjab District of Karnál. The administrative head-quarters are at the town of MUZAFFARNAGAR. Physical Aspects. -- The District of Muzaffarnagar lies near the northern extremity of the Doáb or great alluvial plain between the Ganges and the Jumna, and shares to a large extent in the general monotony of that level region. Its central portion consists of an elevated plateau, cut into three unequal divisions by the rivers Hindan and Kali Nadi, whose confluence takes place near the southern boundary of the District. The first of these divisions, that lying close along the bank of the Ganges, is covered in its northern part by one continuous swanıp, which results from the overflow of the little river Soláni and percolation from the Ganges Canal. South of this marshy tract stretches the khádar or low-lying valley of the Ganges, over which the river runs freely in every direction, frequently changing its course, and rendering cultivation hazardous or impracticable. At places patches of tillage may be scen amid the rank vegetation with which the khádar is overrun, but the grcater part is densely covered by coarse grasses, interspersed with occasional clumps of tamarisk. In this tract, too, percolation from