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76 MUZAFFARNAGAR TAHSIL AND TOIVN. average rainfall, for a period of upwards of thirty years ending 1881, was 32'13 inches. In 1881 the rainfall was 27 inches, or 5'13 inches below the average. The principal endemic diseases are malarious fevers, dysentery, and diarrhea. Fever also occurs in an epidemic form; and cholera and small-pox frequently visit the District. In 1883 the total number of deaths reported was 21,109, or 29:57 per thousand of the population; and of these, 18,399 were assigned to fever alone. The vital statistics for the previous five years showed an average death-rate of 37.94 per thousand. The cattle are occasionally attacked by epidemics of rinderpest, pleuro-pneumonia, and foot-and-mouth disease. In 1867 it was computed that 10 per cent of the cattle in Muzaffarnagar died from disease. Two charitable dispensaries afforded medical relief in 1883–84 to 322 in-door and 12,579 out-door patients. [For further information regarding Muzaffarnagar, see the Gazetteer of the NorthWestern Provinces, by E. T. Atkinson, Esq., C.S., vol. iii. (Government Press, Allahábád, 1876), pp. 439–749; also the Settlement Report of Muzaffarnagar District, by Messrs. A. Cadell, A. Colvin, and S. N. Martin (1873); the Census Report of the North-Western Provinces for 1881; and the several annual Administration and Departmental Reports of the North-Western Provinces Government.] Muzaffarnagar. - North-eastern tahsil of Muzaffarnagar District, North-Western Provinces, comprising the five parganás of Muzaffarnagar, Bajhera, Chartháwal, Purchhapur, and Gurdhánpur; stretching from the Ganges beyond the Hindan, intersected by the Şind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway, and watered by the Ganges Canal. Area, 457 square miles, of which 306 are cultivated. Population (1872) 174,427; (1881) 202,707, namely, males 110,864, and females 91,843; increase of population since 1872, 28,280, or 16'2 per cent. in nine years. Classified according to religion, there were in 1881—Hindus, 144,669; Muhammadans, 56,686; Jains, 1278; and others,' 74. Of the 265 towns and villages comprising the tahsil, 142 contain less than five hundred inhabitants. Land revenue, £29,968; total Government rerenue, £34,826; rental paid by cultivators, £75,869; incidence of Government revenue per acre, 2s, old. In 1883, Muzaffarnagar tahsil contained 13 civil and criminal courts (including the head-quarter courts of the District), 5 police circles (thánis), a regular police force of 208 men ; municipal police, 73; and a village watch of 333 chaukidiírs. Muzaffarnagar. — Town, municipality, and administrative headquarters of Muzaffarnagar District, North-Western Provinces; situated in lat. 29° 28' 10" N., and long. 77° 44' E., on the military road from Meerut to Landaur. Station on the Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway Population (1872) 10,793 ; (1881) 15,080, namely, males 8814, and females 6266. Hindus number 8972; Muhammadans, 5710; Jains 349; Christians, 35; and others,' 14. Area of town site, $80 acres.