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 — BASTI—BASURHA T.

214 to

make

The average annual

fevers prevalent.

fall

rainfall at Basti

1880 was 46 '63 inches.

for the fourteen years prior to

town

In 1881 the rain-

The northern

was 37 'lo inches, or 9'53 inches below the average.

portion of the District, being immediately under the

hills,

experiences

The extreme

ranges of temperature on record are from 71° F. in January to 105° in May 1871, and from 42° in January to 78° in

a heavier

fall.

In normal years, the heat in summer is never very intense, nor the cold of the winter months severe, the dampness of the air tempering both extremes. The total number of deaths registered in 1880-81 was 48,841, or 30 per thousand. There are 4 dispensaries

June 1872.

and Mendhawal

at Basti, Birdpur, Bansi,

during 1881-82 numbered 26,276. [For further information regarding



and the patients admitted

Basti,

the

see

Settlement

Report of the District (1871) in the Gorakhpur - Basti Settlement Report, and the North-Western Provinces Government Resolution thereon (1873); North- Vester71 Provinces Gazetteer^ vol. vi. pp. 552 to 730 (Allahabad, 1881); the North-Western Provinces Cetisus Report iox 1881; and Provincial Administration Reports for 1880 to 1883.]

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Tahstl of Basti District, North-Western Provinces. Area, 543 Basti. square miles, of which 348 are cultivated; population (1881) 313,327 ; land revenue, ;^28,26o; total revenue, ;^34,o54; rental paid by cultivators,

^67,354.

The

tahstl contains

courts, including the court of

stations {thdnds), 6

men



i

and 6 criminal

civil

an honorary magistrate ; number of police

strength of regular police, 63

men



village watch-

{chauktddrs), 422.

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Town of Basti Basti. 26“ 48' N., long. 82° 48'

Lat. North-Western Provinces. on the river Kuana, 40 miles distant from Faizabad, and 43 miles from Gorakhpur elevation above sea level, 291 feet. Population (1881) 5536, namely, Hindus 3832, and Muhammadans 1704; area, 115 acres. The town has no comDistrict,

E.



situated



mercial importance, and the District head-quarters are situated three miles distant.

school



Jail, post-office,

dispensary.

Government

offices, tahs’il'i

bridge across the river Kuana.

Basti Shekh.

—The most important suburb of Jalandhar (Jullundur)

town, Jalandhar District, Punjab, and forming a portion of Jalandhar municipality.

Population (1881) 5355, namely, 2904 males and 2651

Founded 1617 a.d. by Shekh Darvesh. Basurhdt. Sub-division of the District of the Twenty-four Parganas,

females.

—

Bengal, lying between

lat.

21° 30' 45"

and 22°

54' n.,

and between

long.

15" e.; area, 363 square miles; number of villages, houses, occupied 761; 50,633; population (1881) 323,061, namely, 166,136 Hindus, 156,731 Muhammadans, and 194 Christians; average

88° 36' and 89°

9'

density of population, 890 per square mile



villages per square mile.