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— Pargand in Lucknow District, Oudh Lucknow and Kakori pargands, on the

Bijnaur. north by



bounded on the

by those of Mohanlalganj and Sisaindi, and on the south and west by Undo District. A bare and desolate tract, owing to the extent of uncultivable tracts impregnated with saline efflorescence (usar). Around the however, the cultivation

villages,

is

very

fair,

east

the ordinary grains

all

and pulses being grown. Area, 148 square miles, of which only 60 are cultivated, and, owing to the reason stated above, probably the limit of cultivation has been reached. The average incidence of the Government land revenue demand is at the rate of 2s. ojd. per acre of total area, 3s. 6|d. per acre of assessed area, and 5s. ojd. per acre of cultivated area. The average rate of rent paid by ordinary cultivators is about 17s. pd. per acre, the average size of a husbandman’s holding being 3J- acres. Of the no villages or towns w'hich make up the pargand, nearly one-half are held by Chauhan Rajputs, 23 by Brahmans, and the remainder by Muhammadans. The total number of separate estates

in,

is

htmg

the chief tenure

zaminddri.

Population (1881)

60,065, namely, 31,615 males and 28,450 females; average density of population, 405 per square mile. One metalled and two unmetalled

roads intersect the pargand, as also the with a station at Harauni. station at

Bani bridge on the

Bijnaur. —Town

Lucknow

city,

in

26° 56' N., long. 80° 84'

taken

its

name

Sai.

Lucknow

with which

Lucknow and Cawnpur Railway,

Police station at Banthra, with outpost

Government schools District,

Oudh



in 6 villages.

8 miles south

of

connected by an unmetalled road. Lat. Said to have been founded by, and to have Raja, a Pasi, who built the great fort of

it is

E.

from, Bijlf

and was probably driven During Muhammadan rule, the town was the head-quarters from which the pargand of the same name was administered, and a place of considerable trade. At the present Nathawan, a mile

out by the

day

it

first

to the north of the town,

Musalman

invaders.

has sunk into a quiet agricultural

village,

with a few brick houses,

Musalman gentry. Population Once (1881) 3370, namely, 2141 Hindus, and 1229 Muhammadans. celebrated for its fine cotton cloths, but the manufacture has now the residences of

greatly

fallen

Government

some of

off,

school.

under

the decayed

the

competition of English

piece-goods.

Just outside the town on the south are the ruins

of the old fort, where the Government officials used to reside ; and on the west are extensive remains of brick tombs, built over the Muhammadans who fell at the time of the conquest of the country.

—

One of the Eastern Dw'ars attached to Goalpara District, Bijni. Assam. Area, 374’i9 square miles; population (1881) 24,882. Area under cultivation, i42'7i square miles; 12-56 square miles have been declared ‘forest reserves,’ out of a total of 190 square miles proposed as protected forest.’ The Raja of Bijni claims descent from ‘