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 BILHAUR TAHSIL AND TOWN.

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stone bas-reliefs,

and

pillars,

capitals of old

Hindu columns.

Great

blocks of stone and ka?ikar mark what are believed to be the remains of the old fort and temple of Srinagar and the Sagar tank, constructed

by Raja Sri Ram. Population (i88i) 11,067, namely, 6353 Hindus, and 4714 Muhammadans; area of town site, 200 acres. Municipal revenue in 1880, ^£2^6, or 4d. per head of municipal population. Principal buildings

—the

tahsili

courts,

police station,

school, sardi,

imdmbdra, and several mosques. The two bdzdrs were constructed by the Nawab Mehndi Ali Khdn, as also the large and important grain mart at Rafaatganj, half a mile south of the town, whence large quantities of wheat and barley are despatched to Kanauj, Farukhabdd, and Cawnpur. The principal articles made in Bilgram are brass pan boxes, shoes, and sweetmeats. Bilgram is also noted as the birthplace of several famous Muhammadan poets, historians, and Government officials. Tahs'il of Cawnpur District, North-Western Provinces, Bilhaur. lying along the southern bank of the Ganges. Area, 187 square miles, of which 15 1 are cultivated; population (1881) 100,654; land

—

watered by two streams. Through the north flows the Isan, which, until close to its junction with the Ganges, runs
 * ^2 1,675 rental paid by cultivators,

revenue,

^19,353

total revenue,



tahsil

1

is

parallel with that river.

south-west boundary.

The Pandu flows near and parallel to the The soil through which the Pandu passes is

hard consistent loam {dihna), with an almost level surface, out of which

That

the bed of the river appears to have been cut with difficulty. traversed by the Isan consists, on the contrary, of light sandy easily

soil,

eroded by the action of water, or blown by the winds into

A

undulating hillocks.

considerable portion of the iahstl

is

irrigated,

from the numerous distributaries of the Cawnpur branch of the Ganges Canal, or from wells. The Grand Trunk Road crosses the tahsil from south-east to north-west, with encamping grounds at Pura and Arwal. The tahsil contains i criminal court, with 2 police

either

stations {thdnds)



strength of regular police, 36

men



village

watchmen

{chaukiddrs), 230.

—Town

North-Western Provinces, and Grand Trunk Road, 34 miles north-west of Cawnpur, 4 miles from the Ganges, and i from the Bilhaur.

in

Cawnpur

head-quarters of Bilhaur

Isan.

Lat.

26° 50'

tahsil.

District,

Lies on the

10" n., long.

80°

6'

30"

e.



population (1881)

5889, namely, 3621 Hindus and 2268 Muhanrunadans ; area of town A small municipal income for police and conservancy site, 100 acres. Centre of purposes is raised under the provisions of Act xx. of 1856.

The

public buildings

local disturbance during the

Mutiny of 1857.

consist of a

police station, imperial post-office, school

tahsili., first-class

and road bungalow. Unmetalled roads connect the town with abad and Makanpur.

Rasiil-