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 BANDA TAHSIL AND TOWN. than two-thirds of the deaths are due to this cause

complaints of the bowels are most

occasionally

is

[For further information

see the Gazetteer for the North-Western 61-137 (Allahabad, 1874); the Census Report for North-Western Provinces, 1881 and the Provincial Administration

Banda

regarding

Provinces, vol. the

of other diseases

Cattle-disease

fatal.

but not to any great extent.

prevalent,



55

i.

District,

pp.



Repoj-ts,

1880-82.]

Banda. si.sting

— TahsU of Banda

District,

North-Western Provinces, con-

of a level lowland, intersected by the river Ken.

Area, 427-8

square miles, of which 290 are cultivated; population (1881) 120,578 souls; land revenue, ;^2o,7ii; total revenue (including cesses)

civil and 8 criminal courts, with strength of 3 police circles {thdnds) regular police, 262 men, besides village watchmen {c/iauktddrs). Banda. Chief town and administrative head - quarters of Banda District, North-Western Provinces. Stands on an undulating plain, 1 mile east of the right bank of the Ken river distant 95 miles southwest from Allahabad, 190 miles south-east from Agra, and 560 miles
 * ^23,244; rental paid by cultivators, ^48,703; incidence of Government revenue, 2s. iifd. per acre of total area. The tahsil contains 2

—



north-west from Calcutta.

25° 28' 20" n., long. 80° 22'

Lat.

15"

e.

Population (1881) 28,974, comprising 20.459 Hindus; 7998 Muhammadans; 249 Jains; 262 Christians; and 6 others.’ Municipal income in Area of town site, 3483 acres. Population in 1872, 27,746. ‘

1880-81, ^3001, of which ^^2190 was derived from octroi. Banda is a modern town, deriving its first importance from the residence of the

Nawab

of Banda, and later on from

its

Nawab

After the removal of the

rising position as a cotton

1858, owing to his disBand. District), the town began to decline, while the growth of Rajapur as a rival cotton emporium mart.

loyalty during

in

the Mutiny (see

has largely deprived

Banda of

its

principal trade.

The

population

has accordingly decreased from 42,411 in 1853 to 28,974 in 1881. It is a straggling and ill-built town, but with clean, wide streets, con-

Hindu

taining 66 mosques,

161

of which possess

architectural merit

fair

pensary, school-house, church.

temples,

and

5

tahsili,

The Nawab’s

some

Jain temples, court-house,

jail,

palace has been

dis-

jiartly

demolished, partly converted into dwelling-houses. The antiquities of the place comprise the ruins of a palace built by the Ajaigarh Rajas

tomb of Guman Singh, Raja of

good preservation and the remains of the Bhuragarh fort beyond the Ken, stormed by the British forces in 1804. The cantonments are one mile from the town, the

Jaitpur, in



on the Fatehpur road.

Banda.

— Tahsil

between 23° 17'

45"

E.

53'

long.

in

Sagar (Saugor) District, Central Provinces, lying

and 24°

26' n.

lat.,

and between 78°

42' 45"

and 79°

Area, 701 square miles, of which 202 are cultivated