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BANGAR—BANGARAIA U number of towns

or villages, 736

— of houses,

73

70,236, of which 68,144

are occupied; average density of the population, 558 per square mile ; number of villages per square mile, I'lg, and of houses, io8‘22; number

of persons per occupied house, 4'82.

The

Sub-division was created in

i860, and comprises the 5 thatids (police circles) of Bangaon, Maheshpur, Ganapota, Sarsha, and Gaighata. In 1883, it contained i criminal

and

3 civil courts; strength of regular police, 78 {chmtkuidrs), 850.

men;

village

watchmen

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Bangar. Pargand in Hardoi tahsil, Hardoi District, Oudh bounded on the north by Barwan, on the east by Gopamau and Balamau (the river Sai marking the boundary line), on the south by Mallanwan, and on the west by Sdndi and Bilgrdm pargands. Formerly included in pargand, and separated from it in 1807. A populous and fairly-tilled tract, well wooded and watered, comprising an area of 143 square miles, of which 85 are cultivated. Numerous jhih and wells afford the means of irrigation. Staple products barley, bdjrd, wheat, arhar, and gram. Government land revenue, ^^8599 population (1881) 65,652, viz. 36,392 males and 29,260 females. The

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different tenures

villages;

under which the

zaintnddrt,

38;

villages are held are

pattiddri,

bhdydchdra,

44;

tdliikddri, i.

The

1

chief

landed proprietors are the Chamar Gaurs, who hold 44^ villages ; the Gohelvvars and Dhakaras hold 19 each; Kayasths, 10; Sayyids, 2 and Brahmans and Ahirs, i each. Four unmetalled roads intersect the

pargand ; and the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, which runs within a mile of the eastern border, affords another means of communication.

Hardoi Town,

the

head-quarters of the

northern apex of the pargand.

Schools

District, is

at

situated in the

Hardoi and two other

Three bi-weekly markets. Pargand in Safipur tahsil, Unao District, Oudh bounded on the north by Mallanwan and Kachhandan pargands in Hardoi District, on the east by Mohan and Asiwan, on the south by Fatehpur, and on the west by the Ganges river, which separates it from Cawnpur District. A small pargand, 19 miles long and 14 broad, comprising an area of 175 square miles or 112,377 acres, of which 65,833 are cultivated and 26,104 cultivable but not under the plough, Government land while the rest is barren. Soil chiefly loam and clay.

villages.

Bangamiau.

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revenue, ^13,714, at the rate of 2s. 3d. per acre. Tdlukddr'i, under the different tenures as follows

pukhtaddri,

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Land

is

held

25,600 acres



1986; zaniitiddri, 53,741 ; bhdydchdra, 1865; pattiddri, Population (1881) 92,656, and Government, 408 acres. 28,776, viz. 49,225 males and 43,431 females; number of villages, 149; 7 bi-weekly markets, and 2 small fairs near the Ganges. Bangannau. Town in Saflpur tahsil, Unao District, Oudh, on the Lat. 26° road from Unao to Hardoi ; 31 miles from the former town.

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