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that in Fatehpur, where the bighas and maunds are both turned out from inspection of a number of village papers that 1,772 regulation bighas equalled 5,141 village bighas; therefore each village bigha equals 1,040 square yards. There 4f make an acre, but here, as elsewhere, the bigha was quite arbitrary, varying from 750 to 1,200 square yards. I

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Principal castes. The principal castes of Bara Banki are as with their respective numbers

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Julaha

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Kunjra

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Ahir

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