— BANNU—BANSA.
97
Mission School at Edwardesabad also receives a grant
— Edwardesabad,
The
in aid.
following towns are municipalities constituted under Act
iv.
ot
1873
and Kalabdgh. The aggregate population within municipal limits is 25,776, and the aggregate municipal per income for the year 1881-82 amounted to ^^3637, or 2s. Laki, Isakhel,
head.
Medical Aspects.
—The
climate
marked by
is
during the
characteristics of extreme heat
No
siderable cold during the winter.
The Edwardesabad cantonment, and
the
record of temperature
The
and August.
The
the Bannuchis.
The
November and December. Bannu District, see the Punjab
The
for 1881,
total
death-rate seems to be highest
[For further information regarding
in
for
also very
is
Meteorological Report returns the average annual
1881 was ii'9 inches.
Census Report
Bannu
months are those of July
twenty years ending 1881 at i3’42 inches.
rainfall for the
rainfall in
rainy
conkept.
and remittent
Disease of the spleen
fevers being especially prevalent.
is
the irrigated portion of the
valley generally, are extremely unhealthy, intermittent
common among
Punjab
usual
summer months, and
1884), the Punjab and the Provincial Administration Reports Gazetteer (Lahore
1880 to 1882.]
Bannu.
— Tahsil of
Bannu
Punjab, forming the northern
District,
Kurram and Tochi
portion of the circular basin drained by the rivers or Gambila,
and enclosed on three
44' 30" to 33°
5'
45"
by a mongrel Afghan
N., long.
tribe
by
sides
70° 24' 30" to 71°
known
Lat. 32°
lofty mountains. o'
30"
as Bannuchis.
Inhabited
E.
Area, 445 square
miles; population (1881) 107,159, namely, 59,396 males and 47,763 females; average density of population, 241 per square mile. Area
under
cultivation,
The
2,989.
124,675
acres.
administrative
Revenue
staff
of
consists
the
tahsil
a
Deputy
of
(1883),
Com-
missioner, a Judicial Assistant, 3 Assistant or extra-Assistant Commissioners, a tahsilddr, and a 7nunsif. These officers preside over 7 civil
and revenue and 6 criminal
{thdnds 4
courts.
strength of regular police,
1 1 1
Number of police circles men of village watchmen
{chaukiddrs), 200.
Bannu Punjab.
(or
See
Banpd,S.
Edwardesdbdd).
— Head-quarters
of
Bannu
District,
Edwardesabad.
—Village
District, Bengal.
in
the
head-quarters
Population (1881) 3662.
Sub-division
of Bardwan
Noted
manufacture
for its
of brass and bell-metal ware, and cutlery.
— Estate Bansa. — Town Banpur.
Central Provinces.—
or za 777 tnddri in Brirha tahsil,
BaHghat
District,
Bhanpur.
in Hardoi District, Oudh ; 6 miles north-east of Population (1881) 2304, living in 292 houses. A thriving village held by Kanaujia Kurmis for upwards of seven centuries, to VOL. II. G
Mallanwan.
