B//ITA UR—BIJNI.
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— Pargand in Lucknow District, Oudh Lucknow and Kakori pargands, on the
Bijnaur. north by
bounded on the
by those of Mohanlalganj and Sisaindi, and on the south and west by Undo District. A bare and desolate tract, owing to the extent of uncultivable tracts impregnated with saline efflorescence (usar). Around the however, the cultivation
villages,
is
very
fair,
east
the ordinary grains
all
and pulses being grown. Area, 148 square miles, of which only 60 are cultivated, and, owing to the reason stated above, probably the limit of cultivation has been reached. The average incidence of the Government land revenue demand is at the rate of 2s. ojd. per acre of total area, 3s. 6|d. per acre of assessed area, and 5s. ojd. per acre of cultivated area. The average rate of rent paid by ordinary cultivators is about 17s. pd. per acre, the average size of a husbandman’s holding being 3J- acres. Of the no villages or towns w'hich make up the pargand, nearly one-half are held by Chauhan Rajputs, 23 by Brahmans, and the remainder by Muhammadans. The total number of separate estates
in,
is
htmg
the chief tenure
zaminddri.
Population (1881)
60,065, namely, 31,615 males and 28,450 females; average density of population, 405 per square mile. One metalled and two unmetalled
roads intersect the pargand, as also the with a station at Harauni. station at
Bani bridge on the
Bijnaur. —Town
Lucknow
city,
in
26° 56' N., long. 80° 84'
taken
its
name
Sai.
Lucknow
with which
Lucknow and Cawnpur Railway,
Police station at Banthra, with outpost
Government schools District,
Oudh
in 6 villages.
8 miles south
of
connected by an unmetalled road. Lat. Said to have been founded by, and to have Raja, a Pasi, who built the great fort of
it is
E.
from, Bijlf
and was probably driven During Muhammadan rule, the town was the head-quarters from which the pargand of the same name was administered, and a place of considerable trade. At the present Nathawan, a mile
out by the
day
it
first
to the north of the town,
Musalman
invaders.
has sunk into a quiet agricultural
village,
with a few brick houses,
Musalman gentry. Population Once (1881) 3370, namely, 2141 Hindus, and 1229 Muhammadans. celebrated for its fine cotton cloths, but the manufacture has now the residences of
greatly
fallen
Government
some of
off,
school.
under
the decayed
the
competition of English
piece-goods.
Just outside the town on the south are the ruins
of the old fort, where the Government officials used to reside ; and on the west are extensive remains of brick tombs, built over the Muhammadans who fell at the time of the conquest of the country.
—
One of the Eastern Dw'ars attached to Goalpara District, Bijni. Assam. Area, 374’i9 square miles; population (1881) 24,882. Area under cultivation, i42'7i square miles; 12-56 square miles have been declared ‘forest reserves,’ out of a total of 190 square miles proposed as protected forest.’ The Raja of Bijni claims descent from ‘
