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)
- ^23,244; rental paid by cultivators, ^48,703; incidence of Government revenue, 2s. iifd. per acre of total area. The tahsil contains 2
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
—
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
