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No.
Name of Peth.
Area of Peth.
Total number
of persons in
each peth.
Persons to a
square mile
in each peth.
Number of
yards
to each person
in each peth.
Acres. Guntas.
1 Shukrawar . . . 132
39
906
4,360
710
2 Venkatpura . . .
26
25
963
23,148
133
3 Chimanpura . . .
65
37
520
5,048
613
4 Yadogopal . . .
42
25
1,086
16,305
189
5 Máchi . . .
27
9
211
4,960
624
6 Bhawáni . . .
34
5
867
16,260
190
7 Pratápganj . . .
12
7
747
39,267
78
8
11
9
687
39,169
79
SadashiA . . .
9
27
38
589
13,486
229
Kesarkar . . .
10 Durga . . .
2
0
284
90,880
34
11 Rajaspura . . .
16
21
164
6,351
487
12 Pantáchágote . . .
10
34
195
11,502
269
13 Somwar . . .
26
7
1,887
46,138
67
14
86
7
2,530
18,790
164
Mangalwar . . .
15
42
25
1,250
18,768
165
Ramáchagote . . .
16
61
27
773
8,021
386
Malhar and Raviwar . . .
17
11
3
439
25,368
122
Raghunathpura . . .
18 Budhwar . . .
34
28
1,045
19,267
160
19
2
16
193
51,466
60
Basappa . . .
20
77
0
3,044
25,300
122
Guruwar . . .
2 1
94
33
4,239
28,610
108
Shanwar . . .
22 Sadar Bazar . . .
28
2
1,367
31,190
99
I must here remark that the population given in this table is taken from a
Census made last year, and that these figures do not correspond with those given
in the Census for 1872. Unfortunately, and as I consider wrongly, the Census
papers have been destroyed by, it is said, the order of Government; the conse
-quence being that I am obliged to show a different population to that on which
all our statistics regarding birth and deaths are based.
14. The population of the town at the time of the Census in 1872 amount-
ed to 24,484 persons, of whom 12,718 were males and 11,766 were females, being
in the proportion of 108.09 males to every 100 females, and it consisted of:—
20,932 Hindus who formed 85.49 per cent of the entire population.
3,099 Musulmans " 12.66
" "
1 3 1 Buddhists " 0.53
" "
269 Christians " 1.10
" "
53 Others " 0.22
" "
15. The water-supply of the town is chiefly derived from two sources.
The principal one being from the summit of the Yawateshwar Hill, where
an intercepting masonry aqueduct was during native rule constructed along
the northern ridge, which catches the water from about 40 springs as they
issue along the verge of the hill. The aqueduct passes along the eastern face,
and that of the dividing ridge, and over the tunnel along the north side of the
fort, and is distributed from the highest point of the town near the Rung Mahal.
It supplies 87 public fountains and dipping wells, and 10 private cisterns. The
water is extremely pure, but it runs short during the hot weather, when it is most
needed. The other source is from a spring to the west of the town, immediately
under the Yawateshwar range, where a reservoir called the Mahárdara Tank has
been constructed. The duct from it, like that of the Yawateshwar aqueduct, consists
of a large earthenware pipe built in with masonry, and supplies 56 fountains, of
which 24 are private and 32 public cisterns. The large tank in Mangalwar Peth
is filled with the Mahárdara water during the monsoon, and is kept as a reservoir,
the water being raised by a Persian wheel and delivered into the aqueduct; but
the supply runs very short indeed during the hot weather, and the people are put