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Rae Bareli: A Gazetteer Being Volume XXXIX of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

1923

The area is liable to vary every year by reason of the action of the Ganges for a small variation in the deep stream of the river may involve a very noticeable change in the area of the district. [...] The fertility of the soil is remarkable and the cultivation of a high class so that the beauty of the country is not surpassed by any part of the plains of Hindoltnn. [...] The banks of the Sai aro high and in many places prcipitous: the level of the water is a great distance below the surface of the country and the river is4herefore of little value for irrigation 4except for the small areas of alluvial land in its immediate neighbourhood. [...] Another is the Maharajganj Naiya which rises in the jhil tract of Kumhrawan in the north of the district and flows in a winding course with a generally southerly direction past Maharajganj and thence through the east of the Rae Bareli tahsil as far as the railway beyond which it forms the boundary between Rae Bareli on the west and Rokha Jais and Parshadpur on the east finally joining the S [...] The general health of the district is fairly illustrated by the tables in the appendix which show the births and deaths recorded since 1891 and the average per mille in each case and also the number of deaths entered under the main heads.* From 1891 to 1901 the average annual birth-rate as calculated on the census returns of 1891 was 37.54 per mille the highest figure being 46.36 in 1899 and
government politics public policy
Pages
290
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v H.R. Nevill view
Chapter I General Features
1-24 H.R. Nevill view
Chapter II Agriculture and Commerce
25-54 H.R. Nevill view
Chapter III The People
55-106 H.R. Nevill view
Chapter IV Revenue and Administration
107-128 H.R. Nevill view
Chapter V History
129-152 H.R. Nevill view
Gazetteer of Rae Bareli. Directory
i-230 H.R. Nevill view
Gazetteer of Rae Bareli. Appendix
i-xliv H.R. Nevill view
Gazetteer of Rae Bareli. Index
i-vii H.R. Nevill view