254 SEVENTH REPORT—1837. 
Poona Collectorate.—The Poona Collectorate is the nearest 
of the four collectorates of Dukhun to Bombay: its bound- 
aries towards the coast approach within about fifty miles of that 
presidency, but they do not descend the Ghats into the strip 
of land at the foot of the Ghats, called the Konkun (Concan). 
This collectorate has an area of 8281 square miles, including 
the lands held in military tenure (Jagheer). It contains 
550,313 inhabitants, 1897 towns* and villages, and 114,887 
houses; averaging 66:45 inhabitants to a square mile, 4°79 to 
a house, 247:36 to a village, exclusive of the population of 
Poona. The chief town is Poona, recently the capital of the 
Mahratta empire, containing a population of 81,315 souls. 
The other principal towns are Tullegaon (2050 males, 2007 
females), Joonur (4218 males, 3759 females), Kheir (1999 
males, 1794 females), Goreh (1154 males, 1145 females), Ootoor 
(2521 males, 1928 females), Narraingaon (1286 males, 1180 
females), Alley (1396 males, 1064 females), Sassor (1880 males, 
1696 females), Jeejooree (885 males, 860 females), ‘Tullegaon, 
Turruf Paubul (1710 males, 1427 females), and some others ; 
but the most populous of the number, as is seen above, contains 
only 7977 souls. There are, excluding Sholapoor, 8 pergun- 
nahs and 82 turruffs in the Poonah collectorate. In Sholapoor 
sub-collectorate there are 4 talooks, 19 pergunnahs, and 12 
turruffs ; but as divisions which in the other collectorates are 
called turruffs, are here called pergunnahs, there are few tur- 
ruffs. My limits will not permit of detailed descriptions of 
these pergunnahs, although there are many physical facts of 
interest connected with some of them. 
The following number of towns and villages constitute the 
different pergunnahs and talooks: Sewnere 190, Indapoor, 
86, Kheir 236, Pabul 65, Poorundhur 130, Beemthuree 92, 
Hawailee 165, the Mawuls 233, Sholapoor 122, Mohol 145, 
Indee 236, and Moodebehal 226. This makes a total of 1926, 
which is 29 villages more than was previously stated, but this 
is owing to depopulated villages being included; of this 1926, 
47 towns and 14293 villages belong to the British; 4 towns 
and 2644 villages are held in free gift (Eenam), and 3 towns 
and 178 villages are held on tenure of military service (Su- 
rinjam). 
Hili forts.—In the Poona Collectorate are situated many a 
remarkable hill forts, impregnable in fact if properly defended, — 
from their geological structure, which consists of beds of 
basalt, with vertical edges, alternating with beds of amyg- 
* Trifling transfers have taken place between the different collectorates, so 
that this may not be the exact amount at the present moment. 
oe le Maye AG 
