48 Descriptive notice of the District of Jhilum. [Jan. 



District. No. of villages. Revenue. 



Rothas 1/1 ,.. 50,000 



Jhilum 16 9,500 



Kala... , 55 20,000 



Sungoi 22 20,000 



Chautala 5 10,000 



Nara 11 5,000 



Pakhowal 28 10,000 



Darapur 26 12,000 



Jelalpur 23 12,000 



Pudri 9 4,500 



366 1,53,000 



In addition to the above are 19 villages in Jageer valued at 6000 

 yearly. 



The routes in this tehsil are — I. from Jhilum to Rothas 9 miles, 

 from Rothas to (Jdrana 9 miles, and from Udrana to Rukrala 9 miles, 

 or by the direct road from Rothas to Bukrala 10 miles. II. From 

 Jhilum to Chautala 10|, from Chautala to Darapur 10-J-, and from 

 Darapur to Jelalpur 9 miles. A camel read also leads from Rothas 

 directly westward, viz. Pudri to the Ghorigulla pass, through which 

 the Sikhs used to bring their guns from Jelalpur to the level plain of 

 Dhani on the further side. 



The tehsil of Pind Dadan-khan comprises the following districts : 

 1 Jalub, 2 Jhangar, 3 Pind Dadan-khan, 4 Ahmedabad, 5 Kuhan. 

 Jalub is a fine fertile tract extending from Jelalpur to Pind Dadan- 

 khan, containing some large villages. The chief town Dehriala con- 

 tains 500 houses, and is midway between Jelalpur and Pind Dadan- 

 khan. The district was wrested by Ranjit Singh from the father of 

 the present headman Raja Ahmed Khan who enjoys a small Jageer. 

 There were 4 subdivisions, Jalub, Phuphra, Pinjan and Punjain, of 

 which at present only the first two exist, Jalub containing the villages 

 towards the river, and Phuphra those towards the salt range. 



The hilly district of Jhangar contains 35 small villages, dispersed 

 among the hills, and extends from Jelalpur to Kutas, being bounded 

 on the S. by Phuphra and Pind Dadankhan. It contains some 

 remarkable hills, Chambul, Kusak, Mukhyala, Kuringili and 

 Drengun. 



