PURGANNAHS OF BIRBOHEN. 1 2 
Sarhaut. 1 Cutch. 3 4 * at Sarhaut 50 miles NWbW from Soory. Dim. 22 by 17 
miles. All Hilly & Woody. The Ajy forms the Western Boundary. 
Carry ah. + Cutch. Euckanpour 20' WSW from Soory. 20' by 10. Hilly & 
Woody, only a few cultivated spots in the Valleys. 
Chonit. Cutch. Oudgerya 19' WbN from Soory. 22 by n. The Northern 
part Hill & the rest Woody. 
Belputtah. 6 * Cutch. Comerabad in the Hills 25' NW from Soory. 24' by 15. 
All Mountainous. It is bounded on the North by the Districts f the Herboe (?) Rajah” 
& on y c East by Sultanabads. 
Baharon 1 or Mohamedabad. Cutch. Barrow on the River More 15' NW from 
Soory. , 14' by 8, the Northern part Mountainous & y c rem 1 '. a thick Wood. 
Noney. 8 9 Cutch. Dyoucha on the River Derkah 9^' NBE from Soory. Dim. 
12 by 9. Jungley & barren, all except a spot between Dyoucha & Jinderpour. 
Forges for Iron are wrought at Dyoucha & Mh. bazar.* The ore is brought from the 
Malarp 1 '. Purgannah. 
Herpour. 10 Cutch. at Gwallerra 9 West from Soory. 11 miles by 10. The City 
of Nagore lies in the West part, & is skirted on each side by a prodigious Wood. The 
hot Wells are 6 miles SE from Nagore. There are fine cultivated spots at Rannypour 
& Gwallerrah, the rest of the Purgannah is a thick Wood. 
Malarpour. 11 12 Cutch. at Damra 16 miles NEbN from Soory. 11' by 7'. The 
middle part Cultivated, the rest barren or Jungley. Iron Mines are wrought near 
Damra & Forges at Damra & Mysara. 
KirnyA Cutch. at Boggarshola 13 in Sallump 1 '. Purgannah. This is a small 
P. & chiefly a Jungle. Dim. 7 miles by 5. It joins Herpour on the Southwest. 
1 A list of the fiscal divisions or Parganas of Birbhum is giveii in Hunter’s Statistical Account of Bengal, Vol. 
IV, p. 421 seq.y from which, and the new edition of the Imperial Gazetteer, the details given in these notes are taken. 
2 Sarath Deogarh. Now transferred to the Santal Parganas district, 952 sq. miles. 
3 Cutch. = Cutcherry (Hind. Kachahri), an office of administration or court house. 
4 Apparently this pargana, with the next, form thepargana of Kundahit Karea, now included in the Santal Parganas 
(Hunter, op. cit., Vol. XIV, p. 377), area 406-35 sq. miles. 
6 Marked as a subdivision of the Santal Parganas on tile Atlas of India Sheet No. 1 1 3 , now included in the 
Dumka subdistrict. 
6 lean find no mention of this Raja in any of the old records. On Reuueirsmap of Birbhum, No. II of the 
Bengal Atlas, this part of it is bounded on the N. by a district called ‘ Hendooa.’ 
I Baharan, mentioned by Hunter but no particulars given. 
8 Nani, Nouee of Atlas of India. Area 51 23 sq. miles. In 1852 there were still 30 iron smelting furnaces at work 
at Deocha, and as many more for refining it. The ore is a brown haematite obtained from lateritic deposits. 
9 Muhammad Bazar, a village situated between Suri and Ueocha. 
10 Haripur Tappa. Area 103-14 sq. miles. The hot springs mentioned are those of Bakeswar ( ante p. 101). 
II Mallarpur. Area 36-49 sq. miles. There were 4 iron furnaces at Dhatnra in 1852. 
12 Khirni. Area 32-53 sq. miles. 
13 Bajasula in Shah Alampur pargana. 
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