PURGANNAHS OP BIRBOHEN. 
Ill 
Dowrah Mowlisher. 1 Cutch. Same name 15' ENE from Soory. 13 by 6|. Open 
Countrey & arable Land. 
Surroofsing." Cutch. Deckabary 19' East from Soory. Its figure is extremely 
irregular & many Talooks of it lie in the midst of Radshi. Its Dimensions may be 
reckoned 12 by 10. The Lands are chiefly arable & produce Paddy & Cotton. 
The Talooks of Purrunderpour & Omdarrah 3 are called Purgannahs likewise. 
The first borders on Cuttungah and the latter on Cootub- 
* Belonging to Radshi. 
pour. NB. — The Purgannah of Futtypour* & Jem-'. 4 of 
Burkoondah lie in the midst of Birbohen. 
The general Dimension of Birbohen is 64 miles by 36 & contains 2304 square 
miles or Beagers 5 4,605,440. 
Beagers 1,250,656. 
The Arable Land may be reckoned 
646 sq. miles 
From Agra to Delhy. 6 
Miles. 
To J undipour 
. . 
10 
Mootra (Muttra) 
8 
Chautra 
10 
Hoorhul 
12 
Pulwall 
12 
Furreezabad 
12 
Delhi 
. . 
12 
1 Maureshwar Dari, divided into two portions by pargana Mallarpur. i46'6o sq. miles. 
2 Swarupsinh. 85*35 S T- miles 
3 Purandarpur. 1379 sq. miles, Omdarrah is not mentioned by Hunter or shown on the Atlas of India. 
■* Jemitdary, a corruption of Zemindary, an estate. 
6 Hind. Bigha. A measure of laud area, varying greatly in different parts of the country. In Birbhum it was 
about one-third of an acre. The present area of the district is 1752 sq. miles, of which 1056 sq. miles are cultivated. 
6 These places are shown on map No. X. of the Bengal Atlas. The road runs along the right bank of the Jumna. 
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